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Post a song all romantic and wistful from the 1970s.

Try to keep it on theme this time....

I'll post a few to get this show on the road.

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by Anonymousreply 301February 2, 2023 9:42 AM
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by Anonymousreply 1January 25, 2023 10:27 PM
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by Anonymousreply 2January 25, 2023 10:27 PM
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by Anonymousreply 3January 25, 2023 10:29 PM
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by Anonymousreply 4January 25, 2023 10:30 PM

Please post the name of the song.

by Anonymousreply 5January 25, 2023 10:30 PM
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by Anonymousreply 6January 25, 2023 10:31 PM
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by Anonymousreply 7January 25, 2023 10:32 PM

R1, I LOVED that whole album.

by Anonymousreply 8January 25, 2023 10:32 PM
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by Anonymousreply 9January 25, 2023 10:33 PM
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by Anonymousreply 10January 25, 2023 10:34 PM

Sara Smile

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by Anonymousreply 11January 25, 2023 10:35 PM

[quote][R1], I LOVED that whole album.

Me too.

This song's my fave and fits this thread.

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by Anonymousreply 12January 25, 2023 10:37 PM
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by Anonymousreply 13January 25, 2023 10:37 PM

(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away

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by Anonymousreply 14January 25, 2023 10:41 PM

How deep is your love. This song makes my heart melt.

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by Anonymousreply 15January 25, 2023 10:42 PM
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by Anonymousreply 16January 25, 2023 10:47 PM
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by Anonymousreply 17January 25, 2023 10:47 PM

Into the Night

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by Anonymousreply 18January 25, 2023 10:52 PM

Nick Drake was a romantic and wistful as it gets.

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by Anonymousreply 19January 25, 2023 10:52 PM

One of my favorites...

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by Anonymousreply 20January 25, 2023 10:53 PM
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by Anonymousreply 21January 25, 2023 10:53 PM

God, I love this thread. All the adolescent feels.

by Anonymousreply 22January 25, 2023 10:53 PM

[quote]Nick Drake was a romantic and wistful as it gets.

Agreed 100%

My personal fave.

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by Anonymousreply 23January 25, 2023 10:54 PM

Linda Ronstadt - Hasten down the Wind

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by Anonymousreply 24January 25, 2023 10:55 PM
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by Anonymousreply 25January 25, 2023 10:56 PM

R18, OMG. The cheesy feathered hair. I’m in love.

by Anonymousreply 26January 25, 2023 10:56 PM

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

If you could read my mind, love

What a tale my thoughts could tell

Just like an old time movie

'Bout a ghost from a wishing well

In a castle dark or a fortress strong

With chains upon my feet

You know that ghost is me

And I will never be set free

As long as I am a ghost, you can't see

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by Anonymousreply 27January 25, 2023 10:57 PM

Dolly

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by Anonymousreply 28January 25, 2023 10:58 PM
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by Anonymousreply 29January 25, 2023 10:58 PM

Lonely Nights (Angel Face)

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by Anonymousreply 30January 25, 2023 11:00 PM

"Tenderness on the Block" - Warren Zevon

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by Anonymousreply 31January 25, 2023 11:02 PM

Great one, R20.

by Anonymousreply 32January 25, 2023 11:03 PM

A Case of You

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by Anonymousreply 33January 25, 2023 11:05 PM

"Come in from the Rain" - Melissa Manchester

Please include title and artist. Many of us don't use Link Previews.

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by Anonymousreply 34January 25, 2023 11:09 PM

[quote]Many of us don't use Link Previews.

Why?

by Anonymousreply 35January 25, 2023 11:10 PM

Al Green's cover of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"

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by Anonymousreply 36January 25, 2023 11:13 PM

"The Kiss" by Judee Sill

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by Anonymousreply 37January 25, 2023 11:14 PM

Carole King - So Far Away

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by Anonymousreply 38January 25, 2023 11:16 PM

r35 Started out two or three years ago because I didn't want to look at Trump one more time (some of you were relentless). Works for other Republicans, and for Britney and Madonna as well. Now I keep it off most of the time. Threads like this, with mostly you tube posts, are really the only time I turn it on.

It's especially useful on the phone.

by Anonymousreply 39January 25, 2023 11:16 PM

My Melody of Love - Bobby Vinton

"Moja droga jacie kocham

Means that I love you so

Moja droga jacie kocham

More than you'll ever know"

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by Anonymousreply 40January 25, 2023 11:26 PM

"Better Days" - Melissa Manchester

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by Anonymousreply 41January 25, 2023 11:31 PM

"The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies

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by Anonymousreply 42January 25, 2023 11:36 PM

Brilliant harmonies, on-key falsetto, irresistible pseudo-disco ballad. An underrated gem and one of my favorites from these fellas.

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by Anonymousreply 43January 25, 2023 11:53 PM
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by Anonymousreply 44January 25, 2023 11:56 PM

Gerry Rafferty

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by Anonymousreply 45January 26, 2023 12:18 AM

Cat

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by Anonymousreply 46January 26, 2023 12:20 AM

Kate

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by Anonymousreply 47January 26, 2023 12:21 AM

I’m not in love ~ 10 cc

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by Anonymousreply 48January 26, 2023 12:24 AM
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by Anonymousreply 49January 26, 2023 12:25 AM

Aztec Two-Step

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by Anonymousreply 50January 26, 2023 12:25 AM

This Time I'll Be Sweeter- Martha Reeves

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by Anonymousreply 51January 26, 2023 12:30 AM

All by myself ~ Eric Carmen

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by Anonymousreply 52January 26, 2023 12:32 AM
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by Anonymousreply 53January 26, 2023 12:35 AM

Emotion ~ Samantha Sang

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by Anonymousreply 54January 26, 2023 12:35 AM

"Kiss and Say Goodbye" - the Manhattans

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by Anonymousreply 55January 26, 2023 3:06 AM

Another great one from Chicago

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by Anonymousreply 56January 26, 2023 3:17 AM

Frampton

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by Anonymousreply 57January 26, 2023 3:30 AM

R13, thank you for that one! I'd forgotten about it and it makes me so happy to hear it again.

by Anonymousreply 58January 26, 2023 3:48 AM

Annie’s Song by John Denver.

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by Anonymousreply 59January 26, 2023 5:25 AM
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by Anonymousreply 60January 26, 2023 9:00 AM

Betcha by Golly, Wow

the Stylistics

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by Anonymousreply 61January 26, 2023 9:14 AM

I've always loved this montage from Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides

Hello It's Me, Todd Rundgren; Alone Again, Naturally, Gilbert O'Sullivan; Run to Me, Bee Gees; So Far Away, Carole King

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by Anonymousreply 62January 26, 2023 9:23 AM

Rainy Night in Georgia

Brook Benton

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by Anonymousreply 63January 26, 2023 9:32 AM

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

Roberta Flack

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by Anonymousreply 64January 26, 2023 9:35 AM

If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot

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by Anonymousreply 65January 26, 2023 9:37 AM

We've Only Just Begun

The Carpenters

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by Anonymousreply 66January 26, 2023 9:39 AM

We've had that, R65.

by Anonymousreply 67January 26, 2023 9:40 AM

Blue Bayou

Linda Ronstadt

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by Anonymousreply 68January 26, 2023 9:41 AM

Golden Ring

George Jones and Tammy Wynette

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by Anonymousreply 69January 26, 2023 9:43 AM

City of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie

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by Anonymousreply 70January 26, 2023 9:46 AM

I'll have to say I love you in a song

Jim Croce

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by Anonymousreply 71January 26, 2023 9:48 AM

[quote][R13], thank you for that one! I'd forgotten about it and it makes me so happy to hear it again.

It's so good isn't it.

If you remember that, you'll remember this - out at the same time.

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by Anonymousreply 72January 26, 2023 9:50 AM

Carolina In My Mind

James Taylor

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by Anonymousreply 73January 26, 2023 9:53 AM

I LURVE DL music threads. I haven't heard of half of these. Glad I joined Prime.

by Anonymousreply 74January 26, 2023 9:55 AM

Try to Remember/The Way We Were

Gladys Knight, live in Chile 1979

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by Anonymousreply 75January 26, 2023 9:56 AM

One Less Bell to Answer- The Fifth Dimension

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by Anonymousreply 76January 26, 2023 10:13 AM

And the original The Way We Were-Barbra Streisand

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by Anonymousreply 77January 26, 2023 10:15 AM

"At Seventeen" by Janis Ian

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by Anonymousreply 78January 26, 2023 10:22 AM

Fooled Around & Fell In Love

Elvin Bishop

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by Anonymousreply 79January 26, 2023 10:29 AM

I had no idea that OP's song was a collaboration with a Beach Boy,- I had forgotten what a gorgeous song that was.

by Anonymousreply 80January 26, 2023 10:30 AM

Baby Come Back

Player

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by Anonymousreply 81January 26, 2023 10:32 AM
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by Anonymousreply 82January 26, 2023 10:35 AM

Landslide

Fleetwood Mac

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by Anonymousreply 83January 26, 2023 10:36 AM

Magnet and Steel, Walter Egan

This scene is from Boogie Nights

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by Anonymousreply 84January 26, 2023 10:42 AM

"I'm Not In Love" at r48 is a brilliant piece of pop music.

Denial, dishonesty, false bravado, spooky arrangement...

by Anonymousreply 85January 26, 2023 10:49 AM

Hypnotized by early Fleetwood Mac

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by Anonymousreply 86January 26, 2023 10:53 AM

Peaceful Easy Feeling

Eagles

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by Anonymousreply 87January 26, 2023 10:54 AM

Well, you can just sit back and watch this 30 minute commercial from Time Life's "Greatest Love Songs of the 70s" hosted by Tony Orlando!

And yes, the Tony is the pic below...

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by Anonymousreply 88January 26, 2023 10:56 AM

Make It With You

Bread

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by Anonymousreply 89January 26, 2023 10:58 AM

Longer

Dan Fogelberg

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by Anonymousreply 90January 26, 2023 11:01 AM

[quote]"I'm Not In Love" at [R48] is a brilliant piece of pop music. Denial, dishonesty, false bravado, spooky arrangement...

This might interest you R85

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by Anonymousreply 91January 26, 2023 11:01 AM

One always remembers their first eargasm.

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by Anonymousreply 92January 26, 2023 11:01 AM

Angie Baby by Helen Reddy.

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by Anonymousreply 93January 26, 2023 11:05 AM
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by Anonymousreply 95January 26, 2023 11:08 AM

That did interest me, r91.

Thank you.

by Anonymousreply 96January 26, 2023 11:16 AM

Every Time Two Fools Collide

Kenny Rogers & Dottie West

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by Anonymousreply 97January 26, 2023 11:17 AM

"I Just Wanna Stop" - Gino Vanelli

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by Anonymousreply 98January 26, 2023 11:19 AM

"Get Closer" - Seals and Crofts

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by Anonymousreply 99January 26, 2023 11:20 AM

Staying on theme.

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by Anonymousreply 100January 26, 2023 11:29 AM

Thank you, R99! I haven't heard this song in years, and those opening chords brought me right back to my junior high days. Such a beautiful, heartfelt song.

by Anonymousreply 101January 26, 2023 1:51 PM

In my top ten of all time. "Falling" by LeBlanc and Carr.

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by Anonymousreply 102January 26, 2023 1:57 PM

Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold

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by Anonymousreply 103January 26, 2023 2:30 PM

"Friends" - Elton John.

I'm one of the two people who actually saw the movie. It's my favorite EJ song.

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by Anonymousreply 104January 26, 2023 3:03 PM
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by Anonymousreply 105January 26, 2023 3:03 PM

I can't believe it took me this long to post this one.

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by Anonymousreply 106January 26, 2023 3:04 PM

Considering the title of the thread, r106, I would have picked THIS movement.

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by Anonymousreply 107January 26, 2023 3:10 PM

or this one

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by Anonymousreply 108January 26, 2023 3:11 PM

This has always been my favorite, r108 r107.

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by Anonymousreply 109January 26, 2023 3:14 PM

^ yes, lovely - one of my faves too.

by Anonymousreply 110January 26, 2023 3:19 PM

They're all so good haven't listened in a long time and they're as fresh, powerful and beautiful as ever.

by Anonymousreply 111January 26, 2023 3:21 PM

If I Could Reach You, 5th Dimension

It's a torch song of unrequited love, where a single gal is thinking to herself about how she wants an actual loving relationship, but he only wants to keep it casual and on the DL.

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by Anonymousreply 112January 26, 2023 3:26 PM

My favorite by the Eagles.

Not a huge fan of theirs, but growing up in SoCal in the 70's, you couldn't escape them, and they did have some great stuff that captured the essence of that time and place.

Eagles - "Hollywood Waltz" (originally from the "One of These Nights" album)

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by Anonymousreply 113January 26, 2023 3:29 PM

"Just Too Many People," Melissa Manchester.

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by Anonymousreply 114January 26, 2023 3:30 PM

Is this still DL? - where have all the olde timers gone?

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by Anonymousreply 115January 26, 2023 3:34 PM

Over 100 replies & no "Summer Breeze"??

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by Anonymousreply 116January 26, 2023 3:39 PM

Over 100 replies & no Remember Me??

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by Anonymousreply 117January 26, 2023 3:42 PM
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by Anonymousreply 118January 26, 2023 3:45 PM
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by Anonymousreply 119January 26, 2023 3:46 PM

R117 I see your "Remember Me" and I raise you a "Touch Me in the Morning."

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by Anonymousreply 120January 26, 2023 3:48 PM

"I'll Write a Song for You" by Earth, Wind & Fire

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by Anonymousreply 121January 26, 2023 3:51 PM

Let's go for three. "Do You Know Where You're Going to?" - Diana Ross. The movie played forever on E. 34th Street the fall and winter of 1975-76.

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by Anonymousreply 122January 26, 2023 3:53 PM

[quote]Let's go for three. "Do You Know Where You're Going to?"

Hate to be a downer but that's a repeat.

by Anonymousreply 123January 26, 2023 3:54 PM

[quote]and I raise you a "Touch Me in the Morning."

and I raise you "Lovin' You"

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by Anonymousreply 124January 26, 2023 3:56 PM

I Am The Blues - Laura Nyro

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by Anonymousreply 125January 26, 2023 4:18 PM

Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren

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by Anonymousreply 126January 26, 2023 4:20 PM

Love Song - Dame Olivia Newton-John

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by Anonymousreply 127January 26, 2023 4:21 PM

Dionne Warwick - Deja Vu

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by Anonymousreply 128January 26, 2023 4:23 PM

Lani Hall - Come Down In Time

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by Anonymousreply 129January 26, 2023 4:25 PM

Eddie Rabbit - Suspicions

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by Anonymousreply 130January 26, 2023 4:36 PM

I Try - Angela Bofill

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by Anonymousreply 131January 26, 2023 4:37 PM

Smokin' Room - Rufus with Chaka Khan

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by Anonymousreply 132January 26, 2023 4:50 PM

Free - Deniece Williams

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by Anonymousreply 133January 26, 2023 4:59 PM

Shower The People - James Taylor

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by Anonymousreply 134January 26, 2023 5:05 PM

Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan

Is 'Rikki' a boy or a girl?

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by Anonymousreply 135January 26, 2023 5:11 PM

Did you f@ggots really post 135 times without mentioning me?!

Shame on you!

"Help Me" - Joni Mitchell

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by Anonymousreply 136January 26, 2023 5:21 PM

This song sums up the 70's for me.....fun and care free.....

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by Anonymousreply 137January 26, 2023 5:25 PM

"Reminiscing" by Little River Band

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by Anonymousreply 138January 26, 2023 5:46 PM

Atlanta Rhythm Section - So Into You

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by Anonymousreply 139January 26, 2023 5:54 PM

David Castle - "The Loneliest Man on the Moon"

Horrible vocal, horrible lyrics, but...it is romantic, it is wistful, and it is from the 70's!

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by Anonymousreply 140January 26, 2023 5:58 PM

I Love the 5th Dimension and the Carpenters.

There's Fitzgerald and Streisand. For sheer, raw, talent, they occupy a class by themselves, and always will be my favorite vocalists.

But damn, my auditory canals love, love, did I say LOVE? the sound that comes out of the mouths of Marilyn McCoo and Karen Carpenter.

McCoo owns "One Less Bell to Answer", even though Streisand recorded it, too.

by Anonymousreply 141January 26, 2023 6:08 PM

Aretha Franklin - Daydreaming

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by Anonymousreply 142January 26, 2023 6:09 PM

R141 Marilyn McCoo has one of the smoothest, most controlled voices of any female vocalist. Her phrasing, her intonation, her tone - that's a woman who knows how to sing.

by Anonymousreply 143January 26, 2023 6:12 PM

McCoo has great vocal technique and phrasing, even today. This is another 70s classic that showcases her beautiful voice.

Love's Lines Angles and Rhymes

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by Anonymousreply 144January 26, 2023 6:27 PM

[quote] McCoo owns "One Less Bell to Answer", even though Streisand recorded it, too.

Even Dionne The Great was bested by McCoo on that one. That's why they're such close friends (not!)

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by Anonymousreply 145January 26, 2023 6:30 PM

Roberta Flack…

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by Anonymousreply 146January 26, 2023 6:48 PM

More Roberta…

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by Anonymousreply 147January 26, 2023 6:51 PM

Streisand - You Don't Bring Me Flowers (solo version, 1978)

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by Anonymousreply 148January 26, 2023 7:14 PM

Beautiful - Gordon Lightfoot

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by Anonymousreply 149January 26, 2023 7:17 PM

Donna Summer - All Through The Night (1979)

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by Anonymousreply 150January 26, 2023 7:18 PM

To Love Again (alternate version for the movie 'Mahogany') - Diana Ross - 1976

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by Anonymousreply 151January 26, 2023 7:20 PM

Stay Awhile - The Bells

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by Anonymousreply 152January 26, 2023 7:27 PM

Irene Ryan - No Time At All - (1973)

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by Anonymousreply 153January 26, 2023 7:39 PM

Agnes Moorehead - The Contract (Gigi) - 1973

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by Anonymousreply 154January 26, 2023 7:41 PM

Taxi - Harry Chapin, 1972.

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by Anonymousreply 155January 26, 2023 8:05 PM

So, I really don't think that Angie Baby is in any way romantic or wistful... is it just me? Someone explain please.

by Anonymousreply 156January 26, 2023 8:22 PM

'Sentimental Lady' by Bob Welch, 1977.

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by Anonymousreply 157January 26, 2023 8:23 PM

'(I've Been) Searchin' So Long' by Chicago, 1974.

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by Anonymousreply 158January 26, 2023 8:35 PM

[quote]So, I really don't think that Angie Baby is in any way romantic or wistful... is it just me? Someone explain please.

It's quite wistful - she's a very sad sack all alone in her room with her fantasies, but it's not romantic.

by Anonymousreply 159January 26, 2023 8:38 PM

R159 I wouldn't say it's "wistful," either. The song's about an insane homicidal maniac.

by Anonymousreply 160January 26, 2023 8:58 PM

[quote]. The song's about an insane homicidal maniac.

Sorry. I didn't realise.

by Anonymousreply 161January 26, 2023 9:09 PM

Peak Linda - Someone to lay down beside me

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by Anonymousreply 162January 26, 2023 10:01 PM

Chris Thompson, When You Remember Me, 1979

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by Anonymousreply 163January 26, 2023 10:21 PM

r162 "Someone to Lay Down beside Me" was my theme song for hitting the beach at the end of Ocean Park Blvd. when the album was new.

by Anonymousreply 164January 26, 2023 10:26 PM

When Will I See You Again

The Three Degrees

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by Anonymousreply 165January 27, 2023 12:42 AM

Ambrosia

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by Anonymousreply 166January 27, 2023 4:48 AM

Boz Scaggs, “Harbor Lights”.

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by Anonymousreply 167January 27, 2023 5:26 AM
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by Anonymousreply 168January 27, 2023 5:38 AM

"As", Stevie Wonder

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by Anonymousreply 169January 27, 2023 5:46 AM

Umm...(clearing throat)

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by Anonymousreply 170January 27, 2023 5:57 AM
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by Anonymousreply 171January 27, 2023 6:28 AM
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by Anonymousreply 172January 27, 2023 6:41 AM

It may lack the "romantic" aspect, but Superstar by The Carpenters is uber-wistful. And Ms. Carpenter's vocals really are superb here - her alto is perfect.

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by Anonymousreply 173January 27, 2023 10:43 AM

R26 IKR? you ca actually see that 70s shag ready to morph into the 80s high hair and mullet

by Anonymousreply 174January 27, 2023 2:41 PM

Mea culpa if this has already been posted...

From Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark" album, 'Help Me'.

Lord, I love every cut on this album.

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by Anonymousreply 175January 27, 2023 7:25 PM

Another song that sums up the carefree days of the 70's.....such great times

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by Anonymousreply 176January 27, 2023 8:35 PM

R176 Eric Carmen became a crazed right-wing MAGAt.

by Anonymousreply 177January 27, 2023 8:38 PM

I don't recognise the person I was that loved All By Myself so much. Teenage angst I guess.

I even liked THIS ⬇️

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by Anonymousreply 178January 27, 2023 8:42 PM

My mom and I moved to the bay area (Berkley) in early 1978 and this song was really popular at the time. We were both young, I was 7 and mom was 26. How I loved that place, especially SF. I loved the trolleys, fisherman's wharf, china town. Even though I was really young I can still remember the carefree attitude and open mindedness of that place and time. My mom really tried to make a go of it there, but it was hard for a single mother and young daughter. We ended up moving back to Tx a year and a half later. Every time I Hear this song it reminds me of those days and San Francisco.

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by Anonymousreply 179January 27, 2023 9:53 PM

Look into my eyes and you'll see, you're the only one...

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by Anonymousreply 180January 27, 2023 9:58 PM

He Was A Big Freak

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by Anonymousreply 181January 27, 2023 10:09 PM

Walk-in’ Up The Road

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by Anonymousreply 182January 27, 2023 10:10 PM

^ I was at that concert @ R180/Dutchie. All I remember is that I was there. I think I used to go to these concerts because my parents bought my brothers the tickets and said they had to take me, the little brother, along. I also saw Elton, Wings, Rod Stewart. I remember the Elton one because Stevie Wonder came on stage impromptu and sang with him. I was a bigger fan of Stevie's back then than any of the others I mentioned.

by Anonymousreply 183January 27, 2023 10:12 PM

New York City Blues - in order to win you gotta lose.

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by Anonymousreply 184January 27, 2023 10:14 PM

Another nice gloomy one from the 70s

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by Anonymousreply 185January 27, 2023 10:15 PM
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by Anonymousreply 186January 27, 2023 10:16 PM

R183 how I envy you!!! You watched the best of the very best

by Anonymousreply 187January 27, 2023 11:03 PM

I am listening to classic Korn

by Anonymousreply 188January 27, 2023 11:09 PM

Natalie Cole wasn't particularly known for her songwriter, but she composed a surprising number of good songs, including this one.

Natalie Cole - Your Lonely Heart

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by Anonymousreply 189January 28, 2023 12:14 AM

^I'm self-"oh dear"-ing.

Songwriting, not songwriter.

Carry on.

by Anonymousreply 190January 28, 2023 12:25 AM

Roberta Flack - The Closer I Get To You

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by Anonymousreply 191January 28, 2023 1:03 AM

Daisy Jane - America

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by Anonymousreply 192January 28, 2023 3:10 AM

The Wizard that's Boz

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by Anonymousreply 193January 28, 2023 3:22 AM

This is a sweet song, and I thought Rex Smith was dreamy…

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by Anonymousreply 194January 28, 2023 5:49 AM

Al Green, Let's Stay Together.

I want ice dancers to do this one.

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by Anonymousreply 195January 28, 2023 5:54 AM

MacArthur Park

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by Anonymousreply 196January 28, 2023 6:09 AM

^ that's '60s, R196 - VERY '60s.

by Anonymousreply 197January 28, 2023 6:12 AM
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by Anonymousreply 198January 28, 2023 6:12 AM

More Stylistics - 'You Make Me Feel Brand New'

The double male lead always makes me think it as a male love duet.

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by Anonymousreply 199January 28, 2023 6:16 AM

Dian & Marvin - "Stop, Look, Listen To Your Heart"

"It's never too late..."

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by Anonymousreply 200January 28, 2023 6:19 AM

R197 Well, I took a left at 1967 and got lost.

by Anonymousreply 201January 28, 2023 6:33 AM

John Paul Young - "Love Is in the Air"

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by Anonymousreply 202January 28, 2023 6:35 AM

This song always made me happy.

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by Anonymousreply 203January 28, 2023 4:42 PM

"Misty Blue," Dorothy Moore

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by Anonymousreply 204January 28, 2023 4:51 PM

Brenda and the Tabulations, "Right on the Tip of My Tongue"

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by Anonymousreply 205January 28, 2023 4:55 PM

Gayle McCormick, "It's a Cryin' Shame"

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by Anonymousreply 206January 28, 2023 4:57 PM

Lynn Anderson, "Rose Garden"

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by Anonymousreply 207January 28, 2023 5:05 PM

[quote]Gayle McCormick, "It's a Cryin' Shame"

Oops we're now heading into "any song you can think of from the '70s" territory.

by Anonymousreply 208January 28, 2023 5:06 PM

This song made me feel wistful when I was 12 years old, and far too young to feel wistful about anything.

None of my local stations in San Diego ever played it, I only heard it on Casey Kasem's American Top 40, but I loved it.

Sweet Sensation - "Sad Sweet Dreamer"

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by Anonymousreply 209January 28, 2023 5:07 PM

"Sister Golden Hair," America.

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by Anonymousreply 210January 28, 2023 5:30 PM

The Three Degrees, "When Will I See You Again"

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by Anonymousreply 211January 28, 2023 5:32 PM

Blue Magic, "Sideshow"

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by Anonymousreply 212January 28, 2023 5:34 PM

These threads always end up with some idiot multi-posting any old crap.

by Anonymousreply 213January 28, 2023 5:49 PM

"Love's Theme," Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra

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by Anonymousreply 214January 28, 2023 7:19 PM

R214 ABC's Wide World of Sports presents the PGA championship, live from Pebble Beach!

by Anonymousreply 215January 28, 2023 7:25 PM

Thank you R213 - that's often true and a thread like this, when ON TOPIC, is a lot of fun.

For example, google the group Sweet Sensation- those guys may look like a US knock-off band, but they're British! So, thanks R209.

by Anonymousreply 216January 28, 2023 7:36 PM

Reminds me off Nub and the boys.

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by Anonymousreply 217January 29, 2023 12:27 AM

I’ve been enjoying your thread, OP; it has made me wistful for music with actual melody and heartfelt lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 218January 29, 2023 12:44 AM

Oh I am glad, R218 - Supertramp were Kings of the wistful 70s pop song, surprised more haven't featured. Sorry about the campy video but lovely wistful song.

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by Anonymousreply 219January 29, 2023 1:50 AM

Forever Autumn - The Moody Blues/Justin Hayward

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by Anonymousreply 220January 29, 2023 2:12 AM

Boz Scagg's version was posted

Here's Rita Coolidge's take of We're All Alone

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by Anonymousreply 221January 29, 2023 2:23 AM

Silk Degrees was a big album the summer I fell in love with another gay man. Sadly, this song is the one that reminds me most of that relationship/

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by Anonymousreply 222January 29, 2023 2:31 AM

The ethereal "I'm Not in Love," by 10cc.

For years I thought that woman's voiced was day: "Requesting quiet, requesting quite."

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by Anonymousreply 223January 29, 2023 2:37 AM

Bow down, bitches.

Harry Nilsson was the fucking Kong of 1970s wistfulness.

His voice was beautifully vulnerable and sad, and he was a wonderful interpreter of both his own lyrics and those of others.

Whenever I want to feel less alone in longing for a time or a person long gone from my own life, I listen to Harry Nilsson to remember feeling wistful is part of the human condition.

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by Anonymousreply 224January 29, 2023 2:40 AM

She was really saying "big boys don't cry, big boys don't cry .."

by Anonymousreply 225January 29, 2023 2:42 AM

Nilsson doing Randy Newman’s Snow.

Heartbreak and longing for the past as soft and delicate as the silently falling snowflakes.

I’ll MARY! myself on the way out.

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by Anonymousreply 226January 29, 2023 2:49 AM

Theme from Ice Castles

Melissa Manchester

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by Anonymousreply 227January 29, 2023 2:58 AM

A Song For You. It has been covered by many but I will post this version by Jaye P. Morgan.

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by Anonymousreply 228January 29, 2023 4:52 AM

Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones.

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by Anonymousreply 229January 29, 2023 4:54 AM

Something from late 1979:

KC & The Sunshine Band - "Please Don't Go"

It was No. 2 on the Top 40 the at the end of December 1979 and was the first song at No. 1 in the 1980s.

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by Anonymousreply 230January 29, 2023 5:24 AM
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by Anonymousreply 231January 29, 2023 5:31 AM
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by Anonymousreply 232January 29, 2023 5:31 AM

This forgotten 1975 R&B hit is pretty damn wistful and romantic...

The 21st Century - Remember the Rain?

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by Anonymousreply 233January 29, 2023 5:57 AM

"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" by England Dan & John Ford Coley.

"I'm not talkin' about the Linen, and I don't want to change your life...." That's how I heard it for many years...and thematically, it made sense. (Linen/China patterns - getting married, etc.)

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by Anonymousreply 234January 29, 2023 9:47 AM

The beginning of all this

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by Anonymousreply 235January 29, 2023 10:33 AM

Don't think this one ever made it to America - other country's Golden Oldies always sound a bit odd to people.

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by Anonymousreply 236January 29, 2023 10:38 AM
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by Anonymousreply 237January 29, 2023 10:39 AM

Judie Tzuke - For You

Gentle choral loveliness

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by Anonymousreply 238January 29, 2023 10:41 AM
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by Anonymousreply 239January 29, 2023 10:45 AM
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by Anonymousreply 240January 29, 2023 10:51 AM

ALERT this is a pic not a song

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by Anonymousreply 241January 29, 2023 11:05 AM

The Spinners - "I'll Be Around"

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by Anonymousreply 242January 29, 2023 4:27 PM

"Then Came You" - Dionne Warwick and The Spinners

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by Anonymousreply 243January 29, 2023 4:29 PM

Nicolette Larson - "Lotta Love"

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by Anonymousreply 244January 29, 2023 4:39 PM

244 posts and you bitches haven't mentioned me? Fuck you all!

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by Anonymousreply 245January 29, 2023 4:42 PM

OP, we have labored to fulfill your request. Please compile a playlist of the top 40 or so selections and share it with the group.

by Anonymousreply 246January 29, 2023 5:07 PM

wistful • WIST-ful • adjective.

1 : full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy; also : inspiring such yearning

2 : musingly sad : pensive.

Example:

The Jacksons - "Good Times"

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by Anonymousreply 247January 30, 2023 3:14 AM

Think this fits the brief…..

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by Anonymousreply 248January 30, 2023 3:53 AM

And I don’t think it gets more wistful than this…..

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by Anonymousreply 249January 30, 2023 3:57 AM

"I Wanna Get Next to You", Rose Royce.

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by Anonymousreply 250January 30, 2023 4:29 AM

"After The Love Has Gone" -- Earth, Wind & Fire

This performance is from the '80s, but it was a '70s classic. R.I.P. Maurice 💖

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by Anonymousreply 251January 30, 2023 4:55 AM

R251 Yes! Rose Freaking Royce! Masters of the 70s soul ballad

The change up leading up to "I feel it's time we should make up, baby...." always floors me and it just sweeps on through to the finale. Heart meltingly beautiful.

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by Anonymousreply 252January 30, 2023 7:09 AM

Donna Fargo

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by Anonymousreply 253January 30, 2023 9:58 AM

Speaking of EW&F this came out in ‘77.

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by Anonymousreply 254January 30, 2023 10:07 AM

Recently featured on The Last of Us.

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by Anonymousreply 255January 30, 2023 10:11 AM

99 Miles To LA - one of Art Garfunkel's best, IMO.

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by Anonymousreply 256January 30, 2023 1:25 PM

See R1, R256

by Anonymousreply 257January 30, 2023 1:27 PM

Missed that, R257. What's funny is my first thought was Wishing You Were Here, and when I saw OP used it, the Garfunkel tune was my next. I wonder if I could intuit the whole thread.

by Anonymousreply 258January 30, 2023 1:58 PM

[quote] I wonder if I could intuit the whole thread.

post another song that naturally springs to mind and see what happens

by Anonymousreply 259January 30, 2023 2:09 PM

Okay, here's my next one - Diary by Bread.

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by Anonymousreply 260January 30, 2023 2:28 PM

Good one, r260 - post #3 was Bread, so you were close.

by Anonymousreply 261January 30, 2023 2:37 PM
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by Anonymousreply 262January 30, 2023 2:46 PM

one of this most beautiful sad songs

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by Anonymousreply 263January 30, 2023 2:48 PM

Lou Rawls, "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine'"

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by Anonymousreply 264January 30, 2023 4:09 PM

Leo Sayer, "When I Need You":

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by Anonymousreply 265January 30, 2023 4:11 PM

Okay this was released in 1980, but I'll say that he wrote it in '79- Genesis' "Misunderstanding":

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by Anonymousreply 266January 30, 2023 4:27 PM

This one

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by Anonymousreply 267January 30, 2023 4:31 PM

She was not singing about a guy as commonly believed.

Debby Boone was singing about God.

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by Anonymousreply 268January 31, 2023 12:24 AM

Beth by Kiss

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by Anonymousreply 269January 31, 2023 3:52 AM

Babe by Styx:

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by Anonymousreply 270January 31, 2023 3:54 AM

Torn between two lovers...feelin' like a fool.

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by Anonymousreply 271January 31, 2023 3:56 AM

PS the Babe song was released in ‘79, but that concert was in ‘80.

by Anonymousreply 272January 31, 2023 3:59 AM

Wistful Barbra.

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by Anonymousreply 273January 31, 2023 4:06 AM

And another.

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by Anonymousreply 274January 31, 2023 4:09 AM
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by Anonymousreply 275January 31, 2023 4:16 AM
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by Anonymousreply 276January 31, 2023 4:18 AM

If this isn’t the DL anthem, I don’t know why.

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by Anonymousreply 277January 31, 2023 9:06 AM

R271 Ugh. I always hated that song and her thin, whiney voice.

Just choose one of the fucking lovers and move on, bitch!

by Anonymousreply 278January 31, 2023 10:30 AM

Thanks, America - for this wonderful hit!

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by Anonymousreply 279January 31, 2023 10:42 AM

we got a lot of stuff from America that we made hits that flopped in the homeland

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by Anonymousreply 280January 31, 2023 10:46 AM

here's another - what were you thinkin' America?

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by Anonymousreply 281January 31, 2023 10:48 AM

Bill Withers has a few solid entries here. He had more than a few wistful, romantic songs like "Hello Like Before."

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by Anonymousreply 282January 31, 2023 2:47 PM

Fabulous & beautiful song, R282 - I was the one who posted the Bill songs. That album was a flop and had the most beautiful wistful songs - a few were used in a DL fave movie to great effect.

see link...

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by Anonymousreply 283January 31, 2023 4:01 PM

I heard a piece on NPR last night regarding a new documentary about the rise and fall soft rock: "Sometimes When We Touch". I learned that soft rock influenced hip hop.

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by Anonymousreply 284January 31, 2023 4:44 PM

Mac Davis, "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me."

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by Anonymousreply 285January 31, 2023 4:46 PM

Liza, of course.

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by Anonymousreply 286January 31, 2023 6:00 PM

R286 - you're an idiot!

by Anonymousreply 287January 31, 2023 6:33 PM

Nothing romantic or wistful about "Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me".

Have you listened to the lyrics?

It's the exact opposite of romantic and wistful.

It's basically "I'll fuck you, but don't fall in love with me because I'm gonna dump you".

by Anonymousreply 288January 31, 2023 7:58 PM

R288 No, it's wistful because it's about a guy who's letting a woman down easily because he's not ready for a relationship.

by Anonymousreply 289January 31, 2023 9:06 PM

R288 Yes, we've all heard the lyrics.

"Girl, you're getting that look in your eyes

And it's starting to worry me.

I ain't ready for no family ties

Nobody's gonna hurry me."

There's nothing sinister about it. He's telling her he's just a fuck around guy and she probably shouldn't get involved with him. He's giving her a chance to back away.

by Anonymousreply 290January 31, 2023 9:08 PM

And there's NOTHING wistful or romantic about a Pet Shop Boys produced Sondheim piece. Liza in the rain stalked by some Euro-trash gender-neutral peeping tom? Thunka-thunka-thunka-thunka-thunka - god it's so bad. I'd rather hear Patti try to be subtle and sing LMM...

by Anonymousreply 291January 31, 2023 9:50 PM

R291 And that song was from the 1980s, too.

by Anonymousreply 292January 31, 2023 10:16 PM

Did I miss this somewhere upthread?

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by Anonymousreply 293February 1, 2023 12:26 AM

R288 Point taken.

"Don't start clinging to me girl, 'cause I can't breathe" doesn't sound like letting her down easy to me, but agree to disagree...

Meanwhile, this one's a beauty...

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by Anonymousreply 294February 1, 2023 12:34 AM

"We've Got Tonight" - Bob Seger

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by Anonymousreply 295February 1, 2023 12:48 AM

R287 poop head.

Doesn’t grasp lyrics.

by Anonymousreply 296February 1, 2023 1:00 AM

Too much 0P posts.

Ignore.

by Anonymousreply 297February 1, 2023 1:07 AM

You are VERY welcome to ignore me. In fact, I ask you to.

by Anonymousreply 298February 1, 2023 1:20 AM

Chic - A Warm Summer Night

"Te quiero...papi"

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by Anonymousreply 299February 2, 2023 6:18 AM

The Rain Song -- Led Zeppelin

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by Anonymousreply 300February 2, 2023 9:26 AM

This one!

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by Anonymousreply 301February 2, 2023 9:42 AM
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