![]() ![]() Let us take a look at a few of the song lyrics that totally exemplify the 1970s. Sometimes, just one memorable line from a song is enough to encapsulate the zeitgeist - the spirit of the day. For musicians in the 1970s, there were certainly enough controversial events, social issues, political strife and lifestyle changes to give them plenty of material to write about. ![]() Like the decade itself, music in the '70s was schizophrenic one minute it was about sincerity and concern the next we were blissfully boogie-oogie-oogie-ing all night long.Īrtists, musicians, and songwriters often use their music as a means to express their thoughts on the world in which they live. Consider Helen Reddy singing female empowerment in "I Am Woman," Edwin Starr asking "War, what is it good for?," or Joni Mitchell lamenting that "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." These are refrains you might hear on the radio any given Friday night - and that are still worth a spin on your Spotify or Pandora. Certain ones take us back to the decade of post- Woodstock disillusionment and the escapism of disco. Some things are just so '70s - song lyrics included. Cherry Tree Carol, The - Part 2, Version 5 (Hutchins) Cherry Tree Carol, The Part 3, Version 1 ('Mary and Jesus' or 'Mary’s Question') Fitz-Ralphs Cherry Tree Carol (Parts 1 and 3) beginning 'Joseph was a old man, And an old man was he,' in The Guardian, 1871. ![]()
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