Boardsies Best Song of the 70s - Live Thread

rainbowtrout

Match 61: Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

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Match 62: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings v Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

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Match 63: Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield v Love Reign O'er Me - The Who

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Match 64: Highway to Hell - AC/DC v Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings

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Necro

Fleetwood Mac - my nomination
The Sweet
ACDC

Zaph

Match 57 - Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello

Match 58 - We Are the Champions - Queen

Match 59 - One Way or Another - Blondie

Match 60 - You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (one of my nominations)

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz

Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up

Paul McCartney & Wings - Live & Let Die

Irish Aris

Match 57: Carole King (another song I first discovered through a cover version - from Martika!)
Match 58: I will abstain this one because I like both songs
Match 59: Blondie (one of my favourite Blondie songs)
Match 60: T-Rex (another one I discovered from a cover version - this one from Power Station)

Zaph

Match 61 - Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Match 62 - Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Match 63 - Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield

Match 64 - Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Match 61:
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac


Match 62:
Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet


Match 63:
Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield


Match 64:
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings

ArnoldJRimmer

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Match 61: Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Has to be Shaft

Match 62: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings v Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Band on the Run

Match 63: Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield v Love Reign O'er Me - The Who


Curtis Mayfield

Match 64: Highway to Hell - AC/DC v Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings

A second vote for Paul and Linda

Irish Aris

Match 61: Fleetwood Mac (tough one, but one of the great Mac songs!)
Match 62: no vote on this one
Match 63: Curtis Mayfield (I didn't know this one but I like what I hear)
Match 64: AC/DC (Another tough one but this is one of the classic AC/DC!!)

rainbowtrout

Now that all the songs have been revealed:

Act Number of Songs
Abba 5
Blondie 4
Queen 4
AC/DC 3
David Bowie 3
Elton John 3
James Taylor 3
Pink Floyd 3
Slade 3
T. Rex 3
Thin Lizzy 3

Irish Aris

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Now that all the songs have been revealed:

Act Number of Songs
Abba 5
Blondie 4
Queen 4
AC/DC 3
David Bowie 3
Elton John 3
James Taylor 3
Pink Floyd 3
Slade 3
T. Rex 3
Thin Lizzy 3

I contributed with an ABBA, a Queen and a Bowie!!!
Edit: and an AC/DC, I have compltely forgotten that I nominated Highway to Hell

Kolido

Fleetwood mac
Paul mccartney


2 of my noms

Zaph

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Now that all the songs have been revealed:

Act Number of Songs
Abba 5
Blondie 4
Queen 4
AC/DC 3
David Bowie 3
Elton John 3
James Taylor 3
Pink Floyd 3
Slade 3
T. Rex 3
Thin Lizzy 3

Felt like there was more Abba

rainbowtrout

Kolido wrote: »

Fleetwood mac
Paul mccartney


2 of my noms

Which Paul Mc Kolido? There are two wings songs in this set of matches

rainbowtrout

Zaph wrote: »

Felt like there was more Abba

:pac::pac::pac::pac:

Fleetwood Mac
Paul McCartney and Wings
Curtis Mayfield
Paul McCartney and Wings again!

Man Vs ManUre

Hotel California would get my vote. I think it’s one of the greatest songs ever recorded. I don’t understand people fussing over a simple and small song like Yesterday while this epic masterpiece goes discussion free.

Kolido

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Which Paul Mc Kolido? There are two wings songs in this set of matches

Ah sorry, live and let die

Electric Nitwit

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet
Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield
Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings

ShaneU

57 Elvis Costello
58 Queen
59 Eric Clapton (my nomination)
60 T-Rex
61 Fleetwood Mac
62 The Sweet
63 Curtis Mayfield (my nomination)
64 AC/DC - great pick!

Electric Nitwit

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Now that all the songs have been revealed:

...
David Bowie 3

I nominated all three :pac:

rainbowtrout

And so ends voting in Round 1!!!!

