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Old 11-10-2009, 09:25 AM   #102 (permalink)
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Rippin' on the 70s?

Well.

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Singles Charts by Decade - Top Songs of the 1970s

The Eagles - 'Hotel California'
Taste Of Honey - 'Boogie Oogie Oogie'
Kansas - 'Dust In The Wind'
Gloria ***nor - "I Will Survive"
Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"
Kenny Rogers - "Coward Of The County"
Gloria ***nor - "I Will Survive"
David Bowie - "Life On Mars"
Sex Pistols - 'God Save The Queen'
Led Zeppelin - "Stairway To Heaven"
Bad Company - 'Bad Company'
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 'Blinded By The Light'
Thelma Houston - 'Don't Leave Me This Way'
Led Zeppelin - "Stairway To Heaven"
The Ramones - 'I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement'
Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"
Debby Boone - "You Light Up My Life"
John Lennon - "Imagine"
vs.

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Singles Charts by Decade - Top Songs of the 2000s

Outkast - "B.O.B."
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women (Part 1)"
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
Faith Hill - "There You'll Be"
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women (Part 1)"
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women (Part 1)"
Nickelback - "How You Remind Me"
Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?"
Outkast - "Hey Ya!"
Carrie Underwood - "Before He Cheats"
Nickelback - 'How You Remind Me'
US The Rasmus - "In The Shadows"
Lambchop - 'Up With People (Zero 7 Remix)'
Modest Mouse - "Float On"
Mandy Moore - "In My Pocket"
The Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1"
Mariah Carey - "We Belong Together"
Metric - "Soft Rock Star"
Muse - "Blackout"
Jimmy Eat World - "Pain"
Blink-182 - "I Miss You"
Frou Frou - "Let Go"
These are list made up from several chart nr. 1s - source

Anyways, pop or not, I'll take the 70s list over the 00 one any day I don't agree that pop was always ****. I think much of it has been rather brilliant. For example there was a time when even the classic prog bands like Yes and Genesis brushed mainstream fame.
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