I have something very uninteresting to say about thsi thread....which is
that there were great rock and roll singles when they cared about having
them. (yes; yes;m Im know there have been dance singles since, etc; blah
blah... I wanna be clear)
...but a Perfect Single has a sort of obvious definition:
It has to explode at you and grab your attention in low fidelity from
AM radio while wind is blowing past your convertible. It does it a lot of
times.
It has to open up a new world in 3 notes.
So the beginning, and sometimes the ending, is very important.
By that definition, these were some great singles--and like somebody
already said, if this gets you to put some of these on, and listen to any
one of them just like you've never heard them before--well, you'll see.
Uninteresting list really, because they did work with a lot of people when
that was the point. I don't even have to name the artists! It has
nothing to do with generations.
But check out these mono singles' beginnings...
Jailhouse Rock
All Shook Up
What'd I Say
Roll Over Beethoven
Tutti Frutti
Be Bop a Lula
She Said Yeah
Wake Up Little Susie
Peggy Sue
Papa Got a Brand New Bag
Higher and Higher
Twist & Shout
Having a Party
Quarter to Three
The Wanderer
On Broadway
Rescue Me
You Can't Hurry Love
Be My Baby
Uptown
Help Me Rhonda
I'll Take You There
You Really Got a Hold on Me
In the Midnight Hour
My Girl
Signed. Sealed, Delivered
Like a Rolling Stone
Satisfaction
Out of Time
Honky Tonk Women
She's Not There
You Really Got a Hold on Me
Hold On I'm Comin
Ticket to Ride
Eight Days a Week
Gloria
You Really Got Me
Gimme Some Lovin
Wooly Bully
Try a Little Tenderness
....and
River Deep, Mountain High..and..
It's Over
(some know how to end em too!)
Barry M.
