Best 70s songs

[Bren]

Give us your fave 70s song

Mine is FreeBird by Lynard Skynard

[hXc]

No doubt about it mate. This has to be not only the best song of the 70's, damn near the best song of the 2nd half of the 20th century!

Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd.

[Usarka]

It's uber cliche but it has to be stairway to heaven.

[Hitcher]

Dancing Queen.

Feel the beat from the tambourine.

[peasea]

It's uber cliche but it has to be stairway to heaven.


Nah, Kashmir by a long shot, far more balls.

[peasea]

Feliz Navidad?

[doc]

Give us your fave 70s song

Mine is FreeBird by Lynard Skynard
Anything from Joplin.

[peasea]

Give us your fave 70s song

Mine is FreeBird by Lynard Skynard

Everything in my collection would qualify I think. Although recorded and released in '68 the 70's were full of 'Born to be wild' and it still gets a good response.

[hXc]

Nah, Kashmir by a long shot, far more balls.I would put Kashmir above Stairway on skill level, but Stairway above Kashmir on commercialism (which turns into record sales and people remembering the song).

Partly because (Technical musical details follow - these may be above the heads of some) Kasmir has no distinct beat due to overlapping time signatures. The drums are playing in 4/4, but the guitar is playing in 3/4. After 3 bars of drums, the guitar has done 4 bars, and is back in sync.

Yes it works, very effective. But in doing this, you cannot dance to it or effectively bop your head. Because even the most musically illiterate people can identify a beat in a song. And if you follow the drums, you get out with the guitar, and if you follow the guitar, you get out with the drums.

This, of course, mainly applies to those who aren't musically inclined, because if you're a guitarist, you tend to follow the guitar, and drummers follow the drums anyway. But in studying music at school, and playing many instruments, I have learnt to follow all instruments as one sound.

Anyway, enough technical details. Who else has some good suggestions?
Of course, nothing will compare with Shine On. A brilliant piece of work, written by none other than (a) musical genius(') in many aspects.

[Usarka]

Nah, Kashmir by a long shot, far more balls.

Fair call and i agree there are better zep songs but i interpreted the questions using the albertian rock/pop algerbraic formulatic ballsapping formula of rockness

Best song = g *(w/g)

goodness * (wellknowness / goodness)

Smoke on the Water comes out pretty high with that too, but we all know space trucking is much better.

Or just about any track by Rainbow.:niceone: (edit: esp the Dio years)

[peasea]

I would put Kashmir above Stairway on skill level, but Stairway above Kashmir on commercialism (which turns into record sales and people remembering the song).

Partly because (Technical musical details follow - these may be above the heads of some) Kasmir has no distinct beat due to overlapping time signatures. The drums are playing in 4/4, but the guitar is playing in 3/4. After 3 bars of drums, the guitar has done 4 bars, and is back in sync.

Yes it works, very effective. But in doing this, you cannot dance to it or effectively bop your head. Because even the most musically illiterate people can identify a beat in a song. And if you follow the drums, you get out with the guitar, and if you follow the guitar, you get out with the drums.

This, of course, mainly applies to those who aren't musically inclined, because if you're a guitarist, you tend to follow the guitar, and drummers follow the drums anyway. But in studying music at school, and playing many instruments, I have learnt to follow all instruments as one sound.

Anyway, enough technical details. Who else has some good suggestions?
Of course, nothing will compare with Shine On. A brilliant piece of work, written by none other than (a) musical genius(') in many aspects.

If you cant head bang or bop to Kashmir you need a better drug dealer. I've been rocking to that since it was released, pot, acid, E or booze!

[Drum]

Paranoid :Punk:

[Usarka]

Paranoid :Punk:

who's paranoid?

[hXc]

If you cant head bang or bop to Kashmir you need a better drug dealer. I've been rocking to that since it was released, pot, acid, E or booze!Well some may say that. but have a listen and you'll see. Don't know if you're musically talented at all. But you should be able to figure the beat. Zone out the guitars and other instruments, concentrating solely on the drums. Count in 4.

Then do the same, blocking out all but the guitar. Now try and count in 4 at the same speed. It does not fit. Because it's in 3.

Together, they fit together unfittedly™.

[bane]

Anything from Joplin.

...who died in Oct 1970. How much music did she put out in the 70's?



Albums, how about Aqualung by Jethro Tull, or Tea for the Tillerman by Yousef Islam (cough)

[doc]

'Born to be wild'
Don't know that one could you hum it?

[doc]

...who died in Oct 1970. How much music did she put out in the 70's?



Albums, how about Aqualung by Jethro Tull, or Tea for the Tillerman by Yousef Islam (cough)
She started the 70's

[Bren]

Albums, how about Aqualung by Jethro Tull, or Tea for the Tillerman by Yousef Islam (cough)

Jethro Tull is definitely up there near the top of my playlist

[Drum]

who's paranoid?

Ozzie is mate.

