AstroKat

Hello and welcome to the twentieth edition of Kill or Save. We're back in the 70s for the inaugural edition of the game using the players' choice format. Eleven players, including myself, have submitted 10 songs, one from each year of the decade, that peaked between 5 and 10 on their first run up the U.K. charts. Thank you to @Bibliogryphon, @BuffaloPhil, @En Passant, @Great Uncle Bulgaria, @justonecornetto, @ladyfiona, @time, @Toast, @TQR & @wannamaker for submitting entries. There were 17 songs that were nominated at least twice, with one song collecting 5 nominations, giving us 86 songs to vote on. Anyone is welcome join the game, you don't need to have submitted an entry. If you would like to relive the action, links to all of the previous games are below: 50s No.1s; 60s No.1s; 70s No.1s; 80s No.1s; 90s No.1s; 00s No.1s; 10s No.1s 50s No.2s; 60s No.2s; 70s No.2s; 80s No.2s; 90s No.2s; 00s No. 2s; 10s No.2s 60s No.3s (IN PLAY!); 70s No.3s; 80s No.3s; 90s No.3s Christmas Special 2023; Christmas Special 2024 70s Top 10s (you are here) KoS HoF Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife The Rolling Stones — Paint It, Black Donna Summer — I Feel Love Nena — 99 Red Balloons Madonna — Vogue Gorillaz — Dare Gotye ft. Kimbra — Somebody That I Used To Know Dean Martin — Volare Barry Ryan — Eloise Queen — Somebody To Love A-Ha — Take On Me The Cardigans — Lovefool Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor Bastille — Pompeii David Bowie — Life On Mars? Tears For Fears — Mad World Faithless - Insomnia The Pogues ft. Kirsty MacColl — Fairytale Of New York Queen — Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives These are the rules:  Each song starts with 20 points. You can vote once a day. Since we all live in different parts of the world with all sorts of different timezones, please add a date at the top of your votes to avoid any type of confusion (e.g. 18/9/24, 18th of September, Wed 18 Sept, etc.). Each day you can give 4 points and subtract 6 points to any song on the board, you can split your points between as many songs as you want. Please use all of your points, unless it's a game ending turn. NEW RULE Until the first song is eliminated in each round you cannot give more than 50% of your score (+2/-3) to a single song. Placeholder posts are allowed, but if you don't edit your votes within 5 minutes, then the next person can go and do their votes. Consecutive votes are not allowed. Before voting, please listen to the songs of each round and vote according to your own opinions, don't vote for songs because they're high/low on the board or because of your opinions about the artist, only the song matters. Make sure you copy and paste the most recent voter's scoreboard when you take your turn to score. For your own ease, ‘paste as plain text’ to get rid of the previous poster’s formatting. Then, delete their +/- scores, add yours, adjust the song’s points total and make your scores bold These are the Best of the Rest Top 10 hits of the 70s as selected by you. There will be 2 qualifying rounds covering 5 years each, with 20 songs going through to a grand final. 1970-1974: 44 songs, 10 go through to the final. 1975-1979: 42 songs, 10 go through to the final. I think that covers everything, so with no further ado, let's begin the Killing and Saving

I was confused as Heef posted boards as normal in the other game. I can post another board if we're happy that Heef was posting their own scores in the quote.

8-Jan It looks like there was a mix up earlier, TQR used the board quoted in @Heef post instead of @Paul Bearer post. Corrected board with my scores below. 38 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 35 Petula Clark - Romeo 34 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China 33 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You 33 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do +4 31 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 31 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man 30 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 29 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child 24 Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair -4 18 The Shadows - The Frightened City 14 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own 14 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out of Ten 11 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Theme for a Dream 09 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose 00 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Girl Like You -2

8-Jan 51 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 40 David Bowie - Starman 40 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 38 Carole King - It's Too Late 36 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 36 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 34 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 33 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side +2 32 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 30 Mott the Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 29 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 28 Golden Earring - Radar Love 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 28 Fleetwood Mac — The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) +2 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough  23 Rattles - The Witch  21 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 19 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One  19 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel  18 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 11 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 08 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold -6 07 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman

7-Jan 38 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 31 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise  31 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You  30 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man  28 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child 28 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans  27 Petula Clark - Romeo  27 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China 26 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do +4 24 Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair -6 20 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own  18 The Shadows - The Frightened City 16 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out of Ten 16 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Girl Like You 16 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Theme for a Dream 15 The Avons - Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat 11 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose Finally found some time to listen to these.

