The Contrarians: Top Songs from 1979

We go around and pick our top songs from the year 1979!
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[@thecontrarians2438]

What are your top 10 songs from 1979??

[@RuthlessMetalYT]

Legend - The Destroyer comes to mind.

[@commonman317]

Just going off of my 7th grade memory. These songs were all over the radio back in '79. Hey, Hey, My My- Neil Young. Highway Song- Blackfoot. Logical Song- Supertramp. My Sharona- The Knack. Dance The Night Away- Van Halen. All Of My Love- Led Zeppelin. Jane- Jefferson Starship. Flirtin With Disaster- Molly Hatchet. Gone, Gone, Gone- Bad Company. Cars- Gary Numan.

[@brianzawistowski5743]

Journey - Just the Same Way Foreigner - Dirty White Boy UK - Nothing to Lose Pat Travers - Heat in the Street Bad Company - Rock and Roll Fantasy Pat Benatar - Heartbreaker Henry Paul - Grey Ghost Styx - Borrowed Time Jefferson Starship - Jane Santana - All I Ever Wanted Steve Hackett - Every Day Magnum - Changes Angel - Don't Take Your Love

[@parishofrock2963]

Dirty White Boy’s in my top 20. Didn’t think of Heartbreaker, that’s a great song!

[@markwilburn4962]

No particular order The Cars - Let's Go Toto - Hydra Pink Floyd - Mother Cheap Trick - Dream Police Triumph - Just a Game Christopher Cross - Sailing Supertramp - Gone Hollywood The Police - Message in a Bottle The Eagles - I Can't Tell You Why ELO - Diary of Horace Wimp

[@parishofrock2963]

Dream Police would’ve been in my top 10 if I didn’t decide to have a 1 song per band rule.

[@lance98541]

There were tons of great metal and hard rock released in 79. I am surprised very little of it was mentioned.

[@parishofrock2963]

You’re right there was. But there was also a lot of great New Wave, AOR & Rock as well & you can only have 10 + a few honourable mentions.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

1. Boomtown Rats - Someone's Looking at You 2. Motorhead - Metropolis 3. Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore 4. AC/DC - Highway to Hell 5. Kiss - Magic Touch 6. The Tubes - TV is King 7. Kansas - People of the South Wind 8. Whitesnake - Walking in the Shadow of the Blues 9. Blackfoot - Highway Song 10. Alan Parsons Project - If I Could Change Your Mind HMs Electric Light Orchestra - Shine a Little Love Hall & Oates - Wait for Me Utopia - The Very Last Time Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time Pink Floyd - Nobody Home

[@parishofrock2963]

Great choices for no.1. Tbh I could have gone with Someone’s Looking At You or Diamond Smiles instead of I Don’t Like Mondays.

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

@@parishofrock2963 All BR masterpieces, yes. Still have this single I bought, back then you heard a great song and went out and bought it...good times. :)

[@parishofrock2963]

@@LarryFleetwood8675 🤣🤣indeed.

[@justinhavu]

1. Supertramp - Take The Long Way Home 2. Toto - Hydra 3. The Cars - The Dangerous Type 4. Led Zeppelin - In The Evening 5. Foreigner - Love On The Telephone 6. Eagles - Those Shoes 7. Pink Floyd - Hey You 8. Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind 9. ZZ Top - Manic Mechanic 10. Stevie Wonder - Send One Your Love

[@parishofrock2963]

Foreigner & ZZ Top are in my top 20 with Dirty White Boy & Cheap Sun Glasses respectfully.

[@jimekberg]

1. Motörhead: Overkill 2. Blue Öyster Cult: The Vigil 3. Thin Lizzy: Black Rose 4. AC/DC: Touch too Much 5. Motörhead: Bomber 6. Van Halen: Outta Love Again 7. Scorpions: Loving you Sunday Morning 8. Rainbow: Eye´s of the World 9. ZZ Top: Cheap Sunglasses 10. Hawkwind: Death Trap Honourable mentions: ELO - Don´t Bring me Down Whitesnake - Walking in the Shadow of the Blues Magnum - Changes April Wine - I Like to Rock Sparks - The Number One Song in Heaven

[@gareththomas6496]

Excellent choices. 🎸🤘

[@parishofrock2963]

Overkill & Bomber are classics and either could have made my top 20 except I just love No Class!

