Get Down Wit Yo' Bad Self

How much did you love Guardians of the Galaxy?

It was the most profitable movie of 2014,

so I know I wasn't the only fan.

And since the seventies soundtrack

reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart,

I know I wasn't alone in my love of the music, either.

 A plot point of the movie is that there was an 

Awesome Mix Volume 1 (which was the soundtrack)

and an Awesome Mix Volume 2,

of which we heard only a single song.

So pretty much from the time I headed out of the theater,

I've been wondering just what songs should be on that second mix tape.

I am, after all, a child of the seventies (Class of '79 is Fine!)

and am therefore pretty familiar with the music.

I spent months writing song titles on Post-its,

and trying to figure out the perfect blend of pop, soul and rock.

Once I had done so, I made a mix tape (cd) for The Boy,

since he was also a fan of the movie,

and the whole set-up for the mix tapes is that they were given

to the main character by his mother.

The results?

Awesome Mix Volume 2!

All the songs were ones I loved without irony in the seventies:

some I danced to,

all I sang along with,

and one was even an "our song."

This is a soundtrack to long car rides,

slumber parties,

and dances in the high school gym.

And what did The Boy get me?

Seventies Soul and Funk!

Oh, yeaaaaah...

I believe it's going to get all
DANCE-Y 
up in here!