SotU 386 - Songs of the Seventies

xommen · Jul 7, 2019

Croaky Keith said:
If I'm not mistaken, I think there was a band called U2 that did some songs.........

There where actually very little U2 songs recorded in the seventies, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_recorded_by_U2

Only the first singles Boy/Girl, Out of Control and Stories for Boys.

They really got it going in the 80's

Croaky Keith · Jul 7, 2019

Oh well, three's a good start.....

DelGriff · Jul 8, 2019

This one is from 1979. Written by Mike Batt for the soundtrack of the animated film Watership Down and performed by Art Garfunkel.

ksiegel · Jul 8, 2019

Ok, this one doesn't really follow the rules... True, it was recorded originally in the 70's, but I did the video today at a Farmer's Market, loaded it to YouTube, then realized I'd need to redo the whole thing to include a statement about being done for Season 386...
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...and that would be like work.

So here it is, use it or not. Dance, Dance, Dance, originally recorded by the Steve Miller Band.

Recovering Bassist · Jul 8, 2019

This song was covered a lot in the early 70's. The biggest version in the USA was by Mac Davis, but I always liked the Doug Kershaw version. Been wanting to try this one for awhile. Sadly Keith, it took me a few takes, I messed up the solo a few times.

RAB11 · Jul 8, 2019

Here's some Bowie that is way out side my vocal range.

Croaky Keith · Jul 8, 2019

ksiegel said:
Ok, this one doesn't really follow the rules... True, it was recorded originally in the 70's, but I did the video today at a Farmer's Market, loaded it to YouTube, then realized I'd need to redo the whole thing to include a statement about being done for Season 386...
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...and that would be like work.

So here it is, use it or not. Dance, Dance, Dance, originally recorded by the Steve Miller Band.

We're on my rules this week.......& I don't really have any.....so not a problem.

UkuleleLow · Jul 8, 2019

xommen · Jul 8, 2019

One of those three U2 songs from the 70's is called Stories for Boys, here is my take on it:

wee_ginga_yin · Jul 9, 2019

From the musical Cabaret

Recovering Bassist · Jul 9, 2019

Here's a Del Reeves Bakersfield style country song, my personal favorite style of country music, from 1970. Another 1 taker for you Keith!

YorkSteve · Jul 9, 2019

I could probably sit here all day playing songs from the 70s, but time is tight...and our host asked us to have fun, so here's one I haven't tried before, on a most un-rock'n'roll uke.

Barbablanca · Jul 9, 2019

Thanks to the Seasons I have nearly recorded and posted to YouTube all the songs I wrote in the 1970s. The one you are about to see is one of the last in the queue.

Here is a little background:

This song was written after chatting with a female friend who was in a relationship with a guy among my circle of friends. The woman in question admitted she felt intellectually challenged by the company her boyfriend kept, but complained that he didn’t help matters by not realising there was more to her than he was assuming. I wrote this song for her.

Yes, as recently as 1979, it was still possible to see this type of behaviour among even apparently educated UK males. And sadly, I bet it still is in some circles.

I also drew on memories of my own sense of intellectual inferiority among one of my older cousin's group of friends when I was 15.

Hope you enjoy:

AlanDP · Jul 10, 2019

A smash hit from 1873.

This is another song I used to play on my great-grandmother's Magnus chord organ when I was a little kid.

mountain goat · Jul 10, 2019

Jackson Browne from 1977.

bonesigh · Jul 10, 2019

Oh my, I hope I have time for “The Seasons” again before it gets to be 2070 which will be way too late!

Croaky Keith · Jul 10, 2019

Hi, Janet, I hope you do too!

I'm not around a lot these days either, other instruments have my attention, but I try to keep in touch.

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Recovering Bassist · Jul 10, 2019

Here's another song I've been wanting to try. From 1971 by "Whispering" Bill Anderson. Says it all about the end of a relationship.

Flatbaroque · Jul 10, 2019

Townes Van Zandt song from 1971.

LimousinLil · Jul 10, 2019

Hello again, Keith! This is a song from 1970 ... another one by Albert Hammond, who, to be honest, I'd never heard of before this week, although a lot of his songs are very familiar.

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