Yep, it's 11 on my list. It's a sure air guitar/air drum concert from me every time I hear it, even when driving. Love the riff and then Bonzo blasting in a beat later followed with JPJ rolling the thunder. Awesome song and on my of all-time favorites that I never get tired.
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FBG'S TOP 81 LED ZEPPELIN SONGS: #1 - When The Levee Breaks from Led Zeppelin IV (1971) (1 Viewer)
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If I did a list every month there would be at least 50 different songs that would appear in my top 25, including this one.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
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Footballguy
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[scooter]
Footballguy
Zep's BBC sessions were widely bootlegged in the '70s, and the BBC started licensing the songs for U.S. radio airplay in the '80s. So it's very likely that your local FM rock station would have had a copy of the song.
Anyway, "Traveling Riverside Blues" is a GREAT track. It's the epitome of everything I love about Zep -- tight but loose, Jimmy with an infectious riff, Bonzo and JPJ with a groove, and off they go. The fact that the song was basically improvised on the spot is yet another testament to their skill and their ability to kick ### whenever they felt like it. Any other band would have immediately slapped the song onto their album, but for Zep the song was basically an afterthought and not quite worthy of their lofty standards.
⚡DEADHEAD⚡
Footballguy
TRB is my #2. Outstanding song that, with HHWCID, made purchasing the box set worth it for many. Alas, I couldn't afford the box set, so, from the Bay Area, I drove to a friend's place in Santa Barbara one weekend so I could listen to those two songs on repeat (there was beer there too, so there was that).
In fact, I'd argue if there was an album with just two songs - Traveling Riverside Blues and Hey Hey What Can I Do - on it, that album would rank higher than Presence, ITTOD, Coda.
In fact, I'd argue if there was an album with just two songs - Traveling Riverside Blues and Hey Hey What Can I Do - on it, that album would rank higher than Presence, ITTOD, Coda.
We're all in same ballpark as I had it 13. Love the slow old-blues man opening before the riff rips in, then a great groove to bop along with.
[scooter]
Footballguy
The deluxe editions are mostly unnecessary. Jimmy made a deliberate decision to focus on alternate mixes (instead of alternate takes or unreleased songs) because he did not want to divert too much attention away from the original albums.
However, one notable exception is the 2015 deluxe edition of Coda. Not only does it contain the bonus tracks from the 1990 and 1993 boxed sets (Traveling Riverside Blues/Hey Hey What Can I Do/Baby Come On Home) but it also has tasty early versions of "When The Levee Breaks" and "In The Light", an unreleased song from the first album sessions (Sugar Mama) and 2 tracks recorded with the Bombay Symphony Orchestra in 1972, along with some alternate takes of various songs. It's basically what the original Coda should have been in 1982.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It didn’t make my top 25, but I included it on my 1969 countdown (the third after Tim’s and Bracie’s).
“As I've said elsewhere, early Zeppelin did some songs that are basically blues parodies, but that's pretty much all Tim and Bracie left me.
Bring It on Home's beginning and ending certainly qualify as that, but starting at 1:45, we've basically got the template for Jack White's career. The guitar riffage is heavy and insistent, and John Bonham's fills are godly.”
lardonastick
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Footballguy
So Tim and Bracie didn't have it in the top 200 songs of 1969? That doesn't sound right...
beer 30
Footballguy
Correct, the needle was in the lid or something. I forget, it's been a while. My cousin had one. I had a pack & play but it had the traditional arm with a needle and a nickle taped to it.
I had TRB in the top 20. Love the sound on this song. This ranking has me thinking. Would TRB be higher if it was a track on LZ II? I often wonder who ultimately decides what songs get cut from albums. It’s been noted here that Page hated Living loving maid. Seems strange to include that song but say TRB isn’t worthy.
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
Page just thought it was a one-off performance for the BBC and the song never was considered for LZII. He also said they didn't own the rights, and the BBC may have wanted a pretty penny for the band to acquire the song. Given that it wasn't even a consideration, I don't anyone "decided" not to put it on the album. I also don't think Page was 100% satisfied with the outcome. He began working on overdubs the day after it was recorded, and I doubt Page the Perfectionist would have felt it was up to their standards both in terms of performance and sound quality. Page essentially implied that when he said it was finally time to release it in 1990 because it had been in circulation for 20 years already. Might as well make the money instead of someone else.
