{"id":600311,"date":"2026-04-13T02:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600311\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T02:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T02:36:12","slug":"4-rock-songs-every-70s-kid-knew-by-heart-but-somehow-forgot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/600311\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Rock Songs Every 70s Kid Knew by Heart (But Somehow Forgot)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the mood for some rock songs that 70s kids<\/a> used to know by heart? If you were a 70s kid and loved rock music, there\u2019s a good chance you heard these songs at least once and maybe even memorized the lyrics. But time betrays us all, and even diehard rock fans from the 70s might have forgotten these excellent tunes. Let\u2019s jog your memory, shall we?<\/p>\n

\u201cAnimal Zoo\u201d by Spirit (1970)<\/p>\n

Howabout a dose of psychedelia with your 70s rock music? This jam from psychedelic rock band Spirit is a bit of a deep cut, considering it was never released as a single. It\u2019s buried in their album Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus. Which, if you haven\u2019t listened to the album in its entirety, you definitely should give a spin. It\u2019s the band\u2019s most successful album with a Gold Certification in the US, and \u201cAnimal Zoo\u201d is a jam that diehard prog rock fans at the time might have forgotten about.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll The Way From Memphis\u201d by Mott The Hoople (1973)<\/p>\n

Driven by that piano track with a touch of Bowie influence, this rock anthem was quite the jam back in the early 1970s. The lead track from their partially self-titled Mott from 1973, \u201cAll The Way From Memphis\u201d spins a yarn about a rock star whose guitar gets shipped all the way to Kentucky instead of Memphis, Tennessee. It\u2019s a glam rock gem, one that didn\u2019t quite chart in the US but earned a lot of airplay on AOR radio stations regardless.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d Love To Change The World\u201d by Ten Years After (1971)<\/p>\n

A lot of people, particularly young people, in the early 1970s were dealing with apathy. The Vietnam War was raging on, and a lot of people felt hopelessness and despair. No one captured that feeling quite like Ten Years After did with \u201cI\u2019d Love To Change The World\u201d. This psychedelic folk rock song was released as the lead single from the band\u2019s album A Space In Time, and it ended up becoming Ten Years After\u2019s only Top 40 hit in the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack Coffee\u201d by Humble Pie (1973)<\/p>\n

Humble Pie\u2019s bluesy rocker \u201cBlack Coffee\u201d boasts some of Steve Marriott\u2019s most arresting and powerful vocal tracks. An excellent entry on our list of 70s rock songs you might have forgotten, \u201cBlack Coffee\u201d was actually a cover song. Tina Turner actually wrote and recorded the song for the Ike & Tina album Feel Good in 1972. Humble Pie\u2019s bluesier version was quite popular in 1973, though it was only a minor charting success.<\/p>\n

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