I thought that I hated the 70s except some soul and funk, a few glam and disco things, some pub rockers and teeny boppers, and a bit of early punk rock/ proto punk. Now that I check these lists, I see that there were a lot of good songs.

Even on you shit lists, Stan, I can find a few things that I like, such as "Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks. I also like Neil Diamond and The Carpenters. MOR guilty pleasures. Probably childhood memories, nostalgia of some sort.

However, I can't stand the Eagles, Steely Dan, Chicago, Pink Floyd, Yes, Genesis, ELP, Jethro Tull and stuff like that...

Some of my faves from the 70s:

R&B/ Soul/ Funk

James Brown
Curtis Mayfield/ Impressions
Tyrone Davis
Terry Callier
Al Green
Ann Peebles
Aretha Franklin
Betty Lavette
Betty Wright
Betty Swann
Bobby Womack
Bill Withers
Brothers Johnson
Chambers Brothers
Charles Wright/ Watts 103rd st RB
Chuck Jackson
Chuck Brown
Crusaders
Detroit Emeralds
Isaac Hayes
Marvin Gaye
Stevie Wonder
Sly & The Family Stone
Funkadelic/ Parliament/ Mothership
Baby Huey
Babe Ruth
Booker T
Donny Hathaway
Staple Singers
Rufus Thomas
Isley Brothers
Jean Knight
Joe Tex
Johnny Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor
Luther Ingram
Lyn Collins
Earth Wind & Fire
Gil Scott-Heron
Nina Simone
William DeVaughn
Wilson Pickett
Last Poets
Latimore
Laura Lee
O'Jays
Carl Carlton
Commodores
Chi-Lites
Dramatics
Stylistics
Spinners
Persuaders
Moments
Tavares
Three Degrees
Chairman of the Board
Dells
Delfonics
Denise LaSalle
Dorothy Moore
Eddie Holman
King Floyd
Kool & The Gang
Melba Moore
Mel & Tim
Millie Jackson
Ohio Players
OV Wright
Otis Clay
Ben E.King
Etta James
Edwin Starr
Temptations
Four Tops
Harold Melvin & Bluenotes
Barry White
Joe Simon
Gladys Knight & Pips
Labelle
Spinners
Dobie Gray
Chaka Khan
Tami Lynn
Tower of Power
Undisputed Truth
Average White Band
War
ZZ Hill



Rock/ Pop/ Punk

AC/DC
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Big Star
Badfinger
Blue Oyster Cult
Carpenters
Cheap Trick
Gram Parsons
Little Feat
Stealers Wheel
Velvets/ Lou Reed/ John Cale/ Nico
Iggy/ Stooges
Modern Lovers/ Jonathan Richman
Real Kids
Ramones
Dictators
New York Dolls/ Johnny Thunders/ Heartbreakers
Suicide
Blondie
Cramps
Richard Hell/ Voidods/ Television
Talking Heads
Dead Boys
Saints
Radio Birdman
Runaways
Kim Fowley
Motorhead
KISS
Kinks
Who
Faces
Humble Pie
Rolling Stones
Flamin Groovies
CCR
Dr John
Cpt Beefheart
Hawkwind
Can
Kraftwerk
Neu!
Magma
David Bowie
Gary Glitter
T-Rex
Slade
Sweet
Mott The Hoople
Roxy Music
Sparks
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Steve Miller Band
10 CC
Free
Dr Feelgood
Count Bishops
Eddie & The Hot Rods
Buzzcocks
Clash
Damned
Sex Pistols
Slits
X-Ray Spex
Wire
Magazine
TVPs
Pere Ubu
Weirdos
Angry Samoans
Bad Brains
Black Flag
Germs
Dead Kennedys
Misfits
ZZ Top
.....

I realize most of this stuff is far from AM, though, or it's not Rock Bands.... edit: Apologies for CHEATING!

Last edited by Hard Bop Hank (2016-05-25 12:08:37)

While we're at it, what about Billy Joel? Some real radio friendly stuff in the 70s and quite a few of my mates dads had styled themselves on him. That was just before The BeeGees blonde bouffant look.

I have a photo of my old man from '75 and he looks like a member of The Band. No flares, black leather jacket and black crew neck and blackish jeans.

That's difficult

Last edited by 4F Hepcat (2016-05-26 12:48:02)

Still think post-punk and new wave in the UK was a much better music scene, the period from '77-85 was a golden era in British popular music. That also happened to be the time that the distance between the US and UK charts was a bigger gulf that it is today, or before. What happened?

Now, electric Miles... I was actually diggin' that stuff back then. Not many of us were, but I thought On The Corner, Bitches Brew, and Big Fun were way cool. (I don't think electric Miles ever made it to AM, though. har har)

Last edited by Chipper (2016-05-27 08:36:42)

Whoa. That's Steve Miller? I had no idea he was that... I'm not sure bizarre is the word I'm looking for.

There's so much Miles. I wasn't aware of Filles back then either. The record store seemed to be hawking the crazier electric stuff I mentioned, probably just because it was, for the time, so out there.