Our Favorite Songs of 1971 | Songs of the Year
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- Welcome to our Songs of the Year series. Today we're looking at 1971!
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. "Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
2. "Maggie May"/"Reason to Believe" - Rod Stewart
3. "It's Too Late"/"I Feel the Earth Move" - Carole King
4. "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
5. "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - Bee Gees
6. "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
7. "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
8. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver
9. "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations
10. "Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
11. "Me and Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin
12. "Tired of Being Alone" - Al Green
13. "Want Ads" - Honey Cone
14. "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - The Undisputed Truth
15. "Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
16. "You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor
17. "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight
18. "Brown Sugar" - The Rolling Stones
19. "Do You Know What I Mean" - Lee Michaels
20. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez
21. "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
22. "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney
23. "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
24. "Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band
25. "She's a Lady" - Tom Jones
26. "I've Found Someone of My Own" - The Free Movement
27. "Superstar" - Murray Head & The Trinidad Singers
28. "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed
29. "Temptation Eyes" - The Grass Roots
30. "Superstar" - The Carpenters
31. "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
32. "Sweet and Innocent" - Donny Osmond
33. "Put Your Hand in the Hand" - Ocean
34. "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" - Daddy Dewdrop
35. "For All We Know" - The Carpenters
36. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Sammi Smith
37. "Rainy Days and Mondays" - The Carpenters
38. "If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
39. "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" - Cher
40. "Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5
41. "Rose Garden" - Lynn Anderson
42. "Don't Pull Your Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
43. "It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr
44. "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
45. "I Love You for All Seasons" - The Fuzz
46. "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get" - The Dramatics
47. "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - Carly Simon
48. "If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder
49. "Spanish Harlem" - Aretha Franklin
50. "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Helen Reddy
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17) Cry Baby -Janis Joplin 16) Super Stupid -Funkadelic 15) Maggie May -Rod Stewart 14) A Case Of You -Joni Mitchell 13) The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys -Traffic 12) Too Late -Carole King 11) Tiny Dancer -Elton John 10) Tupelo Honey -Van Morrison 9) Crosseyed Mary -Jethro Tull 8) Behind Blue Eyes -Who 7) L.A. Woman -Doors 6) Jungle Strut -Santana 5) When The Levee Breaks -Led Zeppelin 4) Children Of The Grave -Black Sabbath 3) Roundabout -Yes 2) Bitch -Rolling Stones 1) Echoes -Pink Floyd
Yet another great year for music. I was a junior in HS and I took it all for granted because I was spoiled growing up in the 60's. I didn't realize the explosion of great music was the exception, not the rule.
1. Til I Die (Beach Boys/Surf's Up)
2. One In a Hundred (Gene Clark/White Light)
3. The Song of the Wandering Aengus (Donovan/HMS Donovan)
4. Orleans (David Crosby/If Only I Could Remember My Name)
5. The Fountain of Salmacis (Genesis/Nursery Crime)
6. Baby Blue (Badfinger/Straight Up)
7. Roundabout (Yes/Fragile)
8. Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who/Who's Next)
9. Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin/Led Zeppelin IV)
10. For a Spanish Guitar (Gene Clark/White Light)
11. Emily's Song (Moody Blues/Every Good Boy Deserves Favor)
I fully agree to your assessment that growing up in those years we just took the endless stream of great music for granted, only in hindsight it became clear how very lucky we were. When I look into my collection from 1969 - 75 there were 2 albums of 4 star or better on average every week. It was just a big adventure and so many different styles and approaches to music. (The good thing is that everything is still accessible today...except for the pleasure of first discovery.)
One of my favorite years in Pop/Rock music.
Here are my favorites--
1. Have You Ever Seen the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Albert Flasher, The Guess Who
3. I Just Want to Celebrate, Rare Earth
4. Won't Get Fooled Again, The Who
5. Go Down Gamblin', Blood Sweat & Tears
6. Absolutely Right, Five Man Electrical Band
7. Brown Sugar, The Rolling Stones
8. Wild World, Cat Stevens
9. Rainy Days & Mondays, The Carpenters
10. Temptations Eyes, The Grass Roots
11. Let Your Love Go, Bread
12. Rain Dance, The Guess Who
13. Mother Freedom, Bread
14. Charity Ball, Fanny
15. Getting in Tune, The Who
16. Amos Moses, Jerry Reed
17. Chestnut Mare, The Byrds
18. So Long Bannatyne, The Guess Who
19. That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be, Carly Simon
20. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul & Linda McCartney
Appreciate you guys introducing me to "new" (to me!) music from years gone by! Thanks!
The greatest year in popular music, but especially on albums, not necessarily songs.
Hits:
5. Imagine - John Lennon
4. Mediterraneo - Manuel Serrat
3. American pie - Don McLean
2. What's going on? - Marvin Gaye
1. LA Woman - The Doors
Wildcards:
5. Northern sky - Nick Drake
4. A Plague of lighthouse keepers - Van der Graaf Generator
3. Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Echoes - Pink Floyd
Song of the year - The Musical Box - Genesis
Ole Manel Serrat! Visca el Mediterraneo.
@@guillembg9535 both my sons were born on the Mediterranean and this song is close to my heart. A sweeping tribute to a lifestyle and culture 🥳
Me and Bobby McGee Janis Joplin
Behind Blue Eyes The Who
Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
Mandolin Wind Rod Stewart
River Joni Mitchell
Music Is Love David Crosby
Theme From Shaft Isaac Hayes
Stairway To Heaven Led Zeppelin
What's Going On Marvin Gaye
Riders On The Storm The Doors
mandolin wind is a nice 1 i forgot!
For pure rock and roll it's hard to beat Stay With Me, not just in 71 but any year. That intro melts faces and all the false endings are just delightful.
That whole album (A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse) is amazing. One of the best party albums ever. When I'm at work and I really need to relax, I put this album on my headphones.
The recent documentary _1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything_ is worth checking out. A great historical deep dive.
My Top '71
Beaver & Krause - Good Places
Egg - A Visit To Newport Hospital
Pink Floyd - Echoes
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
Aretha Franklin - Rocksteady
Beach Boys - Til I Die
John Lennon - Jealous Guy
McCartney - Ram
Nina Simone - Here Comes The Sun
Carole King - It's Too Late
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Bowie - Life On Mars?/Width Of A Circle
James Brown & The JB's - Ain't It Funky Now/Soul Power
T Rex - Jeepster
Genesis - Return Of The Giant Hogweed
The Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Zep - When The Levee Breaks
Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day & John Coltrane
My God, how could I forget "Echoes?!?!?" One of the greatest songs ever. 1971 was totally loaded.
I am pretty sure that you and I are not the only ones here who like Egg (and other Canterbury bands from that pool of musicians), even if I must confess that I never can recall the individual song titles from those albums.
Early Scott-Heron albums are also highly recommended.
Stairway??????
Gil Scott-Heron ftw. 👊🎵
Chart songs of 71
1. Mercy Mercy Me ( Marvin Gaye)
2. Tired of Being alone ( Al Green)
3. Tiny Dancer ( Elton John)
4. Mr Big Stuff ( Jean Knight)
5. Rock n Roll ( Led Zeppelin )
Deep cuts
1.Into the Void ( Black Sabbath)
2. California ( Joni Mitchell)
3. Heart of the Country ( Paul Mcartney)
4. Northern Sky ( Nick Drake. )
5 . Right on ( Marvin Gaye)
Worst song : is this the way to Amarillo ( Tony Christie)
These late 60s/early 70s years are all pretty great to me all around. So many classic songs that have just aged really well. This is no exception, and the many great albums coming out around this time don't hurt either.
BILLBOARD
1. *Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye #4* (Mellow and smooth. The subtle backing vocals take it to another level.)
2. *Wild Horses by The Rolling Stones #28* (Bittersweet country ballad. Easily among my favorites of their post-60s songs.)
3. *Another Day by Paul McCartney #5* (To me his most Beatles-esque solo single, in all the best ways.)
4. *What Is Life by George Harrison #10* (Classic single from the previous year's All Things Must Pass album.)
5. *Stay With Me by Faces #17* (Just a really fun rocker with killer guitar all over the place.)
WILDCARD
1. WINNER: *Surf's Up by The Beach Boys* (Smile-era masterpiece finally sees the light of day. Preference goes to the later-released versions with Brian on lead throughout, but the song is stellar in any form.)
2. *Life on Mars? by David Bowie* (Glorious, dynamic classic that is among his absolute best. I love the strings especially.)
3. *Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin* (Classic rock epic for good reason. I love the way it builds and I'm not sick of it at all.)
4. *Caroline Goodbye by Colin Blunstone* (Lush baroque pop with a melody that sounds somehow ahead of its time. Highly recommended for fans who know him from the Zombies.)
5. *'Til I Die by The Beach Boys* (Beautiful harmonies set to a haunting melody and Brian at his most nihilistic.)
Top 10 HM
Queen Bitch by David Bowie
L.A. Woman by The Doors
WORST:
Chick-a-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It) by Daddy Dewdrop #9 (Really annoying song that gets stuck in your head. Terribly sung and the music is plodding as can be as well. It's like a worse cousin of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show's "Cover of the Rolling Stone".)
