Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (15 Viewers)

[Yankee23Fan]

I haven't been on a date since 1998

No? Not even a night out with a significant other? Never mind me prying, I honestly don't think I've been on a proper date since '00, so we're sort of brothers-in-arms on that one. Alcohol and group meets were all the rage in the aughts.

I meant a single person date, yes. My wife and I still spend time together and enjoy doing so. I got lucky and married my favorite person in the world.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There was a bunch of stuff I didn't know about Billy that came up in that pod, and I liked them framing the Pumpkins vs. the rest of the grunge bands

Yeah, Billy is a try-hard, which was the worst thing you could be in 90s.

I guess I honestly never really thought of him and his desire to be a rock god as completely opposite the Cobains and Yorkes of the day. It's way cooler to not want it.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I have so much time to kill before the football games that I'm thinking of joining Tinder. Any advice for a near-50 year-old who has decided he wants to spend part of his morning totally swiping left and right in futile gestures of either acceptance or rejection of the opposite sex, all based on a few blurbs about their personality and, most importantly, their appearance?

What kind of appearance attracts you?

Just imagine if rock turns out to be your Target suitor!!

 

[krista4]

Krista's gonna kill me. I think I've destroyed the thread for the past page or so.

I’m just skimming before posting the picks and see I have a lot to catch up on!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Krista's gonna kill me. I think I've destroyed the thread for the past page or so.

I’m giving you virtual side-eye in her stead.

 

[rockaction]

I am also wide awake far too early. Wish we had a game in Europe this morning. Man, my team in Shining Path is a trainwreck. I'm much more competitive in five other leagues.

My team raced out to a hot start, but has flagged in the past five or six weeks. I'm looking at starting 6-1 and missing the playoffs. That's hard to do.

 

[rockaction]

My wife and I still spend time together and enjoy doing so. I got lucky and married my favorite person in the world.

That's awesome to hear. I knew you had a son, but didn't want to pry about whether you were still married or not. Good news!

 

[rockaction]

Things are a lot different now. Don't be afraid of putting yourself out there if you want to. You know how to reach me if you'd like to chat about it. The stigma's gone. I'm pretty much retired from dating these days because I'm too set in my ways, but am always here to help.

Thanks, Uruk. I might do just that.

 

[krista4]

Number 12:


krista4:

Waltz #2 – Elliott Smith
(new artist)


Just Win Baby:

Thunder Road (1975), from Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
(duplicate - second vote)


simey:

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
(duplicate – second vote)


scorchy:

Let There Be Rock – Drive-By Truckers
(new song)


neal cassady:

Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron
(new artist)


Uruk-Hai:

Jolene - Dolly Parton
(duplicate – third vote)


Yankee23Fan:

Desperado – Eagles
(new song)


Manster:

Borracho - Mark Lanegan
(new song)


shuke:

Purple Rain - Prince
(new song)


rockaction:

Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
(new song)


Mrs. Rannous:

Bernadette - The Four Tops
(duplicate – second vote)


New Binky the Doormat:

The Needle and The Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd
(new song)


Pip’s Invitation:

Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips
(duplicate – second vote)


Dr. Octopus:

I’m The Man Who Loves You – Wilco
(new song)


Val Rannous:

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
(duplicate – second vote)


Chaz McNulty:

We are Young - Fun (feat. Janelle Monae)
(both are new artists)


Don Quixote:

What I’d Say, Pt. 1 & 2 - Ray Charles
(new song)


Sullie:

Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
(new song)

(@falguy , umlaut/no umlaut warning)


jwb:

Mack the Knife (Live in Berlin version) - Ella Fitzgerald
(new song)


DrIanMalcolm:

Respect, Aretha Franklin
(duplicate - third vote)


Hawks64:

Boston - Kenny Chesney
(new song)


MAC_32:

LA Woman - The Doors
(duplicate – second vote)


falguy:

Sail On – Commodores
(new artist)


simsarge:

Because the Night - Patti Smith
(new artist)


worrierking:

Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave
(duplicate – second vote)


Eephus:

1 Thing – Amerie
(new artist)


Hov34:

