Brit Reacts to The Most Popular American Songs in the 70s

[@RainArchiver]

Anybody remember America's Top 40, with Casey Kasem?

[@PatrickFitzgerald-wt9fc]

I miss it!

[@bdsman64]

Every Sunday morning.

[@mindfulness123]

I listened to it almost every week when I was young.

[@emichels]

Get Sirius radio, they play it all the time!! I listen all the time!!

[@margaretgrady9836]

Kasey Kasem every week. But in the 60's we had different people doing the top 40!!! Love the 60's because experiencing the change those 10 yrs was incredible!!! Then came the 70's with their changes into the 80's. Stayed up on the music into the 2k's but then it got to be too much nothing really worth listening to. Thank goodness we had all the best music!!!

[@sonsofthunder915]

The 70's was the best decade in history to be a teen. But, Lewis, I'll bet you know alot more songs on this playlist than you think. It's just they left out the hook lines.

[@lauraulnye6857]

Absolutely!❤❤❤

[@donnagonatas3155]

If only we could go back!!! High school was a friggin blast!!!!! We got away with everything. Course it was a different world back then. A better world! Riding around with your friends made for a great Friday night. Jumping from party to party. I feel bad for kids today. Christ last year they had to bring in the National Guard to my old school because the fighting was so bad. Yeah, the 60's & 70's were the best years to grow up in. Nothing but ✌️&❤️. Merry Christmas.

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

I was born in 1960 and lucky enough to spend my entire teenage years in the 70s

[@earballgrooves4928]

Amen to that statement!!!

[@kathleenhayes9320]

So agree

[@garyi.1360]

You might know these songs but whoever selected the clips often left out the hook that you would recognize.

[@chrisgobeil4751]

Yeah, clips were too short.

[@quettaquenya3862]

this

[@kcdavis5581]

I totally agree! The clips were too short, and the hooks were often missing.

[@dawnsutton2231]

It’s like someone who knew nothing about these songs just randomly selected tiny segments

[@christypriest30]

I think that’s kinda the point

[@proudgram61]

A lot of us were lucky enough to grow up with these tunes., Especially in the 60s and 70s, every day it seemed like a new artist or group came out with another hit. It really was an amazing time... And it's so gratifying to see younger generations today enjoying and appreciating a lot of the music of their parents and grandparents.

[@C.O.G.]

@proudgram61, these "tunes" are all from the 1970s.

[@WWGoneWGA1776]

😅😅😅 you Crack me up.. YES ABBA was very popular in the 70s... still love them

[@Kristina.Jones6425]

The reason the older music takes you in is because it was real voices and instruments played and no electronic or digital enhancements. True talent.

[@C.O.G.]

@Kiki..Jones2025, YES! 👍👍💙

[@vhagerty]

And NO auto-tune! 😊

[@davidbryan4732]

Born in 55 so went through the 60's 70' and 80's --- never needed any other music after that.

[@Jo-oq4vt]

I'm older but I feel the same way about the 60s, 70s and 80s music.

[@Ohbah53]

Born '54. I agree!

[@PeonyBlossom3]

Amen!! 🎯🎯🎯

[@walterrepass3957]

Same here

[@mindfulness123]

Born in 1962 and I loved the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s. But also the later music and still find great music now in the 2020s.

[@metoo7557]

"I don't recognize" That was the Carpenters, including the legendary Karen Carpenter. She had an angelic voice to rival any. And if that was legendary enough, she could also play the drums as good as any.

[@akelajoconnell7369]

I’m a contralto (the lowest female voice range), and loved singing along with Karen Carpenter!!! She proved that you don’t have to be a soprano to have a beautiful voice.

[@BeLove-z2x]

Every song clip I am hearing is me knowing every lyric from the words I'm hearing. I used music as an escape of struggles. Music was therapy. I love 70's music.

[@DrJ4712]

❤️🫶

[@lynnraley7896]

I was born in the 70s. ABBA was huge. Music was amazing then and the 80s I spent my teenage years. Have to say that English bands had a huge influence in my life. Some day I need ti visit England.

[@KirbyGulbrandsen]

I can’t believe you don’t know Mick Jagger, when you see him. You need to go back on your own and listen to all those songs. They didn’t do them justice with such a short sample.

[@janetsanford6923]

I was coming here to say the same thing, who doesn't know who Mick Jagger is, especially from a Brit, lol! 😂

[@subliminalphish]

Not the music I listen to in the 70's ! Not many played on this video were ones I liked . I'd have turned the channel quickly on about 95% of these songs .

