Episode 9: Greatest Rock Songs Of The 1960s

This one-off episode presents a 16-song bracket to determine the greatest rock song of the 1960s.

Honorable mentions (in no particular order):

The Turtles - "Happy Together"

The Moody Blues - "Nights In White Satin"

Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Van Morrison - "Brown Eyed Girl"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Proud Mary"

The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie"

Steppenwolf - "Born To Be Wild"

The Mamas and the Papas - "California Dreamin'"

The Monkees - "Daydream Believer"

The Rascals - "Good Lovin'"

And going more underground:

The Stooges - "1969" or "I Wanna Be Your Dog"

The Velvet Underground - "Heroin"

MC5 - "Kick Out The Jams"

Notes for this episode:

The first version of "The Sound Of Silence" was in 1964, the more famous version followed in 1966.

The Animals' version of "The House Of The Rising Sun" was in 1964, not 1965.

The famous Bob Dylan/The Band live performance of "Like A Rolling Stone" with the "Judas!" heckler was 1966 of course not 1965.

We failed to mention the single most famous thing about The Who's "My Generation," which of course is Roger Daltrey's stuttered vocals!

We also failed to mention how magnificent Carl Wilson's lead vocal is on "God Only Knows." It's probably his greatest vocal performance.

Jefferson Airplane was also at Altamont along with The Rolling Stones. In fact Marty Balin got knocked out cold by a Hell's Angel!