To all "old" folks: Help me pick Favorite Songs of the 70's

[Desiree]

What about:

England Dan and John Ford Coley - I'd really love to see you tonight
Little River Band - Cool Change
Rupert Holmes - The Pina Colada song
Bertie Higgins - Key Largo

(Some of these may be the 80s. I may have my decades mixed up!)

 

[Lanshark]

I have my decades mixed up too. It's pretty bad when I can't remember if something was from the 60's...70's...or 80's...

Drift Away and Cool Change were two of my favorites

Galahad, It has taken days. Everytime I think I have remembered all there is to remember I'll think of another band. Eagles, Doobies, Bread, Moody Blues, Bachman Turner Overdrive, ELO, Queen, Boston, Kansas, ABBA...

There have been several mentioned on this thread that I totally forgot about.

 

[kaseyC]

Lanshark, I searched and searched for Leo Sayer's " When I need You". On Napster i found Barry Manilow's version of it and it fills the void.

Some others to possibly add to your list:
I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb
Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tenniell (sp?)
Beth - Kiss
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Boogie Fever - Silvers
The Hustle
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Shannon - Henry Gross

 

[phorsenuf]

I may be sappy, but I always liked
seasons in the sun
The night Chicago dies
Major Tom
yellow Brick road
sweet Caroline

I may be off a little on my dates.....

 

[Saffron]

Here are some great ones Blondie just posted on another thread!

Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas

I Want to Thank You For Lettin' Be Myself, Again - Sly and the Family Stone

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Let It Be - The Beatles

The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

American Woman - Guess Who

No Sugar Tonight - Guess Who

Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens - I love this song!

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

(They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters

Make It With You - Bread Yummy romantic song!

War - Good God y'all, what is it good for! - Edwin Starr

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross

I Want You Back - The Jackson Five

- ABC The - Jackson Five

Stop, The Love You Save May be Your Own - The Jackson Five

I'll Be There The - Jackson Five

I Think I Love -The Partridge Family Bwhahaha! Gotta love it!

The Tears Of a Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

My Sweet Lord - George Harrison - one of my first crushes.

George Harrison - Isn't it a Pity

 

[Saffron]

Double post, so I have to think of another.

How about:

Fortunate One - Credance Clearwater Revival - good song for these times.

As the Raven Flies - Dan Fogelberg

The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez

Diamonds and Rust -- Joan Baez

Night Moves - Bob Seger

Fire Down Below -- Bob Seger

Come to Papa - Bob Seger Sexy song!

Edited because I had, "The Night They Rolled Old Dixie Down" Bwhwhahaha!

 

[Deb in IA]

Our prom theme . . . "The Long and Winding Road" by the Beatles.

Ah, the memories.

The theme for our Junior year was "We May Never Pass This Way Again" by Seals and Crofts, I think.

How about "Summer Breeze", another from Seals and Crofts?

And I'll always think of "Angie" by the Rolling Stones when I think of 1974, my sophomore year . . .

 

[Patch'sD]

Some of my picks

Rosalita, Thunder Road, Jungle land and Born to Run - Bruce
Circle Game - Buffy Sainte Marie
Amie- Pure Praire League
Freebird - Leonard Skynard
Cotton Jenny - Gordon Lightfoot
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrision
Ramblin Man - Allmann Brothers Band
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker
Were Having a Party - South Side Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Peace Train, Father&Son, Wildworld - Cat Stevens
Babba O'Rielly, Mama Had a Squeze Box - The Who
Rocket Man - Elton John
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
karn Evil 9 - Emerson Lake and Palmer
A Beautiful Noise - Neal Diamond
Midas Man – Renaissance
Taxi Driver – Harry Chapin
Time in a Bottle – Jim Crocce
I Shot the Sherrif, Layla, Let it Grow – Eric Clapton
Schools Out - Alice Cooper

 

[oldkicker]

Some of my faves (and this list changes all the time):

Maggie May, Rod Stewart
Baba O'Riley, The Who
I'm Just a Singer in a Rock N Roll Band, Moody Blues
Starship Trooper (Live Version), Yes
Smokin', Boston
Brown Sugar, the Stones
Dance With Me, Orleans
Long Way to the Top, AC/DC
Slow Ride, Foghat
Radar Love, Golden Earring
Aqualung, Jethro Tull
Moondance, Van Morrison
LA Woman, The Doors
Walking on the Moon, Police
The Boys are Back in Town, Thin Lizzy
Layla, Clapton
Lookin' Out my Back Door, Creedence Clearwater
Heroin, Lou Reed (or, if you prefer, Walk on the Wild Side)
Respect Yourself, Staple Singers (I think)
Low Rider, War
One Way Out, Allman Brothers,
American Pie, Don McLean
Sweet Home Alabama, Skynyrd
Bad Company, Bad Company
Walk this Way, Aerosmith
Green Grass and High Tides, Outlaws
Jungle Boogie, Kool and the Gang
Saturday Night, Elton John
Space Oddity, David Bowie


Any Beatles' or Lennon tune.

I could go on and on! I hope all of these are from the 70's! Seems so long ago.

 

[Crankyshank]

Don't forget "Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting"