'70s/early '80s smooth and heavenly, cocaine fueled ballads

I love this genre......smooth stuff like Toto, the Doobie Brothers, Robbie Dupree, etc. What really gets me are those slow songs that are drenched in harmonies and sound Beach Boys/Pink Floyd influenced, yet are steeped in the cocaine culture that was typical of the time to the point where the productions are so glossy and over the top that they are almost absurd. I want to make a list of as many as I can for a compilation cd I want to make for myself, but I am stuck to come up with a bunch. So far:


"I'm Not In Love" 10cc
"Time" Alan Parsons Project
"I Love You" Climax Blues Band
"Wishing You Were Here" Chicago

 

Does "Cowboy Song" by Thin Lizzy count?

 

Are you kidding? Absolutely not. Too many bpms, dude.

 

David Bowie - Word On A Wing

 

Wrong, wrong, wrong, Leppy. That's not the type of thing I'm talking about. This is not working. Bowie is way too cool for this type of thing. Does he look like Jeff Lynne? Does he have corn rows in his hair? Is his band made up of keyboard players wearing robes?

 

Open apology to prix and the forum

I would just like to publicly apologize to prix and the forum. I am sorry for suggesting 'Word On A Wing' as a '70's/early '80s smooth and heavenly, cocaine fueled ballad. I suspend myself for 2 days.

Leppo

 

Re: Open apology to prix and the forum

Yeah, next you will be saying that The Thin White Duke is really a cocaine reference

Andrew

 

Dust in the Wind by Kansas.

 

Eagles - The Long Run

 

"Sharing The Night Together" Dr. Hook
"Feel Like Making Love" Bad Company
"Sentimental Lady" Bob Welch
"Hearts" Mary Balin
"Nobody Said It Was Easy" LeRoux
"Into The Night" Benny Mardones
"Cool Love" Pablo Cruise
"Look What You've Done To Me" Boz Scaggs

 

Does anyone else find Into the Night disturbing with lyrics like 'She's only 16 years old, leave her alone they say'?

Chris

 

Re: Open apology to prix and the forum

Of course "Word On A Wing" is a smooth and heavenly, cocaine ballad but it doesn't quite qualify, my man. The feel is wrong, dig? For one, the tempo is too fast....it's too lively and not dreamy enough. An example would be if I asked you for a trippy, psychedelic guitar song like "Little Wing" and you submitted "Nashville West". Technically "Nashville West" would qualify, but it's all wrong.

 

"I Can't Tell You Why" by the Eagles is a PERFECT example.

 

"One On One" Hall and Oates

 

Prix,

Are you talking about the Southern California sound? I'm not sure about the cocaine angle, but I LOVE that stuff! I have a friend wh is from California, and he loves it too. I once made him a three or four CD-R set of those types of songs. Anything like Seals & Crofts, Fleetwood Mac, America, John Sterart, Linda Rondstat...all that stuff!

 

So much for trying. Sniff, sniff.

 

How about Al Stewart's 'Year of the Cat'?

 

All the songs on Silk Degrees.

 

Too soulful...

 

A lot of that sound is soulful. What's wrong with soul?

Silk Degrees was a perfect So California sound. Not a lot of harmony except with the background vocals, but...

 

But, it's got the sound...

 

Naaa! Legal in some states!

 

How about these?

Baby Come Back - Player

Escape (the pina colada song) - Rupert Holmes

I Just Wanna Stop - Gino Vanelli

Georgy Porgy - Toto

Love Will find a Way, Whatcha Gonna Do - Pablo Cruise

You're the only Woman - Ambrosia.........and any of their hits

Reminiscing, Lady - Little River Band

We're in this Love Together - Al Jarreau...also Roof Garden, 'Mornin. Step by Step, etc.............

City Magic - Les Dudek