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The 80s poll has proven to be a great success, with 31 song ballots and a whopping 64 album ballots producing wonderful lists. Next up is the 1970s! I know a lot of people here quite love the 70s- funk, glam, punk, post-punk, electronic and new wave were alive and well.

Don't worry if you didn't participate in the previous polls- I'd love to have as wide of a representation as possible. Feel free to submit ranked lists of up to 200 songs and 200 albums, and I'll post the results after the deadline at midnight, July 31st, 2010 org time! Please submit your lists to ian_renner[at]yahoo.com, replacing the [at] with the @ symbol. Make sure you tell me what your Org username is. I'll reply to your message to let you know that I got your list. I'd prefer to receive lists made in Microsoft Excel with a .xls extension with separate columns for artist, album/song and year.

I'd like to change the artist format guidelines:

I'd appreciate artist names to be submitted this way:

David Bowie (not Bowie, David)
Cure, The (not The Cure) (This is different to previous poll formats!)

Each list must contain at least 10 albums or 10 songs.

One other thing- no compilations!

Feel free to use this thread for recommendations. Last time, most people just posted their lists here and didn't send me an Excel spreadsheet. I will accept these lists, but it takes me a lot more time to compile them.

Bring on those lists!

Poll History:

1980s: Poll, Results

1990s: Poll, Results

2000s: Poll, Album Results, Song Results

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[Edited 6/10/10 22:10pm]

Oh hell yeah!!!

Neither mind #1, it's going to be difficult to figure out the Top 20 songs. Too much talent in the 1970's, especially from disco, rock, & The Funk genres.

I already have my top 150 ranked, now I just have to do the bottom fifty.

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[Edited 6/10/10 23:12pm]

I'm not nearly as well-versed in 70s music as I am in 80s music (but still know a LOT more than I do about the 60s ), so I'm hoping to pick up some recommendations here.

Here's my working album list. Probably around 80 of these are good enough to include, I think.

Can - Soundtracks •1970•
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World •1970•
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 1 •1970•
Nico - Desertshore •1970•
The Doors - Morrison Hotel •1970•
The Stooges - Fun House •1970•
The Velvet Underground - Loaded •1970•
Can - Tago Mago •1971•
Carole King - Tapestry •1971•
David Bowie - Hunky Dory •1971•
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain •1971•
Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 •1971•
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On •1971•
Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On •1971•
T. Rex - Electric Warrior •1971•
The Doors - L.A. Woman •1971•
Can - Ege Bamyasi •1972•
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust •1972•
Lou Reed - Transformer •1972•
Roxy Music - Roxy Music •1972•
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book •1972•
T. Rex - The Slider •1972•
Can - Future Days •1973•
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane •1973•
David Bowie - Pin Ups •1973•
Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop •1973•
John Cale - Paris 1913 •1973•
Lou Reed - Berlin •1973•
New York Dolls - New York Dolls •1973•
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure •1973•
Roxy Music - Stranded •1973•
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions •1973•
Suzi Quatro - Can the Can •1973•
The Stooges - Raw Power •1973•
David Bowie - Diamond Dogs •1974•
Kraftwerk - Autobahn •1974•
Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke •1974•
Roxy Music - Country Life •1974•
Sparks - Kimono My House •1974•
Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale •1974•
Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic •1975•
David Bowie - Young Americans •1975•
Kraftwerk - Radioactivity •1975•
Parliament - Chocolate City •1975•
Parliament - Mothership Connection •1975•
Patti Smith - Horses •1975•
Roxy Music - Siren •1975•
Sparks - Indiscreet •1975•
Aerosmith - Rocks •1976•
Blondie - Blondie •1976•
David Bowie - Station to Station •1976•
Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby •1976•
Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers •1976•
Ramones - Ramones •1976•
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life •1976•
The Runaways - The Runaways •1976•
Blondie - Plastic Letters •1977•
David Bowie - Low •1977•
David Bowie - Heroes •1977•
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True •1977•
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours •1977•
Grace Jones - Portfolio •1977•
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express •1977•
Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome •1977•
Ramones - Leave Home •1977•
Ramones - Rocket to Russia •1977•
Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks •1977•
Suicide - Suicide •1977•
Television - Marquee Moon •1977•
The Clash - The Clash •1977•
The Runaways - Queens of Noise •1977•
Wire - Pink Flag •1977•
Automat - Automat •1978•
Blondie - Parallel Lines •1978•
Chic - C'est Chic •1978•
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model •1978•
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove •1978•
Kraftwerk - The Man Machine •1978•
Lou Reed - Street Hassle •1978•
Magazine - Real Life •1978•
Patti Smith Group - Easter •1978•
Prince - For You •1978•
Rick James - Come and Get It •1978•
Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream •1978•
Soundtrack - Grease •1978•
Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food •1978•
The Cars - The Cars •1978•
Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army •1978•
Ultravox - Systems of Romance •1978•
Blondie - Eat to the Beat •1979•
Chic - Risque •1979•
David Bowie - Lodger •1979•
Donna Summer - Bad Girls •1979•
Gang of Four - Entertainment! •1979•
Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle •1979•
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures •1979•
Lou Reed - The Bells •1979•
Magazine - Secondhand Daylight •1979•
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall •1979•
Prince - Prince •1979•
Roxy Music - Manifesto •1979•
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Join Hands •1979•
Talking Heads - Fear of Music •1979•
The B-52's - The B-52's •1979•
The Clash - London Calling •1979•
The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys •1979•
The Human League - Reproduction •1979•
The Specials - The Specials •1979•
Tubeway Army - Replicas •1979•

This is gonna take me awhile....

