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

22.xx - Young, Loud, and Snotty - Dead Boys - Hard rock/classic rock album 

This one is clearly more hard rock than classic rock, but here it sits, this far into the draft, and I'm taking it. It's probably one of my favorite punk albums, with songs ranging from "Not Anymore" to "Sonic Reducer" to "I Need Lunch" and others, it's a stone classic in the rock/punk genre.  

 
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rd. 20 selection

question for you all ...

 from 1969 to 1974 - who had the most record sales, scored the most top-40 hits, and sold the most concert tickets?

:popcorn:

:coffee:

the answer to all three?

THREE DOG NIGHT  - The Show Must Go On (1974 song)

hell of a run they had, scoring that triple crown of the first half of the decade's key milestones ... always fascinated by this tune when i was younger, seeing as how we were herded to MSG whenever Ringling Bros. rolled into town (usually every year, around Easter) and, for a couple years, this would be blasting at the entrance. 

this TDN version is certainly more bombastic and grandiose than the original Leo Sayer recording - and that's why i grew to love it - the desperation and pathos are still there, but it's defiantly delivered, with a big "#### IT" ambiance ... has a glam/goth feel to it, sorta like the Dolls meet Specimen in Phil Spector's kitchen. 

considering the troubles the band were facing, and the turmoil around them here at the end of their run, it really fits

 
22

Brandy (you're a fine girl), looking glass 1972 song

In February 1972, Bob Mandel was the Epic Records Promotion Manager in Washington, DC. He received a test pressing of an album by a new group named "Looking Glass". He took the test pressing around to every radio station in the Washington/Baltimore region. At the time, WPGC AM/FM was one of the leading Top 40 stations in the country and was the number one radio station in DC. Harv Moore was the Program Director. He put the song into a one hour rotation for two days and as Harv related at the time, "the switchboard lit up like a Christmas tree". He said that he had never received a response like that on a record in his 15 years in radio. Based on the airplay at WPGC and all the other Top 40 stations that followed, Epic rush-released the single of "Brandy". Based on requests alone, two weeks later, when the single finally hit the stores, "Brandy" was the number one record in DC without a single copy yet sold. Other stations around the country started playing it and it ended up being a number one million seller. A year later when Harv celebrated his 10th Anniversary at WPGC, Looking Glass returned the favor and played at the bash the station held in his honor.

Just a beautiful song about a girl who loves a guy who'd rather be sailing.  

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor stories
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
She saw its ragin' glory
But he had always told the truth, lord, he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand

At night when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a silent town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say

She hears him say "Brandy, you're a fine girl" (you're a fine girl)
"What a good wife you would be" (such a fine girl)
"But my life, my lover, my lady is the sea

 
22.xx - Stevie Wonder – Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1970 song)

Just a quick write-up - saw Stevie at the Borgata more than a few years back.  Love his stuff, especially "Superstition", but since that is gone I'll go to my backup choice here.  And for the record, I like Stevie Ray Vaughn's cover version of "Superstition" more.

 
rd. 21 

All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (1972 song)

man do i love Ian Hunter, the great lost/forgotten soul of this era ... and he was at a desperate crossroads with Mott circa '71

enter Bowie, who originally offered them "Suffragette City", but ... Hunter held out for "Dudes", and the rest is history.

catapulted them to superstar status, and for a hot ####### minute, they may have been the biggest band in the world. 

certainly enough to be the first rock band to ever headline Broadway (Uris theater in Spring '74) ... which gives us this amazing live version

note that crying lead riff was belted out by Ariel Bender (nee Luther Grossnover, ex - Spooky Tooth), as original guitarist Mick Ralphs had exited Mott, and was busy forming Bad Co.  

have loved Hunter since first hearing Mott, and one of my great moments was catching a 70 year old Ian perform this at the Hoboken Arts and Music festival, in the Spring of 2010 ... Peter Buck handled the lead guitar honors that afternoon  :thumbup:

 
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Well then, for 1972 I'm going to go in a completely different direction...

Sammy Davis Jr. - "The Candy Man"- 1972 song

One of the last great songs of an older pre-rock era of pop. Written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the classic movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and this version was Sammy's signature song for years. 

 
22.xx - Hurricane - Bob Dylan - 1975 Song

Love, love, love this song. Tells a great story, and for a long song, holds your interest throughout. My wife generally can't stand anything by Bob Dylan, but even she really likes this one.

 
22.21 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974 song)

This brings back great memories. When this song came out every little kid in the neighborhood thought he was Bruce Lee.

