Great Music - Nomination & Discussion Thread #7 (1975-1979)

[mae]

Bill, I'll count the first nomination first and the second after two more nominations in between. I have also updated the nomination format itself for you.

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqT5s0j9CFY

Seconded

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvfTuRMzP1Y

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snPgFNMCXBs

[mae]

Counting this one now that two others have been nominated:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKUbBi-NtY0

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRMP_bo1B4M

[mae]

And we're at 55 unseconded tracks, which is pretty amazing. Some true classics in that bunch, so we need to get to seconding, peeps! Not everything needs to be seconded, but everything that needs to be seconded needs to be seconded!

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRMP_bo1B4M


2nd

[Iwritecode]

I just jotted down 17 songs from this time period alone I still want to nominate. With a little thought, I could triple that. Such a great period for music!

Let's go with this one:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vST6hVRj2A

2nd

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snPgFNMCXBs


2nd? Pablo, I do apologize for being such a PITA. It seems I can't help myself. Many thanks for your patience, understanding and extra effort.

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Seconded.

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Seconded.


OMG!!! Not that song!!! LOL LOL

[divemaster]

I think I can nominate again, if I'm interpreting post #255 correctly. If so, I'd like to nominate Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp (1979). Again, the only versions I can find on You Tube are live versions or modified versions featuring only the lead singer. I know everyone is familiar with this song and someone can certainly second without a video if so inclined. So I'll leave it like this and maybe Pablo can help out.

http://www.80svideos.tv/play.php?vid=809

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Seconded.


OMG!!! Not that song!!! LOL LOL

LOL. Behind the George Thorogood and rockabilly-lovin', I also find a spot for sappy folk music and lovely songs (A lot of John Denver's stuff; Patsy Cline; Carpenters, etc. are good). And this is a pretty song, I think.

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ

Seconded.


OMG!!! Not that song!!! LOL LOL

LOL. Behind the George Thorogood and rockabilly-lovin', I also find a spot for sappy folk music and lovely songs (A lot of John Denver's stuff; Patsy Cline; Carpenters, etc. are good). And this is a pretty song, I think.


It's a free country. LOL However, your testosterone meter is lowering!!! LOL LOL J/K LOL

[mae]

I think I can nominate again, if I'm interpreting post #255 correctly. If so, I'd like to nominate Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp (1979). Again, the only versions I can find on You Tube are live versions or modified versions featuring only the lead singer. I know everyone is familiar with this song and someone can certainly second without a video if so inclined. So I'll leave it like this and maybe Pablo can help out.

http://www.80svideos.tv/play.php?vid=809

I was able to find what sounds like the album version on one of the shadier video hosting sites. Nothing on any of the legitimate ones. Artists and labels really do themselves a disservice by removing their music from YouTube.

[Joe315]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RmoNkn8ItOQ

Tommy nominated an experimental song in the 80s thread so I thought I'd post this. One of the weirdest bands ever and apparently the members are still anonymous. Enjoy! ;)

Here is a link to the actual music video which is NSFW.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fcI5rNR5TGM

[Joe315]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxaYVdSf-0

Second

[mae]

How is this still not nominated, King fans?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijmWob2d_As

[Tommy]

How is this still not nominated, King fans?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijmWob2d_As

2nd

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_aYibUx1B8

[Tommy]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RmoNkn8ItOQ

Tommy nominated an experimental song in the 80s thread so I thought I'd post this. One of the weirdest bands ever and apparently the members are still anonymous. Enjoy! ;)

Here is a link to the actual music video which is NSFW.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fcI5rNR5TGM


Thanks for supplying me with my freakout for the day! Love it!!

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_aYibUx1B8

Good song. Seconded.

[divemaster]

Fantastic cover:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV3zeWnWZY

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcztyNlFx0

[Joe315]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RmoNkn8ItOQ

Tommy nominated an experimental song in the 80s thread so I thought I'd post this. One of the weirdest bands ever and apparently the members are still anonymous. Enjoy! ;)

Here is a link to the actual music video which is NSFW.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fcI5rNR5TGM


Thanks for supplying me with my freakout for the day! Love it!!

Haha! You're welcome. They are something else that's for sure.

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGO9jNHH5Lw

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8

[Tommy]

Choose life...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw

2nd

[fernandito]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaGUr6wzyT8
2nd. Love that song.

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcztyNlFx0

To me, this was always a really strange song. Think about childhood, endeavor for a bright future, looking forward...

... and then all of a sudden get abducted by aliens.

But I do like the song. So, seconded!

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcztyNlFx0

edit: Crap, didn't click to the next page to see it had already been seconded.

[divemaster]

I shall now remove my cloak of invisibility and direct your attention the post directly above yours LOL.

[Jon]

I second:


10cc - I'm Not in Love (1975) (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?19399&p=966774&viewfull=1#post966774)

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkkFST5qrLg

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHCgIc4d6JM

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy-QmgdUVTI

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4HnuRiJRAM

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy-QmgdUVTI

Seconded

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

If someone would like to nominate the obvious Queen song that goes along with this one, that would be great too.

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

If someone would like to nominate the obvious Queen song that goes along with this one, that would be great too.

According to wiki: "In 1977, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were issued together as a worldwide top ten single" so I think you could combine them here as well.

I'll proactively second the COMBO.

[mae]

Still two separate songs. But I can't second or nominate yet.

[divemaster]

I don't know; we considered Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding as one song. I would think the same about Boston's Foreplay/Long Time (but I don't think that got nominated).

Your call, of course, just giving another perspective.

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04854XqcfCY

If someone would like to nominate the obvious Queen song that goes along with this one, that would be great too.

According to wiki: "In 1977, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions were issued together as a worldwide top ten single" so I think you could combine them here as well.

I'll proactively second the COMBO.

This is what I read and why I considered them separate songs: "The single featured "We Will Rock You" as a B-side, and followed the song on the album. The two songs were often played consecutively at the close of Queen concerts, and are customarily played together on radio broadcasts (in album order)"

[divemaster]

I'll proactively second the COMBO.

If not allowed, then please apply my seconding to We Are the Champions.

[mae]

Done. And "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is more of an intro/song combo.

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHCgIc4d6JM


2nd

[divemaster]

When I think of hard-charging guitar rock, George Thorogood is right up there.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9tenSy-vzo


Fantastic cover:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlV3zeWnWZY

C'mon you rock fans. Thorogood is the GUITAR BEAST! I'll add another...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ECZMvbLxg

At least pick one!

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaWiQ7w8pU

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

I think we've about gone through that entire album, right? I want to second this so bad, but have to wait...

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

I think we've about gone through that entire album, right? I want to second this so bad, but have to wait...

IIRC, only 4 of the 7 songs have been nominated. The other 3 ("Heaven Can Wait", "All Revved up With No Place to Go" and "For Crying Out Loud" are also really good but probably not as well known.

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97ECZMvbLxg

2nd

[Girlystevedave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94

2ND

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QGMCSCFoKA

Now seconded.

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDEfi9rExYI

Now all I need to do is find a Wayne Newton song to nominate LOL.

(All kidding aside, this is a good song).

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T-qcnjS2CI

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tJYN-eG1zk

Seconded

[divemaster]

Sure! More Blondie!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhkbDMISl8

[mae]

God she's awesome... :lovely:

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKaVFqxERk

[mae]

Heck, let's do even more Blondie:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoyLwlRvZyU

[divemaster]

I still can't second yet, so...

...more Blondie!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3nuHsUN8JA

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc89WTEh-jE

2ND

[mae]

Twelve seconded songs to go!

[Tommy]

All 12 can be Pink Floyd as far as I'm concerned :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEc5IGxgNMg

[mae]

I was just about to nominate that as it's the last track still not nominated off "Wish You Were Here".

I'll do this instead:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD8vSm_SDlM

[Lurker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY2z6aALD4

[Lurker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGO9jNHH5Lw

Seconded

[divemaster]

Heck, let's do even more Blondie:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoyLwlRvZyU

Seconded.

[divemaster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh3Kk5tZSmo


http://www.80svideos.tv/play.php?vid=809


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzktQty-sbU

...just grouping the Supertramp nominations, in case anyone was so inclined to pick one for one of the last slots...

[Jon]

I nominate what is IMHO...THE #1 metal anthem...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxxOPvLg7o0

And yes... that IS Ronnie James DIO's voice!

[mae]

One final Blondie nom from me:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryJYyzoSpA

[mae]

All 12 can be Pink Floyd as far as I'm concerned :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEc5IGxgNMg

Must second this.

[Girlystevedave]

So, let me get this straight. John Travolta and Olivia Newton John made the list, but Bob Dylan's Hurricane can't get a second vote?! :lol:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

So, let me get this straight. John Travolta and Olivia Newton John made the list, but Bob Dylan's Hurricane can't get a second vote?! :lol:

I know how you feel, some rather dubious choices are being made whilst some truly great songs are being overlooked - and it's not just in this thread, you should see the state of threads 8 and 9!!! :doh:

Anyway, I can at least solve this current issue.....

I am SECONDING Bob Dylan's Hurricane.

[Girlystevedave]

So, let me get this straight. John Travolta and Olivia Newton John made the list, but Bob Dylan's Hurricane can't get a second vote?! :lol:

I know how you feel, some rather dubious choices are being made whilst some truly great songs are being overlooked - and it's not just in this thread, you should see the state of threads 8 and 9!!! :doh:

Anyway, I can at least solve this current issue.....

I am SECONDING Bob Dylan's Hurricane.

Thank you, sir! :clap:

[mae]

How we still have Natalie Cole's "This Will Be" unseconded is crazy, too. Or the great and smooth Mangione track. Or the Summer/Streisand duet... Lots of stuff to pick from! And as of now I still have about 20 to nominate still :panic:

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySO-gryuO-c

[Jon]

I was just about to nominate that as it's the last track still not nominated off "Wish You Were Here".

I'll do this instead:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD8vSm_SDlM


I second...an excellent song.

[divemaster]

With only seven spots left, I'd feel a little guilty seconding 2 Blondie songs in a row. BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT!

[mae]

And it feels like we still need more disco up in this bitch :) I have a few noms lined up.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Only 7 slots remaining? :panic:

These two songs that were featured in one the greatest cult movies of the 70's, should definitely go through.... :clap:


"All right now, for all you boppers out there in the big city, all you street people with an ear for the action, I've been asked to relay a request from the Gramercy Riffs. It's a special for the Warriors, that real live bunch from Coney, and I do mean the Warriors. Here's a hit with them in mind...."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugF6uWZQB3Y



"Good news, Boppers: The big alert has been called off. It turns out that the early reports were wrong, all wrong. Now for that group out there that had such a hard time getting home, sorry about that. I guess the only thing we can do is play you a song...."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Iq-UBWKcU

[mae]

I dunno. Nothing very outstanding about those two, to be honest. Just my opinion...

[divemaster]

With only seven spots left, I'd feel a little guilty seconding 2 Blondie songs in a row. BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT!

Since no one has bothered to second anything (especially one of MY picks LOL); I shall now follow through on my threat:


One final Blondie nom from me:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pryJYyzoSpA

SECONDED.

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQY2z6aALD4


I realize this may seem out of character, but like my second or third date with my wife was to see this film at the Ziegfeld Theater in, NYC. Great movie, great song. Second

[mae]

Anyone want to nominate something? I can't go yet and I have oodles of good stuff burning up here... Hopefully it can get considered for the last few remaining spots. Plus, hopefully peeps can still consider the beautiful Pat Metheny track, the classic Natalie Cole song, the epic that is 2112, the last song ever by The Doors, the iconic and smooth Chuck Mangione track, and the great Donna Summer and Barbara Streisand collaboration. Tons of great stuff, in other words, plus I'm sure in addition to my list of songs yet to be nominated we all can do quite a few more.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDamvrfUbQ

This needs to go through....

Seconded.

[Iwritecode]

I nominate what is IMHO...THE #1 metal anthem...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxxOPvLg7o0

And yes... that IS Ronnie James DIO's voice!

2nd

[Iwritecode]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZq3i94mSsQ

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmGIObV3qKo

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIkM4wvcC8

[mae]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZq3i94mSsQ

We can't go on with just one Kiss song on the list, so even though I wanted to abstain from seconding any more here, I'll second this one.

[divemaster]

Two spots left? Of my nominations still up for seconding, probably the one I'd push hardest for is Thorogood's Who Do You Love. Then perhaps Foreigner's Double Vision or one of the Supertramps. In any event...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H3rdfI28s0 or else!

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIkM4wvcC8

This is a pretty awesome song! :thumbsup:

[mae]

It's really sad to see the great songs I still have on my list that will need to just go on the "other list", post-112 seconded noms. Some really big stuff there :panic:

[Tommy]

It's really sad to see the great songs I still have on my list that will need to just go on the "other list", post-112 seconded noms. Some really big stuff there :panic:

Unofficially list them in a spoiler like I did without a vid, might give someone a great idea! :thumbsup:

[mae]

Well I don't want to be unfair to others. If they don't get in, it's not the end of the world. We have a bunch of great stuff already. Not everything that's great or good from this time period can fit in.

