# What's the "Seventies-est" song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [March 25, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777 "2010-03-25T18:00:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/101 "2010-03-26T18:16:58Z")
“Rock and Roll All Nite,” Kiss. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/102 "2010-03-26T19:02:48Z")
Wow, I’m suprised we have gone so far through a thread and no one has come up with the right answer (although a lot of good choices). The most 70s feeling song ever is [Fly Robin Fly](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72iWami9M). It came out when I was 13 and I remember thinking “is that all there is to it?”. The lyrics are suprisingly easy to memorize. ---
**Author:** ![flano1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f14d63/32.png) [@flano1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flano1)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/103 "2010-03-26T19:04:54Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Make that “Copa Ca **b** ana”. My fingers have been doing really weird stuff ever since I got this laptop. :smack: damn chicklet keyboard! ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/104 "2010-03-26T19:56:16Z")
[You Sexy Thing](http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=C61olIkvoks&feature=related) by Hot Chocolate has got to be right up there. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/105 "2010-03-27T03:06:58Z")
Sammy Johns - [Chevy van](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LDaVG5Syqw) ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/106 "2010-03-27T03:15:13Z")
This one just gobsmacked me. [Joy - Apollo 100](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S8jd8WhxoI) ---
**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:** [March 27, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/107 "2010-03-27T04:06:54Z")
Let’s see: I want a singer/songwriter’s semiautobiographical story-song, but make sure to (a) throw in a section with super-high falsetto, and (b) dwell on flying so hiiiiigh when I’m stoned; there’s a wild-man wizard hiding in me, illuminating my mind – oh, and figure the guy doesn’t get the girl in the end, plus kick the whole thing off by mentioning “Frisco”, with bonus points for working in just how far a buck went in the '70s. TAXI, by Harry Chapin. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/108 "2010-03-27T04:21:21Z")
I nominate “Freedom of '76” by Ween: topical, soulful, falsettoy, and written waaay after 1976. Also, the “modern rock meets white eyed soul” sounds of _Heavier Things_ by John Mayer and _Wood/Water_ by The Promise Ring. I know I can’t listen to those albums without thinking of the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/109 "2010-03-27T08:37:30Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > “Rock and Roll All Nite,” Kiss. The other day on the radio someone (Mike Rhyner, a noted old coot) misquoted the lyrics to this as “I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day!” Like, the next day he was too tired, so he only wanted to rock and roll\* part of\* the day. The rest was, what? a nap? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rrose\_Selavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rrose\_Selavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rrose_Selavy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/110 "2010-03-27T11:58:31Z")
[Andrea True Connection More More More](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlJGrIyt-X8) ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/111 "2010-03-27T15:06:33Z")
Thanks for this thread. Now I have _Me And You And A Dog Named Boo_ looping in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/112 "2010-03-28T16:09:32Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > TAXI, by Harry Chapin. Oooh. Good call. ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/113 "2010-03-31T13:11:37Z")
How about [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Wpn3dFrEs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5Wpn3dFrEs) Shannon, by Henry Gross? It’s got some of the elements — semi-autobiographical, maudlin, falsetto, … hell it’s about a pet dog drowning ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/114 "2010-03-31T13:23:51Z")
_Loving you…is easy 'cause you’re beautiful…doot n doo doo doo dooooo…\_ ---
**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/115 "2010-04-02T04:00:03Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > _Loving you…is easy 'cause you’re beautiful…doot n doo doo doo dooooo…\_ I thought I had buried that one deep enough into my subconsious mind but you had to go and recover it! Her voice could break glass. ---
**Author:** ![cstamets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@cstamets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cstamets)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/116 "2010-04-02T05:43:18Z")
Leo Sayer [You Make Me Feel Like Dancing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rju9b_Uk8Sw) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/117 "2010-04-02T06:11:01Z")
Listening to a few 70s songs last night, Irealized I’d have to put in a vote for “I Got a Name” by Jim Croce. And Harry Chapin’s “Taxi” gets a vote too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/118 "2010-04-02T09:41:53Z")
We’ve got so many different answers. The truth here is _obvious_: the 70s were all over the map, musically, socially & politically. No one song from the era defines the era. ---
**Author:** ![Mame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Mame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mame)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/119 "2010-04-02T12:02:47Z")
> [@Perciful](#): > > That was classic early 60’s. I remember thinking as a little kid why would you want to bring a camel to bed??? :eek: Humping ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777/120 "2010-04-02T16:18:08Z")
[I’m not in love](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I'm_Not_in_Love) by 10cc was the first one that popped into my head. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-seventies-est-song/533777.md?page=7)