2009年 Apr 9日 Thursday, 3:50
I remember well as we were sitting in front of our AM receivers listening to music aired from the pirate radio vessels at the North Sea. The Soundtrack of the movie The Boat That Rocked is an awesome summery of that time period.
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The Boat That Rocked:
- Stay With Me Baby - Duffy
- All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks
- Elenore - The Turtles
- Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
- Dancing In The Street - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
- Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
- Ooo Baby Baby - Smokey Robinson
- This Guy's In Love With You - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
- Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells
- Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck
- I Can See For Miles - The Who
- With a girl like you - The Troggs
- The Letter - The Box Tops
- I'm alive - The Hollies
- Yesterday man - Chris Andrews
- I've Been a Bad, Bad Boy - Paul Jones
- Silence Is Golden - The Tremeloes
- The End Of The World - Skeeter Davis
- Friday On My Mind - The Easybeats
- My Generation - The Who
- I Feel Free - Cream
- The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
- A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum
- These Arms Of Mine - Otis Redding
- Cleo's Mood - Jr. Walker & The All Stars
- The Happening - The Supremes
- She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles
- 98.6 - The Bystanders
- Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks
- Father And Son - Cat Stevens
- Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues
- You Don't Have to Say You Love Me - Dusty Springfield
- Stay With Me (Baby) - Lorraine Ellison
- Hang on sloopy - The McCoys
- This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) - The Isley Brothers
- Let's dance - David Bowie
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I can't wait to watch that movie…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P45323zFKY
P.S. I found another 4 CD sampler on occasion of Radio Caroline's 45 anniversary. Not all songs on this compilation pleased me that much, but after selecting my favorites and removing the duplicates the result is another nice collection.
Pirate Radio Hits:
- Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group
- Hey Girl - The Small Faces
- Let's Hang On (To What We've Got) - The Four Seasons
- Ferry Cross The Mersey - Gerry & The Pacemakers
- Goin' Out Of My Head - Little Anthony & The Imperials
- Got To Get You Into My Life - Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers
- Nut Rocker - B. Bumble & The Stingers
- You Can't Sit Down - Phil Upchurch Combo
- It's My Life - The Animals
- Bend It - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
- Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
- Dandy - The Rockin' Vickers
- Over Under Sideways Down - The Yardbirds
- Painter Man - The Creation
- A Touch Of Velvet (A Sting Of Brass) - Mood Mosaic
- You're No Good - The Swinging Blue Jeans
- A Lover's Concerto - The Toys
- The Boy From New York City - The Ad Libs
- Have I The Right - The Honeycombs
- Music To Watch Girls By - Bob Crewe Generation
- Hanky Panky - Tommy James & The Shondells
- Please Stay - Cryin' Shames
- Groovin' - The Young Rascals
- San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie
- The Days Of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams
- The Beat Goes On - Sonny & Cher
- Georgy Girl - The Seekers
- The Boat That I Row - Lulu
- Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
P.P.S. because it's so much fun and I found a lot more unforgettable tunes of the pirate radio era in my library I made another, last list.
More Pirate Radio Hits:
- No milk today - Herman's Hermits
- Daydream believer - The Monkees
- My little lady - The Tremeloes
- Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
- Venus - Shocking Blue
- Mighty Joe - Shocking Blue
- Pretty Flamingo - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- School's Out - Alice Cooper
- Crocodile Rock - Elton John
- Children Of The Revolution - T. Rex
- Radar Love - Golden Earring
- Dreams Are Ten A Penny - Kincade
- See My Baby Jive - Wizzard
- Waterloo - ABBA
- Dance With The Devil - Cozy Powell
- Rock your baby - George McCrae
- The Loco-motion - Grand Funk Railroad
- Till I kissed you - John Kincade
- The Wild One - Suzi Quatro
- You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Moviestar - Harpo
- Fox on the run - Sweet