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[boobs]

HELP ME OUT FOLKS ELO - Evil Woman America - Ventura Highway Steely Dan - My Old School that dude who sucks mostly but did "Night Moves" - "Night Moves" Edgar Winter - Free Ride Fleetwood Mac - You Make Lovin Fun I need some classics and lesser knowns in this vein. Plz to avoid things that you strongly dislike, even tho they were popular at the same time as these songs. I want quality, not some cheesy bucktown bar sing-a-long "pour some sugar on me" bullshit ALSO plz no: AC/DC (too 'hard'), Journey (good but i'm already aware thnx), Boston (ditto), Van Halen (too 80s), Styx (terrible), etc my favorite non-evil woman ELO songs are "So Fine" and "Showdown". Something like that would be acceptable as well. I'm thinking some Todd Rundgren?? i'm not v. familiar w his catalog and when i heard him previously it didnt click, but i'm open to try again. youtubes/zshare's welcome

[6ome 9irl]

Ha, I went through my 70's smoothies trip this spring. Carpenters- Masquerade

[championkid]

[Nick]

The Guess Who - "These Eyes", "Hand Me Down World", "No Time". You could just buy the greatest hits and blast that shit.

[yancy]

Deej, let's hang out at Schubas upstairs tonight. You'll get yr education on a solid gold platter.

[boobs]

that sounds amazing! what will the sets be like?? i'm hoping more glenn frey than '80s nite hits' right?

[54cermak]

I'm thinking some Todd Rundgren?? i'm not v. familiar w his catalog and when i heard him previously it didnt click, but i'm open to try again.

youtubes/zshare's welcome

Yes to the Todd Rundgren. Anything off Something/Anything or Runt will do: "Hello Its Me", "I Saw the Light", "We Gotta Get You A Woman"...so many fantastic songs.

"What A Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers was the soundtrack to one of my favorite drunken Xmas parties. AM Gold at its finest.

Really, you're not going to go wrong with anything by Steely Dan or Fleetwood Mac, so dig in.

"Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, great pop with harmonies.

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan. On the Fleetwood Mac tip.

A particular guilty pleasure of mine is "Lonesome Loser" by the Little River Band, sort of like a country-ish Journey. Though I must admit this will probably be an acquired taste.

I'm at work, so sorry no youtube or mp3 action.

[boobs]

what is solo lindsey buckingham like?

[54cermak]

what is solo lindsey buckingham like?

"Trouble" from his first solo album, Law and Order, though released in 1981, is very much in the AM 70s vein. Another favorite of mine. The rest of the album is a bit more quirky and 50s-influenced, though not bad.

2nd album, Go Insane, from 1984 sounds very much of its time. There are about 3-4 great tracks on there, but its much more new wave/synth-pop oriented.

He had a great song on the Back to The Future soundtrack called "Time Bomb Town" that sounds like a great lost Talking Heads song. Worth seeking out.

[yancy]

that sounds amazing! what will the sets be like?? i'm hoping more glenn frey than '80s nite hits' right?

Starts out '70s smooth on the "Magnet & Steel" tip, gets a little more '80s and upbeat as the night goes on. It's great pacing because by the time the beats kick in, white people are drunk enough to dance. At least that what I remember of it from last time.

[6ome 9irl]

Oh damn, I'd be there if tonight wasn't my bro's b-day bash. We so predicted this trend Deej.

[Sid Hartha]

This might be useful:

WLS surveys - 1960-1982

[FredFredburger]

This might be useful:

WLS surveys - 1960-1982

February 1975 ended well, check this out...

