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The 100 greatest songs of 1971 #1 “When the Levee Breaks” Led Zeppelin (1 Viewer)
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wikkidpissah
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God's Holy Trousers, does this mean i'm gonna have an Almost Famous moment in the frikkin Top 10 of this annus mirabilis?!? Not bloody likely - I quit!
zamboni
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timschochet
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18. David Bowie “Oh! You Pretty Things” (from Hunky Dory)
https://youtu.be/ixLm9eSYldE
The great Rick Wakeman (have we mentioned him yet?) joins Bowie on piano for one of his greatest songs which is “ostensibly” about the younger generation merging with superior extraterrestrials at the expense of their elders- if this sounds a little like Nazis in space, well, that’s the sort of thing Bowie flirted with at times. Set to a music hall tune, somehow the whole thing becomes a work of art.
https://youtu.be/ixLm9eSYldE
The great Rick Wakeman (have we mentioned him yet?) joins Bowie on piano for one of his greatest songs which is “ostensibly” about the younger generation merging with superior extraterrestrials at the expense of their elders- if this sounds a little like Nazis in space, well, that’s the sort of thing Bowie flirted with at times. Set to a music hall tune, somehow the whole thing becomes a work of art.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
The fact that 8 tracks could not be reversed hurt imo. Cassettes had that plus size and sound quality. And no clunks in the middle of a song.
northern exposure
Footballguy
I remember being in my older cousins' cars and they had to jam a book of matches by the tape so they could play some of their 8 track tapes.
I think it helped the tape make contact with the heads.
Ghost Rider
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Oh! You Pretty Things better than Queen #####? My head just exploded. 
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Yes, right up there with the other audiophile nightmare of taping a quarter to the tone arm to keep the needle on the record.
AAABatteries
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timschochet
Footballguy
Well you are Ghost Rider.Oh! You Pretty Things better than Queen #####? My head just exploded.
northern exposure
Footballguy
Or inserting a ballpoint pen into one of the holes on a cassette tape to manually rewind the tape when some of it spilled out. That was if you were lucky and the player didn't "eat" the tape.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
howzabout customizing a cassette by pinching in the top left tab so one couldn't record over it
northern exposure
Footballguy
Sure. But you could always put a piece of tape over that tab and then magically you could record over it again. I had a friend show me this trick and it was a game changer.
otb_lifer
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BobbyLayne
Footballguy
How many cassette tapes did we throw out because they started to squeak after being left out in the sun?
northern exposure
Footballguy
Sadly, too many.BobbyLayne said:
northern exposure
Footballguy
You must have been rich. We used pennies or if we were flush, a nickel.Leroy Hoard said:
northern exposure
Footballguy
Haha.They wouldn't have been safe from this fool. Wait a minute....that didn't come out right.otb_lifer said:... glad you weren't around my cassette collection - they were "foolproof"
Dr. Octopus
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Dr. Octopus
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timschochet
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17. Joni Mitchell “A Case of You” (from Blue)
https://youtu.be/0YuaZcylk_o
Earlier, at #42, this list had “My Old Man”, about Joni’s love affair with Graham Nash; “A Case of You”, written a few months later, is about their breakup. It’s largely regarded, along with “Both Sides Now” and “Woodstock” as her finest effort, and it’s actually much more sophisticated than those two great songs. The chord changes are much more influenced by jazz than by folk, which foreshadows her career after this record.
Joni was never as constant as the northern star, but she was awesome nonetheless.
https://youtu.be/0YuaZcylk_o
Earlier, at #42, this list had “My Old Man”, about Joni’s love affair with Graham Nash; “A Case of You”, written a few months later, is about their breakup. It’s largely regarded, along with “Both Sides Now” and “Woodstock” as her finest effort, and it’s actually much more sophisticated than those two great songs. The chord changes are much more influenced by jazz than by folk, which foreshadows her career after this record.
Joni was never as constant as the northern star, but she was awesome nonetheless.
northern exposure
Footballguy
I don't think I'm over the trauma of having "You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth" on Meatloaf's "Bat Out Of Hell" abruptly end and then start again when the tape switched to the next part.Leroy Hoard said:
Luckily my friend Jim had it on LP for our listening pleasure (it was a picture disc too, remember those?)
JB Breakfast Club
Footballguy
There are lots of great covers out there. I'm partial to Brandi Carlile's version which is a live set staple.
https://youtu.be/W-8eusALPRk
northern exposure
Footballguy
I grew up in Joni's hometown. So, every year in music class we had to learn another of her classic songs. Her odd tunings of the guitar drove me crazy and I could never master them. I blame Joni for the fact I am not currently a filthy rich, rock guitar god.
I'm sure my complete lack of musical talent has nothing to do with it.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I promise this is my last 8 track post in here. Double LPs like Physical Graffiti or Quadrophenia were the solution to this part of the 8 track problem. One album side per track, no interruptions.
