rock song heard in 1975-1976, wrongly thought to be Genesis

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  1. simnia said:

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    Here's another song from the 1974-1975 era of which I've been reminded recently, that has been on my mind ever since I heard it.

    This was a rockish song that I wrongly believed was by the progressive rock band Genesis all this time, but tonight I just got done going through every album and single that Genesis put out up to 1975, studio and live, and didn't find it, so I have to abandon my earlier belief it was by Genesis. I heard the song on the radio in Orange County, California, either in late 1975 or more likely early 1976. It was a station that played pop and rock songs that year, some of which I remember from that same radio in that same period were...

    50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon, 1975, "Still Crazy After All These Years" (10-1975), author Paul Simon)
    Dream On (Aerosmith, 1973, "Aerosmith" album (1-1973), author Steven Tyler)
    Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton, 1976, "Frampton Comes Alive!" album (1-6-1976), author Peter Frampton)

    I don't know why I was so convinced it was by Genesis: I probably tried to note the group name for future reference, and the DJ may have been referring to another song played in a chain, and mentioned Genesis. I think I heard it only twice around that time, maybe 3-4 times at most, but never before and never after that, so I'm guessing it was an obscure rock song that came out around then, maybe an album cut.

    I went through all the following Genesis music, which I believe is comprehensive up to that year, but didn't find it:

    not on "From Genesis to Revelation" (1969)
    not on "Trespass" (1970)
    not on "Nursery Cryme" (1971)
    not on "Foxtrot" (1972)
    not on "Genesis Live" (1973)
    not on "Selling England by the Pound" (1973)
    not on "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" (1974)
    not on "A Trick of the Tail" (1976)
    not on any single

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_discography

    In retrospect, it doesn't really sound like Genesis except for their first (1969) album, which has a more catchy, rockish, '60s sound. This song sounded like it was early '70s in style with its guitars, unsophisticated vocal harmonies, and relative simplicity. It may or may not have been progressive rock.

    Now a description of the song itself...

    The closest songs of which I'm aware are:

    (1) Mr. Skin (Spirit, 1970, "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" album (11-1970), author Jay Ferguson)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzdnz82TSZw
    Listen to the horn and organ part starting at 0:18.

    That's the same chord progression in the mystery rock song. That chord progression is musically generalized to (I believe) I V bVII IV, which in this case I believe are the chords E B D A. That's a great-sounding but rare chord progression. The only other song I can remember offhand that contains it is another progressive rock song:

    (2) The Revealing Science of God (Dance of the Dawn) (Yes)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPe_RGZoH8
    Listen to the synthesizer part starting at 1:40.

    Therefore that chord progression should in theory be the best way to find this song, except that songs are almost never categorized by their chord progressions, and few people would recognize progressions anyway. But maybe the sound of the above songs will trigger somebody's memory.

    The Spirit song above is the closest in speed and instrumentation to the mystery song. Over that chord progression the vocals were just "Ah, ah. Ah ah." with one "ah" per each of the four chords, with the sung pitches just matching the pitches in the chords rather than being an independent melody, sung by a male vocalist, most likely in harmony. The speed and timing of the chords was almost identical to that part of that Spirit song. That part was repeated a few times, and was probably the chorus: I don't remember any other part of the song, other than I believe the verses were different, and less interesting.

    Although it was a rock song, it wasn't hard rock, but rather borderline pop, as in "Mr. Skin" above. It was a pretty good, catchy rock song, and I would like to finally know what it was and hear it again. This is going to be a hard one to identify, I believe.

    P.S.--I updated the years in this post: they should have been 1975-1976, not 1974-1975.
    Also, the thought occurred to me after posting this that maybe the name of the song had the word "genesis" in it.
    Last edited by simnia; 09-27-2011 at 11:44 AM.
     
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    Mixalopoulos said:

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    HOLD YOUR HEAD UP - Argent

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8i500NGJsw
    Ρεμπέτικο για πάντα. Μάγκες είμαστε.
     
