Reliving The Music Of The Seventies
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 $1.00. 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.
