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Greatest 70s One Hit Wonder - "Rock" Edition ?

YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club

Greatest 70s One Hit Wonder - "Rock" Edition ? 24 votes

Never Been Any Reason - Head East
12%
TheHBPurpleThrobberFishpo31 3 votes
Black Betty - Ram Jam
37%
RaceBannonSwayeYouKnowItchuckdfleabiak1DHDIPukeOregonGrellowbooker14 9 votes
All Right Now - Free
25%
DerekJohnsonTequillaLebamDawgWilliams3YellowSnowJoey 6 votes
Smokin' in The Boys Rooms - Brownsville Station
0%
My Sharona - The Knack
16%
whlinderMad_SonAtomicDawghuskyhooligan 4 votes
Mississippi Queen - Mountain
0%
Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
0%
Green Grass & High Tides - The Outlaws
4%
alumni94 1 vote
Rock On - David Essex
0%
F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
4%
USMChawk 1 vote
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  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,426
    Never Been Any Reason - Head East
    Memories of football locker rooms, Craig under dash 8 track players, and drinking Rainier out of kegs in the woods…
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,237 Standard Supporter
    Never Been Any Reason - Head East
    Fishpo31 said:

    Memories of football locker rooms, Craig under dash 8 track players, and drinking Rainier out of kegs in the woods…

    Got pretty fucked up in CDA circa 1982 with the bass player for Head East.

    There may have been Wallace hookers and blow involved. Checking with my attorney on the hookers and blow statute of limitations. Definitely big-haired bitches from Peabody's.

  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,426
    Never Been Any Reason - Head East

    Fishpo31 said:

    Memories of football locker rooms, Craig under dash 8 track players, and drinking Rainier out of kegs in the woods…

    Got pretty fucked up in CDA circa 1982 with the bass player for Head East.

    There may have been Wallace hookers and blow involved. Checking with my attorney on the hookers and blow statute of limitations. Definitely big-haired bitches from Peabody's.

    Saw them at the Boone Street Barn, circa 82…L-O-L Peabody’s and big hair!
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 105,998 Founders Club
    Black Betty - Ram Jam
    My first wife called her mother in law this

    Whoa

    Wham de lam
  • SwayeSwaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,497 Founders Club
    edited January 2022
    Black Betty - Ram Jam
    It's fucking Ram Jam or burn it all down. A black work song thrown down by the dorkiest white fucks ever in the most hooky way possible is the shit of legend. This song couldn't even be made today without getting the entire record company cancelled. It's fucking epic.


  • booker14booker14 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 175 Swaye's Wigwam
    Black Betty - Ram Jam
    That's a tough list to pick from. I think I own the album for at least five and probably six of them. I'll go with Ram Jam because they are the most "one hit" to me because I know I've never heard anything else from them. And a salute to Peabody's - I used to own a bunch of their mugs but my last wife hated them and threw them out.
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,063 Swaye's Wigwam
    Black Betty - Ram Jam
    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    All Right Now - Free
    chuck said:

    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.

    I was pretty torn here. I wanted to go with Ram Jam, but All Right Now is just too much of the perfect song for its moment in time.

    I don't care if it's cliche and ruined by overplay. It basically spawned an entire style of radio friendly, catchy hard rock in a way that Zep, Cream, Sabbath had never attempted.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    All Right Now - Free
    What also love about this list is the prevalence of cowbell. The drummers today just don't know how to lay down some good cowbell.


  • LebamDawgLebamDawg Member Posts: 8,716 Standard Supporter
    All Right Now - Free
    Good list but so many not on that list

    One Toke over the Line comes to mind
    Baker Street, Kung Ku Fighting, I am trying to list all the ones that drive me crazy as I drive around and my wife keeps changing to SiriusXM 70's on 7 - the name could be changed to One hit wonders of 70s
  • USMChawkUSMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off
    Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and/or Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would get my vote over any you listed.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    All Right Now - Free
    USMChawk said:

    Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and/or Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would get my vote over any you listed.

    @USMChawk

    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/94398/greatest-70s-one-hit-wonder-countr-folk-rock-edition#latest
  • USMChawkUSMChawk Member Posts: 1,800
    F.O. Row Peter Puffer, you left off

    USMChawk said:

    Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and/or Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would get my vote over any you listed.

    @USMChawk

    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/94398/greatest-70s-one-hit-wonder-countr-folk-rock-edition#latest


  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,063 Swaye's Wigwam
    Black Betty - Ram Jam

    chuck said:

    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.

    I was pretty torn here. I wanted to go with Ram Jam, but All Right Now is just too much of the perfect song for its moment in time.

    I don't care if it's cliche and ruined by overplay. It basically spawned an entire style of radio friendly, catchy hard rock in a way that Zep, Cream, Sabbath had never attempted.
    I hate that song with a passion. I didn't want to come in opposite of the board chief but man, that song sucks. I see your point about it though.

    USMChawk said:

    Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and/or Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would get my vote over any you listed.

    @USMChawk

    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/94398/greatest-70s-one-hit-wonder-countr-folk-rock-edition#latest
    He has a point about Spirot In the Sky though doesn't he? I didn't see that on the list.
  • YellowSnowYellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 35,438 Founders Club
    All Right Now - Free
    chuck said:

    chuck said:

    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.

    I was pretty torn here. I wanted to go with Ram Jam, but All Right Now is just too much of the perfect song for its moment in time.

    I don't care if it's cliche and ruined by overplay. It basically spawned an entire style of radio friendly, catchy hard rock in a way that Zep, Cream, Sabbath had never attempted.
    I hate that song with a passion. I didn't want to come in opposite of the board chief but man, that song sucks. I see your point about it though.

    USMChawk said:

    Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and/or Cat’s in the Cradle by Harry Chapin would get my vote over any you listed.

    @USMChawk

    https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/94398/greatest-70s-one-hit-wonder-countr-folk-rock-edition#latest
    He has a point about Spirot In the Sky though doesn't he? I didn't see that on the list.
    Spirit in the Sky was released in Dec. 1969. I had it pegged to the 60s.
  • TheRoarOfTheCrowdTheRoarOfTheCrowd Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 1,730 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    It's fucking Ram Jam or burn it all down. A black work song thrown down by the dorkiest white fucks ever in the most hooky way possible is the shit of legend. This song couldn't even be made today without getting the entire record company cancelled. It's fucking epic.


    Very funny comments and so true about what record companies would say now about the song today... do like the signature Riff and the music video is an epic cult classic that now that seems like a SNL skit now.
  • booker14booker14 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 175 Swaye's Wigwam
    Black Betty - Ram Jam

    chuck said:

    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.

    I was pretty torn here. I wanted to go with Ram Jam, but All Right Now is just too much of the perfect song for its moment in time.

    I don't care if it's cliche and ruined by overplay. It basically spawned an entire style of radio friendly, catchy hard rock in a way that Zep, Cream, Sabbath had never attempted.
    I'm a retard and can't figure out if I got the quote function to work, but I agree on All Right Now. However, to me it seems like it's just Bad Company's first hit. But take that for what it's worth because I went through a Paul Rodgers phase and have all of the original Bad Co albums as well as Willie and the Poor Boys and The Firm's two albums.
  • JoeyJoey Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,701 Founders Club
    All Right Now - Free
    All Right Now is on my list of top ten greatest rock songs ever. Everything you want, Sex (quasi-rape) Drugs and Rock and Roll. Some good guitar crunch and one of the best vocalists ever
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 105,998 Founders Club
    Black Betty - Ram Jam
    booker14 said:

    chuck said:

    Looks like the good guys came out to vote on this one.

    I was pretty torn here. I wanted to go with Ram Jam, but All Right Now is just too much of the perfect song for its moment in time.

    I don't care if it's cliche and ruined by overplay. It basically spawned an entire style of radio friendly, catchy hard rock in a way that Zep, Cream, Sabbath had never attempted.
    I'm a retard and can't figure out if I got the quote function to work, but I agree on All Right Now. However, to me it seems like it's just Bad Company's first hit. But take that for what it's worth because I went through a Paul Rodgers phase and have all of the original Bad Co albums as well as Willie and the Poor Boys and The Firm's two albums.
    Bad Company is a lost classic
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