Best 70's songs

buckshot500 wrote: »

joeporta wrote: »

buckshot500 wrote: »

For the record I'm a hard rocker. I grew up on the beginnings of heavy metal. The roots of this genre are well documented and I was rocking out on Black Sabbath by 1977 at the age of EDIT;14. That said, I was rocking out on Pink Floyd's Animals album that same year. Once I discovered Dark side of the moon, I realized the genius behind the lyrics and music of this band. One cannot discount the relevance and musicianship of Pink Floyd and consider themselves any kind of authority on music of that era. Your argument is invalid. Your personal taste has no weight in this discussion.

I hope this hyperbole is not directed at me mate!

Not particularly, just a generalized statement. I could go on about David Gilmour's incredible guitar playing all day. About how deeply affected Roger Waters was by Sid Barret's LSD induced insanity, and how that in turn was the reason behind the depressing music. But the fact is the band was cutting edge with each album released. They had tons of hits and countless fans. All this, before The Wall was even released. They are rock stars, through and through.
To imply that they weren't great musicians is disrespectful.

I am also a big fan of the Ramones, for the record.

Miss_1999 wrote: »

Just like my 80's list, it's gonna get real:

Blinded By The Light- Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Jackie Blue- Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Strange Magic- OMD

Dancing Queen- ABBA

Midnight Rider- Allman Brothers

Magnet and Steel- Walter Egan

Stumblin' In- Suzie Quatro & Chris Norman

Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd

Fat Bottomed Girls- Queen

You're So Vain- Carly Simon

Pina Colada Sing- Rupert Holmes

Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd

Baba O' Riley- The Who

My Sweet Lord- George Harrison

Instant Karma- John Lennon

The Chain- Fleetwood Mac

Dream On- Aerosmith

Shooting Star- Bad Company

Hotel California- The Eagles

Let It Be- The Beatles

One Way or Another- Blondie

Mandy- Barry Manilow

Reunited- Peaches and Herb

Without You- Harry Nilsson

Don't Fear The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd

Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin

All By Myself- Eric Carmen

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)- The Hollies

We're All Alone- Rita Coolidge

Levon- Elton John

Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen

Cruel To Be Kind- Nick Lowe

Young Lust- Pink Floyd

Fooled Around And Fell In Love- Elvin Bishop

If You Could Read My Mind- Gordon Lightfoot

Let It Be Me- Ray Lamontagne

Goodbye Stranger- Supertramp

Beast of Burden- Rolling Stones

I Go Crazy- Paul Davis

Fernando- ABBA

Spirit In The Sky- Norman Greenbaum

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad- Meatloaf

American Pie- Don McLean


There are SO many more, but that's enough for now.

joeporta wrote: »

AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »

buckshot500 wrote: »

For the record I'm a hard rocker. I grew up on the beginnings of heavy metal. The roots of this genre are well documented and I was rocking out on Black Sabbath by 1977 at the age of EDIT;14. That said, I was rocking out on Pink Floyd's Animals album that same year. Once I discovered Dark side of the moon, I realized the genius behind the lyrics and music of this band. One cannot discount the relevance and musicianship of Pink Floyd and consider themselves any kind of authority on music of that era. Your argument is invalid. Your personal taste has no weight in this discussion.

Say Rock-rock uh Rockaway Beach 137 times for penance. Then, in the same monotone, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 153 times.

Best. Lyrics. Eva.

I'd rather say monotone 1000000 times than listen to a single note that Pink Floyd played

(Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?)
reaches for my .38!!!!

Missjulesdid wrote: »

Miss_1999 wrote: »

Just like my 80's list, it's gonna get real:

Blinded By The Light- Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Jackie Blue- Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Strange Magic- OMD

Dancing Queen- ABBA

Midnight Rider- Allman Brothers

Magnet and Steel- Walter Egan

Stumblin' In- Suzie Quatro & Chris Norman

Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd

Fat Bottomed Girls- Queen

You're So Vain- Carly Simon

Pina Colada Sing- Rupert Holmes

Free Bird- Lynyrd Skynyrd

Baba O' Riley- The Who

My Sweet Lord- George Harrison

Instant Karma- John Lennon

The Chain- Fleetwood Mac

Dream On- Aerosmith

Shooting Star- Bad Company

Hotel California- The Eagles

Let It Be- The Beatles

One Way or Another- Blondie

Mandy- Barry Manilow

Reunited- Peaches and Herb

Without You- Harry Nilsson

Don't Fear The Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd

Me and Bobby McGee- Janis Joplin

All By Myself- Eric Carmen

Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)- The Hollies

We're All Alone- Rita Coolidge

Levon- Elton John

Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen

Cruel To Be Kind- Nick Lowe

Young Lust- Pink Floyd

Fooled Around And Fell In Love- Elvin Bishop

If You Could Read My Mind- Gordon Lightfoot

Let It Be Me- Ray Lamontagne

Goodbye Stranger- Supertramp

Beast of Burden- Rolling Stones

I Go Crazy- Paul Davis

Fernando- ABBA

Spirit In The Sky- Norman Greenbaum

Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad- Meatloaf

American Pie- Don McLean


There are SO many more, but that's enough for now.

Marry me?

PurringMyrrh wrote: »

joeporta wrote: »

AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »

buckshot500 wrote: »

For the record I'm a hard rocker. I grew up on the beginnings of heavy metal. The roots of this genre are well documented and I was rocking out on Black Sabbath by 1977 at the age of EDIT;14. That said, I was rocking out on Pink Floyd's Animals album that same year. Once I discovered Dark side of the moon, I realized the genius behind the lyrics and music of this band. One cannot discount the relevance and musicianship of Pink Floyd and consider themselves any kind of authority on music of that era. Your argument is invalid. Your personal taste has no weight in this discussion.

Say Rock-rock uh Rockaway Beach 137 times for penance. Then, in the same monotone, Sheena Is A Punk Rocker 153 times.

Best. Lyrics. Eva.

I'd rather say monotone 1000000 times than listen to a single note that Pink Floyd played

(Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange a walk on part in the war, for a lead role in a cage?)
reaches for my .38!!!!

I've got the same issue with Zeppelin as you do with Floyd. I could go the rest of my life without hearing one single note of one of their whiny, overrated songs and that still wouldn't be long enough. Complete garbage to my ears.