Yes, we're still on this. Actually, this has been ready to go for awhile, but I was saving it for a special occasion, like going on a business trip and being crazed with work in New York for a week. You know how I get. So, here you go--
1 Ride Like The Wind Christopher Cross. This one is staying on the list despite my lukewarmness on Christopher Cross. However, we’re going to require that you watch this hilarious SCTV clip that parodies Michael McDonald’s totally distinguishable vocals in the background.
Chicago America America General Hospital Memphis
2 Saturday In The Park
3 Sister Golden Hair
4 You're So Vain Carly Simon. We’re not
putting this song on the list because it sucks a little bit, but I do have to
mention that the other day Stephan was at the grocery store and this song came
on the Muzac, and one produce-stocker guy turned to the other guy and said
“This song—“You’re so vain—you probably think this song is about you, it’s
totally confusing. I mean—he’s not
vain. The song IS about him.” The only thing that possibly redeems this
song is the fact that Mick Jagger does the backing vocals, but it still doesn’t
make the list.
5 If Bread. Really? More Bread?
See above. Also, Stephan’s cousin
(who shall not be named here), says of Bread:
“Bread is kind of consistently creepy, though in an almost understated
way. Basically, Bread embodies the evils of the era. Kind of like an
ethnomusicological eucharist.”
6 Ooh Baby Baby Linda Ronstadt.
Yep. This is a good song.
7 Him Rupert Holmes. Just—oh my
God. Again, Rupert Holmes is the genius
behind the “Pina Colada” song. Need I
say more?
8 You Are The Woman Firefall. This song
is like an “average” of all the really good songs of the 1970’s, but there’s
really no “there” there, if you know what I mean. They’ve taken a lot of good parts of
seventies rock, but maybe not the right ones, and combined them to produce
something extremely….lackluster.
9 All I Need Jack Wagner. This song
kills me, because not only is it from 1984, but it’s just, like, Jack Wagner’s
song about how he’s trying to stall his girlfriend at the time because he wants
to cheat on her some more before he marries her, which by the way, he did, then
he married her, and now he’s dating Heather Locklear. Yeah, that Jack Wagner. Why do I know all this? Because Jack Wagner and his ex-wife were both
on
10 Walking In
11 Making Love Out Of Nothing At All Air Supply. See above comments on Air Supply.
12 I Want To Know What Love Is Foreigner.
The more rocking of the Foreigner songs are better. And also?
These lyrics are trite. Phil
Gramm guy knows what love is. He doesn’t
need you to show him. He’s been on tour
for so many years, he probably has some totally specific sexual
compulsions. I’m just going to leave it
at that.
More songs that Time Life has slipped in under the auspices that they are "inspired by the seventies." I beg to disagree, but I thought the list might make you laugh.
13 The Living Years Mike and the Mechanics
14 Drive The Cars
15 One More Night Phil Collins
16 I'll Be There The Escape Club