Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (1 Viewer)

[falguy]

Songs!

The race for top song looks even closer than for artist (non-spoiler alert - they both end up very close). "Superstition" has it right now, but one vote for "Marquee Moon" could lead to the biggest upset in countdown history!!!!1111 Surprise third-place entry "Visions of Johanna" would need two #1s to take the lead, as would upstart "The Boxer," stalwart "God Only Knows," and current leader for one-hit wonder, "Surrender." Five other songs could take it by getting three #1s, and "Fortunate Son" could even sneak into a tie for the current lead with three, as well.

Am I the only one not seeing the updated numbers in the spreadsheet?

clear your browser cache? Have you tried a different browser?

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

R.E.M. - I figured they'd get some love. But 10 different songs and top 5 votes were not something I expected to see - AT ALL

R.E.M. doesn’t surprise me all that much given the age group in this thread. When I was in college they were on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine as “The Greatest American Band”. They were huge in the late 80s/early 90s. They have become somewhat underrated historically in the past two decades by the general population but I’d guess big time music fans of a certain age still think highly of them.

This is pretty much dead-on. And they arguably have 3 very solid periods in their career that were all noteworthy; the early years from about 1982-1986, their superstar era that ran from roughly 1987 to 1993, and the post-superstar period that includes the The Adventures in Hi-Fi album that's sorely underrated (and I considered putting both Electrolite and Leave from that album on my list and didn't).

You could easily do an REM draft for 10 rounds with no problem. So that along with my suggested Stevie draft and Beatles cover draft we got a lot to do.

 

[Don Quixote]

Songs!

The race for top song looks even closer than for artist (non-spoiler alert - they both end up very close). "Superstition" has it right now, but one vote for "Marquee Moon" could lead to the biggest upset in countdown history!!!!1111 Surprise third-place entry "Visions of Johanna" would need two #1s to take the lead, as would upstart "The Boxer," stalwart "God Only Knows," and current leader for one-hit wonder, "Surrender." Five other songs could take it by getting three #1s, and "Fortunate Son" could even sneak into a tie for the current lead with three, as well.

It’s like fantasy football or something…

The last 30 picks have all been a ploy to motivate [not Tatum] Bell Biv Devoe.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

Totally my opinion and I'm sure it will make others with strong ones share theirs, but Hotel California is, to me, the best produced song ever recorded. It's just perfect in every way. Have loved that song from the second I heard the intro.

Only reason it isn't my number one is because of the story behind my number one and it's a song that has gotten a lot of love already.

I love it as well and I haven't tired of it yet. it's not on my list for 2 reasons:
a) I limited myself to 1 song per artist
b) I happen to love The Last Resort slightly more these days. I think it's a beautiful song.

Talking about surprises, only 2 votes for Hotel California is a big surprise to me. As well, Only 6 total votes for Eagles songs and 2 are yours and 1 is mine.

I'm a little surprised by the lack of Eagles love too. One of those bands that I figured a majority of middle-aged-dummies would have one song of theirs in a top 31. I picked Hotel California for the song in the charity contest too (even though i didn't pick it as my one Eagles entry)

Pip knows about my feelings for the Eagles. Let's just say Jeff Lebowski was right.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

Given what krista has said, a bunch of middle-aged dummies settling on the idea that the consensus pick for best American songwriter ever is Stevie Wonder would check out, and for good reason. Mad talented.

 

[krista4]

Bad week to be blocked from this place as we got into the top 5, as I had several things to say!

(and now mostly forgot).

Did you get into KP's stash?!?

Welcome back!

