Posted November 3, 200717 yr 1973 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 1973. 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 (including album tracks) that over time have come to best represent the year. Please note 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 four weeks to get your votes in (two weeks for the vote from the shortlist of 50 songs, then two weeks to vote from the "Missing" songs that you have nominated). 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:) 10cc - Rubber Bullets Allman Brothers - Rambling Man Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door Carly Simon - You're So Vain Carpenters - Top Of The World Carpenters - Yesterday Once More David Bowie - Sorrow David Bowie - Jean Genie David Bowie - Life On Mars David Essex - Rock On Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Dobie Gray - Drift Away Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running Eagles - Desperado Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John - Daniel Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia Hot Chocolate (or Stories) - Brother Louie Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills & Far Away Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On Medicine Head - One and One Is One O'Jays - Love Train Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die Pink Floyd - Money Pink Floyd - Us And Them Ringo Starr - Photograph Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Rolling Stones - Angie Roxy Music - Do The Strand Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody Status Quo - Caroline Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground Stevie Wonder - Superstition Suzi Quatro - Can The Can Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Sweet - Blockbuster T Rex - 20th Century Boy Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day Wizzard - See My Baby Jive B: Nominate Two songs from 1973 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. You have until Saturday 17th November to vote for your favourite Top 20 (minimum Top 10) songs of the Year. I will then reveal the results of the vote along with your selections of the "missing songs" from the original list for you to vote for an extra song for a place in the Record of The Decade (1970s) play-offs
November 3, 200717 yr Author 1st David Bowie - Life On Mars (20 Pts) 2. Stevie Wonder - Superstition 3. T Rex - 20th Century Boy 4. Carly Simon - You're So Vain 5. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 6. Pink Floyd - Us And Them 7. Elton John - Daniel 8. Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills & Far Away 9. George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) 10. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 11. Carpenters - Yesterday Once More 12. 10cc - Rubber Bullets 13. Roxy Music - Do The Strand 14. Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 15. Rolling Stones - Angie 16. Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 17. Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 18. Ringo Starr - Photograph 19. Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years 20. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Missing Songs: David Bowie - Drive In Saturday Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
November 3, 200717 yr 1 (20 points) Stevie Wonder - Superstition 2 Bowie - Life on Mars 3 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 4 Carly Simon - You're so vain 5 Carpenters - Yesterday once more 6 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get down 7 Lou Reed - Walk on the wild side 8 Marvin Gaye - Let's get it on 9 Wings - Live and let die 10 Pink Floyd - Money 11 Roxy Music - Do the strand 12 Slade - Cum on feel the noize 13 TRex - 20th Century Boy 14 Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the jar 15 Slade - Merry Christmas 16 Roberta Flack - Killing me softly 17 Led Zeppelin - Over the hills 18 Elton John - Daniel 19 Dawn - Tie a yellow ribbon 20 Carpenters - Top of the World missing 2: Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones Diana Ross - Touch me in the morning
November 3, 200717 yr 1 David Bowie - Life On Mars 2 David Bowie - Jean Genie 3 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 4 Status Quo - Caroline 5 Carly Simon - You're So Vain 6 Carpenters - Top Of The World 7 Rolling Stones - Angie 8 Eagles - Desperado 9 David Essex - Rock On 10 Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 11 Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind 12 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 13 10CC - Rubber Bullets 14 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 15 Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love 16 Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 17 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 18 Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon 19 David Bowie - Sorrow 20 Carpenters - Yesterday Once More Add: Kiki Dee - Amoureuse David Cassidy - Daydreamer
November 3, 200717 yr 1-Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years 2-Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 3-Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 4-Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 5-Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running 6-Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 7-Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 8-Medicine Head - One and One Is One 9-Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar 10-T Rex - 20th Century Boy 11-Hot Chocolate (or Stories) - Brother Louie 12-Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly 13-Rolling Stones - Angie 14-Stevie Wonder - Superstition 15-Carpenters - Yesterday Once More 16-Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 17-Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 18-David Essex - Rock On 19-Carly Simon - You're So Vain 20-Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody nominate vicky leandros - 'when bouzoukies played' steeleye span - 'gaudette' fat chance of them picking up any points apart from mine! :lol:
