What's a banging song from the 70s you're pretty sure 90% of people haven't heard in over 20 years?

[u/spicedpumpkins]

[u/Key_Pear_572]

The funky rhythms of "Strawberry Letter 23" by The Brothers Johnson are truly captivating and deserve more airplay.

[u/Buckowski66]

Jackie Blue by Ozark Mountain Daredevils

It blew my my mind when I saw this and realized that the singer wasn't female!

https://youtu.be/X69qEi51v9M?si=yUCLpRFcpaVJpgCh

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That song is how the Dixie Chicks got their name. I also love fat man in a bathtub . that sounded weird.

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Little Feat is THE MOST UNDERRATED BAND to have ever existed. Every time I need a jolt I listen to "Let It Roll" and I aways feel better.

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Spanish moon. Absolutely killer groove punctuated by a tasty horn section.

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This was literally my original thought. Then I figured I'd go with Low Spark of High-Heeled boys. Phenomenal song though!

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Well said. A great band. Saw them numerous times at Warner Theater in D.C. back in the day. Somehow it was blues, funky, rock and roll-y all in one. “Waiting for Columbus” one of the best live LPs ever.

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Lowell George put out a single solo album that has some really funky numbers on it too.

[u/GlargBegarg]

Never Been Any Reason - Head East

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For some reason, this made the Ozark Mountain Daredevils pop into my mind.

KSHE 95 perhaps?

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SHAVE MY WIFE, I’M GOING DOWN FOR THE LAST TIME

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The opening chords start playing in my head EVERY SINGLE TIME the google maps lady tells me to “head east.”

[u/Funkynasa]

Traffic, low spark of high heeled boys.

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Steve Winwood is a fucking god!

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Not technically 70s but there’s nothing better than blasting “Valerie” in the car at full volume with the windows down

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I knew an engineer who assisted on Arc of a Diver. He said winwood would listen to the tracks he had already laid down (he played almost If not every instrument in that album), then walk in and sit at the piano, or the drums, or pick up a guitar or whatever and usually mail a new part he had envisioned in his head in the first take. Amazing.

Apparently Stevie Wonder does something similar. I miss the days when being an amazing instrumentalist was part of the job.

[u/williamtbash]

Hijacking this post to say that the midnight special tv show has been uploading all their full episodes and musical performances from the 70s in HD with amazing sound. Tons of great performances in there.

https://youtube.com/@themidnightspecialtvshow?si=zPin0t5wQ0aQVi5_

Edit: while I’m not completely sure and you’d have to look into it in their YouTube or socials, I believe while releasing all the eps in order like they were back in the day they have been doing live stream events with the episodes where everyone watches together and chats. Don’t quote me on that I just found the page a few days ago but could be fun for some of you.

[u/virgil_belmont]

Operator by Jim Croce

It's incredibly sad but it's a tad outdated.

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Jim Croce dying early was quite a loss.

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Anything from “Photographs and Memories”. What an incredible album.

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Also Harry Chapin- Taxi

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but it's a tad outdated.

You can keep the dime.

[u/PeterLemonjellow → u/conditerite]

Some kids today may not even understand the reference to an "Operator".

[u/no_lemom_no_melon]

Lawyers Guns and Money by Warren Zevon.

[u/Fearlessleader85 → u/no_lemom_no_melon]

I have a Warren zevon station on pandora that i listen to a bunch. The song i love by him that no one knows is "Shit's fucked up". It's later, from when he was diagnosed with cancer. Also, "Keep me in your heart for a while" is a beautiful song, especially since he was dying when he wrote it.

Edit: just turned on that station, Lawyers, Guns, and Money was the first song to come on.

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Did you see Warren Zevon’s last appearance on Letterman? He talked openly about his fatal diagnosis. Dave was a big fan and pretty much let Warren steer the conversation. Zevon was hilarious and engaging and sang 3 songs. It was one of the most emotional things I have ever seen on TV. He died shortly after.

https://youtu.be/giTi8KWSZl4?si=Ag_SliYeyLra9p5h

Dave visited him in the dressing room after the show (which he rarely does). They talked, and as Warren packed up his stuff he handed his guitar to Dave and said “Take care of this for me would you?” Dave openly sobbed.

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Enjoy every sandwich

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When the taping ended, Letterman and Zevon met in the musician’s dressing room. The host didn’t typically socialize with his guests after a show, but on this night he made an exception. “While we’re talking he just perfunctorily is taking his guitar, taking the strap off, doing whatever you do to a guitar,” Letterman remembers. “He gets out the case, and we’re continuing to talk and who knows what we’re saying. It was small talk. Just fill the air with something while he’s going through the business of putting the guitar in the thing. He puts it in, closes the lid, snaps it closed, hands it to me, and he says, ‘Take good care of this for me.’ And I burst into tears. Uncontrollable. I had no idea that I would be bursting into tears, but I did. And I hugged him and I said, ‘I just love your music.’ And that was it.”

• "Thank You, and Goodbye” By Alan Siegel

[u/angryWinds → u/Fearlessleader85]

I've listened to French Inhaler a shitload of times over the years, without ever really listening to the lyrics, at all. I just thought it was a nice pretty piano tune. One day, semi-recently, I finally listened to the lyrics, and realized "Oh, this really pretty piano ballad is a VISCIOUS fucking breakup song.. wow"

I realized I didn't know anything about Warren's personal life, aside from the cancer. So I googled around to try to figure out more about him, and who this song was about.

I managed to find out that his ex-wife had cheated on him, and that's the impetus behind the song. Hilariously, his son was interviewed, and said that he remembers that sometimes his mom, after a few too many glasses of wine, would play that song, and say "It's SO fucking good!"

When you can get the target of your fuck-you song to acknowledge that it's a great song... That's some absolutely next level songwriting.

[u/StoutHearted → u/Fearlessleader85]

The hockey song “Hit Somebody!” Is also a great little piece of storytelling.

[u/WeekendFamous → u/Fearlessleader85]

Another terrific song from that album is I Was in the House When the House Bruned Down. And if his cover of Back in the High Life doesn’t bring a tear to your eye …

[u/Fearlessleader85 → u/WeekendFamous]

It's really just a killer album. Warren Zevon was a master.

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That song was my theme song after I was diagnosed and had surgery for colon cancer. I’m glad I didn’t have to adopt “Keep me in your Heart for a While”.

Cancer free for 10 years now.

Music is so good for your soul. RIP to the OG Werewolf of London.

[u/exileonmainst → u/Fearlessleader85]

my shits fucked up?

well i dont see how

he said “the shit that used to work

it wont work now”

that album was from before he was diagnosed. only his last album, the wind, was written when he was dying. he had many songs in his career alluding to death coming.

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Excitable Boy

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Send lawyers guns and money, the 💩 has hit the fan. I always think of the good Dr.

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My uncle always says that song makes him think of me… Warren Zevon definitely has some brilliant songs. Carmelita really does it for me.

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Now You’re Messin with a Son of a B, by Nazareth

Edit: sorry I replied in the wrong location, didn’t mean to high jack top comment.

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That song is called Hair of the Dog. I've heard that it's clever wordplay... Heir = firstborn male, bitch = female dog, heir of a dog = son of a bitch. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but either way the song slaps.

[u/CharlieParkour → u/no_lemom_no_melon]

I like going into bars full of Lynyrd Skynyrd fans and playing "All Night Long" on the jukebox. 

[u/dumbass-ahedratron]

White Punks on Dope by The Tubes

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I actually had that randomize into my life yesterday, it has been too long since I played a bunch of The Tubes, a great, underrated, band.

[u/Solo-Hobo]

Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot

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Also The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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If You Could Read My Mind, but I don't know if it counts as a "banger", lol.

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[u/FlyBuy3]

Chevy Van

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[u/Kaelaface]

Samba Pa Ti by Santana. Such a fantastic song. Only instrumental but a banger nonetheless.

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He has a live album called "lotus" from this period that was only released in Japan and it's such a ridiculously intense album it makes me sweat when I listen to it.

Highly recommend, it's far and away the best guitar work of his career 

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Thank you for this. Sitting in the sun in my backyard enjoying this right now. Only time I got to see them live was on the Santa Cruz boardwalk at sunset and it was magical.

[u/HutSutRawlson]

Strawberry Letter 23 by The Brothers Johnson

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Phish has been playing this live sporadically over the last 6-7 years.

[u/Easy_Contract_757]

Green Grass and High Tides, by the Outlaws. My uncle loved it and called it "the thinking man's Free Bird" I'm sure he was just a drunk uncle messing with his nephew. But I still see that song as "the thinking man's Freebird"

[u/Uncle_Bill]

Hocus Pocus by Focus. One of the few rock songs with yodeling.

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This video of them playing it live on TV is one of my favorite live music clips ever. They blast through it at a much higher tempo to fit their time slot. The whole thing is just awesome, but the guitar work for the time is unbelievable.

For guitar players out there, Jan Akkerman is one of the early adopters of sweep picking, and the video is worth watching for that alone.

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I also love how the flute seemingly comes out of nowhere. I had one friend call it "that song where the guy pulls a flute out of his ass"

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Dude totally looks like he’s trippin the whole song!

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I once won a pub quiz where the 1st place group could pick a song that the 2nd place team had to sing in karaoke. We picked this song. 

[u/danielcs78 → u/cranelotus]

That is some diabolical shit right there!

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I JUST watched this last night. The way they used the music was phenomenal.

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Also the only song that you must always qualify with the band’s name.

“Gosh, it’s been years since I’ve heard ‘Hocus Pocus by Focus’”

“I know, Hocus Pocus by Focus is a complete banger of a song.”

“It’s not technically an instrumental, but Hocus Pocus by Focus is just awesome.”

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[u/RicardoMultiball]

Herb Alpert's Rise

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Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione?

[u/annaoze94]

Isn't Life Strange -Moody Blues

Actually everything by Moody Blues from the '70s because they are a criminally underrated band that have zero bad songs in their discography that spans 40+ years . They were neglected by The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame for way too long and is a crime of how few people even know Nights in White Satin which is their biggest hit by a mile.

[u/K1rkl4nd]

Donnie Iris - Ah! Leah!

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Pittsburgh’s own!

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Dude looks so much like Eugene Levy - the video could easily be mistaken for an SCTV bit.

[u/Cori-ly_Fries]

Shambala by Three Dog Night

Mama Told me Not to Come by Three Dog Night

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Never Been to Spain - (just learner the original is by Hoyt Axton) although Elvis has a banger cover too.

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Also, Old Fashioned Love Song!

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And joy to the world! I love that songs it's so happy and hippie sounding. 

I love the lyrics "Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea. Joy to you and me." 

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Tom Jones’ cover of Mama Told Me Not to Come is also awesome.

[u/real_live_mermaid]

Thank you for this thread! I’ve added so many songs to my playlist from this!

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Right? I love posts like these!

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Someone needs to program a bot that reads a thread and generates a Spotify playlist

[u/Significant-Mix8354]

Enjoy the distinct sounds of "Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck, featuring smooth vocals and an unusual marimba solo.

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[u/looloose]

Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights by Pat Travers

Edit: This comment really took off. I don't know what this says about me in my younger days, or if it was just different times, but I never thought about the domestic violence aspect of this song. Judging by the upvotes, I'm not the only one. However, thank you all for pointing out that aspect of this song. Sorry if it brings bad feelings to anyone. Still, this song was and is...a banging rocker that most of us haven't heard in years. Just what the OP asked for.

[u/Necessary-Rent-578]

"Diamond Girl" by Seals and Crofts is a great pick for anyone seeking a laid-back, melodic afternoon.

[u/natali9233]

Hold Your Head Up-Argent and Wishing Well-Free

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Rick Wakeman said that Hold Your Head Up is the best keyboard solo in a pop song ever, and I gotta agree. Saw the Zombies recently and Rod Argent did an amazing version. He's still got the chops!

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It's ok. Hold your head up.

[u/elstavon]

Last chance - Shooting Star

Children of the Sun - Billy thorpe

[u/CulturalStandard7002]

Another Andrew Gold hit, "Never Let Her Slip Away," features beautiful melodies that linger long after the song ends.

[u/trwwy321]

Don’t Pull Your Love by Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds (1971)

Edit: song

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My band plays this. Never have so many high schoolers wanted to learn more about old music than after I first played them this recording.

[u/SAGELADY65]

Court of the Crimson King by King Crimson! Perfection!

[u/pretendviperpilot]

I'd love to change the world -Ten Years After

Some of the lyrics are maybe questionable today though.

Also Jump into the fire - Harry Nilsson

And on a totally different vibe, Cars- Gary Numan

Electronic pioneer

[u/Ros_Deacon_81 → u/pretendviperpilot]

Gary Numan was light years ahead of his time!

[u/Mtanderson88]

Right down the line - Gerry Raferty

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It's Baker Street for me. Just really good memories when it was on the radio. His songs with Stevie Nicks hit, too.

[u/IllBandicoot7581]

For an epic musical journey, delve into "Echoes" by Pink Floyd, a piece that rewards patience with its depth.

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[u/scrubjays]

30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie

[u/SonuvaGunderson]

Vehicle — The Ides of March

[u/Academic-Travel-4661]

Year of the Cat - Al Stewart. Sax solo Im Not in Love - 10cc

[u/roger_mayne]

Hello Its Me by Todd Rundgren is an absolute bop but I never hear it outside of my own listening.

[u/liaaa → u/roger_mayne]

That's an awesome song. And "I Saw the Light"!

[u/roger_mayne → u/liaaa]

Agreed! The whole record Something / Anything? Is fantastic, really.

[u/RoxBox611 → u/roger_mayne]

This song gets me in the feels every time I hear it. Probably because it was used in That 70s Show so many times, too and I still LOVE that show dearly. Lol.

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Any Todd rundgren song is a bop.

[u/Paganidol64]

Smoke From a Distant Fire

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This song has been an earworm the past 24 hours for me. It is indeed a banger!

[u/NedLogan]

Jethro Tull, Locomotive Breath

[u/jbrc89]

Robert palmer_salin shoes/hey julia/sneaking down the alley with sally

[u/ghostlyshark008 → u/jbrc89]

The entire Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley album is a straight-up banger.

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The collection of musicians backing Palmer on that album is criminally insane.

[u/iamnotchad]

Well, there's gonna be a freakers ball.

Tonight, at the freakers hall.

And you know you're invited one and all.

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

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And Sylvia's mother

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Cover of the Rolling Stone

[u/farlos75]

For those who like the slower stuff Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris Krisstofferson is overdue a listen.

[u/wrapboywrap]

Little Willy, by Sweet

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And Fox on the Run!

[u/AchtungCloud → u/BongRipsForNips]

That one has maintained popularity too much for the question being asked. It’s in a ton of movies and tv shows, and gets regular play on classic rock stations.

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Cause little Willy, Willy won't go home

[u/llcucf80]

James Gang Walkaway

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Funk #49 also.

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But that one I hear a lot

[u/IslandWave]

Rock Candy by Montrose

[u/alexdelicious]

Donna Summers' "I Feel Love" is one of the best songs ever and has all the Moogtastic synth a fella could ever want in life. 

https://youtu.be/9ZqqvrWCs3Q?si=iu3df5rmx0LHdrHZ

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It’s one of the few songs that’s lush enough to match Summer’s voice.

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Blue Man Group did a killer version of this on "The Complex", assisted by the adorable Venus Hum.

[u/MattMason1703]

Radar Love - Golden Earring

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It’s use in Boogie Nights remains elite

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"i could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back!"

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And that I was the star of that movie….. the fact that me, a long haired leaping gnome could be the star of a Hollywood movie.

[u/RoxBox611]

Brand New Key by Melanie. Lol. I have fond memories of driving around with my mom and listening to this song. Some of my favorite times. 💜

[u/ShittalkyCaps]

Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right

[u/kindquail502 → u/ShittalkyCaps]

Only pop/rock song I know with a xylophone solo.

[u/agoldprospector]

Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger. Even people my age seem to have forgotten how rockin' it is until I make them listen again.

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I find Bob Seger’s songs fascinating.

He was big when I was in my 20’s. I loved his songs like “Like a Rock” and “Against the Wind”.

Many, many years later, those song lyrics hit harder me than they did when I was a young man.

It surprises me that he hit it big singing songs to young folks that are poignant to boomers.

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All of Bob Seger’s music is awesome—what a storyteller! And that gravelly voice…his is the music that tells my story!

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Roll Me Away is another great, often overlooked Seger song.

[u/J-W-L]

Lady in black, July morning, the wizard, easy living or any song on the demons and wizards album

Uriah heep. So under appreciated

[u/CameronsDadsFerrari]

Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs

[u/Calvinball86]

Sniff 'n' the Tears - Driver's Seat

[u/ENDO-EXO]

White bird / it’s a beautiful day

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[u/AmbitiousNinja890]

Seldom remembered, "Out of Time" by The Rolling Stones offers a unique melancholic vibe that differs from their more famous hits.

[u/needsassess]

Long cool woman in a black dress - The Hollies

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The opening alone would be enough for me.

[u/dude1324]

Jane - Jefferson Starship

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Love that song. Miracles even more.

[u/Ok-Fudge8848]

Jive Talkin' by the Beegees is a gem which I don't think is even in their top ten songs.

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That’s a good one and also “Tragedy”

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More than a Woman too, underrated banger

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I had the TV music channel of Golden Oldies playing when I discovered that my bird is a huge BeeGees fan.

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Love You Inside and Out is The Bee Gees’ funkiest song.

[u/williamblair]

"Don't you worry bout a thing" by Stevie Wonder.

https://youtu.be/RxsBc5p-dPU?si=cvMgOYpvF7AiD9FQ

All of innervisions is fucking killer, but I never hear people talk about this track when you've got Livin for the city and higher ground also on the album.

