29 Mar 20
@hakima saidI will restrict myself to songs I lived and breathed in real-time and not great songs I discovered by back cataloguing or in retrospect:
My 14 year old granddaughter just asked me for the best song of the 70’s and the best song of the 80’s...I said
70’s Blondie Heart of Glass
80’s Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Those were knee jerk responses and I could probably come up with better...
Thoughts?
70s Heroes, David Bowie
80s Touch of Grey, Grateful Dead
90s Secret World, Peter Gabriel
29 Mar 20
@hakima saidThe song from the 70's that I feel had the most social significance was a little known song by Bob Dylan called "Hurricane ' .
My 14 year old granddaughter just asked me for the best song of the 70’s and the best song of the 80’s...I said
70’s Blondie Heart of Glass
80’s Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Those were knee jerk responses and I could probably come up with better...
Thoughts?
- Joined
- 06 Nov 15
- Moves
- 41301
29 Mar 20
@hakima saidThose are a couple of fine pop-songs. They're both very representative of their times.
My 14 year old granddaughter just asked me for the best song of the 70’s and the best song of the 80’s...I said
70’s Blondie Heart of Glass
80’s Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Those were knee jerk responses and I could probably come up with better...
Thoughts?
As for me; trying to think of favorites from that era is an exercise in futility. There are just too many!
@hakima saidDelving back into the memories of knee-jerkers from the seventies brought up different memories.
My 14 year old granddaughter just asked me for the best song of the 70’s and the best song of the 80’s...I said
70’s Blondie Heart of Glass
80’s Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Those were knee jerk responses and I could probably come up with better...
Thoughts?
Anyway my favourite songs of the 70s and 80s might include:
- The Rain Song, by Led Zeppelin (Madison Square Garden 1973 version)
- Hold Back The Rain, by Duran Duran
- Rainy Days and Monday’s, by the Carpenters
- Who’ll Stop The Rain, by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Edit “Rain”theme is not coincidental.
- Joined
- 18 Jan 07
- Moves
- 12477
29 Mar 20
@hakima saidHeart of Glass is one of my favourites (yum, Debbie Harry...), but better than Bohemian Rhapsody? Baba O'Riley? Up there, but not quite.
My 14 year old granddaughter just asked me for the best song of the 70’s and the best song of the 80’s...I said
70’s Blondie Heart of Glass
80’s Journey Don’t Stop Believin’
Those were knee jerk responses and I could probably come up with better...
Thoughts?
80s... loads of choice... Right now I'll choose 99 Luftballons (original version, of course!), but tomorrow I might think of another one.
As an aside, I move that threads like this be transplanted to breathe life back into the Culture Forum.
- Joined
- 20 May 17
- Moves
- 17548
01 Apr 20
@caissad4 saidProbably much more famous than you give credit for.. Dylan held fundraisers for Ruben Carter and got him a re-trial , but he was convicted again...
The song from the 70's that I feel had the most social significance was a little known song by Bob Dylan called "Hurricane ' .