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Top Ten Songs of the Seventies

What are your top ten favorite songs from the 70s?

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10. Lonely Boy by Andrew Gold
My theme song of sorts, and the first in a string of top 10 hits from the then-current Linda Rondstadt sideman and MEGA-talented multi-instrumenalist and singer-songwriter.
9. Heaven On The 7th Floor by Paul Nicholas
Good god! Now I KNOW I'm going to he** for putting this one on the list. A tune about getting some in an elevator that's stuck on the 7th floor(DUH!)...It is just one of those infectious and unitentionally goofy forgotten favorites which I must admit gets me out the dumps every time I put it on. By the way, if He** is a lot like Studio 54 was in its heyday, then SEND ME THERE RIGHT AWAY, St.Pete!!!
8. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel by Tavares
The Sound Of Disco in the late 70's did not get any better than this; another product of the hit-making merger between Freddie Perren and The Mom & Pop's studio in LA (which also produced hits for Gloria Gaynor, Yvonne Elliman, Peaches & Herb, etc.)
7. Deja Vu by Dionne Warwick
Just to let you know this will be one of the few really obvious choices you see on my list. This song, in my opinion, is all at once relaxing, tranquil AND romantically inducing, and the song I would most like to lose my virginity to.
6. Channel Swimmer by 10cc
Maybe not a well-known song, but another of my personal faves. This one appeared as a non-album B-side of "I'm Not In Love".
5. How Do You Do? by Mouth & McNeal
A bouncy and bouyant sing-along number from Dutch duo...it was their only US hit.
4. I Hear You Knockin' by Dave Edmunds
This funky reworking of an early 50's R&B favorite pretty much established this British pub-rocker as a bona-fide solo artist.
3. Right Back Where We Started From by Maxine Nightingale
Not quite a one-hit wonder, this tune is actually vaguely reminiscent of the girl group and Motown sound from the decade before. An awesome single!
2. Rock Your Baby by George McCrae
A funky little anthem, as produced by K.C. and featuring backing by The Sunhine Band. (This was, of course, a couple of years before KC and his Sunshine boys hit it big with their own releases). Another hugely talented and unfortunate victim of the one-hit wonder curse!!!
1. Magic by Pilot
Yet another set of rightful heir apparents to the title of next beatles(second only to Badfinger in my book!),too bad they had to be relagated to the one hit wonder pile! that whole album(which spawned magic)was a gem!!!

10. Money by Pink Floyd
9. Layla by Derek & The Dominos
8. Baba O'Reily by The Who
7. Tuesday's Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Tiny Dancer by Elton John
4. Piano Man by Billy Joel
3. American Pie by Don McLean
2. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
1. Hey Hey, My My by Neil Young

10. Listen To The Music by Doobie Brothers
9. Let The Good Times Roll by The Cars
8. Come Sail Away by Styx
7. More Than A Feeling by Boston
6. Take It Easy by The Eagles
5. Don't Stop Believin' by Journey
4. Two Tickets To Paradise by Eddie Money
3. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
2. Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas
1. Foreplay/Long Time by Boston

10. Baba O'Reilly by The Who
Teenage Wasteland!
9. Dream On by Aerosmith
First and best Power Ballad.........ever!
8. Dust In The Wind by Kansas
Lyrics are magical....acoustic guitar is clean as can be.......
7. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
My very first album...ever! I played this song almost everyday after I got it.
6. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce has NEVER matched these lyrics.
5. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
Thank God for 'Wayne's World'! I had no idea this song existed until I heard it in the movie.
4. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Why couldn't Waters and PF just get along? They could still be making beautiful music together.
3. Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Love the dueling guitars solo.
2. Hotel California by The Eagles
Made me pick up the guitar...and I haven't put it down since.
1. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
LZ has influenced every band since (directly or indirectly)....This is their opus......and maybe the greatest song of all time!

10. Burning Sky by Bad Company
Chill out song.
9. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
This song is really fun to listen to!!!
8. Beth by KISS
This is a really nice song...
7. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
It's like 10 songs and an opera...what more can you ask for?
6. High Hopes by Pink Floyd
Puts me in a trance.
5. House Of The Rising Sun by The Animals
This is amazing.
4. Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple
The Black Sabbath one is okay, too.
3. Rock And Roll Is A Vicious Game by April Wine
This is an amazing song.
2. Renegade by Styx
Awesome song!!!!
1. Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
The solo is amazing..David Gilmour is amazing..the song is amazing...

