Best 1960s Rock Songs

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   Blowin' in the Wind

   Bob Dylan · from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

   The question-song that became an anthem.

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   Like a Rolling Stone

   Bob Dylan · from Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

   Six minutes that rewrote what a single could be.

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   My Generation

   The Who · from My Generation (1965)

   The stuttering anthem of mod youth.

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   God Only Knows

   The Beach Boys · from Pet Sounds (1966)

   Brian Wilson's most perfect, fragile arrangement.

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   A Day in the Life

   The Beatles · from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

   The orchestral climax of the album that reinvented the LP.

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   I'll Be Your Mirror

   The Velvet Underground · from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967)

   Nico's tender counterpoint to the album's darkness.

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   Light My Fire

   The Doors · from The Doors (1967)

   The organ-driven breakthrough that made them stars.

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   All Along the Watchtower

   The Jimi Hendrix Experience · from Electric Ladyland (1968)

   Guitar reinvention in three minutes.

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   Gimme Shelter

   The Rolling Stones · from Let It Bleed (1969)

   Apocalyptic and electric.

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