The 70s is my favourite decade by far…so many great albums from my youth…but even now, I’m still finding new stuff to listen to.
I’ve listened to two from Bakes entries already that I’d not previously heard.
Peos thought I was doing this for BDJ songs…but it’s really to find more albums to listen to that I’ve missed somehow…in the hope that a few little gems will turn up. 
Yeah, I’m gonna dedicate each day this week to a year I don’t know well, and listen to a handful of albums a bit more closely. Otherwise I’m just gonna be locking in critics’ favourites which serves no purpose.
Not sure how critically acclaimed but James gang rides again is a good 1970 start.
I always wanted a t shirt of the album cover… better than a “relax” tee
Some absolutely stacked years here.
Sticky Fingers a must for me. Ball-tearer of an album.
Moonlight Mile saw my father out at his funeral.
Their glory days… four great albums (add At Budokan if you want a live mix of all of them) and that’s it… a glorious run from 1976-1979 and you don’t need to bother with anything thereafter. They’ve released decent enough stuff from 1997 onwards, but it’s all completely inessential… those 4 albums are where it’s at.
And you can safely go to a CT gig knowing that the setlist will be 95% from those albums.
Similar to the Pixies really. Personally I reckon their post-split albums have been decent but, again, inessential. Let’s face it, everyone going to a Pixies gig is there for Come on Pilgrim through Trompe Le Monde, and is going for a smoke/drink/piiss when anything else is played… The crowd will clap and holler politely for the newer stuff (though duty as much as anything), then go absolutely coco-bananas, bugfuck crazy for the classics.
I’m going to sit out the 70s, obviously I know/am aware of the classics but have only listened all the way through a limited number of them, and couldn’t really provide anything meaningful to this thread. I look forward to listening to some albums based on the votes…
I should proably do likewise.
Otherwise, it’s just spinning the wheel of random albums.
No wonder I have trouble respecting your music choices when you both state that your knowledge of the greatest decade in music is lacking.
Educate yourself peoples 
I mean you believe it to be the greatest music decade because you were in your 120s at the time.
I respect bunches of it, and recognise the quality of lots, but it’s also meaningless to me. I didn’t listen to it when I was younger and by the time I got to it in depth I had been exposed to a bunch of the more well known stuff to such an extent that I had preconceived notions, both about the bands, and about the type of people who listen to those bands
Of the stuff in my collection, the one that’s the most meaningful to me ■■■■■■■ Brew - Miles Davis (1970).
That’s a legendary burn.
That’s just mean…I’d only just reached my 100s at that time.
And I don’t get your reaction about the period…music is music, some good and some not so good.
If you have any favourite albums from the 70s, then list them for us…there are no right or wrong albums…and the things that you do like might be something that someone else hasn’t heard before…and give them something new to check out.
Really…your standards have dropped if you think that’s legendary.
Seems like you’re mellowing and GETTING OLD!!!
That’s the sort of response I’d expect from a man in his 170’s.
Wow…and now you’re coat-tailing on frosty’s post.
I remember a time when your posts were edgy and original.
Vale @Paul_Peos’s humour
Sadly passed away 23/1/25
This is the bit that I disagree with strongly.
Music is music, but “good” and “not so good” is much harder to define. How you feel about music is what matters, not some theoretical good/bad distinction. And the context makes a real difference to how music makes you feel. The music you were listening to on that night that is burned into your memory as one of the best in your life means so much more than the music that scores better on some made up scoring criteria that judges the production values and guitar tone and musicianship during the solo.
I will completely accept that some music I like is “not so good”, but I can still love it.
The 90s were good because albums were at their peak.
Streaming hadn’t been invented.
The cost to produce a CD was cheap but price high.
It was easier for record companies to turn a profit and bands to make a living.
As a result live gigs were cheaper.
More people went.
Less people were distracted because we didn’t have smartphones.
And music had gotten more “real” to follow the times after the exhuberance of the 1980s.
The music biz has been different I think for the last 15 maybe 20 years and I think it’s because of the influence of technology.
For good and bad
(Sorry to hijack the thread…Will get back to my 90s list)
But yeah these albums were z25-30 dollars each over 25-35 years ago.
Thats expensive when you think about it
Good for you old buddy.
At your age, it’s a miracle you remember anything at all.
Good, bad…whatever…they’re just terms that can be interchangeable to express your feelings for things.
If I like something then I’ll generally think of it as good.
Bugger the semantics.
You should probably give up while you’re only this far behind.
Now…where’s your 70s list?
Nah, I’m with Frosty on this one.
Apart from knowing and liking some of the obvious classics, I have no emotional attachment to this era. Certainly not to make a 3-2-1 favourite list for each year.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested to read those that do have an emotional attachment to it.