70's Cup musings.......

[Diamond Dog]

Cerrone "Supernature"
Human League "Almost Medieval"
Steel Pulse "Ku Klux Klan"
Bryan Ferry "As The World Turns"
Hamilton Bohannon "Foot Stompin' Music"
ELO "Fire On High"
The Cure "10.15 Saturday Night"
Jackson Five "Darling Dear".

I must remember to keep picking those Zep, Kate Bush, Bowie, Sabbath etc tunes.....

[The Modernist]

My somewhat eclectic list..


Curtis Mayfield - Back in the World
Gary Numan - Complex
Danny O' Keefe - 3.10 Smokey Thursday
Culture - Two Sevens Clash
Ben Sidran - Now I Live (And Now My Live is Done)
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - What a Waste
Marshall Hain - Dancing in the City
Brass Construction - Changin'

W4 L4..and not the ones I expected!

[Polishgirl]

In no order:

The Stranglers- Tank
The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry
ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme
Siouxsie & The Banshees- Hong Kong Garden
The Jam - Eton Rifles
Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
Roxy Music-All I Want Is You
Max Romeo - Chase The Devil.

[algroth]

My list:

Fela Kuti & the Africa 70 - Roforofo Fight
Chico Buarque - Construção
Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink
Strawbs - The Hangman and the Papist
Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes - Diborowska
Jorge Ben - Zumbi
Magma - De Futura
Neil Ardley - Three Poems

Pretty happy with how this list performed, even if I did ultimately lose against the ace of swords in the last round. Some of these performed much better than expected, and even the response to Magma's, which I expected to lose anyways, was better than I anticipated. For what it's worth, I'm glad to have both helped people discover some new stuff, and get some new stuff to look into myself.

[sloopjohnc]

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together?

Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star

Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

The Spinners - I'll Be Around

The Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'

The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine

War - Low Rider

Syl Johnson - Take You Home (To See Mama)

If I'd made the finals, I had

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

lined up.

[Dayodead]

What the hell....Here is my ultimate "Hey, I like that track, but I'm voting for the other one" list...:
1.  Black Randy and the Metro Squad- I slept in an arcade
2.  Lou Reed- Kill your sons
3.  The Pop Group- Words disobey me
4.  Big Youth- Some like it Dread 
5.  Pere Ubu - On the surface (The Lone Winner !) 
6.  The Cramps- Domino
7.  Dead Boys- What love is 
8.  Suicide - Johnny
Enjoy it in all it's splendor ...lol...

[Jumper K]

Reggae. Shit loads of it. In fact all of it. Fuck all y’all.

[sloopjohnc]

Reggae. Shit loads of it. In fact all of it. Fuck all y’all.

Babylon wins again.

[Jumper K]

Reggae. Shit loads of it. In fact all of it. Fuck all y’all.

Babylon wins again.

As always Rasclaat.

[Darkness_Fish]

Ultravox! - Artificial Life (Peel Session)
The Monochrome set - eine symphonie des grauens
Dinosaur - Kiss Me Again
Steeleye Span - Dark-eyed Sailor
Throbbing Gristle - Tesco Disco
Anne Briggs - Willie O Winsbury
Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire
Thomas Leer - Monochrome Days

Probably a bit too folk heavy, I knew I should've put a Last Poets track in there. It would still have lost, but it would've added more variety.

[Purgatory Brite]

Clearly a list lacking in eclecticism and appeal to anyone other than myself:-

Rotary Connection - I am The Black Gold of the Sun
Mick Ronson - Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Earth Wind & Fire - Serpentine Fire
Steely Dan - My Gold Teeth
Richie Lee Jones - Young Blood
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Chairman of the Board - Life & Death
Cat Stevens - Into White

I hope this competition runs again next year, so I can try some new tactics.

[GoogaMooga]

Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together?

Earth, Wind and Fire - Shining Star

Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla

The Spinners - I'll Be Around

The Bee Gees - Jive Talkin'

The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine

War - Low Rider

Syl Johnson - Take You Home (To See Mama)

If I'd made the finals, I had

Led Zeppelin - When the Levee Breaks

Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner

Lou Rawls - You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

lined up.

I like your list almost as much as my own! The Lou Rawls you had lined up, all-time fave!

[GoogaMooga]

Well, here's what a minus 102 pts. list looks like. Going in, I tried not to pick too obvious, had no idea that tactic would pay off. I am glad that the one tie I did manage to win was with "Barrio Nuevo", even if it was ridiculed by some as "elevator music". Nothing could be further from the truth.

Linval Thompson — I Love Marijuana
Norman Connors - You Are My Starship
Barry White - Playing Your Game, Baby
Looking Glass - Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
Santana - When I Look Into Your Eyes
Mountain - Nantucket Sleighride
Louie Ramirez - Barrio Nuevo

[Loki]

I don't think my list looks like it could ever get close to the Finals.

1. The Fall - Two Steps Back
2. Pagliaro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy
3. Robert Calvert - Ejection
4. Dwight Twilley - I'm On Fire
5. Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like a Lady
6. Crabby Appleton - Try
7. Carly Simon - That's the Way
8. Harry Nilsson - Coconut


I lost #4 and #8. The Nilsson was for fun.

[Penk!]

My list. I sent in too many and had to cut one track.

Groundbreaking post-punk classic
Deep disco-soul groove epic
Incendiary jazz fusion masterpiece
Classic dancefloor disco-funk breaks
Psychedelic afrorock fusion
Masterful soul deep cut
No Wave/mutant disco cover of classic rock song
Psych-jazz folk Classic
The Pina Colada Song

[naughty boy]

nothing sumptuous?

[never/ever]

Surely the Pina Colada Song has a sumptuous interlude?

[sloopjohnc]

I don't think my list looks like it could ever get close to the Finals.

1. The Fall - Two Steps Back
2. Pagliaro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy
3. Robert Calvert - Ejection
4. Dwight Twilley - I'm On Fire
5. Cornelius Bros. & Sister Rose - Treat Her Like a Lady
6. Crabby Appleton - Try
7. Carly Simon - That's the Way
8. Harry Nilsson - Coconut


I lost #4 and #8. The Nilsson was for fun.

Two of my favorites

[Diamond Dog]

Just so everyone is aware... I am taking very careful note of the ridiculous criticisms of my four Final tunes and will be taking it up with you at the conclusion of the contest.

[sloopjohnc]

Just so everyone is aware... I am taking very careful note of the ridiculous criticisms of my four Final tunes and will be taking it up with you at the conclusion of the contest.

There ya go. I hope you chose Sabbath's Paranoid.