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20. The Ohio Players “Fire” (from Fire) https://youtu.be/zqsYNc_M988?si=nNDm4OrXw94n0jUb Bringing the funk. Love this video: the trombone player appears to be about 7 feet tall or so. These guys are excellent.

21. Joe Cocker “You Are So Beautiful” (from The Kids ‘N’ Me) https://youtu.be/WvAr9umnZ54?si=n702-1Wz1fasl6Yr I expect a bit of pushback on this selection only because I always get pushback whenever I choose one of Cocker’s covers- I guess I appreciate him more than the crowd here does as a...

22. Gordon Lightfoot “Sundown” (from Sundown) https://youtu.be/YdBU-jpJJtA?si=g2VvU0smsoAMQVAB One of the great soft rock classics of all time. So good. And I’ve always loved the bridge guitar solo

So is this a good pick? I know nothing about him.

Did Jim Harbaugh make this pick himself? Or is there a GM calling the shots?

23. Elton John “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me” (from Caribou) https://youtu.be/TxipVM_0CBA?si=910uQd0Vizdsp-Br Never my favorite Elton ballad, but I don’t turn it off either. This is a fine song. The original IMO, is much better than the George Michael duet but I was never a huge George...

24. Joni Mitchell “Help Me” (from Court and Spark) https://youtu.be/UTT54TEbolE?si=-ie7ZzqrARhXmHS6 This really is an extraordinary song. For one thing it’s a jazz melody, extremely complex, yet at the same time very accessible. And she sings it so effortlessly. It seems to me that, up to...

25. Bad Company “Bad Company” (from Bad Company) https://youtu.be/JXQJpyQBShU?si=gqBPdo5d5IXe89WZ I have no idea how many of these songs I was personally aware of in 1974- I was only 9 years old. But I know for sure I was aware of this one, because it was played a lot on the radio upon release...

26. Carl Douglas “Kung Fu Fighting” (from Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs) https://youtu.be/bmfudW7rbG0?si=qeaPuD-uAuiBPqAS Funky China men from funky Chinatown Not exactly the most politically correct lyrics but hey they’re awesome. I also love the album title, which steals from...

There’s kind of a Larry Bird/ Magic thing going on there…

Sorry I don’t use Spotify. Perhaps someone else?

27. Lynyrd Skynyrd “The Ballad of Curtis Leow” (from Second Helping) https://youtu.be/dAeeJOInJ7I?si=F_u461dhbgdOAbSB Curtis Leow was the finest picker to ever play the blues Really what more needs to be said? Except that this is one of the great rock ballads ever written.

28. Steely Dan “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” (from Pretzel Logic) https://youtu.be/UfZWp-hGCdA?si=33ccTfCMkuk-TX9g Getting into the biggies now. One of their most infectious melodies. But for some reason I know a couple of people who really hate this (including my wife who always demands...

29. Stevie Wonder “Boogie On Reggae Woman” (from Fulfillingness’ First Finale) https://youtu.be/ylQMhYqSntk?si=CrM3uOQZpbnqQVbA Fair warning: I hope you guys like funk because the top of this list has many all time funk classics. Like this one by Stevie at the top of his game. He plays every...

30. Bachman Turner Overdrive “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” (from Not Fragile) https://youtu.be/w3fRBzRngdc?si=e90DzwfqGeTQI-_d Coming in at #30 on my list is one of the great classic rock songs of the 70s. Maybe BTO’s best hit song, it has passed the test of time.