# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/41 "2013-03-15T22:37:22Z")
[Moonlight Feels Right](http://youtu.be/oCuQQcISZTM) - Starbuck. Marimba solo! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/42 "2013-03-16T00:10:13Z")
_Send In The Clowns_, Judy Collins _[I’m Not in Love](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgepWg4rzw)_, 10cc (one of my all-time faves) _Telephone Line_, Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/43 "2013-03-16T00:35:49Z")
To me, “breezy” would be happy major-key stuff, but I may be filtering this too much. In that vein: How about King Harvest’s [Dancing in the Moonlight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo)? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/44 "2013-03-16T02:45:34Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > To me, “breezy” would be happy major-key stuff, but I may be filtering this too much. > > In that vein: How about King Harvest’s [Dancing in the Moonlight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo)? Ah, right, lost track of the requirement. How about _50 Ways To Leave Your Lover_, Paul Simon? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/45 "2013-03-16T03:13:39Z")
> [@Kepler1571](#): > > This song has some of the strangest lyrics I’ve ever heard. It’s like “Maggie May” meets “Killing an Arab.” The plot (yes, it’s a rare song that has a plot) is a bit odd, but the lyrics do a great job describing the scene and moving the story along. Summary of “Year of the Cat”: A European tourist is taking a bus trip through North Africa. The bus stops at an Arab town where everyone gets out to shop at the local bazaars. The whole scene reminds him of the movie _ **Casablanca** _, which is why thoughts of Humphrey Bogart and Peter Lorre go through his head. He meets a beautiful, mysterious girl, and he follows her back to her apartment. They spend hours making love, and when he wakes up, he realizes the tour bus is long gone, and he’s stuck behind in the desert with no money, no ticket, no clean clothes, and no way to get home. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/46 "2013-03-16T04:21:55Z")
Two songs from 1970. Mungo Jerry, [In The Summertime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvUQcnfwUUM) The Mixtures, [The Pushbike Song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmhMKWt8DI) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/47 "2013-03-16T04:32:06Z")
Paul Davis should’ve gotten a mention by now. Start with “I Go Crazy” and “Cool Night”. Another recommended track is “Fallin’ in Love” by Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds. Poco was name-checked, but one of their best songs has not yet been mentioned - “Heart of the Night”. This one charted nationally, but it’s more of a local hit. Well worth seeking out: “New Orleans Ladies” by LeRoux. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/48 "2013-03-16T04:34:45Z")
Oooh, and Bob Welch’s “Sentimental Lady” has slipped through the cracks. Also his “Ebony Eyes”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/49 "2013-03-16T04:42:13Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Jimmy Buffett- Margaritaville (plus maybe a few others 😉 ) A few others? Hell Jimmy has made a career out of just this type of songs. ---
**Author:** ![Oaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Oaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oaken)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/50 "2013-03-16T04:58:54Z")
For some modern breeze, try Zooey Deschanel’s _She and Him_ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ3cTwI9bIw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ3cTwI9bIw) ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/51 "2013-03-16T05:21:59Z")
Yes! Late to the thread and still have something to contribute! [Zoidberg] _[Hooray, I’m useful!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le6Rvy5Ccb0)_ [/Zoidberg] Wet Willie - [Keep on Smilin’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0BNTebcbY) Wet Willie - [Street Corner Serenade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1RPcnode34) War - [Summer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MyH1TcqAhI) Hurricane Smith - [Oh Babe, What Would You Say](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuccqN63I4I) Mouth & MacNeal - [How Do You Do](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf5IzB0uIZo) The Friends Of Distinction - [Grazing In The Grass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UhResTVZ6s) Hugh Masekela - [Grazing In The Grass](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKcGCObEb28) Last one’s an instrumental, but I HAD to add both of them. Peanut butter & jelly. ---
**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 16, 2013, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/52 "2013-03-16T09:06:17Z")
Thanks everyone for the suggestions! 🙂 ---
**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 16, 2013, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/53 "2013-03-16T09:10:06Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > To me, “breezy” would be happy major-key stuff, but I may be filtering this too much. > > In that vein: How about King Harvest’s [Dancing in the Moonlight](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5JqPxmYhlo)? Forever ruined by the Toploader cover that shat all over the radio for what seemed like a year or two around the Millennium. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/54 "2013-03-16T10:35:25Z")
The Pushbike Song: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WmhMKWt8DI&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Sugar Baby Love: [The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qglQ0aiEGA0&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Give A Little Love, Take A Little Love: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI92eNYC6E&feature=youtube\_gdata\_player](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGI92eNYC6E&feature=youtube_gdata_player) Sadie the Cleaning Lady: [Sadie the Cleaning Lady - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0c55lXRAeg&feature=youtube_gdata_player) ---
**Author:** ![hamwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/0ea827/32.png) [@hamwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hamwater)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/55 "2013-03-16T23:43:45Z")
Orleans _Dance With Me_, actually anything by them I would think. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/56 "2013-03-16T23:54:29Z")
[Indian Lake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzI5YqV89kg) by the Cowsills. OK, 1968. Not too far off. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/57 "2013-03-17T01:26:42Z")
“Burning Bridges” by the Mike Curb Congregation ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/58 "2013-03-17T03:59:32Z")
Much of Dr. Hook’s late-1970s material fits the bill. Start with “A Little Bit More” and “When You’re In Love With a Beautiful Woman”. Three more songs, all from 1981-82, that have this same “ethic”: - “Hearts” by Marty Balin - “Sweetheart” by Franke & The Knockouts - “I Love You” by Climax Blues Band (really, though, a Derek Holt solo) ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/59 "2013-03-18T02:25:03Z")
Alive ‘N Kickin’ - Tighter, Tighter The Five Stairsteps - OOOh Child Friends of Distinction - Love or Let Me Be Lonely All these songs bring me back to innocent times and make me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/60 "2013-03-18T06:24:06Z")
Just thought of another: Too Late to Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805.md?page=4)