Released: 1977 If one narrative played strongest in the 1970’s, it was sex. Gone were the hippie conjunctions of bad … More
Category: 100 Greatest Songs Of The 70’s
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #3 The Clash – London Calling
Released: 1979 The release of The Clash’s third studio London Calling was accompanied by a simple tagline, lauding them as … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #4 Dire Straits – Sultans of Swing
Released: 1978 Speaking to Ian Birch of the Melody Maker in 1978, Dire Straits front man Mark Knopfler was unrepentant … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #5 Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Released: 1971 As it staggered into the 1970’s amongst the anger and disillusionment felt by urban communities across America there … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #6 The Undertones – Teenage Kicks
Released: 1978 Just imagine for a minute that every country gets to have one entry into a winner-takes-all final Eurovision. … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #7 Blondie Hanging on the Telephone/Heart of Glass
Released: 1978 & 1979 Sometimes impossible decisions can only be resolved by compromise. Attempting to capture the impact of Blondie’s … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #8 Fleetwood Mac – The Chain
Released: 1977 Any Fleetwod Mac fan should be able to give you the back story to Rumours, the band’s most … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #9 Kraftwerk – Autobahn
Released: 1975 Was it any suprise that the seeds of ultra-modernism came from Europe? A region which had undergone a … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #10 Gary Numan – Cars
Released: 1979 Up until late 1979 synthesizers had remained firmly inside the domain of the serious professional musician. As Tubeway … More
100 Greatest Songs of the 70’s #11 Nick Drake – Hazy Jane I
Released: 1971 One of the most surprising aspects of Nick Drake’s lasting posthumous success is that there is so little … More