Getcha passports ready - the middle-aged dummies are going to the British Isles! Top 31 song countdown. (3 Viewers)

[Mister CIA]

I might own the top pick tomorrow, and it looks like Saturday is a cinch.

 

[simey]

And how did we get so middle-aged?

Speaking of which - I'm trying to stay awake on a conference call while recuperating from my first-ever colonscopy this morning. Clean bill - don't need another for 10 years. Hooray for this middle-aged dummy!

I remember getting my colonoscopy when I hit 50. What bothered me the most was the thought of them sticking a tube up my butt while I'm asleep, and there were multiple people in the room when they put me under so I had an audience.

I struggled to stay awake today at the seminar I was at. I am not a napper at all, and I didn't fall asleep, but I fought the urge. I get seminar sedation I guess. I don't do caffeine, because it can aggravate my hiatal hernia, but after lunch I decided I would risk it. In the spirit of this British Isles countdown, I had some black tea. I just got my teeth cleaned at the dentist two days ago, and I didn't want black tea stain on my freshly buffed teeth, so I decided to use one of the paper straws they had available. About my third time sucking in some black tea, something went wrong, and black tea squirted through my front teeth and got all over my shirt like I drooled black tea all over me. Luckily, I had a water bottle, and I poured some water on a napkin, and dabbed it all over my shirt. I finished the tea, but it didn't really give me a boost. I was alert during one guy's presentation, though. He was good and told jokes. Anyway, I got my 6 hours credit, so that's good.

 

[simey]

As an aside I do not get Amy Winehouse in the slightest, and the best version of Valerie has not yet been picked

What do you mean you don't get her?

 

[Mister CIA]

And how did we get so middle-aged?

Speaking of which - I'm trying to stay awake on a conference call while recuperating from my first-ever colonscopy this morning. Clean bill - don't need another for 10 years. Hooray for this middle-aged dummy!

I remember getting my colonoscopy when I hit 50. What bothered me the most was the thought of them sticking a tube up my butt while I'm asleep, and there were multiple people in the room when they put me under so I had an audience.

I struggled to stay awake today at the seminar I was at. I am not a napper at all, and I didn't fall asleep, but I fought the urge. I get seminar sedation I guess. I don't do caffeine, because it can aggravate my hiatal hernia, but after lunch I decided I would risk it. In the spirit of this British Isles countdown, I had some black tea. I just got my teeth cleaned at the dentist two days ago, and I didn't want black tea stain on my freshly buffed teeth, so I decided to use one of the paper straws they had available. About my third time sucking in some black tea, something went wrong, and black tea squirted through my front teeth and got all over my shirt like I drooled black tea all over me. Luckily, I had a water bottle, and I poured some water on a napkin, and dabbed it all over my shirt. I finished the tea, but it didn't really give me a boost. I was alert during one guy's presentation, though. He was good and told jokes. Anyway, I got my 6 hours credit, so that's good.

Hiatal hernias unite. I'm about 12 years in (maybe longer, who knows) and while there is no pain, there's lots of weird comfort adjustments. I should probably schedule an endoscopy one of these days.

Maybe somebody has some kidney stones they'd like to talk about. Rock on! (no spoiler! no spoiler!)

EDIT: Love the avatar.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The Alan Parsons Project is a difficult thing to explain to someone who didn't live through it.

They're the British version of Steely Dan except that they had a different lead singer on every track. There you go.

 

[simey]

Hiatal hernias unite. I'm about 12 years in (maybe longer, who knows) and while there is no pain, there's lots of weird comfort adjustments. I should probably schedule an endoscopy one of these days.

I've had mine since '95. I can go years without it bothering me, and then I can go months with it bothering me.

 

[Mister CIA]

And how did we get so middle-aged?

Speaking of which - I'm trying to stay awake on a conference call while recuperating from my first-ever colonscopy this morning. Clean bill - don't need another for 10 years. Hooray for this middle-aged dummy!

I remember getting my colonoscopy when I hit 50. What bothered me the most was the thought of them sticking a tube up my butt while I'm asleep, and there were multiple people in the room when they put me under so I had an audience.

I struggled to stay awake today at the seminar I was at. I am not a napper at all, and I didn't fall asleep, but I fought the urge. I get seminar sedation I guess. I don't do caffeine, because it can aggravate my hiatal hernia, but after lunch I decided I would risk it. In the spirit of this British Isles countdown, I had some black tea. I just got my teeth cleaned at the dentist two days ago, and I didn't want black tea stain on my freshly buffed teeth, so I decided to use one of the paper straws they had available. About my third time sucking in some black tea, something went wrong, and black tea squirted through my front teeth and got all over my shirt like I drooled black tea all over me. Luckily, I had a water bottle, and I poured some water on a napkin, and dabbed it all over my shirt. I finished the tea, but it didn't really give me a boost. I was alert during one guy's presentation, though. He was good and told jokes. Anyway, I got my 6 hours credit, so that's good.

Also, I'm 0-1 hitting on nurses after a colonoscopy.

