krista4
Footballguy
If we still had thread subtitles, I would use this for this one.
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Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (4 Viewers)
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If we still had thread subtitles, I would use this for this one.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Had to break my heart by crossing off Lord Huron?? :(List of 22 submitted. Partially for a couple of backups if needed because I missed something. There is only 2 I couldn't verify all the members scrounging on wikipedia and other places.
Partially hoping that since I was fast with the list, followed her preference for the links, and provided links that I'd be in her good graces and all 22 would make it in.
And sadly, I'm one song in and already found an ineligible. :(
krista4
Footballguy
Had to break my heart by crossing off Lord Huron?? :(List of 22 submitted. Partially for a couple of backups if needed because I missed something. There is only 2 I couldn't verify all the members scrounging on wikipedia and other places.
Partially hoping that since I was fast with the list, followed her preference for the links, and provided links that I'd be in her good graces and all 22 would make it in.
And sadly, I'm one song in and already found an ineligible. :(
It wouldn't have been all of Lord Huron, but just the record(s?) with Jessica Maros.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I think I missed something in the research. Hmm.Had to break my heart by crossing off Lord Huron?? :(List of 22 submitted. Partially for a couple of backups if needed because I missed something. There is only 2 I couldn't verify all the members scrounging on wikipedia and other places.
Partially hoping that since I was fast with the list, followed her preference for the links, and provided links that I'd be in her good graces and all 22 would make it in.
And sadly, I'm one song in and already found an ineligible. :(
It wouldn't have been all of Lord Huron, but just the record(s?) with Jessica Maros.
Not replacing my list again, but I probably should now look again.
rockaction
Footballguy
Personal anecdote:
Driving the other night down a parkway and I hear this lull in the music. Out of nowhere comes Whitney Houston's beginning of "I Will Always Love You." Normally, my reflex would be to change the channel, but in the spirit of this thread, I decide to give it a real chance. Anyway, it begins and then gets going and it's pretty good and as it picks up you can catch me reminding myself not to interfere with her vocal stylings. Made it all the way home with that song. Was that Yankee23Fan?
Good call. What a belter that is. I used to think it was oversung, but it fits the song. It was good. Pleasant surprise.
Driving the other night down a parkway and I hear this lull in the music. Out of nowhere comes Whitney Houston's beginning of "I Will Always Love You." Normally, my reflex would be to change the channel, but in the spirit of this thread, I decide to give it a real chance. Anyway, it begins and then gets going and it's pretty good and as it picks up you can catch me reminding myself not to interfere with her vocal stylings. Made it all the way home with that song. Was that Yankee23Fan?
Good call. What a belter that is. I used to think it was oversung, but it fits the song. It was good. Pleasant surprise.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
“Joe wants this to be a board his pastor could read” reasons.
There’s a certain movie scene it’s strongly associated with.
rockaction
Footballguy
I have never seen that.
rockaction
Footballguy
I just caught that. Double lol.
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
Favs from Number 24:
@neal cassady : Living For The City - Stevie Wonder - amazing song
@Manster: Sheep Go to Heaven - Cake - had a Cake song in my 5-out, could have been one of 8 or so. Saw them play an outdoor venue with Ben Folds. Fun.
@Mrs. Rannous: Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty - echo what Rock said, great video
@New Binky the Doormat: God Only Knows – The Beach Boys - of course
@Dr. Octopus: Rock Lobster – The B-52s - love this and Iraq Lobster too - Narwhal
@MAC_32: Shake That – Eminem (feat. Nate Dogg)
@worrierking: Taneytown - Steve Earle
@Doug B: Check It Out - John Mellencamp - sad I didn't include any Mellencamp, but I think I burnt out on him in the 80s. But this might be my favorite of his.
New2Me
@krista4: Milwaukee – The Both - Had no idea this collaboration existed (I live under a musical rock sometimes) - I never knew I needed this duo, but I do. Loved Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and pair that with Aimee and wow. Thanks.
@shuke: Black Cloud - Heartless Bastards - I like this very much.
@The Dreaded Marco: Staring At The Sun - TV on the Radio - For some reason (music rock) I always thought this group was from Canada. I know they have a huge following and apart from a few songs I won't mention here I haven't got into them, but I need to change that. If I had know they were from Amurica I may have included a song in my top 40 or so.
@neal cassady : Living For The City - Stevie Wonder - amazing song
@Manster: Sheep Go to Heaven - Cake - had a Cake song in my 5-out, could have been one of 8 or so. Saw them play an outdoor venue with Ben Folds. Fun.
@Mrs. Rannous: Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty - echo what Rock said, great video
@New Binky the Doormat: God Only Knows – The Beach Boys - of course
@Dr. Octopus: Rock Lobster – The B-52s - love this and Iraq Lobster too - Narwhal
@MAC_32: Shake That – Eminem (feat. Nate Dogg)
@worrierking: Taneytown - Steve Earle
@Doug B: Check It Out - John Mellencamp - sad I didn't include any Mellencamp, but I think I burnt out on him in the 80s. But this might be my favorite of his.
New2Me
@krista4: Milwaukee – The Both - Had no idea this collaboration existed (I live under a musical rock sometimes) - I never knew I needed this duo, but I do. Loved Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and pair that with Aimee and wow. Thanks.
@shuke: Black Cloud - Heartless Bastards - I like this very much.
@The Dreaded Marco: Staring At The Sun - TV on the Radio - For some reason (music rock) I always thought this group was from Canada. I know they have a huge following and apart from a few songs I won't mention here I haven't got into them, but I need to change that. If I had know they were from Amurica I may have included a song in my top 40 or so.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Here's my also-rans that I had. These I didn't look up, so there might be some on here that are also ineligible. Just giving a preview of where my mind was at last night:
Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
Born on the Bayou - CCR
Everything's Ruined - Faith No More
Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity
Express Yourself - Madonna
Hitch a Ride - Boston
Alex Chilton - The Replacements
River of Deceit - Mad Season
Love Like Ghosts - Lord Huron
Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
Born on the Bayou - CCR
Everything's Ruined - Faith No More
Clean My Wounds - Corrosion of Conformity
Express Yourself - Madonna
Hitch a Ride - Boston
Alex Chilton - The Replacements
River of Deceit - Mad Season
Love Like Ghosts - Lord Huron
Hov34
Eephus's Great Great Great Love Child
I like the cut of your jib.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Yes. My joke just fell flat it seems. I figured it was “that” scene.
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AAABatteries
Footballguy
I thought I may get some grief for this pick but didn’t care - I wanted to include a Dead song and that one is my favorite, makes me smile.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Nice touch with Mad Season @KarmaPolice . I had Wake Up on my bubble, but couldn't justify squeezing anything else off.
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
I never did get to see them back then, as I'm a bit young, but caught 'em twice in the last 6 years (sadly, post Maurice), and still, they were great.
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
Yep. And for me, it was this one or the one I chose, Get Up Offa That Thing, which I went with just a notch higher on the list. I could have picked 10 by JB, but just had to spread the wealth. Either way, so much of today's music is traced straight to James Brown.
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
Ain't that the truth. Jar of Flies is so meditative, and solemn, from start to finish.
Sullie
Footballguy
I went back and forth with it, I had it listed, I replaced it, I put it back in, replaced it. Krista4 said two of my songs were ineligible so I replaced two, I had 5 "standby" songs locked and loaded, Touch of Grey was #3 out of 5. I re-discovered it about 5 or 6 years ago. I was in the grocery store and it was playing in the background and it immediately took me back to freshman year of college, 1987, living in Cincinnati, Grateful Dead were touring and in town, maybe it was 88? I dunno, that song always takes me back to that moment of being downtown Cincinnati, at the farmer's market on a crisp Saturday morning surrounded by dead heads. That farmer's market was usually kinda dead if you got there super early like I used to but that day it was crawling with dead head fans.
