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Originally posted by urgeok
the stones, sly and the family stone, marvin gaye, santana ..
i cant consider them 60's bands.
i think of a 60's band as one that came and went in the 60's ..
the byrds, the turtles, blues magoos, electric prunes, paul revere and the raiders ... etc ...
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I get what you're saying but I don't really understand the logic in it. Many a band that is considered a 60s band went on to more music in following decades. Hell the Beach Boys are STILL around, though not with all the original members.
And I consider The Stones, Sly and the fAmily Stone, Marvin Gaye, and Santana all 60s band because they grew and came to success in the 60s. Marvin Gaye came out with a slew of hits in the 60s including one of my favorites of his, Can I Get a Witness? Sly and the Family Stone because they came out with their biggest of hits, I Want to Take You Higher, in the 60s. Santana because they was when they really honed their skills and became a sucessful band( you should see their performance at Woodstock) and finally I can't understand how you can't consider The Stones a 60s band. Most of their big hits came out in the 60s, lest we forget about I Can't Get No Satisfaction? It was considering the defining song of the generation in the 60s, so I consider them a 60s band.
Basically to me any band that played at Woodstock can safely be considered a 60s band (Sly and the Family Stone, Santana, Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Richie Havens, Country Joe & the Fish, Arlo Guthrie, Canned Heat, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joan Baez from my previous list)