Your favorite soft-rock songs from the 70s

My girlfriend recently asked me to make her a CD of soft-rock songs and pop ballads from the 70s,and these are the songs I used...



***"Love Is The Answer" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1979)
***"A Horse With No Name" by America (1972)
***"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1971)
***"This Time I'm In It For Love" by Player (1978)
***"Daniel" by Elton John (1973)
***"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty (1978)
***"Fallin In Love" by Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds (1975)
***"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Chris Rea
***"Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan (1978)
***"Baby Come Back" by Player (1978)
***"How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia (1978)
***"Ooh Baby Baby" by Linda Ronstadt (1978)
***"Strange Magic" by ELO (1976)
***"Diamond Girl" by Seals and Crofts (1972)
***"Just Remember I Love You" by Firefall (1977)
***"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1976)
***"Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates (1975)
***"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright (1976)
***"I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis (1978)
***"Miracles" by Jefferson Starship (1975)


And I didn't even get to Barry Manilow yet

Damn, your list looks like a commercial for K-Tel, David!

Biggest Part Of Me-Ambrosia
On and On- Steven Bishop
Please Don't Go-Chicago
I Wanna Make It With You-Bread
Pathway To Glory-Loggins & Messina
Crazy Love-Poco
Sharing The Night-Dr. Hook
Space Cowboy-Steve Miller Band

stymie said:

Damn, your list looks like a commercial for K-Tel, David!

Biggest Part Of Me-Ambrosia
On and On- Steven Bishop
Please Don't Go-Chicago
I Wanna Make It With You-Bread
Pathway To Glory-Loggins & Messina
Crazy Love-Poco
Sharing The Night-Dr. Hook
Space Cowboy-Steve Miller Band

DavidEye said:

stymie said:

Damn, your list looks like a commercial for K-Tel, David!

Biggest Part Of Me-Ambrosia
On and On- Steven Bishop
Please Don't Go-Chicago
I Wanna Make It With You-Bread
Pathway To Glory-Loggins & Messina
Crazy Love-Poco
Sharing The Night-Dr. Hook
Space Cowboy-Steve Miller Band

Cool list! I especially like the song "On and On" by Steven Bishop...so dreamy and hypnotic,isn't it?

bah...

"Right Down The Line" - Gerry Rafferty
"Just When I Needed You Most" - Randy Vanwarmer
"Lonesome Loser" - Little River Band
"Sailing" - Christopher Cross
"Ride Like The Wind" - Christopher Cross
"Sentimental Lady" - Bob Welch
"Reminiscing" - Little River Band
"I keep Forgetting" - Michael McDonald
"Key Largo" - Bertie Higgins
"Love Will Find A Way" - Pablo Cruise


i could go on and on and on and on and on...

chemmie said:

and yes, you took a lot of the ones i would have listed also.

i have a 70's cd i made that i listen to at work all the time that has all of these songs on it. now i got some more that i have forgotten. we need to keep this thread up so i can remember all the ones i have forgotten and get them on my 70's CD volume 2!

I'd add Firefall's "You Are the Woman". You know it- "You are the woman that I've always dreamed of, I knew it from the start. I saw your face and that's the last I've seen of my heart". Lovely ditty!

Oh yeah, and Orleans' "Dance With Me".

"I wanna be your partner, can't you see..." lol

Just imagine the hot music DavidEye would share if u were his girlfriend!

I'm gonna make a second CD for my own enjoyment...


"Moonlight Feels Right" by Starbuck (1976)
"I Like Dreamin" by Kenny Nolan (1977)
"Get Closer" by Seals and Crofts (1976)
"Bluer Than Blue" by Michael Johnson (1978)
"Lotta Love" by Nicolette Larson (1979)
"You Take My Breath Away" by Rex Smith (1979)
"Love Me" by Yvonne Elliman (1976)
"Emotion" by Samantha Sang (1978)
"My Angel Baby" by Toby Beau (1978)
"Falling" by LeBlanc and Carr (1978)
"Just You N' Me" by Chicago (1973)
"Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" by Looking Glass (1972)
"You Belong To Me" by Carly Simon (1978)
"Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren (1973)
"Precious And Few" by Climax (1972)
"Chevy Van" by Sammy Johns (1975)
"Runaway" by Jefferson Starship (1978)
"Lead Me On" by Maxine Nightingale (1979)
"Shake It" by Ian Matthews (1978)
"Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka (1975)

jtgillia said:

DavidEye said:

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[This message was edited Sun Nov 23 14:22:44 PST 2003 by MrTation]

***"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty (1978) it's the 1st track that Lisa (Simpson) plays when she got her sax
***"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Chris Rea
***"Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan (1978) I brainwash family & friend with this one, the background vocals alone by Stevie Nicks are a dream, this song would make a stone want to fall in love

good ones already mentioned:

***"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1971)
***"Baby Come Back" by Player (1978)
***"Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates (1975)

"Biggest Part Of Me"
(again, Stymie.. very good taste!)
this song, I think I would play it among the 1st 3 at my wedding reception..



