Now fighting to get Minnie Riperton's "Lovin' You" out of my head. "La la la la la, la la la la la ...".
― Chris Hill (Chris Hill), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link
seals and crofts - summer breezeMichael martin murphy - wildfireHenry Gross - Shannon
Also, I would really love a copy of this.
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Daniel DiMAGGIO (Daniel DiMAGGIO), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:44 (nineteen years ago) link
OH AND WAHT ABOUT DESE
Nicolette Larson - "Lotta Love"Rita Coolidge - "Your Love (Keeps Me Lifting Me Higher)"Dave Mason - "We Just Disagree"
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 August 2004 13:51 (nineteen years ago) link
We were talking about bad spoken word bits recently. I think this has to be counted among them:"I said 'wha?'She said 'oo-oo-oo-wee'I said 'alll riiiight!She said 'love me, love me, love me!"
― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 14:30 (nineteen years ago) link
This stuff is one of my obsessions:
Some of the playlists when I ran Lite Nite or Easy ... Saturday nights dedicated to soft rock and other soft sounds:
http://home.earthlink.net/~davidday/eavesdrop/EASY.SAT.08.03.02.htmhttp://home.earthlink.net/~davidday/eavesdrop/EASY.SAT.09.27.02.htmhttp://home.earthlink.net/~davidday/eavesdrop/EASY.SAT.10.12.02.htmhttp://home.earthlink.net/~davidday/eavesdrop/EASY.SAT.11.30.02.htmhttp://home.earthlink.net/~davidday/eavesdrop/EASY.SAT.12.07.02.htm
I think this is my all time lost favorite:Climax Blues Band - Couldn't Get It Right
cheers.
― david day (winslow), Friday, 6 August 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm also surprised that no one has mentioned the Atlanta Rhythm Section yet.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Friday, 6 August 2004 15:42 (nineteen years ago) link
i was also gonna start a 60s-70s country pop thread, stuff like Afternoon Delight, Witchita Lineman and Lee Hazelwood. does the stuff from that countrypolitan fit into it? badical
― JaXoN (JasonD), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - "Jackie Blue"Pure Prarie League - "Aimee"
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
When I was, a younger man, I hadn't a careFoolin' around, hitting the town, growing my hairYou came along and stole my heart, when you entered my lifeOoh babe, you got what it takes, so I made you my wife
Since then I've never looked backIt's almost like living a dreamAnd ooh, I love you
You came along, from far away, and found me hereI was playin' around, feeling down, hittin' the beerYou picked me up from off the floor, and gave me a smileYou said you're much too young your life ain't begun, let's walk for awhile
And as my head was spinnin' 'roundI gazed into your eyesAnd thought ooh, I want you
Thank you babe for being a friendAnd shinin' your light in my life'Cause ooh, I need you
As my head was comin' roundI gazed into your eyesAnd thought ooh I want you
Thanks again for being my friendAnd straightenin' out my life'Cause ooh, I need you
Since then I never looked backIt's almost like livin' a dreamOoh, I got you
If ever a man had it allIt would have to be meAnd ooh, I love you
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:38 (nineteen years ago) link
Old punk is fun because you get to hear the songs for the very first time in some cases. On the complete other side, soft rock is fun because every song is just a giant 'OH, YEAH, THIS THING!" waiting to happen. There's a few songs on this list that I don't recognize, but Lord knows that I've probably heard those songs a couple hundred times without knowing it.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link
(I also kinda think "Couldn't Get It Right" is a little too uptempo for this list though)
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Friday, 6 August 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
rebel!
― mike a, Friday, 6 August 2004 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― briania (briania), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/reallysmoothmusichttp://www.myspace.com/talconline
http://low-bee.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2293 (hollertronix is even doing it?!)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a320/djdeluxxx/Soft_Explosion.jpg
all links stolen from asilentflute
― jäxøñ (jaxon), Thursday, 11 May 2006 04:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 28 April 2007 07:21 (sixteen years ago) link
― Tinky-Winky, Saturday, 28 April 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
― jaxon, Saturday, 28 April 2007 18:00 (sixteen years ago) link
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 28 April 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
― earlnash, Saturday, 28 April 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
― Arthur, Sunday, 29 April 2007 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
― Arthur, Sunday, 29 April 2007 17:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I watched a looooong infomercial for soft rock CD set last week. It had Air Supply sitting in sofas and talking about the hits. I've had Into The Night in my head ever since. Soft rock!
― admrl, Friday, 20 July 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
I heard about that, haven't seen it. yay this thread! i got ignored bringing this stuff up on the country rock thread. like BIG difference huh who knew. Nicolette Larson's "Lotta Love" sent me on a tear with this stuff a few months ago, I'm starting to match names to songs, having last heard most of these in my mom's car growing up. Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year? doesn't add anything to the thread but I ate it up.
― tremendoid, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i meant last month
I saw it. Rupert Holmes lip-synching to "Escape" was too much.
― Pleasant Plains, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:12 (sixteen years ago) link
lolll I saw that thing too. it started out awesome but was we kept watching and watching, my wife and I were like "wait a minute, that's not soft rock, that's just a shitty song." there seemed to be a lack of focus.
