JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Absolutely! They are absolutely dreadful- the indie/alternative equivalent of new age- shamelessly inoffensive sonic wallpaper.

inoffensive? new age? hell if I want danger, I'll go to a redneck club and I'll start a fist fight there

and give me Enya's 00s albums anyday instead of any 00s "new" garage rock band

[Edited 8/19/10 7:55am]

You consider Enya and Coldplay releases to be the the best of 00???

Freak.

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

inoffensive? new age? hell if I want danger, I'll go to a redneck club and I'll start a fist fight there

and give me Enya's 00s albums anyday instead of any 00s "new" garage rock band

[Edited 8/19/10 7:55am]

You consider Enya and Coldplay releases to be the the best of 00???

Freak.

some of the best, yeah, absolutely...

Moonbeam already has my lists. So for the rest of you, here are my favourite songs from my favourite decade...

And now, my favourite albums...

JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Absolutely! They are absolutely dreadful- the indie/alternative equivalent of new age- shamelessly inoffensive sonic wallpaper.

inoffensive? new age? hell if I want danger, I'll go to a redneck club and I'll start a fist fight there

and give me Enya's 00s albums anyday instead of any 00s "new" garage rock band

[Edited 8/19/10 7:55am]

To me, Coldplay is coffee table music- music that people who aren't really fans of music will uphold as something special to appear as if they like something contemporary but substantial while not really knowing what they're talking about. I really have a hard time envisioning anyone really being passionate about them- it's just so bland!

JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Well, there are certainly a lot of albums from the 2000s that I love from veteran artists, but I adore each of these artists that have emerged from the 2000s:

Annie

LCD Soundsystem

The Strokes

Gorillaz

Chromeo

!!!

Janelle Monae

Bat for Lashes

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

RES

Peaches

Duffy

Madvillain

Death from Above 1979

Interpol

Justice

Ladyhawke

The xx

Wolf Parade

Antony and the Johnsons

And don't get me started on how bad Coldplay is, Tyler!

Coldplay, with their 5 CLASSIC singles of the 00s (we all know which ones), easily murder those artists/bands, minus Duffy, who is certainly my nº11 () and, perhaps, Gorillaz...

The Strokes are the worst abomination of all time, even worse than O'Town...

i love the strokes...... ...thought their first album was superb stuff... ....just shows you...

blackbob said:

JoeTyler said:

Coldplay, with their 5 CLASSIC singles of the 00s (we all know which ones), easily murder those artists/bands, minus Duffy, who is certainly my nº11 () and, perhaps, Gorillaz...

The Strokes are the worst abomination of all time, even worse than O'Town...

i love the strokes...... ...thought their first album was superb stuff... ....just shows you...

Me too! I like all 3 Strokes albums.

Moonbeam said:

sextonseven said:

A personal observation...

The percentage of my music collection from the 70s has always been rather small and only recently (partly in anticipation of this thread) have I been stocking up on catalog albums from that decade--mostly ones that were the best reviewed by both critics and fans alike since, what better place to start, right? Having finally listened to them all and subsequently ranking them, I came to one conclusion:

I have a very boring list.

I heard some great albums for the very first time sure, but my list is for the most part devoid of any personal taste. Compared to my 80s and 90s lists which I felt had my own individual stamp, my 70s list is compiled of all the usual suspects and looks a lot like everyone else's list, just with the albums in a slightly different order. Yawn.

So here's my tentative top 80 albums list, if anyone really cares. Ian, it's not final until I email you the excel file before the deadline.

I'm in the same boat, to a large degree. Although I know and enjoy a good amount of 70s albums now (but not nearly as many as I know for the 80s and 2000s), most of it consists of critical darlings and commercial juggernauts. I think it has to do with the fact that I wasn't around during the 70s, so I looked at charts and critics' lists to explore. There are a few oddities in my list, but nowhere near as many as I would have for those other decades.

I think to a large part this is due to the fact that the independent/underground elements weren't fully developed throughout most of the seventies. It existed certainly, but my impression is that there just weren't as many nooks & crannies where weird outliers like to settle.

Moonbeam said:

blackbob said:

i love the strokes...... ...thought their first album was superb stuff... ....just shows you...

Me too! I like all 3 Strokes albums.

The Strokes killed rock n' roll. Period; the genre briefly enjoyed an uncertain resurrection with FFerdinand's first LP and Arctic Monkey's debut...

