Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (2 Viewers)

[simey]

Mable is a Reverend out in California these days. She once said that Ray (Charles) could hear things so well, that he could hear a rat piss on cotton.

 

[ekbeats]

Anything by Brian Wilson, who I believe is the 2nd greatest American composer of the 20th century aside from Gershwin. And I’m not alone in thinking this. So says Elton John, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Don Was, and most of the Wrecking Crew. If you get a moment, watch “A Long Promised Road” on Amazon Prime. If you love American music, and this thread, it’s a must see.

@ekbeats - good to see you, gb! Hope all is well this you.

Thanks Karma. Good to see you as well.

 

[krista4]

Based on the way I've sorted them, I count 520 different artists represented in this countdown. There was a 16-way tie for Mr/Ms Irrelevant (one point).

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Based on the way I've sorted them, I count 520 different artists represented in this countdown. There was a 16-way tie for Mr/Ms Irrelevant (one point).

Was one of them Insane Clown Posse?

 

[jwb]

jwb:

Take Me Away – Blue Oyster Cult

Gotta comment on this real quick as I watch Mike White take Zach Wilson's job... not only is this a great rock song (and my favorite BOC tune), it scores bonus points to me because of the video, which I imagine them thinking oh man, we're making the most insane video EVER. Nothing will be the same after people see this" . You could tell they were serious about it.

Much more Blue Oyster Cult than I would have anticipated.

Yea it seems that way doesn't it? But then again Reaper and a few others are big time classic rock staples still played daily. I'm happy - I like BOC a lot.

 

[simey]

Yea it seems that way doesn't it? But then again Reaper and a few others are big time classic rock staples still played daily. I'm happy - I like BOC a lot.

(Don't Fear) The Reaper is one of my all-time favorite driving songs.

 

[krista4]

My top non-Prince songs from today are My Favorite Things by John Coltrane, The Saint of Lost Causes by Justin Townes Earle, and Philosophy by Ben Folds Five. Solid day up and down for me, though. My favorite new-to-me song was Fever by Little Willie John.

Caught up on yesterday's new-to-me songs as well. My favorites were...none. In fairness, I already knew the vast majority of the songs.

 

[scorchy]

I can't tell y'all how much I appreciate the Spotify playlists. Perfect for my afternoon dog walk.

Known:

Gold: Summer Babe (Winter Version) (Marco) - words can't express my deep and abiding love for this one.
Silver: Let's Go Crazy (Don Q) - the whole damn album (except for maybe Darling Nikki) could end up on here.
Bronze: Heliotropic (Pip) - sounds like nothing else from '96.

Unknown:

Gold: Tonight is What it Means to Be Young (Mrs R)
Silver: Saint of Lost Causes (Dr. O)
Bronze: Philosophy (Karma P)

 

[scorchy]

Mrs. Rannous:

Tonight is What it Means to be Young - Fire Inc.

Where has this song been all my life? Now I want to watch Streets of Fire - I had seen the trailers on TV but I was 11 at the time so it's not like I could catch at the theater and it pretty quickly fell off the radar. Up until a few years ago when plinko set me straight, I thought Dan Hartman was one of the black guys in the I Can Dream About You video. How was I supposed to know he was an old white dude?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

For some reason I thought Dan Hartman played Grizzly Adams.

 

[scorchy]

For some reason I thought Dan Hartman played Grizzly Adams.

Pretty sure that was Phil Hartman. Oh wait, that was Frankenstein.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

I don't want to say too much and possibly spoil anything, but 1.02 seems like a reach, and there are a couple of SODs in the second round.

There's a certain segment of REM fans that totally revere 1.02. Lucky picked it because he didn't think it would make it back to him, and others told him he was right.

I had quite the dilemma when I got to round two and these were available, and the other two went right after I made my choice.

2.07	(Pip)	Can't Get There From Here (Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985)
2.08	(FresnoBob)	Driver 8 (Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985)
2.09	(Lucky)	Ignoreland (Automatic for the People, 1992)

I'm with you and Krista on this - I think Country Feedback is a pretty low-key, minor REM song, and would probably choose 50 others before it.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

Mrs. Rannous:

Tonight is What it Means to be Young - Fire Inc.

