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

**mae** · 12-19-2015 05:14 AM

It's time! This thread will serve to nominate and discuss the tracks for the tournament that were released between January 1, 1975 and December 31, 1979. 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:

List of tracks not seconded:

List of other tracks:

**mae** · 12-19-2015 05:17 AM

To kick off this latter half of the '70s:

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977)

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 12-19-2015 06:59 AM

Right, this shit's on lockdown....

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

Stick a fork in this thread, it is done.

**mae** · 12-19-2015 07:08 AM

That's probably an easy favorite for the Final for this timeframe. We'll see what happens when the voting begins.

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 12-19-2015 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by pablo

To kick off this latter half of the '70s:

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977)

Seconded.

**divemaster** · 12-19-2015 07:36 AM

One of my favorites! (But's what's with the hot dog? LOL)

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) -- Don't Bring Me Down (1979)

**mae** · 12-19-2015 07:45 AM

Yes, I'm nominating the two tracks as one:

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1975)

This is yet another perfect album, I'll make sure each track from it gets nominated (only three more).

**mae** · 12-19-2015 07:57 AM

Oh and "Bohemian Rhapsody" seconded, of course.

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 12-19-2015 07:59 AM

The Eagles - Hotel California (1976)

**divemaster** · 12-19-2015 08:00 AM

Second Hotel California.

**divemaster** · 12-19-2015 08:03 AM

Ram Jam -- Black Betty (1977)

**mae** · 12-19-2015 08:18 AM

I know rock dominates, and I love a great rock song as much as the next headbanger, but my hope is that all genres are considered. I've been nominating a few electronic classics with little success as yet, but here's a masterpiece that must be in the conversation as one of the greatest electronic albums of all time. Ladies and gentlemen, if you've never heard this before, prepare to have your mind blown:

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène 2 (1976)

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 12-19-2015 08:29 AM

I love this song....

Electric Light Orchestra - Confusion (1979)

**T-Dogz_AK47** · 12-19-2015 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by divemaster

One of my favorites! (But's what's with the hot dog? LOL)

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) -- Don't Bring Me Down (1979)

Seconded.

**mae** · 12-19-2015 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by divemaster

Ram Jam -- Black Betty (1977)

Seconded.

**Joe315** · 12-19-2015 12:55 PM

Blue Öyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1977)

**mae** · 12-19-2015 01:10 PM

And I'll do another multi-part Pink Floyd nomination:

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (1979)

The most famous and popular part of this long suite is Part 2, but it always feels off to me, because if you just listen to Part 2 without the buildup, it's like coming in after the movie has started and you're trying to make sense of it. So to me "Another Brick in the Wall" has always been one long piece (especially since the first three pieces all flow together on the album):

Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1
The Happiest Days of Our Lives
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3

There are several "complete" versions on YouTube but all were blocked, except one, which is in atrocious quality. The video above under spoilers contains the full suite, plus it's bracketed by "The Thin Ice" and "Goodbye Cruel World" (about 2:30 at the start and 0:50 at the end), which I wouldn't consider part of the thing, so feel free to ignore that. But it all flows nicely together. If you wish, simply make your judgment based on Part 2, but I think it works so much better as a whole.