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July 23, 2008 2:10 p.m. btp76 New Reader

I know this is the wrong forum, but...

I've been mulling this over for a while and did a little research, and I'm prepared to state unequivocally that rock and roll peaked in 1976 (The year I was born).

The Band made their last recording.

ZZ Top was on hiatus and only had one good album left.

Clapton was still on drugs and hadn't redefined himself as a bluesman for 60 year old white guys.

Dylan hadn't found Jesus.

Aerosmith had released "Rocks"

Springstein had just done "Born to Run"

But there was darkness on the horizon,

Disco was starting to bloom

Frampton Comes Alive was out...

Of course this is all highly subjective, so I'm throwing down the gauntlet for someone to prove me wrong... or right.
July 23, 2008 2:16 p.m. poopshovel Dork

Close; but "Let There Be Rock" (AC/DC) wasn't released until '77
July 23, 2008 2:20 p.m. ignorant UltraDork

wrong...

When Social Distortion dies.. then rock and roll is dead
July 23, 2008 2:22 p.m. poopshovel Dork

I pretty much hate Social Distortion more than any band ever.
July 23, 2008 2:25 p.m. Dr. Hess UberDork

I'm not going to argue. Zep was still all alive and just did Physical Graffiti. In that era, my classmates in highschool would get stoned and blurt out Zep lines during class. "That's gonna be the one..." "Not even..." Bob Seger was just getting in full swing. It's been downhill since.

I never was a big ZZ, or "Three Shiny happy persons from Texas" as I call them, fan. Some of their stuff is OK, but it get monotonous to me. Like ACDC. They did play at my friends highschool prom.
July 23, 2008 2:25 p.m. Salanis Dork

No, Lordi proved that Rock is still alive when they won Eurovision (the worlds largest pop music contest) by a land-slide.

You can't kill The Metal.
July 23, 2008 2:25 p.m. John Brown UltimaDork
But they were cutting it in '76 ;)
the ghey music of 1976 said:
1. Silly Love Songs, Paul McCartney and Wings
2. Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Elton John and Kiki Dee
3. Disco Lady, Johnnie Taylor
4. December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night), Four Seasons
5. Play That Funky Music, Wild Cherry
6. Kiss And Say Goodbye, Manhattans
7. Love Machine (Part 1), The Miracles
8. 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Paul Simon
9. Love Is Alive, Gary Wright
10. A Fifth Of Beethoven, Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band
11. Sara Smile, Daryl Hall and John Oates
12. Afternoon Delight, Starland Vocal Band
13. I Write The Songs, Barry Manilow
14. Fly, Robin, Fly, Silver Convention
15. Love Hangover, Diana Ross
16. Get Close, Seals and Crofts
17. More, More, More, Andrea True Connection
18. Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen
19. Misty Blue, Dorothy Moore
20. Boogie Fever, Sylvers
21. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight, England Dan and John Ford Coley
22. You Sexy Thing, Hot Chocolate
23. Love Hurts, Nazareth
24. Get Up And Boogie, Silver Convention
25. Take It To The Limit, Eagles
26. (Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
27. Sweet Love, Commodores
28. Right Back Where We Started From, Maxine Nightingale
29. Theme From "S.W.A.T", Rhythm Heritage
30. Love Rollercoaster, Ohio Players
31. You Should Be Dancing, Bee Gees
32. You'll Never Find Antoher Love Like Mine, Lou Rawls
33. Golden Years, David Bowie
34. Moonlight Feels Right, Starbuck
35. Only Sixteen, Dr. Hook
36. Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers
37. Dreamweaver, Gary Wright
38. Turn The Beat Around, Vicki Sue Robinson
39. Lonely Night (Angel Face), The Captain and Tennille
40. All By Myself, Eric Carmen
41. Love To Love You Baby, Donna Summer
42. Deep Purple, Donny and Marie Osmond
43. Theme From "Mahogany", Diana Ross
44. Sweet Thing, Rufus
45. That's The Way I Like It, K.C. and The Sunshine Band
46. A Little Bit More, Dr. Hook
47. Shannon, Henry Gross
48. If You Leave Me Now, Chicago
49. Lowdown, Boz Scaggs
50. Show Me The Way, Peter Frampton
51. Dream On, Aerosmith
52. I Love Music (Pt. 1), O'Jays
53. Say You Love Me, Fleetwood Mac
54. Times Of Your Life, Paul Anka
55. Devil Woman, Cliff Richard
56. Fooled Around And Fell In Love, Elvin Bishop
57. Convoy, C.W. McCall
58. Welcome Back, John Sebastian
59. Sing A Song, Earth, Wind and Fire
60. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel, Tavares
61. I'll Be Good To You, Brothers Johnson
62. Shop Around, The Captain and Tennille
63. Saturday Night, Bay City Rollers
64. Island Girl, Elton John
65. Let's Do It Again, Staple Singers
66. Let 'Em In, Paul McCartney and Wings
67. Baby Face, Wing and A Prayer Fife and Drum Corps
68. This Masquerade, George Benson
69. Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra
70. Wham Bam, Silver
71. I'm Easy, Keith Carradine
72. Wake Up Everybody (Pt. 1), Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes
73. Summer, War
75. Let her in, John Travolta
1. Fox On The Run, Sweet
2. Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
3. Got To Get You Into My Life, Beatles
4. Fanny (Be Tender With My Love), Bee Gees
5. Getaway, Earth, Wind and Fire
6. She's Gone, Daryl Hall and John Oates
7. Rock And Roll Music, Beach Boys
8. Still The One, Orleans
9. You're My Best Friend, Queen
10. With Your Love, Jefferson Starship
11. Slow Ride, Foghat
12. Who'd She Coo, Ohio Players
13. Walk Away From Love, David Ruffin
14. Baby, I Love Your Way, Peter Frampton
15. Young Hearts Sun Free, Candi Staton
16. Breaking Up's Hard To Do, Neil Sedaka
17. Money Honey, Bay City Rollers
18. Tear The Roof Off The Sucker, Parliament
19. Junk Food Junkie, Larry Groce
20. Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again, Barry Manilow
21. Rock And Roll All Nite, Kiss
97. Disco Duck, Rick Dees
1. The Boys Are Back In Town, Thin Lizzy
2. Take The Money And Run, Steve Miller Band
3. Squeeze Box, The Who
4. Country Boy (You Got Your Feet In L.A.), Glen Campbell
You are wrong. 1976 sucked ;)
July 23, 2008 2:27 p.m. ignorant UltraDork

poopshovel wrote:

I pretty much hate Social Distortion more than any band ever.

I'll bet you love fall out boy, new found glory, and texas is the reason.....

don't worry.. cutters are sensitive people too..
July 23, 2008 2:27 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

I dunno. Pink Floyd released some of their best stuff from the mid '70's into the early '80's.

I prefer to think of disco as a malignant tumor on the body of music which was thankfully choked off and left to wither and die.

Frampton Comes Alive: you might have a point there.

EDIT: Chrissakes, I looked at that Top 100 list and yeah rock was in serious E36 M3 in 1976.
July 23, 2008 2:34 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

Also released in 1976:
July 23, 2008 2:55 p.m. btp76 New Reader

Zep was still alive. Good call on the Ramones.

The 80's was an artistic decade best forgotten. That's a long list of crap from '76 posted above. Was 75 better?

Pink Floyd is an anomaly.
July 23, 2008 2:55 p.m. Xceler8x Reader

Nah. Punk hadn't come out yet as proven by the Ramones post from David S.

Rock and Roll was then killed AND transformed by Punk into something that much better.

The Boomers started Rock and then we perfected it.
July 23, 2008 2:57 p.m. Dr. Hess UberDork

Bat out of Hell was released in '77.
July 23, 2008 3:00 p.m. btp76 New Reader

Punk was the retaliation to disco like grunge was the retaliation to hair bands. They both have their place.

I think by the mid seventies rock had gotten over the doo wop phase and made it through the strawberry alarm clock stuff. But had yet to be corrupted by disco, dance, hair... And the "Icons" hadn't sucked yet.
July 23, 2008 3:00 p.m. btp76 New Reader

Dr. Hess wrote:

Bat out of Hell was released in '77.

beginning of the end.
July 23, 2008 3:07 p.m. Jensenman UltimaDork

btp76 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote:

Bat out of Hell was released in '77.

beginning of the end.

I gotta agree. Meat Loaf was never a real rocker IMHO.
July 23, 2008 3:35 p.m. littleturquoiseb Reader

Every year has some crap ... ie:'76 had "I Write The Songs, Barry Manilow" and "Deep Purple, Donny and Marie Osmond " ...

What you need to look at are the High points not the charts.

And by the way any year before The Ramones is automatically desquilified. 1976 has the Ramones and the Beatles... Strong argument.
July 23, 2008 3:53 p.m. racerdave600 New Reader

Let Your Love Flow, Bellamy Brothers

A local I work with on occasion wrote that song, he still makes money from it. He's written several other songs that have made it pretty big, mostly country though, and I have no idea what they are.

On another note, how many remember David Letterman's first show, no, not Late Night, but a show following Starland Vocal Band around ala Reality TV. I don't think it lasted very long.

Someone beat me to it, but every year has crap songs...I'd like to have written just one of them on that list though, big money makers all....

And yeah, the Ramones rock!
July 23, 2008 4:02 p.m. GlennS HalfDork

What years did CCR and the Beatles break up. What years did Jimmy H and J Morrison die? These dates need to be factored into the equation to determine the begining of the end of rocks cultural dominance.

edit: and something about Zeplin

On another note i have always contended that Rap peaked in 79 with the sugar hill gangs "rappers delight" Since then it has served as the music for people to listen to that have a bad tast in music and need something to help them get laid.
July 23, 2008 4:18 p.m. btp76 New Reader

Without fact checks - CCR was only around for a few (maybe 3) years. They did a lot in a short time. Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison died in 71. I gave up on liking the Doors some time ago though.
July 23, 2008 4:22 p.m. John Brown UltimaDork

The Top 100 songs of '76 was posted to provide a humorous answer to the statement that '76 was the end all.

Idiots needed music and the herd followed with that list.

+eleventy billion on The Ramones, I have also been listening to a LOT of Supertramp
July 23, 2008 4:22 p.m. spitfirebill HalfDork

Jensenman wrote:

btp76 wrote:

Dr. Hess wrote:

Bat out of Hell was released in '77.

beginning of the end.

I gotta agree. Meat Loaf was never a real rocker IMHO.

I wish I could get as much mileage out of one thing as that barf bucket has.
July 23, 2008 4:34 p.m. GlennS HalfDork

btp76 wrote: Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison died in 71.

sad year
July 23, 2008 4:36 p.m. ignorant UltraDork

years like 76 actually make me thankful that I wasn't born then.
July 23, 2008 4:44 p.m. Salanis Dork

I'm willing to bet that if you pull the top 100 from any year, it will look moronic.

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