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

Binky The Doormat said:
Yeah, and we complained like crazy about it.   :D

Prior to FM stations starting to play album rock that you would NEVER hear on AM, it was really a problem.  That's why FM was such a big deal.  
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not for me ... when i wanted the deep cut rock stuff, i switched over to 102.7 WNEW FM 

but, if you were in a car where the folks wanted AM, ya got the sweet stuff constantly ... or 101.1 WCBS FM, which was more oldies (doo-***, etc) driven.

i was born in '67, so i always had the choices available, and chose accordingly :shrug:   

ETA - I am gonna assume your response was not condescending ... I am quite ####### aware of the changes FM made, and how necessary it was. 

I think anyone participating in this draft would have likewise knowledge. 

BTW, I am forever thankful to those cheesy 70s AM runs ... #### yeah, I was exposed to a ton of different ####, and I am grateful for that 

 
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Oh, I am hopefully changing my pick by The Clash to the 1979 song and changing O-o-h Child to soul/funk disco song so that I might open up 1970. This is what happens when you're disorganized. But I'll knock '70 and '72 off of my list in a few days.  

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I'm trying real hard to think of another musician who was as jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-all-of-them as Glen Campbell. Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney, I guess; but those guys were stars from the beginning. Campbell was one of the few musicians who had a long, successful career behind the scenes and then became a bona fide superstar. Dude had an incredible voice and could play any damned instrument with a string attached as well as anyone else ever could.
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While never a superstar, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown is undoubtedly the king of great at everything in my book.

This is a very easy tune to play.

 
otb_lifer said:
rd. 25

take one part rockabilly, one part punk ... toss in a blender with the muckiest muck from the muckiest of mucked up swamps - sprinkle in the brilliant Alex Chilton (producer) at the controls  - and VOILA! 

The Cramps - Human Fly  (1977 song)

so they birthed a few genres here ... Psychobilly/Swampabilly/Punkabilly/Gothabilly/Horrorbilly - no matter what ya call it, one thing is certain - Lux (Elvis on 'shrooms) and Ivy (faithful sidekick, with her sweet pickin') forged a sound and style that stood out so distinctly, and it carved them their own unique niche in the rock universe.  

most of their damage was done from the 80s up until when Lux passed away a few years ago, but this here track is from their first ever proper recording sessions, and shows just how honed and tight they already were - BUZZBUZZ

legendary live performances, scores of infectious tracks and albums ... a seminal act that had balls, chops, a sweetly sick sense of humor - oh, and they rocked the #### out like none other - they were truly in their own demented little world, and bless them for that.
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Human Fly was a 1978 release as a single and 1979 on the Gravest Hits EP

 
Sorry, I have been pulled away for awhile, but I'm back

11.xx 1976 album Kansas - Lefioverture

Keep Calm and Carry On My Wayward Son

 
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12.xx 1973 album Queen I

underrtaed gem...liar, great king rat are underrated classics and should have received more AirPlay keep yourself alive is the radio hit.....great work and promising debut as they put all off the elements that made them a great band on display.  Great songwriting, great guitar work, great vocals and harmonies....

 
otb_lifer said:
Binky The Doormat said:
Yeah, and we complained like crazy about it.   :D

Prior to FM stations starting to play album rock that you would NEVER hear on AM, it was really a problem.  That's why FM was such a big deal.  
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not for me ... when i wanted the deep cut rock stuff, i switched over to 102.7 WNEW FM 

but, if you were in a car where the folks wanted AM, ya got the sweet stuff constantly ... or 101.1 WCBS FM, which was more oldies (doo-***, etc) driven.

i was born in '67, so i always had the choices available, and chose accordingly :shrug:   

ETA - I am gonna assume your response was not condescending ... I am quite ####### aware of the changes FM made, and how necessary it was. 

I think anyone participating in this draft would have likewise knowledge. 

BTW, I am forever thankful to those cheesy 70s AM runs ... #### yeah, I was exposed to a ton of different ####, and I am grateful for that 
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I'm a year older than you - I really loved that NYC AM radio in the 70's. When i was 13 (in 1979) I started on FM a bit, and it steadily grew until it dominated my listening. But while the music was better to my maturing ears, there was really none of that "gee wiz" magic of the AM dial. I have very fond memories of those stations. 