[@DarkSideOfTheMoule]

Love Death Trap! That was an interesting era of Hawkwind

[@DamageCase91]

1. The Cars - Night Spots 2. The Clash - London Calling 3. Motörhead - Damage Case/Stone Dead Forever (pulling a Catino) 4. Cheap Trick - Dream Police 5. AC/DC - Touch Too Much 6. Kiss - Sure Know Something 7. VH - Beautiful Girls 8. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose 9. Floyd - Nobody Home 10. Judas Priest - Deliverin’ the Goods

[@dvg4104]

Radio songs: Don't Ever Wanna Lose Ya -- New England Dance The Night Away -- Van Halen Drivers' Seat -- Sniff & The Tears My Sharona -- The Knack Jane -- Jefferson Starship The Long Run -- The Eagles Cruel To Be Kind -- Nick Lowe Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' -- Journey I Want To Tell You -- Ted Nugent Flirtin' With Disaster -- Molly Hatchet

[@gino88]

Driver’s Seat - Sniff N the Tears

[@stephanechamberland8486]

Absolutely !

[@LoLavilla82]

The Police - Bring On The Night Joy Division - Day Of The Lords The Cure - Grinding Halt Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb Kiss - Sure Know Something AC/DC - Touch Too Much The Clash - London Calling Gary Numan - Metal Scorpions - Holiday Saga - You're Not Alone

[@parishofrock2963]

More love for Touch Too Much, great stuff.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

1979 was a good year in music. I was only six, but I remember these songs pretty well. I also hear them now and still like them. My top ten and some honorable mentions: 1. Fool in the Rain - Led Zeppelin (First LZ I've ever heard) 2. Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson 3. My Sharona - The Knack 4. Heart of Glass - Blondie 5. Hold the Line - Toto 6. Don't Bring Me Down - ELO 7. Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd 8. I Can't Tell You Why - The Eagles 9. Goodnight Tonight - Paul McCartney and Wings 10. Long Way Home - Supertramp Honorable Mentions: 1. Another Brink in the Wall - Pink Floyd 2. Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn 3. Lady - Little River Band 4. London Calling - The Clash 5. Dance the Night Away - Van Halen 6. Rise - Herb Alpert 7. I Want You to Want Me - Cheap Trick

[@parishofrock2963]

A great mix of hits & deep cuts, well done.

[@ericrobertson2024]

Zeppelin may be the only band in which my favorite song Achilles Last Stand is from my least favorite album...I could've just picked 10 from The Wall..Love it.

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@parishofrock2963Thank you 😁😁

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@ericrobertson2024 I'm a recent Led Zeppelin fan. I always loved the songs I heard on the radio, but I never owned an album until 2000 when I got Physical Graffiti for Christmas. A few years back, I heard When the Levee Breaks and had to buy Led Zeppelin IV, my second favorite album off all time. It's in the CD player of my car. I'm in love with Led Zeppelin IV, I like Physical Graffiti, HOTH, ITTOD and Led Zeppelin II a lot. I like Led Zeppelin I, but I don't love it like the others. Here's the thing about Led Zeppelin III and Presence. There are more songs I like on Presence but the songs I don't like I skip. I only like Immigrant Song on Led Zeppelin III, but I'm not bothered by the other songs. So, in short, I agree with you. Presence is my least favorite Zeppelin album. I love Nobody's Fault but Mine and Run for Your Life. I like Achilles Last Stand except it's a little long and a bit overrated, in my opinion. And Tea for One is okay. The other songs are either annoying like Candy Store Rock and Royal Orleans or forgettable like Hots on for Nowhere. I can't even tell you how that song goes.

