What're the best five songs of America's worst decade (1970s)?

Do they have to be songs by American artists? Or by the band, America?

Lenny Leonard wrote:

Do they have to be songs by American artists? Or by the band, America?

Clearly no.

Miracles - Jefferson Starship

Baker Street - Jerry Rafferty

Badge - Cream

Get Closer - Seals and Croft

Lady - Little River Band

Ask me again tomorrow and I'll give you five different songs, 70s was the golden age of American music.

fyi American Girl was released in 1985

Stagflation wrote:

Let's see who can muster the best list:

1. Baba O'Riley by the Who

2. American Girl by Tom Petty

3. Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver

4. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

5. California Uber Alles by The Dead Kennedys

sovereign citizen wrote:

fyi American Girl was released in 1985

Nope. Feb '77

Stagflation wrote:

sovereign citizen wrote:

fyi American Girl was released in 1985

Nope. Feb '77

You're right, my apologies,

Best decade of music by far, in my opinion. I simply can't pick 5. I can't reduce my list to less than 20, and I'm still leaving incredible songs out (Ramones, Clash, Van Halen) Sorry.

Let It Be - The Beatles

The Logical Song - Supertramp

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Hotel California - Eagles

Time - Pink Floyd

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John

Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

2112 - Rush

Baba O'Riley - The Who

Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney & Wings

Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Dream On - Aerosmith

More Than A Feeling - Boston

Layla - Derek & The Dominoes

Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh

Message In A Bottle - The Police

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - CSNY

Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Dod they even have music in the 70s? There wasnt computers to make it with

Badge by Cream was in the 1960s.

Bowie

Diamond Dogs album -Candidate

Candidate (reprise)

Clash - London Calling album -London Calling

Joy Division

Still album -Ceremony

Gordon Lighfoot - Sundown

The 70's was America's Greatest Decade ever.

Hard to keep it to five.

Theme - Public Image Limited

Cars - Gary Numan

Europa Endlos - Kraftwerk

Lola - The Kinks

Transmission - Joy Division

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney

Earache My Eye - Cheech and Chong

Because the Night - Patti Smith

Anarchy in the U.K. - Sex Pistols

London Calling - The Clash

Freedom Rider - Traffic

Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan

Who killed the Kennedy's wrote:

Joy Division

Still album -Ceremony

Not from the 70's.

pick any 5 from Joni's Blue

Stagflation wrote:

Let's see who can muster the best list:

1. Baba O'Riley by the Who

2. American Girl by Tom Petty

3. Take Me Home Country Roads by John Denver

4. Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin

5. California Uber Alles by The Dead Kennedys

I'm curious why you specifically asked about America's worst decade (assuming you meant of music), but then included foreign artists, but great question, regardless. Cool you have a John Denver song in the mix. He seems largely forgotten, maybe because of the simple home spun nature of his songs. Glad I got to seen him before he passed. He, along with Neil Diamond were those acts for me, that every person has, that you were introduced to by your parents, that either secretly or openly, you really liked. I probably would have went for Rocky Mountain High, although my favorite JD song is Looking for Space. As a complete side note, his version of Oh Holy Night is the best Christmas song out there.

Here's mine (not confined to American artists)

1. Bohemian Rhapsody - C'mon, maybe the best song ever

2. Bridge Over Troubled Water

3. Golden Country - REO Speedwagon, a really underrated war era protest song.

4. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

5. Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Honorable Mention as probably my favorite song, but not worthy of a best ever list is Styx' Crystal Ball.

Born To Run Bruce Springsteen 1975

Running On Empty Jackson Browne 1977

Don't Cha Stop The Cars 1978

Come Running Van Morrison 1970

Before They Make Me Run The Rolling Stones 1978

Every decade had some crap music. The 70's and 80's perhaps more than any other decades! But some very good music came out of that time as well.

Some personal favorites:

Albums

Moondance- Van Morrison

John Barleycorn-Traffic

Eat a Peach-Allman Brothers

Who's Next-Who

Tapestry- Carole King

Chicago-several albums

Mud Slide Slim- James Taylor

Mad dogs-Joe Cocker

Silk Degrees-Boz Scaggs

Several Paul simon albums

All Day Music-War

and I know most people don't like him, but Hot August Night is a superb album

Horse with No Name

Sister Golden Hair

The Dewey Bunnell Song