Poll: What songs would head up your perfect 70s 8-track playlist?

@dwaynewladyka577

2 жыл бұрын

Good question: 1)The Faces, Stay With Me. 2) Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town. 3) Procol Harum live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Conquistador. 4) Peter Frampton, Baby I Love Your Way. 5) Cheap Trick, I Want You To Want Me. 6) The Steve Miller Band, Take The Money and Run. 7) The Grass Roots, Sooner Or Later. 8) 3 Dog Night, Joy To The World. 9) Led Zeppelin, The Crunge. 10) ELO, Turn To Stone. There are others, but these are among them. Cheers! ✌️

@pauldhoff

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I never owned a 8-track. Too much wow and flutter, pianos sounded terrible.

@surlechapeau

2 жыл бұрын

Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke; Steely Dan- Deacon Blues; Bruce Springsteen- Rosalita; Carole King- I Feel The Earth Move; Supertramp- Goodbye Stranger; Chicago- 25 0r 6 To 4; Bachmann-Turner Overdrive- Taking’ Care Of Business; Earth, Wind & Fire- September.

@dwaynewladyka577

2 жыл бұрын

Others would include the following. 11) Linda Ronstadt doing the Neil Young song, Love Is A Rose. 12) Heart, Crazy On You. 13) Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better. 14) Dr. Hook, The Cover Of The Rolling Stone. 15) 25 Or 6 To 4, by Chicago. 16), Sweet Baby James, by James Taylor. 17) Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver. 18) Do It Again, by Steely Dan. 19) Lido Shuffle, by Boz Scaggs. 20) Welcome Back Kotter, by John Sebastian.

@surlechapeau

2 жыл бұрын

@Anna Trail I never had an 8 track either! just pick your best 8 :)

I was a teenager throughout the 70s. I'm amazed that all the music I loved is still a staple on the radio today. The 70s was the golden age of Rock.

@livenhfree

2 жыл бұрын

I'll add the 80s as well. 90s were also very good, but not like the 70s/80s. After 2000, things really started going downhill. Too much auto-tune. Too little creativity.

@YahshuaLovesMe

2 жыл бұрын

@@livenhfree also the sixties.

@royjohnson465

2 жыл бұрын

@@livenhfree ~I graduated from high school in the 1970's, yes still some very good music in the 1980's but in the 80's music just started to go very bad down hill with the Ramones, Metallica, Punk music, etc.

@livenhfree

2 жыл бұрын

@@royjohnson465 I'm not a punk fan, so I get it. Metallica I'm OK with. But those are just genres. So much other great stuff that came out of the 80s. Just a lot of happy, partying, dance-worthy music!

@royjohnson465

2 жыл бұрын

@@livenhfree ~Yes a lot of great music in the 80's.! I agree Metallica is okay and not garbage, just not as good as...I was meaning. But Punk 'was' garbage music. "For me" the 60's and 70's were the best and better than the 80's. But the worst possible example is way, way over repetitive diarrhea c"RAP" tin ear trash that started in about 1989.

There never was or ever will be another decade of music that could match the 70s. I was lucky to be a teenager during that time.

@marypruitt444

8 ай бұрын

I was a teen through the 80's but I truly love the 70's, too! What a time to be alive... when life was simpler and we were young!! 🙋🏻‍♀️💕😎

@silviac221

7 ай бұрын

Me too!

@mikehenson819

6 ай бұрын

Amen

@lucyhare5799

4 ай бұрын

Agree, graduated in 76, listening to the best music ever.

@themaggattack

3 ай бұрын

Can't overlook the late 60's.

I'm so lucky to be born in 68 with a sister who is 10 years older than me and had such great taste in music. I would sit up at night and listen to the music coming from her room at night.

@AFmedic

3 ай бұрын

Born 1968??? Egads! That was when I graduated from High School. I think I was luckier than you being born in 1950 with a sister 5 yrs older than me. I got to experience the tail end of the Do-Wop era, Buddy Holly & the Everly Brothers (both were inspirational to later artists including the Beatles), Temptations, 4-Tops, Chicago, Santana, etc. etc. etc.

@58MrMike

3 ай бұрын

I was born in ‘58 with a sister 10 years older and listened to her records

@patriciaann5637

3 ай бұрын

Born in 68 with brothers 15, 13 and 10 years older. I loved all the music they played.

What a talent Linda Ronstadt was. So sad to hear what is happening with her now. She was simply brilliant in the day.

@mljones655

11 ай бұрын

She remains my favorite female singer!

@goobfilmcast4239

10 ай бұрын

She had her share of health problem but had an incredible run and still inspires many singers today.

@judycolson6047

8 ай бұрын

My idol and wannabe of the 70’s, my teen years🎉

@idagirl814

7 ай бұрын

Yes, she was incredible in every way.

@dianewilliams1125

7 ай бұрын

Saw her on Broadway in Pirates of Penzance! With Rex Smith and Kevin Kline! Long time ago! Great show!😊😊😊

Adam , you are not old enough to have heard this music when it was all new, but I really appreciate the respect and honor you give to the music of this era. I’m nearly 70 , and as time marches by , this music becomes even more dear to my heart . Thank you Sir for your care and insight.

@audiobooksproject4829

2 жыл бұрын

1970s music sucks. 1960s can s**k a bag of you know what. And today's music is even worse. All of it sucks. You need to go back farther than the 1970s to find quality. I want Boomer music to die too. Let's just undo this entire 1960s to 2020s era already.

@hippojuice23

2 жыл бұрын

@@audiobooksproject4829 1920s, you rekon?

@jonvecchione5879

2 жыл бұрын

As Kurt Vonneguts uncle used to say, "If this ain't happy I don't know what is."He says we must be satisfied. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

@tomwolf8721

2 жыл бұрын

Tom, Tom Wolf here. Another old timer from GA 67?

@johnypitman2368

2 жыл бұрын

I was 10 in 65 so for me the late 60s through the 70's were my time. I almost always gravitate there when I need some "tunes"

The 70's were the most creative decade by far.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

EASY hands and Feet down

@beastbee0118

11 ай бұрын

90s with it's alternative scene was pretty good too, but 70s beats any decade by a mile.

When I hear Frankie Vallie’s “My Eyes Adored You” I tearfully think of my father (who died from Covid on 11/9/2020). My father was a quintessential musician, music teacher, and band director. He loved jazz but was not a fan of rock-and-roll, and he and I would have battles over that. But he loved “My Eyes”. I love that song more b/c of him. Sweet memories. I miss him so much. 💜

@marypruitt444

8 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry 😞...