Danko/Manuel - Drive-By Truckers
(new song)


ditkaburgers:

Magic - The Cars
(duplicate – second vote)


AAABatteries:

Graceland - Paul Simon
(new song)


landryshat:

Let's Stay Together – Rev. Al Green
(duplicate – third vote)


Zegras11:

The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
(new song)


Ilov80s:

Sinnerman - Nina Simone
(duplicate - second vote)


Oliver Humanzee:

Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
(duplicate – second vote)


The Dreaded Marco:

Happy - The Wrens
(new artist)


Doug B:

And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers
(new artist)


KarmaPolice:

Grow Into A Ghost - Swearin'
(new artist)

 

[rockaction]

throwback Iverson jersey

From one of the groups now represented in my first twenty-one now twenty-two out.

They used to talk ****, but I'mma quiet them
Kick in the door wit' my boys, get to riotin'
First ***** that flinch, I'mma fire him
Tape him up, grip his hands, and plier them
Know the bricks is in here, where you hidin' 'em?
Don't die in the **** that you lyin' in
I used to get fronted bricks, now I'm buyin' 'em
Used to cop off my man, now I'm supplyin' him
Paid the front row seat watchin' Iverson
First class aircrafts what I'm flyin' in
To L.A., Shaq, Eddie, Kobe Bryant and them
Save the jokes for Chris Tucker, Richard Pryor and them

Given that my method for selecting these songs was preposterous, I might like my twenty-two out better than my top thirty-one. As a pure playlist, anyway.

 

[krista4]

Lots of new artists today! And, as I teased last night, Blue Oyster Cult will end up as our 39th favorite artist.

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.

ETA: And to be clear, "Desperado" was not the song he ranted about last night.

 

[scorchy]

throwback Iverson jersey

From one of the groups now represented in my first twenty-one out

They used to talk ****, but I'mma quiet them
Kick in the door wit' my boys, get to riotin'
First ***** that flinch, I'mma fire him
Tape him up, grip his hands, and plier them
Know the bricks is in here, where you hidin' 'em?
Don't die in the **** that you lyin' in
I used to get fronted bricks, now I'm buyin' 'em
Used to cop off my man, now I'm supplyin' him
Paid the front row seat watchin' Iverson
First class aircrafts what I'm flyin' in
To L.A., Shaq, Eddie, Kobe Bryant and them
Save the jokes for Chris Tucker, Richard Pryor and them

Conversations I never expected to have:

Me: What's so funny? Who you snappin'?
Kid: Just sending a clip of that Escalade. It's a running joke how much Philly peeps ride Meek Mill's ####.

 

[krista4]

Purple Mountains is my favorite album of the past few years.

David Berman's swan song. I love his Silver Jews albums but this is my favorite of all. Literally a suicide album. Gut wrenchingly beautiful.

I love the Silver Jews albums but admittedly haven't spent time on Purple Mountains and need to do that. "Literally a suicide album" makes me think of Frightened Rabbit, whom I know you love like I do.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Number 12:


krista4:

Waltz #2 – Elliott Smith


shuke:

Purple Rain - Prince
(new song)


rockaction:

Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground


Pip’s Invitation:

Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips
(duplicate – second vote)


MAC_32:

LA Woman - The Doors


Zegras11:

The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
(new song)

Great list today. These are my favorite know to me songs.

 

[krista4]

I rag on the Eagles a lot, but they made a lot of good records. Their problem was that they wanted to be IMPORTANT and got so sour because no one else agreed that their last real album was an interminable bore (except for Walsh's "In The City", which was a solo cut anyway). Way too many "people need to take us serious!' rants from them got old to me pretty quickly.

In a battle of the bands, though, they smoke Steve Miller. Joe Walsh was funky and, if he had joined Miller's band, he'd have lost all of his funk the moment he parked his Maserati at the studio. He would have instantly turned into Toby from The Office. Steve Miller was so unfunky and so jive that people stopped using the word "jive" because they were afraid he'd come back with another godawful hit.

