Your Favorite Song From The 70's

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

wow,.......just brought back ~memories~ seeing this thread,....we [as kids] back in the early 70's went out and bought 45's of the song of the week....''night Chicago died''.......''band on the run''...I even had ....''raindrops keep falling on my head''...too , back in 1970,...*sigh*.

 

[packerzrule]

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[Indrid Cold]

True dat. London Calling was the shizz nit and when it came out even Pete Townsend said that The Clash could go down as the best rock group ever (or something to that effect). Then they broke up.

I picked up a giant picture book about The Clash for about $10 on a bargain table, and it is stuffed with interviews with the boys. They all seemed to agree that Topper's drug use and subsequent ejection from the band was the biggest reason for the breakup occurring when it did. Joe, Mick, and Paul all praised Topper as being a fantastic drummer and they thought the music was suffering without him. Frustration with that led to other cracks in the band, particularly between Mick and Paul (always figured it was Mick and Joe!), and these led to a lot of pissy behavior from Mick that then led to him being sacked. Mick not being around led to Bernie having too much influence, and the last album WAS crap due to him...leading to the death of the band.

 

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

''paradise by the dashboard-light'' had to be one of the biggest hits back in 77...!

 

[Indrid Cold]

''paradise by the dashboard-light'' had to be one of the biggest hits back in 77...!

I preferred "Hot Summer Night", but I think that Meat peaked back in his Rocky Horror appearance...

 

[{+}Mother-Marge{+}]

I preferred "Hot Summer Night", but I think that Meat peaked back in his Rocky Horror appearance...

lol,....he was one ~fugly~ dude back then [paradise/vid],....he reminded me of a sweaty chris Farley.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

The 70's is still by far & away my favorite decade for music...so it's no easy task in picking a favorite year, choosing a favorite artist or album of mine, let alone my favorite song....because for me personally there are literally just too too many. Wow...what a time that was.

FTR: Just wanted to add, that the 60's are a very close 2nd for me.

That is all.

Carry on.

 

[broncosmitty]

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Maybe not my favorite. But I don't hear it enough.

 

[KansasSooner]

wow,.......just brought back ~memories~ seeing this thread,....we [as kids] back in the early 70's went out and bought 45's of the song of the week....''night Chicago died''.......''band on the run''...I even had ....''raindrops keep falling on my head''...too , back in 1970,...*sigh*.

Yep I bought a lot of 45s until I heard the whole "Doors" first album then I started buying albums, my first album purchase was "LA Woman".

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Maybe not my favorite. But I don't hear it enough.

+1..... their "Smokin" album is in my top 25 of 100 list , for that decade.

 

[PatsFan2003]

It would be easier (but not much easier) to say favorite album. Who's Next, Derek and Domino's, The Allman Bros Band Live at the Fillmore East, Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal (Sweet Jane)

 

[KansasSooner]

FTR: Just wanted to add, that the 60's are a very close 2nd for me.

That is all.

Carry on.

It was really more about the last half of the 60's though. The first half of that decade was pretty sparse for good music.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

It was really more about the last half of the 60's though. The first half of that decade was pretty sparse for good music.

Not sparse at all as far as jazz, folk and surf goes...

 

[KansasSooner]

Not sparse at all as far as Jazz goes...

Maybe, but you didn't really hear that much of it on the radio. It was either C&W or pop for the most part unless you lived in a larger city or could pull in their stations.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Maybe, but you didn't really hear that much of it on the radio. It was either C&W or pop for the most part unless you lived in a larger city or could pull in their stations.

My dad played it all the time...whether it was on radio or on the hi-fi record player....lol
I've since come to really appreciate it as an awesome era for jazz...so many greats.

 

[KansasSooner]

my dad played it all the time...whether it was on radio or on the hi-fi record player....lol

See, my dad was big into C&W having grown up listening to Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, so that's about all I heard back then...

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

See, my dad was big into C&W having grown up listening to Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, so that's about all I heard back then...

My dad liked that stuff too...but he was more of a jazzbeau at heart.

 

[Nosferatu]

It was really more about the last half of the 60's though. The first half of that decade was pretty sparse for good music.

No way, Motown was awesome in the first half of the 60's.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

The folk music & soul music (motown) scenes were also huge in the early to mid 60's.
I can't get enough of that stuff either.

 

[Melman]

It would be easier (but not much easier) to say favorite album. Who's Next, Derek and Domino's, The Allman Bros Band Live at the Fillmore East, Lou Reed Rock and Roll Animal (Sweet Jane)

+1 for Who's Next