 

[KarmaPolice]

First off, since I just had this thought today and actually remember it, I am going to post a mild challenge to @Pip's Invitation and/or @shuke :

There's been some chatter about jam bands. I feel like I could get into either Phish or the Dead if I gave it an honest shot. When I hear songs, especially live, I don't mind it at all, but when bands like that are very show driven, it's a bit intimidating to try to dive in. How about l one or both of you give me 2-3 shows to listen to that are on spotify or easily available that I could pop on in the next few days, please?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

First off, since I just had this thought today and actually remember it, I am going to post a mild challenge to @Pip's Invitation and/or @shuke :

There's been some chatter about jam bands. I feel like I could get into either Phish or the Dead if I gave it an honest shot. When I hear songs, especially live, I don't mind it at all, but when bands like that are very show driven, it's a bit intimidating to try to dive in. How about l one or both of you give me 2-3 shows to listen to that are on spotify or easily available that I could pop on in the next few days, please?

I’m out and about but I’ll try to remember to do this tonight. Do you prefer spacier stuff or more rocking stuff?

 

[KarmaPolice]

I realize we have one more round, but there's no reason to wait.

Biggest song and artist surprises for me:

• Marquee Moon - Television - I already mentioned this but for a song and band I've never heard of to get (at least) 7 different votes and possibly win or come close to winning the song with the most votes blows me away (I think Superstition will overtake it once we are done but still shocks me)
• R.E.M. - I figured they'd get some love. But 10 different songs and top 5 votes were not something I expected to see - AT ALL

I thought hard about REM when I did my nominations for the others in the top 10 for Krista's contest. One of my thought processes was not so much what I thought everybody loved, but what I thought that people disliked. To me it felt like R.E.M. was one of those bands that nobody hates and Automatic for the People was ripe for a few songs that I thought might be popular for this endeavor. That's why I went Nirvana over Pearl Jam too. I thought Nirvana would have those 1-2 songs that might show up on everybody's lists but PJ is very polarizing for this group and that would hinder them getting in the top 10.

 

[KarmaPolice]

First off, since I just had this thought today and actually remember it, I am going to post a mild challenge to @Pip's Invitation and/or @shuke :

There's been some chatter about jam bands. I feel like I could get into either Phish or the Dead if I gave it an honest shot. When I hear songs, especially live, I don't mind it at all, but when bands like that are very show driven, it's a bit intimidating to try to dive in. How about l one or both of you give me 2-3 shows to listen to that are on spotify or easily available that I could pop on in the next few days, please?

I’m out and about but I’ll try to remember to do this tonight. Do you prefer spacier stuff or more rocking stuff?

Yes.

My ear holes are in your hands. I will listen to what you suggest.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I'll work on the "matchmaking" (whose list each poster's most close resembled) and the secondary matchmaking to the consensus list starting tomorrow. I have the data by poster, artist, song, number of votes and where the votes were (1-31), number of songs, and various other ways already so it's just matching it up.

ETA: Not to take fun away from @falguy if he wants to do it! Let me know!

I like this too. Off the top of my head, I'd guess scorchy, shuke, or mac.

 

[falguy]

I have 19 songs on my list no one else picked.
The other 12 songs were picked 28 times.

17 and 14 for me with 27 non-falguy votes for those 14
The Boxer and American Pie are the only 2 that were picked by more than 2 other people

 

[krista4]

First off, since I just had this thought today and actually remember it, I am going to post a mild challenge to @Pip's Invitation and/or @shuke :

There's been some chatter about jam bands. I feel like I could get into either Phish or the Dead if I gave it an honest shot. When I hear songs, especially live, I don't mind it at all, but when bands like that are very show driven, it's a bit intimidating to try to dive in. How about l one or both of you give me 2-3 shows to listen to that are on spotify or easily available that I could pop on in the next few days, please?

Just bumped another thread for you that might help with this, too.

 

[KarmaPolice]

First off, since I just had this thought today and actually remember it, I am going to post a mild challenge to @Pip's Invitation and/or @shuke :

There's been some chatter about jam bands. I feel like I could get into either Phish or the Dead if I gave it an honest shot. When I hear songs, especially live, I don't mind it at all, but when bands like that are very show driven, it's a bit intimidating to try to dive in. How about l one or both of you give me 2-3 shows to listen to that are on spotify or easily available that I could pop on in the next few days, please?

