What are you listening to right now? (4 Viewers)

[Ron1973]

 

[John Dirk]

 

[Clinton McClure]

While I’m waiting at the washateria...

 

[BobO'Link]

I recently completed my Jethro Tull collection by picking up a copy of "Under Wraps." So far I'm not feeling the love for this one. Too much "electronica" and drum machine to suit me. Right now I'd rank it dead last in their catalog.

 

[Bryan^H]

While I’m waiting at the washateria...

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His song "Let's Play U.S.A. is kind of funny it basically cracks on the U.S. for three minutes with some of the lyrics slightly prophetic.

 

[ChristopherG]

 

[Yugo Parrump]

Sadly, Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping"... but only because it's in the show I'm watching... but also I'm kind of grooving to it, so I might hate myself.

 

[BobO'Link]

Really enjoying this one.

 

[Sky King]

Not listening to anything as epic as some of you guys, but Just happened to catch this thread while listening to Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells. Recently removed the vocals from this song and the backing music is great.

 

[BobO'Link]

King Crimson: Lark's Tongue in Aspic

It beats out "In the Court of the Crimson King" by half a hair - depending on the day. I could randomly select any of the trio of albums from this incarnation of the group and be quite happy with the choice.

 

[Bryan^H]

Shocking Blue

 

[BobO'Link]

I drive my granddaughters (8yo and 11yo) to school every day. The past 6 weeks they've been getting a taste of 70s pop/rock both good (mostly early-mid 70s):

and bad (the mid-late 70s when disco reared its ugly head):

We've gone through most of the series in the past 6 weeks with the non-specific-year based ones left:

Every time I listen to these I'm reminded of how much I dislike mid-late 70s pop.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

I drive my granddaughters (8yo and 11yo) to school every day. The past 6 weeks they've been getting a taste of 70s pop/rock both good (mostly early-mid 70s):
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and bad (the mid-late 70s when disco reared its ugly head):
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We've gone through most of the series in the past 6 weeks with the non-specific-year based ones left:

Every time I listen to these I'm reminded of how much I dislike mid-late 70s pop.

I have that entire collection on CD as well.

I am a HUGE fan of the 1970s. That's the era I grew up in.

I do agree wholeheartedly that late 70s pop music is pretty bad. It either went disco or became mellow rock.

The best years, in my opinion, are 1972-1974. I especially love the black groups of that period (TSOP, Harold Melvin, The OJays, The Spinners).

 

[BobO'Link]

I have that entire collection on CD as well.

I am a HUGE fan of the 1970s. That's the era I grew up in.

I do agree wholeheartedly that late 70s pop music is pretty bad. It either went disco or became mellow rock.

The best years, in my opinion, are 1972-1974. I especially love the black groups of that period (TSOP, Harold Melvin, The OJays, The Spinners).

For me, the best years are 1970-1974. Once 1975 starts it seems like 50% or more of the songs are disco or mellow rock with the percentage rising as the decade progresses. By 1979 there are only 4 or 5 songs per disc I like. It helps that the non-year-specific discs are mostly full of good stuff.

A couple of the 8yo's favorites are "Vehicle" (Ides of March) and "Turn Back the Hands of Time" (Tyrone Davis). She has good taste.

Probably like you, I purchased that series one a disc a month via subscription. It had a "No questions asked guarantee. If you get a defective disc or one you just don't like you can call and send it back on us." I took advantage of that with the disc "Dance Fever." It came in, I looked at the title and the song list and gave them a call to return it. The guy asked "Why are you wanting to return this?" I replied "Well... you're supposed to have a no-questions-asked guarantee but... It's disco and there's already too much of that format already in the collection. I have no use for a disc full of it. FWIW, it's unopened and will be that way when you get it back." He laughed and said "I understand! Your return label is on its way." I also purchased it after they'd disconnected the disc "Celebration" from the series due to complaints it had too many songs from the 80s and didn't fit the theme.

About 3 years ago the fact that I had all of the set but the "Dance Fever" disc finally got to me and I purchased a used copy (for less than half the original price so that was good). I listened to it once to make sure it had no issues and stuck it on the shelf. It'll never receive another play by me unless one of the grandkids wants to hear it but I'll not tell them I have it to help avoid that situation.

I also have the TL sets "Classic Rock" (1964-1969) and "Superhits" (1962-1973). I'm toying with putting those into rotation after we're done with "Sounds of the 70s." They both have some really good stuff with my favorites falling in the ~1965-1974 years. Those 3 sets make up the bulk of my "singles" collections of oldies. I have a few random others covering those years, mostly to get a song or three not on one of the TL sets, and a few small collections of 50s rock/pop for the significant titles from those years.

Since my latest car has no CD player which forced me to rip all my CDs I'm finally making my own "Best of" compilations for the car from those sets to both eliminate duplication (and there's not that much) and so I don't have to skip songs I just don't like.

 

[BobO'Link]

We finished the "Numbered years" of "Sounds of the 70s" and I decided it was time for a break. We moved on to a custom version of Bob Seger's Greatest Hits (where I include those which were "thoughtfully" left off):

 

[Ruz-El]

 

[JQuintana]

 

[Bryan^H]

I have their new CD pre-ordered. I love the Meat Puppets!

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

 

[1claire]

This song is amazing and gets better every time I listen to it and the music video is pretty cool too. The diner set is awesome, the dancing is on point, Cardi B looks gorgeous, and Bruno Mars is rocking that mustache.

I am looking forward to more collaborations between these two artists. This song will serve as a lullaby for my Yorkie as she cozily rest in her dog bed.