Everyone's A Winner Swingin' 60s Challenge/Showcase Thingy LXX
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Posted by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:01 PM
This challenge is open to all. It runs until Tuesday May 27 at 6PM EDT. Its purpose is to give people a forum to have their songs heard. There is no judging involved. Everyone who participates is a winner.
PLEASE READ THESE GUIDELINES AND THE THEME DESCRIPTION CAREFULLY BEFORE POSTING
1. Post ONE OR TWO songs that fit the theme. You may post a THIRD one on or after Thursday. You may post a FOURTH song on or after Saturday.
Your song can be a new song or one that was already recorded.
**2. For EACH song you post, listen to at least SIX other people's songs and leave feedback. That means, if you post 2 songs you should listen to 12 others over the course of the 7 days of the challenge, a little less than 2 a day. If you post 3 songs, listen to 18 others and so on. You may, of course, listen to more if you choose.
Listening is the most important part of this challenge. Supporting and experiencing others is what it's about.
3. We prefer to listen to the whole song. Try not to listen to the same people every day. Give new people a chance as well.
4. Please do not post glitter or large graphics as feedback or in the thread.
5. You don't need to post a song to listen but you need to listen if you post a song. It's best to post earlier in the challenge. But you can post up until the end. Just be aware that the closing hours of the challenge are better suited to listening than trying to squeeze in a last minute post.
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The theme of this challenge is Swingin' 60s!! Sing a song (preferably a pop/rock song from the mid to late 1960s) from the 1960s!
I've often thought I should have been born about 15 years earlier and in England. I love movies and music from the mid 60s--I love the fashions and pop culture from that era. Yes, it's sad that the Beatles and Rolling Stones songs are gone from here, but we'll make do!
Here are a couple of fun clips that evoke what I'm talking about:
60's Fashion
Smashing Time
And here's a Wikipedia entry about Swinging London
Have fun you little mods and rockers!
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Reply by GlorihaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Gloriha is so not motivated; still plenty of time to the last minute.Ooooh, this is another great one!
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Reply by GlorihaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Gloriha is so not motivated; still plenty of time to the last minute.Yeah, I'm stalking the board... I seem to do this every Tuesday at this time :)
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Reply by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:07 PM
I'll be out for awhile--we have to use a restaurant gift certificate before it expires tomorrow, which is a good thing, because it's often like pulling teeth to get a certain someone to go anywhere with me. I'll catch up with you folks later!
Here's my first post--some of you have already heard it, so by all means, save your listening time for someone else! This is probably my favorite solo recording I've done here.
Don't Sleep in the Subway, a Petula Clark song from 1967.
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Reply by walkingstickGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:11 PM
YESS!!!!!
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Reply by CerebraljamGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:12 PM
:-) Tracy... what can I say, I was born 1960, and in England ... some girls have all the luck eh? Trouble is I was a bit too young to appreciate it! 1966 I started to see some of it, musically, but still, a bit too young, especially for the fashion LOL. To be honest with you I was more wistful of the long floaty dresses and flowers in ya hair days... which came a little later... I must get my Jackie magazines out with Blackfoot Sue, Peter, Paul and Mary, Alice Cooper, David Cassidy (LOL) Bay City Rollers (what?) earlier, earlier. I never pulled the posters out and they remain intact... all 500 of them from 1971 onwards. Yeah late.
Going to enjoy this one :-) Back later with a song!
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Reply by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Yes, you're still a young 'un, Janet! I'm thinking I should've been born around 1950 or thereabouts!
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Reply by CerebraljamGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Fashion if I remember rightly was Mary Quant plastic colourful macs, mini skirts and um, the invention of the disposable paper undies LOL!
Here you go: I Couldn't Live Without Your Love - Petula Clark
Chances are Petula's songs will be gone with the next lic raid... ;D Some of you have already heard so don't feel you have to listen again, but thank you for your time...
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Reply by coolhandlukeGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:20 PM
I'm still on the cell phone with Gloriha .., um -- BRB? lol
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Reply by JusKateGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:28 PM
oooooo, I'm gonna run amok with this one! First..Donovan :)
Wear Your Love Like Heaven
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/aef62a7e
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Reply by GlorihaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Gloriha is so not motivated; still plenty of time to the last minute.ROFLMAO You are too cute, Rick!!
