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Which British song sums up the 1960s for you?

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Stoker48 Sat 16-May-26 14:25:10

I’m doing a presentation on the 1960s and thought I’d start it off with a typical piece of music.
As the talk is of life in England - our experiences and recollections, I’d like to be a British group or singer.
Thank you

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nanna8 Sat 16-May-26 14:28:46

I can’t get no satisfaction by the Stones. Very apt just now in the UK.

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BoggledMind Sat 16-May-26 14:32:16

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion by The Kinks captured the obsession with fashion at the time.

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Magenta8 Sat 16-May-26 14:39:30

Late 60s, hippy, psychedelic - 'The Hole in my Shoe' by Traffic.

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TerriBull Sat 16-May-26 14:43:14

I was a huge Beatles fan, practically anything by them.....but Procul Harum's Whiter Shade of Pale was number 1 for so long, in fact all summer in 1967. Somehow with the completely incomprehensible lyrics and dreamy music borrowed from "Air on a G string" it had a kind of zeitgeist that defined the later 60s. It still transports me right back there whenever I hear it, I'm 13 again!

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REKA Sat 16-May-26 14:47:28

Shout by Lulu

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Bridey Sat 16-May-26 14:48:59

All or Nothing by Small Faces

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boheminan Sat 16-May-26 14:50:50

Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck. A good dance/party song, with a 'shouty' chorus.

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tanith Sat 16-May-26 14:52:03

Marvin Gaye "Heard it through the Grapevine"
Beatles "Hey Jude"
BeachBoys "Good Vibrations"
Animals "House of the Rising Sun"
Otis Redding " Dock of the Bay"

Too many to mention it was truly a wonderful era for outstanding music.

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