Great Music - Nomination & Discussion Thread #6 (1970-1974)

[mae]

It's time! This thread will serve to nominate and discuss the tracks for the tournament that were released between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1974. Keep in mind that your nomination must have been initially released within this time-frame. Singles can often be released earlier or later than the album, so double check things like Wikipedia. When nominating and seconding, please follow these guidelines:

• You can nominate one track per post, and you can nominate another track after two other members have made their nominations (per thread).
• You can second one track per post, and you can second another track after two other tracks have been seconded (per thread).
• Each nomination should be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated.
• The video must be the version of the track being nominated (so no live versions, covers, re-recordings, or remixes).

To reiterate from the announcement post, to make a nomination, please use the following format: ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR). A nomination should also be supported by a video, illustrating the song being nominated (though not necessarily the song's official video, especially if it contains a lengthy pre-song scene). Most tracks can be found on YouTube, and that's preferred, but other video hosting services can be used, which can be embedded with your nomination. If you can't find your pick, send me a PM and I will try to locate it for you. However, please do not simply post a link or embed the video so it appears on the page. Since there will be lots of nominations per page and lots of videos, this will be too much to handle for most computers, slowing down the page tremendously. So to make your nomination, please hide the embedded video using the SPOIL tags (using this spoiler option: ) Don't forget to remove the s in https when embedding YouTube links. Also, the youtu.be sharing shortcut will not work. We need the full address (just without the s in https).

All you need to do is first click the "Insert Video" icon: . Paste your YouTube link, remove the s in https and click OK. The link should stay selected, so click the black SPOIL button, enter your ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR) into the field which appears, click OK, and you're done.

To illustrate, a sample nomination should look like this (and this track is not eligible, since it's from 2015):

Teminite - Are You Ready (2015)

Or, simply use the below template (fill in the red placeholders):

[SPOIL="ARTIST - TITLE (YEAR)"]
[video]YOUTUBELINK[/video][/SPOIL]

List of seconded tracks:

1. John Lennon - Imagine (1971)
2. The Doors - Riders on the Storm (1971)
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven (1971)
4. Hot Butter - Pop Corn (1972)
5. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (1972)
6. The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
7. Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972)
8. Apollo 100 - Joy (1972)
9. Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (1973)
10. Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime (1970)
11. Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run (1973)
12. Don McLean - American Pie (1971)
13. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
14. Aerosmith - Dream On (1973)
15. Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street (1972)
16. David Bowie - Suffragette City (1972)
17. Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
18. Bill Withers - Lean on Me (1972)
19. Eric Weissberg - Dueling Banjos (1973)
20. Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1971)
21. Queen - Killer Queen (1974)
22. MFSB - TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) (1973)
23. Harry Chapin - Cat's in the Cradle (1974)
24. Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine (1971)
25. Elton John - Crocodile Rock (1972)
26. Pink Floyd - Money (1973)
27. Deep Purple - Child in Time (1970)
28. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
29. The Who - Baba O'Riley (1971)
30. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1973)
31. The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (1972)
32. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
33. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress (1971)
34. Simon and Garfunkel - Cecilia (1970)
35. The Doors - Waiting for the Sun (1970)
36. The Carpenters - Top of the World (1973)
37. Paul Revere and The Raiders - Indian Reservation (1971)
38. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song (1970)
39. ABBA - Waterloo (1974)
40. The Doors - Love Her Madly (1971)
41. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen the Rain (1970)
42. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Mr. Bojangles (1970)
43. Harry Nilsson - Without You (1971)
44. David Bowie - Life on Mars (1971)
45. The Rolling Stones - It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It) (1974)
46. Elton John - Rocket Man (1972)
47. Elton John - Tiny Dancer (1971)
48. Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves (1971)
49. Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
50. Led Zeppelin - Going to California (1971)
51. Kool & the Gang - Jungle Boogie (1973)
52. Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)
53. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
54. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting (1974)
55. Golden Earring - Radar Love (1973)
56. John Lennon - Happy Xmas (War is Over) (1971)
57. Chicago - Saturday in the Park (1971)
58. The Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You (1970)
59. Redbone - Come and Get Your Love (1973)
60. Gloria Gaynor - Never Can Say Goodbye (1974)
61. Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
62. UFO - Doctor Doctor (1974)
63. ZZ Top - La Grange (1973)
64. John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (1971)
65. The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) (1970)
66. Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
67. Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath (1971)
68. Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee (1971)
69. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
70. Santana - Black Magic Woman (1970)
71. Stealers Wheel - Stuck in the Middle with You (1972)
72. John Denver - Rocky Mountain High (1972)
73. Neil Young - Needle and the Damage Done (1972)
74. Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way (1973)
75. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1970)
76. Bob Marley and The Wailers - No Woman, No Cry (1974)
77. The Doors - Roadhouse Blues (1970)
78. Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1973)
79. Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (1973)
80. Free - All Right (1970)
81. The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (1971)
82. Derek and The Dominos - Layla (1971)
83. Elton John - Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1973)
84. John Denver - Annie's Song (1974)
85. The Doors - L.A. Woman (1971)
86. Yes - Roundabout (1971)
87. The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider (1970)
88. Bob Marley and The Wailers - Soul Rebel (1970)
89. Rick Nelson - Garden Party (1972)
90. The Eagles - Desperado (1973)
91. Deep Purple - Highway Star (1972)
92. Pink Floyd - Time (1973)
93. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Teach Your Children (1970)
94. Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)
95. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1971)
96. Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
97. The Hollies - The Air That I Breathe (1974)
98. T. Rex - Bang a Gong (Get It On) (1971)
99. Grateful Dead - Truckin' (1970)
100. Joni Mitchell - Help Me (1974)
101. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone (1973)
102. Steve Miller Band - The Joker (1973)
103. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man (1974)
104. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Call Me the Breeze (1974)
105. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1971)
106. The Statler Brothers - Do You Remember These? (1972)
107. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water (1974)
108. Led Zeppelin - Rock and Roll (1972)
109. Lou Reed - Perfect Day (1972)
110. The Temptations - Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (1972)
111. John Lennon - Jealous Guy (1971)
112. Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire (1971)

List of tracks not seconded:

1. Vangelis - La Petite Fille de la Mer (1973)
2. Tangerine Dream - Phaedra (1974)
3. Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind (1970)
4. Harry Nilsson - Coconut (1971)
5. Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
6. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (1974)
7. Rufus and Chaka Khan - Once You Get Started (1974)
8. Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz (1970)
9. The Carpenters - Rainy Days and Mondays (1971)
10. Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (1971)
11. Genesis - The Musical Box (1971)
12. America - A Horse With No Name (1971)
13. Todd Rundgren - Hello It's Me (1972)
14. Pink Floyd - Embryo (1970)
15. Leonard Cohen - Who by Fire (1974)
16. Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show - Cover of the Rolling Stone (1972)
17. Gordon Lightfoot - Don Quixote (1972)
18. Cortijo and His Time Machine - Gumbo (1973)
19. Faces - Stay With Me (1971)
20. Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Tama (1971)
21. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun (1973)
22. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus (1971)
23. Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Ballad of Curtis Loew (1974)
24. Pink Floyd - One of These Days (1971)
25. Jimmy Buffett - Come Monday (1974)
26. Sparks - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us (1974)
27. Carole King - It's Too Late (1971)
28. Pink Floyd - Echoes (1971)
29. Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (1973)
30. James Taylor - Fire and Rain (1970)
31. Elton John - Your Song (1970)
32. Yes - Starship Trooper (1971)
33. Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1970)
34. Dobie Gray - Drift Away (1973)
35. King Crimson - Starless (1974)
36. Elton John - Honky Cat (1972)
37. Can - Mother Sky (1970)
38. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi (1970)
39. Deep Purple - Soldier of Fortune (1974)
40. Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother (1970)
41. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (1971)
42. Five Man Electrical Band - Signs (1970)
43. Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Heard It Through the Grapevine (1970)
44. Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Karn Evil 9 (1973)
45. Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (1973)
46. The Kinks - Lola (1970)
47. The Guess Who - Glamour Boy (1973)

