Getcha passports ready - the middle-aged dummies are going to the British Isles! Top 31 song countdown. (1 Viewer)

[Eephus]

Whatever happened to procrastination?

 

[falguy]

Whatever happened to procrastination?

I'll respond to this in a bit

 

[krista4]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

 

[krista4]

Several people mentioned not having as many female artists on their lists this time. Yet, the top-selected ladies are doing a bit better so far than in the US countdown, with three currently landing in the top 25. Our top three female artists in the US countdown ended up at 17th (Aretha), 42st (Heart), and 53rd (Dolly).

 

[Eephus]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

 

[jwb]

List submitted. While listening today as I was copying Youtube links to put in the post, I kept wanting to move songs up, but there was nowhere to go.

I chose 31 different artists and left some very big names out, which I was surprised based on what my initial list looked like. This includes The Who, Clapton, Lennon, McCartney, Them, The Clash, Small Faces, and Dire Straits.

The Who made mine, but no one else did - I shut out all solo Beatles (sorry, Ringo).

My last 5 out will be all the awesome artists I (kind of on purpose) left out.

 

[krista4]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

Now that it some excellent emoji usage.

 

[Hov34]

Several people mentioned not having as many female artists on their lists this time. Yet, the top-selected ladies are doing a bit better so far than in the US countdown, with three currently landing in the top 25. Our top three female artist in the US countdown ended up at 17th (Aretha), 42st (Heart), and 53rd (Dolly).

Of the 90+ artists on my initial playlists I have 13 female artists (or female lead singers).

 

[Eephus]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

Now that it some excellent emoji usage.

I didn't have Elvis Costello is cool and edgy on my 2022 bingo card


ETA: His 2022 album is very solid. It might make my 2022 favorite albums list but it's ineligible in this thread

 

[rockaction]

Damn those American rappers. Keep on guesting on songs fit for the top thirty-one or first whatever out.

Watch me as I gravitate hah hah hah hah hah
We gonna ghost town this Motown with your sound
You in the place
Gon' bite the dust
Can't fight with us
With your sound
You kill the Inc.

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Hmmm I don't think I have any women on my list at all.

 

[Chaos34]

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List submitted. While listening today as I was copying Youtube links to put in the post, I kept wanting to move songs up, but there was nowhere to go.

I chose 31 different artists and left some very big names out, which I was surprised based on what my initial list looked like. This includes The Who, Clapton, Lennon, McCartney, Them, The Clash, Small Faces, and Dire Straits.

One is on my current 31. The other 7 aren't on the long list which's at 74. This morning I did the google thing with British musicians and added ten artists/acts to listen to. I made a playlist of 43 songs. I scan my 31 and despite the aforementioned it looks pretty chalky to me. Google says I'm three and a half hours from my destination, so I have a perfect opportunity to listen. I'm determined to have dinner there, have them open presents, do some counseling, and hit the road to Vegas - 4 and a half hours more.

Counseling? Yeah, my four sisters, all in there 60s, are in a sad variety of fueds that started before Thanksgiving. It's so bad my brother and I have renamed them: Evil, Rich, Poor, and Insane. As sad as it sounds, we laugh at the new names, so there's that. We stayed the heck out of it until this road trip of mine. Communication has completely broken down between them. First Christmas in memory none of them will see each other. So someone inspired me to go in, try to start them mending fences. These are four wonderful and amazing women in their own ways. Insane lives a couple minutes from me and I see her all the time. She's a lost cause, but we love her to bits. This morning I played Santa at Poor's house. Her business is yet another Covid casualty so it's been hard times for them. I did the best I could, which included covering December and January mortgage payments. I met some resistence. She expected Rich to bail her out, but she buckled. Ouch, but worth it. We just finished a long lunch, outside, overlooking the ocean in Malibu. LA is just spectacular today. And a long chat explaining Evil and Rich worked. Poor is going reach out, be forgiving and seeking forgiveness on Christmas.

Rich is off on some bucket list Christmas thing on the east coast. Her excuse to avoid things. I'm off to see Evil and her gang in San Diego (Temecula actually, saving me an hour's driving). Evil is a much tougher putt than Poor, but I think I got this. At least it won't be so expensive.

Why would I share this dirty laundry here? The someone who inspired this road trip is wikkid. I don't have his chops for helping people but he did teach us alot. The give truly is the get. My decade old struggles with the winter blues is at an all-time low.

Merry Christmas to you all.

don't cry krista

 

[krista4]

Damn those American rappers. Keep on guesting on songs fit for the top thirty-one or first whatever out.

Watch me as I gravitate hah hah hah hah hah
We gonna ghost town this Motown with your sound
You in the place
Gon' bite the dust
Can't fight with us
With your sound
You kill the Inc.

