IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Ranked is preferable. If you don't want to rank them, they will all go in at the same position. I will wait for your ranked list.
DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s
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If work is slow tomorrow it will give me something to keep busy. And it seems fun now that I think about it.
I'd like to add these to my dislike list:
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams: "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Peaches & Herb: "Reunited"
It looks like they're both Guy/Gal songs.
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams: "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
Peaches & Herb: "Reunited"
It looks like they're both Guy/Gal songs.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Wow, ok I started a stopwatch when I began ranking all of these. I took this shit seriously. I just finished and hit stop and it took me this long:
Anyway, these are all my favorites in order:
The Beatles: "Let It Be"
The Beatles: "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
Janis Joplin: "Me and Bobby McGee"
Jim Croce: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Daryl Hall and John Oates: "Rich Girl"
Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"
Bill Conti: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"
Diana Ross: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke"
David Bowie: "Fame"
The Edgar Winter Group: "Frankenstein"
The Four Seasons: "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Captain & Tennille: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: "You're the One That I Want"
Wild Cherry: "Play That Funky Music"
Gloria Gaynor: "I Will Survive"
Steve Miller Band: "The Joker"
John Denver: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
Three Dog Night: "Joy to the World"
Isaac Hayes: "Theme from Shaft"
Elton John: "Bennie and the Jets"
Don McLean: "American Pie"
Roberta Flack: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
B. J. Thomas: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
The Emotions: "Best of My Love"
Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band: "A Fifth of Beethoven"
Grand Funk: The Loco-Motion"
Elton John and Kiki Dee: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Paul McCartney and Wings: "Band on the Run"
Paul Simon: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
The Rolling Stones: "Brown Sugar"
John Lennon: "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Johnny Nash: "I Can See Clearly Now"
Harry Chapin: "Cat's in the Cradle"
Eagles: "Best of My Love"
Simon & Garfunkel: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Edwin Starr: "War"
Elton John: "Philadelphia Freedom"
Grand Funk: "We're an American Band"
Steve Miller Band: "Rock'n Me"
Marvin Gaye: "Let's Get It On"
Carly Simon: "You're So Vain"
Bill Withers: "Lean On Me"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "Get Down Tonight"
Sly and the Family Stone: "Family Affair"
James Taylor: "You've Got a Friend"
The Temptations: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Stevie Wonder: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Roberta Flack: "Feel Like Makin' Love"
Frankie Valli: "Grease"
Starland Vocal Band: "Afternoon Delight"
The Staple Singers: "I'll Take You There"
Tony Orlando and Dawn: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Bee Gees: "Stayin' Alive"
John Denver: "Sunshine on My Shoulders"
Rupert Holmes: "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
Ohio Players: "Love Rollercoaster"
Chic: "Le Freak"
ABBA: "Dancing Queen"
Commodores: "Three Times a Lady"
Elton John: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Carl Douglas: "Kung Fu Fighting"
The Hues Corporation: "Rock the Boat"
Eagles: "Hotel California"
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Blinded by the Light"
America: "A Horse with No Name"
Meco: "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
Three Dog Night: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"
Blue Swede: "Hooked on a Feeling"
The O'Jays: "Love Train"
Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony: "The Hustle"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "That's the Way (I Like It)"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
Sammy Davis Jr.: "Candy Man"
Gladys Knight & the Pips: "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Michael Jackson: "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"
Rose Royce: "Car Wash"
A Taste of Honey: "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Anita Ward: "Ring My Bell"
John Sebastian: "Welcome Back"
Bay City Rollers: "Saturday Night"
Glen Campbell: "Rhinestone Cowboy"
The Knack: "My Sharona"
LaBelle: "Lady Marmalade"
Nick Gilder: "Hot Child in the City"
Chic: "Good Times"
The Jackson 5: "ABC"
The Miracles: "Love Machine"
Chuck Berry: "My Ding-a-Ling"
And these are the ones from my original list that I left out because upon further review none of them should have made it in the first place:
Cher: "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
Ray Stevens: "Everything Is Beautiful"
The Carpenters: "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Neil Diamond: "Cracklin' Rosie"
The Jackson 5: "I'll Be There"
The Temptations: "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
Rod Stewart: "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"
Al Green: "Let's Stay Together"
Nilsson: "Without You"
Neil Young: "Heart of Gold"
Roberta Flack: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Three Dog Night: "Black and White"
Billy Paul: "Me and Mrs. Jones"
Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
Paul McCartney and Wings: "My Love"
George Harrison: "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"
Billy Preston: "Will It Go Round in Circles"
Jim Croce: "Time in a Bottle"
Barbra Streisand: "The Way We Were"
Gordon Lightfoot: "Sundown"
John Denver: "Annie's Song"
Eric Clapton: "I Shot the Sheriff"
Stevie Wonder: "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
Billy Swan: "I Can Help"
Barry Manilow: "Mandy"
The Carpenters: "Please Mr. Postman"
Neil Sedaka: "Laughter in the Rain"
Linda Ronstadt: "You're No Good"
Olivia Newton-John: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
Frankie Valli: "My Eyes Adored You"
Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"
Tony Orlando and Dawn: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
Earth, Wind & Fire: "Shining Star"
Freddy Fender: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
Bee Gees: "Jive Talkin'"
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: "Fallin' in Love"
John Denver: "I'm Sorry"
Elton John: "Island Girl"
Silver Convention: "Fly, Robin, Fly"
The Staple Singers: "Let's Do It Again"
Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
Johnnie Taylor: "Disco Lady"
The Bellamy Brothers: "Let Your Love Flow"
The Sylvers: "Boogie Fever"
The Manhattans: "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
Bee Gees: "You Should Be Dancing"
Rod Stewart: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
Stevie Wonder: "I Wish"
Eagles: "New Kid in Town"
Barbra Streisand: "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)"
David Soul: "Don't Give Up on Us"
Thelma Houston: "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Glen Campbell: "Southern Nights"
Leo Sayer: "When I Need You"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "I'm Your Boogie Man"
Fleetwood Mac: "Dreams"
Marvin Gaye: "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)"
Debby Boone: "You Light Up My Life"
Player: "Baby Come Back"
Andy Gibb: "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
Bee Gees: "Night Fever"
Wings: "With a Little Luck"
The Rolling Stones: "Miss You"
Nick Gilder: "Hot Child in the City"
The Doobie Brothers: "What a Fool Believes"
Amii Stewart: "Knock on Wood"
Anyway, these are all my favorites in order:
The Beatles: "Let It Be"
The Beatles: "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
Janis Joplin: "Me and Bobby McGee"
Jim Croce: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
Daryl Hall and John Oates: "Rich Girl"
Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"
Bill Conti: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"
Diana Ross: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke"
David Bowie: "Fame"
The Edgar Winter Group: "Frankenstein"
The Four Seasons: "December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Captain & Tennille: "Love Will Keep Us Together"
John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John: "You're the One That I Want"
Wild Cherry: "Play That Funky Music"
Gloria Gaynor: "I Will Survive"
Steve Miller Band: "The Joker"
John Denver: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy"
Three Dog Night: "Joy to the World"
Isaac Hayes: "Theme from Shaft"
Elton John: "Bennie and the Jets"
Don McLean: "American Pie"
Roberta Flack: "Killing Me Softly with His Song"
B. J. Thomas: "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"
The Emotions: "Best of My Love"
Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band: "A Fifth of Beethoven"
Grand Funk: The Loco-Motion"
Elton John and Kiki Dee: "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
Paul McCartney and Wings: "Band on the Run"
Paul Simon: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
The Rolling Stones: "Brown Sugar"
John Lennon: "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive: "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"
Johnny Nash: "I Can See Clearly Now"
Harry Chapin: "Cat's in the Cradle"
Eagles: "Best of My Love"
Simon & Garfunkel: "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Edwin Starr: "War"
Elton John: "Philadelphia Freedom"
Grand Funk: "We're an American Band"
Steve Miller Band: "Rock'n Me"
Marvin Gaye: "Let's Get It On"
Carly Simon: "You're So Vain"
Bill Withers: "Lean On Me"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "Get Down Tonight"
Sly and the Family Stone: "Family Affair"
James Taylor: "You've Got a Friend"
The Temptations: "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone"
Stevie Wonder: "You Are the Sunshine of My Life"
Roberta Flack: "Feel Like Makin' Love"
Frankie Valli: "Grease"
Starland Vocal Band: "Afternoon Delight"
The Staple Singers: "I'll Take You There"
Tony Orlando and Dawn: "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"
Bee Gees: "Stayin' Alive"
John Denver: "Sunshine on My Shoulders"
Rupert Holmes: "Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"
Ohio Players: "Love Rollercoaster"
Chic: "Le Freak"
ABBA: "Dancing Queen"
Commodores: "Three Times a Lady"
Elton John: "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Carl Douglas: "Kung Fu Fighting"
The Hues Corporation: "Rock the Boat"
Eagles: "Hotel California"
Manfred Mann's Earth Band: "Blinded by the Light"
America: "A Horse with No Name"
Meco: "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band"
Three Dog Night: "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"
Blue Swede: "Hooked on a Feeling"
The O'Jays: "Love Train"
Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony: "The Hustle"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "That's the Way (I Like It)"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"
Sammy Davis Jr.: "Candy Man"
