Ten worst songs of the 70s

[wiffleball 4,788]

The worst part?  

 

I (and maybe you) remember not just these songs, but likely the lyrics too. 

 

I really can't argue with any of these. 

 

These and disco prove the 70s sucked. 

 

Esp compared to the 80,s.

 

[jerryskids 6,531]

Yep, I know all of those songs.  I'm glad You Light Up My Life was on there -- I've seen that mentioned as the top song of the 70s (perhaps by time on the charts?), and it is excruciatingly bad.

A few of them I kinda like though.  Afternoon Delight is fun IMO.  Escape is somewhat boppy.   

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

 

[Pimpadeaux 2,404]

1 minute ago, jerryskids said:

 

A few of them I kinda like though.  Afternoon Delight is fun IMO.  Escape is somewhat boppy.   

Yeah, and "Seasons in the Sun" isn't a bad song at all.

[squistion 1,930]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

That pretty much sums up 70's music, some of the best rock ever and also a lot of dreck (which you can say about any decade, but the 70's had a lot of innovative music, which the 80's did also, but not so much in the 90s and the aughts). 

[jerryskids 6,531]

25 minutes ago, Pimpadeaux said:

 

That was super popular.  I read somewhere that they picked their band name by throwing a dart at a map of the US and it hit Bay City, Michigan.  I should probably google it to find out, but I like the story and don't want to learn I'm wrong.   

[jerryskids 6,531]

17 minutes ago, squistion said:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

That pretty much sums up 70's music, some of the best rock ever and also a lot of dreck (which you can say about any decade, but the 70's had a lot of innovative music, which the 80's did also, but not so much in the 90s and the aughts). 

Great description.  The 70s into early 80s were my formative years in music.  I was into musicality, which meant a lot of 70s prog rock and immense musical talents like Billy Joel.  Being into musicality, you might imagine that I hated the 80s music in general (synth pop over musical complexity), which was a shame because that decade comprised my HS and college years.

Interestingly, in hindsight, I actually love a lot of the music from the 80s.  And not the hair metal.  One of my favorite Sirius channels is 33 (First Wave) which is, basically, 80s emo music.  Seems like every fourth song is Depeche Mode.  But it is hella fun.  What can I say, I partied a lot and banged a lot of chicks while that music was playing.   

[jonmx 2,424]

This is more of an overplayed cheesy song list.   A few were also terrible.

[Herbivore 1,112]

1 hour ago, squistion said:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

That pretty much sums up 70's music, some of the best rock ever and also a lot of dreck (which you can say about any decade, but the 70's had a lot of innovative music, which the 80's did also, but not so much in the 90s and the aughts). 

there are plenty of great bands from the 90s and 00s

[squistion 1,930]

36 minutes ago, Herbivore said:

there are plenty of great bands from the 90s and 00s

Yeah. I didn't say that there weren't, but there was nothing particularly innovative or something that you hadn't ever heard before IMO like in the 70s and 80s.

There are plenty of contemporary bands now putting out great music in 2024, but I don't find myself thinking any of it is particularly "new" to my ears.

[wiffleball 4,788]

WC McCall was a pioneer ahead of his time. 

[edjr 6,578]

Just now, kutulu said:

 

Paul Stanley gayer than Johnny Weir

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[MLCKAA 540]

You Light Up My Life is iconic.

[jerryskids 6,531]

13 hours ago, squistion said:

Yeah. I didn't say that there weren't, but there was nothing particularly innovative or something that you hadn't ever heard before IMO like in the 70s and 80s.

There are plenty of contemporary bands now putting out great music in 2024, but I don't find myself thinking any of it is particularly "new" to my ears.

I disagree.  The 90s brought in grunge and hip hop to the mainstream.  The aughts and beyond have been more blah IMO, differentiated more by the changes in distribution models than unique musical styles.

[squistion 1,930]

Just now, jerryskids said:

I disagree.  The 90s brought in grunge and hip hop to the mainstream.  The aughts and beyond have been more blah IMO, differentiated more by the changes in distribution models than unique musical styles.

Yes, but they both emerged before that (grunge in the mid-80's and hip hop before that) and going back to my point that started this, I wasn't hearing in the 90s or thereafter anything that I hadn't heard before. 

[jerryskids 6,531]

4 minutes ago, squistion said:

Yes, but they both emerged before that (grunge in the mid-80's and hip hop before that) and going back to my point that started this, I wasn't hearing in the 90s or thereafter anything that I hadn't heard before. 

And the techno/synth stuff started before the 80s, but became mainstream in the 80s.  I've seen the music you post, it is obscure shiot.  I just looked it up:  Nirvana had some obscure album (Bleach) in 89; Nevermind was in 91, as was Pearl Jam 10.  Jane's Addiction maybe?  Spotify has one playlist for 80's grunge, and it is a combo of mostly obscure stuff and Spin Doctors?!  

For hip hop, again going by the one Spotify playlist:  Beastie Boys?  Tone-Loc, Run DMC, Rob Base?  Maybe Public Enemy, but earlier stuff near the end of the decade.  

To summarize:  no new sound just appears and instantly becomes mainstream.  The 90s were the decade of grunge and hip hop.  YWIA

[squistion 1,930]

3 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

And the techno/synth stuff started before the 80s, but became mainstream in the 80s.  I've seen the music you post, it is obscure shiot.  I just looked it up:  Nirvana had some obscure album (Bleach) in 89; Nevermind was in 91, as was Pearl Jam 10.  Jane's Addiction maybe?  Spotify has one playlist for 80's grunge, and it is a combo of mostly obscure stuff and Spin Doctors?!  

For hip hop, again going by the one Spotify playlist:  Beastie Boys?  Tone-Loc, Run DMC, Rob Base?  Maybe Public Enemy, but earlier stuff near the end of the decade.  

To summarize:  no new sound just appears and instantly becomes mainstream.  The 90s were the decade of grunge and hip hop.  YWIA

Thank you! 

[Bert 1,128]

 

[RLLD 4,143]

 

[GobbleDog 975]

While we're on a music discussion, I gotta rant. R & B - "rhythm and blues" .... BB King sang the blues. Zeppelin played rock 'n roll blues. Etc.

The modern garbage on the radio which labels itself R&B is as far from blues music as possible.

[jerryskids 6,531]

12 minutes ago, RLLD said:

 

I like that song.   

[squistion 1,930]

11 minutes ago, RLLD said:

 

And Funkytown was a shameless ripoff of The Changeling by The Doors:

 

[Mike Honcho 5,065]

 

[Mike Honcho 5,065]

21 hours ago, squistion said:

And Funkytown was a shameless ripoff of The Changeling by The Doors:

 

The Kinks are amused by this video.