A Subjective Selection Of Great Music From The Seventies…
I first came across the East German band Puhdys back in either 1978 or 1979 on a trip to Germany (before I lived there) and bought their album “Pudhys 5”, with tracks like “Ikarus II”, “Mephisto” and “Wilde Jahre” (Wild Years). Pudhys, who were heavily influenced by artists like Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, were […]
Northern Irish band The Undertones, formed in 1975 in Derry, soon turned to punk when the style began to dominate, and began their rise to national prominence with “Teenage Kicks” in 1978. They had sent a demo tape to legendary BBC DJ John Peel. Peel paid for them to do a proper recording in a […]
British band Hot Chocolate, led by Errol Brown, was the only group to have at least one UK hit every year throughout the Seventies, and in fact from 1970 to 1984, with songs like “You Could Have Been A Lady”, “Emma”, “You Sexy Thing”, “So You Win Again”, “Every 1’s A Winner” and “It Started […]
Another New Zealand band in the Seventies I remember was a young outfit called Golden Harvest with their single “I Need Your Love”. I don’t recall whether they had any other successes, but this one sticks in my mind. In any case the chorus is definitely catchy and I found myself singing it this evening, […]
Tags: Airplay, Bon Appetit, Commercial Fishing, Couple Of Days, Fishing Boat, Fond Memories, Golden Harvest, Guitar Work, I Need Your Love, Love, Music of the Seventies, New Zealand Tv, O Clock, Plays, Radio, Radio Pictures, Radio With Pictures, Ready To Roll, Reason, S South, Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Successes, Teeth, Tv Show, Zealand BandNew Zealander Max Merritt of Max Merritt and The Meteors has been in the music business a long time, but “Slipping Away”, released in 1976, is the only song I spontaneously connect with him. “Woh oh oh you’re slipping away from me…and it’s breaking me in two, watching you, slipping away” This is the promotional […]
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