Oh what the hell.
The ones I loved:
"Lover Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm"- do I have to tell ya?
"Black Magic Woman"-again, do I have to tell ya?
"I Just Want to Celebrate"-Rare Earth
"Immigrant Song"- Zeppelin
"Love the One You're With" and "Marianne"-Steven Stills
"Lucky Man"-ELP's debut
"Layla"-Eric and the Dominoes
***
"Eighteen"-Alice Cooper
"Power to the People"-John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
“Treat Her Like a Lady”– Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
“It Don’t Come Easy”-Ringo Starr
“The Story In Your Eyes”-Moody Blues
“Signs”-5 Man Electrical Band
“Bangla Desh”_George Harrison
“Don’t Try to Lay no Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock’n’Roll”-Long John Baldry
“Liar”- 3 Dog Night (dug the bass riff and refrain after “Joy to the World” was played to death which has left it on my “gag” list to this day. Also, a cover of an Argent tune from
their first album)
“Too Many People”-Paul McCartney
“Military Madness”-Graham Nash
“I’d Love To Change the World”- Ten Years After
“I’m a Man”-Chicago
“Brand New Key”-Melanie
“Sunshine”-Jonathon Edwards (member TXBumper owns Edwards’ Guild F612 which was very likely the one used on this song, if it isn’t confirmed already, can’t recall)
“Pretty As You Feel”-Jefferson Airplane
“Truckin’”-the Grateful Dead
Songs that gagged me then but which I later grew to respect and even like now:
"Smiling Faces"-Undisputed Truth
"Theme From Shaft"-Isaac Hayes (played to death and everybody acted like it was the first time a wah-wah was ever used on a record)
"Mr. Bojangles"-Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
“Beginnings”-Chicago
“Ain’t No Sunshine”- Bill Withers
“Whatcha See is Whatcha Get”-the Dramatics
“Respect Yourself”-the Staple Singers
“One Tin Soldier”-Coven
“Levon”- Elton John
"It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move"-Carole King
***Which perhaps surprisingly given its now-iconic status, flopped on the pop charts and only got traction when re-released a couple of years later.
I blame it on the syrupy singer-songwriter tenor of the times, three was very little of the hard rock sound I loved on
top 40 AM.
One had to listen through hours of Bread and the Carpenters and assorted other white-bread-and- Koolaid confections to get a dose of the good stuff, and even John Lennon had betrayed my trust with "Imagine", after George with "My Sweet Lord".
It was like they’d gone to Donnie Osmond’s house and been brainwashed by the Hillside Singers teaching the world to sing after OD'ing on Coke.
Those were predominantly dark days for me although I did get access to an FM radio on Friday afternoons where I could hear stuff like “Power Failure” (and “Simple Sister”) by Procul Harum featuring Robin Trower foreshadowing his Hendrix-inspired chops on
Broken Barricades (somewhat surprisingly Hendrix’s
Rainbow Bridge had seen “Freedom” and “Dolly Dagger” released in ’71 but I never heard any of it, at least not during the hours I could listen to the FM radio)
And
Aqualung
And
Meddle
And "Stay With Me" which I infinitely preferred to "Maggie" which I initially sorta liked but which finally gagged me to death after about the 98th hearing (like "American Pie") and still does to this day.
And live simulcasting of the Last Days of the Fillmore: ”Passion Flower”-Stoneground
There y'go.
Call 'm "appetizers"