70's songs

[brannon86]

What songs of the 70's define your childhood, teen years (or adulthood for that matter)? Is their any particular songs that you remember that bring back certain memories when you hear them today? I will list some of mine:
1. Midnight Train to Georgia
2. Fire and Rain
3. Please Come To Boston
4. Come Monday
5. Chevy Van
6. Car Wash
7. Swing Town (Steve Miller) Also Jungle Love(Steve Miller)
8. Rock Me Gently
9. Shannon
10. Nights On Broadway
11. Beth (KISS)
12. More Then A Feeling
13. Slow Ride
14. New Your Groove (Ace Frehley)
15. Baby Come Back
16. My Maria
17. Come Sail Away
18. Hot Blooded
19. I am Woman
20. How Long
and many more.....

[monkey tennis]

Got married to:
Come up and see me (make me smile) - Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebel

[toys2cool]

Not a 70's guy here.But there are 70's songs I still love.
1-Kiss-Hard luck woman
2-Bee gees emotions
3-Bee gees How deep is your love

[brannon86]

Good choices....

[Marvelmania]

These come to mind along with those on your list.
The Night Chicago Died
Fooled Around and Fell In Love
The Streak
Rollercoaster
Dream Weaver

[Thadiun Okona II]

let's see....
Swingtown
More Than a Feeling
Seasons in the Sun
Rhinestone Cowboy
You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
Over the Hills and Far Away (I like it more than Stairway)
Play That Funky Music (The Bass line is awesome!)
Theme to Star Wars (yeah, the disco one....it had a ton of airplay.)
Just about anything off the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack

There's tons more...I get weird looks from my wife when something cool from the 70's comes on and I know the lyrics. (she was born in '80)
It's hard to say how it all affected/influenced me, I guess it all still does.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Piano Man
Leroy Brown
Late 70's - Air Supply

[rcbats1]

Hooked on a feeling..
Loves me like a Rock..
Thunder Island..
Black Water..
Silly Love Songs..
The Night Chicago Died..
Wildfire..
Bertha Butt Boogie..
Discco Duck..
Sister Golden Hair..
Afternoon Delight..
Man I could go on and On.....as a matter of fact..

On and On....

Mitch

[StrangeVisitor]

A few of my 70's era faves, in no particular order:

Hot Child in the City -Nick Gilder
Billy, Don't be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Angie Baby - Helen Reddy
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
December 1963 (Oh What a Night) - Four Seasons

And my secret shame, I was a huge fan of anything by Barry Manilow from Mandy to Copacabana. I finally came to my senses in the early 80's.

This thread makes me yearn for the days of the K-tel hit music collections on vinyl.

[grayhank]

Oh Very Young - Cat Stevens
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
My Little Town - Simon & Garfunkel
Photograph - Ringo Starr
Changes - David Bowie
Bennie & The Jets - Elton John
A Horse With No Name - America
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Hotel California - Eagles
I Never Cry - Alice Cooper
From the Beginning - Emerson Lake & Palmer
Poetry Man - Phoebe Snow
The Name of the Game - Abba
Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
Weekend In New England - Barry Manilow
Paradise by The Dashboard Lights - Meat Loaf
It's Too Late - Carole King
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Miracles - Jefferson Starship
FM (No Static At All) - Steely Dan
You're My Best Friend - Queen
Fantasy - Earth Wind & Fire
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
Superstar - The Carpenters
Everything I Own - Bread
We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger
Living For The City - Stevie Wonder
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Go All The Way - Raspberries

I'd better stop I could do this all day and there's not enough bandwidth on the internet to list them all - and believe me I could list them ALL!

[brannon86]

Oh yes, great choices. Like I said in my post, many many more that I did not list...

[HardyGirl]

Back in the 70s, my older twin siblings (Darryl & Drenette), had a lot of musical influence on me. Darryl was all about Motown, The Delfonics, and The Stylistics. Drenette (RIP) had a totally different vibe. She went to school in NYC's Central Park West and she and her friends listened to Seals & Crofts, Donovan, Traffic, Blood, Sweat & Tears, America, and 5th Dimension. So basically, that's the stuff that I listened to. But slowly my tastes emerged, and I listened to a lot of Michael Jackson, David Cassidy, A Taste of Honey, Peter Brown, Heatwave, and a lot of disco!

[The Bat]

Rock'Away Beach-The Ramones
Beat on the Brat-The Ramones
ALL Ramones songs from the 70's!
Anarchy in the U.K.-Sex Pistols
You're all I've got tonight-The Cars
Elvis Costello-Every song from His 1st Album!
Lust for Life-Iggy Pop
Heart of Glass-Blondie


All of corny Radio songs from the 70's...I've blanked out of My memory.

[livnxxxl]

I am not a HUGE 70's music fanatic although I did have a couple of favs.

Heart of Glass-Blondie
Elvis Presley - Not all, but some of his various titles
Kiss- Not all, but some of their various titles

[nvmbrsdoom5]

Wow, some great lists here. Grayhank your list is awesome, and I'm of the same mind on the matter, I could literally list songs all day. The music of the Seventies is definitely my favorite of them all.

I have many favorites but in keeping with the theme of childhood, some of the music that most strongly reminds of me of being a kid in the '70s are...

The entire "Grease" soundtrack
The entire "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack
The Spinners- Working My Way Back To You
ABBA- Dancing Queen
Glen Campbell- Rhinestone Cowboy
Elton John & Kiki Dee- Don't Go Breakin' My Heart
Olivia Newton-John- A little more love
Steely Dan- Reelin' In The Years
Dr. Hook- When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
Captain & Tenille- Love Will Keep Us Together
Carl Douglas- Kung Fu Fighting
Roger Whittaker- The Last Farewell (also known for being WGN Channel 9's "theme" music when I was a child!)
Little River Band- Reminiscing
10CC- I'm Not In Love

This list could go on and on....

Plus, if you put on KISS "Double Platinum", "Alive II" or "Dressed To Kill" and play them on a red Panasonic 8-track player that's guaranteed to take me right back!