• Guild_Navigator
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    Malo - Suavecito
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmTNKNcGOQU
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    • eddstarr88
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      		 Suavecito is so awesome, dude you just blew the "Best Songs of the Seventies" thread w-i-d-e - o-p-e-n.

      A perfect place for me to add,


      Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" - 1975:


      http://youtu.be/jHbCE53s9hQ

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      • Magus
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        eddstarr88 wrote:
        Suavecito is so awesome, dude you just blew the "Best Songs of the Seventies" thread w-i-d-e - o-p-e-n.

        A perfect place for me to add,


        Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody" - 1975:


        http://youtu.be/jHbCE53s9hQ



        Can not believe no one mentioned that until now.
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        • eddstarr88
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          Magus wrote:




          Can not believe no one mentioned that until now.





          Yeah, I did a forum search 3 times cuz I couldn't believe it myself.
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          • eddstarr88
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            		 Here's another song from the 70's that is horribly underrated, yet I think it's [u]so[/u] good that it deserves a place on the
            "Best Songs of the Seventies" thread.

            In 1976 Diana Ross, from her self titled album, had a hit song "Love Hangover" that went #1 on the Billboard charts.
            Even today "Love Hangover" is Diana Ross' biggest hit.

            But there's another song off of that same album that I think is a waay better song but it got buried by the Love Hangover steamroller. That's too bad because I think this is classic Diana Ross with it's soaring ballet phrasings and, if you listen closely, beautifully constructed lyrics.

            Imho, this is her best song.

            I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love) - 1976:

            http://youtu.be/Y8bdi25PSx0

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            • Shazbot
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              eddstarr88 wrote:
              Here's another song from the 70's that is horribly underrated, yet I think it's [u]so[/u] good that it deserves a place on the
              "Best Songs of the Seventies" thread.

              In 1976 Diana Ross, from her self titled album, had a hit song "Love Hangover" that went #1 on the Billboard charts.
              Even today "Love Hangover" is Diana Ross' biggest hit.

              But there's another song off of that same album that I think is a waay better song but it got buried by the Love Hangover steamroller. That's too bad because I think this is classic Diana Ross with it's soaring ballet phrasings and, if you listen closely, beautifully constructed lyrics.

              Imho, this is her best song.

              I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love) - 1976:

              http://youtu.be/Y8bdi25PSx0



              Reminds me of this:
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTgHO7W1III
              Dee Edwards - Why can't there be love?
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              • thecrow174
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                		 The theme song from Halloween.



                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796clO8y1TA

                God help you if you don't remember this song.
                There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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                • eddstarr88
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                  Shazbot wrote:


                  Reminds me of this:
                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTgHO7W1III
                  Dee Edwards - Why can't there be love?




                  Isn't that amazing? Yes, I can hear the similarity and it makes me wonder where I was back in the day since I'm just now learnig about Dee Edwards. I just love her voice. Seems to me she should've been a household name with her wonderful voice.

                  Well there's a lot of folks talking about her now!










                  Let's stay with 1976.

                  Here's an example of a song that came alive thanks to radio station DJ's around the country.

                  Boz Scaggs' Silk Degrees album was released in 1976 where the first single from the album did poorly on the music charts. Sales for Silk Degrees stayed flat until DJ's on the east coast aired a song called "Lowdown" directly from the album.

                  I was a college student in Phoenix, AZ at the time, and the latenight DJ at station KTAR wanted to start some buzz for "Lowdown" by asking listeners to count the number of flute flourishes in the song and call the station with their totals - the winner getting to talk on-air with the DJ as a prize.



                  Well it worked! "Lowdown" quickly became one of the most requested R&B songs and became quite popular on mainstream radio stations. As fas as I know, "Lowdown" is still Boz Scaggs biggest hits.

                  Boz Scaggs - "Lowdown" - 1976:

                  http://youtu.be/eQK_QAUa8Dw

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                  • One Louder
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                    		 In the 60's Carole King was one of the songwriters at New York's Brill Building where she wrote material for acts produced by Phil Spector, artists that recorded for Motown and the Monkees. In 1968 she led the band The City and their minor success inspired her to go solo in 1970.

                    Her first solo release was 1970's Writer, now considered an underrated classic by her fans.

                    Spaceship Races http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4GdskfPE40

                    I Can't Hear You No More http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i07Aowy2Z8&feature=related

                    Her second album, 1971's Tapestry proved to be a blockbuster album full of hit singles. It featured some new material and some new recordings of songs she wrote at the the Brill Building in the 60's.

                    It's Too Late http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSep7QJXKlE

                    So Far Away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UM249-WfP4

                    Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8KlYc0xG80

                    I Feel the Earth Move http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoHuxpa4h48


                    Tapestry also featured You've Got a Friend with James Taylor singing backup. James had a hit with a version where he sang lead and James and Carole perform it live as a duet to this day.