Worst Song Runners Up:
Once You Understand by Think
Battle of Hymn of Lt. Calley by C Company featuring Terry Nelson
surfs up ... so beyond great
Best Songs Matches:
*38 - Kram +1*
*38 - Joe +3*
*28 - Jason +2*
Worst Songs Matches:
4 - Jason
2 - Joe
0 - Kram
Top Song Votes:
8 - Jason
5 - Joe
*4 - Kram*
For me, "What Is Life" by GH may be my favorite and best post-Beatles Beatles song. It's like from the Magical Mystery Tour era but even crisper and more vibrant. I looove it. Good call. 👍🎵
@@davidbeckman7925 I was somewhat late to the party with it since it never popped up on classic rock radio and I hadn't explored the Beatles solo much. Hearing it for the first time felt like discovering a long lost, but fully-formed Beatles track.
@@TimeToGetAlone Ever heard the Gram Parson's version of Wild Horses? His vocal is dynamite but it's missing Keith's plaintive guitar.
Of the 26 songs I played and replayed this week, 20 of them could have slotted in the top 5. This year was brutal. I had to limit my playlist to 26 songs to keep it under 3 hours. Long songs dominate my list, especially the deeper cuts that did not crack the top 5. In the end, this is what I have:
Hot 100 charts:
1. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
2. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
3. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
4. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
5. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Wild cards:
1. Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
2. Starship Trooper - Yes
3. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
4. Baba O'Riley - The Who
5. Life on Mars - David Bowie
Song of the Year: Rock and Roll
Led Zep wins for the second year in a row. This surprised me. But Rock and Roll is one of my all-time favorite songs from any band, and I decided earlier in this process that I was not going to punish songs for being popular and thus overplayed. Won't Get Fooled Again crept into the top 5 when I discovered a higher rated song was not released as a single until 1972. I could have slipped it into the Wild Cards, but instead I'll chart it next week.
One more note-- I can tell you who comprised the Donny Osmond market. I was in fourth grade at the time. Every fourth grade girl was in love with him. So there's your answer. To appreciate Donny Osmond, you have to channel your inner fourth grade girl.
And one more thing. Slate has a great podcast hosted by Chris Molanphy. The current episode is focused on the Hot 100 charts for 1971. It's worth a listen as a companion piece to this episode.
your right about Donny Osmond. There was a girl in my grade 4 class that loved him as well. Even had a Donny Osmond lunch box.
1971
Chart:
1.Theme from Shaft : Isaac Hayes
2. Hot Love : T-Rex
3. Black Dog : Led Zeppelin
4. Got to be there: Michael Jackson
5. So Far Away: Carole King
Non-chart
1. Halleluwah: Can
2. In Memory of Elizabeth Reed: Allman Brothers ( live version from At Fillmore East)
3. Right Off : Miles Davis
4. Northern Sky : Nick Drake
5. Maggot Brain: Funkadelic
Worst song : Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep:Middle of the Road
This is the first time in 50 years that I was reminded of that Middle of the Road song. Just too good that we do not need to hear it...for those who do not know it, the band name and the song title are a double warning already.
chirpy chirpy , cheep cheep , yikes yikes
i did it spent 3 minutes of my life listening to that awful song , good thing cocktail hour is almost here!!
Yes. Another fan of the Theme from Shaft! That wah wah guitar sound was pretty unusual for the time.
Billboard:
1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
2. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
3. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
4. Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
5. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Wildcard:
1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
3. Echoes - Pink Floyd
4. Moonlight Mile - The Rolling Stones
5. The Back Seat of My Car - Paul McCartney
1) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
2) Imagine - John Lennon
3) Another Day - Paul McCartney
4) Baba O Riley - The Who
5) Four Sticks - Led Zeppelin
6) Without You - Harry Nilsson
7) Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
8) Your Song - Elton John
9) When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
10) Changes - David Bowie
11) Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR
12) Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
13) One of These Days - Pink Floyd
14) What is Life - George Harrison
15) Aint no Sunshine - Bill Withers
Worst
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Bridget The Midget - Ray Stevens
Indian Reservation - Paul Revere and the Raiders
Sweet and Innocent - Donny Osmond
Yo Yo - The Osmonds
One Bad Apple - The Osmonds
Nice list. Zeppelin rules.
@@ttmilbr thanks. They, Floyd and Radiohead are my three favorite bands probably.
Bridget the Midget would have been my worst song pick, but it just missed the top 40.
@@TimeToGetAlone yeah i haven't been careful about where the worst chart
@@frodofraggins I completely agree about One Bad Apple - it is just a blatant rip-off of the Jackson 5
1. Baba O'Riley - The Who
2. It's Too Late - Carole King
3. Little Green - Joni Mitchell
4. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
5. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
6. Riders on the Storm - The Doors
7. Starship Trooper - Yes
8. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
9. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
10. When the Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Please shoot Joe's reaction to Jason's Top 5 Wild Cards directly into my veins.
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Osmonds - One Bad Apple
Tony Orlando & Dawn - Knock Three Times
Partridge Family - Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted
Cher - Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves
Lobo - Me & You and A Dog Named Boo
...... a 10yr old kid with an AM transistor radio. Think I might have had all these on a K-Tel record
One Bad Apple is underrated. A Jackson 5 imitation , obviously but a pretty good one I thought . Being a pop music fan was different back then
@@edwardschuster4962 totally agree Edward - so many classic "pop" songs from the early-mid 70s
Good picks. I considered that Lobo track for my list. Put the Partridge Family Christmas song as my number 1.
1. Genesis- The fountain of Salmacis
2. Elton John- Tiny dancer
3. Uriah heep- Salisbury
4. Gentle giant- Pantagruel's nativity
5. Wings- Some people never know
6. Jethro Tull- My god
7. Black Sabbath- Into the void
8. Yes- Heart of the sunrise
9. David Bowie- Quicksand
10. Led Zeppelin- Stairway to heaven
Only Hot 100 songs again!
1. Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again - #15 - The Fortunes
2. (Where Do I Begin) Love Story - #9 - Andy Williams
3. I'll Meet You Halfway - #9 - The Partridge Family
4. Brand New Key - #1 - Melanie
5. Stay Awhile - #7 - The Bells
6. 1900 Yesterday - #33 - Liz Damon's Orient Express
7. What Are You Doing Sunday - #39 - Dawn
8. Got To Be There - #4 - Michael Jackson
9. Lonely Days - #3 - The Bee Gees
10. I've Found Someone Of My Own - #5 - The Free Movement
here goes
10 it dont come easy ringo
9 stay with me the faces
8 walk away james gang
7 albert flasher the guess who
6 mambo sun t-rex
5 black dog zep
4 sway the stones
3 the changeling doors
2 jeepster t-rex
1baby blue badfinger
HM
color me purple next 5 years
fireball
no no no
demons eye
jealous guy lennon
zep when the levee breaks
misty mountain hop
get it while you can janis j
can you here me knocking stones
the fountain of salmacis genesis
do you know what i mean lee michaels
i got the blues stones
queen bitch bowie
under my wheels , is it my body A cooper
a little below 70 and what will be 72 for me
Hats off to Albert.
Hey Bengal, we matched 1 song, and 4 same artists😁...do you know what I mean was on my HM but didn't list it..love it..great list!!!
@@sherryraisbeck9547 yah i knew we were gonna have 1 match, From our chatting thought we might have a 2nd, i knew stairway, thought you might go another zep
ahh nice - I had Jeepster on my HM list - nice to see the changeling there but love her madly was my doors t 10 pick - we both have mambo sun top 10 - janis. bowie, alice picks all the same - cool
@@sherryraisbeck9547 hi have a great holiday season and i mean that!! hope all is well and i miss you and im sure others miss you as well! 😍😍
1. American Pie - Don McLean
2. Rock N ' Roll - Led Zeppelin
3. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
4. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
5. Bargain - The Who
6. If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder
7. Changes - David Bowie
8. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
9. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
10. Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
Nice job guys. Joe, thanks for the Faces and Rod Stewart shout out. Rod’s album Every Picture Tells A Story came out that year, it’s great. Jason, thanks for the John Prine mention. His debut album that year was unbelievable. I was 10 years old in 1971, and I loved Admiral Halsey, but I don’t think I can sit through it today. Love the videos.
My top 5 "Billboard Hot 100 singles"
2. "Another Day" / McCartney, Paul / Album: (single) (1971)
3. "I Just Want To Celebrate" / Rare Earth / Album: One World (1971)
4. “Blue Money” / Morrison, Van / Album: His Band And The Street Choir (1971)
5. “Hymn 43” / Jethro Tull / Album: Aqualung (1971)
My top 5 "Wildcard picks"
1. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" / The Rolling Stones / Album: Sticky Fingers (1971)
2. "Knife, The" / Genesis / Album: Trespass (1971)
3. “Jessica” / Bloodrock / Album: Bloodrock 3 (1971)
4. "Every Picture Tells A Story" / Rod Stewart / Album: Every Picture Tells A Story (1971)
5. "Angel" / Hendrix, Jimi / Album: Cry Of Love (1971)
Worst song of the year
1. "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
Song of the year
1. "What's Going On" / Gaye, Marvin / Album: What's Going On (1971)
1)Maggie May - Rod Stewart
2)It's Too Late - Carole King
3)Blue - Joni Mitchell
4)What's Goin' On - Marvin Gaye
5)Anticipation - Carly Simon
6)Bargain - The Who
7)Get It On - T.Rex
8)Changes - David Bowie
9)Nathan Jones - The Supremes
10)Carey - Joni Mitchell
11)Just My Imagination - The Temptations
12)Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
13)My Brother Jake - Free
14)It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
15)My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
16)Watching the River Flow - Bob Dylan
17)Long Flowing Robe - Todd Rundgren
18)Strawberry Letter 23 - Shuggie Otis
19)Let's See Action - The Who
20)Riders on the Storm - The Doors
'No Stairway' .Denied!
