Dylan, Coppola, Springsteen, Scorsese, Neil Young, Polanski, The Clash, Joni Mitchell and the 1970s in music and movies

You find us at that time in the month when things start getting more than a wee bit hectic, deadlines fast approaching as we head into the final week or so of work on the new issue, for which I am reviewing Roy Harper’s Man & Myth, his first album of new material since The Green Man, 13 years ago. There’s also the small matter of next month’s cover story, which I’m also writing, which means it’s all go at the moment. Meanwhile, as part of the special promotional feature in the current issue that we produced in association with hmv celebrating six decades of music and films, we have reached the 1970s, the era of stadium superstars, progressive rock, glam, punk, new wave and disco, for which I’ve compiled the following playlist. Have a great week. Music Joni Mitchell Blue 1971 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAsXMlkwXgs Sly & The Family Stone There’s A Riot Goin’ On 1971 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sonJId90Y Can Tago Mago 1971 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QLL2j8ZtxE&list=PLBC71D1E094A43EBB Roxy Music Roxy Music 1972 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpSJVlDSlFY Dr Feelgood Down By The Jetty 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuvYL2AnSeE Neil Young & Crazy Horse Zuma 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY Bob Dylan Blood On the Tracks 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwSZvHqf9qM Television Marquee Moon 1977 Bruce Springsteen Darkness On the Edge Of Town 1978 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGGGZetEkz0 The Clash London Calling 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEuyLJKG_ac Films Dirty Harry The Godfather Directed by Francis Ford Coppola 1972 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppjyB2MpxBU Badlands Terrence Malick 1973 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsN2Eq7EW6Q Chinatown Roman Polanski 1974 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aifeXlnoqY Jaws Steven Speilberg 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM Dog Day Afternoon Sydney Lumet 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucMLFO6TsFM Taxi Driver Martin Scorsese 1975 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVoSt1glAf4 The Deer Hunter Michael Cimino 1978 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gqit3zVmyc Manhattan Woody Allen 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dihjrm1Qk_0 Quadrophenia Franc Roddam 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6wq20cZosQ Apocalypse Now Francis Ford Coppola 1979 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI