Steely Dan – Rikki Don’t Lose That Number In the years after I began to collect Compact Discs, I would often try to acquire all thsese great songs from The Scratchy 45 Days and I would become an even bigger fan of these artists. Steely Dan is one of those where I liked the songs in 70’s but really liked the band in the 80’s and 90’s as I rediscovered them on this quest.
Seales & Crofts – Summer Breeze My favaorite S&C song. It has that 70’s flavor and the hope of summer.
Paul McCartney – Silly Love Songs I have recently acquired a large portion of the Beatles catalog but I still think that I like their post Beatles stuff better. I’ve got John Lennon CD’s, Paul McCartney CD’s, George Harrison CD’s and Caveman on VHS. Sorry Ringo.
The Association – Along Comes Mary Time is such an odd thing. At this time, I was 11, in grade school not too much focus on the future. In just 10 short years Mary would come along and a couple years after that we’d be married. 10 years seems very short to a man approaching 50 but when I was 11, 10 years was literally a lifetime.
Sugarloaf – Green Eyed Lady Is this another Mary forshadowing? My lovely bride is a Green Eyed Lady. Sugarloaf was also a Bubblegum in this era when it wasn’t marketing suicide to mention sugar. That stuff was gritty with the amount of sugar it contained but it was good. Don’t you miss those oldies like the original Bubble Yum and Bubbliscious?
The Carpenters – Superstar I know you are tired of hearing about Karen Carpenter but I think she is my faovorite femail vocalist or at least my most respected.
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody [Monstrosity] Like Steely Dan, this was my first exposure to Queen and our paths would cross numerous times until I got the Greates Hits on cassette from Columbia House. More on that later. Queen is one of those bands that I really feel that I missed out by not seeing them live when I could have.
Doesn’t this live performance give you the chills? Here’s the rest.