What's your favorite song from 1970?

[Coventina]

Here's mine:

[FM123]

1. I have a tie: Let it Be and Lola

[sellitman]

2. Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel.

No question.

[Aristus]

7. Mine too.

Nothing else even comes close...

[sellitman]

39. Bridge Over Troubled Water

Here is what my son wrote about BOTW on his Blog. He is a Rock Music Historian among other things.

http://drrockhitormiss.blogspot.com/2014/02/song-233-bridge-over-troubled-water.html

[JDC]

3. Really an amazing year for all types of music

Anything CCR or Black Sabbath from 1970 for me.

[Glorfindel]

4. Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel. One of the greatest songs of all time.

[First Speaker]

5. Spanish Key, from Miles' Bitches Brew...

[PJMcK]

6. Too difficult

Here's Billboard's top-100:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970

"Bridge Over Troubled Waters" was number 1 and it's so powerful, I'll go with that.

[MGKrebs]

8. I'd have to say "I Want You Back", Jackson 5.

You mean what was our favorite back then, right?
That was the first album I ever bought. First song I knew all the words to.

My favorite song now FROM 1970 is probably either BB King The Thrill is Gone or Creedence Run Through The Jungle.

[Codeine]

9. It was recorded in '65 but not released until 1970.

"Suite" -- John Coltrane, from his posthumous release Transistion.

Fair warning, this is somewhat "out there."

[Runningdawg]

10. American Woman - The Guess Who

[OriginalGeek]

12. I saw 2 of them a few years back

they had another whole band with them. I didn't really have to guess who were the original members. All the non-originals were much younger than 2 of them. To their credit the kid they had singing sounded great and very Burton-like.

Also to their credit the show rightfully should have been cancelled but they performed it anyway. It was at Busch Gardens in Tampa, outdoor stage - furious thunderstorm rolled in right before showtime and completely drenched us for 45 minutes. We attendees withstood mother nature's onslaught and cheered when the sun peeked out from behind a cloud and a guy came on stage to announce that they only had about 15~20 minutes left of show time but that they were so humbled and grateful that we would stand in that soaked and muddy field for that long just to hear them play that there was no way they wouldn't give us everything they could and without any more talking they ripped through all their greatest hits with a passion that defied reality.

I had always liked them but that right there made me love them.

[Runningdawg]

14. Excellent!

[Mendocino]

11. Into the Mystic

Van Morrison

[robertpaulsen]

13. The Art of Dying by George Harrison

[onethatcares]

15. "America, where are you now"by Steppenwolf

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probly not the right year but it is the right time.

[Zorro]

36. The song was "Monster"

Released in late 1969 but very, very relevant today.

[kwassa]

16. Moondance by Van Morrison

random choice as there was tons of great music in 1970.

[Skittles]

17. "I'll Be There"

and it always remained my favorite Michael Jackson song

[WinkyDink]

18. Of the Billboard 1970 top 100: "25 or 6 to Four," by Chicago.

The list:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1970

[Leith]

19. Wow.. Such a Trip Down Memory Lane

I remember most of them (the ones I don't remember are probably those with names I didn't know they had).

Great songs. Interesting to see which ones you still hear on oldies stations.

[Archae]

20. In The Summertime

Mungo Jerry

[Eugene]

21. "Ball of Confusion"

That's is the first thing that comes to mind from 1970.

[shenmue]

22. This-

[Algernon Moncrieff]

29. The "B" Side of that single was better

Do you know what it was?

[ailsagirl]

23. Apart from L-O-L-A...

Tighter, Tighter

[VMA131Marine]

24. 'War' by Edwin Starr

RIP!

[Tikki]

25. "High School".....MC5

Tikki

[Docreed2003]

28. Damn shame that mc5 and Bad Brains were left out of the Rock Hall this year!!

[Docreed2003]

26. Some great songs...my instinct was to be snarky and post Lola, a song I love

But here's a few no one else has mentioned:

Instant Karma:

And since apparently I'm the only person who cares to mention country music in your threads, ....it's cool, I know most here don't care for it but I feel the need to represent my background.


First, my dear friend Johnny Cash: I mean, this highlights Kris Kristofferson's lyrical talent "the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, so I had one more for dessert"....it may sound funny but damn that's poignant! How many of us have been there?

And then there's the gem that would define a career:

[Coventina]

37. Country was really having a great run during that time!

I love "Sunday Morning, Coming Down." It most definitely defines a certain period of my life....

I'm not much of a country music fan (especially now), but this particular time period (late 60s-early 70s) is an exception!!

[Algernon Moncrieff]

27. This is my favorite 1970 song...currently

Arizona - Mark Lindsay

[Warpy]

30. That one has worn very well over the years

Some hit songs from my misspent youth are meeting a younger relative with really bad taste, "gawd, did I really like that thing? It's truly terrible!" This isn't one of them, it's one I still enjoy listening to.

Also there on my hit parade but with slightly dated lyrics:

(It was recorded in 1969, the album was released in 1970)

[7wo7rees]

31. Neil Diamond - Soolaimon

Released in 1970

[area51]

32. Or maybe this.

[CentralMass]

33. Here are a few from that year

Led Zepplin - Since I've Been Loving You

[Rhiannon12866]

34. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies

[SusanaMontana41]

35. Every song on "Tea for the Tillerman"

but if I have to pick just one, it's "Wild World."

[red dog 1]

41. "Tea for the Tillerman" is a great album.

His outstanding guitar work on 12 string guitar is as good as I've ever heard.

I like every song on it too, especially "Hard Headed Woman", "Wild World" and "Moonshadow"

[SusanaMontana41]

42. "Moonshadow" is on "Teaser and th the Firecat"

Hey, I do it, too. So many great albums with so many great songs ...

[DFW]

38. Fire and Rain

by James Taylor

Closely followed by Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

[red dog 1]

40. My co-favorites are Bridge Over Troubled Water & Lola by The Kinks

(Let It Be was pretty good too)

[jack69]

43. Question-Moody Blues

[pressbox69]

44. My all time favorite.