Day 7: Totally '70s

According to Sirius: The most popular music from the '70s

Driving Circumstances: Much like my prior entry, I was driving a lot more today than I usually do, having to head to Day Two of my Toyota training. Then there was a bit more driving around until I met some friends for bowling, not returning home until around midnight.

My Experience: This was not a fun day. I handled the 20-minute trip into Toyota easily enough, getting a nice little sampling of music from the decade in which I was born. After that, though, I still spent about a total of an hour in the car, dealing with this music. Tolerating it. It's the first time during the course of the experiment that I had this longing to just reach over to the dial, and move it back to '60s Vibrations, or even up a notch...to what I know is waiting there for me. But, no, I had to tough it out.

High Point: Hearing what may have been the first techno(-ish) remix, The Spinners do a 1979 cover of Working My Way Back to You. Okay, probably not the first techno remix, but the earliest one I've heard. Low Point: Having to listen to Le Freak (1978), by Chic...twice.

Sample Playlist:

• The Edgar Winters Group, Frankenstein - 1973
• Boston, Don't Look Back - 1978
• The Eagles, Already Gone - 1974
• The Commodores, Brick House - 1977
• The Raiders, Indian Reservation - 1971
• War, Why Can't We Be Friends - 1975
  

Verdict: I don't know why they are associating the word "totally" with the '70s and not the '80s. That's a strike against it right off the bat. So, I won't be returning to Totally '70s any time soon. It just didn't do it for me. Maybe if I'd heard some Neil Diamond my tune would be different. Apparently, Barry Williams (aka Greg Brady) hosts a radio show on here. We're talking some major commitment...six days a week, four hours at at time. Well, okay, I might have to come back at some point just to check out how much of a train wreck that is...