That's a good video (sexy girls, and I swear it looks like a Yamaha TX750 in the background), and the band is having fun, but the lyrics are too repetitive.
Comments are good, but not as good as the comments in Mungo
This is It - Kenny Loggins September - Earth, Wind and Fire Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Roundabout - Yes Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Riders On the Storm - The Doors Your Song - Elton John Killer Queen - Queen
I could have a different opinion on a different day, and I did try to switch it up with bands/performers here even though Stevie Wonder gets two songs. Also, just because these are the 10 best doesn't mean I don't want to hear something else. China Grove is a need for me once in a while as is Highway to Hell...and Foreplay/Long Time is one of the best technically precise songs ever written.
You can't label music the best or the worst. Music is subjective; what you can say is that these are my favorite or my least favorite songs.
Your list has a couple of pretty good songs on it, and a couple of pretty bad songs on it (see, I just made the same mistake that you did).
Personally, I don't think any of your top ten songs would make my top 100, but to each his own.
While I knew this post would generate a lot of comments (it would have no matter WHAT song I posted as one of the best 10 in the 1970s), it's not a troll post.
Here's why this song is so great and why I actually do think it's one of the best 10 of the 70s:
1) I'm not usually a lyrics guy, but he wrote this for his ailing father facing cardiovascular surgery, and when you listen to it with that understanding, it is unique.
2) Loggins' singing is outstanding in this song.
3) It is catchy, and it rocks, building up nicely to the rockin' chorus.
4) Michael McDonald co-wrote it and sings on it, so, butter.
5) It is musically very complex, and as a musican, I appreciate songs that aren't just 1-4-5.
1. He didn’t write this for his father. 2. Sell out Kenny trying go pop. 3. It is in the same style as 90% of the music at the time.
4. So Kenny and Michael are brothers, or was Michael just close to his dad. Even though song isn’t for his dad. 5. No it isn’t. It is a repetitive melody.
1) Kenny Loggins absolutely wrote this song for his father. He has talked about it at length, and you can find it referenced everywhere online.
2) Not a sell out at all and in line with a lot of his other stuff...except that this song of his is his best...by far in my opinion.
3) Style, schmyle. What I said there for #3 is still the case.
4) Just because Michael McDonald co-wrote it with Loggins doesn't mean Loggins didn't write it for his dad. It was Loggins' idea. McDonald just helped him write it. Subject matter was all Loggins...and again, he wrote it for his dad.
5) If you think that's not a complex piece of music, then you are not a musician. There are MORE than 20 different chords used in that song including a lot of "complex" or "slash" chords. You know nothing.
I admit, I'm not very familiar with Kenny Loggins' discography outside of his contributions to Top Gun. I've never heard this song before; I thought I was listening to George Michael at first.
I think it's a good song. Would listen again. But confidently placing it in the top 10 of the entire 1970s is outrageous. No way am I putting Loggins over Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, the Isley Bros, George Benson, the Rolling Stones, etc., etc., etc.
Note that I didn't say Kenny Loggins was better than and other person or band, only that that one song of his is in the top 10 from the 70s...because it is.
Steely Dan as a band is much better than Kenny Loggins, but none of their songs is as good as This Is It. Pink Floyd sucks balls. The Isley Brothers weren't as good, and they were from the 50s anyway. The Rollings Stones were better as a band than Loggins, but again, no song of theirs FROM THE 70s was as good as This Is It. Love George Benson, but he has three good songs ever, and one of those is a cover song and another is from 1980.
This is It - Kenny Loggins September - Earth, Wind and Fire Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Roundabout - Yes Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Riders On the Storm - The Doors Your Song - Elton John Killer Queen - Queen
I could have a different opinion on a different day, and I did try to switch it up with bands/performers here even though Stevie Wonder gets two songs. Also, just because these are the 10 best doesn't mean I don't want to hear something else. China Grove is a need for me once in a while as is Highway to Hell...and Foreplay/Long Time is one of the best technically precise songs ever written.
literally every song posted in this thread - with the exception of the Talking Heads - is absolute crap. Almost all of you have 0 taste
Talking Heads is the second most overrated band ever...second only to Pink Floyd who sucks balls.
This is It - Kenny Loggins September - Earth, Wind and Fire Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Roundabout - Yes Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Riders On the Storm - The Doors Your Song - Elton John Killer Queen - Queen
I could have a different opinion on a different day, and I did try to switch it up with bands/performers here even though Stevie Wonder gets two songs. Also, just because these are the 10 best doesn't mean I don't want to hear something else. China Grove is a need for me once in a while as is Highway to Hell...and Foreplay/Long Time is one of the best technically precise songs ever written.
If your goal was just to generate a reaction, congratulations. I guess you succeeded.
I've always felt that Kenny Loggins is too syrupy, too soft, and mostly boring. This Is It, while maybe not his worst song, certainly ranks pretty low in the unimpressive collection of Kenny Loggins' songs. You like it? Great!
Flappole, there's a place for bands and songs like your pushing here as your number one, and I believe The Drive By Truckers pretty much nailed it in this sweet number I'd like to share with you, if I may -
Flappole, there's a place for bands and songs like your pushing here as your number one, and I believe The Drive By Truckers pretty much nailed it in this sweet number I'd like to share with you, if I may -
This is It - Kenny Loggins September - Earth, Wind and Fire Listen to the Music - The Doobie Brothers Superstition - Stevie Wonder Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder Roundabout - Yes Black Dog - Led Zeppelin Riders On the Storm - The Doors Your Song - Elton John Killer Queen - Queen
I could have a different opinion on a different day, and I did try to switch it up with bands/performers here even though Stevie Wonder gets two songs. Also, just because these are the 10 best doesn't mean I don't want to hear something else. China Grove is a need for me once in a while as is Highway to Hell...and Foreplay/Long Time is one of the best technically precise songs ever written.
September and sir Duke. I'm listening now. Great songs.
Flappole, there's a place for bands and songs like your pushing here as your number one, and I believe The Drive By Truckers pretty much nailed it in this sweet number I'd like to share with you, if I may -
Hmm. Well, first of all, I aready said that I didn't say Kenny Loggins was great, only that his ONE song titled This Is It is one of the top 10 of the 1970s, but since you brought up this comparison thing, let's see what the facts say:
Kenny Loggins Awards (Note that for awards mentioned more than once, that means he won that award more than once):
Best Original Song Best Original Music Outstanding Special Class Program Outstanding Original Song Best Original Song Best New Artist Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Song of the Year Best Male Pop Vocal Performance (this was for This Is It) Best Male Rock Vocal Performance Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Best Musical Album for Children Best Musical Album for Children Best New Age Album Best Original Score
Drive-By Truckers awards:
Best Pop Instrumental Album
So, I think Loggins wins there. Also, Loggins' net worth is listed at $16 million while the lead singer for the Drive-By Truckers is $1 million.
Loggins is past his prime of course, but he was a big deal in the late 70s and 80s, writing scores for major motion pictures, charting high. Your comparison just doesn't work here at all.
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