# When you think of the 70's, what are the top three bands that come to mind? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 23, 2022, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415 "2022-07-23T07:40:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/61 "2022-07-24T00:01:58Z")
I remember Loretta and Conway were performing on nearly all the country music tv shows. I think they toured together. There were unfounded rumors about them dating. Dolly and Kenny Rogers experienced similiar success a decade later. They had a hit single and multiple Tours. They didn’t crank out a stream of records. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/62 "2022-07-24T00:53:15Z")
The first three that popped into my mind when I saw the thread title were **Led Zeppelin** **Queen** **The Who** A few seconds more thought convinced me that **ABBA** and **The Bee Gees** should really be on the list, except that I don’t really think of them as _bands_ (players of instruments). A little bit more thought had me wondering whether to swap out some of the previous with **The Eagles** , **Fleetwood Mac** , and a few other names I thought of. And now, reading through the thread, I don’t have cause to regret my own “choices,” but I am frequently slapping my forehead and saying “Why didn’t I think of them?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/63 "2022-07-24T00:56:19Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > And now, reading through the thread, I don’t have cause to regret my own “choices,” but I am frequently slapping my forehead and saying “Why didn’t I think of them? That was actually one of the reasons I started this thread. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/64 "2022-07-24T01:05:16Z")
Eagles, Pink Floyd, Queen, in no particular order. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/65 "2022-07-24T01:43:55Z")
Others have covered the _top_ three, and honestly it’s a bit objective; you can look up stats on record sales, etc. But my _favorite_ three from the 1970s? Black Sabbath Joni Mitchell The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/66 "2022-07-24T01:47:27Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Led Zeppelin > Jethro Tull > The Moody Blues Oh. I have to change one of mine. The Moody Blues Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ---
**Author:** ![J.1.3235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@J.1.3235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J.1.3235)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/67 "2022-07-24T01:51:45Z")
Boston Fleetwood Mac Bob Seger & Silver Bullet Band ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/68 "2022-07-24T01:56:48Z")
Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd Rush Of the 70s groups on my favorites playlist, they have the most songs. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/69 "2022-07-24T13:59:54Z")
I was the youngest, and inherited all of the 8tracks as my siblings left home. Also, my first concert was Charley Rich. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/70 "2022-07-24T14:14:45Z")
It goes without saying that these aren’t my favorite bands from the 70s, but I was born in '73 and didn’t really acquire any musical taste until '88 or so. If I treat the decade like a word association quiz, the things that leap to mind are the butt-ugly clothes and TV variety shows…top of my head, no thinking… Bee Gees The Osmonds The Eagles Music snob that I am, I wish I could say Roxy Music, The Clash and Mott the Hoople, but here we are. ---
**Author:** ![Yogeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yogeekgirl/32/4129_2.png) [@Yogeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/71 "2022-07-24T14:20:28Z")
Ugh, Fleetwood Mac, all day long. I remember every adult I knew getting Meatloaf’s Bat out of Hell album and The Who’s Who’s Next. My faves at the time: Dr. Teeth(muppets) Bee Gees Sonny & Cher Yes, I was under 10 years old, so no claims made for taste. : ) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/72 "2022-07-24T14:24:56Z")
Hey, Sonny and Cher were big stuff in my junior high school. S & C is not a band, as per the OP, so you get another pick, if you so choose. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/73 "2022-07-24T14:53:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > S & C is not a band, as per the OP, so you get another pick, if you so choose. I thought they were allowed. In fact, the OP specifically allows (a different) S & C. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > Established duets count if they are known and established as a group. Seals and Crofts counts, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/74 "2022-07-24T14:54:24Z")
The Clash The Sex Pistols The Ramones ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/75 "2022-07-24T14:57:58Z")
Well, that’s what I get for sneaking in a quick 8-hour nap. I shall attempt to be more diligent in the future. ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/76 "2022-07-24T22:01:37Z")
Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd The Eagles ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/77 "2022-07-24T22:16:19Z")
Motörhead Dead Kennedys The Clash Only three! That’s no way to zoom in on the 70’s. I won’t, but I am surprised nobody has mentioned Supertramp. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/78 "2022-07-24T22:53:35Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Here’s a list of Arena rock bands. The four I listed are the ones my friends and I would have driven 150 miles, from my small town, to the city to see. Wait. You weren’t old enough to drive in the 70’s, were you? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/79 "2022-07-25T00:53:25Z")
Led Zeppelin Fleetwood Mac AC/DC ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-think-of-the-70s-what-are-the-top-three-bands-that-come-to-mind/968415/80 "2022-07-25T01:00:44Z")
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