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Kamis, 19 Februari 2009

Hantu pun Jadi Penggemar D'Masive ?




















D'Masive, group band musik papan atas ini ternyata tak hanya digemari dari anak-anak hingga dewasa dari lagu-lagu menyentuh yang dibawakannya, bahkan saking menyentuhnya, "Dunia Lain" pun "Barangkali" juga menikmati alunan suara kas dari sang vokalis Ryan tersebut.

Alasannya, dari tayangan berita Reportase Malam Trans TV (Jumat, 20 Februari 2009, 01.00 WIB) dini hari yang saya tonton, Ada fenomena menarik yang terjadi saat konser D'masive di Papua. Ada penampakan hantu diatas pentas konser yang terlihat jelas dari rekaman camera handphone dari salah seorang penonton konser tersebut.

Terlihat jelas Hantu perempuan setengah badan tersebut berada persis di belakang para personil D'masive. Benarkah itu Hantu?
Informasinya, saat konser berlangsung, memang tidak ada kru lain yang berada diatas panggung saat konser itu berlangsung (saat lagu dinyanyikan). Apalagi memang terlihat jelas, penampakan hantu perempuan itu tepat persis berada di belakang diantara personil D'masive. Penggemar D'masive dari dunia lainkah itu?

Rekaman video dari penonton tersebut katanya sudah menyebar ke beberapa pengguna hp lainnya di Papua. Sayangnya, saya belum menemukan rekaman video tersebut di Youtube.Tapi kebetulan saat mampir di kaskus, udah ada yang upload snapshotnya (tampak digambar),Makanya saat tidak dapat menampilkannya rekamannya di blog saya saat ini. ...

Konser D MASIV di Jayapura Ditonton Hantu

Konser D MASIV di Jayapura Ditonton Hantu, Rekaman Videonya Sudah Beredar Luas

. Friday, 20 February 2009
Konser Duet Super Band, D MASIV dan J-ROCK yang berlangsung di Lapangan Papua Trade Center (PTC) Entrop, Jayapura Selatan, Jumat (13/2) lalu, ternyata meninggalkan ceritera menarik, yakni penampakan.

Kabarnya konsert tersebut ikut ditonton 'hantu wanita' dengan berpakai serba putih. Penampakan sesosok hantu ini, terekam video dari sebuah handphone milik salah seorang penonton, bahkan kini sudah heboh karena telah beredar luas di tengah masyarakat. Hanya saja, kebenaran penampakan hantu wanita tersebut, belum dapat dipastikan.

Dari rekaman video handphone yang berlangsung sekitar 1,48 menit tersebut, sempat terlihat berada di belakang panggung saat group band yang terkenal lewat hits andalanya, Cinta Ini Membunuhku, tepat di belakang sang gitaris.

Jika diamati, terlihat seperti sosok wanita yang menggunakan pakaian serba putih dan rambut cukup panjang dengan muka tampak pucat tersebut berdiri berada tepat disisi kanan panggung, saat sang gitaris D'MASIV sedang beraksi memetik gitar di panggung tersebut. Hanya saja, rekamanan penampakan hantu yang disebut-sebut sebagai hantu penunggu PTC tersebut, berlangsung dalam beberapa detik saja, namun terlihat sangat jelas.

Saiful, salah seorang warga mengakui mendapatkan rekaman video tersebut dari seorang adiknya, yang tercatat sebagai salah seorang pelajar di SMP satu. 'Saya dapat itu dari bloethoot handphone milik adik saya. Adik saya juga mendapatkan rekaman video itu dari teman-temannya. Jadi, sudah beredar luas dari handphone satu ke handphone lain melalui transfer bluethoot,' jelasnya.

Awalnya, Saiful mengakui tidak yakin bahwa ada penampakan sesosok hantu dalam rekaman video berdurasi 1 menit lebih tersebut. 'Setelah saya lihat dan amati, memang ada gambar seperti seorang wanita berambut panjang dan memakai pakaian serba putih terlihat menonton konser D'MASIV tersebut,' ujarnya.

