More dreamy 60's sunshine pop!

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I don't really see what's so psychedelic about Arthur Lee and Love. They just seem like LA dreamy romantic sunshine pop to me. But in any case, that's exactly what I'm looking for -- stuff like Wonder People, The Good Humor Man etc. From Love. Also maybe "Tell Her No" by the Zombies, and I'm sure there are plenty of other examples but I can't think of them right now.

I think a lot of it has to do with relying on certain sweetly dissonant 7th chords, although I don't know enough about music theory terminology to explain it beyond that.

OH! and anything from the 60's that sounds like The Clientele (the good Clientele, not their new album) and maybe some older crooning from the 60s and earlier that has that Morrisey-esque lilt to it. Does that make sense?

I'm not in front of my music collection but if I can think of more examples I'll post them.

― PublicRadio, Thursday, 26 April 2007 05:25 (eighteen years ago)

I thought of another two, both songs that had been samples by hip hop artists (Pete Rock and CL Smooth and A Tribe Called Quest, respectively):

"Today" by Tom Scott,
and "The Visit" by The Cyrkle

both songs are what I'm looking for, especially The Visit which totally nails it.

― PublicRadio, Thursday, 26 April 2007 05:32 (eighteen years ago)

With "The Killing Moon," I always get that same powerful feeling that always comes when I listen to "Alone Again Or."

But that's a few decades too late.

― Tape Store, Thursday, 26 April 2007 05:33 (eighteen years ago)

Bryan Maclean's solo album is an obvious selection you might look into.

Uhm, early Tim Buckley probably has something like this as well.

Tim Ellison to thread?

― Cunga, Thursday, 26 April 2007 05:42 (eighteen years ago)

They just seem like LA dreamy romantic sunshine pop to me

with all those dreamy romantic sunshine lyrics like "sitting on a hillside watching all the people die" and "oh the snot has caked against my pants"

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:10 (eighteen years ago)

do you already dig Sagitarrius, Harper's Bizarre, The Millenium / Kurt (Curt?) Boettcher?

― Drew Daniel, Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:32 (eighteen years ago)

whoah hella spelling errors there sorry

― Drew Daniel, Thursday, 26 April 2007 07:32 (eighteen years ago)

you won't be able to say hella soon

― jaxon, Thursday, 26 April 2007 08:04 (eighteen years ago)

This thread goes nowhere without the mention of The Association.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 26 April 2007 08:12 (eighteen years ago)

the hobbits - back from middle earth

is a great record on the less orchestrated more zombies/psyche end of things.

― ddd, Thursday, 26 April 2007 08:13 (eighteen years ago)

I think some Young Rascals stuff fits in here but maybe I'm a mile off-beam.

― Noodle Vague, Thursday, 26 April 2007 08:15 (eighteen years ago)

get familiar with the rev-ola label

― electricsound, Thursday, 26 April 2007 08:35 (eighteen years ago)

Arthur Lee Harper
Crispin St. Peters
Tim Hollier

― Mr. Hal Jam, Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:20 (eighteen years ago)

This thread goes nowhere without the mention of The Association.

Geir OTM

― Tom D., Thursday, 26 April 2007 12:22 (eighteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

had to bump this because of the Brent Cash LP How Will I Know If I'm Awake? on Marina Records...dreamy 60's sunshine pop in all but the "2008" on the sleeve...anybody else down with this?

― henry s, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:16 (seventeen years ago)

Check out the Fading Yellow compilations ... that's basically all you need

― bart_stanberg, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:21 (seventeen years ago)

my local is full of those...will have to dip in soon...

― henry s, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 17:25 (seventeen years ago)

fading yellow seconded

personal picks:

Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Green Grass
Keith - 98.6
The Critters - Mr. Dieingly Sad
Eternity's Children - Rumors
Roger Nichols & A Small Circle of Friends - Love So Fine
The Hobbits - Sunny Day Girl
Chris Montez - The Face I Love
Dave Grusin - California Montage
Strawberry Alarm Clock - Barefoot in Baltimore
The Street Corner Society - Summer Days, Summer Nights
Dino, Desi, & Billy - Thru Spray Colored Glasses
Lesley Gore - 98.6/Lazy Day
Phil Cordell - Red Lady
Gregory - Je fais la la la
Paul Williams - Someday Man
Mary Roos - L'autoroute

― PappaWheelie V, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 18:35 (seventeen years ago)

There's also some pretty cool obscure stuff on a compilation called Tektites; you can probably find download links on Google on some mp3 blog.

― burt_stanton, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 21:22 (seventeen years ago)

"Killing Moon"???
WTF was I talking about??!?!?!

― Tape Store, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 22:34 (seventeen years ago)

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