The Standells - "Dirty Water"

I've always been puzzled why the Classic Rock radio format often ignores the songs that people were actually listening to back in the day. Like an alternative reality I only half belong to, even though I was there. 

Listening to rock music on the radio in the Sixties, I gravitated to Motown - so energetic, and for someone from Corrales, NM, so exotic! - but I also liked anything with a good beat. 

I'm amused that none of the California-based Standells had been to Boston before releasing this song. According to Wikipedia, "Tower Records producer Ed Cobb wrote the song after a visit to Boston, during which he was robbed on a bridge over the Charles River."