Is it a good time to post that I have floor seats to Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks in Philly? I know you're all jealous.
I got an email with a presale code for a Kansas/Blue Oyster Cult show at some casino next April. I'm not blaming anybody here but I wonder if I would have gotten the notification two months ago.
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Whatever works for you. Didn't you drunkenly book a trip to Amsterdam?What do you guys think would be a good deadline for the next one? I want to give everyone plenty of time (and give me time to recover), but I know some will be eager to get going. I'd originally thought of starting the countdown on Feb. 1, but it doesn't need to be the 1st of a month (this one wasn't), especially since Feb is 28 days anyway. Thinking maybe we could start a little earlier than that, with lists due Jan. 13 or Jan. 20 or what have you.
Whatever works for you. Didn't you drunkenly book a trip to Amsterdam?What do you guys think would be a good deadline for the next one? I want to give everyone plenty of time (and give me time to recover), but I know some will be eager to get going. I'd originally thought of starting the countdown on Feb. 1, but it doesn't need to be the 1st of a month (this one wasn't), especially since Feb is 28 days anyway. Thinking maybe we could start a little earlier than that, with lists due Jan. 13 or Jan. 20 or what have you.
Happy Holidays, rock. I love your Mercy Mercy Me pick. * I hope you feel better soon.Whoa. Been under the weather for the past two days, so I really just want to check in and say thanks to krista4 for running this enormous countdown. I also want to give thanks to falguy and Hov34 and Hawks64 and Val Rannous for all their contributions to the counting, math, and playlisting.
Happy Holidays to all of you who participated and commented along the way. I wish nothing but the best for you guys.
Peace,
ra
6 | 12 | Foo Fighters - Everlong | shuke, Hov34, Pip |
9 | 16 | Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone | shuke, Val Rannous, jwb, Dr. Octopus |
11 | 25 | Fugazi - Waiting Room | shuke, neal cassady, scorchy |
12 | 27 | Prince - Purple Rain | shuke, landryshat |
16 | 37 | Modest Mouse - Float On | shuke, Hov34 |
18 | 41 | Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years | shuke, Zegras11, Binky |
19 | 50 | Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging On | shuke, Binky |
20 | 52 | Cheap Trick - Surrender | shuke, Hov34, Eephus, simey, Oliver Humanzee |
22 | 133 | Television - Marquee Moon | shuke, Krista, Oliver Humanzee, neal cassady, rockaction, Pip’s Invitation, The Dreaded Marco |
25 | 56 | New Radicals - You Get What You Give | shuke, Eephus |
29 | 70 | Doors - LA Woman | shuke, MAC_32, jwb |
I love lists!
Doing some comparisons to my top 1200 songs by different artists. Here are the songs I chose for this top 31 and that thread, that were also chosen by someone else.
Top 31 rank - top 1200 rank - song - the middle aged dummies
6 12 Foo Fighters - Everlongshuke, Hov34, Pip 9 16 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Goneshuke, Val Rannous, jwb, Dr. Octopus 11 25 Fugazi - Waiting Roomshuke, neal cassady, scorchy 12 27 Prince - Purple Rainshuke, landryshat 16 37 Modest Mouse - Float Onshuke, Hov34 18 41 Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Yearsshuke, Zegras11, Binky 19 50 Vanilla Fudge - You Keep Me Hanging Onshuke, Binky 20 52 Cheap Trick - Surrendershuke, Hov34, Eephus, simey, Oliver Humanzee 22 133 Television - Marquee Moonshuke, Krista, Oliver Humanzee, neal cassady, rockaction, Pip’s Invitation, The Dreaded Marco 25 56 New Radicals - You Get What You Giveshuke, Eephus 29 70 Doors - LA Womanshuke, MAC_32, jwb
23 | Looking glass - Brandy you're a fine girl | falguy |
42 | Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home | Binky |
65 | Cars - Moving in Stereo | Just Win Baby |
83 | Beach Boys - God Only Knows | Hov34, Binky, krista4, Chaz McNulty, The Dreaded Marco, Don Quixote, AAABatteries |
85 | Pearl Jam - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small town | Hawks64 |
86 | Tom Petty - You Got Lucky | Just Win Baby |
96 | Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane | rockaction, jwb |
101 | Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper | Doug B, simey, Mrs. Rannous, Zegras11 |
107 | Del Shannon - Runaway | Ilov80s |
129 | Stevie Wonder - Superstition | AAABatteries, Zegras11, krista4, Pip’s Invitation, jwb, DrIanMalcolm, Oliver Humanzee |
