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the music meme - all over my f-list

Go to www.popculturemadness.com and select the year you became 18. Paste the list of the top 75 songs. Bold the ones you liked; strike the ones your disliked; and italicize the ones you know but don't exactly like nor dislike. The ones you don't know will stay common text. (I know all of them, so we'll skip that part)

Music is a large presence in my life, though the year I turned 18 doesn't seem as important to me than the music of the 60's which had a major effect on my life. By 1970 the music I loved best was winding down, at least from a billboard standpoint. In the 70's, what I was listening to can be better summed up with The Incredible String Band; Gordon Lightfoot and Leonard Cohen.



# 1 when I was born:
July 12 - September 12: Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - Vera Lynn

I'm a tough grader, so I could use a category for thing I *like*, and I could happily have included things likethe jackson 5, the partridge family and the carpenters...

1970 Greatest Hits

1. I'll Be There - Jackson Five
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters
3. ABC - Jackson Five
4. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross
5. The Wonder Of You - Elvis Presley
6. Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
7. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
8. Evil Ways - Santana
9. 25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago
10. Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board
11. The Letter - Joe Cocker
12. Montego Bay - Bobby Bloom
13. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne
14. Get Up - James Brown
15. American Woman - Guess Who
16. The Love You Save - Jackson Five
17. Venus - the Shocking Blue
18. Make It With You - Bread
19. I Think I love You - Partridge Family
20. Let It Be - Beatles
21. Still WAter (Love) - Four Tops
22. Get Ready - Rare Earth
23. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman
24. Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - Delphonics
25. Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum
26. In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry
27. No Time - Guess Who
28. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
29. Thank You Falettin Me Be Myself Again - Sly and the Family Stone
30. We've Only Just Begun - Carpenters
31. Mississippi Queen - Mountain
32. Instant Karma - We All Shine On
33. War - Edwin Starr
(This is a Faramir song - What is it good for? Uhh! Absolutely Nothin! C'mon, you know we could get him to sing it...)
34. What Is Truth - Johnny Cash
35. Lola - Kinks
36. Tighter, Tighter - Alive and Kicking
37. Yellow River - Christie
38. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
39. Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynne
40. Uncle John's Band - The Grateful Dead
41. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle
42. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
43. Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard
44. Up On Cripple Creek - The Band
45. Roadhouse Blues - The Doors
46. Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac
47. Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley
48. Funk # 49 - James Gang
49. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Hollies
50. Our House - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
51. All Right Now - Free
52. Cold Turkey - John Lennon
53. Cecilia - Simon and Garfunkle
54. Fresh Air - Quicksilver Messenger Service
55. Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
56. Question - Moody Blues
57. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night
58. Superman - The Ides Of March
59. Woodstock - Crosby Stills Nash and Young
60. Ticket To Ride - Carpenters
61. Spill the Wine - Eric Burdon and War
62. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
63. Summertime Blues - the Who
64. Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor
65. After Midnight - Eric Clapton
66. 1984 - Spirit
67. Rubber Ducky - Ernie (Jim Henson, Sesame Street)
68. Empty Pages - Traffic
69. Big Yellow Taxi - Neighborhood
70. Court Of The Crimson King - King Crimson
71. Living Lovin Maid (She's Just a Woman) - Led Zeppelin
72. Funky Chicken (part 1) - Willie Henderson
73. Julie Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman
74. Oh My My - Monkees
75. Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf

Comments

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Wow, I think I like the 1970 list a lot more than I like the 1981 list.

good gawd ya'll

[skellorg.livejournal.com]

Wow ... lots of memories here. I'm going to have to do the lemming thing and nab this one myself.

[stewardess.livejournal.com]

Have you ever heard the Los Lobos cover of Cinnamon Girl? *quivers*

[sulien77.livejournal.com]

There were so many wonderful songs that year, many of which I remember listening to on the schoolbus or with friends. Thanks for posting this meme, it's pretty neat. :-)

The year that was 1981....

[markbark.livejournal.com]

Disco was (thankfully) dead, punk was dying... big hair and power ballads ruled the day... SHEESH!

--MAB


1981 Greatest Hits

1. Super Freak - Rick James
2. Let's Groove - Earth, Wind and Fire
3. Just The Two Of Us - Grover Washington Jr & Bill Withers
4. Celebration - Kool and The Gang
5. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
6. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
7. Endless Love - Lionel Ritchie and Diana Ross
8. Give It To Me Baby - Rick James
9. Back In Black - AC/DC
10. Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogleberg
11. I Love You - Climax Blues Band
12. Lady (You Bring Me Up) - Commodores
13. She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) - Carl Carlton
14. America - Neil Diamond
15. Fantastic Voyage - Lakeside
16. Start Me Up - Rolling Stones
17. In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
18. Double Dutch Bus - Frankie Smith
19. Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan
20. We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau
21. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - Police
22. Woman - John Lennon
23. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
24. Love T.K.O. - Teddy Pendergast
25. Urgent - Foreigner
26. Fire and Ice - Pat Benatar
27. Being With You - Smokey Robinson
28. The Tide Is High - Blondie
29. Don't Stand So Close To Me - Police
30. Tempted - Squeeze
31. Treat Me Right - Pat Benatar
32. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go Go's
33. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - Gap Band
34. Who's Making Love - Blues Brothers
35. Guilty - Barbra Streisand and Barry Gibb
36. Winner Takes All - Abba
37. Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton
38. Controversy - Prince
39. The Stroke - Billy Squier
40. Watching The Wheels - John Lennon
41. Say Goodbye To Hollywood - Billy Joel
42. Fashion - David Bowie
43. My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chilliwack
44. No Reply At All - Genesis
45. The Old Songs - Barry Manilow
46. All Those Years Ago - George Harrison
47. Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters
48. 8th Wonder - Sugarhill Gang
49. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - Police
50. Winning - Santana
51. Rapture - Blondie (one of the first attempts ar rap by a white person!)
52. Jones vs. Jones - Kool and the Gang
53. 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
54. Tom Saywer - Rush
55. Elvira - Oak Ridge Boys
56. Private Eyes - Hall and
57. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky - The Outlaws
58. Working In The Coal Mine - Devo
59. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
60. Super Trooper - Abba
61. Physical - Olivia Newton John
62. Wasn't That A Party - The Rovers
63. Ah! Leah - Donnie Iris
64. Arc of a Diver - Steve Winwood
65. While You See A Chance - Steve Winwood
66. Teacher, Teacher - Rockpile
67. Hello Again - Neil Diamond
68. Skateaway - Dire Straites
69. Sukiyaki - A Taste Of Honey
70. Sign of the Gypsy Queen - April Wine
71. (There's) No Getting Over Me - Ronnie Milsap
72. All American Girls - Sister Sledge
73. Boy From New York City - Manhatten Transfer
74. Morning Train (9 to 5) - Sheena Easton
75. This Little Girl - Gary U.S. Bonds