For me, 1971 is Carole King. Surprised she didn't get a mention.
Hot 100:
5. Wild World - Cat Stevens
4. Love the One You're With - Steven Stills
3. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
2. Superstar - Carpenters
1. It's Too Late - Carole King
Wild cards
5. Bitter Blue - Cat Stevens
4. River - Joni Mitchell
3. Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
2. Stay With Me - Faces
1. Jealous Guy - John Lennon
Worst: Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
Best: It's Too Late
Her album is great all the way through but I don’t know if anything really stands out above the rest. - Joe
I've always thought It's Too Late sounded so much like a Rundgren song.
Joe’s pick of “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey” for worst of the year is so ridiculous that it almost makes me want to flash forward in my mind to a Prince Listography scenario where Jason gives Purple Rain 2-1/2 stars. 😜
I’m thinking “Life on Mars?” (my favorite Bowie song) would be the winner for me. Also in contention is probably my favorite Genesis song “The Return of the Giant Hogweed”, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “Baba O’Riley” from some obscure album called Who’s Next, the great “unplayed live for over 30 years” Yes song “South Side of the Sky”, “One of These Things First” from Nick Drake and yeah, I guess “Stairway to Heaven” too.
"Bewlay Brothers" is my fav Bowie song.
Oh one of these things first is immense on Bryter Layter....great picks...oh and Rich Bewley Bros always raises the hairs on my arms....something about its tone....is so damn vital
I agree with Joe. When “Hands across the water’ kicks in, ‘Uncle Albert.Admiral Halsey’ becomes so annoying to my ears, I cant turn the radio dial fast enough. Horrible song to me. Sorry.
@@mrp4242 Still, it seems like Joe’s taking the “piss off Jason and Kramzer” approach to his assignment, rather than actually listening to as many bad 70’s hits as possible. 😉
No big fan of solo McCartney but come on. It's a worse song than Chick A Boom???? Really.
Caroline Goodbye is GREAT !!!!! Thank you JASON !!!!!!!!!!
1971 is the BEST YEAR EVER: can't really put my songs or albums in order, but "ECHOES" is my favorite Pink Floyd song because it "TRANSENDS" me every time!
In the days before MTV etc there was Pink Floyd at Pompeii and I went to the movies to see it. A great performance of Echoes (and some other Floyd songs of that era). That single piano ping at the beginning has an effect on me like the bell for Pavlov's dog...
Most of the kitschy radio hits were great - Draggin the Line, Resurrection Shuffle, Sweet City Woman, Don’t Pull Your Love, I Just Wanna Celebrate, Mr Big Stuff, even Chick a Boom. The soul hits this year was a tidal wave of greatness. Mercy, Mercy Me; Just My Imagination; Give More Power to the People (Chi Lites); Smiling Faces Sometimes; What You See Is What You Get; Tired of Being Alone; and Ain’t No Sunshine. I even loved If Not For Young by Olivia and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez because I was too young to have heard or know about the originals yet. It was a magical year of ratio hits for a ten year old discovering rock music.
Hymn 43 is the best song off of 1 of the greatest albums, finally Tull getting some love👍
My vote goes to Jason’s pick of Graham Nash “Better Days”. I agree that “Songs for Beginners” is an excellent album, and I’ll even go further and say that the follow-up album “Wild Tales” is equally as excellent. When Jason picked “Songs for Beginners” as his album of the year, it inspired me to take another listen to a record that I hadn’t paid much attention to before. I fell in love with it. Then discovered the genius of “Wild Tales”. So thank you for pointing me in the direction of Graham Nash.
First posthumous Hendrix album, Cry Of Love, came out in 1971 and was great,,,
Hot 100 -
1. Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
2. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
3. Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Charley Pride
4. Behind Blue Eyes - The Who
5. Freedom - Jimi Hendrix
Wildcards -
1. Maggie May (album version) - Rod Stewart (#1 for the year, consistently a top 10 overall song for decades)
2. My Friend - Jimi Hendrix
3. Stay With Me - The Faces
4. Angel - Jimi Hendrix
5. Watching The River Flow - Bob Dylan
11. Dead Flowers - The Rolling Stones
12. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
13. It's Alright - Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers
14. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
15. Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
16. I Got The Blues - The Rolling Stones
17. Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
18. Get It On (Bang A Gong) - T. Rex
19. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
20. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
21. Under My Wheels - Alice Cooper
22. American Pie - Don McLean
23. Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor and the Houserockers
24. Rock And Roll - Led Zeppelin
25. Ain't Nobody Home - B.B. King
26. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
27. Bitch - The Rolling Stones
28. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
29. Teenage Head - The Flamin' Groovies
30. Jumpin' Jack Flash - Johnny Winter
1. My Christmas Card to You- The Partridge Family
2. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey- Paul & Linda McCartney
3. Another Day- Paul McCartney
4. Don't Be Shy- Cat Stevens
5. Rainy Days and Mondays- Carpenters
6. L.A. Woman- The Doors
7. 'Til I Die- The Beach Boys
8. Brown Sugar- The Rolling Stones
9. Queen Bitch- David Bowie
10. Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again- The Fortunes
Nice list. I also have LA Woman but as an HM. Love Her Madly on my top 10. The bowie song was #2. Got several Cat Stevens songs on HM. I'm glad the Teaser and the Fireacat album got some praise in this video. chk my list if you get a chance. BTW, I think it is great that you went w your personal fave for #1. (I think people don't always do that . .)
@@NaughtyVampireGod Hey. Nice to see Bowie placed so high at #2! Awesome song. Yeah, it was cool Kramzer mentioned Teaser. Probably Cat's best. I like that Grass Roots song you listed- Temptation Eyes. Love Her Madly is my 2nd favorite on LA Woman. The 72 top 10 is gonna be harder for me to rank.
@@cheapcinemachannel4548 Hey - - finalizing my 72 list as we speak. i got my top 3 but the order is different every re-listen. I will be listing 15-20 HMs. Lots of Lou Reed. Huge year for him.
My 5 Wildcards:
5. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
4. Yes - Roundabout
3. Can - Halleluhwah
2. David Bowie - Life on Mars
1. Pink Floyd - Echoes
1. Day After Day - Badfinger
2. Oh Yoko! - John Lennon
3. Superstar - The Carpenters
4. Life On Mars? - David Bowie
5. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
6. Have You Ever Seen The Rain? - Creedence Clearwater Revival
7. I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman
8. Just My Imagination - The Temptations
9. It's Too Late - Carole King
10. Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
11. Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
12. Me And My Arrow - Harry Nilsson
13. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees
14. It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
15. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
16. The Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues
17. Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
18. Better Days - Graham Nash
19. I Woke Up In Love This Morning - The Partridge Family
20. You Are Everything - The Stylistics
Special mention to Church Of Anthrax - John Cale & Terry Riley
1971 faves:
THE HITS
10. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
9. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
8. Everybody’s Everything - Santana
7. Imagine - John Lennon
6. What Is Life - George Harrison
5. Won’t Get Fooled Again - The Who
4. I’d Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
3. Story In Your Eyes - Moody Blues
2. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1. Wild Horses - Rolling Stones
WILDCARDS
10. Perfection - Badfinger
9. I Used To Be A King - Graham Nash
8. 10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
7. Death May Be Your Santa Claus - Mott The Hoople
6. The Barbarian - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Starship Trooper - Yes
4. Islands - King Crimson
3. Northern Sky - Nick Drake
2. Echoes - Pink Floyd
1. Musical Box - Genesis
WORST SONG
Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
Billboard:
2. Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair
3. Nilsson - Without You
4. Al Green - Let’s Stay Together
5. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
*wish I could’ve gotten The Carpenters on there!
Wildcard:
1. The Beach Boys - Surf’s Up
2. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
3. Carole King - You’ve Got a Friend
4. Gil Scott-Heron w/ Pretty Purdie and the Playboys - The Revolution Will Not Be Television
5. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
Worst SOTY: Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
BEST SOTY: Carole King - It’s Too Late (a top 20 song for me ever!)
I was 12 in this year and I can only confirm what the boys say in the intro, radio did not play a role anymore (except for a pirate station we had that was influenced by Radio Caroline in offshore Europe, they even broadcasted some programs taped from that station). I did not care about charts, it was all albums and word of mouth and looking for album coverinfo. Some great songs in hindsight made some chart entries in some countries but that did not matter at all at the time.
Since all really great songs were on top albums, I go deeper this year in my selection.
HM - Faces - Stay With Me, Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair, Rare Earth - I Just Want to Celebrate (The In Concert version that was as well released in 1971 was even better), Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee, Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
5. Harry Nilsson - Jump Into the Fire (Without You was the big (s)hit from the album, this was the unlikely second single from Schmilsson - but go for the album version with Herbie Flowers' bass solo and Chris Spedding in full flight.)
