My dad's favorite bands were Uriah Heap, Deep Purple, UFO, Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin! He would play them on guitar and laugh saying my 90's bands were junk! I'm just getting into these bands again thanks to you guys, thanks so much! RIP DAD you will always be alive thanks to this music!✌️
What I was listening to ( loving ) in 79 / 80: 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. Motörhead 4. The Sex Pistols 5. Judas Priest 6. Rush 7. The Ramones 8. AC/DC 9. Van Halen 10. The Police.
Another great episode. My list is a little different from last week, so here it is. 10. Deep Purple 9. Led Zeppelin 8. Triumph 7. America 6. The Rolling Stones 5. Fleetwood Mac 4. Kiss 3. Black Sabbath 2. Judas Priest 1. Rush Honourable mentions: Max Webster, Styx, Legs Diamond, Boston, Bad Company, Journey, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Eagles and April Wine.
1 Aerosmith - has always been my favorite band 2 Kiss - love all the albums thru Alive 2. By 1980 I had moved on 3 Lynyrd Skynyrd- Grew up in Alabama 4 Rolling Stones - most my friends didn’t get why I liked them 5 Ted Nugent - After Double Live lost interest 6 Heart 7 Led Zeppelin 8 Pink Floyd 9 AC/DC 10 Rush Honorable- Blue Oyster Cult, ZZ Top, Pat Travers, Starz, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Jimi Hendrix Foreigner, Eagles, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick
1. Sabbath 2. Heep 3. BOC 4. Status Quo 5. Priest 6. The Doors 7. Humble Pie 8. Rush 9. ELP 10. Beatles 11. Tull I was 7 when the 70's ended, so I have to look at it from perspective of getting into them later.
These are the bands I listened to all the time back in the 70s: Beatles, Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, Neil Young, Hendrix, Bowie, Yes. Honorable mentions to The Doors, Santana, Steely Dan, Camel, EL&P, Lou Reed, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Kinks
1. Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young) 2. Pink Floyd 3. Elton John 4. Rush 5. The Beatles 6. Black Sabbath 7. The Rolling Stones 8. The Kinks 9. Jethro Tull 10. Led Zeppelin
I was a teenager during the 70s so these are the bands I listened to back then 1: Black Sabbath 2: UFO 3: Led Zeppelin 4: Scorpions 5: Aerosmith 6 : Kiss 7: Judas Priest 8: Ted Nugent 9: Deep Purple 10: AC/DC.
I was 16 on January 1st 1980. These were my favorites 10. Boston 9. AC/DC 8. Blue Oyster Cult 7. Led Zeppelin 6. The Kinks 5. The Who 4. Aerosmith 3. Foghat 2. ELO 1. Queen
Absolutely Pete. Kiss was everything for me between 1975 and 1979. Before that, it was Sweet ( Sweet FA). Judas Priest, of course: the heroes of the second half of the seventies. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple: first half of the Seventies. Plus: Aerosmith, AC DC, UFO, Scorpions, Rush, Ted Nugent, Starz, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Mahogany Rush, BOC, Moxy, Zep, Queen, Angel
Definitely the top 4....Styx, Queen, Kiss, Kansas... followed by (no particular order and including honorables) Black Sabbath (not so much the last two Ozzy albums), Steely Dan, Supertramp, Rush, Reo Speedwagon, Bob Seger, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, Journey, and a few others.
I was 10 on January 1 1980 so I’m approaching this list from the perspective of being around that age and not my grizzled old self. 1. *Supertramp* I adored the four classic albums from 1974-1979 and love them to this day. Saw them at Earls Court in 1983, my second show. Thought I’d never be so happy again. 2. *Electric Light Orchestra* They were so many kids’ introduction to pop music as their songs were so melodic and memorable. I played ‘A New World Record’ and ‘Out of the Blue’ incessantly and always listened out for their new songs on the radio. 3. *The Beatles* I had a phase where they were constantly playing on my W.H. Smith portable cassette player. My love of melody and strong hooks was thanks to them and I fell in love with them as personalities as well. 4. *ABBA* The first group I fell in love with. Featuring Agnetha, the first woman I fell in love with. The first LP I ever owned was their first ‘Greatest Hits’ and remember staring at the album sleeve while lying on the couch listening to it on my parents’ Hitachi music centre. 5. *Queen* Another group that appeals to young listeners. I loved them around this time and like millions was blown away by the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ video when it aired in December 1975. I thought Freddie Mercury was fabulous and even though I didn’t listen to them so much as I got older, I always retained my love for him as a frontman and larger than life character. 6. *The Boomtown Rats* Unfortunately my affection for this band has not lasted to the present day. But aged 9 and 10 I was obsessed with their albums ‘The Fine Art of Surfacing’ and ‘A Tonic for the Troops’. 7. *10cc* I remember really enjoying their singles in the ‘70s and borrowing my Mum’s copy of ‘Greatest Hits 1972-1978’. A few years later they were my first live rock music experience at Hammersmith Odeon, 17 March 1983. 8. *Wings* I probably became aware of the genius of Paul McCartney first through his post-Fabs group. Songs like ‘Band on the Run’ and ‘Live and Let Die’ became some of my earliest musical loves. 9. *The Jacksons / Michael Jackson* Got strong memories of feeling warm and fuzzy when hearing their songs like ‘Show You the Way to Go’, ‘Blame It on the Boogie’ and Michael’s superb solo debut ‘Off the Wall’. I liked The Jackson 5 too, but I really started appreciating those records when I was older. 10. *The Rolling Stones* The early stages of my love for them began in the late ‘70s. I remember ‘Miss You’ coming out and loving it, and my parents had ‘Aftermath’ so I liked ‘Under My Thumb’. I would have been familiar with ‘Satisfaction’ too, even if I might not have known it was by The Stones.
My top ten as a 1979 teenager 1. Kiss 2. Queen 3. Status Quo 4. Uriah Heep 5. Deep Purple 6. Rainbow 7. Scorpions 8. Supertramp 9. Van Halen 10. Alice Cooper
I graduated high school in 1974, and didn't go to college until the early 80's, so I'm trying to think back on my favourite bands of that time, during and just after high school. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Wishbone Ash, Yes, Genesis, Renaissance, The Strawbs, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, and Queen.
1 The Replacements 2 Neil Young w or w/o and Crazy Horse 3 The Move 5 Marshall Crenshaw 5 Guided by Voices 6 Love with Arthur Lee 7 The Psychedelic Furs 8 Graham Parker and the Rumor 9 Early Costello records 10 Roxy Music 11 The Smiths Most bloated artists of all time: Bon Jovi Radiohead Coldplay Queen Pink Floyd Guns and Roses KISS Lynyrd Skynyrd Rush
@@oppothumbs1 Really like THE REPLACEMENTS, especially their debut "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash", but that wasn't even released in 1980 but 1981. THE SMITHS didn't even exist back then, love them, too. Really love BON JOVI's first releases 'til "New Jersey" 1988, never understood the haters.
@@mikevillain666 " Really love BON JOVI's first releases 'til "New Jersey" 1988, never understood the haters. " I guess some people just don't like their music, for whatever reason.
Ok, fav. bands that I was ACTUALLY listening to at the time: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Queen, Status Quo, Golden Earring, AC/DC, Rainbow & other ex-Deep Purple bands/ members, Bee Gees, Trapeze, Journey. Cheers.
I was 15 and a sophomore in high school (Shawnee HS, Medford NJ) on 1/1/1980. Great topic. In no particular order......Led Zeppelin, KISS, Eagles, Who, Boston, Police, Genesis, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Van Halen. Honorable mentions to Sabbath, Priest, Rush, Queen, Aerosmith, Foreigner.
Great concept chaps and was just as tricky as last week. In came UFO/Queen/Aerosmith & The Who, out went Journey/Survivor/Scorpions & Rush, with a bit of tweaking with the rankings as well. 1. Kiss 2. Thin Lizzy 3. Deep Purple 4. Led Zeppelin 5. ELO 6. Queen 7. UFO 8. The Who 9. Pink Floyd 10. Aerosmith
I was only 5 1/2 on January 1, 1980... BUT if looked back at that time today, these would be some of my choices. 10. Deep Purple/.Led Zeppelin ( Both Big influences on hard rock/metal, had to pick both ) 9. Aerosmith 8. Judas Priest 7. ZZ Top 6. Rush 5. Alice Cooper Band/Alice Cooper 4. Black Sabbath 3. Van Halen 2. KISS 1. AC/DC honorable mentions: Triumph The Police Motorhead April Wine The Who Thin Lizzy etc etc etc.
Great topic. In 1980, I was listening to ELO, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, AC/DC, The Blues Brothers, Styx, Journey, The Beatles, The Stones, Kenny Loggins (yes, he was big in 1980!) Floyd, Queen and Supertramp. Probably some others, but when I think of 1980 and my albums & 8-tracks, that’s what I had spread out on my floor.
Doing this as *artists "and" bands* The time...January 1st, 1980. 1. DAVID BOWIE 2. BLACK SABBATH 3. AC/DC 4. BEATLES 5. KISS 6. LED ZEPPELIN 7. ROLLING STONES 8. PINK FLOYD / THE WHO ... both as impactful 9. STEELY DAN / ZZ TOP ...ditto 10. FRANK ZAPPA Hard to make this list. And there are a good 40 others that come to mind. Love them all too. But doing this quickly....and because I already do this kind of thing with an old friend of mine, I was able to rattle off this essential 10 kind of easily. I so wanted to get Aerosmith, Queen, MKII Deep Purple, Budgie, Kansas, Elton John, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult, Thin Lizzy, ELO, UFO, James Brown, Kate Bush, The Kinks, Badfinger, Roxy Music and Yes in there, but I didn't want to cheat with anymor "ties" and I'm good with my list. *Bowie, Black Sabbath and AC/DC* are cemented Top 3. While, #4 The Beatles (& #7 Stones) have been omnipresent since I was born (always 'in the ether' and for good reason -- was a huge Rolling Stones fan as a young kid) and man, I'm just as passionate about "70s" KISS now as I was when I got my first Kiss Army Pack in 1976 🔥 In general, I think any in your Top 10 need to be an *artist who really changed and overwhelmed your life* Like, there was me before this artist, then me after. And if you're a musician, how much did they influence and inspire you So there are many many...many others of strong consideration, but hey, I only get 10 here, and that's my Top 10 up there. ROCK ON, Marc ⚡
1. Floyd 2. Genesis 3. Tull 4. The Beatles 5. Sabbath 6. Crimson 7. Camel 8. The Who 9. Rush 10. Yes It was really hard to leave out Nektar, Hawkwind, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Gentle Giant, and a few others.
