<p>Yet another unwinnable CC debate . . . :)</p>
<p>Especially if I’m asked to give specific examples … the horror … the horror.</p>
<p>70’s had the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and the Clash. Did you know the Eagles Greatest Hits (early) is the best selling album in history? Floyd is right behind.</p>
<p>The decade that gave us disco has a handicap in this race.</p>
<p>You forgot Faces and Rod’s first three albums. And Elton’s work up to Captain Fantastic. Then again, this was the decade when Starland Vocal Band won a Grammy for best new artist on the strength of “Afternoon Delight”.</p>
<p>Edit: And Bruce. I’d also mention Southside Johnny, but nobody else ever knows who the Hell he is.</p>
<p>I know who Southside Johnny is! Of course, Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Steely Dan, and Bonnie Raitt should be added to the list of that overly-maligned era. And face it, Led Zep was mostly a 70s band.</p>
<p>Re: bad seventies music–</p>
<p>The grocery store I shop at is using some horrendous XM channel that is really, really bad seventies music, all the time. Not only have I heard Afternoon Delight, but also Longer (please don’t tell me if you like it), Torn Between two lovers, and yesterday’s ear-torture: Sometimes When We Touch.</p>
<p>I really really like the store–great service, goods, prices, but I have to steel myself to set foot in there.</p>
<p>The Clash might have happened in the seventies, but they were a reaction against that culture, certainly not part of it.</p>
<p>The decade that gave us disco has a handicap in this race.
oh yeah ( but 1974 gave us Talking Heads!- not that I had picked up on them yet- I was still listening to Deep Purple- & Uriah Heep but then later the Ramones)</p>
<p>I don’t know if the 80s were much better- but as I had a small child, I spent a lot of time listening to Raffi, Tickle Tune Typhoon, Tim Noah and Jay O’ Callahan
That pretty much took up my concert schedule. I did sneak out of doctor enforced bedrest while I was pregnant and went to see Bonnie Raitt in 1982, that might have been my last adult concert for years :(</p>
<p>The 80’s was the era of one hit wonder bands and lots of 70’s bands still very alive and active. But at least the music of the New wave and haircut bands was highly polished pop and is still enjoyable. I just don’t think the White Stripes etc. will enjoy much of a future. As to Rap/Hip-hop–no comment.</p>
<p>I have to say that our grocery store- particulary at night, plays good music ( I heard * That smell* the other night)
I think it is their own mix, not a mix tape.
Our corner store at night plays * amazing* music
It is owned by a Tibetan with an extensive jazz and blues collection.</p>
<p>Please tell your friend to Podcast. Radio in DC sucks…</p>
<p>WRNR’s not bad. 103.1 out of Annapolis</p>
<p>UPenn’s great station WXPN has an affiliate in, I think, Greenbelt, MD. I’m sure it’s at the lower end of the FM dial. Don’t know if it’s as good as XPN, or how the reception in DC is, but it’s worth a try. WXPN is truly the best I’ve ever heard.</p>