Wednesday, July 15, 2015
1970s Rock primer
After a brief Twitter exchange last week a few of us got to wondering what eight tracks might best introduce someone to 1970s rock. Given that we then came up with a possible eight different sub-genres of rock (in the seventies - there are more now) here is a suggestion for a primer in the decade. Comments welcome, and indeed, expected.
Pub rock
Steve Gibbons - Johnny Cool
Prog rock
Yes - Roundabout
Rock and Roll
Quo - Rockin' All Over the World
Heavy Metal
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
Pop
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
AOR
Doobie Brothers - Pursuit on 53rd Street
Country
Brinsley Schwarz - Surrender to the Rhythm
Blues
Rory Gallager - Tattooed Lady
Anticipating that this will cause more debate than theological posts.
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3 comments:
I think I'd have Genesis - Supper's Ready for Prog. It feels like Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells should be in there too, but I'm not sure what category it would fit under
Great! Swap Quo for just about anything from Thin Lizzy live album and you're there
Good idea Rich. How about 'Don't Believe a Word'? One of the finest two minute songs ever.
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