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wrote:
Scizoid Man wrote:

"Like A Rolling Stone, quantum achievement that it is, is still simply
vintage Dylan - folk rock at its core. It has none of the
narco-psychedelic
connotations that one frequently associates the 60s with though"

If that's what you frequently associate with the 60's you should go
check out the Billboard top 10 lists and see what you find. Remember
that groups like the Monkees, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and The
Pacemakers, The Supremes,

How about "Stoned Love"? And there was a psychedilic phase at Motown
for other artists...

Ray Charles,

How about "Let's Go Get Stoned"? Although I realize "stoned" could
refer to alcohol, I guess...

Paul Rever and the Raiders,

How about "Kicks"? Although I don't really remember the lyrics very
well...

Sonny&Cher,

BTW, back in the late '60's, in school we saw a pretty good anti-drug
movie narrated by Sonny, which even slightly spoofed the typical movies
like that shown to kids.

the Beach Boys, etc.

Although they were big drug users...and songs like "Good Vibrations"
have a psychedelic feel...

had no mention even vaguely to drug
use.

Disagree, for reasons shown above. But the drug theme, although
present, was never as big as the romantic love theme of almost all
popular music.

It's a little interesting to me that the songs nominated in this thread
seem to be what many white, college-educated folks from the '60's would
pick, IMHO. No mention of James Brown or Sly that I've seen yet.

But that's OK. There are always a lot of great songs and I couldn't
name a single greatest song from the 1960's either. And some of my
favorite versions of songs ("Mr. Postman," Beatles; "All Along the
Watchtower," Hendrix) weren't recorded by the songwriters.

I'll throw in that web radio is a great way to hear some great, older
music. I downloaded iTunes for the first time recently and there's a
nice selection of webcasting music stations available via iTunes for
free. I've been able to hear some great older '60's music that neither
the local Top 40 or college radio stations played back then.