# Random 70s Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964 "2016-06-21T15:47:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/1 "2016-06-21T15:47:26Z")
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean Popcorn - Hot Butter I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - The Hillside Singers Hocus Pocus - Focus Rock On - David Essex TSOP - MFSB Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band Undercover Angel - Alan O’Day Black Betty - Ram Jam There… That was pretty random, for the most part. Still, my list has no C&W, no Punk, no Jazz, R&B, Latin, etc… Post a random list. Maybe I’ll be able to find it and put it on my iPod for a while. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/2 "2016-06-21T16:16:47Z")
Neu - Hallogallo Hot Chocolate - It Started With a Kiss Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric? Slade - Come On Feel The Noise The Clash - Complete Control Kraftwerk - Radioactivity Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire You did say random… ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/3 "2016-06-21T18:39:19Z")
Brand New Key - Melanie Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender I’m Not in Love - 10cc Lido Shuffle - Boz Skaggs The Cisco Kid - War Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/4 "2016-06-21T20:20:51Z")
Action - Sweet Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers Apeman - The Kinks Road to Alaska - The Bee Gees You’re Only Lonely - J.D. Souther Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds Almost Saturday Night - John Fogerty No Matter What - Badfinger Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/5 "2016-06-21T20:32:50Z")
A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band The Cover of the Rolling Stone – Dr. Hook Short People – Randy Newman ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/6 "2016-06-21T21:13:45Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Still, my list has no C&W. . . Allow me Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard Jolene - Dolly Parton Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time - Mickey Gilley Heaven’s Just a Sin Away - Kendalls ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/7 "2016-06-21T21:24:19Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Allow me > > Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall > Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn > If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard > Jolene - Dolly Parton > Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson > Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson > Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time - Mickey Gilley > Heaven’s Just a Sin Away - Kendalls I couldn’t think of a single song to post, then I got to your post and heard every one of them in my head as I read down the list. I don’t know if I should hope for brain damage or old age to be the cause. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/8 "2016-06-21T21:33:45Z")
Yeah, Jolene is awesome. Sweet was one of my fave bands back then. Great lists, everyone! . ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/9 "2016-06-21T22:22:02Z")
Good stuff. i’m going to make a list of deeper tracks for artists already mentioned. ELO - Night Rider Gary Numan - Me I disconnect from you War - The World is a ghetto Melanie - Ring the Living Bell 10CC- Don’t Hang up Fleetwood Mac - Woman of 1000 years badfinger - The Name of the Game Kinks - Daylight Bee Gees - Alive Boz Scaggs - We were always sweethearts ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/10 "2016-06-21T22:27:38Z")
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral Yes - Close To The Edge Bad Company - Bad Company Journey - Wheel In The Sky Van Halen - Eruption + You Really Got Me AC/DC - TNT ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/11 "2016-06-21T22:38:24Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace > [@Dahnlor](#): > > Yes - Close To The Edge It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/12 "2016-06-21T23:02:08Z")
Use Me - Bill Withers Arms of Mary - Leo Kottke Rainy Night House - Joni Mitchell Inside - Jethro Tull If You Want Me To Stay - Sly and the Family Stone Heavy Disguise - Strawbs Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder Hesitation Blues - Hot Tuna Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield Carpet of the Sun - Renaissance Tell Me Why - Neil Young Walkin’ One and Only - Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/13 "2016-06-21T23:34:49Z")
King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight Stampeders - Sweet City Woman Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme Redbone - Come and Get Your Love Cornelius Bros. and Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum Song Tavares - It Only Takes a Minute Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/14 "2016-06-21T23:46:50Z")
“Tell Me Something Good” - Rufus with Chaka Khan “Space Truckin” - Deep Purple “The Rapper” - Jaggerz “Border Song” - Elton John (maybe his only song I truly like) “Great Deceiver” - King Crimson “Behind Closed Doors” - Charlie Rich “Teacher” - Jethro Tull “Found a Job” - Talking Heads “Do It Again” - Steely Dan “Outa Space” - Billy Preston “When You Dance I Can Really Love” - Niel Young “Don’t Cha Stop” - The Cars (mentioned earlier) “Hocus Pocus” - Focus (yeah!) ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/15 "2016-06-22T00:06:47Z")
_Jump Into the Fire_ - Harry Nilsson [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE) _Eighteen_ - Alice Cooper _Walk Away_ - James Gang _30 Days in the Hole_ - Humble Pie _DOA_ - Bloodrock _Cosmic Wheels_ - Donovan _Bang a Gong_ - T Rex _Love is the Drug_ - Roxie Music _Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You_ - Sugarloaf \*Cinnamon Girl \*- Neil Young _Death Walks Behind You_ - Atomic Rooster _I Just Want to Make Love to You_ - Foghat ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/16 "2016-06-22T01:34:35Z")
Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks Convoy - C.W. McCall If - Bread Shilo - Neil Diamond Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/17 "2016-06-22T01:50:00Z")
Guys are not Proud - The Anemic Boyfriends Money - the Flying Lizards I Do the Rock - Tim Curry Forever Autumn - Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and the Blockheads Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe Crawling from the Wreckage - Dave Edmunds Mercury Poisoning -Graham Parker and the Rumour The Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc Shine on, You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd Low Budget - the Kinks Hey, St. Peter - Flash and the Pan Won’t Get Fooled Again - the Who ---
**Author:** ![oliversarmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/eb8c5e/32.png) [@oliversarmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oliversarmy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/18 "2016-06-22T03:29:13Z")
Take Me to the Pilot – Elton John Hold Your Head Up – Argent The Things We do for Love – 10cc Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen Never Been Any Reason – Head East I Want to Rock and Roll All Night – KISS Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt Witchy Woman – Eagles Mirror Star – The Fabulous Poodles White Punks on Dope – The Tubes ---
**Author:** ![stolatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@stolatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolatt)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/19 "2016-06-22T04:39:08Z")
Santana - Open Invitation ZZ Top - Just Got Paid Chicago - Alive Again Traffic - Low Spark ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/20 "2016-06-22T05:22:26Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Guys are not Proud - The Anemic Boyfriends Great list, but your first choice is from 1980. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964.md?page=2)