Posted September 22, 200717 yr 1970 RETRO RECORDS OF THE YEAR :cheer: :yahoo: :w00t: :dance: YES THE RETRO RECORD OF THE YEARS (UP UNTIL 1997) GAME HERE!!! Vote for your favourite Top20 (or minimum Top10) from the list of 50 Records from 1980. Your First choice (Favourite) song will score 20 pts, 2nd = 19 Pts....down to 20th = 1 point. Please state in your list if you are scoring by position or Points. I am playing this game across both BuzzJack & UKMix. Therefore if you vote please can you only vote in one of the sites threads especially if you have a different name on each site (like me). For each year 1964 to 1997 inclusive & games (*) for the years 1960-1; 1962-3 & two alphabetically track name split lists for the 1950s. There are 50 tracks that I feel best represent the year* in popular music. This certainly does not always mean the biggest hits of the year, but tracks that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note for the purpose of this game there are no Xmas songs in any of these lists, as I feel that they are at a disadvantage for 11 months of the year & at a great advantage in December. Also songs will only feature once for the most well-known or definitive version of a song (example “Without You” will only appear in 1972 for Nilsson, but will be absent in 1994 for Mariah Carey). Also please don’t mention that I have put the song in the wrong year as the year the track was recorded, released (on an album), a hit (peaked) in the UK, a hit (peaked) in the USA can result in three of four different answers, and there will be literally hundreds of songs that fall into that category. For each game you will have two weeks to get your votes in. (With the results and a Vote on your nominations for missing songs following) I will be posting two of these Games a Week at the weekend. (VOTING RULES FOR SPECIFIC GAME 1950s: Top25 make the Record of The Decade Final; 1960s & 1990s: Top 4 From Each Game make the Final, 5th to 10th make the Play-offs; 1970s & 1980s: Top 3 each year make the Final, 4th to 8th make the Play-Offs. PLUS: Your choices of missing songs being included in the relevant Play-offs) Phase 2: The Record Of The Decades Finals will result in the following numbers making the Final 200 (1950s: Top20; 1960s: Top50, 1970s Top45; 1980s Top45; 1990s Top40), where they will be split into 4 Quarter Finals, leading to the Final 50 Songs of the Retro Record Game A: Vote for your favourite 20 (minimum 10 out of the following:) Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song B.J. Thomas (or Sacha Distel) - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head Beatles - Let It Be Beatles - The Long And Winding Road Black Sabbath - Paranoid Bread - Make It With You Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You Cat Stevens - Father & Son Chairman Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time Clarence Carter - Patches Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin' Deep Purple - Black Night Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Doors - Roadhouse Blues Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Edwin Starr - War Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You Freda Payne - Band Of Gold Free - All Right Now Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man Jackson Five - ABC Jackson Five - I Want You Back Jackson Five - I'll Be There James Brown - Sex Machine James Taylor - Fire & Rain Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) John Lennon - Instant Karma Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell (or Crosby Stills Nash & Young or Matthews Southern Comfort) - Woodstock Kinks - Lola Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie Nick Drake - Northern Sky Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed Santana (or Fleetwood Mac) - Black Music Woman Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Sly & The Family Stone - Thank U Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours T Rex - Ride A White Swan Temptations - Ball Of Confusion The Who - See Me, Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come Van Morrison - Moondance Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane B: Nominate Two songs from 1970 MISSING from this 50 track shortlist. The Top 3 Songs from each year (1970 -1979) will go through to the Record Of The Decade Final. The songs finishing 4th - 8th position will go into a Play-off, where the Top20 Songs will join the other 30 in the Final. While your selection of missing songs will be put to a vote with the winning track (or tracks in event of a tie) joining the Record of The Decade Play-Off. Please post in this thread You have until Saturday 6th October to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. Edited October 20, 200717 yr by thisispop Rule Changes
September 22, 200717 yr another awesome year..... and a difficult top 20.... 1 (20 points) Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 2 Nick Drake - Northern sky 3 Van Morrison - Moondance 4 Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over troubled water 5 James Brown - Sex machine 6 Jackson 5 - I Want you back 7 Doors - Roadhouse blues 8 Beatles - The Long and Winding Road 9 The Beatles - Let it be 10 Black Sabbath - Paranoid 11 Carpenters - Close to you 12 Diana Ross - Aint no mountain high enough 13 John Lennon - Instant Karma 14 Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile 15 Joni Mitchell - Woodstock 16 Smokey Robinson - Tears of a Clown 17 Stevie Wonder - Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours 18 T Rex - Ride a White Swan 19 Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 20 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's song
September 22, 200717 yr 1. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 2. Beatles - Let It Be 3. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 4. Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come 5. Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours 6. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 7. B.J. Thomas (or Sacha Distel) - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 8. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 9. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song 10. Jackson Five - I'll Be There 11. Deep Purple - Black Night 12. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 13. James Brown - Sex Machine 14. Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 15. Joni Mitchell - Woodstock 16. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile 17. Jackson Five - I Want You Back 18. Simon And Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 19. Nick Drake - Northern Sky 20. Chairman Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time My two nominations: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band Kinks - Apeman Edited September 29, 200717 yr by Luciano