Being born in 1974; I would have been still only 5 in Jan 1980! 1.kiss 2.Van Halen 3. Black Sabbath 4. Aerosmith 5. Ac/DC 6. Led Zeppelin 7. Jimi Hendrix 8. Bad company 9. Queen 10. Styx I really only listened to kiss, but I remember my older brother and sister playing these bands! Great episode guys!
1. The Beatles 2. KISS 3. Queen 4. The Commadores 5. The Rolling Stones 6. The Bay City Rollers 7. Styx 8. Wings 9. Cool and the Gang 10. Ricki Lee Jones/Chuck Mangione This list is a STRETCH! I was 10 in 1980 (9 on Jan 1st) I was and still am a HUGE Beatles fan. I had yet to get into Aerosmith or Zeppelin at the time. KISS was my life from 1977-1980. But at the time my older sister was listening to The Commadores and Cool and the Gang. Queen was HUGE at this time. WIngs,Styx were everywhere in 1980. The Bay City Rollers when I was 5 were MASSIVE when I was 5 or 6.
I was two years old by then, but my list of who was around before then would have to be. 1. Judas Priest 2. Black Sabbath 3. Kiss 4. Scorpions 5. Rainbow 6. AC/DC 7. Alice Cooper 8. Deep Purple 9. Aerosmith 10. Blue Oyster Cult
I was 16 so definitely an influential period at that time. At school (in the UK, so we had the sixth form common room with a record player) we always had on The Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Queen, Pink Floyd, Rush, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, but also some classic punk such as The Stranglers, Clash, Damned, Ramones, even The Jam. Obviously the girls couldn't stand what we were playing. For me I jumped over the Led Zeppelin and Genesis material as I went from punk to the harder rock bands like The Scorpions. Got into Zeppelin and Genesis and others after 1980 so can't count them.
The sixth form common room’s hi fi stereo! You take me back to the mid 90s with that comment. I was in sixth form between 1995 and 1997. So what got played was Blur, Oasis, Elastica, Green Day, The Prodigy, Suede, McAlmont/Butler, Mansun, Ocean Colour Scene, Supergrass....and Kula Shaker! Funny how songs that were played from that certain time stick in your head.
My current top 10 as of 1/1/80 in order of preference : ( with a Pardo mulligan ) The Beatles Jethro Tull The Rolling Stones Yes Genesis Steely Dan Emerson , Lake & Palmer Pink Floyd Deep Purple The Who / tied with Supertramp Honourable Mentions : Queen Elton John Jimi Hendrix Experience Be Bop Deluxe David Bowie Thanks !
This was very interesting because my taste has changed so much from: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Who, Genesis, Yes, Deep Purple, Van Morrison, The Beatles. Now, it's jazz but also recent albums from heavier bands. Of the "old" favourites I really only go back to The Beatles, Jethro Tull and Procul Harum. Maybe I just listened to those bands too much because there was less independent and niche labels.
Stones 'Between the Buttons' LP fr/'67 if you haven't heard it in a while or that much turns out to be a treasure. What a freaking clutch of great protopsych songs beyond the hits "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lets Spend the Night Together" I think its a better album than Let it Bleed which gets brought down by two weak tracks as most of their LP's do- but not that one
I am 60 y/o now. So I had definite favorites by the end of the 70s. And, indeed, this was a struggle because I have at least ten more that could be on this list. Here are my top 10. 10. Styx 9. Jethro Tull 8. Boston (only two albums in the 70s but, damn, what great albums!) 7. AC⚡️DC 6. Led Zeppelin 5. Van Halen (again, only two 70s albums but, holy shit!!) 4. Queen 3. Kansas 2. Yes 1. Rush! They were my favorite since I first heard 2112 at 14 y/o. I was able to see them live on the Hemispheres tour in 1979 for $6.50! Great show Mr. Pardo! 🤘🏻
My top favorite band if the World ended on 1/1980 would be (in no particular order) ... The Kinks, The Who, Van der Graaf Generator, Pink Floyd, PFM, Goblin, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson and Todd Rundgren (Utopia). Quite a few honorable mentions like Gentle Giant, Supertramp, etc.
@@sdrandazzo yes, I was blown away at the Title song of that album. "City in my head...." I played that damn album incessantly. I was already a Todd fan and this was my first taste of alternative/prog rock. I was instantly hooked.
I was 2 and a half years into the service overseas as of Jan. 1, '80 and most of what I was hearing from my buddies was crust punk and hardcore punk. But I managed to keep my favorites intact going in as I had upon my discharge. Procol Harum Nektar Cream Deep Purple / Black Sabbath (tie) The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Caravan Mountain Fairport Convention / Steeleye Span (tie) Led Zeppelin The Marshall Tucker Band Thanks Pete and Martin for another fabulous show.
@@garyjoyce2160 HI GARY!! I think the hard part is over ! lol -- I'm hoping to go home Monday or Tuesday. They removed splintered "chunks" of bone off of 3 cracked ribs -- no more scaffold climbing for me (or for my co-worker who I unfortunately LANDED on!!-- fractured HIS leg in 2 places). Weird how life hands us these special little surprises lol! Hope everything is going ACES for you-- thanks a bunch for asking, it means a lot!
Hi Pete, Hi Martin. Another brilliant idea guys. I certainly found this hard My top ten is. 1....Deep Purple 2.....Black Sabbath 3.....Led Zeppelin 4.....Genesis, 5.....Free. 6.....Yes 7.... Hawkwind 8.....Uriah Heep 9..... Jethro Tull 10....King Crimson Honourable mentions. Rolling Stones, The Who, Gentle Giant, PFM, Amon Düül, Caravan. I could go on and on 👍 I was so lucky to be in my early teens in 1970...and bought a lot of the first albums when they were released. I have to say thanks again for your channel Pete...it helps me through my week. Looking forward to your next offering. Peace from Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
By January 1, 1980, Van Halen only had two albums out, but they still would have to be my #1 for that date. I had already seen them twice by 1/1/80. They were, pardon the pun, ON FIRE. No other band came close to their energy. After that, after considering where my mind was at that time with some consideration for what I think of the bands' later performances: 2. Rush (still very much a hard rock band on 1/1/80) 3. Ted Nugent (near the end of his prime, but what a performer he was!) 4. KISS (in spite of Dynasty and 2/4 of the solo albums) 5. Journey (still a hard rock band on 1/1/80) 6. Queen (still a hard rock band on 1/1/80) 7. Judas Priest 8. UFO 9. Thin Lizzy 10. Rainbow
I was 11 and although I owned some records I didn't start buying music with my own money for another couple of months - Madness: My Girl was the first single I bought with my own cash At the time I wouldn't say that I had favourite bands, but I certainly had bands that I liked everything I'd heard: The Beatles The Carpenters Slade Bee Gees Sweet Boney M Abba Blondie The Undertones Buzzcocks
Here is where I was at in 1979, I was 13 at the time. Kiss started it all for me so they would definitely be there. Discovered them in 76 with Rock and Roll Over Black Sabbath ... discovered Master of Reality in 78 and had their first 3 by that time. Aerosmith Judas Priest Lynyrd Skynyrd Nazareth Rush Van Halen Scorpions Ted Nugent AC/DC Alice Cooper And Led Zeppelin were the bands I would have listed had I been asked Dec of 1979.
My top 10 off the top of my head in no particular order. Black Sabbath is definitely #1. America, AC/DC, Rush, Judas Priest, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, UFO, Van Halen
This was a fun experiment. On January 1, 1980 I had just turned 18 a few days earlier, and was a freshman in college. My 10 favorite bands at the time would have been: Kansas Blue Oyster Cult Steely Dan The Doobie Brothers Styx Heart Queen Electric Light Orchestra The Runaways Jethro Tull Two bands that were around at the time and would make my Top 10 now, but that I didn't get into until later in my college years: AC/DC and ZZ Top.
When I first started getting into bands and started buying albums in the early 70's it was CCR, Deep Purple, Grand funk, Led Zep, Alice cooper group, the Who, Elton john. Mid to late 70's it was Bad company, Aerosmith,cheap Trick, Kiss , Kiss and Kiss.
I was only 9 on January 1, 1980 and my musical favorites were mostly confined to my mom's record collection of Beatles, Stones, Creedence, and Iron Butterfly. So fast forward a little to say, 1984, and think about what if the music world ended 1/1/80, then my list would be: Iron Butterfly Led Zeppelin Aerosmith The Who The Doors Rush Jimi Hendrix Experience Styx Billy Joel Creedence Clearwater Revival
By the end of '79, I was 26. Many of the 60's bands I loved were gone, or fading fast. That allowed more 70's stuff to creep onto my list. 1. The Beatles (Who else?) 2. The Dictators 3. Blue Oyster Cult 4. Cheap Trick 5. Thin Lizzy 6. The Ramones 7. The Who (Up thru Quadro) 8. The Groundhogs 9. The Jam 10. Edmunds/Lowe/Rockpile
This is a fascinating subject for me, because in 1979 I went through the deepest, most cataclysmic and far reaching musical change I've ever gone through. In my life, I've taken huge musical leaps in 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986-8 and 1991. Those are the years that I encountered, what was for me, a new kind of music, that would lead me to other places and spaces, be it the artist, single or album, that I'm still with. And 1979 was the most significant, the year in which my then musical headspace at the age of 16 was to change for all time. When I think about my musical evolution, there is me prior to '79 and me after '79. And so, if I go to me on Jan 1st, 1980, many of the artists I'd have counted in my top 10 at the time, would not necessarily be there post-Jan 1st. I still love those artists I encountered prior to '80 and I still listen to them to this day {in fact, I was listening to some today and have been doing so for the last 4 or 5 months as I have an iPod packed full of singles from the 1950s to about 2008 and 1970s pop/rock albums}. During that summer of '79, my musical headspace was to alter forever so if you'd asked me which artists I liked at the end of that year, I'd have said, based on what records I was listening to, in no particular order, The Beatles, the Jackson 5, the Seekers, the Osmonds, the Bay City Rollers, the Rolling Stones, the Monkees, Melanie, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple. I was also just getting into some Creedence Clearwater Revival, Poco and Jimi Hendrix. As well as that, I was getting into rock'n'roll of the 50s and some of the great pop singles of the 60s as well as some 70s stuff I had munched on for years, so I was taking on something of an appreciation of the Who, Jimmy Ruffin, Cat Stevens, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tommy Roe, the Boxtops, Queen, Hot Choclate, David Cassidy, John Miles, Maxine Nightingale, Stretch and a whole host of others. In many of those cases, I never went further with that particular artist than the single I was listening to, in other cases I did. What was interesting was that year began with my Uncle's girlfriend telling me I couldn't keep listening to just the Beatles {I wasn't. But they were my main listen} so she sent me some soul and 60s singles, while an ex-friend told me the Beatles were shit and passe and that Kate Bush, the Jam and punk was in. And a girl I was sweet on kept going on about the Police. At the time, I was stuck out in Nigeria, so trends tended to be way behind America and the UK where my friends were. As it turned out, I got into all the recommended quite a few years later, but in the summer of '79 I heard Pink Floyd's first 2 albums and that changed my musical headspace. That led me to Deep Purple {the brilliant "Shades of..." and the magnificent "Fireball"} and after that, I was off on a heavy rock journey that still defines 1980 and 81 for me and is one of my favourite life memories to this day. It also led me to jazz, improvisation and other forms of music that I wouldn't have considered on 31st December 1978.
Great show, here's my list; 1) Led Zeppelin (I had seen them live in August '79, so for me, #1 no question) 2) AC/DC 3) Gillan (a brand new album ( Mr Universe) but I played it endlessly during late '79) 4) Motorhead 5)Black Sabbath 6) Deep Purple 7) Rainbow 8) Rush 9) Thin Lizzy 10) Judas Priest. Honourable mentions would be Bad Company, UFO, Sweet & Ted Nugent
As many of us were during this time before 1980, I was a teenager at the time, turning 20 in 1980 in Dallas. Live albums were a big thing back then as were 8 tracks. This is what I was listening to then, not discovering later: 1. AC/DC - These were the Bon Scott years. Saw every concert when they rolled through Dallas during the 70's. Bon fuckin' Scott was the first God of Rock and Roll for me. 2. Blue Oyster Cult - One of those 'you had to be there' bands during the '70's. First concert ever - wow lasers! On Your Feet Or On Your Knees ruled. 3. Todd Rundgren - including the Utopia albums. A total Freak in the kindest sense. 4. Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett then the 70's monster run starting with Meddle. Also includes Live at Pompeii. 5. Rush - All The Worlds a Stage started it. My best friend then only answered to the name Geddy. 6. Led Zep - Nothing more to say than has already been said by everyone else. 7. Judas Priest - First time to hear them was Sin After Sin then Stained Class. Everything changed. 8. Jimi Hendrix - Only 3 studio albums before he passed in 1970. 9. Gary Numan - Those early Tubeway albums with all those cool songs were late 70's. 10. Frank Zappa - Almost 30 albums by 1980. Didn't like them all but the Joes Garage Trilogy makes me laugh.
Top ten favourite bands of the last 20 or 30 years would be an interesting follow up given the natural focus on older bands 1. David Bowie 2. Black Sabbath 3. King Crimson 4. Judas Priest 5. Yes 6. Pink Floyd 7. Hawkwind 8. Rainbow 9. Uriah Heep 10. Wire
In no particular order: Gentle Giant, the Beatles, Steely Dan, the Kinks, The Mothers of Invention, the Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Kansas.
My list would be a lot different as I didn't like or know certain bands till later and I was only listening to hit radio at the time. 1) Kiss 2) Raspberries 3) Queen 4) ELO 5)Styx 6)Journey 7)Chicago 8)The Who 9)REO Speedwagon 10)Foreigner Honorable Mentions: A few new bands that had amazing debuts: Boston The Knack The Cars And some of the great other bands I was listening to a lot: The Sweet The Doors The Eagles Foghat Beach Boys Yes Grand Funk
1. The Beatles 2. The Who 3. The Jam 4. CCR 5. Judas Priest 6. The Moody Blues 7. The Kinks 8. The Yardbirds 9. Black Sabbath 10. Jimi Hendrix Experience
For me 1. Led Zepplin for I, II, III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, and Presence. 2. Pink Floyd for Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, and The Wall. 3. Queen for debut, II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, Jazz, A day at the races, and News of the World. 4. Black Sabbath for debut, Paranoid, Masters of Reality, Volume 4, Sabbath bloody Sabbath, and Sabotage. 5. AC/DC for High Voltage, Let there in Rock, Powerage, and Highway to Hell 6. Deep Purple for In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn, and Come taste the band. 7. Bowie for Hunky Dory, The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, Aladin Sane, Low, and Heroes. 8. Hendrix for Are you experienced? Axis bold as love, and Electric Ladyland. 9. The WHO for Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia. 10. The Rolling Stones for Beggar's Banquet, Let it bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile from Main Street. HMs - Rush for 2112, Farewell to Kings, and Hemispheres. 🦂 🦂 🦂 - In Trance, Virgin Killer, Taken by force, Lovedrive, and Animal Magnetism. Fleetwood Mac for Fleetwood Mac, Mr.Wonderful, Then play on, and Rumours.
i knew Pete was going to pick Kiss as his first band, I remember Pete saying through many shows how he always says kiss was his first favourite band before he got heavy into Black Sabbath. My list for this would have been 10-Budgie, 9-Yes, 8-Boston, 7-AC/DC, 6-UFO, 5-Rush, 4- Max Webster, 3-Led Zeppelin, 2-Beatles 1-Kiss
My top 10 are, btw almost similar to last week video but few changes; 1. Aerosmith 2. Van Halen 3. AC/DC 4. Led Zeppelin 5. The Who 6. Allman Brothers Band 7. Blue Oyster Cult 8. Bad Company 9. ZZ Top 10. The Beatles
This is difficult again. I want to spread it out among different genres (Southern, Progressive and Hard Rock) so I might have to leave out bands that would be in if I would do a seperate list for each. That being said - here is my list: 10. Outlaws 9. Yes 8. Black Sabbath 7. Genesis 6. Deep Purple 5. Queen 4. Rush 3. Lynyrd Skynyrd 2. Uriah Heep 1. Allman Brothers Band HM: Kansas, Status Quo, Jethro Tull, Atlanta Rhythm Section, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Be-Bop Deluxe, Camel and Beatles
1- Pink Floyd 2- Yes 3- Led Zeppelin 4- Zappa/Mothers 5- Bob Dylan 6- David Bowie 7- Black Sabbath 8- Deep Purple 9- Rolling Stones 10- Alice Cooper Honorable mentions : Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Beatles, The Nice, ELP, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Rare Bird, Blind Faith, King Crimson, Uriah Heep
At age 13 on 1-1-80: the Beatles, Styx, Kiss, Paul McCartney and Wings. Possibly ELO based on radio listening alone, and maybe I’d discovered Rush by that time too. I dug into things more deeply in high school in the early ‘80s.
I really only started getting into music when I was 8-9 years old on 1975-76, so my favorites in those 5 years would have been: Styx, Foreigner, Elton John, The Beatles, and the Doors. The last two because of my older Brother and Sisters. Elton John was everywhere, and Styx and Foreigner albums were the first I had and just listen to them all the time.
1. Yes 2. Kansas 3. Eagles 4. Uriah Heep 5. Lynyrd Skynyrd 6. Deep Purple 7. Genesis 8. Emerson Lake & Palmer 9. Saga 10. Gentle Giant I was 15 when the 70'th started, so these were the bands I listen to and still do
I’ve been binge watching you guys since I saw your first video two weeks ago, and aside from watching Pete’s hairstyles change, I must say they back and forth and absolutely top level of music knowledge is astounding from you too. It’s re-ignited my love of music. Thank you!
My list would start with my prog holy trinity. Genesis Yes ELP Queen Allen Parson's Project Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter The Tubes Be Bop Deluxe Black Sabbath Deep Purple I saw Kiss on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in 1975, I think it was. I was blown away by their concert appearance, and the music was heavy and good. Their music didn't have any staying power with me after their first 3 or 4 releases though. However, what a concert they put on!
Well you guys here's my list according to your specs. Going from #1 to #10. 1 led Zeppelin 2, Steely Dan 3 Frank Marino and mahogany Rush, 4Deep purple, 5 Scorpions, . 6 Blue oyster Cult, 7 Robin Trower, 8 Pat Travers, 9 Aerosmith , 10 UFO. Thats what i was listening to before 1980. I look at my list and i love it.😊
I was hoping to see Kansas mentioned and I wasn't disappointed. Such an amazing output from them, particularly during the 70s. I would have loved to have seen them in concert back then but I wasn't here yet. Glad to say that I did see them here in London on their last tour with Steve Walsh. Although it wasn't the original lineup they had really great cohesiveness and played a killer set, sadly without my favourite song 'The Pinnacle', although they did start the show with an instrumental of 'Mysteries & Mayhem'. Great stuff!
Great love it chaps. Ok here I go. I’m the same age as Martin. Here’s my list 1. Queen 2. ELO 3. AC/DC 4. Judas Priest 5. UFO 6. Black Sabbath 7. Sparks 8. Pink Floyd 9. Status Quo (pronounces StayTus) I’m English 10. Deep Purple You’re right Martin, Queen n Priest. Musical alchemy
Was in my early teens #1 Skyhooks loved them Shirley Strachan brilliant, 2 The Angels one of the greats and Doc Neeson what a performer, 3 AC/DC what can you say Bon / Angus, 4 Cold Chisel Ian Moss great guitarist, 5 Little River Band, 6 Daddy Cool, 7 Sex Pistol’s, 8 Australian Crawl, 9 Queen, 10 Kiss. Wasn’t until the early 80’s I heard Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin after hearing Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy and Mercyful Fate and the love of Heavy music began
Great add-on topic to last week's show. This changes the playing field! 1. Kiss 2. Zeppelin 3. Aerosmith 4. Rush 5. Judas Priest 6. Thin Lizzy 7. Rainbow 8. Sabbath 9. Cheap Trick 10. Pat Travers Band
@@gunsguitarsandgambling3614 Best live band out there today - they change up the set list every night and can play anything from their extensive catalog!