I suppose they could have re-recorded it in a full studio session. But I don't believe the band or management ever really thought of the song as worthy of being an album track. I don't think Page saw TRB sonically as the sound they were going for. The LZII album is essentially filled with rock songs . . . it's probably the least diverse musically speaking of all of their albums. Not saying the album isn't good, only that the album had less variety than their other releases.
It sounds like I am not crazy about the song floating around in the 80s. Apparently stations were getting requests for it, Page was getting asked about it in interviews, and he finally said "Why not" around the time he released / toured for the Outrider album (1988). It also gave people a reason to but the boxed set, which there may not have been without it. I don't believe the songs on the box set were cleaned up any, as the remastered versions of everything were still a few years away.
[scooter]
Footballguy
The 1990 and 1993 boxed sets were remastered using late '80s technology -- basically, they found the earliest source tapes available and made digital copies of them. Fans still debate whether the end result was any better than what was already available.
The 2014-2015 deluxe editions utilized a similar process but newer technology. Again, the fans like to debate but the consensus is that the 2014-15 versions sound better than anything this side of a mint pressing of an original LP.
The master tape of "Traveling Riverside Blues" was destroyed by the BBC in the '70s, so the released version is sourced from the best copy that the BBC could find. That's one of the reasons why Jimmy was reluctant to release it in the first place.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I like both of the last two songs - not well enough to make my top 25 but they are both good. My "problem" with them is similar to some of the other songs they have where the genre is different or mixed - Reggae, blues or folk for example. If it's a genre I don't like as much I think I inherently ding the song some. So, because my preference on genres is: folk > blues > reggae I found that influenced my list. I think of the songs that aren't straight rock in my top 25 I will have more folk than blues. I realize there's not a ton of reggae songs in their catalog but using that for example.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
@Anarchy99 - do you have an easy way once we get to the top 40 to show how many songs from each person has been revealed? Just thought it would be interesting to see but not sure having all 62? of us post would be as entertaining. No worries if it would be a PITA.
Pip's Invitation
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[scooter]
Footballguy
Tim had 9 songs, Bracie had 5, and Pip had 2. The only songs that weren't listed were "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You", which were both going to be on my Next 100 From 1969 that I never really completed.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Weren’t you also going to do the third 100 from 1975?Tim had 9 songs, Bracie had 5, and Pip had 2. The only songs that weren't listed were "You Shook Me" and "I Can't Quit You", which were both going to be on my Next 100 From 1969 that I never really completed.
I still haven’t gotten around to the third 100 from 1971 I said I was going to do.
In terms of Zep rankings, You Shook Me and I Can’t Quit You are not in my “don’t care for it, bottom of the list” tier, but they are in the tier just above that, so they were never considered for my top 25. Other songs in this tier for me include South Bound Saurez, I’m Gonna Crawl, the two drum solos, Ozone Baby and both Bron-Yr’s.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
From songs 41-81, here's a breakdown of the top / bottom people in terms of songs already revealed. Doing all 62 would be too long a list. I would would say it's mostly accurate. Didn't really double check and verify as I wasn't looking to invest more time. That could also be interpreted as I don't particular care that much. If people believe they have been slighted and should be listed, let me know.
FEWEST SONGS SO FAR: (Average 3.73)
dickey moe 0
worrierking 1
lardonastick 1
Dennis Castro 1
Just Win Baby 1
Getzlaf15 1
Todem 2
gianmarco 2
simey 2
shuke 2
fatguyinalittlecoat 2
UncleZen 2
Sinn Fein 2
2Young2BBald 2
Andrew74 2
AAABatteries 2
gdub 2
Binky the Doormat 2
zamboni 2
Whyatt 2
cap'n grunge 2
joker 2
There's someone else with 2, but I deleted the name by accident. Not going to search for it all over again.