@LazyIRanch

6 ай бұрын

I'm so sorry you lost your sweet Dad, especially to this awful disease that took so many loved ones from us. As a music teacher who shared his passion with others, I'm sure he inspired and was loved by his students. I would have loved to have met your father and hear him talk about jazz. My mother loved black jazz music from the 30s and 40s and she got to hear some famous musicians live back then whose names meant nothing to me until I was much older. As a stupid teenager, I thought that old music was "lame", but now I love it so much! I discovered this fantastic music by looking up songs on YT that I remembered my mother singing and dancing to when I was a kid (she was the jitterbug queen), but I'd never heard the originals. Now I'm kicking myself for not making this discovery sooner, while Momma was still here and I could ask her about her favorite old songs. Some of them were really funny and even a little risque! A few months ago I was listening to a radio program about the music of "Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five", and realized I knew every song of his they played but only heard Mom sing them. "Saturday Night Fish Fry" is a hoot! I thought Mom was making up some of those hilarious "naughty" lyrics, such as: "...Now the women were screamin' and jumpin' and yellin' The bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'..." She obviously loved his music a lot and I wish I could talk to her about him now. I wish I could share KZread with her, she would have loved this interview for sure, because OF COURSE she loved Frankie Valli! It would have been so much fun to look up old songs with her. I even found "The Burglar Man" song from the 1920s that my aunt used to sing, not exactly "PC" but I think it's a funny song. Now I sing it, but have added some pantomime to make it even sillier when I sing it to kids.

@markberryhill2715

6 ай бұрын

It was one of my favorites as well,and a serious memory song thinking about my little girlfriend at the time.

@SleepyJukebox-vv9dy

3 ай бұрын

😢

We were blessed to have grown up with the best music EVER!

@marypruitt444

8 ай бұрын

The absolute BeSt!! 🎉🎤😎🎷🎶🙋🏻‍♀️🥳💋

@michaelmueller7962

2 ай бұрын

... and with much more freedom and tolerance than young people have today

I grew up in the 70's and IMHO, it was the best decade of music. Like them or loathe them, artists in the 70's were true musicians unlike most of the garbage that passes for music today.

@jaydenp4975

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! “Music” today is awful.

@mattcremer4348

2 жыл бұрын

If I may agree while disagreeing at the same time ... :) ... yes, popular music in the 70's was performed by true musicians. However there's sooo much music these days, it's everywhere, it's so easy to produce & record ... but the stuff that's popular, that's what's (let's be overly kind to it) "not great". :) But if you do some hunting, truffling around sifting through the mud, you can actually turn up music which is made by musicians that're easily as musiciany as Fleetwood Mac or The Eagles, and which is to your own taste. It's just not what all the kiddies listen to, and the kiddies is where the money is - as it was in the 70's when it was good musicians & good musicianship that the kiddies were into.

@rojoeditor

2 жыл бұрын

The 70s got a bad reputation because in addition to the best music the 70s also had the worst music.

@williambergman3840

2 жыл бұрын

@@rojoeditor hey it’s not rap garbage n that makes me love the old music even more. I don’t emwatch any money when/ if rap music starts. Nothing but garbage imo

@williambergman3840

2 жыл бұрын

No movies with rap. Period.

Ah…1975…the year I graduated HS. Thanks for the walk down memory Lane!

@dianewilliams1125

7 ай бұрын

Me too!😊😊😊

@sp-lc1fy

3 ай бұрын

I graduated from 8th grade in 75.

@EvelynKnuth

3 ай бұрын

Me too!

@troysmom2132

2 ай бұрын

I way a freshman...such great music. It dominated our lives. I don't believe there will be another time when music captures the soul of a generation. Todays youth have so much else to do with their time, TV 24/7 & social media 24/7. Our TV went off at midnight but late at night, in the midwest, we could get WLS Chicago on the radio. Such great memories.

I won a transistor radio in 1974, and heard many of these songs for the first time on that tiny hand held device. They still sounded amazing. It was my most prized possession.

@douglasstrother6584

4 ай бұрын

KHJ 930AM!

@BushcraftingBogan

3 ай бұрын

When I was 7 I found a small, square transistor radio in a box of the neighbors garbage. It was missing the battery cover but other than that seemed OK. I took it back home and put a 9v in it and Presto! I had my own radio. A little duct tape over the battery and I was in business. At night I tuned in to the rock station that all the older kids listened to and the rest is history. I use to try to write down all the songs and I'd patiently wait for the DJ to list the songs. I was a sponge. This was probably the same year, 1974. Even though I grew out of that little square, black transistor, It was still on my dresser when I graduated in 1984.

@douglasstrother6584

3 ай бұрын

@@BushcraftingBogan Nice!

America's harmonies were always so spot on and clean. Love them so much and still listen to them.

@mljones655

11 ай бұрын

They were sorely underrated!

The 1970s sure had great music. I'm glad I was around then. Cheers! ✌️

@sherylw4599

2 жыл бұрын

same! These are all so great! and The Professor brings them all back with fondness and warmth. I LOVE this channel!

@rayfabris2512

2 жыл бұрын

that's why music in the 80's were great because of the influences from music of the 70's and was lost in the 90's listen to Slash in his interviews there's soul in his playing not a thousand bpm crap 😳

@TheAgentAssassin

2 жыл бұрын

These songs are ingrained into my brain.

@johnnyk7304

2 жыл бұрын

Wow didn't have much cash for albums or concerts so we listened to the top songs on the radio and now I'm so glad we got to enjoy them all!

@edryba4867

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad I was on the RADIO then!

I was 10 in 1970 and 20 in 1980 so I spent the best years of my young life in the 1970s and there were so many bands putting out top 10 hits like no other decade. Best era for all genres of music.

@FRAME5RS

2 жыл бұрын

Same age here. 20 in 1980. Good times

@jackdaniels2000

2 жыл бұрын

Well, guess there's three of us

@ROB-xm5fv

2 жыл бұрын

No......4

@rosshart9514

2 жыл бұрын

5th

@andysmith2417

2 жыл бұрын

Im number 6 then 😊

I grew up in the deep south until 1974, then moved West at age 14. Before then my only music access was 3 mono AM stations. 70% Motown, 30 religious, on a cheap 5 transistor 9v radio. Imagine my surprise when I hit the West coast, got a proper FM sound system and had 8 Rock stations available. Never had I heard the stuff of legends, 70's Rock until I was 15 in '75. I was reborn! Absolutely fell in love!

My favorite memory from '75 is when I went over to my old Jr. High School to put up a poster for our spring musical that I was starring in. Just as I was putting up the poster, as the kids were leaving for the day, a group of girls came tripping down one of the grand staircases, singing the acapella portion of Black Water. They sounded really great, with perfect harmony, and left running out the door laughing.