This episode is perfect for me because I'm older than Pete and Martin by more years than I care to say and the 1970s is the era that I grew up with listening to first AM and then FM radio at home or in my car. I grew up in Southern California and some bands like "The Scorpions" weren't even on my radar, they just weren't popular but "Styx", "Kansas", "Grand Funk", "Lynyrd Skynyrd"et al were as far as American bands. UK bands popular at the time were "Led Zeppelin", "Yes", "Rolling Stones", "Foghat" and even "The Beatles" were still being played on radio or through speakers set up on window sills to allow the neighbors to listen whether they wanted to or not. The music of the 1980s was radically different due mainly to the influence of MTV and what they included in their rotation. As far as "Kiss", I'm pretty much with Pete's parents. I never got them. They were a circus act and a mockery of rock'n roll. My younger brother loved them. I never understood my brother. Still don't.🤔
Thanks Pete and Martin for this list this was fun to listen to I'm 48 yrs old now so unfortunately was only born in 1973 so music for me didn't enter my world until around 1985 when I was twelve through friends in my neighborhood and also a cousin of mine introducing heavy metal to me and I was hooked in immediately and then started collecting heavy metal albums and cassettes not too long after but I decided to base this on if I was born in say 1960 that would make me thirteen in 1973 and knowing my tastes in music and knowing also what I know today about 1970's hard rock and heavy metal and the bands that I love now from that era what bands would be my favorites if the world ended on Jan.1, 1980 which btw would make twenty years old......so here it is: 1. Kiss 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Deep Purple 4. Queen 5. Black Sabbath 6. Pink Floyd 7. Rush 8. Scorpions 9. Styx 10.(tied) Blue Oyster Cult and UFO Honorable Mentions: Judas Priest Genesis Jethro Tull Aerosmith The Who AC/DC The Beatles The Ramones
Excellent show and inspiring. I was 15 back then and hadn't heard a lot of bands and had not even heard of prog. So the bands from 1st to last were Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats, Queen, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Gary Newman, Jean Michelle Jarre, The Buzzcocks.
1. Emerson Lake & Palmer 2. Led Zeppelin 3. Genesis [bummed not to be able to include Duke] 4. Pink Floyd 5. Yes [bummed about no Drama] 6. Rush [bummed about no Jacob's Ladder/Natural Science & YYZ] 7. Jethro Tull 8. Aerosmith 9. King Crimson [never cared for them after Red] 10. Moody Blues Good show guys, lots of great discussion (as always).
Hey guys, I love the last 2 shows you've done! Extremely entertaining! So here is my Top 10 with some honorable mentions: 1. Black Sabbath 2. Blue Oyster Cult 3. Kiss 4. Led Zeppelin 5. Pink Floyd 6. Aerosmith 7. Uriah Heep 8. Queen 9. Rolling Stones 10. AC/DC Honorable Mentions (Alphabetical) - Deep Purple - Foghat - Grand Funk Railroad - J. Geils Band - Judas Priest - Lynryrd Skynryd - Rush Again, what a fantastic show this was!!
Floyd, Tull, Genesis and Yes remain from last week. Add in Hawkwind, ELO, Rush, Steve Hillage, Neil Young and Slade. Honourable mention I kept extremely quiet at the time - Glenn Miller. I still love big band swing from the 30s and 40s.
Well, I was -15 years old in 1980 so I’m going with an alternate scenario where no music was made after 1979. These would be my top 10 bands/artists: Jethro Tull King Crimson David Bowie Black Sabbath Rush Yes Thin Lizzy Judas Priest Neil Young Steely Dan Honourable Mentions: The Beatles Scorpions Deep Purple Uriah Heep Blue Öyster Cult Nick Drake Gentle Giant Queen Pink Floyd Wishbone Ash Nektar Van der Graaf Generator Camel Budgie Groundhogs Eloy Genesis Alice Cooper Led Zeppelin Supertramp Robin Trower Traffic Fantastic show as always, thanks Pete & Martin! 🤘🤘
Never tried this before, but here’s my list for this category: 10) Boston, only one album, but what an album. 9) The Beatles, 8) Linda Ronstadt, 7) Kansas, 6) The Eagles, 5) BTO, 4) The Rolling Stones, 3) America, 2) Led Zeppelin, 1) Chicago
I was nine January 1980. I remember my brother playing Back in Black later that year and loving it. My sister would scare the hell out of me with Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. A couple years later, I would love those bands.
1 Uriah Heep 2 Genesis 3 Pink Floyd 4 Led Zeppelin 5 Supertramp 6 UFO 7 Scorpions 8 Manfred Mann's Earthband 9 Wings 10 Black Sabbath Great fun and I can listen to you and Martin rapping about music all day :)
Better late than never...great show/scenario! Being the same age range as our hosts, I'll go with my top 10 listened to during that timeframe: 1. Beatles 2. Led Zep 3. Kiss 4. Lyn Skyn 5. Montrose(loved all 4) 6. Aerosmith 7. Ted Nugent 8. Wings 9. Thin Lizzy 10. UFO
My top ten is similar to last weeks with 2cexceptions being JethroTull which I didnt get into until the 1990's and Camel, who although I loved Rain Dances I didnt go further with them until the mid 80's - so taking their places are Priest and Scorpions, and my ranking has changed slightly though the top 3 remain the top 3 1. Yes 2. Deep Purple 3. ELP 4. Rainbow 5. Rush 6. Judas Priest 7. UFO 8. Blue Oyster Cult 9. Scorpions 10. Thin Lizzy
@@kylez8010 I think you're referring to BTO II and the Not Fragile album, that was the third. I really like their self-titled debut; "Stay Awake All Night' I think is a standout. Plus they got a leg from me since Randy was in another of my favorite groups, The Guess Who with Burton Cummings. They went downhill after Four Wheel Drive.
@@eltronics i'll have to dig in here on YT. I was referring to "takin' care of business" and "you ain't seen.." songs i've heard many times but never on purpose. "Let it ride" is better.
Fantastic episode! I know that you probably get a bunch of folks “chewing on your ear” about various topics, so truly no pressure. DIY right? Anyway, I thought an interesting topic may be “Who are your favorite multi-instrumentalists?”. I can think of a few that deserve mention: Paul McCartney on *everything* (ie. plays some fine drums on the Band on the Run album too!), Steve Winwood (great guitar on Medicated Goo), Pete Townshend (not a bad pianist and, of course, ARP synths), Peter Gabriel (brings some meaningful chops on his Yamaha CP80), etc. Forgive me, if you’ve already covered this topic in some form or another.
Unfortunately i wasnt alive but if i was it would probably be beatles, who, kinks, byrds, beach boys, pink floyd, led zeppelin, captain beefheart, zappa and the mothers, king crimson
Inspired by this episode, I think it would be an interesting show to rate your favorite band (or album) from individual years. For example, in 1965, 1966,...1970, 1971, 1972,...1980, 1981,...etc. Of course, the research involved to list all of the bands or albums relevant to each year would be pretty exhaustive. Just a thought! By the way, I was born in 1964 (or as I like to always respond when asked, "I was born the year the Beatles came to America for the first time", and I can relate to the music and happenings of those times. I love the material and respect both Martin and your vast knowledge and entertaining discussion on all of it. Your shows have inspired me to remember my vast (nearly 200) albums, 8-tracks, cassettes, and CDs I had accumulated during my formative years. I lost the majority of my collection in a flood down in Houston in the early 80s, but I've started a list to remember what I can about that varied discography. Many of the lost albums were inherited from my parents' collection, so it was a nostalgic loss. Thank you guys for inspiring me to start listening to, not just songs, but albums again!
My dad's favorite bands were Uriah Heap, Deep Purple, UFO, Pink Floyd & Led Zeppelin! He would play them on guitar and laugh saying my 90's bands were junk! I'm just getting into these bands again thanks to you guys, thanks so much! RIP DAD you will always be alive thanks to this music!✌️
I thought 90’s bands were junk until I heard Dream Theater. They became my favorite band permanently.
What I was listening to ( loving ) in 79 / 80: 1. Led Zeppelin 2. The Who 3. Motörhead 4. The Sex Pistols 5. Judas Priest 6. Rush 7. The Ramones 8. AC/DC 9. Van Halen 10. The Police.
Another great episode. My list is a little different from last week, so here it is.
10. Deep Purple
9. Led Zeppelin
8. Triumph
7. America
6. The Rolling Stones
5. Fleetwood Mac
4. Kiss
3. Black Sabbath
2. Judas Priest
1. Rush
Honourable mentions: Max Webster, Styx, Legs Diamond, Boston, Bad Company, Journey, AC/DC, Pink Floyd, Eagles and April Wine.
1 Aerosmith - has always been my favorite band
2 Kiss - love all the albums thru Alive 2. By 1980 I had moved on
3 Lynyrd Skynyrd- Grew up in Alabama
4 Rolling Stones - most my friends didn’t get why I liked them
5 Ted Nugent - After Double Live lost interest
6 Heart
7 Led Zeppelin
8 Pink Floyd
9 AC/DC
10 Rush
Honorable- Blue Oyster Cult, ZZ Top, Pat Travers, Starz, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Jimi Hendrix Foreigner, Eagles, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick
I’m listening to Thin Lizzy’s Black Rose album now for the first time ever. All I can say is WOW. How did I ever miss this one?
Black Rose was at #72 on the Billboard album chart when I picked it up. After all of these years, I still track the entire piece. A+
1. Sabbath
2. Heep
3. BOC
4. Status Quo
5. Priest
6. The Doors
7. Humble Pie
8. Rush
9. ELP
10. Beatles
11. Tull
I was 7 when the 70's ended, so I have to look at it from perspective of getting into them later.
Great choices
These are the bands I listened to all the time back in the 70s: Beatles, Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Zappa, Neil Young, Hendrix, Bowie, Yes. Honorable mentions to The Doors, Santana, Steely Dan, Camel, EL&P, Lou Reed, Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Brothers, Kinks
1. Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
2. Pink Floyd
3. Elton John
4. Rush
5. The Beatles
6. Black Sabbath
7. The Rolling Stones
8. The Kinks
9. Jethro Tull
10. Led Zeppelin
Great list, Jamie. Elton is one of my heroes. A catalog not matched by many.
I was a teenager during the 70s so these are the bands I listened to back then 1: Black Sabbath 2: UFO 3: Led Zeppelin 4: Scorpions 5: Aerosmith 6 : Kiss 7: Judas Priest 8: Ted Nugent 9: Deep Purple 10: AC/DC.
UFO had some good albums after 80s ,if u have not heard them yet ,they are strong!
@MetallicBill mechanix ,wild willing and the innocent ,are great albums after 1980 also
I was 16 on January 1st 1980. These were my favorites
10. Boston
9. AC/DC
8. Blue Oyster Cult
7. Led Zeppelin
6. The Kinks
5. The Who
4. Aerosmith
3. Foghat
2. ELO
1. Queen
So was I. Only the Kinks and Foghat survived my love by the end of 1980 and only Foghat does now.
Absolutely Pete. Kiss was everything for me between 1975 and 1979.