On top of that, The Strokes were always loved by the two magazines that are clearly killing rock n' roll with their unbearable bullshit: Pitchford (or Pitchfork or whatever that shit t's called) and that perpetual, ridiculous & unfocused zombie called Rolling Stone...so FUCK THEM...

damosuzuki said:

Moonbeam said:

I'm in the same boat, to a large degree. Although I know and enjoy a good amount of 70s albums now (but not nearly as many as I know for the 80s and 2000s), most of it consists of critical darlings and commercial juggernauts. I think it has to do with the fact that I wasn't around during the 70s, so I looked at charts and critics' lists to explore. There are a few oddities in my list, but nowhere near as many as I would have for those other decades.

I think to a large part this is due to the fact that the independent/underground elements weren't fully developed throughout most of the seventies. It existed certainly, but my impression is that there just weren't as many nooks & crannies where weird outliers like to settle.

I was thinking about you when I finished my list and thought, "damosuzuki would never approve of this."

JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Me too! I like all 3 Strokes albums.

The Strokes killed rock n' roll. Period; the genre briefly enjoyed an uncertain resurrection with FFerdinand's first LP and Arctic Monkey's debut...

On top of that, The Strokes were always loved by the two magazines that are clearly killing rock n' roll with their unbearable bullshit: Pitchford (or Pitchfork or whatever that shit t's called) and that perpetual, ridiculous & unfocused zombie called Rolling Stone...so FUCK THEM...

Okay.

And just to clarify, you think Coldplay and Enya are GREAT?

sextonseven said:

damosuzuki said:

I think to a large part this is due to the fact that the independent/underground elements weren't fully developed throughout most of the seventies. It existed certainly, but my impression is that there just weren't as many nooks & crannies where weird outliers like to settle.

I was thinking about you when I finished my list and thought, "damosuzuki would never approve of this."

Hmmph...I think an objective third party would probably find your list, with your Serge Gainsbourgs & Dusty Springfields, far more hip than mine.

I am genuinely surprised to see Led Zeppelin on your list. I would have thought they might be a little too ‘traditional cock rock’ for your tastes. Bob Plant did sing like a girl sometimes, though.

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

The Strokes killed rock n' roll. Period; the genre briefly enjoyed an uncertain resurrection with FFerdinand's first LP and Arctic Monkey's debut...

On top of that, The Strokes were always loved by the two magazines that are clearly killing rock n' roll with their unbearable bullshit: Pitchford (or Pitchfork or whatever that shit t's called) and that perpetual, ridiculous & unfocused zombie called Rolling Stone...so FUCK THEM...

Okay.

And just to clarify, you think Coldplay and Enya are GREAT?

Here we go

I mentioned Enya before cuz Moobmean dissed Coldplay as band that could be considered as the equivalent of an alt-rock/indie "new age" band: bland and inoffensive; that's why I said that I still prefer Enya or ANY other New Age act than the bullshit of the 00s alternative bands But yeah, I do believe that Enya's 00s albums are good enough, at least for the new age genre; of course, her prime were the 88-96 years, after that her material is only for the hardcore, really...

And Coldplay are one of the BEST bands of the 00s, with 5 CLASSIC singles in the can...and the album X&Y is one of the best of the 00s...

JoeTyler said:

And Coldplay are one of the BEST bands of the 00s, with 5 CLASSIC singles in the can...and the album X&Y is one of the best of the 00s...

Lord have mercy!

Moonbeam said:

JoeTyler said:

And Coldplay are one of the BEST bands of the 00s, with 5 CLASSIC singles in the can...and the album X&Y is one of the best of the 00s...

Lord have mercy!

Where does this hate come from?

JoeTyler said:

Moonbeam said:

Lord have mercy!

Where does this hate come from?

My disdain for pseudo-emotional (insert genre)-lite music!

damosuzuki said:

sextonseven said:

I was thinking about you when I finished my list and thought, "damosuzuki would never approve of this."

Hmmph...I think an objective third party would probably find your list, with your Serge Gainsbourgs & Dusty Springfields, far more hip than mine.

I am genuinely surprised to see Led Zeppelin on your list. I would have thought they might be a little too ‘traditional cock rock’ for your tastes. Bob Plant did sing like a girl sometimes, though.

Ah yes, I honestly only heard those two Zeppelin albums for the first time in the last two weeks which I had bought as a promise to an orger Zeppelin fam that shall remain nameless. Loved Zepplein III exactly because it wasn't so 'cock rock' as you put it. I'm also a big fan of Jack White so liking that album in particular seems natural to me in retrospect. I probably should have rated it even higher than I did.