[@ericrobertson2024]

@@kimberlywalker3970 As great as Physical Graffiti is,The Wall is definitely my favorite double album ever...I actually got into Purple and Sabbath years before I owned the Zeppelin albums,so I was late getting into them as well,the 4th album is a rare perfect album for me...I heard Jason Bonham,Ted Nugent,Scott Ian + Sebastian Bach doing a cover of Out On The Tiles before i heard the original lol

[@inmyhouse11]

Lets Go- The Cars Beatin Around the Bush- AC/ DC Dirty White Boy- Foreigner Somebody Get Me A Doctor- Van Halen Drivers Seat- Sniff n the Tears Eyes of the World- Rainbow Another Piece Of Meat- Scorpions Charisma- Kiss Refugee-Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Dream Police- Cheap Trick

[@Rockstardust69]

The Clash Card Cheat great choice excellent show

[@DarkSideOfTheMoule]

1. Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (single) 2. Killing Joke - Wardance (single) 3. Motorhead - Overkill (album track) 4. PIL - Careering (album track) 5. Gang Of Four - Anthrax (album track) 6. The Human League - The Dignity of Labour (single) 7. Throbbing Gristle - Hot on the Heels of Love (album track) 8. David Bowie - Yassassin (album track) 9. Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (album track) 10. Squeeze - Cool For Cats (single)

[@parishofrock2963]

Some interesting, choices which I’ve not heard in years. I’ll have to give them a listen.

[@scottprentice6815]

My top 10: (and 1979 is my favorite music year too!) 10.Buzzcocks-I Don't Know What to do with my Life 9. Joe Jackson-Got the Time 8.Stiff Little Fingers-Suspect Device 7.The Avengers-The American in Me 6.Ramones-Rock and Roll High School 5.The Clash-London Calling 4.Wings-Getting Closer 3.Cheap Trick-Dream Police 2.The Records- Starry Eyes 1. Supertramp-The Logical Song Honorable mention-Richard Lloyd-Alchemy

[@briandunlap8534]

Queen - Love of My Life (Queen is my favorite band and Live Killers is the first full album I ever heard of theirs. I know its live, but this version of this song is quite different from the studio version) Thin Lizzy - Black Rose AC/DC - Touch Too Much (my favorite AC/DC song) Reo Speedwagon - Back on the Road Again Van Halen - D.O.A. Cheap Trick - Dream Police Ted Nugent - Paralyzed Foghat - Third Time Lucky (First Time I Was a Fool) Led Zeppelin - Carouselambra Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb

[@parishofrock2963]

I love Live Killers, one of my favourite live albums. I did think about going with the fast version of We Will Rock You which is killer (pardon the pun).

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

Excellent show, love the memories had been in the Navy for less than a year for most of these choices. 10 choices: Jefferson Airplane 'Freedom At Point Zero' The Clash 'London Calling' Chic 'Le Freak' Blondie 'Atomic' Devo 'Smart Patrol/Mr DNA' BOC 'You're Not The One (I Was Looking For)' Neil Young/Crazy Horse 'Powderfinger' from Rust Never Sleeps Tangerine Dream 'Force Majeure' Jethro Tull 'Dark Ages' George Harrison 'If You Believe'

[@parishofrock2963]

I know, what a great trip down memory lane!

[@czarevich]

Great job guys. Special recognition to Matt and Philip with the Rory Gallagher choices! There’s hope for us all…. Nick S Etc.

[@brianwacker9111]

Graham Parker and the Rumour. passion is no ordinary word

[@parishofrock2963]

Some great choices. Charisma would be my pick for a Kiss song

[@EilerSorensen]

10. Joe Jackson - One More Time 9.Split Enz - I See Red 8.Sparks - Tryouts For the Human Race 7.Motorhead - Overkill 6. Squeeze - Up the Junction 5. Thin Lizzy - Got to Give it Up 4. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device 3. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Refugee 2. Talking Heads - Heaven 1. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Hey Hey,My My (Into the Black)

