BEST #1 HIT of the EARLY 1970s? (Part 2)

[NightTrain]

[shawmut]

1. Al

the perfect song. I accidently voted of American Pie though...


The Theme from Shaft is another great song and would be my second choice...Hard to not vote for Carol King too!


I would have put Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly" on a "best of" the number 1s list for the early 70's...but this ain't my list. :)

[NightTrain]

2. "Killing Me Softly" was a #1 hit in early 1973.

So far, the polls only go up to July of '72. So who knows, you may see Roberta Flack in the next installment!

[shawmut]

8. oops, you're right

I was thinking of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", which I beleive was from 1972. I like "Killing Me Softly" a little more, though. Both great songs imo.

[jpgray]

3. "Family Affair" and "Let's Stay Together" are both great songs

Hard to choose between them.

[MacCovern]

4. "Bridge Over Troubled Water" would get my vote

but it is absent from your list. It was #1 for six weeks in 1970.

[NightTrain]

6. Try the previous poll. It's listed there.

The subject line reads, BEST #1 HIT of the EARLY 1970s? (Part 1)

[MacCovern]

10. Glad to see "Bridge" is #1 in that poll!

Thanks for the info.

[TroubleMan]

5. I always vote for Al Green!!

nt

[MacCovern]

7. "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" would be up there

as a top choice of mine, but that one is also missing from your list.
It was #1 for six weeks in 1972 (although the song was originally on Roberta Flack's 1969 album release).

[NightTrain]

9. Frankly, I despise that song.

For me, that damned thing is like listening to funeral music. That's why I left it off.

[flamingyouth]

11. "American Pie" gives me hives

I absolutely despise that song. My dad and husband love it, so I am routinely subjected to it. :puke:

[NightTrain]

18. Actually, I detest that damned thing myself.

But I figured, some folks would want to vote for it. And unfortunately, I was right.

[flamingyouth]

23. Thanks! I hoped I wasn't insulting you

You know I've always loved your music polls! :hi:

(But I guess I'm insulting the other people who voted for it! Oh well, I really do love the other choices - had a hard time picking my favorite!)

[NightTrain]

30. Hey, if you can't argue about rock 'n' roll...

...what *can* you argue about?

Well, politics I guess, but that kind of undercuts my premise....

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

36. So right. American Pie is a fucking piece of shit.

Much worse than most sitcom themes.

I want to know who voted for it. I will be coming after them.

[NightTrain]

38. I say, bless you and be on your way!

:yourock:

[MrSlayer]

12. Christ, did the 70's ever suck. I guess pop music from any decade....

is horrible. It's nearly impossible to pick, there is no "best". The least worst is probably Rod Stewart.

[littlejoe]

13. Actually the early 70's were pretty cool, from what I remember!

[NightTrain]

15. Don't waste your time arguing with an elitist.

Anyone who likes different music than they do is an ignorant philistine with horrible taste. Period. End of story.

[MrSlayer]

24. Sure there were good artists in the 70's they just aren't represented here

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith was good in the 70's, AC/DC, Motorhead, Rush, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, The Stones had a good run in the 70's even if their late 60's stuff is best, Judas Priest, Parliment Funkadelic, Bob Marley and many more. I know a few of these bands started in the 60's but did their best work in the 70's. (Zep, Sabbath, Floyd) The really good music from any decade isn't pop.

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

26. What yr listing is a subset of pop.

Your listing rock bands. Its a subgenre of pop.

And yes you are correct. There where some excellent rock coming out of the early 70s. I think Led Zep and Black Sabbath did their best work back then. Deep Purple, too.

[NightTrain]

29. But that's impossible! If that guy likes a band, they CAN'T be pop!

Perish the thought! :eyes:

[NightTrain]

14. Thank you for the requisite "elitist wanking" post.

Now that we have that stupidity out of the way, perhaps those DUers with broader musical minds can enjoy the poll! :eyes:

[TroubleMan]

16. How can you call Al Green or Bill Withers pop???!!???

They made soul songs. Some of them were so good that they had crossover success. I guess you've never heard "Let's Stay Together."

[NightTrain]

17. When did I call them "pop?"

The name of this poll is "BEST #1 HITS of the EARLY 1970s?" Nowhere does it say a thing about "pop" music.

Withers and Green are soul singers who also had hits with the pop audience. What's not to understand?

[TroubleMan]

19. Not you Night Train...the other guy

He said that pop music sucks, well Bill Withers and Al Green weren't pop. They didn't make "pop" songs.

Just because a song becomes popular doesn't mean that they made "pop" song.

"Pop" even though it means popular, is a genre to me. For instance Will Smith makes "pop" music - not hip hop. Even the songs that ain't popular are still pop. While The Outkast make hip hop. Even the songs that are popular are still hip hop.

[NightTrain]

28. That guy obviously knows nothing about soul music, nor does he care to.

Hey, it's his loss.

Personally, I'll take Al Green over King Crimson any day of the week!

[bobthedrummer]

37. In real life I've been in groups that covered that one

I voted for Al Green.
:hi:

[Kat45]

20. Songs on the charts were much better back then; I don't hate any

of these. Voted for "Maggie May" because I loved that song back then, and I still do. From the best Rod Stewart album ever. I bought that one when I was in high school.

[NightTrain]

27. I would hope you don't hate them. After all, this is a "best of" poll!

:hi:

[Kat45]

35. True, but I think I hated some on your other 'best of polls'

Can't remember offhand what they were. :-)

[kcwayne]

21. Joy to the World - Three Dog Night

It was killer

[Norbert]

22. It's too Late, great song

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

25. Early 70s was a hi-point in pop.

I think some of Steely Dans best would fit in some "best of early 70s" lists.

(I voted for Maggie Mae...that whole ablum, Every Picture Tells a Story, was great).

[david_vincent]

31. Nitpicking here...

I voted for Maggie May, but I thought it was by the Faces. Wasn't Rod the Mod with the Faces when this was recorded?

[NightTrain]

33. No, it was credited only to Rod Stewart.

It's from his LP, "Every Picture Tells A Story."

[Buns_of_Fire]

32. This version of "Family Affair" was okay, I guess...

...but I thought the version by Sly & The Family Stone was much better. I never thought Mr. French was much of a drummer, but I suppose Buffy and Jody were passable, if somewhat derivative. And yes, I'm being a nit-picky smartass (there's one of us in every crowd, y'know? ;-) ).

[NightTrain]

34. Hey, better a smart-ass than...

...an uptight elitist who turns his nose up at any recording that made the national charts!