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
To explain this one.
To me, a perfect pop song has to be endlessly listenable, an earworm that just gets in there and stays with you. But - crucially - it also has to have something a bit off-kilter about it. And with this song, it's that opening lyric, "To the left, to the left..." It presents a mystery immediately. What does it mean? Is it a dance instruction, a movement? No, it refers to the remainder of the guy's stuff that she's gathered together for him to pick up now that she's done with his dumbass. It's a great open. Beyonce has plenty that could go in this list, but this one was the one I had to go with.
Zegras11
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
I love this song. Schaeffer "Ne-Yo" Smith wrote it first for himself with the genders changed, then almost gave it to someone else, but he gave it to Beyoncé and the hit was born.
It has a great hook.
To the left to the left
Everything you own in a box to the left
Not sure if that's the hook or not, but it's catchy and repeatable.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Favorite new-to-me songs from today:
I'm Not Crying, Karl -- The Karl Hendricks Rock Band (OH) -- Neil minus Neil! This is currently my top-ranked new-to-me song.
The Wall -- Johnny Cash (Rockaction) -- That's a hell of a story for just over 2 minutes. And it's Johnny.
Taneytown -- Steve Earle (Worrierking) -- Neil minus Neil part 2!
I Against I -- Bad Brains (Eephus) -- My knowledge of Bad Brains is way less than it should be. There are a lot of elements in this one and I like them all.
I'm Not Crying, Karl -- The Karl Hendricks Rock Band (OH) -- Neil minus Neil! This is currently my top-ranked new-to-me song.
The Wall -- Johnny Cash (Rockaction) -- That's a hell of a story for just over 2 minutes. And it's Johnny.
Taneytown -- Steve Earle (Worrierking) -- Neil minus Neil part 2!
I Against I -- Bad Brains (Eephus) -- My knowledge of Bad Brains is way less than it should be. There are a lot of elements in this one and I like them all.
rockaction
Footballguy
Thanks, man. The version I'm familiar with and that I own is off of At Folsom Prison and it's much more stripped down and raw. There are no drums or accompanying music besides his guitar. The location just adds to its sort of ominous tone. Anyway, I started a thread here a long time ago about whether people thought it was a state killing or suicide to try and get at free will and fate debates, but everybody back then thought I was just weird or was uninterested in the topic, which is fair. It's a pretty abstract concept.
I just listened to Super Stupid. I liked it a bunch. Not what I expected from Funkadelic. At all.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Early '70s Funkadelic is very different from late '70s Funkadelic. The latter's music was pretty much interchangeable with Parliament's. The former was a whole other thing, with rocking out, mainly courtesy of Eddie Hazel, a major part of the mix.
krista4
Footballguy
I haven't had a chance for a listening party of the "new-to-me" songs yet today, but this description makes me really look forward to hearing this one.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
That was another one where I didn't know the song title but knew the song. As soon as she started with "To the left, to the left..." I was like, oh, it's THAT one.
krista4
Footballguy
Oh wow, he's going to be super happy to hear this. I'm serious. He loves Karl Hendricks Trio and Karl Hendricks Rock Band. I think they were local to his original 'hood (Pittsburgh area). Hendricks himself died a few years ago, and OH was very upset about it.
ETA: Here's an article about him (and his death from cancer five years ago). Seemed like a beloved community guy.
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
OMG dude. Are you talking about 1989? That was my first show. The previous show in Cincy was in 1986 out at Riverbend. That was before Touch was released as a single in '87.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Today's top 5:
krista4: Milwaukee – The Both
Just Win Baby: Moving in Stereo (1978), from The Cars - The Cars
Yankee23Fan: Lose Yourself - Eminem
jwb: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
landryshat: Handshake Drugs - Wilco
I've been keeping track of songs that I posted in my top 1200 songs by 1200 artists thread and I was shocked I hadn't included the following. That will be resolved soon.
simsarge: I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
Don Quixote: At Last - Etta James
krista4: Milwaukee – The Both
Just Win Baby: Moving in Stereo (1978), from The Cars - The Cars
Yankee23Fan: Lose Yourself - Eminem
jwb: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
landryshat: Handshake Drugs - Wilco
I've been keeping track of songs that I posted in my top 1200 songs by 1200 artists thread and I was shocked I hadn't included the following. That will be resolved soon.
simsarge: I Feel the Earth Move - Carole King
Don Quixote: At Last - Etta James
Mt. Man
Footballguy
I’d say something about Tom Petty here. But if(when?) I include my own list, you just might find him on there >.>. So moving on….
