ABOUT MAKING 1960'S MUSIC VIDEO'S

About 30 years ago I got hooked on collecting vinyl 45's, because I had most LP's and it was the only way to be kept "musically fed" on a continuing basis. I then realised that about 80% (yes EIGHTY) of the late 60's stuff never had any airplay. I mean, just think in the US only... so many States, so many unknown local groups, who made only one or two 45rpm's, then to vanish into obscurity. 

THOSE are the ones I'm after...

In the meantime I've discovered that (literally 100.000's records from the 1960's never or hardly had any airplay. That is very weird because they are melodic and even had strong chart potential. The answer I got was "The sixties were a musical boom and there was no way to plug them all on the radio".

The first reason for this blog is to introduce people to forgotten or unknown pop, psychedelic pop, soft rock, northern soul from the years 1967 1968 1969 1970.
I'm talking breezy, uptempo, cheerful orchestrated pop. "Sunshine Pop" is feel good music with catchy melodies.

The second reason is that I decided to "do something" with those songs, TO MAKE 1960's MUSIC VIDEO'S  of records of which no film footage exists and hereby enhance the song visually.

What could be filed under "obscure pop" are songs that didn't get much (or any) airplay, despite their commercial potential. Fact is that there was such a creative musical boom in the sixties that it was impossible to plug them all. Certain artists got a chance to have their songs played during local gigs and that was about it.

Let's set the date in history to 1967... The Vietnam war was climaxing. Thousands of young people were drafted for army duty and many got killed. As an anti-war act young people gathered together and the general idea was to see the sunny side of life. Instead of all doom and death people should learn to "make love, not war". It became the slogan of 1967. The movement was growing strong and gained followers all over the world. The hippie movement was starting to emerge.

Love-Ins were created in which people could express themselves freely. The symbol of the movement was the flower. The silent power of a flower. From then on the Flower Children or Flower Generation was born. People wore colorful outfits, love-beads, put flowers in their hair, had their faces/body painted with symbols of peace and... the attitude was optimism..
All of this reflected in the music. As a reaction to the war they sang optimistic songs about happiness, flowers, colors, cotton candy, rainbows, etc....
It's exactly that kind of music we're talking about here.

Psychedelic music was already a reality, but some groups chose for the best of both worlds and created a sound between pop and psychedelia (pop/pysche or "popsike"). It was pleasant commercially music with a slight psyche twist. Already famous artists started to adjust their "sound" to go with the flow (The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Association, Manfred Mann, The Buckinghams...), while other groups were studio created.
 
Some fine examples of the genre were The Orange Colored Sky, The Love Generation, Orpheus, The Astral Scene, The Lemon Pipers, The Cherry People,...and many others.

But let's even get MORE obscure on this blog  !

Hopefully these pages will introduce people to forgotten pop music and/or pop psyche records from the late 60's. I will be posting new music video's frequently so therefore be sure to visit on a regular basis and comment whenever you like.