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Jackie Blue ..............Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Hello Its Me.............Todd Rundgren
Don't Look Back. ......Boston
Rock N Roll Fantasy...Bad Company
Kashmir...................Led Zeppelin
Crazy on You...........Heart
gordon lightfoot-if you could read my mind the buoys-timothy
sylvia-pillow talk r.dean taylor-indiana wants me osmonds-one bad apple partridge family-i think i love you bobby gentry-ode to billyjoe elton john,hall & oats,the spinners,barry white & the love unlimited orchestra,nitty gritty dirt band,looking glass,billy paul,al wilson,elo,bobby sherman,alive & kickin,the o,jays,the fuzz,war,bill withers PLUS many many more.
Even though I came of age in the 70's, so much of the music from that time is overplayed these days that I get really sick of it.
These are a few songs which, for me, do stand the test of time.
Actually, the *entire album* that each one of these songs comes from is classic, for all time.
For me, a favorite song certainly has to grab me sonically, but the lyrics, no matter how simple, also need to be compelling. All years are approximate, but I think I am fairly accurate.
Marvin Gaye's What's Goin' On('72): The lyrics are to the point, Gaye's voice has never been better, the production is just right
Neil Young's Needle and the Damage Done from Harvest('72-3), and the entire Rust Never Sleeps album ('79). Young is still consistantly cranking out good stuff, but his songs from the 70's, to me, will still sound fresh when a lot of other music gets stale.
Desperados Under the Eaves by Warren Zevon ('77). Literate, wry, total Zevon.
Snippet: "And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing
Until I pay my bill."
The Who: My favorite Who song is actually Happy Jack ('66 or 67, with Keith Moon's incredible drums) but this entire album, especially Won't Get Fooled Again,(72?) is a microcosm of everything that was good about the 70's. Too bad it's being used to market automobiles now.
Jimi Hendrix: either Purple Haze or Voodoo Chile--or maybe Are You Experienced? (69 or 70?)
Hendrix was doing something really new. He was so influential and will never be emulated. I really do not know much about playing guitar, but I still miss this guy and what he could have gone on to create.
Grateful Dead: Ripple, and the entire American Beauty album. (70 or 71) Beautiful vocals, simple, well-chosen production.
Anyone who said that those long-haired hippies could not be reflective and spiritual never listened to this music.
There are others (Led Zep, Beatles, Stones etc) but these are songs songs I never get tired of.
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Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress- Hollies
Stairway to Heaven- Led Zeppelin
Dust in the Wind- Kansas
Bridge over Troubled Water- Simon and Garfunkel
Nights in White Satin- Moody Blues
Cats in the Cradle- Harry Chapin
Operator- Jim Croce
Drift Away- Dobie Gray
Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd
Paranoid- Black Sabbath
Takin' it to the Streets- Doobie Brothers
We're an American Band- Grand Funk Railroad
Fooled Around an Fell in Love- Elvin Bishop
Layla- Derek and the Dominios
Summer Breeze- Seals and Crofts
Black Magic Woman- Santana
Ballroom Blitz- Sweet
My Sweet Lord- George Harrison
And anything by Elton John, Van Morrison, Al Green, Cat Stevens and The Steve Miller Band.
I love all those songs!! The 70's were a great time.
Chicago- Old Days
Peter Frampton-Lines on my face
David Bowie-Can you hear me
Hamilton, Joe, Frank and Reynolds-Fallin in love
Grand Funk-I'm your Captain
Bread-Make it with you
America-Ventura Highway
Cat Stevens-Oh very young
Hell I'll even say The Carpenters...lol The Eagles, Elton John (back when he was good), of course The Beatles-Long and winding road, one of my favorites. The music was just amazing. So many awesome memories What a great thread!!
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Your favorite 70s song(s)
What a great thread!!