Greatest Hit of the '70s, Round 2a: A Horse with No Name (1972) vs. Blinded by the Light (1977)

[Borborygmi]

"A Horse with No Name" by America (#27 song of 1972) vs. "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#36 song of 1977)

To reduce the chances that two strong songs would meet in Round 2, criteria were used to assign songs to the top or bottom half of the remaining field. "A Horse with No Name" was considered to be a relatively strong contender for earning 93.33% of the votes cast in its Round 1 poll.





All poll threads in this megapoll for "A Horse with No Name" by America
All poll threads in this megapoll for "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band

[silenus]

Just kill that damn horse already.

[NAF1138]

I like both, I think Blinded By The Light is a more interesting song. Even more so when Springsteen did it, but Manfred Mann has that cool organ solo.

[Borborygmi]

With apologies to Dave Nelson I had to vote for "Blinded" here.

[dba Fred]

Originally Posted by silenus

Just kill that damn horse already.

It’s been almost 40 years, I’m sure the horse is in an unmarked grave, stop beating it.

[Pencil]

[Zeener Diode]

Probably buried next to Hank and his partner.