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Mick was one of the most beautiful rock stars ever.

[@andyloy7809]

Yep, I was surprised by that one myself 😅

[@Xassaw]

@@subliminalphishYou were probably listening to the 60s metal bands then, am I right?

[@cathyorlowski1951]

I grew up with All these songs. They are ALL my favorites. If you don't hear more if the songs you have NO idea of how the song sounds. Write all these titles down and listen to each song. You will be surprised what you are truely missing. Growing up in 60's, 70's and 80's was the Best. We truely had the best music back then.❤❤❤

[@TheNighthhawk]

100% right. Pull up the songs and lesion to the song complete. You were laughing at songs that were great. John Denver, the Carpenders ( sister and brother) Karan's voice was unbelievable. The Group America was great. Don't just look at one song of a group.

[@babblemaker]

The best part of life in those days was the music. There was something about the music of the 60s and 70s that uplifts and soothes the soul all at once.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@margaretgrady9836]

Yes 60's 70's 80's!!!! The best!!!

[@herrzimm]

ABBA is basically a GLOBAL phenom. They were basically everywhere, even hitting it big in the USA, Australia, Africa and S.America.

[@kamz2374]

Born in 74 i heard a lot of these on the radio in the car. As i was getting older i went back to listening to all of it. Every so often ill find a song i remeber from the radio as a kid. Music is best thing to waste time when ypu have nothing to do.

[@pjminyard3235]

Brings back memories! I was a teenager in the 70s. Best of times

[@luana1600]

Me too! The absolute best!!

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

I spent my entire teenage years in the 70s and this video omits so many great songs and Bands that we listened to like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Boston, Ted Nugent, Fleetwood Mac, Kansas and many more

[@gracejaskot1547]

Steely Dan

[@subliminalphish]

And not one of them played on here 😂. I'd have turned the station within the first few notes . I did/do like a few of them but the majority of them are disco and me and my friends believed disco SUCKED .

[@DiannaSanders-fz1sq]

Don't forget Bob Seger

[@lynrossi8409]

The Doobie Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Rush, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Van Halen, and so many others... They were either huge in the 70s or about to be mega huge in the 80s.

[@cspat1]

Me too I was a teen all through the 70’s

[@fastecp1]

Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Eagles, CCR, ELO, BTO, Elton John, Queen, Heart. So many great bands came from the 70s, and I am glad I was born in '62. You should do Music Reactions.

[@rosegarden7256]

I was also born in 1962, and couldn't agree more. The '70's was the best time to be a teen.

[@wishingb5859]

I think the rock of the 70s is pretty great, too, and pretty underrepresented in this.

[@wishingb5859]

Music reactions are fun.

[@paulinecray7134]

@fastecp1 loved all the bands you mentioned. I, too, was born in the 50's.

[@annefugate2177]

Way too much Abba.

[@kathyeells1148]

I was a disco queen in the late 70's. Loved dancing to all of the great music. No auto tune back then. Pure talent.

[@fiddlesticksgalore]

YES! 😊

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Exactly.

[@darleneshriver3270]

Best time ever, the 70s!

[@wdking8833]

Agreed. At the disco very night except one because they were closed, lol. Boy, I wish I still had that energy. I could work all day, take a one hour nap then get ready to go dancing. Come home, grab 3 or 4 hours of sleep and off to work to do it all again. But oh, what memories!

[@CherylHughes-l5t]

Roller rinks on Friday nights ‼️

[@randyallbee1173]

I grew up with these songs, being an old geezer, and a damn fine era-lots of tune’s morphing from 60’s sounds and churning up into the 80’s. Recognized them pretty much across the board, all of them …no dementia for me yet! Cheers!

[@kathleenmurphy-morales2043]

70’s & 80’s music was THE BEST!! So thankful I was growing up during both! ❤️

[@snapdragon8888]

Born in 1962. I know and love most of them. There's no pop like 70's pop. It's just beautiful.

[@danatate8803]

And uplifting...I miss that.

[@ChuckHuffmaster]

Born in 60 and the rock and southern rock of the 70s was awesome too

[@earballgrooves4928]

@@snapdragon8888 I was a 1963 girl!! Heck yea!!

[@Not_Eminems_Mom]

And these are just the number ones . . . lots of great music in between . . .

