Our Favorite Songs of 1978 | Songs of the Year
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- Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 1978!
Every Friday we will each be choosing our favorite songs of a year, starting in 1958 and going all the way through 2021. We will be making five selections from the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Any song that broke the Hot 100 at any point during the year is eligible. After that we'll be making five more 'wildcard' selections. These picks can come from anywhere. They could've charted as well, but they could also be album cuts, from soundtracks, b-sides...anything at all. And lastly, we'll also be choosing our least favorite song to crack the Top 40.
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Here's the Year End Top 50. Will any of these make our lists?
1. "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
2. "Night Fever" - Bee Gees
3. "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
4. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
5. "Kiss You All Over" - Exile
6. "How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees
7. "Baby Come Back" - Player
8. "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water" - Andy Gibb
9. "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey
10. "Three Times a Lady" - Commodores
11. "Grease" - Frankie Valli
12. "I Go Crazy" - Paul Davis
13. "You're the One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
14. "Emotion" - Samantha Sang
15. "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton
16. "Miss You" - The Rolling Stones
17. "Just the Way You Are" - Billy Joel
18. "With a Little Luck" - Wings
19. "If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman
20. "Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah)" - Chic
21. "Feels So Good" - Chuck Mangione
22. "Hot Child in the City" - Nick Gilder
23. "Love Is Like Oxygen" - Sweet
24. "It's a Heartache" - Bonnie Tyler
25. "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" - Queen
26. "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
27. "Can't Smile Without You" - Barry Manilow
28. "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late" - Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams
29. "Dance With Me" - Peter Brown
30. "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" - Meat Loaf
31. "Jack And Jill" - Raydio
32. "Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA
33. "Sometimes When We Touch" - Dan Hill
34. "Last Dance" - Donna Summer
35. "Hopelessly Devoted to You" - Olivia Newton-John
36. "Hot Blooded" - Foreigner
37. "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" - Rod Stewart
38. "The Closer I Get to You" - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
39. "Dust in the Wind" - Kansas
40. "Magnet and Steel" - Walter Egan
41. "Short People" - Randy Newman
42. "Use ta Be My Girl" - The O'Jays
43. "Our Love" - Natalie Cole
44. "Love Will Find a Way" - Pablo Cruise
45. "An Everlasting Love" - Andy Gibb
46. "Love Is in the Air" - John Paul Young
47. "Goodbye Girl" - David Gates
48. "Slip Slidin' Away" - Paul Simon
49. "The Groove Line" - Heatwave
50. "Thunder Island" - Jay Ferguson
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As John Peel used to say, "Teenage Kicks" by the Undertones is perfect. Simplicity, sincerity, and energy are better than unnecessary musical complexity
Great song but they needed a better lead singer.
Song of the year for me!
@@lfbl7166 It made my top three deep cuts, but my top three could all be tied for number one. My one and two were You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory-Johnny Thunders and Another Girl, Another Planet-Only Ones. There is a fun film, called "Good Vibrations," about the Belfast record store owner who first got The Undertones into the recording studio.
@@johnlefsky8731 Another Girl, Another Planet-Only Ones : this song is awesome , the guitar solo is really stunning, perfectly integrated into the song, no unnecessary frills !
@@johnlefsky8731 Yeah Thunders and Only Ones are deserving.
Johnny always takes more than he needs
Knows a couple chords, knows a couple leads
Johnny always needs more than he takes
Forgets a couple of chords, forgets a couple of breaks
And everybody tells me Johnny is hot
Johnny needs something that he ain't got
And Johnny's gonna die
Johnny's gonna die
Johnny's gonna die
Everybody stares and everybody hoots
Johnny always needs more than he shoots
Standing by a beach and there ain't no lake
He's got friends without no guts, friends that never ache
In New York City, I guess it's cool when it's dark
There's one sure way Johnny you can leave your mark
- The Replacements (greatest version is live)
1. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight The Jam
2. Just What I Needed The Cars
3. Beast of Burden The Rolling Stones
4. Hell Bent for Leather Judas Priest
5. Ain't Talking About Love Van Halen
6. Roxanne The Police
7. Who Are You The Who
8. Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
9. Pump It Up Elvis Costello & the Attractions
10. Bullet Misfits
Lots of great rock songs! Judas Priest's albums were awesome in the 70s. Stained Class and Hell Bent for Leather are fantastic albums with a bunch of bangers!
More Punk!
1. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam ( A desert Island song for me )
2. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush (She stood her ground for this one - utterly original )
3. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - Elvis C ( At his lip curling snarling best )
4. Public Image - Public Image Ltd ( with Metal Box to come ! - so awesome on the heels of the Pistols falling apart )
5. Radio Radio - Elvis C ( the SNL thing was so cool )
6. A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy - The Kinks ( Rock hits middle age )
( 1978 was a great year if you look beyond disco and the usual lame mainstream sludge )
that would have been my pick from the first PiL record too
No Bee Gees Too Much Heaven?
Wuthering Heights, easy choice indeed.
Yeah, I mean, the other two songs are very good, but come on.
10. Wire - Outdoor Miner
9. Talking Heads - Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
8. Big Star - Kanga Roo
7. Bob Dylan - No Time to Think (reppin' Street Legal with jason)
6. Elvis Costello - This Year's Girl
5. Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
4. Blondie - Heart of Glass
3. Gang of Four - Damaged Goods
2. Lou Reed - Street Hassle
1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (Joe knows what's up. Greatest music video ever)
Sulton's of Swing has great guitar but cannot STAND the vocals.
Wuthering Heights' melody is interesting and good but I hate her voice and i like so called bad voices. Thanks for putting up This Years Model though.
Didn't know damaged goods was released in 1978, will definitely have it next week
@@oppothumbs1 Kate Bush doesn’t have a “so called bad” voice. She has incredible range. Your loss.
Gang of Four - Damaged Goods blew my mind
@@afermata949 She has the most annoying voice in rock according to one poll. I don't care about operatic range in a rock song.
Bless you Jason for giving Street Legal some love, not my favorite song of the year but love when people shout this record out. Joe and Kram’s picks are awesome too
1. 'Down in the tube station at midnight' Jam
2. 'Sweet talkin woman' ELO
3. 'Hit me with your rhythm stick' Ian Dury and the Blockheads
4. 'Mr Blue sky' ELO
5. 'Wuthering Heights' Kate Bush
6. 'Mother of violence' Peter Gabriel
7. 'Picture this' Blondie
8. 'She's so modern' Boomtown Rats
9. 'Teenage kicks' Undertones
10. 'Racing in the street' Bruce Springsteen
11. 'Driver's Seat' Sniff''n the Tears
12. 'Fire' Pointer Sisters
13. 'Werewolves of London' Warren Zevon
1. She's the One- Ramones
2. Magnet and Steel- Walter Egan
3. Beast of Burden- Rolling Stones
4. Time Passages- Al Stewart
5. Baker Street- Gerry Rafferty
6. So Lonely- The Police
7. Rosalinda's Eyes- Billy Joel
8. Denis- Blondie
9. Metropolis- Kraftwerk
10. So It Goes- Nick Lowe
HM-
The Beat- Elvis Costello
Hot Child in the City- Nick Gilder
With a Little Luck- Wings
If I Can't Have You- Yvonne Elliman
September- Earth, Wind & Fire
Just What I Needed- The Cars
Safe European Home- The Clash
Hey Deanie- Shaun Cassidy
Use Ta Be My Girl- The O'Jays
Lotta Love- Nicolette Larson
Hello. There you are. I like your list. (Unfortunately magnet and Steel is going to be in my head today.) On a normal year Time Passages would have been top 10, but this is seventy freakin eight . . . Cool Ramones song. (I went with I Wanna Be Sedated for HM) . . Wasn't even thinking of Wings, however that's an excellent song . . you will see some other sames on my 78 list
BTW, I have a final Cat Stevens pick - an HM - w New York Times (a put down of NYC)
@@NaughtyVampireGod Hey. Have to agree about 78, a great year. This is a golden age for power pop type guitar songs. I had not heard NY Times till now. I like it! Although Cat is done for now he may come back later. There's some good tunes on his comeback albums. I'm not the biggest Bruce fan but I really like about half of Darkness, Badlands may be my favorite Springsteen song. Great showing for 11:59! I considered it. Along with another Destri penned track- Fan Mail. He added such cool songs to the band. Especially the one we mentioned before (Angels on the Balcony).
Finally getting around to this, was on vaca that week.
1) "A Man I'll Never Be" - Boston
2) "Night Fever" - Bee Gees
3) "Because the Night" - Patti Smith
4) "Badlands" - Bruce Springsteen
5) "Uncontrollable Urge" - DEVO
6) "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf
7) "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
8) "Eruption" - Van Halen
9) "All Mixed Up" - The Cars
10) "Satisfy My Soul" - Bob Marley
1978 Billboards
1 Miss You - Rolling Stones
2 Night Fever - Beegees
3 Take A Chance On me - Abba
4 Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
5 Short People - Randy Newman
1978 Wildcards
1 Clever Trevor - Ian Dury and the Blockheards
2 Time Will Tell - Bob Marley
3 Found a Job - Talking Heads
4 In the Crowd - The Jam
5 Non Alignment Pact - Pere Ubu
Worst Song - You Dont Bring Me Flowers - Barbara Streisand /Neil Diamond
SOTY: What a Waste - Ian Dury & the Blockheads (what a band! And my favourite bass player: Norman Watt-Roy 😃)
Every1’s a Winner - Hot Chocolate (for the guitar riff alone!)
Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
Everybody Dance - Chic (another amazing bass player in Bernard Edwards)
Denis - Blondie (short but sweet!)
Cheers! 🇬🇧🇺🇸
We have some overlap...Jam, of course - I chose another Ian Dury song but he had so many great ones in a short period. Hot Chocolate have appeared in earlier lists for me.
PS - the last time I saw Norman Watt-Roy credited was with Wilko Johnson (who also was in Ian Dury's band for a while after he left Dr. Feelgood),
@@roxannewalsh yeah saw Wilko with Norman probably a couple of years ago now when they were on tour - amazeballs!
