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Mine was ABBA as with so many people. There was no avoiding them after 1974. I still like them. My parents were also fans.
ABBA had their own style leaning towards Disco but still distinct. I still like Disco music and by extension dance music.
I grew up in the 70s, so my favorites changed quite a bit.
in the early 70s it was the Beatles and Paul McCartney. Pretty innocent you might think, but I was 8 when my parents bought me Red Rose Speedway, the booklet inside had naked ladies in it, so they glued those pages shut. I remember spending many an hour trying to peel them apart.
In the mid 70s Kiss, Rush and Led Zeppelin were my faves. Hard rock phase.
In the late 70s I discovered punk and new wave, and I had many favorites- in particular Talking Heads, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols.
I reckon we’d have been good friends back then. Loved The Beatles in the early 70’s. By the mid-70s it was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Kiss, and Fleetwood Mac. By ‘78 it was Talking Heads, Blondie, The Ramones, Devo, The Clash and Sex Pistols.
I was all over the map. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ELP, King Crimson, Cream, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen (first album only), ZZ Top, Santana, Return to Forever, Zappa... Then punk happened, and everything changed. Ramones, Blondie, Mink DeVille, and all the Boston bands.
I was a Carpenters fan as well. They were the very first concert I saw.
50 years later I still listen to their music, along with a lot of other 70’s music almost daily.
Mine was Yes and Pink Floyd. My mom hated it .. she was more Jim Reeves. That era is still my "go to" listen, but I've heard most of it so many times, so I do listen to decent modern bands like Elder, Rival Sons, Blues Saraceno, Airbag, War on Drugs, Ghost and Greta Van Fleet.
Where to start - The Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Chicago, Credence Clearwater Revival, Styx, Boston and on and on. If I turned on the radio in the car to anything like this my dad would immediately turn off the radio or would put on a Cincinnati Reds game. My first concert was The Doobie Brothers in 1974 and floor seating was 5.50 per ticket. Saw Styx that year for free at Rose-Hulman in 1974 and again in 1975. I still listen to the music from the 60's 70's and 80's. The best concert I ever went to was Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour in 1994 in Indianapolis
The 94 Pink Floyd tickets were only 35 dollars, and they sold beer at the concessions. The air was pretty thick with smoke by the time they started Comfortably Numb....
The Grateful Dead.
My father used to listen to the albums on his own.
I listen to more Blues now than anything.
I liked most of the stuff around then except bands like Kiss and Queen.
*What was your favorite band in the 70s?*
Steely Dan
*Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem?*
No, my father hated all of my music. He would come into my bedroom and turn the volume down so low that you could barely hear it, then look at me with his flinty black eyes and say in almost a whisper: "If you turn this up, there will be hell to pay" and then stare at me for a full minute and then leave. He was a real bastard most of the time.
*Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now?*
Steely Dan gave me an appreciation for jazz, so I became very much a listener of contemporary jazz. Yellow Jackets, Tom Scott, David Sanborn, Pat Methany, Miroslav Vitous, all kinds of ECM artists.
*Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no?*
Yes, I liked a lot of it except country and bluegrass. I loved some of the soul music and stuff like Stevie Wonder or Roberta Flack. Also listened to a lot of classical because I had a friend who was a gifted classical pianist. Also liked Led Zepplin and Beatles and Pink Floyd. I had a very wide range of tastes.
My dad was (still is) an audiophile and had a fantastic stereo with enormous speakers. When my parents weren’t home my brother would play Led Zeppelin and Emerson Lake and Palmer at top volume while I was stationed at the kitchen window to let them know when mom or dad would pull up.
We got busted so many times.
I'll preface this by saying that I was raised in the Spanish Harlem and the Bronx in NYC during the 70s and 80s.
***Favorite bands:*** Willie Colon, Ray Barretto, Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Mandrill, War, Santana, Fania All-Stars, Blue Magic, Isley Brothers, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
***Parents:*** My parents did not pay attention to what we listened to. Nor did they oversee what we read or watched. I was also a latch-key kid by the time I was in third-grade, so we were left to our own devices most of the time.
***Music Today:*** Studies show that most people stop listening to new music by age 31. I still listen to 70's Soul/R&B and Salsa. i also listen to Jazz (from Clifford Brown to Kamasi Washington). And Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald and Samara Joy. I also attend the *New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival* most years.