[Tommy]

True, but I bet you have some good ones lined up! I will just keep voting Bowie and Pink Floyd songs until we're done here.

[mae]

songs about some boys that are back and who don't cry and freaks who rock with you and they're just what I needed cause that's the way I like jamming so don't leave me this way but get down tonight for the last dance....

:mad1:

[Tommy]

songs about some boys that are back and who don't cry and freaks who rock with you and they're just what I needed cause that's the way I like jamming so don't leave me this way but get down tonight for the last dance....

:mad1:

:rofl:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kuNMdUq_0

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kuNMdUq_0

2ND

[Tommy]

My last nomination for the thread...Something I think Stephen King would approve of :dance:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRD0ghlFSgk

[T-Dogz_AK47]

My last nomination for the thread...Something I think Stephen King would approve of :dance:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRD0ghlFSgk

SECONDED!!!! HARD!!!! :biggrin1:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

That concludes the 112 seconded nominations for this thread and it's David Bowie for the win!!!! :rock:

Good job everyone!!! :clap::clap::clap:

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Fuck! I should have nominated this a lot earlier.... :doh:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8IXx4tsus

Does anybody object if I trade this song for my earlier seconded nomination: Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star, which is at #66 on the list?

[divemaster]

Man, you got a serious hard-on for David Bowie. Don't you think he's well-represented enough in these threads?

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Man, you got a serious hard-on for David Bowie. Don't you think he's well-represented enough in these threads?

You can never have enough David Bowie. The man ROCKED!!!!! :clap:

[divemaster]

Well, what I mean is David Bowie has had a fair run of nominations and secondings (heck, *I* nominated Modern Love), but it's a bit much to go in and start swapping out songs after the fact, dontcha think? He's very well represented as is.

[mae]

Here are some stats:

Nominations by year:

1975: 23 (20.54%)
1976: 19 (16.96%)
1977: 26 (23.21%)
1978: 16 (14.29)
1979: 28 (25%)


Most nominations by artist:

8

Pink Floyd


7

Queen


5

Fleetwood Mac


4

Bee Gees
David Bowie
Meat Loaf
The Eagles


3

Blondie
Electric Light Orchestra
Heart


2

Cheap Trick
Donna Summer
Kiss
Styx
Supertramp
Talking Heads

[mae]

I can't believe I forgot to nominate one of my favorite songs of all time:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPlLlQpqo-U

[Merlin1958]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mw9maeH-I8

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1CgCNXHJyU

Cool song used in the American Horror Story finale

[Jon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mw9maeH-I8


Despite it's impact... the song makes me want to puke!

[Merlin1958]

Now, here's a band and a song that should have been nominated.......




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCOiIl7Xu3w

[Tommy]

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-ecL2DGszc

[mae]

This is a great one-for-two deal, but I didn't feel right nominating it, since it's really two songs in one, and I wasn't sure what to do. But they flow one into another, so it's always one to me:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH2xrKWisek

[divemaster]

Talking about missing (or purposely bypassing) mega popular songs...

We did not even nominate the song that was the undisputed biggest hit of the 70s:
--it set the record for longest tenure at #1 (beating out Hey Jude)
--even now, almost 40 years later, it still makes the top 10 in Billboard's "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs"
--won or nominated for numerous awards, including winning 2 Grammys, an Academy Award, and a Golden Globe
--was sung by an artist for their first ever solo album

additional trivia: the Billboard-topping release was actually a cover of a lip-synced version of the song

It should be pretty easy to guess now, right?

[mae]

Sounds like "You Light Up My Life". A shame indeed. Feel free to nominate the LeAnn Rimes version from 1997.

[divemaster]

You must be thinking of a different song.

You want another hint?

[Iwritecode]

You must be thinking of a different song.

You want another hint?

That's what I would've guessed. It's the only song in the top ten that's from the 70's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_chart_achievements_and_m ilestones#Top_10_songs_of_All-Time_.281958.E2.80.932013.29

[Tommy]

hint please

[divemaster]

Yes, it was You Light Up My Life. Pablo changed his post, so it looks like I was responding to that (when in actuality it was a different post).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnk8SKD9zcA

[mae]

I just didn't read your post properly, I thought you were saying we forgot "Hey Jude"...

[Tommy]

:lol:

[Iwritecode]

Yes, it was You Light Up My Life. Pablo changed his post, so it looks like I was responding to that (when in actuality it was a different post).

ohh... sneaky.

[Tommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY

[Jon]

Oh we missed that Van Halen tribute to divination by gazing!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOjm4I7LRgY