The 100 Greatest Songs of 1973 #1. Karn Evil 9, 1st Impression, Part 2 (2 Viewers)

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40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.

One of the two most "American"-sounding songs they ever did, and the funkiest (though, good luck trying to dance to it). I could see Skynyrd doing it, but they'd have timed it differently.

The funkiest thing they did was the 7 to 11-minute mark of Echoes.

 

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40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.

I wouldn't say I hate it - but it's surely one of the weaker PF songs.

I like it but it doesn’t really fit on the album. It feels shoehorned in because they needed a single.

 

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39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….

Desperado has some very good songs on it. This is not one of them, but it’s not terrible.

 

[Zegras11]

39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….

Desperado has some very good songs on it. This is not one of them, but it’s not terrible.

There are songs in the 90's that are better

 

[Ghost Rider]

Money is one of the Floyd songs where it getting overplayed has dinged my enjoyment of it a bit, but it's still a great song, and still a big part of the greatest rock album ever.

Desperado is a nice little tune. I only reach for a few Eagles songs on purpose, and this is not one of them, but I wouldn't turn it off if it came on.

 

[Gr00vus]

Liking The Crunge more than anything else off Houses... set off the hot take signal.

Zeppelin funk >>>>>>>> Zeppelin reggae

I really like the Crunge as a Led Zep homage to James Brown. If I were to change it, I'd probably ask Robert Plant to go a little less overboard in trying to mimic some of James Brown's vocal stylings and do things more in is own voice.

Where's that confounded bridge...

 

[timschochet]

38. Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground” (from Innervisions)

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Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973. “Higher Ground” is funk, and it’s some of the best funk anyone is ever going to hear.

 

[zamboni]

40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.

I wouldn't say I hate it - but it's surely one of the weaker PF songs.

Not one of my favorites either, but the (yet another) blistering Gilmour solo makes the tune.

One of the rare songs with a 7/4 time signature.

 

[zamboni]

38. Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground” (from Innervisions)

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Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973. “Higher Ground” is funk, and it’s some of the best funk anyone is ever going to hear.

True classic - the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ remake is outstanding as well.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973

You know that Fulfillingness' First Finale was released in 1974 an Songs in the Key of Life was released in 1976, don't you?

 

[massraider]

True classic - the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ remake is outstanding as well.

Think I was 15 when Mothers Milk came out, and a few years later asked somebody who that was, covering the Chili Peppers. That was some embarrassing sheet right thurr.

 

[timschochet]

Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973

You know that Fulfillingness' First Finale was released in 1974 an Songs in the Key of Life was released in 1976, don't you?

I do. And there are songs I absolutely love from those albums. But I think this is his best period.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973

You know that Fulfillingness' First Finale was released in 1974 an Songs in the Key of Life was released in 1976, don't you?

I do. And there are songs I absolutely love from those albums. But I think this is his best period.

Sure but the word "peaked" isn't really appropriate in that context then. You should at least extend the peak years.

 

[FairWarning]

True classic - the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ remake is outstanding as well.

Think I was 15 when Mothers Milk came out, and a few years later asked somebody who that was, covering the Chili Peppers. That was some embarrassing sheet right thurr.

It’s too bad the Chili Peppers don’t play this song live anymore. I think they did a great cover of Higher Ground (not that the original was bad).

 

[massraider]

It’s too bad the Chili Peppers don’t play this song live anymore. I think they did a great cover of Higher Ground (not that the original was bad).

Agree.
Too many covers either try and do exactly what the original was, or they do a sorrowful acoustic version. Both boring. Chili Peppers did a great job putting their own spin on it.

 

[FairWarning]

It’s too bad the Chili Peppers don’t play this song live anymore. I think they did a great cover of Higher Ground (not that the original was bad).

Agree.
Too many covers either try and do exactly what the original was, or they do a sorrowful acoustic version. Both boring. Chili Peppers did a great job putting their own spin on it.

It was the song that really broke them nationally.

 

[DocHolliday]

38. Stevie Wonder “Higher Ground” (from Innervisions)

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Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973. “Higher Ground” is funk, and it’s some of the best funk anyone is ever going to hear.

Great selection and would likely be top 10 for me.

 

[DocHolliday]

Not one of my favorites either, but the (yet another) blistering Gilmour solo makes the tune.

One of the rare songs with a 7/4 time signature.

One of my least favorite Floyd songs. It’s good but agree with Zamboni that Gilmore’s solo is what makes the tune.

 

[DocHolliday]

41. Black Sabbath “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

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That guitar riff. The softer interim. The ending. Iommi is so good here. Just a great effort.

So glad to see this is listed. Iommi has so many great rifs but this is one of my favorites. Metal bands are still chasing this riff and guitar tone. Good luck boys. You’re gonna need it.

 

[DocHolliday]

39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….

Good song, but still prefer Witchy Woman.

I probably like the Eagles more than most but I skip Witchy Woman and Desperado. Good songs but I just can’t. I don’t know why I don’t like them either.

 

[Ben & Jerry's]

46. “Blinded By the Light” Bruce Springsteen

Not sure how this turd made an otherwise good list.

 

[timschochet]

37. George Harrison “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” (from Living In the Material World)

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Now I’m wondering if either The Police or Madonna took their lyrics from this album title…

Anyhow, one of George’s best ever tunes IMO. One that I never get tired of.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973

You know that Fulfillingness' First Finale was released in 1974 an Songs in the Key of Life was released in 1976, don't you?

Tim doesn’t let facts get in the way of pontification.

 

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39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….

Good song, but still prefer Witchy Woman.

I probably like the Eagles more than most but I skip Witchy Woman and Desperado. Good songs but I just can’t. I don’t know why I don’t like them either.

Because Don Henley sings them?

I mean, they’re overplayed but so are many Eagles songs.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

37. George Harrison “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” (from Living In the Material World)

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Now I’m wondering if either The Police or Madonna took their lyrics from this album title…

Anyhow, one of George’s best ever tunes IMO. One that I never get tired of.

Most of the Ghost in the Machine album is based on the writings of Arthur Kostler.

Madonna, I dunno, but I doubt a club girl from Michigan was listening to much George Harrison in the 80s.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Witchy Woman and Desperado.

The Seinfeld duo.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

The Police

Their lyrics were "We are spirits in the material world".

 

[Uruk-Hai]

True classic - the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ remake is outstanding as well.

Think I was 15 when Mothers Milk came out, and a few years later asked somebody who that was, covering the Chili Peppers. That was some embarrassing sheet right thurr.

It’s too bad the Chili Peppers don’t play this song live anymore. I think they did a great cover of Higher Ground (not that the original was bad).

Good Lord......

 

[massraider]

Not one of my favorites either, but the (yet another) blistering Gilmour solo makes the tune.

One of the rare songs with a 7/4 time signature.

I don't know what that means, but this song on shrooms in a stadium is the bees knees, at least that's what I heard.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Stevie Wonder pretty much peaked as an artist during the years 1971-1973

You know that Fulfillingness' First Finale was released in 1974 an Songs in the Key of Life was released in 1976, don't you?

I do. And there are songs I absolutely love from those albums. But I think this is his best period.

Sometimes I think you're thisclose to seeing the light, then........

 

[Uruk-Hai]

40. Pink Floyd “Money” (from The Dark Side of the Moon)

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A few people I know hate this song, including my wife. She forces me to turn it off whenever it comes on. She can’t stand the cash register sounds. I’ve always really liked it, the whole tune.

One of the two most "American"-sounding songs they ever did, and the funkiest (though, good luck trying to dance to it). I could see Skynyrd doing it, but they'd have timed it differently.

The funkiest thing they did was the 7 to 11-minute mark of Echoes.

Ok. I was going for an entire song, but I'm in over my head on funk-by-the-millisecond.

 

[timschochet]

36. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (from Brothers and Sisters)

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ABB scored their biggest ever commercial success with this song, which is a little ironic since Duane died a year earlier. But Dickie Betts masterfully leads the way here with both vocals and guitar, and it’s a southern rock classic for the ages.

 

[northern exposure]

41. Black Sabbath “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” (from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath)

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That guitar riff. The softer interim. The ending. Iommi is so good here. Just a great effort.

I heard Ozzy's newest song on the radio today. Don't remember the title,(One Of These Days, maybe?) but it featured Eric Clapton. Anywho, it struck me that I have always found Ozzy's voice to be "thin". I'm not sure if that is the best way to describe it. But, it definitely sounds the same way to me on this song.

 

[northern exposure]

One of my favorite songs with money in the title. Others include::

For The Love of Money - The O’Jays

Lawyers, Guns and Money- Warren Zevon

Money, Money Money- ABBA

And of course the singer, Eddie Money.

 

[northern exposure]

39. Eagles “Desperado” (from Desperado)

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So this song has a beautiful melody and it would have been ranked higher if not for the mediocre lyrics:

Don’t your feet get cold in the wintertime?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine

Not very good. But that tune is so pretty….

Good song, but still prefer Witchy Woman.

Oh you mean Witch A Woman.

 

[rockaction]

Money Changes Everything. Another great song with “money” in the title.

 

[timschochet]

Money Changes Everything. Another great song with “money” in the title.

How about “Gimme Some Money” by Spinal Tap?

 

[shuke]

Not one of my favorites either, but the (yet another) blistering Gilmour solo makes the tune.

One of the rare songs with a 7/4 time signature.

One of my least favorite Floyd songs. It’s good but agree with Zamboni that Gilmore’s solo is what makes the tune.

You guys are crazy. Yes way overplayed but for a good reason. It's all about that beginning and that delicious bass line.

 

[shuke]

36. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (from Brothers and Sisters)

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ABB scored their biggest ever commercial success with this song, which is a little ironic since Duane died a year earlier. But Dickie Betts masterfully leads the way here with both vocals and guitar, and it’s a southern rock classic for the ages.

I really can't decide if I hate this song or love it, for the same reasons.

 

[DocHolliday]

You guys are crazy. Yes way overplayed but for a good reason. It's all about that beginning and that delicious bass line.

Probably true but you like what you like.

 

[zamboni]

Not one of my favorites either, but the (yet another) blistering Gilmour solo makes the tune.

One of the rare songs with a 7/4 time signature.

One of my least favorite Floyd songs. It’s good but agree with Zamboni that Gilmore’s solo is what makes the tune.

You guys are crazy. Yes way overplayed but for a good reason. It's all about that beginning and that delicious bass line.

Just said it wasn’t one of my favorite Floyd tunes, not that I don’t like it.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

36. The Allman Brothers Band “Ramblin’ Man” (from Brothers and Sisters)

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ABB scored their biggest ever commercial success with this song, which is a little ironic since Duane died a year earlier. But Dickie Betts masterfully leads the way here with both vocals and guitar, and it’s a southern rock classic for the ages.

I really can't decide if I hate this song or love it, for the same reasons.

When in doubt, go with love.

 

[timschochet]

35. Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)

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It never ceases to amaze me that, per everything I’ve read, Bernie Taupin would write the lyrics to these songs first and then Elton John would compose the melody. This is reverse of every other composer duo I’ve read about (at least, the ones who clearly divided these duties, like Rodgers and Hammerstein.)

In any event, this is another classic from this duo.

 

[tri-man 47]

Sara Bareilles has done a wonderful version that Elton John has supported.

 

[BobbyLayne]

One of my favorite songs with money in the title. Others include::

For The Love of Money - The O’Jays

Lawyers, Guns and Money- Warren Zevon

Money, Money Money- ABBA

437. Money for Nothing, Dire Straits

 

[Leroy Hoard]

35. Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road)

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It never ceases to amaze me that, per everything I’ve read, Bernie Taupin would write the lyrics to these songs first and then Elton John would compose the melody. This is reverse of every other composer duo I’ve read about (at least, the ones who clearly divided these duties, like Rodgers and Hammerstein.)

In any event, this is another classic from this duo.

Good point on how unique that songwriting partnership was.

"They had written something like 20 songs before they had even met,” says Doyle of the pair. “And this put in place their writing relationship which was basically Elton putting Bernie’s lyrics in front of him and virtually auto-composing. From 1967 they developed this incredible remote working relationship where they would never sit in the same room and write together. They only really ever [worked side by side] once or twice. So, it’s not like a Lennon and McCartney where they are sitting knee to knee in the early days of The Beatles. Elton and Bernie were always writing separately. And there is something about that process that gave them a critical distance.”

Meet Bernie Taupin, the Writer Behind Elton John's Biggest Hits

As lyricist to Elton John for more than 50 years, Bernie Taupin has penned songs like "Your Song," "Bennie and the Jets" and "Crocodile Rock."

www.biography.com

 

[FairWarning]

One of my favorite songs with money in the title. Others include::

For The Love of Money - The O’Jays

Lawyers, Guns and Money- Warren Zevon

Money, Money Money- ABBA

437. Money for Nothing, Dire Straits

AC/DC - What do you do for money Honey.

 

[BobbyLayne]

There’s enough Money rock songs to fill up several rounds of a draft

edit: If you’re into that sort of thing

 

[Ghost Rider]

I am way behind here...

Higher Ground is great for sure. Stevie Wonder's run in the 70s was pretty absurd, and I feel that Innervisions is his peak, so I am on board with anything from that being featured.

Ramblin' Man falls under the banner of classic rock songs I have heard a million times, but never gone out of my way to hear. Good song for sure, but just not a go-to for me when it comes to the Allman Brothers.

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is another I have heard more times than I can count. Another major classic, one that still sounds fresh and vibrant.

 

[timschochet]

34. Iggy & The Stooges “Search and Destroy” (from Raw Power)

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Earlier I wrote that punk rock began with the New York Dolls, but it also began right here with Iggy Pop. The Stooges’ records were loud, raw rock and roll heavily influenced by MC5’s Kick Out the Jams, who themselves were heavily inclined by the Velvet Underground’s White Light White Heat. “Search and Destroy” moves even further along the same path that would lead to the New York Dolls, Ramones, and Sex Pistols.