                    You've Got a Friend http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4o9yJ4GYo

                    In 1974 Carole had another hit with Jazzman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neefulTCVJ0 which later featured in an episode of the Simpsons.

                    In 1975 Carole recorded the soundtrack to the animated children's TV special Really Rosie based on the stories of Maurice Sendak.

                    Chicken Soup and Rice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuVwboKvo7E

                    Pierre (I Don't Care) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7fNMVDNYR4
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                    • eddstarr88
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                      		 Shout out to One Louder again! The unmistakeable Carole King, she has earned a special place in music history. Thank you for your insight on Carole, as well as, YES and The Who.




                      Now let's go back to 1970.


                      What an amazing and strange year. The Beatles were flying apart and the Bee Gees were returning together in the same year. And in 1970 The Brothers Gibb released a song that nailed their place in this new decade, never suspecting the disco future that awaited them.

                      Such an unusual song, there's something almost "Moody Blues" about it. It surprised me the first time I heard it but it sure sailed right to the top of the music charts of the time. This song really deserves a great set of speakers, ya don't want to miss any of this tune's excellent orchestration.



                      Bee Gees - "Lonely Days" - 1970:


                      http://youtu.be/1nACo34VKEQ

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                      • demonpuppet87
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                        eddstarr88 wrote:
                        Shout out to One Louder again! The unmistakeable Carole King, she has earned a special place in music history. Thank you for your insight on Carole, as well as, YES and The Who.




                        Now let's go back to 1970.


                        What an amazing and strange year. The Beatles were flying apart and the Bee Gees were returning together in the same year. And in 1970 The Brothers Gibb released a song that nailed their place in this new decade, never suspecting the disco future that awaited them.

                        Such an unusual song, there's something almost "Moody Blues" about it. It surprised me the first time I heard it but it sure sailed right to the top of the music charts of the time. This song really deserves a great set of speakers, ya don't want to miss any of this tune's excellent orchestration.



                        Bee Gees - "Lonely Days" - 1970:


                        http://youtu.be/1nACo34VKEQ



                        I remember they did a cover of that song in a Lifetime TV promo back in 2003.
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                        • eddstarr88
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                          demonpuppet87 wrote:


                          I remember they did a cover of that song in a Lifetime TV promo back in 2003.




                          Now that you've mentioned it, the Bee Gees have gone back to "Lonely Days" before. There's something about that song, so strange yet compelling. The Bee Gees' early work is far different from their disco stuff later in the decade. I have such strong memories from when I first heard "Lonely Days". A lot of my friends in school talked about that song back then.



                          Speaking of unusual 70's songs, :wink:


                          As the decade of the 70's was winding down a "neutron bomb" of a song hit very, very late in 1978 and I wonder if anyone rermembers it.

                          Imho this was truly one of the outstanding hits of early 1979 and gave notice that the fast approaching 80's would be a music decade like no other! You guys are gonna love this. :D


                          Nicolette Larson - "Lotta Love" - 1978/1979:


                          http://youtu.be/sXfROqR_p1A

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                          • One Louder
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                            		 Thanks for the shout-out Edd!

                            Talking of Yes again, I'll take this time to write about their 1972 album Close to the Edge. That year, on the basis of the prior success of Yes' previous 70's albums Fragile and The Yes Album and their singles Your Move and Roundabout, their label of the time, Atlantic was willing to give them increased artistic control.

                            The group proceeded to turn in a three song album featuring a nearly 19 minute long title track based on the book Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse and that was constructed and recorded in various short fragments that were then joined together via editing and post production. The group then rehearsed the completed piece in order to be able to play it live.

                            Close to the Edge title track http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8978365408721522927

                            "It was crazy when we did that," says Bill Bruford, the group's drummer at the time. "Half way through we had no idea what the ending would be." Rick Wakeman who played keyboards on this album once explained in an interview, "We're as surprised as anyone when some of our tracks turn out so long. We just keep going with ideas till we're satisfied they're finished." The group often had to riffle through the waste bins of their recording studio for fragments of tape that may have accidentally been thrown out by studio janitors or mislaid by their producer and engineer Eddy Offord who often attempted to work while on LSD. The group spent part of the rest of the year promoting the album while opening for Elton John with new comer Alan White replacing Bill Bruford on drums. When talking about this period in an interview Rick Wakeman stated, "We would play all of Close to the Edge when opening for Elton John and I was convinced no one was listening, but it's amazing, they were." Shortly afterward Yes went back on the road, this time as headliners with the Close to the Edge album in the top 5 in the US and UK.

                            Some underground FM radio, and College stations played the entire piece whereas some stations opted to play the three and half minute excerpt issued as a single; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3Z3IKLl3cE

                            The other two tracks off the album were And You And I which became a staple of US and UK radio in the 70's and a song that Yes has played on every one of their tours since 1972 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Cp1jvYSNA and Siberian Katru the shortest track on the album at just under 9 minutes and often was the opening song of Yes' live shows throughout the rest of the 70's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS3UFBRljYw.
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                            • Guild_Navigator
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                              		 Time to squeeze eddie's retro-juices once more:



                              Rare Earth -- Get Ready
                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky04q6V8-mI
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                              • eddstarr88
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                                Guild_Navigator wrote:

                                Time to squeeze eddie's retro-juices once more:



                                Rare Earth -- Get Ready
                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky04q6V8-mI




                                OMG!!!, OMG!!!, Dude - I just about bust a gut already!:D

                                Jeeez, I havn't heard RARE EARTH in ages, Jimmy Carter was in the White House and I was still in bell bottoms, lol!

                                Well GN, you've done it again. RARE EARTH takes the prize on this thread and you've earned it my friend. A 70's Grand Classic if ever there was one.



                                But I've got the unexpected up my sleeve. :P


                                Let's dial up one of my favorite years in the 70's cuz I want you guys to get a load of,


                                The Babys - "Isn't It Time" - 1977:


                                http://youtu.be/J5iePNKotjI

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                                • One Louder
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                                  		 Another really great Rare Earth song is I Just Want to Celebrate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk. They also had a really great live album in the early 70's in a really elaborate die cut cover that looks like a backpack;

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                                  • eddstarr88
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                                    One_Louder wrote:
                                    Another really great Rare Earth song is I Just Want to Celebrate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZsppOw2Mxk. They also had a really great live album in the early 70's in a really elaborate die cut cover that looks like a backpack;




                                    You guys have no idea how happy you've made me by posting RARE EARTH. Retro Magic!
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                                    • One Louder
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                                      		 In 1973 Rick Wakeman managed to work and play on three albums all at the same time. It all began with the recording of Yes' studio followup to Close to the Edge. Yes had been daring enough issuing a three song album, this time out they opted to record a double album titled Tales From Topographic Oceans which featured one long track per side. Rick quickly got frustrated though, especially over the piece which became side two of the album, The Remembering http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xitnkn_the-remembering-yes-tales-from-topographics-oceans_music as group lead singer Jon Anderson was dictating how Rick should play on the track. Jon wanted Rick to forgo his usual elaborate playing in favor of keyboard lines that echoed the vocal and guitar melodies and also wanted Rick to play long droning chordal passages.

                                      When he found out Black Sabbath were down the hall recording Sabbath Bloody Sabbath in the same studio that Yes were recording Tales he would visit Black Sabbath frequently and eventually was invited to play on the album and was given free reign over how he wanted to play his keyboard parts.

                                      Black Sabbath featuring Rick Wakeman - Sabbra Cadabra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktdeX4PTL80

                                      Not satisfied with just one side outlet while growing increasingly restless with the long process of recording a double album of epics with Yes, Rick also began work on his first solo album, the all instrumental The Six Wives of Henry VIII. So many Yes members guest on it, I think it actually qualifies as a Yes album.

                                      Rick Wakeman featuring fellow Yes members Chris Squire, Alan White and Steve Howe - Catherine Parr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mJFM8iRh_k

                                      Rick wasn't alone in his dislike of Yes' Tales... double album. Although it reached number 1 in the UK upon it's release in late 1973, it's largely remembered now as being a catalyst for the UK abandoning interest in Prog Rock in favor of the back to basics approach of Punk later in the 70's. Others criticize it for being overlong and too mellow when in fact there are some very complex and fiery passages to be found on sides three and four. Personally I have always enjoyed Tales From Topographic Oceans and it's always been one of my favorite Yes albums.

                                      Yes - Ritual pt 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWfIHLnC78M
                                      Yes - Ritual pt 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWff7Hjfyw&feature=related (On the actual Tales album this is side four and plays as one unbroken 22 minute track. When played live, with soloing and improvising, it often reached nearly half an hour in length.)

                                      Rick quit Yes to concentrate on solo work midway through Yes' 1974 tour but went on to rejoin the band two years later.
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                                      • Lepew
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                                        		 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOm8epleTA&list=PLE63A594026B012DA&index=6&feature=plpp

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                                        • One Louder
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                                          		 70's Power Pop

                                          The Wackers - I Hardly Know Her Name http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-jkDnLSM1Y&feature=related

                                          The Raspberries - Go All the Way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybB6BWvb6bk

                                          Big Star - In the Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx6XeBhZETg (This was later used as the theme to That 70's Show.)

                                          The Sweet - My Generation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XTGVOAp7tE (Pete Townshend was very fond of this cover version.)
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