Poll
Question:
Wild Card 70s Week 3 Round of 16
Option 1: This is the 1/16 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 2: 1 Rosalita - Bruce Springsteen
votes: 7
Option 3: 16 Time for Me to Fly - REO Speedwagon
votes: 6
Option 4: This is the 8/9 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 5: 8 Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
votes: 6
Option 6: 9 Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
votes: 7
Option 7: This is the 4/13 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 8: 4 Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
votes: 6
Option 9: 13 Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
votes: 7
Option 10: This is the 5/12 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 11: 5 Take Me to the River - Talking Heads
votes: 8
Option 12: 12 Hot Blooded - Foreigner
votes: 5
Option 13: This is the 6/11 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 14: 6 Take A Chance on Me - ABBA
votes: 9
Option 15: 11 Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
votes: 4
Option 16: This is the 3/14 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 17: 3 Jive Talkin' - Bee Gees
votes: 9
Option 18: 14 If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
votes: 4
Option 19: This is the 7/10 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 20: 7 Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' - Journey
votes: 4
Option 21: 10 Lay It on the Line - Triumph
votes: 8
Option 22: This is the 2/15 matchup. Please pick one.
votes: 0
Option 23: 2 Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin
votes: 9
Option 24: 15 Feelin' Satisfied - Boston
votes: 4
Well, my friend Steelgrave will be happy. I finally made a Boss song Number 1. And while he may not agree, maybe he likes Jungleland or 10th Avenue Freeze Out better, but, Rosalita is a pretty bad a$$ song in its own right. I piled a bunch of good songs in on top of that, too. Some bands we haven't seen in the Wild Cards yet like Supertramp and REO Speedwagon. Joined by old favorites, Fleetwood Mac and Talking Heads. Hope you like how I put them together. And thank you, as always, for following along and voting :)
The 1/16
The 8/9
The 5/12
The 4/13
The 6/11
The 3/14
The 7/10
The 2/15
Weird... In every matchup, I went with the lower seed. Honestly, the 6-11 was a tossup for me, but when I realized I went all lower seeds everywhere else, it just fit
One Zeppelin hater identified ;)
SUPERTRAAAAAAAAAMP \m/
(said very few people ever except me probably)
Quote from: BanzaiCat on January 31, 2018, 07:23:42 AM
SUPERTRAAAAAAAAAMP \m/
(said very few people ever except me probably)
\m/
yeahhhh!!! :peace:
I've seen them in concert at lest 4 times. Great shows. I own all their albums. :)
Good bracket and yes, I did enjoy seeing "The Boss" leading off. "Jungleland" is amazing, a better song than "Rosalita" all the way around but you have to listen to "Jungleland" to get the depth and sheer poetry of the piece, whereas "Rosalita" is a feel good song. By way of comparison, I know the complete lyrics to "Jungleland" by heart (and the poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be) but little more than the refrain to "Rosalita". But I'm not complaining. It's all for fun anyway.
And hell yeah to Supertramp! One of the more unappreciated bands of the 70's.
Hands up all those who have seen Led Zeppelin live.
...just me then, is it?
Quote from: bob48 on January 31, 2018, 10:07:46 AM
Hands up all those who have seen Led Zeppelin live.
Oh, so you're counting the audition when John Bonham beat you out for the gig?
Quote from: bob48 on January 31, 2018, 10:07:46 AM
Hands up all those who have seen the Graf Zeppelin live.
ftfy
I thought bawb's stache
flew Zeppelins...
Quote from: mirth on January 31, 2018, 10:13:02 AM
Quote from: bob48 on January 31, 2018, 10:07:46 AM
Hands up all those who have seen the Graf Zeppelin live.
ftfy
:DD
Its OK. I can take it.
...so, like I said - just me then <smug mode>
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Quote from: Steelgrave on January 31, 2018, 09:55:30 AM
Good bracket and yes, I did enjoy seeing "The Boss" leading off. "Jungleland" is amazing, a better song than "Rosalita" all the way around but you have to listen to "Jungleland" to get the depth and sheer poetry of the piece, whereas "Rosalita" is a feel good song. By way of comparison, I know the complete lyrics to "Jungleland" by heart (and the poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be) but little more than the refrain to "Rosalita". But I'm not complaining. It's all for fun anyway.
And hell yeah to Supertramp! One of the more unappreciated bands of the 70's.
Jungleland is indeed a beautiful, powerful ballad and one of my favorites. But I like Backsreets even more.
Quote from: trailrunner on January 31, 2018, 12:08:15 PM
Quote from: Steelgrave on January 31, 2018, 09:55:30 AM
Good bracket and yes, I did enjoy seeing "The Boss" leading off. "Jungleland" is amazing, a better song than "Rosalita" all the way around but you have to listen to "Jungleland" to get the depth and sheer poetry of the piece, whereas "Rosalita" is a feel good song. By way of comparison, I know the complete lyrics to "Jungleland" by heart (and the poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be) but little more than the refrain to "Rosalita". But I'm not complaining. It's all for fun anyway.
And hell yeah to Supertramp! One of the more unappreciated bands of the 70's.
Jungleland is indeed a beautiful, powerful ballad and one of my favorites. But I like Backsreets even more.
Actually, Backstreets is my favorite Springsteen song ever :smitten: I first heard it after my high school girlfriend broke up with me. I still see her face when I hear Bruce sing, "
you're just a Tramp of Hearts, crying tears of faithlessness" :coolsmiley:
The DJs on my local FM station growing up were big Bruce fans. I always dug Jungleland, Backstreets, 10th Avenue Freeze Out, Rosalita, Thunder Road, et al. I always thought he sold out a little on 'Born in the U.S.A.'
Quote from: bob48 on January 31, 2018, 10:55:29 AM
Its OK. I can take it.
...so, like I said - just me then <smug mode>
They were banned in Boston in 75, that was it.. A few of my friends saw them earlier.
I've seen Plant twice. Even did a couple Zeppelin songs the second time I saw him. My brother saw Page. That's as close as either of us has gotten.
I saw Plant solo back in the early 90s. Alannah Myles opened for him.
That bill is the second time I saw him. I walked in to the arena when she was singing that song, but, we were cruising the concourse for the rest of her set.
Quote from: MetalDog on January 31, 2018, 07:11:26 PM
The DJs on my local FM station growing up were big Bruce fans. I always dug Jungleland, Backstreets, 10th Avenue Freeze Out, Rosalita, Thunder Road, et al. I always thought he sold out a little on 'Born in the U.S.A.'
IMHO he peaked with
Darkness on the Edge of Town, and went downhill after that. Remember
The River and
Lincoln Nebraska? I think after those two less-than-successful albums he had to go mainstream with
Born in the USA.
I saw him about 1980, maybe a year later. I knew that during
Thunder Road he usually let the crowd sing some of the awesome opening verse, and it was an electric moment.
I'll have to say that 'Greetings from Ashbury Park' is still Springsteen's greatest album. Saint in the City, Blinded by the Light, For You, Spirit in the Night, etc. Awesome stuff.
Just had this pop up on Spotify. Love this song.