My senior year, as I discussed earlier, wasn't really my most favorite. I got into some trouble (DUI) and had a couple of heartbreaks so I tend not to dwell too much on that time period. The one bright spot, however, was that disco was in it's death throes and the one album that put the last nail in it's coffin was Van Halen's self-titled debut. It was like nothing anyone had ever heard before or since. This record was so influential that it spawned a whole genre of music that unfortunately has never come close to what Diamond Dave, the Van Halen boys and that bass player dude ( just kidding - Michael Anthony) accomplished. I remember the first time I heard it and it was on 8 track, no less. It absolutely blew me away. My daughter kept hearing me talk about how great it was so I bought her a copy on cassette and she was floored. Then I told her that "Eruption" was done in one take and that took it to another level entirely. The other thing about it was that only people in the know knew about it when it first came out. You had to be "in".


Telephone Line, Electric Light Orchestra - I remember seeing them on "The Midnight Special"
Sir Duke, Stevie Wonder
Hotel California, Eagles - They never had another song as popular as this one
Fly Like An Eagle, Steve Miller Band
Feels Like The First Time, Foreigner
Easy, Commodores - My daughter still does this one at live shows
The Things We Do For Love, 10cc - A pity they didn't stay around longer
Barracuda, Heart - Girls? Rockin'? - you bet. The guitar on this one is amazing
Night Moves, Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
Heard It In A Love Song, Marshall Tucker Band
Carry On Wayward Son, Kansas - That little som'bitch could sing
Jet Airliner, Steve Miller Band
Cold As Ice, Foreigner
Lido Shuffle, Boz Scaggs - The last we heard from him on the charts
Livin' Thing, Electric Light Orchestra - Listen to the lyrics
Give A Little Bit, Supertramp
Nobody Does It Better, Carly Simon
Somebody To Love, Queen - from "Day at the Races" their follow-up to  "Night at the Opera" -
Walk This Way, Aerosmith - They were never better


   

 

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