Quoting:
Icehouse started in the 70's (methinks) so they'd get a vote from me
FB  ;)
End Quote

Wow, I hadn't realized that Icehouse had been around since the 70's!!!  :o  Because I had only ever heard their 80's material, I figured they were an 80's band.  I guess you learn something new every day!  ;D

BTW, I was so disappointed that their song "No Promises" didn't make it onto the charts.  That is definitely one of my favorites from the 80's!

Quoting:


Wow, I hadn't realized that Icehouse had been around since the 70's!!!  :o  Because I had only ever heard their 80's material, I figured they were an 80's band.  I guess you learn something new every day!  ;DEnd Quote

Depends on how you look at it. The group did originally form in 1978, under the name Flowers. But by the time they had scored a recording contract, and released their first material Down Under, it was the Spring of '80. So after scoring several hits in Australia that year, the Chrysalis label here in America took notice, and signed them to a U.S. deal. Their debut album, simply titled Icehouse, finally came out Stateside in the Summer of '81, nearly a year after its initial Aussie release (where it was released under their original group name of "Flowers"). The album did moderately well here, too, yielding the #62 pop/#51 AOR hit, "We Can Get Together" (Summer of '81), w/ the title track becoming a #28 AOR hit as well (Fall of '81). Starting w/ their second album, 1982's Primitive Man, the group's Aussie and U.S. releases were pretty much simultaneous. So I've always considered them an '80s band myself... ;D

Quoting:BTW, I was so disappointed that their song "No Promises" didn't make it onto the charts.  That is definitely one of my favorites from the 80's!
End Quote

Actually, it did. I believe you have the book that only lists the songs that made the pop top 40 in Billboard magazine, right Karen M.? Because "No Promises" did much better than you think, hitting #79 pop and #9 AOR in the Summer of '86! So technically, it was one of their biggest hits Stateside, even if it did fall short of the pop top 40...

In addition to the three songs noted above, Icehouse also scored here in the U.S. w/ "Hey' Little Girl", "Cross the Border", "Crazy", "Electric Blue", "My Obsession", and "Touch the Fire"...

Of course, still waiting for a Best of... or Greatest Hits collection to come out domestically. In fact, their entire catalog is now sadly out-of-print here in the U.S... :-( :-( :-(

Quoting:
1. The Sweet
2. Wizzard
3. White Plains
4. Showaddywaddy
5. Mungo Jerry

Anybody heard of and like these groups?
End Quote

Yes, I have a CD of the Sweet. I only know one song that Mungo Jerry did (In the Summertime). White Plains sounds familar but I can't place them. The other two-never heard of.


My favorites are (not in any order):

Styx
Jethro Tull
Eagles
Queen


Cat

Quoting:
Slade
T-rex
End Quote

They were definitely different! Noddy Holder always made me laugh - he was quite a gurner.  ;D

Quoting:What's a gurner?  I loved Noddy Holder too.  I really like the story about him walking down the street and running into John Lennon.  The story goes that John Lennon looked at him with a wry smile and said "I know who ya are".  They both laughed and just kept walking.End Quote

I don't know whether I spelt it right, Jaytee. A gurner is a person that pulls a face by touching his nose with his bottom lip - Les Dawson was great at it.

Quoting:Dave Hill was also an interesting character from the bottom of his platform boots to the top of his really bad hair!!  Oh and that roller-door brow of his.  Still thought he was really cool though.  ;DEnd Quote

I've heard that Dave Hill still lives in The Midlands, right near to where I used to live in Wolverhampton.

Quoting:What a great band.End Quote

I have to agree Jaytee - very unique.  :)

Quoting:

I've heard that Dave Hill still lives in The Midlands, right near to where I used to live in Wolverhampton.


End Quote

He's a local councillor there now.  I saw a programme a while ago.  It was either in 'After They Were Famous'  or 'Top Ten.....' (glam acts possibly), which Noddy presented.

Quoting:


I don't know whether I spelt it right, Jaytee. A gurner is a person that pulls a face by touching his nose with his bottom lip - Les Dawson was great at it.
End Quote

Ah - I've seen gurners on TV.  People with no teeth are particularly good :P ;D

Thanks to you and Karen for the info on Dave Hill.  

Cheers.

Quoting:
For groups of the 70s I can't believe that no one likes Wings.End Quote

I like Wings. :)

I looooved that song, it had a sort of Spandau Ballet/Ultravox New Romantic sound, with just the right amount of Bowie thrown in there!  Na na na na nananana, Nooo promises, but if you should fall...