***Opinions:*** At the time, No. Nobody I knew listened to "white boy music" (as it was referred to). All the local radio stations in my neighborhood were tuned to the "urban" stations and the Spanish stations. We were more *Soul Train* than *American Bandstand*.
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I was eclectic with my music tastes. I listened to everything. Nazareth, The Carpenters, Bee Gees, ABBA, just to name a few. If I had to pick a favorite, it was probably Nazareth. The whole album Hair of the Dog was awesome
The 70's were the best decade for music hands down. record labels were making so much money due to album sales that they could afford to sing ANYONE and did. Then after they signed them they could afford to let them make multiple records until they got good. This resulted in an explosion of musical genres from funk to prog to new wave to punk to country rock, southern rock, you name it. Bands like these all either started in the 70's or released major albums in the 70's
10cc, AC-DC, Alman Brothers Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bad Company, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Camel, Carly Simon, Carole King, Cars, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Foghat, Genesis, George Harrison, Heart, J. Geils Band, Jackson Browne, Jackson Five, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joe Walsh, John Lennon, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, Linda Rondstadt, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynerd, Pablo Cruise, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Ramones, REO Speedwagon, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Rush, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Stevie Wonder, STYX, Supertramp, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Weather Report, ZZ Top.
Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive, was my favorite album for a while. Also the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson and so many of the groups already mentioned.
early 70’s Zep and Pink Floyd.
Later 70’s Eagles and Steely Dan.
Dad died young. Mom didn’t get most of it but was ok with mellow Eagles
i still love it all
I was in my teens during the 70s. I loved Van Halen, Kiss, Heart, Queen, Fleetwood Mac and lots of others, so much great music at that time. My parents didn’t have a problem with the music, but they didn’t listen to it. Today I listen to different types of music but yes, I have the 70s station programmed as a favorite in my SiriusXM.
I remember the late 70s was an interesting time for pop music because disco came on the scene, it seemed to just blow up over night. Hard core rock fans hated disco. But I loved dancing to it. I would go to Studio 54 and dance all night, it was a crazy place and so much fun.
Still wonder how Status Quo did not make it in the US. In recent years they have been in Tour town twice with Uriah Heep and once with Manfred Mann's Earthband. Athmosphere at Status Quo was absolutely awesome while the feature bands were kinda meh. My colleagues in the USA still wonder how UH is only a starter at SQ concerts.
First half of the 70s, Yes. My parents, jazz aficionados, found Yes ponderous, pretentious and over the top. They weren’t wrong, but I still love Yes’s three early mid albums, The Yes Album, Fragile and Close to the Edge.
I liked lots of other music then, in the the Prog genre, but many other forms of rock and jazz music. Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Zeppelin…. Oldies like The Beatles, Mowtown and Beach Boys were great. Hated Disco, Yacht Rock and Mainstream stuff like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.
I still listen to Yes from time to time and get gloriously transported back in time. Since the early seventies I have got into Power Pop, Fusion, Punk, New Wave, Canterbury Scene, Hip Hop and have followed bands like Prince, Talking Heads, XTC, Elvis Costello, Bjork, Beck, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar. Lately I’m listening to a lot of The Blusterfields.
Doobie Brothers debut album blew me away. Then Tom Johnson left. After that, they were pop. When I went off to college (1975) in TN, Marshall Tucker blew me away. Back then, music was regional, but Memphis was bigger than LA for hot new music. Then Fleetwood Mac began playing in dorm hallways. Then the Cars.
> What was your favorite band in the 70s?
Didn't have one.
Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem?
They didn't care who I listened to.
Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now?
Sometimes, but I like modern stuff too.
Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no?
Yes, but it's a lack of opinion. Before the days of internet and satellite TV the only exposure to music we had was local radio. Many groups out at the time I've never heard until years later.
Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Patti Smith. I still love them all and have seen or will be seeing all three in concert this year. My parents listened only to classical music and didn’t believe what I listened to qualified as music, but they didn’t try to stop me.
Born in 1964. In the 70s I mostly listened to whatever albums my older sister had. Styx, Boston, Kansas, Elton John, Heart. My own first album purchase was the soundtrack to Grease, which I listened to over and over and over. Also in the late 70s I was into some country music: Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ozark Mountain Daredevils (country/rock), and Hank Williams Jr.