Another batch of new 70s albums arrived in the mail over the weekend so my list will no doubt be revised before the deadline.

JoeTyler said:

sextonseven said:

Okay.

And just to clarify, you think Coldplay and Enya are GREAT?

Here we go

I mentioned Enya before cuz Moobmean dissed Coldplay as band that could be considered as the equivalent of an alt-rock/indie "new age" band: bland and inoffensive; that's why I said that I still prefer Enya or ANY other New Age act than the bullshit of the 00s alternative bands But yeah, I do believe that Enya's 00s albums are good enough, at least for the new age genre; of course, her prime were the 88-96 years, after that her material is only for the hardcore, really...

And Coldplay are one of the BEST bands of the 00s, with 5 CLASSIC singles in the can...and the album X&Y is one of the best of the 00s...

I'm grateful you didn't contribute to the 00s poll and infect it with your Coldplay malarkey.

sextonseven said:

JoeTyler said:

Here we go

I mentioned Enya before cuz Moobmean dissed Coldplay as band that could be considered as the equivalent of an alt-rock/indie "new age" band: bland and inoffensive; that's why I said that I still prefer Enya or ANY other New Age act than the bullshit of the 00s alternative bands But yeah, I do believe that Enya's 00s albums are good enough, at least for the new age genre; of course, her prime were the 88-96 years, after that her material is only for the hardcore, really...

And Coldplay are one of the BEST bands of the 00s, with 5 CLASSIC singles in the can...and the album X&Y is one of the best of the 00s...

I'm grateful you didn't contribute to the 00s poll and infect it with your Coldplay malarkey.

Actually, this would have been my top20 albums of the 00s...

1.Roisin Murphy - Overpowered

2.Arcade Fire - Funeral

3.Eminem - Marshall Matters LP

4.Kylie Minogue - Light Years

5.Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue

6.Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand

7.Bob Dylan - Modern Times

8.Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel

9.Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor

10.Basement Jaxx - Rooty

11.Bruce Springsteen - The Rising

12.David Bowie - Heathen

13.Kylie Minogue - Fever

14.Madonna - Music

15.White Stripes - Elephant

16.Jay Z - The Black Album

17.Prince - 3121

18.Coldplay - X&Y

19.Arcade Fire - Neon Bible

20.Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

[Edited 8/22/10 20:03pm]

JoeTyler said:

2.Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire

Do you mean Funeral, or are you talking about their EP from 2003? You should check out the results of that poll! There's a link in the 70s sticky.

Moonbeam said:

JoeTyler said:

2.Arcade Fire - Arcade Fire

Do you mean Funeral, or are you talking about their EP from 2003? You should check out the results of that poll! There's a link in the 70s sticky.

Oh oh, yes yes, I mean Funeral

oh, and I checked a long time ago (some months ago, I mean ) the 00s poll; good results, a couple of shitty songs here and there but overall I liked it; Hey Ya was a great Nº1 in my opinion

Okay here goes my 200 songs from the 70's. They are in order starting with #1 but I could not figure out how to copy the numbered list from excel.

Here's my almost final album list:

1 . Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life •1976•
2 . Blondie - Eat to the Beat •1979•
3 . Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure •1973•
4 . David Bowie - Aladdin Sane •1973•
5 . Lou Reed - Berlin •1973•
6 . David Bowie - Low •1977•
7 . David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust •1972•
8 . Tubeway Army - Replicas •1979•
9 . The Doors - L.A. Woman •1971•
10 . Blondie - Blondie •1976•
11 . Roxy Music - Roxy Music •1972•
12 . Lou Reed - Transformer •1972•
13 . Patti Smith - Horses •1975•
14 . Blondie - Parallel Lines •1978•
15 . Magazine - Real Life •1978•
16 . Kraftwerk - The Man Machine •1978•
17 . David Bowie - Station to Station •1976•
18 . Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures •1979•
19 . Elvis Costello - This Year's Model •1978•
20 . Television - Marquee Moon •1977•
21 . David Bowie - Lodger •1979•
22 . Parliament - Mothership Connection •1975•
23 . David Bowie - Heroes •1977•
24 . Roxy Music - Stranded •1973•
25 . Stevie Wonder - Innervisions •1973•
26 . Funkadelic - Maggot Brain •1971•
27 . David Bowie - Hunky Dory •1971•
28 . Michael Jackson - Off the Wall •1979•
29 . Sparks - Kimono My House •1974•
30 . Patti Smith Group - Easter •1978•
31 . Wire - Pink Flag •1977•
32 . Chic - C'est Chic •1978•
33 . Donna Summer - Bad Girls •1979•
34 . Ramones - Ramones •1976•
35 . T. Rex - Electric Warrior •1971•
36 . The Stooges - Fun House •1970•
37 . Prince - Prince •1979•
38 . The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys •1979•
39 . Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove •1978•
40 . Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express •1977•
41 . Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle •1979•
42 . Suicide - Suicide •1977•
43 . Can - Tago Mago •1971•
44 . Gang of Four - Entertainment! •1979•
45 . Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome •1977•
46 . Stevie Wonder - Talking Book •1972•
47 . New York Dolls - New York Dolls •1973•
48 . The Clash - London Calling •1979•
49 . Talking Heads - Fear of Music •1979•
50 . Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream •1978•
51 . Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers •1976•
52 . Roxy Music - Country Life •1974•
53 . The Stooges - Raw Power •1973•
54 . Can - Ege Bamyasi •1972•
55 . Iggy Pop - Lust for Life •1977•
56 . Ramones - Rocket to Russia •1977•
57 . Nico - Desertshore •1970•
58 . Roxy Music - Siren •1975•
59 . Lou Reed - Street Hassle •1978•
60 . Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke •1974•
61 . The Runaways - The Runaways •1976•
62 . The Doors - Morrison Hotel •1970•
63 . Fleetwood Mac - Rumours •1977•
64 . David Bowie - Young Americans •1975•
65 . Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby •1976•
66 . Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food •1978•
67 . The Cars - The Cars •1978•
68 . Marvin Gaye - What's Going On •1971•
69 . Can - Future Days •1973•
70 . Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic •1975•
71 . Ultravox - Systems of Romance •1978•
72 . Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army •1978•
73 . T. Rex - The Slider •1972•
74 . Rick James - Come Get It •1978•
75 . David Bowie - Diamond Dogs •1974•
76 . Magazine - Secondhand Daylight •1979•
77 . Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks •1977•
78 . Parliament - Chocolate City •1975•
79 . Aerosmith - Rocks •1976•
80 . Automat - Automat •1978•
81 . David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World •1970•
82 . The B-52's - The B-52's •1979•
83 . Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True •1977•
84 . Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On •1971•
85 . John Cale - Paris 1913 •1973•
86 . Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale •1974•
87 . Blondie - Plastic Letters •1977•
88 . Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop •1973•
89 . Kraftwerk - Autobahn •1974•
90 . The Clash - The Clash •1977•
91 . Chic - Risque •1979•
92 . Ramones - Leave Home •1977•
93 . Sparks - Indiscreet •1975•
94 . The Human League - Reproduction •1979•
95 . Prince - For You •1978•
96 . Roxy Music - Manifesto •1979•
97 . The Runaways - Queens of Noise •1977•
98 . Soundtrack - Grease •1978•
99 . Can - Soundtracks •1970•
100 . Kraftwerk - Radioactivity •1975•

Moonbeam said:

Here's my almost final album list:

