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Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ - THE HIGHWAY'S JAMMED WITH BROKEN HEROES ON A LAST CHANCE POWER DRIVE
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ - THE HIGHWAY'S JAMMED WITH BROKEN HEROES ON A LAST CHANCE POWER DRIVE
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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"In the absence of any real knowledge, we're going with Song's guess."
"They're naming their kids Bilhelm and JaQuarius; I'm naming mine Grey Poupon."
"And then I said Michigan is in Canada in front of the whole school. The next year, I won the Geography Bee and no one even knew."
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio Ohio is one of the most immediate, gripping songs there is. Wish You Were Here is one of the best songs at dealing with a timeless, universal question.
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven The Beatles vs. Zeppelin. I'd take The Beatles' discography, but they're a '60s band, and Let It Be is a shadow of their best work. Zeppelin is the '70s.
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ Y'all seriously knocked out Layla so you could send the sportswriters' favorite to the Final Four?
Superstition vs. What’s Going On What's Going On manages to tackle some of the most challenging subject matter in America yet still feel optimistic. It's Motown's crowning achievement because it leaves us hopeful - what's happening doesn't make sense, and it doesn't have to happen.
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven The Beatles vs. Zeppelin. I'd take The Beatles' discography, but they're a '60s band, and Let It Be is a shadow of their best work. Zeppelin is the '70s.
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ Y'all seriously knocked out Layla so you could send the sportswriters' favorite to the Final Four?
Superstition vs. What’s Going On What's Going On manages to tackle some of the most challenging subject matter in America yet still feel optimistic. It's Motown's crowning achievement because it leaves us hopeful - what's happening doesn't make sense, and it doesn't have to happen.
Joe Nutter
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ - this is the bracket winner imo
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’ - this is the bracket winner imo
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
"Wish You Were Here" is one of those songs where, in the right mood, you can sink into it and wallow in it, and it becomes almost unbearably moving, from the first little sad guitar riff - which, for all its simplicity, is incredibly melancholy without ever becoming maudlin, as too many sad songs do. "Ohio" has had a wonderful run, but it's time for it to ride the cold steel rail.
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Both of these are great songs that really don't seem like they should still be here - "Let it Be" is very much a transitional piece from 60s pop to 70s singer-songwriter earnestness (and moreover, an inferior remix), and "Stairway to Heaven" is more easily respected than loved - because of its meandering, warbling burnout hippie poetry lyrics and slow first half; that said, the culmination is some of the best guitar and rhythm work the rock genre had to offer. I've been trying to find an excuse to vote against either of them for a while now and couldn't cajole such a vote from my brain before, and I can't now. Abstain.
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
I don't think "Born to Run" is the apex of Springsteen's shambly, earthy flood of gearhead, carnival poetry (which is probably earlier, something like Darkness on the Edge of Town), but it's certainly at the peak of his mass-market appeal (Born in the USA probably charted better but is certainly the remedial version). "Long Train Runnin'" is so, so fun, but also ephemeral, and yet I want to cast a protest vote for it as the underdog because I'm upset to see it go. But let cooler hearts prevail.
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I find the lyrics of "What's Going On" kind of insipid and vague and naive in terms of its overall message; but then again, it's not the 60s (or even the 70s) and we're in a different world. But what's inexcusable is that they waste half the song with scatting and pointless chit-chat. There's barely a song there! Anyway, "Superstition" is a work of genius.
"Wish You Were Here" is one of those songs where, in the right mood, you can sink into it and wallow in it, and it becomes almost unbearably moving, from the first little sad guitar riff - which, for all its simplicity, is incredibly melancholy without ever becoming maudlin, as too many sad songs do. "Ohio" has had a wonderful run, but it's time for it to ride the cold steel rail.
