Best 'sing out loud while driving song' ever!
Pop hook with extra twang -- excellent.
Best arena rock song ever!
The best one hit wonder ever!
It's long, but everytime McLean sings it, it sounds different and it's just crazy enough to work. Just a classic.
Steve Miller's gotta fit in here somewhere.
One of the best from the Rumours album.
Ya gotta hate his annoying, trashy voice, but the melody is kinda cool when you look at others songs around the same time. It borders on the eighties sound (1979-duh!) Anyway, it gives the list variety.
Fleetwood Mac had their own, unmistakable sound...hence their success. This song is easier to listen to than most other seventies hits. It stands out.
If you've never heard it, go out and buy the most expansive and expensive Blue Oyster Cult greatist hits collection you can find. I'm not what you'd call a fan, but this is what good music is.
Fogerty deserves a spot, right?
Play it loud while driving, listen to the guitar. Most stations don't play the acoustic introduction which rocks in itself before the song starts just at the right time. The guitar alone makes this song worthy. Try to survive her voice by reducing your treble slightly.
Most people under twenty haven't got a clue about these guys. This song, released in 1970, starts off interestingly enough and then slows down for a while and gets very pleasant. Then it picks up again. Keep in mind the place in time when listening. If you're old, then you know.
The way BOC sounds in this song blows me away. Combining that smooth, cool sound these guys are capable of with the guitar solo, they show what they're made of. As this song evolves it only gets better -- 5:08 just isn't long enough!
No top ten list could possibly do justice to the feel of music in the seventies. Just too much good stuff!!
I like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC.
Summer Jam 78', Kansas City... my first concert at 14 years old.
First heard him on the movie 'FM'.
He was talking about the 60's but some things are timeless.
Turning point in modern music.
My parents called it a "phase".
Mowed lawns to buy this album.
Kansas was the headliner, followed by Steve Miller Band. Eddie Money was there and Van Halen opened the show. Man could I tell some stories.
It's fun to sing to.
It's way awesome, anyone can rock out to it! Jimmy Page is too cool!
I love it! Hear it live, and it rocks!
I like it a lot! Weird but cool!
It's way cool! And a whole bunch of other things.
Err, these songs are way cool!
GREAT song, with harmonies that still take the breath away on repeated listens. Other comparable classics by the band - 'Nights On Broadway', 'Love You Inside Out', 'Jive Talkin'' and 'How Deep Is Your Love'.
If I had to pick a one-hit-wonder track for the list, I'd have to make room for this satire. Popular at a time when our pop culture was Godfather-ed. The song that paved the way for other 'story about gunslinger' classics like 'Billy Don't Be A Hero', 'The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia' and 'The Night Chicago Died'.
Pure storytelling genius, a grand melodrama of a song. Unlike any song-cycle that's been really tried since, yet musically related to 'Bohemian Rhapsody', 'Stairway To Heaven' and 'American Pie'.
A classic early track (and first US hit) from a class act all around. The woman has perfect pitch, like Karen Carpenter and very few others. There are early gems like 'If You Love Me Let Me Know', 'If Not For You' and 'What Is Life', plus late the late her late 70's hits.
Anything Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote in the 70's (and much of their songs since) qualify for a list like this, yet 'Road' paved their way with gold.
If one song STILL stands today, despite disco's decrepit - and undeserved - reputation, it's Gaynor's signature song and spiritual anthem to three generations and millions of people.
Another timeless track from an artist who still transcends our imagination. Evocative like 'Peace Train', meaningfull like 'Father And Son' and spiritual like 'Morning Has Broken'.
'Scenes From An Italian Restaurant' would be a close runner up to this one-of-a-kind tale that made him a star. Has rarely disappointed since, but 'Piano Man' and 'The Stranger' albums are true epics - masterpieces of art as music and words weave a spell.
If I could've written just one song, this would no doubt be it! A classic compisition, with twists and turns, that tapped into a generation "lost in space." After 9-11, it resonates more powerfully than ever! The same applies to McLean's other classic -- 'Vincent'.
The ultimate pop song...operatic, dramatic and grand!