Best Albums of the 70's

[Dan from Michigan]

Ping. I had to put that out there since all these 70's songs were running through my head.

[StoneColdGOP]

Damn you. It will take me all night to list my faves! ;-)

[danmar]

...Deep Purple, no doubt.

[k2blader]

First band that comes to mind is ABBA. "Gold" is aptly named. :)

[RussP]

Deep Purple - Made in Japan

Case Closed.

[Semaphore Heathcliffe]

Cheap Trick - Live at Budokahn, Dream Police
Blondie - Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat
Rolling Stones - Exile on Mainstreet
The Cars - The Cars, Candy-O God I feel old

[Dan from Michigan]

No arguement there "My woman from Tokyo". I can't believe I missed that one.

[rdb3]

You mention best albums of the 70's and you fail to note

Parliament/Funkadelic?

Are you nuts!

Also, where's Earth Wind & Fire? The Isley Brothers? The Average White Band? Marvin Gaye? The Temptations? Isaac Hayes? Curtis Mayfield? Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall?" Slave? War? Barry White? George Duke? Grover Washington, Jr.? The Commodores? Rick James? Al Green?

C'mon!

You can't mention the 70's without those who put the "unk" in "FUNK!"

Lastly, I'm only 29. I'll be 30 on the 22nd of this month. I know a thing or two about the old school, white bands included.

No thing, tho'. It's just a Motor Booty Affair.

Ya dig?

[Gumption]

Ummmmm, everybody .... Ever here of a little group called the Eagles? How about Foreigner? Boston? Styx? You named all the others.

[Gumption]

Oops. I see Boston now. So Sorry.

[RussP]

Actually, "My Woman from Tokyo" was not on Made in Japan. But fabulous live versions of Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, and Space Truckin' were. I thought those live versions were better than the studio versions on Machine Head.

[Gumption]

ELO? (I can't recall album names)

[Cultural Jihad]

Hmmm. Focus' "Moving Waves" or their "Hamburger Concerto"...

HAMBURGER CONCERTO
(ending)

Note: the conclusion of the song is an excerpt from the 17th century dramatic play "The Gijsbrecht van Aemstel" by the Dutch playwrite Joost van den Vondel:

O, Kerstnacht schoner dan de dagen     		O Christmas Eve, more beautiful than the days
Hoe kan Herodes het licht verdragen		How can Herod bear the light
Dat in Uw duisternisse blinkt			That blinks in your darkness
En wordt gevierd en aangebeden.			and is celebrated and worshipped.

Zijn hoogmoed luistert naar geen reden		His pride listens to know reason
Hoe schel die in zijn oren klinkt		How noisy it sounds to his ears
Hij tracht d' onnozelen te vernielen		He tries to destroy the untaught ones
Door het doden van onnozele zielen		by killing untaught souls

En wekt een stad en landgeschrei		And rises a crying in town and country
In Bethlehem en op den akker			in Bethlehem and in the field
En maakt den geest van Rachel wakker		and awakes the spirit of Rachel
Die waren gaat door beemd en wei		That starts haunting field and meadow

[Dan from Michigan]

It's tough not to forget a ton of stuff from the 70's. Styx is alright, but not one of my favorites. Eagles I simply forgot(Take it easy, Life in the fast lane - Don't know the album titles outside Greatest Hits), and Jukebox Hero and Dirty White Boy are two Foreigner classics.

[Dan from Michigan]

Rush - Fly by Night

[Gumption]

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon, The Wall

Meddle (sp?)- has Echoes on it, that song's a trip (if you know what I mean)

[Dan from Michigan]

I don't know anything about that.......

[Gumption]

Oh yeah, RUSH! Moving Pictures (Red Barchetta). What album had Spirit of Radio?

[Dan from Michigan]

Don't remember. I think that was 80's though.