WLS
MUSICRADIO SURVEY

MARCH 1, 1975 VOL. 15, NO. 21

Survey courtesy Doug Scherer



LW TW
1 1 Black Water
3 2 Have You Never Been Mellow
2 3 Mandy
4 4 You're No Good
10 5 Roll On Down The Highway
5 6 Lady
11 7 Some Kind Of Wonderful
6 8 Best Of My Love
7 9 Doctor's Orders
8 10 Please Mr. Postman
13 11 My Eyes Adored You
17 12 Fire
18 13 Lonely People
12 14 Never Can Say Goodbye
9 15 Bungle In The Jungle

16 Pick Up The Pieces
17 Up In A Puff Of Smoke
16 Laughter In The Rain
15 Morning Side Of The Mountain
28 22 Emma
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Can't Get It Out Of My Head
Part Of The Plan
Kung Fu Fighting
When Will I See You Again
Cat's In The Cradle
I Can Help
Doobie Brothers
Olivia Newton-John
Barry Manilow
Linda Ronstadt
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Styx
Grand Funk
Eagles
Carol Douglas
Carpenters
Frankie Valli
Ohio Players
America
Gloria Gaynor
Jethro Tull

Average White Band
Polly Brown
Neil Sedaka
Donny & Marie Osmond
Hot Chocolate
Elton John
Electric Light Orchestra
Dan Fogelberg
Carl Douglas
Three Degrees
Harry Chapin
Billy Swan

MUSICRADIO LP'S & TAPES

1 1 Greatest Hits (13th Week No. 1)
2 2 Styx II
4 3 War Child
3 4 Not Fragile
-- 5 What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
8 6 Fire
5 7 Joy To The World
-- 8 Blood On The Tracks
7 9 Photographs And Memories
-- 10 Barry Manilow II

Elton John
Styx
Jethro Tull
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Doobie Brothers
Ohio Players
Three Dog Night
Bob Dylan
Jim Croce
Barry Manilow

The WLS Musicradio Surveys represent the station's estimate of current and potential music popularity as reflected in such measures as record sales, juke box play, audience Interviews, listener requests, and national charts. Last week's and this week's positions are listed under LW and TW respectively.


WLS 1975 index

[54cermak]

This might be useful:

WLS surveys - 1960-1982

Great resource. Almost forgot about Jefferson Starship's "Miracles"

[boobs]

im totally hitting this shit up

[elcorazon]

I'm thinking some Todd Rundgren?? i'm not v. familiar w his catalog and when i heard him previously it didnt click, but i'm open to try again.

youtubes/zshare's welcome

Yes to the Todd Rundgren. Anything off Something/Anything or Runt will do: "Hello Its Me", "I Saw the Light", "We Gotta Get You A Woman"...so many fantastic songs.

"What A Fool Believes" by the Doobie Brothers was the soundtrack to one of my favorite drunken Xmas parties. AM Gold at its finest.

Really, you're not going to go wrong with anything by Steely Dan or Fleetwood Mac, so dig in.

"Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils, great pop with harmonies.

"Magnet & Steel" by Walter Egan. On the Fleetwood Mac tip.

A particular guilty pleasure of mine is "Lonesome Loser" by the Little River Band, sort of like a country-ish Journey. Though I must admit this will probably be an acquired taste.

I'm at work, so sorry no youtube or mp3 action.

good post.

by the way deej, Bob Seger is the guy who did "Night Moves"

a few more off the top of my head:

Stuck in the Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
Lido Shuffle - Boz Skaggs
Different Drum - Stone Ponys (I think this was 60's but it's too great to leave out)
lots of great Carole King songs, mostly off of Tapestry

[feisty]

I think I would have done well in this decade. I give off a Diane Keaton vibe, they say. Is Joni Mitchell too hip? What about "Alone Again (Naturally)"?

[Sid Hartha]

Harry Nilsson - "Jump Into The Fire" George McCrae - "Rock your baby"

[HandBanana]

Oh man, its a shame you missed my massive 70s AM pop drop I did back in like April. Was liek 6 hours of this stuff I upped. Hmmmmm. Mayube its ttime for a re-up. If anyone expresses interest, I can be persuaded.

[54cermak]

Oh man, its a shame you missed my massive 70s AM pop drop I did back in like April.

Was liek 6 hours of this stuff I upped.

Hmmmmm. Mayube its ttime for a re-up.

If anyone expresses interest, I can be persuaded.

I love this stuff, so anything you got I'd be interested in.

Lots of stuff I have only on vinyl and never got around to finding digital copies.