Posted March 12, 200916 yr the year punk exploded onto the scene, and disco became popular... 1. Jam - All around the world 2. Gordon Lightfoot - The wreck of the edmund fitzgerald good 3. Thin Lizzy - Dont believe a word 4. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 5. Abba - The name of the game 6. Space - Magic fly 7. Banned - Little girl 8. Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane 9. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner ok 10. Adverts - Gary gilmores eyes 11. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Egyptian reggae 12. Jam - In the city 13. Sex Pistols - God save the queen 14. Abba - Knowing me knowing you 15. Vibrators - London girls 16. David Soul - Silver lady 17. Boomtown Rats - Looking after number 1 18. Jam - Modern World 19. Clash - White riot 20. Stranglers - Peaches 21. Bob Marley - Exodus 22. The Rods - Do anything you wanna do 23. Ram Jam - Black Betty 24. Boomtown Rats - Mary of the 4th form 25. Chic - Dance dance dance 26. Fleetwood Mac - Dont stop 27. David Bowie - Heroes 28. Commodores - Easy 29. Smokie - Its your life 30. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun 31. Donna Summer - Loves unkind 32. Billy Ocean - Red light spells danger 33. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water 34. Joy Sarney - Naughty naughty naughty (that aint the way to do it) 35. Barbara Streisand - Evergreen 36. Carole Bayer Sager - Your moving out today 37. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Fanfare for the common man 38. Donna Summer - I feel love 39. Fleetwood Mac - Go our own way well thank f for punk/new wave, without that influence this chart would be very sparse.
March 12, 200916 yr i'm not to keen on 'All Around The World' by The Jam, i much perfer 'Modern World' and 'In The Cuty' from '77 which you have also listed, but then again it is a list on your favourites so my opinion doesnt matter :lol: best track out of those though, i think 'White Riot' proberly my favourite Clash song.
March 12, 200916 yr From your list, I like; Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant Abba - Name Of The Game The Jam - Modern World ... I'm with Chris. on that one Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You Ram Jam - Black Betty Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop Commodores - Easy Donna Summer - Love's Unkind Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Donna Summer - I Feel Love Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way No sign of The Eagles - Hotel California?! One of my all-time favourites...great lyrically and has that oh-so-famous guitar solo.
March 12, 200916 yr Author i'm not to keen on 'All Around The World' by The Jam, i much perfer 'Modern World' and 'In The Cuty' from '77 which you have also listed, but then again it is a list on your favourites so my opinion doesnt matter :lol: best track out of those though, i think 'White Riot' proberly my favourite Clash song. well im posting this on a public forum for comments! so you opinion might not 'matter' , but its welcome!
March 12, 200916 yr Author No sign of The Eagles - Hotel California?! One of my all-time favourites...great lyrically and has that oh-so-famous guitar solo. nope.... i dont like it, i found it dreary and still does do! :lol: but this thread is about my opinion, not a definitive list, so theres no place for hc. :) have you any opinions on the earlier years ive posted?
March 13, 200916 yr 1. Jam - All around the world 4. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 5. Abba - The name of the game 6. Space - Magic fly 10. Adverts - Gary gilmores eyes 11. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Egyptian reggae 12. Jam - In the city 13. Sex Pistols - God save the queen 14. Abba - Knowing me knowing you 18. Jam - Modern World 19. Clash - White riot 20. Stranglers - Peaches 21. Bob Marley - Exodus 25. Chic - Dance dance dance 26. Fleetwood Mac - Dont stop 27. David Bowie - Heroes 28. Commodores - Easy 29. Smokie - Its your life 31. Donna Summer - Loves unkind 33. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water 34. Joy Sarney - Naughty naughty naughty (that aint the way to do it) :lol: God I actually know this! 38. Donna Summer - I feel love 39. Fleetwood Mac - Go our own way Some fantastic favourites in there! Oh, and agreed - I've never thought Hotel California was anything special. I liked Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart though. Can't think of anything else to add to this list Edited March 13, 200916 yr by AH Gold
March 15, 200916 yr 1. Jam - All around the world.......I really liked the early Jam stuff 2. Gordon Lightfoot - The wreck of the edmund fitzgerald 3. Thin Lizzy - Dont believe a word :dance: 4. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 5. Abba - The name of the game 6. Space - Magic fly :) 7. Banned - Little girl 8. Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane :) 9. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner :) 10. Adverts - Gary gilmores eyes :) 11. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Egyptian reggae :) 12. Jam - In the city :dance: 13. Sex Pistols - God save the queen :) 14. Abba - Knowing me knowing you 15. Vibrators - London girls 16. David Soul - Silver lady 17. Boomtown Rats - Looking after number 1 18. Jam - Modern World :) 19. Clash - White riot :) 20. Stranglers - Peaches 21. Bob Marley - Exodus 22. The Rods - Do anything you wanna do :cheer: 23. Ram Jam - Black Betty 24. Boomtown Rats - Mary of the 4th form 25. Chic - Dance dance dance :) 26. Fleetwood Mac - Dont stop 27. David Bowie - Heroes :cheer: 28. Commodores - Easy 29. Smokie - Its your life :) 30. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun :) 31. Donna Summer - Loves unkind 32. Billy Ocean - Red light spells danger 33. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water 34. Joy Sarney - Naughty naughty naughty (that aint the way to do it) 35. Barbara Streisand - Evergreen 36. Carole Bayer Sager - Your moving out today 37. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Fanfare for the common man 38. Donna Summer - I feel love 39. Fleetwood Mac - Go our own way :)
March 15, 200916 yr My faves from this year..... Adverts - Gary Gilmore's eyes Boomtown Rats - Looking after number one Boomtown Rats - Mary of the fourth form David Bowie - Sound and vision David Bowie - Heroes Carpenters - Calling occupants of interplanetary craft Chic - Dance Dance Dance Elvis Costello - Watching the detectives Deep Purple - Smoke on the water Eagles - Hotel California Eddie & Hotrods - Do anything you wanna do Dave Edmunds - I knew the bride ELO - Turn to stone Fleetwood Mac - Go your own way Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill Jam - In the city Jam - All around the world Jean Michele Jarre - Oxygene Pt 4 John Miles - Slowdown Motors - Dancing the night away Jonathon Richman - Roadrunner Jonathon Richman - Egyptian Reggae Tom Robinson - 2468 Motorway Santana - She's not there Boz Scaggs - What can I say Sex Pistols - God save the Queen Sex Pistols - Anarchy in the UK Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun Al Stewart - Year of the cat Stranglers - Peaches Stranglers - No more heroes Stranglers - Something better change Supertramp - Give a little bit 10CC - Good morning judge Thin Lizzy - Don't believe a word Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the moonlight Bonnie Tyler - It's a heartache
August 21, 201311 yr Peaches by The Stranglers is a good song :) I've always thought that peaches sounds like bitches though
August 21, 201311 yr the year punk exploded onto the scene, and disco became popular... 1. Jam - All around the world 2. Gordon Lightfoot - The wreck of the edmund fitzgerald good 3. Thin Lizzy - Dont believe a word 4. Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 5. Abba - The name of the game 6. Space - Magic fly 7. Banned - Little girl 8. Steve Gibbons Band - Tulane 9. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Roadrunner ok 10. Adverts - Gary gilmores eyes 11. Jonnathon Richman and the Modern Lovers - Egyptian reggae 12. Jam - In the city 13. Sex Pistols - God save the queen 14. Abba - Knowing me knowing you 15. Vibrators - London girls 16. David Soul - Silver lady 17. Boomtown Rats - Looking after number 1 18. Jam - Modern World 19. Clash - White riot 20. Stranglers - Peaches 21. Bob Marley - Exodus 22. The Rods - Do anything you wanna do 23. Ram Jam - Black Betty 24. Boomtown Rats - Mary of the 4th form 25. Chic - Dance dance dance 26. Fleetwood Mac - Dont stop 27. David Bowie - Heroes 28. Commodores - Easy 29. Smokie - Its your life 30. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the sun 31. Donna Summer - Loves unkind 32. Billy Ocean - Red light spells danger 33. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water 34. Joy Sarney - Naughty naughty naughty (that aint the way to do it) 35. Barbara Streisand - Evergreen 36. Carole Bayer Sager - Your moving out today 37. Emerson Lake and Palmer - Fanfare for the common man 38. Donna Summer - I feel love 39. Fleetwood Mac - Go our own way well thank f for punk/new wave, without that influence this chart would be very sparse. a great list, much in common with my Top 100 for 1977 (I'll run it sometime when I can sort/update it) though I have to say...Joy Sarney? Doesnt quite fit in with the rest... :lol: To be fair when I was a kid Punch n Judy seemed to me pure evil, domestic violence as entertainment had no place in my puppet faves so I'm biased against it B-)
August 21, 201311 yr Some good tracks in there - ace choice in Magic Fly by Space - very influential dance record I think.
August 21, 201311 yr Some good tracks in there - ace choice in Magic Fly by Space - very influential dance record I think. Daft Punk for one I'd say, if only for the space suits... B-)
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