Where has this song been all my life? Now I want to watch Streets of Fire - I had seen the trailers on TV but I was 11 at the time so it's not like I could catch at the theater and it pretty quickly fell off the radar. Up until a few years ago when plinko set me straight, I thought Dan Hartman was one of the black guys in the I Can Dream About You video. How was I supposed to know he was an old white dude?

Ha, yeah, he's an old white dude, even though he seems like he should have been part of that group (which includes Robert Townsend!).

Seriously underrated, goofy-*** movie with quite a cast. (Rick Moranis! Willem Dafoe! Amy Madigan! Diane Lane as Ellen Aim!)

 

[simey]

Favorite Top Five of round #19:

Someday Never Comes
Learn to Fly
Let's Go Crazy
Midnight Train to Georgia
The Saint of Lost Causes
Alive - Philosphy (couldn't decide)

There are 6ish songs listed, because one is on my list.

Drift Away, More Than a Feeling, You Keep Me Hangin' On, and Dream On are repeat favorites

Favorite instrumental - My Favorite Things
Favorite theatrical song - Paradise By the Dashboard Light, runner up Tonight is What it Means to be Young
Favorite crooner song - My Way
Favorite song - Heliotropic

Favorite new to me song(s)

Mother Blues
Summer Babe

 

[simey]

I don't want to say too much and possibly spoil anything, but 1.02 seems like a reach, and there are a couple of SODs in the second round.

There's a certain segment of REM fans that totally revere 1.02. Lucky picked it because he didn't think it would make it back to him, and others told him he was right.

I had quite the dilemma when I got to round two and these were available, and the other two went right after I made my choice.

2.07	(Pip)	Can't Get There From Here (Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985)
2.08	(FresnoBob)	Driver 8 (Fables of the Reconstruction, 1985)
2.09	(Lucky)	Ignoreland (Automatic for the People, 1992)

Driver 8 is easily a Top 5 REM song for me.

 

[krista4]

Driver 8 is easily a Top 5 REM song for me.

Yeah, that was one that I thought was a steal.

 

[Manster]

@Pip's Invitation dude Failure!! Every time I hear them, I dig em more. This is a really good track!

My faves from today are the two PJ songs, Failure, CCR, and I've always loved the Run DMC version of Walk This Way.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today's mix was damn good. There were a few on there that were hard cuts to make for me and would have made it in the 30-50 range. Summer Babe, Rearviewmirror, and Brilliant Disguise stood out in that regard.

I will also echo the Failure track. Such an original sound they had. The Le Tigre song was another that was new to me and stood out.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me winners for today:

Alive -- Pearl Jam (AAABatteries)
Seven Nation Army -- The White Stripes (DrIanMalcolm)
Midnight Train to Georgia -- Gladys Knight & The Pips (Simsarge)
Let's Go Crazy -- Prince (Don Quixote and Ilov80s)
Drift Away -- Dobie Gray (Krista4)
Rearviewmirror -- Pearl Jam (Landryshat)
Don't Fear the Reaper -- Blue Oyster Cult (Simey)
Learn to Fly -- Foo Fighters (Binky)
Dream On -- Aerosmith (Falguy)
Loud Love -- Soundgarden (Manster)
Paradise by the Dashboard Light -- Meat Loaf (Val Rannous)
My Favorite Things -- John Coltrane (Neal Cassady)

 

[Val Rannous]

Favorite theatrical song - Paradise By the Dashboard Light, runner up Tonight is What it Means to be Young

Woo Hoo! Double Steinman for the win! (And in no way did Mrs. R and I plan that, we just both picked Steinman songs for this round.)

 

[Val Rannous]

Charity Contest through picks #19:

New Binky the Doormat 64
Falguy 57
Ilov80s 57
Just Win Baby 57
The Dreaded Marco 45
Dr. Octopus 30
Neal Cassady 30
Pip's Invitation 27
AAABatteries 20
Don Quixote 20
DrianMalcom 20
Hov34 20
Uruk-Hai 20
Mrs. Rannous 17
Chaz McNulty 15
Val Rannous 15
jwb 11

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Mrs. Rannous:

Tonight is What it Means to be Young - Fire Inc.

Where has this song been all my life? Now I want to watch Streets of Fire - I had seen the trailers on TV but I was 11 at the time so it's not like I could catch at the theater and it pretty quickly fell off the radar. Up until a few years ago when plinko set me straight, I thought Dan Hartman was one of the black guys in the I Can Dream About You video. How was I supposed to know he was an old white dude?

Enjoy the movie. Love the soundtrack. There's some good stuff there.

 

[falguy]

Picks Spreadsheet updated as of Round 19

 

[MAC_32]

Hoping for a not crazy day at the office tomorrow so I can catch up on these play lists. In the meantime gonna stick to the known to me:

Already medaled - Dirft Away
Bronze: Let's Go Crazy - it didn't make to the final bubble, but if there was a Prince add this was going to be it
Silver: Alive - that outro...
Gold: California Love - this was my last rap song cut
My favorite - won't be mentioned as my #2 made today's list

 

[Mt. Man]

It’s becoming increasingly hard to pick 3 for each category. So I’m going to try 4 from now on!

#22s
Recognized by title alone: 18
Sounded familiar: 3
Didn't know: 15

Selected Favorites:
China Grove (Mrs. Rannous)
Blank Generation (Eephus)
Mercury Blues (worrierking)
September (Ilov80s)

Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Twilight Creeps (krista4)
Crossing A Line (Just Win Baby)
Strawberry Letter 23 (landryshat)
Adelaide (Zegras11)

 

[simey]

Gold: California Love - this was my last rap song cut

I didn't know that was the title of the song until today. I like the song.

 

[krista4]

Tomorrow is ladies’ night morning! Two of tomorrow’s double-ups are from female artists:

• One has had two prior selections and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.
• One has had one prior selection and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.

The third double-up is the most painful one for me yet, but I'm steeling myself for it.

In addition to these, we will have:

• A song that name-drops another artist that is also selected in this round.
• The Beatles?
• Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

I was told there would be no math.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The third double-up is the most painful one for me yet, but I'm steeling myself for it.

Are you gathering up the tears?

 

[simey]

Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

I was told there would be no math.

When I saw the +'s, I immediately and purposely blacked out.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Mrs. Rannous:

Tonight is What it Means to be Young - Fire Inc.

Where has this song been all my life? Now I want to watch Streets of Fire - I had seen the trailers on TV but I was 11 at the time so it's not like I could catch at the theater and it pretty quickly fell off the radar. Up until a few years ago when plinko set me straight, I thought Dan Hartman was one of the black guys in the I Can Dream About You video. How was I supposed to know he was an old white dude?

Not sure where it’s been all your life but I do know you could have at least gone back half a month with it when it was also chosen in the Song 31 list. Those are two weeks you’ll never get back.

 

[krista4]

Not sure where it’s been all your life but I do know you could have at least gone back half a month with it when it was also chosen in the Song 31 list. Those are two weeks you’ll never get back.

I didn't want to mention that.

IIRC @scorchy also included "Use Me" on his "new to me" list the second time it showed up.

 

[simey]

IIRC @scorchy also included "Use Me" on his "new to me" list the second time it showed up.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Almost positive that my song is the anchor of that math problem.

 

[MAC_32]

Almost positive that my song is the anchor of that math problem.

Nice Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald spoiler

 

[krista4]

Almost positive that my song is the anchor of that math problem.

Nice Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald spoiler

Ineligible!

 

[scorchy]

Not sure where it’s been all your life but I do know you could have at least gone back half a month with it when it was also chosen in the Song 31 list. Those are two weeks you’ll never get back.

I didn't want to mention that.

IIRC @scorchy also included "Use Me" on his "new to me" list the second time it showed up.

Umm... Erm... I can explain...

I admit it. I didn't click on every link every day in Dr O's thread. If he really wanted people WITH FULL TIME JOBS to listen to every song, dude should have made a spotify playlist like Hawks.

Give me a few minutes to come up with something about Use Me.

 

[krista4]

Umm... Erm... I can explain...

I admit it. I didn't click on every link every day in Dr O's thread. If he really wanted people WITH FULL TIME JOBS to listen to every song, dude should have made a spotify playlist like Hawks.

