# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/21 "2016-06-22T05:51:11Z")
[Shaving Cream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8ffkDf0ol4) (hey, it was a hit in 1975) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/22 "2016-06-22T07:13:05Z")
I can Dance - Leo Sayers That’s the way I Always Heard it Should be - Carly Simon Candle in the Wind - Elton John WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)- The Doors Dick - soundtrack ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2016, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/23 "2016-06-22T07:21:16Z")
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen Got to Give It Up - Marvin Gaye Why Can’t We Live Together - Timmy Thomas Pink Moon - Nick Drake One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash Happy - Rolling Stones Tired of Being Alone - Al Green ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_Dish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cold\_Dish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_Dish)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/24 "2016-06-23T20:10:40Z")
Diamond Girl - Seals & Croft Summer Breeze - Seals & Croft Jane - Jefferson Starship Take It to the Limit - The Eagles Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty Days Gone Down - Gerry Rafferty Tusk - Fleetwood Mac Car Wash - Rose Royce Dim All the Lights - Donna Summer ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/25 "2016-06-23T20:53:33Z")
Born to be alive - Patrick Hernandez Escape - Rupert Holmes More than a Feeling - Boston Needle and Spoon - Savoy Brown Amerita/Sense of Direction - Climax Blues Band Clap for the Wolfman - The Guess Who Evil Grows - The Poppy family Hair of the Dog - Nazareth ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/26 "2016-06-24T02:55:43Z")
Blue Suede - Hooked on a Feeling Lobo - Me and You and a Dog Named Boo (I’m not proud that this is on my list) Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans Cat Stevens - Wild World Billy Joel - Honesty Elton John - Good Bye Yellow Brick Road Edison Lighthouse-Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes Harry Nilsson-Me And My Arrow Jigsaw - Sky High Mama Cass-New World Coming Vanity Faire - Early in the Morning (I’m in a mellow, bubble-gummy sort of mood. What can I say? 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/27 "2016-06-24T03:12:10Z")
“Scarlet Begonias” - Grateful Dead “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” - Joan Baez “Video Killed the Radio Star” (often considered “80s”, but really released in 1977) “Wuthering Heights” - Kate Bush “The Water Song” - Hot Tuna “If You’re Ready (Come Go With Me)” - the Staple Singers “Watermelon Man” - Herbie Hancock “Milk Train” - Jefferson Airplane “Country Roads (Take Me Home)” - John Denver “Piss Factory” - Patti Smith “Carpet Crawlers” - Genesis “Matty Groves” - Fairport Convention “Golden Years” - David Bowie “Up the Ladder to the Roof” - the (Diana Ross-less) Supremes ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/28 "2016-06-24T14:00:12Z")
_Dark Side Of The Moon_ - Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/29 "2016-06-24T22:51:29Z")
One for each year of the decade, in order from '70 through '79: Deep Purple - Black Night Carole King - So Far Away Todd Rundgren - Couldn’t I Just Tell You Led Zeppelin - The Rain Song Joni Mitchell - Free Man in Paris Sparks - Looks, Looks Looks Parliament - Do That Stuff Eddie and the Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet Blondie - Union City Blue ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/30 "2016-06-25T00:27:33Z")
As - Stevie Wonder Close to You - The Carpenters Long Train Running - Doobie Brothers Neither One of Us - Gladys Knight and the Pips Fame - David Bowie That’s the Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren Fire and Rain - James Taylor Annie’s Song - John Denver Everything is Beautiful - Ray Stevens ABC - Jackson 5 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/31 "2016-06-25T03:47:30Z")
“It’s Magic” - Pilot “Foreplay/Long Time” - Boston “Long Distance Runaround” - Yes “Fountains” - Starcastle (hey, the OP didn’t say it had to be a hit!) “Plexiglass Toilet Choir” - Styx (ditto 😛 ) “Sir Duke” - Stevie Wonder “Closer To The Heart” and “Circumstances” - Rush “Feels Like The First Time” - Foreigner “Dreamboat Annie” - Heart “Brass In Pocket” - Pretenders (I think it came out in 1979) “Love Comes In Spurts” - Richard Hell and the Voidoids “Because The Night” - Patti Smith “Children of the Sun” - Billy Thorpe “The Wall” - Kansas “Lights” - Journey “Golden Country” - REO Speedwagon “Kashmir” - Led Zeppelin etc. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/32 "2016-06-25T04:47:53Z")
“Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” (Crystal Gayle) “52 Girls” (the B-52s) “St. Charles” (Jefferson Starship) “Born to Run” (Bruce Springsteen) “Rip Her to Shreds” (Blondie) “Trent Town Rock” (Bob Marley & the Wailers) “Sweet Transvestite” (the Rocky Horror Picture Show) [Inside Outside Upside Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYZ4t5xQ8TU) (Josie & the Pussycats) ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/33 "2016-06-25T05:00:14Z")
And of course, the B-52’s “Rock Lobster”! 🆒 ---
**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 25, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/34 "2016-06-25T12:41:37Z")
Can we do more than one list? _Kiss You All Over_ - Exile _Locomotive Breath_ - Jethro Tull _Feel Like Making Love_ - Bad Company - You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet\* - BTO _The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ - Gordon Lightfoot _I’m Your Captain_ - Grand Funk Railroad _So Into You_ - Atlanta Rhythm Section _More Than a Feeling_ - Boston _Cosmic Wheels_ - Donovan _Dream Weaver_ - Gary Knight _N.I.B._ - Black Sabbath ---
**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 25, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/35 "2016-06-25T12:56:21Z")
Sure, you can randomly post more than once! ---
**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 25, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/36 "2016-06-25T14:30:48Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Sure, you can randomly post more than once! I love remembering all this music, but it sure makes me feel old ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/37 "2016-06-25T17:07:07Z")
[Thirteen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS0_uKHQ6OE)- Big Star [Strawberry Letter 23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHe_15fJeCA)- Shuggie Otis [Joe’s garage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlIe5mBqIB4)- Frank Zappa [Walk On The Wild Side](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KaWSOlASWc)- Lou Reed [My Sharona](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1T71PGd-J0)- The Knack [Vehicle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLaNEFyCiM)- The Ides Of March [I Wish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYKYka-PNt0) - Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/38 "2016-06-25T18:47:00Z")
Spaceship Superstar - Prism Living In The Past - Jethro Tull Driver’s Seat - Sniff ‘n’ The Tears Hold On - Triumph Hold On - Ian Gomm (Both songs were briefly in the Top 40 at the same time) Black Water - Doobie Brothers ---
**Author:** ![RobotDevilDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@RobotDevilDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobotDevilDog)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/39 "2016-06-26T07:56:53Z")
OK, here’s my second stab at a random list (with 40% more solo Beatles!): Cool Change - Little River Band Blue Morning, Blue Day - Foreigner Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress - The Hollies Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image Count on Me - Jefferson Starship I Don’t Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats You Nearly Did Me In - Ian Hunter (with Queen) Heard It in a Love Song - Marshall Tucker Band Give a Little Bit - Supertramp Born in the 50s - The Police Gimme Some Truth - John Lennon Junior’s Farm - Paul McCartney Don’t Let Me Wait Too Long - George Harrison Snookeroo - Ringo Starr ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964/40 "2016-06-26T10:53:52Z")
A little before my time, generally, but from my own collection… Une fois mais pas deux—Bridgette Fontaine Hail The Bomb—Beneath the Planet of the Apes (soundtrack) I’m Just Another Soldier—The Staple Sisters I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love With You—Tom Waits Sword of Orion—Vangelis The Flight of the Wild Geese—Joan Armatrading Bad Liver and a Broken Heart—Tom Waits Running on Empty—Jackson Browne In the Valley, Ha! Ha!—The Hobbit (soundtrack) The Man with the Child in His Eyes—Kate Bush Through Pain to Heaven—Popul Vuh Veracruz—Warren Zevon Bob and VINCENT—The Black Hole (soundtrack) Comfortably Numb—Pink Floyd The Russians Are Coming (aka Take Five)—Vale Bennett [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-70s-music/757964.md?page=1)