70's songs??

[stanger503]

can anyone here tell me some sweet 70's songs....i wanna make like a 70's mixed cd...pretty much all like rock n stuff along those lines....

[karrot-x]

War - Low Riders
Bill Withers - Use Me Up

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

I'd like to know what do you mean with "sweet". In the meantime (and according to my conception of the word in a rock context) I have two recommendations:

"Love Is Like Oxygen" by SWEET
"More Than A Feeling" by Boston

Both awesome 70's rock songs.

[DaftCat]

Turn to Stone - ELO
Rain Song - Zeppelin
Johnny Blade - Sabbath

[P. Aaron]

"I'm Not in Love" by 10cc
"Prairie Rose" Roxy Music
"Jean Genie" David Bowie
"Time Waits for No One" Rolling Stones
"Burn Down the Mission" Elton John
anything from "Wish You Where Here" Pink Floyd
"Sweet Melissa" Allman Bros

[Time Divider]

"Feeling Alright" - Joe Cocker
"The Weight" - The Band

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Maybe "The Logical Song" by Supertramp, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Free Bird" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen.

[P. Aaron]

Anything by Van Halen.

[jazzbo]

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
Ode to Billie Joe - Bobby Gentry
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
Vehicle - Ides of March

Some of those might be late 60s, but they're fun tunes. One-hit wonders.

[Michael Jewels]

Originally Posted by karrot-x

Bill Withers - Use Me Up

Excellent song!

Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce

Mike

[burk48237]

Originally Posted by P. Aaron

Anything by Van Halen.

P. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Eddie and the boys an 80's deal?

My Suggetions:
Shinning Star: Earth Wind and Fire
Peg, Reelin in the Years: Steely Dan
Black Water, China Grove: Dobbie Brothers
Fire and Rain : James Taylor
Bye,Bye, Miss American Pie: Don McClean ( not one of my favorites but it was hard to turn on a radio in the early 70's and not hear it)
Tears of a Clown: Smokey Robinson
Lido Hustle: Boz Scaggs

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by burk48237

P. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Eddie and the boys an 80's deal?

Only from the third LP "Women And Children First" (1980). VH and VH II are from 1978 and 79, respectively.

[cheezewiz]

Anything from Aerosmith's first few albums. (Now there is a band that need to start taking drugs again. The early stuff is awesome, anything after about 82 is pop drivel)

[P. Aaron]

Anything from "Sly and The Family Stone's Greatest Hits".

[bassturtle]

Originally Posted by stingray1226

"Feeling Alright" - Joe Cocker

Good one!

[JimK]

Originally Posted by jazzbo

In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Take a Letter Maria - R.B. Greaves
Ode to Billie Joe - Bobby Gentry
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
In the Year 2525 - Zager and Evans
Vehicle - Ides of March

Some of those might be late 60s, but they're fun tunes. One-hit wonders.

Geez...you're taking me back!
Why not R. Dean Taylor's "Indiana Wants Me" or Looking Glass' "Brandy" or Lee MIchaels' "You Know What I Mean"?

I recently picked up an Ides Of March disc...interesting group; they were very young & very influenced by what they were hearing on the current Pop scene. As a result, "Vehicle" sounds exactly like something BS&T would do; there's other cuts on the disc that sound like CS&N(IIRC).
Their singer(Jim Peterik) went onto further fame with Survivor("Eye Of The Tiger", etc).

Occasionally, I'll hear "Ode To Billie Joe" on the Oldies station...very minimalist, very well done, very powerful.

[JimK]

Originally Posted by burk48237

P. Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Eddie and the boys an 80's deal?

My Suggetions:
Shinning Star: Earth Wind and Fire
Peg, Reelin in the Years: Steely Dan
Black Water, China Grove: Dobbie Brothers
Fire and Rain : James Taylor
Bye,Bye, Miss American Pie: Don McClean ( not one of my favorites but it was hard to turn on a radio in the early 70's and not hear it)
Tears of a Clown: Smokey Robinson
Lido Hustle: Boz Scaggs

That's "Lido Shuffle". "Lowdown" would be another good one.

I think Van Halen was a late '70s entry('78 or so?). I used to spend some free time playing pinball between classes...my stooge friends would always play "Runnig With The Devil" just to annoy the Hell outta me! This had to be between '76-'80.

[Kink Rimson]

Originally Posted by DaftCat

Turn to Stone - ELO
Rain Song - Zeppelin
Johnny Blade - Sabbath

Strange Sabbath choice!

Just take all of 'Sabotage'.
And 'In For The Kill' by Budgie.

[Philbiker]

Originally Posted by P. Aaron

Anything by Van Halen.

...that was released in the '70s. I don't think "Summer Nights" counts even though that's my personal favorite VH song.

BJ Thomas "Hooked on a Feeling"
America "Sister Golden Hair"
Starland Vocal Band "Afternoon Delight"
Paul McCartney "Silly Love Songs"
Doobie Brothers "Long Train Running"
Steely Dan "Peg"
John Lennon "Imagine"
The Who "Squeeze Box"
Heart "Magic Man" (70s?)
The Hues Corporation "Rock the Boat"
Gerry Rafferty "Baker Street"
Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods "Billy, Don't Be A Hero"
Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night"
Todd Rundgren "Hello It's Me"

[P. Aaron]

Originally Posted by JimK

Geez...you're taking me back!
Why not R. Dean Taylor's "Indiana Wants Me" or Looking Glass' "Brandy" or Lee MIchaels' "You Know What I Mean"?

Occasionally, I'll hear "Ode To Billie Joe" on the Oldies station...very minimalist, very well done, very powerful.

Jim, as you mention these, I also miss the "regional" quality of the music. The 70's featured the last of the different regional culture(s) that America had before music industry consolidation took over.

Would any of those songs be recorded today without a drop-D?

"All Right Now" by Free. Another terrific minimalist composition that had the right amount of notes.