[bane]

Bohemian Rhapsody?

or has it been done to death...
(Weird Als "Bohemian Polka" was an interesting interpretation - but wrong decade)

[peasea]

Don't know that one could you hum it?

Hmmm, hmmy,hmm, hummy umhum

There you go.
Any LAST requests?

[Krayy]

"Afternoon Delight", by Starland Vocal Band

Groovy harmonies, catchy tune & featured on an episode of "Kremmen of the Star Corps"

[KoroJ]

I couldn't posibly just pick one song....There were plenty from

The Doobie Bros
Uriah Heap
John Denver
Neil Diamond
Jehro Tull -Thick as a Brick
etc etc

[janno]

Iggy Pop, Lust for Life.

Part written, and produced by David Bowie, my other 70's hero.

I am the passenger . . .

[rogson]

I can pick one - Hotel California.
Best of 70s, 80s and 90s.

[tri boy]

Anything by Rolf Harris. Seriously good playing bits of cardboard, and the ocassional handsaw.:shutup:

[rogson]

Seen Rolf Harris' painting programme on UKTV?
Bloody good - and he hosts it brilliantly.

[Kornholio]

Anything by 'The Wombles' ... I got their greatest hits :D

[Usarka]

I can pick one - Hotel California.
Best of 70s, 80s and 90s.

and today http://www.classichits.co.nz/images/onair/nightClub.jpg

[Billie]

I like Santana
Black magic woman wasn't too bad.

[Mystery]

LED ZEPPELIN - Stairway To Heaven
DEEP PURPLE - Smoke On The Water
URIAH HEEP - Easy Livin'
PINK FLOYD - Money
Queen - Anything Queen
BREAD - Make It With You (anything Bread :yes:)
CHICAGO - If You Leave Me Now
Anything Elton (I know, I know)
SEALS & CROFT - Summer Breeze
SIMON & GARFUNKEL - Bridge Over Troubled Water
STEVENS, CAT - Wild World, Morning has Broken
WRIGHT, GARY - Dream Weaver
SUPERTRAMP - The Logical Song
MEAT LOAF - Bat Out Of Hell (anything meatloaf :yes:)
ROLLING STONES - Angie

The all time favourite, for sentimental reasons
COMMODORES - Three Times A Lady (would love it played at my funeral)

[hXc]

I still vote Shine On.
Having that played at my funeral too. 13 minutes of absolute bliss.

[smudge]

HxC Crazy Diamond may be true but that other stuff is all too boring, technical excellence means nothing if it doesn't want to make you jump up and down. Try the Stranglers for a real groovy 70's experience perhaps for something a little more far out Another Girl Another Planet by the Only Ones (maybe early 80's I cant remember back so well now...) not the same league as Pink but still it wasn't too stodgy in its day.... and there was sooo much stodgy stuff around back then.

[ynot slow]

MEATLOAF-Paradise by the dashboard light,and the whole album

EAGLES-Hotel California

BOWIE-Space Oddity

CLAPTON-Wonderfull tonight(mushy yes but being there live brilliant),Layla

SUZIE QUATRO-Devil gate drive

[MisterD]

Shee-it how can you distill down the 70's to one song? It was probably the most diversley creative decade ever....you've got the end of the Beatles, the Heavy Rock of the likes of Sabbath and Zeppelin, prog rock (yes, Floyd, Rush), and the beginnings of punk and New Wave.

Can't be done...oh, all right, Oliver's Army.

[hXc]

HxC Crazy Diamond may be true but that other stuff is all too boring, technical excellence means nothing if it doesn't want to make you jump up and down.Ahhh, but are we picking these songs on technicality or the ability to make the audience jump, or commercialism. I was just giving some information on the song Kashmir, which I believe is a wicked wicked song. But still, nothing compares to Shine On man. Nobody can ever match Pink Floyd's writing capabilities, or their capabilities to capture the audience. Not only as physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well (Not even bringing drugs into this, considering I love this song immensely, and can feel every emotion played, yet have never done drugs).

This song truly makes me want to live in that time. To be one of the first people to hear this song would have been a great great pleasure. I envy those who lived through these guys.

And cheesy but...RIP Syd. Without you, their greatest work would not exist.

[Solarwind]

You want me to pick just one? :sweatdrop I narrowed it down to 7

ALAN PARSONS PROJECT - I wouldn't want to be like you
AMON DÜÜL II - Deutsch Nepal
DAVID BOWIE - Station to Station
EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER - Tarkus
HAWKWIND - Magnu
KING CRIMSON - Starless
YES - Siberian Khatru

If I had to choose my favourite, I'd pick the Alan Parsons song. Decide for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pen4dMAv7zY

[BarBender]

London Calling - The Clash

[Bren]

London Calling - The Clash


On the London theme....Last train to London ELO

[Hitcher]

You know we made a vow not to leave one another never.

[Winston001]

Stairway to Heaven (Zep)
Kashmir (Zep)
Whole Lotta Love (Zep)
Paranoid (Sabbath)
Gypsy (Uriah Heep)
Locomotive Breath (Tull)
Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
Roundabout (Yes)
Dream On (Aerosmith)

[MD]

Shee-it how can you distill down the 70's to one song? It was probably the most diversley creative decade ever....you've got the end of the Beatles, the Heavy Rock of the likes of Sabbath and Zeppelin, prog rock (yes, Floyd, Rush), and the beginnings of punk and New Wave.

Can't be done...oh, all right, Oliver's Army.

Well said. It was THE DECADE of the century for diverse music. The 60s might have started the pop/rock sound but the 70s perfected it.
Some good new sounds came out at the end of the decade like the new wave/punk stuff; Kate Bush, The Jam, The Members, Altered Images (OK I had a crush on Clare Grogin sp?),
And then there was disco.. No one's mentioned disco...Disco..disco..disco .is that still a swear word? I know I had to undergo hours of electro-shock treatment to erase the horrid tunes from memory.
Personally I was and still am a big fan of Alice Cooper. Overlooked as a good song writer. Supertramp and early Genesis worked for me too. If only Pink Floyd, Tull or Deep Purple had dabbled at disco? Did I say disco..Oh shit, pass the heavy duty extension cord.

[Hitcher]

Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out waitin'
Waitin' for some lover to call
Dialed about a thousand numbers lately
Almost rang the phone off the wall...

[Lissa]

Yep I agree with Young Hitcher....

Abba!!! :2thumbsup

Can you hear the drums fernando?

[Bren]

Yep I agree with Young Hitcher....

Abba!!!

Very sad....:sick:

[Sanx]

I was still four years old at the end of the seventies, but:

The Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd
Journey of the Sorcerer - The Eagles
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Going Underground - The Jam (sneaks in as it was recorded in 1979, but released early 1980)

[Kendog]

This song truly makes me want to live in that time. To be one of the first people to hear this song would have been a great great pleasure. I envy those who lived through these guys.

I know exactly what you are saying.
'Shine on' is a great song, but 'Comfortably numb' does it for me. What I would give to have seen the Wall concert with David Gilmour singing and playing guitar from the top of the wall, on a raised platform with spotlights shining from behind him.

[hXc]

I know exactly what you are saying.
'Shine on' is a great song, but 'Comfortably numb' does it for me. What I would give to have seen the Wall concert with David Gilmour singing and playing guitar from the top of the wall, on a raised platform with spotlights shining from behind him.
Not quite the same I know, but maybe when we meet I could play it for you. If you shut your eyes and envision it's Dave Gilmour...It probably still won't be the same.:Punk:

[Lissa]

Very sad....:sick: :Oi: Come on how can you resist MONEY MONEY MONEY!

[Bren]

Very easily....and please dont mention the Bee Gees....ya dont want me puking over my keyboard do ya?

[Bren]

I see ya viewing this thread GB.....please dont mention the Jackson 5

[hXc]

Sex Pistols. Ok, not hugely amazing music...but pioneering alright!

God Save The Queen. No. 1 on charts, but couldn't be published in the papers. Fucking good on them!

[Lissa]

Very easily....and please dont mention the Bee Gees....ya dont want me puking over my keyboard do ya?
Yea I do! BEE GEES!

What about Copacabana.. Barry Manilow. :shutup:

[Kendog]

Not quite the same I know, but maybe when we meet I could play it for you. If you shut your eyes and envision it's Dave Gilmour...It probably still won't be the same.:Punk:

Sounds like a plan. But tell me, why don't you like my birthday?

[Bren]

What about Copacabana.. Barry Manilow. :shutup:

No Comment!!! I better go to bed before I puke!

[hXc]

Sounds like a plan. But tell me, why don't you like my birthday?Sept 19th = national talk like a pirate day. Arrrrgh! Scurvy sea dog

[Kendog]

Sept 19th = national talk like a pirate day. Arrrrgh! Scurvy sea dog

Aye matey, forgot about that (international day no less)

It's also the day the first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, UK (1970). Just trying to bring the conversation back on topic a little :innocent:

[Krayy]

"Afternoon Delight", by Starland Vocal Band

Groovy harmonies, catchy tune & featured on an episode of "Kremmen of the Star Corps"

...and would you fight Ron Burgundy to say it isn't so????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfzFh4dVG8I&mode=related&search=

[MSTRS]

Iggy Pop, Lust for Life.

Part written, and produced by David Bowie, my other 70's hero.

I am the passenger . . .

Oooooh oooh....The Laughing Gnome....:woohoo::oi-grr:

[MisterD]

I can't believe I forgot about this gem...and even more so that I was reminded by "Close Up" using it under some item on skateboarding...:crazy:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=I-yZDpMw3PU


Prog rock lunacy...and yes, that's the riff that Metallica nicked for "No Remorse"