Another year of this #x-daysofmusic challenge set up by @backinblackdevil.
Finally getting to stuff I remember from the time. To whit:
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
I probably don't remember this song from 1973 but as a child I desperately needed to own a copy of the album. Still one of my favourite Bowie albums, although the live versions on Ziggy Stardust The Motion Picture are mostly better.
E.L.O. - Roll Over Beethoven
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
I have the groovy 12" baseball picture-disc of this. Definitely not from 1973. Stands the test of time, even at 14 minutes!
Grateful Dead - Stella Blue
A delicate little number from a fine album marking their return from Americana to psychedelia. One thing you could say for the studio versions - the vocals are vastly better than any concert recording. Lousy singers, the lot of them.
E.L.P. - Karn Evil 9: 3rd Impression
An HR Geiger cover and a totally mixed bag of songs. Prog rock self-indulgence at it's best!
Nazareth - This Flight Tonight
This is possibly Nazareth's best album, and the single a big hit. When I got a job and moved to London, I walked home each day through Notting Hill and always stopped at at least one of the three branches of Record and Tape Exchange. I bought the entire Nazareth back-catalogue on 2nd-hand vinyl very quickly. Still got 'em. Weirdly, I've not seen the band in concert and with Dan McCaffrey's retirement, I don't think I want to.
Queen - Liar
I don't remember early Queen, but of course 'Bohemian Rhapsody' had a massive impact on anyone watching Top of The Pops in 1975. The first album is a corker, and the pre-Queen Smile material is worth a listen as well, as there's not many songs out there about polar bears.
All the above videos are taken from YouTube, mostly courtesy of people who don't hold the rights.
The rules are to be interpreted as you like really, but are something like this:
Pick years from when you were born to now. It really doesn't have to be all of them
Feature some songs from one of those years in a post with some details about why you like them. You can write something about the year in general too.
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Is it just me who doesn't like Mike Garson's solos on Bowie songs? I saw them play together a few times and it just didn't do it for me.
ELO on the other hand always hit the right note.
I think I decided some time ago that I never needed to hear Freebird again :)
I have a lot of catching up to do with Grateful Dead. Can't say this one particularly grabs me.
I like a lot of ELP, but don't know this one. They could be really self-indulgent at times.
Nazareth are another I don't know much of, but I've heard this before. It builds nicely.
Early Queen is great and a lot of it is not heard as much as the later hits. They were quite prog back then. Have you seen the Freddie movie? I've heard people say they enjoyed it.
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I agree on Garson when he solos on later songs, but for the early albums I think he fitted quite well, or I'm just acclimatised.
Where to start with the Grateful Dead? 'Blues for Allah' is due in three years - might be your cup of tea as there's some unusual time signatures. Or the lush backings of 'Terrapin Station' maybe. Then there's the rock phase of the early 80's and 'In The Dark'.
Am avoiding the Freddie movie, after seeing the clip set in the 70's where he's got the 80's moustache going. That sort of anachronism would wind me up :)
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