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159. The Temptations – Cloud Nine (1969)



Genre - Psychedelic soul

Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that features elements of psychedelic rock and soul/funk music. This kind of music thrived during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Psychedelic soul is often connected to artists such as Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic though the former's 1970s output is also often described simply as funk and the latter's music is often called funk-rock. However, they both took clear influences from psychedelic rock. Others, most notably The Temptations and their producer Norman Whitfield, War, The Undisputed Truth, and The 5th Dimension, followed the path laid out by the work of Sly Stone and his band. Psychedelic soul led the way for a harder, less subdued sound to permeate through black music, leading the way for the mainstream funk music of the early 1970s and later, disco
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158. MC5 – Kick Out the Jams (1969)



Genre - Hard rock, protopunk

LOL! [Warning] Inflammatory language? Make sure you get the uncensored album "Kick out the jams Motherfuckers!"
I've thought about it and I realised that I've self-censored a lot. My apologies.



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157. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II (1969)



Genre - Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock

Smoking hot lah!



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156. The Band - The Band (1969)



Genre - Rock

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155. Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin I (1969)



Genre - Hard rock, heavy metal, blues-rock, folk rock

From the disbanding of the Yardbirds, rises Led Zepplin! A pioneer of the heavy metal sound (a distinctive heavy, guitar-driven sound), Led Zepplin (Jimmy Page et al) fused blues and rock ( as well as Indian, arabic, classical, celtic, country and pop) beautifully as well. Essential!!



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154. Quicksilver Messenger Service – Happy Trails (1969)



Genre - Rock, acid rock, psychedelic rock, jam

Some good rock here - usual drug warnings apply! ;)

Jam bands are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture that originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued in the 1990s with Phish and similar bands. The performances of these bands often feature extended musical improvisation ("jams") over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns and long sets of music that cross genre boundaries.

While the seminal group Grateful Dead were originally categorized as psychedelic rock, by the 1990s the term "jam band" was used for groups playing a variety of genres, including those outside of rock such as funk, progressive bluegrass, and jazz fusion. The term is also used for some groups playing blues, country music, folk music, world music, and electronica.


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153. The Velvet Underground – Velvet Underground(1969)



Genre - Folk rock, art rock

Very different from White light/White heat.



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152. Elvis Presley – From Elvis in Memphis(1969)



Genre - Blue-eyed soul, Country, Rhythm and Blues, Pop

Elvis' comeback album ( perhaps his best and one of the greatest Soul albums), after making numerous successful movies for many years and proves once again that he is King.



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151. Dusty Springfield – Dusty in Memphis(1969)




Genre - Soul, pop, baroque pop

Some nice numbers - not many on youtube.. but do check out Radio 3 Romania for the rest! "I don't want to hear it anymore" and others. DIdn't know she sang this before Aretha Franklin!

Love Windmills.. sounds like something Mummy would sing to me before I go to bed.

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150. Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left(1969)



Genre - Folk

Oh my goodness... haunting, sad...bleak..with small shimmerings of hope... you got to listen to this... I don't usually like guitar...but some nice writing here (as well as string arrangements).



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149. The Rolling Stones – Let it Bleed (1969)



Genre - Rock

A dark album not only for the 'darkness' of the 60s (and its ending in outlook and gloom), but also in regards to the state of the band itself. Some really cool stuff here...



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148. Pentangle – Basket of Light (1969)



Genre - Folk rock

Light Flight (Theme from Take Three Girls)

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147. The Bee Gees – Odessa (1969)



Genre - Psychedelic rock, Rock, pop, baroque pop, art rock

When you think 'Bee Gees', you'd always think "Saturday Night Fever"... you know..Staying alove and all that. I was pleasantly surprised. Some very good and different songs they have here!

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146. Miles Davis – In a Silent Way (1969)



Genre - Jazz, fusion

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145. The Who – Tommy (1969)

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Genre - Rock, rock opera/musical

One of the pioneers of rock opera and was very popular at the time. Now not so much, but some good songs remained.



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1. Flash Mob at Sydney's Bondi Beach

Fun and interesting but perhaps not so effective at such a big venue...



2. Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests
By RACHEL ZOLL (AP)

BALTIMORE — A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to investigate the clergy sex abuse scandal has found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the lead authors of the study said Tuesday.

