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Another 20 Brilliant Rock Songs From The 1970s

There are so many to choose from!

Anthony Overs
5 min readNov 7, 2021
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I am in total agreement with Paul Combs when he states that the 1970s really did rock! Being a ’69 baby, rock music from the 70s and 80s was highly influential in my life. I am thankful for the people that helped me discover great music during this era.

Here’s Paul’s article:

So, Paul asked “what 70s rock rocked you?”

Like Terry, David and Pierce (please do read their linked stories!), I’ve taken that as a challenge and quickly thrown together a list of my own! (I, too, also left disco by the wayside … ).

Many of the 20 songs below mean a lot to me for various reasons, some quite personal. I hope you also like some or many of them. I’ve provided just a quick note on each, and included the playlist at the end. Oh, and I’ve chucked in a few videos. Dig in!

1. ‘Child in Time’ Deep Purple (1970).
My discovery of heavy rock was eye-opening to say the least. The whole Sabbath-Purple-LedZep thing was totally captivating for this…

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Anthony Overs
Anthony Overs

Written by Anthony Overs

Australian. Varied interests including music, wildlife (especially birds), food, baseball, taekwondo, drums. Person living with Parkinson’s.

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