I also liked Icehouse's "Hey Little Girl" from the same album.

Icehouse is definitely an '80s band.  I mean, for example, A Flock of Seagulls formed in 1979, but you would't call them a '70s band?

Back to bands Down Under, would you consider Split Enz a '70s or an '80s band?  I associate them with the '80s because their indie hits ("I Got You," "One Step Ahead," "Six Months in a Leaky Boat") broke in North America in the early '80s.  However, they were big in Aus/NZ years before that and released records starting in '74 or '75.

Quoting:
You hear so much about what a drag the 70s were and how boring and blah blah blah, but I think the greatest music ever came out of that decade. All of my faves are of this era. But to me, the primo supremo would be

1. WINGS
2. QUEEN
End Quote

Queen was a phenomenal band 2B sure!  Anyway, it's all subjective, whatever one enjoys listening to.  I can't count the number of times I've heard '80s New Wave ranked on as "bubblegum," "sterile," "vapid," "shallow," "cold," "repetitive," or so many other negative adjectives.  But, hey, screw'em! I like it and that's what counts.  
The funny thing about my generation, the first post-baby boom generation, is how so many of us went for the music our parents listened to.  Sooo many kids my age loved CSN&Y, Grateful Dead, Doors, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Beatles, Who, and so forth.  
My parents wouldn't be caught dead listening to Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, or Benny Goodman.  They couldn't wait to differentiate themselves from the older generation.  That was part of the whole establishment they were rejecting.
I did the same thing with '60s and '70s rock.  New Wave felt like MY music.  I grew to despise the whole hippie thing the way my parents hated their parents' lifestyles...and for much the same reasons.  I found it phony and hypocritical.
Fortunately, I didn't turn my back on the older generation's music forever.  Now I'm a big fan of Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa, Donovan, The Beatles, The who, and so on.  Heck, I even gained an appreciation for big band and lounge music from the '40s and '50s, stuff my parents hate to this day!

Quoting:


Wow, I hadn't realized that Icehouse had been around since the 70's!!!  :o  Because I had only ever heard their 80's material, I figured they were an 80's band.  I guess you learn something new every day!  ;D

BTW, I was so disappointed that their song "No Promises" didn't make it onto the charts.  That is definitely one of my favorites from the 80's!
End Quote

Quoting:
I think the best band of the early 70s were Slade, who made some great records and always put a smile on my face.
End Quote

Slade was relatively unknown in the U.S. until 1984.  Quiet Riot had two hit Slade covers, "Cum on Feel the Noize" (1983), and "Mama Weer All Crazy Now" (1984).  This helped Slade achieve Top 40 status with "Run Runaway," and a hit album with Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply, a title I kept thinking of during the great California energy crisis of 2001!

Quoting:
Just a quick Q.  What do you call alternative once it becomes mainstream?
End Quote

Yeah, I know what you mean. I used to work in a CD shop and always had the wannabe hip kids asking where the "alternative" music is.. I always would say "Alternative to what?" REM was "alternative" in '85 but by 90 they were all "pop"ped up..I guess we need a new (and better) term to descibe it.

Quoting:
Joy Division wasn't what you'd call a "70s band," but they were a band in the '70s.
Why did I love Joy Division?  As Charlie Brown sez:
"Happiness is a sad song."  :'( :)
End Quote

I liked Joy Division too. Didn't realize they were together in the 70's..
For some reason, it wasn't until I had listened to them for years until I found out Ian Curtis killed himself..
I never knew why, although I read that he had sort of a deathwish..I guess that was what "Dead Souls" was about?

Quoting:

Quoting:I liked Joy Division too. Didn't realize they were together in the 70's...End Quote

The band started out in 1977 as "Stiff Kittens," and then "Warsaw" before settling on "Joy Division." End Quote

For some reason, it wasn't until I had listened to them for years until I found out Ian Curtis killed himself..
I never knew why, although I read that he had sort of a deathwish..I guess that was what "Dead Souls" was about?
End Quote

He was very young, just under 24 when he hanged himself on May 18, 1980.  He had severe depression and worsening epilepsy.  These health problems compounded by a crumbling marriage and the stress of being a new father were too much for him to bear.  Joy Division had met great success in Britain and Europe. They were about to embark on their first U.S. tour when Ian committed suicide.  
The band immediately changed their name to New Order.  The first New Order album, "Movement," is essentially a Joy Division album.
There were rumors that the name "New Order" was a neo-nazi reference.  The Nazi Third Reich did call itself "the new order," and some pointed to the name "Joy Division" coming from the name of the brothels in the Nazi concentration camps.  One problem, the "joy divisions" were from some novel (can't remember which), and a figment of the author's imagination.  New Order always said their name referred to the "new order" for the band following Ian's death.
There was a '70s punk band called "The New Order," you might still find their record in used record stores.

