100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #67 Gram Parsons – Love Hurts

Released: 1973 Similar to the legacies of other mavericks like Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Elliot Smith or Delia Darbyshire, the understanding … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #68 Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric?

Released: 1979 “I’m over the top paranoid” confessed Gary Numan – who at the time still essentially was Tubeway Army … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #69 The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry

Released : 1979 All publicity is good publicity, at least if you’re trying to sell a new band with no … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #70 Steel Pulse – Handsworth Revolution

Released : 1978 Much has been made of the early close relationship between punk and reggae – both outsider musics … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #71 Suicide – Ghost Rider

Released : 1977 Alan Vega and Martin Rev’s music felt alien from the beginning: created in an environment where New … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #72 KC And The Sunshine Band – That’s The Way (I Like It)

Released: 1975 Working on the obscure TK Records label (Taken from the studio of the same name based in Miami) … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #73 The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane

Released : 1973 Once proteges of Andy Warhol but then estranged, the driving force behind The Velvet Underground’s fourth album … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #74 Deep Purple – Smoke On The Water

Released : 1973 One way or the other, Smoke On The Water’s instantly hummable main riff must’ve started or ended … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #75 Orchestral Manouevres In The Dark – Electricity

Released : 1979 It’s nice to know that, even in 1979 when the earth wasn’t baking itself to a crisp … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #77 XTC – Making Plans For Nigel

Released : 1979 Talking about his experience whilst on tour to Pete Paphides in 2004, XTC singer, songwriter and willing/unwilling … More