Trying to expand my 70s & 80s collection on my Spotify, any suggestions will be most welcome

All time favourite is Mr.Blue Sky - ELO

Strangely I read this as top 70's 80's love songs and was then questioning Mr. Blue Sky - I'll knock up a definitive list of favourites and get back here later. Before the football. Yes, there's some important football going on tonight.

Back! Okay a top five for each...

1970's

Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
Free Electric Band - Albert Hammond
Show Me The Way - Peter Frampton
I'm Not In Love - 10cc
Up The Junction - Squeeze

1980's

Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
Criticize - Alexander O'Neal
A Little Respect - Erasure
Stay On These Roads - A-ha
Is This Love - Alison Moyet

(My fave ELO song is Wild West Hero)

5 each for you

70s

Baker Street Gerry Rafferty
Lady Eleanor Lindisfarne
Woodstock Matthews Southern Comfort Sweet Talkin Woman ELO
The first time ( ever, I saw your face) Roberta Flack

80s

Heartbreaker Dionne Warwick
Broken Land the Adventures
Blue Monday New Order
Centrefold J.Giels Band
Could have told you so Halo James

good call..... a 70's track i can still enjoy!

I've put together 70s and 80s playlists on my YouTube account - 48 tracks from the 70s and 103 tracks from the 80s, but here's just a few:

70s
Dancing Queen - Abba
Romeo - Mr Big
Year of the Cat - Al Stewart
Northern Lights - Renaissance
You Are My Love - Liverpool Express
Running on Empty- Jackson Brown
Haitian Divorce - Steely Dan
Coming Home - Marshall Hain

80s
Everybody Wants to Rule The World - Tears For Fears
Mama - Genesis
Hands to Heaven - Breath
Kyrie - Mister Mister
Broken Wings - Mister Mister
Rio - Duran Duran
Higher Love - Steve Winwood
Hot Water - Level 42

And I'll stop there or I'll go on for pages. Miss Ann Thropy - my favourite ELO song is also Wild West Hero.

1970s

Everything Merges With The Night - Brian Eno
No Imagination - Blondie
Ever Fallen In Love... - Buzzcocks
Carolyn's Fingers - Cocteau Twins
Sons Of The Silent Age - David Bowie
Starless - King Crimson
Pink Moon - Nick Drake
11 Map Ref. 41°N 93°W - Wire
Jet Silver And The Dolls - Be-Bop Deluxe
Supper's Ready - Genesis
Overture/Chelsea Kids - Heavy Metal Kids
Long Misty Days - Robin Trower
Submission - Sex Pistols
Troy - Sinead O'Connor
The Octave Doctors - Steve Hillage

1980s

Pretty In Pink - Psychedelic furs
100 Years - The Cure
Desert Kisses - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Painted Bird - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Wednesday Week - The Undertones
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
Untouchables - Generation X
Night Nurse - Gregory Isaacs
Seconds - Human League
All Tomorrow's Parties - Japan
Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division
Another Day - This Mortal Coil
Every Colour You Are - Rain Tree Crow

It reminds me of summertime when we helped out on a fruit farm with the sun beating down - I was ten years old, the song was always on the radio and I ate too many raspberries.

And Haitian Divorce is my favourite Steely Dan song!

too many to name them all

No mention of Driver 67, Car 67

Magazine were a good group of late 70s. Here's what I think is their best song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfIPOHZp0d4

...we're down on the ground.

Okay, well you can have my 80's playlist on Spotify if you like; some corkers on there.

And some absolute dross:

Eighties mix