I would also include:

"I'm Not In Love" by 10CC - I like the video for this song.. it's like they're in "outer space".. & 1 of the guys (the keyboard player?) in the video reminds me of Jimmy Smits..

"I Just Wanna Stop" by Gino Vannelli

"I Love You Just The Way You Are" Billy Joel

"Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac. like several of their songs, this 1 has a "mystical, dreamy" feel to it (Stevie Nicks).
I love the bass line of this song, as well as the harmony in the chorus

"Hold The Line" by Toto, although this has a "hard rock" guitar "riff" in the chorus

"Chuck E's In Love" Rikki Lee Jones. I like the "EXAGGERATED drawl" she does in the middle of the song:
"is he heah.. Ah look in the poo' haw..
..uh izzy heah.. I look in the drug staw.."

"Reminiscing" by Little River Band.. this song TOTALLY has that "late 70s" to it

"Minute By Minute" by the Doobies
the best "slow jam" ever done by them, & of course Michael McDonald's plaintive, wistful, heartfelt vocals make this song the CLASSIC that it is


although I'm reluctant to classify this 1 as "soft rock" I would also say "Heart To Heart" from Kenny Loggins. I love everything about this song, & my favorite line within is:
"one by one, we're collecting lies
when you can't give love, you give alibis"


there are probably at least 4 or 5 more "soft rock classics" that I really like..
I just can't think of them!

These are gems, people!

Now, I'll prolly go and spoil it, 'cause I'm not sure if this one counts as "soft-rock":

Cats In the Cradle--Harry Chapin.

I'm sure this is:

Get Closer--Seals & Croft

If you mention Seals and Croft, then you gotta show love for "Diamond Girl". Such a great song!

And let's not forget "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Crofts .

The 1974 remake by the Isleys is pretty good too.

DavidEye said:

DavidEye said:

My girlfriend recently asked me to make her a CD of soft-rock songs and pop ballads from the 70s,and these are the songs I used...



***"Love Is The Answer" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1979)
***"A Horse With No Name" by America (1972)
***"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1971)
***"This Time I'm In It For Love" by Player (1978)
***"Daniel" by Elton John (1973)
***"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty (1978)
***"Fallin In Love" by Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds (1975)
***"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Chris Rea
***"Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan (1978)
***"Baby Come Back" by Player (1978)
***"How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia (1978)
***"Ooh Baby Baby" by Linda Ronstadt (1978)
***"Strange Magic" by ELO (1976)
***"Diamond Girl" by Seals and Crofts (1972)
***"Just Remember I Love You" by Firefall (1977)
***"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1976)
***"Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates (1975)
***"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright (1976)
***"I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis (1978)
***"Miracles" by Jefferson Starship (1975)


And I didn't even get to Barry Manilow yet

DavidEye said:

Everlasting Love--Carl Carlton

Anything by Rod Stewart

øhh..Stairway To heaven.. soft rock?

When I read your thread title, for some reason this
song popped into my head...

sad eyes, turn the other way, I don't wanna see
you cryyy...sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day,
when we would have to say goodbyyy

who sang that???

GREAT lists, btw. ah, memories.

Rich Girl - Hall and Oates
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers
Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Carrie Ann - Hollies
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Whenever I call you friend - Kenny Loggins
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Time In a Bottle - Jim Croce
Make It With You - Bread
Summer Breeze - Seals and Crofts
Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens

Revolution said:

Great thread!! Let's see, how about:

-Couldn't Get It Right (Climax Blues Band)
-Wildfire (Michael...help me out here, three names I think!)
-You're No Good (Linda Ronstadt)
-We Don't Talk Anymore (Cliff Richard..I think!)
-No Time To Lose (Tarney Spencer)..this may be more "rock" than "soft rock"
-Sunshine (Jonathan Edwards)
-Time Passages (Al Stewart)
-Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold)
-Sweet Life and I Go Crazy (Paul Davis

Hmm..there's gotta be more..

jackflash said:

DavidEye said:

My girlfriend recently asked me to make her a CD of soft-rock songs and pop ballads from the 70s,and these are the songs I used...



***"Love Is The Answer" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1979)
***"A Horse With No Name" by America (1972)
***"It's Too Late" by Carole King (1971)
***"This Time I'm In It For Love" by Player (1978)
***"Daniel" by Elton John (1973)
***"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty (1978)
***"Fallin In Love" by Hamilton Joe Frank and Reynolds (1975)
***"Fool (If You Think It's Over)" by Chris Rea
***"Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan (1978)
***"Baby Come Back" by Player (1978)
***"How Much I Feel" by Ambrosia (1978)
***"Ooh Baby Baby" by Linda Ronstadt (1978)
***"Strange Magic" by ELO (1976)
***"Diamond Girl" by Seals and Crofts (1972)
***"Just Remember I Love You" by Firefall (1977)
***"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan and John Ford Coley (1976)
***"Sara Smile" by Hall and Oates (1975)
***"Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright (1976)
***"I Go Crazy" by Paul Davis (1978)
***"Miracles" by Jefferson Starship (1975)


And I didn't even get to Barry Manilow yet

That "music" would gag a maggot.

Thank God that punk came along and blew that shit up.