The killer among them, though, is this foghorn rendering of "Moon River", the best song ever kind of made up by Truman Capote. The 1960s was a good decade for squares, and there's any number of box-shaped pop songs I'd have loved to see on our list: "Downtown", "Blue Moon", "Danke Schoen". Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto: Corcovado (Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars)Īvailable on Moon River & Other Great Movie Themes Françoise Hardy: Tous les Garcons et les FillesĠ8. 13th Floor Elevators: You're Gonna Miss MeĠ7. So enjoy one last swing through the 60s and we'll see you back in the 21st century.Ġ4. Speaking of which, we thought it would be fun to give our contributors a chance to write about a personal favorite that didn't make the cut. Below is the Top 10 of each writer who voted in the poll, which includes many great songs that didn't make the top 200. We had a fantastic time creating the list and, judging from the reaction, many readers shared our enthusiasm.Īlmost immediately, we received requests for the writers' individual lists. Since almost all our writers were born in the 70s and 80s, we hoped to start a dialogue among our generation about which songs from music's most exhaustively documented decade still resonate. In August we spent a full week running down what we consider to be the 200 greatest songs of the 1960s.
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