A Subjective Selection Of Great Music From The Seventies…
At the very end of the Seventies, late 1979, I remember Englishman Gary Numan singing “Cars”, from his album “The Pleasure Principle”. In fact, whenever I hear it or think of Gary Numan or “Cars”, it reminds me of being in not a car but a Transit van, at 4 o’clock in the morning. We […]
The raw energy of the punk movement of the late Seventies was personified by UK band The Clash, whose most well known tracks include “Complete Control”, “I Fought The Law”, the iconic “London Calling”, “Train In Vain”, “The Magnificent Seven”, “Rock The Casbah” and “Should I Stay Or Should I Go”. 1977 track “Complete Control” […]
Tags: CBS, Clash Rock The Casbah, Complete Control, Debut Album, Hall Of Fame, I Fought The Law, Joe Strummer, John Graham, John Graham Mellor, Legend Lives, London Calling, Minister Tony Blair, Music of the Seventies, Political Background, Prime Minister Tony Blair, Punk Movement, punk rock, Raw Energy, Record Label, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rock The Casbah, Seven Rock, Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash, The Magnificent Seven, Tony Blair, Train In Vain, Vibrant EnergyProbably one of the most successful Australian bands of the Seventies – or since – was the Little River Band, whose string of hits in the USA included “Help Is On Its Way”, “Happy Anniversary”, “Reminiscing”, “Lady”, “Lonesome Loser” and “Cool Change”. Can anyone say “harmonies”…. And one of their most successful albums was “Diamantina […]
Tags: Anniversary Band, Australia, Australian Bands, Bands Of The Seventies, Bundaberg Rum, Cocktail, Condensed Milk, Cool Change, Diamantina Cocktail, Egg, Emu, First Under The Wire, Glenn Shorrock, Happy Anniversary, Harmonies, Help Is On Its Way, Lady, Little River Band, Lonesome Loser, Memorable Hits, Music, Music of the Seventies, Queensland, Reminiscing, Seventies Rock Bands, Sleeper Catcher, Two SongsAmerican R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire from Chicago had quite a distinguished career in the Seventies, but the only (original) song from them that instantly comes to mind for me is “Boogie Wonderland”, from 1979. I guess I just didn’t listen to their kind of music that often. Nevertheless, the band was very successful, […]
Tags: American Music Awards, B Band, Boogie Wonderland, Chicago, Earth Fire, Earth Wind & Fire, Grammy Awards, Hall Of Fame, Horn Section, Kind Of Music, Music of the Seventies, Original Song, R&B, Rock And Roll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rock Roll, Seventies, Vocal Group, Vocal Group Hall of FameMagazine is another of those UK New Wave bands whose music I first heard played by the house band (Snatch) at the Majestic Hotel in Palmerston North, New Zealand, prompting me to buy their album “Second Daylight” with songs like “Rhythm Of Cruelty”, “Believe That I Understand”, “I Wanted Your Heart”, “Talk To The Body”, […]
Tags: Back To Nature, Believe That I Understand, Feed The Enemy, Heart Talk, House Band, I Wanted Your Heart, Magazine, Majestic Hotel, Music, Music of the Seventies, Nature Magazine, New Wave, Palmerston North, Palmerston North New Zealand, Permafrost, Punk Band, Rhythm Of Cruelty, Secondhand Daylight, Seventies Rock Bands, Slow Motion, Snatch, Talk To The Body, The Thin Air, Thin Air, Ultravox, Wave Bands
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