Our Favorite Songs of 1970 | Songs of the Year
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- Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 1970!
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. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
2. "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - The Carpenters
3. "American Woman" - The Guess Who
4. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" - B.J. Thomas
5. "War" - Edwin Starr
6. "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
7. "I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5
8. "Get Ready" - Rare Earth
9. "Let It Be" - The Beatles
10. "Band of Gold" - Freda Payne
11. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" - Three Dog Night
12. "Everything Is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
13. "Make It with You" - Bread
14. "Hitchin' a Ride" - Vanity Fare
15. "ABC" - The Jackson 5
16. "The Love You Save" - The Jackson 5
17. "Cracklin' Rosie" - Neil Diamond
18. "Candida" - Dawn
19. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone
20. "Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon & War
21. "O-o-h Child" - Five Stairsteps
22. "Spirit in the Sky" - Norman Greenbaum
23. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" - Melanie
24. "Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)" - The Temptations
25. "Love on a Two-Way Street" - The Moments
26. "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" - The Poppy Family
27. "All Right Now" - Free
28. "I Want You Back" - The Jackson 5
29. "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" - Bobby Sherman
30. "Green-Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf
31. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder
32. "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
33. "Venus" - Shocking Blue
34. "Instant Karma!" - John Lennon
35. "Patches" - Clarence Carter
36. "Lookin' out My Back Door" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
37. "Rainy Night in Georgia" - Brook Benton
38. "Something's Burning" - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition
39. "Give Me Just a Little More Time" - Chairmen of the Board
40. "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse
41. "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
42. "Snowbird" - Anne Murray
43. "Reflections of My Life" - Marmalade
44. "Hey There Lonely Girl" - Eddie Holman
45. "The Rapper" - The Jaggerz
46. "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies
47. "Tighter, Tighter" - Alive N Kickin'
48. "Come and Get It" - Badfinger
49. "Cecilia" - Simon & Garfunkel
50. "Love Land" - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
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Best year ever.
10- Mother
9- I me mine
8- Our House
7- All things must pass
6- Maybe I'm Amazed
5- Only love can break your heart
4- After the Gold Rush
3- Bridge over troubled water
2- Isolation
1- The only living boy in New York
Billboard:
1.James Brown - Super Bad
2.The Ides Of March - Vehicle
3.Black Sabbath - Paranoid
4.The Spinners - It's A Shame
5.Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Wilcards:
1.The Love You Save - The Jackson 5
2.James Brown - It's A New Day
3.Santana - Black Magic Woman
4.The Moments - Love On A Two Way Street
5.Miles Davis - Pharaoh's Dance
Billboard's Worst:
Guy Drake - Welfare Cadillac
Other Songs I Dig From 1970:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Chicago - Make Me Smile
Free - All Right Now
Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady
The Chi-Lites - Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)
Van Morrison - Crazy Love
The Doors - Peace Frog
Uriah Heep - Walking In Your Shadow
Cactus - Parchman Farm
Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto
Frank Zappa - Translyvania Boogie
Issac Hayes - The Look Of Love
Woody Shaw - Blackstone Legacy
10. Be My Friend - Free
9. I Believe In You - Neil Young
8. Run Through The Jungle - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. I'll Keep On Trying - Uriah Heep
6. Killer - Van Der Graaf Generator
5. To Cry You A Song - Jethro Tull
4. Phoenix - Wishbone Ash
3. The Road - Chicago
2. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
1. Hand Of Doom - Black Sabbath
Others:
▪︎ Every Mother's Son - Traffic
▪︎ The Dead Man's Dream - Procol Harum
▪︎ Add Some Music To Your Day - The Beach Boys
▪︎ The Knife - Genesis
▪︎ If - Pink Floyd
▪︎ Melancholy Man - The Moody Blues
▪︎ Isolation - John Lennon
▪︎ Nice Place To Visit - Rare Earth
▪︎ Deep Insight - Birth Control
▪︎ Keep Goin' - Lucifer's Friend
▪︎ My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
▪︎ Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll) - George Harrison
▪︎ Woman - James Gang
▪︎ Red Light Mamma, Red Hot! - Humble Pie
▪︎ Your Song - Elton John
▪︎ First Episode At Hienton - Elton John
▪︎ Talking Old Soldiers - Elton John
▪︎ Beautiful And Blue - Badfinger
▪︎ Without You - Badfinger
▪︎ The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
▪︎ Dire Wolf - Grateful Dead
▪︎ Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
▪︎ Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead
▪︎ Ripple - Grateful Dead
▪︎ In The Country - Chicago
▪︎ Mississippi Queen - Mountain
▪︎ Gypsy - Uriah Heep
▪︎ Errors Of My Way - Wishbobe Ash
▪︎ In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed - The Allman Brothers Band
▪︎ Then - Yes
▪︎ Refugees - Van Der Graaf Generator
▪︎ House With No Door - Van Der Graaf Generator
▪︎ Taking Some Time On - Barclay James Harvest
▪︎ Renegade - Steppenwolf
▪︎ Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
▪︎ Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster
▪︎ Knife-Edge - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
▪︎ Alucard - Gentle Giant
▪︎ Child In Time - Deep Purple
▪︎ Bloodsucker - Deep Purple
▪︎ Layla - Derek And The Dominos
▪︎ Queen Of The Highway - The Doors
▪︎ The Devil's Triangle - King Crimson
▪︎ Lizard - King Crimson
▪︎ Friends - Led Zeppelin
▪︎ That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
▪︎ In The Country - Chicago
▪︎ Lola - The Kinks
▪︎ N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
▪︎ Iron Man - Black Sabbath
▪︎ Makes You Wanna Cry - Trapeze
▪︎ Sin's A Good Man's Brother - Grand Funk Railroad
▪︎ Only Love Can Break You Heart - Neil Young
▪︎ Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
▪︎ Let Me Swin - Cactus
▪︎ Kingdom Come - Sir Lord Baltimore
▪︎ Love Like A Man - Ten Years After
▪︎ I'm Coming On - Ten Years After
▪︎ Heavy Load - Free
▪︎ Thunderbuck Ram - Mott The Hoople
1) That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
2) Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
3) The Long and Winding road - The Beatles
4) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
5) Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
6) Across The Universe - The Beatles
7) Tangerine - Led Zeppelin
8) Let It Be - The Beatles
9) El Condor - Simon and Garfunkel
10) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
11) Instant Karma - John Lennon
12) Make Me smile - Chicago
13) Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkel
14) Black Magic Woman - Santana
Worst
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Jam Up Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe
Julie - Bobby Sherman
My favorite records from 1970--
1. Closer to Home/I'm Your Captain, Grand Funk Railroad
2. Oye Como Va/Black Magic Woman, Santana
3. Travelin' Band, Creedence Clearwater Revival
4. Mama Told Me Not to Come, Three Dog Night
5. American Woman, The Guess Who
6. Celebrate, Three Dog Night
7. Hand Me Down World, The Guess Who
8. If I Were Your Woman, Gladys Knight & the Pips
9. Let It Be, The Beatles
10. Keep the Customer Satisfied, Simon & Garfunkel
11. Lookin' Out My Back Door, Creedence Clearwater Revival
12. Share the Land, The Guess Who
13. I Think I Love You, The Partridge Family
14. Up Around the Bend, Creedence Clearwater Revival
15. Ride Captain Ride, Blues Image
16. Tears of a Clown, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
17. Get Back Into Line, The Kinks
18. Are You Ready (live), Grand Funk Railroad
Jason: Thanks for The Guess Who mention.
Also, The Partridge Family. "I Think I Love You" is pure pop gold!
1. "Merry Christmas, Darling" - The Carpenters
2. "Lilywhite" - Cat Stevens
3. "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
4. "Move On Up" - Curtis Mayfield
5. "This Time Tomorrow" - The Kinks
6. "Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque" - The Partridge Family
7. "Come and Get It" - Badfinger
8. "Christmas On Her Mind" - Bobby Sherman
9. "O-o-h Child" - The Five Stairsteps
10. "Jewel Eyed Judy" - Fleetwood Mac
Hi - interesting list - i had that kinks song as HM - Carpenters are popular here, which I find encouraging (i went thru a major carpenters phase a few years ago) - i had a few cat stevens songs as HMs - big year for the Cat Man
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@@NaughtyVampireGod Hey. Yeah, 70-71 are the big years for Cat. He'll probably make my top five next year as well. Definitely nice to see Carpenters fans on here. I knew "Darling" would win but "Close To You", "Only Just Begun" and "Crescent Noon" are also top-level. After checking out your list I can't believe I overlooked Morrison Hotel!
@@cheapcinemachannel4548 Hey . . . For Cat the peak is probably 70-71 - you got three fine albums in a 2 year period. However I think you can push the line out to 74. His 72-74 LPs are all very good (would need to hear Foreigner album/suite again tho). Just re-listened to Catch Bull at Four recently and there are some top 10 contenders there - at least HMs. Plus "Oh Very Young" is probably guarenteed to be on my 74 list.
@@NaughtyVampireGod The 72-74 albums are all worth hearing. He was still on a roll to an extent. I have mixed feelings about Catch Bull at Four but it does have "Sitting". There are also a couple on Buddha and the Chocolate Box that I like a lot. Like yourself I'll have to give Foreigner a refresh listen.
Lola by The Kinks
Spill The Wine by War
Joy To The World by Three Dog Night
Ooh Child by Five Stairsteps
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down contains maybe my favorite lyric ever - "then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt". Jason mentioning this song and Kramzer's appearance in today's "top songs" brought it to mind.
