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(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('60S) ROUND 6
me | 2/16/20 | me

Posted on 02/16/2020 3:12:16 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel

ROUND 6 OF THE '60S TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS COMMENCES!

Votes due: Sunday, Feb 23 @ 6:00 pm Eastern.

The FINAL 4!

Even easier! Just 2 pairs of songs! Vote for your favorite of each pair shown.

No reply, no vote. No more refusals - there're only 2 pairs, after all.

Any ties will be broken with a run-off which will end (hopefully) the following Monday.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: 1960s; 60s; 60smusic; americana; billboard; culture; entertainment; hippies; music; nineteensixties; nostalgia; pleasedontshout; popculture; popmusic; popularmusic; rock; rockroll; sixties; top40; top40music; vanity
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding


41 posted on 02/16/2020 5:17:26 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
Down to the end! Great tournament!!

4 1961 "Crying" Roy Orbison
4 1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" Roy Orbison

5 1965 "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding

42 posted on 02/16/2020 5:21:59 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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To: T. P. Pole
I’m not understanding the Dock of the Bay phenomenon. Is there some emotional tie in to some movie or something?

No movie tie-in that I know of. (That would be You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ / Top Gun)

Not criticizing the format - it's fun, it's fair, and it's an interesting exercise, but the top of the pop charts are usually better at recognizing passing fads rather than enduring greatness. What we end up voting on is the most enduring of the fads.

The idea that Dock of the Bay could be one of the top four songs of the 60s is not nearly as silly as the idea that Roy Orbison could have two of them.

43 posted on 02/16/2020 5:30:08 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
1964 - Pretty Woman

1968 - The Dock of the Bay.

44 posted on 02/16/2020 5:44:15 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

AND

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers


45 posted on 02/16/2020 5:51:48 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Ooooph!!!!!!!! I may have to flip a coin for these :)

1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison

1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers


46 posted on 02/16/2020 5:51:49 PM PST by CaptainPhilFan
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison


47 posted on 02/16/2020 6:02:35 PM PST by CARTOUCHE (1968, one chapter in a decade full of ugly stories.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

-—>4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

——>5 1964 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding


48 posted on 02/16/2020 6:11:21 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Dear Mr. Kotter, #Epsteindidntkillhimself - Signed, Epstein's Mother)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding


49 posted on 02/16/2020 6:12:32 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: Gil4

I’m not understanding the Dock of the Bay phenomenon. Is there some emotional tie in to some movie or something?

****

I’m more of the mind that ...Loving Feeling feels overplayed and played out after all this time. Kind of like Hey Jude by the Beatles. And ...Grapevine by Marvin Gaye. Great great stuff, but I’m really just tired of hearing them over and over for 50+ years.


50 posted on 02/16/2020 6:19:44 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

It should say something that songs 1,2 & 3 of each year are all gone. We have three #4s and a #5. That’s like having an NCAA Final 4 with no Dukes, Carolinas or Kentuckys but a bunch of Butlers and Gonzagas.

I really like all four songs and so I am going to sit out the rest of the contest. I can live with any of the four finalists and yet none would be my personal choice for the best (or most representative) song of this multi-faceted decade, one that featured some of the greatest highs (moon landing) and lows (war, assassinations) in our nation’s history.


51 posted on 02/16/2020 6:20:03 PM PST by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
For me, the line "I can't do what ten people tell me to do" spoke to me. If you have ever had a dotted line on the org chart to more than one supervisor at a time, you might know what I mean.

Yes, that's a perspective definitely worth considering. I do volunteer work for just such an organization which is run by a federal agency combined with a private foundation, and I've seen some of those in positions of leadership undergo personality changes as a result of the stress of having to serve two masters which are often at loggerheads. Perhaps the man sitting on the dock is suffering burnout from being caught up in too many bureaucratic power struggles.

52 posted on 02/16/2020 6:25:07 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1961 “Crying” Roy Orbison
AND
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding


53 posted on 02/16/2020 6:34:58 PM PST by cwa78
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison
4 1968 “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” Otis Redding


54 posted on 02/16/2020 6:39:30 PM PST by diplomatic_immunity
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To: the OlLine Rebel

4 1964 “Oh, Pretty Woman” Roy Orbison

5 1965 “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” The Righteous Brothers


55 posted on 02/16/2020 6:42:15 PM PST by comebacknewt (Trump trumps Hate)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

What if you don’t like any of them?


56 posted on 02/16/2020 6:45:30 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Don’t vote


57 posted on 02/16/2020 7:09:31 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Psalm 73

I’ll listen to Roy sooner than the Beatles.

Especially hippie-dippie doofus “message” Beatles (which, BTW, I think had a lot of “gay” goofy arrangements).

I like the early Beatles but they quickly morphed. It just occurred to me maybe their AIM was to be hippie-dippie and they just used the pop market to get it so everyone would listen to their self-important pieces, which hit very soon after Ed Sullivan. Sort of the Vogues syndrome.

I love Roy. But Pretty Woman gets overplayed as if it’s a 1-hit wonder (actually, they tend to play “Only the Lonely” tons, too - and none of the classics in between).


58 posted on 02/16/2020 7:17:11 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: Gil4

Actually look at the charts and most of them ARE enduring. It HAS to be popular to truly be remembered.

But a few like these - amazed that they get the votes and end up “best of” the decade. I think this may be the oddest decade vote I’ve had so far.


59 posted on 02/16/2020 7:20:01 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs)
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To: the OlLine Rebel
I like the early Beatles but they quickly morphed.

They seemed to have changed drastically during their trip to India.

60 posted on 02/16/2020 7:20:24 PM PST by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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