For the past few years I have been enjoying more pop from the outskirts of the 60s. The bits that don’t sound sound like the Beatles or Stones, basically, when musicians let rip with harpsichords, celestes and lots of delightful picked bass. I also wished I had more of the Broadcast and Stereolab songs I liked in the one place. There was nothing for it but another high-concept playlist composed of exotic 60s pop and the artists who love it. Below is a first draft. I feel sure the massive can recommend more artists from both eras. I don’t want to get involved in “that’s not exotica, it’s west coast psych”; let’s think of how best this can all knit together. If there is a deficit, I’d say it’s on the 60s side. But I want an equal split, 60;s and contemporary-ish. Enjoy.
Get your harpsichord on
Thanks, that looks like a wonderful playlist and I will listen with real interest. Saint Etienne used to be so good at this sort of thing didn’t they?
They were indeed. There may actually be better examples than the two I put here. But You’re in a Bad Way almost chooses itself, being such an immaculate pastiche.
Great playlist. I feel this is very much in the realm of “baroque pop” .
Dave Greenfield from The Stranglers should be on here somewhere I think. His other-worldly swirly bits on Strange Little Girl, European Female and of course the harpsichord-heavy Golden Brown.
It’s a good list already.
As an aside, if you didn’t know and were forced to guess who recorded Lo Boob Oscillator, it would be either…
Stereolab
The Darkness