Before that, it was Sweet ( Sweet FA).
Judas Priest, of course: the heroes of the second half of the seventies. Black Sabbath and Deep Purple: first half of the Seventies.
Plus: Aerosmith, AC DC, UFO, Scorpions, Rush, Ted Nugent, Starz, Rainbow, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Mahogany Rush, BOC, Moxy, Zep, Queen, Angel
Definitely the top 4....Styx, Queen, Kiss, Kansas... followed by (no particular order and including honorables) Black Sabbath (not so much the last two Ozzy albums), Steely Dan, Supertramp, Rush, Reo Speedwagon, Bob Seger, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Boston, Journey, and a few others.
01 - T. Rex
02 - Thin Lizzy
03 - Deep Purple
04 - Uriah Heep
05 - Beatles
06 - Rolling Stones
07 - Scorpions
08 - Queen
09 - David Bowie
10 - Ultravox! with John Foxx
HMs: Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Blue Öyster Cult, Genesis, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Motörhead
Your first 3 choices exactly the same here, Bolan died too young, one of a kind.
I was 10 on January 1 1980 so I’m approaching this list from the perspective of being around that age and not my grizzled old self.
1. *Supertramp*
I adored the four classic albums from 1974-1979 and love them to this day. Saw them at Earls Court in 1983, my second show. Thought I’d never be so happy again.
2. *Electric Light Orchestra*
They were so many kids’ introduction to pop music as their songs were so melodic and memorable. I played ‘A New World Record’ and ‘Out of the Blue’ incessantly and always listened out for their new songs on the radio.
3. *The Beatles*
I had a phase where they were constantly playing on my W.H. Smith portable cassette player. My love of melody and strong hooks was thanks to them and I fell in love with them as personalities as well.
4. *ABBA*
The first group I fell in love with. Featuring Agnetha, the first woman I fell in love with. The first LP I ever owned was their first ‘Greatest Hits’ and remember staring at the album sleeve while lying on the couch listening to it on my parents’ Hitachi music centre.
5. *Queen*
Another group that appeals to young listeners. I loved them around this time and like millions was blown away by the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ video when it aired in December 1975. I thought Freddie Mercury was fabulous and even though I didn’t listen to them so much as I got older, I always retained my love for him as a frontman and larger than life character.
6. *The Boomtown Rats*
Unfortunately my affection for this band has not lasted to the present day. But aged 9 and 10 I was obsessed with their albums ‘The Fine Art of Surfacing’ and ‘A Tonic for the Troops’.
7. *10cc*
I remember really enjoying their singles in the ‘70s and borrowing my Mum’s copy of ‘Greatest Hits 1972-1978’. A few years later they were my first live rock music experience at Hammersmith Odeon, 17 March 1983.
8. *Wings*
I probably became aware of the genius of Paul McCartney first through his post-Fabs group. Songs like ‘Band on the Run’ and ‘Live and Let Die’ became some of my earliest musical loves.
9. *The Jacksons / Michael Jackson*
Got strong memories of feeling warm and fuzzy when hearing their songs like ‘Show You the Way to Go’, ‘Blame It on the Boogie’ and Michael’s superb solo debut ‘Off the Wall’. I liked The Jackson 5 too, but I really started appreciating those records when I was older.
10. *The Rolling Stones*
The early stages of my love for them began in the late ‘70s. I remember ‘Miss You’ coming out and loving it, and my parents had ‘Aftermath’ so I liked ‘Under My Thumb’. I would have been familiar with ‘Satisfaction’ too, even if I might not have known it was by The Stones.
My top ten as a 1979 teenager
1. Kiss
2. Queen
3. Status Quo
4. Uriah Heep
5. Deep Purple
6. Rainbow
7. Scorpions
8. Supertramp
9. Van Halen
10. Alice Cooper
I graduated high school in 1974, and didn't go to college until the early 80's, so I'm trying to think back on my favourite bands of that time, during and just after high school. Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Wishbone Ash, Yes, Genesis, Renaissance, The Strawbs, Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers, and Queen.
That's an interesting twist, very cool.
01. KISS
02. Deep Purple
03. AC/DC
04. Judas Priest
05. Rainbow
06. Thin Lizzy
07. Black Sabbath
08. Queen
09. Ramones
10. The Clash
1 The Replacements
2 Neil Young w or w/o and Crazy Horse
3 The Move
5 Marshall Crenshaw
5 Guided by Voices
6 Love with Arthur Lee
7 The Psychedelic Furs
8 Graham Parker and the Rumor
9 Early Costello records
10 Roxy Music
11 The Smiths
Most bloated artists of all time:
Bon Jovi
Radiohead
Coldplay
Queen
Pink Floyd
Guns and Roses
KISS
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rush
@@oppothumbs1 Really like THE REPLACEMENTS, especially their debut "Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash", but that wasn't even released in 1980 but 1981. THE SMITHS didn't even exist back then, love them, too. Really love BON JOVI's first releases 'til "New Jersey" 1988, never understood the haters.
@@mikevillain666 " Really love BON JOVI's first releases 'til "New Jersey" 1988, never understood the haters.
"
I guess some people just don't like their music, for whatever reason.
Ok, fav. bands that I was ACTUALLY listening to at the time: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Queen, Status Quo, Golden Earring, AC/DC, Rainbow & other ex-Deep Purple bands/ members, Bee Gees, Trapeze, Journey. Cheers.
I was 15 and a sophomore in high school (Shawnee HS, Medford NJ) on 1/1/1980. Great topic. In no particular order......Led Zeppelin, KISS, Eagles, Who, Boston, Police, Genesis, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Van Halen. Honorable mentions to Sabbath, Priest, Rush, Queen, Aerosmith, Foreigner.
Great concept chaps and was just as tricky as last week. In came UFO/Queen/Aerosmith & The Who, out went Journey/Survivor/Scorpions & Rush, with a bit of tweaking with the rankings as well.
1. Kiss
2. Thin Lizzy
3. Deep Purple
4. Led Zeppelin
5. ELO
6. Queen
7. UFO
8. The Who
9. Pink Floyd
10. Aerosmith
I was only 5 1/2 on January 1, 1980... BUT if looked back at that time today, these would be some of my choices.
10. Deep Purple/.Led Zeppelin ( Both Big influences on hard rock/metal, had to pick both )
9. Aerosmith
8. Judas Priest
7. ZZ Top
6. Rush
5. Alice Cooper Band/Alice Cooper
4. Black Sabbath
3. Van Halen
2. KISS
1. AC/DC
honorable mentions:
Triumph
The Police
Motorhead
April Wine
The Who
Thin Lizzy etc etc etc.
Great topic. In 1980, I was listening to ELO, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon, AC/DC, The Blues Brothers, Styx, Journey, The Beatles, The Stones, Kenny Loggins (yes, he was big in 1980!) Floyd, Queen and Supertramp. Probably some others, but when I think of 1980 and my albums & 8-tracks, that’s what I had spread out on my floor.
Doing this as *artists "and" bands*
The time...January 1st, 1980.
1. DAVID BOWIE
2. BLACK SABBATH
3. AC/DC
4. BEATLES
5. KISS
6. LED ZEPPELIN
7. ROLLING STONES
8. PINK FLOYD / THE WHO ... both as impactful
9. STEELY DAN / ZZ TOP ...ditto
10. FRANK ZAPPA
Hard to make this list. And there are a good 40 others that come to mind. Love them all too. But doing this quickly....and because I already do this kind of thing with an old friend of mine, I was able to rattle off this essential 10 kind of easily. I so wanted to get Aerosmith, Queen, MKII Deep Purple, Budgie, Kansas, Elton John, Jeff Beck, Cheap Trick, Judas Priest, Blue Oyster Cult, Thin Lizzy, ELO, UFO, James Brown, Kate Bush, The Kinks, Badfinger, Roxy Music and Yes in there, but I didn't want to cheat with anymor "ties" and I'm good with my list.
*Bowie, Black Sabbath and AC/DC* are cemented Top 3. While, #4 The Beatles (& #7 Stones) have been omnipresent since I was born (always 'in the ether' and for good reason -- was a huge Rolling Stones fan as a young kid) and man, I'm just as passionate about "70s" KISS now as I was when I got my first Kiss Army Pack in 1976 🔥
In general, I think any in your Top 10 need to be an *artist who really changed and overwhelmed your life* Like, there was me before this artist, then me after. And if you're a musician, how much did they influence and inspire you
So there are many many...many others of strong consideration, but hey, I only get 10 here, and that's my Top 10 up there.
ROCK ON,
Marc
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You're a deep thinker. I like the thoughts that you express in your comments.
@@grimtraveller7923 Hey, thank you very much. Appreciate that compliment. And cool of you to take the time to post it!
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1. Floyd
2. Genesis
3. Tull
4. The Beatles
5. Sabbath
6. Crimson
7. Camel
8. The Who
9. Rush
10. Yes
It was really hard to leave out Nektar, Hawkwind, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Miles Davis, Gentle Giant, and a few others.
Being born in 1974; I would have been still only 5 in Jan 1980!
1.kiss
2.Van Halen
3. Black Sabbath
4. Aerosmith
5. Ac/DC
6. Led Zeppelin
7. Jimi Hendrix
8. Bad company
9. Queen
10. Styx
I really only listened to kiss, but I remember my older brother and sister playing these bands! Great episode guys!
1. The Beatles
2. KISS
3. Queen
4. The Commadores
5. The Rolling Stones
6. The Bay City Rollers
7. Styx
8. Wings
9. Cool and the Gang
10. Ricki Lee Jones/Chuck Mangione
This list is a STRETCH! I was 10 in 1980 (9 on Jan 1st) I was and still am a HUGE Beatles fan. I had yet to get into Aerosmith or Zeppelin at the time.
KISS was my life from 1977-1980. But at the time my older sister was listening to The Commadores and Cool and the Gang. Queen was HUGE at this time.
WIngs,Styx were everywhere in 1980. The Bay City Rollers when I was 5 were MASSIVE when I was 5 or 6.
The Beatles, KISS, Alice Cooper, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, WINGS, Boston
I was two years old by then, but my list of who was around before then would have to be.
1. Judas Priest
2. Black Sabbath
3. Kiss
4. Scorpions
5. Rainbow
6. AC/DC
7. Alice Cooper
8. Deep Purple
9. Aerosmith
10. Blue Oyster Cult
Judging by that list, if I was alive back then we'd be friends. That list is nearly the same as mine.
Great list!! I might swap out BOC for LED Zeppelin… but awesome list all around! JP at the top!! 🤘
I was 16 so definitely an influential period at that time. At school (in the UK, so we had the sixth form common room with a record player) we always had on The Scorpions, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Queen, Pink Floyd, Rush, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, but also some classic punk such as The Stranglers, Clash, Damned, Ramones, even The Jam. Obviously the girls couldn't stand what we were playing. For me I jumped over the Led Zeppelin and Genesis material as I went from punk to the harder rock bands like The Scorpions. Got into Zeppelin and Genesis and others after 1980 so can't count them.
The sixth form common room’s hi fi stereo! You take me back to the mid 90s with that comment. I was in sixth form between 1995 and 1997. So what got played was Blur, Oasis, Elastica, Green Day, The Prodigy, Suede, McAlmont/Butler, Mansun, Ocean Colour Scene, Supergrass....and Kula Shaker! Funny how songs that were played from that certain time stick in your head.
@@jimmycampbell78 that was a great period for British music too. Liked those bands at the time. Suede, Pulp, Stereophonics, Manic Street Preachers.
My current top 10 as of 1/1/80 in order of preference : ( with a Pardo mulligan )
The Beatles
Jethro Tull
The Rolling Stones
Yes
Genesis
Steely Dan
Emerson , Lake & Palmer
Pink Floyd
Deep Purple
The Who / tied with Supertramp
Honourable Mentions :
Queen
Elton John
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Be Bop Deluxe
David Bowie
Thanks !
This was very interesting because my taste has changed so much from: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Who, Genesis, Yes, Deep Purple, Van Morrison, The Beatles. Now, it's jazz but also recent albums from heavier bands. Of the "old" favourites I really only go back to The Beatles, Jethro Tull and Procul Harum. Maybe I just listened to those bands too much because there was less independent and niche labels.
Stones 'Between the Buttons' LP fr/'67 if you haven't heard it in a while or that much turns out to be a treasure. What a freaking clutch of great protopsych songs beyond the hits "Ruby Tuesday" and "Lets Spend the Night Together" I think its a better album than Let it Bleed which gets brought down by two weak tracks as most of their LP's do- but not that one
I am 60 y/o now. So I had definite favorites by the end of the 70s. And, indeed, this was a struggle because I have at least ten more that could be on this list.
Here are my top 10.
10. Styx
9. Jethro Tull
8. Boston (only two albums in the 70s but, damn, what great albums!)
7. AC⚡️DC
6. Led Zeppelin
5. Van Halen (again, only two 70s albums but, holy shit!!)
4. Queen
3. Kansas
2. Yes
1. Rush! They were my favorite since I first heard 2112 at 14 y/o. I was able to see them live on the Hemispheres tour in 1979 for $6.50!
Great show Mr. Pardo! 🤘🏻
My top favorite band if the World ended on 1/1980 would be (in no particular order) ... The Kinks, The Who, Van der Graaf Generator, Pink Floyd, PFM, Goblin, Genesis, Jethro Tull, King Crimson and Todd Rundgren (Utopia). Quite a few honorable mentions like Gentle Giant, Supertramp, etc.
Utopia's "The IKON" is so good.
@@mikeloomis687 absolutely. Rundgren and Utopia are imho under rated for their memorable prog and more poppy songs of their time.
@@sdrandazzo yes, I was blown away at the Title song of that album. "City in my head...." I played that damn album incessantly. I was already a Todd fan and this was my first taste of alternative/prog rock. I was instantly hooked.
I was 2 and a half years into the service overseas as of Jan. 1, '80 and most of what I was hearing from my buddies was crust punk and hardcore punk. But I managed to keep my favorites intact going in as I had upon my discharge.
Procol Harum
Nektar
Cream
Deep Purple / Black Sabbath (tie)
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Caravan
Mountain
Fairport Convention / Steeleye Span (tie)
Led Zeppelin
The Marshall Tucker Band
Thanks Pete and Martin for another fabulous show.
Hey SHANE, how you making out ? How u feeling ??
Hi Shane I like some of your choices. How are you feeling today?
@@garyjoyce2160 HI GARY!! I think the hard part is over ! lol -- I'm hoping to go home Monday or Tuesday. They removed splintered "chunks" of bone off of 3 cracked ribs -- no more scaffold climbing for me (or for my co-worker who I unfortunately LANDED on!!-- fractured HIS leg in 2 places). Weird how life hands us these special little surprises lol! Hope everything is going ACES for you-- thanks a bunch for asking, it means a lot!
@@SkeltonKnaggsLives / wishing you the “ best”. I missed you. ! Enjoy tonight/ weekend!!! 👍💯
Great list.
A Great Decade for Rock
Blue Oyster Cult
Black Sabbath
Queen
Elton John
David Bowie
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
Yes
Mott the Hoople
Pete, I thought FOR SURE you were going to have Paul McCartney and Wings somewhere on your list. Great show as always!
As much as I love them, not quite...really only a handful of album are top notch.
Hi Pete, Hi Martin. Another brilliant idea guys. I certainly found this hard
My top ten is.
1....Deep Purple
2.....Black Sabbath
3.....Led Zeppelin
4.....Genesis,
5.....Free.
6.....Yes
7.... Hawkwind
8.....Uriah Heep
9..... Jethro Tull
10....King Crimson
Honourable mentions.
Rolling Stones, The Who, Gentle Giant, PFM, Amon Düül, Caravan.
I could go on and on 👍
I was so lucky to be in my early teens in 1970...and bought a lot of the first albums when they were released.
I have to say thanks again for your channel Pete...it helps me through my week.
Looking forward to your next offering. Peace from Liverpool UK 👍✌️🤘☮️
By January 1, 1980, Van Halen only had two albums out, but they still would have to be my #1 for that date. I had already seen them twice by 1/1/80. They were, pardon the pun, ON FIRE. No other band came close to their energy.
After that, after considering where my mind was at that time with some consideration for what I think of the bands' later performances:
2. Rush (still very much a hard rock band on 1/1/80)
3. Ted Nugent (near the end of his prime, but what a performer he was!)
4. KISS (in spite of Dynasty and 2/4 of the solo albums)
5. Journey (still a hard rock band on 1/1/80)
6. Queen (still a hard rock band on 1/1/80)
7. Judas Priest
8. UFO
9. Thin Lizzy
10. Rainbow
I was 11 and although I owned some records I didn't start buying music with my own money for another couple of months - Madness: My Girl was the first single I bought with my own cash
At the time I wouldn't say that I had favourite bands, but I certainly had bands that I liked everything I'd heard:
The Beatles
The Carpenters
Slade
Bee Gees
Sweet
Boney M
Abba
Blondie
The Undertones
Buzzcocks
Here is where I was at in 1979, I was 13 at the time.
Kiss started it all for me so they would definitely be there. Discovered them in 76 with Rock and Roll Over
Black Sabbath ... discovered Master of Reality in 78 and had their first 3 by that time.
Aerosmith
Judas Priest
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Nazareth
Rush
Van Halen
Scorpions
Ted Nugent
AC/DC
Alice Cooper
And Led Zeppelin were the bands I would have listed had I been asked Dec of 1979.
My top 10 off the top of my head in no particular order. Black Sabbath is definitely #1. America, AC/DC, Rush, Judas Priest, Boston, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, UFO, Van Halen
This was a fun experiment. On January 1, 1980 I had just turned 18 a few days earlier, and was a freshman in college. My 10 favorite bands at the time would have been:
Kansas
Blue Oyster Cult
Steely Dan
The Doobie Brothers
Styx
Heart
Queen
Electric Light Orchestra
The Runaways
Jethro Tull
Two bands that were around at the time and would make my Top 10 now, but that I didn't get into until later in my college years: AC/DC and ZZ Top.
When I first started getting into bands and started buying albums in the early 70's it was CCR, Deep Purple, Grand funk, Led Zep, Alice cooper group, the Who, Elton john. Mid to late 70's it was Bad company, Aerosmith,cheap Trick, Kiss , Kiss and Kiss.
I was only 9 on January 1, 1980 and my musical favorites were mostly confined to my mom's record collection of Beatles, Stones, Creedence, and Iron Butterfly. So fast forward a little to say, 1984, and think about what if the music world ended 1/1/80, then my list would be:
Iron Butterfly
Led Zeppelin
Aerosmith
The Who
The Doors
Rush
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Styx
Billy Joel
Creedence Clearwater Revival
By the end of '79, I was 26. Many of the 60's bands I loved were gone, or fading fast. That allowed more 70's stuff to creep onto my list.
1. The Beatles (Who else?)
2. The Dictators
3. Blue Oyster Cult
4. Cheap Trick
5. Thin Lizzy
6. The Ramones
7. The Who (Up thru Quadro)
8. The Groundhogs
9. The Jam
10. Edmunds/Lowe/Rockpile
This is a fascinating subject for me, because in 1979 I went through the deepest, most cataclysmic and far reaching musical change I've ever gone through. In my life, I've taken huge musical leaps in 1973, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986-8 and 1991. Those are the years that I encountered, what was for me, a new kind of music, that would lead me to other places and spaces, be it the artist, single or album, that I'm still with.
And 1979 was the most significant, the year in which my then musical headspace at the age of 16 was to change for all time. When I think about my musical evolution, there is me prior to '79 and me after '79.
And so, if I go to me on Jan 1st, 1980, many of the artists I'd have counted in my top 10 at the time, would not necessarily be there post-Jan 1st. I still love those artists I encountered prior to '80 and I still listen to them to this day {in fact, I was listening to some today and have been doing so for the last 4 or 5 months as I have an iPod packed full of singles from the 1950s to about 2008 and 1970s pop/rock albums}.
During that summer of '79, my musical headspace was to alter forever so if you'd asked me which artists I liked at the end of that year, I'd have said, based on what records I was listening to, in no particular order, The Beatles, the Jackson 5, the Seekers, the Osmonds, the Bay City Rollers, the Rolling Stones, the Monkees, Melanie, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple. I was also just getting into some Creedence Clearwater Revival, Poco and Jimi Hendrix. As well as that, I was getting into rock'n'roll of the 50s and some of the great pop singles of the 60s as well as some 70s stuff I had munched on for years, so I was taking on something of an appreciation of the Who, Jimmy Ruffin, Cat Stevens, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tommy Roe, the Boxtops, Queen, Hot Choclate, David Cassidy, John Miles, Maxine Nightingale, Stretch and a whole host of others. In many of those cases, I never went further with that particular artist than the single I was listening to, in other cases I did.
What was interesting was that year began with my Uncle's girlfriend telling me I couldn't keep listening to just the Beatles {I wasn't. But they were my main listen} so she sent me some soul and 60s singles, while an ex-friend told me the Beatles were shit and passe and that Kate Bush, the Jam and punk was in. And a girl I was sweet on kept going on about the Police. At the time, I was stuck out in Nigeria, so trends tended to be way behind America and the UK where my friends were.
As it turned out, I got into all the recommended quite a few years later, but in the summer of '79 I heard Pink Floyd's first 2 albums and that changed my musical headspace. That led me to Deep Purple {the brilliant "Shades of..." and the magnificent "Fireball"} and after that, I was off on a heavy rock journey that still defines 1980 and 81 for me and is one of my favourite life memories to this day. It also led me to jazz, improvisation and other forms of music that I wouldn't have considered on 31st December 1978.
Great show, here's my list;
1) Led Zeppelin (I had seen them live in August '79, so for me, #1 no question)
2) AC/DC
3) Gillan (a brand new album ( Mr Universe) but I played it endlessly during late '79)
4) Motorhead
5)Black Sabbath
6) Deep Purple
7) Rainbow
8) Rush
9) Thin Lizzy
10) Judas Priest.
Honourable mentions would be Bad Company, UFO, Sweet & Ted Nugent
As many of us were during this time before 1980, I was a teenager at the time, turning 20 in 1980 in Dallas. Live albums were a big thing back then as were 8 tracks. This is what I was listening to then, not discovering later:
1. AC/DC - These were the Bon Scott years. Saw every concert when they rolled through Dallas during the 70's. Bon fuckin' Scott was the first God of Rock and Roll for me.
2. Blue Oyster Cult - One of those 'you had to be there' bands during the '70's. First concert ever - wow lasers! On Your Feet Or On Your Knees ruled.
3. Todd Rundgren - including the Utopia albums. A total Freak in the kindest sense.
4. Pink Floyd - Syd Barrett then the 70's monster run starting with Meddle. Also includes Live at Pompeii.
5. Rush - All The Worlds a Stage started it. My best friend then only answered to the name Geddy.
6. Led Zep - Nothing more to say than has already been said by everyone else.
7. Judas Priest - First time to hear them was Sin After Sin then Stained Class. Everything changed.
8. Jimi Hendrix - Only 3 studio albums before he passed in 1970.
9. Gary Numan - Those early Tubeway albums with all those cool songs were late 70's.
10. Frank Zappa - Almost 30 albums by 1980. Didn't like them all but the Joes Garage Trilogy makes me laugh.
Top ten favourite bands of the last 20 or 30 years would be an interesting follow up given the natural focus on older bands
1. David Bowie
2. Black Sabbath
3. King Crimson
4. Judas Priest
5. Yes
6. Pink Floyd
7. Hawkwind
8. Rainbow
9. Uriah Heep
10. Wire
Wire is a great choice!
In no particular order: Gentle Giant, the Beatles, Steely Dan, the Kinks, The Mothers of Invention, the Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk, Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Kansas.
My list would be a lot different as I didn't like or know certain bands till later and I was only listening to hit radio at the time.
1) Kiss
2) Raspberries
3) Queen
4) ELO
5)Styx
6)Journey
7)Chicago
8)The Who
9)REO Speedwagon
10)Foreigner
Honorable Mentions:
A few new bands that had amazing debuts:
Boston
The Knack
The Cars
And some of the great other bands I was listening to a lot:
The Sweet
The Doors
The Eagles
Foghat
Beach Boys
Yes
Grand Funk
1. The Beatles
2. The Who
3. The Jam
4. CCR
5. Judas Priest
6. The Moody Blues
7. The Kinks
8. The Yardbirds
9. Black Sabbath
10. Jimi Hendrix Experience
My Favorite Bands pre-1980:
1.) Rush
2.) Jethro Tull
3.) Gentle Giant
4.) Thin Lizzy
5.) Black Sabbath
6.) Blue Oyster Cult
7.) Budgie
8.) Dixie Dregs
9.) Aerosmith
10.) Pink Floyd
HMs: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Deep Purple, Genesis, Judas Priest, and UFO
For me
1. Led Zepplin for I, II, III, IV, Houses of the Holy, Physical Graffiti, and Presence.
2. Pink Floyd for Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, Wish you were here, Animals, and The Wall.
3. Queen for debut, II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, Jazz, A day at the races, and News of the World.
4. Black Sabbath for debut, Paranoid, Masters of Reality, Volume 4, Sabbath bloody Sabbath, and Sabotage.
5. AC/DC for High Voltage, Let there in Rock, Powerage, and Highway to Hell
6. Deep Purple for In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn, and Come taste the band.
7. Bowie for Hunky Dory, The rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust, Aladin Sane, Low, and Heroes.
8. Hendrix for Are you experienced? Axis bold as love, and Electric Ladyland.
9. The WHO for Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia.
10. The Rolling Stones for Beggar's Banquet, Let it bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile from Main Street.
HMs - Rush for 2112, Farewell to Kings, and Hemispheres.
🦂 🦂 🦂 - In Trance, Virgin Killer, Taken by force, Lovedrive, and Animal Magnetism.
Fleetwood Mac for Fleetwood Mac, Mr.Wonderful, Then play on, and Rumours.
Dang ! You almost could be me !!
1. Beatles
2. The Who
3. Rolling Stones
4. Queen
5. Rush
6. Kiss
7. Alice Cooper
8. Aerosmith
9. Cheap Trick
10. Black Sabbath
i knew Pete was going to pick Kiss as his first band, I remember Pete saying through many shows how he always says kiss was his first favourite band before he got heavy into Black Sabbath. My list for this would have been 10-Budgie, 9-Yes, 8-Boston, 7-AC/DC, 6-UFO, 5-Rush, 4- Max Webster, 3-Led Zeppelin, 2-Beatles 1-Kiss
That right there is a solid list. Any list that has Budgie and UFO is an excellent one.
@@Nick-qf7vt agreed, two bands that should have had way more success
My top 10 are, btw almost similar to last week video but few changes;
1. Aerosmith
2. Van Halen
3. AC/DC
4. Led Zeppelin
5. The Who
6. Allman Brothers Band
7. Blue Oyster Cult
8. Bad Company
9. ZZ Top
10. The Beatles
BOC’s Amazing Laser show
10. Status Quo
9. Foreigner
8. Blue Oyster Cult
7. Thin Lizzy
6. Styx
5. Bad Company
4. Kiss
3. Queen
2. Judas Priest
1. Ufo
This is difficult again. I want to spread it out among different genres (Southern, Progressive and Hard Rock) so I might have to leave out bands that would be in if I would do a seperate list for each. That being said - here is my list:
10. Outlaws
9. Yes
8. Black Sabbath
7. Genesis
6. Deep Purple
5. Queen
4. Rush
3. Lynyrd Skynyrd
2. Uriah Heep
1. Allman Brothers Band
HM: Kansas, Status Quo, Jethro Tull, Atlanta Rhythm Section, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Be-Bop Deluxe, Camel and Beatles
Much thanks for the creation of this podcast Martin Peter 👍
1- Pink Floyd
2- Yes
3- Led Zeppelin
4- Zappa/Mothers
5- Bob Dylan
6- David Bowie
7- Black Sabbath
8- Deep Purple
9- Rolling Stones
10- Alice Cooper
Honorable mentions : Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull, Beatles, The Nice, ELP, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, Rare Bird, Blind Faith, King Crimson, Uriah Heep
At age 13 on 1-1-80: the Beatles, Styx, Kiss, Paul McCartney and Wings. Possibly ELO based on radio listening alone, and maybe I’d discovered Rush by that time too. I dug into things more deeply in high school in the early ‘80s.
If anyone has earned the right to ‘pull a Pardo’, it’s Pete! Fun episode, fellas!
Great episode guys!
1.BOC 2.Sabbath 3.Zeppelin 4.Purple 5.Yes
I really only started getting into music when I was 8-9 years old on 1975-76, so my favorites in those 5 years would have been:
Styx, Foreigner, Elton John, The Beatles, and the Doors. The last two because of my older Brother and Sisters. Elton John was everywhere, and Styx and Foreigner albums were the first I had and just listen to them all the time.
Can’t wait until you two meet up someday. Definitely record it!
Great show as usual. I’ve never heard you guys mention the Kinks or Dire Straits-what are your thoughts on them?
1. Yes
2. Kansas
3. Eagles
4. Uriah Heep
5. Lynyrd Skynyrd
6. Deep Purple
7. Genesis
8. Emerson Lake & Palmer
9. Saga
10. Gentle Giant
I was 15 when the 70'th started, so these were the bands I listen to and still do
1.Queen
2.Thin Lizzy
3.The Ramones
4.Black Sabbath
5.Led Zeppelin
6.AC/DC
7.Kiss
8.Judas Priest
9.Van Halen
10.Aerosmith
Kiss, Rush, Styx, Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, Devo, Thin Lizzy, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull
One of my all time favorites that never seems to get a mention on any episodes
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
I’ve been binge watching you guys since I saw your first video two weeks ago, and aside from watching Pete’s hairstyles change, I must say they back and forth and absolutely top level of music knowledge is astounding from you too. It’s re-ignited my love of music. Thank you!
My list would start with my prog holy trinity.
Genesis
Yes
ELP
Queen
Allen Parson's Project
Mott the Hoople/Ian Hunter
The Tubes
Be Bop Deluxe
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
I saw Kiss on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in 1975, I think it was. I was blown away by their concert appearance, and the music was heavy and good. Their music didn't have any staying power with me after their first 3 or 4 releases though. However, what a concert they put on!
Well you guys here's my list according to your specs. Going from #1 to #10. 1 led Zeppelin 2, Steely Dan 3 Frank Marino and mahogany Rush, 4Deep purple, 5 Scorpions, . 6 Blue oyster Cult, 7 Robin Trower, 8 Pat Travers, 9 Aerosmith , 10 UFO. Thats what i was listening to before 1980. I look at my list and i love it.😊
I was hoping to see Kansas mentioned and I wasn't disappointed. Such an amazing output from them, particularly during the 70s. I would have loved to have seen them in concert back then but I wasn't here yet. Glad to say that I did see them here in London on their last tour with Steve Walsh. Although it wasn't the original lineup they had really great cohesiveness and played a killer set, sadly without my favourite song 'The Pinnacle', although they did start the show with an instrumental of 'Mysteries & Mayhem'. Great stuff!
Great love it chaps. Ok here I go. I’m the same age as Martin. Here’s my list
1. Queen
2. ELO
3. AC/DC
4. Judas Priest
5. UFO
6. Black Sabbath
7. Sparks
8. Pink Floyd
9. Status Quo (pronounces StayTus) I’m English
10. Deep Purple
You’re right Martin, Queen n Priest. Musical alchemy
Was in my early teens #1 Skyhooks loved them Shirley Strachan brilliant, 2 The Angels one of the greats and Doc Neeson what a performer, 3 AC/DC what can you say Bon / Angus, 4 Cold Chisel Ian Moss great guitarist, 5 Little River Band, 6 Daddy Cool, 7 Sex Pistol’s, 8 Australian Crawl, 9 Queen, 10 Kiss. Wasn’t until the early 80’s I heard Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin after hearing Maiden, Metallica, Slayer, Ozzy and Mercyful Fate and the love of Heavy music began
Great add-on topic to last week's show. This changes the playing field!
1. Kiss 2. Zeppelin 3. Aerosmith 4. Rush 5. Judas Priest 6. Thin Lizzy 7. Rainbow 8. Sabbath
9. Cheap Trick 10. Pat Travers Band
Pat Travers, one of our national treasures 🇨🇦
Cheap Trick...Thank You, love em, fun rock band...and it’s supposed to be fun.
@@gunsguitarsandgambling3614 Best live band out there today - they change up the set list every night and can play anything from their extensive catalog!
10. Steely Dan
9. Fleetwood Mac
8. Styx
7. Rush
6. Supertramp
5. Beatles
4. Yes
3. Alan Parsons Project
2. Kansas
1. Genesis
Honorable mention: Heart
Excellent list!!!
Weather Report, Keith Jarrett, Jimi Hendrix, Little Feat, Yes, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Captain Beefheart, Neil Young and Bowie for me.
This episode is perfect for me because I'm older than Pete and Martin by more years than I care to say and the 1970s is the era that I grew up with listening to first AM and then FM radio at home or in my car. I grew up in Southern California and some bands like "The Scorpions" weren't even on my radar, they just weren't popular but "Styx", "Kansas", "Grand Funk", "Lynyrd Skynyrd"et al were as far as American bands. UK bands popular at the time were "Led Zeppelin", "Yes", "Rolling Stones", "Foghat" and even "The Beatles" were still being played on radio or through speakers set up on window sills to allow the neighbors to listen whether they wanted to or not.
The music of the 1980s was radically different due mainly to the influence of MTV and what they included in their rotation.
As far as "Kiss", I'm pretty much with Pete's parents. I never got them. They were a circus act and a mockery of rock'n roll. My younger brother loved them. I never understood my brother. Still don't.🤔
Thanks Pete and Martin for this list this was fun to listen to I'm 48 yrs old now so unfortunately was only born in 1973 so music for me didn't enter my world until around 1985 when I was twelve through friends in my neighborhood and also a cousin of mine introducing heavy metal to me and I was hooked in immediately and then started collecting heavy metal albums and cassettes not too long after but I decided to base this on if I was born in say 1960 that would make me thirteen in 1973 and knowing my tastes in music and knowing also what I know today about 1970's hard rock and heavy metal and the bands that I love now from that era what bands would be my favorites if the world ended on Jan.1, 1980 which btw would make twenty years old......so here it is:
1. Kiss
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Deep Purple
4. Queen
5. Black Sabbath
6. Pink Floyd
7. Rush
8. Scorpions
9. Styx
10.(tied) Blue Oyster Cult and UFO
Honorable Mentions:
Judas Priest
Genesis
Jethro Tull
Aerosmith
The Who
AC/DC
The Beatles
The Ramones
10. Thin Lizzy, 9. Rush, 8. Boston, 7. ZZ Top, 6. Zeppelin, 5. Yes, 4. Jeff Beck, 3. Alan Parsons Project, 2. Judas Priest, 1. Pink Floyd
That's a great lineup Jorn Fox. I would have added ACDC as well
@@preving Great band AC/DC.
Excellent show and inspiring. I was 15 back then and hadn't heard a lot of bands and had not even heard of prog. So the bands from 1st to last were Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats, Queen, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Gary Newman, Jean Michelle Jarre, The Buzzcocks.
Thank you Martin for talking about A&B Sound!Shopping there was an Event even if you lived in the Lower Mainland
1. Emerson Lake & Palmer
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Genesis [bummed not to be able to include Duke]
4. Pink Floyd
5. Yes [bummed about no Drama]
6. Rush [bummed about no Jacob's Ladder/Natural Science & YYZ]
7. Jethro Tull
8. Aerosmith
9. King Crimson [never cared for them after Red]
10. Moody Blues
Good show guys, lots of great discussion (as always).
Hey guys, I love the last 2 shows you've done! Extremely entertaining! So here is my Top 10 with some honorable mentions:
1. Black Sabbath
2. Blue Oyster Cult
3. Kiss
4. Led Zeppelin
5. Pink Floyd
6. Aerosmith
7. Uriah Heep
8. Queen
9. Rolling Stones
10. AC/DC
Honorable Mentions (Alphabetical)
- Deep Purple
- Foghat
- Grand Funk Railroad
- J. Geils Band
- Judas Priest
- Lynryrd Skynryd
- Rush
Again, what a fantastic show this was!!
Floyd, Tull, Genesis and Yes remain from last week. Add in Hawkwind, ELO, Rush, Steve Hillage, Neil Young and Slade.
Honourable mention I kept extremely quiet at the time - Glenn Miller. I still love big band swing from the 30s and 40s.
Well, I was -15 years old in 1980 so I’m going with an alternate scenario where no music was made after 1979.
These would be my top 10 bands/artists:
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
David Bowie
Black Sabbath
Rush
Yes
Thin Lizzy
Judas Priest
Neil Young
Steely Dan
Honourable Mentions:
The Beatles
Scorpions
Deep Purple
Uriah Heep
Blue Öyster Cult
Nick Drake
Gentle Giant
Queen
Pink Floyd
Wishbone Ash
Nektar
Van der Graaf Generator
Camel
Budgie
Groundhogs
Eloy
Genesis
Alice Cooper
Led Zeppelin
Supertramp
Robin Trower
Traffic
Fantastic show as always, thanks Pete & Martin! 🤘🤘
Never tried this before, but here’s my list for this category: 10) Boston, only one album, but what an album. 9) The Beatles, 8) Linda Ronstadt, 7) Kansas, 6) The Eagles, 5) BTO, 4) The Rolling Stones, 3) America, 2) Led Zeppelin, 1) Chicago
Its a great list
Boston had two albums released.
Sometimes I wonder how many people on this channel realize what a huge and impactful force Linda Rondstadt was in the 70s.
I was nine January 1980. I remember my brother playing Back in Black later that year and loving it. My sister would scare the hell out of me with Black Sabbath and Alice Cooper. A couple years later, I would love those bands.
1 Uriah Heep 2 Genesis 3 Pink Floyd 4 Led Zeppelin 5 Supertramp 6 UFO 7 Scorpions 8 Manfred Mann's Earthband 9 Wings 10 Black Sabbath Great fun and I can listen to you and Martin rapping about music all day :)
Better late than never...great show/scenario! Being the same age range as our hosts, I'll go with my top 10 listened to during that timeframe:
1. Beatles
2. Led Zep
3. Kiss
4. Lyn Skyn
5. Montrose(loved all 4)
6. Aerosmith
7. Ted Nugent
8. Wings
9. Thin Lizzy
10. UFO
Loved both those shows with Jack .
I always learn so much every on all the shows
My top ten is similar to last weeks with 2cexceptions being JethroTull which I didnt get into until the 1990's and Camel, who although I loved Rain Dances I didnt go further with them until the mid 80's - so taking their places are Priest and Scorpions, and my ranking has changed slightly though the top 3 remain the top 3
1. Yes
2. Deep Purple
3. ELP
4. Rainbow
5. Rush
6. Judas Priest
7. UFO
8. Blue Oyster Cult
9. Scorpions
10. Thin Lizzy
Great list, I agree
1. Deep Purple
2. Jethro Tull
3. Chicago
4. Blue Oyster Cult
5. Uriah Heep
6. Black Sabbath
7. Kansas
8. Foghat
9. Bachman-Turner Overdrive
10. Aerosmith
Does BTO have more to recommend them than the couple of tiresome hits?
@@kylez8010 I think you're referring to BTO II and the Not Fragile album, that was the third. I really like their self-titled debut; "Stay Awake All Night' I think is a standout. Plus they got a leg from me since Randy was in another of my favorite groups, The Guess Who with Burton Cummings. They went downhill after Four Wheel Drive.
@@eltronics i'll have to dig in here on YT. I was referring to "takin' care of business" and "you ain't seen.." songs i've heard many times but never on purpose. "Let it ride" is better.
Fantastic episode! I know that you probably get a bunch of folks “chewing on your ear” about various topics, so truly no pressure. DIY right? Anyway, I thought an interesting topic may be “Who are your favorite multi-instrumentalists?”. I can think of a few that deserve mention: Paul McCartney on *everything* (ie. plays some fine drums on the Band on the Run album too!), Steve Winwood (great guitar on Medicated Goo), Pete Townshend (not a bad pianist and, of course, ARP synths), Peter Gabriel (brings some meaningful chops on his Yamaha CP80), etc. Forgive me, if you’ve already covered this topic in some form or another.
Yep, we have!
Roger Taylor-Queen.
Thanks Pete. Indeed I found that episode! ua-cam.com/video/P2l_R55ee3g/v-deo.html
Unfortunately i wasnt alive but if i was it would probably be beatles, who, kinks, byrds, beach boys, pink floyd, led zeppelin, captain beefheart, zappa and the mothers, king crimson
Inspired by this episode, I think it would be an interesting show to rate your favorite band (or album) from individual years. For example, in 1965, 1966,...1970, 1971, 1972,...1980, 1981,...etc. Of course, the research involved to list all of the bands or albums relevant to each year would be pretty exhaustive. Just a thought! By the way, I was born in 1964 (or as I like to always respond when asked, "I was born the year the Beatles came to America for the first time", and I can relate to the music and happenings of those times. I love the material and respect both Martin and your vast knowledge and entertaining discussion on all of it. Your shows have inspired me to remember my vast (nearly 200) albums, 8-tracks, cassettes, and CDs I had accumulated during my formative years. I lost the majority of my collection in a flood down in Houston in the early 80s, but I've started a list to remember what I can about that varied discography. Many of the lost albums were inherited from my parents' collection, so it was a nostalgic loss. Thank you guys for inspiring me to start listening to, not just songs, but albums again!