Name your favorite songs from the 1970's!

[MuniAddict]

Any genre--Rock, Pop, disco, whatever. Try to post at least 5 of your favorites with band/artist name and song name.

Here's a few of my favs:

Stairway to Heaven: Zeppelin
Roundabout: Yes
The WHOLE Dark Side of the Moon album: Pink Floyd
Imagine - John Lennon
Hotel California - The Eagles
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
American Pie - Don McLean
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
More Than a Feeling - Boston
Roxanne - The Police
Dream On - Aerosmith
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Wish you were here
We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lola - The Kinks
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Boston: Complete first Album!

[jamessd]

Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs robinson
Pilot - Magic
Pink floyd - Another Brick in the wall
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
buggles - video killed the radio star
I would name half my itunes library... but I can't really be bothered to check which ones are from 70s :rolleyes: . Anything from 60s-2000 is good:p

[señor coolguy]

I was always a fan of:

the Shaft theme

rapper's delight-sugarhill gang

shining star- Earth wind &fire

Play that funky music - Wild Cherry

Car wash - Rose Royce

I am also a fan of:
Stairway to Heaven
Bohemian Rhapsody
Let It Be
American Pie
Roxanne
More Than a Feeling
Smoke on the Water
Baba O'Riley
Although, I wasn't sure you could post songs people have already posted

[jamessd]

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this was on the club 80s album I downloaded :rolleyes: :p

[MuniAddict]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this was on the club 80s album I downloaded :rolleyes: :p"Walk this way" was on the "Toys in the attic" Album, released in 1975.

[puresyn]

70's hmmm ...

Non- Bruthas

Blondie - Call Me / Heart of Glass
Bee Gees - Night Fever / Tragedy
Olivia N. John - Magic
ABBA - Dancing Queen
War - Low Rider
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Greg Allman - Midnight Rider
David Bowie - Rebel Rebel / Young Americans
ELO- Don't Take Me Down
Stones - Miss You
KC & Sunshine Band - Get Down Tonight / Shake Your Booty (YES KC IS WHITE)


Bruthas and Mowtown

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On? / Mercy Me / Lets Get It On
Commodores - Brick House
Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
EWF - September / Boogie Wonderland
Stevie Wonder - I'm Not Supersticious
Temptations - Just My Imagination
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

[Daytripper63]

What, no mention of Peter Frampton
FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE
Plus just about all of the others listed in all the above post

[Wheel Rider]

The first thing that came to mind was American Pie. Maybe not my favorite but the most memorable.

[MuniAddict]

What, no mention of Peter Frampton
FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE
Plus just about all of the others listed in all the above postBest Live album ever!I remember playing that on my quad speaker system in my Chevy Van when it came out...me & my gf were parked in the desert at night watching the stars and listening to "Frampton comes alive" on cassette lol!!!!!! Good sound system though made by pioneer with an eq and 200 watts!

[austingillespie]

Layla, Eric Clapton
Sweet Dream, Jethro Tull
Hurry Sundown, The Outlaws
Heartbreaker, Rolling Stones
Siberian Khatru, Yes
Breakdown, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Kid Charlegmagne, Steely Dan
Summer Breeze, Seals and Crofts
Me and My Uncle, Grateful Dead

[cool-bananas]

anything by the Ramones, Zeppelin, Stones, Beatles and Pink Floyd.

[TheObieOne3226]

Sugar Magnolia

[Daytripper63]

The James Gang

[beginnerdad]

Time In A Bottle, I Got A Name - Jim Croce
I'm Just A Singer In A Rock&Roll Band, Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
Into The Void, Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Turn The Page - Bob Seger
Barracuda, Crazy On You - Heart
City Of New Orleans, In My Darkest Hour - Arlo Guthrie
Dust In The Wind - Kansas
Don't Fear The Reaper, Go Go Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Frankenstein - Johnny and Edgar Winter
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Stranger, Miracles - Jefferson Starship

...the list gets far too long.

[burjzyntski]

Too many to list, and many of the ones already listed, but here are a few that come to mind at the moment:

China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead
^ has been stuck in my head for the past 3 days, not that i'm complaining.


Song to see you through, Spirit, Eyes of Silver, Tell me what you want, etc. - Doobie Brothers

too many to list - The Doors

Tears in Heaven, Running on Faith, Lonely Stranger, and more - Eric Clapton

a bunch of other 'dead songs.

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Light Up or Leave Me Alone, Many a Mile to Freedom - Traffic (anything with Joe Walsh or Steve Winwood is great)

Thick as a brick (all 43:42), Aqualung, Locomotive Breath, many more - Jethro Tull

Neil Diamond, Dire Straits, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac, Moody Blues, Jefferson Airplane, I could go on and on and on.

[jamessd]

"Walk this way" was on the "Toys in the attic" Album, released in 1975.

OK, maybe i'll research a bit more before I post next time, ''my bad''!

ACDC - it's a long way to the top
ELO - Mr blue sky
Abba - Fernando
Status Quo - All the reasons
Santana - Samba Pa ti
Elton John - Funeral For A Friend

[Brian MacKenzie]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this was on the club 80s album I downloaded :rolleyes: :p

Maybe that's the version done with Aerosmith and Run DMC? That was in 86 or so

[Daytripper63]

Rick Derringer

[Matt_V]

Mr. Roboto - Styx (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ct4Iy-TFw)

I really like this song for some reason, I think its mostly because of the awesome music video.

I'm not sure if its from the 70's or 80's...

[uni57]

Name your favorite songs from the 1970's!Before I answer, can you clarify what you are looking for?

Do you want me to post the (70's) songs that were my favorites DURING the 1970's? Or do you want me to post the songs that I like today that were from the 1970's? I may have different answers.

As an embarrassing example...

Then: Love Will Keep Us Together, by the Captain and Tennille*
Now: Thick as a Brick (especially any live version performed in the 70's), by Jethro Tull


* - what can I say? I was ten. I liked the synthesizers.

[MuniAddict]

As an embarrassing example...

Then: Love Will Keep Us Together, by the Captain and Tennille*
Haha, I actually liked that too....*then*. At least you didn't say "Muskrat love" thank god!:eek::eek::eek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPb2HI9w0xw

Here's "Love Will Keep Us Together", by the Captain and Tennille A minor classic and a fun little tune!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEWU25aN67U&mode=related&search=

[dan de man]

Any genre--Rock, Pop, disco, whatever. Try to post at least 5 of your favorites with band/artist name and song name.

Here's a few of my favs:

Stairway to Heaven: Zeppelin
Roundabout: Yes
The WHOLE Dark Side of the Moon album: Pink Floyd
Imagine - John Lennon
Hotel California - The Eagles
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
Let It Be - The Beatles
American Pie - Don McLean
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
More Than a Feeling - Boston
Roxanne - The Police
Dream On - Aerosmith
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Wish you were here
We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions - Queen
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lola - The Kinks
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Who'll Stop the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Baba O'Riley - The Who
Boston: Complete first Album!
youve basicly said all my favourites

[domesticated ape]

The Clash: White Man in Hammersmith Palais, White Riot, Janie Jones, I Fought the Law, Police and Thieves, Complete Control. London Calling too is that was '70s.

Neil Young: Cortez the Killer, Four Dead in Ohio.

Bob Marley: Redemption Song, Could You Be Loved (both released in 1980 but written in the '70s).

Bob Dylan: Tangled Up in Blue, Shelter from the Storm.

Plus lots of others that I can't think of right now...

[One on one]

"Float on" by the Floaters. 1977


"Cancer and my name is Larry, huh
And I like a woman that loves everything and everybody
And you know what ladies, if you feel that this is you
Then this is what I want you to do"

[domesticated ape]

I just found out that 'London Calling' was 1979 so that one is ok for the list. I was going to have Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division too but apparently that was from 1980. Bah.

[jamessd]

Maybe that's the version done with Aerosmith and Run DMC? That was in 86 or so

Yup was run DMC feat. Aerosmith :p

[critter]

Love most of the songs mentioned, here'e some more;

White light/white heat -- Lou Reed

smoke on the water -- Three dog

are we not men? -- Devo

Psycho Killer -- Talking Heads

[uni57]

Love most of the songs mentionedThat includes, needless to say, of course, Love Will Keep Us Together (right?). :)

[One on one]

Love most of the songs mentioned, here'e some more;

smoke on the water -- Three dog


Never heard their version, but I liked what Deep Purple did with that song.

[critter]

Never heard their version, but I liked what Deep Purple did with that song.

ha ha:D
thank you ....I knew something wasn't right. That song seems like a really long time ago.

[digigal1]

I was a kid in the 70s so my favorites were pop.

Sky High - Jigsaw

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

Love is Like Oxygen - Sweet

Rock On - David Essex

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Athena - The Who

Dream Weaver - Gary Wright

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Too many Olivia Newton-John songs to mention

[Mikefule]

Before I answer, can you clarify what you are looking for?

Do you want me to post the (70's) songs that were my favorites DURING the 1970's? Or do you want me to post the songs that I like today that were from the 1970's? I may have different answers.


Exactly the question I had in mind.

In the 70s, I was crazy about 1950s rock and roll. The contemporary stuff I liked included
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Queen)
"Rockabilly Rebel" (Matchbox)
"Ramalamadingdong" (Rocky Sharpe and the Replays)

I did buy Ace of Spades when it was in the charts!
(And "Coward of the County" by kenny Rogers, but let's draw a veil over that!)

I also liked Status Quo and the Rolling Stones.

Now as a 40 something, I have The Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Buzzcocks, Ruts, Skids, Slaughter and the Dogs, the Rezillos, Rush, The Exploited, and Angelic Upstarts in my 1970s collection. It's a mid life crisis thing. (Don't ask why Rush is in there?)

If I chose one record that I liked then that I still like now, it would be "Ever Fallen in Love With Someone You Shouldn't Have Fallen in Love With?" by Buzzcocks. The perfect power pop single.

[Mikefule]

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace



Wow! Nottingham's finest! My local supergroup! I'm filling up just to think of them. And don't forget, "Billy, Don't be a Hero!"

[uni57]

Don't ask why Rush is in thereI know you said not to... and it's a little off-topic, but...

Why is Rush in there? Why are we even asking that question?

Rush has been my all-time favorite band since I discovered them in 1980. Their music and the poetry of their lyrics have been stirring my soul for the last 27 years. There are other bands that I like a lot, but Rush, to me, stands in a category by themselves. Their music is like an old friend. It's similar to how a best friend is in a different category from all of your other friends. They are the person who answers the question "Who is it?" with "It's me." They are the person who is always welcome at your house. They are the person who doesn't always have to say "thank you" because you know how they feel.

[Mikefule]

I know you said not to... and it's a little off-topic, but...

Why is Rush in there? Why are we even asking that question?


Because if you look at the whole list (The Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Buzzcocks, Ruts, Skids, Slaughter and the Dogs, the Rezillos, Rush, The Exploited, and Angelic Upstarts ) 9 of the 10 are what I would loosely categorise as "punk". Say what you like about Rush, they could not be loosely categorised as punk.:)

Possibly you wouldn't recognise all the names (although "Slaughter and the Dogs" doesn't sound awfully like the name of a string quartet!) and you wouldn't have spotted that. It was a throwaway remark. I've nothing against Rush. There's a place for pretentious overblown twaddle in every good music collection.;)

[JJuggle]

Sofa No 2 - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Milky Way - Syd Barrett
Tales from Topographic Oceans - Yes
Circus of Death - Human League

[uni57]

Possibly you wouldn't recognise all the names (although "Slaughter and the Dogs" doesn't sound awfully like the name of a string quartet!)The music of Mannheim Steamroller does not sound anything like their name suggests, so I make no assumptions. I didn't recognize any of those names.

It was a throwaway remark. I've nothing against Rush. There's a place for pretentious overblown twaddle in every good music collection.;)Another throwaway remark? If you want pretentious and arrogant, listen to Tangerine Dream. Last time I went to their concert, they basically ignored the audience the whole time. The members of Rush, as far as I can tell, are down-to-earth people. I'm not sure what twaddle means, but it can't be good. :) Needless to say, I disagree!


Not sure when it was released, but I'll add...

"Blinded by the Light", by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

[forrestunifreak]

Iron Butterfly is 70's right?

[MuniAddict]

Iron Butterfly is 70's right?Nope, late 60's.
Albums:
1968: "Heavy"
1968: Their most successful album had their biggest hit same name as Album: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Iron_Butterfly/Discography/album/P4558/R9898/)
1969: "Ball"

[JJuggle]

Iron Butterfly is 70's right?
Absolutely Iron Butterfly is 70's. In the same sense that evolution isn't scientific fact.

[forrestunifreak]

Nope, late 60's.
Albums:
1968: "Heavy"
1968: Their most successful album had their biggest hit same name as Album: "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Iron_Butterfly/Discography/album/P4558/R9898/)
1969: "Ball"

Oh, well, '68 is close enough right?


In A Gadda Da Vida is a good song, and a couple others are okay...

[MuniAddict]

Oh, well, '68 is close enough right?


In A Gadda Da Vida is a good song, and a couple others are okay...You probably already knew this, but the *original* title and words to that song were: "In the Garden of Eden, baby!" I like the way it is better...we've just come to know it as, and got used the way it is.:D

Iron Butterfly (http://www.amiright.com/artists/ironbutterfly.shtml)'s, "In-A-Godda-Da-Vida"
Misheard Lyrics:

In the garden of eden
Original Lyrics:

In a godda da vida
According to the articles I've seen on this song, "In The Garden Of Eden" was the original title of the song, but the singer was too drunk/high/whatever to sing it properly, so it came out "In-a-Godda-Da-Vida." It might also explain why the song is like 15 minutes long.

VH-1's Pop Up Videos features Doug Ingle stating that he couldn't sing the song, but it wasn't influenced by drugs or anything else and that the title is Latin for Garden of Eden. I have a hard time believing that though because in latin Garden is "hortus" and Eden is "paradisus".


The Simpsons also did it up as a church hymn with the lyrics "In the Garden of Eden". Bart slips it into the church service as a hymnal, it sounds excellent with an organ by the way. It is available on the Simpsons Songs In The Key Of Springfield CD (http://www.cdnow.com/switch/from=sr-20029/target=buyweb_purchase/ddcn=SD-8122+72723+2).