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Considering the quality of seventies rock, this thread should have plenty of nominations.

I'm going to start off with Foreigner, Journey, and Styx.

Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, and Lynrd Skynrd are my three nominations.

Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, and Lynrd Skynrd are my three nominations.

Although I whole-heartedly agree with you on the first two, and somewhat on the last one, I think you are going to catch a lot of flak for those choices.

Foreigner and Journey are great! Jefferson Airplane is horrible, but I enjoy Lynyrd Skynard.

Although I whole-heartedly agree with you on the first two, and somewhat on the last one, I think you are going to catch a lot of flak for those choices.

In the end, isn't that what it's all about?

Hey, Pink Floyd are good! :p

Though I don't like Styx.

And ABBA suck.

Hey, Pink Floyd are good! :p

There's being good with your instruments... Then there's writing good music. They did not do that. It's trite and boring, and they were full of themselves.

Jefferson Starship pwned Jefferson Airplane at sucking.

In the end, isn't that what it's all about?

Completely.

I can't wait until someone says Led Zeppelin or Queen. The shit will hit the fan then, and everyone will get all fired up over personal tastes.

I'm not exactly sure if Motley Crue was 1970s, but they were horrible...the only song that I like from them is Kickstart my Heart.

Jefferson Starship pwned Jefferson Airplane at sucking.

w0rd on that.

There's being good with your instruments... Then there's writing good music. They did not do that. It's trite and boring, and they were full of themselves.

It's different. You can't rock out to it. You have to be in a certain mindset to really enjoy it.

It's different. You can't rock out to it. You have to be in a certain mindset to really enjoy it.

High? Hehe, just joking.

Completely.

I can't wait until someone says Led Zeppelin or Queen. The shit will hit the fan then, and everyone will get all fired up over personal tastes.

I was gonna say LZ and Queen, but I didn't want shit to hit the fan so quickly.

And, they actually wrote good music, so I would've been flame baiting.

Completely.

I can't wait until someone says Led Zeppelin or Queen. The shit will hit the fan then, and everyone will get all fired up over personal tastes.

Heh, sounds fun!

But they'll have a hard time justifying both of those choices.

High? Hehe, just joking.

;)

It's different. You can't rock out to it. You have to be in a certain mindset to really enjoy it.

Yeah, stoned out of your mind.

High? Hehe, just joking.
Hey, don't knock it. It works.
:D

The Scorpions make me cough up a little vomit every time I hear them.

The Scorpions make me cough up a little vomit every time I hear them.

Meh, I love the Scorpions...the guitar work is simply amazing, although it doesn't live up to Page, Hendrix, or Lifeson..it certainly beats Iommi however.

Yeah, stoned out of your mind.

And by contrast, the Sex Pistols sound absolutely terrible when stoned out of your mind. Seriously. Try it one day.

And by contrast, the Sex Pistols sound absolutely terrible when stoned out of your mind. Seriously. Try it one day.

And that's why the punks started listening to dub...

..it certainly beats Iommi however.

However, Iommi has only half of two of his playing fingers, and uses plastic caps to make up for it. He can't even feel the strings on his guitar. Consider that, and he's pretty damn good. (And he plays left-handed like me, which makes him all the more awesome.)

Meh, I love the Scorpions...the guitar work is simply amazing, although it doesn't live up to Page, Hendrix, or Lifeson..it certainly beats Iommi however.

Well, to me their guitar work sounds at best to be on par with the other rock bands of the era, ie Foreigner, Boston, Bad Company.

if youre talkin shit about the sex pistols, you are my enemy, and i will wage war...

I nominate KISS. They looked so evil, but their music was more bubble gum than The Bay City Rollers. My 11 year old daughter can solo better than Paul Stanley.

well I was in Junior High and High School in the 1970s, so we are talking my music here...

everybody involved with Disco should have been shot

Jefferson Starship, Foreigner, and Leo Sayer should have been shot as well.

