Sixties protest/sixties weird songs...

This thread will be for me and anyone who loves music from this era. It came from another thread I had about making some CDs for a brother of mine. I would like suggestions for songs that YOU like. Anything you heard on Dr. Demento, the radio, a friends house...whatever.

Protest:

Four Dead In Ohio-Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Eve Of Destruction-Barry McGuire
Anything by Bob Dylan
Zombie-Cranberries
etc...

Weird:

Delilah-Tom Jones
While the City Sleeps-MC 900 Foot Jesus
Red Sector A-Rush

You get the idea.

Ready for some fun?

Anyone?

protest? Ball of Confusion--seems to fit today like in the early 70s or about- we have it on a 70s disc I think.
liked Dr Demento but can't tell you any songs from it

I have a 12 cd collection of songs from Dr' Demento's collection ( about 300 songs by various artists) as well as a lot ( about 200 songs) of Ray Stevens such as these http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/stevens_ray/337730/album.jhtml :~)

For a complete list of all the songs played by Demento over the years check out http://dmdb.org/playlists/

"Weird Al" Yankovic" was another favorite.

Wierd songs.

"does your chewing gum loose its flavor on the bedpost overnight"

The trogolite song (I can't spell, anybody remember this bertha butt song?)

They're coming to take me away ha ha

Put the lime in the coconut

Witch doctor

Tip toe through the tulips.

Hey, remember Mrs Miller? she sang the hit 60's songs in an opera type voice. What a hoot!
I think she did a couple beatles songs and these boots are made for walking. I have to admit, I bought the album for a laugh.

Oh boy! These are fun! LOL

Im Henry the Eigth I am
Hen-er-ee the eigth I am I am~~~
cmon, sing it, its addictive

Equal rights and VietNam protest song, "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye.

tiptoe thru the tulips--haven't thought about tiny tim for a while!!!
"if you want to be happy for the rest of your life
pick an ugly woman to be your wife"----don't know the title but fits the wierd catagory i think
signs, signs,

everywhere a sign
do this don't do that, can't you read the sign.

Hey, they redid that one for the younger generation.

didn't know that!
leader of the pack and then leader of the laundry mat!!

Coming to take me away- that brings back Dr Demento to me!
an older silly song -
I've got tears in my ears from lying on my back in my bed while I cry over you
afraid I'm going OT to silly songs

itsy, bitsy, teeny-weeny, yellow polkadot bikini (that I will NEVER wear again).

McArthur's Park is melting in the dark - never figured out what that was about. All the sweet cream icing flowing down - bet I know what that is about (melting cake). LIZ

Oh my! Memory Lane!!!

in the year 2525- sci fi in a song

Oh!!! LOL I have that last one! LOL

Heard an old fave tonite fun and bouncy
Judy in Disguise- Thats what you are - Lemonade Pie, (or some nonsense!)

With glasses?

modern silly title/song----------who let the dog's out?

Yeah- thats the Judy!
Paved Paradise and put up a parking lot

I do wish someone would explain the whole thing behind McArthurs Park...it remains a mystery to me to this day.

How about "Societies Child' by Janis Ian ??? That one really caused a commotion !!!

We were totally forbidden to listen to anything by the Beatles when they got into their "drug music". My dad would say, "...those long-haired creeps... makin' songs about takin' DOPE". !!! LOL

"Judy in Disguise" was a spoof on the Beatles' Luctythe Sky"...wasn't it ?

judy-Lucy- it would appear so
I also heard Taking it to the Streeets doobie Bros yesterday

Universal Soldier -- sung by both Glenn Campbell and Donovan

T

Weird -- Leader of the Laundromat by the Detergents

Y'all come up with great stuff. I love it! ☺

oh janis ian was good--societies child was a good song

For 60's protest songs check out this site. They have wav files on a lot of them as well as the lyrics. http://www.brownielocks.com/sixtieswarsongs.html

Well if ya wanta talk protest tunes, there's always Woodstock!

Country Joe and the Fish - ...and it's 1,..2,..3 what are we fightin' for? ...etc.
Joan Baez .."Joe Hill"


Wacky?: Melanie - "I've got a brand new pair of roller skates, you got a brand new key..."

Combination of the two?: Arlo Guthrie - "Alice's Restaurant" :)

Deb

they stone you when your walking out the door----
everybody must get stoned

If only I could rededicate some brain cells, which I have used to permanently record the sound of that Melanie song, to a higher purpose.

LOL! Sallyg! Sorry to bring it back to mind. :)

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique
And a swinging hot spot

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They took all the trees
Put 'em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see 'em

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Hey farmer farmer
Put away that DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees
Please!

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Late last night
I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi
Took away my old man

Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Well, since you've left the 60s already, No Anchovies for weird.

For What It's Worth for protest.

Oh my gosh, I had that Melanie album. I completely forgot about that song.

Sallyg...well said.

Ditto !

This is fun, bringing back all the memories. I'm still having difficulties wiht my music program. Who has a free download program that they trust? I had LimeWire but it's giving me fits right now.

I signed up for some Russian mp3 site just so my kid could get a bunch of little stuff. I bought a minimum 20 bucks tho and only used a few bucks of it. Now I can't figure out what passwiord I used!!

so don't ask me!

I'm not sure of the year, but there was a REALLY weird song...

"I got a rose between my toes
from walking barefoot thru the
hot house to you."

That's all I remember. I don't know who sang it, either.

OH!
Must not forget:

May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose
by Little Jimmy Dickens

"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose.
May an elephant caress you with his toes.
May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose.
May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"


Nancy

ROTFLOL That sounds like fun! Now if I could only find it.