tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post7274808821672066219..comments2024-03-28T16:17:20.965-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Forgotten Hits: The Top 70 Hits of the '70'smybillcriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-79771794285671156192015-09-24T21:13:07.387-05:002015-09-24T21:13:07.387-05:00And why are the inept lyrics of "For Pete'...And why are the inept lyrics of "For Pete's Sake" not crippling, when this crap above is? 1. Better music. 2. Better attitude. 3. Shut up, I explain. Or, at least, thank goodness they're (mostly) gone.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-91374490911304297902015-09-24T21:07:52.344-05:002015-09-24T21:07:52.344-05:00Even given my profound lack of love for anything r...Even given my profound lack of love for anything remotely relevant to the Gibb brothers, this piece of offal is the worst thing on this list so far: <br />"American Woman" by the [Redacted] You, You Pathetic Whiny Little [Redacted]s.<br /><br />And I kinda liked BTO.<br /><br />But has there ever been a more trenchant summation of the death of romance than:<br /><br />American woman, said get away<br />American woman, listen what I say<br />Don't come a-hangin' around my door<br />Don't wanna see your face no more<br />I don't need your war machines<br />I don't need your ghetto scenes<br />Coloured lights can hypnotize<br />Sparkle someone else's eyes<br />Now woman, get away from me<br />American woman, mama, let me be<br /><br />So deep I need my boots, as Walt Kelly would have his characters note.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-59889418946911334262015-09-24T13:27:29.594-05:002015-09-24T13:27:29.594-05:00PiePieDebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19770026572065325562015-09-24T13:26:45.543-05:002015-09-24T13:26:45.543-05:00Are we taking bets on Number One? I'd guess ei...Are we taking bets on Number One? I'd guess either American Pue or Staying Alive.Debnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-16386251253847353822015-09-24T11:57:48.958-05:002015-09-24T11:57:48.958-05:00I hope we get the post to Part 2 tomorrow.
I wa...I hope we get the post to Part 2 tomorrow.<br /><br />I was expecting a much worse list of songs, btw. The Nillson is great, and I've always had a fondness for "You're So Vain."Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-47760059629327067022015-09-24T10:42:46.527-05:002015-09-24T10:42:46.527-05:00In the first half of the '70s I was listening ...In the first half of the '70s I was listening to a lot of country too before I started following the local oldies station.<br /><br />JeffJeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-55267417738703813262015-09-24T10:41:31.693-05:002015-09-24T10:41:31.693-05:00For my 2 cents, he Nillson is the best of the lot....For my 2 cents, he Nillson is the best of the lot. I've always loved that one. I'd tuned out of top 40 too, but it was played on FM stations too, as were many of these.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-30261348280476579312015-09-24T08:51:52.859-05:002015-09-24T08:51:52.859-05:00By this time I was tuning out of Top 40 radio. I ...By this time I was tuning out of Top 40 radio. I still listened a lot, but not attentively and not as often as earlier. I listened to country radio almost as much.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-19104977712729260472015-09-24T08:25:38.161-05:002015-09-24T08:25:38.161-05:00Ditto, of course. As a person who saw the real GR...Ditto, of course. As a person who saw the <i>real</i> GREASE off-Broadway in the early 1970's (now Adrienne Barbeau was a tough Rizzo!) I've always disliked "Grease" a lot. (Not as much as a song which will be undoubtedly be much higher on the list - "Show Me the Way" by Peter Frampton - but I digress.)<br /><br />I have a Bee Gees Greatest Hits CD where Barry Gibb does do "Emotion" and it sounds pretty much the same as the Samantha Sang version, as you'd expect. I'd take her original. I never cared much for the Andy Gibb songs, though this was probably the best of them.<br /><br />Trivia. Billy Paul's name is actual Paul Williams but he had to change it for what should be obvious reasons.<br /><br />Jeff<br /><br /><br />Jeff Meyersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093411926030586355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-17830155541535270092015-09-24T07:53:49.217-05:002015-09-24T07:53:49.217-05:00I know every one of 'em. Don't love 'e...I know every one of 'em. Don't love 'em all, but know 'em all.Debnoreply@blogger.com