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Both of these are great songs that really don't seem like they should still be here - "Let it Be" is very much a transitional piece from 60s pop to 70s singer-songwriter earnestness (and moreover, an inferior remix), and "Stairway to Heaven" is more easily respected than loved - because of its meandering, warbling burnout hippie poetry lyrics and slow first half; that said, the culmination is some of the best guitar and rhythm work the rock genre had to offer. I've been trying to find an excuse to vote against either of them for a while now and couldn't cajole such a vote from my brain before, and I can't now. Abstain.
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
I don't think "Born to Run" is the apex of Springsteen's shambly, earthy flood of gearhead, carnival poetry (which is probably earlier, something like Darkness on the Edge of Town), but it's certainly at the peak of his mass-market appeal (Born in the USA probably charted better but is certainly the remedial version). "Long Train Runnin'" is so, so fun, but also ephemeral, and yet I want to cast a protest vote for it as the underdog because I'm upset to see it go. But let cooler hearts prevail.
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I find the lyrics of "What's Going On" kind of insipid and vague and naive in terms of its overall message; but then again, it's not the 60s (or even the 70s) and we're in a different world. But what's inexcusable is that they waste half the song with scatting and pointless chit-chat. There's barely a song there! Anyway, "Superstition" is a work of genius.
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Dang, is there physical pain associated with being this wrong?I find the lyrics of "What's Going On" kind of insipid and vague and naive in terms of its overall message; but then again, it's not the 60s (or even the 70s) and we're in a different world. But what's inexcusable is that they waste half the song with scatting and pointless chit-chat. There's barely a song there!
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Only a sort of confusion in knowing that other people value this song very highly and realizing that I don't understand why I feel very differently when listening to it, and then trying to rationalize why that gap exists.ValenciaQBowl wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:33 pmDang, is there physical pain associated with being this wrong?I find the lyrics of "What's Going On" kind of insipid and vague and naive in terms of its overall message; but then again, it's not the 60s (or even the 70s) and we're in a different world. But what's inexcusable is that they waste half the song with scatting and pointless chit-chat. There's barely a song there!
Mik Larsen
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
We've got a couple hours left to vote. Don't miss the deadline!
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For me, a lot of the value in What's Going On goes to the album, and that song is the key to unlocking everything in there. It's no accident that the A-side closes with the similar-sounding Mercy Mercy Me, but it really hits when (the excellent) Inner City Blues brings the groove back at the end of the whole thing.
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Washington, MO
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On (hot take: "Inner City Blues" is the better song from the album.)
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On (hot take: "Inner City Blues" is the better song from the album.)
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here vs. Ohio
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
Let It Be vs. Stairway to Heaven
Born to Run vs. Long Train Runnin’
Superstition vs. What’s Going On
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
There's forty minutes left to vote, if you're so inclined. I'll post the next set tomorrow because I'm old and going to bed early.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Voting is closed.
Fred Morlan
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Elite Eight!
Wish You Were Here 20, Ohio 4
Stairway to Heaven 21, Let It Be 2
Born to Run 21, Long Train Runnin’ 4
Superstition 14.5, What’s Going On 10
Stairway to Heaven 21, Let It Be 2
Born to Run 21, Long Train Runnin’ 4
Superstition 14.5, What’s Going On 10
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
It's time for the Final Four!
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yUlM ... Bo2isIv8WA
Your matchups:
#5 Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV
Year: 1971
Charts: not released as a single
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4
#25 Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here
Year: 1975
Charts: non-single
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjpF8ukSrvk
#3 Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking Book
Year: 1972
Charts: Billboard Hot 100 #1, US R&B #1, UK #11
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqv1mtos6A
#7 Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Album: Born to Run
Year: 1975
Charts: Billboard Hot 100 #23
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glxaEB5G7I
Your ballot:
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
You have until Thursday, July 2 at 8 p.m. eastern to vote!
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4yUlM ... Bo2isIv8WA
Your matchups:
#5 Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin IV
Year: 1971
Charts: not released as a single
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkF3oxziUI4
#25 Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
Album: Wish You Were Here
Year: 1975
Charts: non-single
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjpF8ukSrvk
#3 Superstition – Stevie Wonder
Album: Talking Book
Year: 1972
Charts: Billboard Hot 100 #1, US R&B #1, UK #11
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egqv1mtos6A
#7 Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen
Album: Born to Run
Year: 1975
Charts: Billboard Hot 100 #23
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1glxaEB5G7I
Your ballot:
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
You have until Thursday, July 2 at 8 p.m. eastern to vote!
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This is the right take. I've gone back and listened to the album a few times due to thinking about the title track here and world events. The album is a masterpiece that's rapidly working its way up my personal top 20, and Inner City Blues is the song on it that's stuck in my head the most. The title track sets the mood for the entire album, both sonically and lyrically and the rest of songs wouldn't work with that anchor point to refer back to.dwd500 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:39 pm For me, a lot of the value in What's Going On goes to the album, and that song is the key to unlocking everything in there. It's no accident that the A-side closes with the similar-sounding Mercy Mercy Me, but it really hits when (the excellent) Inner City Blues brings the groove back at the end of the whole thing.
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Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Don't have much new to say, but if Bruce Springsteen wins this thing.........
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Don't have much new to say, but if Bruce Springsteen wins this thing.........
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Look, if you didn't want Springsteen to win, you shouldn't have knocked out Tangled Up in Blue.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Look, if you didn't want Springsteen to win, you shouldn't have knocked out Tangled Up in Blue.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
If you didn't want Springsteen to win, you also shouldn't have discarded "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hotel California" for god-knows-what reasons.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Or you could just vote for Superstition.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Co-signed.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
- Stevie had three albums in a row that won Album of the Year. This song isn't on any of them, and yet it's the song most people still associate with him. That's how good that groove is.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
- Stevie had three albums in a row that won Album of the Year. This song isn't on any of them, and yet it's the song most people still associate with him. That's how good that groove is.
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District Scholar Bowl Coach
Washington, MO
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
In terms of selecting four artists as the potentially greatest of the '70s, this is a pretty good group. It certainly leaves out punk and disco, so there are historical issues, but in terms of what you'd actually hear on the radio in that decade, this is spot on.
Although "Born to Run" is Bruce at his most stadium-bombastic, it's still a great song by a songwriter with a lot of smarts and integrity and progressive integrity. I like "Superstition" (who doesn't?), but I'm not sure it's got traction as the best song of that entire decade.
Back in the early 80s, when I was in middle school, every Memorial Day weekend the main rock station in Orlando (long-defunct WDIZ) would do a countdown of the "400 Greatest Rock Songs." In a world with 4-5 TV stations and no internet, my buddies and I would play sports outside with a couple portable radios to keep up with the countdown. Every year "Stairway to Heaven" was #1. Zeppelin's music, though I still like a lot of it, hasn't aged as well as Bruce's.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
In terms of selecting four artists as the potentially greatest of the '70s, this is a pretty good group. It certainly leaves out punk and disco, so there are historical issues, but in terms of what you'd actually hear on the radio in that decade, this is spot on.
Although "Born to Run" is Bruce at his most stadium-bombastic, it's still a great song by a songwriter with a lot of smarts and integrity and progressive integrity. I like "Superstition" (who doesn't?), but I'm not sure it's got traction as the best song of that entire decade.
Back in the early 80s, when I was in middle school, every Memorial Day weekend the main rock station in Orlando (long-defunct WDIZ) would do a countdown of the "400 Greatest Rock Songs." In a world with 4-5 TV stations and no internet, my buddies and I would play sports outside with a couple portable radios to keep up with the countdown. Every year "Stairway to Heaven" was #1. Zeppelin's music, though I still like a lot of it, hasn't aged as well as Bruce's.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
If you didn't want Springsteen to win, you should have voted for Friend of the Devil.