1 . Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life •1976•
2 . Blondie - Eat to the Beat •1979•
3 . Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure •1973•
4 . David Bowie - Aladdin Sane •1973•
5 . Lou Reed - Berlin •1973•
6 . David Bowie - Low •1977•
7 . David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust •1972•
8 . Tubeway Army - Replicas •1979•
9 . The Doors - L.A. Woman •1971•
10 . Blondie - Blondie •1976•
11 . Roxy Music - Roxy Music •1972•
12 . Lou Reed - Transformer •1972•
13 . Patti Smith - Horses •1975•
14 . Blondie - Parallel Lines •1978•
15 . Magazine - Real Life •1978•
16 . Kraftwerk - The Man Machine •1978•
17 . David Bowie - Station to Station •1976•
18 . Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures •1979•
19 . Elvis Costello - This Year's Model •1978•
20 . Television - Marquee Moon •1977•
21 . David Bowie - Lodger •1979•
22 . Parliament - Mothership Connection •1975•
23 . David Bowie - Heroes •1977•
24 . Roxy Music - Stranded •1973•
25 . Stevie Wonder - Innervisions •1973•
26 . Funkadelic - Maggot Brain •1971•
27 . David Bowie - Hunky Dory •1971•
28 . Michael Jackson - Off the Wall •1979•
29 . Sparks - Kimono My House •1974•
30 . Patti Smith Group - Easter •1978•
31 . Wire - Pink Flag •1977•
32 . Chic - C'est Chic •1978•
33 . Donna Summer - Bad Girls •1979•
34 . Ramones - Ramones •1976•
35 . T. Rex - Electric Warrior •1971•
36 . The Stooges - Fun House •1970•
37 . Prince - Prince •1979•
38 . The Cure - Three Imaginary Boys •1979•
39 . Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove •1978•
40 . Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express •1977•
41 . Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle •1979•
42 . Suicide - Suicide •1977•
43 . Can - Tago Mago •1971•
44 . Gang of Four - Entertainment! •1979•
45 . Parliament - Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome •1977•
46 . Stevie Wonder - Talking Book •1972•
47 . New York Dolls - New York Dolls •1973•
48 . The Clash - London Calling •1979•
49 . Talking Heads - Fear of Music •1979•
50 . Siouxsie and the Banshees - The Scream •1978•
51 . Modern Lovers - Modern Lovers •1976•
52 . Roxy Music - Country Life •1974•
53 . The Stooges - Raw Power •1973•
54 . Can - Ege Bamyasi •1972•
55 . Iggy Pop - Lust for Life •1977•
56 . Ramones - Rocket to Russia •1977•
57 . Nico - Desertshore •1970•
58 . Roxy Music - Siren •1975•
59 . Lou Reed - Street Hassle •1978•
60 . Parliament - Up for the Down Stroke •1974•
61 . The Runaways - The Runaways •1976•
62 . The Doors - Morrison Hotel •1970•
63 . Fleetwood Mac - Rumours •1977•
64 . David Bowie - Young Americans •1975•
65 . Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby •1976•
66 . Talking Heads - More Songs about Buildings and Food •1978•
67 . The Cars - The Cars •1978•
68 . Marvin Gaye - What's Going On •1971•
69 . Can - Future Days •1973•
70 . Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic •1975•
71 . Ultravox - Systems of Romance •1978•
72 . Tubeway Army - Tubeway Army •1978•
73 . T. Rex - The Slider •1972•
74 . Rick James - Come Get It •1978•
75 . David Bowie - Diamond Dogs •1974•
76 . Magazine - Secondhand Daylight •1979•
77 . Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks •1977•
78 . Parliament - Chocolate City •1975•
79 . Aerosmith - Rocks •1976•
80 . Automat - Automat •1978•
81 . David Bowie - The Man Who Sold the World •1970•
82 . The B-52's - The B-52's •1979•
83 . Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True •1977•
84 . Sly and the Family Stone - There's a Riot Goin' On •1971•
85 . John Cale - Paris 1913 •1973•
86 . Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale •1974•
87 . Blondie - Plastic Letters •1977•
88 . Funkadelic - Cosmic Slop •1973•
89 . Kraftwerk - Autobahn •1974•
90 . The Clash - The Clash •1977•
91 . Chic - Risque •1979•
92 . Ramones - Leave Home •1977•
93 . Sparks - Indiscreet •1975•
94 . The Human League - Reproduction •1979•
95 . Prince - For You •1978•
96 . Roxy Music - Manifesto •1979•
97 . The Runaways - Queens of Noise •1977•
98 . Soundtrack - Grease •1978•
99 . Can - Soundtracks •1970•
100 . Kraftwerk - Radioactivity •1975•

Great list The kind of 70s music that I like With some other R&B acts it would be percect...

You lost your good taste, though, during the 00s list

JoeTyler said:

Great list The kind of 70s music that I like With some other R&B acts it would be percect...

You lost your good taste, though, during the 00s list

I definitely could brush up on some more 70s music- especially R & B!

As for the 00s...

Moonbeam said:

JoeTyler said:

Great list The kind of 70s music that I like With some other R&B acts it would be percect...

You lost your good taste, though, during the 00s list

I definitely could brush up on some more 70s music- especially R & B!

As for the 00s...

The first 70s R&B person I'd recommend whom I didn't see on your list is Betty Davis. That woman is FUNKY. If you like Prince and Parliament then she's a no-brainer. And all her albums were remastered very nicely last year.

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Betty Davis (1973)

They Say I'm Different (1974)

Nasty Gal (1975)

Is It Love Or Desire (recorded in 1976, but never released until 2009)

Bobsteezy, awesome list! Do you have one of your favorite albums?

I have 2 words for you all ......

Freddie Mercury

[Edited 8/28/10 6:33am]

#1 song of the 70's "Hotel California"

#1 album of the 70's "Songs In The Key Of Life"

dseann said:

#1 song of the 70's "Hotel California"

#1 album of the 70's "Songs In The Key Of Life"

Where are the other nine entries?