Question:
1965 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Help! - The Beatles
votes: 4
Option 3: 16 Help Me Rhonda - The Beach Boys
votes: 9
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds
votes: 4
Option 6: 9 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
votes: 9
Option 7: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 5 All Day and All of the night - The Kinks
votes: 6
Option 9: 12 We Gotta Get Outta This Place - The Animals
votes: 7
Option 10: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 4 (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
votes: 9
Option 12: 13 For Your Love - The Yardbirds
votes: 4
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers
votes: 9
Option 15: 11 Gloria - Them
votes: 4
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - The Four Tops
votes: 8
Option 18: 14 My Girl - The Temptations
votes: 5
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Shotgun - Junior Walker and the All Stars
votes: 2
Option 21: 10 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag - James Brown
votes: 11
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 Stop! In the Name of Love - The Supremes
votes: 4
Option 24: 15 Nowhere To Run - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
votes: 9
Doing the research provides perspective on how music has evolved over the years. There are some years that don't offer much but a few acknowledged masterpieces and not much else. Some years seem to be loaded with hit after hit after hit. And some years, just a very few really, mark a a seismic shift in the landscape. 1965 is such a year. Gone are many of the saccharine sweet pop tunes that littered the charts in the first part of the decade. In their place are the fruits of the flood gates that opened when the Beatles invaded. Motown is at the peak of its hitmaking power. And Dylan's influence is felt in more places than just the coffeehouses. I hope I picked the most puissant offerings from such a mega year. Enjoy! And as always, thank you so much for following along and voting! :bd: :bd: :bd:
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
4/13 is a toughie. 5/12 is close. The rest, not so much.
My mother in law graduated in 66 and helped me do the picks. I only overrode her on the 2/15 pick.
When I read off the 1/16 matchup, my daughter yelled Beach Boys all day every day!