Three of your Favorite songs from the year you graduated H.S.

[touch]

I'll toss up another favorite of mine from '79

[touch]

and then in this video Tom and the band talk about the creation of that song.

[DeNinny]

I'm not a huge Smiths/Morrissey fan but How Soon is Now is an all time great song in any era. It's haunting and beautiful at the same time. There's so much "texture" to it. And Morrissey is at his finest.

[wcgolfer]

1987 and U2’s entire Joshua Tree album. Still love those songs. Favorite album ever.

[DeNinny]

I remember going to see Rattle and Hum at the movies. Twice. Loved it and that album.

[mrmacwvu]

The sad thing is my music has changes do much in the last 30 years it is crazy.

99 was my year and I did not listen to any of that music then. I always listened to classic rock from the 60s and 70's

if I had to choose my three that I would listen to now

it would be

Write this down- George Strait

Pop a Top - Alan Jackson

Who needs Pictures- Brad Paisley

[nitram]

1981

 

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

 

Start Me Up - Rolling Stones (actually the whole damned Tattoo You album).

 

In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins ( I bet I've heard that drum riff 3,000 times).

 

Honorable Mention to .38 Special, Billy Squire, and Rick James.

[Jwin323]

Hard to narrow it down to 3--so many good choices

Van Halen "Little Guitars"

The Waitresses " Christmas Wrapping"

The Motels "Take The L"

just missing out

Duran Duran "Hungry Like The Wolf"

INXS "Don't Change"

Steve Winwood "There's A River"

CSN "Southern Cross"

[Dpavs]

I can't post 3 so I will post 7 instead 🙂 (Some of these have likely been posted already anyway)

"The Ballroom Blitz"     Sweet
"At Seventeen"     Janis Ian
"Sister Golden Hair"     America
"Cat's in the Cradle"     Harry Chapin
"I'm Not in Love"     10cc
"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You"     Sugarloaf
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"     Bachman–Turner Overdrive

[tiderider]

very under-rated album:

saw GnR on their first tour, after the release but before it hit big ... opened up for Motley Crue ... they kicked a** ... had never heard of em ... their live album has the greatest intro for a band, ever ... 

 

[Soloman1]

 

 

 

 

There were just too many great songs to choose from.

1970 was probably one the greatest years for rock/pop music.

Graduated from high school. Next stop, University of Saigon...

 

Look at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970

[farmer]

On 4/10/2020 at 10:46 AM, Petethreeput said:

The single worst concert I remember seeing is Blondie in 2019. And I don’t say this lightly. I left in the middle of it.

and I like Blondie.

You never went to see Sly and the Family Stone.  For me, "Light my Fire", "Satisfaction", "I Gotta Get Outta This Place".

[Petethreeput]

52 minutes ago, farmer said:

You never went to see Sly and the Family Stone.  For me, "Light my Fire", "Satisfaction", "I Gotta Get Outta This Place".

This is true. I can remove from the “I should go list.”

[Bob Cat]

17 hours ago, Soloman1 said:

 

 

 

 

There were just too many great songs to choose from.

1970 was probably one the greatest years for rock/pop music.

Graduated from high school. Next stop, University of Saigon...

 

Look at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970

 

Soloman, thanks for your service to our country.

 

I would have been 7 yo in 1970.  Vietnam was raging as was the R&R.  Yep, I remember every song on that link you posted.  In daylight, those songs were blaring out open summer windows.  At night, it was Walter Cronkite on the TV.

 

Loved the Guess Who then (yes, as a second grader) and still do.

 

Great post, my man.

 

 

[Soloman1]

Hey Bob Cat. I couldn't decide from all of the great songs that year.

(As I like to say sometimes: "If it wasn't for me, y'all be speakin' Vietnamese. Haha... )

Cheers and have a great holiday!

[touch]

On 12/16/2020 at 4:31 PM, Soloman1 said:

 

 

 

 

There were just too many great songs to choose from.

1970 was probably one the greatest years for rock/pop music.

Graduated from high school. Next stop, University of Saigon...

