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CM, you're right. It is both the best and the worst. I was overexposed at a tender age. It certainly has it charms.

I was going to say "Convoy" but it has many of the same qualities.

MacArthur Park also comes to mind, but I've always loved it

Totally not a song but from the 70s.

Does anyone remember friendship cakes?

You know the ones that you gave the starter, sourdough?, but you had made a small cake and delivered it with the starter? If memory serves me right they were really tasty and so much fun to share.

Song: Having my Baby - Paul Anka. As a teen I used to want to throw up when it came on! Brick House would be runner up. ( and maybe most of the disco stuff)

Since the confession that MacArthur Park actually has a fan here, I’ve been thinking of one of my favorite’70’s song that most people I know make fun of - Afternoon Delight. So upbeat. Anyone else?

”My mama always said when it’s right it’s right. Why wait until the middle of the cold dark night?”

”When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day and the night is always gonna be there anyway?”

Im off to YouTube it - I could use a pick-me-up this morning!

Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
Only because my name is Sylvia and I would hear this song so many times but actually the lyrics are not that bad.

We should give a positive shout out to "New York New York"

The problem is that at almost 50 (?😲) years on we've heard them all so many times that even the best of them have gotten a little bit... tired. Would it be blasphemous to admit I'd rather hear Lenny Kravitz's version of American Woman than the original by The Guess Who?

Not all covers are bad. Santana's version of 'She's Not There' is magic, but you can't say that to anyone who liked The Zombies.

I just looked at a list from the 70's and I liked every song on the list except "Me And Mrs. Jones" so I will go with that one.

Maybe there just isn't "the worst " 70's song!
How much fun is it to just slow our roll and take a stroll down memory lane?

Speaking of Santana my brother who is schizophrenic used to sit in front of the stereo and rock back and forth to Santana music. It soothed him somehow. I can't listen to Santana now without thinking of that.

Worst - Paul Anka - Having My Baby! Sick and not creative.

One of my favorites - Shango, a sort of obscure group, never did many songs. The hit song that used to be on the radio no matter where we were in CA was even appreciated by our parents. It's silly, but creative lyrics were just fun.
Day After Day It's Slippin Away. Just cute and catchy. I wish I still had a recording of that song.

My song would be . . .
the theme from "The Exorcist" - I think the song is Tubular Bells or something like that.
I'm not googling it to check for accuracy 'cuz even the thought of it scares me. Just typing out that movie name has me a little shook . . . . :o

I used to hear that on the radio as a wee lass - I shared a room with an older sister and she controlled the décor, the music, etc. She knew it scared my grade-school booty, so she would crank up that clock radio up tp 11. I think the tinny, scratchy sound made it more upsetting. That bitch.

I'm Generation X, but I grew up listening to a lot of the older stuff thanks to my mom...and I nominate "Beast of Burden" by the Rolling Stones as the worst 70s song. I absolutely abhor that song for some reason, maybe because it sounds like that one creepy old guy at every bar/club that would stagger over to all the women drunk as a skunk still thinking he looks sexy trying to pick people up lol. That's the image I get when I hear it. The title is apropos though. It is pretty beastly.

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