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

Uruk-Hai said:
"You're No Good" is by far my favorite Linda song. She, especially early on, had a tendency to use her incredible voice as a jackhammer. The way this record was put together plays right into that (plus, Everett was the same way making the dynamic an even better fit). I think some of her other covers were not as well-chosen to fit her style when she made them. But this record is a stone classic.
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Yeah, I don't think she fares well on more rock-ish stuff.  Songs like Tumbling Dice and Poor Poor Pitiful Me sound like she's a little girl trying on clothes in her mom's closet.

 
Eephus said:
I've come around on a lot of stuff that I didn't care for in the 70s but I've never developed any appreciation for Styx.   It used to drive me nuts in college because it seemed like all the guys with the most powerful stereo systems played stuff like Styx.




 
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Nailed it here.  I have to admit, I liked Styx for a period of time back then.  

However, the kid across the hall in our dorm had a ####ty stereo and would leave the "arm" off to the side so the album would play over and over ...and over.  

His favorite ...Styx.  

We broke every ####### Styx album he had.  

 
13:19:  Layla - Derek & the Dominoes - Hard Rock Song

I can't help it.  Gotta be my top rock song of all time.  I know it's name-sake album was taken ...but I am thinking a lot of singles on our lists will also be off of the albums taken.  

Also, looking at what typical singles are in these years - the tone of the Billboard singles lists are wayyy more "singlely" than a lot of good individual album songs.  

Not sure which way I want to go ...I think I will go with a least a few "non-singlely" album cuts.  

 
Binky The Doormat said:
13:19:  Layla - Derek & the Dominoes - Hard Rock Song

I can't help it.  Gotta be my top rock song of all time.  I know it's name-sake album was taken ...but I am thinking a lot of singles on our lists will also be off of the albums taken.  

Also, looking at what typical singles are in these years - the tone of the Billboard singles lists are wayyy more "singlely" than a lot of good individual album songs.  

Not sure which way I want to go ...I think I will go with a least a few "non-singlely" album cuts.  
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I could make a good case for this being the greatest rock song of all time. It's not, but I could still lay out a legit defense. In any case, it's a damned fine piece of music and one that'll be enjoyed as long as this kind of music is played.

 
15:19:  Yessongs - Yes - Wildcard Album

What's the ruling on this one?  I spent a lot of time with this triple album, I mean A LOT.  Painted an inner-liner picture on one entire wall of my bedroom ...

I am not ashamed of being a Yes lover to this day.  

ETA:  it's a live album ...so should fly.

 
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16:03:  We're An American Band - 1973 Song

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Holy #### I loved this song back in the day.  Between this and a big rockin' single from another of my fav album's I won't mention ...were the beer swillin', Camaro crusin, girl-sniffin', rites of sophomore HS year of freedom and the beginning of adulthood.  

If you don't like this song, you're not American GDammit.  AND this MF'er had more cowbell before BOC ever heard of a cowbell.  

Of course, Todd's production didn't hurt these mother ####ers either.   

 
Binky The Doormat said:
13:19:  Layla - Derek & the Dominoes - Hard Rock Song

I can't help it.  Gotta be my top rock song of all time.  I know it's name-sake album was taken ...but I am thinking a lot of singles on our lists will also be off of the albums taken.  

Also, looking at what typical singles are in these years - the tone of the Billboard singles lists are wayyy more "singlely" than a lot of good individual album songs.  

Not sure which way I want to go ...I think I will go with a least a few "non-singlely" album cuts.  
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I know I'm in the minutest minuscule population that think this, and I like more than a lot of Clapton's work, mainly the Bluesier stuff, and his guitar talent is legendary. But I've never ever nor will I never ever understand the love for this trainwreck of a song. Five minutes of him screaming LAAAAAAAAAYYYLAAAA and something else and five more minutes of a piano playing the same thing over and over.

 
simsarge said:
I know I'm in the minutest minuscule population that think this, and I like more than a lot of Clapton's work, mainly the Bluesier stuff, and his guitar talent is legendary. But I've never ever nor will I never ever understand the love for this trainwreck of a song. Five minutes of him screaming LAAAAAAAAAYYYLAAAA and something else and five more minutes of a piano playing the same thing over and over.




