Well today I'm returning back to the sixties from my recent journeys into the 70's, 80's etc. The two bands I'm listening to today follow the early rock n' roll naming tradition of "the somethings." So at this moment I'm listening to the Hollies (another greatest hits sort of thing), and in a bit, I'll pop in the Monkees. So today it's all about fun harmonic pop-rock.
So far I like the Hollies. Having listened so much to the Beatles, it's hard not to compare them. Yet I think they should really be viewed simply as contemporaries rather than imitators of the Beatles. Also, they mostly stuck with their polished mid-sixties sound when the Beatles and everyone else started getting more experimental and into the psychedelic sound. So they are lots of fun. One interesting tid-bit is that one of their main members and songwriters, Graham Nash, went on to join David Crosby, of the Byrds, and Stephen Stills, of Buffalo Springfield to form the very uninspiringly named and great sounding group "CSN", which became CSNY when Neil Young (also formerly of Buffalo Springfield) joined for a few albums. Mom, do you remember CSN?
Well anyway, I like the Hollies so far. Oh, another interesting thing. The reason I checked out the Hollies was partly because of the CSNY connection, but mostly because of Scott Barger, the pastor of the church I've been going to. In one of his sermons, he mentioned a bunch of different classic groups from the old days (the sermon was about our unhealthy tendency to obligate ourselves to religious rules, and the example was that when he was a kid, he went to a strict Christian school which told him all of the music his parents liked was evil), so I chatted with him a little about it afterwards. I told him how much I liked the Beatles, while he said he was always more of a Hollies fan. So I thought I should check them out.
Well I just listened to the Monkees, and they are a lot of fun as well. After some reading, I really want to watch the show- it sounds like a lot of fun.
Well that's all for now...
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I saw a bit of the Monkees show the other night on i-tv. It's funny! You'll laugh :).
The monkees were great! And I really liked CSNY.
Mom
fun post - do more do more :) ilu
I was thinking that you liked the Monkees, Mom- they are certainly a lot of fun. I really need to find the show somewhere. And yeah, CSNY is good too- quite a collaboration of skilled writers/artists- some of the best of the folk-rock world.
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