I lost a pick to "featuring" today, which was a surprise as I never knew it featured anyone. This was a Dutch guy, though. And not a rapper. But other than that, I feel you.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

(Insert Sixpence None the Richer joke)

 

[Eephus]

I lost a pick to "featuring" today, which was a surprise as I never knew it featured anyone. This was a Dutch guy, though. And not a rapper. But other than that, I feel you.

When we get around to the Favorite 31 songs by artists from the Low Countries, Herman Brood will make my top ten.

Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday Night - Live At Rockpalast (live video)

ROCK ’N ‘ ROLL JUNKIEThe rise and fall of a Dutch icon: HERMAN BROOD - 1946-2001Ten years ago, in July 2001, the Dutch musician, painter and media personalit...

www.youtube.com

Just you watch, somebody from the Wild Romance will probably be German

 

[Pip's Invitation]

*Non Related Big Head talk*

So my initial list/Spotify mix (it's called "Bangers and Mash" which I find it hilarious - my wife is not impressed) has 161 songs on it from 91 different artists. So I have a lot of work ahead of me. Now some of them are from artists I just threw in there because I sort of like them and some i know (from reading the front page) are ineligible like Scritti Politti. 31 is a ****e number probably picked by someone with a tiny head.

Tiny Heads (Hats from the Vatican Gift Shop)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Through 10 lists tabulated:

ARTISTS!

This countdown is insanely more compacted than the US one. I think a few people commented that they had fewer artists they wanted here, but more songs per artist, and you are not alone.

As evidence:

With 35.71 lists (hi KP!) in the first countdown, in total we had only two artists reach more than 400 points by the end of the countdown.

With only 10 lists compiled so far, we have one artist with nearly 350 points and two closing in on 300 points.

Our Big Three each have made nine of 10 lists. We have another artist that also has made nine of 10 lists – and has moved into the #4 slot as a result - and another that has shown up on eight but is lagging in 8th place.

The “when we love them we really love them” artist previously mentioned still has only shown up on five ballots, but with enough support to sit in fifth place.

There is a clear second tier forming now of seven artists currently holding 122-197 points. The next artist down from there has fewer than 100 points, including one surprising underachiever.

SONGS!

Our current top artist has 15 votes for 11 different songs, while the new #2 has 13 votes for ten different songs. Neither of these artists holds the current #1 song ranking, which goes to the #3 artist and their five votes for one individual song. It's surprising to me that one of our Big Three would have a concentration of votes on any song, as I expected all three to be more dispersed in the song rankings.

As reported yesterday, we already had a Menage FaLaLa Trois, while we didn’t have one in the US countdown until 25+ lists in. We also have numerous duplicates and some Deja Votes. Like the artists, the number of songs selected seem to be fewer overall.

There is a new leader for our Ace Award (most points for an artist with only one song taken), but I expect this artist to get more songs selected. Then again, I would have said the same for Cheap Trick.

So Voters 1-3 and 5-9 had all of the Big Three on their lists and Voter 4 had none of them?

 

[krista4]

So Voters 1-3 and 5-9 had all of the Big Three on their lists and Voter 4 had none of them?

Correct, though update it to say that Voters 1-3 and 5-10 would fall into the former category.

 

[Don Quixote]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

I don’t think I picked any songs from that artist, but my tax attorney self would never be considered cool or edgy; so, maybe checks out.

 

[rockaction]

but my tax attorney self would never be considered cool or edgy

Our tax law professor where I went to school was in practice and was both cool and edgy. Just an interesting guy. So you're not doomed to the bean counter ways of mere legal accountancy nor the abstractions of the algorithmic actuary.

Heh. The tax professor guy got interviewed when one of the students at my law school was indicted for participating in a major drug ring that involved I-95 and serious drug smuggling using Native American lands as transport opportunities (the tax attorney also taught Indian Law with an eye on taxation and had had the young man as a very interested student).

Anyway, that was neither here nor there, but sent me on a memory trip. My father is a CPA and J.D. so he does tax attorney work, too. But he's not choosing Elvis, either. He's still singing doo-*** under his breath.

 

[rockaction]

AND I KNEW THE LANGUAGE FILTER WOULD FILTER ***.

UGH. It's a term of art.

 

[krista4]

Wow. We have an artist that had zero points through lists #1-9. Just by inputting lists #10-12, this artist has garnered 132 points (yes, some people don't limit to one per artist) and leapt into 9th place.

 

[krista4]

Tax lawyers are sneaky cool. Really, they're generally among the most well-rounded lawyers I meet, and they often have excellent, sly senses of humor. Now, patent attorneys...those are the ones usually to avoid.

 

[krista4]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

 

[krista4]

AND I KNEW THE LANGUAGE FILTER WOULD FILTER ***.

UGH. It's a term of art.

