The year of the Bohemian? This was a year for memorable tunes – and at the time I was too young to know it. But some of these are just too timeless for that to matter.
My parents tell me that Lyin’ Eyes helped soothe me to sleep (I was one). No Woman No Cry, Some Kind of Wonderful, Sweet Emotion – these were tunes still played all over the radio and at parties in 2020! And my favorite song by Pink Floyd also came out this year.
Unlike most rankings, I won’t be simply tossing these up in a numerical order. Because I know better than anybody that on some days, some songs kick more ass than other songs. A song that is ranked 14th today could very well rank 1st tomorrow, if it suddenly comes on the radio during the perfect moment. So I’ll group them:
Awesome
Great
Solid
Not Bad
…with inter-group splitting.
Before we get to the full list, let’s check out some audio/video of the best of the bunch.
Here are 12 Great Songs from 1975
Monday Morning – Fleetwood Mac
Love Is A Rose – Linda Ronstadt
Holy Roller – Nazareth
Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
Fly By Night – Rush
Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac
S.O.S. – ABBA
Sailing – Rod Stewart
Sister Golden Hair – America
Slow Ride – Foghat
Oowatanite – April Wine
Hey You – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Here are 16 Truly Awesome Songs from 1975
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Lyin’ Eyes – Eagles
No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley
Some Kind of Wonderful – Grand Funk
Sweet Emotion – Aerosmith
Take It To The Limit – Eagles
A great song. I just wish the idiot fat cats that own the rights to this song stop taking it down everywhere. I have the CD! I have the other CD! I have it uploaded from one of the CDs to my computer! I can listen to this song whenever I want! So let me share it in my ‘best of’ lists you greedy execs. I am almost certain that The Eagles don’t approve of what you’re doing.
Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
I love this one by Floyd. My favorite from the band…
Hair Of The Dog – Nazareth
Jive Talkin’ – Bee Gees
Kashmir – Led Zeppelin
Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
Notable remakes can be heard from the Dixie Chicks and the Smashing Pumpkins on this one. But here’s the original…
Shooting Star – Bad Company
Squeezebox – The Who
Strange Magic – Electric Light Orchestra
T.N.T. – AC/DC
Feel Like Making Love – Bad Company
All of these songs are on a YouTube playlist for you here.
Here is the full list of worthy tunes from 1975…
| Awesome – 1 | Bohemian Rhapsody | – | Queen |
| Awesome – 1 | Lyin’ Eyes | – | Eagles |
| Awesome – 1 | No Woman No Cry | – | Bob Marley |
| Awesome – 1 | Some Kind of Wonderful | – | Grand Funk |
| Awesome – 1 | Sweet Emotion | – | Aerosmith |
| Awesome – 1 | Take It To The Limit | – | Eagles |
| Awesome – 1 | Wish You Were Here | – | Pink Floyd |
| Awesome – 8 | Hair Of The Dog | – | Nazareth |
| Awesome – 8 | Jive Talkin’ | – | Bee Gees |
| Awesome – 8 | Kashmir | – | Led Zeppelin |
| Awesome – 8 | Landslide | – | Fleetwood Mac |
| Awesome – 8 | Shooting Star | – | Bad Company |
| Awesome – 8 | Squeezebox | – | The Who |
| Awesome – 8 | Strange Magic | – | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Awesome – 8 | T.N.T. | – | AC/DC |
| Awesome – 8 | Feel Like Making Love | – | Bad Company |
| Great – 17 | Evil Woman | – | Electric Light Orchestra |
| Great – 17 | Fly By Night | – | Rush |
| Great – 17 | Rhiannon | – | Fleetwood Mac |
| Great – 17 | S.O.S. | – | ABBA |
| Great – 17 | Sailing | – | Rod Stewart |
| Great – 17 | Sister Golden Hair | – | America |
| Great – 17 | Slow Ride | – | Foghat |
| Great – 17 | Oowatanite | – | April Wine |
| Great – 25 | Hey You | – | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| Great – 25 | Holy Roller | – | Nazareth |
| Great – 25 | Love Is A Rose | – | Linda Ronstadt |
| Great – 25 | Monday Morning | – | Fleetwood Mac |
| Solid – 29 | Dream Weaver | – | Gary Wright |
| Solid – 29 | Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover | – | Paul Simon |
| Solid – 29 | Houses Of The Holy | – | Led Zeppelin |
| Solid – 29 | Hurricane | – | Bob Dylan |
| Solid – 29 | One Of These Nights | – | Eagles |
| Solid – 29 | Rhinestone Cowboy | – | Glen Campbell |
| Solid – 29 | Rock And Roll All Nite | – | Kiss |
| Solid – 29 | Show Me The Way | – | Peter Frampton |
| Solid – 29 | Trampled Underfoot | – | Led Zeppelin |
| Solid – 29 | Tush | – | ZZ Top |
| Solid – 29 | Walk This Way | – | Aerosmith |
| Solid – 29 | Working Man | – | Rush |
| Solid – 29 | I Wouldn’t Want to Lose Your Love | – | April Wine |
| Solid – 29 | Tonight is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love | – | April Wine |
| Solid – 29 | Roll on Down the Highway | – | Bachman-Turner Overdrive |
| Solid – 29 | Say You Love Me | – | Fleetwood Mac |
| Solid – 29 | Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song | – | B.J. Thomas |
| Not Bad – 46 | All By Myself | – | Eric Carmen |
| Not Bad – 46 | Baby, I Love Your Way | – | Peter Frampton |
| Not Bad – 46 | Golden Years | – | David Bowie |
| Not Bad – 46 | Low Rider | – | War |
| Not Bad – 46 | Movin’ On Up (Theme to The Jeffersons) | – | Ja’net Dubois and Oren Waters |
| Not Bad – 46 | Tangled Up In Blue | – | Bob Dylan |
| Not Bad – 46 | That’s The Way (I Like It) | – | KC & The Sunshine Band |
| Not Bad – 46 | You’re No Good | – | Linda Ronstadt |
| Not Bad – 46 | Young Americans | – | David Bowie |
| Not Bad – 46 | World Turning | – | Fleetwood Mac |
| Not Bad – 46 | Fooled Around And Fell In Love | – | Elvin Bishop |
| Not Bad – 57 | Born To Run | – | Bruce Springsteen |
| Not Bad – 57 | Fame | – | David Bowie |
| Not Bad – 57 | Jackie Blue | – | Ozark Mountain Daredevils |
| Not Bad – 57 | Katmandu | – | Bob Seger |
| Not Bad – 57 | Only Women Bleed | – | Alice Cooper |
| Not Bad – 57 | Tonight’s The Night | – | Neil Young |
| Not Bad – 57 | Stranglehold | – | Ted Nugent |
| Not Bad – 57 | My White Bicycle | – | Nazareth |
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