10. Dream On by Aerosmith
Wish they could have stayed the Areosmith from the 70's.
9. Tangerine by Led Zeppelin
Short but sweet, great tune.
8. Comfortably Numb by Pink FLoyd
Gilmour's guitar work is unmatched.
7. Turn The Page by Bob Seger
Give the man some props.
6. Mind Games by John Lennon
A legend with a talent in writing poetry.
5. Do You Feel Like We Do by Peter Frampton
Amazing guitar work, and the voice box is great.
4. Hotel California by Eagles
Wouldn't we all like to live there?!
3. Wish You Were Here by Pink FLoyd
Lyrics do not get any better than this.
2. Wild World by Cat Stevens
Are you kidding me, Cat knew it all along!
1. Nights In White Satin by Moody Blues
Just a tad underrated!!!!!!!!!!

10. In The Court Of The King by King Crimson
Una de las piezas mas finas jamas escritas. One of the finest pieces ever wroted.
9. Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney
Simplemente no deja de causar sensaciones en mi cuando la escucho. It can't stop causing sensations in me when I listen to it.
8. Vicious by Lou Reed
La sensibilidad y delicadeza del autor convinadas con su fuerza y rebeldia. Author's sensiblity convenes with his rebel.
7. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant by Billy Joel
En mi opinion una de las mejores canciones de pop. In my opinion, one of the best pop songs.
6. Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
żQuien dijo que lo sencillo no puede ser genial? Who says that simple things can not be ingenious?
5. Time by Pink Floyd
Profunda y didactica, musicalmente perfecta. Deep and didactic, musically perfect.
4. YYZ by Rush
Nunca he escuchado una cancion mas poderosa que esta. I have never heard any song as powerful as this one.
3. Firth Of Fifth by Genesis
Simplemente resume en una cancion a genesis una obra de arte rodeada de polvos magicos. That song is Genesis's masterpiece sorrounded by magic.
2. Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding by Elton John
Siempre me gusto pero desde que la escuche con Dream Theather se volvio irresistible para mi. I always liked it but since I heard it with Dream Theater, it became irresistable to me.
1. Carnal Evil by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Compleja,delicada,armoniosa,dulce,poderosa,magica,elaborada, tiene todo a mi gusto la mejor pieza musical jamas escrita e interpretada. Complex, delicate,armonic, sweet, powerful, magical, elaborate! It got everything on my point of view...the best musical piece ever created and performed.

10. Money by Pink Floyd
Co vám mám povídat! Roger Waters byl prost? dobrej.
9. The Great Gig In The Sky by Pink Floyd
1973. Le rendez-vous avec la mort... Great voice of Clare Torry.
8. Child In Time by Deep Purple
1970. Rock anthem!
7. Time by Pink Floyd
1973. Gilmour's solo is great and Waters's text too.
6. Imagine by John Lennon
1971. Imagine all people living life in peace...
5. Comfortably Numb by Pink Floyd
1979. My favourite song from 'The Wall'.
4. Echoes by Pink Floyd
1971. This song is 23 minutes long, but any second in this song isn't boring.
3. Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
1975. Very cool!!!
2. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
1975. Roger Waters is the best songwriter. In my opinion, this one is the best 'Floyd' song.
1. Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin
1971. It's classic!!!

10. Show Me The Way by Peter Frampton
I really want to ???? you.
9. Detroit Rock City by KISS
These guys ruled the 70's. Any list of 70's top tens should mention KISS.
8. Cheap Trick by I Want You To Want Me
The Rockford Boys
7. 157 Riverside Avenue by REO Speedwagon
Excellent jam, Gary Richrath pre-cheese.
6. American Pie by Don McLean
America's real anthem.
5. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
I've heard 'Freebird' too many times...
4. Rock 'N' Roll Hootchie Koo by Rick Derringer
Did somebody say keep on rockin'?
3. Runnin' With The Devil by Van Halen
David Lee is a God.
2. Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult
Maybe I shouldn't have smoked that last bowl.
1. Highway To Hell by AC/DC
Bon Scott Lives!