ill probably think of more later but for me the answer would be Mott the Hoople, ELO, and although most of their best work was in the late 60s the Moody Blues had some good early 70's albums.
Anybody else got any favs
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ill probably think of more later but for me the answer would be Mott the Hoople, ELO, and although most of their best work was in the late 60s the Moody Blues had some good early 70's albums.
Anybody else got any favs
Agree completely on 'Breakfast in America' Conor, mine would be....
David Bowie
Supertramp
Stevie Wonder
Billy Joel
Some of...
T-Rex
Zepellin
I never really got Genesis (or any of their 'offspring') to be honest
The whole SKA thing is worth a mention,Specials,Beat etc. :cool: The punk era also had a lot of good stuff(alot of crap also!)Buzzcocks,Stranglers,Television etc etc.(XTC)
Earlier; MC5,Stooges,Bowie,NY Dolls,The Mainliners.
The Undertones.
And still going strong! :D
Surely The Clash?!?!, T-Rex certainly,THe Undertones are a great shout and unless I'm mistaken weren't Blondie around in the late 70's? Another superb band.
Lads, can you remember the site someone posted here a while back with all of the top tens going through the decades ? Handy little site that was !!
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Originally Posted by Conor74
one of mine too. funnily enough also vividly remember shawaddywaddy (if thats how you spell them and slade.
Oh yeah, worse than that my parents made me get up in front of the relatives and do the dance for Wuthering Heights :eek: If you ever notice a certain amount of twisted bitterness in my comments on this site it can probably be traced back to this event.
my better half calls her "the wailing cat". ;)
I quite like her myself (kate bush that is)
Playing up the road from my house this summer-thinking of going down-worth a look :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
Queen
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
The Cramps
Bolan
Buzzcocks
late 70s Bowie
Kraftwerk
Nuff said :cool:
:eek: :D :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton
didnt stop you getting together with ub40 did it ? :)
How about early 70's Rolling Stones. They were great in the 70's, till they went Disco. Also The Who were still going strong. Then the punk stuff as above.
Here's one for the mix - Status Quo. Their stuff from that era was great.
Yep, I caught the Kraftwerk 'Olympia' gig in March ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
You can safely assume there wasn't much band-to-audience craic.
But worth it just to hear a spine-tingling version of 'Radioactivity'.
2 flat tyres on the way home dulled the evening somewhat :mad:
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention!
best irish band about in this era imo:horslips.
The Clash
The Beat
Specials
Early 70s (before my time ;) )
Cheap Trick
Faces
Badfinger
KOH
Anyone remember the great Mama's Boys from Derrylin ?, they should have been superstars .... :confused:
i do indeed.do you remember when their ad campaign for their single "get out of dublin"went pear shaped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusader Al
they sent out anonymous letters to the local journalists with a note saying just "get out of dublin".
some of the hacks thought they were threating letters and were planking it :D
Im too young to comment :)
The Undertones I can relate too alot though....
Led Zepplin
Dr Feelgood
ELO
The Clash
Thin Lizzy
Deep Purple
I liked Wings and 10cc in the 1970s ...
Anyone remeber who the later got their name ? :D
I think so, rather unpleasant if I remember correctly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusader Al
had to look it up, urban legend apparently (unless the unpleasantness referred to was being in Johnaton Kings dream?).
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/10cc.htm
Ach no, so it's not true .... :p
Summat to do with the average cubic-centimetres accumulated from each male ejaculation? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Crusader Al
Also can't believe that no-one is mentioning Stiff Little Fingers here, Inflamable Material, being one of the truely great punk albums of all time.
Finally 12th Man I hope you will be mentioning that effort and many fine others when it comes around to memorable music of the 80's and 90's ;)
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Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton
bullseye there pat o,
how could we not acknowledge jake and the boys.very underrated because of the competition at the time.the undertones got the lions share of what was available .always preffered SLF myself :)
Jake Whatisname went to the same school in Belfast ...
Thought it was amusing when someone changed SLF to Silly Little Fu.ckers ... :D
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Originally Posted by Crusader Al
jake burns if im not mistakin,had a band then called jake burns and the big wheel.
dont agree with the word play though :(
Back again. Reopened this thread because it's interesting. I like the punk and new wave bands of the late seventies mostly like Blondie, Pistols, Clash, Jam Buzzcocks, Stranglers, X Ray Spex, Ramones, Patti Smith, Rudi, Undertones, Boomtown Rats, Cars, and Joe Jackson. I think the late seventies was the most exciting era in music since the mid-sixties. Pre-punk I like Bowie, Thin Lizzy and Dr Feelgood.
Also like some of Stiff Little Fingers stuff. Was talking to their ex-guitarist Henry Cluney in a punk forum. He seems a nice bloke. He also happens to support Rangers. A lot a people criticised SLF for cashing in the troubles. The Undertones were always slagging them off in the press.
Another interesting fact about Stiff Little Fingers is that the drummer Jimmy Reilly's brother and Bananarama tour manager, Thomas was murdered by a British soldier on Internment Day 1983 in West Belfast. Private Ian Thain was the first British soldier to found guilty of murder. Jimmy was the only Catholic member of SLF.
Joe Jackson's I'm the Man is brilliant. It's one of my favourite songs. I'd love to see him live. Another great seventies song is "So Strong" by Graham Parker and the Rumour. It has real heavy lyrics about abortion. Parker's vocals sound a bit like Jackson's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Conor74
If you can get your hands on that album, sell your granny for it, its fantastic...Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Ramone
Can't believe no one nominated
Elvis Costello and the Attractions,
The Jam,
The Blades,
Thin Lizzy, or
The Skids
My own favourites would be
Rawwk:
Steely Dan, Rush.
Pre-punk:
Queen, T. Rex
After '76: (actually impossible to choose one)
Clash, Jam, Elvis Costello, Police, Stranglers, Cure, Joy Division, Television, Souxsie & the Banshees, Billy Bragg, U2, Skids, UB40, The Beat, Specials.
With the exception of Steely Dan, T. Rex and Rush, I saw every other band live in concert.
Genesis were actually ok when that little w*nker Collins was buried behind the drumkit.
Kate Bush is probably the best Brit female after Dusty Springfield. Some of her albums are absolute magic.
christ I thought i was on my own! "Do it Again" is one of my favourite songs everQuote:
Originally Posted by patsh
Personally for me (being Punk), The Ruts, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Buzzcocks, Irish band The Radiators would all have to get a mention.
The Bay City Rollers weren't that bad. Don't really remember them much, I was only born in 1972. The Ramones claimed them influence and I've seen a picture of Damian O'Neill of the Undertones in a Rollers t-shirt! Their lead singer Les McKeown was a Sex Pistols fan! The Rollers were probably as big an influence on punk as Iggy Pop. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by davros
As for ska/mod Madness, the Specials, the Beat and the Jam were brilliant. I forgot to mention Talking Heads and the B52's. The B52's Rock Lobster is one of my favourites. I even like some Deep Purple.
Made a mistake. Parker's song is actually called "You Can't be Too Strong".Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Ramone
right i've kept my mouth shut on this for long enough and be prepared for a shock, THE BEE GEES !!!!, disco classics, you should be dancing is one of the best produced tracks of all time and nights on broadway is great too.....go ahead and laugh, but i love me cheese :D
oh and i agree with macy about status quo :eek:
bowie = legend