Pushin Too Hard -The Seeds (1967)

In memory of Sky "Sunlight" Saxon, founding member and lead singer of The Seeds, who passed away on June 25, 2009, at the estimated age of 63. Saxon had been hospitalized in critical condition since June 22nd at an Austin, TX hospital with what his doctors believed to be an infection of the internal organs. A cause of death has not yet been confirmed.

Sky Saxon was a true pioneer who contributed so much to the musical growth of everyone growing up in the 60s, and he will be missed.

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"Pushin' Too Hard," by The Seeds. (1967) A garage standard if there ever was one.

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Music

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• Rock
• Pop
• Classic
• Oldie
• Seeds
• Garage
• Sky
• Saxon
• Richard Marsh
• Little Ritchie Marsh

[lnu6688]

The Seeds "Pushin' Too Hard" is the quintessential rock and roll. It doesn't get any better.

[marinegreensub]

I was born in 1961, and while my friends were all watching Romper Room and Hobo Kelly, I was hanging out at the the beach at Carlsbad body surfing and stringing beads with my brother and his hippie friends. Someone always had a transistor radio on the sand and this song was played all the time on KCBQ, THE station back then!!. Even though I was only 7 or 8 years old,,, I DID THE SIXTIES!!!

[drmattdenver]

I was 17 in hs in San Diego when this song came out. Classic rock and roll. Thanks Sky, Daryl, and others.

[nomiclas]

@valeriemci1 i was 18 in 66 and look at that year as the best.it was hot fast cars,women were liberating and we had the Beach Boys,Beatles,Stones but best of all we had garage rock.if you think of punk as the best,garage rock was like that for me.Sky was true hard rockin'.i think if you look up Question Mark and The Mysterions."96 Tears".you'll get an idea of 65-66 local group talent.(Saginaw,Mich)

[BleedBNG]

Where are they at? The Grand 'Ole Opry? anyways, the organ bit makes this song,.

[57IAM]

@mazzy505 Damn, it doesn't get better than this. I was l5 at the time and pushing the envelope of trying to be a hippie, with a father in the Army. He didn't allow anything hippie in the house, so I had to sneak out and listen to GOOD music. He loved classical while he operated (was a trauma surgeon) and forbade anything remotely cool. But I persisted, and now at 59, I still groove to anything good, no matter what it is.

Rock on forever and ever.

[1danrobbins]

Just recently a friend and myself were trying to remember who did this song. Their name don't ring a bell even though I had this 45.

[mazzy505]

Classic Hippie, original hippie, quintessential hippie...18yrs old smokin gold

[ftsjr]

Groovy!

[goducks20101]

@marinegreensub How were you with Sheriff John?

[microvantastic]

"rock 'n roll blues" Some songs just fit-the-bill. My station never played it enough. Must have been too intense for the average Joe back then. I was 17 and jilted.

[rexrockandroll]

THATS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TRY TO HARD TO WIN OVER A POTENTIAL LOVER OR MORE THAN THAT....THAT HAS TO STOP..NOW....I SHOULD HAVE LEARNED WITH KITTY....AND I GUESS I DID, BUT ....TO GET OVER THIS PAIN, IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE...DAMN...DAMN...DAM­N..DAMN..GOOD LUCK HONEY AND WISH ME THE SAME..I NEED IT MORE.ITS ALWAYS EASIER FOR A GAL TO FIND A GUY..WE HAVE TO WORK AT IT MORE THAN LADIES DO..DAMN...SO MUCH FOR EQUALITY..BULLSHIT ON THAT...