Sucking In The 70s (continued)
I promise to get back to this category more often. I've been a bit focused on figuring out what's next after "web 2.0".
In any case, for anyone who rocked their way through the 1970s, I suggest you go check out Raj Bala's latest podcast, called Loudspeakers #13.
It's a rock and roll tour through the 1970s, with an emphasis on the songs and artists who have most influenced today's younger bands.
The Stooges track (Loose) is worth the listen all by itself. Iggy is one of the all time great rockers.
Other highlights for me were:
Stevie Wonder - Mistra Know It All (1973) - we all know guys like Mistra Know It All.
Television - Marquee Moon (1977) - love the cool riff that runs throughout the song
Buzzcocks - Why Can’t I Touch It? (1979) - fantastic track
The Beatles - I Me Mine (1970) - George Harrison really rocked at the end of The Beatles
The Velvet Underground - I Found A Reason (1971) - my favorite VU track
"I Found A Reason" is a truly great VU track. I've covered this one and it's a blast... especially the little "spoken word" bit in the middle. Do Wop makes another appearance in Lou's music, certainly not for the last time.
One correction, though. "Loaded" was released in 1970, and by the end of the summer of that year Lou was already gone, back to Long Island and his parents.
Posted by: Chrispy | January 25, 2006 at 10:02 AM
Funny how seventies music means different things to different people. I guess my musical seventies started in 1975. Other influential seventies acts that you list I never heard until well into the eighties. The seventies for me was Lynyrd Skynyrd's live album, Ted Nugent's Free For All, Areosmith Get Your Wings, first album, Rocks, Kiss Alive, Steve Miller Fly Like an Eagle, The Bee Gees Nights On Broadway, The Eagles Hotel CA, Rush Carress Of Steel, Led Zep, various records, Hendrix, Stones,...
I listened to a ton of AM radio and early FM broadcast. I first heard "Dream On" on AM radio. Those were the days.
Posted by: Tony Alva | January 25, 2006 at 02:36 PM