Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (7 Viewers)

[Dr. Octopus]

No spoilers but there is a song today that would have been top 3 for me, possibly #2, if the version was eligible.

If the song is listed already and your version isn't eligible I don't see how you would spoil anything.

It could be based on the rest of the Top 10.

I'm not following.

 

[simey]

It is the Duke's Mayo bowl (I think). I'm not taking those turtles. I wonder which QB NC State is going to use. When they played (and beat) UNC in their last game, they had to play their 4th string QB. He did well. The starter had a season ending injury against FSU, but I'm not sure what the injuries were for QB #2 and #3. @Just Win Baby might know.

Ok, I'll take the Terps. They'll get crushed, but I am a trooper.

Ok, here's the offer: If State wins, I'll listen to 12 Billy Joel songs of your choosing and will do so in real time here and give an honest-faith review of each. If Maryland wins, I still get to listen to your 12 Billy Joel songs but get to snark the hell out of every one of them.

I don't know what the spread is, but NCSU is ranked and Maryland hasn't been ranked in 15 years. Straight up, no spread.

Deal?

Sure. Yankee doodle is the one who loves Billy Joel, but I dig him just fine to present 12 favorites by him.

 

[Zegras11]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Great list today. My fave new song.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I've already commented on a lot of repeats so thumb up to these newbies:

I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash

It's Too Late - Carole King

25 or 6 to 4 - Chicago

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Such a great list.

 

[AAABatteries]

neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)

This was probably already going to win my vote for biggest surprise song of the entire thing - never heard it before this countdown and to see it gets 4 votes is fairly surprising to me. Maybe something else will overtake it but I doubt it as we get in to the top 10.

 

[Hawks64]

No spoilers but there is a song today that would have been top 3 for me, possibly #2, if the version was eligible.

If the song is listed already and your version isn't eligible I don't see how you would spoil anything.

It could be based on the rest of the Top 10.

I'm not following.

If I post the song, it could be a spoiler of someone in my Top 10. I didn't follow the 1 artist 1 song approach.

 

[AAABatteries]

Such a great list.

I think list #12 has been my favorite so far but today's is pretty good.

 

[Don Quixote]

neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)

This was probably already going to win my vote for biggest surprise song of the entire thing - never heard it before this countdown and to see it gets 4 votes is fairly surprising to me. Maybe something else will overtake it but I doubt it as we get in to the top 10.

Same here. A month or so ago, an online trivia league that I'm part of had the band "Television" as an answer for a trivia question -- I got it wrong then, but wish I had that question back now.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Hawks64:

Touch The Sky - Black Pumas

This is a cool, off-the-grid pick.

 

[falguy]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

 

[falguy]

neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)

This was probably already going to win my vote for biggest surprise song of the entire thing - never heard it before this countdown and to see it gets 4 votes is fairly surprising to me. Maybe something else will overtake it but I doubt it as we get in to the top 10.

I had never heard of that song either. The Fugazi song Waiting Room is new to me as well and it's also sitting top 10 in points. I've never heard of either of the bands before either. My listening habits are pretty narrow, it seems.

 

[AAABatteries]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

Yeah, I said early on that my list would probably be the "chalkiest" - I like a lot of older music and ones that are fairly popular with the masses. I've been amazed how many of these artists I've never heard of.

 

[AAABatteries]

Getz and I think you young folks have crazy music taste!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)

This was probably already going to win my vote for biggest surprise song of the entire thing - never heard it before this countdown and to see it gets 4 votes is fairly surprising to me. Maybe something else will overtake it but I doubt it as we get in to the top 10.

It’s an “underground” classic album.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)

This was probably already going to win my vote for biggest surprise song of the entire thing - never heard it before this countdown and to see it gets 4 votes is fairly surprising to me. Maybe something else will overtake it but I doubt it as we get in to the top 10.