September 22, 200717 yr Author 1st Nick Drake - Northern Sky (20 Pts) 2. Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 3. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 4. Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song 5. Jackson Five - I Want You Back 6. Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 7. John Lennon - Instant Karma 8. Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 9. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 10. The Who - See Me, Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) 11. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song 12. Beatles - Let It Be 13. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 14. T Rex - Ride A White Swan 15. Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 16. Sly & The Family Stone - Thank U Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin 17. Van Morrison - Moondance 18. James Brown - Sex Machine 19. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 20. Cat Stevens - Father & Son
September 22, 200717 yr 20 pts Beatles - The Long And Winding Road T Rex - Ride A White Swan Santana (or Fleetwood Mac) - Black Music Woman Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin' Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water John Lennon - Instant Karma Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Black Sabbath - Paranoid Free - All Right Now Kinks - Lola Beatles - Let It Be Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown Edwin Starr - War Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Bread - Make It With You Badfinger - Come and get it Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Christie - Yellow River Edited September 28, 200717 yr by brian91
September 22, 200717 yr 1. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 3. T Rex - Ride A White Swan 4. Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 6. Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song 7. John Lennon - Instant Karma 8. Free - All Right Now 9. The Who - See Me, Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) 10. Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 11. Doors - Roadhouse Blues 12. Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio 13. Deep Purple - Black Night 14. Kinks - Lola 15. Edwin Starr - War 16. Beatles - Let It Be 17. Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 18. Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 19. Santana - Black Music Woman 20. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Nominations The Who - The Seeker The Guess Who - American Woman Edited September 29, 200717 yr by grebo69
September 28, 200717 yr Author BUMP: Going forward with the two ROTY Games I'll be posting tomorrow, I'm going to make a couple of rule changes. Therefore retrospectively: Firstly I'm going to keep the voting open for just two weeks (instead of four). Second, for the 1970 ROTY Game you can NOMINATE two songs from this year (1970) that are missing from the shortlist of 50 that I have selected (if you have already voted either PM me with your selections) or EDIT your original post. After two weeks I will then post the shortlist of song's you've selected (unless they are to appear in another ROTY Game) for you to vote for your favourites with the winning song (or in event of a tie – songs) qualifying for the Record Of The Decade Playoffs.
September 29, 200717 yr can i nominate shocking blue...'venus' (the best version by FAR) and cat stevens ... 'lady d'arbanville' to the list :)
September 29, 200717 yr led zep -immigrant song (20 points) Free -alright now Deep Purple - Black Night Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) T Rex - Ride A White Swan Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Beatles - Let It Be Cat Stevens - Father & Son Kinks - Lola Van Morrison - Moondance James Taylor - Fire & Rain Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Black Sabbath - Paranoid beatles long and winding road Bread - Make It With You Doors - Roadhouse Blues Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime Freda Payne - band of gold James Brown - Sex Machine Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song Edited September 29, 200717 yr by Naomi Watts
September 29, 200717 yr 1 (20 points) Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 2 Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 4 Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You 5 Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 6 Jackson Five - I'll Be There 7 John Lennon - Instant Karma 8 Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 9 Beatles - Let It Be 10 Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 11 Cat Stevens - Father & Son 12 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 13 Free - All Right Now 14 Kinks - Lola 15 Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 16 Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown 17 T Rex - Ride A White Swan 18 Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin' 19 Edwin Starr - War 20 Jackson Five - I Want You Back Nominations: Christie - Yellow River McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
September 29, 200717 yr Beatles - Let It Be Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown Free - All Right Now Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Bread - Make It With You Beatles - The Long And Winding Road Kinks - Lola Jackson Five - I'll Be There Edwin Starr - War Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed T Rex - Ride A White Swan James Brown - Sex Machine Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin' Freda Payne - Band Of Gold Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Got to agree with Rob, I love Shocking Blues’ Venus
October 1, 200717 yr Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return).......................... 20 pts Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours Kinks - Lola Black Sabbath - Paranoid Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame Free - All Right Now John Lennon - Instant Karma Matthews Southern Comfort) - Woodstock Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You Chairman Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time Deep Purple - Black Night Temptations - Ball Of Confusion Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water Jackson Five - I'll Be There Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown a very difficult selection, my shortlist was 27 long! i de-selected album tracks in favour of singles. there was a clear favourite for me, but second place could have been taken by several.. my 2 nominations are cat stevens..... lady d'arbanville shocking blue.... venus.
October 6, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks top the 27 of you who voted The 1970 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th James Taylor - Fire & Rain 12 49th Clarence Carter - Patches 15 48th Temptations - Ball Of Confusion 17 47th Sly & The Family Stone - Thank U Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin 18 46th Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie 18 45th Hotlegs - Neanderthal Man 19 44th Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knockin' 31 43rd Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame 37 42nd Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Ohio 41 41st Chairman Of The Board - Give Me Just A Little More Time 46 40th Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 47 39th Nick Drake - Northern Sky 52 38th Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me Not To Come 53 36th Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane 58 36th Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song 58 35th Cat Stevens - Father & Son 66 34th Bread - Make It With You 67 33rd The Who - See Me, Feel Me (We're Not Gonna Take It) 70 32nd B.J. Thomas (or Sacha Distel) - Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head 73 31st James Brown - Sex Machine 80 30th Elvis Presley - The Wonder Of You 87 29th Joni Mitchell (or Crosby Stills Nash & Young or Matthews Southern Comfort) - Woodstock 88 27th Jackson Five - ABC 89 27th Stevie Wonder - Signed Sealed Delivered I'm Yours 89 26th Freda Payne - Band Of Gold 98 25th Van Morrison - Moondance 101 24th Edwin Starr - War 107 23rd Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime 112 22nd Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend 115 21st Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed 118 20th Jackson Five - I'll Be There 119 18th Smokey Robinson & Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown 131 18th T Rex - Ride A White Swan 131 16th Jackson Five - I Want You Back 132 16th Doors - Roadhouse Blues 132 15th Santana (or Fleetwood Mac) - Black Music Woman 144 14th Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 149 13th John Lennon - Instant Karma 150 12th Deep Purple - Black Night 151 11th Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky 156 10th Beatles - The Long And Winding Road 166 9th Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) 184 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1970s) play-offs 8th Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 201 7th Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 202 6th Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song 205 5th Kinks - Lola 208 4th Black Sabbath - Paranoid 232 While the Top 3 Songs of 1970 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1970s) Final 3rd Free - All Right Now 239 2nd Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water 289 1st Beatles - Let It Be 321 I will reveal the Missing 1970 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
October 6, 200717 yr Author 1970 Missing Nominations are: Badfinger - Come and get it Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath - Iron Man Cat Stevens ... Lady d'arbanville Christie - Yellow River Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band Dana - All Kinds Of Everything Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) Guess Who - American Woman John Lennon - Working Class Hero Kinks - Apeman Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You Mountain - Mississippi Queen Peter, Paul & Mary - Leaving On A Jet Plane Shocking Blue - Venus Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia Who - The Seeker (One song nominated: McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead & Gone is in the 1971 ROTY Game) Please vote for your five favourites in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations within the next two weeks. The winning song will qualify for the Plays offs of the Record Of Decade (1970s)
October 6, 200717 yr 1. The Who - The Seeker 2. The Guess Who - American Woman 3. Shocking Blue - Venus 4. Badfinger - Come and Get It 5. CCR - Lookin' Out My Back Door
October 6, 200717 yr Cat Stevens ... Lady d'arbanville............. 1st Shocking Blue - Venus Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) John Lennon - Working Class Hero Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
October 6, 200717 yr Shocking Blue – Venus Cat Stevens - Lady D'arbanville John Lennon - Working Class Hero Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia Badfinger - Come And Get It
October 7, 200717 yr Author 1st Led Zeppelin - Since I've Been Loving You 2. Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) 3. John Lennon - Working Class Hero 4. Cat Stevens ... Lady d'arbanville 5. Black Sabbath - Iron Man
October 7, 200717 yr 1. Black Sabbath - Iron Man 2. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 3. Guess Who - American Woman 4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Looking Out My Back Door 5. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
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