The Ronettes

The Ronettes are, in my opinion, the greatest girl group of the 1960's. They have great harmony in their songs, most of which deal with falling in love, heartache and telling another girl to back off your manz. The Ronettes admitted universal vulnerability and insecurities while maintaing that confident cool- a mastery of the societal ideas that are attributed to the 1960's youth in America; an honest naivete that is altogether outdated. Listening to their songs definitely takes the listener back to those times. Although they seem tame by today's standards, they had a New York bad girl edge-they're from Washington Heights- sporting huge teased beehives and that thick winged eyeliner us girls are such big advocates of. The band consisted of lead singer Ronnie Spector (born Veronica Yvette Bennett) according to some she is "The Original Bad Girl of Rock and Roll," sister Estelle Bennet(1941-2009-RIP), and cousin Nedra. Ronnie and Estelle were multiracial, their father being Irish and their mother African-American and Native-American(I hate these labels) which was really rare to see in the 1960's spotlight. Ronnie got her last name from husband Phil Spector, a major record producer who was credited with creating a musical technique dubbed 'The Wall of Sound' as well as the success of many musical groups. He later regained notoriety as a defendant in a second degree murder case- guess he kept those HITS coming(get it?) I'm such a dork. Needless to say Phil ain't doing too well:

Anyway, this song is one of the most used songs in soundtracks: BE MY BABY

This is another classic plus they have flowers in their hair-always a big plus:

The Pogues, what can I say?

love love love.
This is my favorite video of this song I could find, though extremely shitty quality, i think it best captures the essence of the song, and really shows the pub atmosphere mixed with old timey irish music most effectively.
FAIRYTALE OF NY

DIRTY OLD TOWN
shane mcgowan w/babyshambles

AND, my favorite,
(you don't know how many times ive heard this song)
THOUSANDS ARE SAILING
(live w/ joe strummer)

Suicide - Suicide

The first album by Suicide.  These guys were able to be influential in music because they did a lot of charlie.

http://www.zshare.net/download/56848757774a8320/
http://www.zshare.net/download/56848757774a8320/  
Suicide - Suicide.zip
Suicide - Suicide.zip

Suicide is an American synthpunk music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega (vocals) and Martin Rev (synthesizers and drum machines). Like Silver Apples, they are an early synthesizer/vocal musical duo.
Never widely popular amongst the general public, Suicide were nonetheless influential: critic Wilson Neate writes that Suicide "would prove as influential as The Clash. Listening to their self-titled 1977 debut from the vantage point of late 2002, it's all so obvious: the synthpop, techno, and industrial dance sounds of the '80s and '90s, and now the new New Wave of electroclash, all gesture back to that foundational album.


Suicide emerged alongside the early punk scene in New York City with a reputation for their live shows; Vega stated "We started getting booed as soon as we came onstage. Just from the way we looked they started giving us hell already." [1] The first album was reissued with bonus material including "23 Minutes Over Brussels", a recording of a Suicide concert that deteriorated into a riot. Vega and Rev both dressed like arty street thugs, and Vega was notorious for brandishing a length of motorcycle drive chain onstage. This sort of audience confrontation was inspired by Vega witnessing a Stooges concert in the early '70s, which he later described as "great art".


Their first album, Suicide (1977), is often regarded as a classic: One critic writes: "'Che', 'Ghost Rider'—these eerie, sturdy, proto-punk anthems rank among the most visionary, melodic experiments the rock realm has yet produced. Of note is the ten-minute "Frankie Teardrop," which tells the story of a poverty-stricken Vietnam vet pushed to the edge: critic Emerson Dameron writes that the song is "one of the most terrifying, riveting, absurd things I’ve ever heard."[2]
Suicide's albums and performances in the late 1970s and early 1980s are regarded as some of the most influential post punk recordings and helped shape the direction of indie rock, industrial music and dance music. Among others, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Sisters of Mercy, Henry Rollins, Joy Division, She Wants Revenge, New Order, Soft Cell, Nick Cave, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Radiohead, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, Michael Gira, Sonic Boom, Loop, The Fleshtones (both of whom have recorded cover versions of "Rocket USA"), Ric Ocasek of The Cars, R.E.M. and The Kills have listed Suicide as one of their influences. Bruce Springsteen was also influenced by the band, as evident by the song "State Trooper" from his Nebraska. Furthermore, Springsteen also used a solo keyboard version of "Dream Baby Dream" to close the concerts on his 2005 Devils & Dust Tour.