I've just bought a new 2 seater roadster and in a couple of weeks I'll be heading off to Whitby in it, but not before travelling the back way from Pickering up to Goathland, where they filmed Heatbeat.
What are the 20 top 1960's songs I should stick on to a CD to recreate that sense of driving in the 1960's over the moors in a little MG Midget or whatever they had then ?
Procol Harum - Whiter Shade of Pale
The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road (obviously!)
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
The Rolling Stones - Honky Tony Women
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?
The Move - Blackberry Way
Love Affair - Everlasting Love
Scott McKenzie - San Francisco
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
The Seekers - The Carnival Is Over
some good tunes in that list....see, I cant think of many and then when you mention them, I'm like 'oh yeh' how could I forget that one... I really only know Beatles stuff and I'm not a great fan of them..
OK, in that case your task for the weekend is to buy a copy of Procol Harum's greatest hits and work out why "Whiter Shade of Pale" was John Lennon's favourite song...
And then listen to A Salty Dog and Grand Hotel until you understand why they are even better...
Goatland is also where the train journey part of Harry Potter was filmed.
Stop Stop Stop - The Hollies
Legend Of Xanadu - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick And Titch
Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
Substitute - The Who
Point Me At The Sky - Pink Floyd
Tomorrow Never Knows - Beatles
Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville
Over Under Sideways Down - Yardbirds
Pictures Of Matchstick Men - Status Quo
Taxman - The Beatles
Foot Tapper - The Shadows
Surfin Bird - The Trashmen (fantastic and featured in ET!)
Where Do You Go To - Peter Sarstedt
As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull
For Your Love - Yardbirds
All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Mocking Bird - Aretha Franklin
Taxman - Beatles
....aaaand
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
My offering (my 60s favourites) - hope it is of some use and your journey goes well - sounds like fun !
Yesterday has Gone - Cupid's Inspiration
Rainbow Chaser - Nirvana (the original one, not Kurt Cobain's lot)
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Mr Tamborine Man - Byrds
Wild Thing - Troggs
Alone Again, or - Love
Whiter Shade of Pale - Procul Harum
House of the Rising Sun - Animals
Waterloo Sunset - Kinks
Here comes the night Them
54321 Manfred Mann
Get me to the world on time The Electric Prunes
Get off my cloud The Rolling Stones
Route 66 Chuck Berry
Those were the days Mary Hopkin