Favorite 1960s Garage Rock Songs

Two of my top-10 faces are by fellow Canucks, oddly enough: "Nothin'" by the Ugly Ducklings, and "125" by the Haunted (7" version - it's rawer, and thus better).

Another one is "We All Love Peanut Butter" by the One Way Street, a rough "Little Black Egg" knockoff that has a great, haunting feel and some of the most destroyed fuzz guitar I've ever heard.

 

I love that you mentioned Crazy Elephant's "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin". That is what I call a the best song to represent the little known genre of "garage bubblegum"!

 

I was wondering if anyone was going to mention "125" by the Haunted. It has every element of a perfect garage band song: catchy opening, great harmonica, a great drum hook, great organ riff, pounding bass, sloppy guitar solo, snotty singer, and somewhat suggestive lyrics.

"Hey Little Girl" by the Syndicate Of Sound also fits the bill as a garage favorite of mine!

 

"A Little Bit of Soul" by the Music Explosion, from 1967 as I recall, not 1964 as it says on the title here. I found this LP, and never knew it back in the day, but on LP, on my system now -- what dynamics! Fun to crank up!

 

Out of Sight Out of Mind - Bit A Sweet
I Try - Young Tyrants
I Can't Win - Monocles
Put The Clock Back on the Wall - E-Types
Hate - Stoics
Riot on the Sunset Strip - Standells
Bad Little Woman - Wheels or Shadows of Knight
Do You Have To Ask - The Swinging Machine

and many many more

 

"Social End Product" - The Blue Stars
"East Side Story" - The Bob Seger System
"Project Blue" - The Banshees
"Dr. Stone" - The Leaves
"My Way of Thinking" - Randy & The Radiants
"Long Time Waiting" - The Munks (Canadian)
"Ben Franklin's Almanac" - The Cryan' Shames
"Bo Diddley" - The Juveniles
"Feathered Fish" - The Sons of Adam
"Louie Louie" - The Sonics
"Feelin' Lost" - The Rationals
"I'm Gonna Leave You Satisfied" - The Divorced
"Time Waits for No One" - The Knack (60s)
"Tomorrow's Ship" - The Sparrow
"If You Don't Want Me" - The Guess Who
"Hunose" - The Live Five
"Oh, How to Do Now" - The Monks

Just from 1966...

 

'Psycho' - The Sonics
"Drunken Maria" - The Monks

 

I'm just seeing this thread..need some time to think about this.

Garage rock is the best!!

I'll start out with..........
"Mirror Of Your Mind" - We The People
"I'm Gonna Make You Mine" - Shadows Of Knight
"Open Up Your Door" - Richard & The Young Lions
"Cinderella" - The Sonics

 

Back From the Grave is certainly more obscure. No pesky labels with national distribution or top 40 hits lurking in there! I haven't played them in a long time, but seem to recall liking Volumes 1 and 8 the most. Have they gone past 8 in more recent years?

 

Only The Shadows of the Night version qualifies as garage rock. Micks and Limeys couldn't afford garages. At least I think that's why they call it "freak beat" over there.

 

Got to throw "Beg Borrow and Steal" in there, too. Though the hit was credited to The Ohio Express, it was really just a remixed version of the track originally cut and released by The Rare Breed.

 

Garage rock is one of my favorite genres, no question about it! Here's a great tune from Chicago by Saturday's Children that I guess I'd call "Christmas garage". Very inventive track that combines Brubeck's "Take Five" with "Deck the Halls". I also love the jazzy feel and the vocal harmonies:

 

Here's one that hasn't been mentioned.
The Knaves - Why Dont You Leave Me Alone

 

I'll throw in a few faves:
Beep Beep & The Roadrunners - True Love Knows
The Gestures - Run Run Run
Jack Bedient & The Chessmen - Double Whammy
MG & The Escorts - A Someday Fool, Next To Nowhere
The Renegades - 13 Women
The Dovers - She's Not Just Anybody
E-Types - I Can't Do It
Grains of Sand - She Needs Me
Humane Society - Knock Knock
Myddle Class- I Happen To Love You
Third Booth - I Need Love

 

+1

Def-fun-at-lay:
'Nuggets Party Worthy' ["Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era" 1965-1968 Rhino 4 CD '98],
'Frat Party Worthy' ["Son Of Frat Rock!" Rhino CD '88],
&
'Togo Party Worthy' ["Toga Rock" DCC CD '87].
Ha, ha, ha!!!

"Fun too... !"

 

If you feel that way bout it [being "Freak Beat"], you feel that way bout it [not 60's "Garage"].
Butt "Them ~ Gloria" Decca '64, helpED launch a lot of "Garage Bands" in the mid-Sixties over here in the US!

 

All the above plus You Must Be A Witch by the Lollipoppe Shoppe!

 

If you're allowing British ones I could list many, but firstly:

Psycho Daisies - the Yardbirds
Feel So Blue - Freddie and the Dreamers

 

Wasn't the definition of garage a bunch of American kids trying to sound like the edgier British groups? I know that excludes some of the NW proto-punk that predated the British Invasion (as well as The Hanky-Panky) but generally...

 

Here are a few not listed yet.

99th Floor - The Moving Sidewalks
Just Like An Aborigine - The Upp
Don't Send Me No Flowers (I Ain't Dead Yet) - The Breakers
In The Past - We The People
I'm Five Years Ahead Of My Time - The Third Bardo

Love these.

Let's Talk About Girls - The Chocolate Watchband
You're Gonna Miss Me - The 13th Floor Elevators

 

Up to 9 & 10 after a long hiatus; I'm waiting for my cd to arrive...

http://www.cryptrecords.com/

 

"Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)" - The Sparkles

 

Add the stomping Ain't No Friend of Mine to The Sparkles' songs that scream...

 

Primitive - The Groupies, one of my absolute favorites.

The gal in the video is reportedly Blaze Starr.

 

Ding ding ding! YES.
And welcome!