Sappy 70's ballads

[scramjet]

Come on you hardened cynical bastards, it's time to show your soft side...

You know, the kind of thing you find on those "AM Hits" compilations.

Actually, listening to most of these is like chewing on foil to me. Awful stuff like these:

Bobby Goldsboro - Honey
Paul Anka - Having My Baby
Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
Bread - Diary
Michael Martin Murphy - Wildfire
Terry Jacks - Seasons In The Sun
Commodores - Three Times A Lady (despite some pleasant Jr. High slowdancing memories I don't think I could actually listen to the song all the way through)

I have to admit to liking a few:

Rita Coolidge - We're All Alone (I heard this recently, which got me thinking about this)
Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now

I'm not sure I can articulate why I like some and not others.





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[Cadman68]

Anything by BREAD....

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[Max Murdoc]

Oooooh, Seasons in the Sun. Takes me back to 7th grade and my first real girlfriend...Sonya. I haven't thought of her in years. She broke my heart when she moved away.

Goodbye to you, my trusted friend.
We've known each other since we're nine or ten.
Together we climbed hills or trees.
Learned of love and ABC's,
skinned our hearts and skinned our knees.
Goodbye my friend, it's hard to die,
when all the birds are singing in the sky,
Now that the spring is in the air.
Pretty girls are everywhere.
When you see them I'll be there.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun.
But the hills that we climbed
were just seasons out of time.

Sniff

[WoodlandParkPunk]

Hey, I love all that 70's schlock!!

"You just pick a chord, go twang, and you've got music." ~ Sid Vicious

[club80]

I can't say I like any of the songs cited here but I'll give you a really sappy song I like. It's actually from the '60's though...
The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park, and Other Things. You know.."I love the Flower Girl...". Real sappy...yet I like it.


We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-

[phillyidol]

The night chicago died
billy don't be a hero
Run Joey run
Oh the 70's had so much of this stuff.




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[club80]

[quote][i]Originally posted by club80[/i]
<br>I can't say I like any of the songs cited here but I'll give you a really sappy song I like. It's actually from the '60's though...
The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park, and Other Things. You know.."I love the Flower Girl...". Real sappy...yet I like it.


We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-
[/quote]


Oh wait...I just thought of a sappy '70's song I like. The Spy Who Loved Me by Carly Simon. I think I wanted to be a spy when I was a kid. Like James Bond. And, of course, get chicks as hot as he did. That song brings back memories. My sister got married a few years ago and they used this as their wedding song. A different choice but it worked.


We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
-Johnny Ramone-

[plagiarism]

As an experiment, I decided to play Abba's "SOS" on auto-repeat until I couldn't take it any more. I made it through 4 1/2 times. Based on that, I could probably make it through "Just When I Needed You Most" 3 times, "Seasons in the Sun" twice, and a few others once. These 70s ballads are an anathema to me.

[SomebodySomewhere]

Bobby Goldsboro's "Honey" could turn a peacemaker into a serial killer. Just an awful, awful song. Probably one of the worst ever recorded.

I also loathe Morris Albert's "Feelings." Does anyone know anybody who will cop to buying that shit in 1975?

In the department of sappy '70s ballads I actually like, Paul Davis' "I Go Crazy," Styx's "Babe," Kansas' "Dust in the Wind" and Jefferson Starship's "Miracles."

[i_like_lectric_motors]

I'll second Paul Davis and add The Commodores' "Easy", The Bee Gee's "How Deep Is Your Love", pretty much anything by The Carpenters, and my personal favorites Hall and Oates ("Sara Smile" and "She's Gone").

[enzfan]

I'll third Paul Davis and add.

Reminiscing, Cool Change, and Lady by The Little River Band.
All By Myself by Eric Carmen.
I Just Wanna Stop by Gino Vanelli.
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight, Nights Are Forever, and We'll Never Have To Say Goodbye by England Dan & John Ford Coley.
We May Never Pass This Way (Again) by Seals And Crofts.
Longer and Same Old Lange Syne by Dan Fogelberg.
How Much I Feel, You're The Only Women, and Biggest Part Of Me by Ambrosia.
More Than I Can Say and When I Need Love by Leo Sayers.

I stand guilty as charged, I love 70's schlock.

[hexicon]

Who did "Sometimes When We Touch"? Gah, that was bad but as a kid I assumed that it was how grownups felt about stuff.

And "Beth," by KISS, of course.

[enzfan]

[quote][i]Originally posted by hexicon[/i]
<br>Who did "Sometimes When We Touch"? Gah, that was bad but as a kid I assumed that it was how grownups felt about stuff.

And "Beth," by KISS, of course.
[/quote]Dan Hill, I forgot that one.

[bosten]

I have 2 say the wife & I enjoy :
You Take My Breath Away : Rex Smith
I Just Wanna Stop & Wheels Of Life : Gino Vannelli
My Angel Baby : Toby Beau
My Love : Wings


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[Frau_Blucher]

[quote][i]Originally posted by enzfan[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by hexicon[/i]
<br>Who did "Sometimes When We Touch"? Gah, that was bad but as a kid I assumed that it was how grownups felt about stuff.

And "Beth," by KISS, of course.
[/quote]Dan Hill, I forgot that one.
[/quote]
Don't forget the classic thread about this, Frayo, and Mechi. Was DJ Craig the author of that brilliance??

I'm partial to a bit of 10cc (the band that is, not the average volume of male ejaculant that their name refers to!). BTW, "I'm Not In Love" was nicely redone by Olive a few years ago.