FEWEST POINTS AWARDED SO FAR: (Average 35.9)
dickey moe 0
Dennis Castro 3
joker 3
Andrew74 5
gianmarco 7
Getzlaf15 9
zamboni 9
Sinn Fein 11
lardonastick 12
AAABatteries 12
SteevieG 13
worrierking 14
Ghost Rider 14
shuke 14
fatguyinalittlecoat 14
DocHolliday 14
Todem 15
2Young2BBald 15
Whyatt 15
MOST SONGS SO FAR:
jamny 9
FairWarning 9
Long Ball Larry 8
drunken slob 8
Ron Popeil 7
Galileo 7
Pip's Invitation 6
In The Zone 6
[scooter] 6
beer 30 6
BroncoFreak_2K3 6
Anarchy99 6
MOST POINTS AWARDED SO FAR:
drunken slob 125
In The Zone 105
jamny 95
FairWarning 93
Galileo 72
BroncoFreak_2K3 Friend 72
neal cassady 66
Cowboysfan8 66
Long Ball Larry 65
Tom Servo 64
BroncoFreak_2K3 63
[scooter] 61
Pip's Invitation Friend 61
Ron Popeil 58
Mookie Gizzy 56
BrutalPenguin 55
Dwayne Hoover 53
Deadhead 53
That was exhausting, so you probably have used up your one uber time consuming request.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
#41 - Dancing Days from Houses Of The Holy (1973)
Appeared On: 19 ballots (out of 62) . . . 30.6%
Total Points: 179 points (out of 1,550 possible points . . . 11.5%)
5 Highest Rankers: @jwb@Sullie@Binky The Doormat@Witz@BroncoFreak_2K3
Highest Ranking: 6
Live Performances:
LZ: 53 Long Beach - 1972-06-25, Oxford - 1973-01-07, Detroit - 1973-07-13, Landover - 1977-05-26, Los Angeles - 1977-06-27 (Final Performance - Acoustic))
Page & Plant: 38 (New Orleans - 1995-03-10, Tokyo - 1996-02-09)
Plant: 3 (Mobile - 2016-03-07)
Cover Versions: Stone Temple Pilots, John Wetton & Geoff Downes, Vanilla Fudge, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
Ultimate Classic Rock Ranking (out of 92 songs): 36
Vulture Ranking (out of 74 songs): 18
Rolling Stone Ranking (out of 40 songs): 21
Louder Ranking (out of 50 songs): Not Ranked
Uproxx Ranking (out of 50 songs): Not Ranked
WMGK Ranking (out of 92 songs): 20
SPIN Ranking (out of 87 songs): 61
Ranker Ranking (out of 87 songs): 31
Anachronarchy Ranking (out of 80 songs): 45
As you can see from my earlier post, @dickey moe holds the title of lasting the longest without having a song from his list. We still are not up to his first song, but with the cat already being out of the bag, he gets a shout out early. No one had Dancing Days in their Top 5.
Dancing Days first saw the light of day during the recording sessions for the fourth album. An early attempt at the basic melody was rehearsed, however, it was abandoned until after their visit to India, which gave the composition the creative spark it needed. Page and Plant were inspired by an Indian tune they heard while traveling in Bombay. The hypnotic riff was based off an exotic Indian musical instrument they had heard in the markets, with Plant adding mystical but playful lyrics celebrating love. The song is about summer. It's very light and relaxed for Zeppelin. Rough Mix
When they returned home and recorded the track, the band was so ecstatic with the result that they ran out on to the lawn of their studio and danced to it. Sound engineer Eddie Kramer recalls, “Just a glorious groove. They all enjoyed playing it so much. The way Bonzo played, it was really what made it, though. He just found a way to make the rhythm bounce and snap. I’ll never forget playing it back to them and how excited they were. It was a lovely sunny day, and there was Jimmy and Robert and a couple of others all sort of dancing on the lawn. I don’t even think they could believe how good they sounded.”
Page described, “It sounds like the arrangement to the song was all sort of meticulously worked out, but it all just came out, and all I had to do was a few little drop-ins and the song was done. It was pretty spontaneous.” If you listen closely, you can hear John Bonham's drum pedal squeaking. It was the first song released to radio stations from the HOTH album and ended up as a B-side to Over The Hills And Far Away.
Dancing Days was first performed in Seattle - 1972-06-19, a year before Houses came out. They played the song twice that night. The song appeared on the How The West Was Won live CD, which was ranked as the #4 Greatest Live Album Ever by Classic Rock magazine. Rolling Stone ranked it as their #23 best live album of all-time in 2015, while Guitar World magazine had it #7 in 2019.
Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone gave Dancing Days a negative review, calling the track nothing but a piece of filler.
Ultimate Classic Rock (36 of 92 songs): Led Zeppelin were performing Dancing Days live long before it made its official debut on Houses of the Holy: There's even a version from an entire year earlier on the How the West Was Won concert album that documents a pair of June 1972 shows. Fine-tuned by this take.
Vulture (18 of 74 songs): Houses of the Holy is not often noted for its extraordinary sonics. This very trebly, highly mechanical track is case in point. Who knows what Plant is singing about, but the unrelenting guitar attack drives the song along and made for some of the most radio-friendly work of the band’s career. Even on this seeming throwaway Page’s guitar is inventive, creating an illusion almost of propulsion on the breaks and offering along the way a dizzying amalgam of sounds.
