Boardsies Best Song of the 70s - Live Thread

Tauriel · 02-02-2020 04:32PM

Queen get my vote. Truly a timeless song that never tries down through the years. It's got a little bit of everything in it and I just love Queen.

Electric Nitwit · 02-02-2020 04:37PM

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Space Oddity
Bohemian Rhapsody

Both against decent songs, however both are more than just songs. They created something so unique, so incredible. Sure they're overplayed, but they're overplayed because sometimes nothing else can do what they do

So this still holds. Both are incredible and it's a really tough call. My gut says Space Oddity. I just love it, and it tells a story so beautifully

angel eyes 2012 · 02-02-2020 07:10PM

Definitely Queen for me, I remember Bohemian Rhapsody when it featured in the car scene in Wayne's World and it was really big in school.
Still love Queen to this day.

Collie D · 02-02-2020 08:35PM

Bohemian Rhapsody - Would probably make a final of all time songs and Space Oddity while a great song just isn’t as great and isn’t even a 70s song.

Electric Nitwit · 02-02-2020 08:54PM

Collie D wrote: »

Space Oddity... isn’t even a 70s song.

Must admit I nominated it having looked down the David Bowie discography on Wikipedia. It was there for 73 and I didn't notice it was a re-release. If I'd known I'd have put something else in. I'm sure I wasn't the only person though. And now that it's there I'm voting for it

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:02PM

Well that's all folks!!!

Bohemian Rhapsody 12 - 4 Space Oddity

I'm sure it was no great surprise that Bohemian Rhapsody ran out the winner in the end, but I think it is a worthy winner. I discovered a few new (old) tunes along the way, and found out the names of ones I never knew the names of. Thanks for all the voting.

Electric Nitwit · 02-02-2020 09:03PM

Yep - unsurprising but thoroughly deserving

Thanks for running rainbowtrout, great effort

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:06PM

ya looking at the three completed competitions now, Nirvana and Queen are obvious choices to be there or thereabouts. Where as the 80s one was a bit of a surprise all round.

angel eyes 2012 · 02-02-2020 09:07PM

Thanks rainbowtrout for all the effort. Definitely some upbeat tunes to complete a 70s spotify playlist!

02-02-2020 09:09PM

Thanks for all your hard work, rainbow xxxx

Was it as good for you as it was for us?

Kolido · 02-02-2020 09:13PM

A great winner, not really surprising.

Thanks for the great work RBT, really enjoyed following and found some new songs along the way.

02-02-2020 09:13PM

Worthy winner. Thanks for running the show, Trout.

Didn't throw in any nominations meself but enjoyed voting.

Zaph · 02-02-2020 09:14PM

Good competition that, even if the winner was hardly a shocker. Thanks for running it rainbowtrout, you played a blinder, especially considering how fast the thread was going at times.

02-02-2020 09:17PM

I still think a disco song should have been in the final

My noms

Eric Clapton - Layla
Donna Summer - I feel love
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Bee Gees - you should be dancing
Barbra Streisand - the way we were
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Marvin Gaye - what’s going on
Joan Armatrading - love and affection
The Temptations - papa was a rollin stone
10cc - I’m not in love

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 02-02-2020 09:21PM

Great comp rainbowtrout - fair play for running it.

My 10 Nominees...

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way ; https://youtu.be/oiosqtFLBBA
Elton John - Tiny Dancer ; https://youtu.be/0FjWM9VasZw
Dolly Parton - Jolene ; https://youtu.be/Ixrje2rXLMA
ABBA - Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! ; https://youtu.be/XEjLoHdbVeE
CHIC - Everybody Dance ; https://youtu.be/aKmJxpKKvYM
Toto - Hold The Line ; https://youtu.be/htgr3pvBr-I
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swings ; https://youtu.be/h0ffIJ7ZO4U
Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son ; https://youtu.be/P5ZJui3aPoQ
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights ; https://youtu.be/Fk-4lXLM34g
Elvis Presley - Burning Love ; https://youtu.be/0SUC8sdP5eI

Some of which I still think fell far too early.

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:22PM

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Thanks for all your hard work, rainbow xxxx

Was it as good for you as it was for us?

Yes it was actually. I was wondering if I'd feel conflicted not being able to vote on certain matches, but I was so busy keeping track of them, that it didn't arise.

Zaph · 02-02-2020 09:23PM

Here's my list:

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
Black Betty - Ram Jam
One Step Beyond - Madness
(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - The Clash
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
Heroes - David Bowie
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
My Best Friend's Girl - The Cars
Ça Plane Pour Moi - Plastic Bertrand

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:25PM

These were the most popular nominations

Born to Run Bruce Springsteen 5
Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac 5
Dream On Aerosmith 4
Life on Mars David Bowie 4
Heroes David Bowie 4
Wuthering Heights Kate Bush 4
I Feel Love Donna Summer 3
What A Night (December 1963) Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons 3
Somebody to Love Queen 3
Black Betty Ram Jam 3
Psycho Killer Talking Heads 3
Teenage Kicks The Undertones 3

Tauriel · 02-02-2020 09:26PM

Thank you rainbowtrout for a great game and reveal. I'm thrilled Queen came out victorious.

Here were my nominations

AC/DC - Jailbreak
AC/DC - Can I Sit Next to You, Girl
Ram Jam - Black Betty
ABBA - SOS
Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Queen - Somebody To Love
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Aerosmith - Dream On
Stevie Wonder - Superstition

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:27PM

So I was surprised to see Space Oddity make it to the final ahead of Heroes/Life on Mars. Life on Mars would have been my own preference. Incidentally Bohemian Rhapsody only had two nominations, I presume as everyone was expecting someone else to nominate it. I was wondering for a good few days when the nominations were coming in if it would get any!

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:29PM

I think Abba, while not everyone's cup of tea suffered a similar fate to Radiohead in having so many nominations, that there wasn't the same desire to see a song advance as they still had others in the race. And as was pointed out Dancing Queen was not nominated at all.

So anyone up for a 60s competition?

Tauriel · 02-02-2020 09:32PM

rainbowtrout wrote: »

So anyone up for a 60s competition?

I would definitely need the help of Google for a 60s competition, it's a number of decades before my time.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 02-02-2020 09:34PM

rainbowtrout wrote: »

So anyone up for a 60s competition?

Yep, have been having a little think about who I'd nominate for a few days, if there were a '60s comp. There are some classics I'd love to put forward... and then I'll be just as frustrated as I was in this comp when they get voted out in favour of something far interior...

02-02-2020 09:39PM

A few of my 70s contenders were actually 60s. I’d submit a list again.

Kolido · 02-02-2020 09:42PM

I wonder if we ran these contests yearly, would opinion change much?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 02-02-2020 09:45PM

Kolido wrote: »

I wonder if we ran these contests yearly, would opinion change much?

There's only one way to find out...

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:45PM

Kolido wrote: »

I wonder if we ran these contests yearly, would opinion change much?

Unless last year's winner was excluded for one year at a time....

rainbowtrout · 02-02-2020 09:46PM

I'd be happy to run a 60s one if there was interest.... unless somebody else would like to do it.

Electric Nitwit · 02-02-2020 09:47PM

rainbowtrout wrote: »

I'd be happy to run a 60s one if there was interest.... unless somebody else would like to do it.

I'll nominate Space Oddity

Necro · 02-02-2020 09:47PM

Go for it RT

I'll have to do some serious research to find 10 decent 60s songs but will endeavour to do so

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