| TOP TEN SONGS of 1970s |
1979 1. SARA (Fleetwood Mac, Tusk) 2. ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN (Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Armed Forces) 3. LIFE DURING WARTIME (Talking Heads, Fear of Music) 4. PARTY GIRL (Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Armed Forces) 5. KINGDOM COME (Tom Verlaine, Tom Verlaine) 6. COMFORTABLY NUMB (Pink Floyd, The Wall) 7. LONDON CALLING (The Clash, London Calling) 8. CITIES (Talking Heads, Fear of Music) 9. SHE’S LOST CONTROL (Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures) 10. DAMAGED GOODS (Gang of Four, Entertainment!) 1978 1. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Kate Bush, The Kick Inside) 2. DAYS (Television, Adventure) 3. LIPSTICK VOGUE (Elvis Costello & The Attractions, This Year's Model) 4. THE DREAM’S DREAM (Television, Adventure) 5. FOUND A JOB (Talking Heads, More Songs About Buildings and Food) 6. MISS YOU (The Rolling Stones, Some Girls) 7. L’AMOUR LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE YOU (Kate Bush, The Kick Inside) 8. CAN’T STAND LOSING YOU (The Police, Outlandos d’Amour) 9. CARRIED AWAY (Television, Adventure) 10. PUMP IT UP (Elvis Costello & The Attractions, This Year’s Model) 1977 1. MARQUEE MOON (Television, Marquee Moon) 2. FRICTION (Television, Marquee Moon) 3. WATCHING THE DETECTIVES (Elvis Costello, My Aim is True) 5. JANIE JONES (The Clash, The Clash) 6. GUIDING LIGHT (Television Marquee Moon) 7. MR. BLUE SKY (Electric Light Orchestra, Out of the Blue) 8. SOUND AND VISION (David Bowie, Low) 9. PRETTY VACANT (Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks Here’s the Sex Pistols) 10. BLANK GENERATION (Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Blank Generation) 1976 1. PABLO PICASSO (The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers) 2. ROADRUNNER (The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers) 3. BEAT ON THE BRAT (The Ramones, The Ramones) 4. GOVERNMENT CENTER (The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers) 5. ISIS (Bob Dylan, Desire) 6. JUDY IS A PUNK (The Ramones, The Ramones) 7. DIGNIFIED AND OLD (The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers) 8. ROBBIN’ BANKS (Various Artists, Have Moicy!) 9. BAD LIVER AND A BROKEN HEART (Tom Waits, Small Change) 10. THE PRETENDER (Jackson Browne, The Pretender) 1975 1. THE BIG SHIP (Brian Eno, Another Green World) 2. A SIMPLE TWIST OF FATE (Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks) 3. LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (Television, Single) 4. ST. ELMO’S FIRE (Brian Eno, Another Green World) 5. IDIOT WIND (Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks) 6. IN MY TIME OF DYING (Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti) 7. JESUS (Curtis Mayfield, There's No Place Like America Today) 8. FAME (David Bowie, Fame) 9. SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND, PTS. 1-5 (Pink Floyd, Wish You Were Here) 10. TANGLED UP IN BLUE (Bob Dylan, Blood on the Tracks) 1974 1. FIELD COMMANDER COHEN (Leonard Cohen, New Skin for the Old Ceremony) 2. LATE FOR THE SKY (Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky) 3. PLEASE CALL ME, BABY (Tom Waits, The Heart of Saturday Night) 4. THE LATE SHOW (Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky) 5. NO WOMAN, NO CRY (Bob Marley & the Wailers, Natty Dread) 6. FARTHER ON (Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky) 7. CHELSEA HOTEL NO. 2 (Leonard Cohen, New Skin for the Old Ceremony) 8. FOUNTAIN OF SORROW (Jackson Browne, Late for the Sky) 9. BITTER SWEET (Roxy Music, Country Life) 10. A SINGER MUST DIE (Leonard Cohen, New Skin for the Old Ceremony) 1973 1. DANIEL (Elton John, Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only the Piano Player) 2. MAIN TITLE THEME [BILLY] (Bob Dylan, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) 3. SAD SONGS (Lou Reed, Berlin) 4. KNOCKIN’ ON HEAVEN’S DOOR (Bob Dylan, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid) 5. THE RAIN SONG (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy) 6. US AND THEM (Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon) 7. CAROLINE SAYS I (Lou Reed, Berlin) 8. MAN OF GOOD FORTUNE (Lou Reed, Berlin) 9. OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy) 10. THESE DAYS (Jackson Browne, For Everyman) 1972 1. SATELLITE OF LOVE (Lou Reed, Transformer) 2. STARMAN (David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust) 3. ALONE AGAIN [NATURALLY] (Gilbert O’Sullivan, Single) 4. ROCKS OFF (The Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St.) 5. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE (Lou Reed, Transformer) 6. PARASITE (Nick Drake, Pink Moon) 7. MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS (Elton John, Honky Chateau) 8. MOONAGE DAYDREAM (David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust) 9. OLD MAN (Neil Young, Harvest) 10. AMERICAN GOTHIC (David Ackles, American Gothic) 1971 1. FAMOUS BLUE RAINCOAT (Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate) 2. SWEEDEEDEE (Michael Hurley, Armchair Boogie) 3. THE BEWLAY BROTHERS (David Bowie, Hunky Dory) 4. JESUS WAS A CROSS MAKER (Judee Sill, Judee Sill) 5. TIRED OF BEING ALONE (Al Green, Al Green Gets Next To You) 6. MERCY MERCY ME (Marvin Gaye, What's Going On) 7. ALCOHOL (The Kings, Muswell Hillbillies) 8. THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD (Joni Mitchell, Blue) 9. QUICKSAND (David Bowie, Hunky Dory) 10. WITHOUT YOU (Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson) 1970 1. SUBWAY TO THE COUNTRY (David Ackles, Subway to the Country) 2. LOOK AT ME (John Lennon, Plastic Ono Band) 3. BIG YELLOW TAXI (Joni Mitchell, Ladies of the Canyon) 4. ROCK & ROLL (The Velvet Underground, Loaded) 5. POOR BOY (Nick Drake, Bryter Layter) 6. DOMINO (Van Morrison, His Band and the Street Choir) 7. CHIMACUM RAIN (Linda Perhacs, Parallelograms) 8. I HATE THE WHITE MAN (Roy Harper, Flat Baroque and Berserk) 9. OH! SWEET NUTHIN’ (The Velvet Underground, Loaded) 10. THE BOXER (Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water) |