Rolling Stone (21 of 40 songs): After recording this at Mick Jagger's country home Stargroves in England, the band mates were so excited they went out on the lawn and danced to it. The music – most strikingly, the searing slide-guitar line – was inspired by Page and Plant's trip to Bombay. The lyrics are an almost Beach Boys-like vision of Edenic summer ease.
WMGK (20 of 92 songs): When thinking of Led Zeppelin, the old ‘American Bandstand’ phrase “It's got a good beat and you can dance to it” isn’t probably the first thing that comes to mind, but it definitely applies to Dancing Days. It’s one of the poppiest tunes in the band’s catalog. Sure, there are those who don’t care for it, but those people hate fun and should be ignored.
SPIN (61 of 87 songs): A classic riff, but Page was tossing off unforgettable licks like he was discarding cigarette butts in the early ’70s, so this one ranks as low as it does due to being a little too repetitive and having a couple WTF? lyrics — even by Zep standards (“I saw a lion / He was standing alone with a tadpole in a jar”). Does get extra points for the fine STP cover.
We are now halfway home and are rounding the turn and heading into the Top 40. We have yet to see anyone's #1 pick. But we've seen four #2 songs so far. I say let's make it five, as my #2 song hits the killing floor next.
Appeared On: 19 ballots (out of 62) . . . 30.6%
Total Points: 179 points (out of 1,550 possible points . . . 11.5%)
5 Highest Rankers: @jwb@Sullie@Binky The Doormat@Witz@BroncoFreak_2K3
Highest Ranking: 6
Live Performances:
LZ: 53 Long Beach - 1972-06-25, Oxford - 1973-01-07, Detroit - 1973-07-13, Landover - 1977-05-26, Los Angeles - 1977-06-27 (Final Performance - Acoustic))
Page & Plant: 38 (New Orleans - 1995-03-10, Tokyo - 1996-02-09)
Plant: 3 (Mobile - 2016-03-07)
Cover Versions: Stone Temple Pilots, John Wetton & Geoff Downes, Vanilla Fudge, Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
Ultimate Classic Rock Ranking (out of 92 songs): 36
Vulture Ranking (out of 74 songs): 18
Rolling Stone Ranking (out of 40 songs): 21
Louder Ranking (out of 50 songs): Not Ranked
Uproxx Ranking (out of 50 songs): Not Ranked
WMGK Ranking (out of 92 songs): 20
SPIN Ranking (out of 87 songs): 61
Ranker Ranking (out of 87 songs): 31
Anachronarchy Ranking (out of 80 songs): 45
As you can see from my earlier post, @dickey moe holds the title of lasting the longest without having a song from his list. We still are not up to his first song, but with the cat already being out of the bag, he gets a shout out early. No one had Dancing Days in their Top 5.
Dancing Days first saw the light of day during the recording sessions for the fourth album. An early attempt at the basic melody was rehearsed, however, it was abandoned until after their visit to India, which gave the composition the creative spark it needed. Page and Plant were inspired by an Indian tune they heard while traveling in Bombay. The hypnotic riff was based off an exotic Indian musical instrument they had heard in the markets, with Plant adding mystical but playful lyrics celebrating love. The song is about summer. It's very light and relaxed for Zeppelin. Rough Mix
When they returned home and recorded the track, the band was so ecstatic with the result that they ran out on to the lawn of their studio and danced to it. Sound engineer Eddie Kramer recalls, “Just a glorious groove. They all enjoyed playing it so much. The way Bonzo played, it was really what made it, though. He just found a way to make the rhythm bounce and snap. I’ll never forget playing it back to them and how excited they were. It was a lovely sunny day, and there was Jimmy and Robert and a couple of others all sort of dancing on the lawn. I don’t even think they could believe how good they sounded.”
Page described, “It sounds like the arrangement to the song was all sort of meticulously worked out, but it all just came out, and all I had to do was a few little drop-ins and the song was done. It was pretty spontaneous.” If you listen closely, you can hear John Bonham's drum pedal squeaking. It was the first song released to radio stations from the HOTH album and ended up as a B-side to Over The Hills And Far Away.
Dancing Days was first performed in Seattle - 1972-06-19, a year before Houses came out. They played the song twice that night. The song appeared on the How The West Was Won live CD, which was ranked as the #4 Greatest Live Album Ever by Classic Rock magazine. Rolling Stone ranked it as their #23 best live album of all-time in 2015, while Guitar World magazine had it #7 in 2019.
Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone gave Dancing Days a negative review, calling the track nothing but a piece of filler.
Ultimate Classic Rock (36 of 92 songs): Led Zeppelin were performing Dancing Days live long before it made its official debut on Houses of the Holy: There's even a version from an entire year earlier on the How the West Was Won concert album that documents a pair of June 1972 shows. Fine-tuned by this take.
Vulture (18 of 74 songs): Houses of the Holy is not often noted for its extraordinary sonics. This very trebly, highly mechanical track is case in point. Who knows what Plant is singing about, but the unrelenting guitar attack drives the song along and made for some of the most radio-friendly work of the band’s career. Even on this seeming throwaway Page’s guitar is inventive, creating an illusion almost of propulsion on the breaks and offering along the way a dizzying amalgam of sounds.
Rolling Stone (21 of 40 songs): After recording this at Mick Jagger's country home Stargroves in England, the band mates were so excited they went out on the lawn and danced to it. The music – most strikingly, the searing slide-guitar line – was inspired by Page and Plant's trip to Bombay. The lyrics are an almost Beach Boys-like vision of Edenic summer ease.
WMGK (20 of 92 songs): When thinking of Led Zeppelin, the old ‘American Bandstand’ phrase “It's got a good beat and you can dance to it” isn’t probably the first thing that comes to mind, but it definitely applies to Dancing Days. It’s one of the poppiest tunes in the band’s catalog. Sure, there are those who don’t care for it, but those people hate fun and should be ignored.
SPIN (61 of 87 songs): A classic riff, but Page was tossing off unforgettable licks like he was discarding cigarette butts in the early ’70s, so this one ranks as low as it does due to being a little too repetitive and having a couple WTF? lyrics — even by Zep standards (“I saw a lion / He was standing alone with a tadpole in a jar”). Does get extra points for the fine STP cover.
We are now halfway home and are rounding the turn and heading into the Top 40. We have yet to see anyone's #1 pick. But we've seen four #2 songs so far. I say let's make it five, as my #2 song hits the killing floor next.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
My rank: 23
My friend’s rank: None
Melodic hard rock is my wheelhouse, and this has that in spades. It’s propulsive and, indeed, danceable.
SPIN’s take is dreadful, as is the STP cover.
MAC_32
Footballguy
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
Using the initial list from @AAABatteries and the feedback from @Anarchy99, the top 40 should be from the 42 songs listed above. The two I have bolded are the ones I assume are not on the list.
ETA : Actually, I think those have to be the two missing songs because Anarchy already listed all the songs from albums that didn't get votes, and the other 40 songs are all from albums.
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
My mother-in-law is the world's biggest Beatles fan. She would give @krista4 a run for her money. My MIL wanted to go see them where they lived in the 60s. Her mom said no and gave her blessing to see them the next time they came around (which of course never happened). She's seen Paul McCartney plenty of times and still has a thing for him. She even told my father-in-law that if she ever met Sir Paul, she had a lifetime pass to do "whatever" with him. She even said he could watch.I thought it was an stp song until aged 17
Anyway, when my kids were little, one day they came up to her and blurted out that she might not know that he was in a band called Wings. Then they moved on to suggest that some band called The Beatles had recorded a lot of the same songs and they didn't think that was very nice of them to just steal his music.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
Yes, those are the two songs that don't belong (Key To The Highway/Trouble In Mind and The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair).
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BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
DD #11 for me. Right behind TRB.
Id bump up TRB today. Think DD is about right just outside the Top 10.
Id bump up TRB today. Think DD is about right just outside the Top 10.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Back when I did the list I wasn’t sure about Black Wavy Hair as I had it probably around 50 but felt like Key to the Highway was definitely one. Good stuff.
I burned out on that tune (Dancing Days) big time.......I did have some burn out bias making my top 25....I will admit. I also left off a couple of songs that is probably going to finish top 10 easily....because they have been played out to death. I went a little deeper on my top 10.
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Anarchy99
Footballguy
Songs by outside rankers that did not get a single vote from any of us . . .
10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (UCR 92, WMBK 91)
C'Mon Everybody (WMBK 62)
Hats Off to (Roy) Harper (UCR 81, Vulture 71, SPIN 67, WMBK 72, Anachronarchy 76)
Hots On for Nowhere, (UCR 79, Vulture 72, SPIN 71, WMBK 80, Ranker 71, Anachronarchy 44)
Key to the Highway/Trouble in Mind, (UCR 91, WMBK 55)
L.A. Drone (SPIN 87)
La La (UCR 90, SPIN 74, WMBK 89)
Poor Tom (UCR 56, SPIN 60, WMBK 75, Ranker 68, Anachronarchy 74)
Royal Orleans (UCR 77, Vulture 73, SPIN 82, WMBK 83, Ranker 74, Anachronarchy 51)
St. Tristan's Sword (UCR 88, WMBK 90)
Sunshine Woman (UCR 87, WMBK 86)
Sugar Mama (UCR 86, WMBK 85)
Somethin' Else (UCR 85, SPIN 84, WMBK 60)
Tea For One (Uproxx 48, UCR 82, Vulture 58, SPIN 81, WMBK 87, Louder 44, Ranker 59, Anachronarchy 79)
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (UCR 89, SPIN 75, WMBK 84)
Walter's Walk (UCR 83, SPIN 72, WMBK 82)
10 Ribs & All/Carrot Pod Pod (UCR 92, WMBK 91)
C'Mon Everybody (WMBK 62)
Hats Off to (Roy) Harper (UCR 81, Vulture 71, SPIN 67, WMBK 72, Anachronarchy 76)
Hots On for Nowhere, (UCR 79, Vulture 72, SPIN 71, WMBK 80, Ranker 71, Anachronarchy 44)
Key to the Highway/Trouble in Mind, (UCR 91, WMBK 55)
L.A. Drone (SPIN 87)
La La (UCR 90, SPIN 74, WMBK 89)
Poor Tom (UCR 56, SPIN 60, WMBK 75, Ranker 68, Anachronarchy 74)
Royal Orleans (UCR 77, Vulture 73, SPIN 82, WMBK 83, Ranker 74, Anachronarchy 51)
St. Tristan's Sword (UCR 88, WMBK 90)
Sunshine Woman (UCR 87, WMBK 86)
Sugar Mama (UCR 86, WMBK 85)
Somethin' Else (UCR 85, SPIN 84, WMBK 60)
Tea For One (Uproxx 48, UCR 82, Vulture 58, SPIN 81, WMBK 87, Louder 44, Ranker 59, Anachronarchy 79)
The Girl I Love She Got Long Black Wavy Hair (UCR 89, SPIN 75, WMBK 84)
Walter's Walk (UCR 83, SPIN 72, WMBK 82)
Anarchy99
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Anarchy had mentioned Dancing Days was the 2nd highest ranked song that didn’t get a top-5 vote. Now we are down to one and I don’t think we ever figured out which song it was. Any guesses? I looked quickly at fatguy’s updated list and nothing jumped out at me. Crazy that 39/40 top 40 songs got at least one top-5 vote.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I forgot I even mentioned that. That one is coming up soon. If you are into hints that won't help very much, Dancing Days and the other song were recorded at the same studio in London in the same month. And in three more songs, our first person will see their #1 song hit the countdown.
dickey moe
Fingerpicker
Anarchy99
Footballguy
They actually were in London this past fall and went to his house. Like I said, she’s a big fan. Or a stalker, take your pick. The place, as expected, is a compound. While they were there, the front gate opened and she SPRINTED like Tyreek Hill to the gate because a car was coming out. Sadly, it wasn’t him. Would have been interesting if I would have been reading an article about her online if it had been.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Like PIK said, Dancing Days is probably top 5 for high school me.
lardonastick
Footballguy
Can't believe this didn't get any votes. Was on my initial list, but dropped off at the end.
Anarchy99
Footballguy
I haven't checked out the Beatles thread and have no idea what you are referencing. The answer is no, but I'd be interested in a summary of the krista texting stuff.
At one point, I probably could have finagled a way to get my MIL a text from Paul (I know some people . . . more on this downstream for future songs).
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Dancing Days was my guess and you told us it was 2nd. The guess doesn’t help me much unless I cheat. I’ll be patient - great job with everything (can’t be said too much).
MAC_32
Footballguy
Like I wrote about Wanton being too low, but it being a function of this being a list of 25 I think this makes sense. I don't recall exactly where I penciled Dancing Days in my original list, but through my 5 trips through the catalog I don't think it ever veered from about 11 and 16 - it ended up 15. And that's exactly where it belongs. Anyone who enjoys Wanton may not put it top 25, but it just missed the cut. Anyone who enjoys Dancing Days will include it in the top 25, but not at the top of their list.
I don't remember what songs were guessed before, but highest ranked song without a top 5 vote? I'll go Rover.
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