These songs are all great. Good job kids! Wish You Were Here is the worst of the four, and listening to it repeatedly is time well spent.
You're not doing anything today, so go outside and blast Stairway to Heaven.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
If you didn't want Springsteen to win, you should have voted for Friend of the Devil.
These songs are all great. Good job kids! Wish You Were Here is the worst of the four, and listening to it repeatedly is time well spent.
You're not doing anything today, so go outside and blast Stairway to Heaven.
Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
throwback to friend of the devil losing first round to santa esmeralda's don't let me be misunderstood
this is not a vote because I really don't care what wins at this point, but it's been nice. except Springsteen should win, and i suspected he would.
EDIT
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
soulful, so doleful
this is not a vote because I really don't care what wins at this point, but it's been nice. except Springsteen should win, and i suspected he would.
EDIT
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
soulful, so doleful
Last edited by mrtyrmystry on Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:31 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
I mean, it also leaves out any women, which was also true of the whole final eight.ValenciaQBowl wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:41 am In terms of selecting four artists as the potentially greatest of the '70s, this is a pretty good group. It certainly leaves out punk and disco, so there are historical issues, but in terms of what you'd actually hear on the radio in that decade, this is spot on.
Stairway
Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
I think the last three female lead songs were all in the Sweet Sixteen - Fleetwood Mac, Gladys Knight & the Pips, and Ike & Tina Turner.
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Tomorrow's the deadline to vote!
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
Superstition vs. Born to Run
Superstition vs. Born to Run
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Re: Best Song of the 1970s Bracket - Final Four!
Stairway to Heaven vs. Wish You Were Here
At this point, you're going to have to be a pretty much perfect song in order to stand a chance at advancing, and I could take or leave the mincing first half of "Stairway to Heaven", although the second half is exceptional. Perhaps this is influenced overmuch by all my stoner friends who found that sort of thing genius when I thought it was much more prosaic, but hey (as lyrics, they aren't *bad*, but they're blase compared to "Wish You Were Here"). Speaking of which, there's not a note out of place in that piece, although I never expected to have to make this decision. But it's the kind of song where I have a hard time saying that something else, certainly its opposition, is clearly better than it.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
These are both great songs, but if you wanted to nitpick them, the thing I would say about "Superstition" is that it winds up sounding kinda "same-y" by the end, as the main riff never stops playing. I would make the opposite point about "Born to Run": while it has more moving parts, the general background instrumentation is pretty bland for most of the song, and kinda tinny/jangly. I got into a Springsteen kick about a year or two ago, and while I had always known "Born to Run", it's not the peak of his songwriting despite being quite good. And after listening to it now about six times for this bracket, I think I might prefer "Thunder Road" - and if you're not clearly the best song on your own album, should you move forward here?
At this point, you're going to have to be a pretty much perfect song in order to stand a chance at advancing, and I could take or leave the mincing first half of "Stairway to Heaven", although the second half is exceptional. Perhaps this is influenced overmuch by all my stoner friends who found that sort of thing genius when I thought it was much more prosaic, but hey (as lyrics, they aren't *bad*, but they're blase compared to "Wish You Were Here"). Speaking of which, there's not a note out of place in that piece, although I never expected to have to make this decision. But it's the kind of song where I have a hard time saying that something else, certainly its opposition, is clearly better than it.
Superstition vs. Born to Run
These are both great songs, but if you wanted to nitpick them, the thing I would say about "Superstition" is that it winds up sounding kinda "same-y" by the end, as the main riff never stops playing. I would make the opposite point about "Born to Run": while it has more moving parts, the general background instrumentation is pretty bland for most of the song, and kinda tinny/jangly. I got into a Springsteen kick about a year or two ago, and while I had always known "Born to Run", it's not the peak of his songwriting despite being quite good. And after listening to it now about six times for this bracket, I think I might prefer "Thunder Road" - and if you're not clearly the best song on your own album, should you move forward here?
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