You mentioned several other artists (Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, Genesis). If you felt they should be nominated, then why didn’t you nominate them? If you didn’t feel they should be nominated, why did you mention them? Don’t ask other people to make up your mind for you.
Do you really want your own thread derailed like this?
Damn, you totally misspelled “She’s Gone”.
I guess nobody here has ever heard of The Clash. I’d nominate “London Calling” ('79), “White Man in Hammersmith Palais” ('78) and “Complete Control” ('77).
Also:
Instant Karma! - John Lennon
(What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding? - Elvis Costello
I Don’t Mind - Buzzcocks
So Lonely - The Police
The Model - Kraftwerk
Nervous Breakdown - Black Flag
Another Girl, Another Planet - The Only Ones
September - Earth, Wind & Fire
Outdoor Miner - Wire
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones
One Way Or Another - Blondie
Somebody To Love - Queen
Flash Light - Parliament
Boys Don’t Cry - The Cure
Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe
Up The Junction - Squeeze
I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
A Message To You, Rudy - The Specials
Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
Rock Lobster - The B-52s
At Home He’s A Tourist - Gang Of Four
September Gurls - Big Star
We’re a little light on the whole singer-songwriter genre, so I’ll add some from there.
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
So Far Away - Carole King
Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon and Garfunkel
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
I see tons of people have already suggested American Pie, but I’ll go ahead and just say that it’s my favorite song EVER, let alone from the 70’s. It’s perfect 
I also see that Bat out of Hell is nominated and that’s probably my favorite Meat Loaf song so I won’t nominate anything else, even though I want to 
Kashmir just popped into my head… and I see that was already nominated too. Hmph.
Basically I guess this post is absolutely useless.
OH here’s a favorite, and a timeless one that hasn’t been nominated yet: Carly Simon - You’re So Vain.
Stuck In The Middle With You, Steely Dan
Long Cool Woman, The Hollies
Elegant Gypsy Suite, Al Di Meola (instrumental)
At the danger of making myself look the fool for the SECOND time in this thread, do you mean Stealers Wheel, and not Steely Dan?
Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) - a great tune, a great tale, and the fingerstyle awesome that is Knopfler’s guitar work.
My Sharona (The Knack) - I really can’t overstate the amount of kickass that is in that guitar solo. If it were ANY more kickass, it might have been fatal. It’s perilously close to a kickass overdose, but it feels SOOO good.
Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen) - I can’t believe someone conceived of and created this song. It’s just so very out there. If lesser talent had attempted this, it could’ve been the standard-bearer of pretentious overproduction, and the subject of ridicule to this day. Not in Queen’s hands. They took up the challenge before the whole human race, and they came through, the champions of the world.
Love, Reign O’er Me (The Who) - Great tune, great lyrics, and Daltry vocals were incredible. The piano, the guitar, the synthesized strings, it’s just magnificent. I’ll nominate this over Baba O’Riley, which I also love dearly.
Wouldn’t dream of it. I was merely commenting on their (to me) surprising omission. However, if there is some sort of format that I must follow, so mote it be—
Return To Forever (Clarke, White, Corea, Di Meola): No Mystery.
Todd Rundgren: Hello It’s Me.
Genesis: Cinema Show, Los Endos, Dance on a Volcano (from side four of Seconds Out).
Zappa: Joe’s Garage.
And honorable mention to Yes’ Roundabout, which as a teenager I was convinced was the greatest song of all time.
Plenty of contenders for a “Worst song of the seventies” poll here as well.
Theme From Live & Let Die by Wings.
Theme From SWAT.
Dream On - Aerosmith
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Wild World - Cat Stevens
Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zepplin
You’ve Got a Friend – Carole King
Fire and Rain – James Taylor
Layla – Derek and the Dominoes
Moondance – Van Morrison
These Eyes - The Guess Who
Billion Dollar Babies – Alice Cooper
Renegade – Tom Petty
Barracuda – Heart
Walk This Way – Aerosmith
:smack:
Night Moves and Down on Main Street, by Bob Seeger. Running on Empty, Jackson Browne
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
What’s My Name - Clash
Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Rebel Rebel - Bowie
Won’t Get Fooled Again - Who
Less Than Zero - Elvis Costello
I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
Cherry Bomb - Runaways
As befits a decade where Howard Cosell was voted Most Popular Television Personality and Least Liked Television Personality in the same poll.
From the other thread:
“Won’t Get Fooled Again” – Who
“Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys” – Traffic
“Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” – Elton John
“Stairway to Heaven” – Led Zeppelin
“Sunday Papers” – Joe Jackson
“Life During Wartime” – Talking Heads
“I Want to Be Sedated” – Ramones
“Surrender” – Cheap Trick
“Cool for Cats” – Squeeze
“Allison” – Elvis Costello
“Here Comes the Weekend” – Dave Edmunds
“Cruel to be Kind” – Nick Lowe
“I Do the Rock” – Tim Curry
“Bohemian Rhapsody” – Queen
Plus
“Layla” – Derek and the Dominoes
“Forever Autumn” – Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds.
“Fresh as a Daisy” or “With My Face on the Floor” – Emitt Rhodes
“Imagine” – John Lennon
“Band on the Run” – Paul McCartney
“Awaiting on You All” – George Harrison
“Only You Know and I Know” – Dave Mason
Bruce Springsteen or Manfred Mann?
Stand Tall - Burton Cummings
Iron Man - Sabbath
Stairway To Heaven
I don’t think songs should be considered on popularity alone, but I don’t think songs should be penalized because they got overplayed either.
O.K., there gotta be some Bachman-Turner Overweight:
- Roll on Down the Highway
- Let it Ride
- Takin’ Care Of Business