What are your favorite songs from 1968?
December 18th, 2008 by Wade Tatangelo in Local Music
What will acoustic funk favorite Christie Lenee perform from '68?
WMNF’s Flee is straying from his typical tribute show tradition. Instead of having a diverse lineup of local acts honor a single artist he has asked all the bands listed below to cover a tune from 1968 for the community radio station’s upcoming New Year’s Eve bash.
Songs I would like to hear from that year? How about killer renditions of The Rolling Stones’ “Factory Girl,” The Beatles’ “Happiness Is a Warm Gun,” Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle,” Loretta Lynn’s “Fist City” and The Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat.” Seriously, that would be a rad setlist!
Rewind: The WMNF Tribute to the Music and Songs of 1968 w/ Boon/Christie Lenee (pictured)/Crabgrass Cowboys/Ted Lukas/Johnny Zoom/Lush Progress/Midnight Bowler’s League/Rancid Polecats/Roppongi’s Ace/Talk to Mark, Wed., Dec. 31, Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:39 am
I can’t wait to hear the Polecat’s resurrect bubblegum pop by way of punk! I’m scared and yet curious.
December 18th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Happiness is a Warm Gun. More later.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
In no particular order:
Hey Jude – The Beatles
Mrs. Robinson – Simon & Garfunkel
Cry Like a Baby – The Box Tops
Mony Mony – Tommy James and the Shondells
Midnight Confessions – The Grass Roots
La-La Means I Love You – The Delfonics
Pictures of Matchstick Men – Status Quo
Lady Madonna – The Beatles
The Mighty Quinn – Manfred Mann
Elenore – The Turtles
Cab Driver – The Mills Brothers
Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing – Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
The Look of Love – Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
December 18th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
my favorite song from 1968 is “sister ray” by the velvet underground and I also really like “you must be a witch” by the lollipop shoppe. I don’t want anyone to cover those songs though.
December 28th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
One of my favorite and from a group that was very underated was the Classics Four Song, “Everyday with you Girl”. Really a beautiful and mellow song characteristic of some of the more mellow music of that time.