  3. Claybricks said:

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    Genesis - Squonk {1976}

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwACOepzW8k



    Dan
     
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    Paul Orhan said:

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    Have you tried checking the Eagles discography yet?
     
  5. simnia said:

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    Nope, nope, and nope, but thanks.

    1. I'm very familiar with "Hold Your Head Up", which was a very commonly played, high-ranking song, but that's not it. This song was much more obscure.
    2. I have the album "A Trick of the Tail", which is quite good, and I should have mentioned that in my original post, so it's not "Squonk" or any song from that album.
    3. I was pretty familiar with the Eagles back then, and I still am, and it didn't sound anything like the Eagles.

    Again, I think this is going to be a hard one: decades ago, obscure, no lyrics to go by, and no easy way to look up by chord progression.
     
  6. JustDave said:

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    I believe this is the chord progression youre talking about but Im pretty sure its not the song you are thinking of.

    Marshall Tucker Band "Now shes gone"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcQk5YkiTc

    Im sorry I dont have time to go thru this list but it may jog your(or others) memories of bands similar to Genesis.

    http://www.last.fm/music/Genesis/+similar
    Last edited by Mixalopoulos; 09-27-2011 at 11:12 AM.
     
  7. simnia said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by JustDave View Post
    I believe this is the chord progression youre talking about but Im pretty sure its not the song you are thinking of.

    Marshall Tucker Band "Now shes gone"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rcQk5YkiTc

    Im sorry I dont have time to go thru this list but it may jog your(or others) memories of bands similar to Genesis.

    http://www.last.fm/music/Genesis/+similar
    Nice work! Yes, that's exactly the same chord progression, thanks. I'm now collecting and compiling songs with that and other interesting chord progressions to aid others in future searches of that type. Good song, too, but as you suspected, that's not the correct song.

    I'll check out that last.fm link, too. I hadn't thought of trying them, and I didn't remember they had that kind of service.
     
  8. simnia said:

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    Here's an update on my attempts to identify this song, since I've been in the mood lately to hear it again...

    I checked all Billboard charts from that era. The four radio songs that I most certainly remember hearing from the era when I heard the mystery song are:

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    50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon, 1975, "Still Crazy After All These Years" album (10-25-1975), track 04, author Paul Simon, length 3:37)
    dates-of-first-and-peak-and-last(Billboard, 12-20-1975, 2-7-1976, 4-10-1976)
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    Dream Weaver (Gary Wright, 1975, "The Dream Weaver" album (6-1975), track 06, author Gary Wright, length 4:17)
    dates-of-first-and-peak-and-last(Billboard, 1-3-1976, 3-27-1976, 5-15-1976)
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    Dream On (Aerosmith, 1973, "Aerosmith" album (1-5-1973), track 03, author Steven Tyler, length 4:28)
    dates-of-first-and-peak-and-last(Billboard, 1-10-1976, 3-27-1976, 5-22-1976)
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    Show Me the Way (Peter Frampton, 1976, "Frampton Comes Alive!" album (1-6-1976 in USA), track 03, author Peter Frampton, length 4:42)
    dates-of-first-and-peak-and-last(Billboard, 3-21-1976, 5-8-1976, 6-19-1976)

    The implied span of dates is 12-20-1975 through 6-19-1976, which should narrow the time range down quite a bit. That doesn't mean it wasn't an oldie, though, especially since I remember a couple oldies that were already familiar to me were often played in that era on that radio station, too, for some reason:

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    Do You Know the Way to San Jose (Dionne Warwick, 1968, "Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls" album (3-23-1968), track 06, authors Burt Bacharach & Hal David, length 2:58)
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    I'm Eighteen (Alice Cooper, 1970, "Love It to Death" album (3-8-1971), track 02, authors Alice Cooper & Glen Buxton & Michael Bruce & Dennis Dunaway & Neal Smith, length 3:00)

    Since I thought the band was Genesis, for some reason, I thought it might be a progressive rock song since Genesis is considered a progressive rock band. So on Wikipedia I found a list of progressive rock albums released in that era:

    1975:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli...0%9379%29#1975

    1976:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli...%E2%80%9379%29

    Therefore recently I also listened comprehensively to all the American albums listed at the above links that were from *most* of that time span. I still need to go back further into 1975, and to hear foreign albums, but now I'm sure it wasn't a cut from an American progressive rock band's album released in 1976, assuming the Wikipedia list is close to comprehensive. Here is a summary of the Wikipedia lists, and what I listened to (thanks to YouTube)...

