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, Lucky Man is a great tune.
I feel the need to put the disclaimer to every page.Despite being a 1970 song
I need to do a better job following this thread, to see what song are being talked about that were missed in tim's thread.
I am just messing with ya and having a little fun. No need for anyone to be a fact checker and spoil sport in threads like this that are supposed to be fun.
You mentioned Harold and Maude up front - this screams H&M. In the best way possible.
It is on the soundtrack as are many other Cat Stevens songs.
When I first starting compiling the list I had ... well lets say too many Cat Stevens songs. I pulled an Edward Scissors Hands to get down to a reasonable number.
This is way too low, for my tastes but at least you included it. Tim should be ashamed of himself for not having it on his list at all.No apologies stating who she was. The title of the album tells the story of who the queen was when she released this this one.
From the album Young, Gifted and Black.
Released February 15, 1971
How was this not in the original countdown?No apologies stating who she was. The title of the album tells the story of who the queen was when she released this this one.
From the album Young, Gifted and Black.
Released February 15, 1971
Its not a competition. Music is subjective and rankings are highly subjective. I've second guessed some of my own picks so...
We'll see if my favorite cut on the Deja Vu album , Country Girl, made the list.
This song is incredible. Glad it’s about something. Otherwise it would be just to hard to take.
The divorce happened due to Gord's infidelity.
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Part of the chorus bears a fairly strong resemblance to the chorus of "The Greatest Love Of All". Once you hear the similarity, you'll never be able to un-hear it.
Sounds like you know the story of Gord suing Whitney and then dropping the suit because he didn't want to harm her reputation when the people responsible were the ones who wrote the tune not Whit. Also Gord was also sued by someone claiming he stole a few bars but it got dropped. So their is a lot of back story to the tune.
"The Greatest Love Of All" had originally been recorded by George Benson as the theme song for the 1977 biopic about Muhammad Ali, "The Greatest". Lightfoot claims that he never heard Benson's version -- and even if he had heard it, he might not have recognized any similarities because Benson's song is in a different key.
Wasn’t “eligible”
CCR is a greatest hits band for me, but what hits they were! And to do them all in such a short span. Pretty impressive.
Good point - I used to own their greatest hits cassette and it was probably my most played cassette.
Although released in the UK in December 1970, the song was eligible because the single was released and was a hit in the states in 1971 (plenty of other songs on Tim's list went by the US release date).
This is such a great song. Don't know why it wasn't a huge hit, only reached #15 on the charts here.
There was a great parody version of this song called "Flush Three Times" but I can't find it on YouTube.
in addition, almost everyone had a verse or two of their own version of the song which began with other verbs ending in -ckThere was a great parody version of this song called "Flush Three Times" but I can't find it on YouTube.
Would have made my top 25 of the original list - like a fine wine or whiskey, just gets better and better with age.
Another glaring omission on Tim's list but remember he was only 6 years old in 1971 and probably never heard it. His top 100 seems comprised mostly of songs from LPs that an older sibling bought at the time, which pretty much is his entire exposure to the year 1971 in music to this day.
My pick for the best post Beatles song of all. 
