Acclaimed Music Top 40 Songs from 1965 poll

Me too! Reading her obit was sad because it led with "'Rescue Me' has been called the best record Aretha Franklin never made." Which is just wrong on multiple levels, most of all that it preceded the first Aretha hit by two years!

xpost....although yeah the vince guaraldi, great

OTM on Guaraldi. If I really paid attention to what isn't represented in these lists, I could all-too-easily lapse into "Sgt. Pepper isn't even one of the twenty best albums of '67 let alone the best album of all time" invective over the options.

i guess if i had to pick one from the list i'd go with "these boots," since i somehow managed to never listen to it properly till a few years ago, and it hasn't worn out its welcome the way a lot of these have. i love the stones but hearing "satisfaction" now is a little like hearing the opening notes of beethoven's fifth.

My wife and I were just enjoying the 'boots' video the other day. And with 'Satisfaction' I remember when it seemed so primal. Was that kinda not so great acoustic guitar in the back always that high in the mix, or was that an unfortunate digital remix outcome?

I figure it's fair game for me to mention legit hit singles. I too would draw the line at album tracks, not that these lists with their Dylan & Beatles album tracks do.

Bob Dylan and The Beatles made 35% of the most acclaimed music of 1965. No.

I would imagine that the Beatles also maintained their percentage of Acclaimed Music for a handful of years thereafter.

And "Yesterday" is the top one of all?

Sorry for being complain-y though - these lists do give us something quantifiable to rate - and maybe 35% is not too high but too low for Dylan-Beatles that year in terms of long term acclaim.

Except, wow. Mathematically it means that all-the-rest-of-pop-music-put-together adds up to less than one of these two acts in 1965.

Wait, scratch that last idiot statement.

voting Satisfaction, still sounds fresh 2 me

And with 'Satisfaction' I remember when it seemed so primal. Was that kinda not so great acoustic guitar in the back always that high in the mix, or was that an unfortunate digital remix outcome?

I think this is the stereo mix, which is not the version anybody should be listening to

Thanks --- definitely not hearing this by choice. Usually in a supermarket.

"Tracks of My Tears" over "Help" and "Do You Believe in Magic."

Change that! "Do You Believe in Magic" over "Help" and "Tracks of My Tears." "I Second That Emotion" is my favorite Miracles hit.

fave 1965 hits:

Fontella Bass "Rescue Me"
Marvin Gaye "Ain't That Peculiar"
Beach Boys "Help Me Rhonda"
We Five "You Were On My Mind"
Kinks "Tired of Waiting For You"

Acclaimed Music Next 35 Songs from 1965 poll (# 41 - 75 Bonus)

lol the Kinks "Tired of Waiting For You" is also listed but came in at number 80.

http://open.spotify.com/user/frazze/playlist/2PElNTlBbBBDnoNN6U8Xm1

This looked very hard until I got to the end and realized it can be very easily done.

Nowhere Man might top it, though

the fact that all of these dylan songs came out this year is insane. years must have been longer back then.

'Day Tripper'.

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the fact that all of these dylan songs came out this year is insane. years must have been longer back then.

5 57 The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

32 837 Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man

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