Most of my readers probably know that I have a lot of music comprising many genres of which most is either in the pop category or classical. I call the pop category my non-classical music. Currently I have 1,670 hours, 32 minutes, and 10 seconds of non-classical music. I listen to an average of 11 hours, 10 minutes of music each and every day, which means that it takes me about 149½ days just to listen to the non-classical music. It takes me the rest of the year to listen to all my classical music.
Long-time readers also probably know that I listen to my non-classical music in chronological order. Today I’m in the year 1971. Of the many albums released that year, I have 58 of them. In the order in which I listen to them:
- Kongos by John Kongos
- First Album by ZZ Top
- Salisbury by Uriah Heep
- Chicago III by Chicago
- Paranoid by Black Sabbath
- Crazy Horse by Crazy Horse
- Love It To Death by Alice Cooper
- Ring Of Hands by Argent
- The Yes Album by Yes
- Percy by The Kinks
- Aqualung by Jethro Tull
- Manna by Bread
- Sticky Fingers by The Rolling Stones
- The Doobie Brothers by The Doobie Brothers
- Survival by Grand Funk
- Bloodrock 3 by Bloodrock
- Thirds by The James Gang
- Songs For Beginners by Graham Nash
- Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
- L.A. Woman by The Doors
- Indelibly Stamped by Supertramp
- Tarkus by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Every Good Boy Deserves Favor by The Moody Blues
- Fireball by Deep Purple
- Master Of Reality by Black Sabbath
- Who’s Next? by The Who
- April Wine by April Wine
- Bark by Jefferson Airplane
- Future Games by Fleetwood Mac
- Harmony by Three Dog Night
- Look At Yourself by Uriah Heep
- Imagine by John Lennon
- Rock Love by The Steve Miller Band
- American Pie by Don McLean
- Other Voices by The Doors
- REO Speedwagon by REO Speedwagon
- The Morning After by The J. Geils Band
- UFO 2—Flying by UFO
- Distant Light by The Hollies
- Meddle by Pink Floyd
- Cold Spring Harbor by Billy Joel
- Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be by The Sweet
- Muswell Hillbillies by The Kinks
- Nazareth by Nazareth
- People Like Us by The Mamas & The Papas
- Sittin’ In by Loggins & Messina
- Year Of Sunday by Seals & Crofts
- Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
- Nilsson Schmillson by Nilsson
- Fragile by Yes
- E Pluribus Funk by Grand Funk
- Madman Across The Water by Elton John
- Killer by Alice Cooper
- Trafalgar by The Bee Gees
- Straight Up by Badfinger
- The Electric Light Orchestra by The Electric Light Orchestra
- The Concert For Bangladesh by George Harrison & Friends
- Wild Life by Wings
So which is my favorite album? I couldn’t decide. Maybe there is a tie for first place:
Ram by Paul & Linda McCartney
Who’s Next? by The Who
Led Zeppelin IV by Led Zeppelin
Nilsson Schmilsson by Nilsson
Trafalgar by The Bee Gees.
If you know those albums well, you’ll notice that every song on the albums are quite singable, and I love to sing.
I also have 71 individual song files but I’m not going to list all of them here. I can’t choose my favorite among them, either, but following are ten that I love to sing along with. I hope they bring back some pleasant memories for someone.
Jeepster by T. Rex
Not released as a single
Another Day by Paul McCartney
McCartney’s first post-Beatles single, a #5 hit
Indian Reservation by Paul Revere & The Raiders
Their only #1 hit
Me & You & A Dog Named Boo by Lobo
Lobo’s first single, a #5 hit
Albert Flasher by The Guess Who
#29 hit
Signs by Five Man Electrical Band
Their first single, a #3 hit
Draggin’ The Line by Tommy James
A #4 hit a year after James said good-bye to The Shondells
Saturday Morning Confusion by Bobby Russell
Russell wrote dozens of hits for others
but had only two hits himself
this his biggest at #28
Where Evil Grows by The Poppy Family
A #45 hit, although until this blog post
I thought it made it much higher.
Rain Dance by The Guess Who
#19
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Wow! That takes me back to my hippie days….Just a few years out of college! Thanks for the memories.
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Hippie days out of college? My hippie days were in college so you have me by a few years.
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Definitely took me back in time when music went hand in hand with a free lifestyle, now all we need to go with your music is Free Love, Flower Power and Peace.
Cheers
Ian and Emu
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Great Music! Ah, to be…..twenty-something….again!
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I’d even settle for thirty-something!…………LOL
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