Songs and Albums of 1973 Poll

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Just realised I haven't seen votes from Honorio or Jackson. I can recalculate if you want to get your votes in.
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Very pleasant development.

ALBUMS
10. Todd Rundgren - A Wizard, A True Star / 209 / 10
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DaveC wrote:Just realised I haven't seen votes from Honorio or Jackson. I can recalculate if you want to get your votes in.
Not that it's any of my business, but I think it's already been so long that the results should be final. But of course it's your call ultimately.

Anyway, thanks for your work! I know it's a lot of work. More difficult than I expected when I counted the top 50 songs of 1970.
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Can't complain with those results! New York Dolls getting in the final is a great bonus. Glad Time got in as well - much prefer it over Money.
I'm urprised Elton John didn't get any songs into the top 15, although Goodbye Yellow Brick Road did come close. I thought he'd have been a shoe-in for sure. Probably more refreshing to have a normally overlooked track like Gimmie Danger in there though - almost everything off Raw Power is a stone cold classic.
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TimmyWing wrote:I'm urprised Elton John didn't get any songs into the top 15, although Goodbye Yellow Brick Road did come close. I thought he'd have been a shoe-in for sure.
I actually predicted that my fav Elton John songs wouldn't make it cos the votes would split so much, but GYBR would. Actually what ended up happening was a total split. But at least he has two songs in the top 150 previously. Would have hoped a couple of more though.
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PlasticRam wrote:
TimmyWing wrote:I'm urprised Elton John didn't get any songs into the top 15, although Goodbye Yellow Brick Road did come close. I thought he'd have been a shoe-in for sure.
I actually predicted that my fav Elton John songs wouldn't make it cos the votes would split so much, but GYBR would. Actually what ended up happening was a total split. But at least he has two songs in the top 150 previously. Would have hoped a couple of more though.
Yes, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (the album) is the Cosmo's Factory of 1973: an album with many favorites, but with no clear agreement on what the best song is. So many votes, no results, but it's no surprise to see it do well in the album list. Besides, this isn't exactly the last chance John has to get a song in.

The correlation between this poll lists and the AM year lists top 15 is 10 for albums and 8 for songs. 7 different songs is quite a nice difference, with Alladin Sane and Gimme Danger not even being Bubbling Under.
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Very happy to see A Wizard, A True Star get in. Everything else here is pretty much the usual suspects. The only high ranked albums that tend not to make it are the non-lyrical ones like Tubular Bells.
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PlasticRam wrote:
DaveC wrote:Just realised I haven't seen votes from Honorio or Jackson. I can recalculate if you want to get your votes in.
Not that it's any of my business, but I think it's already been so long that the results should be final. But of course it's your call ultimately.

Anyway, thanks for your work! I know it's a lot of work. More difficult than I expected when I counted the top 50 songs of 1970.
I'll call it closed now.

Running a poll for the first time was certainly a learning experience.
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DaveC wrote:Just realised I haven't seen votes from Honorio or Jackson. I can recalculate if you want to get your votes in.
Oops, sorry, DaveC, I've been really busy lately and I forgot to vote. Here is my list but I don't mind if you don't want to include it, it was obviously my fault.

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1. STEVIE WONDER "Innervisions" (#9 in my all-time list)
2. LOU REED "Berlin" (#43)
3. JOHN CALE "Paris 1919" (#48)
4. PINK FLOYD "The Dark Side of the Moon"
5. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT "Per al meu amic"
6. ELTON JOHN "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
7. THE WAILERS "Catch a Fire"
8. PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS "Band on the Run"
9. DAVID BOWIE "Aladdin Sane"
10. ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK "Jesus Christ Superstar"
11. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle"
12. NEW YORK DOLLS "New York Dolls"
13. MARVIN GAYE "Let’s Get It On"
14. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND "Brothers and Sisters"
15. PACO DE LUCÍA "Fuente y caudal"
16. GENESIS "Selling England by the Pound"
17. KING CRIMSON "Larks' Tongues in Aspic"
18. ROXY MUSIC "For Your Pleasure"
19. KEVIN AYERS "Bananamour"
20. GRAM PARSONS "GP"
21. FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS "Over-Nite Sensation"
22. IGGY AND THE STOOGES "Raw Power"
23. ENO "Here Come the Warm Jets"
24. HERBIE HANCOCK "Head Hunters"
25. ELLIOTT MURPHY "Aquashow"