[@Xassaw]

That’s the truth!

[@BernadetteResnik]

They actually had something called Talent!!! They were singer song writers and musicians, now they have a computer with voice overs .

[@dawnsutton2231]

That and sampling great older songs instead of being original

[@saltydogz4657]

Today music is based more on technological engineering than artist performance. I saw The Doobie Brothers last year for the first time ever. Couldn't believe how good they are at their age. Played for two and a half hours and never missed a beat.

[@Caryl-m9q]

I was in my lower yeens in the 70s but i also heard these from my mom who ALWAYS had the radio on. I was sutprised to hear ABBA. Every song brings back amazing memories. I even cried a little listening to some of those song. They created such great memories !

[@samtheactualkenku6205]

if it helps, Eric Clapton did his version of "I Shot the Sheriff" after Bob Marley did it originally, the reason he did it was that he felt Bob Marley wasn't getting enough credit for his music and Eric thought that the song should have been a bigger hit, so he recorded his own version, and ironically, it out performed the original.

[@StarrREVA]

Helen Reddy who sang both "I am Woman" and "Delta Dawn" was Australian, and not really considered a country singer, but pop. The song Delta Dawn was also sung by and a hit for Tanya Tucker who is a country singer.

[@billijomaynard8924]

John Denver, Annie's song is my favorite on this list. He wrote the song in ten minutes in a ski lift while skiing in Aspen, Colorado after getting into an argument with his wife. One of the most beautiful love songs ever written.

[@Travelmountainroads]

John Denver is one of my all time favorites!

[@Mrs.L.44]

@@billijomaynard8924 Great song!

[@boomhaur626]

lol the girl that played "Sandy" was Olivia-Newton John, she was a singer before she was in Grease (a musical, go figure), and yes everyone had a crush on her, she's an Aussie, not an American though

[@adam.b920]

Came to say the same 😂

[@golfr-kg9ss]

I don't think he caught it but Olivia had a #1 song in this list earlier, "I honestly love you". Also had 2 in the 80s, "Xanadu and Let's Get Physical".

[@Dino-kr9cb]

Her sister is Helen Reddy

[@Shirl67]

​@Dino-kr9cb they were not related.

[@Shirl67]

Just close friends

[@CarrieWalz]

This has to be one of my favorite reactions of yours! You had me for real laughing out loud every time I saw ABBA come up. I myself love ABBA but did not realize how big they were here in the states until I watched a documentary on them, so I completely understood your reactions which made them all that much better!

[@SCookTinkwing]

Happy New YearsamHi l am a 63 year old woman from Oregon, USA. I got married in 1980. So I grew up with these songs. You need to look up those songs & listen to the whole songs to really enjoy them.

[@melodygrim471]

What cracks me up is wondering if you realize how old we are! Lol I mean, I graduated from High School in 76. So half-way through this group of songs. I turned 67 on 12/12. Yes, I'm rocking out to the rockers. And I'm sure that there a lot of people older than me who are doing the same thing - and you're realizing that we're grandparents and great-grandparents now! (I'm going to the gender reveal for my first great-grandchild at 4 this evening!) So, you have an audience you didn't even realize love and appreciate you! And I've been watching for a long time. From Central Florida, U.S. And I DO love and appreciate you!

[@C.O.G.]

@melodygrim471, belated Happy Birthday. I turned 68 on 12/18 and you are so right. Maybe we are a bridge between Lewis's generation and our own. I like that idea a lot and the fact that young people are discovering all the great music from our era.

[@shellyviescas4205]

Yep, born in '55.

[@Mrs.L.44]

@@melodygrim471 born in 61 here.💜

[@karlsmith2570]

5:06 "Wait, Is The Band Called 'America' ?" It certainly is, Lewis. As for why you're only hearing the vocalization, it's playing short snippets of the full-length song

[@jodiwade695]

Yep Lewis you scored some points because Grease is my all-time favorite movie! I had a crush on John Travola! Yes the song grease is the theme song for the movie. Funny though you had a crush on Olivia Newton- John (sandy) but when you played the 80's songs and hers came on ( Lets get physical) you thought she was Ellen Degeneres! 😂😂😂

[@KB-wh9bu]

Bar-bar-bar-barino. 😂 hey Mr kot-teer. Loved Vinnie barbarino ❤

[@marlimar337]

Best music, Era!! I love watching you Lewis, your energy is infectious, and you make me smile every time! Thank you. Love you kid. 😉 I see you strike a cord with us old folks. Born 73! Keep up the great work.

[@christianlorre]

I've watched so many videos by Lewis and this is the most I've laughed watching him fall apart about ABBA. Which i totally get because I've watched the Mamma Mia movie so many times. It's insanely addictive music.

[@JIMBEARRI]

Lewis, "Night Fever" was from the soundtrack of the most famous movie of the Disco era : "Saturday Night Fever"'. John Travolta did some incredible dance routines . If you've never seen it, you must. Ask you mother about it.

[@Jo-oq4vt]

Great album. Loved the movie and music.

[@camilochavez6982]

Since the movie was such a hit, the high end clubs were installing light up dance floor back in the days. Today the movie is now a Broadway musical.

[@janetsanford6923]

I know that Lewis is young, but it makes me feel really old, because I remember most of these songs when they were popular (only started the teen years being born in late 50's) 😊

[@mickiehowarth1854]

I remember walking to the pool and listening to all these songs while I was at the pool. I was there for nearly six hours almost every day. Even though I was only in first grade I knew every one of these songs very well, and these memories are inextricably tied in with my days at the pool.

[@sherryjolliff8015]

A Horse With No Name is an amazing song. And yes it has words. And there was so many amazing songs in the 70's it's hard to say which was a favorite 😊

[@duchessliz2415]

I, honestly, didn't think I'd know many of these since I was born in 1987, but there were only 17 that I didn't know. That shocks me lol

[@you2449]

9:17 Time In A Bottle - You might know that one. It was in the scene from the x men movie in 2014. When quicksilver, the speedster, took out some dirty cops, at super speed. But then in 2016, they did it even better. Using an even greater song from the 80s, Sweet Dreams. when he evacuated everybody from a mansion that was about to explode.

[@williamscoggin1509]

I was in high school and in the Navy in the 1970s! Absolutely unforgettable!!! 😎🇺🇸🫡

[@seanjones7474]

Shipmate, I was born in the 70's and did two deployments 08-12, Wespac. Good 70's vibes music, Hooyah.

[@camilochavez6982]

I was born in the 60s and clubbing in the 70s. The music selection was different from the Gay and the Straight clubs those days. Funny we had more Straight couples coming to our clubs because we had the best music and shows.

[@danewilliams3552]

Me too shipmate, stationed in Holy Loch Scotland 77-79, great times and music

[@djdestiny6104]

The 70s has the best music of all. They had to have real talent then. No auto tune, just pure talent.

[@DartJedi]

I agree about the talent. Auto tune was not invented until 1997 though. First commercially produced song that auto tune was used on was "Believe" by Cher in 1998, but it was not used to make her sound better as we know. Just a bit of info there.

[@JustMe-dc6ks]

ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 and had a string of immensely popular hits during the seventies. More recently the jukebox musical Mama Mia! was written around their music and later turned into a movie of the same name. Bringing them renewed attention, although even before that their music had remained consistently popular and featured in other movies like Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

[@Britcarjunkie]

And also the film "Muriel's Wedding".

[@RochelleDesimone]

I graduated high school in 1971, so you just hit on a lot of my favorite music! So fun💃💃🕺🕺

[@shirleyclifford9650]

OMG most of them makes me wanna hear the whole song again! 🎶 🎵 Such nostalgia!! The best decade imo

[@ragabashmoon1551]

ABBA's popularity knows no bounds, the movie was just a musical based on their music that they (pretty sure they wrote it) they did that and then it was made into a movie due to their extreme popularity, and yea they are just as big in America as it seems they are in the UK, even to this day.

[@peace-changirl8161]

ABBA was and is so big because Mamma Mia was a musical thats plot was written around all ABBA songs. The musical was wildly successful, reintroducing the songs to another generation and making the charts again.

[@jawick]

It also helped that they performed the songs in English to a much larger worldwide population than just the country of Sweden. Very forward thinking to do so back then.

[@lisaevansthefam2425]

Mamma Mia is my favorite movie and I don’t usually like musicals.

[@clyndi3246]

The movie was decades after the hit songs.

[@lisaevansthefam2425]

@ I know

[@group-music]

They were a huge worldwide success decades before that movie though.

[@kimsteen4189]

Born in '65, with an older brother and sister. Grew up hearing 60's 70's and 80's music. Great time in musical history!! (My parents also played great 40's and 50's music, like Glenn Miller and The Supremes.)