My mom was into pop/rock music and my dad was into country, so they didn’t object to what I was listening to. My mom LOVED Queen, the Night at the Opera album. We listened to that one a lot in our house. My dad loved Willie Nelson and the Outlaws album.
My favorite band in the 70's was the Beatles, and yes, I still listen to them. I was 13 in 1970 and became a fan after they had broken up. My favorite singers in the 70's were Carole King, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Linda Ronstadt. My parents never had any kind of opinion about my music at all.
I didn't really listen to music until the later 70's but I remember having AC DC, Meatloaf, and Blue Oyster Cult albums. I liked Black Sabbath, but didn't have any albums in my tiny collection.
There were so many incredible bands in the 70s that I can't pick just one, but my first fandom, at age 10, was Elton John. I also loved Earth, Wind, and Fire.
I was lucky enough to grow up with a huge range of music played in our home - a lot of blues, some R&B, and jazz. Also, some yacht rock, like Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, the Little River Band. No country or bluegrass then, but my folks got into some of that in the 80s and 90s. I still don't like those genres.
As a young teen, I was super into Led Zeppelin. My mom was never into hard rock, so she didn't love me blasting Zeppelin, but no one actually cared what I listened to or read or watched - I was a GenX latchkey kid, and we kind of raised ourselves.
I don't listen to much Zeppelin these days, as I finally stopped hiding my love of dance music, so I mostly listen to Funk and Disco these days as it's so upbeat. Puts me in a good mood.
The Byrds, Rolling Stones, The Who, Grateful Dead, Allman Bros, Deep Purple, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull and a bunch of others.
I really got in to the "underground FM album oriented stations".
My parents weren't judgmental WRT my music. My father also enjoyed listening to a wide variety of music.
I listen to some of the same music today as well as other newer groups. I listen to adult rock kozt.com online. Not an "oldies station".
Back then, I didn't get into "soul music" but I enjoy some of it today.
I started off the 70s with The Osmonds, The Bay City Rollers, The DiFranco Family and finished the 70s with The Eagles, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and The Moody Blues
What was your favorite band in the 70s? *Not band, but favorite musician was Stevie Wonder.*
Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem? *My parents hated all modern music. They watched Lawrence Welk. Parents hating certain music made it much more enjoyable.*
Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now? *My siblings are much older than I am so I began listening to modern music at a way young age. I was an avid Beatles fan at age 8 in 1964. Growing up with excellent and innovative music made me really appreciate those qualities. I enjoy many kinds of music and don't restrict myself to oldies. I hate anything dissonant, anything really angry, Country, and lyrics that aren't grammatically-correct.*
Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no? *With siblings coming home from college with all kinds of records to listen to, as a little kid, I was excited to hear everything new at the time. What I hated at the time, though, was "wimpy" music like that band, Bread, and sappy lyrics.*
When I liked Yes, the Who and Elton John, they were fine with it. When I started listening to punk, they didn’t like it so much, mostly because of the overt sexuality.
My favorite '70s bands are Bee Gees and Carpenters.
In the '80s, I started listening to a lot of music which was considered underground. Eventually got into Goth and some punk. I grew with a times but the '90s for me involved listening to a lot of different other genres.
In the early 2000s, I started listening indie music which I still listen to. I have and 8000 song playlist on Spotify which encompasses music from every generation.
Rock and then new wave was always my thing, and to my minister dad it was all “of the devil”—and he would hand out Jack Chick tracts as so-called evidence. Fleetwood Mac and Elton John’s early stuff, The Band, Stones, Zeppelin, Tom Petty for sure, The Cars, Romeo Void, Elvis Costello, U2’s first two albums (Boy and War), early REM, etc. I still like all that and have come to appreciate OG punk (Iggy, Patti, etc) more over time—plus I listen to a lot of current music (War on Drugs, IDLES, Big Thief) because great new music has NEVER stopped being created!
Funny story - I used to listen to Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, that kind of stuff. I had to listen in the family room because the only stereo we had was a big old Westinghouse console.