1975 brings back great memories for me. I graduated from high school in '75. Lots of great tunes.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

How did he forget the movie JAWS in 1975 though . His writers must have been drunk lol All in fun

@angelrivera2339

Жыл бұрын

That was the year that I was born...

@deannacechowski2927

Жыл бұрын

I also graduated in '75

@shannonblanchard8195

11 ай бұрын

I was six!!! Love it all!!

I was 18 in 1975 and graduated high school. I love and miss the 70’s. Best music ever.

@bernadettesandoval3990

2 жыл бұрын

Me, too!!! You're so right!

@frednovak506

2 жыл бұрын

75 also

@donniecothern9842

2 жыл бұрын

Me to class of 75 take me back !!!!!

@stevenhays5541

2 жыл бұрын

I was also a grad from 1975.

@claybladzik6755

3 ай бұрын

Ditto. 75 did ROCK.

I was almost 15 years old that week in 1975. I know all of those songs very well, and they are still favorites to me now in my 60's. Great music is timeless isn't it?

Recently been listening to billboard top 100 for 1960, 61, 62 ( when I was little kid ) and its hard to fathom just how many amazingly terrific tunes came to life in such a short time. And it doesn't stop there

@BeverlySkyles-id3oi

2 ай бұрын

I loved a lot of the 60s music when it was new. I still love it. And I like the Big 80s music more than the 70s.

Ballads and love songs ruled the charts in the 70's. It was a golden ,mellow time.

I graduated from high school in 75 so I remember this well. I admit that I’m a huge Linda Ronstadt fan, but listening to the other versions of “ You’re No Good” shows me that Linda sang it the best in great part because she interpreted the song best . It’s what she does. The song is best sung with bitterness, regret and disdain , which I don’t hear that much in the other earlier versions.

@edeledeledel5490

3 ай бұрын

She also sang the lead female part in Gilbert & Sullivan's light opera Pirates of Penzance, live on Broadway for many months in the early 80s ; and she was f. good.

@jamesdaniel3326

3 ай бұрын

NOTHING MATCHED her 'Heat Wave'!

@markportier5466

24 күн бұрын

@@jamesdaniel3326 Right on. Those yeah-yeahs. Hot DAMN, girl!

Grew up in the 60s and 70s, still listening to the music. It's the best😊

Don Henley and Glenn Frey were both in Linda Ronstadt's band and that time together led to the formation of the Eagles. My mother played Linda Ronstadts album constantly in 1975, I was 8 years old and knew every song. When I got married at the age of 22 that album came with me.

@cindyreeves5048

7 ай бұрын

Same.

@bocajrs7628

2 ай бұрын

Same with me. Many people became fans of the Eagles after Hotel California in 1977. Like you, I beame a fan after their first album.

@lynby6231

2 ай бұрын

It’s true that if you take on a Don Henley vocal you’re going to come second

I turned 13 in 1970, so my teenage years were just amazing living in England. So many great songs, films and new innovations. The music of the 50's to the 90's will live forever, as a testament to a wonderful age.

@Rev22-21

2 жыл бұрын

As a 57 born baby...I can relate. What gets me is that we had a new hit every week and we're spoiled to that. Now....it's all trash.

@kevinkliegl9315

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rev22-21 57er myself, and I agree with you. A fantastic time to be alive, all those great concerts.

@thomasreynolds9713

Жыл бұрын

Became a teenager in 1970 too. I grew with the music of the 70's and came of age with it.

@helen9289

Жыл бұрын

they just dont write real songs any more

@jvyoung1258

Жыл бұрын

I was 12 in 1970

Black Water is my all time favorite song. The pictures it paints in my mind....I love it. The Doobies are pure talent.

@pipermccool

9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of cruisin’ on a Saturday night . . .

@patigulat4126

8 ай бұрын

I adore the Doobie Brothers... have seen them in concert 3 times. ❤

@kurtb8474

3 ай бұрын

The Only Doobies song that appealed to me.

I MISS the 70's... and 80's. Both decades produced great music. These days music does suck!! I can't stomach it, so, I happily remain in the past with music and listen to my favorites from those two decades.

I’m a boomer and I consider the period from 1965-75 to be the greatest period in the history of Rock music. The cool thing is that we really knew and appreciated what a great period in music we were living through. To paraphrase Joni Mitchell…we did know what we got ‘til it was gone.

@darrelltiencken9421

Жыл бұрын

Actually what I was thinking also 1965 to 1975 music was transforming before 65 to innocent after 75 to much dico

@matthewadam7615

Жыл бұрын

I think I would go from 65 to 85. Two decades of the best music of all time.

@DoubleMrE

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewadam7615 Well, maybe if you don’t count disco. Hehe…jk. 😜

@mrcryptozoic817

Жыл бұрын

@@matthewadam7615 I also am a boomer, I'm with you on rock from 65 to 85.

@kathleenking47

Жыл бұрын

Millenials love the 50s-early 90s music as well

Born in '60, grew up with the best music. I had no clue that these songs I heard the radio every day would still have so much weight almost 50 years later or that I'd still be listening to them on something called a playlist. Thanks for the look back Professor!

@wakeupuk3860

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I try listening to today's music but it is so bad and as you say so correctly, so much of the everyday pop music which we took so much for granted has so much 'weight'. Just think of so many multi-million dollar films and TV series have such songs at the pivotal moments of the film. For example Guardians of the Galaxy , who would have thought Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede, Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and Come and Get Your Love and Redbone the type of songs Terry Wogan he would play on Radio 2 made that film what is was. Just think today's generation around the world 175,088,991 of them had listen to KZreads Guardians of the Galaxy playlist. That is 175 MILLION !! for our bands like Blue Swede and Redbone who really were just one hit wonders. I doubt very much if we are still around on this planet young people in 50 years will be wanting to listen to Adele or Sheeran let alone some one hit wonders of today. Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga [Verse 1] I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me When you hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's all right [Chorus] I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me

@jennifertarin4707

Жыл бұрын

@@wakeupuk3860 whenever this comes up on my playlist, I can't help but belting it out along with the singers (assuming of course, that I am not on a crowded subway car or bus, but sometimes even then)

@mattelfesso

Жыл бұрын

I agree, the staying power of these songs is amazing. I can’t imagine the same will be said 5 decades from now about the current top 10.

Those of us that were there when this music came out are wondering what happened to a heck of a lot more than just music!

@marypruitt444

8 ай бұрын

🤔 indeed...😞

@dwaynemcallister7231

7 ай бұрын

You got that right!

@jeanettepugh6017

6 ай бұрын

Truly baffling…

@SBCBears

3 ай бұрын

It was and is the socialist's long march thru educational institutions.

