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thats to prevent this retro forum being invaded by 'kids' talking late 90's only! ILL DELETE ANY SUCH POSTS.

 

year by year what were you favourite singles 1960-200?.

 

1960... shadows...........................'apache'

1961... johnny dankworth............ 'african waltz'

1962....shadows...........................'wonderful land'

1963... jet harris/tony meehan...... 'diamonds'

1964... hollies............................... 'we're through'

1965... yardbirds........................... 'heart full of soul'

1966... spencer davis group............ 'keep on running'

1967... stevie wonder......................'i was made to love her'

1968... dave dee dozy beaky mick and tich... 'the legend of xanadou'

1969... jackie wilson........................'(your love keeps lifting me) higher and higher'

1970... juicy lucy............................ 'who do you love'?

1971... atomic rooster..................... 'the devils answer'

1972... alice cooper......................... 'schools out'

1973... wizzard................................'see my baby jive'

1974... ronnie lane and slim chance... 'the poacher'

1975... cockney rebel........................ 'make me smile(come up and see me)'

1976... status quo..............................'mystery song'

1977... jam.......................................'all around the world'

1978... kate bush..............................'wuthering heights'

1979... skids....................................'into the valley'

1980... dexys midnight runners.........'dance stance'

1981... human league.......................'sound of the crowd'

1982... associates............................'club country'

1983... donald fagen.........................'new fronteer'

1984... prince...................................'when doves cry'

1985... mai tai..................................'history'

1986... wham!...................................'edge of heaven'

1987.. eric clapton.............................'behind the mask'

1988... adventures............................'broken land'

1989... alice cooper........................... 'poison'

1990... mantronix..............................'got to have your love'

1991... zoe.......................................'sunshine on a rainy day'

1992... usura...................................'open your mind'

1993... duran duran..........................'ordinary world'

1994... oasis.................................... 'shakermaker'

1995... oasis.................................... 'some might say'

1996... echobelly.............................. 'dark therapy'

1997.. no doubt................................. 'dont speak'

1998... energy 52..............................'cafe del mar'

1999... binary finery.......................... '1999'

2000.... spiller....................................'groovejet(if this aint love)'

Mine (I was born in 1971):

 

1960... Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over

1961... Billy Fury - Halfway To Paradise

1962....The Tornadoes - Telstar

1963... Gerry & the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone

1964... Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman

1965... Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

1966... The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon

1967... The Beatles - A Day In The Life

1968... The Beatles - Hey Jude

1969... Sly & The Family Stone - Everyday People

1970... Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song

1971... Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven

1972... Badfinger - Day After Day

1973... David Bowie - Life On Mars?

1974... Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us

1975... Slade - How Does It Feel

1976... 10cc - The Things We Do For Love

1977... David Bowie - "Heroes"

1978... Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights

1979... The Clash - London's Calling

1980... David Bowie - Ashes To Ashes

1981... Adam & the Ants - Prince Charming

1982... The Jam! - Beat Surrender

1983... The Smiths - This Charming Man

1984... Duran Duran - The Reflex

1985... Propaganda - Duel

1986... The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out

1987.. U2 - With Or Without You

1988... Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices

1989... Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love

1990... Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence

1991... REM - Losing My Religion

1992... Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge

1993... Duran Duran - Ordinary World

1994... Oasis - Live Forever

1995... Pulp - Common People

1996... Manic Street Preachers - A Design For Life

1997.. Radiohead - Paranoid Android

1998... Massive Attack - Teardrop

1999... New Radicals - You Get What You Give

2000... Vitamin C - Graduation (Friends Forever)

Well this will do for starters

 

I could do this tomorrow and a lot of it would be completely different.

 

1960 - Shakin' All Over - Johnny Kidd and the Pirates

1961 - Runaway - Del Shannon

1962 - Love Me Do - The Beatles

1963 - She Loves You - The Beatles

1964 - You Really Got Me - The Kinks

1965 - Mr Tamborine Man - The Byrds

1966 - Good Vibrations - The Beach Boys

1967 - Light My Fire - The Doors

1968 - Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

1969 - I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges

1970 - Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum

1971 - Maggie May - Rod Stewart

1972 - Superstition - Stevie Wonder

1973 - 20th Century Boy - T. Rex

1974 - Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

1975 - Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

1976 - New Rose - The Damned

1977 - God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols

1978 - Teenage Kicks - The Undertones

1979 - Are Friends Electric? - Tubeway Army

1980 - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

1981 - I'm In Love With A German Film Star - The Passions

1982 - Say Hello Wave Goodbye - Soft Cell

1983 - Blue Monday - New Order

1984 - Upside Down - Jesus and Mary Chain

1985 - She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult

1986 - Kiss - Prince

1987 - Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy

1988 - Touch Me I'm Sick - Mudhoney

1989 - Monkey Gone to Heaven - The Pixies

1990 - Been Caught Stealing - Jane's Addiction

1991 - Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

1992 - The Drowners - Suede

1993 - Cannonball - The Breeders

1994 - Girls & Boys - Blur

1995 - Common People - Pulp

1996 - Firestarter - The Prodigy

1997 - Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

1998 - Hunter - Bjork

1999 - Lit Up - Buckcherry

2000 - Hate to Say I Told You So - The Hives

Edited April 26, 200718 yr by grebo69

Is this gonna be for singles only....? Can I do it for albums....? :unsure:

Is this gonna be for singles only....? Can I do it for albums....? :unsure:

 

 

preferably singles or better known album tracks, (like stairway to heaven) so we have some idea of them!

preferably singles or better known album tracks, (like stairway to heaven) so we have some idea of them!

