You're so right about the 70s. What a squalid wasteland it was. But there were some bright spots in popular culture. Marvin Gaye lent it some polish with tunes like "Mercy Mercy Me." Brook Benton gave us the best rendition of the best rainy night driving tune ever, "Rainy Night in Georgia." Joe Simon was drowning in his "sea of love" and the O'Jays were warning us all about "the back stabbers." Jimmy Cliff threw down the gauntlet with "the harder they come." And two of the tightest arrangements ever came our way courtesy of the Temptations (Papa Was A Rolling Stone) and Isaac Hayes (Theme From Shaft).
It was a trashy decade, but it was also the decade of the Eagles, Star Wars and Hill Street Blues.
Goodness, I'm even starting to appreciate the BeeGees.