 

[Mister CIA]

As an aside I do not get Amy Winehouse in the slightest, and the best version of Valerie has not yet been picked

What do you mean you don't get her?

:Joe Pesci:

 

[krista4]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it up here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

 

[Eephus]

The Alan Parsons Project is a difficult thing to explain to someone who didn't live through it.

They're the British version of Steely Dan except that they had a different lead singer on every track. There you go.

After she left, I came up with Parsons as a 70s version of Mark Ronson

 

[Eephus]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

Did Peter Lupus ever make a record?

 

[Mister CIA]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

The Chamorro word for "television" is "telebision." Not verified, but that's what I recall. Google ain't backing me up here.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Favorite new-to-me from #28:

Cody -- Mogwai (Titusbramble). Excellent example of post-rock. I was along for the whole ride.
Sunshine on Leith -- The Proclaimers (Krista4). I only knew THAT song from them. This is gorgeous.
Out of Time (stereo version) -- Chris Farlowe (Mrs. Eephus). A more soulful take on a great song that doesn't entirely lose the Stones-iness.
Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues -- Mclusky (OH). Ah yeah. My younger self would have played this at high volume repeatedly.

 

[higgins]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

The Chamorro word for "television" is "telebision." Not verified, but that's what I recall. Google ain't backing me up here.

Don't you mean the Charo word is "telebision"?

 

[krista4]

RE-RE-ANNOUNCE:

For the ***OFFICIAL*** contest, please send to @Val Rannous your list of the following:

1. Seven (7) artists that you believe will round out the top 10 along with Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Rolling Stones.
2. The artist that you believe will receive the most points overall, including the Big Three.
3. The song that you believe will receive the most points, other than songs from the Big Three.

You will receive one (1) point for each correct answer in #1 and #2 above and two (2) points for a correct answer to #3. If there is a tie, then the person whose choices in #1 above score the most cumulative points will win. If we need another tiebreaker after that, it will be arbitrarily and capriciously decided by me.

Deadline is 11:59 EST on Sunday, January 15.

Winner gets a donation to charity of his/her choice in an amount to be determined by me based on whether I have a job at the time, but in no case less than $250.

Finally figuring out contest winners. We have a six-way tie on this one! So I'll go to the first tiebreaker described above, which I'll calculate tomorrow when more sober. If we have a tie thereafter, I won't go arbitrary and capricious but will send a tiebreaker question to those who remain.

The guesses for this contest were excellent.

Edit: six-way tie not five!

 

[krista4]

Regarding the above ***OFFICIAL*** contest, the winning entries got seven out of 10 points. I think that's amazingly accurate.

 

[krista4]

I also finally worked up the results in the SUPER-AWESOME-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111 , and the winner got 10 of 15 correct! Given the difficulty of the questions and the fact that the consensus guesses were...ummm, a lot less accurate...this is also a fantastic score.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

cosjobs:

Tears Of A Clown - English Beat
(new artist)

X

Ineligible. I guess we have to start over now.

Wholly ineligible:

The Beat/The English Beat (Saxa – Jamaica)

Somebody doesn't read their own posts!

They're right at the top of the bloody list

It's cosjobs' list that came in way late. I really couldn't be bothered.

I'm giving him Leo Sayer's demo version instead.

That is truly horrifying.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it up here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

Are you hungry like the lupus?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

To sum up, you folks did seven pages on language filtering, gerunds, and sex in the loo.

Positively Oxonian.

 

[zamboni]

Not sure how much you all know about Nicaraguan TV choices, but one of the artists selected tomorrow is the star of one of the shows that was constantly on rotation there. I watched it there without ever having seen it up here, but I learned the Spanish term for lupus. Which is lupus.

All I got is Daniel & The Ortegas

 

[simey]

I had no idea The Outfield was British. Never would have guessed that.

I didn't know they were British either. I thought they were from Pennsylvania. I think I confuse them with The Hooters.

 

[simey]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I had no idea The Outfield was British. Never would have guessed that.

I didn't know they were British either. I thought they were from Pennsylvania. I think I confuse them with The Hooters.

Those of us who grew up in the Philly area in the '80s will never mistake The Hooters for anything. They were everywhere.

When we were in 8th grade, a girl from my class went to one of their shows and fainted, Beatles in 1964 style.

 

[zamboni]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here, but her significant other commutes daily by rail.

 

[AAABatteries]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

There’s a pretty good documentary named The Sound of 007 on Amazon.

 

[jwb]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here, but her significant other commutes daily by rail.

Made my last 5 out.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

There’s a pretty good documentary named The Sound of 007 on Amazon.

Agreed. It was fun.

 

[zamboni]

I had no idea The Outfield was British. Never would have guessed that.

I didn't know they were British either. I thought they were from Pennsylvania. I think I confuse them with The Hooters.

Those of us who grew up in the Philly area in the '80s will never mistake The Hooters for anything. They were everywhere.

When we were in 8th grade, a girl from my class went to one of their shows and fainted, Beatles in 1964 style.

I’m sure a lot of guys fainted when they found out it was different types of hooters than expected.

 

[zamboni]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here, but her significant other commutes daily by rail.

Made my last 5 out.

That couldn't be more different from your avatar, but major respect there.

 

[jwb]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here, but her significant other commutes daily by rail.

Made my last 5 out.

That couldn't be more different from your avatar, but major respect there.

heh heh - just changed it. The peer pressure got to me. Seems like a good day for it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Duran Duran wrote a pretty cool song around an extremely dumb title that's true to both the band's and the Bond sound.

A View to a Kill is my favorite Bond song, and I agree it is very true to the Bond sound. Shirley Bassey does my second favorite Bond song, but since she is Welsh I won't mention it since it may be on someone's list.

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here, but her significant other commutes daily by rail.

Made my last 5 out.

That couldn't be more different from your avatar, but major respect there.

heh heh - just changed it. The peer pressure got to me. Seems like a good day for it.

Awesome choice for a switch!

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Well if everyone else is doing it, why can't I? (See what I did there!? )

I promise I'll change it back to Andy when we're done...

 

[zamboni]

Well if everyone else is doing it, why can't I? (See what I did there!? )

I promise I'll change it back to Andy when we're done...

Not sure I can take anymore, more, more of these changes.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

but her significant other commutes daily by rail

Jill Biden?

 

[Yankee23Fan]

I hate all of you.

 

[simey]

I know a lot of the songs from round 28, and I like them all. I'm only going to name five favorites this time since this is yesterday's news, but I dig lots of them.

Maybe I'm Amazed
You've Got Another Thing Coming
Picture Book
I Am The Resurrection
Sunshine on Leith

Here are some new to me favorites:

Someone You Loved - A nice piano and vocal song.
That's Not My Name - I like it. My former FF dance coordinator, Starrkeisha, would love this song.
American Trilogy - This sounds good to my ears
Cody - Meditation time
Rumour Has It - I like when she sings with sass in her voice, and the song has a banging beat and R&B feel.
Lightsaber Cocksucking Blues - Oh.My.Word.

On the fence song:
Paper Planes - This song has an interesting chorus

 

[Dr. Octopus]

My Idiots #27


Scooter
Fading Lights - Genesis

Doug
America - Yes

Jeb
Henry the VIII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits

Chap
Do You Feel Like I Do (Live) – Peter Frampton


Some @Pip's Invitation level song lengths in here

 

[simey]

Well if everyone else is doing it, why can't I? (See what I did there!? )

I promise I'll change it back to Andy when we're done...

Not sure I can take anymore, more, more of these changes.

Stay the course, zam, with the Pink Floyd pig.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

I hate all of you.

Hey man, I thought your choice yesterday didn't totally suck. So there's that!

 

[zamboni]

My Idiots #27


Scooter
Fading Lights - Genesis

Doug
America - Yes

Jeb
Henry the VII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits

Chap
Do You Feel Like I Do (Live) – Peter Frampton


Some @Pip's Invitation level song lengths in here

Solid picks here. Really like Yes's cover of S&G.

 

[AAABatteries]

I hate all of you.

You’re welcome.

 

[Hawks64]

I hate all of you.

so confusing now since I correlate the user with the avatar. Sitting here all

 

[AAABatteries]

I hate all of you.

so confusing now since I correlate the user with the avatar. Sitting here all

I only started this to have a little fun and I was in need of an avatar change post World Cup. If I had known it was going to start this and drive you all crazy I would have done it sooner.

 

[AAABatteries]

Jeb
Henry the VIII, I Am – Herman’s Hermits

My wife HATES when this song comes on the Sirius 60’s channel.

Second verse, same as the first!

 

[Doug B]

My favorite Bond tune is from a different woman, also eligible here. I doubt anyone will draft her here ...

One of her early collaborations with a violet-clad, pancaking-making multi-instrumentalist was on my medium list (60-something songs). No, not the movie soundtrack one.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

Rumour Has It - I like when she sings with sass in her voice, and the song has a banging beat and R&B feel.

Yeah, that's pretty much why I chose this one. I find a lot of her other songs, while well sung, a bit on the maudlin side. This one's got some verve to it.

I like Skyfall as well, but it strikes me as merely a decent Bond theme song and not a great song by itself. (We've already seen one Bond theme, and I fully expect another, though probably not one I would guess.)

 

[Doug B]

About my third time sucking in some black tea, something went wrong, and black tea squirted through my front teeth and got all over my shirt like I drooled black tea all over me. Luckily, I had a water bottle, and I poured some water on a napkin, and dabbed it all over my shirt.

Not sure if you need this tip, but:

Dishwashing liquid, like Dawn or Ajax, will get tea stains right out of clothing. Spot-treat with straight dishwashing liquid if it's just isolated spots. Or else half-fill a sink with warm water - squirting in maybe a tablespoon of dishwashing liquid -- and soak the garment for 15-30 minutes or so before laundering.

 

[AAABatteries]

I had a Bond song in my top 50 or so but couldn’t pull the trigger on it.

 

[timschochet]

I had a Bond song in my top 50 or so but couldn’t pull the trigger on it.

Nobody Does It Better wasn’t eligible, so…