Songs I Like

[hardrockminer]

This is one of those crazy songs that come along every few years.  Chumbawamba's "I Get Knocked Down" is an example.  This one comes from the sixties for those who remember that decade.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veSLdNos7q8

[Steve G.]

   The week of November 27, 1965, Herb Alpert's " Whipped Cream and Other Delights, became the biggest selling album of 1965-1966.    It won the Grammy Album of the Year in 1966. Included on the album was Herb's first top 10 Billboard hit, " A Taste of Honey".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRGOm071sE0&list=OLAK5uy_l9K8Dbyl_TvqYqJzStd0HKbH5VO8xnXIY&index=2      Full Studio Album.


Chart (1965–1966)   Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs   1

[hardrockminer]

This is another one of those silly songs from decades gone by. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jV-E09efRE

[hardrockminer]

Yesterday I was thinking about my life when I was 21 yrs old.  I was going to university and spending a lot of time in Saskatoon bars.  There was a group of us living in a house together and partying every weekend.  It was a lot of fun.  Then I thought about this song...an old Russian folk song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnxTT7XXMPA

[hardrockminer]

There used to be a bar called The Red Lion in Saskatoon.  Everyone went there pretty much every night so it was packed and hard to get a seat.  I remember hearing a local band cover this song and doing it well.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqdCZ0yHNa4

[hardrockminer]

There was another bar called the Cavalier that was always fulll.  You usually had to wait in line to get a seat and you never knew who you would be sitting with.  The bar had constant music and this song seemed to be played endlessly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P_VfLun96o

[hardrockminer]

This was another jukebox song that got wore out.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r_qd2yxIsM

[hardrockminer]

For some reason I started singing this song in my sleep last night. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XpWOBEZLEs

[hardrockminer]

This one could be called the ultimate motorcycle song.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igvP806798U

[kilowop]

YUP, the ultimate Motorcycle song.  1990, on my way from Surrey B.C. to a big CBX National Rally in Calgary.  Had a cassette deck mounted in my tank bag, and had earphones on.  Pulled onto the TCH in Surrey, switched on the tape, and THIS was the first song to come on.  Totally Appropriate, and AWESOME memory of riding that '81 CBX for 20 years before I finally sold it, to downsize.

[Steve G.]

 On this date, December 3, 1965, The Beatles released the album "Rubber Soul".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSQkZuIx84&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=1   Drive My Car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_V6y1ZCg_8&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=2     Norwegian Wood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsjTO0yZQjk&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=3     You Won't See Me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8scSwaKbE64&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=4     Nowhere Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtx5NTxebJk&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=5     Think For Yourself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfBEqiEhCgM&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=6      The Word

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoBLi5eE-wY&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=7    Michelle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtC_l4kz7yw&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=8    What Goes On

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8l3ntDR_lI&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=9    Girl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH6i9JAdJrQ&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=10    I'm Looking Through You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=11   In My Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJngWval8Bc&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=12   Wait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5OoWr4v1k&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=13    If I Needed Someone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzHXtxcIkg4&list=PLycVTiaj8OI9Ptzsl9nzxfwUgZ0jx-Hyb&index=14    Run For Your Life


Weekly charts
Original release
Chart (1965–66)   Peak
position
Australian Kent Music Report[378]   1
Canadian CHUM's Album Index[379]   1
Finnish Albums Chart[380]   1
Swedish Kvällstoppen Chart[381]   20
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[382]   1
US Billboard Top LPs[383]   1
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums[384]   1
US Record World 100 Top LP's[385]   1
West German Musikmarkt LP Hit-Parade[386]   1



1987 reissue
Chart   Position
Dutch MegaChart Albums[387]   53
UK Albums Chart[388]   60
US Billboard Top Compact Disks[389]   2



2009 reissue
Chart   Position
Australian ARIA Albums[390]   41
Austrian Ö3 Top 40 Longplay (Albums)[391]   53
Belgian Ultratop 200 Albums (Flanders)[392]   26
Belgian Ultratop 200 Albums (Walloonia)[393]   49
Danish Tracklisten Album Top-40[394]   31
Dutch MegaChart Albums[395]   87
Finnish Official Albums Chart[396]   17
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[397]   36
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[398]   24
New Zealand RIANZ Albums[399]   25
Portuguese AFP Top 50 Albums[400]   14
Spanish PROMUSICAE Top 100 Albums[401]   59
Swedish Sverigetopplistan Albums Top 60[402]   17
Swiss Hitparade Albums Top 100[403]   51
UK Albums Chart[388]   10



Chart (2020–2022)   Peak
position
Greece Albums (Billboard)[404]   2



Year-end charts
Year-end chart performance for Rubber Soul
Chart (1965)   Ranking
UK Record Retailer[270]   3
Year-end chart performance for Rubber Soul
Chart (1966)   Ranking
UK Record Retailer[271]   3
US Billboard[273]   4
US Cash Box[405]   16



Decade-end charts
Decade-end chart performance for Rubber Soul
Chart (1960s)   Ranking
UK Albums Chart[406]   8



Certifications
Certifications for Rubber Soul
Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[407]   2× Platinum   120,000^
Australia (ARIA)[408]   Platinum   70,000^
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[409]   Gold   100,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[410]   2× Platinum   200,000^
Germany (BVMI)[411]   Gold   250,000^
Italy (FIMI)[412]
sales since 2009   Gold   25,000‡
New Zealand (RMNZ)[413]   Platinum   15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[414]   2× Platinum   600,000^
United States (RIAA)[275]   6× Platinum   6,000,000^

Appearances on best-album lists and further recognition
Rubber Soul was voted fifth in Paul Gambaccini's 1978 book Critic's Choice: Top 200 Albums,[350] based on submissions from a panel of 47 critics and broadcasters including Richard Williams,[351] Christgau and Marcus.[352] In the first edition of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums, in 1994, it was ranked at number 10,[353] and in 1998 it was voted the 39th greatest album of all time in the first "Music of the Millennium" poll,[354] conducted by HMV and Channel 4.[355] It was listed at number 34 in the third edition of Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums, published in 2000.[356][357]

Since 2001, Rubber Soul has appeared in critics' best-albums-of-all-time lists compiled by VH1 (at number 6),[358] Mojo (number 27) and Rolling Stone (number 5).[204] It was among Time magazine's selection of the "All-Time 100 Albums" in 2006[359] and was favoured over Revolver in Chris Smith's book 101 Albums That Changed Popular Music three years later.[360][361] In 2012, Rolling Stone again placed it at number 5 on the magazine's revised list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[73] In September 2020, Rubber Soul was ranked at number 35 on the same publication's new list.[362]

[hardrockminer]

Rubber Soul was a major shift for the Beatles.  They went from live performances to studio work.

This band is coming to Vancouver in the near future.  I love those bagpipes!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ruJ4kAGbLc

[Steve G.]

  On this date, December 4, 1965, The Byrds' " Turn! Turn! Turn!  single reached #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3xgcmIS3YU    Ed Sullivan Show, December 12, 1965.


Chart (1965–1966)   Peak
position


Canada RPM Top Singles   3
Finland (Soumen Virallinen)[36]   39
Germany   8
Netherlands   15
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[37]   1
UK Singles (OCC)[3]   26
US Billboard Hot 100[38]   1
US Cash Box Top 100[39]   1

[Steve G.]

  On this date, December 4, 1976, 10CC released the single "The Things We Do For Love".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMLBAhkv6Ss   Official video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FzLGQmQII   Dutch TV Show Countdown  Live, 1991.

Weekly charts
Chart (1976–1977)   Peak
position


Australia (Kent Music Report)[11]   5
Canadian RPM Top Singles[6]   1
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary[12]   12
Ireland (IRMA)[13]   2
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[14]   13
New Zealand[15]   27
UK Singles (OCC)[16]   6
US Billboard Hot 100[10]   5
US Cash Box Top 100[17]   4
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[18]   12



Certifications
Region   Certification   Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[24]   Gold   1,000,000^

[hardrockminer]

There is something dreamy about the sound of a dobro guitar.  This guy was one of the best at guitars in general and steel guitars in particular.  This song starts out slowly but gets into a irrisistable rhythm with some beautiful dobro.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MtzCXA07jU