Living in the Past wrote:
Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover, by Paul Simon.
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I tend to think of this song as TWO songs really. There is the main body of the song (just the drum, guitar and voice) which is quite good and has some smart lyrics. Then there is the chorus (with the full band and backing vocals) which is annoying to no end.
THE ROCK wrote:
Huh? Did you lose your virginity to a fish sandwich or something? The Rock doesn't follow.
Bread is a band that plays sappy make out love songs that were very popular in the 70's.
ray wrote:
How can we have this entire thread and not mention anything by Kansas?
Dust in the Wind
Freebird
both really sucked and yet some claim them to be the anthems of the 70's.
Freebird is Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Kansas. Dust in the Wind is a great song, just overplayed.
Dan Onymous wrote:
Freebird is Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Kansas. Dust in the Wind is a great song, just overplayed.
"Point of Know Return", however is annoying the first time you hear it.
Dan Onymous wrote: Freebird is Lynyrd Skynyrd, not Kansas. Dust in the Wind is a great song, just overplayed.You beat me to it, on both counts. Molly Hatchet did a decent cover of Skynyrd's tune, which is a great rock song, IMHO.
I could only last 2-minutes before I fell asleep, what's so great about that?????
Anne Artist wrote:
It is apparent from the fore-going that it is impossible to create a list of the 10 worst singles of the 1970s simply because there were far more than 10 really, really bad songs in the '70s that were equally, well..., bad. There's no other way to put it. There have been some perfect examples of the genre, including numerous disco "hits" and one-hit wonders, but the list just goes on and on and on. In fact, you can say the same damn thing about the '50s, the '60s, the '80s, the '90s, and the first seven years into the 2000's.
There is some truly vile stuff out there.
But back in '78 I was listening to this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30c-wEGRwig&mode=related&search=
(U.K. - In The Dead Of Night (Live 1978))
Today, we can get stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gekqb0FWSPc(dave weckl, steve gadd, vinnie colaiuta)
Now that's smoking.
Living in the Past wrote:
Yeah, there were several significant events in July 1969. One of them was the break up of the Jeff Beck Group, which was scheduled to play at Woodstock. The band was even listed on posters for the festival. Rod Stewart and Ron Wood left to replace Steve Marriot in Faces.
LOL! The "significant event" I referred to was just a little more in the concious of the world than the breakup of the Jeff Beck group and the recasting of the Small Faces.
ray wrote:
How can we have this entire thread and not mention anything by Kansas?
Dust in the Wind
Freebird
both really sucked and yet some claim them to be the anthems of the 70's.
I'd imagine that no one mentioned Freebird by Kansas because Freebird was by Lynard Skynard.
malmo wrote:Spiderbait:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtqjmuUaYXA
Bad Link. Ted Ginn Jr highlights to Spiderbait's version of Black Betty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGyrgqOKZLgRichard Perry wrote:
ray wrote:How can we have this entire thread and not mention anything by Kansas?
Dust in the Wind
Freebird
both really sucked and yet some claim them to be the anthems of the 70's.
I'd imagine that no one mentioned Freebird by Kansas because Freebird was by Lynard Skynard.
I am sure a lot of people noticed that but didn't feel the need to point out the obvious. By the way, it's "Lynyrd Skynyrd."
Amateurs! :) What about ...
"Him" - Rupert Holmes
"Cinderella" - Firefall
"The Winner Takes It All" - ABBA
"Popcorn" - Hot Butter
"Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
"The Lord's Prayer" - Sister Janet Mead
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day
"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" - Leo Sayer
"Just When I Needed You Most" - Randy Van Warmer
"I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" - England Dan and John Ford Coley
"I Think I Love You" - Partridge Family
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" - KC & The Sunshine Band
"Rocket Man" - William Shatner's version
"Let Her In" - John Travolta
ACK! "Patches" was sung by Jerry Reed ... in the early 80s. Same release as "She Got The Goldmine And I Got The Shaft".
"Deacon Blue" is a Steely Dan song...
and it's Rikki Don't Lose That Number
(not Ricky - it's to a girl, not a dude.)