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Boardsies Best Song of the 70s - Live Thread

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  • #752
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 982 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    10cc
    Madness
    Julie Covington
    The Quo!


  • #753
    Bridget Most Visitor
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Bridget Most Visitor


    Queen

    Queen

    Blondie


  • #754
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    rainbowtrout wrote: »
    Round Four:

    Match 1: Eagles - Hotel California 6     - 5 Abba - Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
    Match 4: Ever Fallen in Love - Buzzcocks 3 - 6 Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

    Ugh, really people, neither The Eagles nor Bruce Springsteen should be getting to the Quarters...

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  • #755
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,503 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    7: Don’t Stop me Now


  • #756
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 982 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    Match 5: Black Betty
    Match 6: Queen
    Match 7: Queen
    Match 8: Blondie


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  • #757
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,465 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Match 7: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now 6 - 3 Angie - Rolling Stones


  • #758
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,178 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Match 5:
    Ram Jam - Black Betty

    Match 6:
    Teenage Kicks - The Undertones

    Match 7:
    Angie - Rolling Stones

    Match 8:
    Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way


  • #759
    Bridget Most Visitor
    Posts: 13,753 ✭✭✭✭ Bridget Most Visitor


    Fleetwood Mac are the single most overrated musical act of all time.


  • #760
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Fleetwood Mac are the single most overrated musical act of all time.

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  • #761
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,465 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    :pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:


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  • #762
    ArnoldJRimmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    Its getting to around that time of the competition where the number of controversial results increase :-)

    Well as they say, the problem with democracy is that it includes everyone


  • #763
    [Deleted User]
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    Match 5: Ram Jam - Black Betty...If a jukebox has this, I'll select it.

    Match 6: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen... Absolute beautiful nonsense.

    Match 7: Don't Stop Me Now - Queen... Love the energy of it

    Match 8: Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way... Slightly less bland


  • #764
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,465 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    ** QUARTER FINALS COMING UP SHORTLY **


    First to 7 and give a reason for each of your votes otherwise your vote won't be counted.


  • #765
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,804 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    I'm gutted to see Black Betty go, just the one song left from my original 10 now.


  • #766
    Electric Nitwit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 13,100 ✭✭✭✭Electric Nitwit


    Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »
    Ugh, really people, neither The Eagles nor Bruce Springsteen should be getting to the Quarters...

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  • #767
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    That thing with Spaceoddity still bugs me. . .:pac::pac:

    According to this site:
    https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/space%20oddity/

    it first charted in 1969. and then charted again in 1975. . .
    I reckon since we got that far, we should let it slide? I mean it is a song for teh ages and I wouldn't mind seeing it winning!! :D

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  • #768
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,465 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Match 1: Hotel California - Eagles v Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult






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    Match 2: Space Oddity - David Bowie v Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen





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    Match 3: Patti Smith - Because the Night v Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen




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    Match 4: Don't Stop Me Now - Queen v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac





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  • #769
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    ok 3 easy and 1 difficult.
    Match 1: Blue Oyster Cult (I never really liked Hotel California)
    Match 2: David Bowie
    Match 3: Queen (that's the difficult one, and I don't mind either of them going through - this could have been the final)
    Match 4: Queen again

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  • #770
    Necro
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 57,980 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    rainbowtrout wrote:
    Match 1: Hotel California - Eagles v Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

    Hotel California because it's a fantastic song and BOC already won the one hit wonders comp.
    rainbowtrout wrote:
    Match 2: Space Oddity - David Bowie v Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

    Born to Run as it's the Boss who is CRIMINALLY underrepresented in this comp. And Bowie sucks. There, I said it.

    rainbowtrout wrote:
    Match 3: Patti Smith - Because the Night v Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

    Rhapsody because it's one of the best songs of all time.
    rainbowtrout wrote:
    Match 4: Don't Stop Me Now - Queen v Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac

    Fleetwood Mac, again for similar reasons as above but much more underrated than Rhapsody.

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  • #771
    rainbowtrout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,465 ✭✭✭✭rainbowtrout


    Irish Aris wrote: »
    That thing with Spaceoddity still bugs me. . .:pac::pac:

    According to this site:
    https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/space%20oddity/

    it first charted in 1969. and then charted again in 1975. . .
    I reckon since we got that far, we should let it slide? I mean it is a song for teh ages and I wouldn't mind seeing it winning!! :D

    We allowed re-releases in the other competitions. It was No 1 in the UK for two weeks in 1975 so it's allowed. Not as controversial as The Cure.


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  • #772
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper - because its great and Hotel California is overrated.

    David Bowie - Space Oddity - again because its great and Born To Run is overrated.

    Patti Smith Group - Because the Night - because it's a great song, and just let me check my notes... oh yeah, Bohemian Rhapsody is overrated.

    Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - because it's the deserving winner of the whole comp at this point, and because I'm clearly going for a theme here... Don't Stop Me Now is overrated.


  • #773
    [Deleted User]
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    Well thats me done then. All ten of my nominations gone.

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    Really hope neither Bohemian Rhapsody nor Hotel California wins.


  • #774
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,178 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    I'm gutted to see Black Betty go, just the one song left from my original 10 now.

    What?
    Is this gone?!
    One of my original ten also :(


  • #775
    [Deleted User]
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    Eagles - Just because I know all the lyrics and can sing along.

    Queen Bohemian Rhapsody - It has about 6 different genres in it but somehow still works.

    Queen Don't Stop Me - I enjoy how full of life it is throughout.


  • #776
    [Deleted User]
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    Hotel California - I love the eagles, I love California too

    Space Oddity - David Bowie

    Bowie just gets it for me. Amazing song.


    Bohemian Rhapsody contender for final

    [Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac 70s band deserves to go further


  • #777
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,804 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Match 1:
    Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
    Not a fan of the Eagles and like this song

    Match 2:
    Abstaining

    Match 3:
    Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
    One of the oddest and most marvelous songs ever and I just love Queen

    Match 4:
    Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
    My last nomination in this competition. Although if Don't Stop Me Now was up against any other song, it would of gotten my vote.


  • #778
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,646 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    I'm also out of nominations. Queen I went for a different song (Somebody to Love) as I was confident that someone would nominate Rhapsody.
    I don't mind though, some great songs left in the competition!!

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  • #779
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,804 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    bubblypop wrote: »
    What?
    Is this gone?!
    One of my original ten also :(

    Yup, went out 6-1


  • #780
    angel eyes 2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 982 ✭✭✭angel eyes 2012


    Match 1 The Eagles
    Love this song, it still sounds fresh

    Match 2 Bruce Springsteen
    I grew up listening to Bruce as my Mum loves him and his music grew on me as I got older

    Match 3 Queen - still love all Queen songs and saw them in concert with Adam Lambert a couple of years ago, well worth attending.

    Match 4 Queen again - not my absolute favourite song but can't vote against Queen yet.


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  • #781
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    #1 Don't Fear The Reaper - more interesting musically, and I never liked the Eagles.

    #2 Space Oddity - toughest matchup here but Bowie deserves credit for being so inventive.

    #3 Because The Night - a perfect pop song with a punk edge, and Bohemian Rhapsody is mostly just self-indulgent **** (technically impressive, sure, but still ****!)

    #4 Go Your Own Way - a monster tune, a biting anti-love song that contains more drama and human emotion than anything Queen ever did in the 70's.


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