Just bumped another thread for you that might help with this, too.

I 100% expected the Pot Smokers thread to be the one bumped.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My son’s guitar teacher has never heard of Marquee Moon. I had to “teach” him about it.

 

[scorchy]

In Philadelphia, nitrous balloons are legal and the supply is controlled by the mob. A, uh, friend told me.

Let's commence with the Hippling. See how many posts before I run out of gas.

I said before I never even smoked weed in college. But...

One of my stoner friends loved Whip-Its - even had a "Just Say N2O" bumper sticker on his truck. So a couple of times a semester, we would go over to the mall and hit up a kitchen store called Lechter's, which he dubbed Lechter's the Connectors b/c they sold the tiny nitrous cannisters used to make whip cream at home. Then it was over to Kaybee toys for some balloons and back to the dorms to kill some brain cells.

I love the dumb Ryan Reynolds movie Waiting so much because it came the closest to depicting my experiences working at crappy restaurants. The scene where a server went to put whipped cream on a dessert only to have wet goop come out b/c dudes in the kitchen sucked out the nitrous was absolutely spot on.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Best new: Sun Kil Moon - Lost Verses (by a lot) - I enjoyed the first add some rounds ago, but this was another level. Gonna be exploring more of them
Bronze: Frankenstein - although it may have medaled before and I forgot
Silver: Come Monday - if I were to pick a Buffet song it'd be this one. It wasn't the first one to hit my playlists, but it's now the most frequent play.
Gold: Suspicious Minds - as I mentioned a few rounds ago this vs In The Ghetto is really a depends on the day decision

I am pretty sure @Eephus posted similar, but I would temper expectations a tad. IMO Ghosts of the Great Highway is the best, most complete album. That is the album @shuke 's song came from. That has become one of my favorite albums, and I draft songs all the time from it, so I would honestly start there, then branch out in either direction from there - either backward to Red House Painter stuff, or the next 2 albums of Sun Kil Moon. It gets very spotty after that, and although there are songs from the suggested albums I love, like Lost Verses, the albums as a whole are quite uneven. Glad you liked this tune, though.

And as to the bolded - suck it, Shuke!!

 

[scorchy]

shuke:

Circuital - My Morning Jacket
(new artist)

I'm surprised this is the first time MMJ has appeared - seems to have a fairly big following in the FFA, and deservedly so.

Agreed. Not a jam band guy in the slightest, but MMJ is just on the right side of that line for me. Amazing live band.

 

[KarmaPolice]

New-to-me favorites from #5:

I Cover the Waterfront -- John Lee Hooker (DrIanMalcolm). Badassery delivered with gravitas.
Heart Cooks Brain -- Modest Mouse (Manster). OK, so there are now two Modest Mouse songs that I like.
Rosa Parks -- OutKast (MAC 32). Touching tribute that never loses the groove.
Don't Back Down -- Mammoth WVH (Sullie). This is the second song I've heard from Wolfie's band, and both sound more like Foo Fighters than his dad's band. He's got a great sense of how to get the sound he wants.
Lost Verses -- Sun Kil Moon (KarmaPolice). Lovely. Could fit in on either of my two favorite mellow Beck albums, Sea Change and Morning Phase.

I hadn't considered that, but I agree now that you made that connection. Did you take anything off Sea Change? I thought I'd see more songs than mine from it.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

As you can see from the spreadsheet, Stevie now has a large but not at all insurmountable lead for #1 artist. Bob Dylan would need three #31s tomorrow to take the lead. Prince would need four of them. Getting more than that would seem very difficult, especially for someone like Petty who's already been on so many lists (and most people had a "one per artist" rule), so let's throw out Petty et al.

