Intro to Music (Early Sound)

The point of me listing these areas of music is for you to understand my interpretation of music. I will discuss songs that feel are important to the time. These songs I may be impartial to. I will also discuss songs that I personally feel are a highlight of that time. This will serve as a balance between understanding the music of the era and understanding the Kurosawan taste.

Also I define eras not on date, or style, or sound, or history, but on personal views.

Important Songs:

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Forever Young - Rod Stewart
American Pie (Part 1) / American Pie (Part 2) - Don McLean
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
House of the Rising Sun- Animals
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Johnny B. Good - Chuck Berry
My Girl - The Temptations
Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers
Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Hound Dog -Elvis Presley
The Sounds Of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful

Chances are, you will not like typical oldies songs. Only the famous ones. According to history, the most famous or typical, oldies bands are Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, The Supremes, and Sam Cooke. I think you should download all the albums of "famous groups" like Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and Beach Boys. I think these bands (with exception to Elvis and Sam Cooke) have a more modern sound than other oldies bands.

I mainly like songs that I don't know the names of. The local oldies station has turned into a dance station, so It is difficult for me to recollect particular songs. Out of the ones I can recollect, I would say:

Teach Your Children Well - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Sweet Judy Blues - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Turn! Turn! Turn! - The Byrds
96 Tears- ? & the Mysterians
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
Assorted Selection of Van Morrison
Assorted Selection of Jefferson Airplane
Assorted Selection of Janis Joplin
Assorted Selection of Simon and Garfunkel
Modern Sounds - (Early Work of Beach Boys, Beatles, and Rolling Stones)

After this comes like the transition between oldies and classic rock consisting of The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Almon Brothers, CCR, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones.