Long live the 70s!

[TripletDaddy]

Porcupine Pie - Neil Diamante

[landpoke]

There is a reason you are my nemesis.

You're jealous of my superior taste in music. Happens all the time.

[MartyFunkhouser]

You're jealous of my superior taste in music. Happens all the time.

Motley Crew sucks.

[landpoke]

Motley Crew sucks.

You're everything that's wrong with this country, hair metal, not jazz, is the only true American art form. Hair metal springs from that same well of genius, innovation and freedom whence came monster trucks and zubaz pants, the other two purely American art forms.

And Motley Crüe is the unchallenged master of the form. To disrespect them is to piss on the flag and spit in the face of each and everyone of our service men and women. In short, to dis the Crüe is to dis America. Hater.


Plus I'm pretty sure the french or the belgians came up with jazz. It stinks of the frank.

[SeattleUte]

Midnight Train to Georgia is a worthy song.

[creekster]

Midnight Train to Georgia is a worthy song.

No offense, and I know this isn't PC, but that comment sounded so stiff white guy like that I had to chuckle.

[SeattleUte]

No offense, and I know this isn't PC, but that comment sounded so stiff white guy like that I had to chuckle.

the irony of this is that Gladys Knight is now an adherant of the uber white man's religion.

[creekster]

the irony of this is that Gladys Knight is now an adherant of the uber white man's religion.

True, but her firesides ROCK!

[MartyFunkhouser]

You're everything that's wrong with this country, hair metal, not jazz, is the only true American art form. Hair metal springs from that same well of genius, innovation and freedom whence came monster trucks and zubaz pants, the other two purely American art forms.

And Motley Crüe is the unchallenged master of the form. To disrespect them is to piss on the flag and spit in the face of each and everyone of our service men and women. In short, to dis the Crüe is to dis America. Hater.


Plus I'm pretty sure the french or the belgians came up with jazz. It stinks of the frank.

John Coltrane would kick Vince Neil's ass.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Everyone lists ten favorite tracks (not albums) recorded in the 70s.

Rules: 1) No redundancy allowed across posts 2) Only one track per artist in a post, i.e. you can't simply list ten tracks from Let It Be.

The end result of the thread should be a nice must-have list of 70s tunes.

1. The Who- Baba O'Riley
2. Zeppelin- Over the Hills and Far Away
3. Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion
4. Derek and the Dominos- Layla (the real 70s version, not the crappy unplugged version of the 90s)
5. Black Sabbath- Paranoid (I recommend the live version with Randy Rhoads on guitar, you can find it on Ozzie's greatest hits album "The Ozzman Cometh")
6. Steely Dan- Do it Again.
7. Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
8. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
9. James Taylor- Fire and Rain
10. Boston- More than a Feeling.

Honorable mention- Spill the Wine from Eric Burdon and War.

[landpoke]

John Coltrane would kick Vince Neil's ass.

Well, considering Coltrane is worm food and Neil is still nominally in the "With Us" category I'm going with Neil. Although I had to think about it for a while.

[Jeff Lebowski]

1. The Who- Baba O'Riley
2. Zeppelin- Over the Hills and Far Away
3. Aerosmith- Sweet Emotion
4. Derek and the Dominos- Layla (the real 70s version, not the crappy unplugged version of the 90s)
5. Black Sabbath- Paranoid (I recommend the live version with Randy Rhoads on guitar, you can find it on Ozzie's greatest hits album "The Ozzman Cometh")
6. Steely Dan- Do it Again.
7. Ted Nugent- Stranglehold
8. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
9. James Taylor- Fire and Rain
10. Boston- More than a Feeling.

Honorable mention- Spill the Wine from Eric Burdon and War.

Throw out #9 and we have another excellent list.

[Babs]

American Pie
Ain't no Sunshine
Bridge over Troubled Water
Joy to the World
Operator
Lady
More than a Feeling
Blinded by the Light
I Will Survive
Take a Chance on Me

I changed my mind. No offense to Three Dog Night, but I'm dumping Jeremiah for Layla.

edit: darnit. I just noticed CMB already claimed it. well, poop.
of course he tried to steal my Boston, so I guess it's all good.

[Color Me Badd Fan]

Throw out #9 and we have another excellent list.

If you had ever suffered a drug addiction then you'd see the value of Fire and Rain. Then again, neither have I but I still like the song. It's the one song that kind of sticks out on my list.

I would have put "Won't Get Fooled Again" from the Who, but I already had Baba O'Riley on my list.

[Solon]

Really nice essay in The Atlantic about Born to Run turning 40 & what that song means for understanding the 70s.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...-at-40/402137/