Name 5 songs from the 1970s off the top of your head (1 Viewer)

[Gachi]

Don't even think hard about it, just the first 5 that come to mind.

My 5:

Roller coaster of Love - Ohio Players

Stop on by - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Rigor Mortis - Cameo

Pretty sure these are all 70s songs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[rockaction]

Crap. I'll play.

Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols

Taking Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Box of Rain - Grateful Dead

Everything I Own - Bread

Chic - Le Freak

 

[jamny]

Walk this way

Cat Scratch Fever

Stairway to Heaven

Highway to Hell

2112

 

[msommer]

Stairway to heaven

Black Dog

Child in Time

Paranoid

Down by the River

 

[otello]

Kung fu fighting

Afternoon delight

Billy don't be a hero

Philadelphia freedom

Born to run

 

[Godsbrother]

Don't even think hard about it, just the first 5 that come to mind.

My 5:

Roller coaster of Love - Ohio Players

Stop on by - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Rigor Mortis - Cameo

Pretty sure these are all 70s songs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

They are all awful.

 

[Apple Jack]

Dancing Queen

Terrapin Station

Ashley's Roachclip

Fire and Rain

The Night Chicago Died

 

[satch]

Reminiscing

Sailing

Let's Get it On

If You Leave Me Now

Easy

Not sure if they're all 70's.

 

[NCCommish]

Layla

Get Up

What's Going On

Heart of Gold

Comfortably Numb

 

[NCCommish]

I was rolling by the time I got those 5 so I thought I's add 5 more:

American Pie

Won't Get Fooled Again

Let's Stay Together

Money

Tangled up in Blue

 

[timschochet]

Just went to see the Eagles, and it was an incredible show. They all sounded great, especially Joe Walsh, who sang:

In The City

Pretty Maids All In A Row

Funk # 49

Life's Been Good

Rocky Mountain Way

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

Let it ride

Lowdown

Disco Inferno

Superstition

You'll never find another love like mine

 

[Tyranny]

Ain't Talking bout love- VanHalen

Whole Lot of Rosie - AC/DC

Great White Buffalo - Nugent

Walk This Way - Aerosmith

Sinner - Priest

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Off the top of my head. Not considered enough to be a "Top 5". Just 5 I really like.

Let's Get It On -- Marvin Gaye

Jesus People of America -- Stevie Wonder

Tumblin Dice -- Stones

Stay With Me -- Faces

All the Young Dudes -- Mott the Hoople

 

[HellToupee]

Heroes-Bowie

Love is the Drug-Roxy Music

Salisbury Hill-Peter Gabriel

Search & Destroy-The Stooges

Tiny Dancer-Elton John

 

[Mr. Ected]

Heroes-Bowie

Love is the Drug-Roxy Music

Salisbury Hill-Peter Gabriel

Search & Destroy-The Stooges

Tiny Dancer-Elton John

Salisbury Hill is an awesome song.

Here is Dave Grohl doing Tiny Dancer on a late nite show. Funny.

My 5:

Close to You - The Carpenters

Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

Biko - Peter Gabriel

Just What I Needed - The Cars

Message in a Bottle - The Police

 

[Ilov80s]

Going to California

Hotel California

The Godfather Theme

Stayin Alive

Running on Empty

 

[Gachi]

Don't even think hard about it, just the first 5 that come to mind.

My 5:

Roller coaster of Love - Ohio Players

Stop on by - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Rigor Mortis - Cameo

Pretty sure these are all 70s songs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

They are all awful.

I take it you're not a funk or disco fan?

 

[tikigods]

Tiny Dancer- Elton John

Easy- The Commodores

Baby What a Big Surprise - Chicago

Life on Mars - David Bowie

With a Little Luck- Wings

 

[Amused to Death]

In the Summertime

Madman Across the Water

I Know What I Like

Roundabout

Wish You Were Here

 

[Amused to Death]

Don't even think hard about it, just the first 5 that come to mind.

My 5:

Roller coaster of Love - Ohio Players

Stop on by - Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

I'll Be Good to You - Brothers Johnson

Ring My Bell - Anita Ward

Rigor Mortis - Cameo

Pretty sure these are all 70s songs. Correct me if I'm wrong.

They are all awful.

I take it you're not a funk or disco fan?