November 4, 200717 yr 1David Bowie - Life On Mars 2Pink Floyd - Us And Them 3Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 4David Bowie - Jean Genie 5Rolling Stones - Angie 6Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 7Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years 8Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar 9Pink Floyd - Money 10Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 11Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 12Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind 1310cc - Rubber Bullets 14Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits 15Ringo Starr - Photograph 16T Rex - 20th Century Boy 17Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 18Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 19Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 20Suzi Quatro - Can The Can nominate ELO - Showdown Nazareth - Broken down angel
November 5, 200717 yr Pink Floyd - Money 20 points Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground Stevie Wonder - Superstition Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Rolling Stones - Angie David Bowie - Sorrow Sweet - Ballroom Blitz Elton John - Daniel Eagles - Desperado Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar Dobie Gray - Drift Away Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits David Essex - Rock On Sweet - Blockbuster Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Carly Simon - You're So Vain Nominate.. diamond girl - seals and croft do it again - steely dan
November 5, 200717 yr David Bowie - Life On Mars (20Pts) Stevie Wonder – Superstition Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar David Bowie - Jean Genie Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly Rolling Stones – Angie Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Carpenters - Yesterday Once More Carly Simon - You're So Vain Wizzard - See My Baby Jive Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia Hot Chocolate (or Stories) - Brother Louie T Rex - 20th Century Boy Elton John – Daniel Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground Nominate Roger Daltrey - Giving It All Away Focus - Sylvia Edited November 7, 200717 yr by tilly
November 7, 200717 yr 1 Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (20 points) 2 Sweet - Blockbuster 3 Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits 4 Status Quo - Caroline 5 Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 6 Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 7 Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 8 David Bowie - Jean Genie 9 Stevie Wonder - Superstition 10 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 11 Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 12 10cc - Rubber Bullets 13 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 14 Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar 15 Elton John - Daniel 16 David Bowie - Life On Mars 17 Carly Simon - You're So Vain 18 T Rex - 20th Century Boy 19 Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down 20 Ringo Starr - Photograph Missing from the list : ELO-Roll over Beethoven (full length version) Elton John -Saturday night's alright for fighting The Who -5:15 (can't believe this has been missed out)
November 17, 200717 yr Author Many Thanks to the 23 of you who voted The 1973 Record Of The Year Results are: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points 50th Ringo Starr - Photograph 10 48th Allman Brothers - Rambling Man 13 48th Medicine Head - One and One Is One 13 47th O'Jays - Love Train 16 46th George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) 17 45th Gilbert O'Sullivan - Get Down 18 44th Dobie Gray - Drift Away 19 41st Hot Chocolate (or Stories) - Brother Louie 22 41st Gary Glitter - I Love You Love Me Love 22 41st Roxy Music - Do The Strand 22 40th Dawn - Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree 34 39th Suzi Quatro - Can The Can 37 38th David Essex - Rock On 41 37th Wizzard - I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day 51 36th Status Quo - Caroline 55 33rd 10cc - Rubber Bullets 60 33rd Steely Dan - Reeling In The Years 60 33rd David Bowie - Sorrow 60 32nd Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly 63 31st Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia 64 29th Wizzard - See My Baby Jive 65 29th Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground 65 28th Bob Dylan - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 67 27th Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits 70 26th Eagles - Desperado 76 25th Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 83 24th Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 87 23rd Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running 91 22nd Sweet - Ballroom Blitz 98 21st Sweet - Blockbuster 101 20th Elton John - Daniel 103 19th Led Zeppelin - Over The Hills & Far Away 104 18th T Rex - 20th Century Boy 108 17th David Bowie - Jean Genie 111 16th Stealer's Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 112 15th Pink Floyd - Us And Them 114 14th Carpenters - Top Of The World 115 13th Elvis Presley - Always On My Mind 129 12th Rolling Stones - Angie 139 11th Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side 158 10th Thin Lizzy - Whisky In A Jar 164 9th Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 166 The following songs qualify for the Record Of The Decade (1970s) play-offs 8th Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 172 7th Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 175 6th Carly Simon - You're So Vain 181 5th Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 182 4th Pink Floyd - Money 197 While the Top 3 Songs of 1973 all qualify for Record Of The Decade (1970s) Final 3rd Carpenters - Yesterday Once More 199 2nd Stevie Wonder - Superstition 211 1st David Bowie - Life On Mars 276 I will reveal the Missing 1973 Nominations for you to vote on next.....
November 17, 200717 yr Author 1973 Missing Nominations are: Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash * Budgie - Breadfan Cher - Half Breed David Bowie - Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Drive In Saturday David Cassidy - Daydreamer Diana Ross - Touch me in the morning ELO - Showdown ELO- Roll over Beethoven Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) Kiki Dee - Amoureuse Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis Nazareth - Broken down angel Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love Seals & Croft - Diamond Girl Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me Steeleye Span - Gaudette Steely Dan - Do it again Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Suzi Quatro - 48 crash Vicky Leandros - When Bouzoukies played Wizzard - Angel Fingers * Yes, I know it was originally a US#1 hit in 1962. But as it was not included in that ROTY Game, then I'll allow it as a nomination for 1973 when it was a UK hit. (Ineligible nominated songs: Alvin Stardust - My Coo Ca Choo, Steve Miller Band - The Joker, Stevie Wonder - Living For The City are all in the 1974 ROTY game. Billy Paul - Me and Mrs Jones was in the 1972 ROTY game & Aerosmith - Dream On will be in the 1976 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)
November 17, 200717 yr 1st Diana Ross - Touch me in the morning 2 Stevie Wonder -You are the sunshine of my life 3 Gary Glitter - Leader of the gang 4 Bowie - Aladdin Sane 5 Paul McCartney and Wings - My love
November 17, 200717 yr 1st David Bowie - Drive In Saturday 2nd Wizzard - Angel Fingers 3rd Kiki Dee - Amoureuse 4th Gary Glitter - Leader Of The Gang 5th David Cassidy - Daydreamer
November 17, 200717 yr Author 1st Kiki Dee - Amoureuse (5 Pts) 2nd David Bowie - Drive In Saturday 3rd Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love 4th Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis 5th David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
November 17, 200717 yr David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 5pts ELO - Showdown David Bowie - Drive In Saturday Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis Nazareth - Broken down angel
November 17, 200717 yr ELO - Showdown.......................................................5pts Vicky Leandros - When Bouzoukies played Steeleye Span - Gaudette Kiki Dee - Amoureuse Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
November 17, 200717 yr Diana Ross - Touch Me In The Morning (5Pts) Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis David Bowie - Aladdin Sane
November 18, 200717 yr 5 points -ELO- Roll over Beethoven Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting ELO - Showdown Kiki Dee - Amoureuse Nazareth - Broken down angel
December 1, 200717 yr Author 1973 Missing Songs Vote: Results Thanks to the 19 of you who voted on the missing Songs from 1973: Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored 26th Seals & Croft - Diamond Girl 0 25th Olivia Newton-John - Let Me Be There 1 24th Nazareth - Broken down angel 2 23rd David Cassidy - Daydreamer 3 21st Vicky Leandros - When Bouzoukies played 4 21st Wizzard - Angel Fingers 4 20th Slade - Skweeze Me Pleeze Me 5 18th Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love 7 18th Steeleye Span - Gaudette 7 17th Steely Dan - Do it again 8 15th Black Sabbath - Sabbra Cadabra 9 15th Budgie - Breadfan 9 11th Bobby 'Boris' Pickett and the Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash * 12 11th ELO- Roll over Beethoven 12 11th Gary Glitter - I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am) 12 11th Kiki Dee - Amoureuse 12 10th Diana Ross - Touch me in the morning 13 8th Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis 14 8th Suzi Quatro - 48 crash 14 7th Cher - Half Breed 17 5th David Bowie - Drive In Saturday 18 5th Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting 18 4th Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 19 2nd David Bowie - Aladdin Sane 20 2nd ELO - Showdown 20 So going through to the 1970s Record of The Decade Play-offs is: 1st Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 22 L9nEpt9SR3I
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