My rules:

• Only one song per artist/group
• The song must be released that specific year
• Songs from live albums not allowed
• Restricted to only 20 songs

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A lot of GREAT music was released in 1970, here are my 20 chosen songs.

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• Into the Mystic – Van Morrison

  

  “Into the Mystic” is one of Morrison’s warmest ballads, an Otis Redding-style reverie with acoustic guitar and horns. The lyrics are truly mysterious: “People say, ‘What does this mean?’ ” said Morrison. “A lot of times I have no idea what I mean. That’s what I like about rock & roll — the concept. Like Little Richard — what does he mean? You can’t take him apart; that’s rock & roll to me.”
  –rollingstone.com

  Written by Van Morrison and featured on his 1970 album Moondance. It was also included on Morrison’s 1974 live album, It’s Too Late To Stop Now. It was recorded during the Moondance sessions at A&R Recording Studios in New York City in September to November 1969. Elliott Scheiner was the engineer.
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  We were born before the wind
  Also younger than the sun
  Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic
  Hark, now hear the sailors cry
  Smell the sea and feel the sky
  Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
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