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

Hello Contrarians: What a fantastic year for music. I enjoyed seeing your picks. A fair number of my top ten have been mentioned already. Closest to The Parish of Rock this time around. So, anyway, my ten favorite songs of 1979 are as follows: 1. Accidents Never Happen - Blondie 2. Girls Talk - Dave Edmunds 3. The Card Cheat - The Clash 4. Oliver's Army - Elvis Costello 5. Atomic - Blondie 6. Dream Police - Cheap Trick 7. My Clone Sleeps Alone - Pat Benatar 8. Good Girls Don't - The Knack 9. DJ - David Bowie 10. Double Life - The Cars Way too many HMs to list but here's my top 10 best-of-the-rest (in no particular order): I Don't Like Mondays - The Boomtown Rats Out of the Blue - The Angels Born to Be Alive - Patrick Hernandez Life During Wartime - Talking Heads Memories Can't Wait - Talking Heads Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe Blown Away - George Harrison In Thee - Blue Oyster Cult Even the Losers - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Green Shirt - Elvis Costello

[@parishofrock2963]

Some great choices NV. Goods mix of rock, dance & New Wave.

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

@@parishofrock2963 Thanks, Parish. I always enjoy your commentary.

[@parishofrock2963]

@@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd thanks, that’s great to hear.

[@mfc1874]

1. Stayin’ Alive Magnum 2. Bat Out Of Hell Meat Loaf (Released as single in UK and Europe) 3. Lost In Hollywood Rainbow 4. Waiting For An Alibi Thin Lizzy 5. In Thee Blue Oyster Cult 6. Accidents Will Happen Elvis Costello and The Attractions 7. Cruel To Be Kind Nick Lowe 8. My Sharona The Knack 9. Overkill Motörhead 10. One Voice Barry Manilow

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

Nice list. Bat, In Thee, Accidents, Cruel are particularly great.

[@ericrobertson2024]

Let's Go + It's All I Can Do(Cars)/Dreaming(Blondie)/Whatever You Want(Nazareth)/Hey You + Young Lust(Pink Floyd)/2000 Man (Kiss)/Train,Train (Blackfoot)/Got To Give It Up(Thin Lizzy)/Think About Me(Fleetwood Mac).

[@parishofrock2963]

Didn’t think of Train, Train. Such a good song!

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

No order spanning genres 1. Love you inside and out the Bee gees 2. A heavy forgotten favorite I made great radio play that most people thought was an la-based band but they were down under Australian band One of the ultimate one hit wonders in my book Tarney Spencer band no time to lose 3. Sara Fleetwood Mac full version 4. Santana all I ever wanted 5. The cars dangerous type 6. Bette midler The Rose 7. The police walking on the moon 8. Triumph hold On 9. McFadden and Whitehead ain't no stopping Us now 10. Rev on the red line Foreigner

[@parishofrock2963]

Ain’t No Stopping Us Now brings back so many memories, particularly of Boogie Belts & that dance!

[@kimberlywalker3970]

Ain't No Stopping Us. Good call 👍👍

[@jcanada9405]

In no order...Dance the Night by Van Halen, Those Shoes by The Eagles, Superman by The Kinks, I'm Bad I'm Nation Wide by ZZ Top, Touch too Much by AC/DC, Casa Dega by Tom Petty, Too Funky in Here by James Brown, Sugar Marie by John Cougar, Dirty Livin' by Kiss, Dangerous Type by The Cars. 5 Honerable mentions are Buried Alive by Ronnie Wood, Straight on by Heart, Back On the Road Again by REO Speedwagaon, One Chain by Santana, and Feels Like Love by Sammy Hagar.

[@parishofrock2963]

I’m loving the love that Touch Too Much & Back On The Road Again are getting!

[@simonharding3109]

Love it when Martin does the UK new wave/punk thing and loses the room 😅

[@parishofrock2963]

I suspect he wasn’t the only one 🤣

[@NaughtyVampire-zf8pd]

I like that direction . . . .

