does music from the 70s have any worth?

[JohnT]

Huh? Where did I say anything but?

[SlowwHand]

Just those songs you named.
The thing is, if you go back and look at Top 10, which is what you named, one might find them embarassing, or not.
They got to be Top 10 because somebody liked listening to them though.

[MRT144]

i think the current music industry is kind of replicating that except without all the really good bands...i mean do you really think 20 years from now your kids will be saying "linkin park was really a good band"

I THINK NOT!

[Jeltz]

Look at the top 10 today. Urgh! Looks like teens/preteens have more money nowadays.

[Rex Little]

Originally posted by Ming
Huh... the 70's produced more good stuff in a single year than all the crap that is being produced now

All the great 60's bands were still cranking it out in the 70's, and their work inspired others to greatness. The stuff now just sucks...

I agree. I suspect Ming speaks for most of us who were adults during that era. Not surprisingly, today's kids prefer the music of their time. Thirty years ago, I didn't have much use for '40s hits.

Buck: ABBA and the Carpenters are among my all-time favorites.

[SlowwHand]

My daughter's main goal in life is to be 10 years older than me.
It's good to have goals, but they really need to be within reason.
She can answer any question on The Doors.

The 70's had a lot of "1 Hit Wonder" groups, that you may not even be able to name.

And Buck, I have to disagree on ABBA. I liked them.

[Hueij]

Huh... the 70's produced more good stuff in a single year than all the crap that is being produced now

Hehe, that's an easy answer
The 70's were the years I seriously started to buy albums. And being a wannabee altenativo I am now stuck with crap from Genesis, Yes and all those other bands that made 25 minute songs just to show how technically perfect they were. Not to mention all that jazz-rock ****.

Thankfully punk broke out and I discovered 60's and 70's soul and I had my hair cut Thank you Lord for bands like The Specials. If I ever have to listen to another band that uses a synthesizer I swear that I will kill myself...

Today it's just teeny-bopper music or rehashing music styles from the past...

[Ramo]

In addition to blues-rock/metal (Zeppelin, Sabbath, etc.), you've got glam (the New York Dolls, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, etc.), the punk revolution (the Clash, the Ramones, etc.), and the beginnings of hardcore (Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, etc.). Plus, you've got older bands that keep putting out great music throughout the 70's (Albert King, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, etc.). A damn fine selection as longs as you ignore most of the pop (like any other decade).

[SpencerH]

You've got to be ****in kidding, 'the stones lasted till 72'. The 70's had their share of crap just like every era. What it also had was an explosion of music styles (from disco to punk and everything in between) performed by with bands that could actually play their instruments (what a wild idea). Theres nothing like it today, not even close.

[the_ceebs]

Memories

I remember deep in the seventies, standing in a roller-skating rink at a punk gig watching two bands with a line of police dogs down the centre keeping the two bands fans apart.

If you need a list from the seventies then how about

The Clash
The Damned
Stiff Little Fingers
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
Bob Marley
The Undertones
Ian Dury and the Blockheads
The Stranglers
David Bowie

Then there was the late 70's small festivals all over britain before all of the serious police heavy handedness and the fights around the Stonehenge free festival during the eighties. Unlike several of my friends I managed to avoid the Battle of the beanfield and stoney cross but I did get to castle Morton possibly the last truly great free festival

[Buck Birdseed]

I, of course, think this decade is greater than the seventies. Mainly because the commerical side of things is astoundingly much better (on the R&B plane, mainly), but I also think much of the underground stuff measures up. Certianly the past three years have had more good music than any similar three-year period in the seventies... And this is from a guy who owns 12 David Bowie albums.

[Ming]

Only twelve... slacker

[cavebear]

I can't compete on Bowie albums, but I'm pretty good with the Ventures.

[Al B. Sure!]

I dont think I know of any music from the 70's? What was that? disco and rapper's delight?

[Rex Little]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
The 70's had a lot of "1 Hit Wonder" groups, that you may not even be able to name.

That's for sure. Anyone remember the Starland Vocal Band? In 1971 they made "Afternoon Delight" which, if you liked Abba/Carpenters/Fifth Dimension type of music, was one of the best songs ever. After that, nothing. I bought their album, and every other song on it was crap.