 
13.xx band on the run - wings. 1973 song

im going by the soreadsheet, so if I'm taking anything already selected, let me know

thanks

 
26.xx - Free To Be...You And Me - The New Seekers - 1972 Song 

Maybe trying to out-Tim Tim here, but this is Marlo Thomas and Kris Kristofferson together. I always loved the video of the little boy howling on the carousel as Kristofferson is introduced. That said, I always play it to make fun of it in political moments of dip####tery, where naivete cannot possibly last long, or can, and is just destructive. 

I especially love to play it for pacifists arguing against Islamophobia? Twain, where will we meet?  

But Stoff is the best.  

 
rd. 26

"Because The Night" - Patti Smith Group (1978 song)

couple things ...

A) Patti was not 'queen of the Punks' (that was actually Siouxsie) ... Smith was a boho/hippie/beatnik poet at heart.  but once Gilda Radner latched on to the 'Candy Slice' shtick, it was on, and it snowballed after that. the group were 'alternative' for sure, and got their start playing in the more 'punk' influenced clubs, getting gigs with bands breaking out from the genre ... but, just like Talking Heads and Blondie, that was really where the distinction ended.  

B) if i wrote 'The Big Lebowski' the famous line would've been "maaaan, i ####### hate Bruce Springsteen!" -  and the Eagles would've been spared :D

because, ya know, this was originally a Bruce tune (from the 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' sessions) - but he scrapped it, and producer Jimmy Iovine passed it along to label/studio mates Lenny Kaye and Patti, who only kept the chorus ... they reworked the rest of the song, and came up with this brilliant version. 

and, man ... it is just a wonderful piece of work ... her vocal is so hauntingly gorgeous, and the band chugs it along with very impressive chops.  this is pure rock n' roll, and it couldn't get the hell off my turntable that summer ... i popped this on every morning before heading out, headphones blasting.  finally got around to turning my circle on to it, but it was like pulling teeth ... they were very leery of this 'dirtbag skank'  :excited:  - but, hell, i thought she looked dead sexy on the 'Easter' cover  :shrug:

a commercial and critical success, and they deserved it ... yeah, there are raunchier, more political Patti tunes out there, but, this is my fondest memory of them, and it wound up turning a whole new audience on to their goodness.

 
26. Help Me - Joni Mitchell (1974 song)

Recorded with Tom Scott's L.A. Express jazz ensemble. Tom Scott is a jazz saxophonist who also played with the Blues Brothers band. The Prince song "Ballad of Dorothy Parker" (from his 1987 album Sign o' the Times) mentions the song in the lyrics. A reference to "Help Me" - "Joni, help me; I think I'm falling" - can also be heard in "Looking Through Patient Eyes" by P.M. Dawn. In the show South Park, the character Butters briefly sings this song in episode 2 of season 11, "Cartman Sucks". In the sixth season of TV series Shameless main character Frank Gallagher and her lover Queenie sing during breakfast the first half of the song.

Help Me

 
26.xx Sir Duke-Stevie Wonder (1977 song)

I think this is still available.  Spreadsheet is getting huge.

The Horn intro is fantastic.  Love this song.

 
My 21st pick,  Harry Chapin - Verities & Balderdash, is mislabeled song - should be singer songwriter album. 

1971 song You've got a friend, James Taylor

The only real question here is who did it better.  I've heard James Taylor's much more often, but King's version is simply fantastic.  I'll take James, but love this rendition from 2010 (with Joni Mitchell)

 
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24.06 -- 'Riders on the Storm' by The Doors, '71 song.

25.16 -- 'The Long Run' by the Eagles, '73 album.

26.06 -- 'Hemispheres' by Rush, '78 album.

