HOLLIES new stereo “Bus Stop“ 2023 from mono version.. “Bus Stop“ was written by Graham Gouldman, who also penned major hits for the Yardbirds (“For Your Love“) and Herman's Hermits (“No Milk Today“), as well as the Hollies' first venture into the US top 40 with “Look Through Any Window“. With the release of “Bus Stop“ as a single in June 1966, the Hollies joined the trend known as raga rock, a subgenre first popularised by the Beatles, the Byrds and the Kinks. Musicologist William Echard highlights the guitar solo and its sitar-like sound as an indicator of the Indian musical element evident in the song. Billboard said of the single that there was a “good group vocal on this teen-aimed, easy-rocker with more commercial potential than their [earlier single] “I Can't Let Go.“ Cash Box described the song as a “rollicking, hard-driving bluesy weeper with a plaintive, melodic undercurrent.“ In a 1976
Hide player controls
Hide resume playing