| The impact of 60s Songs on contemporary music | | | | until today. This song's status was guaranteed by |
| should not be underestimated. These days, you | | | | a crazy hook, crazy lyrics and (according to |
| will rarely find a musician who has not been | | | | many) a crazy singer. |
| influenced by music from this era. People | | | | Good Vibrations ? The Beach Boys |
| everywhere still rave about this era even those | | | | Between 1965 and 1967, the Beach Boys and the |
| who didn't live through it like myself | | | | Beatles engaged in a battle for both commercial |
| The article hopes to explore some of the most | | | | and innovative supremacy. Experimentation was |
| memorable 60s Songs that defined this period. It | | | | at its peak during this period and has never again |
| is important to point out that the criteria does not | | | | reached such levels. As the story goes, the |
| involve the commercial success of the song, | | | | Beatles album Revolver influenced the Beach Boys |
| instead, the impact that it had when it was | | | | album Pet Sounds which in turn influenced |
| released. So without further ado, here we go. | | | | Sergeant Pepper?s Lonely Hearts Club Band. All 3 |
| I Wanna Hold Your Hand ? The Beatles | | | | albums are now in the Top 10 most influential |
| This was the song that catapulted the Beatles | | | | albums of all time according to Rolling Stone |
| into worldwide fame. Their performance on the | | | | magazine. Good Vibrations was one of the songs |
| Ed Sullivan show in February 1964 singlehandedly | | | | that was produced during this period and it was |
| started the British Invasion in America and | | | | essentially the creation of leading band member |
| changed the course of music forever. Many say | | | | Brian Wilson. Its production became a obsession |
| that before this monumental event, American | | | | for Wilson and which led it to becoming the most |
| music had stalled. British music brought a new | | | | expensive song produced at the time. At the |
| tune and rhythm that defied musical conventions | | | | same time, it contributed to Wilson?s mental |
| of the time and it struck a huge chord with the | | | | deterioration. The Beach Boys were arguably |
| American audience. Music had changed forever. | | | | never able to reach such peaks again. |
| I Can?t Get No Satisfaction ? Rolling Stones | | | | Nevertheless, this song will forever remain the |
| As one of the beneficiaries of the British Invasion, | | | | legacy of Brian Wilson from a period where |
| the Rolling Stones released I Can?t Get No | | | | anything was possible. |
| Satisfaction in 1965, a very controversial song for | | | | While these songs may have been commercially |
| the censors, but a song that expressed perfectly | | | | very successful, the decision to put them in this |
| the concerns and issues of 60s youth. The song | | | | article was solely due to the cultural and social |
| transformed the group into superstars and 60s | | | | impact that these songs made. It is because of |
| rock icons and since, their popularity has enduring | | | | this that we still remember 60s Songs today. |