Most Beautiful Songs - 1960 - 1979

[Ron Party]

Eagles, Desperado (1973)

 

[Ron Party]

Chicago, If You Leave Me Now (1976)

 

[Ron Party]

Timothy B. Schmidt, I Can't Tell You Why (1979)

 

[mhardy6647]

FWIW (which, admittedly, ain't much), I gave serious consideration to post Desperado -- also Peaceful Easy Feeling, of which I quite like the sound of the guitar intro and there are some nice harmonies to be heard. I only didn't due to their massive popularity, which isn't meant as a dig at all, just a qualifier I elected to employ.

 

[Laika2]

I'll see your Sara Smile and raise you a When the Morning Comes.

(my own personal favorite Hall & Oates song, FWIW -- which, admittedly, ain't much)

NOT a huge Hall and Oates fan, sort of love hate. You nailed the love side, If it's Hall and Oates that's my go to, a diamond in a band that slowly shifted from blue eyed soul to another 80s corporate hit machine.

 

[Eulipian]

Another cover of "O-o-h Child"...

Her version of Skylark is unbearably beautiful

 

[Robin L]

Bill Evans, "Spring is Here", 1960:

 

[Eulipian]

This entire album should be on this list.

 

[Ron Party]

Aaron Neville, Tell It Like It Is (1966)

 

[Ron Party]

Percy Sledge, When A Man Loves A Woman (1966)

 

[Ron Party]

Hard to pick just one by the great Sam Cooke, but how about A Change Is Gonna Come (1963)

 

[Robin L]

This entire album should be on this list.

True that!
"Lush Life", John Coltrane/Johnny Hartman, 1963:

 

[Robin L]

Speaking of Lisa Loeb. Her Do You Sleep would qualify as beautiful from my perspective.

And thinking about Lisa Loeb and the mid-90s put me to mind of Heather Nova. She's probably an acquired taste, but as I sit here this evening, I'd posit that her song Truth and Bone evokes the B-word. At least for me.

But she's a 90's artist. And this thread is about 1960-1979.

 

[mhardy6647]

oh, shoot! I really am sorry! Posting while distracted.
Deleted -- I'll put 'em on the other thread, though, I think.

 

[Ron Party]

Originally done by Leon Russell in 1972, I'll take George Benson's 1976 version of This Masquerade

 

[Ron Party]

Another Leon Russell song from 1971, but I'll take Ray Charles's version of A Song For You

 

[Robin L]

oh, shoot! I really am sorry! Posting while distracted.
Deleted -- I'll put 'em on the other thread, though, I think.

Yeah, a lot of songs came to my mind that sonically/musically fit into this timezone. Sorry if I'm being uptight, the important thing is music is being shared.

 

[Ron Party]

10cc, I'm Not In Love (1975)

 

[mhardy6647]

Yeah, a lot of songs came to my mind that sonically/musically fit into this timezone. Sorry if I'm being uptight, the important thing is music is being shared.

No need to apologize for (or in) your own thread!
I was spread too thin yesterday and forgot where I was -- it's all taken care of.
Here's a beautiful song of the right era. Pete Townshend's demo version of Behind Blue Eyes.
Best of all -- in the liner notes for Scoop (or whichever of the "Scoop" series it was on...), Big T reported that, when he finished the demo, his erstswhile wife, Karen Astley, heard it from the kitchen and reported that she liked it! I wonder if Townshend asked her about audio cables from the kitchen when he was swapping gear?

perhaps (??) his most beautiful 'OO-era song, demo style:
The Song is Over

The 'orrible 'OO (as Daltrey called them, at least once, in an interview) might have even improved this one when they got their mitts on it.

Mr. Towshend playin' that Gretsch "Chet Atkins" guitar that Joe Walsh gave him -- and which defined his guitar sound in those days.
Now that was beautiful.

 

[Fahzz]

I was reminded of this one unfortunately.