Yes. Everyone's a Winner! The fuzz on that guitar riff !
@@Gardosunron yes!!
@@roxannewalsh Have you heard Baxter Dury - Ian's son - "The Night Chancers" - my top album of 2020
An odd year. My more than 5 wild card picks.
Street Hassle - Lou Reed
Tropical Hot Dog Night - Captain Beefheart
The Man Machine - Kraftwerk
Outdoor Miner - Wire
Dub Housing - Pere Ubu
Toiler on the Sea - The Stranglers
Lawyers, Guns and Money - Warren Zevon
Mother of Violence - Peter Gabriel
Kanga Roo - Big Star
Know Your Product - The Saints
Public Image - PIL
Definitive Gaze - Magazine
Moving Away from the Pulsebeat - The Buzzcocks
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - Talking Heads
Beast of Burden - Stones
No Place to Fall - Townes Van Zandt
This Year's Girl - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Too many songs, oh well.
I like all of these picks except Kraftwerk (I love the band but not that specific song),
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Jason ... You snatched defeat from the jaws of victory! If only you'd said Changing Of The Guards! :)
Kram: "you're not Hot Blooded, you're sick!" lol
1 Just What I Needed -Cars 2 Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love -Van Halen 3 Rock Lobster - B-52's 4 Sin City -AC/DC 5 Miss You -Rolling Stones 6 The Trees -Rush 7 Comes A Time -Neil Young 7 FM -Steely Dan 8 Can't Stand Losing You -Police 9 Straight On -Heart 10 Sun Is Shining -Bob Marley & The Wailers 11 Hanging On The Telephone -Blondie 12 One Nation Under A Groove -Funkadelic 13 Running On Empty -Jackson Browne 14 Surrender -Cheap Trick
Sin City just missed my list... nice pick...
Big thumbs up for including "Sun is Shining," though my favorite on Kaya might be "Running Away." That whole album is fantastic.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 Close call. I envision a diminutive grandpa dispensing advice behind one's shoulder: "You can't run away from yourself". The I-Threes and the riddim section doing it perfectly as usual... love it!
☆Bye Bye Love☆ The Cars💛
BB
Just what I needed~Cars
Shake it~Ian Matthews
Wheel in the sky/Lights ~Journey
Whenever I call you friend ~Loggins/Nicks
Miss you/Shattered~Stones
Straight on~Heart
Count on me~J.Starship
Love is like Oxygen ~Sweet
Lotta love~N. Larson
Surrender ~Cheap Trick
Follow you, follow me~Genesis
Time passages~A. Stewart
WC
Ain't talkn bout love/Eruption ~VH
La Villa Strangiato ~RUSH
Sultans of Swing~Dire Straits
Driver's seat ~Sniff N' The tears
Don't leave me lonely~Angel
Comin' right down on top of me~April Wine
Dog & Butterfly~Heart
Echoes~Camel
Good Times Roll~Cars
FM (No static at all)~Steely Dan
Another EXCELLENT yr of music!!
SHERRY - Lovin the strong Cars representation here!! My Best Friend's Girl was #4 overall. (Got the other 2 as HMs.) I missed Driver's Seat but i believe it would also qualify for a 79 song so I have another chance. (BTW its use in Boogie Nights was amazing.) Time Passages on my HM list and Surrender on my top 10.
Hi Sherry, it’s really good to see Journey, Heart and April Wine all make appearances in your list again. I hope the latter will finally make my top 10 some time in the next 3 years. I think Naughty is right about Driver’s Seat - I certainly hope so because it was one that I felt bad at cutting from my list for this year.
The first Journey album is surprisingly excellent. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic And was already released in 1975.
Kramser looses just because he dissed "Dust In the Wind" one of my all time FAVORITE songs!
I“d be surprised though if any of the other two wouldn’t agree with him on that song…
As I said to someone else...you're in the 99% of people who would totally disagree with him. No idea how he could say that. I know Joe would disagree with K but I wish he had expressed that at the time
1)Cool Metro - David Johansen
2)Theme From Boat Weirdos - Joe Walsh
3)Look Out For My Love - Neil Young
4)Darkness On The Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen
5)Next to You - Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
6)Hurting for You - Todd Rundgren
7)Never Let Her Slip Away - Andrew Gold
8)Guardian Angel - Mink De Ville
9)Surrender - Cheap Trick
10)Because The Night - Patti Smith Group
11)So Sad About Us - The Jam
12)Down At The Doctors - Dr.Feelgood
13)When The Time Comes - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
14)I'm Ready - Muddy Waters
15)I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
16)Dead Or Alive - Johnny Thunders
17)Clash City Rockers - The Clash
18)Good From The Bad - Skunks
19)Grease - Frankie Valli
20)South of the River - Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves
My top songs in no specific order:
KATE BUSH: Wuthering Heights
ELVIS COSTELLO: Pump It Up
SIOUXSIE and the BANSHEES: Suburban Relapse
WIRE: I Am The Fly
WIRE: Outdoor Miner
TALKING HEADS: The Big Country
PATTY SMITH: Because the NIght
and last but not least:
SYLVESTER: You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Love 'I Am The Fly'...
Made three top 5 lists, one for the punk movement (punk, post punk, new wave, bla bla ...) as there were plenty of them, second for other songs and lastly the longer track. (some of the honorable mentions listed are up there with the top 5, just haven't listened as long to them, was difficult)
Top Punk/Post Punk/New Wave:
1. Ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've?) - The Buzzcocks (Favourite of the year for personal reasons)
2. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
3. Just What I Needed - The Cars
4. So Lonely (and Roxanne) - The Police
5. I am The Fly (and Outdoor Miner) - Wire
HM:
6. Street Waves - Pere Ubu
7. Sunday Girl - Blondie
8. I wanna be sedated - The Ramones
9. Tommy Gun - The Clash
10. Burst (and shot from both sides, chose the most famous and less obvious from an album full of awesome tracks) - Magazine
And: Public Image (PiL), Down In The Tube Station At Midnight (The Jam), The Big Country (Talking Heads), Radio, Radio (Elvis Costello), Hong Kong Garden (Siouxsie and the Banshees), Uncontrollable Urge (DEVO), Because The Night (Patti Smith)
Other genres:
1. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
2. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
3. Fat Bottomoed Girl - Queen
4. Holocaust (or blue moon, dream lover ... etc) - Big Star
5. The Model - Kraftwerk
Honorable Mentions:
6. Surrender - Cheap Trick
7. Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
8. Christmas From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Tom Waits
9. All The children Sing (Bread is another favorite) - Todd Rundgren
10. Some Girls (or Beast of Burden) - The Rolling Stones
And: My Life (Billy Joel), Still The Same (Bob Seger), Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon), Le Freak (CHIC), Right Down The Line (Gerry Rafferty), I'm Carrying (Paul McCartney), No Reason (Nick Lowe), Who are you (The Who), Bat Chain Puller (Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band)
Top 5 longer songs:
Is That Enough - Marvin Gaye
One Nation Under The Groove - Funkadelic
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Day Of The Dreamer - Renaissance
Life's Been So Good - Joe Walsh
Good to see Siouxsie and the Banshees mentioned, though I tend to think of "Hong Kong Garden" as their "Love Me Do". The really interesting stuff is on the album.
Also, kudos for including Magazine (related by blood to the Banshees), who are almost unheard of in the US (or, for that matter, in the UK).
@@simonvaughan6017 Yes I love The Scream but was choosing more singles and songs that stand on their own, need to listen to it more though, just like Pornography is one my favourite albums by the Cure but would likely to choose Just like Heaven or Friday I'm in Love much easier, call me lazy :P
@@simonvaughan6017 That's sad because they're fucking awesome and could've gone with any song from that album
@@UlyssesJonah Fair enough! My nomination was "Metal Postcard", though I see that wasn't released as a single (in German, as "Mittageisen") till '79. If you haven't seen them already, check out the Banshees' performances of "Metal Postcard" and "Jigsaw Feeling" on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
My favourites for 1978:
01) Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
02) If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
03) Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce
04) Still In Love With You - Dragon
05) The Man With The Child In His Eyes - Kate Bush
06) I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
07) Every 1's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
08) The Saxophone Song - Kate Bush
09) Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch
10) Emotion - Samantha Sang
1 This Year's Model - Costello
2 Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones (Jason)
3 Deacon Blues - Steely Dan (Joe)
4 Time Passages - Al Stewart
5 Natalia - Van Morrison
Can we Still be friends? Todd Rundgren
6 Lip Service - Costello
7 Excitable Boy” - Warren Zevon
8 Tenderness on the Block - Warren Zevon
Magnet and Steel” - Walter Egan
9 I go Crazy - Paul Davis
Ever fallen in Love ? Buzzcocks
Listen to her Heart - Petty and the Heartbreakers
FM - Steely Dan
Running on Empty - Jackson Brown
Ain't talkin bout Love - Van Halen
Mongoloid - Devo
10 Baby Hold on to Me- Eddie Money
11 Prove it all Night - Springsteen (the live version on CZcams - Bruce's best guitar and he improved the song. He was electric that night)
12 Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
13 Lotta Love - Neil Young
14 Going Down to Laurel - Steve Forbert
15 Down to the Waterline or Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
16 You're My Favorite Waste Of TIme - Marshall Crenshaw
17 Comes a Time Neil Young
18 Just What I needed - the Cars
19 Why Kind of Guy? Steve Forbert
20. Wheel in the Sky - Journey
To me, "Beast Of Burden" is The Stones' schmaltzy nadir. I don't straight up hate the song but I also don't think it deserves to be picked ahead of so many other fantastic songs from this year. Half the songs are your 'dislike' list are better, imo. But it's all subjective. To each their own. Overall, you got a good list.
Kramz: Neil Young had a 103 degree fever (check it and see) and he wrote Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River, and Cinnamon girl.
New names and new faces/sounds surely ruled the year, still the top spot goes to one of my first artists I discovered in music years before.
