Ventura Highway - America

I'm very wistful about this song and America's sound. It came out in 1972 and was played heavily on AM top 40 radio throughout the rest of the 70s.  I fell in love with pop music at this time.  The song seems injected with 70s ambivalence.  I still think the 70s are the least understood decade of the past several.  This sound brings both nostalgia and mystery...