The full report by researchers at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice won't be completed until the end of next year. But the authors said their evidence to date found no data indicating that homosexuality was a predictor of abuse.
"What we are suggesting is that the idea of sexual identity be separated from the problem of sexual abuse," said Margaret Smith of John Jay College, in a speech to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. "At this point, we do not find a connection between homosexual identity and the increased likelihood of subsequent abuse from the data that we have right now."

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Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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144. The Beatles – Abbey Road (1969)



Genre - Rock

:) Don't think the Beatles need another introduction! But truly another landmark album, where they continued to push every musical envelope. Album cover wise, probably their most copied pose!







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143. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Green River (1969)



Genre - Rock

This was the first CCR album I came across and still my favourite!! I remember hearing 'Bad moon rising' one of those Disney halloween cartoon specials (or something) along with 'Monster mash' and 'Evil woman' when I was a wee boy.. all classics!

Very good stuff!



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142. Johnny Cash – At San Quentin(1969)



Genre - Country

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141. The Flying Burrito Brothers – Gilded Palace of Sin(1969)



Genre - Country-rock

One of the early pioneers of Country rock, The flying burrito brothers wrote some accessible and were associated with big names such as Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman.

Country-rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest popularity in the 1970s with artists like Emmylou Harris and The Eagles; continuing with cult status and occasional mainstream success to the present day.wiki

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140. Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)



Genre - Jazz Fusion, Rock

Some excellent numbers here, totally groovy baby! Some of your would recognise the Satie theme (gymnopedie). Other pieces use interesting array of instruments, including flutes and recorders!

Fusion or, more specifically, jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s from a mixture of elements of jazz such as its focus on improvisation with the rhythms and grooves of funk and R&B and the beats and heavily amplified electric instruments and electronic effects of rock. While the term "jazz rock" is often used as a synonym for "jazz fusion", it also refers to the music performed by late 1960s and 1970s-era rock bands when they added jazz elements to their music such as free-form improvisation. wiki




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I remember the original 80s one was not so bad, it freaked me out when I was a kid. Especially when the Visitors revealed themselves, or that scene where that girl gave birth. Horror! But watching the old series on youtube I can't help but laugh.

Anyways, there's a 'remake' or re-imagined series that started Nov3 and I am deeply hooked. Looks like science fiction of old is still the best? But so much has been promised, asked and spelt out in the pilot that I wonder if the rest of the series can keep up. We'll see.

The visitors came at the right time, when we as a species needed help the most. They bring peace, cure our diseases, technology and all for 'nothing'. And they are all beautiful too lol.

The bible equivalent would be the 'anti-christ'. I found it a little unsettling that I tended to agree with the Priest ...

Should we trust them? Should we feel bad for thinking that they are 'lying'? Of course the audience knows the visitors are up to no good, but what if it happened today... really, what would you do? How would you react? Suddenly your loved one is cured of AIDS, cancer, now can walk...how? Would you still be skeptical? Or would you embrace them?

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139. Crosby, Stills & Nash – Crosby, Stills & Nash(1969)



Genre - Folk rock, rock

Oh..some beautiful music here. Very different from what was happening in music in the 60s. Guinnevere is a favourite.





Guinnevere (Alternative version)

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138. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bayou Country (1969)



Genre - Southern rock (traditionalist), swamp rock

Southern rock is a subgenre of rock music, and genre of country music. It developed in the Southern United States from rock and roll, country music, and blues, and is focused generally on electric guitar and vocals.

Swamp pop is a musical genre indigenous to the Acadiana region of south Louisiana and an adjoining section of southeast Texas. Created in the 1950s and early 1960s by teenaged Cajuns and black Creoles, it combines New Orleans-style rhythm and blues, country and western, and traditional French Louisiana musical influences. Although a fairly obscure genre, swamp pop maintains a large audience in its south Louisiana and southeast Texas homeland, and it has acquired a small but passionate cult following in the United Kingdom, northern Europe, and Japan.

The swamp pop sound is typified by highly emotional, lovelorn lyrics, tripleting honky-tonk pianos, undulating bass lines, bellowing horn sections and a strong rhythm and blues backbeat
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Proud Mary (Rollin' on a river)



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137. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica(1969)



Genre - Experimental music, blues-rock, avant-garde, proto-punk

As with almost (if not all) avantgarde/experimental music, usually inaccessible to most audiences and the question rings through - Is it Art?
Captain Beefheart integrates numerous styles, blues, avantgarde, free jazz, atonality to produce an album that would surerly resonate and influence later music - especially punk and new wave genres.

