DrIanMalcolm
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Yeah, that one is a favorite of mine. Another great story song, very evocative of place and time, which is why I chose it.
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Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (4 Viewers)
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Yeah, that one is a favorite of mine. Another great story song, very evocative of place and time, which is why I chose it.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I've liked almost every song that I hadn't heard before.
scorchy
Footballguy
Be honest - my My Chemical Romance pick made you think of SNL's Goth Talk, right?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I liked that song quite a bit - didn't know it.
krista4
Footballguy
If it weren't for Clay Pigeons, that would have been my top "new-to-me" choice. Great stuff.
Speaking of Clay Pigeons, OH and I had a little Blaze Foley listening party last night. OH knew of the Merle Haggard cover of "If I Could Only Fly" but didn't realize it was a cover. The Willie Nelson/Merle Haggard cover is even better. Can't get enough of Blaze's stuff right now. We followed that listening party with one for the band, Low. Needless to say, last night was not a dance party. And speaking of Low, time for the #29 picks!
krista4
Footballguy
Number 29:
krista4:
I’ve Been Riding with the Ghost – Songs: Ohia
Just Win Baby:
No Sleep till Brooklyn (1987), from Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
simey:
Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
(simey comment: Tough between this and The Boxer. I usually go The Boxer so chose this this time.)
scorchy:
Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols
neal cassady:
California Soul - Marlena Shaw
Uruk-Hai:
I've Got Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Yankee23Fan:
Turn the Page - Bob Seger
Manster:
Albatross - Corrosion of Conformity
shuke:
LA Woman - The Doors
rockaction:
Runaway - Kanye West
Mrs. Rannous:
Firework - Katy Perry
New Binky the Doormat:
The Love You Save – The Jacksons
Pip’s Invitation:
Maze -- Phish
Dr. Octopus:
Can’t Hardly Wait – The Replacements
Val Rannous:
Bottom of the River - Delta Rae
Chaz McNulty:
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Don Quixote:
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
Sullie:
Faces – Night Ranger
jwb:
Borderline – Madonna
DrIanMalcolm:
Lady Marmalade, LaBelle
Hawks64:
Beautiful Drug - Zac Brown Band
MAC_32:
So What Cha Want - Beastie Boys
falguy:
My Sharona - the Knack
simsarge:
The Warrior - Patti Smyth & Scandal
worrierking:
Political Science - Randy Newman
Eephus:
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
Hov34:
In Bloom – Nirvana
ditkaburgers:
Breathe - Michelle Branch
AAABatteries:
We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
landryshat:
The Devil Is All Around - Shovels and Rope
Zegras11:
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Ilov80s:
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Oliver Humanzee:
When I Go Deaf - Low
The Dreaded Marco:
Dead Slate Pacific - John Vanderslice
Doug B:
Jam On It – Newcleus
krista4:
I’ve Been Riding with the Ghost – Songs: Ohia
Just Win Baby:
No Sleep till Brooklyn (1987), from Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys
simey:
Homeward Bound - Simon and Garfunkel
(simey comment: Tough between this and The Boxer. I usually go The Boxer so chose this this time.)
scorchy:
Bohemian Like You – Dandy Warhols
neal cassady:
California Soul - Marlena Shaw
Uruk-Hai:
I've Got Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Yankee23Fan:
Turn the Page - Bob Seger
Manster:
Albatross - Corrosion of Conformity
shuke:
LA Woman - The Doors
rockaction:
Runaway - Kanye West
Mrs. Rannous:
Firework - Katy Perry
New Binky the Doormat:
The Love You Save – The Jacksons
Pip’s Invitation:
Maze -- Phish
Dr. Octopus:
Can’t Hardly Wait – The Replacements
Val Rannous:
Bottom of the River - Delta Rae
Chaz McNulty:
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Don Quixote:
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
Sullie:
Faces – Night Ranger
jwb:
Borderline – Madonna
DrIanMalcolm:
Lady Marmalade, LaBelle
Hawks64:
Beautiful Drug - Zac Brown Band
MAC_32:
So What Cha Want - Beastie Boys
falguy:
My Sharona - the Knack
simsarge:
The Warrior - Patti Smyth & Scandal
worrierking:
Political Science - Randy Newman
Eephus:
You Get What You Give - New Radicals
Hov34:
In Bloom – Nirvana
ditkaburgers:
Breathe - Michelle Branch
AAABatteries:
We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
landryshat:
The Devil Is All Around - Shovels and Rope
Zegras11:
Drift Away - Dobie Gray
Ilov80s:
Boys of Summer - Don Henley
Oliver Humanzee:
When I Go Deaf - Low
The Dreaded Marco:
Dead Slate Pacific - John Vanderslice
Doug B:
Jam On It – Newcleus
krista4
Footballguy
My song today is from one of the many iterations of Jason Molina's "bands". What a ****ing songwriter, and what a sad story. This one is a bit more upbeat in tempo (though not really in lyrics), but my other favorite of his is the more downbeat but equally brilliant "Farewell Transmission."
