Let's All Chant!

[ornoth]

I’ve been thinking lately about the music of my childhood, those very early songs, barely remembered, but which leave an indelible image upon one’s impressionable youthful brane.

At first I thought I’d track some of these beauts down via torrent and stuff them in my iPod, but that’s rather a lot of work, and I actually found most of them readily to hand on YouTube. And this way I can share the pain!

My list comes from two sources: memories I retain of specific songs, or my recollection of 45s that I had (mostly shoplifted) before I started high school.

The people I hang around with these days are younger, and tend to think of the Eighties as having really idiosyncratic music, with the big hair and synths and abundant blow. But having been a kid at the time, I think the Seventies trump the Eighties in terms of sheer eccentricity, from disco’s Italian horns, open sexuality, afros, and androgyny to orchestral-backed pomposity and LSD-addled psychedelia.

So I’ve collected some noteworthy examples into a video playlist, which follows. In watching some of these vids, even I was left in slack-jawed, gaping horror. It’s an utter and complete Seventies trainwreck… I hope you enjoy it, or at least feel a little of the amusement and horror that I felt looking back on these sparkling gems.

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[ailsaek.livejournal.com]

I made it through a minute sixteen before my brain exploded. I'd never known what they were saying in there was "let's all chant." This does not help the song make sense.

Did you see the Olivia Newton John TV music video special? That's probably on youtube somewhere, but I am scared to look.