6910. Loggins and Messina - Your Mama Don't Dance

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From: Loggins and Messina; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock 'n Roll
Last few days this one has been jumping around in my mind, so as usual I decided on picking it.
There is a certain timeless quality to this track, mostly due it them leaning heavy into the blues aspects of rock 'n roll as well as having simple-but-effective lyrics and a singalong chorus.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 7 years ago today: The (Detroit) Spinners - Four Hands In The Fire

My song pick 8 years ago today: Pearl Jam - Can't Deny Me

My song pick 9 years ago today: Helloween - Hocus Pocus

My song pick 10 years ago today: Foreigner - Juke Box Hero

My song pick 11 years ago today: AC/DC - Touch Too Much

My song pick 12 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Find Out About Love

My song pick 13 years ago today: Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator

My song pick 14 years ago today: Robert Schumann - Op. 17 - Fantasie in C

My song pick 15 years ago today: Muse - Supermassive Black Hole

My song pick 16 years ago today: Eddie Lang - Eddie's Twister

My song pick 17 years ago today: The Goo Goo Dolls - Black Balloon

My song pick 18 years ago today: Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the Moon
 

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