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krista4
Footballguy
My favorite already-known song today is "Drift Away." Just makes me dance around happy.
I also have great fondness for "Borderline," which reminds me of working at my high school radio station. Madonna's record came in to the station, and we were all immediately obsessed with it. My friend Jill and I choreographed a little dance to "Borderline" that we did all the damn time.
Lots of "new-to-me" on the list today, so Squibby and I will enjoy today's listening party.
I also have great fondness for "Borderline," which reminds me of working at my high school radio station. Madonna's record came in to the station, and we were all immediately obsessed with it. My friend Jill and I choreographed a little dance to "Borderline" that we did all the damn time.
Lots of "new-to-me" on the list today, so Squibby and I will enjoy today's listening party.
Doug B
Footballguy
Allen Toussaint produced this one. Nice snag.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Spotify link One thing I dislike about Spotify, at least from what I have found, is that if a remaster exists, that's the only option.
Doug B
Footballguy
Tau837
Footballguy
My top 5 from round 29 excluding my own choice:
- @Hov34 : In Bloom – Nirvana
- @Yankee23Fan : Turn the Page - Bob Seger
- @Ilov80s : Boys of Summer - Don Henley
- @Dr. Octopus : Can’t Hardly Wait – The Replacements
- @falguy : My Sharona - the Knack
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krista4
Footballguy
How do you get these done so fast? Have you hacked into my computer???
Thanks for all this again.
krista4
Footballguy
I found Round 30 more appealing as well.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Lots of great songs on this list.
These are my top 5 known songs.
I'll try to listen to all the unknowns tonight.
Tau837
Footballguy
Are we actually going to do this after this countdown ends? I was thinking about it, and thinking that we should make qualifiers for that countdown to be the inverse of this one, i.e., any artist not qualified for this ongoing countdown would by definition qualify for the next countdown. Saying "non-American" might imply that no band members could be American... in which case bands like Metallica and Van Halen wouldn't qualify for either countdown.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
About three years ago I was at Farmer’s Market/store that plays WCBS FM (the oldies) statIon and I heard this song. My heart sunk a little that Madonna was now oldies music.
krista4
Footballguy
I think doing another one would be fun, but I'm trying to get through this one before putting too much thought into it. If you and others want to discuss and come to a conclusion, I'll go with whatever the consensus is.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
This round seemed more “personal” with only a handful of heavy hitters.
I should have linked the longer version because the guitar solo is what makes the song for me, it's probably not even that difficult to play, I don't know, but it's on of my favorite solos.
Longer solo
Longer solo
Doug B
Footballguy
No idea why, but I totally thought this band was British.
2 of these are higher up in my list
Hawks64
Footballguy
Had a ton of songs from #29 I dig but these are the top 3 for me
- @Manster Albatross by Corrosion of Conformity - new to me and love the dirty guitar opening. Reminds me of something Chris Cornell would be a part of, so automatically I'm a fan.
- @Pip's Invitation Maze by Phish - really dig most Phish, this is not an exception to that rule.
- @Hov34 In Bloom by Nirvana - this was something that I cut from my list. Hard to go wrong with Nirvana IMO
Doug B
Footballguy
Above are the ones I'd classify as 'heavy hitters'. Each a big hit on one chart or another.
And there might be more -- I don't know the Kanye or Michelle Branch songs by title, so I can't tell if they're deeper cuts or hit releases.
Hawks64
Footballguy
I tend to be sitting at my computer when you post the list, Spotify open in one monitor, FBGs in another and away I go. I kind of feel like it has to be posted shortly so folks can start listening since I find it easier to go from song to song than clicking a bunch of links. I'm lazy like that
Tau837
Footballguy
I graduated from high school in 1986. Up to that point, I had grown up on what we think of as classic rock today mixed with some 80s rock/pop (think MTV).
The Beastie Boys introduced me to an entirely different kind of music, and I was blown away. I think (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) was the first song of theirs I heard, but I thought No Sleep was better and remains my favorite song of theirs to this day.
Doug B
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Safe travels!
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
We’re defining “heavy hitters” very differently.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I have this too low at 29.
So, yesterday I mentioned my next choice was sort of an answer to "The Thrill Is Gone". I didn't plan on them being back-to-back for that reason, but it fits my warped sense of connections between songs. Where BB was the one ending the relationship in "Thrill", Gladys is singing from the perspective of the one who got dumped here.
