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Slow Death - (Mostly) Alternative Music - 1970-1974

A collection of the greatest and most influential underground and alternative music from the five-year period of 1970-1974, featuring bands like The Flamin' Groovies, KISS, The New York Dolls, The Stooges, David Bowie, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, and many more.
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5h 46mDuration
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Glam RockRockClassic RockProtopunkArt RockSinger-SongwriterPermanent WavePsychedelic RockAlternative RockFolk
1990s
1980s
1970s

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QueenFleetwood MacPink FloydDavid BowieKISSElectric Light OrchestraThe Velvet UndergroundJ.J. CaleBrian EnoLou Reed

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Popular Songs

Popular songs in this playlist.
The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie
Bang a Gong (Get It On) - 2003 RemasterT. Rex
StrutterKISS
All the Young DudesMott The Hoople
Ballroom BlitzSweet
Les FleursMinnie Riperton
FearlessPink Floyd
HypnotizedFleetwood Mac
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With YouTom Waits
A Case of YouJoni Mitchell

Hidden Gems

Songs you might not have heard before.
Archangel ThunderbirdAmon Düül II
Feel Too GoodThe Move
Pink MoonNick Drake
Perfect DayLou Reed
Oh! You Pretty Things - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie

All Songs

1
Slow DeathFlamin' Groovies
4:23
2
White Light/White Heat - Sounds of the 70s - John Peel, Recorded 16.5.72, 2000 RemasterDavid Bowie
3:48
3
Personality CrisisNew York Dolls
3:41
4
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop MixThe Stooges
3:28
5
Needles In The Camel's Eye - 2004 Digital RemasterBrian Eno
3:11
6
Devil Gate DriveSuzi Quatro
3:47
7
Mama Weer All Crazee NowSlade
3:45
8
20th Century BoyT. Rex
3:41
9
The American RuseMC5
2:28
10
StrutterKISS
3:10
11
Teenage HeadFlamin' Groovies
2:51
12
Lazy DaysThe Flying Burrito Brothers
2:58
13
Couldn't I Just Tell YouTodd Rundgren
3:22
14
Mother Of PearlRoxy Music
6:52
15
Hard To Get Over A HeartbreakRaspberries
4:14
16
Cum on Feel the NoizeSlade
4:24
17
Telegram SamT. Rex
3:45
18
Can the CanSuzi Quatro
3:34
19
MagnetNRBQ
3:30
20
(What's so Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and UnderstandingBrinsley Schwarz
3:32
21
Ballroom BlitzSweet
4:06
22
Looking at YouMC5
3:01
23
She's a LoverThe Pretty Things
3:32
24
Bang a Gong (Get It On) - 2003 RemasterT. Rex
4:27
25
Hot Rod LincolnCommander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
2:44
26
September GurlsBig Star
2:48
27
Intro / Sweet Jane - Live [1973 Version]Lou Reed
7:48
28
The Wild One - Single VersionSuzi Quatro
2:51
29
Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie FluJohnny Rivers
3:30
30
10538 OvertureElectric Light Orchestra
5:30
31
Now I'm Here - Remastered 2011Queen
4:12
32
Jeepster - 2003 RemasterT. Rex
4:12
33
Down on the Street - 2005 RemasterThe Stooges
3:43
34
Rock & Roll - Full Length Version; 2015 RemasterThe Velvet Underground
4:43
35
Them ChangesBuddy Miles
3:19
36
Morning Will ComeSpirit
2:50
37
Keep Yourself Alive - 2011 MixQueen
3:46
38
Diamond Dogs - 2016 RemasterDavid Bowie
6:04
39
Virginia PlainRoxy Music
2:58
40
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of UsSparks
3:04
41
Aladdin Sane - 2013 RemasterDavid Bowie
5:10
42
TrashNew York Dolls
3:08
43
Camarillo BrilloFrank Zappa / The Mothers
3:59
44
Don't Eat The Yellow SnowFrank Zappa
2:05
45
All the Young DudesMott The Hoople
3:31
46
Hello, ThereJohn Cale
2:44
47
BrontosaurusThe Move
4:29
48
Queen Bitch - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie
3:20
49
Fox On The RunSweet
3:27
50
Looking For A KissNew York Dolls
3:18
51
Let Me TryMC5
4:13
52
Sweet Jane - Full Length Version; 2015 RemasterThe Velvet Underground
4:06
53
All the Way from MemphisMott The Hoople
5:02
54
Mr. SkinSpirit
4:00
55
Moonage Daydream - 2012 RemasterDavid Bowie
4:39
56
Do It - Single EditThe Pink Fairies
3:02
57
Bare TreesFleetwood Mac
5:04
58
Who Loves the Sun - 2015 RemasterThe Velvet Underground
2:46
59
Nature's WaySpirit
2:40
60
Mama Told Me Not to ComeRandy Newman
2:10
61
HypnotizedFleetwood Mac
4:49
62
WPLJFrank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention
2:54
63
Time and a WordYes
4:33
64
Les FleursMinnie Riperton
3:19
65
Satellite of LoveLou Reed
3:41
66
CoconutHarry Nilsson
3:51
67
The Ballad Of El GoodoBig Star
4:20
68
I Want To See The Bright Lights TonightRichard & Linda Thompson
3:09
69
Starman - 2012 RemasterDavid Bowie
4:14
70
Ol' 55Tom Waits
3:56
71
Clara ClairvoyantDonovan
2:49
72
Free FourPink Floyd
4:16
73
One Of These Things FirstNick Drake
4:50
74
Jennie LeeShuggie Otis
2:12
75
The Man Who Sold the World - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie
4:01
76
ParadiseJohn Prine
3:15
77
After MidnightJ.J. Cale
2:23
78
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With YouTom Waits
3:53
79
FearlessPink Floyd
6:07
80
Oh! You Pretty Things - 2015 RemasterDavid Bowie
3:13
81
Perfect DayLou Reed
3:45
82
ThirteenBig Star
2:34
83
Pink MoonNick Drake
2:03
84
She - 2002 RemasterGram Parsons
5:01
85
A Pillow of WindsPink Floyd
5:12
86
Water SongHot Tuna
5:16
87
A Case of YouJoni Mitchell
4:23
88
Feel Too GoodThe Move
9:38
89
Send Me A PostcardShocking Blue
2:40
90
Archangel ThunderbirdAmon Düül II
3:33

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