When big joan sets up

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136. Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This is Nowhere (1969)




Genre - Rock, folk rock, psychedelic rock

Some very good rock (and psychedelia) from Canadian Neil Young and his first outing with band Crazy Horse. Some influential work that would be followed by many contemporary bands.



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135. The Mothers of Invention – We’re Only in it for the Money(1968)



Genre - Experimental rock

LOL this is an album not only good for a laugh, it is rather spot on on what it sets out to satire - basically everything about the 60s, drugs, counterculture, flowerpower, politics, religion etcetc. Look out for the uncensored versions!

A bit weird but still fantastic!



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134. The Beatles – The Beatles [aka White Album] (1968)



Genre - Rock

A very important album and it's really so hard to choose! Too many good songs here!









Alternatively you can listen to the whole album on Radio 3 Romania or Youtube.

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133. The Byrds – Sweetheart of the Rodeo(1968)



Genre - Country, folk rock

The Byrds foray (not the first) into country. One of the first few serious 'crossovers'.

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132. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks(1968)




Genre - Folk rock, R&B

Try Radio 3 Romania


Sweet things

Cyprus avenue

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131. The Zombies – Odessey & Oracle(1968)



Genre - Psychedelic pop, Baroque pop

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130. Scott Walker – Scott 2 (1968)



Genre - Vocal pop

OH! So this is the singer Patsy was singing about in Abfab!!!!!

[Warning] Don't be fooled by his sultry baritone voice, the lush and smaltzy orchestral arrangments and overall sombre, romantic sounding music ala Frank Sinatra/Tony Bennett. He's really singing about sex, drugs, promiscuity, transvestites, suicidal tendencies, the political left, prostitution, homosexuality etc etc. Delicious! I loves it. LOL

It's really very hard to put on a straight face when he's singing dreamy misty eyed songs about love etc and uses the words like 'piss' and 'gonorrhea' as well as other hilarious sexual innuendoes. Excellent, excellent. But that being said, he still has a terrific, sexy voice, and it doen't hurt that he's quite good looking too!





Patsy sings about her sister 'Jackie' (about 0:50s). It's also the song for the credits for this episode!


Scott Walker singing 'Jackie' (Poor quality)

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129. Caetano Veloso - Caetano Veloso (1968)




Genre - Tropicália (Brasilia)

Tropicália, also known as Tropicalismo, is a Brazilian art movement that arose in the late 1960s and encompassed theatre, poetry, and music, among other forms. Tropicália was influenced by poesia concreta (concrete poetry), a genre of Brazilian avant-garde poetry embodied in the works of Augusto de Campos, Haroldo de Campos, and Décio Pignatari, among a few others. However, Tropicália is associated almost exclusively with the musical expression movement, both in Brazil and internationally, which arose from the fusion of several musical genres, like Brazilian and African rhythms and rock and roll. wiki

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128. The Jeff Beck Group (Jeff Beck) – Truth (1968)



Genre - Blues-rock, Psychedelic rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock

Wah! Rod Stewart in his earlier days was screaming to the beats of early heavy metal!! Awesome! With its wailing vocals, explosive drums and bass and over the top guitars (volume and distortion), this is considered to be the pioneer of heavy metal, with elements copied by almost every Metal band hereafter.



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127. The Band – Music from Big Pink (1968)



Genre - Rock

With its different rock sound - more 'laid back', rough sound (including mixture of country, classical and R&B and soul), Music from Big Pink was an influential album to later rock artists, including Eric Clapton, who later quit Cream as well as George Harrison's later work. Essential.



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126. Small Faces – Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake(1968)



Genre - Psychedelic rock, rock

Some good psychedelia here with interesting string arrangements (as well as harp)

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Oooh.. first Prince of Persia..

now these!!!

Remake of one of my favourite classics!

Clash of the Titans

Directed by Louis Leterrier
starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton
Score by Muse


And this one looks funny/goofy enough!

Kick Ass

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I'm having a ball with 1001 Music Albums - certainly has whetted my appetite for more. Thinking of doing somemore music projects!!

hmm...but what projects should be in the pipeline?

1. Musicals.. Very tempted with this!!

2. World Music (By country - though this will mirror what I do in school already. Maybe as I'll do this in conjunction with the IP elective)

3. Soundtracks (probably too massive a project?)

4. Jpop/Mpop? Again probably too massive to run concurrently with 1001

5. I am tempted to do a 'Classical' list/project, but don't know leh... too massive and.. hmm
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Val's birthday ...

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and surprise engagement party!
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Congratulations to the happy couple and family!






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