The Dave Clark Five were cool

[HEyHEY]

Any sorta mid-grade rock bands from the early 60s you like?

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. Would the Animals count as a mid-grade rock band?

If they'd never done anything but cover "House of the Rising Sun", they'd still be better than most of what was out there at the time.

[HEyHEY]

3. No, they'd count as the "most badass fucking band of the 60s" grade

I love the animals

[Floogeldy]

2. The Easybeats

:)

[Guaranteed]

4. Thanks to the Dave Clark Five it's okay to flip your collar up.

That was their contribution.

[WCGreen]

5. I'm Glad All Over....

And I'll be in "Bits and Pieces" "Over and Over" but you can "Catch Us if You Can".....

[Gildor Inglorion]

6. For just a LITTLE while, I liked the DC5 better than the Beatles...

naturally, I got over it, but I still love the DC5's music. Sorta mid-grade rock bands from the early 60's? I like LOTS of them...Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Zombies, the Yardbirds, the Byrds, and so forth. My Lord, was there EVER a better time to be young?

:bounce:

[Swede]

7. Herman's Hermits,Gerry and the Pacemakers and Manfred Mann

come to mind.

[HEyHEY]

8. My big sister and I always used to dance to Sea Cruise

Mom had it on 45.

[WCGreen]

20. Ferry Cross the Mersey

A great song of longing....

[Poiuyt]

9. Turtles, Rascals, Spanky & Our Gang, Kinks, Paul Revere & the Raiders

Man, I could go on and on. There were so many groovy bands back then.

Peter and Gordon, Crispian St. Peter, Crazy Elephant, Mamas and the Papas, Electric Prunes, Leaves, Easybeats, etc

I love that era!

[HEyHEY]

11. I don't think the Kinks are mid grade - Peter and Gordon? Eww

I'm down with the others

[Poiuyt]

19. You didn't specify British bands in the OP

And I liked Peter & Gordon. They had a strong Beatle influence because Peter was the brother of Paul McCartney's girlfiend.

[HEyHEY]

22. It's funny, I saw that and thought, "Hey, I didn't specify brit"

So I changed it

[nine23]

10. Check out "Pretty Ballerina" by "Left Bank".

Lysergically-impaired Los Angelelinos' attempting "Swinging London" with string section 'n all...

I was just listening to it, though I'm currently lysergically-deprived damn it...

[HEyHEY]

13. I'm a big leftbank fan

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Tommy James

and the Shondells

Enjoyed them..and then moved on to The Monkees, all the while keeping the Beatles held high in total mystical reverence

[enigmatic]

14. The Choir- A Clevo Legend

"It's Cold Outside" one a garage band classic...

http://www.mp3.com/the-choir/artists/33795/summary.html

[blondeatlast]

15. Paul Revere and the Raiders. Their version of "Stepping Stone" was as

close to punk as the early sixties got.

[The_Casual_Observer]

21. Naaa, Troggs "Wild Thing", The Seeds "Pushin to Hard"

[blondeatlast]

25. Yeah, but my mind is thinking pretty commercial type bands.

I agree, but as for commercial type bands with lasting power, they got it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

28. Those bands were mainstream nationwide top 10 hit song bands.

I would could consider an band that wore polyester revolutionary war costumes and were regulars on Dick Clark's programs proto punk.

[Tom Kitten]

16. the German group The Rattles

they played with the Beatles in Hamburg and kept on through the 60s...Later on they got this woman singer from Isreal and put out a great insane single, The Witch (different from the Sonics tune)

Oh and the Monks too!

[blondeatlast]

17. The Shangri-Las; seriously smooth kick ass rebel rock by women.

Oh, yeah!

[The_Casual_Observer]

18. Bad Ass?? The Music Machine "Talk Talk" and Love "7 and 7 is"

Music Machine proto punk late 60's wild men, dress all in black, with one black glove.

[progressoid]

23. I likes Booker T and the MGs too!

[Swede]

24. The Yardbirds,the Zombies,and the Hollies

should fit these parameters.

[HEyHEY]

26. It's weird in the UK the Hollies were going head to head with the beatles

But they barely charted in the US

[ltfranklin]

27. Chad Mitchell Trio were cool...

And (little known fact) John Denver was one of the CMT. Great songs, like

Rum, By Gum
Super Skier
The Great Historical Bum

and my personal favorite, The John Birch Society.

Just for fun, I rewrote the lyrics a bit to be more, well, timely:

The George Bush Society
(Apologies to Michael Brown)

Oh we're meeting at the courthouse at eight o'clock tonight
You just come in the door and take the first turn to the right
Be careful when you get there, we'd hate to be bereft
But we're taking down the names of everybody turning left

'Cause we're the George Bush Society, the George Bush Society
Here to save this country from a liberalistic plot
We're the George Bush Society, help us swell the ranks
To get this movement started, we need lots of tools and cranks

Now there's no one that's certain that the Liberals haven't touched
We think that Daniel Savage doth protest a bit too much
We only hail the hero from whom we got our name
We're not sure what he did, but he's our hero all the same

Join the George Bush Society, the George Bush Society
Liberalism is the ism dismalist of all
Join the George Bush Society, there's so much to do
Have you heard they're serving quiche down at the CNN Newsroom.

Well you've heard about the agents that we've already named
Well Hollywood has agents that are flatly unashamed
We're after Georgie Clooney, we've gotten Spikey Lee
And the day we get Jane Fonda, won't that be a victory

Oh we're the George Bush Society, the George Bush Society
Here to save our country from a Liberalistic plot
Join the George Bush Society, holding off the Reds
We'll use our hands and hearts, and if we must, we'll use our heads

We'll teach you how to spot 'em in the city or the sticks
'Cause even Jasper Junction is just full of Liberal Hicks
The CIA's subversive and so's the FCC
There's no one left but thee and we, and we're not sure of thee

To the George Bush Society, the George Bush Society
Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right
Join the George Bush Society, as we're marching on
We'll all be glad to see you when we're meeting in the George
In the George, In the George Bush Society