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WCGreen

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Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:25 AM Aug 2012

A lot of people put down the 70's as far as music goes.... [View all]

I am listening to the tube as night turns into day and there is an infomercial on about the Midnight Special and how you can buy a collection of the videos...

I'm thinking about buying because I remember sitting home on Friday nights and watching those shows and seeing how varied the music really was...

We look back and think Disco but there was so much more.

Dobbie Brothers, ELO, Tina Turner, Cheap Trick, Marvin Gaye, Queen, Heart, Jim Croce and so many more.

And I forgot the comedians that they had on.

It was really then that they thought hmmm, maybe a video music channel might be a great idea...

And here is Little Feat, one of my favorite bands from way back then...



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Well, the 70s had some incredible music. Denninmi Aug 2012 #1
No doubt about that... WCGreen Aug 2012 #2
The Death of Clubs May Explain Why Music Is So Bad Today Yavin4 Aug 2012 #9
I love ALL 70's stuff... Phentex Aug 2012 #3
There was some great stuff. rug Aug 2012 #4
My decades of choice pipi_k Aug 2012 #5
Some disco could be good also. Archae Aug 2012 #6
I always had a soft spot for the Bee Gee's WCGreen Aug 2012 #7
Burn baby burn pipi_k Aug 2012 #19
NO! lastlib Aug 2012 #33
Disco finally gave bass players something to do! n/t kurtzapril4 Aug 2012 #51
The thing about 70s "Progressive Rock" is... pink-o Aug 2012 #8
I think I love you. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #11
Exactly! pipi_k Aug 2012 #20
And the production values made it actually sound like actual musical instruments being played arcane1 Aug 2012 #32
i remember my buddy had a boot-leg 8track of Led Zeppelin's fourth album and it changed tracks WCGreen Aug 2012 #41
Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Television, Hawkwind, Tangerine Dream, Roxy Music, Neu Tom Ripley Aug 2012 #10
Brian Ferry was in town a couple of months back and I was too sick to go WCGreen Aug 2012 #42
old rus song Stake Aug 2012 #12
thank you Enrique Aug 2012 #27
yello Stake Aug 2012 #28
red suit Stake Aug 2012 #40
Doesn't sound much different than the Eruo-dance crap being made today. Joe Shlabotnik Aug 2012 #43
? Stake Aug 2012 #48
Midnight Special is where I first saw a man perform in spandex. Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #13
ABBA Stake Aug 2012 #14
French song Stake Aug 2012 #15
Not me...I loves me some 70s! Even the AM Radio crap had some good songs... Taverner Aug 2012 #16
When I was working as a landscaper in 1976-77, we would drive from one job WCGreen Aug 2012 #35
BoneyM Stake Aug 2012 #17
Girls Stake Aug 2012 #18
In my opinion rock n roll PEAKED around '73-'76. sadbear Aug 2012 #21
I think it peaked in '68 Art_from_Ark Aug 2012 #69
I'm guessing you were born early-mid 50's? sadbear Aug 2012 #71
I was born a little later than that Art_from_Ark Aug 2012 #72
Sting Stake Aug 2012 #22
Gary Moore Stake Aug 2012 #23
Gordon Lightfoot was my favorite from the '70s/ RebelOne Aug 2012 #24
Lazy Stake Aug 2012 #25
zz Stake Aug 2012 #26
Kickin' so I can find this thread later when I can listen to all of this music. drm604 Aug 2012 #29
The 70's music ROCKED! William769 Aug 2012 #30
I LOVE 70's music!! arcane1 Aug 2012 #31
FM radio was the coolest back then: "On the air and off the wall" DinahMoeHum Aug 2012 #34
You know what? Every single artist you named, closeupready Aug 2012 #36
confessa Stake Aug 2012 #37
patricia Stake Aug 2012 #38
scorps Stake Aug 2012 #39
The 70s were the freaking.... sendero Aug 2012 #44
There was incredible music made during the 70s aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #45
Blasphemy! Puttin down any era's music is nonsense but... chknltl Aug 2012 #46
rock Stake Aug 2012 #47
Santana Stake Aug 2012 #49
yello Stake Aug 2012 #50
Black effin' Sabbath! kurtzapril4 Aug 2012 #52
she's gone Stake Aug 2012 #53
I loved Little Feat! TuxedoKat Aug 2012 #54
Psycho killer, qu'est que c'est? kwassa Aug 2012 #55
Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, hifiguy Aug 2012 #56
Dead and Cream antiquie Aug 2012 #58
Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno, pioneers in ambient music derby378 Aug 2012 #68
People knock the 70s because of Disco WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2012 #57
Did you say '70's music? DISCO! Travolta! Bee Gees! Olivia Newton John! Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #63
and... WhoIsNumberNone Aug 2012 #64
OMG. Were they thought of as good? They sound awful to me! Honeycombe8 Aug 2012 #65
Eagles,Rea Stake Aug 2012 #59
Stones: Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, Some Girls, kwassa Aug 2012 #60
d Stake Aug 2012 #61
It was more than disco pokerfan Aug 2012 #62
And a big bunch of that army you listed LWolf Aug 2012 #70
King Biscuit Flower Hour Go Vols Aug 2012 #66
Motörhead, Judas Priest, AC/DC, Rush MrSlayer Aug 2012 #67
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