hey won't you play another somebody done too many ludes song
― Vic Perry, Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
There's no Philly soul on this list, Elton and Bowie colonizing the colonies with their "Freedom" and "Americans" bit.
― Vic Perry, Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
It's hard to believe "Bad Time" is Grand Funk. You could get away playing it blind to the uneducated and get away with saying it's an unreleased Big Star track. The Jayhawks(?) did a faithful cover that brings that out.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:25 (nine years ago) link
If "No No Song/Snookeroo" had been flipped, I'd have considered voting or it.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
*for
"Do you remember....your President Nixon?" No grandpa, what was that like?
― Vic Perry, Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
not a crook iirc
I remember a local DJ breaking a copy of "Philadelphia Freedom" on air that year because that song had been played to death
― Brad C., Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
this is a pretty bleak list
― example (crüt), Sunday, 12 April 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
went with Pure Prairie League over Kraftwerk, Queen, LaBelle, Earth Wind and Fire, Rufus, Bowie, Phoebe Snow
― Brad C., Sunday, 12 April 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
Damn, "Philadelphia Freedom" is the top example of inappropriate use of strings in the mid-70s.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Sunday, 12 April 2015 19:10 (nine years ago) link
Tempted to go with John Denver. Used to play that song on the way out of town when friends and I would go on roadtrips, so it always makes me feel like something fun is about to happen.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 12 April 2015 19:23 (nine years ago) link
― Vic Perry, Sunday, April 12, 2015 6:24 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Major Harris?
― tsrobodo, Sunday, 12 April 2015 19:48 (nine years ago) link
these days I prefer my karaoke version of "Young Americans" to Bowie's tbh
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 April 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link
I'd pay money to see that, Alfred.
tsrobodo - you got me with Major Harris. The orgasm sounds explain why I never heard this (otherwise pretty sleepy) record on my local top 40 station.
― Vic Perry, Sunday, 12 April 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
Giving The Temps a vote, so they don't get blanked.
Hot track (from a mostly great album). Def a welcome change in direction after overstaying their welcome (a touch) in cinematic soul land. Believe this was the last of their rnb #1s?
Some nice Eddie Hazel work on their too.
― mr.raffles, Sunday, 12 April 2015 23:49 (nine years ago) link
*there
I'm curious actually about how Autobahn was edited down for radio play.
They didn't need to where I am; I'm almost positive it got zero Top 40 play back then. (Maybe on CHUM's sister FM station, I don't know.)
It's hard to believe "Bad Time" is Grand Funk.
When I heard it on the radio that time, I instantaneously remembered it (actually don't think I liked it much at the time) and spent the rest of the drive trying to remember who it was. Grand Funk never entered my mind until I looked it up at home.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 April 2015 23:53 (nine years ago) link
This is a rather alien list to me so I made a guess
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Monday, 13 April 2015 00:16 (nine years ago) link
Ace
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 April 2015 00:29 (nine years ago) link
a lot of these really suck btw
― billstevejim, Monday, 13 April 2015 00:30 (nine years ago) link
Have to give Freddy Fender a vote. A minimalist gem - one verse (repeated in Spanish) and a middle eight, but for me it's the most soulful track here.
― ρεμπετις, Monday, 13 April 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link
I kinda wish I could go back in time to change my vote to Jackie Blue.
― kornrulez6969, Monday, 13 April 2015 00:38 (nine years ago) link
Now that I've listened to everything here, I think it's actually a pretty enjoyable chart.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 13 April 2015 00:41 (nine years ago) link
The top twenty is solid: Blackbyrds, EW&F, one of Al Green's more underrated singles, Rufus.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 April 2015 00:46 (nine years ago) link
Plus the only Queen song I'm not sick to death of.
― ρεμπετις, Monday, 13 April 2015 01:00 (nine years ago) link
Minnie is the correct answer
― nose, Monday, 13 April 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
Hey this "Shoeshine Boy" song is pretty cool, playlist is delivering already. Thanks JF.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 13 April 2015 01:29 (nine years ago) link
Eddie had a lot of great tracks in the 70s. Not just singles either. Talented dude!
― mr.raffles, Monday, 13 April 2015 01:48 (nine years ago) link
Oh wow, gotta retract my mild defense of "Stand By Me" above - I was totally mixing it up in my head with, I guess, the opening bars of "Just Like Starting Over" in terms of general sound/feel. This is a real mess by comparison - just Lennon kinda doing Lennon-isms to get through the song, throwing in his anguish/rage voice for no real reason, and the band just trucks along behind, for forty seconds longer than King's original, to no effect. I've never actually heard Rock 'N' Roll, is there anything good or just pure contract filler?