[@AnthonyLangere]

Definitely the best decades for music and I was born in ‘89

[@C.O.G.]

@kimsteen4189, absolutely. I love big band music and Glenn Miller is my favorite.

[@laurabrown7480]

I have a vivid memory of being 4 years old, sneaking into my teen sister's room, carefully taking the album out of the sleeve with my tiny hands, placing it on the turntable, setting the needle down carefully, and listening to Band On The Run by Wings. It was 1974. 😊

[@SilasBeau123]

I'm so glad you included Three Dog Night - "Momma Told Me Not to Come" . Go back and listen, Cory Wells lead singer on that track. They were so, so great then several band members suffered from drug abuse. Cory did not, he's no longer with us and I feel responsible with his legacy and tell the truth. He didn't smoke, drink or do drugs. He was very devoted to his voice, career, and working hard supporting his lovely family.

[@SilasBeau123]

They have a lot of great music! Give them a try.

[@jillday2955]

I was cracking up at your observation on hearing the "American" in the voice of Helen Reddy, an Australian pop (not country) singer. You should watch this with your mum; she'd get a kick out of it! Happy holidays!

[@DocIdaho]

Fun thing about the band America.. they were from London. They were the kids of American Air Force members stationed there.

[@mickiehowarth1854]

😂

[@reddoxx4754]

Dewey Bunnell was born in Yorkshire but Dan Peek was born in Florida and Gerry Beckley was from Texas.

[@georgemetz7277]

Maybe because I'm a late boomer 😃 and was a teen in the 70s but it was the best decade for music. So much was going on! It was a transitional time with rock really defining itself, disco coming in along with New Wave, the last vestiges of folk rock, international artists other than the UK, and even new instrumentation. There was also a dark undertone with peace and love hippy music falling by the wayside and social anxiety building over Vietnam and post assassinations. Then Nixon. It could be argued that was the last time the majority of Americans trusted and believed in the government. All that turmoil makes for good art, including music.

[@hollyharris707]

Good GRIEF darlin, that was BEAUTIFULLY said 😢❣️. Ain't no way I could ever add a thang😉🙏🏻❣️.

[@georgemetz7277]

@@hollyharris707 Thanks sweetie! Merry Christmas!

[@cspat1]

Yes this ⬆️ What George said 70’s teen too

[@charlieb.7028]

Tanya Tucker, she was only like 13-14 when she burst on the scene with “Delta Dawn”

[@mistyrose-yf4do]

Always loved Delta Dawn. You should look up the Tanya Tucker version. Her voice is amazing. That and ‘What’s Your Mama’s Name’. There’s a clip of her singing it when she was like 13 and she had that dark, raspy country voice that’s always unmistakable. I can’t really pick an absolute favorite but I am really considering making a play list with the top songs of the decades (60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, 00’s) just because it’d be such an interesting mix

[@Whiteruffels]

Lewis, That’s Mick Jagger,The Rolling Stones part of the British Invasion. In a good way.

[@anthonysalomone3698]

I was 20 years old in 1970. This music carries so many happy memories! Lots of dancing!

[@Darryl.Smelser]

Yes, do more music videos! I love so many songs from this one and the 80's one you did, so much nostalgia with this music.. Many of those early 70's songs you didn't know are really great. Look them up and listen to them whole. But as much as I like these, I like the old COUNTRY music even better, and I bet you would too. Country music was great from the 60's thru the early 90's - after that, it doesn't feel like proper country anymore.

[@C.O.G.]

@Darryl.Smelser, so true, because after the 1990s country music became "corporate" country and I hate the garbage.

[@katinacarson-hunwi7297]

I was born in 1974, but do remember some of the songs from the late 70s. I love the movie Grease. Also, love ABBA. And disco music especially Donna Summer.

[@valbonney2575]

Yes, you are right, the dancefloor was definitely a FUN place to be in the '70s! And there was so much variety in the popular music of the time - folk, rock, pop, ballads, Motown, Northern soul, disco - it was a great time to be a young person.

[@donnast.joseph5158]

Listen to Bachman, Turner Overdrive's song called "Let It Ride." Listen to Joe Walsh's song "Rocky Mountain Way." We were also listening to Steve Miller Band, Pink Floyd, Heart, The Who, Black Sabbath, Allman Brothers Band (most legendary southern rock ever, e.g., the epic (Whipping Post"), Lynard Skynard, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac (huge hits), Eric Clapton (for crying out loud, the epic masterpiece "Layla"). Yes, we loved all those upbeat, pop sounds in the compilation you just heard and even the disco - but the decade had some legendary rock that wasn't touched in that lineup!! Made no sense!! In your personal time, check out some of what I listed here. You won't be sorry) 😎

[@christinewells7745]

Agree 💯

[@donnast.joseph5158]

@@christinewells7745 And there was so much more I could have listed! 👍🏻😎

[@cspat1]

I think you and I went to different schools together 😊

[@donnast.joseph5158]

@@cspat1 Cool! 👍🏻😎🎶

[@Xassaw]

He’s right about all that and the man that wrote I shot the Sheriff was Eric Clapton one of the best guitar players of all time and although he didn’t write that crappy song Layla, he had so many other fabulous songs that were worth listening to.

[@raimundojaneway3384]

I grew up in the 70s, the decade, which was full of great music. I was in twenties during the 80s, which was also a great decade for music. Hearing the songs from those years always brings a smile to my face.

[@karlsmith2570]

12:07 Hey, Lewis, fun fact for you: This song, being performed by Elton John, was originally released by The Beatles

[@engletinaknickerbocker5380]

I was in high school in the 70s and the music I remember was from school concerts like when Andrew Lord sang 'A Boy Named Sue'. Everyone was singing 'American Pie' and 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'. Our band played 'I Can See Clearly Now' for a parade when President Nixon stopped over on the way back from China. I remember a song about a rollerskate key and brand new pair of rollerskates. The local band used to sing at sock hops a song about Jeremiah was a bullfrog. The thing is that these songs took me from junior high to college when I met my boyfriend who became my husband who was from Japan so he was crazy about American pop, John Denver, Olivia Newton John, and songs with English lyrics especially ABBA, Horse with no Name, Santana; music over the PA in Wyoming colleges. I remember the explosion at Three Mile Island and music playing at the time was Afternoon Delight, Sailing and Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross, music of Elton John and Grease.

[@helenrodriguez6952]

A horse with no name , has words 😀 America was the name of the band They had a couple of good sounds . I just found your videos and I really enjoy watching. Keep up the good work 😀 By the way I’m watching from San Antonio Texas ❤

[@karlsmith2570]

11:00 TBH, with you, Lewis, this was originally performed by Bob Marley, but this version is Eric Clapton's cover of Marley's song

[@LaniAnn-2005]

Thank you for bringing back my teenage years. Best years great music and artists. Bands of today are sampling some of these that's how good they were. ABBA were mega big in Australia and then the rest of the world caught up. You here so much of them because of the musical and movie Mama Mia. Fantastic musicians and singers

[@danatate8803]

The song Vincent by Don McLean is about Vincent Van Gogh; a beautiful tune that was one of my mother's favorites when she was in her 30s.

[@jordanparker5949]

Have you or her ever seen the Dr. Who ep about Van Gogh? Check it out, the ending will make you cry.

[@NashvilleKat1]

That’s one of my very favorite episodes of Doctor Who! It is so powerful and evocative and beautifully written!

[@darrenmiller6927]

So fun, thanks so much! On the other ocean, Santa Cruz, California. I turned 13 in 1977, knew all the songs. Great job! I'm now in a great mood too.

[@michelelamberton2688]

The 70s were my childhood and this video unlocked a lot of good memories. Every Saturday morning my parents cleaned the house and my dad would blast the stereo while they cleaned. These were the songs that i heard over and over again. My dad passed away 2 months ago and it’s nice to have these memories unlocked.

[@nancyelsas1638]

Your dad will always be with you through the music 🎶

[@wdking8833]

It's amazing and wonderful how a song can take you back to when you were a kid. My mom loved country, the old country. I can't hear one of those songs without remembering her doing the same on cleaning day. I can almost hear all of us singing along.

[@mariakelly2146]

Bridge Over Troubled Water is my absolute favorite song of all time. I consider it one of my life's theme songs. Great vid!

