That was their first #1 single. What was the band supposed to say with their music? Were they supposed to be political like CSNY? Spare me those pretentious "message" bands.
Songs that defined the 70s
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It reminds me of another band, but God, who might that be???
All I remember are hammers, worms and a judge with hanging balls...
Oh and thanks for Chicago!
Naah, "Muskrat Love" was such silly and insubstantial fluff that it barely registered for me at all.
Besides, Toni Tenille was way prettier than Peter Cetera.
Chicago had plenty of political songs in the early years, but that isn't what I meant at all. They'd been sputtering creatively after Chicago VII, but from "If You Leave Me Now" onward, their output had no musical value (and Terry Kath would be dead less than two years later.) They were through.
Have a nice message.
I actually liked that one and still do (and without equal the best live show I ever saw.) Pretty much the end of the road, though. I didn't like The Final Cut at all, and the post-Waters stuff I've found... unsatisfying.It reminds me of another band, but God, who might that be???
All I remember are hammers, worms and a judge with hanging balls...
Naah, "Muskrat Love" was such silly and insubstantial fluff that it barely registered for me at all.
Besides, Toni Tenille was way prettier than Peter Cetera.
[/quote]Dead rats are prettier than Peter Cetera!
Children Of The revolution by T-Rex
Well I have my own personal reasons for selecting these but here are few more to add to the list.
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Your Song - Elton John
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Starman - David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
Most people automatically think of Disco when you say "The '70s". But a lot of superb music came out of this period, especially in R&B and Country, which tends to be overlooked for the more flashy rock and pop of the decade.
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Your Song - Elton John
We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton
Diamonds Are Forever - Shirley Bassey
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Starman - David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Takin' It To The Streets - The Doobie Brothers
Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
Most people automatically think of Disco when you say "The '70s". But a lot of superb music came out of this period, especially in R&B and Country, which tends to be overlooked for the more flashy rock and pop of the decade.
Dude, I beg to differ. The Wall was released November 30, 1979 in Britain, December 8, 1979 in the US. Not enough time to define a decade!
Jeez, no one's mentioned poor old Lawrence Welk. I heard this was his new house band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bUhLG0vMmI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bUhLG0vMmI&feature=related
Dude, I beg to differ. The Wall was released November 30, 1979 in Britain, December 8, 1979 in the US. Not enough time to define a decade!
I don't think it matters when it was released. The song itself is about the drugged disconnected lifestyle of the time period. To me it basically defines the decade by being a product of it.
Dude, didn't anyone tell you? Larry Welk's been dead for more than 15 years.
Besides, "defining the 70s"? He was already square in the 50s. (Check out the great Lenny Bruce routine about the strung-out jazz cat reduced to taking a job on the Lawrence Welk Show.
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great songs in this thread
Altho mentioned already, I have to say anything from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, Chicaco's 25 or 6 to 4, and anything Osmond would take me back to the 70's. And my favorite, Peter Frampton's Do you feel like we Do. Did anyone not have Frampton Comes ALive?