Spooky (But Great) Songs of the 1970s?

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Spooky, dark, scary, evil…

I’ll post them, especially because the live version of “No Quarter” is spooky. The jam from around the 9 minute mark is killer. It’s all together, but there’s some cool communication with Page/Bonham/Jones, and sounds independent at times, kinda jazzy… Speaking of jazzy, Bill Ward of Black Sabbath played many songs with a jazzy version, and those Middle-Eastern sounding riffs by Tony Iommi really gave it a dark sound - playing a half-tone as opposed to a whole-tone… And to think this was probably because of Tony’s accident is pretty interesting.

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

Led Zeppelin - No Quarter (extended)

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Someone asked me yesterday if I’d ever heard this one. Ha! It’s on a frequent playlist. It so vividly expresses the what-the-fuck-edness of the seventies. :black_heart:

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I think Queen’s, “The Prophet’s Song,” would fit here.

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Sky Pilot by the Animals might fit.
edit: Actually 1960s, but I’m leaving it.

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The Alan Parsons Project & Edgar Allan Poe:

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No thread like this is complete without what also happens to be one of the greatest openings in Rick.

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Cool, now I get to include “Careful With That Vax, Eugene” by Pink Floyd :slight_smile:

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1971

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Skyhooks song about the news on TV, Horror Movie. Appropriately from their album Living in the 70’s. Mind you, the stage costumes don’t help the effect.

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Led Zeppelin - In The Evening

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The “Piltdown Man” section of Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells is pretty spooky:

Come to think of it, the beginning of the album is also pretty eerie, which is probably why it was used in (and made famous by) The Exorcist.

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Redbone - The Witch Queen of New Orleans

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=68kVtlN3XkI

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I love the rhythm guitar SO much, especially off the beat… Nice tone, too… Great song, although I don’t know any others by Redbone (never cared about “Come and get your love”)

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King Crimson - Epitaph

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I think the way Nik Turner sings “D Rider” makes this Hawkwind song kind of spooky.

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Am I operating on a different wavelength or shouldn’t this be here?: