I was watching television last night when an infomercial came on selling a “Best hits of the seventies” compilation. The track-listing was about 90 percent ridiculous: all disco, early hair rock (and not the good ones), and a few good tracks from Marvin Gaye & Al Green thrown in as if that made the rest of the collection better. This got me thinking I should make my own mix of my favorite things to come out of the seventies musically, and the below is the result. I know there’s lots of essentials left off (stones, gaye, etc) but it’s not meant to be definitive, just some of my favorites.
[mp3] Graham Nash – Simple Man
[mp3] Al Green – Let’s Stay Together
[mp3] Fleetwood Mac – Secondhand News
[mp3] Carole King – So Far Away
[mp3] Bob Dylan – If You See Her Say Hello
[mp3] Neil Young – Out on The Weekend
[mp3] James Brown – Get Up Offa That Thing
[mp3] Led Zeppelin – Going to California
[mp3] John Lennon – How Do You Sleep
[mp3] David Bowie – Lady Stardust
Bonus:
[mp3] American Analog Set – Magnificent Seventies
[mp3] Death Cab For Cutie/Neil Young – Military Madness (Graham Nash Cover)
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July 21, 2008 at 5:08 pm |
i’m old enough to remember when all of these records were released. great stuff.
July 21, 2008 at 6:03 pm |
ah, ty ty! I can’t believe I didn’t have that John Lennon song, but I remember it well.
a tart
July 24, 2008 at 2:36 am |
Without “So Far Away”, Tapestry would be just another album.
July 25, 2008 at 10:10 pm |
Hi. Yes great stuff from that period. I thought performers like this wont exist anymore, but I went to the Foundation room in June (House of Blues on Sunset) and saw a performer, his name was Steve Cooke that was just as good as these guys.
He reminded me of a mix between Robert Plant and Jim Morrison. WOW!
I also found his website, took me a while. Guess he has just arrived in town. Check this out. http://www.myspace.com/cookeinitiative
July 31, 2008 at 4:44 am |
oh damn, i thought i was going to see some amanset news.
though, thanks for the bonus track, haha.