Dr. Funkenstein

We Want the Funk

The Mothership Connection

Cosmic Slop

Night Of The Thumpasaurus Peoples

 

[glock]

Your Song
Hocus Pocus
Don't Eat That Yellow Snow
Ohio
Won't get fooled again

 

[pecorino]

i am all about 70s progressive:

tarkus

larks tongues in aspic

the firth of fifth

song for America

questions? answers! (I didn't see the hocus pocus just above so edited for a different focus tune)

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Kung fu fighting

Afternoon delight

Billy don't be a hero

Philadelphia freedom

Born to run

Good list, really captures what the radio sounded like back then.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

International Feel - Todd Rundgren

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1A5WBf1EFQ

Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th3ycKQV_4k

Killing Yourself to Live - Black Sabbath

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PV1tlEm2uI

Starship Trooper - Yes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKVqVpoMxw

Dancing Days - Led Zepplin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo7eSo1S2KM

 

[Binky The Doormat]

I need to to do more ...

Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc

Squonk - Genesis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzL-up4ZKgI

Avalon - Roxy Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpA_5a0miWk

Tempted - Squeeze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8LI-XtOlxA

Bring on the Nubiles - The Stranglers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVlkKGArloM

 

[wazoo11]

Marquee Moon

Motorhead

Ramblin' Man

Flirting with disaster

Time

 

[lod01]

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Night Moves - Bob Seger

More Than A Feeling - Boston

Running With The Devil - Van Halen

Magic Man - Heart

 

[mon]

American Tune - Paul Simon

Hey Hey My My - Neil Young

Reelin in the Years - Steely Dan

If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

 

[fatness]

Ohio - Neil Young

Tumblin Dice -- Rolling Stones

Box of Rain -- Grateful Dead

Jammin -- Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bass in Pocket -- Pretenders

 

[rockaction]

Ohio - Neil Young

Tumblin Dice -- Rolling Stones

Box of Rain -- Grateful Dead

Jammin -- Bob Marley & the Wailers

Bass in Pocket -- Pretenders

Word. Check upthread. I tried to remain faithful to the five that immediately came to my mind, even though I dislike two of the songs.

Brass in Pocket is such a great song. Would loved for that to have popped into my head.

 

[Amused to Death]

Do It Again - Steely Dan

Roxanne - The Police

The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy

Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company

 

[timschochet]

Other songs I enjoyed at the Eagles concert:

Peaceful Easy Feeling

One of These Nights

Desperado

Lyin' Eyes

Hotel California

 

[BobbyLayne]

American Pie

A Horse with No Name

Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

We're an American Band

China Grove

 

[BAT1man]

Staying Alive

Hotel California

Grease

Muskrat Love

American Pie

 

[jon_mx]

American Pie

Kung fu fighting

YMCA

Dust in the Wind

War Pigs

 

[cosjobs]

Lots of decade confusion in here.

Psycho Killer

Angels Want to Wear My Red Shoes

Madness (One step betond)

Jesus Just Left Chicago

Whiskey River

 

[pats3in4]

Stayin Alive

Hotel California

Walk This Way

My Sharona

More Than a Feeling

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Badfinger - Day After Day

Elton John - Funeral For A Friend

Three Dog Night - Joy To The World

Styx - Suite Madame Blue

ELO - Fire On High

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Pilot of the Airwaves

Xanadu

Smoke On the Water

Black Dog

I Got You Babe

 

[Gachi]

Love's in need of love today - Stevie Wonder

Papa was a rolling stone - The Temptations

Flashlight - Parliament

Loves Train - ConFUNKShun

You don't have to be alone - The New Birth

 

[Greggity]

1. Looking for today - Black Sabbath (One of my favs, like to hum this before drafting in my local redraft league lol)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNPjoh0xUK8

2. Move your boogie body - Bar Kays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtuUkCppO_A

3. Its all i can do - The Cars (one of my fav bands as a kid in the 70's)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZAkOSpVumw

4. Theres no way out of here - David Gilmore (always loved that song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xUD6MWmSAc

5. Feelin Satisfied - Boston (great band and great song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB6opQ6ldyE

Blouses.....

 

[Ilov80s]

Hotel California

Black Dog

Boogie Nights

Running on Empty

Into the Mystic

 

[Abraham]

STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

FREEBIRD

GIMME THREE STEPS

SCHOOL'S OUT

SWEET EMOTION

 

[Mookie]

Mandy - Barry Manilow

Piano Man - Billy Joel

Honky Cat - Elton John

You're So Vain - Carly Simon

It's Only Rock N Roll (But I like It) - Stones

 

[Snoopy]

Brandy

Billy Don't Be a Hero

Kung Fu Fighting

It Never Rains in California

I Can See Clearly Now

 

[badmojo1006]

Tumbling Dice

Sister Golden Hair

Love Grows where my Rosemary Grows

Blitzkrieg Bop

Whole Lotta Love

 

[Todem]

The Song Remains The Same

2112

Time

Staying Alive

Night Fever

 

[Fennis]

I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General

couldn't think of any others off the top of my head

 

[Rove!]

Highway Star

What is and What Should Never Be

Supernaut

Roundabout

I Write the Songs