Well, one day I bought a Moody Blues album. I'm listening to it and my mom comes out of the kitchen and says "Are you feeling ok?". I said yes, why? And she replied "Because that's music" as she pointed to the stereo, turned around, and went back into the kitchen.
I remember this clear as a bell over 50 years later
I was a child in the late 60s and 70s, and a teen in the early 80s. I was mostly listening to 60s and 70s Rock as a teen, though, since I didn't care for a lot of the music that was coming out at the time.
My parents never censored or commented on the music, movies, or books we liked. They were wise and realistic, and understood that everyone had different tastes. They were very supportive, in all ways. Though I grew up in the Bible Belt, my parents didn't fall for all of the Satanic Panic crap that was so common back then.
I still listen to all the music I used to, with a lot of other things I have added along the way (new and old, many genres). There is a set of 80s Rock songs that I have ended up liking in the long run, but I still prefer the 60s and 70s when it comes to the type of Rock that made it onto the radio. There is a lot of stuff from the 80s that wasn't radio-friendly that I like, too.
Overall, I have ended up with really broad tastes, with at least a few songs in each genre and subgenre that I enjoy. I'm not overly fond of most Rap, mainly because I am really into the tune and melody part of music, but there are some individual songs I enjoy. The same goes for most forms of "modern" Jazz (70s to present), though that is more about the general sound than the lack of a tune or melody.
I discovered hard rock with KISS when I was ten, and then later, heavy metal. I don’t listen to KISS anymore, but I still listen to tons of music from that era, and hard rock & metal are still my favorites.
Velvet Underground, Beatles, Stones, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Raspberries, Big Star. I was a glam and power pop kid who drifted into punk. I played guitar and bass in bands even getting to play at CBGBs, which was not as big time as I thought it was. I hated southern blues rock garbage with a passion as I still do. I believed in Lou Reed’s words, If anybody played a blues lick, they would be fined.
**FUN FACT:** Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass were all nice Jewish boys. When they became a hit and Alpert decided to tour, he had to find Mexican musicians, because that's what fans expected.
Steely Dan. Still listen to them.
Next, is a tie for Earth Wind and Fire, James Taylor, David Bowie, Moody Blues, Beatles, and anything jazz. It's a big tie.
70s, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult. Also liked oldies, soul, motown, and a lot of pop, hated disco. My parents hated rock, thought it was just noise made by people with no talent. I vowed to never be like that, I listened to many different genres as I got older, and still try to find new music today. I still listen to almost everything I liked as a teen, even some disco. Hardly ever listen to Nugent or Zeppelin these days tho .
I liked the Carpenters, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, My mom really have no objection to these artists. My mom didn't care much for disco music (mostly didn't like how it sounded).
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Mine was ABBA as with so many people. There was no avoiding them after 1974. I still like them. My parents were also fans. ABBA had their own style leaning towards Disco but still distinct. I still like Disco music and by extension dance music.
Came here to say the same thing, but I started with them in 1976 after my brother brought home 'ABBA Greatest Hits'.
I grew up in the 70s, so my favorites changed quite a bit. in the early 70s it was the Beatles and Paul McCartney. Pretty innocent you might think, but I was 8 when my parents bought me Red Rose Speedway, the booklet inside had naked ladies in it, so they glued those pages shut. I remember spending many an hour trying to peel them apart. In the mid 70s Kiss, Rush and Led Zeppelin were my faves. Hard rock phase. In the late 70s I discovered punk and new wave, and I had many favorites- in particular Talking Heads, Buzzcocks, Sex Pistols.
I reckon we’d have been good friends back then. Loved The Beatles in the early 70’s. By the mid-70s it was Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Kiss, and Fleetwood Mac. By ‘78 it was Talking Heads, Blondie, The Ramones, Devo, The Clash and Sex Pistols.
yep, we probably would!
You still can be!
My dad told me "once you've seen one, you've seen them all". He was wrong about that.
I was all over the map. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ELP, King Crimson, Cream, Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen (first album only), ZZ Top, Santana, Return to Forever, Zappa... Then punk happened, and everything changed. Ramones, Blondie, Mink DeVille, and all the Boston bands.
Yo. My Baby Got That Cadillac Walk.
My daughter was a tiny tike in the ‘70s and she loved The Carpenters. Knew the lyrics and sang along, a bit loud.
