The problem with this meme (found via
Mitch) is that the list we're told to use doesn't represent the hits we were listening to in 1975. I found
this list far more compelling. I mean, there aren't many bad ones. See how few crossouts?
1 24 Bruce Springsteen Born to Run
2 62 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
3 207 Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road
4 236 Aerosmith Walk This Way
5 252 Bob Dylan Tangled Up in Blue
6 279 Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers Roadrunner
7 296 Led Zeppelin Kashmir
8 351 Patti Smith Gloria
9 380 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) 10 419 10 CC I'm Not in Love
11 425 Augustus Pablo King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
12 451 David Bowie Young Americans
13 489 Roxy Music Love Is the Drug
14 539 Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
15 702 David Bowie Fame
16 737 Parliament Tear the Roof Off the Sucker (Give Up the Funk)
17 793 Kiss Rock'n'roll All Nite
18 843 The Eagles One of These Nights
19 847 Donna Summer Love to Love You Baby20 947 Fleetwood Mac Rhiannon
21 978 Shirley and Co. Shame Shame Shame
22 1027 KC and The Sunshine Band That's the Way (I Like It)23 1043 Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes Wake Up Everybody
24 1096 David Bowie Golden Years
25 1125 Bob Dylan Hurricane
26 1129 ABBA S.O.S.
27 1180 Paul Simon 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover28 1274 Loretta Lynn The Pill
29 1339 The O'Jays I Love Music30 1448 Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
31 1530 Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes Bad Luck
32 1550 War Low Rider
33 1576 Elton John Philadelphia Freedom34 1582 Aerosmith Sweet Emotion
35 1632 Television Little Johnny Jewel
36 1717 Pink Floyd Shine on You Crazy Diamond
Compare it to this
gawdawful list we were assigned.
1. Love Will Keep Us Together, The Captain and Tennille 2. Rhinestone Cowboy, Glen Campbell 3. Philadelphia Freedom, Elton John 4. Before The Next Teardrop Falls, Freddy Fender 5. My Eyes Adored You, Frankie Valli 6. Shining Star, Earth, Wind and Fire 7. Fame, David Bowie 8. Laughter In The Rain, Neil Sedaka 9. One Of These Nights, Eagles 10. Thank God I'm A Country Boy, John Denver 11. Jive Talkin', Bee Gees 12. Best Of My Love, Eagles 13. Lovin' You, Minnie Riperton 14. Kung Fu Fighting, Carl Douglas 15. Black Water, Doobie Brothers
16. Ballroom Blitz, Sweet 17. (Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, B.J. Thomas 18. He Don't Love You (Like I Love You), Tony Orlando and Dawn 19. At Seventeen, Janis Ian 20. Pick Up The Pieces, Average White Band21. The Hustle, Van McCoy and The Soul City Symphony 22. Lady Marmalade, Labelle 23. Why Can't We Be Friends?, War 24. Love Wont Let Me Wait, Major Harris 25. Boogie On Reggae Woman, Stevie Wonder 26. Wasted Days And Wasted Nights, Freddy Fender 27. Fight The Power, Pt. 1, Isley Brothers 28. Angie Baby, Helen Reddy 29. Jackie Blue, Ozark Mountain Daredevils
30. Fire, Ohio Players 31. Magic, Pilot 32. Please Mr. Postman, Carpenters 33. Sister Golden Hair, America 34. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Elton John 35. Mandy, Barry Manilow 36. Have You Never Been Mellow, Olivia Newton-John 37. Could It Be Magic, Barry Manilow 38. Cat's In The Cradle, Harry Chapin
39. Wildfire Michael Murphy 40. I'm Not Lisa, Jessi Colter41. Listen To What The Man Said, Paul Mccartney and Wings 42. I'm Not In Love, 10cc 43. I Can Help, Billy Swan 44. Fallin' In Love, Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds 45. Feelings, Morris Albert 46. Chevy Van, Sammy Johns 47. When Will I Be Loved, Linda Ronstadt 48. You're The First, The Last, My Everthing, Barry White 49. Please Mr Please, Olivia Newton-John 50. You're No Good, Linda Ronstadt 51. Dynomite, Bazuka 52. Walking In Rhythm, Blackbyrds 53. The Way We Were / Try To Remember, Gladys Knight and The Pips 54. Midnight Blue, Melissa Manchester 55. Don't Call Us, We'll Call You, Sugarloaf 56. Poetry Man, Phoebe Snow 57. How Long, Ace 58. Express, B.T. Express 59. That's The Way Of The World, Earth, Wind and Fire 60. Lady, Styx61. Bad Time, Grand Funk 62. Only Women Bleed, Alice Cooper 63. Doctor's Orders, Carol Douglas 64. Get Down Tonight, K.C. and The Sunshine Band 65. You Are So Beautiful / It's A Sin When You Love Somebody, Joe Cocker66. One Man Woman-One Woman Man, Paul Anka and Odia Coates 67. Feel Like Makin' Love, Bad Company 68. How Sweet It Is, James Taylor 69. Dance With Me, Orleans 70. Cut The Cake, Average White Band 71. Never Can Say Goodbye, Gloria Gaynor 72. I Don't Like To Sleep Alone, Paul Anka 73. Morning Side Of The Mountain, Donny and Marie Osmond 74. Some Kind Of Wonderful, Grand Funk75. When Will I See You Again, Three Degrees 76. Get Down, Get Down (Get On The Floor), Joe Simon 77. I'm Sorry / Calypso, John Denver Killer Queen, Queen79. Shoeshine Boy, Eddie Kendricks 80. Do It (Til You're Satisfied), B.T. Express81. Can't Get It Out Of My Head, Electric Light Orchestra 82. Sha-La-La (Makes Me Happy), Al Green 83. Lonely People, America 84. You Got The Love, Rufus 85. The Rockford Files, Mike Post86. It Only Takes A Minute, Tavares 87. No No Song / Snookeroo, Ringo Starr 88. Junior's Farm / Sally G, Paul McCartney and Wings 89. Bungle In The Jungle, Jethro Tull 90. Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance), Leo Sayer 91. Someone Saved My Life Tonight, Elton John92. Misty, Ray Stevens 93. Bad Blood, Neil Sedaka 94. Only Yesterday, Carpenters 95. I'm On Fire, Dwight Twilley Band 96. Only You, Ringo Starr 97. Third Rate Romance, Amazing Rhythm Aces 98. You Aint Seen Nothin' Yet / Free Wheelin', Bachman-Turner Overdrive 99. Swearin' To God, Frankie Valli 100. Get Dancin', Disco Tex and The Sex-O-lettesThere's just no way that second list represents the music I listened to.
UPDATE (8/31): I'm glad I'm old. I could have had
Foot's list. He's right. I left music radio in 1983 to finish the PhD and get on with my real life. I could not have left at a better time; there are very few good songs between 1982 and 1993.
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