Great songs from the 70s??? (besides "Afternoon Delight")

[anneboleyn]

My husband and I are talking tonight about great am radio songs from the 70s and I would love to hear what everyone thinks -- what was/is your favorite? Afternoon Delight, Summer Breeze, Bee Gees and Barry Manilow..."Ring my Bell..."

[mcctatas]

1. What are the 70' s without Warren Zevon...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-pexSVWzM

[tigereye]

77. one of the best as well as funniest song-writers, ever

and sorely missed.

[hobbit709]

88. My favorite Warren Zevon song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwXMkfeH95k
Was very apropos at the time for me. I was dating a Russian woman at the time who I called my KGB connection-she had some of the best coke around back then, and my housemate was going to law school.

[bluesbassman]

2. James Taylor - You've Got A Friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vY1peG8gHQ

[EFerrari]

11. Jim Croce. Time in a Bottle,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILf-54Smv9M

[zanne]

25. Coincidence--I was playing one of his albums today.

"Leroy Brown", "Operator", "I Got A Name"... I wonder how his music would have evolved had he lived. Sigh.

[EFerrari]

38. Have you ever heard the album he did with Mimi Farina?

It's beautiful.

My boyfriend worshiped him and the day he died became one of "those" days in our lives.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. The 70's would have sucked without The Ramones

And here they are in one of their earliest gigs at CBGB's in 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWHAL_q1ne8

Sound quality is shit, but it's fucking history, man!

[mcctatas]

4. How the hell did I forget The Ramones?

granted, in the 70's my musical tastes ran more to the Sesame Street theme song, but I remember my parents listening to The Ramones and then I loved them in HS and actually was just listening to this in the car on the way to work at the puzzle factory:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc

[bluesbassman]

The Ramones were awesome, but the OP was asking for AM tunes.

No flame, just pointing it out as I pretty sure The Ramones didn't get much AM radio play.

[mcctatas]

8. Damn...

my reading comprehension has plummeted lately, I blame it on Bush...

[mcctatas]

9. was this on AM?

I've always loved this stupid song for some reason:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4HO81xGvc0

and was it in the 70's for that matter? I am an epic failure at this thread;)

[bluesbassman]

15. Good call. From 1977.

Got lots of airplay, as did most of the Hall&Oates hits.:thumbsup:

[Sebastian Doyle]

10. Aw shit...

Totally missed the AM part... Just passed "GO" and went for the best stuff from the 70's.

Funny thing is.... I probably didn't have anything but an AM radio up until about 76 or 77, but even then I was probably listening more to the Beatles, Stones, and Zeppelin records that I "borrowed" from my brother than I was the radio.

And on that note..... I know the Stones got some AM airplay......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL2Ee12HrCU

[bluesbassman]

16. We used to sneak into my buddies older sister's record collection.

When we were in middle school, and she was in college and gone a lot, so we'd play her Zeppelin and Cream and Doors albums as much as we could.

Whole new world when I finally got a FM stereo and tuned into KSAN. Album oriented rock!

[old mark]

23. The '70 did suck - that's why the Ramones were (are) so great.

I am finally appreciating the contribution to rock music that they made. If it were not for them, there would have been no punkers from England, no new wave, no guitar-driven bands, no alternative, no wjhatever good music is there now.
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame just after Joey Ramone died, and DeeDee and then Johnny died soon after.
Johnny Ramone was named to Rolling Stone's Top 100 Guitarists of All Time.
He is #16, right after Carlos Santana and right before Jack White.

They are one of the most influential bands ot the last century.

mark

[EFerrari]

64. You're crazy! The 70s were great for all kinds of musical tastes.

I still remember that Steve Miller was censored on the CA Central Valley stations. They didn't want the kids to "find out" about toking.

lol

[Art_from_Ark]

84. You're kidding

I thought the '70s totally sucked musically, on all kinds of levels. The '60s were an act that just couldn't be followed.