Cenderawasih Pos pun juga sempat mendapatkan rekaman video penampakan hantu panggung tersebut dari seorang teman. Memang setelah diamati, ada sesosok perempuan berpakaian serba putih dan rambut cukup panjang berada di belakang seorang gitaris group band D'MASIV tersebut. (bat)

Band Caramel: Lagu Jauh Bukan Milik Kami

Jumat, 20-02-2009 RSS Feed

agnes davonar

Band Caramel: Lagu Jauh Bukan Milik Kami

Senin, 28-04-2008 13:47:40 oleh: Yanuardi
Kanal: Berita

Ini adalah wawancara saya dengan Caramel band. Band ini berasal dari kota Malang terdiri dari personal yang didalangin oleh:

  • Anang sebagai gitaris,
  • Arief, Ega dan Putri sebagai vokalis
  • Angga pada Bas,
  • Didin pada Drum dan yang terakhir adalah
  • Romie pada Keyboard.

Saya mendapatkan kesempatan langsung dari ketua pendiri group ini, Anang. Mereka kini berada di Surabaya.

Lagu Jauh yang dinyanyikan oleh seorang wanita misterius. Telah menjadi kontroversi dimana-mana, bahkan nyaris menjadi lagu paling digandrungi oleh pendengarnya. Lagu ini muncul di youtube dalam banyak versi. Bahkan lagunya sendiri dicari-cari dan menjadi populer dari berbagai sharing file yang ada. kemudian menjadi diskusi hangat diberbagai forum. Saya membuat kisahnya dalam judul Kisah Lirik Terakhir. Tidak pernah berpikir bahwa kisah yang saya buat berdasarkan inspirasi lagu tersebut merebak dan menjadi populer . Sayapun merasa tergoda untuk mencari tau kebenaran lagu ini. Mungkin band Caramel dapat membantu untuk membuka kontroversi ini.

Kutipan wawancara full:

Davonar: Halo Mas Anang? Apa kabar dengan Caramel Band?

Anang : Baik.. ini Agnes Davonar yang nulis cerita Caramel ya?

Davonar: Iya neh mas, cerita yang saya bikin tentang Caramel menjadi kontroversi karena cerita itu menjadi simpang siur. Dari sumber sumber yang saya dapatkan, group andalah yang menjadi salah satu pencipta lagu tersebut. Egalah yang menjadi penyanyi

(Anang tertawa)

Anang: gitu ya.. sebenarnya terima kasih uda bikin cerita itu.

Davonar: Tapi saya sebagai penulis mendapatkan banyak sekali pertanyaan seputar kontroversi kematian sang vokalis yang dikatakan bunuh diri . . Saya sendiri membuat itu melalui berbagai pertimbangan dan jujurnya inspirasi saya sebagai penulis ketika melihat lirik tersebut membuat saya membayangkan kisah itu begitu sendu. Dan saya merasa patut mempertanggungjawabkan apa yang saya tulis kepada pembaca saya!! Bisakah anda membantu saya mengikis rasa penasaran saya sendiri terhadap siapa sosok Ega.

Anang: Hmm.. sebenarnya kami memang mempunyai personal bernama Ega. Namun jujur saja. kami pun lelah mendapatkan telepon yang hampir selalu berdering. Lagu Jauh yang menjadi kontroversi itu sesungguhnya bukanlah lagu dari band kami. Ntah dari mana rumor, tiba tiba lagu ini seolah olah menjadi bagian dari punya kami. Ega personal kami pun menjadi bingung..

Davonar : Lalu bagaimana bisa muncul istilah Ega sebagai penyanyi dan Jauh sebagai milik kelompok kalian?

Anang : Inilah akibat salah paham. Ketika kami konser banyak sekali penonton yang meminta kami untuk menyanyikan lagu tersebut. Tapi sejujurnya itu bukan lagu kami. Kami pun agak keberatan untuk menyanyikan lagu tersebut. Nah mungkin dari sana muncul gosip seperti itu!!

Davonar : Wow. Lalu sikap dari band kalian sendiri terhadap rumor ini?

Anang : Kami selalu menjawab apa yang sesungguhnya, bahkan dari wawancara radio. Kami sudah katakan bukan kami. Tapi sepertinya lagu tersebut sudah mendaging.. kami memang cukup terkenal karena lagu itu.

Davonar : Lalu kalian sendiri kenal tidak dengan penyanyi tersebut?

Anang : Hm, tadinya aku pikir kamu loh yang menyanyikan lagu itu. Soalnya cerita kamu paling populer diantara semua versi. Ternyata kamu juga bukan hehehe.

Davonar : Hehehe. Saya hanya menulis sebagai naluri. Kalau begitu yang anda tau tentang gadis penyanyi itu?

Anang : Kami mendapatkan informasi, jika penyanyi itu berasal dari Bali. Kalau tentang misteri di mana dia? Maaf , kami pun tidak tau.. kami malah berpikir kamu yang tau.. makanya kami sangat senang ketika anda muncul dan setidaknya kejelasan bisa terjawab!!

Davonar : Wow , tambah rumit ya. Saya bahkan sempat menghentikan novel itu hingga episode kedua , karena saya pikir anda bisa membantu saya dalam menelusuri kisah ini. Tapi saya senang, setidaknya saya tau sesuatu dari sini. Saya punya kesempatan untuk menulis lagi kisah ini sesuai versi saya hingga orang misterius itu datang dan memberikan penyataan

Anang : Terima kasih juga. Karena anda kami juga mendapatkan tempat di masyarakat. Tapi sekali lagi kami tegaskan bukan kami pemilik lagu itu. Kalau ada yang tau? Kami pun sangat ingin tau.

Davonar : Ok. Terima kasih. Senang berkenalan dengan Band Caramel. Terus sukses dan semoga albumnya segera keluar ya.

Dan saya pun tidak dapat menjawab langsung apa yang sebenarnya terjadi. Namun saya berpendapat lagu ini adalah milik semua masyarakat pencintanya. Siapapun pendengarnya. Saya yakin ia mencintai lagu ini, walau kontroversi merebak di masyarakat tentang lagu ini. Saya harapkan sekali lagi, masyarakat dapat berpikir positif. Di manapun Ega/Geby atau Angel sesuai karakter lagu itu, saya harap dia baik-baik saja di dunia manapun.

Rabu, 18 Februari 2009

AllMusic Loves 1974

Country Life Fulfillingness' First Finale Autobahn Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Musik Von HarmoniaTaking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Thrust Perfect Angel

In 1974, ABBA won the Eurovision contest for Sweden with “Waterloo.” During the California Jam in Ontario, CA, ELP’s Keith Emerson attached himself to a piano and spun in mid air (while playing the instrument and chewing gum). Billboard began treating disco as a style of music. Also, Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie, and Van Halen formed, but they wouldn’t make their full impact until a little later on. It was 1974 and dozens upon dozens of memorable albums and singles — from Autobahn to Eldorado, from “Rock the Boat” to “Rock Your Baby” — hit the shelves. If it was the year of any one thing in particular, a strong case could be made for German progressive music. Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster, and Tangerine Dream released distinct landmark albums, all of which still sound thrilling and weird.

John Bush
This wasn’t meant to look like a hipster list, laden with obscurities; 1974 is just a strange year for me. I definitely like a lot of the mainstream rock and soul of the ’70s, don’t get me wrong, but only two of the most celebrated artists of the year put out material I really enjoy — those being Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. So, when I left out Roxy Music and Gram Parsons and Stevie Wonder and Genesis and Queen and Randy Newman, I ended up with plenty of room for some of the more intriguing undercurrents of music in 1974. It was a banner year for Krautrock (with great LPs from Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster, Tangerine Dream, Eno) and also for jazz fusion, with Herbie Hancock’s Thrust and George Duke’s Feel, among many others.

