The '60s rule, of course, since no decade in Anglospheric popular music was richer or more creative. I say Anglospheric because great stuff came out of the U. K., Canada, and Australia. I don't know about New Zealand. But let's not ignore the cream of the '70s.
Jackson Browne, The Pretender. This great song goes out to Darci M who introduced me to Jackson Browne. Darci was Lithuanian. Her mother told her, "Never bring an Italian home." So I never did meet the old lady. I never met any anti-Italian prejudice on the West coast whence I hail; the East is a different story.
Running on Empty. A great road song. There's nothing like the open road of the American West.
Gerry Rafferty, Right Down the Line
Baker Street. This was a big hit in the summer of '78. This one goes out to Charaine H and our road trip that summer.
Dave Mason, Only You Know and I Know
All Along the Watchtower (2013)
Roy Buchanan, Sweet Dreams
Patsy Cline, Sweet Dreams (1963)
Orleans, Dance with Me
Abba, Fernando. I first heard this in Ben's Gasthaus, Zaehringen, Freiburg im Breisgau ,' 76-'77. This one goes out to Rudolf, Helmut, Martin, Hans, und Herrmann, working class Germans who loved to drink the Ami under the table.
A comment found on Fernando:
"This song reminds of my grandparents. They both fought in the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1920. They were separated in the conflict when the train they were on was blown up. My grandmother and grandfather happened to be on opposite ends of the train when the bomb went off. Each thought the other was dead. Two years later they walked past each other on a train platform. They were married for 75 years."
Posted by: Ingvar | Monday, May 08, 2023 at 06:58 PM