Mississippi ******

 

[krista4]

AND I KNEW THE LANGUAGE FILTER WOULD FILTER ***.

UGH. It's a term of art.

Mississippi ******

Well, at least it wasn't changed to "gosh darn" this time.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

Uh, I thought she was too.

 

[rockaction]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie?

She's not?

I always thought Elton John was Aussie, too, until this exercise.

 

[rockaction]

Well, at least it wasn't changed to "gosh darn" this time.

Have you noticed it won't even change ******* to its seven letters? It's six characters in the filter.

Whoops. Guess it did. You must have typed ******

 

[krista4]

Well, at least it wasn't changed to "gosh darn" this time.

Have you noticed it won't even change ******* to its seven letters? It's six characters in the filter.

Whoops. Guess it did. You must have typed ******

The title of the song has that term with only six letters (no "n" at the end).

 

[krista4]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

Uh, I thought she was too.

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie?

She's not?

I always thought Elton John was Aussie, too, until this exercise.

Whew, not just me!

Yeah, when I first saw her on a list, I thought it was an error of "Sixpence None the Richer" proportions. Nope.

I was just processing a list that had a song of hers sandwiched between an Iron Maiden song and an Ozzy Osbourne one. Now that's a person whose party I would like to attend!

 

[rockaction]

The title of the song has that term with only six letters (no "n" at the end).

Yep. That's actually what I figured when I realized it wasn't seven letters. Heh. You're usually so on top of it that -- in my thinking -- I bet on a different usage than questioning your accuracy.

 

[Eephus]

Wow. We have an artist that had zero points through lists #1-9. Just by inputting lists #10-12, this artist has garnered 127 points (yes, some people don't limit to one per artist) and leapt into 9th place.

The Allman Lads?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Tax lawyers are sneaky cool. Really, they're generally among the most well-rounded lawyers I meet, and they often have excellent, sly senses of humor. Now, patent attorneys...those are the ones usually to avoid.

Patent attorneys often have a law degree AND a science/medicine degree, which means they tend to be the type of people more at home in the ivory tower than in the real world.
Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, mined some humor out of this by making Calvin's dad a patent attorney, as his own dad had been, and it was the perfect profession for someone who did not understand Calvin's "world" at all.

 

[rockaction]

Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes, mined some humor out of this by making Calvin's dad a patent attorney, as his own dad had been, and it was the perfect profession for someone who did not understand Calvin's "world" at all.

Wow, that's an awesome tidbit I would have otherwise never known.

 

[rockaction]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

I'm a little shaken also. I haven't seen it a thousand times, but the soundtrack wound up my 1978 album of the year for a timdraft back in 2016 or so. Don't throw things at me for picking a soundtrack, by the way. Well within the rules established there. lol. But yeah, I always assumed Sandy was Australian, which is really stupid, because how does a greaser like Danny Zucco get to Australia over the summer?

 

[timschochet]

I just noticed that one artist has six selections, each for a different song. But I learned this week that people are just choosing this artist to try to look cool and edgy.

(Insert Sixpence None the Richer joke)

I am going to have to live with this for a long time aren’t I?

Dammit what ****ing American uses the word “sixpence”? What the hell is that? Have you seen the video? She even looks British. I think her teeth are crooked. This is just wrong.

 

[jwb]

Whew, not just me!

Yeah, when I first saw her on a list, I thought it was an error of "Sixpence None the Richer" proportions. Nope.

I was just processing a list that had a song of hers sandwiched between an Iron Maiden song and an Ozzy Osbourne one. Now that's a person whose party I would like to attend!

Heh it's funny that you say this (it's my list she's talking about) - back in 1990 I had this awesome Techniques 5-disc CD changer - state of the art stuff then at the low low price of $399 - and you could program it to play discs/tracks in a certain order. I also had this great apartment (ok it was a little grungy but it was big and I had a pool table in there too) and would throw pretty big parties.

Before the party I'd painstakingly program that CD player to play a night's worth of music. Home CD burners were still far in the future but "all your favorite artists on one CD" were a thing, so I'd have five of those from different genres and I'd sit there for an hour and program in "ok, song 1: disc 3/track 4; song 2: disc 2/track 9, and so on. I'd have to write it down to make sure I didn't dupe anything. And everyone loved the mix - RATT followed by Donna Summer followed by James Taylor and so on.

They were good parties.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

I'm a little shaken also. I haven't seen it a thousand times, but the soundtrack wound up my 1978 album of the year for a timdraft back in 2016 or so. Don't throw things at me for picking a soundtrack, by the way. Well within the rules established there. lol. But yeah, I always assumed Sandy was Australian, which is really stupid, because how does a greaser like Danny Zucco get to Australia over the summer?