 

I was kinda meaning whole albums... As in for '73 - "Dark Side of the Moon", for '67 "Velvet Underground and Nico", for '84 "The Queen Is Dead", for '77 "Never Mind The Bollocks", etc.....

I was kinda meaning whole albums... As in for '73 - "Dark Side of the Moon", for '67 "Velvet Underground and Nico", for '84 "The Queen Is Dead", for '77 "Never Mind The Bollocks", etc.....

 

 

nope... on this thread the idea was for singles/ or single tracks.. singles are far better known with so far every contributer being able to make an informed post from the early 60's, even before they were born... you couldnt do that for albums.

 

however if you wanted to start a thread for albums then please be my guest! :)

For some years there was only one choice, but for others I could have picked 5 or 6 :)

 

 

1960 Elvis Presley…Its now or never

1961 Del Shannon….Runaway

1962 The Beatles…..Love me do

1963 The Beatles….Please please me

1964 The Animals….The house of the rising sun

1965 The Rolling Stones…I can't get no satisfaction

1966 Troggs…With a girl like you

1967 Foundations…Baby now that I've found you

1968 Dave dee dozy beaky mick and tich... 'the legend of xanadu'

1969 Creedence Clearwater Revival…Bad moon rising

1970 Marmalade…Reflections of my life

1971 The Rolling Stones…Brown sugar

1972 America….A horse with no name

1973 David Bowie - Life On Mars?

1974 Genesis…I know what I like

1975 Cockney rebel... 'make me smile(come up and see me)'

1976 10CC…I'm Mandy fly me

1977 Peter Gabriel… Solsbury Hill

1978 Blue Oyster Cult…Don't fear the reaper

1979 XTC….Making plans for Nigel

1980 Blondie……Atomic

1981 Specials…Ghost town

1982 Simple Minds…Someone Somewhere in summertime

1983 Orange Juice…Rip it up

1984 Queen… Radio ga ga

1985 Tears for fears…Everybody wants to rule the world

1986 Its immaterial…Driving away from home

1987 Pet shop boys…It’s a sin

1988 Scritti Politti…Oh Patti(Don't feel sorry for lover boy)

1989 Tears for fears..Sowing the seeds of love

1990 The La's…There she goes

1991 REM…….Losing my Religion

1992 Manic Street Preachers…Motorcycle Emptiness

1993 Radiohead…Creep

1994 Red Hot Chilli Peppers…Give it away

1995 Edwyn Collins…A girl like you

1996 Manic Street Preachers….A design for life

1997 Texas…Say what you want

1998 Manic Street Preachers…If you tolerate this then your children will be next

1999 Suede…She's in Fashion

2000 Richard Ashcroft…Song for the Lovers

 

i know what you mean brian, i could have several from '66, but i was really pushing myself in 88-93 to present that accolade.

 

good choices i see we concur on several years :)

I was kinda meaning whole albums... As in for '73 - "Dark Side of the Moon", for '67 "Velvet Underground and Nico", for '84 "The Queen Is Dead", for '77 "Never Mind The Bollocks", etc.....

 

nope... on this thread the idea was for singles/ or single tracks.. singles are far better known with so far every contributer being able to make an informed post from the early 60's, even before they were born... you couldnt do that for albums.

 

only thing being favs is that people will probs post the most overplayed commercial stuff they remember listening to on the radio/tv and probs not the most intersting stuff like Scott will probs come up with in his list.

 

however if you wanted to start a thread for albums then please be my guest! :)

 

yeah start the thread man!!! as it would be better as then you could use it as a guide for when your looking for cheap stuff to try out. as albums would be more infomative probs i think

i know tigerboy, but singles are more often heard by the majority and as traffic in here isnt that great then concentrating more on tracks that people have heard will do more good. albums might bo ok for the 80's onward but there was 30 years of groundbreaking music making before that, its justr that theres not many here who know much albums before about 1980 ish... so again the popular ones would be mentioned.

i know tigerboy, but singles are more often heard by the majority and as traffic in here isnt that great then concentrating more on tracks that people have heard will do more good. albums might bo ok for the 80's

 

think i might just use this and think which is the best out of their selections

 

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albums might bo ok for the 80's onward but there was 30 years of groundbreaking music making before that,

 

but dude that only gets you to 1950, what about all the blues stuff from the 1940s/1930s/1920s etc etc!!!

 

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