Anyone really into the lighter side of '60s pop despite not being of that generation?

[nmiller]

I'm not talking about Hendrix, the Stones or Big Brother and the Holding Company.

I'm currently singing along with Petula Clark; Johnny Rivers, the Seekers, Three Dog Night and the Association are next on the playlist. This might be more mundane if I weren't born in 1984.

Anyone in the same camp?

 

[thewalkingboss]

A few years ago, I went through a phase like that. Carole King, Carly Simon, Bread, Jim Croce, etc. Not that I listened to it every day, it was just a nice change of pace. I even bought the entire "Singers and Songwriters" collection from TV. Thankfully that phase has faded, not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[lhallam]

The Association kick butt.

Along those same lines you might dig: The Mamas and the Papas, Spanky and The Gang, The Young Rascals, The Monkees and The Cowsills.

 

[puckhead]

I really, really dig the Lovin Spoonful. (was born in 1970)
I don't know why, as it doesn't really fit in the rest of my ouvre.

great, now I will be singing "you didn't have to be so nice" all day.

 

[nmiller]

Along those same lines you might dig: The Mamas and the Papas, Spanky and The Gang, The Young Rascals, The Monkees and The Cowsills.

I have stuff by three of the five; I'm not a big Rascals fan, but I saw Felix Cavaliere a few years ago on a package tour, and boy can he rock the organ! I'll have to get some Cowsills, along with some Partridge Family.

 

[Quantum Cat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pydwbUUGcJ8&feature=related

 

[lhallam]

I really, really dig the Lovin Spoonful. (was born in 1970)
I don't know why, as it doesn't really fit in the rest of my ouvre.

great, now I will be singing "you didn't have to be so nice" all day.

My first concert was The Lovin Spoonful and Tiny Tim.

Summer In The City, Nashville Cats, great stuff.

 

[greggorypeccary]

A few years ago, I went through a phase like that. Carole King, Carly Simon, Bread, Jim Croce, etc. Not that I listened to it every day, it was just a nice change of pace. I even bought the entire "Singers and Songwriters" collection from TV. Thankfully that phase has faded, not that there's anything wrong with that.

Um, different decade.

Still cool though. All that stuff is stuck in my head from being a little kid in the 70's! But Bread just may be the worst band name ever.

 

[ROKY]

The Hollies and Scott Walker !

 

[SteveO]

I love that music! There used to be a radio station here in Seattle that played all that stuff, but they changed their format a few years ago.

 

[Nielsnielsniels]

Actually found this one by watching Lost, hehe.

 

[stevieboy]

I personally don't think the Mamas and the Papas were on the "lighter side." I think of them as the melodic wing of the Hendrix', Janis', Stones' etc. In their own way, they were a cutting edge group IMO, musically and culturally.

But as far as the general idea of the thread, I actually am of that generation, and a lot of that stuff is great. How about all the Burt Bacharach tunes?

 

[nmiller]

I personally don't think the Mamas and the Papas were on the "lighter side." I think of them as the melodic wing of the Hendrix', Janis', Stones' etc. In their own way, they were a cutting edge group IMO, musically and culturally.

But as far as the general idea of the thread, I actually am of that generation, and a lot of that stuff is great. How about all the Burt Bacharach tunes?

There were definitely groups that were accessible to the mass market while still scoring points with critics. CCR, the Byrds and the Beach Boys come to mind. As for Bacharach tunes, I love Dionne Warwick!

 

[HowardMusic]

Was really into Percy Faith and the Carpenters for a while - music for burnouts, maybe. Kind of curious about Van Dyke Parks, but haven't really looked into this too much. I think a relatively recent equivalent could be something like the High Llamas.

 

[enocaster]

"Never My Love" was my wedding song, so yeah.

 

[Ziggy AngelDust]

Do the Beach Boys count?

 

[fredgarvin]

Johnny Rivers had some great tunes, one of my favorites is Brook Benton on Rainy Night in Georgia. There was a lot of what I call swamp flavored tunes that probably were bigger with the adults than the kids. Tony Joe White et al. Kris Kristofferson wrote some A+ tunes back then. Roger Miller... there was a lot of top talent that gets small airplay now.

 

[teleman55]

Do the Beach Boys count?

They're a separate catagory all their own. Like the Beatles, Stones, Elvis, Led Zep, etc.

 

[Ulysses]

I grew with a transistor radio glued to my ear. I loved 60's pop radio as a kid and teenager but now that I've gone back and revisited much of what was getting airplay at that time my opinion is that we had just about as much crap back then as radio now.

 

[DGDGBD]

Does Motown count?