Pink Floyd not only didn't suck, but they have the longest running album in the top 40.... ever

Leonard Skynard had at least a couple more good albums in them... too bad that plane crash wiped them out (by the way, popular musicians should REALLY avoid charter aircraft)

Queen was good enough to have hits well into the 80s (although I HATE Another one bites the Dust)

Leonard Skynard had at least a couple more good albums in them... too bad that plane crash wiped them out (by the way, popular musicians should REALLY avoid charter aircraft)

Ah, so they should buy and fly their own planes instead, like John Denver?

And that's why the punks started listening to dub...

:p


if youre talkin shit about the sex pistols, you are my enemy, and i will wage war...

If you would care to refute my statement with anecdotal evidence, please feel free.

I nominate KISS. They looked so evil, but their music was more bubble gum than The Bay City Rollers. My 11 year old daughter can solo better than Paul Stanley.

Oh, how could I forget! They suck.

Pink Floyd not only didn't suck, but they have the longest running album in the top 40.... ever


Well if anything is a sign of quality music it is the pop charts. :rolleyes:

Well if anything is a sign of quality music it is the pop charts. :rolleyes:

It's troo. Only teh coolest music is in teh top. 40, foo'.

It's troo. Only teh coolest music is in teh top. 40, foo'.
Tru dat.

:D

Well if anything is a sign of quality music it is the pop charts. :rolleyes:

Of course - after all Michael Jackson's Thriller is the best selling album ever. My case (if I had one) is rested.

It's different. You can't rock out to it. You have to be in a certain mindset to really enjoy it.

Go listen to Relics. You can rock out to early Pink Floyd.

Now the worst bands of the seventies:
The Bay City Rollers (UK)
The Partridge Family (USA)

Of course - after all Michael Jackson's Thriller is the best selling album ever. My case (if I had one) is rested.

Hey, I like that album.

EDIT: I would even go so far as to say that "Off the Wall" is one of the best albums of the seventies.

Go listen to Relics. You can rock out to early Pink Floyd.

Hmm.

*looks through stack of vinyl in the cupboard*

I don't think I have it, though :(

Now the worst bands of the seventies:
The Bay City Rollers (UK)

UGH!!!

Hey, I like that album.

I was about to post something along the lines of - it sold 54 million copies, there must be someone here who will confess to owning a copy - but you appear to have (possibly ironically/sarcastically) pre-empted me.

I was about to post something along the lines of - it sold 54 million copies, there must be someone here who will confess to owning a copy - but you appear to have (possibly ironically/sarcastically) pre-empted me.

I don't own a copy, but Billy Jean, Beat It, and Thriller are fucking fantastic. You can't tell me that you don't enjoy listening to those songs, at least secretively.

EDIT: Not to mention "Wanna Be Starting Something"

Ah, so they should buy and fly their own planes instead, like John Denver?

chuckle.... yeah, that worked out real well for him didn't it....

maybe flying commercial is safer?

I bet Billy Holly and most recently Aaleya (however you spell that) would attest to the that though

Well if anything is a sign of quality music it is the pop charts. :rolleyes:

they all three got rave critical reviews at the time as well... and a lot of critics still consider Queen and Pink Floyd among the best ever

they all three got rave critical reviews at the time as well... and a lot of critics still consider Queen and Pink Floyd among the best ever

Yes, they both recieve a lot of critical praise.

My dislike for Pink Floyd is more of a personal taste than a critical evaluation.

I vote for Greatful Dead. Probably the most overrated band in history (with Rolling Stones coming in a close second, and Queen a distant third).

I vote for Greatful Dead. Probably the most overrated band in history (with Rolling Stones coming in a close second, and Queen a distant third).

I agree with you on the Grateful Dead part.

I hate hippies for the simple fact that there are at least four Grateful Dead cover bands floating around Carbondale.

I'm not exactly sure if Motley Crue was 1970s, but they were horrible...the only song that I like from them is Kickstart my Heart.
this comment made me cry.

and i will say Led Zep sucked. they were overated to the point of being ridiculous. page only sounds good live on guitar. and the songs are far too long. and while you are at it... can SOMEONE explain Robert Plants' solo carreer?

