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The 100 greatest songs of 1971 #1 “When the Levee Breaks” Led Zeppelin (1 Viewer)

timschochet said:
You sure? I don’t remember them until about 74. Could be wrong. 
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8-tracks started being installed in cars in 1966.  By 71 they were standard.  Of course if you did not have a new car you would have to install them yourself which most peoole did. 

 
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jon_mx said:
1971...we are talking 8-tracks.  
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You sure? I don’t remember them until about 74. Could be wrong. 
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Eight-track players became less common in homes and vehicles in the late 1970s. The compact cassette arrived in 1963,[18] and by the late 1970s the eight-track cartridges had greatly diminished in popularity. In some Latin American countries as well as European, the format was abandoned in the mid-1970s in favor of the smaller cassette tape which was one-third the size.

In the U.S., eight-track cartridges were phased out of retail stores by late 1982 and into early 1983. Some titles were still available as eight-track tapes through Columbia House and RCA (BMG) Music Service Record Clubs until late 1988. Radio Shack (Tandy Corporation) continued to sell blank eight-track cartridges for home recording use under its Realistic brand until 1990.[19]

 
22. Led Zeppelin “Going to California” (from Led Zeppelin IV) 

https://youtu.be/PDIz4talyQk

So earlier in this countdown (#62) we had a song by Joni Mitchell about her desire to be in my great state of California; now we have an even better song by Robert Plant about chasing her there. (The wiki page says it was about an earthquake and maybe it began that way, but I’ve heard Plant in an interview say he was listening to Joni and wrote it for her. I know the entire band loved her; Jimmy Page says Court and Spark is his favorite album of all time.) 

John Paul Jones departs from his normal bass to play mandolin here, and it’s nearly the best use of that instrument on this list...though not quite. 

 
timschochet said:
22. Led Zeppelin “Going to California” (from Led Zeppelin IV) 

https://youtu.be/PDIz4talyQk

So earlier in this countdown (#62) we had a song by Joni Mitchell about her desire to be in my great state of California; now we have an even better song by Robert Plant about chasing her there. (The wiki page says it was about an earthquake and maybe it began that way, but I’ve heard Plant in an interview say he was listening to Joni and wrote it for her. I know the entire band loved her; Jimmy Page says Court and Spark is his favorite album of all time.) 

John Paul Jones departs from his normal bass to play mandolin here, and it’s nearly the best use of that instrument on this list...though not quite. 
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Obviously I'm not a Zep fan, but that was pretty awful.

 
timschochet said:
Don’t like the song? That’s interesting. I always supposed there had to be somebody who didn’t like it (theoretically at least) but I’ve never encountered it until now. 
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It’s ok.  Nowhere near my favorite Zeppelin songs.  Probably not even top-10 for me.

Great work in here tim.  Really enjoying it overall!

 
I was never a fan of Going to California, but it finally grabbed me a few years ago, and now I like it a lot.  No clue why it took so long, but that's just the way it goes sometimes.

 
timschochet said:
You sure? I don’t remember them until about 74. Could be wrong. 
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I remember them in our garage when I was 5 -- definitely pre-1974.

The 8-track tape was the first tape format that was widely available across the nation and easy to use. Music became portable for the first time. Eight-track tape players for the home were not introduced until 1967-68. The popularity of the 8-track tape was relatively short from 1968-1975.Sep 25, 2015
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There a lot of great songs in this year.

 
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Dinsy Ejotuz said:
timschochet said:
You sure? I don’t remember them until about 74. Could be wrong. 
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I remember them in our garage when I was 5 -- definitely pre-1974.

The 8-track tape was the first tape format that was widely available across the nation and easy to use. Music became portable for the first time. Eight-track tape players for the home were not introduced until 1967-68. The popularity of the 8-track tape was relatively short from 1968-1975.Sep 25, 2015
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There a lot of great songs in this year
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Yeah we had an 8-track player on our boat in 1969 and the family station wagon by the next year.

The internet says in 1973, 71% of the recorded music sales were vinyl records. Tapes represented the other 29% of music sales in that year, with the large majority of those sales (84.2%) being represented by 8-track tapes and the rest were mostly cassette tapes.

Man, I feel like in the next 3-5 years that totally flipped. Everyone I knew had moved onto cassettes by the time I got to high school (‘76-‘80), and we were constantly recording LPs or making mixed tapes for each other.

 
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timschochet said:
22. Led Zeppelin “Going to California” (from Led Zeppelin IV) 

https://youtu.be/PDIz4talyQk

So earlier in this countdown (#62) we had a song by Joni Mitchell about her desire to be in my great state of California; now we have an even better song by Robert Plant about chasing her there. (The wiki page says it was about an earthquake and maybe it began that way, but I’ve heard Plant in an interview say he was listening to Joni and wrote it for her. I know the entire band loved her; Jimmy Page says Court and Spark is his favorite album of all time.) 

John Paul Jones departs from his normal bass to play mandolin here, and it’s nearly the best use of that instrument on this list...though not quite. 
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So now you are including songs on your greatest songs of 1971 list just because they got California in the title? Hell, why not?  That makes as much sense as the other arbitrary choices I have seen here that seemed like they were picked out of a hat. 

I guess if this trend continues in this theme, we should soon see:

Carole King "Back to California" - released at the end of that year.

Norman Greenbaum "California Earthquake" - This seems like a Tim twofer, as it not only mentions California but an earthquake too!

Mama's and Papa's "Pacific Coast Highway" - California not in the title but the highway runs almost the entire state coastline and technicalities haven't stopped you so far. 

 
jon_mx said:
Tim did not say that.  
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Though an all time list with songs that are either about California, have it in the title, or mention it in the lyrics would be a fun one to do sometime. I imagine the Eagles would demand the #1 spot, but who knows? 

 
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21. Funkadelic “Can You Get to That” (from Maggot Brain) 

https://youtu.be/8rrOdcnFbAY

I expect to get some blowback for this selection, perhaps more than any other in this draft. The first objection will no doubt come from those of you unfamiliar with this song or the artist in question, to which I can only respond that I can’t help cultural deficiency. 

The second objection, which I take much more seriously, will come from those who believe that I ranked “Maggot Brain” too low at #79, and therefore how could “Can You Get to That?” end up at #21, given the fact that the former song has much more (relative) fame? It’s true that “Maggot Brain” and Hazel’s extraordinary guitar solo is a more important song, but “Can You Get to That”, which combines folk and gospel influences with funk and contains protest lyrics, is a better song; in fact it’s one of the best songs of the year or any year. George Clinton himself regarded it as their best effort; I have to agree. 

 
timschochet said:
I’m glad you’ve chosen to accept this. 
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I haven't chosen to accept your superior attitude, which explains why your list has at least about a dozen choices that won't be found on any greatest  top 100 list of 1971 that has ever been done except yours. 

 
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squistion said:
I haven't chosen to accept your superior attitude, which explains why your list has at least about a dozen choices that won't be found on any top 100 list of 1971 that has ever been done except on yours. 
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You're a barrel of laughs even out of the PSF, aren't you?

Try the lighten up, Francis dance.

 
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19. Elton John “Levon” ( from Madman Across the Water)

https://youtu.be/f9sP_rt9c_k

And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus

OK so Bernie’s lyrics are a little silly here. They still roll off the tongue pretty well. And what makes this tune is Elton’s magnificent piano  melody, one of his very best, and his singing, which is underrated. The link is to a live version back in the day which displays just how talented a performer this guy truly was. 

 
Bracie Smathers said:
I distinctly recall I did not like Maggot Brain back in the day but everyone had it.  I know that tune but not this version.  Did someone cover it where it did better?  
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The only cover I am aware of is by Mavis Staples but that was only a few years ago. The song has also been sampled more than once by some hip hop artists and some of these have been used in commercials. 

 
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