# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/61 "2013-03-18T22:44:43Z")
It’s 60’s but it’s huge right now and I read the thread but didn’t see them. Foxygen. Here’s their single but the whole album is perfect: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KtdWGGpvY1s/maxresdefault.jpg "Foxygen - San Francisco (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtdWGGpvY1s) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/62 "2013-03-21T06:25:45Z")
Woo! I get to add new titles – _Spirit in the Sky_ by Norman Greenbaun _ABC_ – The Jackson 5 _I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do_ – ABBA How about Bette Midler’s cover of _Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy_? _Snowbird_ – Anne Murray _Do You Know the Way to San Jose_ – Dionne Warwick A bit later, but WTF? _Rock Lobster_ and _Love Shack_ by the B-52s are perfect. Pretty much everything by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, but maybe their instrumentation is a little heavy for your taste. A much older song, but Bob Seger’s cover puts it into the timeline – _You Never Can Tell_ _Part of the Plan_ – Dan Fogelberg _The Long Run_ – Eagles _Honky Cat_ and _Crocodile Rock_ by Elton John Almost every thing by the Fifth Dimension, extra breezy points for _Up Up And Away_ (in My Beautiful Balloon) ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/63 "2013-03-21T11:46:30Z")
I also think of Christopher Cross and other Yacht Rock songs. How about 10cc “I’m Not In Love.” ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/64 "2013-03-21T13:35:18Z")
Okay, a few more suggestions that I didn’t see posted yet, all 70s era: “Miracles” - Jefferson Starship “Midnight at the Oasis” - Maria Muldaur “Up the Ladder to the Roof” - the Supremes (post-Diana Ross era) “I’ll Take You There” - the Staple Singers “Pink Moon” - Nick Drake “Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day)” - Jethro Tull “Ripple” - Grateful Dead ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/65 "2013-03-21T13:43:50Z")
_Twisted_ – Joni Mitchell ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/66 "2013-03-21T16:41:42Z")
Little River Band - [Reminiscing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk9whS0hrE4) ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/67 "2013-03-21T18:14:22Z")
Didn’t see this posted (although I might have missed it); it was the first song that popped into my head: \*Afternoon Delight \*by the Starland Vocal Band. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/68 "2013-03-21T18:52:45Z")
_The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades_ – Timbuk3 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/69 "2013-03-21T19:49:04Z")
“[Arizona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SIoIgO8feU)” - Mark Lindsay ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/70 "2013-03-22T03:25:21Z")
Sail On - Commodores (I think?) ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/71 "2013-03-22T15:23:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > _The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades_ – Timbuk3 Not exactly 70s. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/72 "2013-03-22T16:00:06Z")
George Benson’s Breezin’ for me too, although slightly more jazzy. Apologies if also mentioned but Carly Simon - You’re So Vain Cher - Cherokee Nation Loggins & Messina - Your Momma Don’t Dance 5th Dimension - Aquarius Minnie Ripperton - Loving You ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/73 "2013-03-22T16:16:40Z")
No love for Jim Croce?[ul][_]I Got a Name[_]Operator[_]Time in a Bottle[_]Dreamin’ Again[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805/74 "2013-03-22T16:19:31Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Didn’t see this posted (although I might have missed it); it was the first song that popped into my head: > > \*Afternoon Delight \*by the Starland Vocal Band. Ditto all the way; it’s what I entered the thread to post. Definition of “70s breezy” to me. > [@lieu](#): > > Cher - Cherokee Nation Good gad, what’s “breezy” about this ponderous, bass-driven lament? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breezy-70s-pop-rock-folk-songs/652805.md?page=3)