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