    () = I haven't listened to, yet.
    (x) = Not a candidate, since I already know the album well enough.
    (+) = I listened to.

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    1975
    Newly formed bands

    Ambrosia
    National Health
    Triana

    Albums
    Release Date Artist Album Country
    (+)
    15 February 1975 Rush Fly by Night Canada
    Rush Fly By Night Full Album HD HQ 1080p
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwfTdv2CNro
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Feb Kansas Song for America US
    Down the Road
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVsb...o08pBkVJc_091m
    Not this one.
    (+)
    21 March 1975 Tangerine Dream Rubycon Germany
    Tangerine Dream - Rubycon
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmpxXq3Gx9w
    Not this one.
    (+)
    22 March 1975 Soft Machine Bundles England
    Soft Machine - Bundles (1975) (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z99w41FVpqY
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Mar Hatfield and the North The Rotter's Club England
    Hatfield and the North - The Rotter's Club
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTtSYi2npVM
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Apr Camel The Snow Goose England
    Camel - The Snow Goose (Full Album - Single Track)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg75nFifO90
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 May Hawkwind Warrior on the Edge of Time England
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ewuky5mQk
    Somewhat similar in sound.
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 May Henry Cow In Praise of Learning England
    Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVbYmx9UVU
    Not this one.
    (x)
    1975 May Rick Wakeman The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table England
    Not this one.
    (+)
    25 June 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention One Size Fits All US
    Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - ONE SIZE FITS ALL (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfpwAa4NxWk
    Not this one.
    (+)
    22 August 1975 Gentle Giant Free Hand England
    Gentle Giant - Free Hand (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRVq80EfoRY
    Not this one.
    (+)
    22 August 1975 Manfred Mann's Earth Band Nightingales & Bombers United Kingdom
    Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers (1975) [Full Album] [HD]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxqdq9Ag8Mc
    Not this one.
    (+)
    5 September 1975 Jethro Tull Minstrel in the Gallery England
    Jethro Tull - The Minstrel in the Gallery (1975) [Full Album] (HD 1080p)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA3S9HX1_To
    Not this one.
    (x)
    12 September 1975 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here England
    Not this one.
    (+)
    12 September 1975 Rush Caress of Steel Canada
    Rush Caress Of Steel Full Album HD HQ 1080p
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxUAzTvcoTQ
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Sep Electric Light Orchestra Face The Music England
    Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High (Audio)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22Nd...rH2hYnXTfgqXnJ
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Sep Kansas Masque US
    It Takes a Woman's Love (To Make a Man)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_yJ...9722FsEgv1V0gi
    Not this one.
    (+)
    2 October 1975 Frank Zappa & The Mothers w/ Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury US
    Zappa / Beefheart - Bongo Fury - Live 1975-05-20
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG-ajRn_hEs
    Not this one.
    (+)
    21 October 1975 Mike Oldfield Ommadawn England
    Ommadawn Part One / On Horseback (2010 Mix / Previously Unreleased)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5he4...wNQnor1yFpWWtc
    Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Part2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZUY2FyW9-I
    Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn Part3
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu7ey4uHo30
