50s and 60s Music

Magenta · Jul 17, 2017

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas (1965)

[video=youtube;N-aK6JnyFmk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aK6JnyFmk[/video]
All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
I'd be safe and warm (I'd be safe and warm)
If I was in L.A. (if I was in L.A.)

California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I pretend to pray (I pretend to pray)
You know the preacher like the cold (preacher like the cold)
He knows I'm gonna stay (knows I'm gonna stay)

California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day

All the leaves are brown (all the leaves are brown)
And the sky is grey (and the sky is grey)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a winter's day (on a winter's day)
If I didn't tell her (if I didn't tell her)
I could leave today (I could leave today)

California dreamin' (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day (California dreamin')
On such a winter's day

Magenta · Jul 17, 2017

The Mamas & The Papas - Monday Monday
[video=youtube;h81Ojd3d2rY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81Ojd3d2rY[/video]

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be

Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Monday Monday, can't trust that day,
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warning of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me.

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time

Monday Monday, so good to me,
Monday morning, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me.

Every other day, every other day,
Every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time

Monday Monday, can't trust that day
Monday Monday it just turns out that way
Oh Monday Monday don't go away
Monday Monday

Galatea · Jul 17, 2017

The Beatles "Strawberry Fields Forever" 1967

[video=youtube;8UQK-UcRezE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UQK-UcRezE[/video]

Magenta · Jul 17, 2017

Mamas & Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love

[video=youtube;4M7gKZqgHn4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7gKZqgHn4[/video]
While I'm far away from you, my baby,
I know it's hard for you, my baby,
Because it's hard for me, my baby,
And the darkest hour is just before dawn -

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me my baby.
And tell all the stars above
This is dedicated to the one I love.

Love can never be exactly like we want it to be.
I could be satisfied knowing you love me.
There's one thing I want you to do especially for me -
And it's something that everybody needs.

While I'm far away from you, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
Because it's hard for me, my baby,
And the darkest hour is just before dawn.

If there's one thing I want you to do especially for me
Then it's something that everybody needs...

Each night before you go to bed, my baby,
Whisper a little prayer for me, my baby,
And tell all the stars above -
This is dedicated to the one I love.
This is dedicated (to the one I love)
This is dedicated to the one I love
This is dedicated (to the one I love)
This is dedicated...

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
[video=youtube;svitEEpI07E]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svitEEpI07E[/video]
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river,
You can hear the boats go by you can spend the night beside her,
And you know that she's half crazy but that's why you wanna be there,
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China,
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her,
Then she gets you on her wavelength and she lets the river answer,
That you've always been her lover.

And you want to travel with her,
And you want to travel blind,
And you know she will trust you,
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And Jesus was a sailor when He walked upon the water,
And He spent a long time watching from His lonely wooden tower,
And when He knew for certain only drowning men could see Him,
He said, "All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them,"
But He Himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.

And you want to travel with Him,
And you want to travel blind,
And you think maybe you'll trust Him,
For He's touched your perfect body with His mind.

Now Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river,
She is wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters,
And the sun pours down like honey on Our Lady of the Harbour,
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers,
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning,
They are leaning out for love and they will lean that way forever,
While Suzanne holds the mirror.

And you want to travel with her,
And you want to travel blind,
And you know that you can trust her,
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

Galatea · Jul 18, 2017

The Beatles 1965 "In My Life" My favorite Beatles song.
[video=youtube;-eCh3y5VROM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eCh3y5VROM[/video]

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (1965)

[video=youtube;ntLsElbW9Xo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo[/video]
The eastern world it is exploding
Violence flarin', bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill but not for votin'
You don't believe in war but whats that gun you're totin'?
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'

But you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?
If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you boy

And you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Yeah my blood's so mad feels like coagulating
I'm sitting here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth it knows no regulation
Handful of senators don't pass legislation
And marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'

And you tell me
Over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here for four days in space
But when you return it's the same old place
The pounding of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead but don't leave a trace
Hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace

And tell me
Over and over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Mmm, no, no, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Jefferson Airplane -White Rabbit (1967)

[video=youtube;WANNqr-vcx0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0[/video]

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When the men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head

mar09 · Jul 18, 2017

Galatea said:

I was just to the house of a family friend, where a sib left some of our old piano books. I was looking for some in particular, and saw some books called Best of the 20's, 30's and 40's without looking for them... Maybe soon there'll be threads on those too? But i honestly do not know much from those decades!

Galatea · Jul 18, 2017

mar09 said:

I considered making a 30s thread, but figured there would be no one to post! I love old music, particularly.

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

[h=1]Mason Williams - Classical Gas (1968)[/h][video=youtube;MCxuKo1WZRs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCxuKo1WZRs[/video]

maxwel · Jul 18, 2017

Huckleberry said:

Music has always been produced by computers.

Next you'll be claiming chickens aren't really born frozen and wrapped in plastic.

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Richard Harris sings MacArthur Park (1968)
written by Jimmy Webb

[video=youtube;tRwYQgk05DY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRwYQgk05DY[/video]
This song came out when I was thirteen years old and I instantly loved it

Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance

Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh noooooo

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees

The birds like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers, by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again, oh noooooo

There would be another song for me
For I will sing it
There would be another dream for me
Someone will bring it

I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life, you'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky

And after all the loves of my life
Oh, after all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you - and wondering why

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down

Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh noooooo, o-oh no-ooooo

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

The Walker Brothers - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore (1965)

[video=youtube;koO-rnus45M]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koO-rnus45M[/video]
Loneliness
Is a cloak you wear
A deep shade of blue
Is always there

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you're without love - Baby

Emptiness
Is a place you're in
With nothing to lose
But no more to win

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you're without love

Lonely, without you baby
Girl I need you
I can't go on

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky
The tears are always clouding your eyes
When you're without love - Baby

The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
(Repeat till fade)

Laish · Jul 18, 2017

I enjoyed that song . Have you heard the Waylon Jennings version of MacAthur park ?
[video]https://youtu.be/_4s4lot06z0[/video]
It probably my favorite of his covers.
Blessings
Bill

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Jay and The Americans - Cara Mia (1965)

[video=youtube;0Jm4p_HCwKA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jm4p_HCwKA[/video]
Cara Mia why must we say goodbye?
Each time we part my heart wants to die

Darling hear my prayer
Cara Mia fair
I'll be your love till the end of time

Cara Mia mine
Cara Mia mine
Cara Mia mine
Cara Mia mine

Don't miss the go-go dancers a @ 1:57

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Laish said:

I am listening to it now, thanks, Bill!

Laish · Jul 18, 2017

Magenta said:

Yea I like that song a lot . It was my Dads favorite too
been listening to that one a lot lately. It reminds me a lot of him and when I was a kid
today would have been his 79th birthday
Blessings
Bill

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

The Yardbirds - Heart Full of Soul (1968) With Jimmy Page

[video=youtube;kNuQPTzuof4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuQPTzuof4[/video]
Sick at heart and lonely
Deep in dark despair
Thinking one thought only
"Where is she, tell me where?"

And if she says to you
She don't love me
Just give her my message
Tell her of my plea

And I know
Well if she had me back again
Oh I would never make her sad
I've got a heart full of soul

And I know
If she had me back again
I would never make her sad
I've got a heart full of soul

She's been gone such a long time
Longer than I can bear
But if she says she wants me
Tell her that I'll be there

And if she says to you
She don't love me
Just give her my message
Tell her of my plea

And I know
Well if she had me back again
I would never make her sad
I've got a heart full of soul

Magenta · Jul 18, 2017

Laish said:

Oh, such sweet memories. My dad passed when I was 22...

This is the song I associate with him, a shared memory of us listening and singing together

Jimmie Rodgers - Honeycomb ( 1957 )

[video=youtube;h1ubG2f1-to]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1ubG2f1-to[/video]
Well it's a darn good life
And it's kinda funny
How the Lord made the bee
And the bee made the honey
And the honeybee lookin' for a home
And they called it a honeycomb

And they roamed the world and they gathered all
Of the honeycomb into one sweet ball
And the honeycomb from a million trips
Made my baby's lips

Oh, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
Got a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
And made a walkin' talkin' Honeycomb

Well, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
What a darn good life
When you got a wife like Honeycomb

(Honeycomb)

And the Lord said now that I made a bee
I'm gonna look all around for a green, green tree
And He made a little tree and I guess you heard
Oh, then well he made a little bird

And they waited all around until the end of Spring
Gettin' every note that the birdie'd sing
And they put 'em all into one sweet tone
For my Honeycomb

Oh, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
Got a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
And made a walkin' talkin' Honeycomb

Well, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
What a darn good life
When you got a wife like Honeycomb

(Honeycomb)

And the Lord says now that I made a bird
I'm gonna look all round for a little ol' word
That sounds about sweet like "turtledove"
And I guess I'm gonna call it "love"

And He roamed the world lookin' everywhere
Gettin' love from here, love from there
And He put it all in a little ol' part
Of my baby's heart

Oh, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
Got a hank o' hair and a piece o' bone
And made a walkin' talkin' Honeycomb

Well, Honeycomb, won't you be my baby
Well, Honeycomb, be my own
What a darn good life
When you got a wife like Honeycomb

(Honeycomb)

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