Another episode of BRFs That 70s Show, this time inspired by dino-rock and Wiley Wiggins and his enormous human-heart sized headphones. I really should see that movie again; I remember it as quite poignant but then I was one of those grungy teenagers completely captivated by all things late 60s/70s.

He looks a bit like my brother at that age

“Tuesday’s Gone”, Lynyrd Skynyrd

“Free Ride”, The Edgar Winter Group

“Rock And Roll All Night”, Kiss

“Space Truckin’”, Deep Purple

“Paranoid”, Sabbath

“Slow Ride”, Foghat

“Sweet Emotion”, Aerosmith

“Balinese”, ZZ Top

“Take The Money And Run”, Steve Miller Band

“Dazed And Confused”, Led Zeppelin

“Nassau/Baby I Love Your Way”, Peter Frampton

“Summer Breeze”, Seals and Crofts

“Lights”, Journey

BRF takes a turn for the 70s this week, inspired by [yoinks!] a Disney movie, of all things, featuring Mark Wahlberg [yipes!] as Philadelphia Eagle Vince Papale.  Look, I’m not even going to pretend to apologize for liking this movie.  It’s made of highly distilled awesome, that is, if you like sports movies as a genre and enjoy that adrenalized knuckle-chewing moment a la Karate Kid when the Final Countdown commences and everything goes to slow-mo and will he make the basket?  Will he kick the extra point?  Will she stick the landing????

The visceral glory of Bachmann Turner Overdrive as Wahlberg and his mustachioed buddies play low-income pickup games in the hubcap-covered vacant lot, covered in mud, puts an enormous grin on my face and makes me pretend that I can throw and/or catch things. [I can't, but it's a pleasant fantasy].  And of course, because it’s Superbowl Weekend, it was either this or a whole bunch of Idiot Rock, which admittedly is BRF’s stock in trade, but I thought it’d be time to use those Disney classic rock residuals for good rather than evil.  It took everything I had not to sneak “Crazy Train” in there.
“I Got A Name”, Jim Croce

Who knew HE'D be the Good Wahlberg?

“Let It Ride”, BTO

“I Just Want to Celebrate”, Rare Earth

“Stranglehold”, Ted Nugent [!]

“Feelin’ Alright [sic]“, Grand Funk Railroad

“Up Around The Bend’, CCR

“Do It Again”, Steely Dan

“How Long”, Ace

“Drift Away”, Dobie Gray

“Fooled Around and Fell In Love”, Elvin Bishop

“It’s Too Late”, Carole King

“Mandolin Wind”, Rod Stewart