Leroy Hoard
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Of course not. That was the year Black Sabbath released their first two albums.I don’t think I’ll encounter any single year as strong as 1970.
Of course not. That was the year Black Sabbath released their first two albums.I don’t think I’ll encounter any single year as strong as 1970.
Flattery will get you everywhere. I see you read my write-up of Simon and Garfunkel in the Pick-A-Pair thread. That thrills me that one person read it. I always assumed people saw the records and breezed on by the other parts. I generally try and read them, for sure, so I'm glad when other people read what is being put down. I consider that a high compliment, reward, and I'd like to thank you for that.1. Simon and Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (from Bridge Over Troubled Water)
https://youtu.be/4G-YQA_bsOU
In another thread, @rockaction wrote that this song “is aware of its own importance”, and I think that’s pretty great and very apt. Yes there is some pretentiousness here
Nice interruption! I love Jimmy Webb’s song writing. Fittingly, Garfunkel recorded a couple wonderful songs of his.And now for an interruption before revealing #1: my personal favorite song from 1970:
Jimmy Webb “P.F. Sloan”
https://youtu.be/o_R1US0RNi4
Jimmy Webb was a very successful songwriter in the 1970s, particularly for Glen Campbell (“Wichita Lineman”, “Galveston”)- not so much as a solo artist. Yet in 1970 he wrote and sang this gem about a fellow writer (the guy who wrote “Eve of Destruction”). It barely received any attention and it’s far too obscure to make it to this list. But for a few years now (since I first encountered it largely by accident) it’s become one of my favorite tunes of all time.
“The Boxer” was actually released in 1969 as a single, prior to the album. It made the top 10 of my rankings for 1969. (Same for “Get Back” from Let It Be; also “Across the Universe.”)Flattery will get you everywhere. I see you read my write-up of Simon and Garfunkel in the Pick-A-Pair thread. That thrills me that one person read it. I always assumed people saw the records and breezed on by the other parts. I generally try and read them, for sure, so I'm glad when other people read what is being put down. I consider that a high compliment, reward, and I'd like to thank you for that.
(Did you read my Spoon write-up before I deleted it? It was a personalized remembrance, though much like I had to delete what I wrote in this thread about "Moodance," it went by the wayside. It was a doozy.)
Anyway, I guess I'd shrug and say "Why not?" to this song being number one after "Fire and Rain" grabbed number two. What's to stop the grey on a heavy, summer evening? (It's September 24, it's warm out, and I can tell you that it sometimes rains in Southern California.)
I personally hemmed and hawed about "Bridge" as a song when I did the write-up and even left it off of the playlist. (In its place? "The Boxer," a song that doesn't seem to have made your hundred. Or it did and I missed it. That's possible, though I've tried to look at every song as it's posted.) Reasonable minds can disagree about greatness, though, and "Bridge..." always struck me as ambitious at worst, as hitting its ambitious gospel-esque mark at best, and we can be grateful for people that look to the heavens to create art these days, no matter the end result (I think of Kanye and Donda here, for some reason).
So thanks for the list and the shout-out. I know you take vituperative stuff for your selections, and often from me (if you saw my Elton John/pop lyrics thing yesterday, you know it was even recently) but I'm glad you put them out there, and I do at least read them and take them seriously.
Peace and thanks again for the list and a way to spend some time, tim.
Over the years I've learned that if Dave Marsh feels a certain way about something, I probably feel the opposite.Rock critic Dave Marsh disliked Garfunkel’s vocals and believed they made the tune too vanilla and stilted
I think it’s overrated. I think the original is much better.I'm also surprised that Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross didn't crack the top 100. Is that because it was a remake? I can't remember all of Tim's rules.
I think it’s overrated. I think the original is much better.