Give me a few minutes to come up with something about Use Me.

I like your story...errrr...

CONFIDENTIAL TO SCORCHY ONLY:

Spoiler

The song came up in Round 31 in this thread, not Dr. O's thread. Maybe we could blame Hawks for a late playlist or something?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Umm... Erm... I can explain...

I admit it. I didn't click on every link every day in Dr O's thread. If he really wanted people WITH FULL TIME JOBS to listen to every song, dude should have made a spotify playlist like Hawks.

Give me a few minutes to come up with something about Use Me.

I like your story...errrr...

CONFIDENTIAL TO SCORCHY ONLY: The song came up in Round 31 in this thread, not Dr. O's thread. Maybe we could blame Hawks for a late playlist or something?

Didn't we make fun of him for not having heard of Use Me the first time?

 

[Tau837]

My top 5 from round 19 excluding my own choice:

• @landrys hat : Rearviewmirror - Pearl Jam
• @AAABatteries : Alive - Pearl Jam
• @DrIanMalcolm : Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
• @New Binky the Doormat : Learn To Fly - Foo Fighters
• @Ilov80s, @Don Quixote : Let’s Go Crazy - Prince

This was by far and away the strongest round so far for my taste. I could have easily chosen another 5-10 songs for this top 5.

 

[krista4]

Didn't we make fun of him for not having heard of Use Me the first time?

I think you guys might have made fun, but it was the second time it came up. He put it on his favorite new ones when you listed it, but Hov34 had had it on his list earlier.

 

[krista4]

I don't make fun of anyone for not having heard a song; I have some huge blind spots in my own listening experience, too.

 

[krista4]

Unknown:

Gold: Use Me (Pip)

Wat?

Now that I look back, I think Hov was "wut"-ing this because it had previously been on his own list.

 

[AAABatteries]

Tomorrow is ladies’ night morning! Two of tomorrow’s double-ups are from female artists:

• One has had two prior selections and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.
• One has had one prior selection and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.

The third double-up is the most painful one for me yet, but I'm steeling myself for it.

In addition to these, we will have:

• A song that name-drops another artist that is also selected in this round.
• The Beatles?
• Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

Spoiler

• 1999 - Prince
• 50 ways to leave your love - Paul Simon
• Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams
• Take Five - Dave Brubeck

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I don't make fun of anyone for not having heard a song; I have some huge blind spots in my own listening experience, too.

I don't mean "make fun of" in a mean-spirited way, but rather a "we are amused by that" way.

 

[scorchy]

I don't make fun of anyone for not having heard a song; I have some huge blind spots in my own listening experience, too.

I don't mean "make fun of" in a mean-spirited way, but rather a "we are amused by that" way.

Oh, I don't mind being made fun of. I'm well aware of my shortcomings.

 

[krista4]

Tomorrow is ladies’ night morning! Two of tomorrow’s double-ups are from female artists:

• One has had two prior selections and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.
• One has had one prior selection and will have two brand-new songs join the mix.

The third double-up is the most painful one for me yet, but I'm steeling myself for it.

In addition to these, we will have:

• A song that name-drops another artist that is also selected in this round.
• The Beatles?
• Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

Spoiler

• 1999 - Prince
• 50 ways to leave your love - Paul Simon
• Summer of ‘69 - Bryan Adams
• Take Five - Dave Brubeck

Well done! I really didn't expect anyone to try, and I'm impressed! But only one of four correct.

Also, Bryan Adams is ineligible (Canadian).

 

[krista4]

I don't make fun of anyone for not having heard a song; I have some huge blind spots in my own listening experience, too.

I don't mean "make fun of" in a mean-spirited way, but rather a "we are amused by that" way.

Oh yeah, I know none of it has been mean-spirited at all.

 

[krista4]

Well done! I really didn't expect anyone to try, and I'm impressed! But only one of four correct.

Also, Bryan Adams is ineligible (Canadian).

By the way, before anyone tries too hard on this (maybe too late for AAABatteries), no one is going to get this right. I'm blown away that AAA put together something with that total, though.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

• Math! Solve for song titles represented by w, x, y, and z: w + x + y + z = 2,123

You can get almost all the way there with 2112, but Rush is Canadian.