Posted on 01/14/2018 7:57:12 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
OK, FREEPERS, LET'S START THIS CONTEST FOR THE GREATEST SONG OF THE '70S.
The baseline for the contest is the top 7 hits of each year of the '70s, as compiled by BILLBOARD. This is not based on personal preferences, biases, prejudices, or counter-culture fringe-element reactivity.
The rules in general will be to vote for everything shown.
NO equivocating, ties, or omissions. Votes will ONLY be counted if the "ballot" is COMPLETE.
*ROUND 1*
We begin by taking the #7 songs of each year and paring them from 10 songs to 4 (to set up brackets of 64 for the rest of the contest).
1970 "I'll Be There" The Jackson 5
1971 "Go Away Little Girl" Donny Osmond
1972 "Lean on Me" Bill Withers
1973 "Crocodile Rock" Elton John
1974 "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" MFSB
1975 "Fame" David Bowie
1976 "Love Machine" The Miracles
1977 "Don't Leave Me This Way" Thelma Houston
1978 "Baby Come Back" Player
1979 "Hot Stuff" Donna Summer
My ranking:
Looking forward to round 2...
Yes, you’re late, but so am I. And you really didn’t change anything, so why not?
RESULTS of Round 1: Battle of the #7s!
Top 4* here fill out the brackets to make 64. A great turn-out of 33 voters!
*1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
*1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John
*1975 “Fame” David Bowie
*1978 “Baby Come Back” Player
1974 “TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” MFSB
1979 “Hot Stuff” Donna Summer
1977 “Don’t Leave Me This Way” Thelma Houston
1976 “Love Machine” The Miracles
1970 “I’ll Be There” The Jackson 5
1971 “Go Away Little Girl” Donny Osmond
ROUND 2 - best 64 songs of the ‘70s - coming up!
Very good. Three of my four top songs made it to the next round!
BUMP!
Best to worst:
1. 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers
2. 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player
3. 1975 “Fame” David Bowie
4. 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John
Re; Donna Summer
Just thinking about that post-disco drivel causes me shame.
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