[@sspbrazil]

XTC - Complicated Game The Jam - When You’re Young The Stranglers - Nuclear Device The Damned - Love Song Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device David Bowie - Look Back In Anger Iggy Pop - Five Foot One The Buzzcocks - You Say You Don’t Love Me The Specials - Little Bitch Talking Heads - Memories Can’t Wait Honorable Mentions Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Even The Losers The Police - No Time This Time Wire - The 15th Elvis Costello and The Attractions - Green Shirt Magazine - Rhythm of Cruelty The Clash - Guns Of Brixton Madness - The Prince

[@parishofrock2963]

Lots of great choices there. I love When Your Young but decided to go with 1 song per artist, otherwise my top 10 would only have been AC/DC, Cheap Trick & The Jam.

[@sspbrazil]

@@parishofrock2963 thanks, I could have put Cheap Trick and AC/DC in my honorable mentions for sure, but I decided to go with the bands that were big influences on me from that year.

[@parishofrock2963]

@@sspbrazil absolutely.

[@parishofrock2963]

@@sspbrazil I get that. I took a similar approach.

[@toddhill7483]

10 Joe Jackson Got the Time 9 Pretenders Tattooed Love Boys 8 The Cars Candy O 7 The Damned Smash it Up Pts 1-2 6 Cheap Trick Way of the World 5 Wire The 15th 4 Devo Smart Patrol/Mr DNA 3 Bram Tchaikovsky The Robber 2 XTC Helicopter 1 Magazine Permafrost

[@parishofrock2963]

Some great choices. Tattooed Love Boys is a good shout

[@karenjackie17]

The VERY best song of 1979 is Bad Company's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy This summer anthem still hits! Bummed there seemed to be mentions of this epic tune in the comments but totally happy to keep it as my very own.

[@Jamesharris-lo9nn]

My favorite list by far was from the panel host. Very enjoyable episode fellas. 👍

[@Jamesharris-lo9nn]

Van Halen's Dance The Night Away gets my vote. 🎸🤘

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Stiff Little Fingers Suspect Device and Alternative Ulster. The Undertones Jimmy Jimmy and I know s Girl. The Ruts Babylon's Burning and In a Rut. I could go one and I haven't even got to The Dickies and Germs.

[@parishofrock2963]

Some great choices. Babylon Is Burning is my no. 11

[@ZRATAN69]

Grant should've hosted this, oh I forgot....he already DID this show on his channel...🤔🤔😵‍💫😬😆🫵🎼

[@gamleskalle1]

Alien soundtrack

[@parishofrock2963]

Interesting choice.

[@gamleskalle1]

Kiss, Acdc, Pink Floyd, Motorhead(if u want blood, human touch, comfortably numb, overkill)

[@parishofrock2963]

AC/DC are opening with If You Want Blood on the current tour - what a classic!

[@gamleskalle1]

Hell bent for leather, Priest.

[@beetlebum7760]

1. THE CLASH - London Calling 2. PRETENDERS - Kid 3. THE MEMBERS - The Sound Of The Suburbs 4. THE DISTRACTIONS - Time Goes By So Slow 5. KIRSTY McCOLL - They Don't Know 6. ELVIS COSTELLO - Oliver's Army 7. THE SPECIAL AKA - Gangsters 8. THE RAINCOATS - Fairytale In The Supermarket 9. ELVIS COSTELLO - Senior Service 10. THE CLASH - Pressure Drop

[@parishofrock2963]

Kid’s a great choice. I have Stop Your Sobbing in my top 20

[@beetlebum7760]

@@parishofrock2963 Also great! I guess I could have picked half of the tracks off the first Pretenders album.

[@parishofrock2963]

@@beetlebum7760 agreed. I saw them live at the Hammersmith Palais around this time. They were excellent.

[@jcollins1305]

@parishofrock for the win! Rockpile was a great band! Not sure how big they were here in the states (I was 3 in 1979) but Seconds of Pleasure is a must own album. “Sure Know Something” is a cool choice. KISS in 79 seems to get written off as a disco band, but Dynasty is an excellent album. “Waiting for an alibi” is one of Lizzy’s best “Shot Down in flames” is my fave off of H2H “Video killed the radio Star” the entire album is wonderful too “Carouselambra” great choice

[@parishofrock2963]

Thanks for the win. Video Killed The Radio Star is in my top 20.

[@dvg4104]

Waiting For An Alibi is one of my top Thin Lizzy songs. Black Rose was a great album, my favorite.

[@parishofrock2963]

@@dvg4104 totally agree, my favourite Thin Lizzy album too.

[@JohntheMusicNut]

10. Clampdown - The Clash 9. Just the Same Way - Journey 8. Bad Girls - Donna Summer 7. Passion is No Ordinary Word - Graham Parker 6. I Really Don't Know Anymore - Christopher Cross 5. The Eton Rifles - The Jam 4. The Bed's Too Big WIthout You - The Police 3. Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet 2. This is It - Kenny Loggins 1. Dream Police - Cheap Trick

[@parishofrock2963]

Love your list. Cheap Trick, The Police & The Jam hard to argue with that!

[@JohntheMusicNut]

@@parishofrock2963 Thank you Parish! I love yours as well!

[@parishofrock2963]

@@JohntheMusicNut thanks.

[@jaimeres]

I’m surprised nobody called out Parish of Rock. Gary Richrath (R.I.P.) was the guitar player, not bass.

[@parishofrock2963]

Plenty have since 🤣! I should have said Bruce Hall. I’m putting it down to getting old!!!

[@deadfdr]

Martin, wrong. Drums And Wires is their best!

[@meloralovesdarkness2495]

ZZ TOP Degueilo Man! 🤪 This whole album is perfection!

[@parishofrock2963]

Great album. 1st time I saw them was on this tour. Loved them ever since.

[@aaronsteelman4732]

Martin’s got Europeans saying “boooogie!”

[@frankies9465]

Does anyone else like martins honorable mentions way better than his picks ? Lok

[@carlwmpylu]

Fun episode! My top ten might look something like this: . Chris de Burgh - Crusader . Charlie Dore - Pilot Of The Airwaves . Dan Fogelberg - Beggar's Game . Kansas - A Glimpse Of Home . KISS - Magic Touch . Lindisfarne - Good To Be Here? . REO Speedwagon - Meet Me On The Mountain (quick note: Bruce Hall sang Back On The Road Again) . Styx - Boat On The River . Tantrum - Applaud The Winner . Triumph - Lay It On The Line

[@parishofrock2963]

Some great choices. & well for done for picking up on my deliberate mistake 🤪 it is Bruce Hall.

[@carlwmpylu]

@@parishofrock2963 Cheers! Easily done, mixing up Bruce & Gary, especially since the latter did a few lead vocals on some of their earlier records!

[@parishofrock2963]

@@carlwmpylu cheers. I put it down to getting old!

[@carlwmpylu]

@@parishofrock2963 I know the feeling! 🙂

[@michaelbaucom4019]

Commenting before watching--Someone had better mention Supertramp...arguably the biggest artist on the planet that year About 36 minute mark--Gary Richrath(RIP)was REO Speedwagon's lead guitarist, not bassist Thanks for mentioning Kansas Tim

[@parishofrock2963]

You’re right, it was Bruce Hall the bassist that sang BOTRA. I’m getting old….

[@earring1]

D-Light > Weekend Love, cmon man!

[@zanezeiter]

1. ac/dc touch too much 2. ac/dc beating around the bush 3. electric light orchestra last train to london 4. aerosmith no surprize 5. van halen dance the night away 6. triumph lay it on the line 7. eagles heartache tonight 8. the charlie daniels band the devil went down to georgia 9. tom petty and the heartbreakers refugee 10. bad company rock n roll fantasy

[@scotterrebo995]

Never listen to the critics!

[@woutwout8398]

For a man who writes tons of books about heavy metal, Martin doesn't seem to like the genre that much.

[@Forgottenchannels]

Rock Lobster is still cringe af even today.

[@user-ov9sg5bs3e]

As always Reed comes with the most unique and interesting approach!

[@chriswoosley1697]

Green Manalishi, by Priest

[@chriswoosley1697]

REO song was sung by bassist Bruce Hall , not Gary Richrath

[@parishofrock2963]

Well done for picking up on my deliberate mistake 🤪 of course you’re right it is Bruce Hall.