60s songs that belong irrevocably to the 60s

zombies - time of the season

 

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" just screams the 60s to my 80s-born ears.

 

joe Coker - with a little help from my friends

 

This clip, for so many reasons:
Any "tripp-y" references = 60s. (LSD still legal in U.S.)
Any live performance feat. dancers' in fringe shimmy dresses or go-go boots.

Bonus: This brings forth Ted Nugent!

 

Reason: Cultural - Telephone Landlines &
Reference "Getting Pinned" = Going Steady!
Teenagers having harmless Fun/Happiness!
(Music reflecting times = large differences depicted in '60s...
in all decades? - Maybe another thread)

Entire film & soundtrack of Bye Bye, Birdie belongs to 60s, due to
the story being based on Elvis Presley & his induction into the Army.

Addl. FYI - Decades Later Noel Gallagher (Oasis) titled "What's The Story (Morning Glory)?
from overhearing girl he'd spent time with answering telephone w/that greeting.

 

The T-Bones, “No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach’s In)”, 1965

Originally used in an Alka-Seltzer TV commercial, it became a surprise instrumental hit in the U.S.

 

The Mamas & The Papas, “Somebody Groovy”, 1966

 

Peter, Paul & Mary - “I Dig Rock & Roll Music”, 1968

 

Whilst a fun thread, doesn't every song from the 60s belong in this category? or maybe it's easier to find songs that don't sound that they irrevocably belong in the 60s...

 

Would this guy ever have been put on TV & given studio recording time in any decade
other than the 60s? (I think not!)

 

Georgia on my mind (1960)
Moonriver (1964)
What a wonderful world (1967)

 

And that's a genuine shame.

 

Actually I think it has a lot more in common with the '70s than the '60s.

 

Finding it kinda hard to believe this hasn't been posted already (like on Page 1)
Did a "search thread" first to be sure.

 

Any of the wholesome pop songs like Puppet on a String and Make Your Own Kind of Music.

 

“Something In the Air” by Thunderclap Newman

 

Lol, Liam wishes he sounds like Lennon.

I don't think anybody, ever, has mistaken Liam's vocals for Lennon's.

 

Neil Sedaka - Breaking up is hard to do (1962).

 

The video is a hoot, but I love this song. Psychedelic pop at its best.

 

Needs more cowbell

 

San Francisco Flowers Hair