More interesting is the bottom of the top 10. We already know that The Allman Brothers make it, which will tell you something about how many #1s they might have. Right now, they would displace R.E.M. for that last slot, and maybe move above others, too. But could R.E.M. have some more fans out there we haven't heard from yet, maybe supplanting Marvin Gaye? We also have Jim Croce, Otis Redding, and others that could skip ahead of R.E.M. and Gaye with only 1-2 top selections.

reaction.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Bad week to be blocked from this place as we got into the top 5, as I had several things to say!

(and now mostly forgot).

you got back in!

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

well **** ...I didn't realize Jellyfish was an American group. They would have made my list ...I was looking them up thinking they were UK.

****.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me favorites from #5:

I Cover the Waterfront -- John Lee Hooker (DrIanMalcolm). Badassery delivered with gravitas.
Heart Cooks Brain -- Modest Mouse (Manster). OK, so there are now two Modest Mouse songs that I like.
Rosa Parks -- OutKast (MAC 32). Touching tribute that never loses the groove.
Don't Back Down -- Mammoth WVH (Sullie). This is the second song I've heard from Wolfie's band, and both sound more like Foo Fighters than his dad's band. He's got a great sense of how to get the sound he wants.
Lost Verses -- Sun Kil Moon (KarmaPolice). Lovely. Could fit in on either of my two favorite mellow Beck albums, Sea Change and Morning Phase.

I hadn't considered that, but I agree now that you made that connection. Did you take anything off Sea Change? I thought I'd see more songs than mine from it.

My Beck song was Where It’s At.

 

[scorchy]

Erg. Too jammed up at work to even check today's list (or World Cup matches). Now it's off to see Jagged Little Pill: The Musical. Here's hoping I don't get stabbed by a bunch of Gen-X woman done wrong.

Wouldn't that be ironic!

Update:

Totally worth it just to see Mrs. Scorchy pull out the flannel dress, black tights, and Doc boots. And then walk in the Hippodrome to see a hundred women dressed like her mingling among the really old people who obviously have season tickets and go to every show.

The musical was really well performed and produced, and it's amazing how well the songs/lyrics were fit to the story, but the plot was dark as hell. Should have known given it was written by Diablo Cody. Not exactly something to see the week before Christmas. One review summed it up:

Sometimes the melodramatic tone feels forced, despite the keen direction. Themes of gender oppression, BLM, drug addiction, teen anguish, middle age existentialism, and sexual assault trauma certainly deserve a deeper dive than they get here.

 

[krista4]

well **** ...I didn't realize Jellyfish was an American group. They would have made my list ...I was looking them up thinking they were UK.

****.

You can take Ringo's performance of "I Don't Believe You" in the British Isles countdown. It was written by Andy Sturmer and Roger Manning, and they contribute backing vocals but weren't part of the band, so they don't mess up its eligibility.

Yes, this is a joke, but it's actually a very good song.

 

[KarmaPolice]

New-to-me favorites from #3:

10 AM Automatic -- The Black Keys (KarmaPolice). There is a weird gap in my experience with the Black Keys. They hold my personal record for smallest venue where I saw a band that went on to play arenas. In 2003 a friend (the same one who turned me on to My Morning Jacket) suggested I come with him to their show at the North Star Bar in Philly, a now-defunct venue that held about 300 people. I had never heard of them but their set floored me, and I purchased their first two albums (The Big Come Up and the then-current Thickfreakness) from their merch table. Then I got busy with other things and didn't keep track of what they were doing, and missed their next release, Rubber Factory, and any singles from it, including this one. And didn't pay attention again until they hit big in 2010. 10 AM Automatic is brilliant sludge-blues that definitely takes me back to that night at the North Star Bar.
(Colors would go here if it were truly new to me; only its name was.)
Persecutor -- Floater (Manster). Heavy and insistent yet surprisingly nimble.
Flying in a Blue Dream -- Joe Satriani (Sullie). I don't normally gravitate to Eddie Van Halen-influenced guitar instrumentals, but this is well-crafted and evocative.

Interesting. I think your gap in the Keys is my sweet spot.

I was thinking about them when I was listening to this playlist the other day. What I came up with is I believe this is probably the last band I got recommended at a record store. I was at the Exclusive company, heard Rubber Factory playing and had to buy it. I was into the White Stripes more then back then, and this scratched that itch and I ended up liking these guys more. So Rubber Factory, Magic Potion, and Attack & Release are the core for me as that's when I was most into them and playing those over and over. Still loved Brothers, but looking at the rest they have tailed off a bit for me, and I need to listen to those more.

 

[scorchy]

falguy:

The Last Resort – Eagles

My favorite Eagles song. I was so excited when I saw Don Henley solo in '92 or '93 and he played it. He introduced it with a bit of a rant about how we're killing the planet. Obviously true, but then I thought that Don had probably done more to kill the planet than anyone else in the audience, given all the world tours, copious cocaine use, and so on.

 

[krista4]

Erg. Too jammed up at work to even check today's list (or World Cup matches). Now it's off to see Jagged Little Pill: The Musical. Here's hoping I don't get stabbed by a bunch of Gen-X woman done wrong.

Wouldn't that be ironic!

Update:

Totally worth it just to see Mrs. Scorchy pull out the flannel dress, black tights, and Doc boots. And then walk in the Hippodrome to see a hundred women dressed like her mingling among the really old people who obviously have season tickets and go to every show.

The musical was really well performed and produced, and it's amazing how well the songs/lyrics were fit to the story, but the plot was dark as hell. Should have known given it was written by Diablo Cody. Not exactly something to see the week before Christmas. One review summed it up:

Sometimes the melodramatic tone feels forced, despite the keen direction. Themes of gender oppression, BLM, drug addiction, teen anguish, middle age existentialism, and sexual assault trauma certainly deserve a deeper dive than they get here.

Oh wow, I didn't realize what you were going to see. Three of my law-school classmates were producers of this! One of them I don't really know well, but the other two were talking about it for years before it officially opened, so I was very happy to see how well it did for them. Glad you enjoyed!

 

[KarmaPolice]

simey:

Ripple - Grateful Dead

I still hold a ridiculous grudge against the Dead b/c of a really annoying group of people at my high school - the kind that put quotes about Jerry and Bob in their yearbook profile but now share racist memes on social media. It's dumb on my part though, because then I miss out on songs like Ripple.

rockaction:

Rainy Day Women #12 & #35 - Bob Dylan

I saw the title and figured it was another Dylan song I had never heard. Nope - just didn't know that's what it was called.

worrierking:

We Can't Make it Here - James McMurtry

Big fan of Mr. McMurtry, even his cantankerous old guy schtick. I've seen him a bunch and love when he angrily chides people for talking loudly during his songs - wish more artists would do that. Choctaw Bingo would have been my pick if the list went to 40 or 50.

KarmaPolice:

Tear in Your Hand - Tori Amos

Great pull. When my freshman year roommate Bob wasn't listening to Metallica or Dr. Demento tapes, it was Little Earthquakes. Always thought this was the best track on the album.

Here was the other comment I was thinking about this week. I had a similar guy in my sphere it seems. Total metal head - long hair, scary looking, almost exclusively Slayer shirt, etc.. I remember working with him a summer during college at the local pizza joint. We get in his car so he can train me on delivering, and Little Earthquakes was blaring. I made a joking comment and he bascially said "F that, Tori is a metal as anybody". Just something that has stuck with me.

Also about this song I was thinking about how many on my list are because of the lyrics, which I thought was interesting because I typically don't focus much on lyrics. I love the whole album, but as you said, I this was always the song that stuck with me the most. Winter is a close second. I loved the lyrics and concepts like "maybe she's pieces of me you haven't seen" stuck with me. Other details as well. I can't remember who made the point about a pause in another song that they loved, but that really struck a chord with me. I absolutely love Tori's delivery in this song of "I think it's that..... girl". Just that little pause is one of my favorite things.

 

[scorchy]

I

worrierking:

Decoration Day - Drive-by Truckers

Another amazing DBT song that doesn't sound like DBT to me. If we're counting, that makes 2 Isbells, 1 Cooley, and 1 Patterson. My favorite Isbell/DBT song is Outfit - probably because it's the most southern rock-sounding of the bunch.

 

[krista4]

I just had my listening party for the #3s. Already-knew-it shout-out to "A Love Supreme" and "Bye Bye Love," both of which were important to so much that came after (and are great even without taking into account their later influences). Of the new-to-me songs, I was a big fan of Floater's "Persecutor" and Black Pumas' "Colors." I was certain that once I heard "Turn the Page," especially given @MAC_32 's write-up, I would know the song even though I didn't recognize it by title. Nope. Didn't sound familiar, but it was terrific. My favorite new-to-me of this set, though, was My Morning Jacket's "Circuital," which I expect to have in heavy rotation for a while.

 

[scorchy]

krista4:

I’ve Been Loving You Too Long – Otis Redding
(new song)

My choice today is simply the most breathtaking vocal performance I've ever heard. I don't love it for the song itself (though it's a great composition), but for that performance, which, more often than not, puts me in tears at its sheer beauty.

Wow. Had never heard that before.

 

[krista4]

Also, I highly appreciate @Hawks64 maintaining the shtick of putting all the songs in, including repeats. I enjoyed hearing "Superstition" three times in the #3s.

 

[scorchy]

Chicago is one of those bands I underestimate as a proper snob but when people draft them here, I'm always blown away by their music.

25 or 6 to 4 is such a rockin tune. The interplay between the guitar and the horns is breathtaking. The band probably would have still moved to the middle of the road in the 80s but the route taken would have been different if Terry Kath had lived.

I remember how surprised I was to learn that Chicago was actually good. I pretty much only knew the run from Hard to Say I'm Sorry to You're The Inspiration to Along Comes A Woman. I'm not usually big on horns, but this is an exception.

 

[krista4]

I remember how surprised I was to learn that Chicago was actually good. I pretty much only knew the run from Hard to Say I'm Sorry to You're The Inspiration to Along Comes A Woman. I'm not usually big on horns, but this is an exception.

Oh my, you're my spirit animal.

 

[Zegras11]

I'm not usually big on horns,

Oh come on man, you're (binky = your) a big blow hard like the rest of us.

 

[krista4]

you're (binky = your)

 

[scorchy]

KarmaPolice:

One More Hour - Sleater-Kinney

Happy to see Sleater-Kinney get some love.

rockaction:

Memorial - Explosions In The Sky

At first I wondered where this was going, and then I decided to enjoy the ride, and I don't think I could have loved it more.

 

[Eephus]

Will need to check out on HBO Max though, as not sure I’ve seen any Pabst besides Pandora’s Box.

The only Pabst I'm familiar with is Blue Ribbon

 

[scorchy]

Speaking of how much Peter Cetera sucked, I really wish that in the short-lived 1990 TV series Cop Rock, they could have put in a scene where the bailiff sings Glory of Love to the judge -

I am a man
Who will fight
For Your Honor

Yes, I've been drinking since 4:30. It's my last day of work for the year. GB use-or-lose.

 

[scorchy]

scorchy:

Summer Babe - Winter Version – Pavement
(duplicate – second vote)

Minerals, ice deposit daily
Drop off the first shiny robe
I've got a lot of things I want sell, but
Not here, babe
You took 'em all


I'm usually a lyrics guy but I make an exception for Pavement. I'm pretty sure most of their songs mean exactly nothing to anyone other than Stephen Malkmus, but there's just something to the word choice, diction, turns of phrase, etc. juxtaposed against the music that just speaks to me.

Hippling over.

 

[AAABatteries]

Songs!