 
Rove! said:
14.xx Elton John- Rocket Man - singer songwriter song
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I was kicking myself for both taking the Captain Fantastic album and my self-imposed rule of not taking the same artists twice.  Love this song and it fits so well in my current home city (Huntsville, AL - the Rocket city)

 
higgins said:
26.06 -- 'Hemispheres' by Rush, '78 album.
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I believe I specified that Rush should be ineligible in this draft for a very good reason: they suck. You have chosen to ignore my advice, and deserve punishment, though perhaps having to listen to an entire Rush album will suffice. 

 
timschochet said:
I believe I specified that Rush should be ineligible in this draft for a very good reason: they suck. You have chosen to ignore my advice, and deserve punishment, though perhaps having to listen to an entire Rush album will suffice. 
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You are a unique individual in that I would simultaneously like to have a beer/conversation with you and also strangle you to your death. I choose the higher ground. One day, timmy, when I am in your neck of the woods, I WILL enjoy a beer with you as we talk about life peacefully. That is my pledge.

 
higgins said:
You are a unique individual in that I would simultaneously like to have a beer/conversation with you and also strangle you to your death. I choose the higher ground. One day, timmy, when I am in your neck of the woods, I WILL enjoy a beer with you as we talk about life peacefully. That is my pledge.
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Will we be forced to listen to Geddy Lee's whiny voice in the background? 

 
26.xx - Love is Like Oxygen - Sweet - Hard/Classic Rock Song

Going against a self-imposed rule (because I already have a Sweet song), but I cannot let that crunchy guitar riff go unpicked. 

 
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When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck, sayin' /
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven p.m., the main hatchway caved in, he said /
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"

26.12: "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", Gordon Lightfoot  [link]  (soft rock/singer-songwriter song)


Chills when I was a kindergartener in my mom's station wagon when I didn't know what the man was singing about. More chills today now that I understand.
 

 
jwb said:
26.xx - Love is Like Oxygen - Sweet - Hard/Classic Rock Song

Going against a self-imposed rule (because I already have a Sweet song), but I cannot let that crunchy guitar riff go unpicked. 
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:thumbup:

Love the tempo and instrumentation changes. I had "Oxygen" queued up a few times in this draft -- had I not picked it so many times in the past, I'd have been a lot more likely to pull the trigger. Glad the song gets some spotlight.

 
dal_boys_phan said:
Was going to be my final pick - theme be darned... :rant:
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It was tight between this and another one, but this one is way more of a one-hit than the other artist (who I'm a little surprised hasn't shown up yet, if I'm not mistaken) so I figured I'd give Rhythm Heritage some love.

 
KarmaPolice said:
ah, #### it - it's too good of a song and an iconic one for obvious reasons..

25.xx:  THE CARS - Moving in Stereo (1978 song)
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So good. Totally blanked on at least getting this song onto my "possibles" list. I think Fast Times fools me into mentally placing this song in the early '80s.

Now "Stereo" really ushers in a sound, doesn't it? Could have come out 5-10 years later and have been totally in place.

 
Doug B said:
:thumbup:

Love the tempo and instrumentation changes. I had "Oxygen" queued up a few times in this draft -- had I not picked it so many times in the past, I'd have been a lot more likely to pull the trigger. Glad the song gets some spotlight.
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Sweet was a fun band and a breath of fresh air on rock radio compared to so many of their stuffier contemporaries.

 
Doug B said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck, sayin' /
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven p.m., the main hatchway caved in, he said /
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"

26.12: "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", Gordon Lightfoot  [link]  (soft rock/singer-songwriter song)


Chills when I was a kindergartener in my mom's station wagon when I didn't know what the man was singing about. More chills today now that I understand.
 
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I think this should count as 2 picks because this ####### song goes on forever. 

 
FUBAR said:
I was kicking myself for both taking the Captain Fantastic album and my self-imposed rule of not taking the same artists twice.  Love this song and it fits so well in my current home city (Huntsville, AL - the Rocket city)
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therevare so many great songs, I'm sure I will be kicking myself for the ones i didn't pick...this is a fantastic song and yet so hard to pick just one song in that category...

 
26.xx - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - American Girl (1977 song)

Was never a big fan of Petty until we finally saw him live on the tour after the Super Bowl appearance.  Could only take small does - did not think I could take a full show.  Boy was I mistaken.  This is not my favorite Petty tune, but still one of my favorites and since my two 1977 targets are gone, running out of desireable options for this slot and will use Petty here.  

American Girl

 
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Doug B said:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck, sayin' /
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven p.m., the main hatchway caved in, he said /
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"

26.12: "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", Gordon Lightfoot  [link]  (soft rock/singer-songwriter song)


Chills when I was a kindergartener in my mom's station wagon when I didn't know what the man was singing about. More chills today now that I understand.
 
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'the Church bell chimes/it rang twenty nine times/for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald'

such an epically gorgeous tribute.

 
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