― dmr, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:15 (sixteen years ago) link
have i ever told you guys how much i hate the term Yacht Rock and all it's ironic bandwagon jumpers?
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
the only difference is yacht rock is a stupid name
-- jaxon, Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:00 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Link
yes
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 21:52 (sixteen years ago) link
jaxon: approve/disapprove?
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f286/Timdogg3/staysmooth_V.jpg
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Sentimental Lady, Bob Welch (or the Fleetwood Mac version)
― Billy Pilgrim, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:07 (sixteen years ago) link
Anyone see VH1's softastic countdown last year
Please, the word is "softsational."
― jaymc, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Deej, the thing is I would probably go to that if I wasn't going to a house party tonight. Then again, it's sort of on the way home.
― jaymc, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:16 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the flyer would be better w/out the part calling people 'smooths'
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i also fear the number of my-name-is-earl ironic mustaches.
that said i'm totally going
If 10cc count as soft rock, then search 10cc in general.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
that flyer looks fine except for the attire part.
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
a lot of nü balearic beardo dance acts are addopting this schtick too. and even though i like the music, it is a bit silly
see bay area dreamchimney duders: hatchback, windsurf, etc
― jaxon, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i think those yacht rock skits are funny but yeah, cut it out. deej overdosed on my ambrosia the other night fyi.
― tremendoid, Friday, 20 July 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
hah i didnt even notice the attire
overdosed on my ambrosia
o_O
― deej, Friday, 20 July 2007 23:42 (sixteen years ago) link
man that night sucked! fuck schubas
― deej, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:19 (sixteen years ago) link
wow. just wow. Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:00 (sixteen years ago) link
haha...well, it helps to understand that Exile came from a country music background...(which might explain the singer's boots)...funny thing, back when that video came out I had NO idea I would one day be laughing hysterically at it...it just didn't seem so out of place back then...
― henry s, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
he looks like he should be in spinal tap. great song though
― jaxon, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
ha! a friend of mine made a comp called "Couples' Skate" filled with lots of the stuff mentioned above. I'm going to need to get a copy asap.
― will, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Funny my dad used to bump that Exile song and even had me put it on a mix cd for him last year. I love the production and the wobbly bassline. Great stuff. I would kill to hear this in a dive bar.
― oscar, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 05:19 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.jasonhare.com
He's the king of '70s soft rock - he understands its ridiculousness, but openly loves it despite himself. (And avoids the kitschy fashion trappings, which is a quadruple plus.)
― mike a, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 13:34 (sixteen years ago) link
but also this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sTpZja6JQ
(and I always end up thinking about MST3K's riff on whether it's Hamilton, Joe, Frank, & Reynolds / Hamilton Joe, Frank & Reynolds / Hamilton Joe Frank, & Reynolds etc etc )
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 20 January 2017 03:13 (seven years ago) link
so although it was techically 1981, it was mentioned up thread - Paul Davis's "Cool Night".
one I loved as a kid, as an adult I hear it and think "ugh, relatable".
which is to say "classic"
― Neanderthal, Wednesday, 23 August 2017 03:35 (six years ago) link
listening to the rhino 70s box and there seems to be a significant subgenre of 'dude runs into old flame, everyone's doing fine, but dude never in fact got over old flame (and sometimes sees her face when he's fucking his wife)'. kinda creepy!
are there more recent examples of this trope in pop lyrics?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
I just spent 15 minutes contemplating the amazingness of the Pablo Cruise logo, as evocative of intent as any metal band's logo.
― Julius Caesar Memento Hoodie (bendy), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
I have the "Have A Nice Day" series of 70s comps which cover all sorts of low-charting hits, very evocative of my childhood listening to the radio. Much of my early ideas of love and relationships came from those songs.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 17:45 (three years ago) link
― mookieproof, Tuesday, April 7, 2020 9:41 AM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
steve winwood - "valerie" kinda?
― brimstead, Saturday, 11 April 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
yikes steve
― mookieproof, Saturday, 11 April 2020 03:40 (three years ago) link
"What a Fool Believes" ??
I always figured this trope was because a lot of people were getting divorced in the 70s and because they had been off the market for a while, the people who spring to mind when romance became a possibility again were old flamesAlso it seems like a distinctly cis male POV but I have nothing to prove that aside from a gut feeling
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 11 April 2020 14:24 (three years ago) link
i'm definitely fascinated by this strain of thought, which like you i think of as being particularly cis male. something like bill labounty's "livin' it up" or, i mean, earlier something like "flowers on the wall". the bitter regret of someone who took what he had for granted and treated "his woman" like shit but lacking in anything resembling real insight or personal accountability. that's the extra layer of tragedy of songs like that, you just know the protagonist of the song is going to pull that shit again and again until they finally die, alone and miserable.
― Kate (rushomancy), Saturday, 11 April 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Whereas ladies are always singing things like "I'm happy for you. I wish nothing but the best for you both."
― pplains, Saturday, 11 April 2020 21:31 (three years ago) link