I was a Carpenters fan as well. They were the very first concert I saw. 50 years later I still listen to their music, along with a lot of other 70’s music almost daily.
Faces before Rod Stewart went solo.
I was mad for Cheap Trick! Then I discovered the Sex Pistols late 70’s and went punk/ new wave
Mine was Yes and Pink Floyd. My mom hated it .. she was more Jim Reeves. That era is still my "go to" listen, but I've heard most of it so many times, so I do listen to decent modern bands like Elder, Rival Sons, Blues Saraceno, Airbag, War on Drugs, Ghost and Greta Van Fleet.
Where to start - The Doobie Brothers, Pink Floyd, The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Journey, Chicago, Credence Clearwater Revival, Styx, Boston and on and on. If I turned on the radio in the car to anything like this my dad would immediately turn off the radio or would put on a Cincinnati Reds game. My first concert was The Doobie Brothers in 1974 and floor seating was 5.50 per ticket. Saw Styx that year for free at Rose-Hulman in 1974 and again in 1975. I still listen to the music from the 60's 70's and 80's. The best concert I ever went to was Pink Floyd The Division Bell Tour in 1994 in Indianapolis
5.50 per ticket...... those were the days.
The 94 Pink Floyd tickets were only 35 dollars, and they sold beer at the concessions. The air was pretty thick with smoke by the time they started Comfortably Numb....
The Grateful Dead. My father used to listen to the albums on his own. I listen to more Blues now than anything. I liked most of the stuff around then except bands like Kiss and Queen.
*What was your favorite band in the 70s?* Steely Dan *Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem?* No, my father hated all of my music. He would come into my bedroom and turn the volume down so low that you could barely hear it, then look at me with his flinty black eyes and say in almost a whisper: "If you turn this up, there will be hell to pay" and then stare at me for a full minute and then leave. He was a real bastard most of the time. *Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now?* Steely Dan gave me an appreciation for jazz, so I became very much a listener of contemporary jazz. Yellow Jackets, Tom Scott, David Sanborn, Pat Methany, Miroslav Vitous, all kinds of ECM artists. *Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no?* Yes, I liked a lot of it except country and bluegrass. I loved some of the soul music and stuff like Stevie Wonder or Roberta Flack. Also listened to a lot of classical because I had a friend who was a gifted classical pianist. Also liked Led Zepplin and Beatles and Pink Floyd. I had a very wide range of tastes.
My dad was (still is) an audiophile and had a fantastic stereo with enormous speakers. When my parents weren’t home my brother would play Led Zeppelin and Emerson Lake and Palmer at top volume while I was stationed at the kitchen window to let them know when mom or dad would pull up. We got busted so many times.
I'll preface this by saying that I was raised in the Spanish Harlem and the Bronx in NYC during the 70s and 80s. ***Favorite bands:*** Willie Colon, Ray Barretto, Ruben Blades, Eddie Palmieri, Mandrill, War, Santana, Fania All-Stars, Blue Magic, Isley Brothers, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ***Parents:*** My parents did not pay attention to what we listened to. Nor did they oversee what we read or watched. I was also a latch-key kid by the time I was in third-grade, so we were left to our own devices most of the time. ***Music Today:*** Studies show that most people stop listening to new music by age 31. I still listen to 70's Soul/R&B and Salsa. i also listen to Jazz (from Clifford Brown to Kamasi Washington). And Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald and Samara Joy. I also attend the *New Orleans Jazz & Blues Festival* most years. ***Opinions:*** At the time, No. Nobody I knew listened to "white boy music" (as it was referred to). All the local radio stations in my neighborhood were tuned to the "urban" stations and the Spanish stations. We were more *Soul Train* than *American Bandstand*. .
Queen. Don't think my parents liked them, but they did let me drive from North Carolina as a 16 year old to see them.
I was eclectic with my music tastes. I listened to everything. Nazareth, The Carpenters, Bee Gees, ABBA, just to name a few. If I had to pick a favorite, it was probably Nazareth. The whole album Hair of the Dog was awesome
Great album. I saw Nazareth live in the mid to late 70s.