SONGS:

1. GRAM PARSONS "She" (#159 in my all-time list)
2. JOHN CALE "Paris 1919" (#164)
3. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND "Ramblin' Man" (#186)
4. PACO DE LUCÍA "Entre dos aguas" (#189)
5. PAUL SIMON "Kodachrome" (#204)
6. THE WHO "5:15" (#236)
7. LOVE UNLIMITED ORCHESTRA "Love's Theme" (#240)
8. MARVIN GAYE "Let’s Get It On"
9. BOB DYLAN "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
10. LOU REED "Caroline Says II"
11. DAVID BOWIE "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"
12. PINK FLOYD "Time"
13. STEVIE WONDER "Living for the City"
14. THE WAILERS "Get Up, Stand Up"
15. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Spirit in the Night"
16. FRANK ZAPPA & THE MOTHERS "Dirty Love"
17. IGGY AND THE STOOGES "Search and Destroy"
18. ELTON JOHN "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
19. PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS "My Love"
20. LOU REED "The Bed"
21. JOHN CALE "Andalucia"
22. GENESIS "Firth of Fifth"
23. PINK FLOYD "Brain Damage/Eclipse"
24. NEW YORK DOLLS "Personality Crisis"
25. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
26. STEVIE WONDER "Visions"
27. JOHN MARTYN "Solid Air"
28. PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS "Jet"
29. SOLERA "Noche tras noche"
30. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT "Pare"
31. CECILIA "Si no fuera porque…"
32. NINO ROTA "Amarcord"
33. ELTON JOHN "Candle in the Wind"
34. DAVID BOWIE "Lady Grinning Soul"
35. ENO "Baby's on Fire"
36. ROXY MUSIC "In Every Dream Home a Heartache"
37. LOU REED "Lady Day"
38. KING CRIMSON "Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two"
39. THE WAILERS "Concrete Jungle"
40. STEVIE WONDER "Too High"
41. THE WAILERS "Stir It Up"
42. JOHN LENNON "Mind Games"
43. PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS "Bluebird"
44. VAINICA DOBLE "Coplas del iconoclasta enamorado"
45. JOAN MANUEL SERRAT "Helena"
46. THE ROLLING STONES "Angie"
47. THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND "Jessica"
48. THE STEVE MILLER BAND "The Joker"
49. TOM WAITS "Ol’ 55"
50. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"

FAVOURITE COMPILATION: THE BEATLES "1967-1970"
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Honorio wrote:41. THE WAILERS "Stir It Up"
This is 1967.
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The original "Stir It Up" is from 1967 (lasting 3'30) but I voted for the version that first appeared in 1973 on the "Catch a Fire" album (lasting 5'35) that included a wonderful wah-wah guitar solo.

DaveC, I noticed that including my votes does not change too much the Top 15 albums or songs (only pushes Reed and Cale ahead Roxy Music).
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As Honorio said, his votes wouldn't change which albums & songs made the top 15 cut. Probably just as well as such a late change would no doubt be controversial.

Hoping to include your ballot next time Honorio.
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No problem at all, DaveC. In fact I'm going to include my 1974 votes right now...
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Just found a song from a band called Banco del mutuo soccorso that I found enjoyable upon first listen.

The title is "La Città Sottile."

I wonder if any of the other forum participants have heard of this song and enjoyed it.
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It's one of those Italian prog rock bands from the early seventies, which is a specialty in itself. It's a good tip.
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