Seven Great Musical Acts from the 60s and 70s
These are some of my favorites.
Ok, I like the Beatles, but they weren’t necessarily one of my favorite musical groups. As for the Rolling Stones, I don’t care for them a whole lot. I really like my music a little lighter.
I like stuff that is up-tempo and generally don’t care for a lot of love ballads. That’s why I like the earlier Chicago stuff rather than their later work.
Chicago’s early work was great driving music.
“Beginnings,” “Dialogue” and “Make Me Smile” are examples of some of my favorite Chicago stuff. After the death of Terry Kath, Peter Cetera became more of a force in the group.
Not to knock Cetera, but his romantic ballads don’t work for me. I would just as soon that Cetera kept his love life to himself.
Three Dog Night struck me as unpretentious.
It seems to me like these guys enjoyed writing popular songs and didn’t aspire to explore deep or brooding emotions. Songs like, “Joy to the World,” ‘Mamma Told Me Not to Come” and “Shambala” aren’t tear-jerkers or don’t require a lot of introspection.
They just make you want to hit the accelerator. It’s really hard to be on cruise control when you listen to Three Dog…
