Best act of 1966

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Beatles
23
14%
Beach Boys
22
13%
Dylan
21
13%
Stones
16
10%
Kinks
14
9%
Who
9
6%
Clapton
6
4%
Byrds
7
4%
Simon & Garfunkel
7
4%
Seeds
3
2%
Yardbirds
3
2%
Lovin' Spoonful
3
2%
Mothers of Invention
6
4%
Mamas & Papas
1
1%
Airplane
0
No votes
Springfield
2
1%
Monkees
2
1%
Donovan
1
1%
Otis
4
2%
Animals
3
2%
Elevators
6
4%
Love
4
2%
 
Total votes: 163

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby sloopjohnc » 16 Apr 2018, 21:16

toomanyhatz wrote:Beatles, Beach Boys, Kinks, Who, and Stones. Anything else is madness, unless you want to make a case that Dylan edges up there. Most of these acts were better the year before or after. Honorable mention to the Spoonful, who don't make it up to this exalted level, but had by far their best and most active year.


I love this place. I'm reading your thread and can even buy the "Anything else is madness," line, and then you cherrypick the Lovin' Spoonful out of that group as honorable mention. They're all pretty much honorable mention depending on personal taste.

Of course you have Coan's views, which throws it all outta whack.
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Matt Wilson » 16 Apr 2018, 21:19

I think you can change your vote, Ray.

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:25

I suppose we should be grateful that anyone is starting any thread on YY these days.
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Matt Wilson » 16 Apr 2018, 21:26

:lol:

Thanks. Clearly, you're feeling better today. You're back to your old self!

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:27

I will be, once we set up a separate prog section.

Oh, and another one for these ridiculous 'WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?' threads.
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Goat Boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:30

He's been very angry these last few days.

I do hope he's ok. Maybe he's just run out of biscuits
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:31

I'm as happy as Larry until I log in here and see all this GREY GOON SHITE stinking up the place
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Goat Boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:33

Have you heard of this place called Cook'd and Bomb'd?
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 21:41

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby algroth » 16 Apr 2018, 22:52

Matt Wilson wrote:
algroth wrote:I went with Byrds, Beach Boys and Mothers, but the best act of this year is clearly Trane.


For Ascension and Meditation? Yeah, I figured not enough BCBers knew those albums though. Just like Phil Ochs, The Association, Small Faces (though I probably should've included them), Everly Bros, Wilson Pickett, Hollies, etc.


For those two, yes. I don't blame you for leaving him out or anyone else since you only have a limited number of slots anyways but I would all the same say that both of those albums are superb and mark him handily as the best act of 1966 for me, arguably with Beach Boys following up.

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Ghost of Harry Smith » 16 Apr 2018, 23:09

The Velvet Underground should be in contention if only MGM had released the debut album on time (problems with the peelable banana cover delayed the release to March ‘67).

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 23:35

They're too 'difficult' for BCB
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby echolalia » 16 Apr 2018, 23:53

*FRESH 'N' SEXY* wrote:They're too 'difficult' for BCB

VU are great! Sweet Jane , Walk on the Wide Side, TRansformer…

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby Quaco » 16 Apr 2018, 23:56

*FRESH 'N' SEXY* wrote:They're too 'difficult' for BCB

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 16 Apr 2018, 23:58

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby echolalia » 17 Apr 2018, 00:25

*FRESH 'N' SEXY* wrote:AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!!!

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby joels344 » 17 Apr 2018, 01:28

algroth wrote:I went with Byrds, Beach Boys and Mothers, but the best act of this year is clearly Trane.


Releasing Ascension and Meditations is definitely one hell of a good year. :D
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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby soundchaser » 17 Apr 2018, 09:23

A shame to see Matt's thread derailed by the usual suspects, but that's just to be BCB expected these days.

Perhaps a thread without the best of the best might have appeased the wrist wringers?

But even then, it seems Simon & Garfunkel would beat Love & 13th Floor Elevators. Poor old Coan :lol:.

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Re: Best act of 1966

Postby naughty boy » 17 Apr 2018, 09:30

All pre-prog, tho', Dickie! you must feel queasy just looking
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