Music: Who are your top ten Seventies musical artists?

[Elvis P]

Mine are in no order.

David Bowie
Aretha Franklin
Black Sabbath
The Who
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Stevie Wonder/Bob Marley

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[Hippasus]

Can
Brian Eno
Neu!
Black Sabbath
Sex Pistols
New York Dolls
Ramones
Bob Marley and the Wailers
Augustus Pablo
Pink Floyd

EDIT: I'd like to slot Nick Drake in the place of Pink Floyd.
EDIT2: I'd like to have Joy Division above Neu!.

 

[Elvis P]

^ Nice list. My favorite genres are:

1970s
Blues and Bluesy Rock
Bob Marley and other Reggae
Jazz
Motown

 

[VMBM]

Little Feat
Stevie Wonder
The Band
Steely Dan
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Dr. John
The Who
Bob Marley
Deep Purple

 

[Elvis P]

^ The Band, Steely Dan, etc. I'm loving these lists!

 

[beowulf]

The Who
Pink Floyd
Rush
John McLaughlin
Carlos Santana
Black Sabbath
Blue Oyster Cult
Larry Coryell
Jimi Hendrix
Rolling Stones
too many more.

 

[Elvis P]

^ The great lists continue. Carlos is such a great guitarist and Hendrix Blues/Rock is as good as anyone's.

 

[Babe Ruth]

I'm loving these lists!

Not sure I can come up with ten (on the fly) but..

Lynyrd Skynyrd
the Misfits
Led Zeppelin
Hall & Oates (around for decades, but I think formed in the 7os)
The Damned

Ps- I like the Yosemite Sam avatar.

 

[Elvis P]

Not sure I can come up with ten (on the fly) but..

Lynyrd Skynyrd ...

Ps- I like the Yosemite Sam avatar.

LS is great and Southern Rock is underrated. It's bluesy. Neil Young was flattered by the reply to Southern Man. I'm a Yankee who moved to ATL six years ago and it's great. Thx for the avatar compliment. I've had many, but I think this is a keeper / the one.

 

[Xelebes]

I'm still filling out my list

ABBA
Alec R. Constandinos
Alice Coltrane
Giorgio Moroder
Krzysztof Penderecki (his best works came out in the 70s)
Nina Hagen
Per Nørgård (wrote the best symphony of the 20th century, his 3rd symphony from 1971)
Stéphane Venne (songwriter)
Lafayette Afro Rock Band

 

[Teemu]

Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
Steely Dan
Gram Parsons
Willie Nelson
Bruce Springsteen
Warren Zevon
John Prine
The Who

 

[hangman005]

Hard to pick who was active during the time, Tchaikovsky would probably have to be be my number 1, although his best work didn't come until the early 80's

 

[Elvis P]

Led Zeppelin ...

As always a great post from Teemu. I realize the 70s was a great decade for music. Some artists came out with some of the best music ever (Wonder, Stones, Elton) from 70-81, but oddly they were not great after that.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

In no order:

Stones
Zeppelin
Carpenters
Waylon Jennings
Santana
Bowie
Stevie Wonder
Elton John
Billy Joel
Fleetwood Mac

HM: Average White Band and Skynyrd

 

[Hippasus]

As always a great post from Teemu. I realize the 70s was a great decade for music. Some artists came out with some of the best music ever (Wonder, Stones, Elton) from 70-81, but oddly they were not great after that.

I think some artists just tap into the milieu of the time very well and have a limited peak or prime.

This thread is awesome!

 

[Unholy Diver]

George Harrison
Eric Clapton
Van Morrison
Rainbow
Deep Purple
Stevie Wonder
Black Sabbath
ZZ Top
Elvis
ELO

 

[Hippasus]

I'm still filling out my list

ABBA
Alec R. Constandinos
Alice Coltrane
Giorgio Moroder
Jacqueline Taïeb
Krzysztof Penderecki (his best works came out in the 70s)
Nina Hagen
Per Nørgård (wrote the best symphony of the 20th century, his 3rd symphony from 1971)
Stéphane Venne (songwriter)

Eventually I have to check these out.

