# Best songs of the seventies: nomination thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 22, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982 "2013-01-22T05:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/61 "2013-01-23T03:21:02Z")
Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck (Old Dogs, Children, and) Watermelon Wine - Tom T Hall Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver A Good Year for the Roses - George Jones Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton Uneasy Rider - The Charlie Daniels Band Daisy a Day - Jud Strunk If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard We’re Gonna Hold On - George Jones & Tammy Wynette I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith When the Morning Comes - Hoyt Axton Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers Heaven’s Just a Sin Away - The Kendalls The Gambler - Kenny Rogers Why Have You Left the One You Left Me For - Crystal Gayle ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/62 "2013-01-23T03:34:10Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Kashmir by Led Zeppelin. A most excellent choice, along with Sympathy For the Devil, Sweet Emotion, Layla and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/63 "2013-01-23T03:54:02Z")
I need to add 3 more: Surf’s Up - Beach Boys Let It Be - Beatles Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/64 "2013-01-23T03:55:57Z")
“Sympathy for the Devil” was '68. ETA: In response to **lieu**. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/65 "2013-01-23T04:46:29Z")
They played it at Altamont in '69. You’re right. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/66 "2013-01-23T05:18:58Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Theme From Live & Let Die by Wings. > Theme From SWAT. Theme From Shaft. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/67 "2013-01-23T05:54:15Z")
Great gig in the sky - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![montag01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@montag01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montag01)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/68 "2013-01-23T05:54:54Z")
Don’t think I saw Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer.” Seems a worthy choice. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/69 "2013-01-23T16:12:00Z")
I don’t think any of these have been mentioned; all are worthy of consideration: “Like a Hurricane” – Neil Young “No Woman No Cry” – Bob Marley “Lola” – The Kinks “Chelsea Hotel No. 2” – Leonard Cohen “Who Are You” – The Who “My Sweet Lord” – George Harrison “Because the Night” – Patti Smith “Darkness on the Edge of Town” – Bruce Springsteen “Oliver’s Army” – Elvis Costello “Everybody is a Star” – Sly & the Family Stone “Rock and Roll” – The Velvet Underground “Lust For Life” – Iggy Pop “Human Fly” – The Cramps “Bang a Gong” (Get It On)” – T. Rex “Tumbling Dice” – The Rolling Stones “Let’s Stay Together” – Al Green “Blitzkrieg Bop” – The Ramones “I Found That Essence Rare” - Gang of Four “Rock Billy Boogie” - Robert Gordon mmm ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/70 "2013-01-23T16:30:30Z")
This list still needs more jazz fusion: Weather Report - [Birdland](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU) Return To Forever - [Romantic Warrior](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3s3dne0d8Q) Return To Forever - [Duel Of The Jester and the Tyrant](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa21WPH4_U4) Pat Metheny Group - [Phase Dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdyWOl-5G9o) Pat Metheny - [Bright Size Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX2cPUs-ot0) And some more Genesis: [The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pteh5hdZlg) [Watcher Of The Skies](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57HicYcY4Ow) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/71 "2013-01-23T16:41:23Z")
“Vehicle” - The Ides of March “Al the Young Dudes” - Mott the Hoople There are more, lot that I thought of have already been mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/72 "2013-01-23T16:49:45Z")
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” by Meatloaf & Co. “Colour My World” by Chicago “Whippin’ Post” (Live at the Fillmore East) by The Allman Brothers “Shinin’ Star” by Earth, Wind & Fire “Melissa” by the Allman Brothers “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” by the Temptations “Just My Imagination” by the Tempations “Spain” by Chick Corea & Return to Forever ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/73 "2013-01-24T06:10:45Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > This list still needs more jazz fusion: That is a sentence that’s never true. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/74 "2013-01-24T09:23:32Z")
The one hit wonder that was Play _That Funky Music_ by Wild Cherry. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/75 "2013-01-24T14:44:56Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > That is a sentence that’s never true. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/76 "2013-01-24T15:00:13Z")
I confess that I didn’t know a single one of the nominees in the earlier thread. :smack: Partly to prove I _was_ alive in the 70’s and partly in the hope that the thread winners will be songs I’ve heard of, I nominate some classics from the early 70’s I don’t see mentioned yet: Angie - The Rolling Stones Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross Black Magic Woman - Santana Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King Who’ll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door - Bob Dylan I’ll Be There - The Jackson Five Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours - Stevie Wonder Half-Breed - Cher Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Cracklin’ Rosie - Neil Diamond Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) - Edison Lighthouse One Less Bell To Answer - The Fifth Dimension He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother - The Hollies Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland Love The One You’re With - Stephen Stills I’ll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick See Me, Feel Me - The Who Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn Rocky Mountain High - John Denver Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/77 "2013-01-24T15:01:53Z")
Oye Como Va — Santana Lyin’ Eyes — The Eagles Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/78 "2013-01-24T15:23:19Z")
I thought about this one for a while…most of the songs mentioned are good choices. I came up with one that is particularly poignant for me… Brewer & Shipley…[_One Toke Over The Line_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejvcd-JeVCQ) and as seen on **Lawrence Welk** [One Toke Over The Line](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye3ecDYxOkg) tsfr ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/79 "2013-01-24T15:32:53Z")
Oh, forgot the song I actually came to mention — Green Grass and High Tides — The Outlaws ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982/80 "2013-01-24T16:26:23Z")
**Little Nemo** , I just have to ask: how are you planning to narrow these choices down to a poll-sized set? The questions I’ve tackled that brought this many responses have made for some difficult decisions, including the one of just throwing up my hands and giving up. What scheme are you considering for selecting your poll? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-songs-of-the-seventies-nomination-thread/647982.md?page=5)