Post by granny on Sept 20, 2022 17:53:54 GMT
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep! Why singalong 70s pop was edgier than you think
Britain in the 1970s was beset with ballooning inflation, national strikes, angry debates on European integration and fears of an environmental apocalypse – a bit like 2020s Britain, in fact. Amid all this, Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody was the anthem of the 1974 three-day week, the Wombles responded to 1976’s punishing drought with the eco-disco hit Rainmaker and the Brotherhood of Man’s 1970 ballad United We Stand was the rallying cry for an emerging gay rights movement.
1. Middle of the Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1970)
2. Millie Small – Enoch Power (1970)
3. Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (1970)
4. Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough (1972)
5. Lynsey de Paul – Sugar Me (1973)
7. The Sweet – Teenage Rampage (1974)6. Hector – Wired Up (1973)
8. Jonathan King/The George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca (1975)
9. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (1976)
10. Dollar – Shooting Star (1978)
Reasons for these sing-along smashes here - www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/20/chirpy-chirpy-cheep-cheep-why-singalong-70s-pop-was-edgier-than-you-think
Britain in the 1970s was beset with ballooning inflation, national strikes, angry debates on European integration and fears of an environmental apocalypse – a bit like 2020s Britain, in fact. Amid all this, Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody was the anthem of the 1974 three-day week, the Wombles responded to 1976’s punishing drought with the eco-disco hit Rainmaker and the Brotherhood of Man’s 1970 ballad United We Stand was the rallying cry for an emerging gay rights movement.
1. Middle of the Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (1970)
2. Millie Small – Enoch Power (1970)
3. Edison Lighthouse – Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (1970)
4. Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy Old Dough (1972)
5. Lynsey de Paul – Sugar Me (1973)
7. The Sweet – Teenage Rampage (1974)6. Hector – Wired Up (1973)
8. Jonathan King/The George Baker Selection – Una Paloma Blanca (1975)
9. Tina Charles – I Love to Love (1976)
10. Dollar – Shooting Star (1978)
Reasons for these sing-along smashes here - www.theguardian.com/music/2022/sep/20/chirpy-chirpy-cheep-cheep-why-singalong-70s-pop-was-edgier-than-you-think