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  • btp76

    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.

  • poopshovel

    July 23, 2008 2:16 p.m. poopshovel Dork

    Close; but "Let There Be Rock" (AC/DC) wasn't released until '77

  • ignorant

    July 23, 2008 2:20 p.m. ignorant UltraDork

    wrong...

    When Social Distortion dies.. then rock and roll is dead

  • poopshovel

    July 23, 2008 2:22 p.m. poopshovel Dork

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

  • Dr. Hess

    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.

  • Salanis

    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.

  • John Brown

    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 ;)

  • ignorant

    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..

  • Jensenman

    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.

  • David S. Wallens

    July 23, 2008 2:34 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

    Also released in 1976:

  • btp76

    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.

  • Dr. Hess

    July 23, 2008 2:57 p.m. Dr. Hess UberDork

    Bat out of Hell was released in '77.

  • btp76

    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.

  • btp76

    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.

  • Jensenman

    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.

  • littleturquoiseb

    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.

  • racerdave600

    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!

  • GlennS

    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.

  • btp76

    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.

  • John Brown

    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.

  • GlennS

    July 23, 2008 4:34 p.m. GlennS HalfDork

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

    sad year

  • ignorant

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

    years like 76 actually make me thankful that I wasn't born then.

  • Salanis

    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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