I love the 1970's not just because was I born in the era of disco, Nixon and bell bottoms. I love the opulence of the decade. The giant gas-guzzling land yachts known as cars. Wonder Woman, Charlie's Angels and Bionic Woman were prime-time TV and I had this thing for the Roll-O and Calgon commercials. The 70's was the decade when my parents fell in love and my mom carried daisies in her wedding bouquet.
So while I was supposed to be working, I found this video on YouTube and it just inspired why I love that decade. When I see Linda Ronstadt singing - yes, they actually sang on live, national television back then - and her back-up singer in a yellow jump suit, I just think that they were much more real than we are now. Music is prepackaged, manufactured and lipsynched. Back then, it was a girl with a voice, not much fashion sense and a tambourine at her hip.
Also, this is the song that I play whenever I sit down to work on Aracely Calderon.
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