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Posted on 6/12/17 at 7:20 am to Slippy
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Today driving home from Shreveport I was listening to an American Top 40 broadcast from June 1974 on XM.
The Top 40 is pretty much a musical wasteland.
Check out some of these albums.
Bad Company, released 6/26/74, was the first album I bought with my own money.
This post was edited on 6/12/17 at 7:29 am
Posted on 6/12/17 at 8:32 am to Slippy
Some good stuff has been posted, but overall, and comparatively, I agree with you. Pretty bad.
Posted on 6/12/17 at 9:01 am to Slippy
Damn, OP got taken to the proverbial 'shed in here
Posted on 6/12/17 at 9:46 am to Slippy
You realize this was only 1 week in '74, not the whole year?
Posted on 6/12/17 at 5:54 pm to lsu2006
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Damn, OP got taken to the proverbial 'shed in here
Not really... you can find a ton of great music in any year. But that era pales in comparison to the time just before and after. There was a lot of formulaic hollow pop on the radio from '71 to '76. We were coming down, man.
This post was edited on 6/12/17 at 5:56 pm
Posted on 6/12/17 at 11:11 pm to Slippy
Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:40 am to danman6336
Stevie Wonder-Fulfillingness' First Finale
Nuff said
Nuff said
Posted on 6/13/17 at 1:48 pm to ThePTExperience1969
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and it was released in 1974:
Posted on 6/13/17 at 7:27 pm to The Balinese Club
I was a disk jockey at this time on an AOR station.
We had so much to choose from. Many mentioned above....Randy Newman, Jimmy Buffet, Dr. John, Allman Brothers, Rondstadt, Steely Dan, Dan Hicks, Eagles, Fogelberg, et.al.
We never listened to Top 40
We had so much to choose from. Many mentioned above....Randy Newman, Jimmy Buffet, Dr. John, Allman Brothers, Rondstadt, Steely Dan, Dan Hicks, Eagles, Fogelberg, et.al.
We never listened to Top 40
This post was edited on 6/13/17 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 6/13/17 at 9:39 pm to Slippy
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"Midnight at the Oasis" by Maria Muldaur
Weird you picked this one to complain about I always found it catchy and real fun
Posted on 6/13/17 at 11:22 pm to danman6336
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Frank Zappa - Apostrophe
And that was the third best album he released in '74 (although most popular). Inca Roads and the live Roxy & Elsewhere are both better, imo.
There was also:
King Crimson - Starless & Bible Black
Miles Davis - Get Up With It
Little Feat - Feats Don't Fail Me Now
Traffic - When the Eagle Flies
The Grateful Dead released Mars Hotel, the second on their own label. But as has already been suggested they were at their peak as live performers at that time (and Jerry hadn't discovered heroin yet).
Also, let's not hold it against 1974 if some great bands happened to release a great album the year before or the year after. Like Pink Floyd releasing Dark Side of the Moon in '73 and Wish You Were Here in '75. That still leaves '74 right there in the peak era of rock. As a collector of live bootleg recordings, the first things I check out from any band from the 70's is what they were playing in '73 and '74.
Posted on 6/14/17 at 1:28 am to Treacherous Cretin
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
As far as I know, the only Native American group with a hit single.
As far as I know, the only Native American group with a hit single.
Posted on 6/15/17 at 12:38 am to Treacherous Cretin
Posted on 6/15/17 at 9:03 am to Slippy
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1974
everything before The Clash was garbage
This post was edited on 6/15/17 at 9:04 am
Posted on 6/15/17 at 1:13 pm to Slippy
Where do I get in line to exchange 2017 for 1974?
Posted on 6/15/17 at 10:31 pm to Slippy
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My Girl Bill
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The Show Must Go On
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The Streak
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Midnight At The Oasis
I love ALL those songs, and you didn't mention gems like "The Locomotion" or Marvin Hamlisch' "Entertainer", or "Please Come To Boston", or "You Make Me Feel Brand New".
Music of that era seems quaint and dated, but I would MUCH rather hear those songs than a pop playlist from today. At least in 1974 songwriters valued melody, as well as feeling.
This post was edited on 6/15/17 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 6/16/17 at 12:24 am to tarzana
this is why the 70's had the best music.
something for everybody
something for everybody
Posted on 6/16/17 at 7:52 am to awestruck
JJ Cale, RIP, wrote that
Posted on 6/16/17 at 11:47 am to The Balinese Club
Nothing wrong A1A - has A Pirate Looks At Forty and my fav Trying To Reason With The Hurricane Season
Chicago VII was also released which saw them bring a jazz/fusion sound to an album. Their last double album
Chicago VII was also released which saw them bring a jazz/fusion sound to an album. Their last double album
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