(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('70S) - ROUND 2

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[WXRGina]

Oh...hmmm...well....I just contacted the social justice warrior hotline. They assure me that women can be mystoginistws too...So we’re good. :)

:-D

[DoodleBob]

2 1976 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Elton John & Kiki Dee
5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry

2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan
6 1972 “I Gotcha” Joe Tex

3 1979 “Le Freak” Chic
4 1979 “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart

2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce
6 1973 “Why Me” Kris Kristofferson

1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille
7 1975 “Fame” David Bowie

3 1975 “Philadelphia Free
2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell

6 1975 “Shining Star” Earth, Wind & Firedom” Elton John
5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

4 1975 “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” Freddy Fender
4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons

1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel
6 1970 “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross

4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson
4 1973 “Let’s Get It On” Marvin Gaye

1 1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando and Dawn
7 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John

1 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack
6 1979 “I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor

2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer
5 1979 “Reunited” Peaches & Herb

2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters
5 1970 “War” Edwin Starr

2 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart
5 1971 “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” Bee Gees

1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night
6 1971 “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” Paul Revere & the Raiders

3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King
4 1971 “One Bad Apple” The Osmonds

1 1972 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Roberta Flack
7 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean
5 1972 “The Candy Man” Sammy Davis Jr.

3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack
5 1973 “My Love” Paul McCartney & Wings

2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks
5 1974 “Dancing Machine” The Jackson 5

1 1974 “The Way We Were” Barbra Streisand
6 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad

3 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra
4 1974 “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone

1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings
6 1976 “Kiss and Say Goodbye” The Manhattans

3 1976 “Disco Lady” Johnnie Taylor
3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions

2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb
5 1977 “Angel in Your Arms” Hot

1 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart
6 1977 “I Like Dreamin’” Kenny Nolan

4 1977 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” Barbra Streisand
4 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees

1 1978 “Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb
7 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player

3 1978 “You Light Up My Life” Debby Boone
5 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile

2 1978 “Night Fever” Bee Gees
6 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees

3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who
4 1970 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” B.J. Thomas

[WXRGina]

I thought it was about a tennis team!

Which was disappointing enough - on the face of it it’s patriotic! LOL

I know what you mean about love/hate relation with songs. “American Woman” here is the prime example - we had posts complaining about it, but the music is what counts, and it won big time. I know it’s about how horrible we Americans are (and how jealous Canadians are), but it’s still pretty good sounding, at least compared to the competition.

Yes, "Philadelphia Freedom" does refer to the name of Billie Jean King's tennis team, "The Philadelphia Freedoms," but the meaning of it goes beyond that to the deeper issue of the homosexual and feminist movements, in which Elton John and Billie Jean King are neck-deep. As much as you can trust Wikipedia (yeah, I know), the entry for that song gives a bit of an explanation of its meaning. The one thing the song is NOT about is American patriotism.

And, yep! "American Woman," same bunk, but a good rock song on its surface.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I don’t know what you’re up to there, Bob, but too late for the main Round 2 survey.

We’re now only trying to break the tie on “Philadelphia Freedom” vs. “My Eyes Adored You”!

Please pick from those 2 if you wish.

[Portcall24]

My eyes Adored You

[DoodleBob]

Ah....Philadelphia Freedom gets the DoodleVote.

Been Takin' Care of Business hence my absence. (Now THERE was a tune!)

[the OlLine Rebel]

TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1970S PING LIST
(This is a temporary ping list, so don’t worry!)

RUN-OFF FROM ROUND 2 RESULTS:

“MY EYES ADORED YOU” WINS! Beats “Philadelphia Freedom”.

Thanks to all who helped break the tie!

Now Round 3.

Interesting tidbits on the survey:

-MOST VOTES - tie of “American Pie” and “Stayin’ Alive”
-FEWEST VOTES - “Disco Lady”!
-ALL songs got some votes; no zeroes
-3 pairs were constantly neck&neck to the wire (some racing lingo here hee hee), including of course the pair for the run-off

[BenLurkin]

bttt

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

No way, “My Eyes Adored You”. It’s a Mafia fix - Frankie Valli, New Jersey versus Philadelphia.

Call Jimmy Hoffa; call Andrew Cuomo and his “family”; call Father Quido Sarducci. Tell them to back off!

Now if it were “Oh What A Night”, I could see that.

However, Elton John would counter with “House at the End of the Street”, “The Bitch is Back” (the official Hillary Clinton campaign song for 2020), and “Jump Into Christmas”.

No contest. Elton’s the “Man”, or something like that. At least the Best Dressed Man. Valli looks like he parks cars at a ball game or works for an undertaker.

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