That still leaves ample room for a few more far-from-the-mainstream artists: Betty Davis, the scream queen of soul; Frankie Miller, who took the British soul mantle from Rod Stewart after Stewart’s early-’70s peak; Victor Jara, the Chilean folksinger who was persecuted to death for his powerful songwriting; John Howard, a grandiose English songwriter whose “Goodbye Suzie” is an office favorite; Jeanette, the Spanish-French singer with the one-shot “Porque Te Vas” plus the sublime “Amanacer”; and Chairmen of the Board, whose Skin I’m In LP features the craziest prog/psych/soul suite I’ve ever heard. Better than all of these, though, and probably my favorite obscurity of 1974, is the second record from Slapp Happy, which has never been equaled for its brand of avant-pop — skewed, catchy, literate, and ineffably Eurocentric.

Slapp Happy - Slapp Happy
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
George Duke - Feel
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
John Cale - Fear
Gene Clark - No Other
Bob Dylan/The Band - Before the Flood
Frankie Miller - Frankie Miller’s High Life
Victor Jara - Te Recuerdo Amanda
Elis Regina & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Elis & Tom
Big Star - Radio City
Todd Rundgren - Todd
Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information
Betty Davis - They Say I’m Different
Chairmen of the Board - Skin I’m In

Brother to Brother - “In the Bottle” Listen to an audio sample
Cymande - “Brothers on the Slide” Listen to an audio sample
Shuggie Otis - “Aht Uh Mi Hed” Listen to an audio sample
Smokey Robinson - “I Am I Am” Listen to an audio sample
Freddie Hubbard - “Polar AC” Listen to an audio sample
Terry Callier - “Satin Doll” Listen to an audio sample
Stevie Wonder - “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” Listen to an audio sample
Syreeta - “Spinnin’ and Spinnin’” Listen to an audio sample
Antonio Carlos Jobim - “Aguas de Marco” Listen to an audio sample
Gordon Lightfoot - “Sundown” Listen to an audio sample
Dolly Parton - “Jolene” Listen to an audio sample
John Howard - “Goodbye Suzie” Listen to an audio sample
Jackson Browne - “Late for the Sky” Listen to an audio sample
Barry Manilow - “Something’s Comin’ Up” Listen to an audio sample
Big Star - “O My Soul” Listen to an audio sample
First Class - “Dreams Are Ten a Penny” Listen to an audio sample
Frankie Miller - “Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)” Listen to an audio sample
Kool & the Gang - “Summer Madness” Listen to an audio sample
Jeanette - “Porque Te Vas” Listen to an audio sample
Kraftwerk - “Autobahn” Listen to an audio sample

Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Brinsley Schwarz - The New Favourites of Brinsley Schwarz
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Big Star - Radio City
Hall & Oates - War Babies
Bob Seger - Seven
Roxy Music - Country Life
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
Little Feat - Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Ace - Five-A-Side
The Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll
Chilli Willi & the Red Hot Peppers - Bongos Over Balham
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Second Helping
Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Merle Haggard - If We Make It Through December
George Jones - The Grand Tour
Todd Rundgren - Todd
Neil Young - On the Beach
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard

Bob Seger - “Get Out of Denver” Listen to an audio sample
Al Wilson - “Show and Tell” Listen to an audio sample
Glen Campbell - “Houston (I’m Comin’ to See You)” Listen to an audio sample
Brian Eno - “Needles in the Camel’s Eye” Listen to an audio sample
The O’Jays - “For the Love of Money” Listen to an audio sample
Sweet - “Ballroom Blitz” Listen to an audio sample
The Spinners - “Then Came You” Listen to an audio sample
Willie Nelson - “Bloody Mary Morning” Listen to an audio sample
Hall & Oates - “She’s Gone” Listen to an audio sample
David Bowie - “Rebel Rebel” Listen to an audio sample
Harry Nilsson - “Daybreak” Listen to an audio sample
Stevie Wonder - “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” Listen to an audio sample
Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died” Listen to an audio sample
Neil Sedaka - “Laughter in the Rain” Listen to an audio sample
George Jones - “The Grand Tour” Listen to an audio sample
America - “Tin Man” Listen to an audio sample
Thin Lizzy - “She Knows” Listen to an audio sample
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - “Billy Don’t Be a Hero” Listen to an audio sample
Electric Light Orchestra - “Showdown” Listen to an audio sample
Elton John - “The Bitch Is Back” Listen to an audio sample