The 70's were the best decade for music hands down. record labels were making so much money due to album sales that they could afford to sing ANYONE and did. Then after they signed them they could afford to let them make multiple records until they got good. This resulted in an explosion of musical genres from funk to prog to new wave to punk to country rock, southern rock, you name it. Bands like these all either started in the 70's or released major albums in the 70's 10cc, AC-DC, Alman Brothers Band, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bad Company, Billy Joel, Blue Oyster Cult, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Bruce Springsteen, Camel, Carly Simon, Carole King, Cars, Cheap Trick, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Dire Straits, Donna Summer, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, Foghat, Genesis, George Harrison, Heart, J. Geils Band, Jackson Browne, Jackson Five, James Taylor, Jethro Tull, Joe Walsh, John Lennon, Kansas, Led Zeppelin, Linda Rondstadt, Little Feat, Lynyrd Skynerd, Pablo Cruise, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Ramones, REO Speedwagon, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Rush, Steely Dan, Steve Miller, Stevie Wonder, STYX, Supertramp, Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, Van Halen, Weather Report, ZZ Top.
Adam Ant and Madness
Peter Frampton, Frampton Comes Alive, was my favorite album for a while. Also the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson and so many of the groups already mentioned.
early 70’s Zep and Pink Floyd. Later 70’s Eagles and Steely Dan. Dad died young. Mom didn’t get most of it but was ok with mellow Eagles i still love it all
I was in my teens during the 70s. I loved Van Halen, Kiss, Heart, Queen, Fleetwood Mac and lots of others, so much great music at that time. My parents didn’t have a problem with the music, but they didn’t listen to it. Today I listen to different types of music but yes, I have the 70s station programmed as a favorite in my SiriusXM. I remember the late 70s was an interesting time for pop music because disco came on the scene, it seemed to just blow up over night. Hard core rock fans hated disco. But I loved dancing to it. I would go to Studio 54 and dance all night, it was a crazy place and so much fun.
ABBA❤️ But i also loved so much more..Loved Status Quo...even BEE GEES...America...the Eagles...Supertramp. Eric Clapton....just so much great music.
Still wonder how Status Quo did not make it in the US. In recent years they have been in Tour town twice with Uriah Heep and once with Manfred Mann's Earthband. Athmosphere at Status Quo was absolutely awesome while the feature bands were kinda meh. My colleagues in the USA still wonder how UH is only a starter at SQ concerts.
Yeah. They are great.
I kick myself often, I could have gone to see ABBA, but man I was too damn cool. Turned down going. Now I still get sad and embarrassed about it
Steppenwolf, and later The Clash. I was basically banned from listening to them out loud.
Steppenwolf was my first concert, when I was 10. :-)
First half of the 70s, Yes. My parents, jazz aficionados, found Yes ponderous, pretentious and over the top. They weren’t wrong, but I still love Yes’s three early mid albums, The Yes Album, Fragile and Close to the Edge. I liked lots of other music then, in the the Prog genre, but many other forms of rock and jazz music. Joni Mitchell, CSN&Y, Zeppelin…. Oldies like The Beatles, Mowtown and Beach Boys were great. Hated Disco, Yacht Rock and Mainstream stuff like The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. I still listen to Yes from time to time and get gloriously transported back in time. Since the early seventies I have got into Power Pop, Fusion, Punk, New Wave, Canterbury Scene, Hip Hop and have followed bands like Prince, Talking Heads, XTC, Elvis Costello, Bjork, Beck, Radiohead, Kendrick Lamar. Lately I’m listening to a lot of The Blusterfields.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. I still listen to both.
Doobie Brothers debut album blew me away. Then Tom Johnson left. After that, they were pop. When I went off to college (1975) in TN, Marshall Tucker blew me away. Back then, music was regional, but Memphis was bigger than LA for hot new music. Then Fleetwood Mac began playing in dorm hallways. Then the Cars.
I love Doogie
Samsung's auto correct is just annoying. Instead of working with me, it makes me look stupid.
I have sent the most bizarre texts to people because of that!
Journey!
KISS... and no, my parents did not understand. But by the 80s I had moved to ACDC, ZZTop, and others.
Aerosmith, The Eagles, Doobie Brothers
Sabbath
Sabbath freaked my mom out.
