Another year of this challenge set up by @backinblackdevil.
But I'm not putting that song in as you already know it. Looking at my selection, 1975 was about songs with swishy synth (or synth-sounding) lines. Except for this first one...
Janis Ian - In the Winter
From Between The Lines
Between The Lines features the teen-angsthem 'At Seventeen', and a whole bunch of other angst as well. This was Janis's second run at the charts - 'Society's Child' having been a hit in 1967.
This particular song is a favourite, and reminds me of a similar song by Paul Kelly, written many years later.
Grateful Dead - King Solomon's Marbles
From Blues for Allah
One of their better albums, Blues for Allah threads various improvisations together to show what the band were capable of. The title track is a crackling bit of self-indulgence suggestingaround African/Middle Eastern forms, but the album also contains a couple of the bands' most loved songs. This track is all about the rhythms.
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Couldn't find a pop video with the intro intact
Excellent use of the talk box by Joe Perry, along with a killer riff and great production. Had this on a compilation album when I was young, but it took me years to by Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith's finest album.
Frank Zappa - Inca Roads
From One Size Fits All. This is a horrible dub of an official video called A Token of his Extreme featuring some classic claymation by Bruce Bickford
I bought this album when I first got into Zappa in the 80s. It wasn't on CD so I picked up a second-hand vinyl copy because this was my favourite line-up at the time and I wanted to hear more. It's also got a brilliant cover worth spending a while gazing at for all the jokes in the constellations.
John Fogerty - Rockin' All Over The World
From John Fogerty
Because Quo made it famous, but Fogerty wrote it. Quo's take is arguably better, but it's good to hear this for the cognitive dissonance as your brain starts singing the better known version.
All the above videos are taken from YouTube, mostly courtesy of people who don't hold the rights.
My days of music: 1967 - 1968 - 1969 - 1970 - 1971 - 1972 - 1973 - 1974