140 | Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou | worrierking |
151 | Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows | Binky |
153 | Greg Kihn Band - The Break Up Song | Doug B |
165 | Bruce Springsteen - Thunder road | AAABatteries, Just Win Baby, Yankee23Fan |
176 | Gladys Knight & The Pips- Midnight Train to Georgia | simsarge, simey |
187 | Earth, Wind & Fire - September | ditkaburgers, Dr. Octopus, Ilov80s |
190 | Sam and Dave - Hold on I'm coming | Uruk-Hai, worrierking |
195 | Marvin Gaye - What's Going On | Just Win Baby, simey, neal cassady, krista4, Pip’s Invitation |
199 | Heart - Love Alive | Doug B |
201 | Temptations - Papa was a Rolling Stone | Pip’s Invitation, Dr. Octopus |
217 | Bob Seger - Night Moves | jwb, DrIanMalcolm |
260 | REM- Don't Go Back To Rockville | krista4, simey |
261 | Boston - Foreplay / Long Time | jwb, falguy, Val Rannous, Mrs. Rannous |
289 | Walkmen, The - The Rat | rockaction |
301 | Alabama Shakes - Hold On | simsarge |
307 | Jim Croce - Operator | Zegras11 |
310 | Little Feat - Dixie Chicken | Dr. Octopus |
320 | Brian Jonestown Massacre, The - Anenome | neal cassady |
337 | four tops - Bernadette | Binky, Mrs. Rannous |
347 | Killers, The - All These Things That I've Done | Hov34 |
361 | Snail Mail - Pristine | KarmaPolice |
362 | Flamingos, The - I Only Have Eyes For You | Ilov80s |
372 | Detroit Spinners, The - Rubberband Man | falguy |
390 | Don McLean- American Pie | falguy, Chaz McNulty, Zegras11, Val Rannous |
394 | Don Henley - Boys of Summer | Ilov80s, Yankee23Fan, falguy |
407 | Tracy Chapman - Fast Car | Chaz McNulty |
410 | B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone | Uruk-Hai |
438 | Edgar Winter - Frankenstein | Sullie, Val Rannous |
475 | Merle Haggard - Mama Tried | Uruk-Hai, Dr. Octopus |
485 | Harry Chapin - Cats In The Cradle | Chaz McNulty, Yankee23Fan, falguy |
490 | Modern Lovers - Roadrunner | Krista |
504 | Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbye | krista4 |
514 | Gnarls Barkley - Crazy | Don Quixote |
537 | Sugar - A Good Idea | The Dreaded Marco |
571 | Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly | simey |
593 | Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light | Val Rannous, Yankee23Fan |
599 | Jimmy Buffet - Come Monday | Yankee23Fan |
625 | Dolly Parton - Jolene | Ilov80s, Don Quixote, Uruk-Hai |
653 | Toto - Africa | Don Quixote |
668 | Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Up | krista4 |
687 | Jackson 5 - I Want You Back | Eephus |
689 | Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy | Eephus |
692 | Patti Smith - Because the night | simsarge |
697 | Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey | falguy |
712 | Hall and Oates - She's Gone | Pip’s Invitation |
729 | Big Star - September Gurls | worrierking, simey, landryshat |
759 | Ray Charles - What'd I Say Pts. 1 & 2 | Don Quixote |
774 | James Taylor - Fire and Rain | Yankee23Fan |
775 | Supremes, The - You Can't Hurry Love | AAABatteries, Don Quixote, simsarge |
779 | Replacements, The - Alex Chilton | worrierking |
782 | Dobie Gray- Drift Away | Zegras11, krista4, Uruk-Hai |
789 | Dave Brubeck - Take Five | rockaction |
802 | Matthew Sweet - Sick of Myself | The Dreaded Marco |
804 | Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank Generation | Eephus |
806 | Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right | jwb |
807 | 5th Dimension, The - Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In | simey |
928 | Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal | Mrs. Rannous |
937 | Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Home | simsarge |
970 | Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance | Eephus |
972 | Audioslave - Show Me How to Live | Just Win Baby |
1001 | Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer | falguy, DrIanMalcolm, Chaz McNulty, AAABatteries, Zegras11, Yankee23Fan |
1012 | Sebadoh - Brand New Love | The Dreaded Marco |
1024 | The Wrens - Happy | The Dreaded Marco |
1029 | Love - Alone Again Or | The Dreaded Marco |
1036 | Lizzo - Truth Hurts | DrIanMalcolm |
1081 | Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxes | scorchy |
1085 | The Both - Milwaukee | Krista |
1108 | Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To Live | KarmaPolice |
So @shuke , you've obviously moved up Marquee Moon a lot since the time of your top 1000 list. Any other big changes since then?
1 | 1 | . | Grateful Dead - Eyes of the World |
2 | N/A | . | Phish - Divided Sky |
3 | 4 | . | My Morning Jacket - Circuital |
4 | 10 | . | Band of Horses - The Funeral |
5 | 6 | . | Bob Dylan- Shelter From The Storm |
7 | 15 | . | Allman Brothers - Blue Sky |
8 | 21 | . | Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 |
10 | 19 | . | Wilco - At Least That's What You Said |
13 | 30 | . | Sun Kil Moon - Carry Me Ohio |
14 | 31 | . | Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye |
15 | 33 | . | War on Drugs, The - Under the Pressure |
17 | N/A | . | Jerry Garcia Band - Cats Under the Stars |
21 | 90 | . | Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight |
23 | 54 | . | Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up |
24 | 55 | . | Heartless Bastards - Black Cloud |
26 | 53 | . | Son Volt - Chaos Streams |
27 | 100 | . | Sly and the Family Stone - Family Affair |
28 | 64 | . | Marshall Tucker Band - This Ol' Cowboy |
30 | 1011 | . | Fruit Bats - Humbug Mountain Song |
31 | 127 | . | Spinto Band - Oh Mandy |
Also, keep in mind while a lot of these look like they made huge leaps up the rankings, it's partly because of how many ineligible artists there were for this thread.
Who is @DrIanMalcolm ? I see he put my #1 song as his #2. Only other person to choose Bridge Over Troubled Water by Aretha
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
(duplicate – sixth vote)
Time to reveal the big winners. Who picked the most songs here from that thread...
10 Krista
Yep. We have known each other since the '90s, when we were co-workers.Who is @DrIanMalcolm ? I see he put my #1 song as his #2. Only other person to choose Bridge Over Troubled Water by Aretha
Pip's IRL friend!
Also, keep in mind while a lot of these look like they made huge leaps up the rankings, it's partly because of how many ineligible artists there were for this thread.
Yeah, I asked about Marquee Moon, though, because it had leapt over other songs that were eligible for both. I'm no dummy!
I've received word that the Rannouses have made their donation to Chance for Hope as well. It's a charity that they already generously support without regard to contests like these, so big props to them. Hugeto them for this additional amount. From this thread, Chance for Hope has today received $600 on the occasion of Chance's 23rd birthday. Can't get much better than that.
@bigbottom
I've always loved the arrangement of the horn section in her version of this song.
Have you listened to S&G's version from their Concert in Central Park album where they add an extra verse? It's good.The Boxer will always have a place in my heart that will never fade.
I mention when I was discussing Cats in the Cradle that nighttime routine with my son was always mine. He was also a baby that dealt alot with croupe, so there were many many sleepless nights holding him so he didn't cough too much. We always have music playing in the house so I would listen to music while holding him in his room and rather quickly I would start singing all the songs to him as well as a way to calm him down.
Whenever The Boxer would come on and I would sing that the "lie la lie" parts it became his lullabye and would calm him down more than anything. Eventually me holding him and singing The Boxer to him was always enough to calm him down and get him to sleep. So, for years, I would sing The Boxer to my son when he couldn't sleep for any reason. Did the same with my youngest as well. And while he isn't my sidekick anymore, whenever we are together and we hear The Boxer come on he always says, "good song."
Yes it is.
k4 mentioned to me that she would have taken Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down from him if she had thought of it before completing her list.
Here are the rest of the songs picked here that appeared in my other thread, with my ranking from there.
