Boardsies Best Song of the 70s - Live Thread

Necro

ShaneU wrote: »

LOL no it wasn't, was in round 1 and I nominated it

Coulda sworn I nominated....

*Checks list*

Ah I picked another Lizzy track, this was just cut at the end for something else

rainbowtrout

Match 49: What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye v Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

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Match 50: White Man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash v Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan

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Match 51: No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley v Riders on the Storm - The Doors

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Match 52: Country Roads - John Denver v Denis - Blondie

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Also Starring LeVar Burton

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electic?

The Doors - Riders On The Storm

John Denver - Country Roads

Necro

Abstain
Clash
Marley - My Nomination
Denver

Zaph

Match 49 - What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye

Match 50 - White Man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash

Match 51 - No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley

Match 52 - Denis - Blondie

Omackeral

ELO - Mr. Blue Sky for its unique and eclectic sounds

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? as I'm more familiar with it

The Doors - Riders On The Storm for its heavy galloping beats

Blondie - Denis because country roads needs to die now

Bob Marley

John Denver.

Marvin Gaye
The doors
Blondie

Match 49:
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

Match 50:
Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan


Match 51:
Riders on the Storm - The Doors


Match 52:
Denis - Blondie

Ficheall

ELO
Clash
Doors
Blondie

The clash

#49 - Marvin Gaye
#50 - Gary Numan
#52 - Blondie

Irish Aris

Match 49: Marvin Gaye
Match 50: Gary Numan/Tubeway Army (one of my nominations)
Match 51: The Doors (not a fan of Bob Marley or reggae in general)
Match 52: Blondie (not my favourite of their songs, but Debbie Harry is an icon)

rainbowtrout

I'm gonna leave this year and I'll be back with the last 8 in the afternoon.


Match 53: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed v My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

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Match 54: You're So Vain - Carly Simon v Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

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Match 55: Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush v Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond

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Match 56: The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy v Papa was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations

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Irish Aris

Match 53: Lou Reed (a classic - I completely forgot about it)
Match 54: Carly Simon (I like both but will give it to Carly SImon as Queen have a couple other songs in the competition that could go far)
Match 55: Kate Bush (I think itis one of my nominations)
Match 56: Thin Lizzy (ouf, tough one, Papa was a rolling stone had a couple of great covers in the 80s-90s, but this is one of teh Lizzy songs I really like)

Lou Reed
Carly Simon
Temptations

Kate Bush

Necro

Queen
Thin Lizzy

Also Starring LeVar Burton

George Harrison - My Sweet Lord

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights (one of mine)

Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

Ficheall

Harrison
Queen
Diamond
Thin Lizzy




It's fierce difficult to keep track of which battles are complete - might it be easier to post all (or at least more) at once instead of only four matches per "round"?

Ficheall

39 The Cure
44 Elton John

Ficheall

45 Undertones
46 S&G
47 Sultans
48 Beatles

Tauriel

Match 53:
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

Match 54:
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Match 55:
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Match 56:
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

Match 53:
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed


Match 54:
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen


Match 55:
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush


Match 56:
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

Lou Reed
Carly Simon
Kate Bush
Thin Lizzy

Zaph

Match 53 - Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

Match 54 - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Match 55 - No opinion

Match 56 - Papa was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations

Declan A Walsh

Marvin Gaye v ELO: Marvin

The Clash v Tubeway Army/Gary Numan: Tubeway Army

Of the most recent 4 matches, I believe 3 are now filled and I will abstain on Carly Simon v Queen as I don't like either song.

Omackeral

Match 53:
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

Match 54:
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Match 55:
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Match 56:
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

angel eyes 2012

Don't know if you have enough votes yet. But these are my votes.

This thread has been an education on songs where admittedly I thought the cover version was the original :rolleyes: My excuse is I wasn't around in the 70s.

Match 53:
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

Match 54:
Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Match 55:
Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Match 56:
The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

ShaneU

49 ELO (two of my nominations against each other )
50 Gary Numan
51 The Doors
52 John Denver
53 Lou Reed
54 Queen
55 Kate Bush
56 Thin Lizzy

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 53: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed v My Sweet Lord - George Harrison


George Harrison

Match 54: You're So Vain - Carly Simon v Don't Stop Me Now - Queen


Queen

Match 55: Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush v Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond

Kate Bush

Match 56: The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy v Papa was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations

Thin Lizzy

Kolido

Queen
Kate bush, my nom
Thin lizzy

rainbowtrout

Ficheall wrote: »

Harrison
Queen
Diamond
Thin Lizzy




It's fierce difficult to keep track of which battles are complete - might it be easier to post all (or at least more) at once instead of only four matches per "round"?

I've just been keeping with the template of the other two threads (80s and 90s). The problem with posting all together is that, it becomes a bit unwieldy for anyone to trawl through 64 matches and vote on each one, and if I only post that once during the day, the only a few posters get to participate. Posting on and off throughout the day means people who are available at different times get to dip in and out as they are available. It would also take a long time to put together the post with 128 links. If I have 10-15 mins I can put together a round with four in it and then can track votes relatively easily after that.


Also as per the other threads, I've been posting the results for each set of matches so it's clear which ones are still to be decided.

Necro

You're doing fine rainbowtrout imo

MOAR MUSIC

rainbowtrout

Match 49: Marvin Gaye 4 - 6 ELO
Match 50: The Clash 4 - 6 Gary Numan
Match 51: Bob Marley 3 - 6 The Doors
Match 52: John Denver 3 - 6 Blondie (Denis)
Match 53: Lou Reed 6 - 2 George Harrison
Match 54: Carly Simon 4 - 6 Queen (Don't Stop Me Now)
Match 55: Kate Bush 6 - 1 Neil Diamond
Match 56: Thin Lizzy 6 - 1 Temptations

Next round coming shortly

rainbowtrout

Match 57: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello v I Can Feel the Earth Move - Carole King

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Match 58: We Are the Champions - Queen v Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton

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Match 59: Layla - Eric Clapton v One Way or Another - Blondie

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Match 60: Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex v You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

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Necro

Queen - my nomination
Blondie

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 57: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello v I Can Feel the Earth Move - Carole King

Elvis Costello

Match 58: We Are the Champions - Queen v Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton

Queen

Match 59: Layla - Eric Clapton v One Way or Another - Blondie

Eric Clapton

Match 60: Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex v You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Bachman Turner Overdrive

Carole King
Queen
Blondie
T.Rex

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Carole King - I Can Feel The Earth Move

Queen - We Are The Champions

Eric Clapton - Layla

T-Rex - Get It On

Electric Nitwit

Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
We Are the Champions - Queen (really tough call there though)
One Way or Another - Blondie
Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex

Elvis Costello
Candie station
Eric Clapton
Bachman

Queen

Clapton

Match 57:
Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello


Match 58:
Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton


Match 59:
One Way or Another - Blondie

Match 60:
Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex

Declan A Walsh

My votes are highlighted below.

Match 57: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello v I Can Feel the Earth Move - Carole King

Match 58: We Are the Champions - Queen v Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton - my nomination.

Match 59: Layla - Eric Clapton v One Way or Another - Blondie. I assume this Derek and The Dominoes from the 1970s and not the one being shown which was much more recent!

Match 60: Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex v You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
They're both just alright:overplayed over the years.

The only thing I would change in these comps is a no vote posts window between posting of videos and counting of votes.

By the time I’ve listened to one song, the round is already decided!

Necro

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

The only thing I would change in these comps is a no vote posts window between posting of videos and counting of votes.

By the time I’ve listened to one song, the round is already decided!

Well you could time limit the matches instead like the quarters onwards are done I s'pose.

Would take a good bit longer though to get through - but would also be easier for the hosts in terms of timing maybe?

rainbowtrout

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

The only thing I would change in these comps is a no vote posts window between posting of videos and counting of votes.

By the time I’ve listened to one song, the round is already decided!

Ya at this stage, with 64 matches in Round 1 proper, it's just the sheer volume of matches to post and count votes for.

It's easier to do in later rounds.

I'd also assume for the vast majority of songs, they generally aren't obscure so most people will have heard of a good chunk of the songs. People's age comes into that of course. Plenty of the ones in the noughties thread I'd never heard of.

ArnoldJRimmer

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Ya at this stage, with 64 matches in Round 1 proper, it's just the sheer volume of matches to post and count votes for.

It's easier to do in later rounds.

I'd also assume for the vast majority of songs, they generally aren't obscure so most people will have heard of a good chunk of the songs. People's age comes into that of course. Plenty of the ones in the noughties thread I'd never heard of.

Yep, I'm the same. The fact that there isn't one unfamiliar song on this thread speaks volumes

rainbowtrout

ArnoldJRimmer wrote: »

Yep, I'm the same. The fact that there isn't one unfamiliar song on this thread speaks volumes

I have a serious 70s playlist now. Everything I could ever possibly want - except for a few glaring omissions that were mentioned earlier on the thread.