In the 1971 segment, when they go over Jethro Tull they make a big mistake. First of all, most of the panelists are making fun of them, even though they are a legendary rock band. What really bugged me was how they kept showing clips from Their 1980-1981 tour "A" with the band in white jump suits(which was awful by the way). I thought it was I love the 70s!, not 80's!.
shareThis series is rife with errors and inconsistancies. Another is the 1972 episode where they discuss Carly Simon and James Taylor getting married. The "celebrities" bitch about their duet of "Mockingbird". They show the concert footage of the song as if it were contemporaneous with their marriage. The problem is the Simon/Taylor version of the song premiered in 1979 at the No Nukes concerts in NYC and their marriage had long before ended in divorce. The film footage was from that concert. I know this because I was in the audience that night.
There is a long discussion on the "I Love the 70's: Volume 1" board about the innaccuracies of the series and issue of the ages of the commentators. It's a hilarious bit 'o debate with a 20-something failing to grasp the difference between reading about an era and actually living it. I can hardly wait for VH-1 to produce "I Love The Civil War" and hear Michael Ian Black reminisce about seeing confederate soldiers foraging for shoes at Gettysburg.
And you are absolutely correct. The "A" tour was the absolute worst Jethro Tull performance ever. And I've seen a lot of Tull shows.
The Duet between Taylor and Simon singing Mockingbird debuted in the top 40 of the Billboard charts on Feb 16, 1974, not 1979. It peaked at #5.
My source is the book "Top 40 Hits" by Joel Whitburn.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
They do this a lot. Like today they had ELO under 74, and they spotlighted songs like TURn TO Stone and Don't Bring Me Down which came much later. I didn't even live then (barely) and I know these things.
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