#27
Recognized by title alone: 17
Sounded familiar: 2
Didn't know: 15
Selected Favorites:
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Nothing wrong with the more famous cover, but it’s been a while since this more classic version.
Bad Seamstress Blues/Falling Apart at the Seams. Me, admit that I rather like this? It’ll be a long, cold winter. *looks outside to snow* Dammit.
Hey Ya -
(if you know, you know)
Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Exiled - This sounds like something I should’ve discovered in the late 90s to early 2000s, but nope, that’s now. Leaving myself a note to check Floater out more later.
Makes No Sense At All/I Apologize - These two bounced between “sounds familiar” and “don’t know”. Or maybe I just don’t remember? >.>
I debated whether to throw A Good Idea in here, too. That would be three from the same singer though, so maybe cheating?
#27
Recognized by title alone: 17
Sounded familiar: 2
Didn't know: 15
Selected Favorites:
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Nothing wrong with the more famous cover, but it’s been a while since this more classic version.
Bad Seamstress Blues/Falling Apart at the Seams. Me, admit that I rather like this? It’ll be a long, cold winter. *looks outside to snow* Dammit.
Hey Ya -
(if you know, you know)Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Exiled - This sounds like something I should’ve discovered in the late 90s to early 2000s, but nope, that’s now. Leaving myself a note to check Floater out more later.
Makes No Sense At All/I Apologize - These two bounced between “sounds familiar” and “don’t know”. Or maybe I just don’t remember? >.>
I debated whether to throw A Good Idea in here, too. That would be three from the same singer though, so maybe cheating?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
For me, it is oversung. I much prefer Dolly. Whitney always sounds like a foghorn to me.
And now, all I'll hear is goats.
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rockaction
Footballguy
Some thoughts on previously unheard songs:
Hey, I found a Wilco song I like! "Handshake Drugs" is a very cool vibe.
Doug B. with some more new wave. Twice in two days! Missing Persons' "Mental Hopscotch" is also cool.
"I'm Not Crying, Karl" has a Pavement-y (not perfectly, but it reminds me of their guitar work from their more mainstream stuff) guitar sound, but it's not arrhythmic and it jams out a bit. A little bit harder-edged. I dig it. Then the song changes up at 3:42 for almost precisely a minute and sounds less Pavement-y and more brutal. Back to Pavement. I would describe the lyrics as slap-rapping. Bet the extended jams would sound great live. Whoohoo! I could cheer loudly for that.
"Mama Tried" has definitely got me feeling good and guilty. A touching song.
"Staring At The Sun" starts promising. Dig the falsetto harmonies. Maybe an oblique Cure reference there? I am also one of those who should like TV On The Radio but I never really got into them. They were a lot more than a Meet Me In The Bathroom band, but shared the same locale at the same time so they seemed to get lumped into the cultural wake that movement left. I really, really like this song. It picks up at the end with that disco/shake sort of thing going on. Ooh, that's done well.
"Taneytown" rocks out. I didn't know he teamed with the Supersuckers for a song off of that album. That's pretty cool.
"Milwaukee" swings in a hard rock way. Love it.
Hey, I found a Wilco song I like! "Handshake Drugs" is a very cool vibe.
Doug B. with some more new wave. Twice in two days! Missing Persons' "Mental Hopscotch" is also cool.
