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| From | Dave Seaman <seamand@upmc.edu> |
| Subject | What's so funny about peace love and the 70s? |
| Date | Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:45:29 -0500 |
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<<<<<Well for me, a child of the 60's, the early 70's were a bit of a
hangover....
...What was great about 1972?...
...Stevie Wonder & Syreeta, Stories, Badfinger, The Raspberries, Big Star's
#1 Record (no one heard in 72!), Glam!!! dominates in 72, Philadelphia soul
and Todd's Something/Anything, Yes - Fragile, Nilssen!!, Al Green, Steely
Dan, Fleetwood Mac's Bare Trees, America's best work (?), Aretha Franklin's
Young, Gifted & Black.
What else?...>>>>
Well, maybe because I was a child of the 70s - and started listening to,
playing and buying music in the early 70s - I think this was a wonderful
era. IMO the best eras for music were the mid to late 60s era of
pop/rock/Motown, the early to mid 70s era of pop/rock/soul/powerpop, and the
late 70s to early 80s era of new wave/powerpop. And although the 60s was
probably the most creative and groundbreaking, I like the early to mid 70s
music just as much. You mentioned the great work of Stevie Wonder, Philly
soul, Todd Rundgren and Steely Dan, which I agree with 110%. But how about
the years from about 1970 to 1974 or 75, and the music by Paul McCartney (w
and w/o Wings), Lennon, (heck, Harrison too... all the ex Beatles for that
matter), Queen, Elton John, Springsteen, Bowie (and the whole glam scene),
as well as of course the classic giants of powerpop, namely the Raspberries,
Badfinger, and Big Star? In fact I'll admit to being a big fan of not so
cool groups like Chicago, Three Dog Night, Billy Joel, the Eagles, and Hall
and Oates from this period also. And not that was that big fan of hard
rock, but there were some classic pieces by Zep and Deep Purple. And prog
rock, love it or leave it. And on the flip side, great soul music, and the
great am radio pop of that period, stuff like Love Grows (Where My Rosemary
Goes), Smile A Little Smile, etc. etc.. Sure there was crap like Playground
In My Mind, but the highs outweighed the lows in my book. As far as pop
radio and album oriented rock, there isn't a period since that can hold a
candle, at least not in terms of excitement, diversity, creativity, melody,
harmony, and all the other things I hold near and dear...From the 90s on I
had to really really dig for the good stuff. Thanks to this list for
keeping me in good music - I can't find it just about anywhere else!
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