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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : 1960s B

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Let’s bring it on home.

Match 1

(3) Georgia on my mind – Ray Charles vs (62) Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan

Georgia on my mind

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Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Match 2

(30) Crying – Roy Orbison vs (35) Don’t worry baby – Beach Boys

Crying

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Don’t worry baby

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Match 3

(19) I’m a believer – Monkees vs (46) My guy – Mary Wells

I’m a believer

https://youtu.be/wB9YIsKIEbA

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My guy

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Match 4

(14) Loco-Motion – Little Eva vs (51) For your love – Yardbirds

Loco-motion

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For your love

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Match 5

(11) Wild Thing – Troggs vs (54) Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers

Wild Thing

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Unchained Melody

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Match 6

(22) The Letter – Box Tops vs (43) White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane

The Letter

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White Rabbit

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Match 7

(27) A Change is gonna come – Sam Cooke vs (38) Hold on, I’m a coming – Sam & Dave

A Change is gonna come

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Hold on, I’m a coming

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Match 8

(6) Bring it on home to me – Sam Cooke vs (59) Come together – Beatles

Bring it on home to me

https://youtu.be/Dl5usKhGz60

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Come together

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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : 1960s B

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It’s the dinner time show.

Match 1

(2) Will you love me tomorrow – Shirelles vs (63) Quarter to Three – Gary US Bonds

Will you love me tomorrow

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Quarter to Three

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Match 2

(31) In my life – Beatles vs (34) I can see for miles – Who

In my life

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I can see for miles

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Match 3

(18) Psychotic Reaction – Count Five vs (47) I can’t help myself – Four Tops

Psychotic Reaction

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I can’t help myself

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Match 4

(15) Crazy – Patsy Cline vs (50) Good lovin’ – Young Rascals

Crazy

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Good lovin’

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Match 5

(10) You keep me hanging on – Supremes vs (55) Heat wave – Martha and the Vandellas

You keep me hanging on

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Heat wave

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Match 6

(23) The Wanderer – Dion vs (39) Runaway – Del Shannon

The Wanderer

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Runaway

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Match 7

(26) Time of the Season – Zombies vs (39) My back pages – Byrds

Time of the season

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My back pages

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Match 8

(7) You’ve really got a hold on me – Miracles vs (58) Time has come today – Chambers Brothers

You’ve really got a hold on me

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Time has come today

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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : 1960s B

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Welcome to the afternoon bracket.

Match 1

(4) Dazed and Confused – Led Zepplin vs (61) Brown eyed girl – Van Morrison

Dazed and Confused

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Brown eyed girl

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Match 2

(29) Runaround Sue – Dion vs (36) I got you (I feel good) – James Brown

Runaround Sue

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I got you (I feel good)

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Match 3

(20) All day and all of the night – Kinks vs (45) Twist and shout – Beatles

All day and all of the night

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Twist and shout

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Match 4

(13) I feel fine – Beatles vs (52) I’ve been loving you too long – Otis Redding

I feel fine

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I’ve been loving you too long

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Match 5

(12) She’s not there – Zombies vs (53) Shotgun – Jr. Walker and the All-Stars

She’s not there

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Shotgun

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Match 6

(21) God only knows – Beach Boys vs (44) Please, please me – Beatles

God only knows

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Please, please me

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Match 7

(28) Gloria – Them vs (37) Hit the road Jack – Ray Charles

Gloria

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Hit the road Jack

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Match 8

(5) Gimmie Shelter – Rolling Stones vs (60) Dance to the music – Sly and the Family Stone

Gimmie Shelter

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Dance to the music

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Straight Line of the Day: “Stupid Wokeness” Would Include…

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Carville blames “stupid wokeness” for Democratic losses
The Hill | 11/3/2021 | Joseph Choi

Democratic political strategist James Carville blamed his party’s recent losses and weak performance in state elections on “stupid wokeness” on Wednesday.

“PBS NewsHour” host Judy Woodruff asked Carville what went wrong for the Democratic Party in the Virginia gubernatorial race in which Republican Glenn Youngkin beat former Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

“What went wrong is just stupid wokeness. Don’t just look at Virginia and New Jersey. Look at Long Island, look at Buffalo, look at Minneapolis, even look at Seattle, Wash. I mean this ‘defund the police’ lunacy, this take Abraham Lincoln’s name off schools. I mean that — people see that,” Carville said.

“It’s just really — has a suppressive effect all across the country on Democrats. Some of these people need to go to a ‘woke’ detox center or something,” he added. “They’re expressing a language that people don’t use, and there’s backlash and a frustration at that.”

Democratic New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy narrowly eked out a reelection victory on Wednesday, another indication of Democrats diminishing strength in state elections.

Carville said that suburbanites in Virginia and New Jersey “pulled away” from such “wokeness”. He pointed out that Youngkin never ran any ads against President Biden and suggested that the Republican candidate had simply allowed the Democrats to “pull the pin and watch the grenade go off.”

He’s a lizard, but he does yank good analogies from somewhere in his anatomy.

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Straight Line of the Day: “Stupid Wokeness” would include…

 

 

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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown ; 1960s B

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Well we wen through the top 64 songs from the sixties and now we do the next 64. Why, cause the tunes rock. Let’s get started.

Match 1

(1) Blowing in the wind – Bob Dylan vs (64) Turn, turn, turn – Byrds

Blowing in the wind

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Turn, Turn, Turn

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Match 2

(32) Waterloo Sunset – Kinks vs (33) 96 Tears – ? and the Mysterians

Waterloo Sunset

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96 Tears

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Match 3

(17) Do you believe in Magic – Lovin’ Spoonful vs (48) Kicks – Paul Revere and the Raiders

Do you believe in magic

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Kicks

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Match 4

(16) Times they are a changing – Bob Dylan vs (49) California Girls – Beach Boys

Times they are a changing

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California Girls

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Match 5

(9) Paint it black – Rolling Stones vs (56) Help! – Beatles

Paint it black

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Help!

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Match 6

(24) Under the boardwalk – Drifters vs (41) I fought the law – Bobby Fuller Four

Under the boardwalk

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I fought the law

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Match 7

(25) Touch me – Doors vs (40) Get off of my cloud – Rolling Stones

Touch me

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Get off of my cloud

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Match 8

(8) A hard day’s night – Beatles vs (57) Only the lonely – Roy Orbison

A Hard day’s night

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Only the lonely

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Rock ‘n Roll Throwdown : 1960s A

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The last match has been played and the votes are in and the top song of the 1960s (so far) is…

The final score was Born to be wild -Steppenwolf 202 – Whole Lotta Love – Led Zepplin 143

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We will begin the next group of 64 tunes from the 1960s at 10:00 am. There will be further groups at 2:00, 6:00 and 8:00 pm. This will be 1960s B.

See you later alligator!