Sounds of the 70's

 Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the70's on Sunday was an excusably self-indulgent 'special' in which he represented entirely his own taste in between being interviewed by his wife, the great Tiggy Stardust who, during lockdown, somewhat stole the show.

Sounds of the 70's 27/12/2020

It is entirely his prerogative to present his rock show credentials with his Layla, The Who, Steve Miller and dreary old Eagles, notwithstanding the Springsteen that I've never really 'got' but it only highlights how he seems to include soul and disco under suffrance whereas Tony Blackburn not only wouldn't concentrate on white boys who took themselves seriously but hasn't got as much to pick from in his Sounds of the 60's, in which he favours Motown. Listening to both shows on a fairly regular basis, my sympathies are being shifted towards the 60's.

I wasn't really compos mentis vis a vis pop music for the whole of the 1960's, despite my Beatles bedroom wallpaper but I knew about all of the 70's and if we need 16 tracks to make a show, the Top 20 in September 1971 has enough material on its own. But 16 tracks is what Johnnie had so, as a festive special and a pitch to take over the show once JW retires to spend more time with his Jackson Browne LP's, here's what I'd have had, never being able to see any celebrity questionnaire without thinking I could fill it in better.

 

David Bowie, Rebel Rebel

Mott the Hoople, All the Young Dudes

Al Green, I'm Still in Love with You

Tami Lynn, I'm Gonna Run Away from You

Stone the Crows, Goodtime Girl 

The Rolling Stones, Tumbling Dice

The Drifters, Like Sister and Brother 

Lindisfarne, Meet Me on the Corner

Steeleye Span, Rogues in a Nation

Dave and Ansell Collins, Double Barrel

The Pioneers, Let Your Yeah Be Yeah

The Clash, (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais

Rod Stewart & the Faces, You Wear It Well

Diana Ross, I'm Still Waiting

T. Rex, Get It On

Joni Mitchell, A Case of You

 

Goodness Gracious, that was hard to do and the list of apologies to the likes of David Cassidy, Elvis Costello, Benny Hill and Led Zeppelin would be much longer than the list itself but we have a wireless programme.