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[ceebeegee]

I acquired some new music this weekend, including a bunch of songs Mike and I discussed on Friday. (Doug and I joined him and Heidi at Moran's late Friday night.) Man, there was some awesome music out in the early-mid '70s. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (BTW, Mike, listening to it I'm not sure if it's "there goes Robert E. Lee" or "there goes the Robert E. Lee"--I have the Joan Baez version and she adds a syllable at the end of "goes" that may or may not be an actual word.) "Ode to Billy Joe," "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"--some kickass songwriting. It makes me cry.

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[dje2004.livejournal.com]

You remember me telling you about that collectible card game I design for, right? A while back we did a semi-serious 70's-themed set for the game called "Boom Chaka Laka." As part of my "research" into the era, I started listening to some all-70's music internet radio stations. You're right, the 70's produced some fantastic music. It also produced some really dreadful music as well. A bunch of songs and song lyrics ended up working their way into the cards themselves.