Match 57: Elvis Costello 6 - 4 Carole King
Match 58: Queen 6 - 2 Candi Staton
Match 59: Eric Clapton 5 - 6 Blondie
Match 60: T. Rex 6 - 4 Bachman Turner Overdrive
Match 61:Isaac Hayes 2 - 6 Fleetwood Mac
Match 62: Wings (Band on the run) 2 - 6 The Sweet
Match 63: Curtis Mayfield 6 - 0 The Who
Match 64: AC/DC 3 - 6 Paul McCartney (Live and Let Die)

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:


We will stick with the first to six for this round as it will drag out a bit too much if I look for a higher number of votes at this stage.


Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v London Calling - The Clash

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Match 2: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd v One Step Beyond - Madness

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Match 3: My Sharona - The Knack v Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba

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Match 4: Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang v God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols

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Necro

Nooooooooooo



London Calling so it doesn't get trounced

Pink Floyd

The Knack

Sex Pistols

Kolido

The Eagles
Madness
Abba
Abstain

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v London Calling - The Clash

Has to be The Eagles

Match 2: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd v One Step Beyond - Madness

Pink Floyd

Match 3: My Sharona - The Knack v Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba

The Knack

Match 4: Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang v God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols

Sugarhill Gang

Irish Aris

Match 1: The Clash (not fussed about either, but I like this a bit more)
Match 2: Abstain (Not fan of either of them)
Match 3: ABBA (another tough one, but I like my ABBA)
Match 4: Sugarhill Gang (not a punk fan either)

#1 The Clash
#2 Pink Floyd
#3 ABBA
#4 Sex Pistols

Also Starring LeVar Burton

The Clash

Pink Floyd

Abba

Sugarhill Gang

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Match 61 - Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes

Match 62 - Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Match 63 - Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield

Match 64 - Highway to Hell - AC/DC

Same as zaph

ShaneU

Hit songs no-one picked

Stealer's Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMAIsqvTh7g

Abba - Dancing Queen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

Bee Gees - Night Fever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkypZuY6ZvA

John Paul Young - Love is in the air

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNC0kIzM1Fo

Blondie - Heart of Glass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGU_4-5RaxU

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oKPYe53h78

And last but not least .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k

ShaneU

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles
Match 2: One Step Beyond - Madness
Match 3: My Sharona - The Knack
Match 4: Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

ShaneU

ShaneU wrote: »

63 Curtis Mayfield (my nomination)

Also one of mine.
Nice to see that go through, makes up somewhat for another one of mine crashing out (I Feel The Earth Move )

Match 1:
London Calling - The Clash

Match 2:
Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

Match 3:
My Sharona - The Knack

Match 4:
Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

rainbowtrout

ShaneU wrote: »

Hit songs no-one picked

Stealer's Wheel - Stuck in the middle with you

Abba - Dancing Queen

Bee Gees - Night Fever

John Paul Young - Love is in the air

Blondie - Heart of Glass

John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I want

And last but not least.....

Stealer's Wheel came to mind when I was compiling the list because of the scene in Reservoir Dogs....

Dancing Queen was a surprising omission from the Abba nominations.

Having the privilege of seeing the line up evolving, and I needed to fill a few gaps, I put in Another Brick in the Wall as a nomination of mine... because nobody else had.

angel eyes 2012

Eagles
Pink Floyd
Abba
Sugarhill Gang

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61. Fleetwood Mac
62. Paul McCartney and Wings
63. Curtis Mayfield
64. Paul McCartney and Wings

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1. The Eagles
2. Pink Floyd
3. ABBA

Sheridan81

I'm surprised no one nominated Imagine by John Lennon.

The Eagles-Hotel California

Zaph

Match 1 - London Calling - The Clash

Match 2 - One Step Beyond - Madness

Match 3 - My Sharona - The Knack

Match 4 - Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

BandMember

ROUND 1:

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Match 2: London Calling - The Clash v I'm not in Love - 10cc

Match 3: Dream on - Aerosmith v Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd

Match 4: You've Got a Friend - James Taylor v One Step Beyond - Madness

Match 5: Fire and Rain - James Taylor v My Sharona - The Knack

Match 6: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba v Roll Over Lay Down - Status Quo

Match 7: Somebody to Love - Queen v Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

Match 8: God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols v Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Match 9: Drift Away - Dobie Gray v I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Match 10: Take Me Back 'Ome - Slade v Mamma Mia - Abba

Match 11: Dust in the Wind - Kansas v Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 12: Rock Lobster - The B52s v All Right Now - Free

Match 13: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v American Pie - Don McClean

Match 14: Everybody Dance - Chic v Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading

Match 15: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hey Hey My My - Neil Young

Match 16: Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie v Car Wash - Rose Royce

Match 17: Space Oddity - David Bowie v A Message to You, Rudy - The Specials

Match 18: Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison v Jailbreak - AC/DC

Match 19: Lust for Life - Iggy Pop v More Than A Feeling - Boston

Match 20: Tiny Dancer - Elton John v Don’t Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

Match 21 Heart of Gold - Neil Young v Children of the Revolution - T.Rex

Match 22 Roadhouse Blues - The Doors v Moondance - Van Morrison

Match 23 Walk This Way - Aerosmith v Heroes - David Bowie

Match 24 We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger v Cars - Gary Numan

Match 25: Superstition - Stevie Wonder v Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

Match 26: Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks v Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

Match 27: Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel v Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Match 28: I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince v Knowing Me, Knowing You - Abba

Match 29: September - Earth, Wind and Fire v Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade

Match 30: Message in a Bottle - The Police v I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

Match 31: The Joker - The Steve Miller Band v Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Match 32: Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry v Money - Pink Floyd

Match 33: You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones v I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers

Match 34: Lola - The Kinks v SOS - Abba

Match 35: Life on Mars - David Bowie v Oxygene - Jean Michel Jarre

Match 36: Because the Night - Patti Smith Group v Cum on Feel the Noize - Slade

Match 37: Black Betty - Ram Jam v Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Match 38: Waterloo - Abba v Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees

Match 39: Carry on my Wayward Son - Kansas v Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Match 40: My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars v Dreaming - Blondie

Match 41: A Horse with No Name - America v Oh What a Night (December 1963) - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Match 42: Ride a White Swan - T.Rex v Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

Match 43: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen v The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Match 44: Your Song - Elton John v My Forbidden Lover - Chic

Match 45: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones v Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Match 46: I Want You Back - Jackson 5 v The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Match 47: Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits v Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

Match 48: Let It Be - The Beatles v Let's Stay Together - Al Green

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Match 61: Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Match 62: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings v Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Match 63: Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield v Love Reign O'er Me - The Who

Match 64: Highway to Hell - AC/DC v Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings


ROUND TWO:

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v London Calling - The Clash

Match 2: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd v One Step Beyond - Madness

Match 3: My Sharona - The Knack v Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba

Match 4: Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang v God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:

Match 1: Eagles - Hotel California 6 - 4 London Calling - The Clash
Match 2: Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall 6 - 2 One Step Beyond - Madness
Match 3: The Knack - My Sharona 4 - 6 Abba - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
Match 4: Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 6 - 2 God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:


Match 5:I Feel Love - Donna Summer v Mamma Mia - Abba

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Match 6: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult v Rock Lobster - B52s

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Match 7: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v Everybody Dance - Chic

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Match 8: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie

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Also Starring LeVar Burton

Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Chic

Black Sabbath

Necro

Abba
Blue Oyster Cult
Lynard Skynard

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 5:I Feel Love - Donna Summer v Mamma Mia - Abba

Donna Summer, we need to cut down on the Abba songs

Match 6: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult v Rock Lobster - B52s

B52s

Match 7: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v Everybody Dance - Chic

Lynard Skynard

Match 8: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie

Black Sabbath

Donna Summer
B52's
Chic
Black Sabbath (this one was tough)

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Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Chic

Blondie

Kolido

Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Lynard skynard

Black sabath

Zaph

Match 5- I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Match 6 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 7 - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard

Match 8 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath