Music Meme at Eighteen
This comes from Notes From Coode Street.
Go to www.popCulturemadness.com and pick the year you turned 18 (under Pop Music.) Copy over the list of the top 75 songs. Bold the ones you liked; strike the ones you disliked; and italicize the ones you know but neither like nor dislike. The ones you don't know will stay as they are.
1. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
2. I'll Always Love My Mama - Intruders
3. Love Train - O'Jays
4. Money - Pink Floyd
5. Ramblin Man - Allman Brothers Band
6. Friends - Bette Midler
7. Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
8. Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
9. Crockodile Rock - Elton John
10. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
11. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby - Barry White
12. Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago
13. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
14. Drift Away - Dobie Gray
15. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
16. You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones
17. Daniel - Elton John
18. Do it Again - Steely Dan
19. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
20. Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
21. Just You 'N' Me - Chicago
22. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
23. Little Willy - Sweet
24. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
25. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
26. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
27. Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
28. I'm Just a Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band) - Moody Blues
29. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
30. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor
31. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
32. Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
33. China Grove - Doobie Brothers
34. Space Oddity - David Bowie
35. Cisco Kid - War
36. Mind Games - John Lennon
37. D'Yer Maker - Led Zeppelin
38. Dream On - Aerosmith
39. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissburg & Steve Mandell
40. Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins & Messina
41. Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Old Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
42. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips
43. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
44. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
45. Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group
46. Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealer's Wheel
47. Hello Its Me - Todd Rundgren
48. Cover of "Rolling Stone" - Dr Hook & The Medicine Show
49. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
50. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
51. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
52. We May Never Pass This Way Aagin - Seals & Crofts
53. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
54. I've Got So Much Love To Give - Barry White
55. Hocus Pocus - Focus
56. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
57. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - Four Tops
58. I Got Ants In My Pants - James Brown
59. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
60. Give It To Me - J. Geils Band
61. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - the Spinners
62. One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce
63. Danny's Song - Anne Murray
64. Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
65. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Beak My Heart) - The Stylistics
66. Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles
67. Brother Louie - Stories
68. Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin
69. Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John
70. My Old School - Steely Dan
71. Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan
72. Sail On Sailer - Beach Boys
73. Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
74. Redneck Friend - Jackson Brown
75. Break Up To Make Up - Stylistics
Hm. There was obviously more to hate about that year than like, and there was even more that never registered on my consciousness.
Go to www.popCulturemadness.com and pick the year you turned 18 (under Pop Music.) Copy over the list of the top 75 songs. Bold the ones you liked; strike the ones you disliked; and italicize the ones you know but neither like nor dislike. The ones you don't know will stay as they are.
1. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
2. I'll Always Love My Mama - Intruders
3. Love Train - O'Jays
4. Money - Pink Floyd
5. Ramblin Man - Allman Brothers Band
6. Friends - Bette Midler
7. Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce
8. Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
11. I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby - Barry White
12. Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago
13. Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) - Deodato
14. Drift Away - Dobie Gray
17. Daniel - Elton John
18. Do it Again - Steely Dan
19. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
20. Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers
21. Just You 'N' Me - Chicago
23. Little Willy - Sweet
24. Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
25. Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder
26. Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan
27. Dancing In The Moonlight - King Harvest
28. I'm Just a Singer (In A Rock and Roll Band) - Moody Blues
29. We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
30. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor
31. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
32. Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
33. China Grove - Doobie Brothers
34. Space Oddity - David Bowie
35. Cisco Kid - War
36. Mind Games - John Lennon
37. D'Yer Maker - Led Zeppelin
38. Dream On - Aerosmith
39. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissburg & Steve Mandell
42. Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips
43. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
44. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
49. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
50. Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
51. Sugar Magnolia - Grateful Dead
52. We May Never Pass This Way Aagin - Seals & Crofts
53. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
54. I've Got So Much Love To Give - Barry White
55. Hocus Pocus - Focus
56. No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper
57. Ain't No Woman (Like The One I Got) - Four Tops
58. I Got Ants In My Pants - James Brown
60. Give It To Me - J. Geils Band
61. Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - the Spinners
62. One Less Set Of Footsteps - Jim Croce
63. Danny's Song - Anne Murray
64. Show Biz Kids - Steely Dan
65. You'll Never Get To Heaven (If You Beak My Heart) - The Stylistics
66. Tequila Sunrise - The Eagles
67. Brother Louie - Stories
68. Over The Hills And Far Away - Led Zeppelin
70. My Old School - Steely Dan
72. Sail On Sailer - Beach Boys
73. Jesus Is Just Alright - Doobie Brothers
74. Redneck Friend - Jackson Brown
Hm. There was obviously more to hate about that year than like, and there was even more that never registered on my consciousness.
3 Comments:
Wow - bit of a trip down memory lane!
:-)
They just don't make music like they used to though, do they?
Thank goodness they don't make music like they used to. I spent most of the 70s listening to classical music 'cause I didn't care for the stuff on the radio.
Hey!!
I am alive. It's a long story.
Celnoric
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