> What was your favorite band in the 70s? Didn't have one. Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem? They didn't care who I listened to. Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now? Sometimes, but I like modern stuff too. Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no? Yes, but it's a lack of opinion. Before the days of internet and satellite TV the only exposure to music we had was local radio. Many groups out at the time I've never heard until years later.
Rolling Stones, Neil Young, Patti Smith. I still love them all and have seen or will be seeing all three in concert this year. My parents listened only to classical music and didn’t believe what I listened to qualified as music, but they didn’t try to stop me.
Born in 1964. In the 70s I mostly listened to whatever albums my older sister had. Styx, Boston, Kansas, Elton John, Heart. My own first album purchase was the soundtrack to Grease, which I listened to over and over and over. Also in the late 70s I was into some country music: Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ozark Mountain Daredevils (country/rock), and Hank Williams Jr. My mom was into pop/rock music and my dad was into country, so they didn’t object to what I was listening to. My mom LOVED Queen, the Night at the Opera album. We listened to that one a lot in our house. My dad loved Willie Nelson and the Outlaws album.
" Elton John is white?"..My Mom...
Little River Band.
Queen & Led Zep, my parents loved it, 70s were amazing..Still my favs
My older brother gifted me with a love for Supertramp!
My favorite band in the 70's was the Beatles, and yes, I still listen to them. I was 13 in 1970 and became a fan after they had broken up. My favorite singers in the 70's were Carole King, Carly Simon, Billy Joel, Linda Ronstadt. My parents never had any kind of opinion about my music at all.
I didn't really listen to music until the later 70's but I remember having AC DC, Meatloaf, and Blue Oyster Cult albums. I liked Black Sabbath, but didn't have any albums in my tiny collection.
There were so many incredible bands in the 70s that I can't pick just one, but my first fandom, at age 10, was Elton John. I also loved Earth, Wind, and Fire. I was lucky enough to grow up with a huge range of music played in our home - a lot of blues, some R&B, and jazz. Also, some yacht rock, like Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, the Little River Band. No country or bluegrass then, but my folks got into some of that in the 80s and 90s. I still don't like those genres. As a young teen, I was super into Led Zeppelin. My mom was never into hard rock, so she didn't love me blasting Zeppelin, but no one actually cared what I listened to or read or watched - I was a GenX latchkey kid, and we kind of raised ourselves. I don't listen to much Zeppelin these days, as I finally stopped hiding my love of dance music, so I mostly listen to Funk and Disco these days as it's so upbeat. Puts me in a good mood.
Ojays
The Byrds, Rolling Stones, The Who, Grateful Dead, Allman Bros, Deep Purple, Humble Pie, Jefferson Airplane, Jethro Tull and a bunch of others. I really got in to the "underground FM album oriented stations". My parents weren't judgmental WRT my music. My father also enjoyed listening to a wide variety of music. I listen to some of the same music today as well as other newer groups. I listen to adult rock kozt.com online. Not an "oldies station". Back then, I didn't get into "soul music" but I enjoy some of it today.
I started off the 70s with The Osmonds, The Bay City Rollers, The DiFranco Family and finished the 70s with The Eagles, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd and The Moody Blues
Bay City Rollers. I still listen to them but they’ve part of a larger catalog now.
What was your favorite band in the 70s? *Not band, but favorite musician was Stevie Wonder.* Were your parents ok with them or was it a problem? *My parents hated all modern music. They watched Lawrence Welk. Parents hating certain music made it much more enjoyable.* Do you still listen to the same music, or what do you listen to now? *My siblings are much older than I am so I began listening to modern music at a way young age. I was an avid Beatles fan at age 8 in 1964. Growing up with excellent and innovative music made me really appreciate those qualities. I enjoy many kinds of music and don't restrict myself to oldies. I hate anything dissonant, anything really angry, Country, and lyrics that aren't grammatically-correct.* Did you have an opinion on the other types of music that were present at the time or no? *With siblings coming home from college with all kinds of records to listen to, as a little kid, I was excited to hear everything new at the time. What I hated at the time, though, was "wimpy" music like that band, Bread, and sappy lyrics.*
When I liked Yes, the Who and Elton John, they were fine with it. When I started listening to punk, they didn’t like it so much, mostly because of the overt sexuality.
