The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum » Okay time to shake it up, It's all 70's weekend, what is your fave hit

Muffaraw Joe · April 30, 2020 8:44 pm

To me the 70's was the best decade for music...you had disco, prog rock, yacht rock, punk rock and Jimmy Buffet, what would your top 3 all 70's weekend songs be?

Time to take our minds off the pandemic and go all 70's weekend, all the time!

Let's have fun with this...and maybe even get up and shake it up, on this the first annual all 70's weekend!

I will be dancing in my Zoom Wear....(Dress shirt and boxers, cue Tom Cruise...lol)

Here are my top 3 (so many to choose from)...

1. ELO- Don't let me down
2. Ramones- Beat on the brat
3. School- Supertramp

Not to worry, I liked Jackson Browne, Jimmy Buffet, Garland Jeffreys, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Marley, Peter Frampton, Steely Dan, Elton John, Steve Martin, ACDC, George Carlin, Cheech and Chong (Classsss), The Cars, Joe Jackson, Pink Floyd, man the music was amazing in this decade, so let's have at it...and share your top 3 on this the all 70's weekend...

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Jody Thornton · April 30, 2020 8:55 pm

I'll take some lame-o 70s from 1975 to start:

Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue
Pilot - Magic
Hudson Brothers - So You Are A Star

Just for starters of course

Just a Radio Fan · April 30, 2020 10:05 pm

OK, I want to play with the cool kids too:

The Royal Scam-Steely Dan
Do You Feel Like I Do-Peter Frampton
All Right Now-Free

paterson1 · April 30, 2020 10:09 pm

This is a tough one since I love so many 70's songs. Don't know if these are my absolute favs but I do like these three a lot.

1. Thank you (For Lettin' Me Be Myself Again)-Sly and the Family Stone
2. Some Sing, Some Dance-Pagliaro
3. Get Down Tonight- KC and The Sunshine Band

Like Jody, just a start...

Jody Thornton · April 30, 2020 10:12 pm

OK, so Paterson got us to the 20 after break. Now for a jingle and the next set ....lol

Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
Ohio Players - Love Rollercoaster

Muffaraw Joe · April 30, 2020 10:29 pm

Oooh some great songs everyone!!! Good taste...I loved Pilot and of course, Sweet, Ballroom Blitz...now hit the jingles!!!

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paterson1 · April 30, 2020 10:37 pm

Coming out of the commercial break and a brief weather over the into-

Ride Captain Ride- Blues Image
Love Train-O'Jays
Heart of Glass-Blondie

Jody Thornton · May 1, 2020 6:15 am

Damn Paterson, how do I beat that? Oh wait .... lol

The Tymes - You Little Trust Maker
Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23
Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin'

.... that should get us to news time.

mace · May 1, 2020 7:08 am

So many great tunes so far. Difficult to narrow it down to just three for the entire decade. Here are three "of" my favourites. 1. Reflections Of My Life-Marmalade. 2. Another Park, Another Sunday- Doobie Brothers. 3. It's A Long Way There- Little River Band [LP version]

mace · May 1, 2020 1:25 pm

Not everything from the 70's was great. Every decade has its share of dreadful music. For me, I WILL change the station when I hear The Night Chicago Died-Paper Lace, Muscrat Love-Captain&Tennille and Loving You-Minnie Ripperton.

Jody Thornton · May 1, 2020 1:28 pm

mace wrote:
Not everything from the 70's was great. Every decade has its share of dreadful music. For me, I WILL change the station when I hear The Night Chicago Died-Paper Lace, Muscrat Love-Captain&Tennille and Loving You-Minnie Ripperton.

Your last two examples are indeed lame - but I love those songs ....lol. The 80s and 90s have a lot of bad songs too but I love a lot of them.

Then there are albums that are world-renowned and yet they do NOTHING for me - like Paul Simon's Graceland. To me, it's very overrated.

Dale Patterson · May 1, 2020 2:45 pm

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Tickle Trunk · May 1, 2020 2:54 pm

The 70's are incomplete without a solid ABBA set! 🕺

DeepTracks · May 1, 2020 3:29 pm

Mississippi Queen - Mountain...

Funk 49 - The James Gang...

Luck Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer...

paterson1 · May 1, 2020 5:33 pm

Three more from me on this "Super 70's weekend.."

Boogie Wonderland- Emotions/ Earth Wind and Fire
Down By The River (Joey Gregorash LP version)
Message in a Bottle- Police

Jody Thornton · May 1, 2020 5:42 pm

Paterson, I'll have to work in a double-shot of Joey Gregoarash.

Joey Gregorash - Jodie
Atlanta Rythym Section - So Into You
The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding

paterson1 · May 1, 2020 6:27 pm

Cash! Good Choice, I was thinking of FM too, maybe I'll play Just Like You if we ever do the 80's. .. How about these three to bring back some memories...

This Will Be- Natalie Cole
Rock and Roll Song- Valdy
Sultans of Swing- Dire Straits

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Justalistener · May 1, 2020 6:32 pm

The '70s was the apex of rock.
Some of my Driving Music...

1976.....(Don't Fear) The Reaper.....Blue Oyster Cult

1969 (close enough).....Smoke On The Water (Live).....Deep Purple

1972.....Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress).....The Hollies

Just a Radio Fan · May 1, 2020 6:34 pm

Hey Cash, Thank you. Limited to only 3, this was the one that I struggled with and had to eliminate from my list. The other I struggled with was Jon and Vangelis, Friends of Mr. Cairo.

Tickle Trunk · May 1, 2020 6:37 pm

Just a Radio Fan wrote:
I struggled with was Jon and Vangelis, Friends of Mr. Cairo.

That came out July 1981.

Just a Radio Fan · May 1, 2020 6:47 pm

Sorry Tickle Trunk. You are right, but that era really is a bit foggy for me.

Just a Radio Fan · May 1, 2020 7:20 pm

Just an observation on a radio site. No Beatles mentioned, although Let It Be came out in 1970. No post Beatles Fab Four mention, and nothing by Led Zeppelin. Again, just an observation.

alangee · May 1, 2020 8:22 pm

Start it off mellow and kick it up!!

She's Gone - Hall and Oates
Southbound Train - Steel River
China Grove - Doobie Brothers

alangee · May 1, 2020 8:30 pm

For the bathroom break:
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zepplin
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Elliptical Seasons - Starcastle

Jody Thornton · May 1, 2020 8:34 pm

Paul McCartney - Every Night
Gary Wright - Love Is Alive
Steely Dan - Do It Again

Fitz · May 1, 2020 11:26 pm

Should point out that the studio version of Smoke On The Water was released in 1972 and not 1969. The Deep Purple Mach one the line up that recorded Hush and Kentucky Woman was still active for most of 1969.

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Fitz · May 1, 2020 11:34 pm

Country Girl - Brinsley Schwarz
Feel Flow - The Beach Boys
The Way I Feel - Fotheringaye

Respectable Street -XTC
Dead Flowers - New Riders of The Purple Gage
Shake Some Action - Flamin Groovies

Badia - Weather Report

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Fitz · May 1, 2020 11:56 pm

There's so many from the 70's but here is one more featuring the great Alex Chilton one time lead singer of the Box Tops and here with his 1970's group Big Star:

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g121 · May 1, 2020 11:59 pm

oops .. think i went over three : )) ..

J.J. Cale - Crazy Mama

Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good

Rush - Closer To The Heart

Doobie Brothers - Black Water

Jim Croce - Working at the Car Wash Blues

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Down South Jukin'

George Thorogood & the Delaware Destroyers - It Wasn't Me

betaylored · May 2, 2020 2:02 am

Cash beat me to FM's Phasers On Stun so I will go with:

Argent "Hold Your Head Up"
Raspberries "Please Go All the Way"
Streetheart's version of "Under My Thumb"
Blue Oyster Cult "Godzilla"

anything and everything by Supertramp, Genesis, the Police, and the "I Robot" and "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" albums from The Alan Parsons Project

Long live 70's music, wouldn't it be great if Q107 did a depth cut long weekend of programming...