One of the joys of life is memory...we need to exercise it to keep it in tune.
I find myself standing before the CD rack, looking for songs that had a special meaning from many years ago...or just bring back a smile as remember them in the context of my youth.
Some of them are:
Supertramp--School Alan Parsons--The Raven Elton John--Love Lies Bleeding and Funeral for a Friend David Bowie--Rebel Rebel Billy Joel--Captain Jack Genesis--Dance on a Volcano
Small Faces....Tin Soldier, 1967 ..... Steve Marriott , a little guy with such a huge voice and gritty guitar style compared to the norm.... First time I heard that song , it changed my tastes and widened the narrow outlook of youth and status quo............after that , charts meant nothing anymore from that point forward.
"Baba O'Reilly" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" from "Who's Next" College - girl I had a crush on - her favorite album. Wound up marrying her....
"Pleasant Valley Sunday" by The Monkees. Thought the Monkees were the coolest, hippest thing around then.
All of "Dark Side Of The Moon" while sitting in a meadow on a dark night with my HS girlfriend, trunk open, Pink Floyd playing, drinking cheap beer, staring at the stars, while waiting for the other "recreationals" to kick in. July 1973. I wonder where she is now?
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" played by Fredrich Gulda over and over again while watching a total lunar eclipse on a crystal clear night. This was in the middle of a freshly mown hay field in West Virginia in the summer of 1983. With my wife and our best friends.
Great thread! Really triggered some wonderful musical/temporal memories!
Had to respond since Im listening right now to the new release by Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades titled Influence. Shaw (Styx, Damn Yankees) and Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) just released a CD of covers from the 60s and 70s. Some great songs such as Your Move by Yes, ELPs Lucky Man and Paul Simons Sound of Silence and I am a Rock. Excellent vocals on all songs as well as excellent covers. I may have a chance to see them live in Buffalo on Saturday the 24.
Strawberry Alarm Clock Incense and Peppermints Brother Cornelius and Sister Rose Its too late Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Looking Glass Brandy The Raspberries Go All the Way
this is definitely a group of guys from the 60's/70's. There are so many for me, some already listed above. Here's a few more that aren't yet.
Chicago - "25 or 624" (actually the whole CTA album) Eric Clapton - "Layla" The Doors - "Riders on the Storm" Boz Scaggs - "Loan Me a Dime" Genesis - "Musical Box", "Lamb Lies down . . .", "Supper's Ready" Elton John - "Madman Across the Water"
I remember the night I first heard Boston on WKQQ in Lexington, KY. They had a great weekly album hour. When "More than a feeling" came on for the first time, I simply couldn't believe it! I thought it was incredible. I loved the whole album and went out to buy it the next day.
Jefferson Airplane "If You Feel" from Crown of Creation Led Zeppelin "Good Times Bad Times" from 1st album Cream "Strange Brew" from Disraeli Gears Spirit - Anything from Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus Iron Butterfly "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Quicksilver Messenger Service "Who Do You Love" (live from Happy Trails
Yep, anything by Alan Parsons fits the bill. Right after I posted this last night I got a glass of wine and listened to The Raven...I wonder what it woulda been like to have the stereo I have now, back then...that woulda been awesome.
Another awesome thing--I had the chance to visit La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona--one of Antonio Gaudi's most impressive works--it was cool to see the inspiration for an entire album. It is a jaw dropping and awe inspiring piece of architecture.
It's funny, I was reading this forum and at first I thought I was too "young" to comment. But I realize I am 32 now and can comment. My very first record was Michael Jackson's Thriller back in the early 80's. I was 10. So when I hear Thriller, it usually "turns back the clock".
Under the Boardwalk - The Drifters, Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donavan, Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton, High Hopes - Frank Sinatra, Pushing Too Hard - The Seeds, Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles.. All good songs for time trippin'.
Zenieth - you're absolutely right; Maggie Mae by Rod Stewart was a huge song; I remember first hearing it September of 1971 while going through basic training and it really struck me. Another big song I remember from the summer of 1971 was Pete Townshend's "Let my love Open the Door" from Empty Glass; lots of great songs on this album.
Hello Goodbye -Beatles, the first time I heard music played back on a "high end" system at my new friend's house on his father's system. That would have been 1967 and I was in the fifth grade. The table was Dual, the amp was probably an Eico or Dynaco, the speakers were Acoustic Research.
Vermonter - you have great musical tastes; "School" from Supertramp's "Crime of the Century" is one of my favorites also; listened to that album often back in the late 70s. Also love Alan Parson's Gaudi but early on listened extensively to I Robot and Pyramid; the great guitar solos on the Alan Parson's albums would bring tears to my eyes. The "Lamb lies down on Broadway" is one of my favorite earliest Genesis songs; "Dance on a Volcano" from A Trick of the Tail is one of my favorites also but "Robbery, Assault & Battery" was probably my favorite song on that particular album. When it comes to Elton John "Tiny Dancer" was always one of my favorites.
Pure Prairie League - Amie "John Barley Corn Must Die" Led Zepplin - Stairway to Heaven Green Grass and High Tides There are too many to list... Then there's the disco era, "The Freak"... OK that's enough. I had a FM converter in my first couple cars.
Xiekitchen - we have very similar tastes; love the cut "Free Man in Paris" from Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark and also Steely Dan's "Aja". Yes's "Roundabout" from Fragile is another favorite. Music from the summer of 1966 (the year I really started noticing girls) bring's back some special music memories; Donovan's "Sunshine Superman", "Cherish" by the Association, the Lovin Spoonful's "Summer in the City", "Last Train to Clarksville" by the Monkeys, "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys, "Red Rubber Ball" by the Cyrkle, "Working in a Coal Mine" by Lee Dorsey, "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five and "Cherry Cherry" by Neil Diamond were just a few from that time period.
One of These Nights - Eagles, really brings back summer 1975( I think?) Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell spring of 1974 Seventh Sojourn - The Moody Blues... the whole album Brain Salad Surgery - ELP: spent the winter storm of '77 listening to this at home off for 2 weeks of school because the snow was so bad... anyone remember WBUF out of Buffalo?? other albums that really bring back the 70's: Steely Dan - AJA Weather Report - Heavy Weather Yes - Close to the Edge Genesis - Seconds out (many memories of very smoky car interiors very late at night)
"Spirit in the Sky" I can remember the first time I heard it on The Flying Bobsled ride at the Bluegrass fair in Lexington, Kentucky. 1977 or 1978, I believe.....
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