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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

RoundTheBend — Sun, 22 May 2016 16:40:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 05/22/2016 20:40

davidhuret wrote:

Well, "You really got me" (Kinks'64) and "Helter Skelter" (Beatles'68) are extraordinarily heavy for their time. Revolutionarily so. And, yeah, the Monks in general.

I was going to say these (minus I don't know the Monks).

But then I remembered that The Rite of Spring caused a ruckus at it's debut: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring

But the music is also quite "riotous" for it's time.

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

davidhuret — Sat, 21 May 2016 15:34:01 GMT

Author: davidhuret

Posted: 05/21/2016 19:34

Well, "You really got me" (Kinks'64) and "Helter Skelter" (Beatles'68) are extraordinarily heavy for their time. Revolutionarily so. And, yeah, the Monks in general.

Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Romanelli — Fri, 20 May 2016 21:54:28 GMT

Author: Romanelli

Posted: 05/21/2016 01:54

You can't talk about mid 60's heavy rock without this song from 1966...

You've Got A Hard Time Comin' by The Remains

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Anonymous — Fri, 20 May 2016 21:33:46 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/21/2016 01:33

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins (R&B/Shock Rock) [1958]

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The Trashmen - Surfin' Bird (Frat Rock/Garage Rock/Psychedelic/Garage/Rock & Roll/Surf) [1963]

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The Kinks - Kinks-Size (Rock And Roll) [1965]

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The Wailers - Out Of Our Tree (Garage Rock) [1966]

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Mercury — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:12:27 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 05/21/2016 00:12

Also this is fucking weird! I think it's from 65 or 66 and this just is heavy sloppy garage which sounds like pre-Dead Kennedys to me anyway. (Spazz by the elastic band)

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And honestly I highly recommend listening to the Nuggets and Nuggets II box sets. Those sets are full of heavy ass stuff.

Like this sonics song too (The Witch)

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Or this Love song (7 and 7 is)

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Mercury — Fri, 20 May 2016 20:01:59 GMT

Author: Mercury

Posted: 05/21/2016 00:01

This 66 captain beef heart is pretty fuckin heavy (Diddy Wah Diddy)

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And of course this instrumental from 65 I think by the who is sick! And HEAVY! (The Ox)

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And earlier stuff I always found pretty heavy for its time is this howlin wolf track from I think 49 or 51 (Moanin in the moonlight)

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That's all I wanna share at the moment

Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Jimmy Dread — Fri, 20 May 2016 18:47:38 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 05/20/2016 22:47

One LP immediately springs to mind, from '66:

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Black Monk Time by Monks

Seriously, any album that starts 'Alright, my name's Gary' is worth 30 minutes of anyone's time. There's a few vids of them performing on German TV on YouTube - check out Monk Chant (not on the LP, but ace anyway) and the below:

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And whilst we're talking Yardbirds, here's a 60s US garage rip-off. In fact there's a fair bit of mid-60s garage rock worth listening to, but I've always had a soft spot for this, also from '66:

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Anonymous — Fri, 20 May 2016 17:46:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/20/2016 21:46

how bout noise music in 1913

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

benpaco — Fri, 20 May 2016 17:12:15 GMT

Author: benpaco

Posted: 05/20/2016 21:12

A lot of people claim this is the first song with a growled lyric.

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No idea if that's true or not, and it honestly sounds a bit out of place and silly, but that's something.

This is also pretty cool and seems up the right alley:

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Skinny — Fri, 20 May 2016 16:29:04 GMT

Author: Skinny

Posted: 05/20/2016 20:29

*reads OP*

'Ah, Them would fit that description.'

*scrolls down*

Norman Bates wrote:

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'Good old Norman.'

Gonna leave 'Mystic Eyes' here anyway, because Them are great.

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Re: Songs "heavy" for their time

Norman Bates — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:55:49 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/20/2016 19:55

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or some Yardbirds?

Songs "heavy" for their time

TheWestIsTheBest — Fri, 20 May 2016 15:48:38 GMT

Author: TheWestIsTheBest

Posted: 05/20/2016 19:48

The past few days I've been researching early 60's songs that were "heavy" for their time. Whether it be an especially crunchy guitar or gritty vocals. But I can only go so far with my own knowledge. So if any of you know some songs that were heavy for their time, I'm mostly looking for late 50's to about '65 or '66. Rock and roll, blues, pop, whatever genre is fine. Thanks for any recommendations!