Acclaimed Music Top 35 Songs from 1973 poll

nice year.

Evel Knievel! Boss!

It down to these, although I do like a bunch of the others:

Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Daryl Hall and John Oates - She's Gone
The Isley Brothers - That Lady

I might have to go with Hall & Oates since that's one of my favorite songs ever ever ever.

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Iggy and The Stooges - Search and Destroy
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Aerosmith - Dream On
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
Slade - Cum On Feel the Noize
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Pink Floyd - Money
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

The above would make a GREAT mix tape.

Going to go with "Search & Destroy." All the songs are great, but that one's great and important.

any of these, all of these.

Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Gladys Knight and The Pips - Midnight Train to Georgia
The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up AND I Shot the Sheriff
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Daryl Hall and John Oates - She's Gone
Roxy Music - Do the Strand
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
The Isley Brothers - That Lady

Jolene

Just too many. But looking at this list, I still love "Jet", "Jolene", "She's Gone", "Ballroom Blitz", "Do The Strand". Along with most everything else here. And I hate it whenever "That Lady" comes on and it's the short version without Ernie's guitar lesson.

2 232 Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
8 478 New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
26 1263 Wings - Live and Let Die

in that exact order

Dolly

'Solid Air' easily.

Freebird

Tempted by "Jolene" and "That Lady", but "Midnight Train to Georgia" is one of my all-time favorite songs, so there...

does ILM even want me to do these threads anymore? based on the number of responses lately there doesn't seem to be the interest?

Nah, keep em up! I tend to vote without posting a lot of the time, and I'm assuming that some others do as well.

"Midnight Train To Georgia," btw.

https://play.spotify.com/user/frazze/playlist/4UOLOA8gwz0162YkmEUlzT

Not my favourite year--I like what comes right before and right after much better. A number of great singles I'm quite sick of. A few good ones by people who had better. My top two would be "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (yeah, by any objective standard, he had better too--but I do love it, and I'm not sick of it) and "Personality Crisis."

yeah Bee these are fun, keep it up!

Even though I'm pretty much just waiting for the Who to show up (no "5.15"? the hell?), I really look forward to these lists. Definitely keep doing them!

Difficult to choose between "Living For The City" (possibly my all-time favorite Stevie song) and "Freebird." Kinda want to throw a vote to "Drift Away"; such a beautiful song, and so underrated.

yes, "Drift Away" is my vote. hoping it does well on the classic rock poll because at least in the atl it was a staple on that format

it was such a strong year the next 10 (and so on) are equally impressive.

36 Elton John - Candle in the Wind
37 ZZ Top - La Grange
38 Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
39 The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'
40 Al Green - Call Me (Come Back Home)
41 Brian Eno - Baby's on Fire
42 Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
43 Sly and the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay
44 The Who - 5:15
45 Paul Simon - Kodachrome
46 Pink Floyd - Us and Them

i had to go for "apache"

Really tough choice, finally went with "Let's Get It On."

Apache makes me the happiest of these

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

shit, this year is fucking sick. no way to decide:

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird
Iggy and The Stooges - Search and Destroy
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis
Aerosmith - Dream On
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground
The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff
Slade - Cum On Feel the Noize
Dolly Parton - Jolene
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Wings - Live and Let Die
Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
The Incredible Bongo Band - Apache

went with elton, childhood passion dying hard

and bee ok otm, the next 10 are just as crucial. i mean goddam:

ZZ Top - La Grange
Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run
Brian Eno - Baby's on Fire
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care of Business
Sly and the Family Stone - If You Want Me to Stay
Paul Simon - Kodachrome

{plus "jet" belonged in my first list)

of the next ten Takin' Care of Business, If You Want Me to Stay and Kodachrome would seriously tempt me

couldn't pick from "Let's Get It On" or "That Lady" so voting "20th Century Boy."

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

7 405 The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up 0
11 555 The Wailers - I Shot the Sheriff 0

sort of makes me sad.