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Cars, trains and automobiles. This week’s show is all about forms of transport. We’ve got peace trains, midnight trains, pushbikes and other vehicles, all immortalised in Seventies songs.   The post Move me, baby appeared first on Living in the 70s.

What’s in a name? Some are remembered, some fade into obscurity, but if you really want your name to last, get a famous band or artists to immortalise it in a song!   The post What did you call me? appeared first on Living in the 70s.

It’s that time of year again – everybody’s stocktaking, couunting their profits and losses and getting ready to file their tax returns. Well if you’re burning the midnight oil balancing the books, we’ve got the playlist for you! The post It’s all about the money, honey appeared first on Living in the 70s.

It’s another themeless week – just a colleciton of tunes we’re enjoying. We hope you do too The post Another mix of our picks appeared first on Living in the 70s.

This week we decided not to have a theme, but we have ended up with a bit of a groovy feel anyway, with a dash of heavy rock. It’s a pretty classic Seventies mix! The post Heavy on the groove appeared first on Living in the 70s.

On this weeks show we are exploring more of those brilliant singer songwriters of the Seventies. Folks who compose and sing their own songs, some playing thier own instruments.  Some are are confessional troubadours, some are more interested in other genres, but all of them contribute something special and uniquely their own. The post More singer songwriters appeared first on Living in the 70s.

Where would we be without nature?  It nurtures us, it restores us, it even heals us. Life would be pretty sad indeed without the awe and wonder of the natural world, the feelings of sun on our skin and rain on our faces and cool breezes lifting our hair, the salt tang of the sea and the bright clean air of the mountains. Many songwriters have been moved to write songs about the wonders of nature. The Seventies also saw the beginnings of serious concerns about the negative impact humans have on the natural world, concerns shared by many songwriters. But more than this, nature is of course a wonderful metaphor;  the joy of the sun, the sorrow of a cloudy day. The post Natural wonder appeared first on Living in the 70s.

The fashion scene and the music scene go hand in hand. Musical trends push fashion forward and fashion helps artists create identities and express themselves. In fact fashion helps us all express ourselves. It’s not surpriseing, then, that items of clothing sometimes make an appearance in song lyrics. This week all of our tracks are very well dressed. The post It’s the fashion appeared first on Living in the 70s.

While many songs are about timeless themes such as love, other songs can be very specific to the time and place where they were created. Like other artists, songwriters and musicians respond to what is happening around them – they hear the news and respond to current events. In the Seventies, this meant there were plenty of songs written about peace, social change and political resistance. On this weeks show we feature a small selection of songs responding to the news of the day. The post News worthy appeared first on Living in the 70s.

Aaah the weather – the favourite subject of small talk, the topic of concern of farmers and walkers, and also the metaphor of choice for depicting a mood since time immemorial. It’s stormy weather, it’s raining in your heart, it’s a sunshiny day, and so on. Well here’s hoping that the sun comes out for all of you, our lovely listeners, while you enjoy our selection of Seventies tracks all about the weather. The post How’s the weather where you are? appeared first on Living in the 70s.

This week there’s no theme, we have just picked a few of the tracks we’ve been listening to this week that we wanted to share with you, our lovely listeners. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do. The post What we’re listening to appeared first on Living in the 70s.

It’s been a great week for space exploration! The Artemis has circled around the moon and back and sent back some spectacular images. So we thought we would put together a little soundtrack of Seventies space themed songs for your celestial enjoyment. The post The final frontier appeared first on Living in the 70s.

For those wo celebrate it, Hapy Easter! For everyone else, happy long weekend! We hope your egg hunts were plentiful and your hot cross buns were toasty. On this week’s show we are acknowledging the occasion by playing songs all about sweets. As we always say – any excuse for a theme! The post Sweets for the sweet appeared first on Living in the 70s.

It’s Marty’s turn this week to sit back and be pampered for his birthday. Yes, for this week’s play list, Venetia has combed the music of the 1970s to pick tracks she thinks Marty will love. Or at least tracks from artists that she knows he loves, even if the tracks themselves might be slightly left field. And because we are thrifty, here at Living in the 70s, we are doing a bit of regifting and sharing the songs with you. Happy birthday! The post Happy birthday Marty! appeared first on Living in the 70s.

This week we’re bringing attention to World Water Day, which happens every year on March 22 to highlight the importance of acess to fresh, life sustaining water. So all our tracks this show have something to do with water – tears, streams, rivers, harbours and all things generally watery. We’re getting damp, wet and yes, a even a little bit moist. Splish splash. The post Oh no, it’s the ‘m’ word appeared first on Living in the 70s.