David Jeffries
Bad Company - Bad Company
Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties
Budgie - In for the Kill!
John Cale - Fear
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
The Cosmic Jokers - Gilles Zeitschiff
Disco Tex and His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin’
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
The Good Rats - Tasty
Marcia Griffiths - Sweet Bitter Love (Play Me Sweet & Nice)
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Keith Hudson - Pick a Dub
Kiss - Kiss
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Bob Marley - Natty Dread
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
Klaus Schulze - Blackdance
Sparks - Kimono My House
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’ First Finale

Andy Kellman
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Afro Blue
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Lou Courtney - I’m in Need of Love
Miles Davis - Get Up with It
Charles Earland - Leaving This Planet
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Frank Foster - The Loud Minority
Carlos Garnett - Black Love
Johnny Hammond - Gambler’s Life
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark
Idris Muhammad - Power of Soul
Minnie Riperton - Perfect Angel
Roxy Music - Country Life
Santana - Lotus
Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson - Winter in America
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’ First Finale

Marcus Belgrave - “Space Odyssey” Listen to an audio sample
David Bowie - “Rebel Rebel” Listen to an audio sample
James Brown - “The Payback” Listen to an audio sample
B.T. Express - “Do It (’Til You’re Satisfied)” Listen to an audio sample
Norman Connors - “Mother of the Future” Listen to an audio sample
William DeVaughn - “Be Thankful for What You Got” Listen to an audio sample
Earth, Wind & Fire - “Devotion” Listen to an audio sample
Roberta Flack - “Feel Like Makin’ Love” Listen to an audio sample
Funkadelic - “Standing on the Verge of Getting It On” Listen to an audio sample
Hall & Oates - “She’s Gone” Listen to an audio sample
Isaac Hayes - “Joy” Listen to an audio sample
Kool & the Gang - “Summer Madness” Listen to an audio sample
Kraftwerk - “Autobahn” Listen to an audio sample
Love Unlimited - “Move Me No Mountain” Listen to an audio sample
The Main Ingredient - “California My Way” Listen to an audio sample
Gwen McCrae - “90% of Me Is You” Listen to an audio sample
The New Birth - “It’s Been a Long Time” Listen to an audio sample
Julian Priester - “Love, Love” Listen to an audio sample
The Rolling Stones - “Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)” Listen to an audio sample
Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes - “Expansions” Listen to an audio sample

Uncle Dave Lewis
1974 was a transitional year; America said “goodbye” to President Richard Nixon, who resigned owing to the Watergate scandal, and the music world to Duke Ellington. Tenor master Gene Ammons bade us farewell with the album Goodbye, and, to everyone’s surprise, Peter Gabriel said “so long” to Genesis. Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones discovered their inner pop groove, while the pop world itself — mired in disco — went strangely silent in ‘74; meanwhile, Steve Reich’s 3-LP set Drumming left eggheads scrambling for words. Avant-garde Brit progressive was on a roll, and German artists — Kraftwerk and Nico — contributed two of the most important albums of the whole year. Autobahn heralded the future, whereas The End was a final, sad farewell to the excesses of the ’60s. Change was in the air in 1974, and the wait wouldn’t be a long one.

Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Gene Ammons - Goodbye
Average White Band - AWB
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
Quincy Jones - Body Heat
John Cale - Fear
Can - Soon Over Babaluma
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Henry Cow - Unrest
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Nico - The End
Oregon - Winter Light
Robert Palmer - Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley
Residents - Meet the Residents
Sparks - Kimono My House
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Steve Reich - Drumming — Six Pianos — Music for Mallet Instruments, Voice and Organ
Gunther Schuller/New England Conservatory Ragtime Ensemble - The Red Back Book
Raymond DesRoches/New Jersey Percussion Ensemble - Percussion Music

(Several significant classical LPs from 1974 have never been reissued as such on CD — CBS’ 5-LP set Charles Ives: The 100th Anniversary, the Julliard String Quartet’s CBS release of quartets by Stravinsky and Ginastera, Jan De Gaetani and Aeolian Chamber Players’ CBS LP of George Crumb’s Voice of the Whale, and EMI Electrola’s Reflexe issue of music of Pierre Abelard, performed by the Studio für frühen Musik under Thomas Binkley.)

