From 10cc to XTC and from punk to to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades.
Iggy Pop: The Idiot (1977) After the release of the Stooges’ final album, 1973’s Raw Power, Iggy Pop bottomed out. It would take four years, several jailings, and countless beatings before he would get back on his feet to launch his solo career. After a self-imposed exile in a We...
When pop music first came onto the scene, it immediately became an important component in the music industry. Some of the most famous songs of all time came from pop groups, and in some cases, it took just two people to crank out a hit. From the 1970s, with bands like Simon and ...
When pop music first came onto the scene, it immediately became an important component in the music industry. Some of the most famous songs of all time came from pop groups, and in some cases, it took just two people to crank out a hit. From the 1970s, with bands like Simon and ...
the 65th anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100— with the chart finally having lived a full-enough life to be at retirement age, though it’s still as vital as ever and certainly nowhere near hanging it up — to take our shot at listing the 500 best pop songs since the chart’s debut...
Given that progressive rock artists love to createreallylong songs with virtuosic playing and fantastical concepts, you’d think that veering toward pop music would be the furthest thing from their minds. Yet, that’s exactly whata lot of classic (1970s) prog rock bands didas they tried to...
Other notable James Bond theme songs from the 1970s: “Nobody Does it Better” fromThe Spy Who Loved Me(1977) and “Diamonds Are Forever” from the film of the same name (1971). Super Fly – Freddie’s Dead/Theme From Superfly by Curtis Mayfield ...
each year we've provided the rock songs that ended up as runners up in our collective staff voting. And it should also be noted that if you think certain acts such asMetallica,Korn,ToolandSystem of a Downare missing, there's still theBest Metal Song of Every Year Since 1970feature you...
This time span has given us everything from the birth of metal withBlack Sabbathin 1970s to the '80s (hair) metal evolution withPoisonandGuns N' Rosesbringing heavy music back to the forefront. The '90s gave us the birth of grunge and nu-metal withPearl JamandKornamong the breakouts, ...
Whether it was really meant as themea culpafor The Columbus Incident (Google it) or not, Costello’s fourth album was his first to display a sweeping stylistic change. And it held back nothing: 20 songs on one platter like at K-Tel, steeped in the tradition of Motown and Stax R&B, ...