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dixiegrrrrl

(60,161 posts)
11. I think I love you.
Fri Aug 24, 2012, 11:00 AM
Aug 2012

You give a most excellent analysis of what the music was like.
1968 to 1980 was the best time in my life, in a special way, and it seemed to be filled with great music, which was associated with so many important events, social and political.
We had it good, indeed we did.

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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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