So as you may or may not have seen at the beginning of lockdown I decided on a whim to listen to the Top 500 singles of 1964 and when I'd done that I thought I might as well do 1965 as well. Afterwards I posted some of the music I'd discovered in a thread.
Well since then I've done 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 and I am about to head into the 1970s. So I thought since I'm going into a new decade maybe I could get something going here on Obner.
This is the plan. I'll post one video ever day, we can listen together (kind of) and if you've got anything to say about it, then say it. I'll listen to the full Top 357 - 500 independently but I thought on Obner we'd do the Top 356 of 1970 and that way there's one video per day over the course of a full year.
Now bare in mind I'll not have heard most of these songs so I can't vouch for their quality, it might be that the first 10 or 20 are utter garbage, but I've found that in the previous years I've produced a Like short list of about 150 - 200 out of 500 so fingers crossed if that sort of ratio is maintained it won't be too painful and of course different people have different tastes.
If no one is interested I'll probably just keep the thread going anyway all on my lonesome. I also rate everything out of 5 stars. 5 being classic, 4 being good, 3 being average, 2 being poor and 1 being beyond any kind merit whatsoever. 4 & 5's go on a yearly shortlist.
So no time like the present....
356 - JONI MITCHELL - The Circle Game
I have to admit I quite like some of Joni's later pop/jazz work but I've not heard her earlier material which was, I imagine, more in a folk vein. Definitely a very strong folk influence here, her voice is a beautiful as ever and the song has a nice catch on the chorus. Not the kind of music I am going to stick on under normal circumstances but it has it's time and place. Joni's voice alone puts it above the averageness of the herd so I'm going to give it 4/5 and the first track makes my 1970 shortlist.
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