Super 60's Tune for Friday, April 10th, '09

The pride of Australia, the Easybeats scored a true international hit with this anthemic slice of psychedelia. Filled with Mideastern guitar riffs and ascending chord progressions, the song's melody is one of the most remembered of the era. A powerful, churning rhythm drives the song from start to finish, and again, co-writer Harry Vanda's wicked guitar riffing and harmony vocals take the song over the goal line. However, despite this excellence, it's the point of view of the average working/school-attending, Monday-through-Friday person that makes this song so commercially appealing, allowing the promise of release at the weekend as the reward that almost every listener can relate to.