[EFerrari]

86. Maybe I'm warped because I was surrounded by musicians.

Jazz, rock, folk, classical and going in all kinds of directions. When you're in it, it doesn't exactly segment itself neatly into decades. :silly:

[ghostsofgiants]

47. They would have sucked without punk rock in general.

[Tabasco_Dave]

5. Cliff Richard: Devil Woman & KiKi Dee: I've Got the Music In Me

This Cliff Richard song is pretty dark for am top 40. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yosCYE4vwlY

This song by Kiki Dee is the most underrated am top 40 song of the 70's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O825dkAyadY&feature=related

[nomorenomore08]

6. Big Star - "September Gurls"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNKSs1J38EA

This song SHOULD'VE been an AM radio hit, damn it! :P

[darkstar]

30. Love it.

:toast:

[Sebastian Doyle]

7. Ac/Dc - Riff Raff

Anything from their 6 albums with Bon Scott in the 70's would do, but this is one of the best.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uXu067MTqI

[EFerrari]

12. Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SP60n9v2YM



:loveya:

[Adsos Letter]

13. James Taylor: "Fire and Rain"

Neil Young:

"Old Man"
"Needle and the Damage Done"
"Horse With No Name"

[argyl]

14. America did "Horse With No Name." Easy mistake. It was razzed as "Horse With No Neil"

as the vocals in particular were such a blatant ripoff and it was their first charting single.

They had a number of hit singles but the one single of theirs that I really liked was titled "California Revisited" and it got almost no airplay.

[taterguy]

17. Prettty women out walking with gorillas down my street

From my window I'm staring while my coffee goes cold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqEeS3EP2QY

[CreekDog]

18. Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwTeDGE6DSg

(and it sounds different than almost any other song released in 1976)

[Guava Jelly]

19. Dave Mason - We Just Disagree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvf5rVzmHuc

[Left Is Write]

72. My old boss (program director at the radio station I worked for in Wisconsin)

roomed with the song's writer, Jim Krueger, during college. Bob, my boss, knew the woman the song was about. Unfortunately, Jim died about 15 years ago.

[Auggie]

20. Hotel California. Not because I like it but because it takes me back

to my college days. Even now, just thinking about it.

[travelingtypist]

21. You Light Up My Life.

Try to get it out of your head now.

:evilgrin:

[panhead1961]

22. Show me the way -Frampton

It was a HUGE album

[snooper2]

91. Frampton Comes Alive

"Do You Feel Like We Do"

The night they recorded that album was the first time Frampton headlined a show :headbang:

BAM- Best song of the entire 70's

Link to 95' appearance since listening/watching again :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqR-AK7TxBk

[zanne]

24. Anything by Jethro Tull.

"Thick As a Brick" comes to mind. Also "Locomotive Breath".

[MissMillie]

26. "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rundgren

I love that song.


And Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney

[darkstar]

31. Seconded. Still sounds so fresh to my ears

You -oo -oo -oo you know that I'd be with you if I could....

:hi:

[amyrose2712]

27. Seasons in the Sun-Terry Jacks

makes me cry every time

[Burma Jones]

28. Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine

Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life
Don't know what he's asking

He tells me I'd better get in line
Can't hear what he's saying
When I grow up I'm going to make it mine
But these aren't dues I been paying

(Chorus)
How much does it cost, I'll buy it
The time is all we've lost, I'll try it
But he can't even run his own life
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine

Sunshine go away today
I don't feel much like dancing
Some man's gone he's tried to run my life
Don't know what he's asking

Working starts to make me wonder where
The fruits of what I do are going
He says in love and war all is fair
But he's got cards he ain't showing

(Chorus)

Sunshine come on back another day
I promise you I'll be singing
This old world, she's gonna turn around
Brand new bells'll be ringing

[annonymous]

29. Afternoon Delight a good song? You've got to be kidding!

That song is truly awful.

