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1970s music draft- Link to google spreadsheet in first post (2 Viewers)

Harry Chapin "Taxi"- singer/songwriter song 

and then she said "How are you Harry?" And I said "How are ya Sue?

"Through the too many miles and the too little smiles, I still remember you!" 

Priceless. 

 
simey said:
During junior high school, a fella wearing platform shoes accidentally stepped on my big toe, and the toenail turned black and fell off.  :X
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I can believe it. Unlike women's high heels, stacks and platforms were solid masses of potential death and destruction. 

 
19.xx - Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979 song)

Link to Song Video

RIP to Prince, one of the greatest artists in any genre.  This is perhaps the only worthwhile way to get him in this draft, so while not my favorite song from him (Raspberry Beret) or my favorite album (Purple Rain), wanted to take it to represent the brilliance that he would bring to the masses in the '80's.

Saw him on only one tour (Musicology in 2004), but it was so good.  Would have considered going to see him on the latest journey of him and piano, but now he is onto bigger things.

 
19.21 - Knock Three Times  (1971 Song ) by Dawn and Tony Orlando

Lots of candidates here, but and there were a couple I liked for this spot a little better. But nothing that fit both the Breezy and Cheezy bill AND had a God Awful video to up the cheese factor.

20.01   I was going to go in chronological order, but NO FREAKIN' WAY I was going to let myself get sniped on this pick.

1974 Song  -  Clap for the Wolfman by the Guess Who Link!

 
Uruk-Hai said:
If you have to have one Steely Dan album, I'm not so sure you getting sniped on Aja was a bad thing. This is a really, really good record; I think it's their best and had the best version of the band on it.

I think it was Eephus a few pages ago who mentioned how good 70s records still sound. This could be Exhibit A for that argument.
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I like Pretzel Logic and the album that followed it out of Steely Dan's catalog  These albums came out right around the time Fagen & Becker ditched the rest of the band so there's the complexity and musicianship that the session men brought.  But this was the last time they were still primarily a rock band playing three minute songs. 

 
simsarge said:
19.21 - Knock Three Times  (1971 Song ) by Dawn and Tony Orlando

Lots of candidates here, but and there were a couple I liked for this spot a little better. But nothing that fit both the Breezy and Cheezy bill AND had a God Awful video to up the cheese factor.

20.01   I was going to go in chronological order, but NO FREAKIN' WAY I was going to let myself get sniped on this pick.

1974 Song  -  Clap for the Wolfman by the Guess Who Link!
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Did you know we're not picking in order anymore (and haven't for a week)? One pick a day - I think we should be at 19.

 
simey said:
19.xx - Strange Way - Firefall (1978 song)

This is one of my favorite songs from the 70s. Firefall was a band that formed in Colorado, and the core members were Rick Roberts (Flying Burrito Brothers), Jock Bartley (Gram Parson's Fallen Angels), Michael Clarke (The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers), Mark Andes (Spirit), Larry Burnett, and David Muse.
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You just don't hear about these guys anymore.  They were ginormous.   

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Just to be clear: I totally would have worn those clothes back in the day when I wasn't rocking my denim 3 piece suit and stacked heels. 
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:lmao:  I did have a 3 piece burnt orange suit from J. Riggins that I was pretty proud of - also with some sweet wedge platforms.  

J. Riggins, Chess King, and Merry-Go-Round ...

 
Binky The Doormat said:
:lmao:  I did have a 3 piece burnt orange suit from J. Riggins that I was pretty proud of - also with some sweet wedge platforms.  

J. Riggins, Chess King, and Merry-Go-Round ...
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Thank God there were no cell phone cameras back in the day, because I wore that suit/shoes combo to school one day with a hat like Henry Blake wore on M*A*S*H*. Ok, maybe I wore it to school more than one day :bag:

 
Binky The Doormat said:
:lmao:  I did have a 3 piece burnt orange suit from J. Riggins that I was pretty proud of - also with some sweet wedge platforms.  
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my biggie was an electric blue velour suit that - I JUST HAD TO HAVE!!! - for grammar school exit day  :lmao:

95 ####### degrees, in a 100 yr old building, with no AC ...

'BUT DIG MY VELOUR, MAN!"

 
dal_boys_phan said:
19.xx - Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979 song)

Link to Song Video

RIP to Prince, one of the greatest artists in any genre.  This is perhaps the only worthwhile way to get him in this draft, so while not my favorite song from him (Raspberry Beret) or my favorite album (Purple Rain), wanted to take it to represent the brilliance that he would bring to the masses in the '80's.
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Hey, no need to apologize. IWBYL is a solid tune, and represents a herculean effort by Prince in the studio (he was still playing almost every instrument himself. Not only that, it was truly a crystal ball into what was soon to come -- kick-### dance music was able to shake off whatever bad rep the weaker end of disco had lent.

