#the '70s

[sleepydrummer]

The '70s James Taylor & Carly Simon, October, 1971 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

#james taylor #carly simon #michael ochs #singer-songwriters #new york #october #1971 #the '70s #magnetism

[bayareabadboy]

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

#Jeff Bridges #Clint Eastwood #thunderbolt and #'70s movie #the '70s

[nik-nefarious]

#uli jon roth #scorpions #the '70s #1977

[donnahinkleystaceytroy]

#the '70s #amy smart

[spaceageloveblog]

Jimmy retired to his 'baronial life' in the art-and-antique-filled boathouse with a new girlfriend, Charlotte Martin, an arresting French model and ex-lover of Eric Clapton's, to whom he'd been introduced by Roger Daltrey.

My favorite sentence (so far) from Bob Spitz’s biography of Led Zeppelin, possibly the most rock ‘n’ roll sentence I’ve ever read

(It’s on page 219, I’m currently on page 265 of 575, so maybe there’ll be better sentences to come)

I started reading this book a few weeks ago and subsequently started listening to their albums. I really only previously knew their big songs. I listened to a lot of classic rock when I was younger but for whatever reason never was really into Led Zeppelin.

Well, I’m not breaking anything here, but they are really good.

Their 1st album is like a 9.5 out of 10. Just great. Been listening to “Dazed and Confused” nearly every day for a few weeks now. I hear Kanye West in this song:

Their 2nd album is a straight up 10 out of 10. I mean, “Whole Lotta Love” is arguably the best rock song of all time. This one of the few Zeppelin songs I would have said I was a fan of before I started this bender a few weeks ago. But it’s also got “Ramble On” and “Heartbreaker,” a song I guess I heard before but have likely listened to more in the past few weeks than the rest of my life combined. I am listening to it as I type this and my whole body sort of just moves along to it.

Their 3rd album is a miss in my opinion. I liked “Tangerine” though.

Their 4th album is another perfect 10 out of 10. How awesome would it have been to be 16 years old in 1971, having loved the 1st 2 albums, been a tad confused by the 3rd, then listen to IV for the 1st time?

You hear “Black Dog” and “Rock and Roll” and think to yourself, OK, Led Zeppelin is back! Then “Battle of Evermore” comes on, you sort of dig it, but it is a change of pace. But “Stairway to Heaven” starts slowly and you’re like, well, shit, back to this mellow thing again, is this going to be the last album all over again? 

Only to have the back half of the song kick in and your mind get blown.

The next two albums both have names and both are good. Neither as good as II or IV. Both definitely better than III. I think I like the 6th, Physical Graffiti, better than the 5th, Houses of the Holy, but not by much. Maybe they are better than the debut. But the debut is the debut and is special. I need to listen to them a few more times each probably.

There’s only a few albums left, which I’m sure I’ll listen to the coming weeks. And I’ll probably find their concert movie, The Song Remains the Same, streaming somewhere and watch that. But I will eventually finish the book, and this phase will pass. I am already pre-sad that it will all be over soon.

And I feel like I need apologize to those friends and acquaintances from high school and college that tried to warn me about Led Zeppelin but I didn’t listen. I remember VH1 advertised The Song Remains the Same incessantly when I was living in my freshman dorm room in 1997 and it seemed absurd. But one of my roommates was really into Zeppelin and didn’t understand what I found to be absurd about it. But we bonded over Oasis, so that was fine.

#books #music #bob spitz #led zeppelin #rock music #quotes #the '70s

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[art by @beelzeebub ]

#movies #polls #goncharov #70s movies #martin scorsese #matteo jwhj0715 #robert de niro #cybill shepherd #harvey keitel #unreality cw #april fools cw #have you seen this movie poll

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son 1976

"Carry On Wayward Son" is a song by American rockband Kansas, released on their fourth studio album, Leftoverture. Written by guitarist Kerry Livgren, the song became the band's first Top 40 hit, reaching number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1977. The song has since remained a classic rock radio staple and a signature song for the band. It was the second-most-played track on US classic rock radio in 1995 and number one in 1997.

"Carry On Wayward Son" is considered the unofficial theme song for the television series Supernatural. It is heard in the final episode of every season of the show with the exception of the first season finale, however the song plays in the beginning of that season's penultimate episode. And if there's something old Tumblr should be remembered for, it was the Supernatural gifs added to basically every post.

89,1% enjoyed the road so far!

#finished #high votes #high yes #high reblog #70s #kansas #supernatural

[imperialnyx]

He just really loves his crew ♥️

#imperial nyx #my art #one piece #monkey d. luffy #roronoa zoro #nami #strawhat pirates #one piece live action #one piece meme #op memes #that 70s show #op luffy #op zoro #nami op

[thekidsfromyestergay]

Just saw a video like "um actually rocky horror isn't good queer representation because frank sexually assaults janet" girl he kills and eats people. It's called the rocky HORROR picture show not the rocky cute gay rep tw t-slur picture show

#your first mistake was watching a camp 70s horror movie for the RePrEsEnTaTiOn #sorry that the crossdressing cannibal isnt a genderq****r soft uwu bisexual he/they #modern retelling where instead of killing him riffraff and magenta explain why SA is bad and wrong and frank posts a notes app apology #im not watching rocky horror for the rep im watching it to see transsexual fags kill people

[yodaprod]

Outspan Orange Mini (1972)

#uk #orange #austin mini #advertising #1970s #70s #70's #1972

[frstndlstlns]

Crook Manifesto

From then on whenever he heard the song he thought of the death of Munson.

They always said that when the old city disappeared and something new took its place.

— Colson Whitehead

#the on-going crime #harlem #the '70s #fiction #2023

[orbitsdesk]

comment on 10cc - im not in love

#i just thought this was sweet and wanted to share #10cc #1970s #70s music

[bayareabadboy]

Today we remember film and TV legend Cloris Leachman on her birthday!

From Frau Blucher🐴 in Young Frankenstein to Ruth in The Last Picture Show and more, Cloris’ legacy can’t be denied. We love and miss you.

#cloris leachman #The last picture show #Young Frankenstein #the '70s #'70s movies

[nik-nefarious]

#classic new york street gangs #south bronx #the '70s #flyin' cut sleeves #1973 #the bronx #street fight #Spotify

[narwhalsarefalling]

my mother taught me to crochet when i was young. she was left handed, so she taught me how in the bathroom mirror so her hands would be in the right position.

she learned to crochet from her grandmother, who was right handed. her grandma was the one that originally used the bathroom mirror to teach her granddaughter properly.

i find something poetic about that. here in this bathroom mirror, through generations, we adapt to our young who have a different way of learning and interacting with the world

#my mom grew up in the 70s rural missouri #very much in the ‘left handedness is the devil’ era #her first grade teacher handcuffed her left hand to her desk #so i find it very sweet that my great grandmother #took the time and effort to show her grandkid how to create and crochet with her left hand #using the only methods she knew how- the bathroom mirror #the narwhal speaks #crochet

[lapinlavande]

solid perfume necklace in the shape of a mussel from estée lauder, 1974

#mine #vintage #vintage perfume #solid perfume #estee lauder #fashion history #1974 #1970s #70s