About 8 years ago I drove past a High School parking lot while school was letting out. Students in their cars were streaming out of the lot. Most had music blaring with their windows down. ALL were playing classic rock music from the 70's. When we were young in the 70's we weren't playing music from the 30's. THAT tells you EVERYTHING ya need to know about the quality of 70's rock vs ANY time after.

@michaelmueller7962

2 ай бұрын

So true - my daughter listens to all the great old stuff and so do many of her friends.

@user-po3ev7is5w

2 ай бұрын

@@michaelmueller7962So do my children. By choice.

Im 52 year old music fan and still discovering amazing music from the 70s and 80s.

70's was the best decade and Not just for Music. Man, those were the days

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

Yep Jaws Star wars Rocky Rocky 2 Grease .Saturday night fever The God Father ,Animal House , Aliens,, Blazing saddles. . Smokey and the Bandit Taxi Driver , Clouse Encounters of the third kind . Superman .. Star Trek the motion Picture T,V SHOWS ,, Dallas , Starsky and Hutch , Columbo The Dukes of Hazzard , 3s company. The Jeffersons .Good times , Stanford and son , All in the family, The Brady Bunch , The Partridge Family , Maude Welcome back Kotter ,Fantasy Island ,The Love Boat, Mash, Kojak ,The Streets of San Francisco The Increbilble Hulk , Mannix ,Heart to Heart , Mcmillan and Wife Hawaii Five O, ,,Chips , Soap ,Different Strokes, I dream of Jeanie , The Odd couple ,That Girl And Hot Cars 77 Trans am ,, Bell bottom pants And Feathered Hair On the foxy ladies , Man i miss the 70s

Boy this brought back some memories of my teen years! I can say that I’m honored to have experienced the music of the 1970s.

Thank you!!! I was 15 in 1975-met my husband that year. Where does the time go? Great music never gets old

I was 12 years old in 1975 but very much into music. With two older step siblings, I was introduced to bands like America and The Doobie Brothers. I'm so grateful I was around in the 70s!!

@dustietu

2 жыл бұрын

I was 13 in 1975 and for Christmas that year I received a little cassette player and a cassette of Rod Stewards "every story tells a story" and a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle . A Christmas to remember!

@williambergman3840

2 жыл бұрын

Yes love those bands beautiful harmonies and great musicians 💜🤩

@gregorybolling6280

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I was 11. Best music of all time.

@dgtom

2 жыл бұрын

I was also 12 in 1975, and in October of that year, I attended my first concert, Elton John at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.

@TheBrooklynbodine

2 жыл бұрын

I was 12 in '75 and had two older half-brothers myself. The oldest one died 15 years ago tomorrow. Posting 4-5-22.

All of these songs are classics. Nothing like these songs nowadays. Nothing can touch them!

I've been playing Grand Funk for the past several months. I always liked them as a kid but Holy Crap they were good! They do not deserve to be forgotten.

@joer5627

9 ай бұрын

Ok, I will have to pull out my 2 GFR albums.

@waynejohanson1083

8 ай бұрын

Did you know that Some Kind of Wonderful was a cover version.

@StressJudoCoaching

8 ай бұрын

@@waynejohanson1083 I didn't know that.

@madbrowniac7871

6 ай бұрын

One great Detroit Band covering astutely Great Original Music from a Detroit based Genre group.🚘🛣🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.

@mikehenson819

3 ай бұрын

They weren’t good. They were frikin off the chain GREAT!!! I had all their albums.

I was a kid and this music had a profound impact on me. My friends never quite understood. This was a perfect year to highlight. Damn. I am fortunate. The diversity in the music and the people around me helped shaped who I am. 💕💕💕

I turned 12 in 1970 and am the youngest of 4 children. Throughout the 70s I got to listen to my sister's music like Iron Butterfly, CS&N, to both of my brother's music like the Stones, Lennon, McCartney, the Doors, James Taylor and Led Zeppelin. I loved the Pop music too and like most in my age group, I spent the mid and late 70s in Discos!

I turned 16 in early '75. Learned how to drive while "Black Water" played on the radio of the Chevy Nova they had for us at school. Just turned 63. I heard all of these tunes back in the day. Kinda makes me wonder after us old guys are gone, will this music from this era survive? Every one of those songs remind me of a place, person or moment in time... in THAT time, that partly make the music so special for me. I guess one can only hope it touches new generations to come as it did for those of us who heard it when it was brand new. Thanks for the countdown brother!

@reverendg5937

2 жыл бұрын

I was 10yrs old and heard "Black Water" every morning on the way to school on the school bus until school let out for summer that year. Life couldn't have been any better.

@sheilafontaine9021

9 ай бұрын

Your story is my story. Turned 14 in 1975 and drove to school in a Chevy nova. My Golden Childhood. Loved the Doobies too.

@KiroPhoto

2 ай бұрын

I learned in a yellow AMC Gremlin.😆 I don’t miss it but I still love the Doobie Bros.

My Perfect 70s Playlist includes: More Than a Feeling, Mandy, Free Bird, American Pie, Superstar, Limelight, My Sharona, Hot Child in the City, Night Movies, Go Your Own Way, Born to Run, Hotel California, Saturday Night, Baker Street, She Did It, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Band of Gold, Frankenstein, Children of the Sun, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, S.O.S., Lido Shuffle, Two Tickets to Paradise, Seasons in the Sun, Do You Believe in Love, Crazy Train, and Rejoice in the Sun.

@poldidak

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people even remember Billy Thorpe’s “Children of the Sun”! The intro just pulls you in, then hits you with that slammin groove.

@sandysmom100

2 жыл бұрын

@@poldidak i remember it .Heard it on utube the other day.

@kevinstaggs5048

11 ай бұрын

Crazy Train came out in 1982.

@bnic9471

3 ай бұрын

Not bad! Except I never liked "My Sharona" much. The rest of that album was forgettable, except for that one other song . . . the name of which I have forgotten. 😉 😜

@timothykozlowski2945

2 ай бұрын

Love More than a Feeling and Seasons in the Sun.

I consider 1968-1982 to be the magic 15 year span in music. The list of strong, substantial works is endless. Excellence was the standard of the day. Many great songs did not make the Billboard Top Ten because there were BETTER songs out then! Compare to 2008 through today.

@johnkom2339

11 ай бұрын

Yes. Sort of like how a number of great movies were not Oscar winners because too much competition. But today? Maybe they should change it, maybe only issue an Oscar when it's deserved so we might go a couple of years with NO oscars awarded. Most movies these days stink.

@SandwichGlitch

9 ай бұрын

Funny you left out 1983 - 2007........because your argument would be invalid because of the indie, Grunge, Garage Rock and Nu Metal Revolution

@mayorb3366

9 ай бұрын

@@SandwichGlitch I hear you. But save for Nirvana and a few other bands, (especially post 1990, the volume of brilliant content is just not there. Much of the music in the 80's was "fun", party music, because the 80's was a time to have fun. And it WAS certainly fun! But it was "paint by numbers" music. Current music is even worse. The artists are indistinguishable from one another. I know that we are most influenced by the music that came out during our formative years. But I believe that the music from the period I mentioned will have a lot more staying power than the era which you have brought up. Here's a reminder.... Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Queen, The Allman Brothers Band, Rush, ZZ Top, Genesis, AC/DC, Yes, Steely Dan, Blue Öyster Cult, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Kansas, Journey, Bad Company, The Doobie Brothers, King Crimson, Styx, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Boston, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads, Heart, Van Halen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, The Clash, Foreigner, The Police. And that's only the ROCK music part of the list!

@davestewart2067

9 ай бұрын

You are way too generous. The decline began way before 2008.

@Annunaki_0517

8 ай бұрын

I think it’s a longer span, 1965-1995. Ending at 1982 omits too many great artists and landmark albums.

The 70’s were the greatest years of music. Loved it. Late 60’s as well. From 1965 onward, great time to live. Loved the 70’s the best.❤️🥰💞👍

@wakeupuk3860

2 жыл бұрын

So true Barbara and I would like to say 'thank you' us guys back then so were lucky as oppose young men of today, as you 'ladies' were fun, pretty, so sexy in the gear you wore, no tattoos, no fake body parts and did not smother your faces with makeup and most of all you did not have the arrogance girls now have. And on top of that the great music with the slow ones where if a guy was luckily got a kiss (ie a snog) that really made his day. .

Born in 1954 and heard it all from the beginning with Elvis, ( I’m sure I heard him but wasn’t aware till the early 1960’s), I feel very privileged and fortunate to have heard Rock an Pop progress and grow as it came out in real time. To listen to it for the first time decades later is just not the same although the appreciation can still be there.. 👍

I was born in 1960 and a teen through the 70's. The music from those days is timeless and moving. I play 70's music for my grand daughters ( 4 and 8). They absolutely love it 😊

Born in ‘61, so I really started paying closer attention to music around ‘70. That gave me about 18 years of GREAT music.

I saw Linda in concert at the Wheeling Civic Center and she was amazing! I never saw an artist get the response from an audience like she did. She didn’t say much but as soon as she started singing and the audience was totally silent, no cat calls, whistles or even talking to each other. When the last note left her lips there was deafening applause, then when she started singing again, total silence. Everyone was completely mesmerized by her. She’s always been my favorite female voice. It’s so sad that she now has Parkinson’s and can no longer sing, I cried when I heard this. Love you Linda.

@johntiggleman4686

2 жыл бұрын

Have you seen that "documentary" about her, "The Sound Of My Voice?" Not sure who has it streaming...but it is a great one to watch. Linda is my favorite female singer from the 70s. Love her albums with Nelson Riddle doing old standards.

@hannabaal150

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when she was the First Mama of California and have loved her all my life. What a set of pipes. She lived in that high register with her unmistakable clarity, like one of the ancient Sirens reborn to sing again. And sooo saucy...long live Linda! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mqVmyLhvm7iwhNo.html

@jimmcdonald7201

2 жыл бұрын

Saw her in Charleston. She could sing anything. Check her later albums.

@PNZV

2 жыл бұрын

I saw Sha Na Ana there in the late 70’s. I just thought I’d add that since I saw Wheeling Civic Center in a post. I don’t see that every day.

@racketman2u

2 жыл бұрын

@@PNZV no, that caught my eye too, since Neil Sedaka released a song about Wheeling West Virginia in the 70s that not even many Americans know about ! mainly because for some strange reason he released it in Australia, where it actually became quite popular.

Ah, the last February of my teens. In three weeks, I would enter my 20s. My wife and I had been married for eight months and life was good. The music was great as disco had not yet dominated the airwaves. Now, 47 years later I’m entering my latter 60s, and my wife and I are approaching 48 years of marriage and life is still great. The music, not, so much.

Wow. What an amazing list. In Junior high school choir we did “Black Water” in counterpoint. We had chimes, and tambourines. At the end with Take me by the hand, come and dance with me, funky Dixie land were all sung buy groups of kids. We got a standing ovation at a basketball game halftime with the marching band playing. Being a long time Michigander I’ve always loved GFR.

My best friend had the first boy-girl party in our grade. She was turning 12. "Best of My Love" was one of three songs that we played over and over that night. The others were Chicago's "Wishing You Were Here" and Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby," bothof which felt so sad and haunting to us preteens. That is the most memorable party I have ever gone to, due to the unfamiliarity of a party with boys and dancing to those three wonderful songs. The Eagles were my favorite band from then into college, and it all started (for me) with "Best of My Love."

In 1975 I was 15. I'm watching this with my 15 year old son. The 1970's rocked.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

Ya no kiddin Im a Big time 70s Brat lol

DEFINITELY one of the finest years for rock music. 🕺

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

For sure!

@TheWorldTeacher

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock, “#9 Dream" is arguably Lennon's GREATEST masterpiece. 🎼

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

How did BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Make the top 10 ? WHAAAAT , It was huge in 1975, WHAAAAAT

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock 1976 Was way more of a hit for the 70s though

Today's music couldn't hold a candlestick to the music of the 70s!!!!

As a teen in the ‘70’s music was amazing …always something fresh & new.

I was a competitive swimmer through high school in the 70's and for away swim meets where we would be take a school bus Black Water would be a song we would sing as a group on the bus. Not the whole song, just the end part with all the vocals. Singing this would bring us together as a team. It was a great time in my life.

@guygrip9634

2 жыл бұрын

Love swimmers schools dead now

@48tomw

2 жыл бұрын

@@guygrip9634 Yep it seems that was a thing back in those days. My best friend and I would sing Ole Black Water during road trips to Yosemite Valley. His parents grew to hate it when we did that so you know what we did of course! I can see those memories with so much more clarity than I can remember what I did a day ago.Yikes!LOL

@guygrip9634

2 жыл бұрын

@@48tomw YES MEMORIES IN PAST NEVER LEAVE GOOD THINGS. I CAN REMEMBER CLARITY OF DAY AND GOING FROM GAS PUMP TO AMUSEMENT BEACH. EVERY THING WAS HAPPY IN GENERAL. I WAS MORE OF MOD SOUND. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN ABBEY ROAD BY BEATLES WAS OUT. BUT I CAN SEE HOW THAT SONG YOU SANG GOT ON PARENTS NURVES. BUT ITS ALL GOOD. He he.

