Sucking in the 70s - Volume 2

It's a pretty commonplace notion that popular music has been targeted at teens ever since the 1950s. But when I listen to 70s pop, it's sometimes hard to believe that 12-16 year olds listened to this stuff. Then again, maybe the music explains why Gen X was so screwed up. Nah, it's best to blame that on the parents. :) Anyway, here's another 70s mixtape (you can find the first volume here).

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Rose Garden   Lynn Anderson

It Never Rains In Southern California   Albert Hammond

(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher   Rita Coolidge

My Baby Loves Lovin'   White Plains

Tell Her She's Lovely   El Chicano

I'd Love You to Want Me   Lobo

All By Myself   Eric Carmen

It's Too Late   Carole King

Tighter, Tighter   Alive 'N Kickin'

I'm On Fire   Dwight Twilley Band

I Wonder   Rodriguez

Right Back Where We Started From   Maxine Nightingale

Let Your Love Flow   Bellamy Brothers

Dreams   Fleetwood Mac

Love Hurts   Nazareth

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia   Vicki Lawrence

Low Rider   War

I saw the Light   Todd Rundgren

You've Got a Friend   Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Ooh La La   The Faces

Sucking in the 70s - Volume 2

It's a pretty commonplace notion that popular music has been targeted at teens ever since the 1950s. But when I listen to 70s pop, it's sometimes hard to believe that 12-16 year olds listened to this stuff. Then again, maybe the music explains why Gen X was so screwed up. Nah, it's best to blame that on the parents. :) Anyway, here's another 70s mixtape (you can find the first volume here).

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Rose Garden Lynn Anderson

It Never Rains In Southern California Albert Hammond

(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher Rita Coolidge

My Baby Loves Lovin' White Plains

Tell Her She's Lovely El Chicano

I'd Love You to Want Me Lobo

All By Myself Eric Carmen

It's Too Late Carole King

Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin'

I'm On Fire Dwight Twilley Band

I Wonder Rodriguez

Right Back Where We Started From Maxine Nightingale

Let Your Love Flow Bellamy Brothers

Dreams Fleetwood Mac

Love Hurts Nazareth

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia Vicki Lawrence

Low Rider War

I saw the Light Todd Rundgren

You've Got a Friend Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

Ooh La La The Faces

The Soul of Staton and Swann

I’m a little out of it tonight (okay, pretty much this whole) week, so I don’t really have too much interesting to say about the subjects of this week’s mixtapes – Candi Staton and Bettye Swann. Instead, I’ll just let everyone draw their own opinions on just how freaking awesome Candi Staton’s “To Hear You Say You’re Mine” or Bettye Swann’s take on “Little Things Mean a Lot” are. Oh, and if you like the comp and this is your first exposure to Staton and Swann, you should really get the compilations of Candi Staton and Bettye Swann put out by the Honest Jon’s record label in 2004.

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Here I Am Again Candi Staton
Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) Bettye Swann
I'm Lonely For You Bettye Swann
Before The Next Teardop Falls Candi Staton
Victim Of A Foolish Heart
Bettye Swann
I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Love) Candi Staton
Don't Take My Mind Bettye Swann
In Name Only Candi Staton
You Don't Have Far to Go Candi Staton
Today I Started Loving You Again Bettye Swann
He Called Me Baby Candi Staton
I Can't Let You Break My Heart Bettye Swann
Stand By Your Man Bettye Swann
Honest I Do Love You Candi Staton
Don't Wait Too Long Bettye Swann
Another Man's Woman, Another Woman's Man Candi Staton
You Gave Me Love Bettye Swann
You Don't Love Me No More Candi Staton
To Hear You Say You're Mine Candi Staton
Little Things Mean A Lot Bettye Swann

Jean Shepard - Honky Tonk Heroine

While Jean Shepard may not have had Patsy's voice or Loretta Lynn's scrappy persona and backstory, it's still a darn shame that she's not more well known (and on the jukebox in more hipster dive bars). In order to rectify that at least a little bit, I'm posting an 1995 out of print Jean Shepard cd put out by the Country Music Foundation. Enjoy some great country music.

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Twice the Lovin' (In Half the Time)

Crying Steel Guitar Waltz

A Dear John Letter

My Wedding Ring

Two Whoops and a Holler

Don't Fall in Love with a Married Man

A Satisfied Mind

Beautiful Lies

Sad Singin' and Slow Ridin'

Under Suspicion

I Want to Go Where No One Knows Me

The Other Woman

Act Like a Married Man

A Thief in the Night

He's My Baby

How Do I Tell It to a Child

Color Song (I Lost My Love)

The Root of all Evil (Is a Man)

Under Your Spell Again

One White Rose

I've Learned to Live With You (And Be Alone)

That's What Lonesome Is

Cigarettes and Coffee Blues

Second Fiddle (To an Old Guitar)

Powering Up With 90s Power Pop

I do love me some good power pop - especially on those sunny days when I'm waiting outside for the train after work with (almost) nary a care in my (semi) pretty little head. :) In that spirit, here's two mixtapes of 4 of my favorite power pop artists from the 90s (okay, I included some stuff from the late 80s - sue me): Tommy Keene, Material Issue, Kevin Salem, and Matthew Sweet.

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Very First Lie Material Issue

Wind and the Sun Matthew Sweet

If You're Getting Married Tonight Tommy Keene

Will Kevin Salem

Forever Gone Kevin Salem

Come To Love Matthew Sweet

Highwire Days Tommy Keene

Next Big Thing Material Issue

Kindness Kevin Salem

Thought I Knew You Matthew Sweet

Whole Lotta You Material Issue

Hey Man Tommy Keene

Love Is The Only Thing That Matters Tommy Keene

Diane [Acoustic] Material Issue

Remain Kevin Salem

Love Matthew Sweet

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Back To Zero Now Tommy Keene

Lighthouse Keeper Kevin Salem

Sick Of Myself Matthew Sweet

Crazy Material Issue

Bus Stop Material Issue

Magnetic Kevin Salem

Evangeline Matthew Sweet

Turning On Blue Tommy Keene

When I Get This Way (Over You) Material Issue

Nothing Can Change You Tommy Keene

Deep Dark Love Kevin Salem

Into Your Drug Matthew Sweet

Devil With The Green Eyes Matthew Sweet

Valerie Loves Me [Live] Material Issue

If We Run Away Tommy Keene

In A Whisper Kevin Salem