The Pearl Jam Community Top 250 Songs Of The 70'S
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I got this idea looking up a song I liked from the 70's. I thought this might be challenging in that most here might not know too many songs from that inventive beginning of several music genres.
1) One song per post.
2) A PJC member can only post an album every 10 picks (or every 5 if it grows stagnant)
3) Please cut and paste as you post
4) Please give a brief reason beneath your pick as to why you're choosing that particular song. That way it'll be a little more than just a huge list thread, I know y'all know I can be very talkative when it comes to music.
PEACE
1) One song per post.
2) A PJC member can only post an album every 10 picks (or every 5 if it grows stagnant)
3) Please cut and paste as you post
4) Please give a brief reason beneath your pick as to why you're choosing that particular song. That way it'll be a little more than just a huge list thread, I know y'all know I can be very talkative when it comes to music.
PEACE
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
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1. BENNIE AND THE JETS.......Elton John
I was in junior high school trying to learn how to play the piano. That song came out live from what I remember and I loved EJ's playing on the ivory. I can clearly recall walking to school in the cold Boston winters singing, screaming Bennie, Bennie, Bennie and the Jets.
http://youtu.be/_MQuHRCSQzQ
Some facts about the song....After recording the song in the studio, John and the band worried that it was too plain and unoriginal. In the Eagle Vision documentary on the making of Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, John recalled, "I fought tooth and nail against 'Bennie' coming out as a single." According to guitarist Davey Johnstone, "'Bennie and the Jets' was one of the oddest songs we ever recorded. We just sat back and said, 'This is really odd.'" While mixing the album, Dudgeon came up with the idea of creating a "live from Playhouse Theatre" sound for the track. He added reverb effects, applause and other audience sounds from John's previous concerts and a loop from the Jimi Hendrix live album Isle of Wight, plus whistles, giving it the "live concert recording" feel that has since become a sort of trademark.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang
https://youtu.be/57oBC_WLsYA
Unfortunately, my parents didn't see fit to school me in the art of funk, I consider it one of the great tragedies of my childhood. I could've been listening to 'Get Down on it' instead of 'The Wheels on the Bus'. Thank god for Quentin Tarantino.
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
https://youtu.be/LRt3PIDER94
Because before this, there had never been a serious of beats, chords, notes and words that captured pure stoke! And I would argue that there hasn't been since.
1. Bennie And The Jets.....Elton John (g under p)
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. "Highway Star" by Deep Purple
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZfZ8uWaOFI
1. Bennie And The Jets.....Elton John (g under p)
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. "Highway Star" by Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
My first one will be Brand New Key by Melanie just because it's a really happy song and great to sing along to.
1. Bennie And The Jets.....Elton John (g under p)
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. "Highway Star" by Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key-Melanie (StevieG)
London, ON - Sep 12, 2005
Toronto, ON - Aug 21, 2009
Toronto, ON- Sep 11 2011
Hamilton, ON- Sep 15 2011
London, ON- Jul 16 2013
Buffalo, NY- Oct 12 2013
had this song in my head as i just posted Jeff Lynne's name earlier in the best voice thread.. this is one of my favorites.
great song, great voice, great band, great gatefold album cover...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-08GzcXuuE
1. Bennie And The Jets.....Elton John (g under p)
2.Jungle Boogie- Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. "Highway Star" by Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key-Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (g under p)
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
London Hyde Park 2010
Manchester MEN Arena 2 2012
Amsterdam Ziggo Dome 2 2012
Vienna Stadhalle 2014
London O2 Arena 1 2018
London O2 Arena 2 2018
London Hyde Park 2 2022
https://youtu.be/TOv5NAhLbms
Being a metal lover, the next easy spot was War Pigs.
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (g under p)
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
Paranoid was my favorite album for many years and helped form my love of music.
War Pigs was my favorite song on that album, and I remember my mother being horrified as I sang a song as a youngster with the word 'Satan' in it.
Ozzy went solo and he became one of my favorites...when I first saw him in concert the part where I most lost my mind was his rendition of War Pigs
The video montage he had going behind him while he sang was amazing. Hearing the drums and that air raid siren....it made every hair on my body stand up straight.
An updated memory was attending TOTD in Philly last year...a number of my friends from these boards joined me pre/post for partying and one great couple provided amazing tickets and VIP access before the show. When this started up....again, I lost my motherfucking mind. Jumped around like a crazy person.
I know it is sort of blasphemy to not list a 70s era performance...but in light of Chris' passing and how much hearing the song meant to me on that particular night....this is my version to put up here:
https://youtu.be/2mR5LCf-DvI
Edit: fuck, that was tough to watch. Ripped a scab off! (Gotta love music, though. 'Show Me How To Live')
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
One of the most memorable guitar riffs of all time. Perhaps American Woman is more widely accepted as the definitive The Guess Who song, but that riff along with much deeper lyrics along with the outro jam to No Time has always stood out to me more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63CzIUJU76w
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (erocshifty)
This was the song that first got me into LZ. MTV done a "Whole Lotta Led" weekend to coincide with the release of the first boxed set in 1990. I've been hooked ever since!
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=kynj_fzx2EI
EDIT: I have trouble posting links to youtube videos. If someone could help it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks and great thread!!
Here you go, erocshifty...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kynj_fzx2EI
http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFDYuO53BUk
Great thread and far too many songs to go through, but the first guy I thought of was bruce, so i'll go with my favourite song from that era of his - Adam Raised a Cain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA7v0zknMCo
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - Travelling Riverside Blues (erocshifty)
So many to choose from! And someone remembered the Guess Who! Woot! Music got me through my childhood (and adolescence, and....). I'll have to come back here often to add my other favorites. ;-)
I've literally been a fan of David Bowie for as long as I can remember. While my absolute favorite Bowie song is "Beauty and the Beast," here I will list the song that was my favorite IN the 1970's: "Changes." Why? Gosh, I don't know -- it seems kind of obvious to me. It gave me hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8
Also, true story: preschool me was a big fan of Cher. :-)
RAPPERS DELIGHT
https://youtu.be/ZjRi-S7J70Y
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee brakes (erocshifty)
12. David Bowie - Changes (curmudgeoness )
13. The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (g under p)
14. The Dream Syndicate - Glide (brianlux)
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (g under p)
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee brakes (erocshifty)
12. David Bowie - Changes (curmudgeoness )
13. The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (g under p)
14. The Dream Syndicate - Glide (brianlux)
15. Nationatlteatern - Hon flytta ut till Bergsjön (Spiritual_Chaos)
NATIONALTEATERN - HON FLYTTA UT TILL BERSGJÖN
https://youtu.be/84kxB2hh0Wo
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee brakes (erocshifty)
12. David Bowie - Changes (curmudgeoness )
13. The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (g under p)
14. The Dream Syndicate - Glide (brianlux)
15. Nationatlteatern - Hon flytta ut till Bergsjön (Spiritual_Chaos)
16. lola - The Kinks (Tempo_n_groove)
Best version i've heard. It's raw, passionate and fresh to the band so they had a blast with this.
https://youtu.be/GP0X0CRMZLU
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (g under p)
2. Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (offshegoes35)
3. Highway Star - Deep Purple (dankind)
4. Dream On - Aerosmith (jeffbr)
5. Brand New Key - Melanie (StevieG)
6. Turn To Stone - ELO (jburneyko)
7. Riff Raff - AC/DC (AS242348)
8. One Of These Things First -Nick Drake (offshegoes35)
9. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (F Me In The Brain)
10. No Time - The Guess Who (HesCalledDyer)
11. Led Zeppelin - When the Levee brakes (erocshifty)
12. David Bowie - Changes (curmudgeoness )
13. The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight (g under p)
14. The Dream Syndicate - Glide (brianlux)
15. Nationatlteatern - Hon flytta ut till Bergsjön (Spiritual_Chaos)
16. lola - The Kinks (Tempo_n_groove)
17. The Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone (23scidoo)
https://youtu.be/nXiQtD5gcHU
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
https://player.vimeo.com/video/248938810
19. Band Of Gypsys(Jimi Hendrix)-Machine Gun
19. Band Of Gypsys(Jimi Hendrix)-Machine Gun
When I think of the 70’s, Stairway to Heaven always comes to mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajbJqfNS0aA
1. Bennie And The Jets - Elton John (g under p)
19. Machine Gun- Band of Gypsies/ Jimi Hendrix (cutz)
21. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen (pjpjpaul)
DC 2003
DC 2004 (VFC)
DC 2006
Pittsburgh 2006
Bonnaroo 2008
Virginia Beach 2008
DC 2008
Philly (Spectrum) 10/31/2009
DC 2010 (Jiffy Lube Live)
PJ 20 night 1
PJ 20 night 2
Phoenix 2013
LA 1 2013
Memphis 2014
Jacksonville 2016
Greenville 2016
Hampton 2016
Columbia 2016
Fenway 1 2016
Fenway 2 2016
Wrigley 1 2018
Wrigley 2 2018
Fenway 1 2018
Fenway 2 2018
Sea Hear Now 2021
Nashville 2022
Louisville 2022
Such a recognizable opening and a rallying punk rock song.
19. Machine Gun- Band of Gypsies/ Jimi Hendrix (cutz)
21. Born To Run- Bruce Springsteen (pjpjpaul)
22. Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols (lexicondevil)
1992- Lollapalooza, Irvine, California
Nothing since then. I suck.2016- Fenway Park, Boston - Both glorious nights
2022- Oakland Night 2
2024 Sacramento, CA
https://youtu.be/3WOZwwRH6XU
Cutz that choice is a classic. I can recall mixing that at dorm and student union parties and here's another classic in the funk genre from kings of funk...
PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC.....
(Not Just) KNEE DEEP extended version 19 minutes
https://youtu.be/oHV2_NKl4jo
I could play this and I could get out on the floor and jam with the crowd. That guitar solo at the 9 minute mark is classically one of the best eva. Gary Shyder and Mike Hampton on guitar were the best 👌 on those solos.1979
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*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)