BEST NUMBER 2 HIT OF THE LATE 1970s? (Part 2 of 2)

[NightTrain]

Up next: We tackle the '80s!

[BigBigBear]

1. Gerry Rafferty

Great song - melancholy, well-arranged. Good stuff.

[TahitiNut]

2. It's gotta be "Short People".

:evilgrin:

[RebelOne]

3. Short People???!!!

You must be kidding. That was the worst song I had ever heard in the '70s.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Boy the late 70's really sucked donkey dicks!

[NightTrain]

5. And the early '80s weren't a whole lot better.

Just wait 'til the next round of polls! :eyes:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

19. Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'... the beginning of new wave/punk

I dunno, I kinda was grooving on the late 70's myself.

[flamingyouth]

6. It's the soundtrack from Hell, really

You could torture me by playing any or all of these songs.

[Rowdyboy]

7. Baker Street

still stops me in my tracks. Its an excellent song.

[DODI]

8. After the Love is Gone

It always makes me cry -- why? Because of WKRP and Bailey waiting for Johnny to show up and Venus plays that song. It was a great scene. I do love Baker Street also, I love the short guitar solos in a lot of 70's stuff -- short to the point and powerful.

[ClintonTyree]

9. Rafferty..............

in my case. My (ex)wife had just suffered her first schizophrenic/manic depressive hospitalization. I'd spend 6 hours a day at "R" wing (psychiatric unit) and still work 8 hour days and keep the house up. It was one of the lowest times of my life as well. It was much tougher on her.
That song just kept going through my head. That saxophone solo burned through to the very core of my being.
It's funny how we associate certain periods of our lives to the music that was popular at the time.
Baker Street will always remind me of those days. Not happy days, but still a song that somehow helped get me through them.

[geniph]

10. BARF BARF BARF

and people wonder why I complain about the music every time I go to a high school reunion! They play this crap!

[NightTrain]

11. Why would you bother going to a high school reunion in the first place?

A year or so back, I got a mass-mailing from some publisher that my alma mater had commissioned to put together an alumni directory. I wrote back that I was dead.

So I'm guessing I won't receive an invitation to the inevitable 20th anniversary reunion. Gosh, all the jocks, cheerleaders, Yuppies, and white-trash dirtbags I won't get to see again. Just breaks my heart!

[geniph]

20. Actually, I enjoyed mine

partly, I admit, because I was always younger than my classmates - and I still am! - so while they were balding, wrinkled, grey, and married to other old folks, here I was, showing up with a guy 5 years my junior as my date... ;-) I was quite the belle of the ball at my 10-year reunion. Less so at the 20-year reunion (it was a DULL party, partying with 38-year-olds is nowhere near as much fun), but it was still kind of gratifying. And there were a few people I was happy to see again - I had a strange crowd of friends. When my husband met them at the 20-year, he remarked on it afterward, how many of my friends were professionals (doctors and such).

30-year reunion will be coming up in a little more than 2 years! Ack!

[NightTrain]

12. And here's what kept those songs off #1

SHORT PEOPLE - "Baby Come Back," Player and "Stayin' Alive," The Bee Gees

THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU - "If I Can't Have You," Yvonne Elliman and "With A Little Luck," Wings

BAKER STREET - "Shadow Dancing," Andy Gibb :eyes:

DOUBLE VISION - "MacArthur Park," Donna Summer :eyes:

Y.M.C.A. - "Le Freak," Chic and "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," Rod Stewart :puke:

FIRE - "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy," Rod Stewart (:puke: again!)

WE ARE FAMILY - "Hot Stuff," Donna Summer :thumbsup:

AFTER THE LOVE HAS GONE - "My Sharona," The Knack :thumbsdown:

DIM ALL THE LIGHTS - "Heartache Tonight," The Eagles and "Still," The Commodores :boring:

YES, I'M READY - "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," Queen :headbang:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

16. Interestingly I voted for 'We are Family'

can't believe the 'queen of disco' beat it out, but Donna was pretty sexy! and I like 'Crazy Little Thing!'

[Kat45]

13. Definitely Baker Street. I love that song.

Love that sax. I can remember it being on the car radio when my boyfriend (at the time) and I were driving to the beach the summer the song was out. I really enjoyed that summer, and that was also one of the best relationships I ever had. Great memories, and that song never fails to bring them back. :-)

[NightTrain]

14. Funny thing about "Baker Street" is that...

...I've heard it a million times over the last 25+ years, but still couldn't tell you what the words are! What brings me back to that song time and again is Raphael Ravenscroft's haunting saxophone solo. I don't know what (if anything) else Ravenscroft waxed, but he deserves to be remembered for his work on "Baker Street."

[Bossy Monkey]

15. He appeared on some tunes on Rafferty's next record, Night Owl

I think the hit was "Get It Right Next Time," and did a singularly unsuccessful solo album. How do I know about the personnel on Gerry Rafferty records? I don't think I'll be admitting that at this time.

[amandabeech]

17. I have to go with YMCA

not because I think that it is of the highest quality, but because it is an abolutely iconic song of the disco era and definitely the most high-camp. Any figure skating fans out there ever see Rudy Galindo skating his Village People medley number? Priceless.

Otherwise, "Baker Street" and that amazing sax solo, and "We Are Family"--great rhythm and great voices.

Night Train, I love these things, and been lurking for some time, but what's wrong with "My Sharona?" I thought that it was pretty good New Wave.

[NightTrain]

18. Regarding "My Sharona"

That song has annoyed the crap out of me since the first time I heard it. Best I can tell ya. :shrug:

[amandabeech]

21. Well, sometimes that just happens. n/t

[Donkeyboy75]

22. Did you know that Quentin Tarantino

was originally going to use that song during the Marcellus Wallace butt-raping scene in "Pulp Fiction"? He decided against it because he thought it would be too comical. Wise choice.

It's a great song, though.

[amandabeech]

23. OOH!

I think that Tarantino made a wise decision, too.

[sarahbellum]

24. my brain is fizzling out of my ears...

sorry, sorry, can't vote this time round.