Was 1967 the most influential year in music ever?
Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 10:46 PM There aren't many things that are as good today as they were 45 years ago, but much of the rock music produced in 1967 still resonates in ways most people could never imagine.
Just check out this list of heavyweight music released that year: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Love's "Forever Changes," "The Velvet Underground and Nico," "The Doors," Jimi Hendrix's"Are You Experienced," Cream's "Disraeli Gears," "The Who Sell Out" (my favorite album of theirs), Aretha Franklin's "Respect," Otis Redding's Monterey Pop performance, The Rolling Stones' "Satanic Majesty's Request," Buffalo Springfield, Janis Joplin, The Four Tops' "Reach Out, I'll Be There," Pink Floyd's debut and on and on.
"Sound Opinions" tackled that historic year in a recent two-episode special examining the impact of such hugely influential music the star-studded Monterey Pop Festival. Both episodes are well worth the listen, if only to remind us that there's classic rock and there's CLASSIC ROCK.
Episode one is here and episode two is here.