BobbyLayne
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timschochet
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16. Rod Stewart “Mandolin Wind” (from Every Picture Tells a Story)
https://youtu.be/AlCLTWRFVyI
Oh I never was much with romantic words, so the next few lines come really hard
Don’t have much, but what I got is yours, except of course, my steel guitar
Ha! ‘Cause I know you don’t play, but I’ll teach you someday because I love ya
So sings Rod Stewart in this masterful ballad, one of the very best folk rock songs ever written.
https://youtu.be/AlCLTWRFVyI
Oh I never was much with romantic words, so the next few lines come really hard
Don’t have much, but what I got is yours, except of course, my steel guitar
Ha! ‘Cause I know you don’t play, but I’ll teach you someday because I love ya
So sings Rod Stewart in this masterful ballad, one of the very best folk rock songs ever written.
ProstheticRGK
Footballguy
First thing I thought, too. Never heard the Mandolin Wind song before. I'll give Tim credit for introducing me to some good, new stuff. Even if his rankings are even more debatable than the BCS.
Tau837
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Encyclopedia Brown
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A butter knife worked, too.northern exposure said:
FairWarning
Footballguy
I'll make an educated guess that Tim and I don't have many of the same 1971 albums.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Still waiting for the classic albums by Black Sabbath and the Moody Blues from 1971 to be featured in this countdown. 
Parinoid was a great album, but that was 1970. Masters of Reality from 71 is considered the classic metal album, but never listened to it. Is it better?Still waiting for the classic albums by Black Sabbath and the Moody Blues from 1971 to be featured in this countdown.
timschochet
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timschochet
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And Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, the Moody Blues album of 1971, is not very good IMO. Really the only song worthy of this list is “The Story In Your Eyes” but I couldn’t find room for it.
timschochet
Footballguy
15. The Who “Behind Blue Eyes” (from Who’s Next)
https://youtu.be/dMrImMedYRo
Originally this was supposed to be the villain’s song from the Lifehouse project, something along the lines of “Uncle Ernie” or “Cousin Kevin” from Tommy. I’m so glad they ended up not going there, because the idea that Daltrey is not necessarily playing a character, but could actually be expressing Pete’s inner thoughts makes the song much darker and hence richer IMO. In any event it’s an extraordinary effort both musically and especially lyrically; the line “my dreams are not as empty as my conscience seems to be” might be as good as anything Townshend ever wrote.
https://youtu.be/dMrImMedYRo
Originally this was supposed to be the villain’s song from the Lifehouse project, something along the lines of “Uncle Ernie” or “Cousin Kevin” from Tommy. I’m so glad they ended up not going there, because the idea that Daltrey is not necessarily playing a character, but could actually be expressing Pete’s inner thoughts makes the song much darker and hence richer IMO. In any event it’s an extraordinary effort both musically and especially lyrically; the line “my dreams are not as empty as my conscience seems to be” might be as good as anything Townshend ever wrote.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
No, but it's still a really good album, with several three metal classics (Sweet Leaf, Children of the Grave, Into the Void), plus a few killer deep cuts.
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Ghost Rider
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Also, at Rate Your Music, which is a good site for album rankings, Master of Reality is number 2 for the year 1971 (and that site generally does not favor metal).
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1971
https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/1971
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
As for Behind Blue Eyes, great song, one of the three best from Who's Next (along with Baba O'Riley and The Song Is Over), IMO. Love the switch behind soft and rocking in this one.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
I have to ask how they get the ratings because it looks like individuals make their own list. For the year 1971 their are pages and pages of individuals who made lists.
For instance this page is a list by some dude who has three albums, two by Alice Cooper:
A list by SrEspeso
I have to question if they compile the lists of the people on their site because... well. I'm dubious about their list from 71.
Bracie Smathers
Footballguy
No problemo. I got room on my 1971 list of leftovers for that one.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Their rankings are based solely on ratings from users, instead of a bunch of jugheads running a site and ranking them. It's not a definitive list or anything, but considering how popular the site is, it's not a bad site to reference.
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timschochet
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That voting reminds me of when Random House issued their Experts’ list of the 100 best novels of the 20th Century: #1 was Ulysses, #2 was The Great Gatsby, etc. Then they decided To open it up to Internet voting: #1 was Battlefield Earth, #2 was Atlas Shrugged.
Mr. Mojo
Footballguy
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Who the eff are you is pretty good. It comes in handy for a variety of situations.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
You can't be serious. That might have cost Cher or 3 Dog Night a spot.Still waiting for the classic albums by Black Sabbath and the Moody Blues from 1971 to be featured in this countdown.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
We can all be thankful that One Tin Soldier was released in 1969. We’re not quite out of the woods yet, though - the Cloven cover version used for the “film” Billy Jack was released in 1971.
timschochet
Footballguy
Sadly no room. And I am certainly betraying my youth here because the timschochet of 1971 would have ranked Coven’s version of “One Tin Soldier” second only to “Take Me Home, Country Roads” as greatest song of the year or perhaps ever. And as you for you mocking it: go ahead and hate your neighbor.
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