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Oct Barclay James Harvest Time Honoured Ghosts England
    Barclay James Harvest - Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) [Full Album] [HD]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8JpjiADdBg
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Oct Steve Hackett Voyage of the Acolyte England
    Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) Full Album
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtN5xvJ-kcY
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Oct Van der Graaf Generator Godbluff England
    Godbluff" (UK, Charisma CAS 1109 Vinyl) - Van der Graaf Generator
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DrDa_aS2SE
    Not this one.
    (x)
    7 November 1975 Chris Squire Fish Out of Water England
    Not this one.
    (+)
    21 November 1975 Queen A Night at the Opera England
    Queen ~ Death On Two Legs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OykI...A5BA3ADC7D55E7
    Not this one.
    ()
    1975 Nov Supertramp Crisis? What Crisis? England
    (+)
    1975 Ambrosia Ambrosia US
    Ambrosia (Full Album) - Ambrosia
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JgfNTpWIQg
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Ange Émile Jacotey France
    ANGE - Bêle! Bêle! Petite Chèvre
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk_s...s08LAnkPsHviCr
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Apoteosi Apoteosi Italy
    APOTEOSI - APOTEOSI (1975) FULL ALBUM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kztNZ_MGGU0
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Area Crac! Italy
    AreA Crac! [1975] [Full Album]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fkT7Yn7V4
    Not this one.
    ()
    1975 Beggars Opera Beggars Can't Be Choosers England
    (+)
    1975 Caravan Cunning Stunts England
    Caravan - Cunning Stunts (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4NoGNMe-E0
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Carpe Diem En Regardant Passer Le Temps France
    Carpe Diem - En Regardant Passer le Temps full
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgQ8kZR7T_s
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Clearlight Forever Blowing Bubbles France
    CLEARLIGHT Forever Blowing Bubbles 06 Narcisse Et Goldmund 07 Jungle Bubbles360p H 264 AAC
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEZa...3AEDF58C732BFA
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Druid Toward the Sun England
    Druid - Toward The Sun 1975 (Remastered)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBmIskc_QfU
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1975 Brian Eno Another Green World England
    Brian Eno-Another Green World(Full album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCkmIwRrc0
    Not this one.
    ()
    1975 Brian Eno Discreet Music England
    ()
    1975 Brian Eno & Robert Fripp Evening Star England
    ()
    1975 Fusioon Minorisa Spain
    ()
    1975 Harmonium Si on avait besoin d'une cinquième saison Canada
    ()
    1975 Steve Hillage Fish Rising England
    ()
    1975 Kayak Royal Bed Bouncer Netherlands
    ()
    1975 Land Cool Breeze Belgium
    ()
    1975 Magma Live/Hhaï France
    ()
    1975 Maxophone Maxophone Italy
    ()
    1975 Modrý Efekt Modrý Efekt & Radim Hladik Czechoslovakia
    ()
    1975 The Muffins Secret Signals II US
    ()
    1975 Opus Opus 1 Yugoslavia
    ()
    1975 Le Orme Smogmagica Italy
    ()
    1975 Los Jaivas El Indio Chile
    ()
    1975 Phoenix Cantafabule Romania
    ()
    1975 Pop Mašina Na izvoru svetlosti Yugoslavia
    ()
    1975 Premiata Forneria Marconi Chocolate Kings Italy
    ()
    1975 Quiet Sun Mainstream England
    ()
    1975 Renaissance Scheherazade and Other Stories England
    ()
    1975 SBB Nowy Horyzont Poland
    ()
    1975 O Terço Criaturas da Noite Brazil
    ()
    1975 Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes Libertes France
    ()
    1975 Triana El Patio Spain
    ()
    1975 Triumvirat Spartacus Germany
    ()
    1975 Wigwam Nuclear Nightclub Finland
    ()
    1975 YU Grupa YU Grupa Yugoslavia
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    1976
    Newly formed bands