[Left Is Write]

71. Completely, total awful from start to finish.

I'm still amazed it became a huge hit.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

83. They could sing three-part harmony quite well.

Which was unheard of in the seventies, the Beatles having broken up by then.

And it beats hell out of such dreck as "Muskrat Love".

[arcadian]

32. Chicago - If You Leave Me Now

[Iggo]

33. So we're talkin 70's pop, right?

"Still The One" by Orleans.

With kittehs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-6S6nBp5o8

[Left Brain]

89. "Our Song"

The ex and me, that is

Guess he's not Still the One after all.

[Left Brain]

90. Elton John era, no doubt

How could y'all forget:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EadIvDAWkf8

[Beer Snob-50]

34. barracuda by heart

i heard it on the radio on my into work this morning and for some reason (it didn't before) brought back a great, sexual high school memory (30+ years ago)

[Taverner]

35. One-hit-pop-wonders? I like Falling In and out of love/Aimee by Pure Prairie

[EFerrari]

39. I liked that band. Do you remember the Amazing Rhythm Aces?

"Third Rate Romance" but, just about everything they did was good, like this one. The End is not in Sight, 1976.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=post&forum=105&topic_id=8118807&mesg_id=8119802

[BrotherBuzz]

69. Ride Captain Ride by Blues Image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2IWIwAYDNU&feature=related

[AlCzervik]

36. Wishing on a star and car wash by Rose Royce.

[Tikki]

37. These two I remember hearing on AM in the early 70's.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO8ia38wpBE
Dave & Ansel Collins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzMWe6XyVdc
Desmond Dekker & The Aces

Tikki

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. "Marquee Moon" by Television.

From the album of the same name.

http://www.notes.co.il/david/user/marquee%20moon.bmp

[Arugula Latte]

41. "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young, "Strange Magic" by ELO

[av8rdave]

42. Don't forget "Chevy Van"

Sammy Johns, wasn't it?

[southpaw]

50. I had almost succeded at doing just that! Damn You!

;-)

Actually, that song is the very definition of a 70's AM Radio Classic.

And I believe it was Sammy Johns.

[meegbear]

43. My Sharonna - The Knack ...

An edgy rock/pop tune you can dance to.

Quintessential 70's.

[kwassa]

44. which was better, "Muskrat Love" or "Psychokiller"?

The Captain and Tennille, or Talking Heads?

Tough call.

[Iggo]

45. Fa fa fa FA fa...etc.

[libodem]

46. I LOVE psycho killer

ksss kasss ka stay ffa ffa far away ...ra, run, run, run... run, run away, wahhh wahhhh, wahhhh wahaaaaaaa Ya, ya, ya,... ya, ya, yaaaaaahhh
Can't seem to face
up to the facts
Tense and Nervous
Can't relax
Can't sleep
My bed's...on fire
Don't TOUCH ME
I'm a real live wire.....
Whoa oh... Psycho killer

God, they just don't write songs like they used to.


Well, maybe the 'YES' Dance
Let's do the fork in the blender....(hands over head, jazz hand movements, prance around in a circle)
Ta tink, tink, tink, tink,
If any body loves me they should hook us up with a link to Youtube for the Yes dance
So we can all be Yes-ing as hard as we can.....

[southpaw]

48. Qu'est-ce que c'est?

[libodem]

53. Pardon moi

my Frech is shitty. and my phonetic spelling is well, shall we say creative?

[southpaw]

55. Sorry I couldn't resist

I actually thought you had copied the lyrics from one of the many 'lyrics' sites without noticing the error.

But, either way, I couldn't resist posting the actual lyric which, in translation, questions the veracity of the lyric you posted. Otherwise I would likely have not bothered, as I'm typcially not much of a 'correctness ninny'

[libodem]

57. Thanks my friend

I knew the song was full of French, but I don't know if I've ever seen the song written out anywhere. I've just always loved how bizarre it makes me feel when I hear it. It just a certain, Jeni's say squaw, oh well, say law vee.....ha ha (now, I am spelling silly on purpose):silly:

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

49. Dan Hill - Sometimes When We Touch

[Lars39]

51. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrm7ZQ0aMA&feature=related

Do You Know What I Mean ? - Lee Michaels- 1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fymw5ie9Zd4&feature=related

[Pool Hall Ace]

52. "Sweet Seasons" - Carole King

My first favorite song.

[BrklynLiberal]

54. Lovin' You by Minnie Ripperton

Midnight at the Oasis by Maria Muldaur

[foxfeet]

56. Anything by Linda Ronstadt n/t

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

58. I was a 'disco' dj

in the 70's. I put the word in parenthses because most of the work I did was in a bar in a restaurant. No matter, I played the music and they danced. One song that ALWAYS filled the dance floor, especially after the crowd had a few drinks was "Brick House" by the Ohio Players. The song is magic............. :)

[kwassa]

60. "Brick House" is by the Commodores

back when Lionel Ritchie was a member, before he went solo. Ohio Players did many a great funk tune, but this wasn't one of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_House_(song)

"Brick House" is a funk/disco song from Commodores' 1977 album Commodores and is one of their most popular songs. It peaked at #5 in the U.S. and #32 in the U.K. A brick house is slang for a voluptuous woman. The song describes the benefits of being a "brick house" and the narrator's affection for this particular woman.

and it is from the vernacular phrase, "built like a brick shit house" one of the more mysterious compliments about an attractive woman.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2458/how-did-the-phrase-built-like-a-brick-shithouse-get-to-be-a-compliment

The guy who first used "built like a brick shithouse" to describe a woman with a nice figure wasn't thickheaded, just a smart-ass. From the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang we learn that: (a) the phrase and its euphemistic variants date back at least to 1903; (b) said variants replace "shithouse" with switch shanty, schoolhouse, slaughterhouse, or backhouse, among others; and (c) all were originally--and more sensibly--applied to men of solid or powerful build. When said of women, one 1938 source notes, the phrase usually meant a "heavy, cloddish, sexually unappetizing female." But even in the 1930s a few wiseguys were applying it to attractive women, and in the U.S. that usage has now supplanted all others.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

63. Damn!

You are right. That is a great tune too. I was thinking of "Fire" by teh players.........

[Symarip]

59. Mr. Big Stuff...

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!?!

[Lars39]

61. The Kiki Dee Band - I've Got the Music in Me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O825dkAyadY&feature=related

[S n o w b a l l]

62. Earth Wind & Fire

Reasons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NnXIxSAa1Q

[Tuesday Afternoon]

65. Neandatheral Man ~ Hot Legs

possibly too cool for the rest of the thread, though....

[SoxFan]

66. "Alternative Ulster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Gov4tTB7M

[SoxFan]

67. "Alternative Ulster"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Gov4tTB7M

[Arugula Latte]

68. "Into the Mystic" by Van Morrison

[Tuesday Afternoon]

70. Me and You and A Dog named Boo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yrnmzslkQ0

[Left Is Write]

73. My Maria by B.W. Stephenson

[PeaceNikki]

74. War Pigs

And everything Bee Gees.

[FarLeftRage]

75. "Moonlight Feels Right"....

By Starbuck, that song defined the 70's...

[CBHagman]

82. Aaagh, you've just dragged me back to my senior year.

And graduation week, and the summer before I went away to school...

[fudge stripe cookays]

76. "Drivers Seat" Sniff n the Tears

One hit wonder, but I LOVE this song! :D

[Richardo]

78. "My Old School" - Steely Dan

[Richardo]

79. "Rock and Roll Doctor" by Little Feat

[Richardo]

80. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" by Chicago

[Richardo]

81. "Dancin' in the Moonlight" by King Harvest

[jobycom]

85. Because the Night--Patti Smith Group

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px__SsVXX_0&feature=related

[dembotoz]

87. wuthering heights-kate bush