What I love about the songs in that era are the sincere lyrics and harmonious melodies.

@mljones655

11 ай бұрын

I am lyric oriented! The 70s were great in all genres becuz of lyrics.

There was such an innovation of sound, instruments and styles all through the 70s, and it kept evolving. I wake up almost everyday thinking of a song from my youth. We were so fortunate. Our music is still the best written and produced. No one can top that.

GFR was the first concert I went to because Bowie tickets were already sold out. It was awesome and I was 7 rows from the front at the Houston show. Both Some Kind of Wonderful and Blackwater are among my favorites to practice harmonies and counter melodies with.

@justsittinhere72

7 ай бұрын

I saw them in 1972 at the War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. My ears were ringing!

@d.thomas1541

6 ай бұрын

My first outdoor concert, too…Phoenix (Tempe) AZ 1975

@justsittinhere72

6 ай бұрын

Do you mean Black Water by the Doobie Brothers?

@Irridia

4 ай бұрын

@@justsittinhere72 Yep.

@justsittinhere72

4 ай бұрын

@@Irridia The early Doobies were great. I didn't care for the stuff that came out in the mid to late 70's.

Memories memories memories, what a great decade the 70's was.

The Top 40 in 1975 was much improved over 1974. In '75 I was 13 and had just started to follow music a little bit closer. My personal favorite from this year as a kid (surprisingly didn't make the list) was "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John. Another favorite of mine from this year was "Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The music of '75 is close to my heart and what I listen to when I want to get away from it all for a while. Great memories!

@thomastimlin1724

2 жыл бұрын

I gradated HS in 1974...With a few exceptions Elton John, Chicago, a few others], I totally agree. When you go from a stupid 1974 song like Billy Don't Be A Hero or the Night Chicago Died, or Seasons in the Sun...to Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975...well duh!!!

@robertsettle2590

2 жыл бұрын

I was fortunate to grow up around the OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS and saw many times. It was a big deal when "JACKIE BLUE" was a big hit. Those were the very best times for different music. We are blessed to have experienced it all.

@stshnie

2 жыл бұрын

Philadelphia Freedom didn’t make the list because this is only the top ten for the week of 14 February 1975. According to another commenter Philadelphia Freedom hit number one in April that year. But yeah, great song.

@foozjen

2 жыл бұрын

I was 14 at the time and also loved both of those songs.

@amyrussell860

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertsettle2590 I know it was years later 1989? 1990? They performed at a 4th of July celebration where I live. They were very good.

I was born in 64. I remember vacuuming every Saturday AM and listening to Casey Kasem on full blast. A ritual.

Love these stories. Graduated from high school in 1974. Now I have been listening closely to this decade’s music. The stories behind the music are fascinating, but filled with sorrow. Love yr channel. You have much more info than i have. Appreciate the hard work.

The 70’s was the supreme era of rock music, the sound quality of recording and playing recorded music was top notch and the talent bred in that time was absolutely elite. Even the instruments were killer. To be a an artist you had to have several things going for you, you had to know how to sing and hit the notes perfectly, you had know how to play your instruments with precision, you had know your music well a be entertaining all at the same time. Now a days being the perfect artist is not even necessary, with the help of technical “aids” it’s possible to make decent music with a sub par voice and not even having to have a full band in person. Kids at home can make music with the right ingenuity and equipment. The sound quality of this era suffers, but Hey it’s the trade off of easy to make music. I’m not saying you don’t need talent, but the tools are so much easier to use and way more assessable to the masses.

@jewelheart1708

2 жыл бұрын

Also you had to get "noticed" the old fashioned way, performing, demo records, no internet promotion then.

Just starting collecting vinyl (again) and falling in love all over again with music from the 70s and 80s!

I was 9 in 75 but 70s music is still my favorite!! I was totally in love with Don Henley 😊 I still know all the words to all those songs in the 70s, I even love disco 😊 My mind was blown then when I found out a lot of my favorite songs in the 70s were by the Eagles!! 😂 Now I'm 56 and listening to 5FDP and Godsmack, but I still love the oldies!!

@misslora3896

11 ай бұрын

Was only 6 in 1975, but it's the time in which I fell in love with music. Refused to go to sleep unless I could play the little radio next to my bed all night. Was a teen in the 80's and really enjoyed that music at the time, but the 70's music scene is where my heart truly resides.

As I grew older the music became more than just a good tune. I found the beauty in the music. I started listening to the words and the voice and the instruments separately and understood how amazing some songs really are and how much actually went into creating that one song. I actually listen instead of singing along. The musicians and the singers amaze me. I am in awe of their talent. One thing that hasn't changed though is that I still think Steve Perry has the most incredible voice I've ever heard.

@jonasbarbury4013

Жыл бұрын

Now we've traded stairway to heaven for WAP. I guess that says it all

1975, Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti. The best album from the best band. It will never be equaled. They eschewed singles for the most part, but 10 years gone is one of the best rock and roll songs of all time.

@MuzixMaker

Жыл бұрын

LZ IV ?

@masonbooth2363

11 ай бұрын

Agree..Physical Graffiti was their peak..right before heroin addiction..LZIV is great..but PG is on another level..

@michaelszczys8316

10 ай бұрын

My brother had Led Zep 1 , and I had no.2 , but I really started getting into them after hearing Cashmere which I had trouble with whether it was really real. It was so bizarre the first times hearing it. I got totally into it with Presence just in time for them to totally crash. I thought In Through the Out Door was a total disappointment. Achilles Last Stand still messes with my central nervous system after 45 years

Ah, _City to City_ by Gerry Rafferty. What a great album! "Mattie's Rag" is the hidden gem on that one. "Baker Street," of course, is one of the ten greatest rock songs ever recorded.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980

2 жыл бұрын

“Baker Street” is one of my favorite songs of all time. Such a classic.

@sjs1555

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%. My favorite song is Island. Listen to it on every beach vacation.

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

I know!! City to City one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion!! Been listening to it in some form on a regular basis since it was released. ISLAND has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written!!

@emmetee9675

2 жыл бұрын

Great album! Baker Street is so great even the Foo Fighters did a great remake of it in the 90’s.

@lawrencefeldman7744

2 жыл бұрын

The Arc is an epic track!📻

There was a song called " Devil Woman" which was a modest hit in 70s. One of first songs i remember hearing on radio when my sister and i got ready for school. Must have been 76 as i was in kindergarten. Loved that song😊

@jeffrobson5246

11 ай бұрын

Cliff Richard

The music is a perfect combination of lyrics, instruments, and singers. Each song has it's own individual sound.