List of other tracks:

1. Edwin Starr - War (1970)
2. The Who - Love Reign O'er Me (1973)
3. The O'Jays - For the Love of Money (1973)
4. The Guess Who - No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature (1970)
5. Letta Mbulu - Mahlalela (1970)
6. The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (1973)
7. Ronee Blakley - Dues (1972)
8. Andy Williams - (Where Do I Begin) Love Story (1971)
9. Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now (1972)

[mae]

To start, perhaps my favorite by The Doors, and very likely one of my all-time favorites from this or any other period:

The Doors - Riders on the Storm (1971)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

John Lennon - Imagine (1971)

[mae]

"Imagine" seconded, of course.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

To start, perhaps my favorite by The Doors, and very likely one of my all-time favorites from this or any other period:

The Doors - Riders on the Storm (1971)

Seconded.

[divemaster]

Feel the funk, y'all:

Stevie Wonder -- Superstition (1972)

[mae]

One of the most beautiful tracks by the dude full of beautiful tracks:

Vangelis - La Petite Fille de la Mer (1973)

[Iwritecode]

I hope this is the original. So many covers on Youtube.

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (1972)

[fernandito]

Time to shut this half decade down..

LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (1971)

[Iwritecode]

Time to shut this half decade down..

LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (1971)

2nd

This should be at least top 10 in this entire thing.

[divemaster]

Apollo 100 -- Joy (1972)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Time to shut this half decade down..

LED ZEPPELIN - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (1971)

Sorry, but John Lennon already has this half decade locked down....

[mae]

How about another fun instrumental? I debated whether to nominate the '69 original, which is historically important, but went for the '72 cover, which I think is much better musically:

Hot Butter - Pop Corn (1972)

PS: This is possibly the only song to have a website dedicated to it.

[divemaster]

How about another fun instrumental? I debated whether to nominate the '69 original, which is historically important, but went for the '72 cover, which I think is much better musically:

Hot Butter - Pop Corn (1972)

PS: This is possibly the only song to have a website dedicated to it.

You know, I almost nominated that. So I'll go ahead and second it.

[mae]

And I'll second "Smoke on the Water".

[fernandito]

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage (1973)

[mae]

Dark Side of the Moon is such an amazing album, I bet a lot of the songs will end up being nominated off it. Same with Nirvana's Nevermind. Pretty much perfect albums.

[Iwritecode]

The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)

2nd

[fernandito]

Dark Side of the Moon is such an amazing album, I bet a lot of the songs will end up being nominated off it. Same with Nirvana's Nevermind. Pretty much perfect albums.

Agreed.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

The only true contender to come close to challenging John Lennon's Imagine in this thread....

Paul McCartney and Wings - Band on the Run (1974)

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Feel the funk, y'all:

Stevie Wonder -- Superstition (1972)

Seconded. Awesome song.

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Pablo, you have Band On The Run incorrectly listed as being released in 1973. The Album was released in December 1973, but the Single was released 8 April 1974 in the US and 28 June 1974 in the UK.

[mae]

Pablo, you have Band On The Run incorrectly listed as being released in 1973. The Album was released in November 1973, but the Single was released 8 April 1974 in the US and 28 June 1974 in the UK.

Right, meaning the song was available in 1973 on the album. What counts is when the song was first officially released - whether on an album, or a single, doesn't matter.

[mae]

Apollo 100 -- Joy (1972)

What a great tune, never heard it, but instant classic. Seconded.