Not a bad year.


TOP TWENTY GROUPS

1. Rolling Stones
2. Led Zeppelin
3. The Who
4. Aerosmith
5. KISS
6. Bad Company
7. Roxy Music
8. Queen
9. Elton John
10. Pink Floyd
11. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
12. Black Sabbath
13. Rod Stewart & the Faces
14. David Bowie
15. Eagles
16. Sparks
17. Jefferson Starship
18. The Tubes
19. Alice Cooper
20. Yes

TOP TWENTY ALBUMS

1. Physical Graffiti (Led Zeppelin)
2. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
3. Toys in the Attic (Aerosmith)
4. Young Americans (David Bowie)
5. Alive (KISS)
6. Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Elton John)
7. By Numbers (The Who)
8. Rock of the Westies (Elton John)
9. Wish You Were Hear (Pink Floyd)
10. Sabotage (Black Sabbath)
11. Atlantic Crossing (Rod Stewart)
12. Red Octopus (Jefferson Starship)
13. Welcome to My Nightmare (Alice Cooper)
14. Blow By Blow (Jeff Beck)
15. Venus and Mars (Paul McCartney and Wings)
16. Made in the Shade (Rolling Stones)
17. Frampton (Peter Frampton)
18. Ian Hunter
19. The Tubes
20. Dressed To Kill (KISS)

TOP TEN SINGLES

1. Fame (David Bowie)
2. Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen)
3. Miracles (Jefferson Starship)
4. Ballroom Blitz (Sweet)
5. One of These Nights (Eagles)
6. Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith)
7. Young Americans (David Bowie)
8. I'm Not In Love (10cc)
9. Tush (ZZ Top)
10. Rock'n'Roll All Night (KISS)

TOP TEN R&B SINGLES

1. Fame (David Bowie)
2. Get Down Tonight (KC & the Sunshine Band)
3. Shame, Shame, Shame (Shirley & Company)
4. Lady Marmalade (Labelle)
5. Games People Play (Spinners)
6. Shinin' Star (Earth, Wind & Fire)
7. Cut the Cake (Average White Band)
8. The Hustle (Van McCoy)
9. That's the Way (KC & the Sunshine Band)
10. Jive Talkin' (Bee Gees)

BEST GUITARIST

1. Jimmy Page
2. Eric Clapton
3. Keith Richard
4. Jeff Beck
5. Mick Ronson
6. Phil Manzanera
7. Pete Townshend
8. Ron Wood
9. Ritchie Blackmore
10. Todd Rundgren

BEST DRUMMER

1. Keith Moon
2. Charlie Watts
3. Nigel Olsson
4. Carl Palmer
5. Peter Criss
6. John Bonham
7. Bill Bruford
8. Simon Kirke
9. Aynsley Dunbar
10. Ringo Starr

BEST PRODUCER

1. Todd Rundgren
2. Gus Dudgeon
3. Jimmy Page
4. John Cale
5. George Martin
6. Tony Visconti
7. Glyn Johns
8. Bob Ezrin
9. Glimmer Twins
10. Phil Spector

BEST MALE SINGER

1. David Bowie
2. Mick Jagger
3. Elton John
4. Paul Rodgers
5. Robert Plant
6. Steven Tyler
7. Bruce Springsteen
8. Roger Daltrey
9. Rod Stewart
10. Bob Dylan

BEST ROCK MOVIE

1. Tommy
2. Stardust
3. Lisztomania
4. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
5. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones
6. Yessongs
7. Nashville
8. Jaws
9. Shampoo
10. Slade in Flame

FAD OF THE YEAR

1. Disco
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. Trying to kill the President
4. Jaws
5. The Tubes
6. Drinking
7. Sex
8. Reggae
9. Earth Shoes
10. Short Hair

fuck them

Well, you know I love this list. And let me just take this opportunity to post just one pic related to the thread topic: (yes, I have a Zeppelin photo for EVERY occasion )



They're reading about themselves. Check it out, Jimmy's on the cover.
Oh, and this pic is from '75.

Hey Stax, where did you find this list. Do you have any of the old Creem magazines? Or is this from somewhere online?
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minneapolisgenius said:

http://www.creemmagazine....75_02.html

I found the list here: http://www.superseventies...hives.html

Stax said:

Thanks for that! One I don't have yet.

And I know that website (the super70s one) I have it bookmarked in fact, I've just haven't really looked through it yet. That Creem archive section is so cool.

Woo-hoo I found another!

From '73....



I love the title of the corresponding article:

Led Zeppelin: Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts
The return of those whips-and-sharks boys to our shores bodes dire consequences.


[Edited 3/25/05 6:29am]

And some more cool covers....

'74....


'75


'76


'76


'76


'77


I've actually been looking to start collecting these. I suppose I should check Ebay first.

minneapolisgenius said:

Got to love the shark story. There are a lot of cool articles in the Creem archives.

Peter!

'77


Frank!

'74


This one's for Natisse.....

Stax said:

I know. I've started to go through them now. And that shark story is different every time I hear it. Sometimes I read that it was all the members of Zeppelin involved, other times it's Richard Cole (tour manager) and that Zeppelin wasn't even there, and other times it's actually Vanilla Fudge doing the, uh, honors.

This one's a whole special issue on Zeppelin. Winter '80. Wow, this the year John Bonham died.


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minneapolisgenius said:

yeah, that story is all over the place, isn't it. Not only are the participants often changed, but so is the species of fish!

minneapolisgenius said:

Which reminds me, how can the 1975 Creem readers pick Peter Criss over John Bonham as best drummer?
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Stax said:

Yes, apparently it was a red snapper, and not a mud shark.

Stax said:

I know. I saw that and just laughed. Maybe the make-up made him more appealing?

Stax said:

They mean fad of the next 5 years.

Stax said:

See, they're not disco.

Supernova said:

I've never read Richard Cole's book, but I've read snippets of it, and also the part about the red snapper where he claimed he was involved.

I've also heard stories from Robert Plant though where he said that it was the roadies doing the groupie, and all the Zep members and their wives/girlfriends came in to watch. I don't think anyone even knows if it really happened anymore. Even if they were there.

Cloudbuster said:

I guess Bowie's r&b as well then. (at least for that song anyway)

God, music really sucked before Punk.






















Actually, I did like Bowie, Zeppelin, Roxy, etc. But those were few groups as opposed to the many that would later emerge.

CinisterCee said:

Hey, one notch below sex ain't bad!

NWF said:

Not as much as it sucks now.

Stax said:

Yes, not anywhere NEAR how much it sucks now.

andyman91 said:

Sex was a fad?

I just noticed that Bruce Springsteen was a fad as well.

Did anyone notice that Peter Criss (kiss) is ahead of John "Bonzo" Bonham (Led Zeppelin) for best drummer wtf

lovedad43 said:

Yup. We just discussed that a bit above your post. Crazy talk I tell ya! Just crazy!

minneapolisgenius said:

And obviously it's been embellished by a lot of people over the ... decades.

Supernova said:

I'll bet. I bet it started out as something like: John Paul Jones bought a goldfish and a groupie said it was cute or something like that.
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