60s Girl Group pop is one of my favourite musical things. Here are five songs I like in no particular order. *One of them isn’t a group I know.

The Supremes - Stoned Love

I think this may have been released in 1970, but I can’t discount it on that technicality. The Supremes were of the girl groups of the 60s. It’s an anti-war song, but it manages not to come off as too self-righteous, because in the end it’s just about love. I love the fuzzy guitar line, it really adds something to the classic Motown formula.

Syreeta Wright…

I love this song. I can't believe I only discovered it this year. The unrequited teenage crush as grand baroque tragedy. If only more heartbroken teenagers used harpsichords for catharsis.

Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NcuIWIBjEM8

And when I see the sign that points one way
The block we used to pass by every day
Just walk away Renee
You won't see me follow you back home
The empty sidewalks on my block are not the same
You're not to blame

From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry
From deep inside the pain that I…

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I believe I'll go walking by the railroad with my cherry cherry wine…
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You keep walking down when the sun shone through the trees…
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Cyprus Avenue
Van Morrison

Songs about being in unions.

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1. The Kinks - Get Back In The Line

That union man's got such a hold over me
He's the man who decides if I live or I die, if I starve, or I eat

Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay,
I'm a union man, now, all the way.

Lotta poor man got to walk the line
Just to pay his union dues.

The boss won't listen when one guy squawks but…

1. The Undertones - Mars Bars

"There's glucose (glucose!) for energy.
There's caramel (caramel!) for strength.
The chocolate's only there, to keep it the right length"

The Undertones paean to the chocolate bar that helps you to work, rest, and play. They manage to namecheck David Bowie, and wish tooth decay upon anyone who "still eats Twix". Quite possibly the greatest confectionery related song ever written.

2. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking

"I want your candy. I want your candy.
I want your candy. I want your candy."

Well you can't have it. It's mine.…