 
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:lmao:  That's ok sarge.  

I was really waiting for Tim to tell me how common and mundane this song is and that I really needed to become familiar with some obscure tribal blues album he and John McLaughlin penned along with some Ugandan warriors.   

Big fan of a lot of your picks though.

 
simsarge said:
I know I'm in the minutest minuscule population that think this, and I like more than a lot of Clapton's work, mainly the Bluesier stuff, and his guitar talent is legendary. But I've never ever nor will I never ever understand the love for this trainwreck of a song. Five minutes of him screaming LAAAAAAAAAYYYLAAAA and something else and five more minutes of a piano playing the same thing over and over.
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It takes some balls to write a song about banging another man's wife.  George Harrison forgave him.  I suppose the fact that George could have just about any woman he waned must've softened the blow.

 
Binky The Doormat said:
:lmao:  That's ok sarge.  

I was really waiting for Tim to tell me how common and mundane this song is and that I really needed to become familiar with some obscure tribal blues album he and John McLaughlin penned along with some Ugandan warriors.   

Big fan of a lot of your picks though.
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That old new guy on PBS writes Ugandan Blues songs with SWC and Hitler-Tim while drinking can smoked margaritas at their annual cheese roll luowow ? And here I thought I was just looking for some cool tunes... :shrug:

 
Binky The Doormat said:
:lmao:  That's ok sarge.  

I was really waiting for Tim to tell me how common and mundane this song is and that I really needed to become familiar with some obscure tribal blues album he and John McLaughlin penned along with some Ugandan warriors.   

Big fan of a lot of your picks though.
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Me? I love that song. I'm creeped out by what happened to Jim Gordon though. 

 
Guess I’ll start today's proceedings…

“The only thing we have to fear is Fear itself"

– FDR, who managed to spotlight more than a few years before this band hit the punk scene

17.xx - Fear – I Love Livin’ In The City (to be used as my punk song)(1978 release)

Cheating ever so slightly on my “only artists I’ve seen live” theme.  Never saw Fear live, but I did see Fear lead singer Lee Ving play this one at the Sound City Players show at the Hammerstein in 2013, so that is how I am qualifying it to my theme.  That night, I wasn’t a big fan of Ving’s set live - he was the only artist that night I had never heard of previously and BY FAR the only set I didn't care for.  But being a little short of ‘70’s era punk artists seen live and vowing to not repeat artists from my album selections, this literally is my only option.  Of the Fear songs Ving covered that night, this was their only ‘70’s release per Wikipedia.

Considered here a song with Brexit relevancy, as there is a ‘70’s song I've seen covered live, but I'll leave that one for someone else.  And, at least with this one I have the same singer.  Honestly, the only upside I can point to about this song is that it will only be two minutes on my playlist.

 
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The Dickies- "I'm Stuck In A Pagoda (With Tricia Toyota)"- Punk song

For me, the funniest rock band ever. The song is one of my favorite of theirs- Tricia Toyota was a local newscaster. The lyrics are completely irreverent, while the music is startlingly good. Great band. 

 
My knowledge of punk/post punk is very thin and I've let this category slide until now. There are only two more albums that fit this category that I have on my list so better get one of them now before I'm stuck.

17.01 Wire - Chairs Missing Punk/post-punk album

Pink Flag was drafted LONG ago at 2.04 and is considered Wire's best but I think Chairs Missing is fantastic value 15 rounds later.

 
FUBAR said:
17.fubar Play that funky music white boy  Wild Cherry, funk song

Must have been playing when I was in the crib (it was the top hit for my first month alive). Easily fits all my criteria and the song even makes my wife smile. 
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I bought a funk compilation CD in the early 90s that had this song on it. But they edited over all of the "white boy"s with something like "bad boy" (can't recall exactly what it was).