    Brand X
    Galija
    Igra Staklenih Perli
    The Alan Parsons Project

    Albums
    Release Date Artist Album Country
    (x)
    20 February 1976 Genesis A Trick of the Tail England
    (+)
    1976 Mar Camel Moonmadness England
    Camel - Moonmadness (1976) (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpR9-XhPvM
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1 April 1976 Rush 2112 Canada
    Rush 2112 Full Album) 1080p HD
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeFfiN-htZg
    Not this one.
    (+)
    16 April 1976 Klaus Schulze Moondawn Germany
    Klaus Schulze - Moondawn (Brain CD) [HD]
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84M6svcOp_8
    Not this one.
    (+)
    23 April 1976 Gentle Giant Interview England
    GENTLE GIANT Interview 01 Interview
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCf...IGULRKJCtpyyjY
    Somewhat similar in sound.
    Not this one.
    (+)
    23 April 1976 Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! England
    Jethro Tull Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0guWypvRQUNot this one.
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1976 Apr Van der Graaf Generator Still Life England
    Van Der Graaf Generator - Still Life (1976) FULL ALBUM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2ukBtcATkc
    Not this one.
    (+)
    1976 May The Alan Parsons Project Tales of Mystery and Imagination England
    The Alan Parsons Project - [Full Album] Tales of Mystery & Imagination
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLfVAsNHZP4
    Not this one.
    ()
    18 June 1976 Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour England
    (+)
    1976 Jun Soft Machine Softs England
    Soft Machine - Softs (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjxgXDPmg8A
    Not this one.
    (x)
    24 July 1976 Jon Anderson Olias of Sunhillow England
    Not this one.
    (+)
    27 August 1976 Manfred Mann's Earth Band The Roaring Silence United Kingdom
    MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND - The Roaring Silence (Full Album)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFR7YbcHfHs
    Not this one.
    ()
    11 September 1976 Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record England
    ()
    1976 Sep Pulsar The Strands of the Future France
    ()
    20 October 1976 Frank Zappa Zoot Allures US
    ()
    1976 Oct Kansas Leftoverture US
    ()
    31 October 1976 Steve Howe Beginnings England
    ()
    10 December 1976 Queen A Day at the Races England
    ()
    27 December 1976 Genesis Wind and Wuthering England
    ()
    1976 Ambrosia Somewhere I've Never Travelled US
    ()
    1976 Ange Par les fils de Mandrin France
    ()
    1976 Art Zoyd Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cités France
    ()
    1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Come in un'ultima cena Italy
    ()
    1976 Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Garofano rosso Italy
    ()
    1976 Barclay James Harvest Octoberon England
    ()
    1976 Caravan Blind Dog at St. Dunstans England
    ()
    1976 Celeste Celeste (also known as Principe di un giorno) Italy
    ()
    1976 Cos Viva Boma Belgium
    ()
    1976 Henry Cow Concerts England
    ()
    1976 Crucis Crucis Argentina
    ()
    1976 Dah Povratak Yugoslavia
    ()
    1976 Druid Fluid Druid England
    ()
    1976 Ethos Ardour US
    ()
    1976 Far East Family Band Parallel World Japan
    ()
    1976 Gualberto Vericuetos Spain
    ()
    1976 Kaipa Inget Nytt Under Solen Sweden
    ()
    1976 Kayak The Last Encore Netherlands
    ()
    1976 Le Orme Verità nascoste Italy
    ()
    1976 Mythos Super*****: Live at Stagge's Hotel 1976 Germany
    ()
    1976 Novalis Sommerabend Germany
    ()
    1976 Picchio dal Pozzo Picchio dal Pozzo Italy
    ()
    1976 Pollen Pollen Canada
    ()
    1976 Pop Mašina Put ka Suncu Yugoslavia
    ()
    1976 Popol Vuh Letzte Tage - Letzte Nächte Germany
    ()
    1976 Schicke Führs & Fröhling Symphonic Pictures Germany
    ()
    1976 Starcastle Starcastle US
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    The group wasn't a high-range vocal group like Yes or Rush or Kansas, from what I remember, and it wasn't a mostly-instrumental group like Camel or Klaus Schulze. Of those albums I heard in the above list, Gentle Giant sounded most like the style and lower range of vocals I remember, so I'll be listening to their albums as much as possible soon.

    You can consider this update a "bump" of this thread, and a reminder that I'm still searching for this song. Maybe some of the new members of this forum will recognize the song when the older members didn't.
    Last edited by simnia; 03-29-2016 at 05:30 PM.
     
  9. bugmenot1 said:

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    What about this song from 1973?

    "Happy Ways" by Joe Walsh
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RswXva_aUZs
     
  10. simnia said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by bugmenot1 View Post
    What about this song from 1973?

    "Happy Ways" by Joe Walsh
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RswXva_aUZs
    Thanks for the suggestion. It's a good-sounding song (nice Latin percussion) and from that era, but no, that's not the one.

    It's that particular chord progression I mentioned that most readily identifies the song. Today I tried searching for that chord progression using Google, but had only limited success. So far I've found very few songs that truly have that chord progression, namely:

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    Mr. Skin (Spirit, 1970, "Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus" album (11-1970), track 06, author Jay Ferguson, length 3:50)
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    Now She's Gone (The Marshall Tucker Band, 1974, "Where We All Belong" album (11-1974), track 03, authors Toy Caldwell & Tommy Caldwell, length 4:20)
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    Photograph (Nickelback, 2005, "All the Right Reasons" album (10-4-2005), track 03, authors Nickelback, length 4:19)
    Last edited by simnia; 03-26-2016 at 05:32 PM.
     
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    I can't think of a 1974-1976 song that you haven't researched but how about "Conquistador" by Procol Harum (1972)
    Them that can, do; them that can't... memorize Artist and Title
     
  12. simnia said:

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    Quote Originally Posted by atmaster View Post
    I can't think of a 1974-1976 song that you haven't researched but how about "Conquistador" by Procol Harum (1972)
    No, not that one, but thanks. I was fairly familiar with that song in 1976, and I still am. (I never liked that song, by the way, for some reason!)
     
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  14. simnia said:

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    Thanks. I remember people mentioning them in 1973 as a band to watch, but I never did (yet). At the moment I'm overloaded with listening to the other albums in the progressive rock list above. I'm editing that list above in my post as I get through those albums.
     
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    Nope, not The Strawbs. I went through every one of their albums through 1976 that was available on YouTube (only their first album was not on YouTube). I found a lot of good songs along the way, or songs of interest to me because of sound effects or cool synthesizer solos, but not the mystery song. I was impressed at how much they did sound like Genesis, though, especially on their old albums, where their singer sounded a lot of Phil Collins. In the mean time, I'm still going down the above list and checking off albums as I listen to them, and I'm about to try listening to songs in Billboard's Hot 100 in those months that have groups that aren't the run-of-the-mill disco (Ohio Players) and easy listening (Barry Manilow) that pervaded that era.

    (?)
    Strawbs (1969)
    Can't find on YouTube.
    (+)
    Dragonfly (1970)
    STRAWBS - DRAGON FLY - U.K. UNDERGROUND - 1970 - FULL ALBUM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm0R8lkOPPU
    Not this one.
    (+)
    From the Witchwood (1971)
    A Glimpse of Heaven - Stawbs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sso6...3950153D3B7E43
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Grave New World (1972)
    The Strawbs_ Grave New World (1972) full album
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g42yYVXppRs
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Bursting at the Seams (1973)
    Strawbs - Flying (1973)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZCp...WQAs5tpQeujeg7
    Not this one.
    (+)
    All Our Own Work (1973)
    Sandy Denny & The Strawbs - Stay Awhile With Me
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9J...48A9Ce8T4cCnc2
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Hero & Heroine (1974)
    The Strawbs_ Hero & Heroine (1974) full album
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-hvO03ZraQ
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Ghosts (1975)
    Strawbs - Ghosts
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBD...tWgWTpkzbtgRrQ
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Nomadness (1975)
    The Strawbs - To be free
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8-...nW8xfzXoppDeYR
    Not this one.
    (+)
    Deep Cuts (1976)
    The Strawbs - I Only Want My Love To Grow In You (DVD -- 'Lay Down With The Strawbs')
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OscN...MENCsCfUqYI5Xu
    Not this one.