The Doobie Brothers were my first "big girl" concert! 😂 Saw them more than once, always a great concert!

@safromnc8616

2 жыл бұрын

Did you happen to see them @ UD Arena ? & did Thin Lizzy open for them ? I saw them @ OU.

@williambergman3840

2 жыл бұрын

They’re great n I wish I’d gotten a chance to see them

Wow, crazy memories from that year. I was just 8 years old. Music was the only escape I knew from a tough childhood. This means a lot to me. Thanks so much, Prof!

@manfredmann2766

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, 7 years old for most of the year 1975, and I had a small orange turntable where I played my 45s and 2 KTEL albums. The music and the sitcoms in that year were the only things that made me happy in my household.

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

I HAD a fantastic child hood , I was RAISED In Kodiak Alaska My did was a shrimp fisherman The ECONOMY in Alaska Was very strong From 1965 till 1977 As a teen in the 70sI lived by a very pretty lake had good friends A close family ,I Loved school ; I had the best 10 years EVER IN THE 70s I moved back to Astoria Oregon in 1977 With my family, I Had a good job In 1978 at Bumble Bee tuna ,The economy was Strong in Astoria In the late 70s Also ,

@idagirl814

7 ай бұрын

​@@manfredmann2766me too. A very unstable home life, and the music was like a friend and a beautiful escape at the same time

I don't even have to watch this video and I can tell you music back then is hands down a 1,000 times more than now.

I was 22yrs old during this week and I'm still amazed how long ago it was. During the 70s I must have gone to 50 concerts. Wouldn't trade those days for anything. Peace and keep it rocking.

I love this series! I’m always amazed at the variety of music that was popular back then. And I was born in the sixties so I grew up listening to that music! I just never really paid that much attention to all the different genres that was on the radio. Or because that’s the way it was, it wasn’t anything you would necessarily pay attention to. Those were certainly good times. The world was young and a whole lotta fun! Wouldn’t trade those days for nothing! Listening to the top forty count down every Sunday with Casey Kasem. Hoping it will be your favorite song and being disappointed when it plays at number three! So you know it’s not gonna be number one! Thanks Professor, your videos make me smile! ❤️💜💚

@710p5

2 жыл бұрын

@ Page Mull ; Vu jade' 😉😊

@emmetee9675

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! As a kid in the 70’s/80’s, I remember listening to all the songs on the radio and appreciating all genres of music and not even knowing what “genre” meant back then. 😊 My friends and I feel like we grew up during a great time in music. Because of all the music we heard growing up we were open to all types of future music such as Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Grunge, Rap, Hip Hop, and R & B, Country, and any songs that have a great sound.

@nalk20

2 жыл бұрын

I have that same feeling too. I have a feeling that the supposed lack of quality and diversity of contemporary pop music comes down to algorithms. If you google something you get more of the same the more you google. The same thing can be observed on KZread, Spotify and a whole host of other media sites. Your recommended videos gets geared towards what you initially search for. Thus you will experience less diversity. You will never be challenged. Sadly the record companies are wise to this and therefore put out music that caters to these algorithms, is my theory. The really bad thing about these algorithms is, that they are not just used for music. Libraries use those same algorithms extensively, which actually make the users less informed, dumber if you'll pardon my expression, which is at the root of the problem with needing to lower passing grades in schools, colleges etc. Librarians used to inform people of which books on a subject were good and which were bad and they'd even go as far as recommend books to challenge you a little bit once in a while once they got to know you a little. Those things have for the most part been taken over by algorithms that just cater to the ordinary, lazy people. Actually pretty much every webstore and music service uses algorithms like these and the damage they do to society as a whole is pervasive and extremely destructive , because the increase in our screen time and subsequent isolation make us narcissistic and less informed. I also believe that narcissism is a big part of what lies at the root of the socalled cancel culture. That narcissism. I believe another decade or two will find every grown up human in a corner of each their own room in a fetal position sucking their thumbs drooling, all humming the same nonthreatening, single monotone tone, which is what music will finally end up being, while robots change their diapers an do the shopping according to God the almighty algorithm. Thus the human race will fall to Skynet. Not with a bang, but with a single tone.( That's a joke btw.) Seriously though, having grown up in the 70s-80s it is on some days frankly a terrifying thing to look back on the last 10-15 years of societal development.

@pdmullgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@nalk20 Enjoyed your comment. And sadly, I think you are right. And I liked your joke. Got a good chuckle out of that. ❤️💜💚

@pdmullgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@emmetee9675 Let’s not forget Disco! ❤️💜💚

Oh man, you can really bring the nostalgia. At this time in 75 I was trying to get my head straight because I was going to be married on the 25th, my 18th birthday. I was listening to Aerosmith, Allman Bros, stuff like that, I never was one for the top ten. I love the way you can bring those feelings back though. The Stevie Wonder stuff was great. I'm not sure what year it was but Paul Simon got an award and when he was thanking people he said he was most thankful that Stevie Wonder didn't make an album that year. Anyway, I love your show my friend, keep it up

@LarsRyeJeppesen

2 жыл бұрын

Married at 18?wtf?

@russmoore1036

2 жыл бұрын

@@LarsRyeJeppesen Still married to her

@LarsRyeJeppesen

2 жыл бұрын

@@russmoore1036 congrats I guess. Way too early for most people. Way way.

I can remember discovering Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan... when I was 12 in '74, and from then on chart positions, and radio airplay lost all meaning. By now it has absolutely lost all meaning to me. At least the radio was of use back then, to hear something great, that you did not have recorded. Thank God for Jensen and Pioneer.

What happened to Rock? No garage bands. No endless hours of practice and getting tight. No bands writing their own songs. No studios clamoring for talent. No playing dives getting better and better. Gone forever!

The 80's were definitely my formative years for music but the 70's were my introduction, even if some of those acts started pre-70's. Standouts for me are Queen, the Eagles and The Who plus many others. A Don Henley Eagles vocal can only be beaten by a Don Henley solo vocal and vice versa. 🙂

The biggest difference between then and now can be shown in who listens to "Top 40" music. During all my time growing up and well after, my dad would listen to the same Top 40 songs that I did. And even my grandfather would listen to the same station. However, by the 1990s all three of us had largely left Top 40, as it was becoming dominated by rap. And today it is all just generic autotune nonsense that I can not even comprehend ever liking in the first place. On average, I might like a small handful of Top 40 songs in a year. There is no variety, no "soul", no real feelings. And even my kids agree, all of them preferring to listen to songs from the 80s and before.

@arteCee

2 жыл бұрын

yeh..and it's all being done by design.

