oscillations.
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 7, 2007 22:44:52 GMT -5
One of the best & most influential one-hit wonders of all time.
A lot of decent covers have been made. I'd like to hear a cover of this make Top 40 (along with a cover of the Zombies' "Time of the Season"). It's only a matter of time before there is a mainstream 60's revival.
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Post by banet2001 on Jan 7, 2007 22:52:33 GMT -5
96 Tears is definitely a 1960's classic.  |
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Post by mst3k on Jan 7, 2007 22:59:50 GMT -5
Great tune! Probably the song that first introduced the mainstream public to what would become punk. The organ riffs are completely hypnotic. Took forever for the original recording to finally get a CD release here in the states.
You really need to post more in this forum, oscillations.
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Post by cartman2002 on Jan 7, 2007 23:02:13 GMT -5
96 Tears was #1 for a week in the fall of 1966
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 7, 2007 23:16:56 GMT -5
Great tune! Probably the song that first introduced the mainstream public to what would become punk. The organ riffs are completely hypnotic. Took forever for the original recording to finally get a CD release here in the states. You really need to post more in this forum, oscillations. :) It's true - this breed of American band - the scrappy, psychedelic-tinged garage rockers - were called punks back in the 60's & certainly influenced the proto-punks & first wavers that followed. I'm a fan of the entire period that came to be known as the Nuggets era. (Ironically, ?&TM are not included on the official compilation!) |
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Post by oscillations. on Jan 7, 2007 23:18:44 GMT -5
Anyone who likes this should listen to The Creation, The Seeds, The Sonics, and The Monks. :)
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Post by jimmy74747 on Jan 8, 2007 0:13:16 GMT -5
Great song. and one of the best names for a band in history.
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Post by joker on Jan 8, 2007 0:20:02 GMT -5
Awesome song! I'm a fan of the entire period that came to be known as the Nuggets era. |
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Post by cartman2002 on Jan 8, 2007 19:40:53 GMT -5
Once misintroduced by Alex Trebek as What and the Mysterians on Jeopardy
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Post by trustypepper on Mar 16, 2022 22:28:11 GMT -5
Gotta bump this 15 years later. Criminally underrated 60’s classic.
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Post by valleyghost01 on Mar 22, 2022 18:53:51 GMT -5
Gotta bump this 15 years later. Criminally underrated 60’s classic. This is also one of the songs in my 1966 Year End Rankdown |
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