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For the Record: The 70s

By: Amy Lively
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  • An audio documentary of 70s music. This podcast examines the intersection of a wide variety of musical genres -- pop, rock, country, country-pop, disco, punk, soul -- with the historic events and decisions that helped shape our modern world.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 2: Countryish Music of the 1970s (Encore)

    Ep. 2: Countryish Music of the 1970s (Encore)
    Jun 17 2024

    How and why did artists such as John Denver and Olivia Newton-John upset the country music establishment in the 1970s? Country radio has created the country music sound it has wanted since Elvis and rock and roll began to lure away its customers. This was not pleasing to country music purists in the 1970s. This episode discusses why more people began to listen to "countryish" music in the 70s and why it became difficult to distinguish country from other pop music. [This episode has been slightly updated since its original publication in November 2018.]
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    33 mins
  • Ep. 1: Disco Doesn't Suck (Encore)

    Ep. 1: Disco Doesn't Suck (Encore)
    May 29 2024

    Disco and the 70s had a love-hate relationship. This episode examines who hated disco and why, as well as why it thrived in the underground until radio and the movie, "Saturday Night Fever," helped bring disco into the mainstream.
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    47 mins
  • Ep. 50 - The Travolta Trilogy

    Ep. 50 - The Travolta Trilogy
    May 13 2024

    In just over a two-year span as the 1970s marched on toward the 1980s, John Travolta starred in three cultural touchstone movies: "Saturday Night Fever" (released on December 12, 1977), "Grease" (released on June 16, 1978), and "Urban Cowboy" (released on June 6, 1980). This episode examines the cultural significance of those films, the music in them, and how much Travolta himself had to do with the popularity of the movies.
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    49 mins
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