1. The Boxer / Simon and Garfunkel
2. We've Only Just Begun / The Carpenters
3. Baby Driver / Simon and Garfunkel
4. Close to You / The Carpenters
5. Who'll Stop the Rain / CCR
6. Cracklin Rose / Neil Diamond
7. I'll Be There / Jackson 5
8. Lay Down / Melanie
9. Octopus / Syd Barrett
10. Spirit in the Sky / Norman Greenbaum
1. Ball of Confusion - The Temptations
2. Layla - Derek and the Dominos
3. Your Song - Elton John
4. Who'll Stop the Rain - CCR
5. Ohio - CSN&Y
6. War Pigs - Black Sabbath
7. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
8. Share the Land - The Guess Who
9. Lola - The Kinks
10. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
Nooooo!!!! I accidentally deleted my list. Sorry, Guys.
Thank you to everyone who reads/comments/likes my lists.
So here we go again:
1. Question - The Moody Blues
2. Peace Frog - The Doors
3. Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie
4. Let It Be - The Beatles
5. Queen of the Highway - The Doors
6. Rock & Roll - The Velvet Underground
7. Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
8. The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
9 If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
10. Done Too Soon - Neil Diamond
HMs (in no particular order):
Waiting For the Sun - The Doors
Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
What Is Life - George Harrison
Arizona - Mark Lindsay
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - The Guess Who
The Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
I Think I See the Light - Cat Stevens
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Indiana Wants Me - R Dean Taylor
This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks
Sweet Jane - The VU
Hey Tonight - CCR
Up Around the Bend - CCR
It's Up to You - The Moody Blues
Should be exactly the same as my initial post/list except there is an HM missing that I cannot recall . . ?
Edit: Oh yeah - It's Bridge Over Troubled Water by S&G
Into the Mystic, Van Morrison
Let It Be, Beatles
Instant Karma, John Lennon
Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Layla, Derek & The Dominos
1) Bridge Over Troubled Water by S&G 2) Layla by D&D 3) Get Back by the Beatles 4) Come Down in Time by Elton John 5) Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder 6) Love by John Lennon 7) 25 Or 6 to 4 by Chicago 8) Immigrant Song by LZ 9) The Thrill Is Gone by B.B. King 10) Have You Ever Seen the Rain? by CCR
1970
Chart
1. We’ve only just Begun (The Carpenters)
2. Paranoid : (Black Sabbath)
3. Cracklin Rosie: ( Neil Diamond)
4. Black Magic Woman : ( Santana)
5. Mississippi Queen : ( Mountain)
Non chart
1. Move on up : ( Curtis Mayfield )
2. Ride a White Swan : ( T-Rex)
3. Who Knows: ( Jimi Hendrix & the Band of Gypsies)
4. Spanish Key : ( Miles Davis)
5: Into the Mystic : ( Van Morrison)
Worst song : In the summertime ( Mungo Jerry)
nice to see neil diamond there - I went w done too soon - a song which always fascinated me
My Top Ten for 1970
1)Fire & Rain - James Taylor
2)Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
3)The Stealer - Free
4)The Highway Song - Free
5)Believe In Me - Todd Rundgren
6)Suite For 20G - James Taylor
7)And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
8)New Morning - Bob Dylan
9)Stoned Love - The Supremes
10)Moondance - Van Morrison
Hot 100 Picks:
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"Roadhouse Blues" - The Doors
"Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" - John Lennon
"Who'll Stop the Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Black Night" - Deep Purple
Wildcard Picks:
"War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
"Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
"All Things Must Pass" - George Harrison
"Sweet Jane" - The Velvet Underground
Honorable Mentions:
"The Man Who Sold the World" - David Bowie
"Lola" - The Kinks
"(They Long to Be) - Close to You" - The Carpenters
"Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
"Big Yellow Taxi" - Joni Mitchell
"Fat Old Sun" - Pink Floyd
"Aimless Lady" - Grand Funk Railroad
nice - roadhouse blues, sweet jane, let it be
10. Carpenters - Close to You
9. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Our House
8. Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
7. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
6. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
5. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
4. The Beatles - Let It Be
3. The Kinks - Strangers
2. Van Morrison - And It Stoned Me
1. Derek & the Dominos - Layla
In order of preference :
If You Could Read My Mind : Gordon Lightfoot
Oye Como Va : Santana
Roadhouse Blues : The Doors
No Matter What : Badfinger
Layla : Derek &. the Dominoes
Into the Mystic : Van Morrison
It's a Shame : The Spinners
A Song for You : Leon Russell
Question : Moody Blues
Lucky Man : Emerson , Lake & Palmer
Honourable Mentions :
Make Me Smile : Chicago
Maybe I'm Amazed : Paul McCartney
Domino : Van Morrison
Since I've Been Loving You : Led Zeppelin
Eighteen : Alice Cooper
Your Song : Elton John
Run Through the Jungle : CCR
Spill the Wine : Eric Burdon & War
Let it Be : The Beatles
One After 909 : The Beatles
Cheers !
1) Across the Universe/BEATLES....2) For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me/JETHRO TULL....
3) Come Down in Time/ELTON JOHN.....4) That's the Way/LED ZEPPELIN....5) On the Road to Find Out/CAT STEVENS....6) Don't Let it Bring You Down/NEIL YOUNG....7)Into the Mystic/VAN MOORISON.....8) I Dig Love/GEORGE HARRISON.....9)Sweet Baby James/JAMES TAYLOR......10) Bell Bottom Blues-CLAPTON and CO.
As I considered my favorites from 1970, my heart kept leading me toward the memorable pop/power pop/soul singles from the year (some of which seemed to come out of nowhere) and therefore mainly away from the usual suspects--the Beatles, together and solo, Neil Young, D[eric] and the Dominos, etc. Thus:
10) "Indiana Wants Me," R. Dean Taylor
9) "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Simon and Garfunkel
8) "Patches," Clarence Carter
7) "We Gotta Get You a Woman," Todd Rundgren
6) "In the Summertime," Mungo Jerry
5) "I'll Be There," Jackson Five
4) "Into the Mystic," Van Morrison
3) "For the Good Times," Ray Price
2) "No Matter What," Badfinger
1) "O-o-h Child," Five Stairsteps
top 40
1) Spill Wine Take that Girl -Eric Burdon #1 1970
2)Instant Karma -John Lenno
3)Wonderful World Beautiful People -Jimmy Cliff
4)Mississippi Queen -Mountain
5)Bridge Ove Troubled Water -S&G
deep cuts
1)Delta Lady -Joe Cocker
2)The Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp -George Harrison
3)Dig a Pony -The Beatles
4)Across the Universe -The Beatles
5)Helpless -CSNY
Worst 1970
Don't Cry Daddy -Elivis Presley... com'on, Elvis, your The King of Rock and Roll!
In 1969 and 1970 it was Creedence who ruled, but I omit them here since I just bought their albums at the time, they were full of hits AND deep cuts that were just as good.
HM- CSNY - Ohio, Christie - Yellow River (written by Jeff Christie for the Tremeloes, but when they rejected it, he released it himself...covered by countless artists including REM.), Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden (Written by Joe South who was able to reach rock fans more than once, just see the Deep Purple version of Hush or the often covered Games People Play. He also played on Dylan's Blonde on Blonde sessions.), Temptations - Ball of Confusion (the full title goes on That's What the World Is Today and has been true every day since the song was released.), Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man (Keith's first meeting with the Moog, they never again were as fresh and inventive as on their debut), Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
5. Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow Night (Heavy keyboard contributions from the band's only permanent member Vincent Crane were their signature - the constant line-up changes prevented the band to ever really break into the big league. Carl Palmer had just left when this song and their second LP Death Walks Behind You was recorded. Their only other chart entry was Devil's Answer from the same sessions but never released on LP.)
4. Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (The last single of the Peter Green era, like most of their best songs it never appeared on LP. Darker than Black Sabbath it may reflect Green's state of mind before his hiatus. A song you never forget once you heard it.)
3. T.Rex - Ride a White Swan (Legions of artists have tried to capture this magic. A masterpiece just a bit over 2 minutes, written and recorded in a day, just some layered guitars, a bass, a tambourine (+clap) and the wizardry of Tony Visconti.)
2. Uriah Heep - Gipsy (UH were one of the bands that always stood in the shadow of their contemporaries like Deep Purple or Black Sabbath but were able to maintain a solid fanbase for 50+ years nonetheless. At their peak moments they could be in the same league and the first song of their first album is one of those monsters, an all time classic with Ken Hensley's heavy organ solo and Mick Box's guitar.)
1. Eric Clapton - Let it Rain (written by Eric with Bonnie Bramlett, whose band he would join later, and with stellar contributions from Stephen Stills on bass and Leon Russell on piano, this is Clapton at his best. Great guitar work to a great song that deserves it. Next time you feel like listening to Layla just check out this one instead...Clapton's self titled first solo album is one of those forgotten gems - it also includes JJ Cale's After Midnight two years before the guy recorded it himself.)
Let it Rain would be maybe the 5th best song on Layla… but I digress. CCR put out too many good songs for one to standout and make my list. Constant runner ups lost in the aether because I didn’t want to cheat like Jason and name 100 runner ups. - Joe
Oh and Green Manalishi is an incredible song… but the Judas Priest version makes it sound hopelessly wimpy. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic Next you blame the Who's Behind Blue Eyes for some amateur combo who covered it decades later?
@@roxannewalsh love t- rex call, [ they will be on my 1971 list twice maybe, but not the hit
gypsy was next song not to make my list , Love their 1st album and look at yourself
and had ccr ramble tamble on my list at 9
Apples and oranges. - Joe
Love the Carpenters, you should rate their albums next
Hot 100 songs only!