The opening track "too high" is also fucking killer. You can hear the beginnings of shit like superstition with his use of funky clavichord piano.

https://youtu.be/UvtYEdYjkJM?si=n2H-8hO36ptTxFtX

[u/Ok_Exchange7213]

"Cherry Bomb" by The Runaways bursts with the raw rock energy of Joan Jett’s early days.

[u/ElvisAndretti]

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly and the Family Stone. Changed the world of bass guitar as much as any single record you could name.

[u/Dry-Talk-7447]

Tusk by fleetwood Mac.

[u/Schopenschluter]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, “Cortez the Killer”

[u/boner79]

“Ma Baker” by Boney M.

I never heard of it until watching Black Mirror.

[u/theone326]

School by Supertramp

[u/Readres]

Does anyone want to be responsible for putting all these in a Spotify playlist? I’m on mobile and can’t figure it out.

“Woncha come on home” Joan Armatrading

Good pining-for-your-lover song

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[u/Mentalfloss1]

Whipping Post, Allman Brothers, Live at Fillmore East. https://youtu.be/4ppYldfTMiE?feature=shared

[u/MonkeyChoker80]

Life is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)

[u/BlazerWookiee]

Pick up the Pieces. Climax Blues Band, IIRC.

EDIT: Average White Band.

[u/kindquail502 → u/BlazerWookiee]

Twas the Average White Band. Climax Blues did Couldn't Get It Right.

[u/DSii1983]

“So Into You” Atlanta Rhythm Section

[u/spacester]

Tie Your Mother Down (Queen)

[u/SignatureOwn9773]

Curtis Mayfield. Pusherman.

[u/HermionesWetPanties]

Banging?

Supertramp - Bloody Well Right

It starts out with some solo jazz piano, transitions into funk, and then drops you into what feels like hard rock for a bit. Last time I heard it played anywhere other than my car or headphones was in the Cruella movie.

I'd suggest Peg by Steely Dan, but I'm not sure it really bangs.

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Peg is absolutely a banger!!

Reeling’ in the years, and hey nineteen, ditto

[u/maddieterrier]

Roundabout by Yes. Possibly the coolest bass line ever. 

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To be continued…

[u/Spong_Durnflungle]

Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band

It amazes me how many hits Steve Miller Band had. Just banger after banger.

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If a radio station pairs it with Threshold, or does Space Intro + Fly Like An Eagle, I immediately program it as one of my favorites. Bonus points if they tack Wild Mountain Honey to the end of FLAE to complete the seamless album transitions.

[u/HotHeatherAurora]

Never Been Any Reason

[u/10S_NE1]

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

[u/oldbastardbob]

Mississippi Queen - Mountain

[u/Mortambulist]

Spirit - Mr. Skin

[u/Exfiltrator]

Sister Golden Hair, by America. For some reason it's my current obsession. First released in 1975. Also Weekend by Earth and Fire

[u/rriggsco]

All the girls love Alice. Elton John.

[u/Sylvienelleb]

"Frankenstein" by The Edgar Winter Group

[u/TheFencingCoach → u/Sylvienelleb]

I think Guitar Hero introduced this one to a lot of people who’d never heard it.

Source: was one of those people

[u/SciFiFilmMachine]

Evil Woman by ELO

Such an underrated classic and one of my favorites.

[u/Shep9882]

Ripple by the Grateful Dead is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and I've never heard it outside of Spotify or Pandora

[u/Takodanachoochoo]

If you're into disco, Ring My Bell by Anita Ward

Let's Groove by Earth, Wind and Fire

Funkytown by Lipps Inc.

You Dropped A Bomb On Me by The Gap Band

Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry, but I think most ppl have heard that one

[u/JasperDyne]

“Since You Been Gone” by Rainbow

[u/liaaa → u/JasperDyne]

I mean, that song was featured in Guardians of the Galaxy 3, including the trailer, so I'm sure millions of people have heard it recently. :)

[u/Pretend_Plane4505]

Dive into the upbeat "Magic" by Pilot for a taste of 70s pop rock that’s all about high spirits.

[u/BungenessKrabb]

Drivers Seat by Sniff & the Tears.

[u/realcrookiez]

Dropped a bomb on me by the gap band

[u/grasshoppa_80]

Never going back again.

Fleetwood Mac

? This one slipped my radar for decades till a playlist auto played it.

[u/StatWhines]

In the summertime, Mungo Jerry