@HiroForever

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. You can actually find a huge number of 20-40 somethings online doing reaction videos to 70’s-90’s music!!! Jamel aka Jamal Just Jammin TwinsthenewTrend Are a few to check out😀

@misslora3896

2 жыл бұрын

@@arteCee Nice to see someone else wise to this fact.

@LisaGemini

2 жыл бұрын

Rap is crap. Even David Cassidy knew that speaking during a song was a BAD idea. When his record company insisted on him speaking on Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted, he balked, big time. He said NO. Sadly, though, his contract made him do it anyway! True story.

@janach1305

2 жыл бұрын

@@LisaGemini In the world of theatre, speaking during music is called melodrama. I don’t think that’s what rappers have in mind. Rap has never been my cup of tea, but I do give it credit for bringing back clever lyrics that rhyme. I’m not saying I like the content of those lyrics, but you can tell someone has put some work into them. It’s not Cole Porter or Ira Gershwin, but it’s also not just two lines of lyrics constantly repeated that don’t even rhyme.

I was eleven that year. I'm 58 now. I still cannot believe so much time has gone by.

Nothing like the 70's music

This is the first time watching your program! Very impressed. I used to be a DJ in nightclubs from 77’-83’. So appreciate what you are doing here. Always loved the back stories of how the song was written or made it to where it is today! Great job!! Love that Joni Mitchell story. Mountain View parking lot. Won’t forget that one. We tend to forget how much R&B influence we had from the 70’s. 😎

Ah yes. Just one year before I graduated from high school, I knew just about every song playing on the radio. Tower of Power was my go-to band. Couldn't get enough of them. But EVERY genre had beautiful gems that were game changers. Ever so morphing into other genres that would set the styles of future music. MANY great classics would evolve from this tremendous decade of music from using real instruments instead computerized. Big name singers would constantly be coming out with new albums. Constantly buying new needle styluses for my record player. Wish we had Amazon back then. Would've been easier to search for them. Remember that? Lol. Even my children, while driving in my car, picked up memories of me playing these gems. To this day they remember that eras music because of my car cassette mixes.

Oh goodness Jim croche, Linda rondstat and Elton John are one of the first memories of music on the bus to kindergarten !!! Bad bad Leroy brown, you’re no good, island girl in the truck with my dad. Also you are the sunshine of my life!!!!!!

Honorable mention to the great Electric Light Orchestra with Evil Woman and Strange Magic from the fantastic album FACE THE MUSIC.

Can you imagine having an opportunity to sing at a John Lennon recording session and NOT showing up. Another great video.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding.

@SlickArmor

2 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to find out why. Hopefully or maybe not that it was more than just blowing it off. It could be something absolutely horrific why she wasn't able to make it.

@twoofuswearingraincoats34

2 жыл бұрын

Thats exactly what I was thinking. Like, wtf?

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

Hard to believe

1975 was a monster year for music. KISS released their 3rd studio album, "Dressed to Kill" on March 19, and then their first real breakthrough album, "Alive!", the template for all live rock albums to follow, on September 10. Fun times! Love the channel

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@lilly5157

2 жыл бұрын

KISS? 🤮. My little brother loved them. Drove me nuts.

@nope5445

2 жыл бұрын

Never cared for Kiss or any of the "cartoon" bands. I had nothing in common with 10 year olds when I was 15 in 1975.

@lilly5157

2 жыл бұрын

@@nope5445 Same with me. 15 and 10 we were. Man, I hated those no talent freaks.

@jimjungle1397

2 жыл бұрын

KISS didn't get radio play and had to tour all of the time to promote their music.

1975 was a pivotal year as I turned 21 that year. It was a grand and fun time in my life that I'll always remember. These songs and many others really bring up fond memories of that time in my life. ❤

I was just out of the Marine Corps and remember that first iteration of the Doobie Brothers. It was a great year, started College, life AND MUSIC were fantastic.

This was the year I graduated high school and moved from Glendale California up into the wilderness in Trinity County California. I love all these songs, but Black Water was probably my favorite of this list! Professor you are quickly becoming the new Casy Kasen of the 21 century!

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks William! Casey's my hero so that's very cool to hear.

One of the greatest songs ever came out in 1975 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody- (kzread.info/dash/bejne/mH5t1LezebDJirQ.html) I remember we heard it on the radio in the fall of 1975 as we were driving my older sister to college. My sister who was a music major knew even then that we were hearing something that was an instant classic and important.

@juddstjohn1487

2 жыл бұрын

I also remember the first time I heard it on the radio and having the same feeling. Blown away. Life changing. We couldn't wait for it to be played again and again and again! I was only 11 so it took me a while to scrape together the cash to finally get the album. That is one of those few songs that you can listen to over and over and it NEVER gets old!

@theodoreritola7641

Жыл бұрын

@@juddstjohn1487 70s GOLD GOODIES

I graduated in 1975. This is my playlist of my senior year. Blackwater, man...when that came out, I was in love with that song.

My brother and I got our first transistor radios from our grandparents in 1968? We spent every weekend listening to AM Gold, Wolfman Jack and evenings listening to Radio Mystery Theater.

1975 was the most tumultuous year of the Top 40 in the 70s-maybe even in the rock era. More changes week to week than any other year.

I was born in 1959 so to me the 60s and 70s were the GREATEST eras of music ever. Groups like the beatles, the rolling stones, the who, moody blues , alice cooper, and Australian bands like the easybeats, little river band, skyhooks, the aztecs not to mention Australian solo artists like Jon English, Russel Morris, Brain Cadd need I go on?

@marksavage1744

2 жыл бұрын

I think Angus and Malcolm Young's (from AC/DC) father was in Easybeats.

@hmb9430

2 жыл бұрын

How about The Bee Gees are they not Australians?

@A_nony_mous

Жыл бұрын

@@marksavage1744 Their older brother, George.

@A_nony_mous

Жыл бұрын

@@hmb9430 Technically Brittish, but they grew up in Australia.

@A_nony_mous

Жыл бұрын

Normie Rowe, Stevie Wright, John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes. There were so many.

I was in high school and graduated before this amazing music was on the airwaves brings back the memories of friends and innocence lost but not forgotten!

What an amazing top 10, although I was only 3 in 1975 (born in 1972) the music from this era always spoke so much more to me than anything else (although the 80s and early 90s also had great music. Remembering watching TopPop with my mom before I had to go to bed (a music program that covered the dutch top 40 in the 70s and 80s, yes I’m dutch), which is such a great childhood memory. I hope you treat us with your video’s for a long time Adam, I enjoy each and every one of them!

@manfredmann2766

2 жыл бұрын

Love the band Golden Earring, especially during the 70s