[@PrincessAmore1]

OH YES!!!!! My fav in there was Janis Joplin. Her voice was amazing. She recorded that song “Me and Bobby McGee in 1970, but I think it was October of 1970 that she died from an overdose. That song wasn’t released until 1971 after her death. If you ever want to watch an interesting bio, hers is one you should watch! If you like raspy voices you’ll love hers. She was also at Woodstock, if you know what that is. 😁

[@TinaD1110]

I was a teen in the 70s. Loved the songs of 60s and 70s. Used to watch The Monkees show on tv. In high school, my boyfriend now husband and his friend loved to walk through the school halls singing My Ding a Ling. Lewis, look up the lyrics. They’re hilarious.

[@sharistrazz3313]

🤣🤣 The look you gave when 'MAMA MÎA' started playing was PRICELESS!! 🤣🤣

[@GaryCain-qf5vi]

I was born 1954 and than the greatest music began 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's! Now you need to do the 50's and 60's. Peace 😊✌️ your 70 year old forever Young Hippie Gary 🕺💃 Lewis put on your Disco shoes 👞👞 start dancing and have a ball! Great Reaction🎵 👍 👌

[@carolmoilanen4530]

Love the look on your face every time Abbas comes on

[@carolmoilanen4530]

Excuse my spelling it’s Abba

[@sandrawalkerhaliburton1884]

The first one you heard was "Raindrops Keep Falling On My" , B.J. Thomas a good friend of mine. K.C. and the sunshine band "'That's The Way I like It" went to school with me

[@rebeccacampitelli9233]

You get bonus points Lewis!! Who doesn't love Grease & Olivia Newton John. She was on your 70's list wiyh 'I Honestly Love You' - but you didn't recognize that song. She also sang Xanadu.

[@paulettecole9482]

Yes it was so good in the clubs with disco! I was born in 1949, and I was in the clubs partying every weekend! We had Motown and Rock and Disco, then came Eagles and so on! 😂❤😊

[@StarrREVA]

In Grease, Sandy is played by Olivia Newton John. The same singer who in the early 70's had the song that you listened to that said, "I love you, I honestly love you".

[@Chris_Marrero]

You had me cracking up at the ABBA stuff. LOL! You should consider doing reactions to some of the full songs in these. Would love to see that.

[@kcdavis5581]

You have to watch the "Convoy" video. That was true Americana at that time. Listen to the words. So fun!

[@Okaywhatever82]

I had a young employee ask me what 10-4 meant on our handheld devices (like walkie talkie). I tried to explain and actually brought up this song re the trucker lingo.

[@kcdavis5581]

@Okaywhatever82 - 10-4 good buddy!

[@erinwithlove5090]

I agree. The whole song is so kitschy too lol a huge trucker protest driving across the USA dodging the police and running over toll stations, with long haired friends of Jesus providing divine protection. It’s just a fun song Looks like we got ourselves a convoy..

[@23skidoo46]

bro, back then there was literally nothing else to do but go out and go to clubs. always a good time and the music drove all of it.

[@JudyCarter-kl7be]

Wow! Such great music here and having been born in the late 50s I remember them all. Truly, no music today can hold a candle to the songs of the 70s. It would be fun for you to do some music reaction videos listening to the entire songs. Thanks for the quick walk down memory lane!

[@lazybear236]

The 70s were also home to a lot of classic rock hits that were well known but never number one from the Who, Boston, Genesis, Yes, Blue Oyster Cult, etc that you might recognize now.

[@sandrahendry8094]

I graduated in 76. Great music. Do the music. Love it.😊

[@SilverGarbo]

"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers. Eric Clapton took 'I Shot The Sheriff' to the top of the US Billboard charts, which featured on his 1974 album 461 Ocean Boulevard, a year after Marley's version was originally released.

[@amandaburkhalter36]

My favorites were CCR( Have you ever seen the rain), Carly Simon(You're so vain)The Eagles( Hotel California), and I can see clearly now, which does that one ring a bell with AGT'S Grace vanderwaal and her cover. It's awesome and she even changed some of the lyrics, instead of " I can see all obstacles in my way" she says, " I accept all the things that I cannot change", I probably got that wrong, been a while but listen to it if you like the original, she's great! I watched all these backwards😂 the Americans listen to what? And 80's music. Now this. Love it! ❤ also your face everytime they played Abba! 😂 Abba and The Carpenter's were on there a lot! And I think I get what you're saying. Back then, it was rare to hear songs that wasn't just a song. Now, they have easter eggs and are about real celebs and are made JUST FOR tons of movies, which that's ok! 👍🎧🎼🎶 This was awesome bro! LOVE YOUR CHANNEL, LOUVRE MUSIC, EPIC COLLAB!