 

Look at this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970

 

Wow look at that list. 

 

 

Thanks for your contribution Soloman1  

 

 

Edited September 5, 2022 by touch

[Bob Cat]

Micro skirts!

 

 

 

[farmer]

Solo, if you ever have the chance, go see Santana.  He still tours, does a residency in Las Vegas, and kills.  Amazing show.

[Soloman1]

Thanks for the heads up, farmer.

 

Here's a strange but true concert story. When I came back from overseas, I was stationed at Fort Monroe, Virginia in 1973. I was driving on I-64 in the early evening and saw a car on the side of the highway with the hood up and some guys standing around. It was normal in those days to help someone ( 🙂 ) so I stopped. It was a rental car that died. I said I'd give them a ride and it turned out that they were going to the next exit, so off we went.

 

The guy in the front asked if it would be ok if I dropped them off at the Hampton Roads Coliseum right off the exit. They were very polite and appreciative that I stopped. I told then of course I would and in we went. There was a concert that night, according to the big lighted sign.

 

We got through the gate without any tickets or having to pay for parking. The guy in the front showed a pass, then directed me to the back entrance.

 

Turned out that I had Mike Love and Al Jardine of the Beach Boys in the back seat and their manager (Mike Love's brother) was in the front seat.

 

They said if I wasn't busy, they'd be happy to have me join them backstage and get the best seats in the house. So, I did!

 

There I was, an obvious military guy in the middle of the long hair era, and they were unbelievably gracious. I had the run of the place and had a special pass to come back stage after the concert. They invited my to hotel they where a pretty big entourage had a big spread of food and drinks and it was great. It was a great concert, but they made me feel like a I was the special one for helping them. They were pure class.

 

 

Edited December 18, 2020 by Soloman1

[Bob Cat]

^ Fantastic story.  Karma!

[scomac2002]

On 4/9/2020 at 9:47 PM, Hawkeye77 said:

Hotel California

Night Moves

Carry On Wayward Son

 

It was painful to limit to 3.

 

A little late to this, but as a '76 grad those were the big three back in the day in terms of radio airplay.  You could add in Long Time by Boston and have a top four.

 

To take a slightly different take on the original question, I'll give you 3 songs that I have on my playlist now from that era.

 

Royal Scam -- Steely Dan

The Pretender -- Jackson Browne

Flay at Night -- Chilliwack

[Bob Cat]

21 hours ago, scomac2002 said:

 

A little late to this, but as a '76 grad those were the big three back in the day in terms of radio airplay.  You could add in Long Time by Boston and have a top four.

 

To take a slightly different take on the original question, I'll give you 3 songs that I have on my playlist now from that era.

 

Royal Scam -- Steely Dan

The Pretender -- Jackson Browne

Flay at Night -- Chilliwack

 

Fly At Night's a new one to me.  Added to one of my Spotify playlists.  Thanks.

[touch]

not my graduating year but I was still in high school.        1976 and I think of this 

 

 

 

[scomac2002]

Yes, that was '76 and is on my short list of memorable tracks when one was looking for a hard rocking tune beyond the obvious choices of the era.

 

Fly Like and Eagle got tons of radio play back in the day thus eliminating it from the underdog  list, but it's ethereal quality always appealed to me.  It would be interesting to compose a list of B side tracks that were favourites from one's graduating year.

[miamistomp]

  1969 Overbrook High School -Phila Pa

 

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by miamistomp

[bscinstnct]

On 5/21/2020 at 8:42 PM, touch said:

I'll toss up another favorite of mine from '79

 

 

Here’s a great tune from 79,

 

 

[Mr_Wolfe]

Graduated in 1993, so I will go with:

 

Ice Cube "Today was a Good Day"

Radiohead "Creep"

Red Hot Chili Peppers "Soul to Squeeze"

 

Mr. Wolfe

[farmer]

"Barefoot girls dancing in the moonlight" one of my all time favorite lines.  Glad I'm not the only old guy.

[farmer]

How about "fire all of your guns at once and explode into space"?

[miamistomp]