Jason Lymangrover
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Kiss - Kiss
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Roxy Music - Country Life
Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (’)

10cc - “The Worst Band in the World” Listen to an audio sample
Bad Company - “Ready for Love” Listen to an audio sample
David Bowie - “Rebel Rebel” Listen to an audio sample
James Brown - “The Payback” Listen to an audio sample
John Cale - “Ship of Fools” Listen to an audio sample
Can - “Come Sta, La Luna” Listen to an audio sample
The Jimmy Castor Bunch - “Bertha Butt Boogie” Listen to an audio sample
Rick Derringer - “Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo” Listen to an audio sample
Earth, Wind & Fire - “Devotion” Listen to an audio sample
Funkadelic - “I’ll Stay” Listen to an audio sample
Grateful Dead - “Unbroken Chain” Listen to an audio sample
Hall & Oates - “She’s Gone” (YouTube)
Elton John - “Bennie and the Jets” Listen to an audio sample
Paul McCartney & Wings - “Jet” Listen to an audio sample
Mott the Hoople - “Roll Away the Stone” Listen to an audio sample
Ohio Players - “Skin Tight” Listen to an audio sample
Dolly Parton - “Jolene” Listen to an audio sample
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - “Tell Me Something Good” Listen to an audio sample
Sparks - “This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us” Listen to an audio sample
Sweet - “Fox on the Run” Listen to an audio sample

J. Scott McClintock
Roxy Music - Country Life
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
Pilot - Pilot (From the Album of the Same Name)
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
Stackridge - Pinafore Days
John Cale - Fear
John Howard - Technicolour Biography
Supertramp - Crime of the Century
Electric Light Orchestra - Eldorado
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
10cc - Sheet Music
Todd Rundgren - Todd
Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Caravan - Caravan & the New Symphonia
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Robert Wyatt - Rock Bottom
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - “Jackie Blue” Listen to an audio sample
Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died” Listen to an audio sample
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero” Listen to an audio sample
The Hudson Brothers - “So You Are a Star” Listen to an audio sample
The Hues Corporation - “Rock the Boat” Listen to an audio sample
Roberta Flack - “Feel Like Makin’ Love” Listen to an audio sample
Billy Swan - “I Can Help” Listen to an audio sample
Elton John - “Bennie and the Jets” Listen to an audio sample
Hollies - “The Air That I Breathe” Listen to an audio sample
Terry Jacks - “Seasons in the Sun” Listen to an audio sample
Maria Muldaur - “Midnight at the Oasis” Listen to an audio sample
Isaac Hayes - “Joy” Listen to an audio sample
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - “Battle of New Orleans” Listen to an audio sample
Neil Diamond - “Longfellow Serenade” Listen to an audio sample
Chicago - “Wishing You Were Here” Listen to an audio sample
Paul McCartney & Wings - “Jet” Listen to an audio sample
Tom T. Hall - “I Love” Listen to an audio sample
Carl Carlton - “Everlasting Love” Listen to an audio sample
Jim Stafford - “Spiders and Snakes” Listen to an audio sample
George McCrae - “Rock Your Baby” Listen to an audio sample

James Christopher Monger
Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Steve Ashley - Stroll On
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness’ First Finale
Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
John Cale - Fear
Planxty - Cold Blow and the Rainy Night
Steeleye Span - Now We Are Six
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
Mick Ronson - Slaughter on 10th Avenue
John Denver - Back Home Again
Jorge Ben - A Tábua de Esmeralda
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Roger Glover - Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast
Roxy Music - Country Life

