# Breezy '70s pop/rock/folk songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805 "2013-03-13T11:38:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/1 "2013-03-13T11:38:06Z")
I’m looking for tune suggestions similar to Lobo’s Me and You and a dog named Boo and Albert Hammond’s It Never Rains in Southern California. Early to mid '70s pop/rock/country/folk. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/2 "2013-03-13T11:56:28Z")
Seals and Crofts, [Summer Breeze](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDpwaj213tI) ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/3 "2013-03-13T12:04:27Z")
“The Free Electric Band”–also by Albert Hammond Pretty much anything by Gilbert O’Sullivan–if it’s not too sappy for you. Take it Easy and “Peaceful Easy Feeling” by the Eagles and if you don’t mind the weird (to me) combination of breezy tune and depressing lyrics: “Streets of London” -by Ralph Mctell, and, I think, many others “Seasons in the Sun” by Terry Jacks ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/4 "2013-03-13T12:04:50Z")
I heart Gilbert O’Sullivan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/5 "2013-03-13T12:41:22Z")
_Spiders and Snakes_ by **Jim Stafford** _Beautiful Sunday_ by **Daniel Boone** ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/6 "2013-03-13T13:17:58Z")
Probably because of the thread title, the first thing that came to my mind was _Windy_. Turns out that was released in the late 60s though. I always thought it was very early 70s. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/7 "2013-03-13T13:23:23Z")
“[Signs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYsBDmqJfjQ)” by the Five Man Electrical Band “[Back When My Hair Was Short](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx5V0JhouA4)” by Gunhill Road ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/8 "2013-03-13T13:40:06Z")
“Laughter in the Rain” - Neil Sedaka “Escape” (the horrible pina colada song) - Rupert Holmes ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/9 "2013-03-13T14:11:18Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Probably because of the thread title, the first thing that came to my mind was _Windy_. Turns out that was released in the late 60s though. I always thought it was very early 70s. Ah I can accept late-'60s stuff too. I’m not that particular, just more the vibe man, the vibe. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/10 "2013-03-13T14:58:51Z")
Breezy pop/rock/folk songs? Among the leading practitioners of that broad genre in the Seventies… America (songs like “Horse With No Name,” “I Need You,” “Tin Man,” “Don’t Cross the River,” “Sister Goldenhair”) Firefall (“Just Remember I Love You,” “Strange Way,” “You Are the Woman”) Ambrosia (“Holdin’ on to Yesterday,” “How Much I Feel”) Bread (“Everything I Own,” “Guitar Man,” “Lost Without Your Love”) Pure Prairie League (“Amie”) Orleans ("Dance With Me’) Poco (“Crazy Love”) Three Dog Night (“Shambala”) Linda Ronstadt (“When Willl Be Loved,” and lots of similar stuff) Gordon Lightfoot (“Carefree Highway,” “Sundown”) Loggins & Messina (“Angry Eyes,” “Your Mama Don’t Dance”) Doobie Brothers (“Listen to the Music,” “Long Train Running,” “Take Me in Your Arms”) ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/11 "2013-03-13T15:04:47Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Ah I can accept late-'60s stuff too. I’m not that particular, just more the vibe man, the vibe. I may have misunderstood “breezy” though. Windy’s vibe, if it can be said to have one is light and pop-py. If breezy connotes mellow or cool , or possessing any sort of groove, then I retract it. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/12 "2013-03-13T15:17:01Z")
You should check out Poco, the Flying Burrito Brothers, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Gram Parsons. Maybe also Loggins & Messina. And maybe America… “[Horse With No Name](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQzW6wz2JQk)”, “[Sister Golden Hair](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIycEe59Auc)”, “[Ventura Highway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5J54RVZjYs)”, etc. How about Brewer & Shipley… “[One Toke Over the Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql0IB1zv2MA)”, “[Tarkio Road](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr207kPnni4)”, “[Oh Mommy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-qlvHzzEQA)”. And even some Grateful Dead, like “[Ripple](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671AgW9xSiA)” and “[Uncle John’s Band](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSIajKGHZRk)”. New Riders of the Purple Sage – “[Henry](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPeeTXN44sM)” From 1968, the Byrds doing Dylan’s “[You Ain’t Going Nowhere](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0vKc3jIjDo)” Charlie Daniels Band, “[Uneasy Rider](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoVL1Zs6WTw)” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/13 "2013-03-13T15:17:43Z")
_"The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)_, Simon & Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/14 "2013-03-13T15:23:27Z")
How about “Sunny Days” by Lighthouse? ---
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“South City Midnight Lady” “Rio” Both by the Doobie Brothers “Three Roses” by America ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/16 "2013-03-13T15:54:34Z")
Harry Nilsson’s a good source for breezy. “Me and My Arrow,” “Best Friend” (technically late 60’s and apparently never released as a record, but still pretty damned breezy), and “The Puppy Song,” to name a few. His “Everybody’s Talkin’” probably qualifies too. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/17 "2013-03-13T16:00:53Z")
[Chestnut Mare](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXTnYCg8v8o) by the Byrds, from 1971, their country rock phase. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/18 "2013-03-13T16:44:55Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > Maybe also Loggins & Messina. " I would recommend the entire Loggins & Messina album “Full Sail”. It is one of those rare albums that you can listen to from beginning to end and not feel that you should have skipped a song. It contains some you might be familiar with and some not. The longest track “Pathway to Glory” has some great instrumental work where the violin blends into the horns, which blend into the guitar, etc, all seamlessly. Although I have almost zero 70’s pop/fluff in my library, this album is one of my favorites. > **[Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Sail_(Loggins_and_Messina_album))** > > Full Sail is the third album by singer-songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in 1973. It showed the versatility of the duo, with everything from 1950s retro to island-style to soft ballads. The single "My Music" charted at No. 16, and the follow-up, "Watching the River Run", made it to No. 71. The album as a whole did better, reaching No. 10 on the Pop Charts. > Loggins & Messina band > Additional musicians [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AfzPfwIg9HU/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-B4AC0AWKAgwIABABGGUgZChXMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCzd8GIVJzmN8nigk1LJy2oUJvD1w "loggins & messina - Sailin' The Wind - Full Sail") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzPfwIg9HU) [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HNUHgfzEsnw/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AG-B4AC0AWKAgwIABABGGUgZChXMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDXLCo_AYLzTEZgt7t1GKU7jilY2Q "loggins & messina - Lahaina - Full Sail") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNUHgfzEsnw) ---
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This is from 1980 but the first song that comes to mind is [Sailing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7khQNR7s1Ho) by Christopher Cross. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/20 "2013-03-13T17:01:00Z")
“(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding, which is technically a sixties song but sounds like a seventies song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805.md?page=2)