A favorite song from the year of your coach

What about Billy Joel's "The Stranger", funky yet still rockin'. How about The Kinks "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" or Rush's "Closer To The Heart". I
could go on and on about a lot of great music from the 70's regardless of if it was popular or not. It's hard to really pick from such a great musical
era. Coming from someone who shifted from rock to "thrash punk" in the 80's due to rock's "glam phase" or M-TV's demise of the "Radio Star". Music is
for the ears and not the eyes in my opinion. Tom Petty would have probably failed in todays music industry. Makes me wonder what we have missed from
artists who actually have musical talent and not an uncle in the industry or just a pretty face. If you can find the time watch the documentary "The
Day The Music Died" on Netflix and let me know what you think. Music should stay artful in an audible sense and not visually. I'm not trying to offend
anybody but todays music seems to lack creativity, collaboration and dynamics. If there's any suggestions on new music that's worth listening to it
would be refreshing. I prefer music with analog instrumentation but also try to keep an open mind to new musical styles and genres.
 
I was a kid in Houston, Texas at the time. My parents bought me a season
pass to Astroworld, versus day-care. I'd spend the entire day in the park,
and some evenings, I'd get to dance in the "disco" the Astroworld people
had made in the park for dancing. During the day it was all rollercoasters
and "skee ball" I won every prize astroworld had.

I rode the Texas Cyclone over 1000 times in 1977/78. :)

SONGS: Donna Summer (all of 'em) "I feel Love" was a favorite the park
ALWAYS played. (other disco artists,too)
Stevie Wonder had a good album then, too "Songs in the key of life?" I
think it was

I remember a lot of songs from then and I still listen to the "70s on 7"
sometimes on Sirius. :D lol

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Cousins had a 1977 'Eleganza' They were proud of it. :D

Sammy Williams

> What about Billy Joel's "The Stranger", funky yet still rockin'. How about
> The Kinks "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" or Rush's "Closer To The Heart". I
> could go on and on about a lot of great music from the 70's regardless of
> if it was popular or not. It's hard to really pick from such a great musical
> era. Coming from someone who shifted from rock to "thrash punk" in the
> 80's due to rock's "glam phase" or M-TV's demise of the "Radio Star". Music
> is
> for the ears and not the eyes in my opinion. Tom Petty would have probably
> failed in todays music industry. Makes me wonder what we have missed from
> artists who actually have musical talent and not an uncle in the industry
> or just a pretty face. If you can find the time watch the documentary "The
> Day The Music Died" on Netflix and let me know what you think. Music
> should stay artful in an audible sense and not visually. I'm not trying to
> offend
> anybody but todays music seems to lack creativity, collaboration and
> dynamics. If there's any suggestions on new music that's worth listening to
> it
> would be refreshing. I prefer music with analog instrumentation but also
> try to keep an open mind to new musical styles and genres.
>
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Most every thing country was good for me in that era unlike what country is today it no longer has any soul.
--
Roy Keen
Minden,NV
76 X Glenbrook
 
I was 14 in 1975 and it was a pivotal year for me. I took the buss from Tulsa to Norman, about two hours... to visit my big brother who was attending
The University of Oklahoma or OU as it's known. He and his dorm mates took me along to the theater to see the movie "Tommy". The show included some
beer and herb in the car before entering the theater, something I was not all that experienced with. I was about as 'out there' as I'd ever been...
and this movie, well, what can I say... it blew my mind ...and changed the course of my life forever.

I had been listening to The Who prior to the move experience, but upon returning home from that weekend I got every Who album available and listened
to them intently. The album "Who's Next" became the soundtrack to my life in 1975 and I've played it more than any album I own. It continues to be
in permanent rotation... https://youtu.be/pz6H8WAz7aA The song "Bargain" from the album Who's Next would be the song that stuck in my soul the
deepest... https://youtu.be/pz6H8WAz7aA?t=5m8s

My coach is from 75 and the original Tommy album is from 1969, though the movie and it's soundtrack which are different recordings than the 1969 album
debuted in 1975. Here is the full album... https://youtu.be/4AKbUm8GrbM My favorite song, was of course, Pinball Wizard. This TV performance of the
album version while obviously synced, is really cool. https://youtu.be/7n--XqizDjY Here is the version from the movie complete with Elton John taking
the lead vocal duties! https://youtu.be/DthtDjhqVOU

While there are other songs from 75 that I could point to as my favorites, but none of them could replace that movie experience and the song Pinball
Wizard! Now I'm hard at work becoming a GMC Wizard... don't hear no buzzers or bells!

--
David del Rio - 75 Avion - Raymond, CA
 
Jez!! I can not remember what I did last week and you want me to remember 1976.
--
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
 
> Music should stay artful in an audible sense and not visually. I'm not trying to offend anybody but todays music seems to lack creativity,
> collaboration and dynamics. If there's any suggestions on new music that's worth listening to it would be refreshing. I prefer music with analog
> instrumentation but also try to keep an open mind to new musical styles and genres.

Based on your statement above, have you listened to anything by Beck? He's been around since the early 90s, but "Morning Phase" won the Grammy for
album of the year in 2015. Was kind of an upset at the time, as he's more of an indie artist, and the Grammy's seem to have become more of a
popularity contest. IMO, it's musical enough to sit down and listen to, but still fun to fire up on a roadtrip or while working on your favorite car
or coach. I actually just got back last night from a GMC trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and gave it a couple listens on the way.

Unlike most modern artists, Beck writes his own songs, plays many different instruments, and composes and plays songs from nearly every genre... Rock,
pop, blues, country, funk, rap you name it...

Morning Phase is one of his more mellow albums if you like that sort of thing, but has some great performances...

I like "Blackbird Chain" quite a bit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEBTGup_n8s&index=9&list=PLaWnVjluziPSwUHEL0-M4WMPpoGOrN672

If my ears serve, I hear an acoustic, blues electric and lap steel guitars, a piano, glockenspiel, electric bass, drums, and a small string
ensemble... No small feat for what sounds to me to be a pop song. Beck's father is David Campbell the string composer/arranger. He contributed the
strings to this and several other of his son's albums, as well as a ton of other albums, movies, etc. I really like towards the end of the song where
the slide steel and string ensemble play off of one another. It's and an unusual pairing of sounds that I can't say I remember hearing very often,
but man, it works really well to my ears.

"Say Goodbye" is good too... Kind of a southern rock, bluegrassy kind of song... "Turn Away" has a sort of Simon and Garfunkel kind of sound... It's
one of the few albums I like listening to beginning to end.

Here's a link to the full album on youtube if you want to give a listen...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWnVjluziPSwUHEL0-M4WMPpoGOrN672

Oh, and to tie this back to the 70s theme of this thread, Beck's married to Marissa Ribisi... She played the redhead in "Dazed and Confused" that
Matthew McConaughey
ends up with ;)
--
Mark S. '73 Painted Desert,
Manny 1 Ton Front End,
Howell Injection,
Leigh Harrison 4bag and Rear Brakes,
Fort Worth, TX
 
I have this pinball machine.

Very simple, mechanical and fun!

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f8/86/5c/f8865c2a73d344720b6bfb1d8aa25e66.jpg

[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/f8/86/5c/f8865c2a73d344720b6bfb1d8aa25e66.jpg]

As far as The Who, Yes they are awesome. My fave Tommy songs are 'I'm free' and 'See me / feel me'. Wizzard has been played out of favor unfortunately

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From: Gmclist on behalf of Peer Oliver Schmidt GMC
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] A favorite song from the year of your coach

David
> Pinball Wizard

Makes me want to ignore the fact that my kids need a sleeping place, rip
out the bunk beds up front and replace with something like
http://pacificpinball.org/pinball-machines/fun-house :D

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Best regards

Peer Oliver Schmidt
PGP Key ID: 0x83E1C2EA

'76a Eleganza II, VA

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I'd never heard of him before, but that's nothing new as far as music goes now-a-days.
I listned to a few of his tunes from your link and like what I heard. Thanks for the heads up.
Hal

> > Music should stay artful in an audible sense and not visually. I'm not trying to offend anybody but todays music seems to lack creativity,
> > collaboration and dynamics. If there's any suggestions on new music that's worth listening to it would be refreshing. I prefer music with analog
> > instrumentation but also try to keep an open mind to new musical styles and genres.
>
>
> Based on your statement above, have you listened to anything by Beck? He's been around since the early 90s, but "Morning Phase" won the Grammy
> for album of the year in 2015. Was kind of an upset at the time, as he's more of an indie artist, and the Grammy's seem to have become more of a
> popularity contest. IMO, it's musical enough to sit down and listen to, but still fun to fire up on a roadtrip or while working on your favorite
> car or coach. I actually just got back last night from a GMC trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and gave it a couple listens on the way.
>
> Unlike most modern artists, Beck writes his own songs, plays many different instruments, and composes and plays songs from nearly every genre...
> Rock, pop, blues, country, funk, rap you name it...
>
> Morning Phase is one of his more mellow albums if you like that sort of thing, but has some great performances...
>
> I like "Blackbird Chain" quite a bit.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEBTGup_n8s&index=9&list=PLaWnVjluziPSwUHEL0-M4WMPpoGOrN672
>
> If my ears serve, I hear an acoustic, blues electric and lap steel guitars, a piano, glockenspiel, electric bass, drums, and a small string
> ensemble... No small feat for what sounds to me to be a pop song. Beck's father is David Campbell the string composer/arranger. He contributed
> the strings to this and several other of his son's albums, as well as a ton of other albums, movies, etc. I really like towards the end of the song
> where the slide steel and string ensemble play off of one another. It's and an unusual pairing of sounds that I can't say I remember hearing very
> often, but man, it works really well to my ears.
>
> "Say Goodbye" is good too... Kind of a southern rock, bluegrassy kind of song... "Turn Away" has a sort of Simon and Garfunkel kind of sound...
> It's one of the few albums I like listening to beginning to end.
>
> Here's a link to the full album on youtube if you want to give a listen...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaWnVjluziPSwUHEL0-M4WMPpoGOrN672
>
> Oh, and to tie this back to the 70s theme of this thread, Beck's married to Marissa Ribisi... She played the redhead in "Dazed and Confused" that
> Matthew McConaughey
> ends up with ;)

--
1977 Royale 101348,

1977 Royale 101586, Diesel powered,

1974 Eagle Bus 45',w/slideout
 
Even though it pre-dates my birth by 2 years, there are 3 songs from '76 that strike a chord for me:

Take the Money and Run -- Steve Miller Band
Bohemian Rhapsody -- Queen
December '63 (Oh What a Night) -- The Four Seasons

I love Steve Miller Band, have since high school. Bohemian Rhapsody, despite it's brutal use in a horrible movie, was absolutely groundbreaking and
thoroughly underappreciated until said movie brought about it's re-emergence, and I remember Oh What a Night from my dad, who loved what even in the
80s was on the "oldies" stations. This one seemed to be a staple of our road trips when I was a kid.
--
Thanks,
Jeremy Knezek
1976 Glenbrook
Birmingham, AL
 
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