Big Star - “September Gurls” Listen to an audio sample
Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died” Listen to an audio sample
The Doobie Brothers - “Black Water” Listen to an audio sample
Hollies - “Air That I Breathe” Listen to an audio sample
Harry Nilsson - “Don’t Forget Me” Listen to an audio sample
Jethro Tull - “Skating Away on the Thin Ice of a New Day” Listen to an audio sample
Electric Light Orchestra - “Can’t Get It Out of My Head” Listen to an audio sample
Rush - “Working Man” Listen to an audio sample
Caravan - “Dog, the Dog, He’s at It Again” Listen to an audio sample
Judas Priest - “Rocka Rolla” Listen to an audio sample
Terry Jacks - “Seasons in the Sun” Listen to an audio sample
Kiss - “Cold Gin” Listen to an audio sample
Tom T. Hall - “I Love” Listen to an audio sample
Donovan - “Sadness” Listen to an audio sample
David Bowie - “Rebel Rebel” Listen to an audio sample

Tim Sendra
Big Star - Radio City
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Harmonia - Musik Von Harmonia
Millie Jackson - Caught Up
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance - Anymore for Anymore
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
Rick Springfield - Mission Magic!
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard
We All Together - 2

Blue Swede - “Hooked on a Feeling” Listen to an audio sample
Rick Derringer - “Teenage Love Affair” Listen to an audio sample
David Essex - “Rock On” Listen to an audio sample
The Hues Corporation - “Rock the Boat” Listen to an audio sample
Andy Kim - “Rock Me Gently” Listen to an audio sample
George McCrae - “Rock Your Baby” Listen to an audio sample
Mud - “Tiger Feet” Listen to an audio sample
The Raspberries - “Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)” Listen to an audio sample
Reunion - “Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)” Listen to an audio sample
Rubettes - “Sugar Baby Love” Listen to an audio sample

Sean Westergaard
Choosing for 1974 was an interesting exercise. It was one of the last years I was listening to Top 40 radio (WLS in Chicago), so the singles are the songs I was listening to a lot and really liking at the time (though not exclusively from radio play). With the exception of Zappa’s Apostrophe (and the song “Autobahn”), the album list consists of albums I heard well after 1974; all of which still get played at home or on my radio show to this day. The singles: not so much, although there are a few.

Miles Davis - Dark Magus
Miles Davis - Get Up with It
Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets
Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Gil Evans - The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix
Funkadelic - Standing on the Verge of Getting It On
Herbie Hancock - Thrust
King Crimson - Red
King Crimson - Starless and Bible Black
Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Bright Moments
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
New York Dolls - Too Much Too Soon
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke
Sun Ra - Discipline 27-II
The Residents - Meet the Residents
Roxy Music - Country Life
Santana - Lotus
McCoy Tyner - Atlantis
Frank Zappa & the Mothers - Roxy & Elsewhere
Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (’)

Bachman-Turner Overdrive - “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” Listen to an audio sample
Brownsville Station - “Smokin’ in the Boy’s Room” Listen to an audio sample
Cheech & Chong Featuring Alice Bowie - “Earache My Eye” Listen to an audio sample
Coven - “One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack)” Listen to an audio sample
Jim Croce - “Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues” Listen to an audio sample
Carl Douglas - “Kung Fu Fighting” Listen to an audio sample
David Essex - “Rock On” Listen to an audio sample
Golden Earring - “Radar Love” Listen to an audio sample
Grand Funk Railroad - “The Loco-Motion” Listen to an audio sample
Hollies - “The Air That I Breathe” Listen to an audio sample
Elton John - “The Bitch Is Back” Listen to an audio sample
Elton John - “Bennie and the Jets” Listen to an audio sample
Kraftwerk - “Autobahn” Listen to an audio sample
Paul McCartney & Wings - “Helen Wheels” Listen to an audio sample
Paul McCartney & Wings - “Jet” Listen to an audio sample
Steve Miller Band - “The Joker” Listen to an audio sample
Paper Lace - “The Night Chicago Died” Listen to an audio sample
The O’Jays - “For the Love of Money” Listen to an audio sample
Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - “Tell Me Something Good” Listen to an audio sample
Jim Stafford - “Spiders & Snakes” Listen to an audio sample

Although some albums and songs in these lists were released in 1973, they peaked in the U.S. in 1974.

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AllMusic Loves 1968
AllMusic Loves 1977
AllMusic Loves 1984
AllMusic Loves 1987
AllMusic Loves 1993
AllMusic Loves 1999