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Today's Garage Playlist

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loopstick

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What is a garage band? It's kids who wanted to be The Beatles, then The Stones, then The Yardbirds, then ...

Anyhoo it's The Sixties (or inspired by). The best description comes from the liner notes of the first CD re-issue of the original Nuggets. But I can't find them and may not have the CD anymore. Garage bands weren't trying to be "punk" - they wanted to be rock stars. Many were pretentious in their song writing and image making. But most at best had a couple of regional hits, appearances on local teen shows, and maybe opened for bigger acts when they came to town.

To get an idea of the sound - think Stones, Yardbirds, 1966. Don't think Hippie. Garage is not bloated arena-filling Grand Funk classic rock. It's Terry Knight & the Pack - it's the poster at the Dairy Queen announcing their upcoming "concert" at a local high school dance.

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Here's what a blogger who was a kid in the 1970s said about the original Nuggets
Vinyl Exam said:
I barely knew what a garage band was when I bought it, I think the only group on the record that I had ever heard of was the Blues Project (hardly a garage band, their inclusion on this record is debatable, but I'm not complaining.) The idea that a bunch of teenage punks could make better records than the Eagles or Peter Frampton never occurred to me, the garage bands at my school just played crappy covers by BTO or Neil Young, I couldn't conceive of anything good coming out of them. Then I heard this and I realized how much the Eagles and Frampton actually sucked. The music on this record blew me away. Well before I heard the Ramones or any new wave bands, this record showed me that short, fun and fast rock songs trumped the pretentious and bloated music I was hearing on commercial radio stations or watching on "Don Kirshner's Rock Concert." After I heard the Standells and the 13th Floor Elevators, how could I possibly want to listen to Styx or Kansas or any other crummy 1970s band? This was the real thing, the holy grail of rock.
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They weren't trying to be "punk" - they were trying to be "deep". But that's part of the charm.
 
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This was one template from '63. I was listening to a Beatles compilation and this sounded Garage as f*&^. Did a bit of research on it, Lennon blew his voice for a few weeks making it.

From Wikipeadia.

Released on the Beatles' first UK album, Please Please Me (the bulk of which was recorded in just one day), the group's rendition of "Twist and Shout" was based on the Isley Brothers' version, with John Lennon on lead vocals. The song was the last to be recorded during the marathon 13-hour album session; producer George Martin knew Lennon's voice would suffer from the performance, so he left it until last, with only 15 minutes of scheduled recording time remaining.

At the session, Lennon was ill with a cold, and was drinking milk and sucking on cough drops to soothe his throat. His coughing is audible on the album, as is the cold's effect on his voice. Despite this, he achieved a memorable vocal performance: a raucous, dynamic rocker. He later remarked that his voice was not the same for a long time afterward, and that "every time [he] swallowed, it felt like sandpaper". Lennon reported initially feeling ashamed of his performance in the song "because I could sing better than that, but now it doesn't bother me. You can hear that I'm just a frantic guy doing his best."

A second take was attempted, but Lennon had nothing left, and it was abandoned. George Martin said, "I did try a second take ... but John's voice had gone." Only two takes were recorded in total, but the first take was the one that made the album.
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Anyhoo.....it led to this. Some garage bands wanted to be deep, some wanted the screaming girls and a spot on Ed Sullivan. A few of 'em managed to capture that raucous energy coupled with thoughtful melodies.

 
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grillebilly said:
one of the most covered songs, largely by unknowns, in rock history. This dirty version is great listening

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Yeah these guys were great.

Eddie Vedder was being interviewed down here on a station in the 90's and played some of his favourite tracks. One of them was by The Sonics. I was hooked straight away.
 
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