I spent a bit of time over the past two weekends trying to form an album list into reasonable shape - I'd say I'm 75% of the way there. A song list, as always, is more of a chore but I'll be churning one for certain.

Completely tentative list:

damosuzuki said:

I spent a bit of time over the past two weekends trying to form an album list into reasonable shape - I'd say I'm 75% of the way there. A song list, as always, is more of a chore but I'll be churning one for certain.

Completely tentative list:

1 - Can - Soundtracks

I know you're nuts about Malcolm Mooney, but don't you think this is pushing it a bit?

Here's about 3/4 of my list. I should be finished ranking it soon.

10cc - I’m Not in Love
A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Ace - How Long
America - A Horse with No Name
Andrea True Connection - More, More, More
Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
Anne Murray - Danny’s Song
Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
Aretha Frankling - Day Dreaming
Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond - You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
Barry Manilow - Copacabana
Barry Manilow - Mandy
Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
Bay City Rollers, The - Saturday Night
Beatles, The - Let It Be
Bee Gees, The - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
Bee Gees, The - Stayin’ Alive
Bette Midler - Friends
Bette Midler - The Rose
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Blondie - One Way or Another
Bo Donaldson - Billy Don’t Be a Hero
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - Still the Same
Carly Simon - Anticipation
Carly Simon - You’re So Vain
Carole King - It’s Too Late
Carpenters, The - Rainy Days & Mondays
Carpenters, The - Sing
Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken
Chairman of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
Cheap Trick - Surrender
Cher - Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves
Cher - Dark Lady
Cheryl Lynn - Got to Be Real
Chic - Good Times
Chic - Le Freak
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Chris Rea - Fool (If You Think It’s Over)
Commodores - Brick Houe
Diana Ross - Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross - Love Hangover
Diana Ross - Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To)
Diana Ross - Touch Me in the Morning
Dionne Warwick - I’ll Never Fall in Love Again
Dionne Warwick - I’ll Never Love This Way Again
Dionne Warwick & The Spinners - Then Came You
Dolly Parton - Here You Come Again
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna Summer - Bad Girls
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
Donna Summer - Last Dance
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby
Doobie Brothers, The - Listen to the Music
Doobie Brothers, The - What a Fool Believes
Eagles, The - Hotel California
Earth, Wind & Fire - After the Love Has Gone
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland
Earth, Wind & Fire - September
Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star
Eddie Money - Baby Hold On
Elton John - Bennie and the Jet
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Elton John - Someone Saved My Life Tonight
Elton John - Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Emotions, The - Best of My Love
Evelyn “Champagne” King - Shame
Fleetwood Mac - Don’t Stop
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Four Seasons, The - December, 1963 (Oh What a Night)
Franki Valli - Grease
Freda Payne - Band of Gold
Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
Heart - Crazy on You
Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn
Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
Jackson Five, The - I Want You Back
Jackson Five, The - I’ll Be There
Jacksons, Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)
Janis Ian - At Seventeen
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Jim Croce - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Jim Croce - Time in a Bottle
John Denver - Sunshine in My Shoulders
Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight
Labelle - Lady Marmalade
Linda Ronstadt - Blue Bayou
Linda Ronstadt - You’re No Good
McFadden & Wbitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Main Ingredient, The - Everybody Plays the Fool
Maxine Nightingale - Right Back Where We Started From
Melanie - Brand New Key
Michael Jackson - Ben
Michael Jackson - Don’t Stop ‘til You Get Enough
Michael Murray - Wildfire
Minnie Ripper ton - Lovin’ You
Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
Natalie Cole - I’ve Got Love on My Mind
Natalie Cole - This Will Be
Neil Sedaka - Laughter in the Rain
Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City
Nicolette Larson - Lotta Love
O'Jays, The - Back Stabbers
O’Jays, The - For the Love of Money
Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow
Patti Smith - Because the Night
Peter Frampton - Show Me the Way
Pilot - Magic
Player - Baby Come Back
Queen - Somebody to Love
Raspberries, The - Go All the Way
Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E's in Love
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly with His Song
Rod Stewart - Tonight’s the Night
Rose Royce - Carwash
Rufus - Tell Me Something Good
Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through the Night
Seals & Crofts - Summer Breeze
Sister Sledge - He’s the Greatest Dancer
Spinners, The - Could It Be I’m Falling in Love
Spinners, The - I’ll Be Around
Starlight Vocal Band - Afternoon Delight
Steely Dan - Reelin’ In the Years
Steve Miller Band, The - Fly Like an Eagle
Stevie Wonder - If You Really Love Me
Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Stevie Wonder - You Are the Sunshine of My Life
Stylistics, The - You Make Me Feel Brand New
Supremes, The - Stoned Love
Supremes, The - Up the Ladder to the Roof
Sylvers, The - Boogie Fever
Temptations, The - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
Temptations, The - Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
Temptations, The - Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)
Thelma Houston - Don’t Leave Me This Way
Three Dog Night - Black and White
Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
Vicki Lawrence - The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Vicki Sue Robinson - Turn the Beat Around
War - Why Can’t We Be Friends
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Yvonne Elliman - If I Can’t Have You