Man, I forgot about the Grateful Dead. They were 100% crap.

Well, this thread is pointless. It's so obviously ABBA. Next!

Surely the *realy* crap bands of the 70s were so bad that they never got record deals and so we would never had heard of them.....

In that case I nominate Flakey and the Egghearts. See? You have no idea who I am talking about.

:)

and i will say Led Zep sucked. they were overated to the point of being ridiculous. page only sounds good live on guitar. and the songs are far too long. and while you are at it... can SOMEONE explain Robert Plants' solo carreer?
because i want to bump with a post that will anger the masses on monday.

because i want to bump with a post that will anger the masses on monday.

I totally agree with you on Led Zeppelin.

I totally agree with you on Led Zeppelin.
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My bottom 3 hafta be

ABBA
KC and the Sunshine Band
The Knack

My bottom 3 hafta be

ABBA
KC and the Sunshine Band
The Knack

Weren't they the ones who did that fucking awful "My Sharona"?

and i will say Led Zep sucked. they were overated to the point of being ridiculous. page only sounds good live on guitar. and the songs are far too long. and while you are at it... can SOMEONE explain Robert Plants' solo carreer?
That's based on a personal dislike (IE. your opinion on the sound is subjective. I like it. Though I will concede that some songs drag on a little.), and isn't rooted in any actual suckiness on the bands part. If they were purely a hype band, how did the unlabelled 4th album do so well?

That said, you need to die. *cuts off your left ear*

Weren't they the ones who did that fucking awful "My Sharona"?

That's them.

Pink Floyd, Jefferson Airplane, and Lynrd Skynrd are my three nominations.
You sir are a fool!
I say good day!
*Glove slap*

The correct answer is ABBA or ELO

That's them.

Yeah, thought so. And on these Time Life music collection infomercials, they say how it "revolutionized" music for the 1980's. It's total bullshit.

Anything Disco or by Micky Jackson.

Jackson = Over rated

I would have to say ABBA sucked the hardest.

I like both Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin. I'm not too fond of Queen though. The way Freddy Mercury sings bothers me.

Also, Led Zepplin's fourth album did so well because of subliminal messages.

Also, Led Zepplin's fourth album did so well because of subliminal messages.

Haha!

And by contrast, the Sex Pistols sound absolutely terrible when stoned out of your mind. Seriously. Try it one day.
Been there, done that. One of my best nights of the seventies.

Completely.

I can't wait until someone says Led Zeppelin or Queen. The shit will hit the fan then, and everyone will get all fired up over personal tastes.
Ah well, to thine own self be true .....

IMHO, worst bands of the seventies:
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Queen
3. Abba
4. Police
5. Rush
6. Jethro Tull

Starlight Vocal Band.

The Osmonds.

Captain and Tennile.

While I personally would vote Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd as the most overrated bands of the '70s, I can't say they're the worst, as they have some good songs.
I do, however, find it odd that the Jefferson Airplane made so many people's lists. How can the best band of the '60s be the worst of the '70s?
With that said, I think the worst '70s band would have to be Foreigner.

Herman's Hermits

This is impossible to ascertain... after the punk revolution of '76/'77, there were so many awful, awful bands that sprung up in almost every corner of the world, trying to be the Ramones and failing miserably. Searching through the 7"s at the radio station taught this to me. Sometimes, even attitude isn't enough to save you.

Have to agree with BackwoodsSquatches on all three counts, though. Also, although I should hate Pink Floyd in principle for being pretentious, there were far worse prog-rock bands. Like Rush, or Emerson, Lake, and Palmer.

This is impossible to ascertain... after the punk revolution of '76/'77, there were so many awful, awful bands that sprung up in almost every corner of the world, trying to be the Ramones and failing miserably. Searching through the 7"s at the radio station taught this to me. Sometimes, even attitude isn't enough to save you.
How interesting, I really can't say there was very much good music until the punk revolution.

How interesting, I really can't say there was very much good music until the punk revolution.
It was out there, but not in mainstream rock, which was behaving like a bunch of pretentious students.

For example, in the USA, the New York scene and some of the West Coast bands were good. Europe had the beginnings of synth music, the UK a good R'n'B-based pub rock scene and a lot of very sound folk music. There was funk and reggae all over.

That's just off the top of my head. The good stuff is always out there, it's sometimes harder to spot than others is all.

It was out there, but not in mainstream rock, which was behaving like a bunch of pretentious students.

For example, in the USA, the New York scene and some of the West Coast bands were good. Europe had the beginnings of synth music, the UK a good R'n'B-based pub rock scene and a lot of very sound folk music. There was funk and reggae all over.

That's just off the top of my head. The good stuff is always out there, it's sometimes harder to spot than others is all.
I agree that there was good music out there in the early '70s, such as the Stooges. But it increased exponentially with the advent of punk.

How interesting, I really can't say there was very much good music until the punk revolution.

I agree; there wasn't much before 1976 that I enjoy, excepting Krautrock (Neu!, Faust, etc.), classical minimalism (Terry Riley, Steve Reich, etc.), and a few others. However, I was trying to say that while there were many good bands that came out of the revolution (i.e. Wire, The Fall, Pere Ubu, the list goes on and on), there were many more bands that were positively wretched, relegated to basement shows and nearly unlistenable 7" splits, compilations, and so on. And while I admire them in spirit, actually listening to it is trying.

I agree that there was good music out there in the early '70s, such as the Stooges. But it increased exponentially with the advent of punk.

Yeah- great pre-punk stuff: New York Dolls, Stooges, MC5... even Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, and Jonathan Richman.

I agree; there wasn't much before 1976 that I enjoy, excepting Krautrock (Neu!, Faust, etc.), classical minimalism (Terry Riley, Steve Reich, etc.), and a few odds and ends. However, I was trying to say that while there were many good bands that came out of the revolution (i.e. Wire, The Fall, Pere Ubu, the list goes on and on), there were many more bands that were positively wretched, relegated to basement shows and nearly unlistenable 7" splits, compilations, and so on. And while I admire them in spirit, actually listening to it is trying.
Oh, I see. Fair enough, I can agree with that.

I agree that there was good music out there in the early '70s, such as the Stooges. But it increased exponentially with the advent of punk.
(A pedant writes.) More of a step change than an exponential increase. Punk decreased the entry costs for new bands, it became cool to have less gear, less rehearsals, smaller audiences and more creativity. Recording and publicity costs dropped dramatically. It both increased the number of `small' bands, and improved their visibility.

But I know where you're coming from. Round about '78, I remember looking back and realising I only really liked about five bands from '75 and about 100 from '77. Of course, ten years later, I realised I'd actually missed dozens of really good bands from '75. So, yeah.

Starlight Vocal Band.

The Osmonds.

Captain and Tennile.
BackwoodsSquatches?
I thought you got deleted?

Are you back?

BackwoodsSquatches?
I thought you got deleted?

Are you back?
He's been around about as long as I can remember. Check his start date and post-count - if he'd been deleted, they wouldn't be what they are.

Hey, Pink Floyd are good! :p

Though I don't like Styx.

And ABBA suck.


Hey!!! ABBA had 'Fernando' :mad:

although it was the only good song... Njah, I'll vote for ABBA too

Yes

My picks: The Patridge Family, the Monkees (if they were 70s), ABBA, Bay City Rollers, The Sex Pistols.

I have but two words to say to you people:
The Baycity Rollers.

Ok, that was 3. But they're still crap.

Yes
No.















(In that genre, Barclay James Harvest were worse.)

My picks: The Patridge Family, the Monkees (if they were 70s), ABBA, Bay City Rollers, The Sex Pistols.

I forgot about The Partridge family - I thought they were awful.

I don't own a copy, but Billy Jean, Beat It, and Thriller are fucking fantastic. You can't tell me that you don't enjoy listening to those songs, at least secretively.

EDIT: Not to mention "Wanna Be Starting Something"

Honestly I don't... now if we were discussing the works of the Rodger's brothers in Chic, then I would have confessions to make, but as far as Thriller goes, nada.