1. David Bowie - "Heroes" 2. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 3. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 5. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road 6. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses 7. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You 8. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 9. Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love 10. Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays An impossible task
Albums with the most songs to get a vote: 4: Bridge Over Troubled Water 3: A Night at the Opera, Blood on the Tracks, Born to Run, Led Zeppelin IV, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2: After the Gold Rush, Blue, Eat to the Beat, Exile on Main Street, Led Zeppelin III, Let's Stay Together, London Calling, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, Paranoid, Pink Moon, Rumours, Sticky FIngers, Unknown Pleasures, What's Going On, Wish You Were Here Can't help it, I'm fascinated by these kinds of trends.
10. Rolling Stones - Rocks Off 9. Wings - Band on the Run 8. Grateful Dead - Uncle John’s Band 7. Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer 6. The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket 5. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 4. Neil Young - Ambulance Blues 3. Blondie - Heart of Glass 2. Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland 1. Leonard Cohen - Chelsea Hotel #2 HM: David Crosby - Tamalpais High (At About 3) Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind George Harrison/Bob - If Not for You Paul Simon - Mother and Child Reunion The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner Faces - Ooh La La Pink Floyd - Speak to Me/Breathe David Bowie - Life On Mars? Elton John - Crocodile Rock CCR - Ramble Tamble Stephen Stills - Love the One You’re With Television - Marquee Moon Bob Dylan and The Band - You Ain’t Going Nowhere This probably shouldn’t count as it didn’t see release until the 80s despite being a blood sessions song, but if it does/did I think “Up to Me” is by far the best 70s Dylan song and probably would have cracked my list around #6.
I’m probably gonna kick myself over this order and songs left out as soon as I hit post but was bummed I didn’t get a ballot in for the 60s so here we go! 1. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 2. Marvin Gaye - What’s Goin On 3. Dolly Parton - Jolene 4. David Bowie - “Heroes” 5. Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run 6. Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls 7. Earth Wind & Fire - September 8. ABBA - Dancing Queen 9. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 10. Boz Scaggs - Lido Shuffle
got a coin flip between two fleetwood mac songs for the 10th spot. the chain = heads, dreams - tails. flip 1: heads - the chain flip 2: tails - dreams flip 3: tails - dreams moves on
Top Songs of the 1970s: 1. David Bowie - "Heroes" (54 points) 2. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (41 points) 3. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (38 points) 4. Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run (36 points) 5. Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On (34 points) 6. Billy Joel - Summer, Highland Falls (27 points) t7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (26 points) t7. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (26 points) 9. Blondie - Union City Blue (24 points) 10. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (20 points)
no zeppelin, no stones, no sabbath odd. glad floyd made it through, even though a few much better songs from them were on the outside looking in. and i can't be mad with the GOAT topping the list.
Obviously I’m happy my #1 of the decade made it but I’m ecstatic about “Union City Blue” too which I felt very guilty about the possibility of screwing over by leaving it off
I feel like zeppelin showed up a lot, just too many different songs. No sabbath isn’t that surprising.
Know I’m late to this but made one for the fun of it anyway. Probably won’t bother with a 60s list because I listen to shamefully little non-Beatles music from the 60s Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now Cheap Trick - Surrender David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World Eric Clapton - Layla Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Don McLean - American Pie John Lennon - Imagine Elton John - Rocket Man Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here