The nostagia-tweaking vintage soft-rock Americana thread

[wafter]

As the American dream continues to spiral into a dystopian nightmare, a retrospective of its trajectory through its rich history of music seems appropriate.

This thread is for all the evocative, era-defining music that's come out of the states over the years; from the working-class optimism of the post war boom, the freedom and hope of '60s counterculture, the struggles of life inside booming, sprawling cities, the pain of sending a generation of young to a pointless death in foreign lands or the misery of post-industrial rust- belt decline...

In no particular order..

 

[wafter]

 

[wafter]

 

[kynikos]

 

[kynikos]

 

[kynikos]

Here's my playlist:
View: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oe8OV0FCihpJq0j40AY7B

 

[raleighnut]

Shame I can't post any songs on this Chromebook.

 

[Shadow]

As the American dream

come out of the states

Err, point of order (certainly not pedantry), neither Gordon Lightfoot nor Neil Young are ‘mercans.
Regardless of where they live or naturalized status.

 

[Chromatic]

Shame I can't post any songs on this Chromebook.

Given the genre we’re on about I look upon that as a bonus.

 

[Pblakeney]

Err, point of order (certainly not pedantry), neither Gordon Lightfoot nor Neil Young are ‘mercans.
Regardless of where they live or naturalized status.

Neither are The Rolling Stones, or the original members of Fleetwood Mac.

 

[Venod]

View: https://youtu.be/MN_9VqfVQ9c?si=ETH8gCQoVTSuHx3b



View: https://youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?si=RINX99Jsb-QgK94R



View: https://youtu.be/wT9XlQi0yew?si=38a5hYoOk8xKLhkD

 

[chriswoody]

If we're talking Rock and Roll, then Sister Rosetta Thorpe was there at the very beginning.

 

[raleighnut]

Given the genre we’re on about I look upon that as a bonus.

Nah they've been some really good songs, no doubt some are 'Country Rock' or 'Folk Rock' and with CCR 'Swamp Rock' but really you can lump em all together under the 'Soft Rock' banner

 

[kynikos]

Err, point of order (certainly not pedantry), neither Gordon Lightfoot nor Neil Young are ‘mercans.
Regardless of where they live or naturalized status.

And you'd have a point had the original post read "This thread is for all the evocative, era-defining music that's been written/sung by citizens of the states over the years" rather than "...for all the evocative, era-defining music that's come out of the states..."

 

[DRM]

View: https://youtu.be/YlUKcNNmywk?si=gLVUCaw76aEyBBgH

Red Hot Chilli Peppers Californication


View: https://youtu.be/IxuThNgl3YA?si=vlAzx4v1FaIsSRiw

Bruce Springsteen. Born To Run