HM - Clash - White Man in Hammersmith, Ian Dury - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick, Chris Spedding - Silver Bullet, Patti Smith - Because the Night, Third World - One Cold Vibe (Couldn't Stop Dis Ya Boogie)
5. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device (Make sure you listen to the single version not the album one. Northern Ireland's version of The Clash and never again mention Green Day after listening to this - or stick with the Bee Gees right away.)
4. B-52's - Rock Lobster (Their debut single to introduce a band that was unlike any other and stayed true to itself for much longer than anyone would have guessed.)
3. Public Image Ltd - Public Image (John Lydon dismantles the legend of Johnny Rotten and starts what was to be called post-punk. Public image you got what you wanted/ The public image belongs to me/ It's my entrance, my own creation/ My grand finale, my goodbye)
2. Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight (The song is so intense and atmospheric that you can really smell the beer breath of the attackers.)
1. Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards (When Patti Smith selected the songs for her cover album in 2007, she chose this one out of all the Dylan catalogue. I fully understood why. One of his very best not from his classic albums. Epic.)
That B-52's song is more fun than humans should be allowed to have. If not for Buzzcocks, it might top my list.
Suspect Device is a classic... and would have made my expanded list....
Changing of the Guards has a real hypnotic quality to it. The lyrics are just something else. You always hang on every word in a Dylan song but this feels special even in his catalogue.
🎶 I Will Not Be Treated As Property !! 🎶
I have always (at least since 1978) loved Street Legal. It was my first encounter with Dylan and has remained one of his favorite albums for me. I don't understand why it's not as highly acclaimed as some of his other albums.
"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
How Deep Is Your Love" - Bee Gees - though I think I put this in last year
Three Times a Lady" - Commodores
You're the One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
"If I Can't Have You" - Yvonne Elliman
"Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty
"Take a Chance on Me" - ABBA
"Hot Blooded" - Foreigner (I guess I'm sick)
"Who Are You" - The Who
"Listen To Her Heart" - Tom Petty / Heartbreakers
"Surrender" - Cheap Trick
"Roxanne" - the Police
"Le Freak" - Chic
Wild Cards:
"Down And Out" - Genesis
"Undertow" - Genesis
"No Action" - Elvis Costello
"Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello
"Doubleback Alley" - The Rutles
"Let's Be Natural" - The Rutles
"Down Payment Blues" - AC/DC
"Candy's Room" - Bruce Springsteen
"905" - The Who
"Red Shoes By The Drug Store" - Tom Waits
"La Villa Strangiato" - Rush (not ONE of you offered this up as song of the year? I mean, at least Kramzer made it top 5)
"Circumstances" - Rush
"The Trees" - Rush
"Cygnus X-1: Book 2" - Rush
"Thoroughfare Gap" - Stephen Stills
"Jamie's Cryin'" - Van Halen
1. Lawyers, Guns And Money-Warren Zevon
2. Radio, Radio-Elvis Costello
3. Deacon Blues-Steely Dan (charted pick)
4. Who Are You-The Who (charted pick)
5. Because The NIght-Patti Smith Group (charted pick)
6. Dreamer-Steve Young
7. Rock And Roll Fantasy-The Kinks (charted pick)
8. Badlands-Bruce Springsteen (charted pick)
9. Bruised Orange (Chain of Sorrow)-John Prine
10. Driver's Seat-Sniff 'n' The Tears
Honorable Mention:
11. Werewolves Of London-Warren Zevon
12. Kentucky Avenue-Tom Waits
13. Time Will Tell-Bob Marley
14. Flying Shoes-Townes Van Zandt
15. Prove It All Night-Bruce Springsteen
Worst Song: Hey Deanie-Shaun Cassidy
Love your top three, and your #9 is on my list, too.
My Top 10:
1. RENAISSANCE ´´A Song For all Seasons´´
2. DIRE STRAITS ´´Sultans of Swing´´
3. JEAN MICHEL JARRE ´´Equinoxe.Part4´´
4. THE POLICE ´´So Lonely´´
5. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ´´Badlands´´
6. THE CARS ´´Good Times Roll´´
7. QUEEN ´´Bicycle Race´´
8. DIRE STRAITS ´´Water of Love´´
9. ABBA ´´Voulez-Vous´´
10. DAVID BOWIE ´´Boys Keep Swimming´´
Greetings fron Canary Islands.
1. When She Walks in the Room - Bryan Ferry
2. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
3. 11:59 - Blondie
4. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
5. Home - Lene Lovich
6. Surrender - Cheap Trick
7. I'm Not in Love - Talking Heads
8. Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
9. Till Victory - Patti Smith Group
10. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
HM (alpha by artist) - 40 songs:
After the Rain - The Angels
I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No - Blondie
Pictue This - Blondie
Fade Away and Radiate - Blondie
Sunday Girl - Blondie
James and the Cold Gun - Kate Bush
Oh To Be in Love - Kate Bush
What Do I Get? - Buzzcocks
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Bye Bye Love - The Cars
Auf Wedersehen - Cheap Trick
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello
Space Junk - DEVO
Mongoliod - DEVO
Gut Feeling - DEVO
Sign of the Times - Bryan Ferry
Part-Time Love - Elton John
Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
Telepathy - Lene Lovich
So It Goes - Nick Lowe
Steppin' in a Slide Zone - The Moody Blues
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Listen to Her Heart - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Because the Night - Patti Smith Group
Rock n Roll N - Patti Smith Group
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones
Real Good Time Together - Lou Reed
Adam Raised a Cain - Bruce Springsteen
Candy's Room - Bruce Springsteen
The Promised Land - Bruce Springsteen
New York Times - Cat Stevens
Stay Hungry - Talking Heads
Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory - Johnny Thunders
Art-I-Ficial - X-Ray Spex
Identity - X-Ray Spex
Age - X-Ray Spex
Johnny Strikes Up the Band - Warren Zevon
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner - Warren Zevon
Very difficult to keep artists such as DEVO, Elvis Costello, and X-Ray Spex out of the top 10 but that's what happens when you get the . . . Greatest Year Ever !!!!
Damn you 1978.
RIP Graeme Edge.
We each picked the same Talking Heads song. Cheers mate!
@@179rich Hey Rich. Yeah. That's two-in-a-row. Wondering about your Fear of Music pick . . . (Will be checking the rest of your list.) later . . (with jools holland)
Hey, Naughty!:)....great list!..you got me writing another band on my "to listen to" list..x-ray spex 😎😁
@@NaughtyVampireGod Hey Naughty, you have a very good mixture of well known songs and deep cuts in your list. Apart from your SOTY, I also need to listen to the Lene Lovich and Patty Smith songs because I only know their hit singles in each case. I nearly included Kate Bush in my list for this year but she will certainly appear in future years for me. Likewise with Talking Heads and The Cars.
You previously mentioned how Tom Petty is one of your favourite artists. I also rate him very highly - in all honesty, I actually prefer his body of work to that of Springsteen. I feel bad, however, that I haven’t included any of Petty’s songs in my lists so far. I certainly intend to put that right very soon!
Cheers buddy.
1978 is awesome, no way it's the weaker year of the decade. It might be the year where I had the most heartbreaking cuts to make. I can't believe the quality of the material that had to be left out: Buzzcocks, The Clash, Wire, Talking Heads, Funkadelic, Kraftwerk, The Stones... Ridiculous!!
My 1978 top songs :
1. Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
2. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
3. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
4. The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
5. Television - The Dream's Dream
6. Chic - I Want Your Love
7. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
8. The Jam - In the Crowd
9. Blondie - Picture This
10. Alternative TV - Still-Life
I was looking forward to your list, and was not disappointed! Some overlaps again with mine.
If you love new wave and punk, 78 is amazing. - Joe
@@beetlebum7760 Thanks :) Your list is very good too!
hits of 1978 (as per Billboard):
5 - The Rolling Stones: "Shattered"
4 - Dire Straits: "Sultans Of Swing"
3 - Joe Walsh: "Life's Been Good"
2 - The Who: "Who Are You"
1 - Warren Zevon: "Werewolves Of London"
deep tracks of 1978:
5 - Elvis Costello: "This Year's Girl"
4 - Bruford: "Back to The Beginning"
3 - Bruce Springsteen: "Adam Raised A Cain"
2 - Rush: "La Villa Strangiato"
1 - Elvis Costello: "Pump It Up" < SONG OF THE YEAR
worst song of 1978:
Barry Manilow: "Can't Smile Without You"
1. Beyond the Realms of Death - Judas Priest
2. Ain’t Talkin’ ‘bout Love - Van Halen
3. Delivering the Goods - Judas Priest
4. Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
5. Who Are You - The Who
6. Nice Boys - Rose Tattoo
7. Sin City - AC/DC
8. Rock ‘n’ Roll Outlaw - Rose Tattoo
9. Kill the King - Rainbow
10. Shattered - The Rolling Stones
Love pick no. 4. I love the deep cut 'Weathercock'
Heavy Horses .... so good.
Hot 100:
- Kansas - Dust In the Wind (first time one of my songs got mentioned in the context of the worst of the year, probably not the last)
- Parliament - Flashlight
- ABBA - Take a Chance On Me
- Patti Smith Group - Because the Night
- The Cars - Just What I Needed
Wildcard:
- The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
- Siouxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
- The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
- Kraftwerk - The Robots
Worst: I went back and forth between a few but I am going to go with "Sometimes When We Touch" by Dan Hill. Every time I hear it all I can picture is one of those commercials from the 90s on tv for a compilation of love songs where a couple in silhouette stroll on the beach in the sunset while the songs on the compilation scroll on the screen.
My winner: "Wow" by Kate Bush. I love "Wuthering Heights" but I love my winner just a smidge more. I especially love the mysterious sounding intro. It gets me every time.
You've got a lot of great songs in your list! Especially Hong Kong Garden.
Wow’s great. My favorite from Lionheart’s gotta be Hammer Horror though. - Joe
No shame...Kram is wrong about Kansas
I'm not a big Kansas fan but Dust in the Wind over Sultans of Swing anyday. Sultans became boring very quickly.
