The 70s POLL - Tracks - Companion prediction/commentary/moaning thread...

I like almost all the songs but I kind of wish there were 70 to go not 50.

THE TRACKS LIST:

10CC - Don't Hang Up
10CC - Im Not In Love
5 Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
ABBA - Chiquitita
ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - Fernando
ABBA - S.O.S.
ABBA - The Name of the Game
ABBA - Waterloo
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Aerosmith - Dream On
Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Airto Moreira - Tombo In 7/4
Al Green - Belle
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Al Green - You Ought to Be With Me
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Alice Cooper - Under My Wheels
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Amon Duul II - Archangels Thunderbird
Andrea True Connection - More More More
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Ann Peebles - 99 Pounds
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand The Rain
Aretha Franklin' - Til You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Art Ensemble Of Chicago Feat. Fontella Bass - Theme De Yoyo
B-52's - Rock Lobster
B-52's Dance this Mess Around
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
Badfinger - Baby Blue
Badfinger - Day After Day
Band - It Makes No Difference
Barkays - Holy Ghost
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi Dead
Beach Boys - Surf's Up
Bee Gees - "Stayin' Alive"
Bee Gees -- More Than A Woman
Bee Gees - Nights on Broadway
Big Star - Daisy Glaze
Big Star - Kanga-Roo
Big Star - September Gurls
Big Star - Thirteen
Black Sabbath - Supernaut
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Dreaming
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street
Boney M - Rasputin
Boston - More Than A Feeling
Bram Tchaichovsky - Girl Of My Dreams
Brian Eno - Baby's On Fire
Brian Eno - St. Elmo's Fire
Brian Eno "The Big Ship"
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star"
Buzzcocks - Boredom
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone...)?
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag
Caetano Veloso - London, London
Caetano Veloso - Maria Bethania
Can - Sing Swan Song
Can - Halleluwah
Can - I Want More
Can - Moonshake
Can - Vitamin C
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Candido - Thousand Finger Man
Captain & Tenille - Love Will Keep Us Together
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Big Eyed Beans From Venus
Carpenters - Goodbye To Love
Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
Cars - Just What I Needed
Cars - My Best Friends Girl
Charles Wright - Express Yourself
Charlie Rich - Behind Closed Doors
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Cheap Trick- I Want You To Want Me
Chic - Good Times
Chic - Le Freak
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman?
Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
Chuck Brown - Bustin' Loose
Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Clash - Janie Jones
Clash - London Calling
Clash - Police and Thieves
Cluster - Rosa
Cristina - 'Disco Clone'
Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio
Cult Hero - "I Dig You
Cure - "Boys Don't Cry"
Cure - Killing An Arab
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Damned - Smash It Up/Burglar
David Bowie - Heroes
David Bowie - Jean Genie
David Bowie - Panic In Detroit
David Bowie - Sweet Thing/Candidate
David Essex - Rock On
Deep Purple - Fireball
Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla
Detroit Emeralds - Feel The Need In Me
Diana Ross - Love Hangover (12" Version)
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Disco Tex & His Sex-O-Lettes - Get Dancin'
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna McGhee - Make It Last Forever
Donna Summer - Dim All The Lights
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - I Love you
Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby
Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
Donna Summer - Sunset People
Donna Summer "heaven knows"
Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes
Dramatics - In The Rain
Dylan - Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
Earth, Wind and Fire - September
Eddie Kendricks "Girl, You Need A Change of Mind"
Electric Eels - Cyclotron
Electric Light Orchestra - Livin' Thing
Elton John - Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
Enemy - Pull Down The Shades
Esther Phillips - 'Home Is Where The Hatred Is'
Faces - 'You Can Make Me Dance, Sing or Anything
Fall "Rebellious Jukebox"
Faust - It's A Rainy Day
First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
Flamin Groovies - Shake Some Action
Fleetwood Mac - Brown Eyes
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Four Seasons - The Night
Foxy - Get Off
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Gang Of Four - Love Like Anthrax
Gary Glitter - Rock And Roll Part 2
Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric?
Gary Numan - Cars
Gary Numan - Me! I Disconnect From You
Gene Clark - "No Other"
Genesis - Supper's Ready
George Jones - A Good Year For The Roses
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Gil-Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy
Glitter Band - Goodbye My Love
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Gram Parsons - $1000 Wedding
Grand Funk - Bad Time
Grateful Dead - "Ripple"
Harry Nilsson "Without You"
Heart - "Crazy On You"
Heart - Magic Man
Heatwave - Boogie Nights
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Idris Muhammad - Peace And Rhythm Suite
Iggy And The Stooges - Search & Destroy
Iggy Pop - Passenger
Isaac Hayes - Joy
Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
Isley brothers 'footsteps in the dark'
Jackie Wilson - Because Of You
Jackson Five - ABC
Jackson Five- The Love You Save
Jackson Sisters - I Believe In Miracles
Jam - 'When You're Young'
James Brown - Get Up, Get Into it, and Get Involved
James Brown - Give It Up Or Turn It A Loose
James Brown - The Payback
Janet Kay - Silly Games
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Jerry Reed - Amos Moses
Jimi Hendrix - Dolly Dagger
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder they Come
Joe Jackson - It's Different For Girls
John Cale - Heartbreak Hotel
John Lennon - Imagine
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Working Class Hero
Johnathan Richman - Egyptian Reggae
Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down
Johnny Clarke - Roots, Natty Roots, Natty Congo
Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now
Joni Mitchell - A Case Of You
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Joni Mitchell - Help Me
Jorge Ben - Errare Humanum Est
Jorge Ben - Taj Mahal
Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
Joy Division - Transmission
Judee Sill "The Kiss"
Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
Karin Krog - Hold Out Your Hands
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Kenny Loggins & Stevie Nicks - Whenever I Call You 'Friend'
Kleenex - Ain't You
Kraftwerk - Autobahn
Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
Langley Schools Music Project - Desperado
Led Zepellin - When The Levee Breaks
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Linda Jones - Your Precious Love
Love Unlimited Orchestra - Love's Theme
Lynne Anderson - Rose Garden
Lynryd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
M - Pop Muzik
MacFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stopping Us Now
Machine - There But For The Grace Of God Go I
mars "helen fordsdale"
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Marvin Gaye -When Did I Stop Loving You (When Did You Stop Loving Me)?
Matching Mole - O Caroline
Max Romeo - War Ina Babylon
Max Romeo & The Upsetters - Chase The Devil
Melodians - River Of Babylon
Mexican - Babe Ruth
Mfsb - Love Is The Message
MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Milton Nascimento - Cravo É Canela
Milton Nascimento - San Vicente
Minnie Ripperton - Les Fleur
Modern Lovers - Girlfriend
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Mott the Hoople - All The Young Dudes
Musique - In The Bush
Neil Young - Albuquerque
Neil Young - Cortez The Killer
Neil Young - Don't Be Denied
Neil Young - Walk On
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Thrasher
Nerves - Hanging On The Telephone
Neu! - Hallogallo
Normal - "Warm Leatherette"
O-Jays - Back Stabbers
O-Jays - Love Train
O-Jays - Rich Get Richer
Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Osmonds - Let Me In
OV Wright - Into Something
Parliment - Flashlight
Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker
Pat Kelly - How Long
Patti Jo - Make Me Believe In You
Patti Smith - Gloria
Paul Simon - Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Pere Ubu - Non-Alignment Pact
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Phoebe Snow - "All Over"
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Quads - There Must Be Thousands/You Gotta Jive
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Queen - Killer Queen
Queen - We Will Rock You / We Are The Champions
Ram Jam - Black Betty
Ramones - Judy is a Punk
Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Randy Newman - Rednecks
Raspberries - Go All The Way
Records - Starry Eyes
red transistor "not bite"
Richard and Linda Thompson - Dimming of the Day
richard hell & the voidoids "blank generation"
Robert Wyatt - Sea Song
Rocket From The Tombs - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Rocket From The Tombs - Ain't It Fun
Rod Stewart - Maggie May
Rolling Stones - Bitch
Rose Royce - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Rotary Connection - I Am The Black Gold Of The Sun
Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
Roxy Music - If There Is Something
Roxy Music - Mother Of Pearl
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Roy Ayers - Everybody Loves The Sunshine
Roy Harper - Another Day
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
Rush - Fly By Night
Saints - (I'm) Stranded
Saints - Messin With The Kid
Santa Esmeralda - "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
Santana - Samba Pa Ti
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Sex Pistols - Holiday In The Sun
Shirley & Co. - Shame Shame Shame
Silvio Rodríguez - Ojalá
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
Sister Sledge - Thinking Of You
Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
Sparks - No 1 Song In Heaven
Specials - A Message To You Rudy
Squeeze- Up the Junction
Steely Dan - "Any Major Dude Will Tell You"
Steely Dan - Any World That I'm Welcome To
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Steely Dan - Rikki Don't Lose That Number
Stevie Wonder - Another Star
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Stevie Wonder - Superwoman
Stevie Wonder 'I believe...'
Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster"
Stylistics - Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)
Subway Sect - Ambition
Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Suicide - Cheree Cheree
Sun Ra - Strange Celestial Road
Supertramp - "School"
Sweet - "Blockbuster"
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Sweet - Teenage Rampage
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Sylvia - Pillow Talk
T. Rex - "Cosmic Dancer"
T. Rex - Metal Guru
T. Rex - Ride A White Swan
T.Rex - Jeepster
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Tamiko Jones - Can't Live Without Your Love
Teardrop Explodes - Sleeping Gas
Television - Marquee Moon 12"
Television - The Dream's Dream
Temptations - Just My Imagination
Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Terry Callier - Ordinary Joe
This Heat - 24 Track Loop
Three Degrees - Maybe
Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
Tim Buckley - Song For The Siren
Todd Rundgren - I Saw The Light
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
Toy Love - Squeeze
Twinkeez - Aliens In Our Midst
Ultravox - Slow Motion
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin About Love
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
Waylon Jennings - Luckenbach
Who - Love Reign O'er Me
Willie Colon/Celia Cruz - Usted Abuso
Wings - Live And Let Die
Wings - Silly Love Songs
Wire - Map Ref.41N93W
Wire - Outdoor Miner
Wizzard- See My Baby Jive
X-Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours
Yes - Awaken
ZZ Top - La Grange

ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - S.O.S.
Alice Cooper - School's Out
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone...)?
Chic - Le Freak
Chic - Good Times
David Bowie - Heroes
David Bowie - Jean Genie
Derek & The Dominos - Layla
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Joy Division - Transmission
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Lynryd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
M - Pop Muzik
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Television - Marquee Moon 12"

I will let more knowledgeable people guess the rest..

5 Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
ABBA - Dancing Queen
ABBA - S.O.S.
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Big Star - September Gurls
Blondie - Atomic
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone...)?
Cars - Just What I Needed
Cheap Trick- I Want You To Want Me
Chic - Good Times
Chic - Le Freak
Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Clash - London Calling
David Bowie - Heroes
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
Iggy And The Stooges - Search & Destroy
Jackson Five - ABC
Joy Division - Transmission
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Television - Marquee Moon 12"
Temptations - Just My Imagination
Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane

I guess one or two of these might've been on already.

Really, there are a ton I thought would make it that I had to cut to make it down to 36. This should be interesting.

I don't know what this is => it is not going to be in the top 36.

With "Rumours" finishing outside the top 50 on the albums list, I doubt that there's any more FM to come.

I'd be shocked if "Video Killed the Radio Star" doesn't make it. And if "Kiss Me Again" makes it, then I'll eat my computer.

Is "Superstition" going to make it at least?

"Superstition" seems like a near-lock, yeah.

I'm surprised at the low showing of Patti Smith's Gloria and Born To Run. I don't know if either would have even charted if I didn't have both on my top 5.

I'm having trouble putting together a logical 20 here. Looks like there might be a couple wildcards.

The fact that it's not on the rundown so far means, I guess, that I was the only voter for it.

Ah well..

I had never even heard of the Other Ones either! There are some British type things that I'm learning about through this.

No one has heard of the Other Ones.

And I still haven't given up hope on "Surrender" yet.

I'd be quite keen on running an 80s poll, I like doing polls. But not for a while, eh?

(Besides I've got one to run on ILC for now)

However, I do think it's one of their best songs, and one of the best songs to come out of the New York punk scene (this implies that Blondie were one of the top two or three bands to come out of that scene. With three Blondie tracks in the top 20 and "Parallel Lines" in the top ten of the albums poll, I know that many ILM'ers agree with these statements).

Now here is my question: what is the best disco song ever? According to the 70's poll, it's "Heart of Glass" by a huge margin. I love that song, and it would probably figure in my all-time Disco POX, but the best ever, with nothing else even approaching it? That doesn't seem right.

So, if I asked you to predict the rankings of two songs on a 70's poll:

Song A: the 7th or 8th best disco song of the decade
Song B: the 2nd or 3rd best power-pop song of the decade, performed by a legendary New York band

Then you'd probably bank on Song B making the top 15, if not the top 10, and Song A slotting in around ... what, #50? #60?

Maybe I'm phrasing these questions in a misleading way, but I think "Dreaming" does rock better than "HoG" does disco.

OK, I'm a fucking moran, because disco went #1 - #2, with Chic and Michael in the top ten.

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i liked the tracks poll more than the album poll (so few 70s tracks seem to be canon fodder and few of those seemed to have a good chance of doing well in this poll); i'm a little disappointed certain ROCK tracks didn't make it ("school's out", "immigrant song"), i was kinda meh on the clash placings, but really no complaints.

Somebody has a bad attitude.