1970s in Songs Bracket

We now have a top 10 songs from the 1960s. Time for the 1970s. Lots of big debuts and burnouts this decade.

What are your top 10 songs of the 1970s?

 

1 Second Hand News
2 Dreams
3 Never Going Back Again
4 Don't Stop
5 Go Your Own Way
6 Songbird
7 The Chain
8 You Make Loving Fun
9 I Don't Want To Know
10 Oh Daddy
11 Gold Dust Woman

 

please add the artists lol

 

It's a joke post. I don't even like that album that much.

 

10. Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf
9. The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice
8. Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains the Same
7. Pink Floyd - Shine on You Crazy Diamond
6. Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
5. David Bowie - "Heroes"
4. The Stooges - Search and Destroy
3. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
2. Television - Marquee Moon
1. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life

 

1. Queen - Love of My Life
2. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
3. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
4. Michael Jackson - Rock With You
5. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
6. Tom Waits - Midnight Lullaby
7. Queen - Seaside Rendezvous
8. Queen - The Millionaire Waltz
9. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
10. Kate Bush - The Saxophone Song

 

1. Blondie - Union City Blue

 

1. Bruce Springsteen- Thunder Road
2. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
3. Donna Summer- I Feel Love
4. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
5. Neil Young- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
6. Elvis Costello- Allison
7. Blondie- Dreaming
8. The Clash - London Calling
9. Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody
10. Elton John- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

 

Sticking to one per artist as with the last thread, and doing 20 instead of 10, even though only 10 count, because it felt much easier to cut to 20 than have to cut another 10 from this.

1. The Clash - Train in Vain
2. Blondie - Union City Blue
3. Simon & Garfunkel - Keep The Customer Satisfied
4. David Bowie - Heroes
5. Joni Mitchell - Carey
6. Stevie Wonder - Superstition
7. The Beatles - Let it Be
8. Bruce Springsteen - Blinded by the Light
9. Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown
10. Bob Dylan - Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
    
    
11. Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
12. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
13. Al Green - I'm Still in Love You
14. Tom Waits - (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night
15. Patti Smith - Gloria
16. Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
17. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
18. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
19. Van Morrison - Tupelo Honey
20. Aretha Franklin - The Thrill is Gone

 

Well now I kinda want to goose my list to put "Union City Blue" up near the top.

Still gonna just go honest and not tinker though.

 

1. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
2. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
3. Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs
4. Patti Smith - Gloria
5. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
6. Elton John - Tiny Dancer
7. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
8. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me
9. Minnie Riperton - Les Fleur
10. David Bowie - Heroes

 

1. Billy Joel - "Summer, Highland Falls"
2. Jim Croce - "The Hard Way Every Time"
3. Earth, Wind & Fire - "September"
4. Billy Joel - "Until the Night"
5. Warren Zevon - "Werewolves of London"
6. Bruce Springsteen - "Incident on 57th Street"
7. Fleetwood Mac - "What Makes You Think You're the One?"
8. Bruce Springsteen - "Born to Run"
9. Warren Zevon - "The French Inhaler"
10. Rufus - "Egyptian Song"

11. Boz Scaggs - "Georgia"
12. England Dan and John Ford Coley - "Nights Are Forever Without You"
13. Prince - "I Wanna Be Your Lover"
14. Dan Fogelberg - "Illinois"
15. Elton John - "Indian Sunset"
16. The Five Stairsteps - "O-o-h Child"
17. Christopher Cross - "Minstrel Gigolo"
18. Jim Croce - "I Got a Name"
19. Sandy Denny - "The Music Weaver"
20. Warren Zevon - "Desperadoes Under the Eaves"

 

1. Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond
2. David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
3. David Bowie - Station To Station
4. ABBA - Dancing Queen
5. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
6. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
7. Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun
8. Brian Eno - Baby’s On Fire
9. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
10. The Stooges - Search And Destroy

 

Posting in here so I remember to do this later.

 

1. David Bowie - Heroes
2. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
3. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue
4. The Stooges - Search and Destroy
5. Joy Division - Disorder
6. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
7. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
8. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
9. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
10. The Who - Baba O'Riley

Honorable mentions:

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
The Clash - Train in Vain
Suicide - Ghost Rider
Iggy Pop - Lust for Life
Lou Reed - Walk on the Wild Side
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry (Live)
Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2

 

1. (Don’t Fear) The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
2. Jolene - Dolly Parton
3. Us and Them - Pink Floyd
4. Bennie and the Jets - Elton John
5. Band on the Run - Wings
6. Father and Son - Cat Stevens
7. Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
8. Jamie’s Cryin’ - Van Halen
9. I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
10. Fame - David Bowie

 

1. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
2. The Who - Baby O'Riley
3. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl
4. Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls
5. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
6. Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll
7. The Beatles - Let It Be
8. David Bowie - "Heroes"
9. The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia
10. Bob Dylan - Simple Twist of Fate

Fucking impossible. I fully intended to triple up on Springsteen (since "Jungleland" and "Born to Run" are both also in my all-time top 15, along with "Thunder Road,' which is my favorite song), but then that just opened a whole can of worms where I also wanted "Backstreets" and "Badlands" and "Incident." And then I would have wanted to double up on Billy Joel too, because "Vienna" is one of my favorite songs ever as well. Long story short, decided to just stick with the one song per artist rule, as much as that rule sucks.

Anyway, insane decade.

 

With my napkin math, by refraining from doubling up on Bruce and voting for Bowie, you just put "Heroes" ahead of "Born to Run" as the top song. Haha

 

I’m my own worst enemy.

 

they’re tied

 

I am once again getting my hopes up that us both voting for something ("Summer, Highland Falls") will give it a shot.

 

Some days, I think that might be the most melodically perfect song ever written.

 

You’re looking for the 90’s songs thread

 

It's also just a perfect take. I've heard so many live versions and they're all good but never quite the exact magic of that version.