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Reliving
The Music Of The Seventies
by Wendy Yeager
We all associate songs and music with events in
our life. Many songs hold special memories for us.
We fondly remember the songs that were playing when
we went to our first dance, the songs the school
band attempted to play during half time at the high
school football games, the songs that we heard on
our first date, or the songs we heard on the radio
while driving our first car.
The music of the 1970’s is probably the most
impressive and most recognized of any era. The artists
of the 1970’s provided us with numerous songs
we loved to dance to and sing along with. At that
time most bands actually played their own instruments
and didn’t need to sequence part of it.
Remember how we used to listen to the music then?
At first we had eight track players in our cars,
then we moved upward to cassette players. Vinyl
records were the most popular way to listen to our
favorite music. Every week you could go to your
local variety or record store and pick up the new
#1 song on a 45 record for under .00. Of course,
there was always the radio to listen to - most of
the popular channels were on am radio. We had many
styles of music to listen to, including the bubble
gum music of David Cassidy and the Partridge Family,
soft rock of Barry Manilow, the great dance tunes
of the Bee Gees and the Commodores, rock of Aerosmith
and Led Zeppelin, the brass band sounds of Chicago,
or the disco beat of Chic and Donna Summers.
The nostalgia of the 1970’s music lives on
today. We can listen to it on our local 70's’radio
station, on cds, on mp3, download it on our computer,
and burn it onto cds. For those of us who prefer
records, we can still purchase them at record stores,
antique or second hand stores, or yard sales. Of
course, many of us have held on to our own record
collections and record players and can pull them
out at any time when we need to relive those nostalgic
days of the 1970’s. Some bands are still performing
after more than 30 years. There’s nothing like
seeing your favorite 1970’s performers live
in concert!
The music of the 1970’s is still popular with
people of all ages – not just those who grew
up with it. It never grows old. It only gets better
with each passing decade.
Published by: Wendy Yeager
http://www.wenmarcorp.com/music
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Published by: Wendy Yeager
http://www.wenmarcorp.com/music
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