How many of mom’s 45s have we heard so far? We still have quite a few ahead of us. As I think about these old somgs and sample them on YouTube, i can’t help but feel like I’m dong one of those informercials for a Time-Life CD collection of 1970’s hits. Those really were great songs and they really were great times. If you wanted to collect all of these amazing musical memories, you could expect to pay thousands of dollars but thanls to Time-Life, this whole collection can be yours for 4 easy monthly payments of #39.95!
Does every generation feel this way about the music of their youth? Twenty years from now will somebody be writing about how awesome Can’t Touch This was? Am I imagining it? Am I biased? It just seems that there was a very different quality to the music that came out of the late 60’s and early 70’s. I’m not saying it was all better. I think there has been really good music produced in every single year of my life. There just seems to be something distinct different about these 1970’s hits. Here’s another stack of 7 to think about.
The Guess Who – These Eyes
The Association – Cherish
Olivia Newton-John – I Honestly Love You
I can remember an evening when my mother was trying to transcribe the lyrics to this song. Today I’d just use Bing.com to find the lyrics but back in the 70’s we didn’t even have touch tone phones. Mom would play the record over and over writing down the words as she heard them. There was one area where it was a little obscure and we couldn’t quite make out what she was saying. “There you are with yours and here I am with mine. So I guess we’ll just be-????” What was that last bit? If my mother is reading this, according to numerous online lyrical databases, it goes like this.
If we both were born
In anoother place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we’ll just be leaving it at this
We weren’t even close.
Seals & Crofts – Diamond Girl
Chicago – Saturday In The Park
Jim Croce – Time In A Bottle
Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel