25 Miles by Edwin Starr https://youtu.be/v6fTlPnR4g4?si=bgPvyDHEsvardhzY On the top 100 chart for 1969 at num 69, i can't think of a NICEr song to put on this list
Suggested by novahtalaura // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierPhaideaux Corner by Nucleus (from Allycat 1975) - an amazing jazz-funk-fuzion opening track from an album that I confess I only listened to on YouTube because of the bad-ass album art. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psa_waTFWvI&ab_channel=Hiawatha
Suggested by tanglemane // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierOhio by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Commemorates one of the most important events in American history, the massacre of antiwar students by the National Guard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9INnMMwvnk
Suggested by gunmaestro // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T292-Qg1Go Nazareth - Razamanaz | Just some good old scottish hard rock with some good sounds.
Suggested by rodsur // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrQ-bOzpkQ The 5th Dimension "Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In"
Suggested by daring_apprentice // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A19350JoiE8 Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations - A classic from 1969 that used to pop up on oldies radio when I was a kid that never failed to bring up my mood.
Suggested by owovergrowth // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierI based my latest D&D character on this Black Sabbath classic, “Tye Wizard”. Originally from 1970, but here’s a remaster with better quality. https://youtu.be/e8fxrX-YidM?si=69jSh967eEGO-A59
Suggested by singularity26 // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierThe Mamas & The Papas, California Dreamin'. Here's a deep nostalgia pick from 1965. My parent's played this all the time and it just has such a strong vibe to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU6uUEwZ8FM
Suggested by spacecarl // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierCan't Help Falling in Love by We Five. Rapid acoustic guitar with soaring 60s harmony vocals make this my favorite version of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdz4jqP8UWM
Suggested by underdogstory // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierKing Crimson - Epitaph [8:55]. So in my rapid research I noticed that In the Court of the Crimson King as early 70s and thus fits the time block for tonight. We've heard many a version of 21st Century Schizoid Man, but what about lovely ol' Epitaph? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5HgnKaVv1E
Suggested by rhynerd // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierAstronomy by Blue Oyster Cult (1974) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0t_wb0lUW0 Psychedelic lyrics and keyboard with rocking guitar feels quintessentially 70s to me.
Suggested by sleepyfelix // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierhttps://youtu.be/QewCxJydjAk?si=ehS3CrNK-x-Qo1gS 4:33 David Bowie Across the Universe - How bout David Bowie doing a Beatles cover?
Suggested by jibkat // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierThe Eagles "Journey of the Sorceror", apparently originally from 1975, squeaking in there. I choose this as it will always be the theme to the HichHikers Guide to the Galaxy TV series to me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP5eb848Kpc
Suggested by thadrin46 // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierFrankenstein- Edgar Winters Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8f-Qb-bwlU Can't mention 65-75 without bringing up the man who nearly single handedly inspired every Rock band to come after, including King Gizz
Suggested by browneepointz // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierBlack Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath https://youtu.be/XDmUd9Euaj8 this metal classic is a favorite of Mike Bray, a local radio dj in my town who passed a couple days ago. hell of a song
Suggested by cheeseball702 // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlier"You Set the Scene" by Love has some beautiful instrumentals, orchestral arrangements, and an absolutely lovely cadence you can easily sink into and enjoy. https://youtu.be/xyRrpmDQfUA?si=gix13JvqeSyHCIDy
Suggested by flamingspipernado // Play // Remove and add to played // Remove // Remove earlierLeonard Nimoy, The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuQbus0xfhk lrrBEEJ
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