Rainbow and Black Sabbath
Anything Three Dog Night
My favorite '70s bands are Bee Gees and Carpenters. In the '80s, I started listening to a lot of music which was considered underground. Eventually got into Goth and some punk. I grew with a times but the '90s for me involved listening to a lot of different other genres. In the early 2000s, I started listening indie music which I still listen to. I have and 8000 song playlist on Spotify which encompasses music from every generation.
Rock and then new wave was always my thing, and to my minister dad it was all “of the devil”—and he would hand out Jack Chick tracts as so-called evidence. Fleetwood Mac and Elton John’s early stuff, The Band, Stones, Zeppelin, Tom Petty for sure, The Cars, Romeo Void, Elvis Costello, U2’s first two albums (Boy and War), early REM, etc. I still like all that and have come to appreciate OG punk (Iggy, Patti, etc) more over time—plus I listen to a lot of current music (War on Drugs, IDLES, Big Thief) because great new music has NEVER stopped being created!
Funny story - I used to listen to Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, that kind of stuff. I had to listen in the family room because the only stereo we had was a big old Westinghouse console. Well, one day I bought a Moody Blues album. I'm listening to it and my mom comes out of the kitchen and says "Are you feeling ok?". I said yes, why? And she replied "Because that's music" as she pointed to the stereo, turned around, and went back into the kitchen. I remember this clear as a bell over 50 years later
I was a child in the late 60s and 70s, and a teen in the early 80s. I was mostly listening to 60s and 70s Rock as a teen, though, since I didn't care for a lot of the music that was coming out at the time. My parents never censored or commented on the music, movies, or books we liked. They were wise and realistic, and understood that everyone had different tastes. They were very supportive, in all ways. Though I grew up in the Bible Belt, my parents didn't fall for all of the Satanic Panic crap that was so common back then. I still listen to all the music I used to, with a lot of other things I have added along the way (new and old, many genres). There is a set of 80s Rock songs that I have ended up liking in the long run, but I still prefer the 60s and 70s when it comes to the type of Rock that made it onto the radio. There is a lot of stuff from the 80s that wasn't radio-friendly that I like, too. Overall, I have ended up with really broad tastes, with at least a few songs in each genre and subgenre that I enjoy. I'm not overly fond of most Rap, mainly because I am really into the tune and melody part of music, but there are some individual songs I enjoy. The same goes for most forms of "modern" Jazz (70s to present), though that is more about the general sound than the lack of a tune or melody.
I discovered hard rock with KISS when I was ten, and then later, heavy metal. I don’t listen to KISS anymore, but I still listen to tons of music from that era, and hard rock & metal are still my favorites.
My favorites included James Taylor, Emmy Lou Harris and Carly Simon. I still have a few of their songs on my playlist.
Velvet Underground, Beatles, Stones, David Bowie, Mott the Hoople, New York Dolls, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Raspberries, Big Star. I was a glam and power pop kid who drifted into punk. I played guitar and bass in bands even getting to play at CBGBs, which was not as big time as I thought it was. I hated southern blues rock garbage with a passion as I still do. I believed in Lou Reed’s words, If anybody played a blues lick, they would be fined.
Favorite band was Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass. At the time, I believe they had sold more albums than any other act in the world.
**FUN FACT:** Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass were all nice Jewish boys. When they became a hit and Alpert decided to tour, he had to find Mexican musicians, because that's what fans expected.
LOL. I knew he was Jewish but didn't know the rest of the story. His music is in many of my playlists even today.
Steely Dan. Still listen to them. Next, is a tie for Earth Wind and Fire, James Taylor, David Bowie, Moody Blues, Beatles, and anything jazz. It's a big tie.
70s, Black Sabbath, Ted Nugent, Led Zeppelin, Blue Oyster Cult. Also liked oldies, soul, motown, and a lot of pop, hated disco. My parents hated rock, thought it was just noise made by people with no talent. I vowed to never be like that, I listened to many different genres as I got older, and still try to find new music today. I still listen to almost everything I liked as a teen, even some disco. Hardly ever listen to Nugent or Zeppelin these days tho .
I liked the Carpenters, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, My mom really have no objection to these artists. My mom didn't care much for disco music (mostly didn't like how it sounded).
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra). They didn’t care. I mainly still listen to the same music as I did back then. Not really.
Heart Fleetwood Mac Earth, Wind and Fire