Top 10 Side 1, Track 1’s 1970-75
This idea sprang from a Facebook friend’s post about which Husker Du album was the best and why. My vote was for Zen Arcade. One of my supporting reasons was that I think “Something I Learned Today” is one of the better opening tracks ever (as always, I invite debate/disagreements in the comments section). Anyhow, I started trying to compile a list for the purpose of making it my Top 10 list. This fast proved to be too difficult so I narrowed it down to a 5-year span. I’ll probably cover other 5-year spans in coming weeks. I’m sure that I missed some things that you feel passionately about. Part of this has to do with the daunting task of picking just 10 songs. Part of it has to do with the fact that I can’t possibly own, or have listened to, all of the great albums that came out during this period. So, this is my, undoubtedly flawed, attempt. Do we see eye to eye? Is there something that I’m missing? Is there something on this list that you think is complete garbage? If so, comment please. Let’s have a friendly argument!
A few that aren’t here that, on any given day, could have bumped one of these songs depending on my mood are; The Rolling Stones – “Brown Sugar” from Sticky Fingers (1971), Paul McCartney – “Too Many People” from Ram (1971), Serge Gainsbourg – “Melody” from Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971), Judee Sill – “Crayon Angel” – from Judee Sill (1972), Bob Dylan – “Tangled Up In Blue” from Blood On The Tracks (1974), Tim Hardin – “Don’t Make Any Promises” from Tim Hardin 1&2 (1974), and Neil Young – “Tell Me Why” from After The Gold Rush (1970).
Iggy & The Stooges – “Search and Destroy”
From Raw Power (1973).
Suicide – “Ghost Rider”
From Suicide (1975).
The Velvet Underground – “Who Loves The Sun”
From Loaded (1970).
Faust – “It’s A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl”
From So Far (1972).
Mott The Hoople – “All The Way From Memphis”
From Mott (1973).
The Modern Lovers – “Roadrunner”
From Modern Lovers (1972).
Graham Nash – “Military Madness”
From Songs For Beginners (1971).
John Lennon – “Imagine”
From Imagine (1971).
Brian Eno – “Needle In The Camel’s Eye”
From Here Come The Warm Jets (1973).
Big Star – “Feel”
From #1 Record (1972).
