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If they ever decide to do it,  it will look nothing like this.  I stuck to the big acts/songs.  Not sure all were UK hits, particularly Ramones and New York Dolls, but they are well known songs.  Maybe cheating a little with the first four as they are sixties bands.

So for those that don't like Boney M on their compilations...

CD1

  1. Lola - Kinks
  2. Let It Be - The Beatles
  3. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
  4. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
  5. Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
  6. C'mon Feel the Noise - Slade
  7. Get It on - T. Rex
  8. This Town Ain't Big Enough - Sparks
  9. Streetlife - Roxy Music
  10. Heroes - David Bowie
  11. All The Young Dudes - Mott The Hoople
  12. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
  13. Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
  14. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting - Elton John
  15. Stay With Me - The Faces
  16. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
  17. Make Me Smile - Steve Harley
  18. School's Out - Alice Cooper
  19. Can The Can - Suzi Quatro
  20. American Pie - Don McLean

CD2

  1. Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones
  2. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
  3. London Calling - The Clash
  4. Eton Rifles - The Jam
  5. No More Heroes - The Stranglers
  6. Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello
  7. Ever Fallen in Love - The Buzz****s
  8. Cool For Cats - Squeeze
  9. Psycho Killer - Talking Heads
  10. Love Song - The Damned
  11. Are Friends Electric - Tubeway Army
  12. Personality Crisis - New York Dolls
  13. Heart of Glass - Blondie
  14. The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
  15. Teenage Kicks - Undertones
  16. Message In A Bottle - The Police
  17. The Kids Are United - Sham 69
  18. Gangsters - Specials
  19. Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury
  20. Rat Trap - Boomtown Rats

PS Was very tempted to add I Will Survive, but resisted   Maybe a third disc...



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Pretty good selection. Would definitely tempt me to buy.

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And an extended eclectic third CD.  

  1. I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
  2. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 - Pink Floyd
  3. Brass in Pocket - The Pretenders
  4. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
  5. My Sharona - The Knack
  6. 2-4-6-8 Motorway - Tom Robinson Band
  7. Pop Muzik - M
  8. The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels Band
  9. Making Plans For Nigel - XTC
  10. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush
  11. My Best Friend's Girl - Cars
  12. Layla - Derek & The Dominos
  13. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
  14. No Woman, No Cry - Bob Marley and the Wailers
  15. You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
  16. Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
  17. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
  18. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
  19. Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep
  20. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
  21. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
  22. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel
  23. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine - James Brown
  24. All Right Now - Free


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Other candidates...

 

  1. Bauhaus Bela Lugosi's Dead 
  2. Norman GreenbaumSpirit In The Sky
  3. Mungo JerryIn The Summertime
  4. Smokey Robinson & The MiraclesTears Of A Clown
  5. Freda PayneBand Of Gold
  6. Black SabbathParanoid
  7. The TemptationsBall Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)
  8. Edwin StarrWar
  9. Jimi Hendrix ExperienceVoodoo Chile
  10. John KongosHe's Gonna Step On You Again
  11. The Supremes & The Four TopsRiver Deep, Mountain High
  12. AmericaHorse With No Name
  13. NilssonWithout You
  14. ArgentHold Your Head Up
  15. Johnny NashStir It Up
  16. Mary WellsMy Guy
  17. Python Lee JacksonIn A Broken Dream
  18. The CarpentersGoodbye To Love
  19. Carole KingIt Might As Well Rain Until September
  20. Stealers WheelStuck In The Middle With You
  21. WingsLive And Let Die
  22. Gary GlitterI'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
  23. David EssexRock On
  24. Cozy PowellDance With The Devil
  25. The HolliesThe Air That I Breathe
  26. R Dean TaylorThere's A Ghost In My House
  27. Carl DouglasKung Fu Fighting
  28. KC & The Sunshine BandThat's The Way (I Like It)
  29. LaBelleLady Marmalade
  30. Bachman-Turner OverdriveYou Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
  31. Desmond DekkerThe Israelites
  32. Glen CampbellRhinestone Cowboy
  33. The MiraclesLove Machine
  34. The Walker BrothersNo Regrets
  35. The Real ThingYou To Me Are Everything
  36. The Isley BrothersHarvest For The World
  37. NilssonWithout You
  38. Dr. Feelgood Roxette
  39. Eddie & The Hotrods Do Anything You Wanna Do
  40. Village People YMCA
  41. Jilted JohnJilted John
  42. Quantum JumpThe Lone Ranger
  43. The RutsBabylon Burning
  44. UK SubsStranglehold
  45. Dave EdmundsGirls Talk
  46. Joe JacksonIs She Really Going Out With Him
  47. The PretendersBrass In Pocket
  48. The Sugarhill GangRapper's Delight
  49. ChicGood Times
  50. Siouxsie & The BansheesHong Kong Garden


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Shes So Modern 'namechecks' the decade and  is perhaps less obvious than Rat Trap. Did you include Hotel California? Heard this the other day and despite not particularly being an Eagles fan I have to say it's a classic, great lyrics: 'She's got the Mercedes bends....'

Another great seventies song,which I have just heard recently is Suite:Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash. More obscure than most of the songs you have listed, but I tend to go for less well known tracks, rather than the more predictable songs that everybody knows. Shadow Captain by CSN is excellent too. Whatever about Nigel why not go for Life Begins at The Hop or Radios in Motion by XTC.smile

ps the third cd you include includes lots of songs released in the early eighties if I'm not mistaken? Wasn't Sugarhill Gang around 1980?



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noelindublin wrote:

Shes So Modern 'namechecks' the decade and  is perhaps less obvious than Rat Trap. Did you include Hotel California.... Whatever about Nigel why not go for Life Begins at The Hop or Radios in Motion by XTC.smile

ps the third cd you include includes lots of songs released in the early eighties if I'm not mistaken? Wasn't Sugarhill Gang around 1980

 


 I suppose I chose the obvious as that's what now compilations do. Maybe Hotel California could be added. Sure I missed a few others.

Actually all of them hit the charts in the seventies, or at the very least were released in 1979. 



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