4. Slade - Get Down and Get With it (There may not have been any week in the first half of the 70s that did not have a Slade song on the charts in the UK. Any of their songs is great guilty rock 'n' roll pleasure, nothing more - but that is also some achievement and I simply love them for the sheer fun of it...What can be better than Slade doing Little Richard? Slade Alive is among the best heavy metal live albums of all time.)
3. War - Slippin' Into Darkness (Their studio output always was a bit too "watery" for me, their best is the 1973 Live album, which features an 18 minute version of this song with Lee Oskar's greatest harmonica performance ever.)
2. Uriah Heep - Lady in Black (Every hard or heavy band needs their acoustic ballad that builds up to the Stairway finale...few however have a writer like Ken Hensley who can come up with such an enduring classic. From the Salisbury album, it was successfully released as a single in some countries but originally not in the UK itself. Even David Byron refused to sing it, so Hensley provides the lead vocals here. Over the years however, it became one of the band's staples.)
1. T.Rex - Get It On (Marc Bolan doing Chuck Berry - he pays his dues to the master in the outro...meanwhile I was still thinking...This song never gets old.)
t rex , awesome . i had two trex on my top 10 list.
Where do you put electric warrior?
@@bengalgangster My go-to T Rex album is 1972's Bolan Boogie and that is a compilation (4 stars). T Rex appears on my SOTY list because their albums were never in my AOTY's. I had one song already for 1970 and have another next year but there is no regular album that I rate higher than 3,5.
@@roxannewalsh it’s good to see Slade getting some deserved recognition. I almost included Coz I Luv You but that just missed my list.
same #1 pick
@@bryanbyrde8338 Coz I Luv You with Jim Lea's crazy fiddle, another great one for sure.
1971 Billboard
Get it on- T Rex
Family Affair- Sly and the Family Stone
Rainy Days and Mondays -The Carpenters
Mercy , Mercy Me -Marvin Gaye
A long time , a long way to go - Todd Rundgren ( note to Jason , this song also charted in 1971 at 92 ..just an FYI 😊…I prefer this to Be Nice to Me )
Wildcards :
The Revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott Heron
Melody - Serge Gainsbourg
Avalanche - Leonard Cohen
Into the Void - Black Sabbath
Miss Fortune - Faust
Worst song -Rose Garden : Lynn Anderson
Hot 100
1. Behind Blue Eyes / The Who
2. Wild Horses / Rolling Stones
3. Superstar / The Carpenters
4. I Am I Said / Neil Diamond /
5. Mercy Mercy Me Marvin Gaye / Country Roads John Denver
Deep Cuts
1. Quicksand or Life on Mars / David Bowie / Dead Flowers / Rolling Stones
2. Going Mobile or Baba O'Reily / The Who
3. The Musical Box / Genesis
4. Roundabout / Yes
5. Echoes / Pink Floyd
I will go with Kramzer for song of the year with "River" by Joni Mitchell
My top 10 favorites are:
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys-Traffic -wild card
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking?-The Rolling Stones -wild card
Bargain-The Who-wild card
Stay With Me-The Faces-billboard #17
Summer Side of Life-Gordon Lightfoot-billboard #38
Tupelo Honey-Van Morrison -billboard #47
I Am, I Said-Neil Diamond-billboard #4
Funky Nassau-The Beginning of the End-billboard #15
Maggie May-Rod Stewart-billboard #1
Rose Garden-Lynn Anderson-Billboard #3
In the words of Judge Smalls from Caddyshack, "Well...We're waiting..."
@@edgustafson LOL don't know what happened
1. Faces - Stay With Me
2. Led Zeppelin - When The Levee Breaks
3. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
4. Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat
5. Nick Drake - One of These Things First
My top 3 are all in Joe's picks, that's pretty cool. If you could only find some love in your heart for some mellow, sentimental singer-songwriters Joe, we could have done a clean sweep.
stay with me great , my #9
Billboard:
1.Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
2.The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
3.Derek & the Dominos - Layla
4.The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
5.Issac Hayes - Shaft
Wildcards:
1.Grand Funk Railroad - Footstompin' Music
2.Booker T & the M.G.'s - Melting Pot
3.The Stylistics - People Make The World Go Round
4.Sly & the Family Stone - Family Affair
5.Grand Funk Railroad - I Come Tumblin'
Billboards Worst:
Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-a-Boom
Other Songs I Dig From 1971:
Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)
The Temptations - Just My Imagination
James Brown - Blues & Pants
The Doors - Riders Of The Storm
Carole King - It's Too Late
The Jackson 5 - Never Can Say Goodbye
Three Dog Night - Liar
Chicago - The Approaching Storm
Bloodrock - Kool-Aid-Kids
Cactus - Guiltless Glider
Edgar Winter - Let's Get It On
Gil Scott Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Miles Davis - Right Off
Soft Machine - Teeth
Jimmy McGriff - The Bird
Earth, Wind & Fire - I Think About Lovin' You
Bill Withers - I'm Her Daddy
Fanny - Soul Child
If - Your City Is Falling
Uriah Heep - Time To Live
Sugarloaf - Tongue In Cheek
The Dramatics - Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
The Nite-Liters - K-Jee
Rare Earth - I Just Want To Celebrate
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
Santana - Everybody's Everything
The Stylistics - You Are Everything
Brenda And The Tabulations - Right On The Tip Of My Tongue
The Isley Brothers - Love The One You're With
10)Brother,Brother-CAROLE KING 9) I'd love to change the world-TEN YEARS AFTER 8)Wild Horses-STONES 7)Debris-FACES 6) Life on Mars?-BOWIE 5) Song is Over-THE WHO 4) Oh My Love-JOHN LENNON 3) Heart of the Sunrise-YES 2) Inner City Blues-MARVIN GAYE 1) My God-JETHRO TULL
Count on Jason to bring out all the obscure choices.
He does love the runt.
Well if you look at alot of lists not many have the same winner....it's all pot luck....mine hasn't been mentioned once but I guess that makes it more 'your song'....🙄 That ones for Joe🤠
Great Finds, Jason!!! I especially love the Colin Blunstone and Graham Nash tracks. You have great taste as always.
My Top 5
1. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
2. Life on Mars? - David Bowie
3. You've Got a Friend - Carole King
4. Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
5. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
And BOOM, with the onset of McCartney Solo works, I'm now with Jason HAHA. At least for those two songs. I would also add "Back Seat of My Car" from Ram as a wild card pick (and honestly I would pick Another Day above Admiral Halsey but that does not change Joe and Kramzer being plain wrong about this one). Other than that, love the Yes pick from Kram and Stay With Me from Joe as well! And Life on Mars, but gosh I also love Oh You Pretty Things just about as much. Anyways, what a fun year, loved this vid! Totally not ready to actually make my own list, but I AM gonna go listen to the playlists, excited to check out the Graham Nash song (I've listened to that album and like it, just can't remember...) EDIT, forgot, LOVE Surfs Up too! A total Beach Boys Fave AND most importantly, y'all's Beach Boys Videos were the first ones I watched! Started the whole Listography obsession...
My 1971 Top 10:
1. LED ZEPPELIN ´´Stairway to Heaven´´
2. DAVID BOWIE ´´Life on Mars´´
3. THE DOORS ´´Riders on the Storm´´
4. THE WHO ´´Baba O´Riley´´
5. PINK FLOYD ´´Echoes´´
6. GENESIS ´´The Musical Box´´
7. KING CRIMSON ´´Formantera Lady´´
8. EMERSON LAKE & PALMER ´´Tarkus´´
9. THE MOODY BLUES ´´One More Time To Live´´
10. GEORGE HARRISON ´´My Sweet Lord´´
Greetings from Canary Islands
Erm… obvious choices but songs of the year - Stairway to Heaven, Imagine, Won’t Get Fooled Again, Riders of the Storm, Tiny Dancer. Wildcard pick - Carpenters Burt Bacharach Medley. Absolute ecstasy.
I grew up in this time, but I'd never heard Inner City Blues before. Holy heck. Beautiful. Just ordered the album. Thanks!!!
Good music sometimes finds you when you need it....whatever your age....a bit like Listography....ok that's my nice last comment for the year....used em a up....
I'm done.🧐🤘
BILLBOARD
5. Mr. Bojangles: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
4. I Don't Know How to Love Him: Yvonne Elliman (from Jesus Chris Superstar)
3. Take Me Home, Country Roads: John Denver
2. What's Going On: Marvin Gaye
1. WINNER
WILDCARD
5. Til I Die: The Beach Boys
4. Got to Begin Again: Billy Joel
3. L.A. Woman: The Doors
2. Moonlight Mile: The Rolling Stones
1. Statesboro Blues: The Allman Brothers Band
WORST: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez
BEST: Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin. No version of the song compares. Her vocals are stunning, and it has some fantastic instrumental work at the end too.
Even though she didn't compose it, Joplin made "Me And Bobby McGee" into her signature song, the definitive version of what has come to feel like a timeless classic.
Great call by Joe for "for a Spanish guitar". That Gene Clark record is criminally underated
I'll take Jason's side on the "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" divide. The whole Ram album is a blast.
