1975-1980 playlist suggestions...

[Elena]

Last night I heard Electric Light Orchestra's Don't Bring Me Down (in that movie Super8,) and now I am all fired up to create a play-list with rockin' songs from that time period... 1975ish-1980ish. Anyone got any favorites?!!

[carollee]

Spandau Ballet. Loved their songs. Am I in the right era?

And well quite frankly I was a Bay City Rollers girl, had myself some roller strollers too! No wonder I married a Scot !!! ROFL

[echogirl]

sigh 80's music my favorite.
anything. just anything.

[Applechick]

Bachman Turner Overdrive always got me on the dance floor at Art School discos
Might be too early 70s for your playlist - I'm an oldie

YouTube - ‪Bachman Turner Overdrive - You Aint Seen Nothing Yet‬‏

Fiona

[Amy L]

And isn't Michelle Bachman related to the members of Bachman Turner Overdrive?

Elena, this is certainly dear to my heart! So much to chose from. I loved Linda Rondstadt, James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Carly Simon, the Eagles...here are a few tunes that come to mind:

Queen...Bohemian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, You're My Best Friend
Heart...Alone
Eagles...Hotel California
Dire Straits...Sultans of Swing
Earth, Wind and Fire...September, The Way of the World

And as far as Electric Light Orchestra...Evil Woman, Can't Get it Out of My Head, Strange Magic, Livin' Thing, Turn to Stone, Mr. Blue Sky!

[mugsbigsis]

Queen, Billy Joel and Elton John. They were my faves then. :O)

[Myra]

Some of my favorites:

Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy is an all time favorite of mine. Also love the song Fool in the Rain
Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here - the entire album
Steely Dan: Aja - the entire album
Rush: Fly By Night - the entire album
Allman Brothers: Melissa
Supertramp: The Logical Song
Stones: Angie, Waiting on a Friend, Can't You Hear Me Knocking
Van Halen: Women and Children First - the album
Peter Frampton: Do You Feel Like We Do
Jimi Hendrix: Are You Experienced, Crosstown Traffic

[Elena]

OK - Thanks for all the suggestions! I can see I am going to have to do other play lists... 60's, early 70's, 80's, 90's etc. because there are SO many great songs out there!

Totally makes me want to break out my Walkman...

Here is my play list for 1975-1980 (alphabetically by Artist):
Allman Brothers - Ramblin' Man
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Billy Joel - Piano Man
Blondie - Heart of Glass
Boston - More Than a Feeling
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Clash - I Fought the Law
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
Eagles - Heartache Tonight
Eddie Money - Baby Hold On
Electric Light Orchestra - Don't Bring Me Down
Elton John - Bennie and the Jets
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Foreigner - Cold As Ice
Grand Funk Railroad - The Loco-Motion
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty
Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville
Kansas - Dust In the Wind
Kinks - All Day and All of the Night
Led Zepplin - Fool In The Rain
Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light
Pete Townshend - Let My Love Open the Door
Peter Frampton - Baby I Love Your Way
Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (pt2)
Queen - We Will Rock You
Rush - Fly By Night
Styx - Renegade
Supertramp - The Logical Song
Van Halen - You Really Got Me (actually a cover of the Kinks)

[Amy L]

You totally inspired me. I just bought an ELO album and your playlist is so fantastic I may just copy it. Can't wait to see your page for this

[Squeak]

A few of my favs have already been listed, but for the late '70's I'll add:

Boston - More Than a Feeling
Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
Fleedwood Mac - Rumors (the entire album, but in particular Dreams and Songbird)
Todd Rundgren - Love in Action (Hello It's Me also by Todd Rundgren is from the early '70's but is really pretty)
Doobie Brothers - Black Water (released in '74, so just outside your timeline...)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Queen - It's Late
Alan Parsons Project - Breakdown
David Bowie - Heros
Electric Light Orchestra - Turn to Stone
Robin Trower - Somebody Calling

I have several more; maybe I'll just pm you.

[Squeak]

Whoops! I see I'm late to this party--you've already posted your play list! Give me another year and I'll start compiling my favs now.

[Elena]

Not set in stone and open to edits! That was my rough draft. Bring on the suggestions!

[Denise Gormish]

So many classic bands!

I love your list. I love this era. I'm not really that old (cough cough) it's just my brother is much older and I listened to his music.

Here are some I would add:

Styx - Lorelei, Babe
Blondie ? Call Me, One Way or Another
Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home
Lynard Skynyd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974 actually)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, We are the Champions
Cars - My Best Friend's Girl
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop, Rhiannon
REO Speedwagon - Time for Me to Fly
Billy Joel - Just the Way You Are, Movin' Out
Cheap Trick - I Want You to Want Me
Heart - Crazy On You
Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes
Eagles - One of These Nights, Hotel California
Exile - Kiss You All Over
The Knack - My Sharona
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Chicago - If You Leave Me Now
Rolling Stones - Miss You

[maureenreynolds]

Boy these take me back to my dancin' days too. Of course I was already a mom of 3!

One of my absolute all time favorites is "Jessica" Allman Brothers. I could listen to that all day, well maybe half a day.

[cedarhil]

Ok, I need to get another itunes card!

[Amy L]

Oh Maureen, you are right about that song!

[blkcow]

I can't believe Bon Jovi hasn't been mentioned.....(swoon!) These would be from the mid-80's.

Wanted Dead or Alive
You Give Love a Bad Name
Livin on a Prayer

I can't do my treadmill workout without them.....

[b2halter]

Or Deep Purple - Smoke on the water.

[cedarhil]

Black Water by the Doobie Bros was mid 70's and I still love that song!

[Denise Gormish]

And there are some many more bands to consider: Van Halen, Rush, Police, Alan Parsons Project, Jefferson Starship, Journey, Moody Blues, Dire Straits, Pat Benatar, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Led Zepplin, Olivia Newton-John, Paul McCartney & Wings, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, Rod Stewart, Daryl Hall & John Oates and Rick Springfield.

[cedarhil]

oh my gosh girls we've forgotten
Joan Jett
Pat Benetar
Linda Rhondstadt
Sister Sledge " we are family!"

[cedarhil]

and Don McLean's American Pie!

[Denise Gormish]

I just found in iTunes they have an "essential collection" for every year. It has the top 75 songs of the year. Go to iTunes Essentials then click on the box that says '70's Year by Year. That will take you to a page that has each of the years collections. Makes shopping for the '70's tunes easy!

[Jen D]

I love 80's music... my parents always said I was born ten years too late.

My favorite bands were Duran Duran, Tears for Fears, The Cure, U2, Peter Gabriel, and of course all the wonderful one hit wonders

Not to mention I love any and every hair band

[cstaff]

Road trip music... Pink Floyd works for me... and I'm REALLY old...

[home in ottawa]

Lots of good stuff already mentioned, but how about Eric Carmen's, "All by myself" and almost anything by the Guess Who, like "Clap for the Wolfman". I remember my dad being super angry with my sister over the "Who's Next?" album cover. Pretty tame by today's standards.

[anke]

Oh I love it!!!! My kind of music, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd.... I am in pig heaven here!!!

[anke]

CCR - Looking out my backdoor

[laura grimes]

good stuff! Glad you didn't pick Peter Frampton's "do you feel like i do"- OMG that is the longest some EVAH!!!

[Aino]

LOVING these ideas!!!!! Love the era .... crazy about 70-80s music too.

And I like to throw in a little 90s dance music from *my* party days.....