It's Monday and it's time for music!
Today I am joining up with other Music Moves Me bloggers, a group of music loving bloggers who blog about music each Sunday or Monday (or even later in the week). If you have music to share with us, you are most welcome to join! (Music Posts Only-meaning at least one music video, please! Otherwise, your post may be labeled "No Music".) Our head host is Xmas Dolly, and our co-hosts are Cathy from Curious as a Cathy, joined by the knowledgeable Stacy of Stacy Uncorked and, last but not least, me.
Every other week, we have a theme. On alternate weeks, we can blog on any music theme we want. This week's theme is "You Pick"
Recently, I was invited to a kind-of college reunion (I'll be blogging more about that in the near future) and it made me think of some music from my college days.
But before I begin, two notes.
1. Here's a note about an important moment in music, which happened about three miles from where I went to college. It deserves its own post so I won't discuss it here. The date: when I was still in college. The place 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, in the Bronx. The genre: hip-hop. (I did blog about it once, back in 2016, but I saw that the two videos I posted then were taken down by You Tube. So I would need to rework the post.)
But, this post is about the music I, personally, liked in my college years.
2. Tomorrow, I will have a tribute to Greg Kihn (Jeopardy, The Breakup Song) a musician, horror novelist, and frontman of the Greg Kihn Band, who passed away last Tuesday at the age of 75 from Alzheimer's disease.
So, without further commentary, let's get to the music.
1970
The Carpenters and "We've Only Just Begun"
1971
1972
Don McLean and American Pie, a mega hit that is still beloved by millions.
America and A Horse with No Name, a song that launched a thousand memes.
1973
Elton John's Crocodile Rock.
Tony Orlando and Dawn with Tie a Yellow Ribbon round the Ole Oak Tree, a song that took the symbolism of the yellow ribbon into a national source of support later during the 444 days of captivity of the American hostages in Iran.
1974
Let's end with an instrumental (well, almost a complete instrumental): T.S.O.P (The Sound of Philadelphia) -MFSB and the Three Degrees.
And that's a wrap!
Join me again next week for another episode of Music Moves Me.
We are of the same generation, Alana and these songs brought back a lot of memories. Thank you for the nostalgic concert! Fun fact: when my husband was younger, he looked just like Tony Orlando. ☺ (Also Sonny Bono, some said.)
ReplyDeleteI remember most of those, which makes a change!
ReplyDeleteGreat music you've got me dancing round the kitchen ....have a great week 💜
ReplyDelete...a great playlist.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful oldies from my tween and early teen years. Music from yesterday just never seems to go out of still in my opinion. Have a boogietastic week, Alana!
ReplyDeleteYou were in college the same years as I aws in high school, so I remember all of these well. "TSOP" was also the theme for the TV show "Soul Train."
ReplyDeleteVery nice songs. Love Joy to the World
ReplyDeleteWow. Brought back high school!
ReplyDeleteThose songs are from my tween and early teen years. Love them all.
ReplyDeleteThose are all very good songs. I remember hearing all of those growing up.
ReplyDeleteWOW, love these choices. We've Only Just Begun...so sad that we lost her so early. In California, we visited her grave near where we lived.
ReplyDeleteElton John, the singer and piano player 'steals the show' with his Crocodile Rock'.
ReplyDeleteI like the heavy instrumental rhytm in the last piece of the post : MFSB love is the message.