Soft Rock Hits of the 70s - search

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.

that flyer looks fine except for the attire part.

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

i think those yacht rock skits are funny but yeah, cut it out. deej overdosed on my ambrosia the other night fyi.

hah i didnt even notice the attire

overdosed on my ambrosia

o_O

man that night sucked! fuck schubas

wow. just wow.
Exile - I Wanna Kiss You All Over
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJQpSzDgC0

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...

he looks like he should be in spinal tap. great song though

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.

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.

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.)

more ridiculously great random 70s tunes...

Sanford Townsend Band: Smoke From a Distant Fire
The Four Seasons: December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
The Manhattans: Kiss and Say Goodbye
The Spinners: Could It Be I'm Falling In Love
Glen Campbell: Southern Nights

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCOS2vOxuXE

rock on, soft rock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GYyEaQnT60&NR=1&feature=fvwp

sounds like you have mental problems, man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxQsaQ9FtQ

yeah, sounds like you have mental problems. man.

balaeric is a nice update, but lacks a certain gravitas without the skeezy vocals.

i'd like some real "nu soft-rock," and that bon-iver related stuff isn't it.

Promises - baby its you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekK5d7AI9hA

Real Nu Soft Rock?
Does this count?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0li04zmCPM

these songs, looped forever.

steve folbert -- romeo's tune
paul davis -- cool night
chris rea -- fool if you think it's over
gino vannelli -- living inside myself

Chris Rea really gets a great wurly sound out of that grand piano!

Haha, saw this thread last night and bookmarked Daniel's four-song post to listen to at work.

Get to work and Paul Davis' link is already grayed out because apparently I too have gone that route myself.

so that one song isn't really called "Boo If You Think It's Over", gotcha.

Kinda weird to catch up to some of these songs for the first time since I was six.

a few more

seals & crofts -- diamond girl
rupert holmes -- him
robbie dupree -- steal away
robert john -- sad eyes
randy vanwarmer -- just when i needed you most
mary mcgregor -- torn between two lovers
dr. hook -- sexy eyes
cliff richard -- we don't talk anymore

some of these are obvious. what i really crave are a few great songs of this era and genre that weren't released as singles. i want nu-soft rock, with that skeevy 70s vibe.

sick links bro

Daniel, Scott Seward posted a very special version of that Rupert Holmes song last year on this thread:

A thread for Rupert Holmes, the Pina Colada song dude

It's ... it says a lot.

Angry Eyes - Loggins and Messina
Al Stewart - "Time Passages"

Yes x10000 for those two classics.

Not sure if this fits because this is a legitimately great song, no camp value at all:

Murray Head--Say It Ain't So Joe. Yes, it is the One Night In Bangkok guy.

Here are two with plenty of camp value:

Maureen McGovern - The Morning After

And this is one is going hit your soft rock spot: The love theme from Same Time Next Year. Johnny Mathis and Jane Olivor - The Last Time I Felt Like This

Crank the Mathis song.

Daniel, Scott Seward posted a very special version of that Rupert Holmes song last year on this thread:

A thread for Rupert Holmes, the Pina Colada song dude

It's ... it says a lot.

― pplains, Monday, January 13, 2014

can't . . . stop . . . crying . . .

that maureen mcgovern song is great.

Trying to think of something a bit obscure (from 1970):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAdiSPcAVqQ

that maureen mcgovern song is great.

The Podeidon Adventure wouldn't be the same without it. The Johnny Mathis one is my favorite.

that bells song is 'saright.

anyone know an obscure song that has that chevy van vibe? now that's 70s skeevy soft-rock.

i think this counts, too: bob welch (with stevie nicks) -- ebony eyes

This one's from 1981, but I think this kind of genre really had no boundaries when it came to what decade it belonged to. (Rupert's "Escape" was the last U.S. No. 1 song of the 70s, after all.)

I would've posted the longer version because it has that scary fade-out, but man, an Australian band – complete with instrumentless lead singer singing back-up – playing on a German music show with a Confederate flag hanging on the wall was too much to pass up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbXqgtcrbyY

little river band had great vocal harmonies.

more

pilot -- magic
ace -- how long
melissa manchester -- midnight blue
leon russell -- lady blue
mac davis -- baby don't get hooked on me
david soul -- don't give up on us baby
leo sayer -- more than i can say
andy kim -- rock me gently
lobo -- i'd love you to want you
first class -- beach baby
blue swede -- never my love (borderline inclusion)

enough for tonight. reminiscing about music isn't such a bad mid-life crises, as such things go.

boz scaggs - what can i say? (the "other" single from silk degrees)

"Moonlight Feels Right" - Starbuck

This is really nice. Great synth lead through the verse. And the marimba (?) solo is fun. Vocals are a little sleazy, I can picture singing "me and moon are itchin' to play" while winking at the audience with an unsettling grin.

^I can picture **the vocalist**

rod stewart - tonight's the night

spread your wings and come inside this one, which will hook you from the paul mccartney & wings guitar chord that opens it and hold you through the cooing french spoken word that ends it, with a stop in the middle for some soft strings and silky saxophone.

also, the video is a pre-mtv lost treasure.

smooth as fuck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU2mfK-maSQ

I love Little River Band, Ambrosia, and Leo Sayer! Also this guy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fCzfO18Rh4

Just to throw out a few more:

Dave Mason - We Just Disagree
Dave Loggins - Please Come To Boston
Looking Glass - Brandy
Michael Murphy - Wildfire

It's almost an endless genre...

surely bread qualify for this love ?

picked up their catalogue last year and alongside, elo, moody blues, and 10cc, find their smooth aor country rock pop is joyous ear candy.

Al Stewart rules this genre, Time Passages as mentioned upthread is a good'un but Year of the Cat just edges it

This isn't soft-rock, but if we're mentioning Boz Scaggs in the same breath, we've got to include George Benson:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iey3CZFg-KE

This was playing in your dad's Cutlass as he was driving back from the apartment of that chick he met at the racquet club.

oh yeah. that song soundtracked a summer of mine as a young teenager, while i was desperately in love with a girl who wouldn't give me the time of day (no girl in her right-mind would've, but that's another story).