1. Baby Take Me In Your Arms - #23 - Jefferson
2. Hey, Mister Sun - #24 - Bobby Sherman
3. Baby Make It Soon - #87 - The Flying Machine
4. If I Only Had My Mind On Something Else - #91 - The Bee Gees
5. My Baby Loves Lovin' - #13 - White Plains
6. Ticket To Ride - #54 - The Carpenters
7. I Think I Love You - #1 - The Partridge Family
8. Look What They've Done To My Song Ma - #14 - The New Seekers
9. Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - #5 - Edison Lighthouse
10. I'll Never Fall In Love Again - #6 - Dionne Warwick
A great year for songs, with 2 of my top 5 songs of all time coming from 1970:
Hits:
5) Layla - Derek & The Dominos
4) Let it be me - Elvis Presley
3) The Long and winding road - The Beatles
2) Fire and rain - James Taylor
Others:
5) Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd
4) Into the mystic - Van Morrison
3) Glad - Traffic
2) Child in time - Deep Purple
1) Ballet for a girl in Buchannon - Chicago (what a great suite, it has it all - glorious)
Song of the year: Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel (one of my top 3 songs of all time)
Honourable mention: L'Aigle Noir - Barbara (one of the most chilling songs ever)
Hot 100:
- The Poppy Family - That's Where I Went Wrong
- Johnny Cash - Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Elton John - Your Song
- George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
- Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter
Wildcard:
- Grateful Dead - Ripple
- Dolly Parton - Down From Dover
- Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
- Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Worst: I could easily have picked Ray Stevens once again. I had no idea how much I disliked him before doing these lists. However my worst is "Gimme Dat Ding" by The Pipkins. In my notes I wrote "WTF is this? I hate it." That about sums it up.
My number 1 is "Since I've Been Loving You" by Led Zeppelin. One of my top favourite songs of theirs. I love a lot of other songs on that album that came close to my list but it was always gonna be this one.
You're the only one I've seen mention Grateful Dead's "Ripple." Absolutely magical song. My #1 for the year, probably.
@@AbbeyRoadkill1 It was very close between it and my #1.
Yes. The Poppy Family. Susan Jacks had an amazing voice.
@@Gardosunron I agree, I love how she sounds on this song.
13) Easy Wind -Grateful Dead 12) Carry On -CSN&Y 11) Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? -Derek & The Dominoes 10) War Pigs -Black Sabbath 9) Roadhouse Blues -Doors 8) Live With Me -Rolling Stones 7) Young Man Blues -Who 6) Tell Me Why -Neil Young 5) And It Stoned Me -Van Morrison 4) Machine Gun -Jimi Hendrix 3) Incident At Neshibur -Santana 2 ) In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed -Allman Brothers 1) Immigrant Song -Led Zeppelin
Good stuff.
Damn that's a sweet list.
Billboard:
1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas
2. Lookin' out My Back Door - CCR
3. Let It Be - The Beatles
4. The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
5. Instant Karma! - John Lennon
Wildcard:
1. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
2. Child In Time - Deep Purple
3. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
4. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
5. Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
A magnificent year:
1. Sloth - Fairport Convention
2. Heavy Load - Free
3. Sossity; you're a woman - Jethro Tull
4. Friends - Led Zeppelin
5. Hand of Doom - Black Sabbath
6. Fat Old Sun - Pink Floyd
7. Gypsy - Uriah Heep
8. Bloodsucker - Deep Purple
9. Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
10. As the Sun Still Burns Away - Ten Years After
This year was next to impossible to narrow down to 10 songs, but I think I finally got there. Tomorrow, this could be totally different. Good year for the Kinks and songs about Jesus.
1. Victoria - The Kinks (62). Released as a single in late '69, but didn't crack the Hot 100 until early '70. One of my favorite Kinks songs. The chorus melody is so infectious and the horns just make this song pure joy. I also always love Dave Davies yelping backing vocals in the last verse.
2. Long as I Can See the Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival (WC). My favorite CCR song on my favorite CCR album. Just a classic Memphis soul style ballad. The sax is great.
3. Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (3). If only all Christian rock were this cool. Norman whips out what might be the greatest fuzz tone in rock history in this ode to the man upstairs.
4. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (16). I can only assume many minds were blown when putting on side 1 of Led Zeppelin's third album. Every element of this song is totally badass, and it's less than 2 1/2 minutes long. Zep finally showed they were more than a blues cover band on this baby.
5. Strangers - The Kinks (WC). Always loved this Dave Davies sung track from Lola vs Powerman. It's such a beautiful song, and the big loose toms just sound massive.
6. The Man in Me - Bob Dylan (WC). I'm not a huge fan of New Morning, but this might be Bob Dylan's most immediately charming song. It's got this goofiness to it, but it's also a sweet song and pretty darn catchy.
7. Lola - The Kinks (9). Pretty ahead of it's time in terms of subject matter. Also, the resonator guitar is great and the bridge section is just a killer.
8. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago (4). I was in my 20s before I heard this, and I always assumed Peter Cetera and Chicago were always just an incredibly lame band only liked by moms in station wagons. This is proof otherwise. Fuzz, Horns, this song has it all.
9. Helpless - Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (WC). Almost picked Neil Young's "After the Goldrush", but I like this track a bit better. Neil wrote some gems in the '70s, and this is one of his strongest.
10. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison (1). Despite the melody being lifted from "He's so Fine", it's still a great track. The wall of acoustic guitars (played by Clapton, three members of Badfinger, Peter Frampton, and George himself) sounds huge, and writing a religious song combining Christian and Hindu dogma is pretty out there.
I'll probably vote for "Layla" in the poll. None of the songs were on my shortlist for 1970, but "Layla" is in like my top 20 for 1971 when it charted on the Hot 100. "Let it Be" isn't bad either though. I've never been a big Deep Purple fan.
My Sweet Lord might be mathematically similar to the Chiffons song but artistically it's on another planet. Sounds totally different, and totally superior.
@@starrynight1657 Totally agree.
Superb list. I like the #1 designation for Victoria. I don't know your tracks at 5 and 6, so I'll give those a listen.
That's a great CCR song but I went with some others. Many to pick from.
You probably already know this, but here's my favorite factoid about "The Only Living Boy in NY".... both Paul and Artie were originally cast in Mike Nichols' film "Catch-22", but the original script would've made for a 4 hour movie. So screenwriter Buck Henry had to make cuts, and Paul's character was dropped entirely, and meanwhile Artie had a big fat role with a memorable death scene (spoiler, sorry). So Paul went back to NYC and sulked, and wrote this beauty, one of my favorite songs they ever recorded. "Tom" was a reference to their early recording career as Tom and Jerry.
Some honorable mentions:
"Band of Gold" - Freda Payne
"Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp" - George Harrison
"Get Ready" - Rare Earth
"Dawning Is The Day" - Moody Blues
"Snowbird" - Anne Murray
"Ma Belle Amie" - The Tee Set
"No Matter What" - Badfinger
And 1,000s more.....
band of gold , talk about a song that was on the radio all the time, and i cant name 1 other song by freda payne
@@bengalgangster I think she had a couple more before she faded out.
@@pauldevito7476 yah i peeked ahead to 1971 and she had a song charting , but dont remember the title
Band of Gold is immortal. 🎵💕🔥
One of the last Dozier-Holland-Dozier hits. - Joe
Always been a Creedence fan, didn't foresee them placing 3 songs in the top 10, ended up with 8 in the top 50, great year for good music.
Hot 100 -
1. Who'll Stop The Rain ? - Creedence Clearwater Revival (#1 song of the year)
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
3. Lookin' Out My Back Door - Creedence Clearwater Revival
4. All Right Now - Free
5. Your Song - Elton John
Wildcards -
1. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
2. Iron Man - Black Sabbath
3. I Play Dirty - Little Milton
4. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
5. Have You Ever Seen The Rain ? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
11. Staggolee - Pacific Gas & Electric (Jason mentioned another version of this song in an earlier year, but I love this version)
12. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - Johnny Winter (also love Rick Derringer's hit version later but Johnny's voice nails it, nice guitars as well)
13. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
14. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
15. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
16. Sunday Morning Comin' Down - Johnny Cash
17. Rock and Roll - The Velvet Underground
18. The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) - Fleetwood Mac
19. And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
20. N.I.B. - Black Sabbath
21. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (single version) - Creedence Clearwater Revival
22. I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper
23. Make Me Smile - Chicago
24. Peace Frog - The Doors
25. Wild World - Cat Stevens
26. Let It Be - The Beatles
27. Long As I Can See The Light - Creedence Clearwater Revival
28. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek and the Dominoes
29. Up Around The Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
30. Is Anybody Going To San Antone ? - Charley Pride
Related to the Free choice, not understanding the Paul Rodgers/Bad Co hate from the guys,,, looking forward to including some Bad Co in the coming years, maybe you had to be there,,,, to each his own
10. Let it Rain - Eric Clapton
9. Mr. Big - Free
8. Up Around the Bend - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
6. Gypsy - Uriah Heep
5. Midnight Rider - The Allman Brothers Band
4. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - The Guess Who
3. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
2. The Wizard - Black Sabbath
1. Child in Time - Deep Purple
My 1970 Top 10 songs:
1. THE DOORS ´´Waiting for the Sun´´
2. THE BEATLES ´´Don´t Let Me Down´´
3. EDWIN STAR ´´War´´
4. DEEP PURPLE ´´Child In Time´´
5. DEREK & THE DOMINOS ´´Layla´´
6. SIMON & GARFUNKEL "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
7. THE MOODY BLUES ´´Melancholy Man´´
8. LED ZEPPELIN ´´Inmigrant Song´´
9. THE BEATLES ´´Let It Be´´
10. SANTANA ´´Oye Como Va´´
Greetings from Canary islands.
