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
A most excellent choice, along with Sympathy For the Devil, Sweet Emotion, Layla and In Memory of Elizabeth Reed.
I need to add 3 more:
Surf’s Up - Beach Boys
Let It Be - Beatles
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
“Sympathy for the Devil” was '68.
ETA: In response to lieu.
They played it at Altamont in '69. You’re right.
Theme From Shaft.
Great gig in the sky - Pink Floyd
Don’t think I saw Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer.” Seems a worthy choice.
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
This list still needs more jazz fusion:
Weather Report - Birdland
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Return To Forever - Duel Of The Jester and the Tyrant
Pat Metheny Group - Phase Dance
Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life
And some more Genesis:
The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
Watcher Of The Skies
“Vehicle” - The Ides of March
“Al the Young Dudes” - Mott the Hoople
There are more, lot that I thought of have already been mentioned.
“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
That is a sentence that’s never true.
The one hit wonder that was Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry.
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
Oye Como Va — Santana
Lyin’ Eyes — The Eagles
Sweet Home Alabama — Lynyrd Skynyrd
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
and as seen on Lawrence Welk One Toke Over The Line
tsfr
Oh, forgot the song I actually came to mention —
Green Grass and High Tides — The Outlaws
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?