I've been really enjoying everyone's comments in the other threads I've started, lots of fun and very interesting comments and great feedback (even if my last one "stretching your memory" was a bit confusing, I should have explained better what I was asking in the first post. I think this should be much easier one to come up with an answer to:
What is the greatest (or your favorite) year in rock/pop music in your opinion, and why (if you can find an answer to that, sometimes it can be hard to quantify)
What were your favorites, or the best or most interesting (in your own opinion) 10 songs of that year to you (10 more or less, you can cheat and add more if you want)
If possible, make all the songs from the same year, but if they entered the chart before your favorite year began, it still counts. Likewise if it exited the chart after that year ended, it's OK too.
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I have to say, for me, that year would be 1971. I turned 14 late that year, and was totally enamored of top 40 radio, and I had my 6-Transistor Lloyd's TR-6L http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/lloyds_6_transistor_radio_tr_6l.html with me all the time. I went through tons of the old Ray-O-Vac 9v batteries (the red and black ones with a black cat on them, remember those?). I used to test those batteries with my tongue to see if they were dead or not
I also had some no-name cassette recorder that I used to record with a mic up to the radio speaker to save all my favorite songs to tape. The sound quality was atrocious, but I could hear my songs anywhere, anytime. I still have all those tapes today...I just keep them for old times sake, I don't plan to play them ever again except to hear the sound checks on them.
Anyway, I still wasn't too much into rock yet, although I liked Yes, the Who, Steppenwolf and the Rolling Stones by that time, I mostly leaned toward pure pop music. Therefore, my list of my favorite songs that year might not agree with what was considered "cool" but this is what I loved - and still listen to sometimes today. Not in any particular order, here is my top 10 from 1971:
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Sooner or Later - Grass Roots
Me and You and a dog named Boo - Lobo
Signs - 5 Man Electrical Band
Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots
I'll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Who's Next, still my favorite LP of all time)
You Are Everything - Stylistics
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
Of course, I could probably think of at least 40 or 50 more from that year that I love, so this list is very subjective. I just liked that I could turn on the radio and hear such a diverse array of music, even on Top 40, unlike today. I would listen to a station today if they played such a wide playlist, where I could hear Tony Orlando & Dawn one moment, then Deep Purple the next. As far as I know, such a station doesn't exist, although someone mentioned Hippie Radio in Nashville comes pretty close. Unfortunately, I can't pick them up here in LA on my car radio only livestream on the net.
I may add more to this list, after some careful consideration.
As always, thanks for your input, I really enjoy reading all your comments and thoughts! Seems a lot of people here think alike and enjoy the same music I do.
What is the greatest (or your favorite) year in rock/pop music in your opinion, and why (if you can find an answer to that, sometimes it can be hard to quantify)
What were your favorites, or the best or most interesting (in your own opinion) 10 songs of that year to you (10 more or less, you can cheat and add more if you want)
If possible, make all the songs from the same year, but if they entered the chart before your favorite year began, it still counts. Likewise if it exited the chart after that year ended, it's OK too.
____________________________________________________
I have to say, for me, that year would be 1971. I turned 14 late that year, and was totally enamored of top 40 radio, and I had my 6-Transistor Lloyd's TR-6L http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/lloyds_6_transistor_radio_tr_6l.html with me all the time. I went through tons of the old Ray-O-Vac 9v batteries (the red and black ones with a black cat on them, remember those?). I used to test those batteries with my tongue to see if they were dead or not
I also had some no-name cassette recorder that I used to record with a mic up to the radio speaker to save all my favorite songs to tape. The sound quality was atrocious, but I could hear my songs anywhere, anytime. I still have all those tapes today...I just keep them for old times sake, I don't plan to play them ever again except to hear the sound checks on them.Anyway, I still wasn't too much into rock yet, although I liked Yes, the Who, Steppenwolf and the Rolling Stones by that time, I mostly leaned toward pure pop music. Therefore, my list of my favorite songs that year might not agree with what was considered "cool" but this is what I loved - and still listen to sometimes today. Not in any particular order, here is my top 10 from 1971:
My Baby Loves Lovin' - White Plains
Sooner or Later - Grass Roots
Me and You and a dog named Boo - Lobo
Signs - 5 Man Electrical Band
Temptation Eyes - Grass Roots
I'll Meet You Halfway - Partridge Family
Sweet Mary - Wadsworth Mansion
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Who's Next, still my favorite LP of all time)
You Are Everything - Stylistics
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley
Of course, I could probably think of at least 40 or 50 more from that year that I love, so this list is very subjective. I just liked that I could turn on the radio and hear such a diverse array of music, even on Top 40, unlike today. I would listen to a station today if they played such a wide playlist, where I could hear Tony Orlando & Dawn one moment, then Deep Purple the next. As far as I know, such a station doesn't exist, although someone mentioned Hippie Radio in Nashville comes pretty close. Unfortunately, I can't pick them up here in LA on my car radio
only livestream on the net.I may add more to this list, after some careful consideration.
As always, thanks for your input, I really enjoy reading all your comments and thoughts! Seems a lot of people here think alike and enjoy the same music I do.
