Nuggets: A Potpourri of Strangeness
Episode 2
Episode date - September 23, 2022
The interesting thing (or, admittedly, my best excuse for) the Nuggets series is the obscurity of so many of the tracks that qualify.
It is literally a potpourri of strangeness that the 1960’s somehow accepted as ‘pop’ music. The tracks are undoubtedly weird and dated, but they still provide a thrill for fans of energetic rock and roll with an attitude. Some of the songs might never have been famous, but they remain relevant because they make us laugh, or dance, or sing, or maybe just scratch our heads. It only gets weirder from here.
Featured tracks include:
Baby What I Mean – Spiral Starecase
Baby Your Phrasing Is Bad – Caleb
Back on the Street Again – The Sunshine Company
Back Seat ’38 Dodge – Opus 1
Back Up – The Light
Bad Girl – The Zakary Thaks
Bad Little Woman – Shadows of Knight
Bad Little Woman – The Wheels
Bass Strings – Country Joe & the Fish
Bat Macumba – Os Mutantes
The Beast of Sunset Strip – Teddy Durant
Beg, Borrow and Steal - The Rare Breed
Bend Me, Shape Me – The American Breed
Biff! Bang! Pow! – The Creation
The Bitter Thoughts of Mary Jane - Timon