I shudder to think there's ever been a song- let alone multiple songs from this specific year- that could give Sometimes When We Touch competition! Edit: Another shudder as someone mentioned Can't Smile Without You.
1. Three Times A Lady - Commodores
2. September - Earth, Wind and Fire
3. Roxanne - The Police
4. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
5. Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones
6. Janie's Crying - Van Halen
7. Is She Really Going Out with Him? - Joe Jackson
8. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
9. Big Shot - Billy Joel
10. Adam Raised a Cain - Bruce Springsteen
I turned 13 in 1978. Two self-titled debut albums were key: Van Halen and The Cars.
Hot 100:
5: Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones
4: Take a Chance On Me - Abba
3: Josie - Steely Dan
2: Because the Night - Patti Smith Group
1: Just What I Needed - The Cars
Wild Cards
5. Breakdown - Tom Petty and Heartbreakers
4. Water Of Love - Dire Straits
3. Jamie's Cryin - Van Halen
2. You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
1. Look Out For My Love - Neil Young
Worst: Tie: Copacabana - Barry Manilow and Cheeseburger In Paradise - Jimmy Buffet (can't vote for Wonderful Tonight with those two around)
Best: Just What I Needed
HMs: My Best Friend's Girl (Cars), Good Times Roll (Cars), Moving IN Stereo (Cars), Sweet Talkin Woman (ELO), Surrender (Cheap Trick), Ain't Talkin Bout Love (Van Halen), Don't Look Back (Boston), Pump It Up (Elvis Costello), September (EWF), Deep In The Motherlode (Genesis), Far Away Eyes (Rolling Stones), Straight On (Heart), Rock Lobster (B52s), Breakdown (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers), On Broadway (George Benson), Lights (Journey), Badlands (Springsteen), Time For Me To Fly (REO), Boogie Oogie Oogie (Taste Of Honey -- alltime favorite disco song), With a Little Luck (McCartney and Wings), Love Is Like Oxygen (Sweet), Can We Still Be Friends (Rundgren), Deacon Blues (Steely Dan), Roxanne (Police), Runnin With the Devil (Van Halen), Miss You (Rolling Stones), You Belong To Me (Carly Simon), Running On Empty (Jackson Browne), It's a Laugh (Hall and Oates), Snowbound (Genesis), Shattered (Rolling Stones), Radio Radio (Elvis Costello), Ballad Of Big (Genesis)
Here for the Cars love and the Jimmy Buffett critique.
The debut albums from The Cars and Van Halen would both have made my top 5 albums of the year but unfortunately neither band appear in my favourite songs list. However, I expect each of them to feature in the next few years.
@@bryanbyrde8338 Likewise.
Joe - Kate Bush 'Wuthering Heights' is a great choice. I'm not a hardcore fan or a huge follower of Kate Bush, but that song has stuck in my mind since I first heard it back in my early high school years in the late 70's, such was its impact. Liked it back then and still do. It's timeless.
Easy for me, With a little luck, best pop song of the year, Cafe on the.left bank, best pop rock song of the year, great Jimmy solo,Girlfriend, best soul song of the year ,Dont bring me down best folk song of the year, and who denied the greatest pop rock voice of all time in Paul McCartney?! And a great great classic song..London town, Wings Penny Laine! Another great year for fab Macca!
Not a great year but a lot of great songs - HM: Radio, Radio, Sip Slidin Away, Surrender, Lights, Wheel in the Sky, Eruption, You Really Got Me, Running with the Devil, Take a Chance on Me, La Villa Strangliato, Santa Fe/Beautiful Obsession, Parisienne Walkways, Hold the Line, It's a Heartache, Beast of Burden, Badlands, Roxanne, Bye Bye Love, Blue Collar Man, Renegade
10. So Lonely - the Police
9. Who Are You - the Who
8. Roll With the Changes - REO Speedwagon
7. Just What I Needed - the Cars
6. Accidentally Like a Martyr - Warren Zevon
5. So It Goes - Nick Lowe
4. Far Away Eyes - the Rolling Stones
3. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
2. Ain't Talking Bout Love - Van Halen
Worst - Copacabana - Barry Manilow
1. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Love these videos - well-done lads. 1978 (I was 17) was my first year really following music - maybe because of that, I think it was a great year.
Billboard Songs
- Just What I Needed - The Cars
- Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
- Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
- The Load Out/Stay - Jackson Brown
- Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
Wild Cards
- Shattered - The Rolling Stones
- Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits (apparently did not chart in 1978)
- Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
- Oh To Be In Love - Kate Bush
Worst Song
- You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone
Song of the Year
- Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats
Billboard:
1.Chic - Le Freak
2.Van Halen - You Really Got Me
3.The Jackson - Blame It On The Boogie
4.Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
5.Brick - Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody
Wildcards:
1.Billy Joel - Stiletto
2.Rick James - Mary Jane
3.ConFunkShun - Ffun
4.Toto - Takin' It Back
5.Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
Billboards Worst:
Leif Garrett - I Was Made For Dancin'
Other Songs I Dig From 1978:
Mass Production - Slow Bump
The Isley Brothers - Groove With You
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin Bout Love
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
Larry Graham & Graham Central Station - POW
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Eddie Money - Baby Hold On
L.T.D. - Holdin' On (When Love Is Gone)
Heatwave - The Groove Line
Frankie Valli - Grease
Chaka Khan - Sleep On It
Commodores - I LIke What You Do
Rick James - You And I
Teddy Pendergrass - Close The Door
Con Funk Shun - Shake And Dance With Me
The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost
Peter Brown - Dance With Me
Player - Prisoner Of Love
Switch - We Like To Party
Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove
The Who - Who Are You
Prism - Flyin'
Judas Priest - Exciter
Earth, Wind, and Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
Olivia Newton-John - Hopelessly Devoted To You
Jay Ferguson - Thunder Island
War - Galaxy
Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad
Linda Clifford - Runaway Love
Deep within later punk, new wave and disco, there's still enough great rock to be had (and Kate Bush):
1. Hemispheres: Cygnus X-1 Book 2 - Rush
2. Sin City - AC/DC
3. I Ain't No Baby - UFO
4. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
5. Gates of Babylon - Rainbow
6. Heavy Horses - Jethro Tull
7. Trick of the Light - The Who
8. Never Say Die - Black Sabbath
9. Brute Force and Ignorance - Rory Gallagher
10. Was I Right or Wrong - Lynyrd Skynyrd
11. Stained Class - Judas Priest
12. Bicycle Race - Queen
13. Pyramids - Budgie
14. Trouble - Whitesnake
15. Roll With the Changes - REO Speedwagon
We're definitely moving out of the classic rock era, but it's not going down without a fight. And with NWOBHM around the corner, that will spur on this sort of music to shout out one last battle cry, showing itself in the abundance of riches that was the year 1980. And then it just quickly fades away, to devolve into hair metal, thrash etc and endless retreads of itself until it finally disappears up its own backside, to re-emerge in copycat bands and parody.
Some songs I really like that I missed in your lists
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc
Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton John
Runnin' with the devil - Van Halen
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Bob Dylan - Changing of the Guards b/w "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)" (I even like that B-side more)
So Lonely - The Police
Saturday Night - Herman Brood
Summer Night City - ABBA
Miss You - Rolling Stones
1978 : Hot 100 Billboards
1. Flashlight - Parliament
2. Miss You - Rolling Stones
3. Right Down the Line - Gerry Rafferty
4. Le Freak - Chic
5. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
1978- Non Billboard Charts
1. Down in the Tube Station at Midnight - The Jam
2. Neon Shuffle - XTC
3. Motorcade - Magazine
4. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
5. No Action - Elvis Costello
Worst Song- You Needed Me -Anne Murray
My Top 10 Of 1978 1-10 You Can't Put Your Arms Around A Memory - Johnny Thunders , Artists Only - Talking Heads , The Model - Kraftwerk , Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats , Because The Night - Patti Smith , Running With The Devil - Van Halen , Surrender - Cheap Trick , Public Image - PIL , Dreadlock Holiday - 10CC & from Canada 🇨🇦 ! The amazing 👏 Baby Come Back - Player 😎 ( I was wrong & I just can't live without you ❤ ! )
Not really a clear cut winner for me either this year, but I might go with “The Model” by Kraftwerk, another showcase of their ridiculously catchy synth lines. I’m quite partial to “Heart of Glass” by Blondie, “Surrender” by Cheap Trick, “Thank You Friends” by Big Star, “Moving In Stereo” by The Cars and “Beast of Burden” by The Rolling Stones as well. Of course “Sultans of Swing” and “Wuthering Heights” are contenders as well - I would probably vote for the former in the poll by a very slight margin.
Good call on The Model.
My list is way different from you three gentlemen, but you did pick a bunch of cool songs. I guess that I tend to be a little bit more of a pop fan.
Billboard
5. No Tell Lover-Chicago
4. Summer Nights- John Travolta and Olivia Newton John (I know, just.....)
3. Dog and Butterfly- Heart
2. Driver's Seat- Sniff N' The Tears (Such a cool groove!)
1. See below
Wild Cards
5. The Trees- Rush
4. Lights- Journey- I don't think I've heard this band ever mentioned on Listography, odd given
how popular they are.
3. I'm Carrying- Paul McCartney
2. Radio Radio-Elvis Costello
1. Rasputin- Boney M
Worst Song- Love is Thicker Than Water- Andy Gibb
Song of the Year- Lady- Little River Band- It's a bit cheesy, but I loved it growing up.
Journey will make my list eventually. Lights, Anytime, we’re both good singles. If Feeling that way had charted it would have made my list. - Joe
Ah 1978. Have to say Ive put in an honorary Moody Blues mention for Graham Edge who died today RIP✝️
As usual top 5 from UK 100 and 5 from fave albums plus the rest all ranked with some notes.....
Top 5 songs from UK 100
5 Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
4 Denis Blondie
3 Is This Love Bob Marley and the Wailers,
2 Lovely Day Bill Withers
1 Wuthering Heights Kate Bush
Songs from Albums 1978 (including winner)
5 Soft and Wet For You Prince- genius producer, writer, poet, musician, singer from the start a 🌟 the groove and originality is unforgettable.
4 Moving In Stereo The Cars by The Cars this album and song really is like early Killers before the Killers with synth that borders on Kraftwerk beauty
3 Space Lab The Man Machine Kraftwerk one of my faves from simply great massively important album
2 Moving The Kick Inside Kate Bush❤️🔥 still for me Kates greatest opener on any album. Her debut astonishes to this day. One if the best ever!!
1 Opening Out A Song For All Seasons Renaissance🏆❤️🔥 unforgettable, fully orchestrated prog beauty that has one of the greatest melodies of all time. No question.👏 The album is astonishing, and a must listen. Wish I'd known Renaissance in my younger days🤔
Others from albums
6 Tropical Hot Dog Night Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Captain Beefheart now this is the kind of Beefheart that somehow encapsulated his strange integrity filled career combined with his sometime nods for more wider commercial success. Catchy silliness at its best.
7 Journeyman Heavy Horses Jethro Tull really lovely sweep to this fab funky baseline beauty.
8 Northern Lights is a song that's in my mind and it drives me back to you oh Songs for All Seasons by Renaissance 🤩
9 La Villa Strangiato Hemispheres Rush
10 Down To The Waterline (debut) Dire Straits
11 Gates Of Babylon Long Live Rock n Roll Rainbow an absolute Rick classic banger😎🎸
12 Narnia Please Dont Touch Steve Hackett gorgeous,
13 Heavy Horses (title track) Jethro Tull an epic ode - so delightful on great album,
14 In The Dead of The Night UK by UK, a really special opener. The spectrum of tinkles and sprinkles amaze
15 Nevermore UK by UK after Buford's expulsion from King Crimson he went and did this fine album. Love the jazzy vibes of lyrics in tandem with main chords.
16 Rainbow Eyes Long Live Rock N Roll Rainbow lovely closer.
17 Wow Lionheart Kate Bush
18 Mirage They Scream Siouxie and the Banshees one of the top 10 S+B songs for sure,
19 Living In These Hard Times Heavy Horses (bonus) Jethro Tull really catchy track that should've been on the album!
20 Steppin In A Slide Zone, Octave The Moody Blues, RIP Graham Edge who died today. Drummer. Poet. Legend.❤️🔥🏆 This song I imagine John Carpenter is a fan of....start sounds like some of his fab spooky keyboard riffs.
Others from UK 100
10 Stayin Alive Bee Gees,
9 Blame It On The Boogie Jackson Five,
8 Boney M Rivers Of Babylon,
7 Night Fever Bee Gees,
6 Take A Chance On Me ABBA,
A great year for songs.😎
Only the first or second mention I've seen for Moving in Stereo. Love that one!
@@TimeToGetAlone only got into Cars recently....I'm only human...🤷♂️ But that first album is fantastic 👍
1. Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing / Six Blade Knife -
2. Bruce Springsteen - Factory / Something In The Night -
3. The Rolling Stones - Beast Of Burden / Far Away Eyes -
4. Talking Heads - Found A Job / The Big Country / Take Me To The River -
5. Bob Dylan - Senor / Is Your Love In Vain -
6. Jeff Wayne Featuring Richard Burton & Justin Hayward - The Eve Of The War / Forever Autumn -
7. Magazine - Parade / Shot By Both Side -
8. David Gilmour - There's No Way Out / Raise My Rent -
9. Gary Moore - Parisenne Walkaways -
10. Nina Hagen Band - Naturtrane / Auf M Friedhof -
11. Kraftwerk - The Model / Neon Lights -
12. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street / Right Down The Line -
13. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love -
14. Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me / Surrender -
15. Leb I SoL - Marija / Uzvodno od Tuge -
16. Nick Lowe - I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass -
17. The Cars - Movin' In Stereo / Good Times Roll -
18. Eric Clapton - Promises / I'll Make Love To You Anytime -
19. Neil Young - Four Strong Winds -
20. Al Stewart - Palace Of Versailles / Song On The Radio -
It’s truly a light year as far as the ‘70s go, but leaves a bit of room for discovery on this year’s playlist. My top 5 of the Listography selections below (first two are new to me, third I haven’t heard in a while):
1. Fish and Whistle- John Prine [great representation of class struggle, wow]
2. Wuthering Heights- Kate Bush [can really hear where Joanna Newsom got her vocal style from, but also the sweeping music!]
3. The Big Country- Talking Heads [love the connections to urban planning here]
4. Zanzibar- Billy Joel
5. Who Are You- The Who
BILLBOARD
1. *Just What I Needed by The Cars #27* (To me it's the perfectly crafted power pop song. I refuse to let classic rock overplay ruin this.)
2. *Psycho Killer by Talking Heads #92* (Classic display of their funky quirkiness. More of theirs to come, but hard to match the rawness and energy here.)
3. *Paradise By the Dashboard Light by Meat Loaf #39* (Basically an odyssey marrying 50s rock and roll and 70s rock opera. Every section on this monster has a part to play.)
4. *My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars #35* (Another winning single. Can't go wrong with the rockabilly guitar incorporated seamlessly.)
5. *September by Earth, Wind & Fire #8* (A rather irresistible slab of disco-funk. Iconic falsetto from Philip Bailey.)
Late Chart Entry Bonus:
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from My Friends by The Beatles #71
WILDCARD
1. WINNER: *All Mixed Up by The Cars* (Side B of The Cars gets its share of praise, but I don't feel I hear enough about this closer having amazing pop hooks all over the place.)
2. *Moving in Stereo by The Cars* (Could have been paired with #1 since this segues into it. The brooding pace and the synthline work to incredible effect.)
3. *Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush* (A highly original statement that manages to be both fanciful and epic. Something about that swirling piano line in the chorus is just perfection.)
4. *Outdoor Miner by Wire* (Melodic, super short post-punk that you won't hear unless you seek it out makes for a winning combination.)
5. *Pump It Up by Elvis Costello* (Lots to note here between the classic bass at the forefront, danceable new wave groove, and Costello spitting out lyrics.)
TOP 10 HM:
Kangaroo by Big Star
(I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea by Elvis Costello
You're All I've Got Tonight by The Cars
The Cars' debut is one of my all-time favorites so it's well-represented here. So many wildcards I was sad to cut. There's a freshness to the best stuff here as we inch closer to the 80s, but I'd also consider things drawing to the end as far as my absolute favourite period for music goes.
WORST TOP 40:
Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffett #32 (About as distasteful as a song with that title suggests. An all around offputting tropical pop novelty.)
WORST Runner Up:
Bluer Than Blue by Michael Johnson #12
Would have been the first shutout if not for Kate Bush.
Best Songs Matches:
50 - Kram
*47 - Joe +1*
37 - Jason
Worst Songs Matches:
4 - Jason
2 - Joe
0 - Kram
Top Song Votes:
10 - Jason
*9 - Joe*
7 - Kram
+1 on 🍔!
My #1... Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits...
The worst... Get Off - Foxy
Hot 100...
Roxanne - The Police,
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty,
Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon,
Dreadlock Holiday - 10cc,
Wildcards...
Teenage Kicks - Undertones,
I Am The Fly - Wire,
Pump It Up - Elvis Costello,
Quiet Men - Ultravox,
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones,
JUST MISSED OUT...
Human Fly - The Cramps,
Ever Fallen In Love... - Buzzcocks,
Mr Blue Sky - ELO,
Beast Of Burden - Rolling Stones,
The Immortal Story - The Only Ones,
Sign Of The Times - Bryan Ferry,
Being Boiled - The Human League,
How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees,
Hot Child in the City - Nick Gilder,
Denis, Picture This, One Way Or Another - Blondie
I am SHOCKED that neither of you guys had any Cars. They'll probably end up being in the Hot 100 for 1979 for you.
I still remember the tremendous hype behind Steve Forbert, and him being a complete fizzle. Man, did the record company and 'zines try to force him down our throats. America said nah. Ask me, the fatal mistake was calling the album "Little Stevie Orbit." That right there's a career-killer. Sounds like a cartoon show for toddlers.
My favorite songs from 1978--
1. Dream of a Child, Burton Cummings
2. Black Cow, Steely Dan
3. The Name of the Game, Abba
4. I Was a Punk Before You Were a Punk (live), The Tubes
5. Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh
10. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - "Radio, Radio" - Really, guys? No picks from the album of the year?
9. Ultravox - "Slow Motion" - A change in guitarists makes them a different band, with a far more straightforward approach. A post-punk pop gem.
8. Public Image Ltd. - "Public Image" - They obviously headed in artier directions with their subsequent album, but this is a direct gem with a great guitar sound.
7. Earth, Wind & Fire - "September" - Pop/soul joy.
6. REO Speedwagon - "Roll with the Changes" - Great call, Joe. To me, what makes this song is the contrast between the great drum/piano groove and how Richrath's guitar fills and solos sizzle chaotically like a sirloin on the barby. The organ solo rocks too.
5. Magazine - "The Light Pours Out of Me" - I love me some McGeoch.
4. Siouxsie & the Banshees - "Jigsaw Feeling" - I know that some fans swear by the original lineup, but this tribally-pounding/serrated-edge guitar romp is the only time Morris and McKay make me question Budgie and McGeoch. Although "Switch" is a masterpiece as well.
3. Kate Bush - "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" - This, to me, is the best track off of that great debut.
2. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - "No Action" - In which Pete Thomas is the greatest drummer in history for three minutes.
1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - "Candy's Room" - The most intense thing he ever did. What a rush.
Honorable mentions: The rest of This Year's Model, but especially "Lipstick Vogue" and "Crawling to the U.S.A. (CD)," most of the rest of The Kick Inside but especially the title track, Cheap Trick's "Surrender," all of Wire's Chairs Missing but especially "Outdoor Miner," The Police's "So Lonely," The Cars' "Just What I Needed (very surprised that album wasn't represented)," Judas Priest's "Excited," "Beyond the Realms of Death," and "The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Pronged Crown)," all of Rush's Hemispheres, but especially "La Villa Strangiato," Blondie's "Heart of Glass," and Bob Marley's "Is This Love."
I, too, am bewildered about the absence of EC on the fellas' lists. Billy Joel and Van Halen and Rush and Steve Forbert get selected, and meanwhile "No Action" and "Radio, Radio" remain stuck on the sidelines, as if their furious incandescence and literate, witty venom didn't exist.
To me, there are no standouts on This Year’s Model, all the songs are great. It’s his most consistent album. But the flip side is that none of the songs stand out as much. And none of them charted in the states, so they’d have to be in my top 5 personal choices, which they just aren’t. I don’t think anything off the album would make my top 10 EC songs. - Joe
Radio,radio not on the original This Years Model. Was later added to the American version I believe
@@painless465 True and acknowledged, but 1) I’m American, and my original vinyl copy had it, and 2) as I have said elsewhere on the channel, I’m a CD listener. Ergo, my version of Model legit has “Chelsea,” “Radio,” and all the great B sides.
@@painless465 Yes. The version of This Year's Model released in the U.S. ended with "Radio, Radio," and it did not include "Chelsea" or "Night Rally." I was a senior in high school then (in the U.S.) and recall feeling as though I was in possession of an important secret, because I had also bought the imported British version and knew about "Chelsea."
01. Willie Colón/Rubén Blades - Pedro Navaja
02. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
03. Bob Marley - Is This Love
04. Kraftwerk - Die Mensch-Maschine
05. Hiromi Iwasaki - シンデレラ・ハネムーン (Cinderella Honeymoon)
06. Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past The Graveyard
07. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
08. Camilo Sesto - Vivir Asi es Morir de Amor
09. The Rolling Stones - Miss You
10. Taeko Ohnuki - 400 AM
11. Sun Ra - There Are Other Worlds (They Have Not Told You Of)
12. Lino Capra Vaccina - Voce In Xy
13. Jackson 5 - Blame It On the Boogie
14. Hector Lavoe - El Cantante
15. Haruomi Hosono - Cosmic Surfin'
16. Chico Buarque - Apesar de Você
17. Chabuca Granda - Canteurias
18. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Aw, I think "Wonderful Tonight" is a sweet song.
Agree
That's one of those songs that's so closely intertwined to an ex girlfriend and a time in my life in my mind that I have a hard time deciding if the song on it's own is actually any good. If that makes sense.
Yeah here’s one I do agree with Joe on, worst of the year? Quite possibly. Ugh it’s hard not to laugh at this song, cause it’s not that Clapton doesn’t sound sincere, he just sounds very oblivious. And the music is a snoozefest.
It's okay- pales in comparison to most of his early-'70s stuff.
@@zacharypopp3549 It's supposed to be a "snoozefest." The lyrics describe going to bed. That's the perfect time to hear it.
As a Brit I am proud of your choice Joe..
A strong year but maybe not if you are trapped in a tunnel of classic rock.
1. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
2. Shot By Both Sides - Magazine
3. Every 1's A Winner - Hot Chocolate
4. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
5. Human Highway - Neil Young
I don’t usually do lists here and probably won’t in general, but my favorite song of the year is actually Tom Waits’ Blue Valentine. Really great bluesy guitar work, and Waits vocal performance has a ton of soul in it as well. Really great song that I think deserves more love.
Oh man... I'm about to listen to that album tomorrow on my way to work. You got my hopes up!
I got Tom's back. I've been posting one of his songs every year. Went for Christmas Card From A Hooker this year
Disco - bring it on!
Billboard:
1. Miss You - The Rolling Stones
2. Turn To Stone - ELO
3. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
4. The Name of The Game - ABBA
5. Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Wildcards:
1. Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
2.
La Villa Strangiato - Rush
3. We'll Burn The Sky - Scorpions
4. At Last I'm Free - Chic
5. Streets of Fire - Bruce Springsteen
So glad to hear that Bob Seeger got some love. I think he gets overlooked a lot in conversations about 70’s AOR. I’ve always preferred Seeger over Springsteen. It’s just personal preference and I know it isn’t a popular opinion.
I prefer Seger's Stranger in Town over any Springsteen album.
@@SavoyBRG maybe he’s confused with Pete…
F#ck! I've been Sick all week and I wasn't thinking about this.
Here We go again:
The Who - Sister Disco
Judas Priest - Beyond the Realms of Death
Journey - Lights
Boston - Don't Look Back
Yes - Future Times/Rejoice
Uriah Heep - Save It
Styx - Blue Collor Man
Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Mighty Quinn
Grateful Dead - Fire on the Mountain
REO Speedwagon - Time for Me to Fly
Jethro Tull - Journeyman
Genesis - Down and Out
Whitesnake - Take Me with You (Love Breakdown as well)
Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
Alice Cooper - From the Inside
The Doobie Brothers - What a Fool believes
Camel - Breathless
Molly Hatchet - The Creeper
Gentle Giant - Words from the Wise
Santana - Dealer/Spanish Rose
George Thorogood and the Destroyers - Who Do You Love?
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Van Halen - Ain't talking about Love
AC/DC - Knocked in the Teeth
And, Krokus - Killer
From now on, Songs that charted in Germany and the UK are also available to appear in my 'Charting Songs' list. Also, I'll write were it charted and on which number it peaked.
Charting Songs:
5. 10cc - Dreadlock Holiday (UK #1, Germany #11, US #44)
4. Siuoxsie and the Banshees - Hong Kong Garden (UK #7)
3. Queen - Bicycle Race (UK #11, Germany #27)
2. Blondie - Heart of Glass (US, UK and Germany #1)
1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (UK #1, Germany #11)
Wildcards:
5. Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
4. Frank Zappa - The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
3. Nina Hagen - TV-Glotzer (This is a cover of 'White Punks on Dope', but with different lyrics and an amazing singer.)
2. Kraftwerk - Das Model (The classic.)
SONG OF THE YEAR 1978: Blondie - Fade Away and Radiate (When you guys did the Blondie Listography, I thought this was a great song. Now, it's in my Top 10 songs of all time.)
„Is’ alles so schön bunt hier. Ich glotz‘ TV!“ Great pick, my favorite track off Nina‘s debut album. The birth of Deutschpunk?
@@beetlebum7760 I think there were some german Punk songs before this. But nevertheless an amazing song.
@@beetlebum7760 Looks like there is more than just one german Listography subscriber 😜
Hey Brudder. Another great list(s). Thank you for making Fade Away and Radiate your SOTY. IF it wasn't for the intense competition, that could have possibly been my pick as well. An HM but still 5 stars (as are just about all my HMs.) So . . you discovered the song during the Blondie listography? I still recall being fascinated w it upon first listen, now many years ago. Genius never "fades". Just radiates, eh? (11;59 my Blondie pick for 78, third place overall) Nice to see Nina Hagen there - do you also like Lene Lovich (colabed sometimes w Nina) ?
@@NaughtyVampireGod I listened to it for the first time back them, yes. A great discovery! While I know the name Lene Lovich, I can't remember music from her. I'll take a listen.
My Favorite Singles, of 1978:
“Excitable Boy” - Warren Zevon
“Miss You” - The Rolling Stones
“Reminiscing” - Little River Band
“Magnet and Steel” - Walter Egan
“Kiss You All Over” - Exile
Album Picks + (some singles/previously or in the future will be released):
“Statue of Liberty” - XTC
“Just What I Needed” - The Cars
“Accidentally Like a Martyr” - Warren Zevon
“Listen to Her Heart” - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
“Werewolves of London” - Warren Zevon
Worst single:
“Grease” - Frankie Valli
Grease is awesome! Nice to see Zevon getting some love, though.
Frankie Valli might be the most puzzling artist of all time for me. His career spans several decades across a bunch of different genres, and I think it's all terrible.
@@edgustafson lmao
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wow I was thinking of Grease for my worst but forgot. I never could stand that thing. Yuck!
WILDCARDS:
1 Marvin Gaye - When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
2 Marvin Gaye - Falling In Love Again
3 Rolling Stones - Shattered
4 The Cars - Bye Bye Love
5 Lou Reed - Street Hassle
CHARTS:
1 Chic - I Want Your Love
2 Steely Dan - Deacon Blues
3 Robert Palmer - Every Kinda People
4 Heart - Heartless
5 Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen
WORST:
Foreigner - Hot Blooded
The Trees by Rush - guitar-wise it has a bit of everything (and in half the time of La Villa Strangiato).
A musical highlight of the year was Poor Poor Pitiful Me, by Linda Ronstadt, which was released on an album in 1977 but came out as a single in early 1978. The instrumental ending is particularly good.
Written by Warren Zevon BTW.
5. X-Ray Spex - Germ Free Adolescents
4. Boney M - Brown Girl in the Ring
3. Magazine - Shot by Both Sides
2. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (with someone you shouldn't've)
1. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
PS: Knopfler didn't even play Sultans of Swing when I saw him live in Glasgow in 2019😒
Blondie’s Denise, probably a ‘deep cut’ for the US, it actually reached #1 in Holland.
10/TIME WILL TELL-Bob Marley 9/TIME PASSAGES-Al Stewart 8/MOTHER OF VIOLENCE-Peter Gabriel 7/HEART OF GLASS-Blondie
6/ MOTHS-Jethro Tull 5/ THE RIVER MUST FLOW-Gino Vannelli 4/ I DON"T BELIEVE GOD IS ANANARCHIST-Steve Harley 3/LOOK OUT FOR MY LOVE-Neil Young 2/ RACING IN THE STREET-Bruce Springsteen 1/ FM-Steely Dan
11. Angela (Theme from "Taxi"), by Bob James
10. Wheel In The Sky, by Journey
9. Time, by Con Funk Shun
8. Good Times Roll, by The Cars
7. Eruption, by Van Halen
6. The Gambler, by Kenny Rogers
5. Surrender, by Cheap Trick
4. Heart Of Glass, by Blondie
3. B Movie Boxcar Blues, by The Blues Brothers
2. Come Back Johnny, by DEVO
1. Take me To The River, by Talking Heads
1978 - not necessarily in that order.
1. Ghost Dance - Patti Smith
2. Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
3. Down In The Tube Station At Midnight - The Jam
4. Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Bob Dylan
5. Look Out For My Love - Neil Young
6. The Big Country - Talking Heads
7. Aloha Steve & Danno - Radio Birdman
8. I Am The Cosmos - Chris Bell
9. Know Your Product - The Saints
10. Roland The Headless Gunner - Warren Zevon
11. (I Don't Want To Go To) Chelsea - Elvis Costello
12. Who Are You - The Who
13. Adam Raised A Cain - Bruce Springsteen
14. Because The Night - Patti Smith
15. Goin' Back - Neil Young
16. Is This Love - Bob Marley
17. Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel
18. Public Image - Public Image Ltd
19. Heart Of Glass - Blondie
20. Changing Of The Guards - Bob Dylan
I like your Patti Smith and Bob Dylan songs in particular but overall good list
Radio Birdman is a great choice.
My top 5 "Billboard Hot 100 singles"
1. “Every 1’s A Winner” / Hot Chocolate / Album: Every 1’s A Winner (1978)
2. "Deacon Blues" / Steely Dan / Album: Aja (1978)
3. "Two Tickets To Paradise" / Money, Eddie / Album: Eddie Money (1978)
4. "September" / Earth, Wind & Fire / Album: (Single) (1978)
5. “Mary Jane” / Rick James & The Stone City Band / Album: Come Get It! (1978)
My top 5 "Wildcard picks"
2. "I'm The One" / Van Halen / Album: Van Halen (1978)
3. “Life Beyond L.A.” / Ambrosia / Album: Life Beyond L.A. (1978)
4. “Bombs Away” / Weir, Bob / Album: Heaven Help The Fool (1978)
5. "There's No Way Out Of Here" / Gilmour, David / Album: David Gilmour (1978)
Worst song of the year
1. "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
Song of the year
1. "Zanzibar" / Joel, Billy / Album: 52nd Street (1978)
1) Wheel in the sky - Journey
2) Runnin with the devil - Van Halen
3) Holiday - The Scorpions
4) Rainbow Eyes - Rainbow
5) Sultans of swing - Dire Straits
6) Surrender - Cheap Trick
7) Don't look back - Boston
8) Still the same - Bob Seger
9) Just the way you are - Billy Joel
10) Hold the line - Toto
11) Eruption/you really got me - Van Halen
12) With a little luck - Wings
13) Feeling that way/anytime - Journey
14) So Lonely - The Police
15) Too much heaven - Bee Gees
16) Take a chance on me - ABBA
17) Miss You - Rolling Stones
18) Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
19) Fool(if you think its over) - Chris Rea
20) Patiently - Journey
21) Ebony Eyes - Bob Welsh
22) Who are you - The Who
23) All mixed up - The Cars
24) We've got tonight - Bob Seger
25) Emotion - Samantha Sang
Yes, All Mixed Up!
It’s good to see Journey featured so prominently in your list. I love the Infinity album and most of the Steve Perry era.
@@TimeToGetAlone Ben Orr is great
@@bryanbyrde8338 ah I missed your comment til now. Yeah I legit love Schon and Perry together. I like some of the pre perry stuff that I didn't know about until I bought the box set.
But putting them at the top guarantees I don't get many upvotes lol.
@@frodofraggins Yes, a lot of their early material (pre Perry) is also really good but they were almost like 2 different bands. They wanted to take a more commercial approach, presumably to make more money, and Steve Perry was the ideal singer to take them in that direction. You are right - Schon and Perry were a winning combination.
"Sheep" by 1 vote! So glad I voted. "Dreams" is great too though.
Breaking Glass, probably song of the year for me.
Nick Lowe channeling Bowie. 😎
Wings’ With A Little Luck is up there for me (full-length version).
Agree about 1978.
Many bands and artists coming off classic albums or taking a break, etc.
1979 is a lot stronger.
My Top 5
1. September - Earth, Wind , & Fire
2. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
3. Heart of Glass - Blondie
4. Roxanne - The Police
5. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell
(Honorable Mention - Anything off the The Cars' debut album)
10. Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Talk to Me
9. Patti Smith - Because the Night
8. Van Morrison - Hungry for Your Love
7. Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
6. The Rolling Stones - Before They Make Me Run
5. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Radio, Radio
4. Cheap Trick - Surrender
3. Warren Zevon - Lawyers, Guns and Money
2. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
1. Bruce Springsteen - Badlands
My own top 30 for 1978:
30. REO Speedwagon - Roll With The Changes
29. Van Morrison - Natalia
28. Tom Robinson Band - The Winter Of '79
27. Steve Forbert - Goin' Down To Laurel
26. Jefferson Starship - Count On Me
25. The Motors - Forget About You
24. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Till It Shines
23. Warren Zevon - Accidentally Like A Martyr
22. Television - The Fire
21. Sniff 'N' The Tears - Driver's Seat
20. Horslips - I'll Be Waiting
19. Judas Priest - Beyond The Realms Of Death
18. Hawklords - Psi Power
17. The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet
16.Bob Dylan - Changing Of The Guards
15. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
14. The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
13. Poco - Legend
12. George Thorogood & The Destroyers - It Wasn't Me
11. Uriah Heep - I'm Alive
10. The Saints - Know Your Product
9. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
8. UFO - Pack It Up(And Go)
7. John Miles - Nice Man Jack
6. Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
5. Jeff Wayne - The Eve Of The War
4. Rory Gallagher - Shadow Play
3. AC/DC - Riff Raff
2. Toto - Hold The Line
1. DIRE STRAITS - SULTANS OF SWING
I try to remember my reasoning why I left Shadow Play off my list...probably because the album was in my 4,5 star section of AOTY although outside of the top 10 (strong album year in 1978). Driver's Seat got dropped in the last minute from my list.
@@roxannewalsh You know me, Roxanne. Rory's always going to make my lists but unfortunately next year will be his last appearance(From Top Priority). There's a terrific live performance of Shadow Play(Live At Montreux) on CZcams and I urge all the commenters on this channel to see it and appreciate the man's genius.
@@jesuschambers That Montreux clip is terrific. There are also other videos from that concert, I think a version of Bullfrog Blues was the encore - there is so much interaction with the crowd that shows why he was not just loved as one of the greatest guitarists but as one of the great performers, no light show or explosives, just a battered guitar and ten goldfingers.
(Ignoring Billboard, any song released during this year is eligible. One song per artist/band)
20) Johnny Blade - Black Sabbath
19) I Am the Fly - Wire
18) Spacelab - Kraftwerk
17) The Man with the Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush
16) Sin City - AC/DC
15) Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
14) Heart of Glass - Blondie
13) I'm Not in Love - Talking Heads
12) Bat Chain Puller - Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
11) Killing an Arab - The Cure
10) Pump It Up - Elvis Costello & the Attractions
09) (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Devo
08) Mirage - Siouxsie & the Banshees
07) La Villa Strangiato - Rush
06) Roxanne - The Police
05) Shattered - The Rolling Stones
04) Misty Morning - Bob Marley & the Wailers
03) All Along the Watchtower - XTC
02) Theme - Public Image, Ltd.
01) Just What I Needed - The Cars
As a huge XTC fan, you’re #3 is a pretty bizarre choice!
@@adamp2029 Its a great version 👌 - Excellent vocal / harmonica & 🎹
Like you said - same Talking Heads song. More fishing from the same pond with same artists/different songs: Blondie; The Cars; DEVO; Kate Bush. Are you a fan of PiL or just a song or two? As I probably mentioned in the albums series, I love Sioxsie but not really until an album or so later. Anyway - very solid list. What say you as to the year 1978? I was kind of surprized the Boys put it down. I think it has been the best ever - punk at it's peak - - new wave crashing the shore . .
@@NaughtyVampireGod Yes, I'm somewhat of a PIL fan. Their first two albums are pure sonic terrorism which I love. I think 78 kicks ass. 79 might even be better. As for punk, I'm no expert but I think as a scene it peaked in 77. By 78, it had been "sucked back into the shitstem" as Lydon put it. Still some great punk music though and post punk was forming.
@@179rich I think the charts in '78 are clearly weaker than most other years in the '70s. But I agree that overall it's still a great year. The wide variety of styles you can find in the late-'70s is almost unrivaled.
1. Surrender - Cheap Trick
2. My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
3. Ever Fallen In Love - Buzzcocks
4. Night Fever - Bee Gees
5. Racing In The Street - Bruce Springsteen
6. No Action - Elvis Costello
7. Found A Job - Talking Heads
8. Respectable - Rolling Stones
9. Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
10. David Watts - The Jam
11. Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
12. With A Little Luck - Wings
13. New York Groove - Ace Frehley
14. (white man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
15. Satisfaction - Devo
16. Public Image - Public Image Ltd.
17. FM - Steely Dan
18. Fantasy - Earth Wind and Fire
19. I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass - Nick Lowe
20. Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro & Chris Norman
Driver's Seat is a shoe-in for me for '79 Billboard.
proud of you for picking Wuthering Heights Joe, doesn't seem like it'd be in your wheelhouse but the song really is just that good. I think the poll will be closer than you think, she's got a lot of fans out there in the music nerd internet
Joe loves Kate Bush, though.
I do. - Joe
Glad Jason that mentioned Steve Forbert, nearly forgotten today. I really like his debut album Alive on arrival, still sounds fresh today and Going down to Laurel is an awesome song but it just missed my top 10.
The order of my top 10 can be changed from day to day.
1. Bob Seeger - We got tonight
2. Lindisfarne - Run for home
3. Kinks - A rock´n roll fantasy
4. Thin Lizzy - Still in love with you (the live version on Live and dangerous, (Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham, guitar legends together..)
5. Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
6. Al Stewart - Time passages
7. Bob Marley - Is this love
8. Manfred Manns Earthband - California
9. Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
10. Rainbow - Gates of Babylon
10. Down To The Waterline - Dire Straits
9. Lords Of Ring - Styx
8. Winds Of March - Journey
7. The Trees - Rush
6. Heroes End - Judas Priest
5. I'm The One - Van Halen
4. Gates Of Babylon - Rainbow
3. Down Payment Blues - AC/DC
2. Pack It Up (And Go) - UFO
1. Beast Of Burden - The Rolling Stones
Ditto, Joe ! Wonderful Tonight.....enough said.
1 9 7 8 in alphabetical order 🎵
1. Bye Bye Love - The Cars
2. Don't Look Back - Boston
3. Eruption - Van Halen
4. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen
5. (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
6. Radio, Radio - Elvis Costello and the Attractions
7. Take Me I'm Yours - Squeeze
8. There's A Light Beyond These Woods (Mary Margaret) - Nanci Griffith
9. Who Are You - The Who
10. You're All I've Got Tonight - The Cars
Notes: 1. No Elvis or The Cars from the boys threw me.. 🤔 2. Absolutely love the Bob Seger talk. "We've Got Tonight" just missed my list.. I grew up with him, ten years old in 78, Bob was all over the radio and the soundtrack to teenage summer nights.. 3. Thank you Joe for being someone else in the universe besides myself who wants to talk about how great Genesis' "Burning Rope" is.. 4. "Roll With The Changes" is another killer choice, bold, and correct too - it's a great f-ing song.
Listo 4 ever 🏆🔥
One that comes to mind (was recorded circa '71) "Comin' Home" - Skynyrd.
BILLBOARD
"Miss You" - The Rolling Stones
"Heart of Glass" - Blondie
"Who Are You" - The Who
"Bicycle Race" - Queen
"My Life" - Billy Joel
WILDCARD
"Wuthering Heights" - Kate Bush
"Pump It Up" - Elvis Costello
"Stay Hungry" - Talking Heads
"Safe European Home" - The Clash
"Damage Goods" - Gang of Four
NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Follow You, Follow Me - Genesis
Badlands - Bruce Springsteen
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love - Van Halen (most apostrophes in a song ever)
The Man I’ll Never Be - Boston
Every Kinda People - Robert Palmer
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Good Times - Chic
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Money, Money, Money - ABBA
Release, Release - Yes
NORTHERN LIGHTS - Renaissance
Renaissance!🥳🥳🥳 And then there were 3. 👍 Great choice
I wondered how I didn't notice Sultans of Swing when going through the UK charts. I've now checked and realised that it didn't chart here until after it had hit the US chart in 1979. UK radio was reluctant to play it before then. It did stick out a mile to the 11 year old me on UK radio amongst the pop, disco and post-punk/new wave.
It's a very nice song and liked everywhere, but I do feel his smooth style is particularly suited to the US audience.
Kate Bush was much more quirkier and passionate and less suited to mainstream US taste.
Another great year.
My SOTY would be Rainbow L.A. connection
Others worth noting
AC/DC down payment blues
Clash Clash city rockers
Elvis Costello no action
Whitesnake Trouble
Steve Hackett how can I
Jam A bomb in wardour street
Jefferson Starship count on me
Kate Bush the man with the child in his eyes
Buzzcocks what do I get
Many more possible for this year from Rush/Meatloaf/Saints/Undertones/Boomtown Rats etc etc
I like all of the guys choices for SOTY but would go for Jason's as I think that Street Legal is such an underrated album and True love is probably best song on it, closely followed by Is your love in vain
Best use of a sample of Chic’s Le Freak - Waiting for Mommie by My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult … both are bangin’ - Much Respect to you gentlemen for doing this week in and week out. In awe of the endurance & enthusiasm 🎶 💜
Lots of great songs in 1978, but none greater than Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) by Buzzcocks. It's an all-timer.
It's a good one for sure.
Was definitely a contender for me.
My favourite of that year too!
@@UlyssesJonah It is power pop perfection, imo. Probably a top ten all-time song for me.
Dang it...if you hadn't mentioned it I wouldve lived in ignorant bliss. It wasn't on the UK 100 list🤷♂️ and missed album....iconic song. Oh not on next year's UK 100 either....79 is loaded in the charts btw....might be only my first or second winner from hot 100 since 65🧐....it wouldve made my top 15 or so. 78 was great year.
Well, I haven't culled this down to ten songs, but here's my 40 Prime Cuts for '78 sequenced for flow:
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Blondie - One Way or Another
DEVO - Uncontrollable Urge
Talking Heads - Artists Only
Television - Ain't That Nothin'
Be-Bop Deluxe - Panic in the World
The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight
Wire - Outdoor Miner
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Pump it Up
The Police - Roxanne
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Little Feat - Spanish Moon (live version)
Marvin Gaye - A Funky Space Reincarnation
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove
Parliament - Flash Light
Queen - Bicycle Race
Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight (live version)
Van Morrison & The Band - Caravan (live from The Last Waltz)
Bob Dylan - Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
Patti Smith - Privilege (Set Me Free)
Lou Reed - Street Hassle
Bryan Ferry - What Goes On
Big Star - Thank You Friends
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Van Halen - Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
The Who - Who Are You
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Steel Pulse - Ku Klux Klan
Bob Marley & The Wailers - War/No More Trouble (live version)
Kraftwerk - The Robots
Brian Eno - 1/1
Van Morrison - Wavelength
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Waylon Jennings - Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
Neil Young - Comes a Time
Welcome back to Pauls of the Year.
The comment where we rank the songs released by your favorite Pauls. This year, McCartney released Wing's London Town. I love the album cover despite Laine's goofy expression. A number of these songs were actually recorded on a yacht yet this is not considered "yacht rock." Curious.
Paul Simon released three songs: one already released, one a cover, and one song worth mentioning.
Backwards Traveller: 5/10. Why is that synth there?
With A Little Luck: 6/10. When there arises a question of something being 'cheesy' vs 'sincere,' I usually fall on the side of sincere. Not today.
Don't Let It Bring You Down: 6/10. Decent song that goes on far too long. Really great tinny guitar part.
Name And Address: 6/10. It's fine. It's ok. It's alright.
I'm Carrying: 7/10. A very light song, this sounds like what people think McCartney (1970) sounds like.
Deliver Your Children: 7/10. Wings on autopilot.
Famous Groupies: 8/10. I was worried this was going to be the 70's equivalent of Drake's "Fucking Fans," one of the worst songs ever made.
London Town: 8/10. A beautiful song with some great guitar in it, even if it only solidifies Wings as mediocre post-Beatles output.
Children Children: 8/10. I don't understand the hate for Paul's Granny Music. Maybe that just makes me a theatre kid at heart.
Girlfriend: 8/10 but no one in the world can tell me MJ didn't do it better. It was literally written for him. I do appreciate McCartney's vocal range though.
I've Had Enough: 8/10. This is the best Wings album I've heard yet which isn't saying *that* much.
Morse Moose and the Grey Moose: 8/10. This becomes so choatic and loud near the end that I wonder why McCartney never dabbled in metal proper, especially considering the role Helter Skelter had on the genre.
Cafe on the Left Bank: 9/10. This makes me hate the French less.
Cuff Link: 9/10. This is like the McCartney II to Backwards Traveller's Wonderful Christmastime. A brilliant use of electronic instrumention forever linked with a terrible one.
Stranded in a Limosinse (Paul Simon): 9/10. Simon's songwriting really benefits from this songs jaunty piano, hand clapping percussion, and a well-placed horn section.
Like and reply for more! Hope the listography community gets a kick out of this because I plan on doing it till the show ends or I get bored.
Hoping for an appearance from Paul Weller, a criminally overlooked Paul.
@@12spanku to be honest, I haven't heard of him till this comment but I'll look into him for sure. Might only count his solo career since the rest of the Pauls are being covered solo with the exception of Wings which, imo, was mostly just McCartney's band (especially given they'd release music as "McCartney and Wings.")
McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" has actually grown on me a bit over the years. That weird, twangy-synth opening--it's more akin to 70s horror film music but in a Christmas track lol
@@charlesswitzer8378 I like it until the latter half where it just goes a little too discordant
Great songs by everyone .
Here's my list :
Elvis Costello : Pump It Up
Tom Waits : The Wrong Side of the Road
10CC : Dreadlock Holiday
Rush : La Villa Strangiato
Earth, Wind, & Fire : September
The Ramones : I Wanna Be Sedated
Bruce Springsteen : Badlands
Nick Lowe : So It Goes
Gerry Rafferty : Baker St.
Al Stewart : Time Passages
Honourable Mentions :
Elvis Costello : What's So Funny About Peace , Love , & Understanding ?
Justin Hayward : Forever Autumn
Rolling Stones : Beast of Burden
Boston : Don't Look Back
Cheers !
Nice pics guys. Yes Something in the Night is special Kramz and my fav off that album. Running on Empty classic, re Because the Night, Patti made it great. I do love Wuthering Joe it’s a great pic, it’s very cool and I really like the Dylan track, so good but Sultans wins it. Love Dire Straits and Mark, a unique sound and song.
On the first five choices IAW Jason; good choices. A bit surprised that Kramzer didn't pick anything from 'Some Girls". Also "Heart of Glass" - one of the songs of the year IMO. "Roxanne' by the Police. In '78 that song was a mindblower. "Le Freak" by Chic. "What's so funny about PL&U" by Costello. And for myself" You can't put your arms around a memory" Johnny Thunders
Always nice to hear Joe's Kate love!
I don't personally do rankings but a a song i love from 78 is 'video life' by Chris Spedding.
UK CHARTS: BOOMTOWN RATS Rat Trap / ELVIS COSTELLO Radio Radio / THE CARS Just What I Needed / ANDREW GOLD Never Let Her Slip Away
wildcards: GENESIS Many Too Many / BLONDIE Heart of Glass /GERRY RAFFERTY Whatever's Written in Your Heart / SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES Mirage / BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Factory
SONG OF THE YEAR: KATE BUSH The Man With The Child in His Eyes
WORST CHART SONG: CRYSTAL GAYLE Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue