Essential Films of 1977
Favorites
Annie Hall
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Star Wars
Honorable mention
Slap Shot
All ages
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Guilty pleasures
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Holiday
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Want to see, or feel like I should see
The American Friend (Wim Wenders, with Dennis Hopper)
Eraserhead
Julia
The Last Wave (Peter Weir)
Saturday Night Fever
Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson political thriller)
Soldier of Orange (Paul Verhoeven WWII)
Suspiria
Not worth the time
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Essential music of 1977
Albums
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell
Honorable mention
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
The songs you gotta hear from 1977
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
I Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick
The Lonely Shepherd by Gheorghe Zamfir
Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
No Dancing - Elvis Costello
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf (E)
Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad - Meatloaf
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - Meatloaf
Overrated and/or underwhelming
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1977 Playlists by month
January
The Lonely Shepherd by Gheorghe Zamfir
February
Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad - Meatloaf
March
Welcome to My Working Week - Elvis Costello
All Revved Up and No Place to Go - Meatloaf
April
No Dancing - Elvis Costello
May
Stayin’ Alive - The Bee Gees
June
Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf (E)
July
I Want You to Want Me by Cheap Trick
Mystery Dance - Elvis Costello
You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - Meatloaf
August
Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf
September
coming soon
October
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November
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December
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