 
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Buzzbait said:
22.21 Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974 song)

This song brings back great memories. When this song came out every little kid in the neighborhood thought he was Bruce Lee.
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 ... further accentuated by the Saturday morning hijinks of one Hong Kong Phooey  :D

 
On travel today ... going to drop two picks without comment:

   21.10: "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", Elton John  [link]  (1973 song)

   22.12: "Solsbury Hill", Peter Gabriel  [link]  (1977 song)

 
timschochet said:
Well then, for 1972 I'm going to go in a completely different direction...

Sammy Davis Jr. - "The Candy Man"- 1972 song

One of the last great songs of an older pre-rock era of pop. Written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the classic movie Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and this version was Sammy's signature song for years. 
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Here's a great video of Sammy and Tony singing a medley of Newley/Bricusse songs from 1972.  Two huge talents with much more idiosyncratic styles than you see nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYidEbwudQY

 
Buzzbait said:
Bah, sniped! I love Golden Earring and think they are highly under rated in the US. These guys are all fantastic musicians ...
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These guys were very forward facing -- "Radar Love" sounded a good decade ahead of its time in a sea of contemporary acoustic** folk-tinged popular music.

** nothing against acoustic pieces at all ... just saying that the song stood out starkly, in a good way.

 
21.xx  "All I Know"  Art Garfunkel  (1973 song)

I don't recall hearing this during the 70s but teenage Eephus would probably have hated it.  I would have thought Jimmy Webb was a writer of middlebrow schlock and Garfunkel was the less talented John Oates or Andrew Ridgeley type in Simon & Garfunkel.

You grow up, fall in love, get more sentimental and appreciative of beauty wherever you find it.  And this is one beautiful song.  Webb has a gift with soaring melodies and distinctive chord changes.  Garfunkel's angelic tenor is a perfect match for the over-the-top arrangement.  His versions of Webb's songs puts him up there with Glen Campbell and Richard Harris as interpreters of the songwriter's work.

 
Buzzbait said:
Loved that cartoon with Hong Kong Phooey voiced by Scatman Crothers!  :thumbup:
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I am stuck on my mobile for awhile (no YouTube access) ... but, there was a very cool comp released mid 90s called "Saturday Morning", featuring the alt heroes of the day covering those great theme songs (Liz Phair - Banana Splits!!")

Sublime did a fantastical job on the "Hong Kong Phooey" theme ... tripped out ska to the mutha jumpin' max  :thumbup:

 
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22.xx "Remember"  The Greg Kihn Band  (1978 song)

I remember loving this song the first time I heard it on the radio but it took me the longest time to figure out who did it.  In the olden days, you couldn't just point your cellphone at the speakers.  It took dedication to listen to end of block of songs in hope that he DJ would announce the songs before cutting to commercials.  It was even harder for a guy named Greg Kihn, not King or the Greckin Band.

 
Eephus said:
22.xx "Remember"  The Greg Kihn Band  (1978 song)

 It took dedication to listen to end of block of songs in hope that he DJ would announce the songs before cutting to commercials. 
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ear pressed on transistor speaker if outside, while yelling "shut the #### up!" at everyone ...

if I was home, I would run a cassette, and record 'til the block finished 

ETA: the cassette method was how I ascertained Thin Lizzy as the band behind "Boys Are Back In Town"... the hot rumor sold to everyone in my circle was that it was actually KISS  :lmao:

 
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I remember trading albums (on loan) with a friend in the summer of '80.  I gave him The B52s and London Calling and he gave me Next of Kihn and another (that I won't speak of just yet). Through a mix-up involving yet another trade with another friend, I ended up keeping Next of Kihn.  I loved the back-to-back side one finishers Remember and Chinatown but I could not tell you the name of another song on the album. Love the pick.

 
Eephus said:
22.xx "Remember"  The Greg Kihn Band  (1978 song)

I remember loving this song the first time I heard it on the radio but it took me the longest time to figure out who did it.  In the olden days, you couldn't just point your cellphone at the speakers.  It took dedication to listen to end of block of songs in hope that he DJ would announce the songs before cutting to commercials.  It was even harder for a guy named Greg Kihn, not King or the Greckin Band.
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Thanks for that one! When this was over, I immediately added three copies to my Spotify playlist. :headbang:  (Beats the heck out of Jeopardy)

 
Can't believe this is still on the board!

22.xx Soul/Funk/Disco Album - Imagination - Gladys Knight and the Pips

Watching the Pips and listening to G :wub: K  Midnight sing midnight train is truly just awesome. Just so much class and style. Groovin!

