I saw a response on Twitter from SicFitDotCom, asking “Who is Marshall Tucker Band?”. I gasp in horror thinking that someone might not know the Marshall Tucker Band, then I thought, maybe many of the bands and songs that have played the soundtrack of my life might not be known to this new generation. If they didn’t know The Marshall Tucker Band, then they might not know Molly Hatchet.
Here is a collection of songs from the 70’s that stay on my play list. I know I might be dating myself but with all the people out wanting to 70’s big, I thought it about time they start listening to sounds of the 70’s. Here are a few…
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7yOccqdxI[/youtube]
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt0Lrs_yhMI[/youtube]
70s or not, I’m aghast that you neglect Echo and the Bunny Men as essential lifting music.
Yeah, that flute in Can’t You See always gets me going too. I generally transition to some Jethro Tull right afterwards so there is no lay off in hardcore fluting. 🙂
Thanks for the post.I always like to hear about other’s playlists. If you’re like me you find that everyone else’s playlist–in it’s entirety–sucks in comparison to yours, but there is always one great band or song to pull from it. From yours I pull Seger (I also had not idea who Molly Hatchet was..I like that song)
Ryan – Molly Hatchet has to named with great southern rock bands like Skynard and .38 Special.
For me Simple Man is one of the greatest song ever written. I know that is a bold statement with so many songs, but I connect to it. Much like everything on this site there is personal story that takes it a step deeper. About 6-7 years ago when I was playing in Philly we got done with the season and I headed out for a few month on the beginning of off-season, before I did, I dropped off my blue chopper at Billy Bob’s house for a “make over”, new 18″ over Denver’s springer, a hot 96″ evo with a 5 speed kicker, new rear fender, 200 rear tire, new straight bars and one off drag pipes made from 6 pairs of reject pipers. I love that bike and Billy Bob (You might ask who is Billy Bob, but then I would have to explain RC, Buddy and the boys and that would take a lot of space) I came back for Daytona Bike week, Bundy and I loaded up his truck and took off out of the cold and snow for Daytona Beach. We got there in about 18 hours for a week of shenanigans and riding with Ivy and the boys from Metry. One night we ride up north about an hour to Peggy’s Place for a drink and come up on the marquee sign says “Van Zant Band”, we walk in on Lynyrd Skynyrd playing their warm up for a blowout of the beach in Dayton a few nights later. We sat their and drank beer with 12 drunk bikers and two guys getting tattooed in a trailer next to the stage listening to Free Bird, Give me 3 steps and of course Simple Man. After that I always have felt a certain kin to that song and skynyrd. In 08, when I was with the Pats, I saw them with Kid Rock in Boston. Not the same magic, actually it sucked compared to that night at Peggy’s place and that rock and roll jesus thing kid rock did was just bad. And I like kid rock, the guy blended country, hip hop, porn and strippers.
Have to agree with you on the Seger. If I had to choose one meal to eat for the rest of my life it would be my grass-fed meat from John and guacamole. If I had to choose on person to listen to for the rest of my life it very well could be Bob Seger. Anyone who could write “she was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes and points all her own sitting way up high way up firm and high” rocks. My only complaint was making moves in the back seat of his 50 chevy. I own a 49 and 50 mercury. And all about bench seats in a long sled, especially with a manual tranny. Mike Ness managed to work his 54 Chevrolet into Ball and Chain. My pop told me that chevy’s were cheaper cars and most kids couldn’t afford a mercury with a V8, so I have to take that into account. For a future post, I will post the pix of my cars and bikes. That would be epic and maybe some of the pictures from our trips with Daytona with Bundy, RC and Ivy.
echo and the bunny men? What are you smoking? Not that there is anything wrong with that, maybe for a yoga warm up or something; just a bit too new wave for me.
Call me a rocker (probably cause I play in a punk band I guess), but I need some fast as fawk or hard a hell music to get me pumped. I’ve said sick of it all before but I like all kinds; early dropkick murphys, one man army, dead to me, the clash, ramones, nerve agents, nofx, pennywise, the bruisers, blood 4 blood, Social D, ducky boys, off with their heads, cobra skulls, the streetdogs, the blue bloods, stiff little fingers, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Rancid, Husker Du, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, descendents, Biohazard, Helmet, Swingin Utters, bad religion, anthrax, op ivy, the unseen, a whilhelm scream, vultures united pump from my stereo during workouts. I know most of those bands aren’t from the seventies, but hey, we’re talking xfit soundtracks here.
None of that bs makeup wearing pansy crybaby sh*t the majors churn out these days, or that even more disturbing techno-screamo no instrument playing nonsense like the millionaires, brokencyde or 3oh!3.
My take on the 70s:
Devil went down to Georgia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvfRSzmMoU
Waylon Jennings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BckTf1GLvSs
Long cool woman in a black dress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ
Fleetwood Mac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEi7GPkxfsE
David Allan Coe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUemP8P8rhU