Moonbeam said:

damosuzuki said:

I spent a bit of time over the past two weekends trying to form an album list into reasonable shape - I'd say I'm 75% of the way there. A song list, as always, is more of a chore but I'll be churning one for certain.

Completely tentative list:

1 - Can - Soundtracks

I know you're nuts about Malcolm Mooney, but don't you think this is pushing it a bit?

Oh ha ha. I was trying to think of something to lob back like 'Ringo's probably your favourite Beatle' - but Ringo probably is your favourite Beatle.

damosuzuki said:

Moonbeam said:

I know you're nuts about Malcolm Mooney, but don't you think this is pushing it a bit?

Oh ha ha. I was trying to think of something to lob back like 'Ringo's probably your favourite Beatle' - but Ringo probably is your favourite Beatle.

Ringo would probably be 2nd for me after George, in all honesty.

Okay. In no order and limiting myself to one album per artist.

Talking Book -- Stevie Wonder

Aja -- Steely Dan

Shaft -- Isaac Hayes

What's Goin' On -- Marvin Gaye

Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac

All N' All -- Earth, Wind & Fire

Off The Wall -- Michael Jackson

Ask Rufus -- Rufus feat. Chaka Khan

There's A Riot Goin' On -- Sly & The Family Stone

I've already started it. I know it will be fun to compile, but I anticipate crying or getting headaches along the way.

All I know is that Prince will NEVER win the #1 spot on the 70's songs poll. With only 2 Prince albums involve + loads of other legendary talents, I wouldn't be surprise if we end up with a possible Stevie Wonder VS. David Bowie VS. Donna Summers VS. The Bee Gees type of showdown.

I need to get to work...

TonyVanDam said:

All I know is that Prince will NEVER win the #1 spot on the 70's songs poll. With only 2 Prince albums involve + loads of other legendary talents, I wouldn't be surprise if we end up with a possible Stevie Wonder VS. David Bowie VS. Donna Summers VS. The Bee Gees type of showdown.

Don't forget Earth Wind & Fire

I'm halfway there, but still need to rank and that's when the sleepless nights take over. Time is ticking y'all!

Aw shucks!.. I completely forgot about this.

there's so much good soul and funk music to include.

EWF, Curtis, Jackson 5, Marvin, Al Green, Stevie, etc.

Bree8016 said:

there's so much good soul and funk music to include.

EWF, Curtis, Jackson 5, Marvin, Al Green, Stevie, etc.

I just started compiling my song and album lists. I concur with the above statement.

..there were some great Rock, Jazz, Blues and Country releases as well.

I believe this 70's poll will be all over the place..

Chaotic

[Edited 7/17/10 9:44am]

Yeah, this topic could use a timely bump and perhaps an extension of the deadline.

Moonbeam said:

Yeah, this topic could use a timely bump and perhaps an extension of the deadline.

My album list is pretty much settled and I have a good cross-section of songs to shape into a list, but time is always the enemy. I can make the original deadline, but an extension would get no argument from me.

Yeah an extension would be greatly appreciated.

How about an extension to August 15th? I think this thread will expire on August 10th, but we can make a plan.

Moonbeam said:

How about an extension to August 15th? I think this thread will expire on August 10th, but we can make a plan.

August 15th makes sense to me.

It appears the 70s thread has gone to heaven. I just tried posting to it & received a message indicating no further posts could be made.

...and I was just about to agree with something you said! Perhaps the org gods just can't allow that to happen.

Moonbeam said:

Yeah, this topic could use a timely bump and perhaps an extension of the deadline.

I say give it until the end of August 2010.

There are some 70's music fans that haven't been in the org for a while. And they need to know about this poll.

I'm (always ) down for an extension.

Is a separate results thread each for albums and songs an option? Just asking.

AlexdeParis said:

I'm (always ) down for an extension.

Is a separate results thread each for albums and songs an option? Just asking.

I think the mods prefer one thread for results, but I can ask again!

I missed the other decades, and i'd love to do this...but i'm not sure i'm that organized...

Rogue588 said:

I missed the other decades, and i'd love to do this...but i'm not sure i'm that organized...

Hooray for new voters!

I am working on my list now, its hard to rank them, but I am doing them chronologically so songs like Yellow River and Ma belle ami will come before Funkytown