This is a blog about listening to music, to the world, to sounds, to noises, and just enjoying the joy that it brings!
The first mission of this blog is to serve as a place for my summer listening party. I want to make my way through Pitchfork’s Best of the 70’s music.
As the psychedelic 60s gave way to hippie backlash and high ambitions, one thing was clear: There was something damn funny about peace, love and understanding. Shaking off naturalism, daisy chains and acid tabs came easier than expected, and what resulted was a paradox of both striking diversity and remarkable coherence: From high-concept prog-nerds and high-octane guitar solo to high-heeled glam-rockers and high-ass punks, the 70s saw the rise and dominance of the album-as-unified-statement. Pitchfork now takes the opportunity to present this list of its favorite albums of that decade.
Of course, at the end of it all, the task of choosing just 100 records to represent the entire decade has meant that there was just not enough room for all of the wonderful (and arguably deserving) albums and bands we’d like to have listed.
Among the casualties this time out were: Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley, Patti Smith, Sticky Fingers , Ornette Coleman, Pere Ubu, Van Morrison, Black Sabbath, “Heroes” , Chic, Queen, Nina Simone, New York Dolls, The Jam, Frank Zappa, Transformer , Curtis Mayfield, The Police, The Damned, Aretha Franklin, Tonight’s the Night , The Kinks, Tom Waits, Elton John, Yes, Janis Joplin, Station to Station , Willie Nelson, Cheap Trick, AC/DC, Grateful Dead, Alice Coltrane, Paris 1919 , The Upsetters, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cecil Taylor, Amon Düül II, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway , Augustus Pablo, Human League, Chi-Lites, Captain Beefheart, No New York , Magazine, The Slits, The B-52’s, Durutti Column, Burning Spear, Tangerine Dream, Gene Clark, Françoise Hardy, Magma, Kimono My House , The Adverts, Manuel Göttsching and/or Ash Ra Tempel, Lee Hazlewood, and all of Brazil, including Caetano Veloso.
Please join me!
I will add members if they want to share in the fun!
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