[@Wishes890]

In 77 and 78, The Bee Gees, Olivia, Abba played CONSTANTLY on the radio, you couldn't get away from them. It made me by my first under dash mounted cassette player. Oh, to be young again. Youth is truly wasted on the young.

[@markwhiffen8881]

from about 1977 to about 1985 would probably be my favorite years. Grew up with these songs, and they are still as good today as they were back then. In fact I probably appreciate them even more because of the lack of good music today.

[@Xassaw]

Totally well said.

[@jjohn4874]

Grease was a musical "MOVIE" that was supposed to be set in the 1950's.... the movie was made and released in the 1970's.

[@TracyN67]

Love these music vids, Lew! Happy Christmas! Love your channel!

[@L3WGReacts]

thank you tracy!!! i'll for sure do more!:)

[@HuskerGram]

I graduated high school in '71 & remember all of these songs. Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress is one of my all-time favorites. Whoo!!

[@MARY19364]

I am 60 years old and was born in 1964, so just turned 60. I am absolutely fascinated with looking at you younger folk on youtube being equally fascinated and appreciative of the older singers and songs of decades gone by. And song writers etc. It is very nostalgic for me looking back at these songs and knowing absolutely every single one. And sometimes an emotional journey to back to the past. Do you know the feelings of "oh I remember so and so when that song was a hit" etc. But as with many who have commented on your channel and others like yours, the 60s, 70, and maybe very early 80s were the best generations for "good" music. I absolutely love, love music, but after the early 80s I lost interest in popular music. The 50s were also good, but I would say the 60, and the 70s were the best. And many people have said that too. And I agree with them. They had the best song writers then and some in my opinion were great poets too. I mean that goes for all singers and groups then. As I said on another webpage like yours, you either had talent "then" or you didn't there was no need for Americas got talent, England's got talent, or Irelands got talent. You either had it or didn't as I say. I told my now 34 year old nephew you wouldn't be allowed up on a stage if you didn't have "real talent". You say in this video you wish you could do a side by side comparison between these "original" songs and the covers. Why don't you do that in your own time, and you'll definitely will be amazed at the "quality " of the originals, well that very much in my opinion. Some singers today have butchered some of the songs of the past. And this compilations that your plating in this particular video, why don't you look up each song individually and hear the full recordings. Just a suggestion. No ! Definitely I am absolutely delighted I was part of those generations. And grew up in the 70s. When they were still playing a lot of the 50, and 60, songs too. I think what is wrong today is that they don't have good song writers anymore or poets, so the singers of today are having to depend on the older singers songs. And in some cases doing their own versions of them. That's when I feel "personally" they butcher them. Showing my age now.😂. The instrumentals in some of the songs of the 60s and 70s were as good as the lyrics and made the songs too, as in a " whiter shade of pale". Or a song just called "music" I think by John Miles. I could be corrected. Anyway all you young folk keep up the good work. One more final thought, I think because the singers and song writers of this period, put so much effort into writing good songs etc, that is why they stood the test of time, I don't think we will ever see the likes of it again. Good singers today, "some" but not the calaber of the past. God bless.

[@Slane583]

I'm familiar with a lot of these because I listen to 70's, 80's and 90's music. But of course there are a few I'm not familiar with, the radio station I listen to tends to stick to the more popular songs. But I always get a bit of a chuckle when a Brit has a hard time identifying British bands and singers but is more familiar with US bands & singers. :)

[@kimnapier8387]

Late 70's came Saturday Night Fever and the Beeges soundtrack. My friends and I danced to it 😂😂.

[@jordanparker5949]

That album and those songs give me memories of the 70's than any other.

[@allengator1914]

How is it possible that a British guy doesn't know who Mick Jagger is?

[@lisowen6003]

Or Cliff Richard

[@bevsalzer7509]

I had the same reaction! 😂

[@TheRoxyloxy]

OMG! I was born in 1969 .. so these songs are my childhood!! My absolute favorite as a small kid was, “Seasons in the Sun!” ❤ Also, David Soul, who sang, “Don’t give up on us,” stared as Hutch in the tv show Starsky & Hutch. AND, lol .. Andy Gibb (a few songs listed here) is the younger brother of The Bee Gees.

[@IMDHOT1]

New here from the suburbs of Detroit Michigan. Love the channel. 70's, 80's, and 90's are my speed.

[@mbourque]

Queen - Princes of the Universe