Steely Dan The Doobie Brothers Heart Journey Bad Company Kansas Foreigner Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:23 pm
by Clams
tinnitus photography wrote:rank em! (this is my ranking):
Steely Dan The Doobie Brothers Heart Journey Bad Company Kansas Foreigner Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
That's a good list but you forgot Boston, Meat Loaf and Blue Oyster Cult.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:27 pm
by tinnitus photography
Boston for sure. Maybe even Queen. I only recall a couple of songs from Mr. Loaf.
BOC is a personal fave of mine, and they have no business being lumped in w/ that crew (which has a precipitously steep drop after the Doobies).
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:40 pm
by Iowan
tinnitus photography wrote:rank em! (this is my ranking):
Steely Dan The Doobie Brothers Heart Journey Bad Company Kansas Foreigner Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
I'll rank Tinnitus's pool
Steely Dan The Eagles Bob Seger Heart The Doobie Brothers Bad Company Kansas Journey Foreigner Styx
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:00 pm
by cortez the killer
No Frampton, Jethro Tull, Supertramp, ELO, Santana, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Steve Miller Band, or Chicago?
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:16 pm
by tinnitus photography
amended
Steely Dan Jethro Tull The Doobie Brothers Steve Miller Band Heart Boston Journey Bad Company Emerson, Lake & Palmer ELO Kansas Chicago Foreigner Supertramp Frampton Santana Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 1:23 pm
by 4sooner
Not sure about the term 2nd tier, but I do know Steely Dan belongs nowhere near the rest of those guys. add BTO to it though.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:10 pm
by Beebs
I'd add 38 Special but I guess they weren't really getting radio play until the early 80s.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:31 pm
by Mike127
Steely Dan is pretty much in the first tier of any list I'm making of bands from the 70s.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:33 pm
by tinnitus photography
The Dan suffered from incidental Michael McDonald contact.
Skunk was cool, though.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:47 pm
by cortez the killer
tinnitus photography wrote:incidental Michael McDonald contact.
reo speedwagon yes wings grand funk railroad foghat
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:11 pm
by beantownbubba
WTF? Steely Dan a second tier band? You've got to be kidding.
Santana was a lot of bands some of which might belong on this list but some (many? most?) of which don't. Ye gods tinnitus. When I'm standing at the pearly gates I hope that's not you w/ a clipboard in your hand.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:12 pm
by bovine knievel
Molly Hatchet
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:32 pm
by dee dee
Where does Manfred Mann's Earth Band fit in? 3rd tier?
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:43 pm
by tinnitus photography
i can only recall one MMB song on the radio (Blinded By The Light).
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:45 pm
by dee dee
Stranded got played to death where i grew up
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:47 pm
by ramonz
.....and how about the softer stuff: Bread, America, Jim Croce, etc. I guess that stuff's more "AM" than FM, yes?
(oh, and agree that Steely Dan doesn't belong on the 2nd tier list - others are right on target....although you could argue Seger and Santana)
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 4:49 pm
by Kudzu Guillotine
tinnitus photography wrote:i can only recall one MMB song on the radio (Blinded By The Light).
We also got these two a lot around here (Raleigh), maybe more though these are by Manfred Mann not Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:18 pm
by tinnitus photography
1960s = DQ
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:31 pm
by John A Arkansawyer
Iowan wrote:
tinnitus photography wrote:rank em! (this is my ranking):
Steely Dan The Doobie Brothers Heart Journey Bad Company Kansas Foreigner Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
I'll rank Tinnitus's pool
Steely Dan The Eagles Bob Seger Heart The Doobie Brothers Bad Company Kansas Journey Foreigner Styx
Way too long. Here's mine:
Steely Dan Heart Everyone Else The Duppie Brothers
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:35 pm
by John A Arkansawyer
tinnitus photography wrote:amended
Steely Dan Jethro Tull The Doobie Brothers Steve Miller Band Heart Boston Journey Bad Company Emerson, Lake & Palmer ELO Kansas Chicago Foreigner Supertramp Frampton Santana Styx The Eagles Bob Seger
I never did have any sense:
Steely Dan Santana Jethro Tull Heart Steve Miller Band Emerson, Lake & Palmer All that other stuff The Duppie Brothers
I do question the top three being on any sort of shit list. Some days I'd put Tull on top. Other days I'd stir ELP into the other stuff. It just depends. And no doubt I might've been too cool back in the day to judge some of the others fairly.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:06 pm
by Flea
Agree with all those who feel the Dan is definitely first tier. Relisten to "Katy Lied" or "Aja" and argue otherwise.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:33 pm
by Smitty
To paraphrase Jeff Tweedy, regarding Bad Company: Don't you like rock?
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:26 am
by Steve French
Arent they all awful?
Thats what 18-25 year old me would have said. 50 year old me agrees with 25 year old me, mostly.
The best band of the 1970's you say? The Sex Pistols. Followed by The Clash. Followed by Talking Heads, The Ramones and a host of others.
I have come to appreciate, in later years, (much much later years) some Eagles, and I own a Bob Seger album (there I said it).. as for the rest ot them? Not my thing.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:05 am
by Tequila Cowboy
I hated Steely Dan for 35 years. Actually that's too soft a word, despised is better. Somehow when I turned 50 I started to dig them and now I listen regularly. Early Doobie Brothers was great stuff, ditto early Chicago, I can't understand how Bad Company makes such a list and a pretty large portion of Steve Miller's work is pretty great. I also don't mind Seger. The rest? Pretty sucky. I don't think there's a word to describe just how awful Styx and Kansas were.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:35 am
by tinnitus photography
i think there's been some misunderstanding of this thread, based on some of the replies.
I love Steely Dan; the list wasn't meant to just cherry pick bands that i don't like...the meaning of '2nd tier' was to differentiate them from the huge rock stars of that era (ie, Stones, Springsteen, Who, Zep, Floyd, etc) that were also on the radio all the time.
and the FM radio dinosaurs from the 70s would obviously disqualify The Pistols, Clash, et al. Unless your local FM station was a lot different from mine.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 9:50 am
by Iowan
tinnitus photography wrote:i think there's been some misunderstanding of this thread, based on some of the replies.
I love Steely Dan; the list wasn't meant to just cherry pick bands that i don't like...the meaning of '2nd tier' was to differentiate them from the huge rock stars of that era (ie, Stones, Springsteen, Who, Zep, Floyd, etc) that were also on the radio all the time.
and the FM radio dinosaurs from the 70s would obviously disqualify The Pistols, Clash, et al. Unless your local FM station was a lot different from mine.
This seemed pretty clear, IMO.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:15 am
by tinnitus photography
maybe it was just me and you...
I do question the top three being on any sort of shit list.
Agree with all those who feel the Dan is definitely first tier
The best band of the 1970's you say? The Sex Pistols. Followed by The Clash. Followed by Talking Heads, The Ramones and a host of others.
WTF? Steely Dan a second tier band?
Steely Dan is pretty much in the first tier of any list I'm making of bands from the 70s.
Re: 2nd tier FM radio dinosaurs from the '70s
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 10:23 am
by Iowan
tinnitus photography wrote:maybe it was just me and you...
I do question the top three being on any sort of shit list.
Agree with all those who feel the Dan is definitely first tier
The best band of the 1970's you say? The Sex Pistols. Followed by The Clash. Followed by Talking Heads, The Ramones and a host of others.
WTF? Steely Dan a second tier band?
Steely Dan is pretty much in the first tier of any list I'm making of bands from the 70s.