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 13 April 2015 02:01 (nine years ago) link
I like that album, but I totally get why (many) people wouldn't.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 13 April 2015 03:21 (nine years ago) link
Bowie just over Minnie for me
― let's love Jessica to death (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 13 April 2015 03:57 (nine years ago) link
Lots of high quality AM Gold ballads here (Minnie Riperton, Freddy Fender, BJ Thomas, Ace, Pure Prairie League) and a couple tire fire awful ballads (Sammy Johns, Paul Anka, Hot Chocolate). I'll vote for Freddy.
― that's not my post, Monday, 13 April 2015 05:18 (nine years ago) link
nah I love his "Stand By Me." I can't listen to the original anymore, and I'm not even a fan of this period in Lennon's music.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 April 2015 11:03 (nine years ago) link
aw, 'shaving cream,' the staple of the z100 morning zoo's early years
― maura, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:23 (nine years ago) link
i voted 'shining star' but it was close between that and 'young americans' and 'killer queen'
kind of surprised that Kraftwerk had any top 40 hits. What kind of stations played "Autobahn"?
― skip, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:35 (nine years ago) link
listening to this collection makes me want to start a punk band.
― skip, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:46 (nine years ago) link
40 years ago this Wednesday this headline shocked the nation:
WHIPPORWILL OF FREEDOM ZAPS ROCK STAR ELTON JOHN RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES
Beak misses hook center of hitmaker's brain "by millimeters"
Doctors credit "unusually large eyeglasses" for saving singer's life
― Vic Perry, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:47 (nine years ago) link
This list reminds me of being small and these were the songs my babysitters would sing. "Fahr'n fahr'n fahr'n auf der Autobahn..." - I can hear them now.
Back then my favorite was "Lady Marmalade" - and "Shaving Cream," admittedly. (The latter was recorded in 1946!)
Now my favorite is still "Lady Marmalade" but if I'm feeling burned out on it I would just as soon hear "Supernatural Thing" or "Jackie Blue"
xxx-post AM Top 40 stations played "Autobahn," it's crazy but true. It was the disco-leaning stations that played "Trans-Europe Express" a few years later, iirc
― Josefa, Monday, 13 April 2015 15:49 (nine years ago) link
Weirdly enough, the single version of "Autobahn" got a lot of play in Mississippi. (I just realized we moved back to MS from CA 40 years ago this month, christ ;_;)
― WilliamC, Monday, 13 April 2015 16:34 (nine years ago) link
Autobahn also a top ten album.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 13 April 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
i love "Autobahn" but i don't think i really care enough about the single edit to vote for it hear
― example (crüt), Monday, 13 April 2015 16:53 (nine years ago) link
*here, ugh
― example (crüt), Monday, 13 April 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
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― The Reverend, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 02:34 (nine years ago) link
Curiosity got the better of me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0hL2cz_6s
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 05:57 (nine years ago) link
Even compressed to 3:27, this is a weird single.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 05:59 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 19 April 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 20 April 2015 00:01 (nine years ago) link
smdh at the winner
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 20 April 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
I heard "Jackie Blue" for the first time in eons recently on my local classic rock station. Wasn't aware they ever played it, and it REALLY sounded great. I probably would have voted for that one due to recency effect.
― The job killing and likely illegal (Dan Peterson), Monday, 20 April 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
Forgot to vote. Lots of good stuff and a few very unfine things, as well. "Jackie Blue", "Amie", and "How Long" are among the most lustrous examples of prime AM gold and I love them dearly. I had never heard "Poetry Man" until a few years ago and it was a pleasant surprise when I did. I really enjoy the laconic way Snow ambles through it. That might've been my vote.
― I Stepped On Your Samwich (Old Lunch), Monday, 20 April 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
"Jackie Blue" fortunately hasn't been played to death for me, so I'm always happy to hear it. Plus, for as many times as I HAVE heard it, I don't know 90% of the lyrics!
― The job killing and likely illegal (Dan Peterson), Monday, 20 April 2015 16:56 (nine years ago) link
There is some major AM Gold on this list, wished I had voted. Love Philadelphia Freedom. Shout out to the the Lady Marmalade voter too.
― campreverb, Monday, 20 April 2015 17:02 (nine years ago) link
12 15 WALKING IN RHYTHM –•– The Blackbyrds (Fantasy)-11 06 12 SUPERNATURAL THING (Part 1) –•– Ben E. King (Atlantic)-11. 0
^^^ would have voted for one of these. r&b music was absolutely killing everything else in '75.
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 20 April 2015 19:26 (nine years ago) link
I'm shocked I was the only Lady Marmalade voter...I thought that was the clear favorite! Maybe the Moulin Rouge version soured people on the song, or it's been overplayed at wedding parties etc.
Wonder if any Top 40 station ever played "Shaving Cream" and "Autobahn" back-to-back..
― Josefa, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:59 (nine years ago) link
Nice to see two other people voted for Ace
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 21 April 2015 08:59 (nine years ago) link