Joe is so right, We've only just Begun is such a beautiful song and what a perfect follow up to Close to You. The start of a wonderful run for the Carpenters.
God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
God is an imaginary being who if real is causing our pain. God's malevolence and vengeance is on display in the good books. Ever really read the entire bible? “The gods we’ve made are exactly the gods you’d expect to be made by a species that is about half a chromosome away from the chimpanzee.” - Christopher Hitchens
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobia, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. In the New Testament he gets worse.
Also have you read the bible? Imaginary God was a vindictive as hell. And Jesus is more punishing than bastardy god. He believed and liked the idea of eternal punishment or never spoke out against it. Infinite torture for those who try but can't believe in fairy tales. His criteria for getting into heaven is contemptible, disgusting - Believe in me; that’s all it takes. A close reading of the Old Testament is filled with horrendous lessons on how to treat people.
So a guy named Elijah was traveling to Bethel when a bunch of kids popped up and made fun of him for being bald. That had to suck, and you can't blame Elijah for being pissed and cursing them to God. But God had Elijah's back, by which I mean he sent two bears to maul 42 of these kids to death. For making fun of a bald dude. I have to think Elijah was looking for something along the lines of a spanking, or maybe the poetic justice of having the kids go bald, but nope, God went straight for the bear murder. But on the plus side, that pile of 40+ children's corpses never made fun of anybody again. Thank God in all of his mercy. (4 Kings 2:23-24)
Hello Susie , the Last thing on my Mind, This time Tomorrow - The Move
When you dance I can really Love and Birds - Neil Young
We got to Get you a Women - Todd Rundgren
Country Roads and Anywhere like Heaven - James Taylor
Sweet Jane and Roll and Rock - Velvet Underground
Caravan and It Stoned me - Van Morrison
A Song For You - Leon Russell
Where do the Children Play - Cats Stevens
We've only just begun - The Carpenters
favorite songs of 1970;
This time tomorrow-The Kinks
When you dance..-Neil Young
Width of a circle-David Bowie
Glad Tidings-Van Morrrison
I found out-John Lennon
Ramble Tamble-CCR
Since Ive been loving you-Led Zeppelin
Animal Zoo-Spirit
Anyday-Derek & the Dominoes
War Pigs-Black Sabbath
Box of Rain-Grateful Dead
Day of the locusts-Bob Dylan
Awaiting on you all-George Harrison
Winner;Oh! Sweet Nuthin'-The Velvet Underground
I have to go with Octopus by Syd Barrett and The Man Who Sold the World by David Bowie as my 2 favorites. Great list guys!
Another tough year. Lots of movement throughout the week. The early pole position was held by Simon & Garfunkle, but by midweek they were out of the top 10.
Hot 100 Charts:
1. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
2. Instant Karma - John Lennon
3. I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
4. I'm Eighteen - Alice Cooper Band
5. Ball of Confusion - Temptations
Wildcards:
1. The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie*
2. Oye Como Va - Santana
3. Moondance - Van Morrison
4. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
5. Southern Man - Neil Young
Song of the Year: Immigrant Song
This was one of my gateway Led Zep songs. I was a slow convert, but this track played a huge part in turning me into a fan.
* Don't know how I overlooked this one on Friday. All week really. Normally if I miss something I just leave it out, but this one was too important, so I had to come back and do an edit.
I forgot Grand Funk Railroad......Great song. The 10 minutes fly by.
1. Song Of The Year: Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
2. Lola - The Kinks
3. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
4. Working Class Hero - John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band
5. Moondance - Van Morrison
6. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
7. Fire & Rain - James Taylor
8. Samba Pa Ti - Santana
9. Sugar Man - Rodriguez
10. Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young
hits of 1970 (as per Billboard):
5 - Neil Young with Crazy Horse: "Cinnamon Girl"
4 - Joe Cocker: "The Letter"
3 - Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Up Around The Bend"
2 - King Crimson: "The Court Of The Crimson King"
1 - Lennon/Ono with The Plastic Ono Band: "Instant Karma!"
deep tracks of 1970:
5 - Neil Young: "Southern Man"
4 - Van Morrison: "And It Stoned Me"
3 - Neil Young: "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
2 - Joni Mitchell: "Rainy Night House"
1 - Led Zeppelin: "Since I've Been Loving You"
worst song of 1970:
Bread: "Make It With You"
The King's majestic live version of "The Wonder of You" recorded at one of his Vegas shows when he was still in his prime.
Hot 100:
Venus -- Shocking Blue
Give Me Just a Little More Time -- Chairmen of the Board
Spill the Wine -- Eric Burdon w/ War
Apeman -- The Kinks
25 or 6 to 4 -- Chicago
Wild Card:
Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
Empty Pages -- Traffic
Run Through the Jungle -- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Indian summer - The Doors
1.Neil Young - When You Dance I Can Really Love
2.Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer
3.Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
4.The Kinks - Lola
5.Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
6.Creedence Clearwater Revival - Ramble Tamble
7.Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie
8.Donovan - Changes
9.Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
10.John Lennon - Mother
Not as strong as 1969, but still a lot to choose from
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL Bridge Over Troubled Water / FREE Alright Now /JOHN LENNON Instant Karma / DAVID BOWIE The Man Who Sold The World / THE BEATLES The Long and Winding Road
NEIL YOUNG Southern Man / THE BEATLES Across The Universe / LED ZEPPELIN That's The Way / SIMON AND GARFUNKEL The Only Living Boy in New York
SONG OF THE YEAR: CROSBY STILLS NASH AND YOUNG Country Girl
I going to try to make this shorter cause I've got something to do on a Friday. Woo hoo! 1970, the first year of arguable the best decade of music and the year the Beatles broke up. No Stones album this year. I originally had Layla on the list, but discovered the single version which doesn't have the piano coda wasn't released till 71 so I'll save it for that (if it will even make the list in such a LOADED year).
Singles:
*1. Let it Be (1) - The Beatles * - Song of the year. Beautiful. Unlike Jason, I prefer the single version mainly for the solo. How Paul could make such pretty music with the Beatles without making it sappy or wimpy is so impressive. His solo career? Not so much.
*2. Have You Ever Seen the Rain (4) - CCR* - I feel like I should like the other Rain song from CCR this year but this is my favorite CCR song. I love how John Fogerty sings "I wanna know" and how on the final chorus the crash of the cymbal on every beat (a small thing but I love it.)
*3. I'll Be There (6) - Jackson 5* - This is Michael's finest vocal with the Jackson 5, pure magic to my ears. Why anybody else is allowed to sing lead (looking at you Jermaine), I can't fathom.
*4. Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (8) - John Lennon - Apparently released a mere 10 days after being written. The verses are fine, but what really "shines" here is that fantastic chorus with a great shouting vocal from John.
*5. Paranoid (9) - Black Sabbath* - This is one of those songs that I distinctly remember the first time I "noticed" the song (I had probably heard it before but never noticed it). Late 80s, my sister was watching Headbanger's Ball on MTV, and they played a live Ozzy video of "Paranoid" I think from the early 80s. I remember Ozzy was shirtless, and wearing some hideous pants, moving slowly like somebody in their 60s. The song blew me away though. I remember telling my sister I loved that "Ozzy" song, before telling me that's a famous Black Sabbath song. I didn't know who Black Sabbath was and she explained that Ozzy used to be in that band.
Others:
*1. Working Class Hero (2) - John Lennon* - I was probably more into this song as an actual socialist back in college, than I am nowadays, but I do still think this is has fantastic lyrics and angry vocal from John against a stark acoustic production.
*2. Why Does Love Have to Be So Sad? (3) - Derek and the Dominos* - probably my all time favorite dual guitar attack ever. I particularly love the playing between the end of the first chorus to the second verse. Just wow. That may be the most impressive but at the end some of the slower guitar work is still impressive. At 4:00 there is small understated guitar fill, that I think just sounds amazing.
*3. And It Stoned Me (5) - Van Morrison* - I think Van gives a masterclass soulful performance on this one. Really powerful stuff.
*4. Into The Mystic (7) - Van Morrison* A better song, with beautiful lyrics and imagery, but I think Van's more laid back vocal isn't quite as powerful.
*5. Get Up (I Feel like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown* - My second favorite James Brown song after 1958s Try Me. A super funky jam that makes me want to get up and move. Feels so tossed off, yet at the same time the groove is good and insistent.
Honorable Mentions: 11. Caravan - Van Morrison 12. Memo From Turner - Mick Jagger 13. Lookin Out My Back Door - CCR 14. Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground 15. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney (my favorite Paul solo song).
Well, like I said, I gotta run. Keep up the good work guys. Looking very much forward to 1971.
Awesome comment ... Cuz I love CCR and Van so much so 👏🎵👊🔥 well done. I also love the whole Layla album and WDLGTBSS ... check out Tedeschi Trucks version .. it kills. 🙂
@@davidbeckman7925 I will check out. I did see Derek Trucks and Clapton perform the song together at a Clapton show back in 2007.
Top 5 singles (In no particular order)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
"The Love You Save" - The Jackson 5
"Let It Be" - The Beatles
"Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin - (didn't this actually chart?)
