Music From 1969

[Walt Murphy]

WFUV.org (Fordham's radio station) is playing music from 1969 all day today (Aug.15)

[Atticus]

There are DOZENS of great songs from that year, but here's my hastily conceived top 10:

HM. BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

10. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
9. Simon & Garfunkle - The Boxer
8. CS&N - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
7. Cream - Crossroads
6. Who - Pinball Wizard
5. Zombies - Time of the Season
4. Youngbloods - Get Together (THE song of the Hippie Era)
3. Stones - Gimme Shelter

1.&2. (can't separate them)

Beatles - Come Together
Lad Zepp - Whole Lotta Love

[tandfman]

Brahms's A German Requiem and Wagner's Das Rheingold both premiered in 1869.

When it comes to '69 music, to paraphrase Keats, that is all I know on earth and all I need to know. :-)

[Atticus]

premiered in 1869

Oh, we're going there, are we.
OK.

In 1769
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart busted out La Finta Semplice, Cassation in D major, K. 100/62a and Te Deum in C.

Joseph Haydn rocked the world with String Quartets, Op. 9; Violin Concerto in G major, Hob. VIIa:4; Piano Trio in F major, Hob.XV:2.

In 1669

Giovanni Maria Bononcini dropped Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon

1n 1559

Filippo Azzaiolo burst on the scene with Il terzo libro delle villotte del fiore alla padoana con alcune napolitanae e bergamasche


In 1339

Johannes Vaillant's double-texted (ballade) for three voices!

[bambam1729]

Oh, we're going there, are we.
OK.

In 1769
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart busted out La Finta Semplice, Cassation in D major, K. 100/62a and Te Deum in C.

Joseph Haydn rocked the world with String Quartets, Op. 9; Violin Concerto in G major, Hob. VIIa:4; Piano Trio in F major, Hob.XV:2.

In 1669

Giovanni Maria Bononcini dropped Op. 3, a collection of sonatas in canon

1n 1559

Filippo Azzaiolo burst on the scene with Il terzo libro delle villotte del fiore alla padoana con alcune napolitanae e bergamasche


In 1339

Johannes Vaillant's double-texted (ballade) for three voices!

Didn't Pearl Jam and Lou Reed do covers of Vaillant's double-texted ballade for 3 voices?

[Olli]

Here's my contribution for the 1969 list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVHl-pqaIYM&t=211s

Or with the score:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MChTWNDAg8&t=82s

[tandfman]

I don't believe I've ever heard of three of Atticus's 1969 list and three of his oldies list (including Valliant).

[NotDutra5]

There are DOZENS of great songs from that year, but here's my hastily conceived top 10:

HM. BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

10. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
9. Simon & Garfunkle - The Boxer
8. CS&N - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
7. Cream - Crossroads
6. Who - Pinball Wizard
5. Zombies - Time of the Season
4. Youngbloods - Get Together (THE song of the Hippie Era)
3. Stones - Gimme Shelter

1.&2. (can't separate them)

Beatles - Come Together
Lad Zepp - Whole Lotta Love

In 1969 I was 12. The Jets won the Super Bowl (I was a Jets fan at the time), The Mets won the World Series, we went to the Moon and Woodstock happened.

I think when a boy is 12 it may be the perfect age. The songs listed above, excepting the BB King tune, all bring back stirring and vivid memories of that summer and year.

[lonewolf]

I think I am out of place here. In 1969 I was 38, an oil company executive living in Canada and I do not remember that I even knew Woodstock was happening.

[bobguild76]

There are DOZENS of great songs from that year, but here's my hastily conceived top 10:

HM. BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

10. Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
9. Simon & Garfunkle - The Boxer
8. CS&N - Suite: Judy Blue Eyes
7. Cream - Crossroads
6. Who - Pinball Wizard
5. Zombies - Time of the Season
4. Youngbloods - Get Together (THE song of the Hippie Era)
3. Stones - Gimme Shelter

1.&2. (can't separate them)

Beatles - Come Together
Lad Zepp - Whole Lotta Love

Great list! I was 15, and as with all of us, I will always be drawn to the music of my youth. Dad had just retired from 20 years in the Navy, and we moved that summer from CA to NY (Long Island). We stopped for a couple of weeks to see Grandma and Grandpa in Walton, NY. Dad had back surgery (I think in Oneonta), and his roomie during recovery was a young man who had injured himself at Woodstock. He had lots of stories!