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

 

[krista4]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

I'm a little shaken also. I haven't seen it a thousand times, but the soundtrack wound up my 1978 album of the year for a timdraft back in 2016 or so. Don't throw things at me for picking a soundtrack, by the way. Well within the rules established there. lol. But yeah, I always assumed Sandy was Australian, which is really stupid, because how does a greaser like Danny Zucco get to Australia over the summer?

First line of the plot synopsis on Wiki:

"In the summer of 1958, local boy Danny Zuko and vacationing Australian Sandy Olsson meet at the beach and fall in love. When the summer comes to an end, Sandy frets that they may never meet again, but Danny tells her that their love is "only the beginning"."

Aha! So she was playing an Australian. I should have given her more credit for her acting chops, playing an Australian.

 

[Eephus]

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

Citizen **** is ineligible


ETA: C i t i z e n D i c k

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The “when we love them we really love them” artist previously mentioned still has only shown up on five ballots, but with enough support to sit in fifth place.

I wonder if this is Elton John. Some people are very passionate about his material, and others don't care about it at all.

Neither of these artists holds the current #1 song ranking, which goes to the #3 artist and their five votes for one individual song. It's surprising to me that one of our Big Three would have a concentration of votes on any song, as I expected all three to be more dispersed in the song rankings.

The chalk guess here would be Stairway to Heaven, but this is a more eclectic group than the average set of music fans. When the Levee Breaks finished #1 in Anarchy's Zeppelin countdown, maybe it's that?

The other possibility that comes to mind is The Abbey Road Medley. But I have a hard time envisioning one Beatles song dominating over the others.

 

[jwb]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

I'm a little shaken also. I haven't seen it a thousand times, but the soundtrack wound up my 1978 album of the year for a timdraft back in 2016 or so. Don't throw things at me for picking a soundtrack, by the way. Well within the rules established there. lol. But yeah, I always assumed Sandy was Australian, which is really stupid, because how does a greaser like Danny Zucco get to Australia over the summer?

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

I loved Heart's (Lovemongers) version of Battle of Evermore on it. That was the only place you could find it.

I should have put that on my American list - it's a great song.

 

[KarmaPolice]

The “when we love them we really love them” artist previously mentioned still has only shown up on five ballots, but with enough support to sit in fifth place.

I wonder if this is Elton John. Some people are very passionate about his material, and others don't care about it at all.

Neither of these artists holds the current #1 song ranking, which goes to the #3 artist and their five votes for one individual song. It's surprising to me that one of our Big Three would have a concentration of votes on any song, as I expected all three to be more dispersed in the song rankings.

The chalk guess here would be Stairway to Heaven, but this is a more eclectic group than the average set of music fans. When the Levee Breaks finished #1 in Anarchy's Zeppelin countdown, maybe it's that?

The other possibility that comes to mind is The Abbey Road Medley. But I have a hard time envisioning one Beatles song dominating over the others.

I could see an artist like Dusty Springfield for that first guess. I could see her being left off a lot, and a song of hers being in the top 5 of a lot of other lists.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Why did I think Olivia Newton-John was Aussie? My entire childhood 1000 viewings of Grease just don't make as much sense to me now.

I'm a little shaken also. I haven't seen it a thousand times, but the soundtrack wound up my 1978 album of the year for a timdraft back in 2016 or so. Don't throw things at me for picking a soundtrack, by the way. Well within the rules established there. lol. But yeah, I always assumed Sandy was Australian, which is really stupid, because how does a greaser like Danny Zucco get to Australia over the summer?

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

I loved Heart's (Lovemongers) version of Battle of Evermore on it. That was the only place you could find it.

I should have put that on my American list - it's a great song.

Interesting. That is an insta-skip for me.

 

[rockaction]

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

"State Of Love And Trust" is my favorite Pearl Jam song. I can still remember my freshman year of college and walking to football practice after having just listened to it, all the players jousting and getting amped, me silently walking among them, quiet and reflective.

I love its energy.

 

[krista4]

IT'S OFFICIAL. It only took 13 lists for an artist to top Stevie Wonder's artist-winning total of 439 points in the US countdown, which had 35.71 lists.

 

[krista4]

On another front, I decided to check Dr. O's Rolling Stones countdown to see if the song from them I'm going to include was way out there. It was not. Whew.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

IT'S OFFICIAL. It only took 13 lists for an artist to top Stevie Wonder's artist-winning total of 439 points in the US countdown, which had 35.71 lists.

Do they rhyme with Meetles?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I would totally consider the Singles soundtrack for 1992 album of the year.

"State Of Love And Trust" is my favorite Pearl Jam song. I can still remember my freshman year of college and walking to football practice after having just listened to it, all the players jousting and getting amped, me silently walking among them, quiet and reflective.

I love its energy.

Breath is probably a top 3 Pearl Jam song for me. It's got a different energy from their other early stuff but I love the dynamics of it.