Most evocative '70s songs

[Alison]

Yes all those songs bring back sweet memories.
But I am sick of "Seasons in the sun".
I have met Terry jacks on a few occasions.

[bretonbanquet]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Alot of people give me **** for liking Gilbert O'Sullivan but I think the guys a good singer. I really enjoy his music. Is he still popular over there?

I can't say that he is popular, although he is still going. He was never cool, to be fair, always a bit sorry for himself. It worked for James Taylor, but O'Sullivan was a bit of an old ladies' favourite. Good voice though, and a good songwriter. Still is. Apparently he still has some success in Japan, where being good still counts for something.

A lot of people here associate him with a bizarre segment on the BBC Top 40 show 'Top of the Pops' when they played his single "Get Down" while a very popular group of mindnumbingly attractive and usually-scantily-clad dancing girls (named 'Pan's People') tried to get a pack of dogs to participate in some kind of choreographed performance. The dogs were having none of it and did exactly what they wanted - either they wandered off or just sat motionless looking unhappy, and the whole thing was a total farce. It might be 35 years ago, but they still repeat it fairly regularly...

[becca]

The only reason I'm "big in Japan" is because they're almost all shorter than me.

Got a few more I just have to add...
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Love Is Like A Butterfly - Dolly Parton
Cotton Jenny (or was that Ginny?) - Gordon Lightfoot
For You Are Beautiful (something about Farewell?) - Roger Whittacker
Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters

Maybe it's because I was small then, but the '70s seemed to be the last time I felt completely optimistic about the future. The sky was higher and bluer than, the music was more optimistic (if it wasn't shmaltzy sentimental, somebody shoot that muskrat in love, please, and 'Ben' the rat while they're at it). Then they played 'hit' disco records so much we all got sick of it and became really cynical. You know, the records that were 'hits' seconds after release, that stuff started then. Those big shoes everyone had, pooka shell and shark tooth necklaces, mood rings (I had one), digital clocks were spacerificly new, powder blue corvette stingrays with white interiors (everyone wanted to ride in those), David and Shaun Cassidy, Randolf Mantooth, Dirk Benedict, maybe even Chad Everett or Dr. Kiley on Marcus Welby... The Gong Show! Nadia Komeneche. Skylab. Bobby Orr (and 'The Dry Look'). Crazy String. Happy Days. Jiffy Pop on the stove. Twister. Name That Tune (try that with rap songs!). Mike Douglas Show. Songs about CB Radios. Disaster movies. Mad magazine 25 cents cheap!

[Villavic]

Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Make it with you - Bread
New Kid In Town - The Eagles
Le Freak - Chic
Last Dance - Donna Summer
G.Y.B. Road - Elton John
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Ma Baker - Boney M
Dancing Queen - Abba
I just wann b ur everything - Andy Gibb
The Hustle - Van McCoy
Aquarius - Fifth Dimension
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Don't stop me now - QUEEN

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by bretonbanquet

I can't say that he is popular, although he is still going. He was never cool, to be fair, always a bit sorry for himself. It worked for James Taylor, but O'Sullivan was a bit of an old ladies' favourite. Good voice though, and a good songwriter. Still is. Apparently he still has some success in Japan, where being good still counts for something.

A lot of people here associate him with a bizarre segment on the BBC Top 40 show 'Top of the Pops' when they played his single "Get Down" while a very popular group of mindnumbingly attractive and usually-scantily-clad dancing girls (named 'Pan's People') tried to get a pack of dogs to participate in some kind of choreographed performance. The dogs were having none of it and did exactly what they wanted - either they wandered off or just sat motionless looking unhappy, and the whole thing was a total farce. It might be 35 years ago, but they still repeat it fairly regularly...

Nice to hear he's still making music. I can see where people would see him as a square peg though.

[DavidMn]

Here's a few more I just thought of:

Reminiscing-Little River Band
More Than A Woman-Bee Gees
Escape(Pina Colada Song)
Baker Street-Gerry Rafferty
Everlasting Love-Andy Gibb

[JazmenFlowers]

My Heart Belongs To Me, Cabin Fever, Stoney End - Barbra Streisand

[becca]

Baker Street-Gerry Rafferty
Everlasting Love-Andy Gibb

I love that alto sax part in Baker Street!

I thought Everlasting Love was Carl Carlton though. I don't think I've heard Andy Gibb's.

Don't stop me now - QUEEN

I don't think I've heard this one, there are so many great Queen songs though... Bicycle Race does the recalling a place and time trip for me.

[amber]

Shambala - 3 Dog Night. Beautiful. "Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain"

Um, becca, it looks like you and the others rounded up every other song I remember.

[becca]

Um, becca, it looks like you and the others rounded up every other song I remember.

And they are all very very meaningful songs I assure you. Jeremiah the bullfrog brought us so much joy. My older brother was a DJ and my Dad's band covered the songs of the day so I guess I have a bigger connection to old songs than most.

Take me to the roller-disco now!

[The Catdancer]

Dancing Queen - ABBA
Crazy On You - Heart
GYOW - Fleetwood Mac
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
New Kid in Town - The Eagles
Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
Young hearts, run free - Candi Staton
Staying Alive - Bee Gees
Your Song - Elton John
Crazy Horses - The Osmonds
Fantasy - Earth, Wind and Fire
Don't leave me this way - Thelma Houston
Kiss & say goodbye - The Manhattans
Sunny - Boney M
Could it be magic - Donna Summer
I'm every woman - Chaka Khan (or was that the 80's??)
Killer Queen - Queen
Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
Denis - Blondie
What can I say - Bozz Scaggs
You ain't seen nothing yet - BTO
Lady D'Arbanville - Cat Stevens
You were my friend - Chi Coltrane
Make Me Smile - Cockney Rebel
Heroes - David Bowie
Sound & Vision - David Bowie
The Jean Genie - David Bowie
Rebel rebel - David Bowie
Are friends electric - Gary Numan
Solsburry Hill - Peter Gabriel
Because the night - Patti Smith
Frederick - Patti Smith
Unbeschreiblich wieblich - Nina Hagen
Agrica Reggae - Nina Hagen
Sleeping Beauty - Lene Lovich
Radar Love - Golden Earring
Buddy Joe - Golden Earring
Lust for life - Iggy Pop
Classical Gas - Mason Williams
Wounded at Wounded Knee - Redbone

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by becca

Speaking personally for myself and what triggers flashbacks... some may be from the '60s but I heard them in the '70s... yes, I do have way too much time on my hands (while trying to download old record albums on rapidshare)

Witchita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Operator - Jim Croce
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Mississippi - Pussycat
Jingle Jangle - The Archies
Candida - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac
If - Bread
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
I Got A Name - Jim Croce
Crystal Chandelier - Charley Pride
New Kid In Town - The Eagles
Le Freak - Chic
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Hot Butter - Popcorn
You Got A Friend - James Taylor
Get Back Honkeycat - Elton John
My Elusive Dream - Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry
Undun - The Guess Who
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (?)
Me & You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Born On The Bayou - Crredence Clearwater Revival
Time For Everyone - Northwest Company
Stairway To Heaven - Leed Zeppelin
What Are You Doing Sunday - Tony Orlando & Dawn
With A Little Luck - Wings
Beautiful Sunday - Danile Boone
Stuck In The Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel
Broken Souvenirs - Pussycat
Ma Baker - Boney M
Dancing Queen - Abba
Tonight Is A Wonderful Time to Fall In Love - April Wine
I'd Like To Get To Know You - Spanky & Our Gang
Cinnamon - Derek
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
The Hustle - Van McCoy (?)
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkle
Diary - Bread
Welcome Back - John Sebastian
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rasputin - Boney M
Santa Maria - Trooper
Who, If Not You - Dr. Hook
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
I Nnever Promised You A Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Secondhand News - Fleetwood Mac
Up, Up And Away - Fifth Dimension
Gonna Hitch A Ride - Boston
Angel Eyes - Abba
Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
Which Way You Goin' Billy - The Poppy Family
Better Love Next time - Dr. Hook
Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac
Ventura Highway - America
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Roundabout - Yes

gasp... and here... here is the puzzler of the ages, unsolved by muisc geeks to this very day... I have fond memories of listening to a song on am radio during the summer of 1978 while driving relatives visiting from Holland for the first time around town... here are some lines as I remember them...

"I heard the ocean calling your name, carolina, caar-ooo-liiina,
I never will be the same, carolina, caar-ooo-liiina"
"This old wagon, ain't/it's no carriage"
"but we can listen, we can listen, to carolina all day"

The singer sounded a bit like the guy in Dr. Hook during their 'disco' period. Very mellow and kind of sad.

Be welcomed to add your own '70s time travel inducers even if you aren't a sad boring old hag like me.

Are you sure that's a song? It sounds like a jingle to me for Radio Caroline. That was an illegal station like (Radio Veronica) and they broadcasted from the North Sea.
Great list btw.

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by becca

Speaking personally for myself and what triggers flashbacks... some may be from the '60s but I heard them in the '70s... yes, I do have way too much time on my hands (while trying to download old record albums on rapidshare)

Witchita Lineman - Glen Campbell
Operator - Jim Croce
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Mississippi - Pussycat
Jingle Jangle - The Archies
Candida - Tony Orlando & Dawn
Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac
If - Bread
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
I Got A Name - Jim Croce
Crystal Chandelier - Charley Pride
New Kid In Town - The Eagles
Le Freak - Chic
I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Hot Butter - Popcorn
You Got A Friend - James Taylor
Get Back Honkeycat - Elton John
My Elusive Dream - Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry
Undun - The Guess Who
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple (?)
Me & You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Born On The Bayou - Crredence Clearwater Revival
Time For Everyone - Northwest Company
Stairway To Heaven - Leed Zeppelin
What Are You Doing Sunday - Tony Orlando & Dawn
With A Little Luck - Wings
Beautiful Sunday - Danile Boone
Stuck In The Middle With You - Steeler's Wheel
Broken Souvenirs - Pussycat
Ma Baker - Boney M
Dancing Queen - Abba
Tonight Is A Wonderful Time to Fall In Love - April Wine
I'd Like To Get To Know You - Spanky & Our Gang
Cinnamon - Derek
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
The Hustle - Van McCoy (?)
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Cecilia - Simon & Garfunkle
Diary - Bread
Welcome Back - John Sebastian
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rasputin - Boney M
Santa Maria - Trooper
Who, If Not You - Dr. Hook
Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell
I Nnever Promised You A Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Secondhand News - Fleetwood Mac
Up, Up And Away - Fifth Dimension
Gonna Hitch A Ride - Boston
Angel Eyes - Abba
Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
Which Way You Goin' Billy - The Poppy Family
Better Love Next time - Dr. Hook
Warm Ways - Fleetwood Mac
Ventura Highway - America
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Roundabout - Yes

gasp... and here... here is the puzzler of the ages, unsolved by muisc geeks to this very day... I have fond memories of listening to a song on am radio during the summer of 1978 while driving relatives visiting from Holland for the first time around town... here are some lines as I remember them...

"I heard the ocean calling your name, carolina, caar-ooo-liiina,
I never will be the same, carolina, caar-ooo-liiina"
"This old wagon, ain't/it's no carriage"
"but we can listen, we can listen, to carolina all day"

The singer sounded a bit like the guy in Dr. Hook during their 'disco' period. Very mellow and kind of sad.

Be welcomed to add your own '70s time travel inducers even if you aren't a sad boring old hag like me.

Are you sure that's a song? It sounds like a jingle to me for Radio Caroline. That was an illegal station like (Radio Veronica) and they broadcasted from the North Sea.
Great list btw. I nearly choked when I saw Mississippi by Pussycat, talk about lame songs (and they were # 1 for weeks in Holland)

[becca]

I'm every woman - Chaka Khan (or was that the 80's??)

That one is from 1978.

You dare insult the great Pussycat??? Actually, I got pretty tired of Mississippi, but it sure brings back memories for me to hear it again now. I almost put Rockin' The Trolls in by BZN except I think that was early 1980s.

[The Catdancer]

Originally Posted by becca

That one is from 1978.

You dare insult the great Pussycat??? Actually, I got pretty tired of Mississippi, but it sure brings back memories for me to hear it again now. I almost put Rockin' The Trolls in by BZN except I think that was early 1980s.

I hated Pussycat, those dresses were monstrous(sp?). That song by BZN was in the early 80's but they did have a hit in '79 I think with Mon Amour. My Mom loved them and Pussycat (so imagine what my puberty was like LOL) and she died in the summer of 1980 (2 months after The Mac's concert) so I'm pretty sure Mon Amour is from 1979.