Summing Up The Decade - The 70s

[castlikeaghille]

Greetings Poppickers

Musically, the decade started and ended well with a bit of a dip in the middle (and sorry, but this is a Nobbby's Nuts free zone). Also, there is no Queen or Village People (representing Uber Camp) This is a UK centric perspective as otherwise there would be a CrosStNa&Yg entry if I lived in the mid-west - but I don't. Enjoy yersels' - Alphabetically:

1. Abba – Dancing Queen

The stuff of legend, and the ultimate guilty pleasure record. If you are a DJ and can’t fill the floor with this you are playing a morgue. The only band, before or since, to give “pop music” universal credibility

2. The Bee Gees – Night Fever

Never has absolute kitsch been so iconic

3. Blondie – Heart of Glass

If you dad wasn’t secretly pleasuring himself with a picture of Kate Bush he was sure to be doing it with a picture of the 70’s other femme fatal.

4. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Kent’s very own Helen of Troy – utterly beguiling. A phenomenal song from a unique talent, a genuine icon - unlike, say, Gwen Stefani

5. Lynnrd Skynnrd – Freebird

Representing epic rock anthems, this master class in crescendo from the Rednecks pips Stairway on the highly scientific grounds that it avoided the Wayne’s World treatment Also in the running were prog metal anthems such as Burn & Stargazer penned by the Man in Black – but as he’s joined the pixies (Google Blackmore’s Night) he has scuttled his own credentials.

6. Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The seventies without Prog would be a bit like a deep fried Mars Bar without brown sauce – just wrong on so many levels. Anyway, the only minor criticism you could make of this homage to Sid is that it’s not on Dark Side of the Moon, Prog’s Magnum Opus, which means you have to risk all your credibility by having at least two Prog albums in your collection…ssshhh.

7. Lou Reed – Perfect Day

Originally this was going to be Bowie’s Heroes, but I knew Splash would howl from the pirate radio station he runs in his back room about alternatives I had thought about nominating the Dooley's as kind of alternative alternative - but then the Nolan's fan club put an injunction out on me citing "disrespect to da 70's youf' At least here is an alternative more than two Gong (Crazieee) groupies, and Splash have heard of ;D

8. The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses

If the sixties were the Beatles then the seventies were the Stones. So when the coolest man in the world* states, of this song, “It’s Mick and me at our best” you should pay attention. Deep, heartfelt, melodic and utterly magnificent; this is what you get when grown up musicians pen their soul – a record that proves melody doesn’t have to be musical syrup.

* If Jonny Depp says Keef is the coolest man in the world then who is gonna argue..oh dear here comes Splash over the brow of the hill with the 'alternative' case for Kenny Craig Little Britain hypnotist

9. The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK

Either by mistake, or sheer fluke, the Sex Pistols actually recorded, by any conventional measure, one genuinely good song that became an anthem (just like one man became an army in the Water Margin).

10. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks

Oh yes indeed, music to feel alive to and the favourite musical tipple of the man who would go on to subject us to endless sessions of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Yeah, Yeah No

Regardeth and the 80's to look forward to?

CLaG

[shrimpman]

For me the 70's was Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, Rory Gallagher, plus many others. Never liked middle of the road pop stuff although I saw slade once at Callendar Park in the early 70's which was pretty good live.

[ibm59]

Free , LZ , Thin Lizzy (best live act) , ZZ Top before the great video/bloody awful song era , AC/DC , Stones , Pinkers ( did anyone else see the video of the helicopter flying down the Grand Canyon with SOYCD as the soundtrack?. Vertigo city ),Skynyrd, Slade ( a damn good hard rock group live ), Rory G,
Steely Dan for something a little easier on the lugs.
Saw them all live way back then and I've got the deafness to prove it.
Ps . Saw the Dancing Queen in the boozer last night. ;D

[shrimpman]

Hi ibm59,

Do you work for IBM in Greenock?

[ibm59]

Nope. It's my initials + birthdate.

[greenbanks]

castlikeaghille said:

Greetings Poppickers

Musically, the decade started and ended well with a bit of a dip in the middle (and sorry, but this is a Nobbby's Nuts free zone). Also, there is no Queen or Village People (representing Uber Camp) This is a UK centric perspective as otherwise there would be a CrosStNa&Yg entry if I lived in the mid-west - but I don't. Enjoy yersels' - Alphabetically:

1. Abba – Dancing Queen

The stuff of legend, and the ultimate guilty pleasure record. If you are a DJ and can’t fill the floor with this you are playing a morgue. The only band, before or since, to give “pop music” universal credibility

2. The Bee Gees – Night Fever

Never has absolute kitsch been so iconic

3. Blondie – Heart of Glass

If you dad wasn’t secretly pleasuring himself with a picture of Kate Bush he was sure to be doing it with a picture of the 70’s other femme fatal.

4. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Kent’s very own Helen of Troy – utterly beguiling. A phenomenal song from a unique talent, a genuine icon - unlike, say, Gwen Stefani

5. Lynnrd Skynnrd – Freebird

Representing epic rock anthems, this master class in crescendo from the Rednecks pips Stairway on the highly scientific grounds that it avoided the Wayne’s World treatment Also in the running were prog metal anthems such as Burn & Stargazer penned by the Man in Black – but as he’s joined the pixies (Google Blackmore’s Night) he has scuttled his own credentials.

6. Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The seventies without Prog would be a bit like a deep fried Mars Bar without brown sauce – just wrong on so many levels. Anyway, the only minor criticism you could make of this homage to Sid is that it’s not on Dark Side of the Moon, Prog’s Magnum Opus, which means you have to risk all your credibility by having at least two Prog albums in your collection…ssshhh.

7. Lou Reed – Perfect Day

Originally this was going to be Bowie’s Heroes, but I knew Splash would howl from the pirate radio station he runs in his back room about alternatives I had thought about nominating the Dooley's as kind of alternative alternative - but then the Nolan's fan club put an injunction out on me citing "disrespect to da 70's youf' At least here is an alternative more than two Gong (Crazieee) groupies, and Splash have heard of ;D

8. The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses

If the sixties were the Beatles then the seventies were the Stones. So when the coolest man in the world* states, of this song, “It’s Mick and me at our best” you should pay attention. Deep, heartfelt, melodic and utterly magnificent; this is what you get when grown up musicians pen their soul – a record that proves melody doesn’t have to be musical syrup.

* If Jonny Depp says Keef is the coolest man in the world then who is gonna argue..oh dear here comes Splash over the brow of the hill with the 'alternative' case for Kenny Craig Little Britain hypnotist

9. The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK

Either by mistake, or sheer fluke, the Sex Pistols actually recorded, by any conventional measure, one genuinely good song that became an anthem (just like one man became an army in the Water Margin).

10. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks

Oh yes indeed, music to feel alive to and the favourite musical tipple of the man who would go on to subject us to endless sessions of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Yeah, Yeah No

Regardeth and the 80's to look forward to?

CLaG

You can do better than that my man there's no Andy Stewart or Moira Anderson and ffs where's the Morrison Bros.Couldnae raise a hoolie in a storm this lot ;D

[shrimpman]

ibm59 said:

Nope. It's my initials + birthdate.

Sorry, I thought I may have known you :-)

[ibm59]

Well , you never know. Too many gowfers in IBM ;D. I've been a salty seadog for nigh on 30 years and live about 10 miles from the IBM Greenock factory. Back to the music???

[splash]

castlikeaghille said:

Greetings Poppickers

Musically, the decade started and ended well with a bit of a dip in the middle (and sorry, but this is a Nobbby's Nuts free zone). Also, there is no Queen or Village People (representing Uber Camp) This is a UK centric perspective as otherwise there would be a CrosStNa&Yg entry if I lived in the mid-west - but I don't. Enjoy yersels' - Alphabetically:

1. Abba – Dancing Queen

The stuff of legend, and the ultimate guilty pleasure record. If you are a DJ and can’t fill the floor with this you are playing a morgue. The only band, before or since, to give “pop music” universal credibility

2. The Bee Gees – Night Fever

Never has absolute kitsch been so iconic

3. Blondie – Heart of Glass

If you dad wasn’t secretly pleasuring himself with a picture of Kate Bush he was sure to be doing it with a picture of the 70’s other femme fatal.

4. Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights

Kent’s very own Helen of Troy – utterly beguiling. A phenomenal song from a unique talent, a genuine icon - unlike, say, Gwen Stefani

5. Lynnrd Skynnrd – Freebird

Representing epic rock anthems, this master class in crescendo from the Rednecks pips Stairway on the highly scientific grounds that it avoided the Wayne’s World treatment Also in the running were prog metal anthems such as Burn & Stargazer penned by the Man in Black – but as he’s joined the pixies (Google Blackmore’s Night) he has scuttled his own credentials.

6. Pink Floyd – Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The seventies without Prog would be a bit like a deep fried Mars Bar without brown sauce – just wrong on so many levels. Anyway, the only minor criticism you could make of this homage to Sid is that it’s not on Dark Side of the Moon, Prog’s Magnum Opus, which means you have to risk all your credibility by having at least two Prog albums in your collection…ssshhh.

7. Lou Reed – Perfect Day

Originally this was going to be Bowie’s Heroes, but I knew Splash would howl from the pirate radio station he runs in his back room about alternatives I had thought about nominating the Dooley's as kind of alternative alternative - but then the Nolan's fan club put an injunction out on me citing "disrespect to da 70's youf' At least here is an alternative more than two Gong (Crazieee) groupies, and Splash have heard of ;D

8. The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses

If the sixties were the Beatles then the seventies were the Stones. So when the coolest man in the world* states, of this song, “It’s Mick and me at our best” you should pay attention. Deep, heartfelt, melodic and utterly magnificent; this is what you get when grown up musicians pen their soul – a record that proves melody doesn’t have to be musical syrup.

* If Jonny Depp says Keef is the coolest man in the world then who is gonna argue..oh dear here comes Splash over the brow of the hill with the 'alternative' case for Kenny Craig Little Britain hypnotist

9. The Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK

Either by mistake, or sheer fluke, the Sex Pistols actually recorded, by any conventional measure, one genuinely good song that became an anthem (just like one man became an army in the Water Margin).

10. The Undertones – Teenage Kicks

Oh yes indeed, music to feel alive to and the favourite musical tipple of the man who would go on to subject us to endless sessions of Red Lorry Yellow Lorry and Yeah, Yeah No

Regardeth and the 80's to look forward to?

CLaG

This is more like it CLaG but all this Rolling Stones stuff, tut tut tut. Lets kick off with:

1. Roxy Music on TOTP with Eno,

2. The man himself releases "Another Green World"

3. Yes and Floyd do prog rock to die for

4. Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze define teutonic electronica.

5. Joni Mitchell releases "Blue and Court and Spark"

6. Iggy, The Dolls, Televison and Patti Smith come snarling out of New York

7. The Ramones do 10 encores at Edinburgh Odeon Theatre concluding with the dysfunctional "Were a happy family"

8. Howard Devoto leaves the Buzcocks to form the seminal Magazine

9. Lee Hazelwood teams up with Nancy Sinatra to do "Some Velvet Morning" and "These Boots Are Made for Walking"

10. The Skids and the Clash play Dunfermline's Kinema Ballroom - sheer magic !

cheers

Splash

[sinkingtip]

For some reason the 70's was a mixed bag as any musicologist will tell you. Some great stuff (remember this decade saw the birth of "progressive rock" - The Nice / Lou Reed / Bowie / Mike Oldfield and Roxy Music to name but a few. Unfortunately a tattie merchant from Prestonpans and others of that ilk saw an opportunity to make a few bob and inflict a plethora of untreated kak on the lug holes of myself and many others via 'packages' such as Alvin Stardust / Showaddywaddy / The Rubettes / St Winifreds School Choir (particularly evil) / The Partridge Family / Boney M and Swingle 2 ......

The list can go on but the missus and the dog need taken out shortly.

Sorry CLag - don't know if my list is specifically "UK centric" but hey! - as Leon Russell says on the Joe Cocker live album Mad Dogs and Englishmen "don't get hung up about Easter".

YES 70's :- Aretha - You make Me Feel like A Natural Woman : Sly + The Family Stone - Dance To The Music : Santana - Oye Como Va : Todd Rungren - I Saw The Light : Rikki Lee Jones - Chuck E's In Love : Bill Withers - Lovely Day : Hall and Oates - She's Gone : Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis : Jacksons - I Want You Back : Grandmaster Flash - The Message.

OK - so the above list is solely 10 'chops' from the other side of the pond but if I was to create a specifically 'blighty' based list it would include the likes of The Nice / Caravan / Smiths / Joy Division / Malcolm McLaren (no, really - the guy was way ahead of his time !) / The Blockheads / The Cure / The Groundhogs (for all you bluesmen) / The Clash (of course!) / Elvis C / Hawkwind and Lindisfarne for the 'folkies'.

By contrast to the 'yank' list we, the Brits, have forced the history books to credit us with creating a list of monsters that even John Landis would be proud of.

NO 70's :- Joe Dolce - Shadupayou Face : Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father : Kajagoogoo - Too Shy : Jive Bunny - Anything : Gilbert O'Sullivan - Claire : Cliff - Devil Woman : Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses : Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know Its true : Nik Kershaw - The Riddle and White Plains with the seminal When You Are A King.

Anybody got a basin ? ....suddenly came over a bit nauseous after that......"Yes darling - just coming !! Get Towser out of the coal bunker and we will depart for Blairgowrie shortly. No, I am not on that bloody forum again my sweet little Tups Indispensable" - sorry guys must dash.

[castlikeaghille]

sinkingtip said:

For some reason the 70's was a mixed bag as any musicologist will tell you. Some great stuff (remember this decade saw the birth of "progressive rock" - The Nice / Lou Reed / Bowie / Mike Oldfield and Roxy Music to name but a few. Unfortunately a tattie merchant from Prestonpans and others of that ilk saw an opportunity to make a few bob and inflict a plethora of untreated kak on the lug holes of myself and many others via 'packages' such as Alvin Stardust / Showaddywaddy / The Rubettes / St Winifreds School Choir (particularly evil) / The Partridge Family / Boney M and Swingle 2 ......

The list can go on but the missus and the dog need taken out shortly.

Sorry CLag - don't know if my list is specifically "UK centric" but hey! - as Leon Russell says on the Joe cocker live album Mad Dogs and Englishmen "don't get hung up about Easter".

YES 70's :- Aretha - You make Me Feel like A Natural Woman : Sly + The Family Stone - Dance To The Music : Santana - Oye Como Va : Todd Rungren - I Saw The Light : Rikki Lee Jones - Chuck E's In Love : Bill Withers - Lovely Day : Hall and Oates - She's Gone : Maria Muldaur - Midnight At The Oasis : Jacksons - I Want You Back : Grandmaster Flash - The Message.

OK - so the above list is solely 10 'chops' from the other side of the pond but if I was to create a specifically 'blighty' based list it would include the likes of The Nice / Caravan / Smiths / Joy Division / Malcolm McLaren (no, really - the guy was way ahead of his time !) / The Blockheads / The Cure / The Groundhogs (for all you bluesmen) / The Clash (of course!) / Elvis C / Hawkwind and Lindisfarne for the 'folkies'.

By contrast to the 'yank' list we, the Brits, have forced the history books to credit us with creating a list of monsters that even John Landis would be proud of.

NO 70's :- Joe Dolce - Shadupayou Face : Chicory Tip - Son Of My Father : Kajagoogoo - Too Shy : Jive Bunny - Anything : Gilbert O'Sullivan - Claire : Cliff - Devil Woman : Brotherhood Of Man - Save Your Kisses : Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know Its true : Nik Kershaw - The Riddle and White Plains with the seminal When You Are A King.

Anybody got a basin ? ....suddenly came over a bit nauseous after that......"Yes darling - just coming !! Get Towser out of the coal bunker and we will depart for Blairgowrie shortly. No, I am not on that bloody forum again my sweet little Tups Indispensable" - sorry guys must dash.

Sinky - outstanding work fella - only one question - did "The Nice" put out a double A side with "The Smash"? And should we be afraid...very afraid of any charity work done as a result if they did?

Regardez

CLaG

[sinkingtip]

Splash - Howard Devoto ! - how can I possibly have forgotten Shot By Both Sides. Dont 'spose anybody 'out there' knows the work of Mr Peter Hamill of Van Der Graff generator fame ? The album Pawn Hearts ?........" yes my little BB swivel - here I come".

[speycaster]

white snake , thin lizzie, saxon ,, led zep, ac dc nuff said

[sinkingtip]

"Its all for cherity" guid neebour. " He's having a laugh - is he having a laugh?" ;D

[pertempledog]

Sinkingtip where are the wombles, smurfs and that fat woman who played the piano?

And CLaG where oh where is Tubular Bells?

[castlikeaghille]

pertempledog said:

Sinkingtip where are the wombles, smurfs and that fat woman who played the piano?

And CLaG where oh where is Tubular Bells?

PAT it's a toss up - either TBels reprents the 70's as the theme tune of the Exorcist, and many salmon fuishiers need this service or MO's theme tune of Blue Peter is the sound of the 80's - tuck shop rules yeeze can afford to hae one but nae thae other

[riverwalk]

what about the great.........as appeared on the clive james show!!!!!...margarita prackatan!!!!!.....nobodys mentioned her!!!

[elwyman]

shrimpman said:

For me the 70's was Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, Rory Gallagher, plus many others. Never liked middle of the road pop stuff although I saw slade once at Callendar Park in the early 70's which was pretty good live.

Haven't heard of Lynyrd Skynyrd, wasn't that keen on Black Sabbath but add the Faces and I'd be happy with your list.

[riverwalk]

i know its a bit later but surely.....shes worth a mention!!!!

[pertempledog]

CLaG as you know I am off fishing - you are getting off light from me!

(Queen was an instant legend, Bachman Turner for the worst the 70's could offer, What is a Pig with Wings called for your get out of jail free card, Barry flippin' White if you wanted any chance of a shag, (Je T'aime to get you half way there, and Donna oooooh Summer to get it started on the dancefloor), T Rex (man could we move when full of Tenants Lager), SUPERTRAMP for goodness sake CLaG, ELO, David Boak Essex, and the Eagles!!!!) If only I had packed earlier......( Deep Purple, Emerson Lake and pictures at a pretentious exhibition) I may cancel the trip and tackle this properly( Elton John learning to ride like a cowboy, Rod sailing away) they all gave an essential flavour to the decade.......

I'm off to unwind before an early start

P.A.T.

ps no one mention Frampton, or Jethro Tull and what about the guitarist who is God? Must dash...