I was recently thinking about my favorite albums of the 1970s: 1) AC/DC Highway to Hell 2) KISS KISS 3) KISS Alive! 4) Queen A Night at the Opera 5) Cheap Trick In Color 6) Queen News of the World 7) Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight 8) Van Halen II 9) Queen Sheer Heart Attack 10) Van Halen Van Halen That was pretty tough. I really didn't start getting into music until the 80s, so most of this stuff I had to discover after the fact. Most of the stuff I listen to now probably owes a lot to these albums though.
Uh HP Freak Out released July 1966 BUT EXCELLENT THOUGHT THOUGH! ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
aside from ACDC was soft pop rock the only type of music released in the 70s ------------------ CUT Tino These Heaves are just getting Ridiculous!
Tough decision but here are my picks: 1.Pink Floyd The Wall 2.AC/DC HIghway to Hell 3.Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon 4.Queen Night at the Opera 5.Aerosmith Toys in the Attic 6.Eric Clapton 461 Ocean Boulevard 7.Beatles Let it Be 8.Bob Marley Babylon by Bus 9.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers self title 10.Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street ------------------ Ceo of the Walt Williams fan club. Web site coming soon atheistalliance.org
Yes, the seventies were the golden era of both soft rock and disco, however, there was some pretty great music, too. I personally think some of the Rolling Stones' best work was in the early 70s'. Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark" from 1974 is one of my all time favorites. And anything Steely Dan did was fantastic. I also have to admit that Journey's "Escape" is one of my musical guilty pleasures. ------------------
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John Boston by Boston Bad Company by Bad Company Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Moondance by Van Morrison Armed Forces by Elvis Costello and the Attractions Destroyer by Kiss Paranoid by Black Sabbath I'm Eighteen by Alice Cooper Blue by Joni Mitchell Who's Next by The Who So Far by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young London Calling by The Clash And my personal fave of the 70s... Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by Sex Pistols ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.'
TheFreak - Good list, but you forgot THE EAGLES - HOTEL CALIFORNIA (!) I don't know how you can skip that one... Also, you forgot: Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic Aerosmith - Rocks Queen - A Night at the Opera Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight Eagles - Greatest Hits Vol.1 Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedoes Linda Rondstadt - Heart Like a Wheel Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Yes - Fragile Yes - Close to the Edge The Grateful Dead - American Beauty Zappa - Overnight Sensation Zappa - Apostrophe Lynard Skynard - Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd Lynard Skynard - Second Helping Santana - Abraxas Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Led Zepplin - I, II, III, IV Led Zepplin - Houses of the Holy Led Zepplin - Physical Graffiti Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic Steely Dan - Katy Lied The Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols AC/DC - Back In Black The Allman Brothers Band - Eat a Peach Michael Jackson - Off the Wall Van Morrison - Moondance Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - Wish you Were Here And last but not least: The BeeGees - Saturday Night Fever! ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
Oh sorry, I didn't notice that you got Heaven Tonight... my apologies... ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
cracker -- I pretty much only listen to rock-n-roll, I admit it. The list was supposed to be my favorites, nothing more. Honorable mention: Aerosmith "Toys in the Attic" Aerosmith "Rocks" AC/DC "Powerage" Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick" Alice Cooper "Love it to Death" (it's not called "I'm Eighteen", mc ) Alice Cooper "Killer" Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Babies" Alice Cooper "School's Out" Alice Cooper "Welcome to My Nightmare" The Cars "The Cars" The Cars "Candy-O" Led Zeppelin "Houses of the Holy" Judas Priest "Stained Class" KISS "Hotter Than Hell" KISS "Rock and Roll Over" KISS "Destroyer" KISS "Love Gun" KISS "Dynasty" KISS "Alive 2" The Knack "Get the Knack" Montrose "Montrose" Ramones "Rocket to Russia" Rush "Rush" Supertramp "Breakfast in America" Sweet "Desolation Boulevard" T Rex "Electric Warrior" T Rex "The Slider" Thin Lizzy "Jailbreak" Thin Lizzy "Bad Reputation"
Hey freak, where's the abba? ------------------ I keep plugging away, but I just can't get a 3 way to work on realwife.com
Yeah Anything released by Abba Simon and Garfunkal Marvin Gaye Tim Buckley (jeff's dad) Tom Waits Bob Dylan Pete Seeger (could be any decade for him really) ------------------ CUT Tino These Heaves are just getting Ridiculous!
Doh!!! Too many years and beers. Excellent list freak! Makes me want to pull out my vinyl. You young guns know what that is. Huh? Right! Speaking of which, I've got about 1200 albums on vinyl. Who can beat me? ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.' [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited January 30, 2001).]
mc mark -- that's awesome that you have so many albums. Nowadays people look at you funny if you tell them you have more than a couple o hundred CDs. Why do you think that is? I think it might come down to there being more things to do nowadays as far as entertainment than listening to music (probably why nobody goes to concerts anymore). What do you think? I myself have around 700 CDs.
freak, i have several 100 cds, do you use any sort of Database to keep a record of anything??? Smeg ------------------ CUT Tino These Heaves are just getting Ridiculous!
Whats really sad freak is that when I was poor in school, I proly sold about half my collection. As far as CDs, I started late on collecting. I was a snob for many years thinking, "it can't be better than vinyl". Very sad I know what you mean about collecting. I've always done it. I don't know (well actually I do). I guess that music has always been a HUGH part of my life. I could live without TV. But no way music. I guess it all comes from living in Europe between the ages of 5 and 11. We just never had TV. We had radio and live shows! As far as other entertainment. Can there be nothing better than music? Don't get me wrong, I love to get out and do things. But a lot of times, that going out and doing things usually involves music. what can I say? I'm a freak! no wait a minute....you are... ------------------ 'Deeds, not words, shall speak me.' [This message has been edited by mc mark (edited January 30, 2001).]
Hell, pretty much any Zeppelin album. "Everyone knows Rock attained perfection in 1974, it's a scientific fact." Homer the Wise ------------------ "Of course, everything looks bad if you remember it!" Homer Simpson
