Those 70's radio hits you never hear anymore.

[Drew68]

At one time they were hits. Now you never hear them. In an endless ocean of Stairway..., Free Bird, and More Than A Feeling, these tunes have fallen from playlists.

I'll start off with this gem. Is it rock? Is it disco? Is it funk? All I know is it has awesome harmony vocals and a great guitar/sax solo.



Remember these?







Whaddya got?

 

[magdream]

 

[chrisr777]

 

[tiktok]

Yeah, in the early 80's there was a consolidation of the "Classic Rock Canon" to about 400 tunes, and a bunch of stuff just dropped off the radar.

 

[Drew68]

Yeah, in the early 80's there was a consolidation of the "Classic Rock Canon" to about 400 tunes, and a bunch of stuff just dropped off the radar.

Today it seems to be about 40.

I'm 51 so I remember when the rock stations played all the songs above.

I set up a Jefferson Starship station on Pandora and thumbed up some of the older Marty Balin hits and all of the sudden, the station started playing all kinds of great 70s hits that I hadn't heard in years. Stuff like this:

 

[Bob Maximus]

omg I swore if I ever heard Love Is Alive again, I would have to break a radio somewhere. That guy was on every music show, and that song was on every station every couple of hours. He must have made several million $ on it alone.

Those Leo Sayer tracks were kind'a cool. "You make me feel like dancin" was one I thought they did well live.

 

[ToneDeVille]

apparently you guys never shop at Kroger

 

[Drew68]

Rockin' it here.

 

[Member 37136]

 

[Omega]

That "YEAHahhahhhh...." in the chorus totally makes the song. Great tune.

 

[CrankyDutchman]

Remember this song from the radio? Ewww was my GF's first reaction. Bet you haven't heard it since

 

[CrankyDutchman]

An updated version from about 1972

 

[CrankyDutchman]

One more from 1974...

 

[teleman55]

The thing I notice with those classic rock radio stations is, the big acts from that era that had multiple hits, they'll take 3-5 of them and just play them to death, ignoring all the others.

 

[Fantastic Cook]

I agree.

I love classic rock.

I hate classic rock radio.

Somebody needs to cover this song and bring it back.

 

[GulfportBound]

You don't really hear these, either . . .

 

[Fantastic Cook]

Or this one.

 

[SnidelyWhiplash]

Classic rock radio is an abomination. Has been for decades.

 

[MBreinin]

I heard this recently on Sirius, I had not heard it in at least 30 years. With Stevie Knicks backing him up:

 

[MBreinin]

How about this one?