 
19.17:  Across the Universe - The Beatles - 1970 Song

Not the obvious pick from the album ...and there is another not obvious one on here that I also love.  Tough pick.  

song link

 
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19.10: "Do Ya", The Move  [link]  (1972 song)

The Move was Jeff Lynne's band before he and fellow "Movers" Roy Wood and Bev Bevan transitioned their trio into the Electric Light Orchestra. This original version of "Do Ya" has a distinct garage-band sound, with very stripped down production. Also enough cowbell to keep Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell happy for weeks :D

 
Doug B said:
19.10: "Do Ya", The Move  [link]  (1972 song)

The Move was Jeff Lynne's band before he and fellow "Movers" Roy Wood and Bev Bevan transitioned their trio into the Electric Light Orchestra. This original version of "Do Ya" has a distinct garage-band sound, with very stripped down production. Also enough cowbell to keep Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell happy for weeks :D
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I like this version better than ELO's. Nice pick!

 
Doug B said:
Don't know what happened to the other guys, but Mark Andes ended up holding down the bass for Heart during their 1980s rebirth as pop-rock superstars.
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Andes and his brother Matt used to play in Spirit and later in Jo Jo Gunne.  The latter band's debut album was the second recordI ever bought as a kid.

"Run Run Run" is still my jam

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Doug B said:
19.10: "Do Ya", The Move  [link]  (1972 song)

The Move was Jeff Lynne's band before he and fellow "Movers" Roy Wood and Bev Bevan transitioned their trio into the Electric Light Orchestra. This original version of "Do Ya" has a distinct garage-band sound, with very stripped down production. Also enough cowbell to keep Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell happy for weeks :D
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I like this version better than ELO's. Nice pick!
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Another Live version

I can't help myself ... :bag:

 
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Thought something by these guys would have been taken, but it didn't look like it on the spreadsheet.  Didn't have much of a list for this category, so I should snag it now:

19.xx: STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - Alternative Ulster (punk/post punk song)

 
rd. 19

Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (1970 song)

wherein we see the birth of  'Jews for Jesus'  :P

it's a revival meetin' up in here with this one ... can just feel the collection plate getting passed around amidst the crunching, feedback drenched riffs - one of the most distinctive guitar recordings we've ever heard, a rollicking 4 minute hand clapper.  although heavily themed towards Christian spirituality, Greenbaum contended that it was actually an homage to folks in Westerns who wanted to 'die with their boots on' - but, meh, i prefer the JFJ origin i cited above   :thumbup:   

damn, i do love this tune.

oh, and would be remiss not to include the Goth Pop styling of the awesome 1986 reboot by Doctor and the Medics  :D

 
20.xx - Chicago – Saturday In The Park (1972 song)

Another song that my parents introduced me to, never appreciated until much later in life.  Meeting the guys after a show at the Spectrum in the late '80's and getting my mom's favorite Jimmy Pankow's autograph on my ticket helped bail me out big time for missing curfew that night.  

 
20.xx - Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty - 1978 Song

Gerry is already in my list with Stealers Wheel/Stuck in the Middle, but I love this song too, so he make a solo appearance now. This song has a little bit of everything, and holds up really well today. 

 
Don't know how I forgot about this one - I think I accidently had it down for another year.  I am going to move The Meters' album to the funk album category, and take for my 1974 album:

20.xx: Blue Öyster Cult - Secret Treaties (1974 album)


 

 
20.xx - I'm Sorry - John Denver (singer-songwriter song)

I like so many of his songs, but I chose this one since it always has a way of sticking in my head for days if I hear it. I like the melody, lyrics, and overall just think it is a well crafted song. He wrote this song as an apology to his then wife, Anne (Annie). I guess she forgave him since she stayed with him for several more years, but they would divorce in 1982.  They would become good friends in the years after the divorce. This would be his last #1 hit. It was #1 on the Hot 100, Easy Listening, and Country Music Singles charts.

 
Please change my selection of 'Superstition' from '72 song to wildcard song. TIA -- :thumbup:

20.06 -- 'Ventura Highway' by America, '72 song.

 
20.xx Shake Some Action--The Flamin' Groovies (1976 song)

One of the great lost party anthems.  The remixed version that came out in the 90s may be even better, since it punched up the guitars. 

 
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