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  Music Theory

  No Quarter: two minor modal modes of Led Zeppelin's psychedelic track

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  Harry Hippie: Bobby Womack's recollection of his brother tragic death

  USA, Popular Song,

  1970s
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  Hypnotized: Fleetwood Mac's song about aliens

  England, USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Reelin' In the Years: the tandem of effective lyrics and one of the best guitar solos of all time

  USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Gimme Three Steps: the bar where Lynyrd Skynyrd's frontman almost got shot

  USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Firth of Fifth: impressionistic Genesis song as a prog-rock masterpiece

  England, Progressive Rock,

  1970s
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  Cum On Feel the Noize: Slade's instant hit recipe

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  D'yer Mak'er: meaning of Led Zeppelin's most controversial song

  England, Reggae, Rock,

  1970s
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  Violin

  Larks' Tongues in Aspic: the classic theme behind best prog-album opener

  England, Progressive Rock,

  1970s
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  I Shot the Sheriff: Burnin' spliff nearly destroyed Bob Marley's original recording

  Jamaica, Reggae,

  1970s
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  Music Theory

  Popular songs showing the submediant chord in all diatonic modes

  England, USA, Rock, 1960s,

  1970s
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  Muskrat Love: the polarizing song of America

  USA, Popular Song, Rock,

  1970s
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  Seven Seas of Rhye: song of imaginary land brought to life by Ionian and Mixolydian modes

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  Mexicali Blues: debut song by the Grateful Dead's psychedelic poet

  USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Tumbling Dice: hundred reels of tape for a messy Rolling Stones mix

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  Pancho and Lefty: gangster song that saved Townes Van Zandt from a speeding ticket

  USA, Folk,

  1970s
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  Locomotive Breath: fine groove born from Jethro Tull's studio session

  England, Progressive Rock,

  1970s
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  Oye Como Va: meaning and origin of the best-known cha-cha-chá song

  USA, Latin, Popular Song, Rock, 1960s,

  1970s
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  Ladytron: Roxy Music's lunar landing with mellotron, oboe, and synth

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  Music Theory

  6 songs to unpack Ionian mode and the major scale

  England, USA, Blues, Folk, Popular Song, Rock, 1930s, 1960s,

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  Sugaree: Jerry Garcia's song referencing his lyricist's criminal past

  USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Marie Laveau: ballad of the legendary Voodoo Queen

  USA, Folk, Rock,

  1970s
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  Misty Mountain Hop: Led Zeppelin's contribution to pot legalization

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  FILM

  Dum Maro Dum: psychedelic Hindi lyrics in Western arrangement that influenced generations

  India, Film Score, Popular Song,

  1970s
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  SONGWRITER

  Coal Miner's Daughter was forced to remove a third of the lyrics from her autobiographical song

  USA, Folk, 1960s,

  1970s
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  Bennie and the Jets: the opening piano chord and disastrous recording sessions in Jamaica

  England, Rock,

  1970s
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  Music Theory

  8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale

  England, Scotland, USA, Folk, Popular Song, Rock, 1960s,

  1970s

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  Music Theory

  Plagal cadence exemplified by 9 songs in all diatonic modes

  England, USA, Rock, 1960s,

  1970s

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  SONGWRITER

  I Wanna Be Sedated: pure classical harmony cementing the Ramones' hit in punk rock history

  USA, Rock,

  1970s
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  Music Theory

  7 songs featuring Mixolydian mode

  England, USA, Rock, 1960s,

  1970s

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