Best '60s pop use of sitar - "Mother's Little Helper"?
I'd go with "Paint it Black" over "Mother's Little Helper". At least I seem to recall there's sitar when I play the song in my head - it may be the monkey crack talking.
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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 5:34:45 am PDT #4018 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2006 5:40:40 am PDT #4019 of 10003
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I'd go with "Paint it Black" over "Mother's Little Helper".
They both definitely rank highly....
Now I'm wondering - how big of a "fad" was the sitar back in the psychedelic days? I know the Beatles really popularized it and the Stones jumped on the bandwagon (and then jumped off shortly after) - how many other popular rock groups of that era used the sitar?
Hayden - Sep 15, 2006 5:46:20 am PDT #4020 of 10003
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Feeling cautiously optimistic, I downloaded iTunes 7 last night. I'm down 17 songs, from 27,932 to 27,915, but I guess they could have been duplicates.
I don't know how much of a fad the sitar was. You don't hear it that much on either of the Nuggets sets, for instance, but that may have had a lot to do with price.
msbelle - Sep 15, 2006 6:04:16 am PDT #4021 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
megan - I do not have ANY of those. feel free to wait until he arrives. I think the mixes I am making will only be on my iPod. I do not plan to take a computer or a CD player since bag space will be a huge issue (orphanage supplies going over and items from Ethiopia for our house on the way back). IOW - THANKS!
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 6:40:46 am PDT #4022 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I know the Beatles really popularized it and the Stones jumped on the bandwagon (and then jumped off shortly after) - how many other popular rock groups of that era used the sitar?
I'm reading Marianne Faithfull's autobiography now (great read, incidentally! Drugs! Sex! Dressing up in funny costumes! Travel to exotic locations! Gossip!) and they certainly listened to a lot of sitar. It was de rigeuer for dropping acid. But using sitar in pop songs wasn't nearly as common as other sixties musical fads like the electric harpsichord (my fav) or the Moog.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 6:42:22 am PDT #4023 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm reading Marianne Faithfull's autobiography now (great read, incidentally! Drugs! Sex! Dressing up in funny costumes! Travel to exotic locations! Gossip!) and they certainly listened to a lot of sitar.
You forgot "Mars Bars!".
Tom Scola - Sep 15, 2006 6:43:31 am PDT #4024 of 10003
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I posted a cover of "Black is Black" by Lord Sitar a while back on buffistarawk.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 6:46:50 am PDT #4025 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
You forgot "Mars Bars!".
Heh. She goes off on the Mars Bars incident. To paraphrase, "It's so stupid. It's what martini drinking old men would think is the sort of thing you'd do when you were on acid."
The best parts are her adventures with Anita Pallenberg who's just the most over-the-top and around-the-bend, decadent Black Queen you can imagine.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 6:52:51 am PDT #4026 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Heh. She goes off on the Mars Bars incident. To paraphrase, "It's so stupid. It's what martini drinking old men would think is the sort of thing you'd do when you were on acid."
Hey, to paraphrase ...LIBERTY VALANCE, when the lurid rumour is better than the truth, print the rumour.
The best parts are her adventures with Anita Pallenberg who's just the most over-the-top and around-the-bend, decadent Black Queen you can imagine.
This I can totally believe. I really must get my hands on a copy of that Faithfull book.
On a tangential note, if you could be any swinging-60s celeb for a day, say via a BEING JOHN MALKOVICH type scenario, who would you be?
Sean K - Sep 15, 2006 7:06:23 am PDT #4027 of 10003
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On a tangential note, if you could be any swinging-60s celeb for a day, say via a BEING JOHN MALKOVICH type scenario, who would you be?
Frank Sinatra, baby!