 
17.xx - Yes, Close to the Edge - 1972 Album

How much one likes this pick depends on how much one likes prog rock - because they were full on prog here. I recently saw them do this entire album at the Beacon in NYC (basically the entire original band, minus singer. But they guy they got - from a Yes tribute band - sounded so good even all the hardcore fans said he sounded better than Jon Anderson - Steve Howe was awesome, too).    

 
Uruk-Hai said:
I bought a funk compilation CD in the early 90s that had this song on it. But they edited over all of the "white boy"s with something like "bad boy" (can't recall exactly what it was).
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:lol: at the racial debauchery (hmmm, my phone changed sensitivity to debauchery, it's trying to tell me something)

 
Metallica was obsessed with them, but let's not hold that against them.  I was going to take the full album, but for whatever reason I was trying to stick to stuff that was on spotify so judges can listen if they need to, so I will just take a song off the album since that can be linked easily. 

17.xx:  BUDGIE -  Nude Disintegrating Parachutist Woman (1971 song)


 

 
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Just to be clear, we're good with taking covers and live versions of songs that were released on studio albums before the 70s, right?   That might be sort of cheating but there's a cover I want. 

 
FUBAR said:
Just to be clear, we're good with taking covers and live versions of songs that were released on studio albums before the 70s, right?   That might be sort of cheating but there's a cover I want. 
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I think tim already opened that can of worms, so go for it. 

 
17.xx Songs of Love and Hate-Leonard Cohen (1971 Album)

Dark as death metal, but it's folkish singer/songwriter.  Cohen is a great poet/lyricist, and like Dylan his songs are frequently better in cover versions.  I think this set is his best overall and I think it is best sung by him because the subject matter is so personal and depressing.

 
Now that we are getting deeper into the draft, there are a lot more picks that I am unfamiliar with. I can't wait to have an afternoon or evening to spare so I can explore some of these.  A six pack and youtube and I will have a great time.  Thanks all for some great suggestions.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
"You're No Good" is by far my favorite Linda song. She, especially early on, had a tendency to use her incredible voice as a jackhammer. The way this record was put together plays right into that (plus, Everett was the same way making the dynamic an even better fit). I think some of her other covers were not as well-chosen to fit her style when she made them. But this record is a stone classic.
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Great voice. My go to music after "One of those days" are her Nelson Riddle collaborations.

 
I'd probably rate my all time female singers voices 1, Karen Carpenter 2, Ann Wilson and 3. Ronstadt. There's others that I like their music more (Etheridge, King), but vocally they're on a different tier than these 3

 
simsarge said:
Great voice. My go to music after "One of those days" are her Nelson Riddle collaborations.
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I went back a while ago and listened to Ronstadt's "new wave" album Mad Love.  My roommate bought a copy in 1980 and I remember we all made fun of it (and him) because the record was such an obvious poseur career turn.

It's not a great album in large part because Ronstadt doesn't seem comfortable with the material (Christgau compared her versions of Elvis Costello songs to Ethel Merman covering Costello).  But the record isn't without its virtues.  The song selection is excellent, with three Costellos, a Hollies song and a bunch of tracks by underrated LA power pop band The Cretones.  The musicianship and recording quality is top notch of course and Ronstadt's voice is as strong as ever.

The biggest differences are distance and perspective.  In 1980, it was impossible to listen to the record without thinking of the ridiculousness of the whole endeavor but 36 years later, it's just a record that I can enjoy for the music in the grooves. 

 
I don't think Peter Asher knew what to do with Ronstadt. Part of it was the need to slot musicians into genres - the "You're No Good" link Eephus provided has Feliciano calling her a country artist, for just one example. I think she needed someone more like Todd Rundgren, who gave less than zero ####s about labels - to just turn her loose.

 
Back in the mid-80s, Ronstadt made a good album with Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton called Trio. The album won a couple grammys. All three enjoy collaborating with others, and all three are good friends, so this country album was perfect for them and their talents. On a side note, Ronstadt sang with Emmylou on the track "In My Hour of Darkness" on the Grams Parsons album I drafted.

 
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