Boardsies Best Song of the 70s - Live Thread

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ROUND 1:

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Match 2: London Calling - The Clash v I'm not in Love - 10cc

Match 3: Dream on - Aerosmith v Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd

Match 4: You've Got a Friend - James Taylor v One Step Beyond - Madness

Match 5: Fire and Rain - James Taylor v My Sharona - The Knack

Match 6: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba v Roll Over Lay Down - Status Quo

Match 7: Somebody to Love - Queen v Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang

Match 8: God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols v Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

Match 9: Drift Away - Dobie Gray v I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Match 10: Take Me Back 'Ome - Slade v Mamma Mia - Abba

Match 11: Dust in the Wind - Kansas v Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 12: Rock Lobster - The B52s v All Right Now - Free

Match 13: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v American Pie - Don McClean

Match 14: Everybody Dance - Chic v Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading

Match 15: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hey Hey My My - Neil Young

Match 16: Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie v Car Wash - Rose Royce

Match 17: Space Oddity - David Bowie v A Message to You, Rudy - The Specials

Match 18: Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrison v Jailbreak - AC/DC

Match 19: Lust for Life - Iggy Pop v More Than A Feeling - Boston

Match 20: Tiny Dancer - Elton John v Don’t Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

Match 21 Heart of Gold - Neil Young v Children of the Revolution - T.Rex

Match 22 Roadhouse Blues - The Doors v Moondance - Van Morrison

Match 23 Walk This Way - Aerosmith v Heroes - David Bowie

Match 24 We've Got Tonight - Bob Seger v Cars - Gary Numan

Match 25: Superstition - Stevie Wonder v Pump It Up - Elvis Costello

Match 26: Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks v Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

Match 27: Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel v Psycho Killer - Talking Heads

Match 28: I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince v Knowing Me, Knowing You - Abba

Match 29: September - Earth, Wind and Fire v Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade

Match 30: Message in a Bottle - The Police v I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats

Match 31: The Joker - The Steve Miller Band v Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Match 32: Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry v Money - Pink Floyd

Match 33: You Can't Always Get What You Want - Rolling Stones v I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing - New Seekers

Match 34: Lola - The Kinks v SOS - Abba

Match 35: Life on Mars - David Bowie v Oxygene - Jean Michel Jarre

Match 36: Because the Night - Patti Smith Group v Cum on Feel the Noize - Slade

Match 37: Black Betty - Ram Jam v Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

Match 38: Waterloo - Abba v Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees

Match 39: Carry on my Wayward Son - Kansas v Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

Match 40: My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars v Dreaming - Blondie

Match 41: A Horse with No Name - America v Oh What a Night (December 1963) - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Match 42: Ride a White Swan - T.Rex v Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf

Match 43: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen v The Passenger - Iggy Pop

Match 44: Your Song - Elton John v My Forbidden Lover - Chic

Match 45: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones v Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Match 46: I Want You Back - Jackson 5 v The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkel

Match 47: Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits v Whiskey in the Jar - Thin Lizzy

Match 48: Let It Be - The Beatles v Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Match 49: What's Goin' On? - Marvin Gaye v Mr. Blue Sky - ELO

Match 50: White Man in Hammersmith Palais - The Clash v Are Friends Electric? - Gary Numan

Match 51: No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley v Riders on the Storm - The Doors

Match 52: Country Roads - John Denver v Denis - Blondie

Match 53: Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed v My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

Match 54: You're So Vain - Carly Simon v Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Match 55: Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush v Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond

Match 56: The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy v Papa was a Rolling Stone - The Temptations

Match 57: Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello v I Can Feel the Earth Move - Carole King

Match 58: We Are the Champions - Queen v Young Hearts Run Free - Candi Staton

Match 59: Layla - Eric Clapton v One Way or Another - Blondie

Match 60: Get It On (Bang a Gong) - T.Rex v You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive

Match 61: Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

Match 62: Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings v Ballroom Blitz - The Sweet

Match 63: Move on Up - Curtis Mayfield v Love Reign O'er Me - The Who

Match 64: Highway to Hell - AC/DC v Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney and Wings


ROUND TWO:

Match 1: Hotel California - The Eagles v London Calling - The Clash

Match 2: Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd v One Step Beyond - Madness

Match 3: My Sharona - The Knack v Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, - Abba

Match 4: Rapper's Delight - Sugarhill Gang v God Save the Queen - The Sex Pistols

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:

Match 1: Eagles - Hotel California 6 - 4 London Calling - The Clash
Match 2: Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall 6 - 2 One Step Beyond - Madness
Match 3: The Knack - My Sharona 4 - 6 Abba - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
Match 4: Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight 6 - 2 God Save the Queen - Sex Pistols

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:


Match 5:I Feel Love - Donna Summer v Mamma Mia - Abba

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Match 6: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult v Rock Lobster - B52s

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Match 7: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v Everybody Dance - Chic

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Match 8: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie

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Also Starring LeVar Burton

Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Chic

Black Sabbath

Necro

Abba
Blue Oyster Cult
Lynard Skynard

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 5:I Feel Love - Donna Summer v Mamma Mia - Abba

Donna Summer, we need to cut down on the Abba songs

Match 6: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult v Rock Lobster - B52s

B52s

Match 7: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard v Everybody Dance - Chic

Lynard Skynard

Match 8: Paranoid - Black Sabbath v Hanging on the Telephone - Blondie

Black Sabbath

Donna Summer
B52's
Chic
Black Sabbath (this one was tough)

EEFGGFEDCCDEED

Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Chic

Blondie

Kolido

Abba

Blue Oyster Cult

Lynard skynard

Black sabath

Zaph

Match 5- I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Match 6 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 7 - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard

Match 8 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Zaph

Zaph wrote: »

Match 5- I Feel Love - Donna Summer

Match 6 - Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 7 - Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard

Match 8 - Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Same as this please

rainbowtrout

Match 5: Donna Summer - I Feel Love 4 - 4 Abba - Mamma Mia
Match 6: Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper 6 - 2 B52s - Rock Lobster
Match 7: Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama 5 - 4 Chic - Everybody Dance
Match 8: Black Sabbath - Paranoid 6 - 1 Blondie - Hanging on the Telephone

rainbowtrout

ROUND TWO:

Match 9: Space Oddity - David Bowie v Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrisson

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Match 10: Lust for Life - Iggy Pop v Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

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Match 11: Children of the Revolution - T. Rex v Moondance - Van Morrison

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Match 12: Heroes - David Bowie v Cars - Gary Numan

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Necro

Thin Lizzy.

Abstain on the rest till I listen to them anyways

Also Starring LeVar Burton

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Thin Lizzy - Don't Believe a Word

Van Morrison - Moondance

Gary Numan - Cars

Match 9:
Space Oddity - David Bowie

Match 10:
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop

Match 11:
Children of the Revolution - T. Rex

Match 12:
Cars - Gary Numan

Reberetta

rainbowtrout wrote: »

Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Space Oddity - David Bowie

My votes.

Zaph

Match 9 - Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrisson

Match 10 - Lust for Life - Iggy Pop

Match 11 - Moondance - Van Morrison

Match 12 - Heroes - David Bowie

ArnoldJRimmer

Match 9: Space Oddity - David Bowie v Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrisson

David Bowie

Match 10: Lust for Life - Iggy Pop v Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy, one of my nominations

Match 11: Children of the Revolution - T. Rex v Moondance - Van Morrison


T.Rex

Match 12: Heroes - David Bowie v Cars - Gary Numan

David Bowie

#9 Bowie
#10 Iggy Pop
#11 Van Morrison
#12 Bowie again

Van Morrison

Thin Lizzy

Van Morrison

Bowie

Reberetta

Thin Lizzy Don't Believe A Word
Gary Numan Cars

Irish Aris

Not sure if 5 and 7 are still unresolved:
Match 5: Abba
Match 7: Lynyrd Skynyrd

Match 9: David Bowie
Match 10: Iggy Pop
Match 11: Van Morrison
Match 12: Gary Numan

Ficheall

Thin lizzy. Amazing song.

Any of the others I care about will be the obvious choices here, but it seems some "people" are voting against thin lizzy, so I'll stick this one in.

Oh and Moondance, just to be safe.

Electric Nitwit

Space Oddity - David Bowie
(Jackie Wilson Said is my favourite Van Morrison though, this is heartbreaking)

Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

Moondance - Van Morrison
(very tough as well!)

Heroes - David Bowie

Tauriel

Match 5:
Mamma Mia - Abba

Match 6:
Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Match 7:
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynard Skynard

Match 8:
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
My nomination

rainbowtrout

Match 13: Superstition - Stevie Wonder v Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks

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Match 14: Psycho Killer - Talking Heads v Abba - Knowing Me, Knowing You

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Match 15: Merry Christmas Everybody - Slade v I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats

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Match 16: Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen v Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

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angel eyes 2012

Match 9 - Jackie Wilson Said - Van Morrisson

Match 10 - Lust for Life - Iggy Pop

Match 11 - Moondance - Van Morrison

Match 12 - Heroes - David Bowie

ShaneU

Match 5: I Feel Love - Donna Summer
Match 6: Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Match 7: Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd (my nomination)
Match 8: Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Match 9: Space Oddity - David Bowie
Match 10: Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
Match 11: Moondance - Van Morrison
Match 12: Cars - Gary Numan
Match 13: Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Match 14: Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Match 15: I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Match 16: Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

Necro

Boomtown Rats
BRRRRRUUUUUUCCCEEE (Born To Run)