The race for top song looks even closer than for artist (non-spoiler alert - they both end up very close). "Superstition" has it right now, but one vote for "Marquee Moon" could lead to the biggest upset in countdown history!!!!1111 Surprise third-place entry "Visions of Johanna" would need two #1s to take the lead, as would upstart "The Boxer," stalwart "God Only Knows," and current leader for one-hit wonder, "Surrender." Five other songs could take it by getting three #1s, and "Fortunate Son" could even sneak into a tie for the current lead with three, as well.

Am I the only one not seeing the updated numbers in the spreadsheet?

clear your browser cache? Have you tried a different browser?

This is what I see in the top selections - is this correct?

Song Title	Artist	Unsorted Position	Points	Duplicate	# of selections
Marquee Moon	Television	9	10	6	7
Superstition	Stevie Wonder	29	15	6	7
God Only Knows	The Beach Boys	27	5	5	6
Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival	22	1	4	5
Let's Stay Together	Rev. Al Green	3	10	4	5
Seven Nation Army	The White Stripes	15	11	4	5
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	20	7	4	5
Surrender	Cheap Trick	9	12	4	5
The Boxer	Simon & Garfunkel	23	22	4	5
Visions of Johanna	Bob Dylan	30	21	4	5

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me favorites from #3:

10 AM Automatic -- The Black Keys (KarmaPolice). There is a weird gap in my experience with the Black Keys. They hold my personal record for smallest venue where I saw a band that went on to play arenas. In 2003 a friend (the same one who turned me on to My Morning Jacket) suggested I come with him to their show at the North Star Bar in Philly, a now-defunct venue that held about 300 people. I had never heard of them but their set floored me, and I purchased their first two albums (The Big Come Up and the then-current Thickfreakness) from their merch table. Then I got busy with other things and didn't keep track of what they were doing, and missed their next release, Rubber Factory, and any singles from it, including this one. And didn't pay attention again until they hit big in 2010. 10 AM Automatic is brilliant sludge-blues that definitely takes me back to that night at the North Star Bar.
(Colors would go here if it were truly new to me; only its name was.)
Persecutor -- Floater (Manster). Heavy and insistent yet surprisingly nimble.
Flying in a Blue Dream -- Joe Satriani (Sullie). I don't normally gravitate to Eddie Van Halen-influenced guitar instrumentals, but this is well-crafted and evocative.

Interesting. I think your gap in the Keys is my sweet spot.

I was thinking about them when I was listening to this playlist the other day. What I came up with is I believe this is probably the last band I got recommended at a record store. I was at the Exclusive company, heard Rubber Factory playing and had to buy it. I was into the White Stripes more then back then, and this scratched that itch and I ended up liking these guys more. So Rubber Factory, Magic Potion, and Attack & Release are the core for me as that's when I was most into them and playing those over and over. Still loved Brothers, but looking at the rest they have tailed off a bit for me, and I need to listen to those more.

My friend suggested I see them because he knew I loved the White Stripes.

 

[Eephus]

well **** ...I didn't realize Jellyfish was an American group. They would have made my list ...I was looking them up thinking they were UK.

****.

Both Jellyfish albums are wonderful as complete pieces but I couldn't pick a top 31 song from them

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I just had my listening party for the #3s. Already-knew-it shout-out to "A Love Supreme" and "Bye Bye Love," both of which were important to so much that came after (and are great even without taking into account their later influences). Of the new-to-me songs, I was a big fan of Floater's "Persecutor" and Black Pumas' "Colors." I was certain that once I heard "Turn the Page," especially given @MAC_32 's write-up, I would know the song even though I didn't recognize it by title. Nope. Didn't sound familiar, but it was terrific. My favorite new-to-me of this set, though, was My Morning Jacket's "Circuital," which I expect to have in heavy rotation for a while.

I will happy to guide you for MMJ as I am doing with KP for Phish.

 

[falguy]

Songs!

The race for top song looks even closer than for artist (non-spoiler alert - they both end up very close). "Superstition" has it right now, but one vote for "Marquee Moon" could lead to the biggest upset in countdown history!!!!1111 Surprise third-place entry "Visions of Johanna" would need two #1s to take the lead, as would upstart "The Boxer," stalwart "God Only Knows," and current leader for one-hit wonder, "Surrender." Five other songs could take it by getting three #1s, and "Fortunate Son" could even sneak into a tie for the current lead with three, as well.

Am I the only one not seeing the updated numbers in the spreadsheet?

clear your browser cache? Have you tried a different browser?

This is what I see in the top selections - is this correct?

Song Title	Artist	Unsorted Position	Points	Duplicate	# of selections
Marquee Moon	Television	9	10	6	7
Superstition	Stevie Wonder	29	15	6	7
God Only Knows	The Beach Boys	27	5	5	6
Fortunate Son	Creedence Clearwater Revival	22	1	4	5
Let's Stay Together	Rev. Al Green	3	10	4	5
Seven Nation Army	The White Stripes	15	11	4	5
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana	20	7	4	5
Surrender	Cheap Trick	9	12	4	5
The Boxer	Simon & Garfunkel	23	22	4	5
Visions of Johanna	Bob Dylan	30	21	4	5

The numbers look right, but column c to e should be hidden. Not sure why they are showing

Or maybe they just come thru here due to you copying. Is there something that looks wrong with the count? Certainly possible

 

[scorchy]

My friend suggested I see them because he knew I loved the White Stripes.

Jack White hates The Black Keys.

 

[zamboni]

Erg. Too jammed up at work to even check today's list (or World Cup matches). Now it's off to see Jagged Little Pill: The Musical. Here's hoping I don't get stabbed by a bunch of Gen-X woman done wrong.

Wouldn't that be ironic!

Update:

Totally worth it just to see Mrs. Scorchy pull out the flannel dress, black tights, and Doc boots. And then walk in the Hippodrome to see a hundred women dressed like her mingling among the really old people who obviously have season tickets and go to every show.

The musical was really well performed and produced, and it's amazing how well the songs/lyrics were fit to the story, but the plot was dark as hell. Should have known given it was written by Diablo Cody. Not exactly something to see the week before Christmas. One review summed it up:

Sometimes the melodramatic tone feels forced, despite the keen direction. Themes of gender oppression, BLM, drug addiction, teen anguish, middle age existentialism, and sexual assault trauma certainly deserve a deeper dive than they get here.

Oh wow, I didn't realize what you were going to see. Three of my law-school classmates were producers of this! One of them I don't really know well, but the other two were talking about it for years before it officially opened, so I was very happy to see how well it did for them. Glad you enjoyed!

I saw Jagged on Broadway last November after it re-opened post COVID. Really liked it and Lauren Patten was amazing. Really a shame it closed a month later.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Speaking of how much Peter Cetera sucked, I really wish that in the short-lived 1990 TV series Cop Rock, they could have put in a scene where the bailiff sings Glory of Love to the judge -

I am a man
Who will fight
For Your Honor

Yes, I've been drinking since 4:30. It's my last day of work for the year. GB use-or-lose.

I am still mad at my wife she wouldn't allow this as our first dance song. I tried.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I just had my listening party for the #3s. Already-knew-it shout-out to "A Love Supreme" and "Bye Bye Love," both of which were important to so much that came after (and are great even without taking into account their later influences). Of the new-to-me songs, I was a big fan of Floater's "Persecutor" and Black Pumas' "Colors." I was certain that once I heard "Turn the Page," especially given @MAC_32 's write-up, I would know the song even though I didn't recognize it by title. Nope. Didn't sound familiar, but it was terrific. My favorite new-to-me of this set, though, was My Morning Jacket's "Circuital," which I expect to have in heavy rotation for a while.

I will happy to guide you for MMJ as I am doing with KP for Phish.

I will probably hop on this too. MMJ was another I took note of in this draft that I need to refamiliarize myself with.