<p>I am at a coffee shop and they are playing Magic Man by Heart-
great song.</p>
<p>They are getting into the scary 70’s stuff now.
Sail Away by Styx. Bread. who knows what is next :eek:</p>
<p>Your teacher’s in her mid-40s? If she’s 45, then that means she probably graduated from hs in 1981. So look for late 70s music. Elton John is probably too old for her era. Too bad…</p>
<p>How about THIS for 70’s angst?</p>
<p>[At</a> Seventeen by Janis Ian Songfacts](<a href=“Error 404 (Not Found)”>Error 404 (Not Found))</p>
<p>Janis Ian performed “At Seventeen” as a musical guest on the very first episode of Saturday Night Live on October</p>
<p>Between the BeeGees and ABBA, I just feel like dancin’!</p>
<p>I suggest that you listen to '70s and '80s songs, and “namedrop” only those songs and musical artists which catch your ear, and with which you are personally familiar. </p>
<p>There’s a great online radio website–sky.fm–which has a wide selection of music channels, including “All Hit 70s” and “Best of the 80s.” The non-premium channels, for which registration and payment are not required, run on a variety of mainstream media players, and are nearly commercial-free. I listen to one or more of sky.fm’s channels (“Bossa Nova Jazz” is my favorite) for several hours almost every day. The sound quality is good, and I’ve never had a computer freeze/crash problem with the website. One of sky.fm’s best features is a refreshable channel playlist, so if you hear a song you like, you can promptly determine the title and musical artist.</p>
<p>Listening to music is a quick and easy way for you to start familiarizing yourself with that music. (You will probably discover that you like some of it, too.)</p>
<p>Enjoy!</p>
<p>I was listening to Springsteen in the late 70s into 80s. Born to Run was our dorm’s theme song.</p>
<p>Pink Floyd - The WALL. released Nov 79</p>
<p>that about summed up my entire life up until that moment</p>
<p>At Seventeen was brutal. While I felt sorry for myself, I felt REALLY sorry for Janis Ian.</p>
<p>Here are some quintessential 70’s albums off the top of my head</p>
<p>Allman Brothers Band-Brothers and Sisters
Allman Brothers Band-Eat a Peach</p>
<p>Traffic-Shootout at the Fantasy Factory
Traffic-Low Spark of High Heeled Boys</p>
<p>War-The World is a Ghetto
War-All Day Music</p>
<p>Stevie Wonder-Superstition
Stevie Wonder-Songs in the Key of Life</p>
<p>Little Feat-Waiting for Columbus
Little Feat-The Last Record Album, Sailin’ Shoes</p>
<p>Pink Floyd-Meddle</p>
<p>The Band-Rock of Ages</p>
<p>If teacher is in mid-40’s (my age), then '70’s stuff is still very much in play. 70’s would be HS memories, '80’s more college and young adult. '80’s definitely gets you into more new age stuff and – unfortunately – the hair band days (Cinderella, Poison, other crappy stuff)</p>
<p>Lynard Skynyrd.</p>
<p>Nobody’s mentioned Dan Fogelberg?</p>
<p>Boz Scaggs…Hall and Oates…Billy Joel…Elton John…</p>
<p>Linda Rondstadt, Dire Straits, Boston, Steve Miller Band</p>
<p>Some other 70’s music</p>
<p>Sly and the Family Stone
Seals and Crofts
The Isley Brothers
Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
O’Jays
Earth, Wind, and Fire</p>
<p>Albums
The Who-Who’s Next
Frank Zappa-Apostrophe</p>
<p>Late 70’s</p>
<p>Steely Dan
Blondie
Talking Heads (already mentioned, I know)</p>
<p>I think of Sly as a '60s group. I remember being pretty little and singing “Different strokes for different folks and so on and so on and scooby dooby do on …” :)</p>
<p>I don’t completely disagree. I was thinking of the “If You Want Me to Stay” Era of Sly</p>
<p>How can we forget Santana?</p>
<p>Probably because Santana is as good today as he was back then. A genius.</p>
<p>I second Earth Wind and Fire (one of my favorites…just LOVE their percussion section)…and also Santana!!</p>