Like "Hello it's me" enough for it to edge out "Radar Love" and "Midnight Train." But I love about 5 Rundgren songs and can't stand the rest.
Some really awful 70s AM radio schlock on this list, "Lady," "Air," "Seasons," and "Night the Lights Went Out." Not nostalgic for any of that. But judging by the comments above... what can I say? Thankfully it was almost time for punk to blow everything up. (edit) Just re-listened to "Billy," yikes, that's crap, too. "Night Chicago Died," "Rock the Boat," and "Midnight at the Oasis" still sounding good.
― that's not my post, Friday, 4 July 2008 05:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Some really awful 70s AM radio schlock on this list
OTM, more so than the previous entries in this series ... I think some items that are getting love here might fall out of favor if people had to hear them over and over and over again, as some of us once did.,
I had "Love Train" in my head when I woke up a few days ago, so that.
― Brad C., Friday, 4 July 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― ILX System, Saturday, 5 July 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
But I kind of never saw what the big deal with that guy was, in general.
Todd Rundgren has released a lot of great songs and a lot of rubbish. "Hello It's Me" belongs to the former category, which is better represented on "Something/Anything" than on any other album by him.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm. I now discover I have voted for "Hello It's Me" while I really thought I voted for "I Saw The Light".
I love the original version of "Hello It's Me" by Nazz, but not too keen on the live in studio version from "Something/Anything"
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 6 July 2008 10:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Sunday, 6 July 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
So...The O'Jays' biggest and dumbest hit. Beats me why people like it so much, but there you go.
― xhuxk, Sunday, 6 July 2008 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
some ppl like big and dumb and disco. some ppl even LOVE it.
― balls, Monday, 7 July 2008 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
So how come nobody voted for the BT Express song, which is just as big and dumb and a lot more disco (and a lot better)?
― xhuxk, Monday, 7 July 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Nobody was sure whatever it was..
― Mark G, Monday, 7 July 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
LOTSA (great) big dumb disco and incipient disco tracks up there, true; but I seriously would've had to vote for "Lady" if I bothered to vote. What other 1974 hit managed to squeeze in Elton John, Uriah Heep and Yes into under three minutes and take it to the top 5?
Anywyas, George McCrae totally shoulda won this poll. ("Rock Your Baby" totally should've been included on this CD.)
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 7 July 2008 17:28 (fifteen years ago) link