# Anthony Bourdain’s 20 favourite songs of the 1970s

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/anthony-bourdains-20-favourite-songs-of-the-1970s/
- Published: 2026-10-29T11:24:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T12:22:03+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/anthony-bourdain-20-favourite-songs-1970s/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Bourdain’s 1970s favourites reflected his formative years.
- His choices ranged across genres and moods.
- The available text names Mayfield, the Ramones and the Stooges.

## Summary

Anthony Bourdain’s favourite songs from the 1970s reflected the decade’s lasting influence on his life and his deep connection to music. A list he compiled for CNN brings together tracks that evoke his formative years and help explain how music, like food and travel, shaped his sense of the world.

The article describes Bourdain’s summers in Provincetown and his early years in New York, then highlights the variety of his selections. They include Curtis Mayfield’s ‘Pusher Man’, the Ramones’ ‘Beat the Brat’ and the Stooges’ ‘Penetration’; Bourdain praised the first track’s lush arrangements and called the Ramones quintessentially New York. The supplied article text ends before the full list is shown.

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