"Your Song" - Elton John
Honorable mention: All Right Now" - Free, "O-o-h Child" - Five Stairsteps, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & the Family Stone, "No Matter What" - Badfinger
Top 5 Wildcards (In no particular order):
"The Only Living Boy In New York" - Simon & Garfunkel
"Ramble Tamble" - CCR
"Carry On / Questions" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
"Machine Gun" - Band of Gypsys
"Strangers" - the Kinks (good call, Jason! forgot about that one)
Honorable Mention: "After The Gold Rush" - Neil Young, "Without You" - Badfinger, "Layla" - Derek & The Dominos; "That's The Way" - Led Zeppelin, "N.I.B.," - Black Sabbath, "War Pigs" - Black Sabbath
1970 is by a pretty crushing margin my least favorite year for music from 1965-1973. Each of the other 8 years beat the living turd out of it. With the caveat that I need to give "Child in Time" another listen, my list:
10. The Velvet Underground - "Rock and Roll" - The rave-up at the end seals it for me, and this beats out "Sweet Jane" due to Doug Yule's horrendously yelping """harmony""" """vocals""" on the studio version.
9. Neil Young - "Birds" - One of the few Neil Young songs that move me **towards** crying. So pretty, so moving.
8. The Stooges - "1970" - We all need a little bit of aggressive chaos in our lives.
7. Led Zeppelin - "That's the Way" - This beautiful acoustic track is one of the best things they ever did. Great call, Kram.
6. Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water" - This masterpiece has actually become underrated in recent years.
5. Paul McCartney - "Maybe I'm Amazed" - My single favorite track from his solo career, but obvious shenanigan on his part than it wasn't a Beatles song.
4. Van Morrison - "Caravan" - A great celebration of music, powerful and enthusiastic.
3. Simon & Garfunkel - "The Only Living Boy in New York" - Awww, Paul misses Art. Pretty nice to have a song like this written about you when you're about to be dumped as a musical partner. Beautiful harmonies, passionate.
2. The Beatles - "Across the Universe" - I love this track. Underrated among John numbers.
1. The Beatles - "Let It Be" - Another Beatles single that has also become critically underrated.
Honorable mentions (shut up, Joe): The Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane," King Crimson's "Lizard," Van Morrison's "Domino," Van Der Graaf Generator's "Darkness 11/11," Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" and "Iron Man," Elton John's "Come Down in Time," The Jackson 5's "I'll Be There," David Bowie's "Width of a Circle," George Harrison's "What Is Life," Van Morrison's "Moondance," Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer," Neil Young's "Only Love Can Break Your Heart," The Carpenters' "Close to You," and the Beach Boy's "Our Sweet Love."
I agree-1970 was a couple steps back from those other years.
Augh! I forgot an important track - "Song of the Siren" by Tim Buckley. I would actually put it 8th, knocking The Velvets out of the top 10...
This is one of the greatest years ever in music, and there is so much happening. The debut albums of Funkadelic, Hot Tuna, Black Sabbath, Mountain, ELP, Stone The Crows, Syd Barrett, Gong, Stephen Stills, War, Gentle Giant, Eric Clapton, Badfinger, Focus, and Hawkwind are released, and legendary acts such as Simon & Garfunkel, Deep Purple, The Grateful Dead, CCR, The Stooges, The Move, John Lennon, George Harrison, Atomic Rooster, Cat Stevens, Black Sabbath (again), Santana, Amon Düül II, and Van Der Graaf Generator are all at their absolute best. How about The Stones and The Who releasing two of the most beloved live albums of all time? And then you have the Isle of Wight festival.
Workingman's Dead, American Beauty, Morrison Hotel, Absolutely Live, Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Climbing!, Live at Leeds, Live at the Isle of Wight, Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Fun House, After the Gold Rush, Deja Vu, Loaded, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, Eric Clapton, Plastic Ono Band, All Things Must Pass, McCartney, Lola Vs Powerman and the Moneygoround, Yeti, Can Soundtracks, Gentle Giant, Gravy Train, Abraxas, Chicago II, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, The Madcap Laughs, Atom Heart Mother, Atomic Rooster, Death Walks Behind You, Led Zeppelin III, Ladies of the Canyon, A Beard of Stars, T. Rex, Bloodrock, Bloodrock 2, Cricklewood Green, Let it Be, Hot Tuna, In the Wake of Poseidon, Burrito Deluxe, Shazam, Looking On, Mountains, Magick Brother, The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other, H to He Who Am the Only One, Cosmo's Factory, Pendulum, In Rock, Soft Machine Third, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Chunga's Revenge, No Dice, James Gang Rides Again, John Barleycorn Must Die, Elton John, The Tumbleweed Connection, A Question of Balance, Band of Gypsys, Gasoline Alley, Idlewild South, Time and a Word, What About Me, 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, Marrying Maiden, Funkadelic, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow, Iron Butterfly Live, Trespass, Air Conditioning, New Morning, Stage Fright, Writer, Soul Rebels, Tea for the Tillerman, Byrds Untitled, Bitches Brew, Moondance, Sweet Baby James, Back in the USA, Benefit, American Woman, Fire and Water, If I Could Do it Again, I'd Do it All Over You, Affenstunde, Lick My Decals Off Baby, and Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
1. ABC - The Jackson 5
2. Caravan - Van Morrison
3. Helpless - CSN&Y
4. Layla - Derek and the Dominos
5. Let It Be - The Beatles
6. Peace Frog - The Doors
7. That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
8. Truckin' - Grateful Dead
9. What Is Life - George Harrison
10. Who'll Stop The Rain - CCR
Listo 4ever 🎵🔥💯
nice list - both have peace frog & let it be in the top 10
Those are some great choices.
Of course Clapton is a great guitarist, has a good singing voice and his ballad "Wonderful Tonight" gets its due, but he deserves more credit for his other ballads such as "Peaches and Diesel", "Hello Old Friend", "Please Be with Me", "Let It Grow" (which I think he wrote), "We're All the Way" and "Easy Now" (mentioned below) and probably some others I haven't heard.
"Easy Now" ~ Eric Clapton
"Out on the Tiles" ~ Led Zeppelin
"What Is Life" ~ George Harrison (first appeared on All Things Must Pass in 1970, released as a single in 1971)
"Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" ~ Led Zeppelin
"Birds" ~ Neil Young
"Teach Your Children" ~ CSNY
"Two of Us" ~ The Beatles
"Let It Be" ~ The Beatles
"Every Night" ~ Paul McCartney
"Junk" ~ Paul McCartney
Jason, as someone who likes Graham Nash, have you heard the Crosby & Nash albums? Some of his best songs are tucked away on them not his solo records or CSN ones. Southbound Train from the first Crosby & Nash album is a fave.
Badfinger's superb "No Matter What" which got to the Top 10 in both the UK. and US. Featuring a wonderful riff, this was basically the birth of power pop. I saw Keanu Reeves cover this song with his band Dogstar when they performed in the big tent at the T in The Park festival, Scotland back in 1996.
☆My Sweet Lord☆
Make me smile. Chicago
Immigrant song...Led Zep
Glad...Traffic
Me & my Arrow..Harry Nilsson
Bridge over troubled water..S&G
Long and winding road..Beatles
What is Life...Harrison
Sunday morning coming down..Cash
N.I.B...Sabbath
Domino...Van Morrison
Ooh child...spiral staircase
Fire & Rain...J. Taylor
Get Ready..Rare Earth
Make it with you..Bread
Long, long time...Ronstadt
Love grows where my Rosemary goes..Edison Lighthouse
good list dear!!! as always!! NIB is my fav from the debut
Great list as always, Sherry, although we kind of went in different directions for this year. Complimentary - for sure. :) o-oh child and long, long time missed my HM list by a fraction - if I went 5 more deep they would be there! Got a different George Harrison song on my top 10. S&G song on my HM list, too. (Lots of people had The Boxer for 1969.)
Kramzer, that was a superb review of Child in Time😎. I tried to vote for it twice but you guys have that covered, drat!
Nice Year ! Top 3 - Lola , The Seeker & Spill The 🍷. Two great CSNY songs as well Teach Your Children ( Played in super cool film Melody ) & of course Ohio. ✌
The Seeker is one of my top 10 Who songs - and that means something...contenders are strong. I also have Ohio listed, and sadly it is not a song for just one terrible event but still valid half a century later...
15. We Gotta Get You a Woman - Todd Rundgren
14. Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
13. Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt
12. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
11. (They Long to Be) Close to You - The Carpenters
10. Goin' Back - Toomorrow (czcams.com/video/X1LQHNfFanU/video.html)
9. The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles
8. I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family
7. The Greatest Discovery - Elton John
6. War - Edwin Starr
5. Love Song - Lesley Duncan
4. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
3. Beware of Darkness - George Harrison
2. Jimmy - Kiki Dee (czcams.com/video/11i3HojlZo4/video.html)
1. Come Down in Time - Elton John (czcams.com/video/CqCB5r5desE/video.html)
good list
#1 Another Day - Roy Harper
#2 Woodstock - Joni Mitchell
#3 The Long and Winding Road - Beatles
#4 Strangers - Kinks (great to see Jason pick this deep cut)
#5 Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin
...and a few of the many honourable mentions:
- Song to The Siren - Tim Buckley
- Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
- Tom Tiddler's Ground - Roy Harper
- Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
- Inside - Jethro Tull
- Child In Time - Deep Purple
(......)
Jethro Tull was a big disappointment for me this year.
@@Sir_Eyeball Not to me. Benefit is a very underrated album IMO and the singles were great too.
@@AnotherBadSpeech Interesting. IMO a big step down from 'Stand Up'
@@Sir_Eyeball Agree that it's not as good as Stand Up (BTW one of my all time favourite albums), nor as good as Aqualung or Thick as a Brick, but it's still a great album.
Benefit is my #2 Tull album and was my #1 until 1973. Too bad that we will never have a Jethro Tull Listography...
Pretty much just peak pop/rock days.
BILLBOARD
1. *Lola by The Kinks #9* (The subject matter could have aged far worse all things considered. Musically, it has hooks for days. Rocks hard and irresisibly catchy all at the same time.)
2. *Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel #1* (Stately and beautiful. Get the absolute most out of Garfunkel's voice. Feels like a shoe-in for a modern Classic American Songbook.)
3. *My Sweet Lord by George Harrison #1* (A pop/rock classic, lawsuit notwithstanding.)
4. *Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin #16* (Heavy and speedy as hell. The recurring scream is up there among iconic rock cries. Shout out to the great B-side Hey Hey What Can I Do as well.)
5. *Paranoid by Black Sabbath #61* (Obviously a luminary artist, but what stands out on this track is how punky and economical it is. Much like Immigrant Song, I love when rock is short and sweet.)
WILDCARD
1. WINNER: *Layla by Derek and the Dominos* [#51 1971, #10 1972] (An incredible rock song in its own right, but the star is the gorgeous 4-minute coda.)
2. *All I Wanna Do by The Beach Boys* (Dream pop/shoegaze elements way before their time.)
3. *Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground* (Classic riff and what feels like early glam rock. The opening always get me.)
4. *Forever by The Beach Boys* (Super pretty ballad from Dennis Wilson.)
5. *Tell Me Why by Neil Young* (One of Neil's very best. Could have picked a number of these folk pop tracks off of After the Gold Rush.)
Top 10 HM:
Lady by Dennis Wilson & Rumbo
Don't Let It Bring You Down by Neil Young
Strangers by The Kinks
WORST:
Julie, Do Ya Love Me by Bobby Sherman #5 (Super bland in every way. Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens [#1] and Gimme Dat Ding by The Pipkins [#9] are runners-up.)
I'd say Lola was super progressive for the time. I've heard people criticize it while looking at it through a 2021 lens, but honestly, it shed light on the fact that trans people were a thing in 1970, and the narrator of the song isn't really bothered by it when he finds out.
@@edgustafson I've seen a few different perspectives on it, but I lean toward that view as well. Considering the landscape at the time, it walks the line pretty well.
Amazing list. Everything except that Neil Young song is great!
@@Sir_Eyeball Thanks! Not a Neil Young/After the Gold Rush fan in general or just that song?
Stat Updates:
Best Songs Matches:
*37 - Kram*
*35 - Joe*
26 - Jason
Worst Songs Matches:
4 - Jason
2 - Joe
0 - Kram
Top Song Votes:
8 - Jason
*5 - Joe*
3 - Kram
I think this is the best year ever when it comes to music together with 1971 och 1972 so this is a hard one... I go with the following tracks in no special order.
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water
Elton John - Your song
Elton John - Border song
Matthews Southern Comfort - Woodstock. One of the most perfect covers ever. Totally timeless. Joni Mitchell said it was her favourite cover of her song.
Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia. Tony Joe White wrote it. What a song!
Bread - Make it with you
Fleetwood Mac - The green manalishi Peter Greens last masterpiece before everthing fell apart
Marmelade - reflections of my life
Beatles - Let it be
Carpenters - Close to you
Carpenters - We´ve only just begun Karen may be the best female vocalist ever.
come on 7. K suscribers soon , i dont need to tell you all what to do here!!!!!
great show guys!!!
1970, it was a very good year. Lots of robust classic rock album tracks. The pop charts were an eclectic mix that ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. Worst Song of the Year? How about "Gimme Dat Ding"? Two absolute earworms, "Love Grows" & "Yellow River". Some personal favorites are "25 or 6 to 4", "Mississippi Queen", "The Thrill is Gone" & the long versions of "Make Me Smile" & "No Time".
The Green Manalishi - Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. He was about to loose his mind to acid and this was a palpable cry from the edge. On the lighter side- Dr. Dark by Captain Beefheart. Monstrous guitar riff at the beginning. On the even lighter side nice mention of the great Partridge Family by Jason. "Having a Ball" is another classic by the Partridges.
Doctor Dark is great,would go with Bellerin Plain myself from Decals
@@painless465 Why extract any tunes from that album at all when you can just "swallow it whole"?
@@painless465 and then there's Clear Spot, Bat Chain Puller, and Doc at the Radar Station coming up.
Ooh Child by the Five Stairsteps is one of my favorite songs of all time. This year is an embarrassment of riches!
I don’t know that Santana song. Going to have to check it out!
My top 5 "hot 100 singles"
1. "Kentucky Rain" / Presley, Elvis / Album: (Single) (1970)
2. "(They Long To Be) Close To You" / The Carpenters / Album: Close To You (1970)
3. "Make Me Smile" / Chicago / Album: Chicago II (1970)
4. "Cinnamon Girl" / Young, Neil / Album: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1970)
5. "Vehicle" / The Ides Of March / Album: Vehicle (1970)
My top 5 "wildcard" picks
2. “I Found Out” / Lennon, John / Album: Plastic Ono Band (1970)
3. “Déjà Vu” / Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young / Album: Déjà Vu (1970)
4. "Moondance" / Morrison, Van / Album: Moondance (1970)
5. "Freedom Rider" / Traffic / Album: John Barleycorn Must Die (1970)
Worst song of the year
1. "One Bad Apple" / The Osmonds
Song of the year
1. "I'd Have You Anytime" / Harrison, George / Album: All Things Must Pass (1970)
When are you guys going to get around to the Ray Stephens discography?
I would pay money to watch a Ray Stevens listography.
There's just so much this year.
Top 5 just from Listography's playlist:
1. Child In Time- Deep Purple
2. That's the Way- Led Zeppelin (I definitely laughed hearing this one right after Child in Time, but was also kinda great)
3. Layla- Derek and the Dominos
4. The Only Living Boy in New York- Simon & Garfunkel
5. Bridge over Troubled Water- Simon & Garfunkel
And favorite song I hadn't heard before- definitely Leon Russell's version of "A Song for You"
1970 is the first year where it really hurt to leave out certain songs. Great year.
(Honourable Mentions: The Mothers of Invention - Directly From My Heart To You, Kraftwerk - Ruckzuck, The Velvet Underground - New Age, The Beach Boys - Forever)
Charting Songs:
5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain
4. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
2. Deep Purple - Black Night
Wildcards:
5. Gentle Giant - Alucard
4. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
3. Frank Zappa - Sharleena
2. Deep Purple - Child in Time
1. The Beach Boys - This Whole World [If my father knew that I like this more than 'Child in Time', he wouldn't let me in his house anymore haha.]
SONG OF THE YEAR 1970: The Kinks - Lola [Great melody, funny lyrics. La-la-la-la-love that song!]
Alucard is a surprise...Of course I love that debut album and Alucard is a great song, just not the first one from the record that comes to my mind. Anyway, great band to get a mention.
@@roxannewalsh I love this song. Especially the synth. I'm sure this is not gonna be my only Gentle Giant nomination!
@@Sir_Eyeball I had another GG listed yesterday on the synth topic. Kerry Minnear was one of those guys who really made use of the instrument and not just used it as a novelty gimmick.
Have you heard the alt version of This Whole World that just came out?
@@TimeToGetAlone Yeah I've got the Feel Flows 2CD Set. It's on there as well as a live version! I like them all.
1) "Carry On" - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
2) "Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon & War
3) "Friends" - Led Zeppelin
4) "Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
5) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon & Garfunkel
6) "Box of Rain" - Grateful Dead
7) "Coal Miners Daughter" - Loretta Lynn
8) "Instant Karma" - John Lennon
9) "Working Class Hero" - John Lennon
10) "Lola" - The Kinks
Honorable Mention -
"Signed Sealed Delivered" - Stevie Wonder
"Mama Told Me" - 3 Dog Night
"Southern Man" - Neil Young
Worst Song -
"Gimme Dat Ding" - The Pipkins
1) Led Zeppelin - "That's The Way"
2) Derek & The Dominos - "Layla"
3) Paul McCartney - "Maybe I'm Amazed"
4) Neil Young - "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
5) George Harrison - "What Is Life"
The Humblebums "Shoeshine Boy". The Humblebums was the band Gerry Rafferty and The Big Yin (Billy Connolly) cut their teeth in as a duo back in the late 60's/early 70's before embarking on their successfull solo careers. They remained good friends right up until Gerry's passing.
I'm with Joe for favorite song "Layla" is my favorite song from 1970 also, even though it charted as a single in 1972. It's just about my favorite song ever. As far as the piano part being stolen there is a story that Rita Coolidge who could play piano helped her boyfriend, Jim Gordon, who couldn't play the piano well, to write it.
my top ten favorites, in this order is:
Layla-Derek and the Dominos
Make Me Smile-Chicago
Question-Moody Blues
Your Song-Elton John
If You Could Read My Mind-Gordon Lightfoot
Little Wing-Derek and the Dominoes
Up Around the Bend-Credence Clearwater Revival
Kentucky Rain-Elvis Presley
Truckin’-The Grateful Dead
Roadhouse Blues-Doors
The Faces "Three Button Hand Me Down". Nice organ work on this one by the late Ian McLagan.
Yeah, new decade!! This will be an interesting one, probably more deep cuts and also probably more interesting discoveries from your playlists. Looking forward to it.
My 1970 top :
1. Lee Hazlewood - The Night Before
2. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
3. The Stooges - Dirt
4. Amon Düll II - Soap Shop Rock
5. Linda Perhacs - Parallelograms
6. Nick Drake - Northern Sky
7. Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen
8. Art Ensemble of Chigaco - Thème de Yoyo
9. John Phillips - April Anne
10. Sixto Rodrigez - Crucify Your Mind
One of the better lists ive seen....darn I missed Curtis somehow. Nice one 👍
HM - Wild World, Layla, Fire & Rain, Black Magic Woman, 25 or 6 to 4, Immigrant Song, Who'll Stop the Rain, Cecilia, Country Road
10. Stage Fright - the Band
9. And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison
8. Silver Paper - Mountain
7. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR
6. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
5. Up Around the Bend - CCR
4. Caravan - Van Morrison
3. Let It Be - the Beatles
2. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Worst Song - Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum (American Woman is a close second)
1. Sweet Jane - the Velvet Underground
How can you hate on Spirit in the Sky? The fuzz tone is legendary.
darn stage fright awesome , forgot it , and that is my fav band album
not a fan of spirit in the sky either, captain, a song i dont need to hear again
@@edgustafson The music is fine but if you're gonna write a gospel song you might want to know what you're talking about.
@@realCaptainSanta Not sure if there's a way to write a song about God that's factually accurate. It's all interpretation, isn't it?
Love the Linda Ronstadt song -- first Ronstadt reference I recall seeing on the channel.
Hot 100 songs:
"I Want You Back" - Jackson 5
"Which Way You Goin' Billy" - The Poppy Family
"I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Dionne Warwick
"Your Song" - Elton John
"I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family
Wildcards (many hit the Hot 100 -- not true starting in '71, but singles generally surpassed album cuts):
"Big Yellow Tax" - Joni Mitchell (unusual mix of fun/upbeat song with profound lyrics)
"If I Were Your Woman" - Gladys Knight and The Pips
"The Only Living Boy in New York" - Simon and Garfunkle
"Layla" - Derek and the Dominoes
"25 or 6 to 4" - Chicago
Song of the Year - "I Want You Back" - for me, absolute peak Jackson 5 (and by extension, peak pop)
The argument for Layla being the greatest song of all-time:
It is the only song I can think of that has BOTH an iconic guitar and piano riff.
Funeral for a friend
@@ryankramzer1256 Not in the same class IMHO
@@painless465 you got that right. One of them is my second favorite song of all time
How bout PEG-Steely Dan ?
i used to hate the 70s as a teenager but now I love the decade a lot lol my top 10 of 70 (no order):
- Paul McCartney- Maybe I'm Amazed
- The Stooges- 1970
- Neil Young- Only Love Can Break Your Heart
- Grateful Dead- Box of Rain
- David Bowie- The Width of a Circle
- George Harrison- Wah Wah
- Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Badfinger- Come And Get It
- John Lennon- Instant Karma!
- The Kinks- Lola
did you read Dynamite magazine?
@@NaughtyVampireGod no i'm a bit too young, i missed that one
I think I love "Real Love" more than "Free as a Bird."
I like them about the same, which is a lot. -Jason
These are my top 20 favourite songs of 1970. They are a mixture of album cuts and chart hits. I will try to put them in some sort of order with the top 5 being extra special.
20. James Gang - Funk #49
19. John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Working Class Hero
18. The Ides Of March - Vehicle
17. George Harrison - What Is Life
16. Van Morrison - Domino
15. Tyrannosaurus Rex - By The Light Of A Magical Moon
14. Derek And The Dominos - Bell Bottom Blues
13. Santana - Hope You're Feeling Better
12. David Bowie - She Shook Me Cold
11. Soft Machine - Moon In June
10. Taste - What's Going On
9. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
8. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
7. The Allman Brothers - In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
6. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair
5. Ten Years After - I'm Coming On
4. Eric Clapton - Let It Rain
3. Jethro Tull - With You There To Help Me
2. Stephen Stills - Go Back Home
1. CHICAGO - 25 Or 6 To 4
great list and kudos for Chicago, even if I prefer the suite "Ballet for a girl in Buchannon" (then you could argue it isn't a single song...)
Moon in June - I did not list it because Soft Machine Third was one of my top 5 albums of that year. There is a great version of it recorded at the BBC - it first appeared on the Triple Echo compilation but has since been released on the CDs that contain their BBC performances (a must have, and I say this even if normally am not a big fan of archival releases), Robert Wyatt improvises a lot of new lyrics on the occasion and pays tribute to all the Canterbury companions.
Let it Rain - this is my Clapton choice of the year as well.
Stephen Stills - I have another song, but really like his debut album.
TYA - I would go for a Cricklewood Green track instead, but your choice is another good song.
Taste - I think I am Rory's biggest fan here on the channel, always happy when I see him mentioned.
Jethro Tull - Benefit was my #3 AOTY and is my #2 in their discography - you can take any song from the album to make me agree.
Santana - if we take the video and the comments then every Abraxas song has been mentioned...
@@roxannewalsh rory its close lol , i know you have seen him . i was supposed to see him open for trower, and he cancelled last min. i still watch this rory video on you tube where he slides the guitar across the stage and still playing , crazy,
The live taste at isle of wight is a heavy hitter for me
@@roxannewalsh I think that you should list your favourite songs of the year whether they are from your albums of the year or not. For me, album tracks are far superior to singles, chart hits, wildcards etc. I love Rory Gallagher too and he will feature heavily in my picks for the coming years. I know you rate Jimi above him but I don't because I believe he's the best ever. The Stephen Stills track: Go Back Home was very close to being my number 1. For me, it has the best solo Eric Clapton he's ever done and the incredible thing is that he doesn't remember doing it when asked about it!
@@jesuschambersWe talk about the #1 and #2 guitarists of all time here. Rory won his crown in another category: Irish Tour 74 is my #1 live album.
McGuinness Flint's brilliant "When I'm Dead And Gone (UK 2) and Malt & Barley Blues (UK 5). They were a folk/pop supergroup (of sorts) featuring Tom McGuinness (Manfred Mann), Hughie Flint (drummer with John Mayall) and also included the singer/songwriting duo of Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle.
Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky" still shines today. One-hit-wonder extraordinaire. Totally unlistenable is the Pipkins' "Gimme Dat Ding". Peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100. How? Underrated is the eerie "That's Where I Went Wrong" by the Poppy Family.
Yeah it's great...I still remember the cheesy but pretty good big hit 80s version....forgot the band name (Dr in the TARDIS!?? Or something)....that's where I first heard it as a youngster
@@threestringsomg Remember it. I believe it was by Doctor & The Medics.
@@alanarakelian5021 yay that was it.👍
OMG Gimme Dat Ding - I can vaguely remember that. Just tried to listen to it. Had to give up. No wonder the comments are turned off. The charts always seem to have some utter crap. It is a mystery.
The Pipkins were yet another Tony Burrows creation. Damn
Tough to narrow this down to 10 - so many great songs this year
1. Since I’ve been loving you
2. Lola
3. Sweet Jane
4. All things must pass
5. Don’t let it bring you down
6. Working class hero
7. Long as I can see the light
8. Roadhouse blues
9. Across the universe
10. Into the mystic
My favourites from 1970:
01) Stoned Love - The Supremes
02) Let It Be - The Beatles
03) När Jag Var Fem - Agnetha Fältskog
04) Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles
05) Peter Kom Tillbaka - Anni-Frid Lyngstad
06) Lay Down (Candles In The Rain) - Melanie
07) Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
08) Inga Theme - Benny Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
09) Come Together - The Beatles
10) Get Back - The Beatles
I'm quite in sync with the boys this year.
1. Neil Young - Tell Me Why
2. Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You
3. Simon & Garfunkel - The Only Living Boy In New York
4. Van Morrison - Glad Tidings
5. Neil Young - Don't Let It Bring You Down
6. Black Sabbath - The Wizard
7. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla
8. George Harrison - All Things Must Pass
9. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop the Rain
10. Cat Stevens - Into White
I'm relying heavily on album cuts. I'm sure there is a lot of great music in the charts but I'm not familiar with it.
Bryter Layter came out in 71. As far as I can tell it didn't have any singles released earlier in 70. Many songs from that album will be competing for a spot on my list next week. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic In my head that was a 1970 album. Back to the drawing board.
@@TastesLikeMusic Nick Drake gets bumped, he'll be back next year. CCR and Cat Stevens fans around the world rejoice.
@@12spanku I also had Bryter Layter as a 1970 album and so I put a song from the album in my top. It seems like there is a divergence in the sources for the release date. French wikipedia says 1970, english wikipedia says 1971. Discogs says 1971. Allmusic and Rate Your Music says 1970. I don't know which ones are supposed to be more trustworthy.
Cat Stevens song choice snap!😎👍
The Lloyd Braun and Banya impersonations at the start were a nice throwback. One of the best things about this channel is the chance to discover some new great songs that you had never known before. Kram tips me off to a Zep song that I didn't know, "That's the Way", lovely. Joe weighed in with "Hello Darlin'", which I really liked, and Jason, I had never heard much from Todd Rundgren, but enjoyed "We Gotta Get You a Woman". Plus, its great to hear other people saying what you already known, "25 or 6 to 4" is incredible, and there are some great harmonies in the Simon and Garfunkel songs, as well as the Beach Boys and CSNY songs too! Great year for music!
I haven’t talked about Rundgren a ton lately, but earlier in the channel’s history it was a running joke that I’d mention him in every video...one of my favorite artists ever. So, if you don’t know much of his stuff, you’re about to. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic I hardly know Rundgren at all. I do remember you mentioning him frequently in the album videos from the 70;s. Don't know how I missed him, other than just not having time to listen to everything. Looking forward to it!
If you don't like Clapton's current positions on social issues (I'm fine with them), listen to his solo on Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad. That's why we love him.
so many honorable mentions, so little time, great show guys thx
HOT 100
1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
2. I'll Be There - Jackson 5
3. The Love You Save - Jackson 5
4. O-o-h Child - Five Stairsteps
5. We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
WILD CARDS
1. Rock & Roll - Velvet Underground
2. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
3. Blue Sunday - The Doors
4. That's The Way - Led Zeppelin
5. The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
Honorable mention: Roy Harper - Another Day
1. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
2. Caravan - Van Morrison
3. Long as I can see the light - CCR
4. Love the one you're with - Stephen Stills
5. Woodstock - CSNY
6. Country Road - James Taylor
7. Lola - The Kinks
8. No sugar tonight/New mother nature - The Guess Who
9. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
10. Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers
Another great year, my chart favourites include the following -
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Green Manalishi - Fleetwood Mac
Up around the Bend -CCR
Ball of Confusion - The Temptations
Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - BJ Thomas.
My wild cards, not generally from my favourite albums of the year, but all great -
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (some of my favourite-sounding acoustic guitar)
What Is Life - George Harrison (fills me with joy)
Woodstock - CSNY (IMO an overrated group in all respects, but this is fantastic)
The Knife - Genesis (their first prog classic).
Song Of The Year - A Maid That’s Deep In Love - Pentangle.
Genuine folk, as in a traditional song, this cross-dressing tale has some of my favourite acoustic twiddles in it - probably John Renbourne, who I believe also plays the electric, while Bert Jansch plays dulcimer(?).
Deep Purple's "Black Night" which was their biggest hit in the UK, reaching No.2 (kept off the top spot for about 6 weeks by Frida Payne's Band of Gold.) The band were just messing about in the studio (after a drinking session) and Blackmore started playing the riff to Ricky Nelson's version of Summertime. One of those songs which doesnt really mean anything but sounds really good (Black Night i mean).
My #1... Every Night - Paul McCartney (always been my #1 McCartney song)
The worst... American Woman - The Guess Who
Hot 100...
Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell
Make It With You - Bread
He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
Cecilla - Simon & Garfunkel
Wildcards...
Mother - John Lennon
Ride A White Swan - T-Rex
What Is Life - George Harrison
Only Living Boy In New York - Simon & Garfunkel,
JUST MISSED OUT...
Apeman - Kinks,
El Condor Pasa (If I could) - Simon & Garfunkel,
Black Night -Deep Purple,
Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground,
Don’t Let Me Down - Beatles,
Across The Universe - Beatles,
Lola - Kinks,
Who'll Stop The Rain, Have You Ever Seen The Rain, Up Around The Bend - CCR
God, Instant Karma, Love, Isolation - John Lennon
Really wanted to get Every Night on my list too. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic Glad that I'm not the only one that loves it...
1. MICK JAGGER - Memo From Turner
2. NEIL YOUNG - After The Goldrush
3. GEOFF & MARIA MULDAUR - Me And My Chauffeur Blues
4. VAN MORRISON - Into The Mystic
5. RANDY NEWMAN - Let’s Burn Down The Cornfield
6. GILBERT O'SULLIVAN - Nothing Rhymed
7. FLEETWOOD MAC - The Green Manalishi
8. FOTHERINGAY - The Way I Feel
9. NEIL YOUNG - Don’t Let It Bring You Down
10. STEELEYE SPAN - The Blacksmith
I will do things slighty differently!
Top 5 "Lesser Known" Tracks:
5. Cadence and Cascade - King Crimson
4. We Gotta Get You a Woman - Todd Rundgren
3. Sleeping - The Band
2. (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go - Curtis Mayfield
1. Queen Of Torture - Wishbone Ash
Top 5 "Iconic" Tracks:
5. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
4. Your Song - Elton John
3. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
1. Child in Time - Deep Purple (my pick of the year and maybe of any year!)
Only one song per band or artist. Both Elton John and Black Sabbath made two strong albums each. Most tracks could been only them!
Thanks to Jason for reminding me about the Todd Rundgren track!
I like all number one choices by Jason, Joe and Kramzér but as you can see.. Kramzér wins this one of me!
When I think of the Wishbone Ash debut, the first song that comes to my mind is always Errors of my Way. But Queen of Torture rocks as well.
@@roxannewalsh Wishbone Ashs debut seems like a album in the middle of something much older and something new and fresh. I personally love it even if there was more "important" albums out in 1970. Almost impossible to not bring out the old air guitar. Hope you had a great weekend Roxanne!
@@JohannesYtterstrom Ha, you are right about that air guitar. It may be hard for people born later to imagine that we just enjoyed that music back then without even thinking that 50 years later someone would still talk about it or that it may be "important"...I am sure that neither the artists thought in that vein. And now we see how much of it persisted while you may have a hard time to remember what the best stuff of 2015 might have been.
SOTY...Country Girl by CSNY...H Mentions....Immigrant Song by Zep, Child in Time by Deep Purple, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother by The Hollies
1970 is amazing. Listening to Spotify's Billboard Top 40 from a random week in 1970 really puts anything from the late 1970sall the way to the present to shame. One iconic song after another. Also, I couldn't pick a worst song for this year. (Don't get comfy '70s, there are bunch of groaners coming up).
Hot 100:
5. Long, Long Time - Linda Ronstadt (beautiful)
4. Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon & War
3. No Matter What - Badfinger
2. Signed, Sealed, Delivered - Stevie Wonder
1. Let It Be - Beatles
Wild cards:
5. Funk #49 - James Gang
4. Layla - Derek & the Dominos
3. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison
2. Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground (released a couple different times in different years)
1. Samba Pa Ti - Santana
Mentioning a bunch of others because it's the '70s now: Lola, Roadhouse Blues, Big Yellow Taxi, Immigrant Song, War, Mama Told Me (Not to Come), 25 or 6 to 4, Green-Eyed Lady, Evil Ways, Get Ready, Look What They've Done to My Song, Our House, Ooh Child, Who'll Stop the Rain, Everybody Is a Star, Express Yourself and, yup, All Right Now.
Best song: Let It Be
1. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water / Cecilia -
2. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song / Since I've Been Loving You -
3. Santana - Black Magic Woman / Samba Pa Ti -
4. C. S. N. & Y. - Teach Your Children Well / Almost Cut My Hair / Helpless -
5. Nick Drake - Northern Sky / Poor Boy -
6. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Run Through The Jungle / Who'll Stop The Rain -
7. Pink Floyd - If / Summer 68 / Fat Old Sun -
8. The Beatles - Let It Be / Across The Universe -
9. Led Zeppelin - Tangerine / Bron-Y-Aur Stomp -
10. Van Morrison - Moondance / And It Stoned Me -
11. Fleetwood Mac - Love That Burns / Man Of The World -
12. Derek & The Dominos - Layla -
13. The Kinks - Lola -
14. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World -
15. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime -
16. Cat Stevens - Wild World / Father And Son -
17. Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come -
18. Eric Burdon & War - Spill The Wine -
19. Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider / In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed -
20. Bob Dylan - Early Morning Rain / If Not For You -
21. Eric Clapton - After Midnight / Let It Rain -
22. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed -
23. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord -
24. Rare Earth - Get Ready -
25. Deep Purple - Child In Time / Black Night -
- Fire And Rain -
- Ohio -
- American Woman -
- Big Yellow Taxi -
- Stormbringer - ....
What’s with everyone including Nick Drake songs? Bryter Layter was released in March of 71. -Jason
@@TastesLikeMusic Yeah Jason, recorded in 1970, but released in March next year.My Mistake, just one album of Nick and it will be over in 1972.
@@TastesLikeMusic Apparently promo copies were sent out in 1970 and some artwork issues delayed the full release. You're right about it being 1971, but some sources will list it as 1970 for that reason (Rateyourmusic, for instance). That's probably where the confusion comes from.
@@TimeToGetAlone The CD booklet of the re-issue I have (from Island records) adds even more to this confusion as it says "Record first published in 1970" but gives official release date 1971 (here it says 14/1/71) for ILPS 9134.
Another List, Another....
I've got nothing, but Songs.
The Who - Summertime Blues Live
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother Suite
Grateful Dead - Uncle John's Band
Uriah Heep - Dreammare
Yes - Astral Traveler
Jethro Tull - With You there to Help Me
Santana - Mother's Daughter
Mott the Hoople - No Wheels to Ride
Deep Purple - Child in Time
Grand Funk Railroad - Sin's a Good Man's Brother
The Doors - Peace Frog
Syd Barrett - Terrapin
Allman Brothers Band - Leave My Blues at Home
Trapeze - Fairytale/Verily Verily
Led Zeppelin - Tangerine
King Crimson - Cadence and Cascade
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Take a Pebble
Genesis - The Knife
Gentle Giant - Why Not?
Hawkwind - Paranoia
Fleetwood Mac - This is the Rock
CCR - I heard it through the Grapevine
Elton John - Take Me to the Pilot
Again, Too much.
01. Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
02. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane
03. The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
04. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
05. George Harrison - What Is Life
06. The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll
07. The Kinks - A Long Way from Home
08. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World
09. Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours
10. The Stooges - T.V. Eye