Favorite song from the top 40 is either "Mercy Mercy Me" or "Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye. My favorite deep cut goes to "The Musical Box" by Genesis (though they have heavy competition from my favorite band of the 70s, Yes).
hits of 1971 (as per Billboard):
5 - Carole King: "I Feel The Earth Move"
4 - Cat Stevens: "Peace Train"
3 - Led Zeppelin: "Stairway To Heaven"
2 - The Rolling Stones: "Brown Sugar"
1 - The Who: "Won't Get Fooled Again" < SONG OF THE YEAR
deep tracks of 1971:
5 - Joni Mitchell: "California"
4 - The Kinks: "20th Century Man"
3 - Traffic: "The Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys"
2 - The Rolling Stones: "Can't You Hear Me Knocking"
1 - Led Zeppelin: "When The Levee Breaks"
worst song of 1971:
Bobby Goldsboro: "Watching Scotty Grow"
1) "What's Goin On?" - Marvin Gaye
2) "Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
3) "Jump Into the Fire" - Harry Nilsson
4) "Just My Imagination" - Temptations
5) "LA Woman" - The Doors
6) "Man in Black" - Johnny Cash
7) "Maggot Brain" - Funkadelic
8) "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver
9) "Every Picture Tells a Story" - Rod Stewart
10) "Baba O'Reilly" - The Who
HM "Heart of the Sunrise" - Yes
Worst Song - "You Are a Child of the Universe" - Les Crane
For me it is the album version of your #3 that rules, the single leaves out the essential parts.
@@roxannewalsh All my picks are just my favorite songs from the year, so I wasn't even aware there was a single version. I'll be sure to stay away from it. I think the big drum part is my favorite part of the song.
Watching the video has inspired me to highlight my favorite songs not mentioned from the same albums:
Moonlight Mile by the Rolling Stones (from Sticky Fingers)
-Wild Horses is great, but I was absolutely floored when I first heard this outside in a state park on a summer evening with friends. Like Joni's "River" song, the winter setting is so vivid no matter what time of year you listen to it.
Chain Letter by Todd Rundgren (from The Ballad of)
-I remember being baffled when Jason picked this album as his favorite of this year. I was already a Rundgren fan, but I had brushed this one off as an unmemorable precursor to Something/Anything. I decided to revisit it and it's incredible how much I started to appreciate the richness of the compositions and how well he demonstrates his songwriting skills on both the piano and guitar. The piano ballads definitely grew on me, but "Chain Letter" is the track that really strikes you on first listen.
Little Green by Joni Mitchell (from Blue)
-Hard album to choose, but the subject matter of this one is so unconventional from anything else that was being written around this time. Joni sings about heartbreak better than anyone, but a song about giving your baby away hits even harder.
In the Back Seat of My Car by Paul McCartney (from Ram)
I love the Ram album so much, and I'm pretty surprised the closer is barely known by anyone. It's one of McCartney's great epics. Listening to Linda and him singing "We believe that we can't be wrong" together as if they were ten years younger gets me every time.
Back Seat and Chain Letter are fantastic. Good picks. -Jason
Wailing Wall is my favorite on Ballad of TR. I considered it for Song of the Year but it ended up not even on my list. Such is the early 70’s. -Jason
interesting, someone pointed out that song from ram , to me about 2 weeks ago.
I had totally forgotten it over time!!
Pretty sure when Mick sings "head full of snow" he's not talking about winter...
I have to agree that 1971 is possibly the greatest year in music history - the strength in depth means that some all time greats have to miss out:
Billboard Top 100:
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Imagine - John Lennon
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher
Superstar - Carpenters
Without You - Harry Nilsson (I had this for 1972 before Jason mentioned it first charted in late ‘71)
Wildcards:
Bargain - The Who
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - Rolling Stones
Echoes - Pink Floyd
Jeepster - T Rex
Worst song: Johnny Reggae - The Piglets
(Another shocker from the UK - incredibly, this was a number 3 hit! It should be listened to once if you’ve never heard it before, just so you can experience how ghastly it is)
Song of the Year: Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
(A timeless rock masterpiece from arguably the greatest rock band ever. This song will still be as popular in 50 years time as it has been over the half century since it was released)
10. I Come Tumblin' - Grand Funk Railroad
9. Children Of The Grave - Black Sabbath
8. Be My Lover - Alice Cooper
7. Wind-Up - Jethro Tull
6. Perpetual Change - Yes
5. The Battle Of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
4. Baba O'Riley - The Who
3. Lord Of This World - Black Sabbath
2. Bird Of Prey - Uriah Heep
1. Life On Mars? - David Bowie
Others:
▪︎ Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
▪︎ A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers - Van Der Graaf Generator
▪︎ Echoes - Pink Floyd
▪︎ Demon's Eye - Deep Purple
▪︎ No One Came - Deep Purple
▪︎ Boat On The Charles - Todd Rundgren
▪︎ Planet Queen - T. Rex
▪︎ One Way... Or Another - Cactus
▪︎ Stone Cold Fever - Humple Pie
▪︎ Rollin' Stone - Humble Pie
▪︎ I Fall Apart - Rory Gallagher
▪︎ I'm Not Awake Yet - Rory Gallagher
▪︎ Jealous Guy - John Lennon
▪︎ Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey - Paul McCartney
▪︎ Monkeberry Moon Delight - Paul McCartey
▪︎ Wild Life - Wings
▪︎ Home Is Where I Want To Be - Mott The Hoople
▪︎ Journey - Mott The Hoople
▪︎ Playmate Of The Mouth - Procol Harum
▪︎ Our Guessing Game - The Moody Blue
▪︎ Quicksand - David Bowie
▪︎ 'Til I Die - The Beach Boys
▪︎ Have A Cuppa Tea - The Kinks
▪︎ Tiny Dancer - Elton John
▪︎ Day After Day - Badfinger
▪︎ The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
▪︎ Dreamin' In The Country - James Gang
▪︎ Breakthrough - Atomic Rooster
▪︎ Drowned My Life In Fear - Leaf Hound
▪︎ Work My Body - Leaf Hound
▪︎ The Park - Uriah Heep
▪︎ I Wanna Be Free - Uriah Heep
▪︎ Tears In My Eyes - Uriah Heep
▪︎ Shadow Of Grief - Uriah Heep
▪︎ Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
▪︎ Sway - The Rolling Stones
▪︎ Sister Morphine - The Rolling Stones
▪︎ Song Is Over - The Who
▪︎ Getting In Tune - The Who
▪︎ Let The Sky Fall - Ten Years After
▪︎ Valediction - Wishbone Ash
▪︎ It's All The Mind - Nektar
▪︎ You Shouldn't Do That - Hawkwind
▪︎ Vital Transformation - Mahavishnu Orchesta
▪︎ My God - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
▪︎ Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
▪︎ Pantagruel's Nativity - Gentle Giant
▪︎ The Moon Is Down - Gentle Giant
▪︎ The Musical Box - Genesis
▪︎ The Ruturn Of The Giant Hogweed - Genesis
▪︎ Starship Trooper - Yes
▪︎ Heart Of The Sunrise - Yes
▪︎ Ladies Of The Road - King Crimson
▪︎ Prelude: Song For The Gulls - King Crimson
▪︎ Islands - King Crimson
▪︎ Golf Girl - Caravan
▪︎ Jody - The Jeff Beck Group
▪︎ The Author - Badgie
▪︎ Rape Of The Locks - Badgie
▪︎ Into The Void - Black Sabbath
▪︎ Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
▪︎ When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
▪︎ Ballad Of Dwight Fry - Alice Cooper
▪︎ Halo Of Flies - Alice Cooper
▪︎ Desperado - Alice Cooper
▪︎ All You've Got Is Money - Grand Funk Railroad
▪︎ People, Let's Stop The War - Grand Funk Railroad
▪︎ Save The Land - Grand Funk Rairoad
▪︎10538 Overture - Electric Light Orchestra
▪︎ Goin' Down To Mexico - ZZ Top
▪︎ Riders Of The Storm - The Doors
▪︎ Jaded Strumpet - Steppenwolf
▪︎ A Time Like Ours - Angus Bull
▪︎ Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain
▪︎ One Last Cold Kiss - Mountain
▪︎ Sing A Mean Tune Kid - Chicago
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Kram is right, more important than the competition (but the competition is a fun angle) is sharing your ideas about some great music! I missed so many good songs from this year, but thanks to you I know them now! Never bothered to listen to Joni Mitchell before, but wow, is she a load of feelings and beautiful music! I really like what I've heard of Gene Clark this week! How did I not know "Surf's Up"? An incredible song! I thought "How Can I Tell You" was so lovely in its composition and its message. "Hazey Jane II" was delightful, I really like the horns that carry the song along. Nilsson's version of "Without You" is the best one because he sings it exactly right.
"Go Away Little Girl" is a terrible song, but since its a cover, written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, I don't know if Donny Osmond should take all the heat for how it turned out. Have to agree with Jason though, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" is a fun song, even if it is kind of weird.
Yea if it's any consolation to Kram we only that how popular a song is means nothing most of the time! I really loved the picks from this week too!
Especially the sentimental but not cheesy ones mentioned which pierce your soul
If you like Surf's Up there is a vastly superior original studio version and an amazing solo piano demo on the 2011 Smile Sessions album. You should check them out.
@@stitchgrimly6167 Thanks for the recommendation! I'll have a listen.
Big prop to everyone's top choices (and Jason you already introduced me to that Graham Nash in Albums of the Year - good stuff) but I gotta give my vote to "When the Levee Breaks."
Joe picking a Jason nominated song for his worst is my favorite new subplot for this series.
Yes. And I'm hoping Jason will return the favor .
This is harder than the albums...
10. Stay with Me - Faces
9. Into the Void - Black Sabbath
8. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul and Linda McCartney
7. Bitch - The Rolling Stones
6. Baba O'Riley - The Who
5. L.A. Woman - The Doors
4. Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
3. Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath
2. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
1. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
Hey, Joe. The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in a pie. You got a problem with that?
1971-Cannot imagine a tougher year; Some of my favorites:
After Forever-Black Sabbath
Baby Blue-Badfinger
Echoes-Pink Floyd
Future Games-Fleetwood Mac
Gimme Some Truth-John Lennon
Inner City Blues-Marvin Gaye
Jump Into the Fire-Nilsson
La-la For You-Al Green
LA Woman-The Doors
Moonlight Mile-The Stones
Oklahoma USA-The Kinks
Super Stupid-Funkadelic
Too Much of Anything-The Who
When the Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin
Top 5;
5.Little Green-Joni Mitchell(gorgeous melody)
4.Life on mars?-David Bowie(maybe his greatest song,should be more iconic than it is)
3.Hello in There-John Prine(can't believe someone in their early 20's could write this song)
2.Every Picture Tells a Story-Rod Stewart(this one's brimming with desperation and energy,like the best rock n roll it sounds like it's about to fall apart and never does)
Winner- Right Off-Miles Davis(jazz -fusion doesn't get better than this, more than 20 min long and never gets boring. Explosive throughout! Tribute to Jack Johnson is an incredible recording!)
Amazing year. HM - Bargain, Baba O'Riley, the Song Is Over, Goin to California, When the Levee Breaks, Rock n Roll, Battle of Evermore, Black Dog, Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Nantucket Sleighride, Maggie May, Every Picture Tells a Story, Tiny Dancer, It's Too Late, I Feel the Earth Move, You've Got a Friend, Love the One You're With, Just My Imagination, Aqualung, I've Seen All Good People, Angel From Montgomery, Coconut, WIthout You, Death May Be Your Santa Claus, Northern Sky, Do You Know What I Mean, Stay With Me, When I Paint My Masterpiece, Another Day, Me & Bobby McGee, She's Got a Way, Riders on the Storm
10. Changes - David Bowie
9. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
8. Joy To the World Three Dog Night
7 . Behind Blue Eyes - the Who
6. Levon - Elton John
5. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (who cares if it's overplayed, it's a masterpiece)
4. Roundabout - Yes
3. Won't Get Fooled Again - the Who
2. Dead Flowers - the Rolling Stones (or Townes Van Zandt)
worst song - in most years Donny Osmond, in many years Imagine but The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by Joan Baez ruins the feel with a joyous rousing rendition & turns Robert E. Lee into a boat.
1. Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison, if for nothing else, for the way he says China.
Very difficult to get down to 10 songs - a lot of classics left out
1. Stairway to heaven - Led Zeppelin
2. Quicksand - David Bowie
3. Won’t get fooled again - The Who
4. Sway - Rolling Stones
5. Riders on the storm - the doors
6. Imagine - John Lennon
7. Famous blue raincoat - Leonard Cohen
8. Crest of a wave - Rory Gallagher
9. Head and heart - John martyn
10. Northern sky - Nick drake
1. Song of the Year: Imagine - John Lennon
2. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
3. Life On Mars - David Bowie
4. Hello In There - John Prine
5. Baby Blue - Badfinger
6. Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
7. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
8.Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
9. LA Woman - The Doors
10. River - Joni Mitchell
An absolutely nuts time I had with 71. The long list for albums is just redik!!🧐 Anyway what a year. What a great thing music is. What a good time I had raiding my cookie 🍪 jar. Gimmie more cookies music. Me want cookie🤣🤣🤣.... My 71 songs list contains top 5 from UK 100 and top 5 from albums and a song from each of my fave albums of the year with notes📋....
Songs UK 100 top 5
5 Won't get fooled again The Who never much of a fan but I love this one as it puts me in the spirit of that lovely movie School of Rock 😂🎸.
4 Brown Sugar Rolling Stones,
3 Black and White Greyhound, one of those rare songs from your childhood that puts you back in those moments you thought you forgot. Classic.
2 Hot Love fantastic year for Trex ...a legend.
1 My Sweet Lord George Harrison (not overall winner) my 5th or so fave from the album but outclasses my picks from the top 100 by a good bit. Timeless song from a wonderful artist.
Songs from albums top 5
5 Stranger Norma Tanega I Don't Think It Will Hurt To Smile tender chant to understanding eachother on s record that needs a release on cd worldwide pronto 🤘🌼
4 The Battle of Evermore Led Zeppelin IV Page and Denny, sublime folk genius. Enough said.
3 Life On Mars? Hunky Dory David Bowie he set out with this to write one of the greatest ever songs and he succeeded,
2 Children of the Grave Master Of Reality Black Sabbath Spoilt for choice in this 3rd great album in a row by the Beatles of metal. But went for the one with my favourite all time drumming moment.
1 Cause Coming From Reality Sixto Rodriguez (winner overall) 🏆😎stiff competition but I had to give it to one of the most overlooked heart renders in terms of songs. A folk classic that belongs with the best of Nick Drake and Dylan as a folk masterpiece. Get to it people. Oh and also get hold of Cold Fact, Searching for Sugarman Documentary and cd. All kick ass bruvas and sistas and whateveras!👊🤛🤜😎
Others from UK 100
11 Your Song Elton John,
10 Nathan Jones The Supremes,
9 Ride A White Swan T Rex,
8 Tired of Being Alone Al Green I know I've only adored his greatest hits, but man what a great sound he had. Genius
7 I feel the Earth Move Carole King, great song from great album....it charted well too.
6 Get It On Trex fab glam thank you maaaam!
Others from albums just missed
21 Vincent Don Mclean great song on ok album
20 The Wind Cat Stevens (ok couldn't leave it out so here it is....but this albums list could be 5 times last longer📋)
19 Long Promised Road Surf's Up Beach Boys ( thnx for reminder Joe, needed to put a song in from fave Beach Boys album☺️) when I first heard that drum kick on my earphones I knew I could access the BBs...good moment
18 Jealous Guy Imagine John Lennon
17 My God Aqualung Jethro Tull, love this central song to great album
16 Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) What's Going On Marvyn Gaye, gorgeous soul and funk from the master, I'm sure it influenced the excellent Michael Kiwanuka
15 Riders of the Storm LA Woman The Doors, along with The End one of my fave album closers
14 Blackwaterside The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Denny, a beautiful folk band song that's so charmed and smooth.
13 One of These Things First Bryter Layter Nick Drake, his lyrics hit home and the arrangements just totally rule. Special album.
12 Master of the Universe In Search of Space Hawkwind super cool male Nico singing? Yes.
11 Hope She'll Be Happier Just As I Am Bill Withers, what a warm soul, what a voice, what a talented song smith. Immense
10 The Bewley Brothers Hunky Dory David Bowie this song raises the hair in my arms. I don't know why. Great last track too.
9 Fearless Meddle Pink Floyd gorgeous....
8 Wrong Side Of The River Wildlife Mott The Hoople beautiful album and uplifting song despite the lyrics love his voice and piano work
7 Formentera Lady Islands King Crimson has really gone up in my estimation since doing the discography. I love the folky eastern lounge jazz feel
6 Oh Yeah Tago Mago Can lyrics? Who needs to understand Damo Suzuki's scatting lyrics when it just sounds cool and on a song which includes one of the greatest moments in music history?...when the twangy guitar first kicks in...O.MG ..just missed out... 🤘😎
Top Three - Riders On The Storm - The Doors , Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth & Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones & I know , I Know , I Know , I Know ... ... I Know .... ..
Jason,I rarely agree with your pics and likes you are spot on about Songs for Beginners...has always been one of my favorite albums all time and also never u understood why its not a classic..as good as any Beatles solo record..( maybe a little bold) but GREAT RECORD..Simple Man. Heartbreaking
Thank u Kramzer for the Heart of the Sunrise acknowledgement. Probably my SOTY
1971:
Song of the Year: Stairway to Heaven, Led Zeppelin
Billboard:
1. Rainy Days and Mondays, The Carpenters
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver
3. Signs, Five Man Electrical Band
4. Riders on the Storm, The Doors
Wildcards:
1. Three is a Magic Number, Bob Dorough (Pilot for School House Rock!)
2. When the Levee Breaks, Led Zeppelin
3. Baba O’Riley, The Who
4. Theme from Shaft, Isaac Hayes
Worst: Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey, Paul McCartney. Screechy is a theme for this year’s ‘worst’, I guess. When ‘Hands a cross the water’ kicks in, Paul’s inner Donny comes out.
Seeing "Signs" on your list reminds me of a meme my dad sent me earlier this year. It was a sign that said, "The employee shortage is so bad that long haired freaky people can now apply."
Another Day is a great song.
Uncle Albert it's one of those puzzling US no1s and not every McCartney fan loves it. He had other singles in the 70s that deserved to do better. It's got a smooth sound I guess and that's why it did well there.
maybe because the "hands across the water" part is ecstatic.
@@179rich Uncle Albert has some stuff I like. Some part of the opening section reminds me of Paul Simon's self-titled, maybe in some vocals. It's well arranged.
Then we get to the chirpy tune which is good.
The 'hands across' part isn't bad but it doesn't have the impact for me of the the more tightly done Band on the Run. There's a thin sound to the vocals there, which could be off-putting. The interlude 'live a little' and the very end where the pace picks up seem too slack.
Great choice with 'Another Day' Jason. It is an incredible 'memory' song with an emotive musical landscape. Some great choices from Joe and Kram too. This year stands out as possibly the greatest of the 1966 to 1973 zenith period for album releases although it's no slouch for singles either.
Must say , Joe’s attempts to antagonize Jason have provided a very entertaining sub plot to the weekly soap opera that is Listography -Songs of the Year series. “ Knife into the heart of Jason “ indeed 😳😂…we know it’s just brotherly love banter between you guys …right? 👍
Love this channel. Disagree a lot but that’s the fun of it. Also, I’m twice as old (or thereabouts) as these guys and it really makes me think through the canon of many of the artists that I dismissed after their peak years. (Love the Stones but haven’t listened to bought or even listened to one of the albums since Tattoo You came out my senior year in h.s.) And, yes, “Go Away, Little Girl” was written for eight-year-old girls. 😂 I was one when that song came out.
Not even space for Imagine, Riders on The Storm and Song is Over, Baba O'Riley, Your Song and on and on and on
Song of the Year (1971): Echoes by Pink Floyd
That's a good call - kram
@@TastesLikeMusic It’s a true masterwork. I’m thankful that my dad had such a gargantuan CD collection.
Did you ever watch the CZcams video someone made that syncs "Echoes" with the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey? Awesome stuff.
1. When the Levee Breaks - Zeppelin
2. Imagine - John Lennon
3. Moonshine Whiskey - Van Morrison
4. I've Seen All Good People - Yes
5 California - Joni Mitchell
6. Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
7. River - Joni Mitchell
8. Have you ever seen the rain - CCR
9. Baba O' Riley - The Who
10. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Top 10 aggregated
1.) Baba O'Riley - The Who
2.) Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
3.) Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
4.) Pieces Of A Man - Gil Scott-Heron
5.) Angel - Jimi Hendrix
6.) Back Seat Of My Car - Paul & Linda McCartney
7.) Into The Void - Black Sabbath
8.) Bleeding - Todd Rundgren
9.) Stay With Me - Faces
10.) Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin - When the leave breaks
Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven
Rod Stewart - Maggie may
Elton John - Tiny dancer
Favorite Songs of 1971:
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Black Sabbath - Solitude
Pink Floyd - One of these Days
Yes - South Side of the Sky
Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey
King Crimson - Islands
Genesis - Seven Stones
Santana - Everything is Coming our way
Jethro Tull - My God
ELO - 10538 Overture
Deep Purple - Fireball
UFO - Flying
Hawkwind - You shouldn't do that
Mott the Hoople - The Journey
Moody Blues - Story in Your Eyes
Grand Funk Railroad - Gimme Shelter
ZZ Top - Brown Sugar
Nazareth - Red Light Lady
Budgie - Guts
Led Zeppelin - The Battle of Evermore
The Doors - Riders of the Storm
Caravan - Nine Feet Underground
Wishbone Ash - The Pilgrim
Gentle Giant - Plain Truth
Jefferson Airplane - When the Earth moves again
Thin Lizzy - Remembering: Part 2
Alice Cooper - Be My Lover
Elton John - Tiny Dancer
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Tarkus
And that Ends this List.
I forgot about 10538 Overture - my favorite ELO song.
Some of your choices are the proof that progressive rock at that time was MUCH more than just Genesis or Yes (even though they were still good bands back then) and that those bands covered a wide spectrum
- Nine Feet Underground rivals Supper's Ready any day
- Plain Truth is a killer tune
- Hawkwind were at their best with Lemmy on board until 1974
UFO were quite a different band on the first two albums, I always loved Prince Kajuku
The ZZ Top song is NO Stones cover while GFR is and it is a good one despite the original being impossible to beat
Jefferson Airplane were already nearing their end but still capable of the occasional great song even on Bark and Long John Silver.
You could have chosen almost any song from Alice Cooper's Killer, their best album
(And for those who always say that I would know nothing about heavy metal, check those early Budgie albums and we can talk eye to eye.)
The whole Fireball album is one of my top 3 Purple albums and the title track is hot lava.
@@roxannewalsh love budgie , In for the kill my fav,. They say that about you lol
How did I forget about "Nobody" by the Doobie Brothers, That's one of My Favorite Doobie Brothers Songs.
Won’t Get Fooled Again and then the others for Song Of The Year.
The Faces "Debris" sung by the sadly missed Ronnie Lane from their classic album A Nod Is As Good As A Wink (To a Blind Horse).
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey is a masterpiece!!!!!
10. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks
9. Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
8. John Lennon - Oh Yoko!
7. The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
6. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes
5. Faces - Stay with Me
4. The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
3. David Bowie - Life on Mars?
2. Carpenters - Superstar
1. Van Morrison - Wild Night
Man, you all have really great lists. There is, however, a glaring lack of Van Morrison songs. I think only 68 had one nomination and nothing more so far!
My favourites from 1971:
01) Surf's Up - Beach Boys
02) Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
03) Lycka - Anni-Frid Lyngstad
04) Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5
05) Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
06) Superstar - The Carpenters
07) Feel Flows - Beach Boys
08) Goodbye - Elton John
09) 'Til I Die - Beach Boys
10) Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
My 5 favorites from this playlist:
1. Heart of the Sunrise (thanks for including...)
2. River
3. Life on Mars?
4. Behind Blue Eyes
5. When the Levee Breaks
my top 10 of 71:
Marvin Gaye- What's Going On
Joni Mitchell- The Last Time I Saw Richard
The Beach Boys- Surf's Up
Gene Clark- For a Spanish Guitar
T. Rex- Jeepster
Pink Floyd- Echoes
Led Zeppelin- When the Levee Breaks
Sly and the Family Stone- Family Affair
David Bowie- Life on Mars?
Badfinger- No Matter What
You are speaking my language. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic I was so happy you mentioned Spanish Guitar, that song is just gorgeous lol
@@stephstilley1305 i have jeepster at 2 , love seeing trex all over other peoples lists. i have a badfinger song at 1 [baby blue]
@@bengalgangster nice, Marc Bolan was at his peak during 71-72 imo. Would have put Baby Blue on my list but i think it charted in 72 so i'll save it for next year's list
@@stephstilley1305 yep bolan was great , i didnt have a dominant #1 this year and baby blue was released in dec 71 , so technically i could sneak it in . [72 stronger year for me] Cheers!!
Top 100
1)Without You -Harry Nilsson
2)I'd Love To Change The World -Ten Years After
3)Baba O'Riley -The Who
4)Uncle Albert -Paul and Linda McCartney
5)Country Roads -Bob Denver
Deep Cuts
1) When The Levee Breaks -Led Zep (song of 1971)
2)Bangla Dhun -Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan
3)Jealous Guy -John Lennon
4)Fast Train -April Wine
5)Razor Face -Elton John
Worst song of 1971 -I Don't Know How To Love Him -Helen Reddy
(...although Donny Osmond is a perfectly acceptable choice!)
It's so incredible, those years; the quality, of every damn song, and album that came out. One on top of the other. The songs you guys mentioned, the ones in the comments. IAW you on all titles; their pretty much exchangeable. I;m a Stones guy, so 'Sticky Fingers' will rule, but R&B was at one of it's peaks; Prog rock was still very good; solo Beatles were as good as they ever got; all the iconic bands were putting out their best ever. I;m glad Graham Nash got mentioned because all 4 of those guys were in top form. Love the Listography channel!
Uncle Albert on my list too. Also, My Sweet Lord and What's Going On. Life on Mars. After that I would have to look at album and chart lists.
I've tried to make this list smaller but I couldn't as I love all of these songs from this outstanding year.
25. Gibert O'Sullivan - Nothing Rhymed
24. Strawbs - I'll Carry On Beside You
23. Little Feat - Snakes On Everything
22. Van Der Graaf Generator - Theme One
21. Curved Air - Back Street Luv
20. The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
19. Crazy Horse - I Don't Want To Talk About It
18. Van Morrison - Wild Night
17. Jimi Hendrix - In From The Storm
16. Rolling Stones - Bitch
15. Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
14. Carpenters - Superstar
13. Barclay James Harvest - Galadriel
12. Rory Gallagher - I Fall Apart
11. Focus - Hocus Pocus
10. Elton John - Levon
9. JJ Cale - Call Me The Breeze
8. Paul & Linda McCartney - Eat At Home
7. T. Rex - Mambo Sun
6. Rory Gallagher - Crest Of A Wave
5. Jethro Tull - My God
4. Barclay James Harvest - Mocking Bird
3. Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll
2. Uriah Heep - July Morning
1. T. REX - JEEPSTER
mambo sun is my #6 and jeepster my #2 GREAT choices!!!
Great list of "all over the place"...for nearly every great one there is a counterpart...but more light than darkness overall.
@@roxannewalsh I'll be forever indebted to Radio Caroline(Well done for giving it a mention) for my education on Rock and Pop music and Alan "Fluff" Freeman the great Australian disc jockey. I also enjoyed Top Of The Pops and of course The Old Grey Whistle Test with "Whispering" Bob Harris. All my lists for these years will reflect great album tracks but also some maybe not so good pop songs but still special to me. That's the beauty of the 70's, great variety and mostly all good.
@@bengalgangster I should've had Get It On as well because it's just as good as those two. Looking at your list, 3 of them(Ringo Starr, John Lennon and David Bowie) were also on my original list but got bumped off.
@@jesuschambers The whole BBC stuff and sometimes German Beatclub was on TV after hours in my country. It were not always the current episodes but mostly a few months old and much of it was pretty bad. But you suffered through all those "hits" to find the nuggets. And to be honest, the bad stuff was some education as well, how else would I have known how much better my favourites really were.
PS - how else would I have known about...Three Dog Night? I may have stepped into Jason's trap easily.
I’m playing catch up booyyyyzzz as one of you rudely pointed out to when I mentioned (I thought helpfully) were you aware of Karen Dalton as I’d just discovered her via Twitter. Don’t know which one of you it was but I hope your cold gets better lol.
Anyway the reason I delayed watching this was I wanted to watch the Apple TV series 1971 to add perspective to your choices pop pickers (a radio reference for middle aged brits).
Anyway I’m going in as soon as Katy J Pearson album I’m listening to finishes. Another new discovery.isn’t life just fucking wonderful boooyyyzzz
Top 20:
20. Baba O'Riley - The Who (czcams.com/video/QRTNm6GLJYI/video.html)
19. New Jersey - England Dan & John Ford Coley (czcams.com/video/vb8vHM3x-Tk/video.html)
18. Day After Day - Badfinger (czcams.com/video/XonFZjuyc6E/video.html)
17. If You Really Love Me - Stevie Wonder (czcams.com/video/-nEpNCukQtE/video.html)
16. Life on Mars? - David Bowie (czcams.com/video/UipTt-qqZOE/video.html)
15. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (czcams.com/video/SQTHB4jM-KQ/video.html)
14, Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth (czcams.com/video/qd9zCTPahqk/video.html)
13. Nick Drake - Hazey Jane I (czcams.com/video/gfYnXGV8PfM/video.html)
12. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? - Bee Gees (czcams.com/video/kL9wJAND1WI/video.html)
11. All the Nasties - Elton John (czcams.com/video/8JrEeZ0ZzLs/video.html)
10. A Case of You - Joni Mitchell (czcams.com/video/jqYpK3CFmMk/video.html)
9. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green (czcams.com/video/7ll7ocQbH_k/video.html)
8. Empty Chairs - Don McLean (czcams.com/video/sDjvPFg9B7Q/video.html)
7. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) - Marvin Gaye (czcams.com/video/H9ePdk29rVI/video.html)
6. That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon (czcams.com/video/_nV0RbHUeBw/video.html)
5. Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen (czcams.com/video/ohk3DP5fMCg/video.html)
4. It's Too Late - Carole King (czcams.com/video/VkKxmnrRVHo/video.html)
3. The Biggest Clown - Olivia Newton-John (czcams.com/video/cFOgpQUehds/video.html)
2. Cardboard California - Neil Sedaka (czcams.com/video/cJWktLzAXgM/video.html)
1. Never Ending - Iain Matthews (czcams.com/video/GHmh0DrFWmQ/video.html)
1971 - one of the greatest years EVER.
Very nice list! Happy to see lain Matthews mentioned, Stealn Home (78) is a fav of mine. The song Shake it will be on my list for that year:)
UK CHARTS: T REX Hot Love / MIDDLE OF THE ROAD Soley Soley / ROD STEWART Maggie May / CAROLE KING So Far Away /
WILDCARDS: JONI MITCHELL All I Want / LED ZEPPELIN The Battle of Evermore / MARVIN GAYE What's Goin On / THE BEACH BOYS Disney Girls/Surf's Up
SONG OF THE YEAR : DAVID BOWIE Life On Mars
Outrageous year. Basically impossible to sort out properly, but I'll try my best. Album wise, might be the best. Singles aren't far off either.
1) "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" (The Temptations)
2) "Black Dog" (Led Zeppelin)
3) "Brown Sugar" (The Rolling Stones)
4) "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" (Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney)
5) "Get It On (Bang a Bong)" (T. Rex)
6) "Without You" (Harry Nilsson)
7) "Children of the Grave" (Black Sabbath)
8) "Family Affair" (Sly & The Family Stone)
9) "Jealous Guy" (John Lennon)
10) "Changes" (David Bowie)
Edit: I actually really like "Go Away Little Girl" by Donny Osmond. I dunno why. Osmonds themselves are pretty underrated. "Crazy Horses" and "Down by the Lazy River" are awesome.
I think '72 is the worse Osmond year.
I applaud you. Your Top 10 are all great and then after all that, out of the blue, you defend Go Away Little Girl. I appreciate people who appreciate variety. Well done.
Great list--and we agree on the #1.
1971 wasn't quite the embarrassment of riches 1970 was, but there's still a lot of classic songs here. I thought the Hot 100 was particularly strong this year, and there was almost no need for wild card picks in my top 10.
1. Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & The Dominos (91). Joe alluded to it last week, but Eric Clapton's best work was when he was a sad bastard pining for George Harrison's wife. I always loved the line, "You won't find a better loser," which is simultaneously cool and pathetic.
2. Imagine - John Lennon (3). I wanted to omit this because it's one of those songs I've probably heard to many times, but it's a great song nonetheless. There's a really excellent version from the Jerry Lewis Telethon on CZcams which features Lennon on electric piano and a horn section.
3. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones (28). Gram Parsons may or may not have written this or co-written it with Mick & Keith, but everyone was too stoned to remember. Beautiful song though.
4. Without You - Nilsson (1). One of the greatest cover songs of all time. Badfinger's original is decent, but Harry Nilsson kicks it up several notches. The vocal performance on this is amazing.
5. What is Life - George Harrison (10). George's most rockin' song since "Taxman". That fuzz riff is one one of my favorite guitar riffs of all time.
6. Maggie May - Rod Stewart (1). Rod Stewart is unquestionably lame now, but for a brief period in the early '70s he was pretty awesome. Ron Wood slays it on both bass and guitar.
7. Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground (WC). Great song. All the covers are great. Lou Reed knocks it out of the park on this one.
8. Cherry Oh! Baby - Eric Donaldson (WC). The Stones did a pretty great cover on Black and Blue when Keith was in his reggae phase. Killer reggae tune.
9. Walk Away - James Gang (51). The guitar tone on this is fantastic, and it's pretty heavy for 1971. "Funk #49" just missed my 1970 top 10, but this is probably a better actual song with some cool lyrics about a relationship breaking down.
10. Mother - John Lennon (43). Eddie Vedder was just a tiny tot when this was released, but he undoubtedly took some notes about how to write a great tune about your less than ideal relationship with your parents.
For the vote, none of your songs were on my radar for being a song of the year for me in this or any other year. Never heard that Graham Nash song before. Several Led Zeppelin songs were on my shortlist, but "When the Levee Breaks" wasn't one of them. So, I'll throw poor Kramzer a bone and go with Joni Mitchell. I'm not a big Joni Mitchell fan, and only became aware of that song when Rick Beato did a video on his favorite Christmas songs last year. Ironically, I don't really like Christmas either, but it's a good song in spite of all it has going against it.
Of course, the Sweet Jane version with the restored bridge of "heavenly wine and roses," and thanks for alerting me to that version of Imagine.
@@179rich Yeah, I only learned of that "Imagine" version maybe 5 years ago or so, and it definitely breathed new life into the song for me. I probably prefer it to the original at this point.
Thank you Joe - at least someone picked one song from Zep 4. Good on Kram for the Yes love too. But Imagine is one of the best songs ever written and Uncle Albert is a great song…McCartney stitched together songs like this in the Beatles. Sounds like it could have been on Abbey Rd. I started listening to the radio at 10 years old hearing these songs and falling in love with rock n roll that summer. Maggie May, Layla and Won’t Get Fooled also towering anthems from that summer. BTW, I always listen to the obscure or lesser known cuts. That’s how you learn and broaden….
And I did take Jason's advice and listen to all three songs before voting, since I was unfamiliar with River and Better Days. Didn't change my opinion of When The Levee Breaks being superior. To each their own, I guess...
so many great songs, it was heartbreaking. I agree with Jason in loving Paul McCartney's "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey." it's possibly my favorite McCartney solo song. I'll mention one more that didn't make my top 5: Sly & the Family Stone's "Thank You for Talking to me Africa" maybe the funkiest most laid-back song on There's a Riot Goin' On.
5. Isley Brothers - "Ohio/Machine Gun" (it's a testament to the strength of this band that they did a medley cover of Neil Young and Hendrix and pulled it off)
4. Alice Cooper - "Ballad of Dwight Fry" (this band was on fire in 1971-2 classic albums, and "Halo of Flies" was a very close 2nd for me)
3. Rod Stewart - "Every Picture Tells a Story" (possibly my favorite song and vocal performance by Rod)
2. David Bowie - "Queen Bitch" (my favorite track off Hunky Dory)
1. Can - "Mushroom" (as in nuclear blast cloud-this song cooks!)