What are your favourite songs from the 70s? 😎 🎸 🪩

[Littledidsheknow]

Making a new 70s playlist for Spotify, but lacking inspiration. If I Google best songs from the 70s I just get lots of good big hits, which are not always, y’know, good music.

So far I have some Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Jam, The Police, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, The Jacksons, Siouxsie, The Clash and others.
looking for good songs of all genres, forgotten gems… even cheesy pop if it’s good.

What are your 70s favourites? 🙂

Rod Stewart - he had an incredible voice as a young man
Maggie May
Handbags and Gladrags (The Office theme tune)
You Wear it Well

Carole King - You've Got a Friend
Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Brotherhood of Man- kisses for me. I was born 1973 and this won Eurovision in '76 when my brother was born. My parents sang this to me.

A lot of (well-deserved) love for Steely Dan on this thread.

John Denver - Annie's Song
Van Halen - Ain't Talking 'Bout Love
Van Halen - Dance the Night Away
Simon and Garfunkel - most things
Every Brothers - Let it Be Me
ELO - Turn to Stone
Supertramp - Goodbye Stranger / Breakfast in America

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Stevie Wonder!
Sir Duke
Superstition

Bogey M - Rasputin, Brown Girl in the Ring, Daddy Cool, Ma Baker, Rivers of Babylon

And who could forget Village People! YMCA and In the Navy.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing - Leo Sayer! Guilty pleasure!

Every Day Hurts - Sad Cafe

A friend of mine who is a massive Steely Dan fan turned 60 during one of the lockdowns, so I bought him a face mask printed with a Steely Dan album cover

Already in process!

Absolutely!

I was born in 70s but grew up listening to Steely Dan and others through my parents music tastes. I think Aja is in my top 10 albums still.

OP, I made a My 70s' playlist on spotify that has many of those mentioned here plus many more. Happy to share if there is a way (no idea personally as have only ever used to play music)

I also love the late 70s new wave like the Jam, Skids, Boomtown Rats

And ska

Identity - XRay Spex
Pump it up - Elvis Costello
Le Freak - Chic
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Blockbuster - The Sweet
Lots of Black Sabbath

I wasn't born until the 80s.

😂

Osmonds.

If I were a carpenter
Reason to believe
Both by Tim Hardin
Horse with no name - America
Time in a bottle - Jim Croce
If you leave me now - Chicago

And in a total change of mood
You make me feel mighty real - Sylvester
Heatwave - Martha Reeves

Google says if I were a carpenter was 60s and rereleased in the 90s
Jim Croce died in 1973
Martha Reeves Heatwave was released in 1963

OP wants a 70s list!!!

Average White Band Pick up the pieces or Work to do

Remember the wonderful Karen Carpenter

Wow, had long WhatsApp call with DS, so just catching up! Some absolutely amazing stuff here!
Some things I hadn't thought about for years.
Will be compiling my Spotify list tomorrow... I'll see if I can find a way to share it!

Thank you all so, so much. Im glad others have been inspired, too 😁

Sparks:
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us, and Amateur Hour.

Also:
Daddy Cool Boney M
The Trouble With Me Barry White

You will be able to share it, but be careful as it will probably have your name on it too. I know we are amongst friends, but don't inadvertently give private details.

Bang a Gong (Get it On)
Telegram Sam
Cosmic Dancer
Get It On

• Marc Bolan and Trex

Loads of David Bowie

American Pie - Don McLean

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Oooh, my era! How about -

Watching the Detectives - Elvis Costello
New Amsterdam - Elvis Costello
Sound and Vision - David Bowie
Airport - The Motors
Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe
The Man with the Child in His Eyes - Kate Bush
Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
Pinball - Brian Protheroe

Red Light Spells Danger - Billy Ocean
Silly Games - Janet Kay
Blondie
Ska