7-Jan 43 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 40 Carole King - It's Too Late 39 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 38 David Bowie - Starman 36 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 35 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 34 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 33 Golden Earring - Radar Love 32 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  30 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You +2 30 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side +2 29 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 28 Mott the Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 27 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 27 Fleetwood Mac — The Green Manalishi (With the two prong Crown) 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough  23 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 23 Rattles - The Witch  18 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 17 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 16 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World  16 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 16 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold -6 15 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 15 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 07 Status Quo - Paper Plane 

It looks like Bibliogryphon copied the wrong scoreboard. Corrected board below, I would be grateful if someone would check my work. 32 Bobby Vee - Take Good Care of My Baby 30 Jimmy Jones - Handy Man 29 Anthony Newley - Strawberry Fair 27 Emile Ford & The Checkmates — On a Slowboat to China 26 Elvis Presley - Stuck on You 25 Billy Fury - Halfway to Paradise 25 Helen Shapiro - Don’t Treat Me Like a Child 24 Freddy Cannon - Way Down Yonder in New Orleans 22 Petula Clark - Romeo 21 Clarence “Frogman” Henry - But I Do 20 Connie Francis - My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own 20 Johnny & The Hurricanes - Rocking Goose 18 The Avons - Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat 18 The Shadows - The Frightened City 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Nine Times Out of Ten 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - A Girl Like You 18 Cliff Richard & The Shadows - Theme for a Dream 17 Perry Como - Delaware 12 Johnny Burnette - You’re Sixteen 06 Nina & Frederik - Little Donkey Please would the next person to post use this scoreboard.

From a modern perspective Halfway to Paradise (the only one I know, trying to find some time to listen to the rest) gives off mild incel vibes - man annoyed about being stuck in the 'friend-zone'

6-Jan 41 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 39 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 36 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 35 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  35 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 34 Carole King - It's Too Late 34 David Bowie - Starman 33 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 33 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 33 Golden Earring - Radar Love 29 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 28 Lou Reed — Walk On The Wild Side +4 28 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 26 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 25 Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 25 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 25 Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4 23 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 23 Rattles - The Witch  22 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold -6 21 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 18 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 12 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World  09 Status Quo - Paper Plane  02 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All

@Fox B, if the 80s and 90s are more your thing I was wondering if you would like to enter a selection of songs for the next game, Top 10s of the 80s, which will be followed by Top 10s of the 90s. Details are on page 4 of The Kill or Save Hub thread. Anyone else who would like to join in are also welcome to.

I've always heard it that way, but a quick Google tells me that some people think it's 'in which we're livin' ' and others think 'in which we live in' Certainly 'in which we're livin' ' makes more sense.

Perhaps I made a mistake. As I was unfamiliar with it, I listened to the first couple of minutes, and thought it's ok but not great, and voted accordingly. I'm going to have to have another listen to it, this time all the way through. In The Air Tonight I know from the first time around and the beat drop makes it worthwhile. Edited to add - So I took a listen and once the beat dropped I realised I actually already knew this one. I probably would have placed it a little higher in my rankings.

