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1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post (1 Viewer)

Wow, just some great music being picked here. That Cars album is ALWAYS on my playlist, especially "Bye Bye Love", with it's incredible guitar licks. The Buzzcock's "Why Can't I Touch It?" has one of my favorite bass lines in all of rock music, and as for Earth Wind and Fire- that's about as good as music gets, period.

The Clash debut album was what I was specifically thinking of when I wrote that there were better early punk rock albums than Never Mind the Bullocks. 

 
The Cars debut album is sneaky good.  It's not generally considered in the upper reaches of the great Rock Album lists, but it should be.  I worked in radio for many years (I still do some play-by-play) and we were always getting research for various music formats.  I never worked regularly in Classic Rock, but I read a lot of research.  One piece was about selecting Albums to play in their entirety (The Midnight Album Jam or somesuch name) and which ones tested best with the target audience.  The Cars was consistently at the top of the list.  Only stalwarts like Boston's Debut and LZ IV had a higher percentage of songs that received consistent classic rock airplay (They each had six of eight tracks that were in regular rotation).  The Cars and LZ II each came in at six of nine tracks.  Very few albums can boast this kind of popularity. 

 
timschochet said:
3.07 David Bowie- Hunky Dory- 1971 Album

It's always been a question in my mind of which album is better, this one or Ziggy. We even had a thread about it here. Can't quite decide. Ziggy is more complete and themed, while this album, in my opinion is slightly stronger in terms of individual tunes (but even that's really close!)

"Changes", "Oh You Pretty Things", and "Life on Mars" are masterpieces, as good as songwriting gets in rock music, with "Andy Warhol" and "Song For Bob Dylan" not too far behind. Meanwhile, "Queen #####" is as great a hard rocker as anything out of the early 70s. And beyond that there are no weak songs on the album. A game changer in a year filled with incredible music. 
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it is to "Ziggy" as "Revolver" is to "Pepper"

 
I'm not sure this next pick is on anyone's radar for the earlier rounds but given that it's one of my favorite 70's album I'm going to take it now. 

3.09 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)  1979 album or post/punk

Joy Division is one of my favorite bands and likely has had the most influence on my current musical tastes. 

 
worrierking said:
The Cars debut album is sneaky good.  It's not generally considered in the upper reaches of the great Rock Album lists, but it should be.  I worked in radio for many years (I still do some play-by-play) and we were always getting research for various music formats.  I never worked regularly in Classic Rock, but I read a lot of research.  One piece was about selecting Albums to play in their entirety (The Midnight Album Jam or somesuch name) and which ones tested best with the target audience.  The Cars was consistently at the top of the list.  Only stalwarts like Boston's Debut and LZ IV had a higher percentage of songs that received consistent classic rock airplay (They each had six of eight tracks that were in regular rotation).  The Cars and LZ II each came in at six of nine tracks.  Very few albums can boast this kind of popularity. 
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The Cars never really got the Classic Rock cred they deserve. Maybe it's a little too pop for the guys who loved Zep or Floyd, or maybe they looked a little less dangerous than the typical rocker of the time. I was 12 in 1978, so it's hard for me to say, but the cars must have seemed like they were from the future in 1978. 

 
I forget how slow Timdrafts move.  I work tonight, so if you happen to get to my pick, skip me and I will draft later. 

The Cars was another great pick.  Not used to getting sniped so much this early. 

 
Tom Skerritt said:
I'm picking for dal_boys_phan (from a PM)...

3.06 -  Earth Wind and Fire - That's the Way of the World (soul/funk album)

Their only album that hit #1 and one that is both critically and listener highest rated amongst their output in the decade.  One of the best bands of the era for the genre.
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One of the best sounding albums of that era, too. Of course, that production gloss (& EWF's messiah self-image) gave George Clinton plenty of ammo to blast them whenever he got the chance.

EWF was one of the best self-contained ensembles of the decade. Those guys could play anything and play it well.

 
The Dreaded Marco said:
I'm not sure this next pick is on anyone's radar for the earlier rounds but given that it's one of my favorite 70's album I'm going to take it now. 

3.09 Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)  1979 album or post/punk

Joy Division is one of my favorite bands and likely has had the most influence on my current musical tastes. 
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fantastic pick, was definitely on my early radar (been sniped all day with the Clash, Hunky Dory and now this  :loco: )

the claustrophobic ambiance of this masterpiece always chills me.  when you get into Ian's atmosphere here, it's uncharted territory - nothing ever quite sounded like this.

 
KarmaPolice said:
I forget how slow Timdrafts move.  I work tonight, so if you happen to get to my pick, skip me and I will draft later. 

The Cars was another great pick.  Not used to getting sniped so much this early. 
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Probably because we're all picking albums now, and the pool is a lot shallower. Songs I'm sure will get very deep (I hope so anyway.) 

 
jwb said:
The Cars never really got the Classic Rock cred they deserve. Maybe it's a little too pop for the guys who loved Zep or Floyd, or maybe they looked a little less dangerous than the typical rocker of the time. I was 12 in 1978, so it's hard for me to say, but the cars must have seemed like they were from the future in 1978. 
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That was a really weird time for rock fans. I was 16 in '78. I was also raised on the rock that came out of the 60s and carried over to the 70s. The New Wavers and the punks didn't really sound like that, and it was tough for a lot of people to accept. Most of the legacy artists had, or soon would, petered out and......this is what was taking their heroes' place? At least in my school and circle, the guys who picked up on the new styles were the preppies and the jocks - two groups that didn't care all that much about Zep or Sabbath or Grand Funk.

AOR radio was (though it didn't know it) on its last legs then. They didn't have enough legacy guys left to fill programming and only a few of the newer acts were in the style those programmers were used to (Petty, Boston, Benetar, maybe a couple of others). So they reluctantly added a few of the New Wavers (don't ever recall hearing any punk there, though). The Cars got some play, as did "Call Me". By the early 80s it was all over, though, as I knew when I heard DC101 playing ####### "Allentown" like it was a new Hendrix single.

 
Making this quick, because I've got to run:

3.10: Silk Degrees, Boz Scaggs (1976 album)

"Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" were the big hits, with Scaggs being backed by three members of what would soon become Toto (keyboardist David Paich, bassist David Hungate, and wunderkind drummer Jeff Porcaro). Other tracks to recommend: "What Can I Say?" and the original version of "We're All Alone".

 
3.11 Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (album) - Funkadelic. I'm not sure what category I'm putting this in yet, because it's both the funkiest and hardest-rocking album of the decade. Check it out:

Whole Album

Couple of choice cuts:

Red Hot Momma (nsfw)

Title Track (also nsfw - hell, just figure all of these aren't clean)

Alice In My Fantasies

All songs credited to Clinton/Hazel. 

This record was the pinnacle of Funkadelic's Zappa/Hendrix/Sly/Whateverthehell phase. They cut one more album similar to this, but it wasn't nearly as loaded. White rock stations should be ashamed of themselves for not playing this. You can NOT rock harder than "Red Hot Momma", and they they were playing ####### Bad Company instead.

I also think - front to back - it features Eddie's best guitar playing.

I'm really tempted to put this in the "hard rock" category. I don't really care where the judges rank it there, but I'm trying to stay fairly true to how I consider the album.

 
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Uruk-Hai said:
I heard DC101 playing ####### "Allentown" like it was a new Hendrix single.
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There's a station I haven't heard mentioned in a long time. In the late nineties WHFS was the big modern rock station. DC101, wow, I can't even remember what they played.

 
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FUBAR said:
3.12 Damn the Torpedoes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1979 Album

I've literally written three different picks up now, but will settle on the album I considered taking back in round 1.  simply rocks.  every song, Not the highest ranked on various lists, but my fave.
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The first two TP albums had great songs but suffered from a thin, muffled production by Denny Cordell and poor promotion by their label. 

Damn the Torpedoes had (and still has) an immediacy to the sound that really stood out from the earlier stuff.  Stan Lynch's drums in particular just jump from the speakers.  Petty's original label Shelter had been sold and distribution rights horse-traded by the time of the third LP.  I was more interested in the music than the industry back then but the new label recognized what they had with the album and promoted the hell out of it.

 
rockaction said:
There's a station I haven't heard mentioned in a long time. In the late nineties WHFS was the big modern rock station. DC101, wow, I can't even remember what they played.
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HFS was one of the first underground tations in DC the late 60s. By the mid-70s, they had petered out. DC101 was the big AOR channel then - Howard Stern started there

 
Uruk-Hai said:
HFS was one of the first underground tations in DC the late 60s. By the mid-70s, they had petered out. DC101 was the big AOR channel then - Howard Stern started there
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Yeah DC101, iirc, was a huge station, I just can't remember what they played, which speaks probably more about my constantly weed smoking ### than it does about DC101's popularity and programming.

 
Almost every pick has been amazing, and we've just scratched the surface.  This thing could go 100 rounds if we wanted it to.

 
FUBAR said:
3.12 Damn the Torpedoes, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1979 Album

I've literally written three different picks up now, but will settle on the album I considered taking back in round 1.  simply rocks.  every song, Not the highest ranked on various lists, but my fave.
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Two of my cousins grew up in Gainesville, and my family would drive to see them every summer, and then go to Cocoa Beach. Those cousins are several years older than us, and always turned us on to music when we would visit. They introduced us to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers who were huge in Gainesville, and it was love at first listen. Anyway, you sniped me and that is all I have to say.