"I'm Not Crying, Karl" has a Pavement-y (not perfectly, but it reminds me of their guitar work from their more mainstream stuff) guitar sound, but it's not arrhythmic and it jams out a bit. A little bit harder-edged. I dig it. Then the song changes up at 3:42 for almost precisely a minute and sounds less Pavement-y and more brutal. Back to Pavement. I would describe the lyrics as slap-rapping. Bet the extended jams would sound great live. Whoohoo! I could cheer loudly for that.
"Mama Tried" has definitely got me feeling good and guilty. A touching song.
"Staring At The Sun" starts promising. Dig the falsetto harmonies. Maybe an oblique Cure reference there? I am also one of those who should like TV On The Radio but I never really got into them. They were a lot more than a Meet Me In The Bathroom band, but shared the same locale at the same time so they seemed to get lumped into the cultural wake that movement left. I really, really like this song. It picks up at the end with that disco/shake sort of thing going on. Ooh, that's done well.
"Taneytown" rocks out. I didn't know he teamed with the Supersuckers for a song off of that album. That's pretty cool.
"Milwaukee" swings in a hard rock way. Love it.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
It's really good. I had Bootlicious under consideration.
Manster
Footballguy
My faves from this
Floater is a trio from Eugene, Oregon. Pretty much PNW regional success. Their first four albums are brilliant, imo. Their first two (Sink, and Glyph) were a huge part of my teens, and early adulthood.....lots of shows, in various states of non-sobriety.....their live shows are legit.....they are doing a show in December, at the Crystal ballroom, in Portland where they are playing Pink Floyds Animals front to back.....I believe it sold out pretty quickly......I think theyre doing the same in Eugene on New Years Eve....I’d say something about Tom Petty here. But if(when?) I include my own list, you just might find him on there >.>. So moving on….
#27
Recognized by title alone: 17
Sounded familiar: 2
Didn't know: 15
Selected Favorites:
Killing Me Softly with His Song - Nothing wrong with the more famous cover, but it’s been a while since this more classic version.
Bad Seamstress Blues/Falling Apart at the Seams. Me, admit that I rather like this? It’ll be a long, cold winter. *looks outside to snow* Dammit.
Hey Ya -
Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Exiled - This sounds like something I should’ve discovered in the late 90s to early 2000s, but nope, that’s now. Leaving myself a note to check Floater out more later.
Makes No Sense At All/I Apologize - These two bounced between “sounds familiar” and “don’t know”. Or maybe I just don’t remember? >.>
I debated whether to throw A Good Idea in here, too. That would be three from the same singer though, so maybe cheating?
Manster
Footballguy
J of F came out my senior year of HS, and it really blew me away. I find it, and Sap, so much more interesting than any of their other material.
Manster
Footballguy
I'm actually kicking myself for not having a Mad Season song on my top 31. I could've went with River, Wake up, or I'm Above.....such a great album!
Sullie
Footballguy
Yeah, good question, so let me be 100% honest here, I had two freshman years in college. Once in 1986 when I started Electrical Engineering and once again in 1988 after I switched to Computer Science and I got to start all over again so, it's all kind of runs together in my mind. 86-88 I spent most of my time stuck in Langsam library studying and writing papers and then after 88 I would have been stuck in the basement of what was once Beecher Hall (which has since been torn down) which housed a cold, yellow, room full of Vax terminals (VT220's I think they were?) The Vax terminals were monitors (orange text) with keyboards and then in that lab there were two big, loud, noisy line printers spitting out mountains of green bar paper. Fun times!
MAC_32
Footballguy
Oh, man - I wonder how long it's been since I heard Sixteen Tons. Not sure if this heart will stick, but this needs added to the shuffle. Thanks for the contribution, @Val Rannous
Doug B
Footballguy
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
Favorites of the songs I didn't know...from #24
AMONG OTHERS:
Pip’s Invitation: Super Stupid -- Funkadelic -- I don't know how the hell I ever did not know this was Funkadelic. I didn't know the title, and always thought it was Jimi Hendrix circa Band of Gypsies era. It sounds like that. It's a great tune.
jwb: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane - Good grief, what a great song.
Mrs. Rannous: Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty -- Same as I've said before. Tom Petty's songs contain more hidden moments that are enjoyable on their own than any other artist. This one it's that yowl that goes on and on as the song starts to come to a close before he goes into the "Honey please...don't come around here no more..."
Hawks64: Still D.R.E. - Dr Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg) - My wholly unoriginal take on the fact that Dre...writes a lot of songs about Dre. This is still a classic.
Sullie: Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) - Tesla - Fun fact. Tesla was my first concert! Yeah, really. Tesla was kind of a tweener band, more like Guns N Roses than anything else, honestly - stronger lyrics, tighter writing than some of the sloppier 80s bands, and they weren't quite a "hair band." They might have had more success in the 70s; didn't belong with the likes of Poison or Warrant, but they're not a grunge band either. Underrated band overall.
AAABatteries: Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead - I'm one of those who really don't like the Dead, so of course their most straight-forward pop song is my favorite.
Chaz McNulty: I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix) - Mike Posner -- This is one of those songs I've always known and never knew the title.
FINE, FINE, GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE:
GOLD - Super Stupid
SILVER - Mama Tried
BRONZE - White Rabbit
AMONG OTHERS:
Pip’s Invitation: Super Stupid -- Funkadelic -- I don't know how the hell I ever did not know this was Funkadelic. I didn't know the title, and always thought it was Jimi Hendrix circa Band of Gypsies era. It sounds like that. It's a great tune.
jwb: White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane - Good grief, what a great song.
Mrs. Rannous: Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty -- Same as I've said before. Tom Petty's songs contain more hidden moments that are enjoyable on their own than any other artist. This one it's that yowl that goes on and on as the song starts to come to a close before he goes into the "Honey please...don't come around here no more..."
Hawks64: Still D.R.E. - Dr Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg) - My wholly unoriginal take on the fact that Dre...writes a lot of songs about Dre. This is still a classic.
Sullie: Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) - Tesla - Fun fact. Tesla was my first concert! Yeah, really. Tesla was kind of a tweener band, more like Guns N Roses than anything else, honestly - stronger lyrics, tighter writing than some of the sloppier 80s bands, and they weren't quite a "hair band." They might have had more success in the 70s; didn't belong with the likes of Poison or Warrant, but they're not a grunge band either. Underrated band overall.
AAABatteries: Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead - I'm one of those who really don't like the Dead, so of course their most straight-forward pop song is my favorite.
Chaz McNulty: I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix) - Mike Posner -- This is one of those songs I've always known and never knew the title.
FINE, FINE, GOLD/SILVER/BRONZE:
GOLD - Super Stupid
SILVER - Mama Tried
BRONZE - White Rabbit
simey
Footballguy
Her violin/fiddle and the accordion are great in this song. It's my favorite song by him.
simey
Footballguy
Favorite Five (always in no particular order) from round #24:
Mama Tried
Rock Lobster
Touch of Grey
Super Stupid
White Rabbit - Taneytown (tie)
I tied those two, because I couldn't decide which out of those six to cut.
Favorite new song(s) to me
Milwaukee
I'm not Crying, Karl
Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
Mama Tried
Rock Lobster
Touch of Grey
Super Stupid
White Rabbit - Taneytown (tie)
I tied those two, because I couldn't decide which out of those six to cut.