5-Jan 19 Faithless - Insomnia -6 09 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4

5-Jan 35 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 35 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 34 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 33 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 32 David Bowie - Starman 32 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar 31 Golden Earring - Radar Love  30 Carole King - It's Too Late 30 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side +1 29 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You +2 28 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  28 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 26 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 26 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 25 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 25 Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone 25 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 23 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World  23 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 23 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 22 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 16 Status Quo - Paper Plane  12 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 09 Ringo Starr - Photograph  06 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy -2 06 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye -2 00 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat -2

There are duplicate entries for Mott The Hoople — Roll Away The Stone, the 25 point entry is correct. Please would the next person to post delete the 21 point entry.

Previous post ^ Justonecornetto didn't add the indicated 4 points onto the score. Since then 18 points have been deducted, so we should have 19 Faithless - Insomnia Please would the next person to post use this score.

4-Jan 33 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 32 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 31 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 30 David Bowie - Starman 30 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 29 Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar +1 29 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side +1 28 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 28 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me)  28 Carole King - It's Too Late 28 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 27 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 25 Golden Earring - Radar Love  25 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 25 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 24 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 23 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 22 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 22 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 22 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 22 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough +1 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 Status Quo - Paper Plane  18 Ringo Starr - Photograph 13 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) 12 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy 12 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 10 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat 06 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner 06 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 00 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love -6

4-Jan 27 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 24 EMF - Unbelievable 19 Faithless - Insomnia -6

I would have thought we should be choosing songs based on whether you think it's good & you that enjoy it. Everyone else gets to have their say when we get to the voting. My problem has been that I find something I like, then someone else nominates it.

It occurs to me that I should have put the following in my post above. If you didn't send over an entry for the 70s game, but feel like sending one in for the 80s game, then please do, the more the merrier. Conversely, if you put in an entry for the 70s game, but don't fancy doing one for the 80s game, then that's OK too.

My condolences for your loss Bibliogryphon.

3-Jan 32 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 29 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 28 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye 28 Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar 28 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side +1 27 Derek & The Dominos - Layla +1 27 David Bowie - Starman +1 26 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 26 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 26 Carole King - It's Too Late 26 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 24 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4  24 Golden Earring - Radar Love  23 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 23 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 23 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 22 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 22 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 21 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough +1 21 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 21 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 20 Ringo Starr - Photograph 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Rattles - The Witch  20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye -1 18 Status Quo - Paper Plane 16 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You 15 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy  15 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat 14 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) 12 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love -2 12 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People -3 11 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 10 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner

3-Jan 43 No Doubt - Just a Girl +4 30 Faithless - Insomnia -6 27 EMF - Unbelievable

The scores look good to me. I'm wondering if @Bendee87 was solving the Chicago maths query that @ladyfiona asked about.

2-Jan 28 Thin Lizzy - Whisky in the Jar 26 Queen - Seven Seas of Rhye +1 26 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 25 Fleetwood Mac - The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Prong Crown) 25 Derek & The Dominos - Layla 24 Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side +3 24 10cc - The Wall Street Shuffle 24 Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You 24 The Temptations - Just My Imagination (Running Away From Me) 24 David Bowie - Starman 23 Elton John - Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting 23 Carole King - It's Too Late 22 Olivia Newton John - If Not For You 22 Stevie Wonder - He’s Misstra Know It All 22 Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 22 Alice Cooper - No More Mr Nice Guy 21 Neil Young - Heart Of Gold 21 Nazareth - Broken Down Angel 21 Golden Earring - Radar Love  21 Marvin Gaye - Abraham, Martin And John 21 Mott The Hoople - Roll Away The Stone 20 Ringo Starr - Photograph 20 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travellin' Band 20 Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 20 Jimmy Cliff - Wild World 20 Rattles - The Witch 20 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye 20 Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman 20 Jo Jo Gunne - Run Run Run 20 Suzi Quatro - The Wild One 19 The Carpenters - Goodbye To Love  19 Status Quo - Paper Plane  18 Bay City Rollers - Remember (Sha-La-La-La) 18 Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat  18 Elvis Presley - An American Trilogy  15 Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People 14 Dave & Ansel Collins - Monkey Spanner  13 Brotherhood Of Man - United We Stand 13 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 12 Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet  06 Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken -6