Softer, softest.

[hippie_chick]

Take Me Back Tuesday @ The Music Memoirs

Last week we went loud. This week, we'll soften it down a touch.

Take "soft" as you will. Soft rock, having the word soft in it...let your imagination go on this one.


I'll go "soft rock".

Artists:

1. The Eagles. I love this band. Their easy, laid back country-flavored rock has yielded a string of hit singles and albums.

After their "break-up" they came back strong, Glenn Frey stating "...for the record, we never broke up, we just took a 14 year vacation" making the ensuing tour a "resumption" of the band not a "reunion" of it.

2. James Taylor. He's got a smooth, folksy style and is one of my favorite singer-songwriters.

3. Bread. They're instantly recognizable if you were around in the 1970s, and their music is still played on the radio and covered by other artists. Boy George did a wonderful version of "Everything I Own" a few years ago.


Songs:

1. Take It Easy (Eagles)
2. Carolina In My Mind (James Taylor)
3. Baby I'm-A Want You (Bread)


Albums:

1. Hotel California (Eagles) Possibly their most successful, popular album.

2. Sweet Baby James (James Taylor) Contains his biggest hit "Fire And Rain".

3. Baby I'm-A Want You (Bread) This album peaked at #3 and contains one of my favorites, "Diary" as well as the title track and "Everything I Own".

Comments

[ragdoll.livejournal.com]

Even though most of that sound never did much for me (other than Fleetwood Mac obsession and a brief flirtation with Linda Ronstadt and Carly Simon oddly enough), I just read an article in our local newspaper about how a lot of new bands are tending toward that whole soft rock/California 70s sound and a lot of old artists including America and Carly Simon are having a renaissance. Everything old is new again.

[jvdhj.livejournal.com]

Excellent choices! Getting mellow just reading them! :)