Favorite new song(s) to me
Milwaukee
I'm not Crying, Karl
Heaven's Trail (No Way Out)
krista4
Footballguy
Number 23:
krista4:
Angel Eyes - Willis Alan Ramsey
Just Win Baby:
Dream On (1973), from Aerosmith - Aerosmith
simey:
Take Me With U - Prince
scorchy:
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
neal cassady:
Train Song - Tom Waits
Uruk-Hai:
Backstabbers - O'Jays
Yankee23Fan:
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Manster:
Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
shuke:
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
rockaction:
My Name Is Jonas - Weezer
Mrs. Rannous:
I Will Go With You - Donna Summer
New Binky the Doormat:
Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge
Pip’s Invitation:
Use Me- Bill Withers
Dr. Octopus:
Gravity’s Gone – Drive-By Truckers
Val Rannous:
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Chaz McNulty:
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Don Quixote:
All Too Well - Taylor Swift
Sullie:
Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
jwb:
Foreplay/Long Time – Boston
DrIanMalcolm:
Truth Hurts, Lizzo
Hawks64:
Burning Man - Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne
MAC_32:
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
falguy:
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
simsarge:
Manic Monday - Bangles
worrierking:
Winners and Losers - Social Distortion
Eephus:
Goodbye - Emmylou Harris
Hov34:
Goodbye - Emmylou Harris
ditkaburgers:
So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings - Caroline Polachek
AAABatteries:
Take It Easy - The Eagles
landryshat:
Keith & Donna - Futurebirds
Zegras11:
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-
Ilov80s:
Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon and Garfunkel
Oliver Humanzee:
Bar Ice - Silkworm
The Dreaded Marco:
Deep Red Bells - Neko Case
Doug B:
Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch
krista4:
Angel Eyes - Willis Alan Ramsey
Just Win Baby:
Dream On (1973), from Aerosmith - Aerosmith
simey:
Take Me With U - Prince
scorchy:
Free Fallin’ – Tom Petty
neal cassady:
Train Song - Tom Waits
Uruk-Hai:
Backstabbers - O'Jays
Yankee23Fan:
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Manster:
Rusty Cage - Soundgarden
shuke:
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
rockaction:
My Name Is Jonas - Weezer
Mrs. Rannous:
I Will Go With You - Donna Summer
New Binky the Doormat:
Keep Me Hanging On - Vanilla Fudge
Pip’s Invitation:
Use Me- Bill Withers
Dr. Octopus:
Gravity’s Gone – Drive-By Truckers
Val Rannous:
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Chaz McNulty:
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Don Quixote:
All Too Well - Taylor Swift
Sullie:
Wake Up Dead - Megadeth
jwb:
Foreplay/Long Time – Boston
DrIanMalcolm:
Truth Hurts, Lizzo
Hawks64:
Burning Man - Dierks Bentley, Brothers Osborne
MAC_32:
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
falguy:
Runnin' Down a Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
simsarge:
Manic Monday - Bangles
worrierking:
Winners and Losers - Social Distortion
Eephus:
Goodbye - Emmylou Harris
Hov34:
Goodbye - Emmylou Harris
ditkaburgers:
So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings - Caroline Polachek
AAABatteries:
Take It Easy - The Eagles
landryshat:
Keith & Donna - Futurebirds
Zegras11:
Runnin' Down A Dream - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-
Ilov80s:
Scarborough Fair/Canticle - Simon and Garfunkel
Oliver Humanzee:
Bar Ice - Silkworm
The Dreaded Marco:
Deep Red Bells - Neko Case
Doug B:
Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch
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My song today is from Willis Alan Ramsey, who I'm sure some of you haven't heard of. He's a legend in some circles for putting out one and only one album, in 1972, that was a huge critical success. And then he basically disappeared. For years and years, people covered his songs, sometimes with great commercial success, but he was just...gone. Then suddenly about 20 years ago he turned up again in Texas playing occasional shows and allegedly working on a new album. 50 years after release of his first album, the second one is still "in the works." He's a huge cult figure in Americana.
In addition to the song I chose, which is the most beautiful love song I've ever heard, I love Geraldine and the Honeybee, Ballad of Spider John (famously covered by Jimmy Buffett), and Muskrat Candlelight (yes, famously covered by Captain and Tennille).
In addition to the song I chose, which is the most beautiful love song I've ever heard, I love Geraldine and the Honeybee, Ballad of Spider John (famously covered by Jimmy Buffett), and Muskrat Candlelight (yes, famously covered by Captain and Tennille).
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