Quoting:
I liked Joy Division too. Didn't realize they were together in the 70's...End Quote

The band started out in 1977 as "Stiff Kittens," and then "Warsaw" before settling on "Joy Division."

Quoting:For some reason, it wasn't until I had listened to them for years until I found out Ian Curtis killed himself..
I never knew why, although I read that he had sort of a deathwish..I guess that was what "Dead Souls" was about?
End Quote

He was very young, just under 24 when he hanged himself on May 18, 1980.  He had severe depression and worsening epilepsy.  These health problems compounded by a crumbling marriage and the stress of being a new father were too much for him to bear.  Joy Division had met great success in Britain and Europe. They were about to embark on their first U.S. tour when Ian committed suicide.  
The band immediately changed their name to New Order.  The first New Order album, "Movement," is essentially a Joy Division album.
There were rumors that the name "New Order" was a neo-nazi reference.  The Nazi Third Reich did call itself "the new order," and some pointed to the name "Joy Division" coming from the name of the brothels in the Nazi concentration camps.  One problem, the "joy divisions" were from some novel (can't remember which), and a figment of the author's imagination.  New Order always said their name referred to the "new order" for the band following Ian's death.
There was a '70s punk band called "The New Order," you might still find their record in used record stores.

Quoting:
Without a doubt, the Dutch rock band Golden Earring.

Those guys kicked butt for a Dutch band.  Or were they from Holland?  I forget.
End Quote

Depends.  How many British bands are from England?  ;)

Quoting:

Depends.  How many British bands are from England?  ;)
End Quote

Never mind.  I just did a web search, and Golden Earring is neither from Holland nor Dutch.  Website says they are from The Netherlands.

Quoting:
Just thought of a couple more.  Don't know how I could have forgotten these:

Graham Parker & The Rumour
Supertramp

"Break Them Down" Great Song also "Discovering Japan" and "Local "Girls"
End Quote

Quoting:
A lot of good 70s bands have been mentioned here, but I am going to nominate the Good Ol' Grateful Dead. They got started in the 60s and are generally associated with that decade, and they lasted until Jerry's passing in 1995 (at least as the Grateful Dead...their current lineup is known as the Dead).

This being said,they really did a lot of great work in the 70s. The studio albums American Beauty, Workingman's Dead, Wake of the Flood, Mars Hotel, and Terrapin Station are all quite good, and even the disco-tinged Shakedown Street has its moments.

Their live shows were so great, I wish I could have experienced some in person. Thank goodness for their liberal taping policy, which has provided johnny-come-lately Deadheads like me the chance to listen to their older concerts. The 40-minute plus version of Dark Star (Europe Tour 1972) is just one example of the long, strange, beautiful trips they took from 1970-1979. Then there are the 1971 Ann Arbor, Michigan shows with Ron "Pigpen" McKernan belting out "Turn on Your Lovelight" among other things. I have a copy of the ad that ran in the U of Michigan student newspaper for those shows...ticket prices of $3, 4, and 5!!!! For the Grateful Freakin' Dead!!!!

OK, I'll stop channeling the spirit of Garcia now!
End Quote

Quoting:
HEART ..... those girls knew how to rock .....  ;)
End Quote

True...true. Their 70's stuff is the best. I especially like Even It Up! http://geeedeee.250free.com/smiley/ThumbUp.gif

I think Rush comes in at a close 2nd place.  8)

Quoting:
For groups of the 70s I can't believe that no one likes Wings. (or maybe I skimmed the replies too quickly)  Also if there ever was a voice for the 70s, it would have to be....Carole King. "it's too late baby"

End Quote

"It's Too Late" is from Carole King's TAPESTRY album,which as an 11 year old I saved two weeks' allowance for(I got $2 a week allowance at age 11 my family was not wealthy by any means on what my mom made waitressing). I managed to hold on to the album for two years before wearing it out and having to get another copy! I think TAPESTRY still sounds great today,Carole King is talented compared to today's girls such as Britney Spears and Christina "flaunt all yer assets"Aguilera.

Quoting:
THREE DOG NIGHT! 8)
End Quote

Pieces Of April,Old Fashioned Love Song,Joy To The World"jeremiah was a bullfrog",Liar(NOT the same song as Queen!),Black and White,Never Been To Spain,Shambalah-3DN's best work was in the early 70's!!