/walks off to try and get another picture for profile page
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Reply by cantareGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Well, I try never to take on more than one bit of crumpet at a time... ;-D
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Reply by RGee58GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:34 PM
here are a couple
Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline 1968
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/b8dbafbe
Simon and Garfunkel 1965
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/ae9ee78c
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Reply by waltkoGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:49 PM
I very sure this Van Morison song came from the year 1967
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/b6bd2fe6
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Reply by PhilBabyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Oh boy, oh boy! Old music! Be back later.......
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Reply by walkingstickGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Be back later. Still feeling a little ill.
Love the theme of course,
as I was born in 1951
and was a teenager during the mid to late 60s.
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Reply by BronxBruce on May 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM
OK. This one's gonna be so much fun.
But, believe it or not I don't have a great many songs that fit this category. So I had to go dig this one out of mothballs. It was private but now it's public again. Revel in all those old comments and my old mic.
Donovan
Mellow Yellow
Groooovy Baby!
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Reply by PlatinumFillyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Hi all! Tracy great challenge.Have a question.Do have to have been born in England or could they have performed in England as long as it's a 60's tune?Thanks xoxo
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Reply by PlatinumFillyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Oops *they
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Reply by GlorihaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Gloriha is so not motivated; still plenty of time to the last minute.Okay, just for you, Rick, a new profile picture. This is me and my cyber sis, Cathy, roarcat, when she visited me on Sunday. We had such a great time.... 5 hours of laughing hysterically and some... well, we like to call it singing but it was pretty odd at times :)
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Reply by KiaGee on May 20, 2008 at 7:15 PM
gawd that is way yellow bruce lol i cant even read it so im just gonna click.
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Reply by JubiGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I more of a 70's gal but will look for s 60's song....oh where to start?
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Reply by KiaGee on May 20, 2008 at 7:18 PM
very cool theme Tracy, like way Groovy.
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Reply by Angelina48GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Holy smoke! You guys are crawling out of the woodwork in a hurry!! As usual I have to go to work RIGHT NOW!
And I'm getting a sore throat. But....
Catch y'all later!
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Reply by PlatinumFillyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Hi All I am on a Lesley Gore kick I guess.My Beatles are all gone so....
#1 YOU DON'T OWN ME ...by Lesley Gore 1964
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b6f51d38
#2 SUNSHINE LOLLIPOPS & RAINBOWS: by Lesley Gore
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/ba10a7e63
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Reply by GlorihaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Gloriha is so not motivated; still plenty of time to the last minute.For my first selection, this is Come Back When You Grow Up by Bobby Vee. This song was #3 on Billboard in 1967. This is one of the songs that Cathy and I did on Sunday night; the only one we did 'right' the whole way through. Although I knew she would be okay with it, I actually asked permission :>
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/be11a8e60
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Reply by werewoofGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Wait a minute... "Swinging sixties" ??
We're not gonna have to throw our keys into a fishbowl are we?
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Reply by JubiGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM
I found one.......so excited....lol......this song was released as a single by Judy Collins in 1968.........and won a Grammy Award........hope you like it
Both Sides Now (harmony version)
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b59db921
Thanks for the listens :)
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Reply by waltkoGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:11 PM
This is song that I joined Deb "Walkingstick" on, that I believe was in the sixties
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/bee38044
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Reply by cali_jeepbabe1GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:12 PM
Hi Tracy!!!
Greattttttt theme idea:))))
Here is my entry....
The Drifters...
Under The Boardwalk
1964
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/watchandlisten/play/b911a060a
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Reply by torchie72GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:12 PM
LOL @ Woofie's comment!
Here's one I just did a few weeks ago ~
"You Showed Me" - The Turtles
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/baf9be6e
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Reply by CerebraljamGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Okay, nearly heard all the songs, thought I had and another three popped up... wonderful, and yep fun!
For some crazy reason I was up just after 6am this morning so was wondering why I now feel tired. Think I'm going to call it a night and get some sleep before I fall over, head is definitely whooshy! ;D
Nite all...
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Reply by roseinblueGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Wonderful theme, Tracy! I love the 60s!
Off the topic, I had a bad day today. It was the type of day where I wished I had stayed in bed. So much seemed to go wrong. Anyway, I was giving myself a pity party when I come home to find out that a Singsnapper friend of mine is going to lose her mother (she had a massive heart attack and won't make it).
Her name is RedSatinDoll
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/member/redsatindoll
It kind of put things in perspective for me. I should just be thankful I am alive and safe and at home.
Sorry to get off the topic, but my heart is aching for this woman.
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Reply by roseinblueGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:19 PM
Gonna go look for a swinging 60s tune. :)
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Reply by DreamerGirlGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Falling off my chair, Woof!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Great theme, Tracy...if I can only get over this cold, I could sing. Let me scout the archives.
Roseinblue, so sorry to hear of your friend's mother. She may make it yet; I'll keep her in my prayers.
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Reply by MikeC2007GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Here's something from Sinatra,
Summer Wind (1965)
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Reply by Layla9466GOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:55 PM
Don't know why I chose this one...it's not like it's the best tune from the 60's...I had to bite my cheek from laughing while singing it (through pain comes growth?) *laugh. Anyway, I had fun. hope you enjoy.
Double Shot. lol
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Reply by chiccaGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 8:58 PM
chicca can`t wait to be back home with his wifeTHIS SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT CHALLENGE GUY`S....THOUGHT I MIGHT GIVE YOU ALL ONE OR TWO TO LISTEN TOO.."ONLY THE LONELY"..ONE OF THE BIG O`s......................http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/afb2bf92
HAVE SANG HERE BEFORE ...THOUGHT I WOULD SING FOR YA AGAIN
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Reply by cantareGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:06 PM
Here's a quickie recording from me:
Simon & Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter (1967)
Will do playlist in a bit, gotta run to rehearsal now.
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Reply by JennyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:09 PM
Nice one Tracy :-) oooh I still love the 60s
Here's a swinging one from 1966 ...required a lot of tongue-twisting & breath control LOL
Roger Miller...ENGLAND SWINGS
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b511aa622
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Reply by JusKateGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Ohhh, another one...Simon and Garfunkel :)
Cloudy
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b3fdee36
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Reply by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:15 PM
Um, no. I think that was more of a 70s thing?
Neither. Any 60s song is OK, really!
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Reply by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:16 PM
I recorded this one last night for the challenge:
There's a Kind of Hush from Herman's Hermits in 1967
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Reply by WravensWingGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:28 PM
Yay!!! I love oldies!!! :)
Here is It's My Party
So......which David did you vote for????
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Reply by walkingstickGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:37 PM
I had to hjurry and grab this one before someone else got it. I laughed when I noticed that last summer in July in one of the challenges, Bruce submitted Mellow Yellow and I submitted Sunshine Superman. LOLOL
I wanted to re-record this one as I have better sound than I did then.
Getting the flavor of the Donovan sound is hard. I tried to get it by singing the melody with myself. Still haven't captured it to my satisfactlion, but that means I have a neat musical goal to reach eventually so it's all good.
Recorded 1966 at Abbey Road Studios
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN
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Reply by JennyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Be back for some listens later...the Queensland sunshine is luring me outside :-)))
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Reply by werewoofGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 9:39 PM
Well since The group that I feel epitomizes the theme Tracy has set forth for us hasn't been represented yet.. I give you....
Mrs. Brown's hot daughter....
With a freshly awakened Woofie all bushy eyed and draggin tail.....
:~)
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Reply by lilpeachy on May 20, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Here's an old fave of mine. The flashing green video is indicative of the 60's, too. Wow, that song is tough for me to sing, but this is a Challenge...right? ;o)
Turn, Turn, Turn! The Byrds
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/b9ef53e2
Turn! Turn! Turn! is the second album by the folk-rock band The Byrds, released 1965 on Columbia Records. It peaked at #17 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart, and went to #11 in the United Kingdom.
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Reply by werewoofGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Hee Hee Tracy.. you snuck in and beat me to the punch on Herman.... LOL
:~)
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Reply by TracyBGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 10:30 PM
I sneaked the song into an edit, Woof! :) I still beat you though--lol! You can't have too many Herman's Hermits songs for a challenge like this!
I'm actually all caught up! Everybody sounds great on these Swinging 60s tunes! Thanks for putting a smile on my face!
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Reply by PhilBabyGOLD on May 20, 2008 at 10:38 PM
I figured I'd travel across the pond from Britain and sing one from the 60's by Jay and the .....no, not Britains.....Americans
She Cried
http://www.singsnap.com/snap/r/bf1129052
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