Old songs that you love.

[benji2]

Have posted these elsewhere with youtube links, won't do it here, but here's my twopenny's/2 cents worth:
Hold Tight! - Dave, Dee, Dozy, Beaky and Titch
Undecided - The Master's Apprentices
I Want, Need, Love You - The Black Diamonds
Astronomy Domine - Pink Floyd
Kites - Simon Dupree and the Big Sound
Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly
Oscillations - Silver Apples
Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac
Way To Blue - Nick Drake

 

[Freofalcon]

 

[worbod]

The Zombies - This Will Be Our Year
The Temptations - My Girl
David Bowie - Please Mr Gravedigger
Pink Floyd - Bike

 

[class78]

 

[Gus Poyet]

Eloise - Barry Ryan
Happy Together - Turtles
My Sentimental Friend - Herman's Hermits
King Midas In Reverse - Hollies

Top selections!

 

[Gus Poyet]

The Kinks - Days
The Tremeloes - Yellow River
The Association - Windy
Dave Clark 5 - Bits and Pieces
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich - The Legend of Xanadu
Gerry and the Pacemakers - It's Gonna Be Alright
The Hollies - Pay You Back With Interest
Manfred Mann - If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Frank Ifield - I Remember You

 

[The_Big_Ship]

Francoise Hardy <3

 

[Saansa]

I must admit to being very fond of:



and

 

[Plugger35]

 

[bkozican]

The cats in cradle of the silver spoon

 

[Dogs 13]

Eloise - Barry Ryan

So freakin good, even my kids like it.

 

[Dogs 13]

Fire - The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown

One of my funeral songs

 

[Dogs 13]

The Kinks - Days

Another of my funeral songs.

 

[Dogs 13]

Where do I start:
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (one of the greatest songs ever written).
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Tin Soldier - The Small Faces (never get tired of it).
Whatcha Gunna Do About It - The Small Faces
Sha La La La Lee - The Small Faces
Everybody Knows Matilda - Duke Baxter (long lost)
You Keep Me Hangin On - Vanilla Fudge version
Psychotic Reaction - Count Five
Hello, I Love You - The Doors
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
Miss Judy's Farm - The Faces (cheating a bit on the year, early 70s)
Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops
Wishing Well - Free (cheating again)
For Your Love - The Yardbirds
Heart Full of Soul - The Yardbirds
Fortunate Son - Creedence
Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Gimme Some Lovin - Spencer Davis Group
I'm a Man - Spencer Davis Group
Gloria - Them
Substitute, My Generation, Magic Bus, I Can See for Miles, Baba O'Riley, See Me, Feel Me - The Who
Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
You Only Live Twice - Nancy Sinatra
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
I Feel Free - Cream
Strange Brew - Cream
Sorry - The Easybeats
I'll Make You Happy - The Easybeats
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted - Jimmy Ruffin
When I was Young - Eric Burden and The Animals
Summer in The City - The Lovin' Spoonful

Enough for now.

 

[The_Big_Ship]

A couple more.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

 

[Freofalcon]

Maybe too old, but I like em.

 

[Igloo]

Pretty much every Elvis Presley song. Too many to list.

 

[Golden Slumbers]

 

[Freofalcon]

 

[Valentino Dmitri]

Love the juxtaposition here - such a positive song and the band looks so ****ing miserable to be performing it for some reason

 

[Freofalcon]

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Old songs, don't mind if I do.

Fugazi - Waiting Room.
Big Country - In A Big Country.
General Public - Tenderness.
Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny.
Pat Wilson - Bop Girl.
Debbie Harry - I Want That Man.
White Town - Your Woman.
OMD - If You Leave.
Black Lace - Agadoo.
Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor.
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle.
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence.
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok.
ELO - Mr Blue Sky.
The first song I heard on radio, Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina.
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran.
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing.
Boney M - Hooray (It's a Holi Holiday.)
Boney M - Gotta Go Home.
Not sure if this released in 1970 or after but Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4.
Nena - 99 Red Balloons.
Laura Branigan - Self Control.

The following are 3 songs I'm starting to get into.

Vixen - Cryin.
Judas Priest - Nostradamus.
The Strawbs - Part Of The Union.

Bonus songs, The Wurzels - Combine Harvester and the song it parodied, Melanie - Brand New Key.

 

[benji2]

Old songs, don't mind if I do.

Fugazi - Waiting Room.
Big Country - In A Big Country.
General Public - Tenderness.
Haysi Fantayzee - Shiny Shiny.
Pat Wilson - Bop Girl.
Debbie Harry - I Want That Man.
White Town - Your Woman.
OMD - If You Leave.
Black Lace - Agadoo.
Thompson Twins - Doctor Doctor.
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle.
Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence.
Murray Head - One Night In Bangkok.
ELO - Mr Blue Sky.
The first song I heard on radio, Madonna - Don't Cry For Me Argentina.
Flock of Seagulls - I Ran.
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing.
Boney M - Hooray (It's a Holi Holiday.)
Boney M - Gotta Go Home.
Not sure if this released in 1970 or after but Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4.
Nena - 99 Red Balloons.
Laura Branigan - Self Control.

The following are 3 songs I'm starting to get into.

Vixen - Cryin.
Judas Priest - Nostradamus.
The Strawbs - Part Of The Union.

Bonus songs, The Wurzels - Combine Harvester and the song it parodied, Melanie - Brand New Key.

The OP said before 1970, not after it. A very fine 70s-80s selection nonetheless.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Big fan of Gene McDaniels. Love his ode to a weak man



One of my favourite songs of all time. Saw Bettye in Chicago last year and was spewin' she never sang this (was still f**kin' fantastic)