 
3.13 - Moondance - Van Morrison (1970 album)

Van the Man appearance! This is a nice album to kick back and relax to. This mix of soul, jazz, and light rock still sounds great today.

 
simey said:
3.13 - Moondance - Van Morrison (1970 album)

Van the Man appearance! This is a nice album to kick back and relax to. This mix of soul, jazz, and light rock still sounds great today.
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This is a great album - my favorite from him. You're right - great to kick back and relax to. 

 
simey said:
3.13 - Moondance - Van Morrison (1970 album)

Van the Man appearance! This is a nice album to kick back and relax to. This mix of soul, jazz, and light rock still sounds great today.
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Almost took this one with my last pick. Great album for sexy time. In fact, a great sex scene in An American Werewolf in London to Moondance. 

 
Doug B said:
Making this quick, because I've got to run:

3.10: Silk Degrees, Boz Scaggs (1976 album)

"Lowdown" and "Lido Shuffle" were the big hits, with Scaggs being backed by three members of what would soon become Toto (keyboardist David Paich, bassist David Hungate, and wunderkind drummer Jeff Porcaro). Other tracks to recommend: "What Can I Say?" and the original version of "We're All Alone".
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Need some opinions here:

Was originally thinking of Silk Degrees as my soft rock/singer-songwriter album, but thought it might not fly. What says the house?

 
timschochet said:
He wrote the music didn't he? Why not? 
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Yes, eight of ten tracks. I just went through Scaggs' 1970s albums, and he's generally written or co-written the songs on his albums, minus a handful. He recorded maybe half a dozen Allen Toussaint songs throughout the decade, including "What Do You Want the Girl to Do" on Silk Degrees.

In 1980, Scaggs began a partnership with David Foster, starting with the album Middle Man and Scaggs' work on the Urban Cowboy soundtrack.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
3.11 Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (album) - Funkadelic. I'm not sure what category I'm putting this in yet, because it's both the funkiest and hardest-rocking album of the decade. Check it out:

Whole Album

Couple of choice cuts:

Red Hot Momma (nsfw)

Title Track (also nsfw - hell, just figure all of these aren't clean)

Alice In My Fantasies

All songs credited to Clinton/Hazel. 

This record was the pinnacle of Funkadelic's Zappa/Hendrix/Sly/Whateverthehell phase. They cut one more album similar to this, but it wasn't nearly as loaded. White rock stations should be ashamed of themselves for not playing this. You can NOT rock harder than "Red Hot Momma", and they they were playing ####### Bad Company instead.

I also think - front to back - it features Eddie's best guitar playing.

I'm really tempted to put this in the "hard rock" category. I don't really care where the judges rank it there, but I'm trying to stay fairly true to how I consider the album.
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simey said:
3.13 - Moondance - Van Morrison (1970 album)

Van the Man appearance! This is a nice album to kick back and relax to. This mix of soul, jazz, and light rock still sounds great today.
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 Damn you guys!

New plan - don't think about picks or at least don't get my hopes up that anything will be there until my pick is up.  

 
Going to be unavailable during business hours (CDT) tomorrow and Friday. Please skip my picks and I will make them up in the evenings.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
3.11 Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On (album) - Funkadelic. I'm not sure what category I'm putting this in yet, because it's both the funkiest and hardest-rocking album of the decade. Check it out:

Whole Album

Couple of choice cuts:

Red Hot Momma (nsfw)

Title Track (also nsfw - hell, just figure all of these aren't clean)

Alice In My Fantasies

All songs credited to Clinton/Hazel. 

This record was the pinnacle of Funkadelic's Zappa/Hendrix/Sly/Whateverthehell phase. They cut one more album similar to this, but it wasn't nearly as loaded. White rock stations should be ashamed of themselves for not playing this. You can NOT rock harder than "Red Hot Momma", and they they were playing ####### Bad Company instead.

I also think - front to back - it features Eddie's best guitar playing.

I'm really tempted to put this in the "hard rock" category. I don't really care where the judges rank it there, but I'm trying to stay fairly true to how I consider the album.
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You're bringing tears to my eyes you beautiful Orc:)

 
worrierking said:
I think I am up.  If so let's do The Clash debut album for punk/post punk LP.

I prefer the US release to the UK issue, but either one is incredible.
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had to revisit this before we got too much further along ... one of their signature tracks never made it to either version, which is kinda perplexing, seeing as how it was such a vital cog in their formative repertoire:

the classic 1977

 
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