(narrator: the author of this post likes "Fly Like An Eagle" and "Abracadabra" so don't take anything he says seriously)

Oh, to be clear, OH hates Steve Miller Band. I think he was just on a roll. And he hates the self-importance of the Eagles much more than anything Steve Miller could do.

 

[krista4]

And that simey and krista4 shouted it out makes me feel like it's not out of place. I remember even wikkid liked it. He said -- and he meant it as a compliment -- that it was like four guys playing leads but tucked into the same groove. He dug that.

It was actually my second favorite new-to-me yesterday and was the clear winner until I got to The Silence. Loved it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Whoa. This rack is crazy (no euphemisms about a good boob intended). I need to gather myself before I start posting dumb ****.

 

[Hawks64]

Number 12:


krista4:

Waltz #2 – Elliott Smith
(new artist)


Just Win Baby:

Thunder Road (1975), from Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
(duplicate - second vote)


simey:

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
(duplicate – second vote)


scorchy:

Let There Be Rock – Drive-By Truckers
(new song)


neal cassady:

Pieces of a Man - Gil Scott-Heron
(new artist)


Uruk-Hai:

Jolene - Dolly Parton
(duplicate – third vote)


Yankee23Fan:

Desperado – Eagles
(new song)


Manster:

Borracho - Mark Lanegan
(new song)


shuke:

Purple Rain - Prince
(new song)


rockaction:

Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
(new song)


Mrs. Rannous:

Bernadette - The Four Tops
(duplicate – second vote)


New Binky the Doormat:

The Needle and The Spoon - Lynyrd Skynyrd
(new song)


Pip’s Invitation:

Race for the Prize - The Flaming Lips
(duplicate – second vote)


Dr. Octopus:

I’m The Man Who Loves You – Wilco
(new song)


Val Rannous:

I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty
(duplicate – second vote)


Chaz McNulty:

We are Young - Fun (feat. Janelle Monae)
(both are new artists)


Don Quixote:

What I’d Say, Pt. 1 & 2 - Ray Charles
(new artist wtf)


Sullie:

Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
(new song)

(@falguy , umlaut/no umlaut warning)


jwb:

Mack the Knife (Live in Berlin version) - Ella Fitzgerald
(new song)


DrIanMalcolm:

Respect, Aretha Franklin
(duplicate - third vote)


Hawks64:

Boston - Kenny Chesney
(new song)


MAC_32:

LA Woman - The Doors
(duplicate – second vote)


falguy:

Sail On – Commodores
(new artist)


simsarge:

Because the Night - Patti Smith
(new artist)


worrierking:

Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam and Dave
(duplicate – second vote)


Eephus:

1 Thing – Amerie
(new artist)


Hov34:

Danko/Manuel - Drive-By Truckers
(new song)


ditkaburgers:

Magic - The Cars
(duplicate – second vote)


AAABatteries:

Graceland - Paul Simon
(new song)


landryshat:

Let's Stay Together – Rev. Al Green
(duplicate – third vote)


Zegras11:

The Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
(new song)


Ilov80s:

Sinnerman - Nina Simone
(duplicate - second vote)


Oliver Humanzee:

Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
(duplicate – second vote)


The Dreaded Marco:

Happy - The Wrens
(new artist)


Doug B:

And The Beat Goes On - The Whispers
(new artist)


KarmaPolice:

Grow Into A Ghost - Swearin'
(new artist)

Sunday funday #12 Playlist

 

[Hawks64]

Five or six of my last twelve songs have already been picked. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I have three songs that no one else chose.

You have five in your top 12 that no one else chose.

I would venture to say that no one has chosen any of my top 10

 

[krista4]

For some reason, I can't access my list anymore but I think I have 4 (?) songs on mine yet to come that have already been chosen at least once. How can I write pretentious crap when y'all keep stealing my thunder?

Plenty of unstolen thunder! You have seven of your last 11 that have not yet been chosen. Some of them will get other votes but just haven't come up yet.

 

[Hawks64]

I just made the mistake of asking OH which was his least favorite of three songs that have been chosen here and I knew he would hate. He chose the Eagles song I offered and then went on like a 15-minute rant about how, among other things, they "ruined Joe Walsh" (with a side rant about how at least The Steve Miller Band was fun and Joe Walsh should have ended up there). The rant was capped with "...and how can you do that much coke and still be boring?!"

I rag on the Eagles a lot, but they made a lot of good records. Their problem was that they wanted to be IMPORTANT and got so sour because no one else agreed that their last real album was an interminable bore (except for Walsh's "In The City", which was a solo cut anyway). Way too many "people need to take us serious!' rants from them got old to me pretty quickly.

In a battle of the bands, though, they smoke Steve Miller. Joe Walsh was funky and, if he had joined Miller's band, he'd have lost all of his funk the moment he parked his Maserati at the studio. He would have instantly turned into Toby from The Office. Steve Miller was so unfunky and so jive that people stopped using the word "jive" because they were afraid he'd come back with another godawful hit.

(narrator: the author of this post likes "Fly Like An Eagle" and "Abracadabra" so don't take anything he says seriously)

You seem angry GB

 

[krista4]

For some reason, I can't access my list anymore but I think I have 4 (?) songs on mine yet to come that have already been chosen at least once. How can I write pretentious crap when y'all keep stealing my thunder?

Plenty of unstolen thunder! You have seven of your last 11 that have not yet been chosen. Some of them will get other votes but just haven't come up yet.

And by the way, you've stolen my thunder at least once, and I know @simey has at least twice, including my #2 song. Isn't it @landrys hat who is supposed to do that?!?!

 

[krista4]

I agree in a big way. Also surprised KP and simey were unfamiliar with it. I have drafted it twice pimping it pretty hard both times. I stumbled across this thread a week ago, took four days catching up on 60 pages with a lot of listening, and am just playing along a little. Doing so had me debating The Silence as my #1 or 2 overall song for this project. Love it and get the chills sometimes too.

Happy holidays everybody. Really fun thread. Sorry I missed it. I have a list of about 20 with, I think, 7 duplicates now. I'll share the ones no one chose when this wraps up.

Just a couple comments. 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.

So happy you're here. I've missed you.

Apologies to everyone for the Hippling (and someone needs to explain to DrIanMalcolm what that means), but that happens when you post three pages overnight!

 

[Hawks64]

Seeing The Sound of Silence reminds me that I completely forgot about my favorite version of the song that is not on my list but 100% should have been.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

For some reason, I can't access my list anymore but I think I have 4 (?) songs on mine yet to come that have already been chosen at least once. How can I write pretentious crap when y'all keep stealing my thunder?

Plenty of unstolen thunder! You have seven of your last 11 that have not yet been chosen. Some of them will get other votes but just haven't come up yet.

And by the way, you've stolen my thunder at least once, and I know @simey has at least twice, including my #2 song. Isn't it @landrys hat who is supposed to do that?!?!

Yeah, and you've gotten me me what, like 4 times already? I expected this from a song-thief like @simey or @landrys hat..... But YOU!!!!

 

[krista4]

Lots of great new-to-me songs today, including Pearl Jam's "Off He Goes," Sun Kil Moon's "Carry Me Ohio" (which I've probably heard but don't remember), and the Indigo Girls' "Power of Two." Buddy Guy will always get a gold star from me and "Midnight Train" was no exception. I have no idea why, but to my dying day I will never be able to keep The Black Crowes straight vs. The Black Keys, but whichever one had a song today, I liked it.

The thread that I mentioned I am planning on starting soon (delayed by work but still hope to get going in the next week or two) should help with this as both will be featured.

The Black Keys are a much more raw sound, basically heavier reworkings of hill country blues songs. They later added a little more mainstream pop element to some of their songs that got more radio play, but the majority of what they do is basically Junior Kimbrough with distorted guitars, if you know who that is. The instrumentation is a lot more stripped-down and some of it has an almost drone-like quality.

The Black Crowes, while heavily blues-influenced, is a much fuller and more diverse sound. The blues stuff sounds more like Chicago electric blues than the hill country blues of the Black Keys. Early Crowes is basically an American version of the Rolling Stones. Later Crowes are basically a jam band and the music is much more diverse and draws on folk, country, bluegrass, and multiple other genres. The Crowes also use a lot more acoustic instruments than the Keys and the vast majority of their songs prominently feature piano.

I like both but the Crowes are a much better and more interesting band to me. More to come soon.

Thank you!!! Looking forward to your thread.

 

[Hawks64]

I agree in a big way. Also surprised KP and simey were unfamiliar with it. I have drafted it twice pimping it pretty hard both times. I stumbled across this thread a week ago, took four days catching up on 60 pages with a lot of listening, and am just playing along a little. Doing so had me debating The Silence as my #1 or 2 overall song for this project. Love it and get the chills sometimes too.

Happy holidays everybody. Really fun thread. Sorry I missed it. I have a list of about 20 with, I think, 7 duplicates now. I'll share the ones no one chose when this wraps up.

Just a couple comments. 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.

So happy you're here. I've missed you.

Apologies to everyone for the Hippling (and someone needs to explain to DrIanMalcolm what that means), but that happens when you post three pages overnight!

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.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
(new song)

Come on. Everyone knows Godzilla was Japanese.

 

[krista4]

I figured we could have a draft for this.

If anyone is up for studying slam poetry so much that we winnow it down to about a field of 32 and we all get to draft one, I'm in!

I love slam poetry. I visited Chicago with my then-boyfriend in 1991 and saw Patricia Smith and others at this slam hosted by Marc Smith at the Green Mill, and I was hooked! Still have this Nuyorican Poets volume, which traveled to Nicaragua and points beyond with me. If you haven't seen Louder Than a Bomb, the documentary about a high-school poetry competition, fix that immediately.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Chaz McNulty:

We are Young - Fun (feat. Janelle Monae)
(both are new artists)

Such a fun song.

 

[krista4]

What kind of appearance attracts you?

I'm aborting that mission because I find it impossible to reconcile with my more worldly goals of spiritual understanding.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness, though. That's serious criteria. Of course, that also means my bar is probably low, but I'm a regular open-minded soul, simey -- a mover and shaker. Can't get hung up in the minutiae.

Tinder seems too superficial for you. The whole swipe based on appearance thing? Or is there more to it than that?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

You seem angry GB

I know my posts come off that way, but I'm happier than a pig in ****. As I told YankeeFan, don't take anything I post here too seriously until I REALLY MEAN IT

 

[rockaction]

Come on. Everyone knows Godzilla was Japanese.

My friend that used to holler for "Jack And Diane" every live set, generally no matter who the band or what the setting was, counted. "Godzilla" among his favorite songs. He loved Japanese stuff like anime, too.

 

[rockaction]

Tinder seems too superficial for you. The whole swipe based on appearance thing? Or is there more to it than that?

Oh, I don't actually know. I'm pretty sure it's all photos and how one looks, but I never completed the sign-up. It used to be one of the raunchier/more superficial dating apps, too, but what passed for raunch back then is probably de rigueur today. Defining deviancy down and all that.

 

[krista4]

I often imagine OH as Jack Black's character in High Fidelity.

This isn't too far off. But much better looking.

 

[rockaction]

I love slam poetry. I visited Chicago with my then-boyfriend in 1991 and saw Patricia Smith and others at this slam hosted by Marc Smith at the Green Mill, and I was hooked! Still have this Nuyorican Poets volume, which traveled to Nicaragua and points beyond with me. If you haven't seen Louder Than a Bomb, the documentary about a high-school poetry competition, fix that immediately.

Wow. I'll have to check all that out. My exposure came from Def Jam's spoken word nights that ran on cable quite a few years ago. I'm not really versed in it other than those episodes, so its growth and modern presentation might be way off from what I'm thinking.

I used to kid that my hell would be that I was stuck in an eternal slam poetry fest where slam was the only way to communicate with each other, but given that I even try to emulate and write the stuff, I suppose that's a pretty conflicted emotion.

 

[krista4]

There were several of us from this message board who had a place to talk more freely about I-dating. I know at least one person who posts in this thread a lot was a member of that group. That was in the mid-late 00s, IIRC.

I don't know if you're talking about me or someone else, but I participated in that thread a lot, though not so much as an i-dater but as a former i-dater who helped guys write their profiles. strykerpks still credits me - I think sincerely - with helping him meet his wife.

 

[krista4]

I got lucky and married my favorite person in the world.

I'm still in the running for second-favorite, right?

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I got lucky and married my favorite person in the world.

I'm still in the running for second-favorite, right?

Of course.

 

[landrys hat]

I often imagine OH as Jack Black's character in High Fidelity.

This isn't too far off. But much better looking.

Does he like Belle and Sebastian?

 

[krista4]

Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
(new song)

Come on. Everyone knows Godzilla was Japanese.

Might have been born on a US military base, though.

 

[krista4]

Does he like Belle and Sebastian?

That scene is very similar to his types of reactions. You know what, though? I'm not sure if he hates them, because I love them so damn much that he has probably not shared his true thoughts on that one.

 

[jwb]

While my selection today is not my favorite song, it's my "most fun" pick. Ella does Mack the Knife live, forgets some of the words, but clearly has a ball singing it with improvised lyrics. I had read that she thought it was a disaster - instead it won her a Grammy.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Does he like Belle and Sebastian?

That scene is very similar to his types of reactions. You know what, though? I'm not sure if he hates them, because I love them so damn much that he has probably not shared his true thoughts on that one.

Yeah, those Jeff Buckley-esque conversations can be a bit tough.

 

[krista4]

Lots of new artists today! And, as I teased last night, Blue Oyster Cult will end up as our 39th favorite artist.

Whoops. I just found a mistake in my data for another artist who has now leapt up a little. BOC is our 40th favorite artist.

 

[shuke]

Nice to see these get some love:
krista4: Waltz #2 – Elliott Smith
scorchy: Let There Be Rock – Drive-By Truckers
rockaction: Sweet Jane - The Velvet Underground
Dr. Octopus: I’m The Man Who Loves You – Wilco
Don Quixote: What I’d Say, Pt. 1 & 2 - Ray Charles
The Dreaded Marco: Happy - The Wrens

Totally new to me and awesome:
KarmaPolice: Grow Into A Ghost - Swearin'

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Manster:

Borracho - Mark Lanegan
(new song)

I mentioned that Lanegan's solo work sounds nothing like Screaming Trees, but this song has the same intensity as their work and is one of my favorites of his.

Dr. Octopus:

I’m The Man Who Loves You – Wilco
(new song)

@Dr. Octopus When my pick of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was revealed, I mentioned my 1B Wilco is also from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It's not this. (But I like this one a lot too.)

Spoiler: Spoiler

It's Jesus, Etc.

The Dreaded Marco:

Happy - The Wrens
(new artist)

This is a pleasant surprise. One of my favorite songs from the early '00s and I didn't think many would know it.

 

[krista4]

This was such a great round IMO. I won't shout out all my usual, obvious favorites, including those I've already taken and those I will, but I wanted to give a to Gil Scott-Heron, who can do no wrong for me, and to my favorite songs from both the Commodores and from Ray Charles. Brother Ray is not getting enough love in this countdown, from me included.

I probably know and love the Wrens song, too, but am putting it in "new-to-me" since I don't recognize it by title.

 

[simey]

For some reason, I can't access my list anymore but I think I have 4 (?) songs on mine yet to come that have already been chosen at least once. How can I write pretentious crap when y'all keep stealing my thunder?

Plenty of unstolen thunder! You have seven of your last 11 that have not yet been chosen. Some of them will get other votes but just haven't come up yet.

And by the way, you've stolen my thunder at least once, and I know @simey has at least twice, including my #2 song. Isn't it @landrys hat who is supposed to do that?!?!

My #1 was exposed back in the high twenties. My guess is I have two or three left that nobody else chose.

 

[krista4]

When my pick of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was revealed, I mentioned my 1B Wilco is also from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It's not this. (But I like this one a lot too.)

Your 1A and 1B are the same as mine. I mentioned earlier that I Am Trying to Break Your Heart was battling another to be on my list (though ultimately they were some of my last cuts), and that was the one.