 
22.xx  Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1972) 1972 song

This song immediately transports me to the time period more than any other I've drafted yet. I don't play him very often but Binky's Rundgren-themed jukebox draft a few months ago got me listening to him more again.  This song just makes me feel nostalgic and happy.

 
otb_lifer said:
rd. 21 

All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (1972 song)

man do i love Ian Hunter, the great lost/forgotten soul of this era ... and he was at a desperate crossroads with Mott circa '71

enter Bowie, who originally offered them "Suffragette City", but ... Hunter held out for "Dudes", and the rest is history.

catapulted them to superstar status, and for a hot ####### minute, they may have been the biggest band in the world. 

certainly enough to be the first rock band to ever headline Broadway (Uris theater in Spring '74) ... which gives us this amazing live version

note that crying lead riff was belted out by Ariel Bender (nee Luther Grossnover, ex - Spooky Tooth), as original guitarist Mick Ralphs had exited Mott, and was busy forming Bad Co.  

have loved Hunter since first hearing Mott, and one of my great moments was catching a 70 year old Ian perform this at the Hoboken Arts and Music festival, in the Spring of 2010 ... Peter Buck handled the lead guitar honors that afternoon  :thumbup:




 
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Mott the Hoople rules.

 
otb_lifer said:
rd. 21 

All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (1972 song)

man do i love Ian Hunter, the great lost/forgotten soul of this era ... and he was at a desperate crossroads with Mott circa '71

enter Bowie, who originally offered them "Suffragette City", but ... Hunter held out for "Dudes", and the rest is history.

catapulted them to superstar status, and for a hot ####### minute, they may have been the biggest band in the world. 

certainly enough to be the first rock band to ever headline Broadway (Uris theater in Spring '74) ... which gives us this amazing live version

note that crying lead riff was belted out by Ariel Bender (nee Luther Grossnover, ex - Spooky Tooth), as original guitarist Mick Ralphs had exited Mott, and was busy forming Bad Co.  

have loved Hunter since first hearing Mott, and one of my great moments was catching a 70 year old Ian perform this at the Hoboken Arts and Music festival, in the Spring of 2010 ... Peter Buck handled the lead guitar honors that afternoon  :thumbup:
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Mick Ralphs was still in the band for this album and the one that followed (Mott).   In fact, Ralph's song "Ready For Love" appeared both on the All the Young Dudes album and later on Bad Company's debut.

Bender came on board just for the The Hoople album.  Mick Ronson toured behind that with Mott the Hoople and then both he and Hunter left and the band cratered. 

ETA:  :nerd:

 
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Eephus said:
Mick Ralphs was still in the band for this album and the one that followed (Mott).   In fact, Ralph's song "Ready For Love" appeared both on the All the Young Dudes album and later on Bad Company's debut.

Bender came on board just for the The Hoople album.  Mick Ronson toured behind that with Mott the Hoople and then both he and Hunter left and the band cratered. 

ETA:  :nerd:
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was referencing Bender for the '74 live version, not the "Dudes" studio sessions 

:banned:

 
23.xx - Angie - Rolling Stones - 1973 song

Angie...Angie/When will your clouds disappear? 

Was going to go with another song from this year named after somebody, but it's too darn long.  

 
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rd. 22

Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (1971 song)

"HOOO!!"

who says blue-eyed gingers ain't got no soul?!?

rockin' the livin' #### outta that Hammond organ - in a rollicking, foot stomping ode to a lost girlfriend - that can only get ya in the mood for singin' along.

one of the first songs i recall blasting from the 'big kids' rooms and radios ... always dug the fact that there are no guitars, yet it rips from start to finish ... he nailed this one pretty damn good, do ya know what i mean? 

 
23.xx - AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979 song, moving Prince's "I Wanna Be Your Lover", Round 19 pick to the funk category)

Only saw the boys once, but it was so worth it.  Looking to buy tickets during the pre sale, I noticed the "search for tickets, then join fan club" option.  What the heck, no cost to do so...holee crap 2nd row comes up.  Buy the tickets + gladly pay the $30 "fan club fee" and day-of-show the AC/DC fan wife asks where we are sitting.  I say "on the floor" and I get the rolled eyes - she hates floor seats.

Needless to say, when we kept walking forward on the floor of Continental Airlines Arena that night in 2008, she nearly lost her mind.  Add in that we were basically right in front of Angus the entire night and later that night, I was a rock star if you know what I mean.

This is my favorite draft eligible AC/DC song, so happy to get it (not as much of a big fan of the entire album, but it was on the short list a few times prior to @KarmaPolice selecting it).  Nothing overly fancy about the tune - just 3:29 of pure rock that punches you in the face.

 
23

Commodores - brick house 1977 song

Get your morning started right

Another song we loved back in college.  I'll always remember my roommate, who was about as straight white guy as you can get, singing this song one afternoon walking down our dorm hallway which happened to be a little less than half black.  He drew a few stares but more smiles.  Turns out he was returning from a rendezvous with Destiny. 

 
23.xx - The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace - 1974 Song

The 70's were filled with some fairly goofy / unconventional songs, and one-hit wonders. This song is both. If you were alive in the 70's, you instantly recognize it.

 
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