I had never heard of that song either. The Fugazi song Waiting Room is new to me as well and it's also sitting top 10 in points. I've never heard of either of the bands before either. My listening habits are pretty narrow, it seems.

I’ve heard of Fugazi but never heard them. That song was new to me as well and is one of the big surprise likes for me based on what I thought the band was.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

I purposely went this way. Have you listened to ones you don't know and like any?

If I wasn't narrowing down years, I for sure would have had Stevie, Aretha, Jimi, Elvis, and Bruce songs in there with other chalkier picks.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Getz and I think you young folks have crazy music taste!

You may be one of the youngest in here.

 

[Eephus]

rockaction:

House Of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
(new artist)

I watched Meet Me in the Bathroom this weekend. It's a recent documentary about the short-lived NYC music scene of the early 2000s. There was a segment about the recording of this song with The Rapture and James Murphy each giving their version of the story.

The era doesn't signify as much to me personally as it does for some of you younger folk, but It's a fine documentary that benefits greatly from the availability of cheap video cameras at the time.

 

[Eephus]

. My favorite pick of this draft is @ditkaburgers AiC Man in the Box. Top 15 pick for me. My chaosburgers is also a young woman in her mid-20s and she hates it. Probably because her 60 yr old long haird dad makes horn hands and headbangs to it too often and it scares her cuz she thinks it's satanic (deny your maker). I think this is proof Eeph is a better dad than me, but then from all the Springsteen in the world he chose Brilliant Disguise so maybe not.

This pick surprised me the most of ditkaburgers 31. Her tastes in Rock (as in other genres) run heavily to the poppy and up tempo. I didn't expect her to pick a grungy sAIC ong recorded before she was born.

She is one of the few people her age who can say she went to a Nirvana concert. Mrs E was five months pregnant at the time so we sat up in the balcony but ditkaburgers gave her a few kicks during the show.

 

[Eephus]

I guess I could have skipped page 68

 

[Eephus]

scorchy's Drive-By Truckers song is from the album with the supporting tour for which OH's band was an opening act. I didn't know him at the time. Every time the Drive-By Truckers come up, though, he talks about how much they drank. Great guys according to him, but always followed by "but damn could they drink." A fistfight involving the band broke out at one of the shows.

We saw the DBT's right at the end of this tour in Jan 2003. It would definitely rank in my top 31 shows.

The only thing I remember about the opening act is that the bass player wore a Slobberbone t-shirt.

 

[Eephus]

There was a user, Hipple who's no longer around, and he would reply to people one at a time as he was catching up on a thread. The phrase hippling was coined because of that schtick.

My apologies. I wasn't online this weekend

 

[KarmaPolice]

Oh my, this Bootsy track.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Oh my, this Bootsy track.

I don't expect anyone else to like it. I was way into baroque funk then, and Collins was the best at that time. Betcha Thom York was listening, though.

 

[shuke]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

 

[falguy]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

I purposely went this way. Have you listened to ones you don't know and like any?

If I wasn't narrowing down years, I for sure would have had Stevie, Aretha, Jimi, Elvis, and Bruce songs in there with other chalkier picks.

I have yes and there are some I have liked. Probably a couple each round actually. I've been bad lately for not listening to any of the playlists.

here's a few I can recall
Angel Eyes Willis Alan Ramsey
Twilight Creeps Crooked Fingers

the Pearl Jam song from a couple rounds ago Off He goes

Minnie The Moocher
Humbug Mountain Song was pretty cool

Barefootin' Robert Parker
Lazy eye

There are others too. I do need to go through some of the recent rounds and give them a listen.

 

[falguy]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

I purposely went this way. Have you listened to ones you don't know and like any?

If I wasn't narrowing down years, I for sure would have had Stevie, Aretha, Jimi, Elvis, and Bruce songs in there with other chalkier picks.

I should add that I like your Motion Sickness selection. Sounds great with the headphones separating left and right channels

 

[Eephus]

Great mix today. I should listened to it longer with the dog this morning and skipped the Brazil game.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Great mix today. I should listened to it longer with the dog this morning and skipped the Brazil game.

You would've missed a couple of unbelievable goals. The 3rd was particularly great.

 

[shuke]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

In the ultimate irony, this is in my top 5 Spotify songs this year due to it presence in my workout playlist (as all these are).

 

[Chaos34]

Manster:

Off He Goes - Pearl Jam
(new song)

From Saturday's picks. So far really enjoying this playlist but wanted to point out this tune which I . I own No code but sadly don't even recall this song. Still not my favorite Pearl Jam ballad, that would be Just Breathe (which sadly I didnt even think about for my list ) but Off He Goes is a keeper. Thanks for this new one @Manster .

Breathe made my list. Limiting myselt to one track per artist made PJ a problem. Not sure if this makes sense but Breathe is not my favorite PJ. But somehow for this potential playlist, Breathe is my favorite PJ. Also love the vid/version with Willie and his son doing it, top down, cruising around Maui. But Eddie kills it and it's my most listened to PJ of the past 5 years. A more honest list and easier project would have been going 3xs on 10 artists +1.

 

[Hawks64]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

Video unavailable

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Dave Brubeck Quartet - “Take Five”

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I’m finally catching up a bit on the playlists.

 

[Chaos34]

Number 11:


krista4:

The Beautiful Ones – Prince
(new song)


Just Win Baby:

A Pirate Looks at Forty (1975), from A1A - Jimmy Buffett
(new song)


simey:

Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight and the Pips
(duplicate – second vote)


scorchy:

Fight the Power – Public Enemy
(new song)


neal cassady:

Marquee Moon - Television
(duplicate – fourth vote)


Uruk-Hai:

Bootzilla - Bootsy Collins
(new artist)


Yankee23Fan:

I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
(new song)


Manster:

The Silence - Manchester Orchestra
(duplicate – second vote)


shuke:

Waiting Room - Fugazi
(duplicate – third vote)


rockaction:

Midnight Show - The Killers
(new song)


Mrs. Rannous:

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash
(new song)


New Binky the Doormat:

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
(duplicate – fourth vote)


Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)


Dr. Octopus:

Blister In The Sun – Violent Femmes
(new artist)


Val Rannous:

Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas
(new artist)


Chaz McNulty:

Edge of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks
(new song)


Don Quixote:

You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
(duplicate – second AND third votes today!)


Sullie:

Riders On The Storm - The Doors
(new song)


jwb:

It’s Too Late – Carole King
(new song)


DrIanMalcolm:

Georgia On My Mind, Ray Charles
(duplicate - second vote)


Hawks64:

Touch The Sky - Black Pumas
(new artist)


MAC_32:

25 or 6 to 4 – Chicago
(new artist)


falguy:

Boys Of Summer - Don Henley
(duplicate – third vote)


simsarge:

You Can’t Hurry Love - The Supremes
(duplicate – third vote)


worrierking:

Alex Chilton – The Replacements
(new song)


Eephus:

I Wish - Stevie Wonder
(new song)


Hov34:

The Difficult Kind - Sheryl Crow
(new artist)


ditkaburgers:

Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance
(duplicate – second vote)


AAABatteries:

Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
(duplicate – third vote)


landryshat:

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan
(new song)


Zegras11:

Superstar - Carpenters
(new artist)


Ilov80s:

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
(Gaye – new song: Terrell – new artist)


Oliver Humanzee:

Return of the Grievous Angel – Gram Parsons
(duplicate – second vote)


The Dreaded Marco:

Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
(duplicate – second vote)


Doug B:

Ai No Corrida - Quincy Jones
(new artist)


KarmaPolice:

Electric Relaxation - A Tribe Called Quest
(new artist)

Great picks. This is gonna be real good down the stretch. In PM I told Krista what I'm doing, coming late to the party post Thanksgiving feels like cheating. I got my list up to 26 last night with a couple dozen undecides, but I saw today's entries and cheated. 25 or 6 to 4 and Carry On Wayward Son should make my list but completely whiffed remembering them.

Also loved @Just Win Baby - Pirate Looks at 40. simey and I were defending Jimmy in a past draft and discussing how good his deeper cuts are, yet still Pirate is my 2nd favorite Jimmy, so not on my list. simey's pick is.

 

[scorchy]

rockaction:

House Of Jealous Lovers - The Rapture
(new artist)

I watched Meet Me in the Bathroom this weekend. It's a recent documentary about the short-lived NYC music scene of the early 2000s. There was a segment about the recording of this song with The Rapture and James Murphy each giving their version of the story.

The era doesn't signify as much to me personally as it does for some of you younger folk, but It's a fine documentary that benefits greatly from the availability of cheap video cameras at the time.

Thanks for mentioning this. Will put at the top of my queue.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Just reviewing all the picks.

So far I recognize all of the songs on @AAABatteries list and nearly all on @Chaz McNulty 's (hadn't heard of 2).

On the other extreme @Sullie , @worrierking and @landrys hat have about 3 each that I knew, Then there's @Oliver Humanzee and @KarmaPolice with 1, maybe 2 each that I know. I had never even heard of most of their artists lol

I purposely went this way. Have you listened to ones you don't know and like any?

If I wasn't narrowing down years, I for sure would have had Stevie, Aretha, Jimi, Elvis, and Bruce songs in there with other chalkier picks.

I should add that I like your Motion Sickness selection. Sounds great with the headphones separating left and right channels

I was just about to bust your balls because I looked at the list in the other post and thought "ah, so nothing I drafted.... "

 

[Val Rannous]

Oh my, this Bootsy track.

I don't expect anyone else to like it.

What u talkin' about, Willis? I love me some funk, and this is the F. U. N. K.

 

[Val Rannous]

Charity Contest Info and Standings, Number 11

Everyone's selections:

Val Rannous - Song: Like a Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan. Artist: Bruce Springsteen.
Mrs. Rannous - Song: Rock and Roll High School, The Ramones. Artist: Bob Dylan.
Uruk-Hai - Song: Purple Rain, Prince. Artist: Stevie Wonder.
Pip's Invitation - Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana. Artist: Stevie Wonder.
Neal Cassady - Song: Let's Stay Together, Al Green. Artist: Stevie Wonder.
Hov34 - Song: Superstition, Stevie Wonder. Artist: Stevie Wonder. (Tiebreak: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana)
Chaz McNulty - Song: Fast Car, Tracy Chapman. Artist: Bruce Springsteen.
Dr. Octopus - Song: Hallelujah, Jeff Buckley. Artist: Stevie Wonder.
Falguy - Song: Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen. Artist: Tom Petty.
DrianMalcom - Song: Superstition, Stevie Wonder. Artist: Stevie Wonder. (Tiebreak: American Girl, Tom Petty)
Ilove80s - Song: Good Vibrations, The Beach Boys. Artist: Tom Petty.
jwb - Song: Hotel California, The Eagles. Artist: The Allman Brothers Band.
The Dreaded Marco - Song: What a Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong. Artist: Prince.
New Binky the Doormat - Song: Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana. Artist: Tom Petty.
Just Win Baby - Song: What's Going On, Marvin Gaye. Artist: Tom Petty.
Don Quixote - Song: Superstition, Stevie Wonder. Artist: Stevie Wonder. (Tiebreak: God Only Knows, The Beach Boys)
AAABatteries - Song: Respect - Aretha Franklin. Artist: Stevie Wonder.

Songs that scored 21 points for today's selections:

Born to Run, Bruce Springsteen

Artists that scored 21 points for today's selections:

Prince
Stevie Wonder
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen

Total Scores as of Today:

Falguy 187
Ilov80s 184
Just Win Baby 182
New Binky the Doormat 174
AAABatteries 146
Neal Cassady 142
Don Quixote 126
DrianMalcom 126
Hov34 126
The Dreaded Marco 121
Pip's Invitation 119
Uruk-Hai 113
Dr. Octopus 93
Chaz McNulty 88
Val Rannous 88
jwb 81
Mrs. Rannous 70

 

[shuke]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

Video unavailable

Weird. Try again.

 

[Hawks64]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

Video unavailable

Weird. Try again.

I hope you cross-posted in the eat-off

 

[krista4]

We saw the DBT's right at the end of this tour in Jan 2003. It would definitely rank in my top 31 shows.

The only thing I remember about the opening act is that the bass player wore a Slobberbone t-shirt.

I'll have to ask OH if that was him.

 

[Eephus]

Any interest in a Christmas Music Draft?

 

[scorchy]

I can't even narrow it down to my usual knowns/unknowns today:

The Beautiful Ones (krista) - how many songs from Purple Rain haven't been picked so far?
Alex Chilton (worrierking) - Thanks to this I learned about Big Star. Since there was no internet at the time, it took a few years. A DJ on WHFS finally clued me in.
Blister in the Sun (Dr O) - Man that takes me back to the school bus when this girl Brandi stole her sister's Violent Femmes tape and played Add It Up and Blister in the Sun as we huddled in the back.
Electric Relaxation (KP) - Tribes raunchiest track?
Bootzilla (Uruk-hai) - Never heard this. All I can say is wow.
Touch the Sky (Hawks) - New to me as well. Not quite the wow factor of Bootsie, but still a standout.

 

[krista4]

here's a few I can recall
Angel Eyes Willis Alan Ramsey
Twilight Creeps Crooked Fingers

 

[falguy]

The current 1-hit-wonder leaders : Top 5

Rev. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 49 points
Fugazi - Waiting Room 47
Don Henley - Boys Of Summer 41
Manchester Orchestra - Silence 40
Nina Simone - Sinnerman - 38

These are total points for a song AND that song is the ONLY song for that artist that's been selected.

I'm getting concerned that my choice for this will not appear on anyone's list (It wasn't on mine as I only thought of it after submitting my 31)

 

[shuke]

Pip’s Invitation:

One Big Holiday - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

Finally! A cross-over between a music thread and the EAT OFF thread.

Video unavailable

Weird. Try again.

I hope you cross-posted in the eat-off

I did, about 5 years ago.

 

[krista4]

Speaking of both of "one-hit wonders" and Marquee Moon, if one of the last five lists that came in (already revealed as landrys hat's) hadn't named a different Television song, Marquee Moon would have won the "one-hit wonder" ranking in a landslide.

 

[scorchy]

I’ve heard of Fugazi but never heard them. That song was new to me as well and is one of the big surprise likes for me based on what I thought the band was.

Just gonna repeat what I said about Fugazi in another thread:

If you don't really know Fugazi, that's mainly because that's what Fugazi wanted. No major labels (turned down a $10 million dollar deal from Atlantic); no corporate sponsorship (declined an invitation to Lollapalooza); no merchandising (thus the ubiquitous 'This is NOT a Fugazi Shirt' worn by punks the world over); only played all-ages shows (how I got to see them at a DC high school). I first heard Fugazi's self-titled debut EP in the summer of '88 while playing Earl Weaver Baseball on the computer with a skater friend of mine. He dubbed it for me later that day with The Meatmen's live record We're the Meatmen and You Still Suck... on the flip side (oof). It was one of the main soundtracks for our summer. I finally got to see them in 1990 before heading off to college. A group of us told our parents we were going to Baltimore for an Orioles game but instead hit DC for the show. I'm glad my parents weren't up when I got home because it would have been tough to explain how my clothes were still soaked after a 2-hour drive back. It was...intense. And something I would give almost anything to experience for the first time again.

Also, I may have linked it before, but this Cleveland School of Rock cover of Waiting Room gives me hope for the future.