Gladys Knight & the Pips: "Midnight Train to Georgia"
Michael Jackson: "Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough"
Rose Royce: "Car Wash"
A Taste of Honey: "Boogie Oogie Oogie"
Anita Ward: "Ring My Bell"
John Sebastian: "Welcome Back"
Bay City Rollers: "Saturday Night"
Glen Campbell: "Rhinestone Cowboy"
The Knack: "My Sharona"
LaBelle: "Lady Marmalade"
Nick Gilder: "Hot Child in the City"
Chic: "Good Times"
The Jackson 5: "ABC"
The Miracles: "Love Machine"
Chuck Berry: "My Ding-a-Ling"
And these are the ones from my original list that I left out because upon further review none of them should have made it in the first place:
Cher: "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves"
Ray Stevens: "Everything Is Beautiful"
The Carpenters: "(They Long to Be) Close to You"
Neil Diamond: "Cracklin' Rosie"
The Jackson 5: "I'll Be There"
The Temptations: "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)"
Rod Stewart: "Maggie May" / "Reason to Believe"
Al Green: "Let's Stay Together"
Nilsson: "Without You"
Neil Young: "Heart of Gold"
Roberta Flack: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Three Dog Night: "Black and White"
Billy Paul: "Me and Mrs. Jones"
Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
Paul McCartney and Wings: "My Love"
George Harrison: "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"
Billy Preston: "Will It Go Round in Circles"
Jim Croce: "Time in a Bottle"
Barbra Streisand: "The Way We Were"
Gordon Lightfoot: "Sundown"
John Denver: "Annie's Song"
Eric Clapton: "I Shot the Sheriff"
Stevie Wonder: "You Haven't Done Nothin'"
Billy Swan: "I Can Help"
Barry Manilow: "Mandy"
The Carpenters: "Please Mr. Postman"
Neil Sedaka: "Laughter in the Rain"
Linda Ronstadt: "You're No Good"
Olivia Newton-John: "Have You Never Been Mellow"
Frankie Valli: "My Eyes Adored You"
Minnie Riperton: "Lovin' You"
Tony Orlando and Dawn: "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
Earth, Wind & Fire: "Shining Star"
Freddy Fender: "Before the Next Teardrop Falls"
Bee Gees: "Jive Talkin'"
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds: "Fallin' in Love"
John Denver: "I'm Sorry"
Elton John: "Island Girl"
Silver Convention: "Fly, Robin, Fly"
The Staple Singers: "Let's Do It Again"
Diana Ross: "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)"
Johnnie Taylor: "Disco Lady"
The Bellamy Brothers: "Let Your Love Flow"
The Sylvers: "Boogie Fever"
The Manhattans: "Kiss and Say Goodbye"
Bee Gees: "You Should Be Dancing"
Rod Stewart: "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)"
Stevie Wonder: "I Wish"
Eagles: "New Kid in Town"
Barbra Streisand: "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)"
David Soul: "Don't Give Up on Us"
Thelma Houston: "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Glen Campbell: "Southern Nights"
Leo Sayer: "When I Need You"
KC and the Sunshine Band: "I'm Your Boogie Man"
Fleetwood Mac: "Dreams"
Marvin Gaye: "Got to Give It Up (Part 1)"
Debby Boone: "You Light Up My Life"
Player: "Baby Come Back"
Andy Gibb: "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water"
Bee Gees: "Night Fever"
Wings: "With a Little Luck"
The Rolling Stones: "Miss You"
Nick Gilder: "Hot Child in the City"
The Doobie Brothers: "What a Fool Believes"
Amii Stewart: "Knock on Wood"
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Nah.
I'm sure if I spent another 30 minutes going over all the ones I originally left off I could find a couple but I'm gong to stick with the ones I like.
Damn it!
Ok you said I have until tomorrow at 7pm est to lock shit in. I may need that time. Now that I'm looking at my ranked list I want to tinker with it.
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IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Damn you. I just finished entering it all. I was about to start posting the results.
Please let me know the deltas. Don't just post your whole list again.
Ok sorry. I won't make any more changes. I was just thinking that the top 10 are the most important so I wanted to switch Ain't No Mountain with Frankenstein. And drop Rocky to #10. I have to keep that one in the top 10 due to the Philly connection.
INSTEAD OF THIS WHERE ROCKY IS #7, DIANA IS #8 AND FRANKENSTEIN IS #11 :
1. The Beatles: "Let It Be"
2. The Beatles: "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
3. Janis Joplin: "Me and Bobby McGee"
4. Jim Croce: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
5. Daryl Hall and John Oates: "Rich Girl"
6. Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"
7. Bill Conti: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"
8. Diana Ross: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
9. Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke"
10. David Bowie: "Fame"
11. The Edgar Winter Group: "Frankenstein"
My top 10 is now this.......
WHERE FRANKENSTEIN IS #7, ROCKY IS #10 AND DIANA FALLS TO #11:
1. The Beatles: "Let It Be"
2. The Beatles: "The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"
3. Janis Joplin: "Me and Bobby McGee"
4. Jim Croce: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
5. Daryl Hall and John Oates: "Rich Girl"
6. Stevie Wonder: "Superstition"
7. The Edgar Winter Group: "Frankenstein"
8. Stevie Wonder: "Sir Duke"
9. David Bowie: "Fame"
10. Bill Conti: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)"
11. Diana Ross: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
With Diana's Mountains falling off the top 10.
Sorry mam. Hope that's not too annoying.
I'm sure I could tinker with all of them for days but again the top 10 seem like the most important to me.
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Thanks! I'm looking forward to the next round.