# Worst songs of the 70s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 7, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924 "2021-11-07T04:58:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/61 "2021-11-08T02:55:01Z")
Muskrat Love - and pretty much every other song by Captain & Tennille ---
**Author:** ![Ziberian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/919ad9/32.png) [@Ziberian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ziberian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/62 "2021-11-08T02:57:22Z")
This (I’ve Never Been to Me) was used in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and with those visuals, it’s not a bad song at all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/63 "2021-11-08T03:44:43Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Not sure I agree. As silly as Cher’s costume looks now in Half-Breed, it was a sympatetic portrayal about, well, half breeds. And in Gypies, Tramps and Thieves, which I haven’t heard in many years, we have this - > > Gypsies, tramps, and thieves > We’d hear it from the people of the town > They’d call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves > But every night all the men would come around > And lay their money down > > Does that not capture the hypocrisy? Jefferson thought the white man was superior, but he had no problem fucking black women. I agree. Perhaps they didn’t get all the details right etc. but at least they brought the issue to the attention of the public. I like the “righteous indignation” and “social injustice” songs for the most part, anyway. In that Half Breed video, was Cher hawt or what? Remember “Rocky” by Austin Roberts, where boy meets girl, falls in love, she has baby, she dies, etc.? Ugh. Or Emma (Leen) by Hot Chocolate where she finally gives up and suicides? I wonder how many songs are hated due to overplay. I grew to loathe “The Things We Do for Love” by 10cc for that reason. Another song by 10cc that never got played enough: I’m Not in Love. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/STugQ0X1NoI/maxresdefault.jpg "10cc - I'm Not In Love") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STugQ0X1NoI) ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/64 "2021-11-08T04:05:12Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The 70s are a bottomless well of dreck. Pick a song from the charts, almost any song: I beg to differ. There were a lot of crap songs, true, as there are in every decade, but the 70s also brought us Layla (Clapton–original and best version) Ramblin’ Man (Allman Brothers) Black Magic Woman (Santana) Another Brick in the Wall (Pink Floyd) Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits) Get Back (Beatles) Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin) Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkle) There are probably more I’m not thinking of. You may not like every song on there, but if they all sound like dreck to you, we have nothing further to discuss. And my nomination for one of the worst: “Rocky,” sung by Austin Roberts, which hit #9 on the Billboard chart in 1975, and that includes the lyrics _Alone until my eighteenth year_ _We met four springs ago_ _She was shy and had a fear_ _Of things she did not know_ _But we got it on together_ _In such a super way_ _We held each other close at night_ _And traded dreams each day_ The chorus changes from “Rocky I’ve never been in love before/Don’t know if I can do it” to “Rocky, I’ve never had to die before/Don’t know if I can do it.” ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/65 "2021-11-08T04:38:12Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > “Baby Don’t Get Hooked on Me” — Mac Davis This right here. Absolutely the most wretched song I’ve ever had the misfortune of hearing. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/66 "2021-11-08T04:49:08Z")
This gets my vote. In fact, I am willing to cast a vote for it in the name of every woman in existence. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/67 "2021-11-08T05:28:50Z")
When I was in college in the early 1990s, a writer for the school’s newspaper, who was in his early 20s, said that he realized he was an adult when he heard “The Night Chicago Died” and didn’t think it really was that bad of a song. ---
**Author:** ![Mortimus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mortimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mortimus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/68 "2021-11-08T06:15:14Z")
I thought this song went away in the 70’s but then it got new life as a backing track to Green Bay Packers football at Lambeau Field in the 90’s: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fK4jNT8-k](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86fK4jNT8-k)] ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/69 "2021-11-08T06:46:11Z")
I never could stand the song “Lovin’ You”. The screechy, high pitched notes are like listening to nails on a chalkboard to me. Tragically, the singer of this song contracted cancer and died at the young age of 31. [Lovin’ You · Minnie Riperton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhaUnHJjS8A) ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/70 "2021-11-08T06:51:55Z")
This is the flip side of **“Seasons in the Sun”.** It did get some air play in the 70’s. Why I don’t know. _Put the Bone in, she yelled out once more!_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/80E_vNcG4gc/maxresdefault.jpg "Terry Jacks - Put The Bone In (1974)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80E_vNcG4gc) ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/71 "2021-11-08T07:03:28Z")
Can’t believe nobody mentioned this puker Made it all the way to #6. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cf9RU3ykbY0/hqdefault.jpg "MORRIS ALBERT FEELINGS STEREO") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf9RU3ykbY0) ---
**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/72 "2021-11-08T07:29:51Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > Tragically, the singer of this > song contracted cancer and died at the young age of 31. She was also the mother of Maya Rudolph. More on topic, my votes are for songs that were already mentioned. Having My Baby, Seasons in the Sun. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/73 "2021-11-08T08:04:37Z")
This thread has gone on a mighty long time without mention of Walter Egan: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2RamSFoo0jw/maxresdefault.jpg "Walter Egan - Magnet and Steel") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RamSFoo0jw) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/74 "2021-11-08T08:05:43Z")
I am of two minds on this one: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9UaJAnnipkY/maxresdefault.jpg "Patrick Hernandez - Born to Be Alive - Official Video (Clip Officiel)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UaJAnnipkY) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/75 "2021-11-08T10:45:04Z")
Oh, you want to talk about B sides? I give you the B side of David Souls’s hit “Don’t Give Up On Us Baby” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ou6F_2hkDPs/maxresdefault.jpg "Black Bean Soup") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou6F_2hkDPs) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/76 "2021-11-08T10:59:34Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > “Star Wars Theme” — Meco The single, maybe. But the 15-minute version that comprised the entire first side of the album? Probably the best thing to come out of the disco era, IMO. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uJ3kV3Icm28/maxresdefault.jpg "Meco - Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk: Star Wars (HD Vinyl Recording)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ3kV3Icm28) ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/77 "2021-11-08T13:10:41Z")
No love for Mr. Loaf? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8hQE4V_z32s/hqdefault.jpg "Meat Loaf - Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hQE4V_z32s) ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/78 "2021-11-08T13:44:47Z")
I thought this thread was for “worst songs of the '70s”, not “greatest pop songs of all time”. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-songs-of-the-70s/953924/79 "2021-11-08T13:46:17Z")
I don’t know if it counts, as it was released first in 1968, but it was re-released 1970m so perhaps: [The Pot Smoker’s Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqTpFFu2vDk), by Neil Diamond. [Ebony and Ivory](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=899kVhFsApM) (this has been expended to the 80s, right?) gave me the creeps. I bought the record, listened to it once. And that is without getting into the disco genre… ---
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