The song opens with pounding drums, swirling strings, and braying horns leading the way, then drops off to Knight's muted singing (helped along by gorgeous piano fills). There's no real verse-chorus thing going on and, by the time the second verse hits, there's nothing else "muted" about either Gladys' vocals or the backing. It takes off in a maelstrom of misery, torquing and torquing until all that's obvious is the awfulness of it all. The Pips sound almost demented on their backing vocals. The last third of the record, Gladys is basically singing in tongues and using her voice like a drum - in other words, channeling Otis Redding (I can offer no bigger compliment).
Thank God this record isn't longer because I don't think anyone involved would have survived it. And Gladys Knight's singing here is the equal to anyone, ever. Eat your heart out, emo kids - you ain't topping this performance.
Doug B
Footballguy
Now you've got me curious.
Nick Vermeil
Footballguy
So I'm out of touch on this thread. How do the points work? Is there a winner?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I’m kind of referring more to the “chalk” top songs/artists of all time. I’d imagine most would define “heavy hitters” that way. I’m not saying these artist/songs are obscure but on the 29 list most don’t stack up to The Doors, Jackson 5, S&G or Madonna level of fame.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It's a huge help. The afternoon (Eastern Time) hours at work (from home) are the perfect time for me to put on today's playlist.I tend to be sitting at my computer when you post the list, Spotify open in one monitor, FBGs in another and away I go. I kind of feel like it has to be posted shortly so folks can start listening since I find it easier to go from song to song than clicking a bunch of links. I'm lazy like that
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
They have better jam vehicles for their concerts, but IMO this is Phish's best accomplishment in the studio. It's extremely well composed, the tension of the arrangement and the paranoia of the lyrics match up perfectly, and best of all, it rocks the hell out, with some of the best guitar solos Trey Anastasio put on record. Some people associate Phish with meandering tunes that float off into space, but this is definitely not that.
Manster
Footballguy
@Dr. Octopus
I was thinking Sublime....theres a bunch of talking at a party or something in the intro
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
29 is definately.....different compared to 30 but I like it. A lot actually. That is a good list of songs.
Katy Perry - I didn't pick any of her songs, but if we are admitting guilty pleasures, I will stop and listen to just about all of her stuff. Catchy. Schmaltzy. Sometimes rather ridiculous but in a fun pop way. She certainly has a voice.
@Just Win Baby - great pick with Beastie Boys. Mad at myself for not remembering that album when I did this. I abused the hell out of that thing when it came out. Probably ended up buying it 2 or 3 times the CD got so scratched.
Katy Perry - I didn't pick any of her songs, but if we are admitting guilty pleasures, I will stop and listen to just about all of her stuff. Catchy. Schmaltzy. Sometimes rather ridiculous but in a fun pop way. She certainly has a voice.
@Just Win Baby - great pick with Beastie Boys. Mad at myself for not remembering that album when I did this. I abused the hell out of that thing when it came out. Probably ended up buying it 2 or 3 times the CD got so scratched.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Marlena Shaw and Gladys Knight back to back on the playlist is 
Yankee23Fan
Fair Tax!
I'm finding myself mad at myself with all the songs I missed. I could probably do a rather good (for me) top 31 of just the songs that have been picked already.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I found this version on a “Jon Prine Covered” playlist. Not as bad as I would have guessed from a Michael Cera (yeah that one) record.
Anyway, the point is others think it’s a Jon Prine cover as well.
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Manster
Footballguy
C̲orrosion O̲f C̲onformity – D̲eliverance̲ (Full Album)
𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦🤘https://www.instagram.com/united.by.rock/
youtu.be
Here's that entire CoC album. Released in '94. Meant to be listened to loudly.
MAC_32
Footballguy
For the 2nd round in a row I was a part of a double dip, but I like my chances of this not being a threepeat!
A Beastie Boys cut was always a necessity, but I spent more time than I care to admit figuring out which one. Not gonna play spoiler as I suspect there may be more coming and I'm curious if any of the others in my queue get dropped by others. Ultimately settled on this because it is just ********ed fun to middle age rap along with this one.
Y'all suckers write me checks and then they bounce
So I reach into my pocket for the fresh amount
See, I'm the long-leaner, Vincent the Cleaner
I'm the illest mother****er from here to Gardena
Well, I'm as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce
You've got the rhyme and reason, but got no cause
But if you're hot to trot, you think you're slicker than grease
I've got news for you crews, you'll be sucking like a leech
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
No, I already had said that I liked that song a lot.
Manster
Footballguy
Ha! Yea sorry, I guess you did my bad
Doug B
Footballguy
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
It makes logical sense. The lead singer is the only person whose voice I've ever heard comes within shouting distance of Jagger.
krista4
Footballguy
When the lists first came in, neal cassady's Brian Jonestown Massacre song and scorchy's Dandy Warhols song were in the same round (31), and I was excited to recreate the movie Dig!.
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