23 Looking glass - Brandy you're a fine girlfalguy 42 Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain/Closer To HomeBinky 65 Cars - Moving in StereoJust Win Baby 83 Beach Boys - God Only KnowsHov34, Binky, krista4, Chaz McNulty, The Dreaded Marco, Don Quixote, AAABatteries 85 Pearl Jam - Elderly woman behind the counter in a small townHawks64 86 Tom Petty - You Got LuckyJust Win Baby 96 Velvet Underground - Sweet Janerockaction, jwb 101 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the ReaperDoug B, simey, Mrs. Rannous, Zegras11 107 Del Shannon - RunawayIlov80s 129 Stevie Wonder - SuperstitionAAABatteries, Zegras11, krista4, Pip’s Invitation, jwb, DrIanMalcolm, Oliver Humanzee 140 Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayouworrierking 151 Queens Of The Stone Age - No One KnowsBinky 153 Greg Kihn Band - The Break Up SongDoug B 165 Bruce Springsteen - Thunder roadAAABatteries, Just Win Baby, Yankee23Fan 176 Gladys Knight & The Pips- Midnight Train to Georgiasimsarge, simey 187 Earth, Wind & Fire - Septemberditkaburgers, Dr. Octopus, Ilov80s 190 Sam and Dave - Hold on I'm comingUruk-Hai, worrierking 195 Marvin Gaye - What's Going OnJust Win Baby, simey, neal cassady, krista4, Pip’s Invitation 199 Heart - Love AliveDoug B 201 Temptations - Papa was a Rolling StonePip’s Invitation, Dr. Octopus 217 Bob Seger - Night Movesjwb, DrIanMalcolm 260 REM- Don't Go Back To Rockvillekrista4, simey 261 Boston - Foreplay / Long Timejwb, falguy, Val Rannous, Mrs. Rannous 289 Walkmen, The - The Ratrockaction 301 Alabama Shakes - Hold Onsimsarge 307 Jim Croce - OperatorZegras11 310 Little Feat - Dixie ChickenDr. Octopus 320 Brian Jonestown Massacre, The - Anenomeneal cassady 337 four tops - BernadetteBinky, Mrs. Rannous 347 Killers, The - All These Things That I've DoneHov34 361 Snail Mail - PristineKarmaPolice 362 Flamingos, The - I Only Have Eyes For YouIlov80s 372 Detroit Spinners, The - Rubberband Manfalguy 390 Don McLean- American Piefalguy, Chaz McNulty, Zegras11, Val Rannous 394 Don Henley - Boys of SummerIlov80s, Yankee23Fan, falguy 407 Tracy Chapman - Fast CarChaz McNulty 410 B.B. King - The Thrill Is GoneUruk-Hai 438 Edgar Winter - FrankensteinSullie, Val Rannous 475 Merle Haggard - Mama TriedUruk-Hai, Dr. Octopus 485 Harry Chapin - Cats In The CradleChaz McNulty, Yankee23Fan, falguy 490 Modern Lovers - RoadrunnerKrista 504 Jeff Buckley - Last Goodbyekrista4 514 Gnarls Barkley - CrazyDon Quixote 537 Sugar - A Good IdeaThe Dreaded Marco 571 Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softlysimey 593 Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard LightVal Rannous, Yankee23Fan 599 Jimmy Buffet - Come MondayYankee23Fan 625 Dolly Parton - JoleneIlov80s, Don Quixote, Uruk-Hai 653 Toto - AfricaDon Quixote 668 Archie Bell & The Drells - Tighten Upkrista4 687 Jackson 5 - I Want You BackEephus 689 Muddy Waters - Mannish BoyEephus 692 Patti Smith - Because the nightsimsarge 697 Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskeyfalguy 712 Hall and Oates - She's GonePip’s Invitation 729 Big Star - September Gurlsworrierking, simey, landryshat 759 Ray Charles - What'd I Say Pts. 1 & 2Don Quixote 774 James Taylor - Fire and RainYankee23Fan 775 Supremes, The - You Can't Hurry LoveAAABatteries, Don Quixote, simsarge 779 Replacements, The - Alex Chiltonworrierking 782 Dobie Gray- Drift AwayZegras11, krista4, Uruk-Hai 789 Dave Brubeck - Take Fiverockaction 802 Matthew Sweet - Sick of MyselfThe Dreaded Marco 804 Richard Hell and the Voidoids - Blank GenerationEephus 806 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Rightjwb 807 5th Dimension, The - Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine Insimey 928 Alien Ant Farm - Smooth CriminalMrs. Rannous 937 Shawn Colvin - Sunny Came Homesimsarge 970 Digital Underground - The Humpty DanceEephus 972 Audioslave - Show Me How to LiveJust Win Baby 1001 Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxerfalguy, DrIanMalcolm, Chaz McNulty, AAABatteries, Zegras11, Yankee23Fan 1012 Sebadoh - Brand New LoveThe Dreaded Marco 1024 The Wrens - HappyThe Dreaded Marco 1029 Love - Alone Again OrThe Dreaded Marco 1036 Lizzo - Truth HurtsDrIanMalcolm 1081 Rilo Kiley - Portions for Foxesscorchy 1085 The Both - MilwaukeeKrista 1108 Soundgarden - The Day I Tried To LiveKarmaPolice
Only because Use Me exists.Five Bill Withers picks but this didn't show up?
They weren't top of mind but I would have considered them if we had more room. Though I might have picked Colorado Song.
Time to reveal the big winners. Who picked the most songs here from that thread...
10 Krista
8 falguy
8 simey
7 jwb
7 The Dreaded Marco
7 Yankee23Fan
7 Zegras11
6 Binky
6 Don Quixote
6 Eephus
6 Pip’s Invitation
5 AAABatteries
5 Chaz McNulty
5 Dr. Octopus
5 Hov34
5 Ilov80s
5 Just Win Baby
5 simsarge
5 Uruk-Hai
5 Val Rannous
4 DrIanMalcolm
4 Mrs. Rannous
4 neal cassady
4 rockaction
4 worrierking
3 Doug B
3 Oliver Humanzee
2 KarmaPolice
2 landryshat
2 scorchy
1 ditkaburgers,
1 Hawks64
1 MAC_32
1 Sullie