Songs that defined the 1970's

Murrmurr said:
I'm the 4th.

One of the problems with these fave songs and movies threads is, once you've got 6 or more responses, the thread takes for-freaking-ever to download. Speaking for myself, I don't have the patience.
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ME TOO! sorry, but I'm almost glad to hear someone else has the same problems.
 
And we haven't covered Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Derek and the Dominos/Eric Clapton, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Jam, Allman Brothers Band, Randy Newman or (later in the decade) Elvis Costello, the O'Jays, Kool and the Gang, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Elton John, Queen, Fleetwood Mac...as I said, there was an awful lot of talent around. I honestly don't think that is as true today.
 
JimBob1952 said:
And we haven't covered Joni Mitchell, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Derek and the Dominos/Eric Clapton, the Who, Led Zeppelin, the Jam, Allman Brothers Band, Randy Newman or (later in the decade) Elvis Costello, the O'Jays, Kool and the Gang, Tom Petty, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Elton John, Queen, Fleetwood Mac...as I said, there was an awful lot of talent around. I honestly don't think that is as true today.
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Many of the rock band that started the 70s with raw energy and new sounds ended the 70s with a slick commercial sound. That is not too say their music wasn't bad, just no longer rebellious. The Clash, Pretenders , Talking Heads ended the 70s with the new raw and rebellious sound. Of course by the end of the 80s they ended up with the slick sounds and bands such as STP and Nirvana came up at the end of the 80s with the new sound for the 90s.

I do think that Bowie and Neil Young were the exceptions to that rule. They were always reinventing themselves to remain fresh.
 
MarkinPhx said:
Many of the rock band that started the 70s with raw energy and new sounds ended the 70s with a slick commercial sound. That is not too say their music wasn't bad, just no longer rebellious. The Clash, Pretenders , Talking Heads ended the 70s with the new raw and rebellious sound. Of course by the end of the 80s they ended up with the slick sounds and bands such as STP and Nirvana came up at the end of the 80s with the new sound for the 90s.

I do think that Bowie and Neil Young were the exceptions to that rule. They were always reinventing themselves to remain fresh.
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Yes, I forgot about Talking Heads, B-52s, so many others. R.e.m. and U2 kicking off the 80s. Bowie and Neil Young, always iconoclastic, always doing their own thing. Good insight MarkinPhx!
 
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