 

[VMBM]

Eventually I have to check these out.

What? You've never heard of ABBA?
(Their best album imo The Visitors is from the early '80s, though.)

PS. Wasn't one of Penderecki's pieces played shortly at the end of The Exorcist? Sounded interesting, and I'm a fan of classical music, but I've never bothered to get to know his music.

 

[islandersbob]

Per Nørgård (wrote the best symphony of the 20th century, his 3rd symphony from 1971)

I have to disagree, only because Mahler, Shostakovich and Sibelius wrote some all-timers in the 20th century. Mid to late 20th century, it's up there.

 

[Xelebes]

What? You've never heard of ABBA?
(Their best album imo The Visitors is from the early '80s, though.)

PS. Wasn't one of Penderecki's pieces played shortly at the end of The Exorcist? Sounded interesting, and I'm a fan of classical music, but I've never bothered to get to know his music.

His most famous piece is the Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki, however that is not his best piece. He had a turn in the 1970s, rejecting the noisier modernist works and instead focused more on chromatics and meditations.

 

[Hippasus]

What? You've never heard of ABBA?
(Their best album imo The Visitors is from the early '80s, though.)

PS. Wasn't one of Penderecki's pieces played shortly at the end of The Exorcist? Sounded interesting, and I'm a fan of classical music, but I've never bothered to get to know his music.

Thanks for the recomendation, but yeah, ABBA hasn't been in my wheelhouse. Xelebes knows his or her stuff in regards to playing, listening to music, music theory, and possibly, life; so I'm excited to try to look into that list.

I would love to add a bit to my list, but rules are rules, 10 albums it is.

 

[Osprey]

In a particular order:

ABBA
Eagles
AC/DC
Boston
Bee Gees
The Sweet
Sir Elton John
Michael Jackson
Olivia Newton-John
Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[VMBM]

I have to disagree, only because Mahler, Shostakovich and Sibelius wrote some all-timers in the 20th century. Mid to late 20th century, it's up there.

Shostakovich's 5th is a big favourite of mine.

Thanks for the recomendation, but yeah, ABBA hasn't been in my wheelhouse. Xelebes knows his or her stuff in regards to playing, listening to music, music theory, and possibly, life; so I'm excited to try to look into that list.

I would love to add a bit to my list, but rules are rules, 10 albums it is.

Ah, okay. ABBA isn't for everybody and some of their earlier work is utterly silly, but one can't deny their melodic brilliance. The Visitors doesn't have any of their biggest hits, but it's a nice, more mature work where Andersson/Ulvaeus' aspirations to write musicals is occasionally apparent (e.g. "I Let the Music Speak").

Yeah, the 1970s is my favourite dedace by far as far as popular music goes. Could have named numerous other acts, like the Meters, Hawkwind, King Crimson, Yes, Todd Rundgren, Toots & The Maytals, Nick Drake, the Stooges, etc etc. So many of my favourite albums came out in 1970—74; the best 5-year period ever in rock!

 

[Hippasus]

Shostakovich's 5th is a big favourite of mine.


Ah, okay. ABBA isn't for everybody and some of their earlier work is utterly silly, but one can't deny their melodic brilliance. The Visitors doesn't have any of their biggest hits, but it's a nice, more mature work where Andersson/Ulvaeus' aspirations to write musicals is occasionally apparent (e.g. "I Let the Music Speak").

Yeah, the 1970s is my favourite dedace by far as far as popular music goes. Could have named numerous other acts, like the Meters, Hawkwind, King Crimson, Yes, Todd Rundgren, Toots & The Maytals, Nick Drake, the Stooges, etc etc. So many of my favourite albums came out in 1970—74; the best 5-year period ever in rock!

I forgot about Nick Drake, like you mentioned. I would also like to mention Siouxie and the Banshees, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, etc. Yeah, 70s were an interesting period, I think. After the whole 60s counterculture thing, the 70s were like "Okay, now what do you really think?" Not to take anything away from 60s music, of course.

 

[Elvis P]

I realize quality and sales are unrelated, but I think sales are slightly interesting culturally. The bestselling 70s albums: