Besides prog, wonder how much folk is in this list? Going to guess pretty much zero
― imago
well hammond song is folk + prog guitar
― salthigh, Monday, 22 August 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
Fripp is awesome in that song. I don't know how I'd never heard it before today.
― jmm, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:01 (seven years ago) link
colour field version of hammond song is also tops!
― scott seward, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:04 (seven years ago) link
no John Prine, right?
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Sorry Alfred Dinosaur completely belongs on that list. Classic 12"
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
I said I loved it!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
bu to me it's like overrating the importance of Arthur Russell. I suppose you can make the argument that he's important because of the people he's influenced now, not on his colleagues or his times.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:20 (seven years ago) link
Roches 4ever
― geoffreyess, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:21 (seven years ago) link
It is pretty light on folk. Nick Drake's on there of course. Karen Dalton. Judee Sill (although it's "The Kiss", which is kind of it's own thing)
― Number None, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:24 (seven years ago) link
The Pitchfork crowd really need to get up on "One World"
― Number None, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
I don't usually look at these things, but it's on my FB wall three or four times, and I have strong feelings about the decade, so I did. As such things go, it seemed generally okay--saw some stuff that surprised and gratified me. Oblivious to K-Tel one-shots, but most any '70s list from any publication would be. The most egregious omission for me--apologies if I missed him--was Rod Stewart between 1970 and 1972.
― clemenza, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:34 (seven years ago) link
didn't expect to see a john denver argument today. i agree with my man shakes up there, denver is a little weird as a phenomenon. i feel like there were a lot of similar musical figures in the '70s whose fame was crossing over onto all kinds of formats (and usually the Muppets were involved somehow iirc!) for some reason i feel like it was mostly country artists actually...like kenny rogers, dolly parton, johnny cash.
― nomar, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
denver was even more odd as an icon than any of them obviously and he was practically an honorary muppet.
― nomar, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:36 (seven years ago) link
Paul Simon is my personal pet "wtf" exclusion
Alfred I still disagree. That's the stuff Arthur Russell was actually known for, that was the stuff that actually got pressed to vinyl and played at the paradise garage. It's his tape experiment shit that wasn't discovered til the 90s that feels more like being about the "Arthur Russell legacy" than song quality imo, doesn't really apply to his disco records
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:50 (seven years ago) link
The argument that something that wasn't actually popular in the 70s doesn't belong on the list - that's a moot point, isn't? This isn't a document of how people in the 70s experienced the 70s; it's a document of how people in 2016 experience the 70s.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, August 22, 2016 11:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
how did pitchfork not fit my personal favorite 200 songs of the 1970s into their list of 200 best songs from the 1970s
― J0rdan S., Monday, August 22, 2016 11:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Of course. I never expect John Denver to get within spitting distance of this list. It's just weird that history has diminished him so much (probably because he died before the internet was a real thing). xp
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, August 22, 2016 11:10 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
if we all know how consensus polls work why do people need to keep saying it
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, August 22, 2016 11:12 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 22 August 2016 17:51 (seven years ago) link
At least a Randy Newman song made the cut
― Edd Hurt, Monday, 22 August 2016 17:59 (seven years ago) link
He "pours on the melodrama" in his version? Hmm.
― geoffreyess, Monday, 22 August 2016 18:14 (seven years ago) link
― Listen to my homeboy Fantano (D-40)
You're right.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 August 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
look guys I know you all wanted to see all this dad rock on the list but no can do because dad rock is appropr
― a self-reinforcing downward spiral of male-centric indie (katherine), Monday, 22 August 2016 18:49 (seven years ago) link
does dad disco exist yet
― imago, Monday, 22 August 2016 18:56 (seven years ago) link
Does "Baker Street" count as dad rock? Because even if it does, shame on every voter who didn't vote for it.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 August 2016 18:58 (seven years ago) link
one thing that sucks about this list is that they don't always state the date of the song
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:00 (seven years ago) link
if you are making a list of songs from a given decade i think you should provide the year each song came in out in that decade
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
is that too much to ask
It's listed by the album/single art
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
ha ok it is very tiny and i missed it thanks!
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
lol katherine
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
I thot Baker Street was 80s and made the 80s list
― flopson, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
no, it was played to death in the '80s
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:30 (seven years ago) link
I was up late late last night when the list went up and had a grand ol' time listening to all the tracks that I hadn't heard before. The top 50 (100?) was always going to be pretty predictable, but it's more fun to focus on the stuff that's new to you. Unless you're one of those people that knows all songs
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:31 (seven years ago) link
p4k' view of the 70s def does not match mine especially their top 50 but the 70s is just so deep in general that yea it is really fun to hear some new things
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
What reggae tracks made it?
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
police and thievesdisco devilthe harder they comefishermanconcrete junglefunky kingstonsatta massa ganna
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
and no Police songs!
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
They don't love reggae, they like it.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
lol @ those picks
― Οὖτις, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
also "uptown top ranking"
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, 22 August 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
no King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown no dreadability
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
oh yea missed that xp
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
given the high placing of "Fuck the Police" in their '80s list, it'd be kind of hypocritical if they started lauding Sting and co. now
― Number None, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
the fuck is boys don't cry doing in this list
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:08 (seven years ago) link
xpost
http://www.fuse.tv/image/57b93aff732322d43800006d/268/179/crop/frank-ocean-blonde-album-cover-homepage.jpg
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:09 (seven years ago) link
hehe
― Number None, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
― marcos, Monday, August 22, 2016 3:50 PM (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh yea i also missed waiting in vain
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 20:19 (seven years ago) link
Nitpicking aside, 10 years ago this list would've been all proto-punk/punk/post-punk songs with obligatory nods to Fela, P-Funk and Joni Mitchell.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, August 22, 2016 9:50 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha that is still mostly what this list felt like to me
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
ilx ran a 70s traxpoll in like 2004, wonder what it would look like now
― imago, Monday, 22 August 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
apart from i feel love winning by a zillion points
(i mean, even i'd put it really high, and if i'm putting it really high so is everyone else)
― imago, Monday, 22 August 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
2004 ilx and 2016 ilx are basically two different things. But I think you're right that I Feel Love would still have a good shot at #1.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 22 August 2016 21:08 (seven years ago) link
you ran the alt 70s album poll iirc? unfinished business perhaps
― imago, Monday, 22 August 2016 21:10 (seven years ago) link
ooh this list reminded me that "summer madness" is such a gorgeous tune
― marcos, Monday, 22 August 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link