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Getcha passports ready - the middle-aged dummies are going to the British Isles! Top 31 song countdown. (7 Viewers)

krista4 said:
Eight-Point Selections:

Pip’s Invitation:

Valerie - Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse
(duplicate – third vote)


New Binky the Doormat:

All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
(new song)


worrierking:

That's Entertainment - The Jam
(new artist)


titusbramble:

Legacy – Mansun
(new artist)


simey:

Mama Weer All Crazee Now – Slade
(new song but see below)


Just Win Baby:

Strange & Beautiful (I’ll Put A Spell On You) – Aqualung
(new artist)


Don Quixote:

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers
(new song)


MAC_32:

Smack My ***** Up - The Prodigy
(new artist)


timschochet:

Proof - I Am Kloot
(new artist)


Yankee23Fan:

My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
(new song but see below)


Hawks64:

Love Spreads – The Stone Roses
(new song)


jwb:

Living On A Thin Line – The Kinks
(new song)


DrIanMalcolm:

Night Fever - Bee Gees
(new artist)


Dr. Octopus:

Misunderstanding - Genesis
(new artist)


KarmaPolice:

Tears Dry On Their Own - Amy Winehouse
(new song)


shuke:

Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream
(new song)


Manster:

Paranoid Android - Radiohead
(new song)


scorchy:

Angel - Massive Attack
(new artist)


Sullie:

My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
(duplicate – second vote today!)


Andy Dufresne:

Kayleigh - Marillion
(duplicate – second vote)


Mister CIA:

Mama Weer All Crazee Now - Slade
(duplicate – second vote today!)


Mrs. Rannous:

Skating Away On The Thin Ice Of The New Day - Jethro Tull
(new song)


higgins:

Secret World (from Secret World Live) - Peter Gabriel
(new artist but see below)


The Dreaded Marco:

The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy
(new artist)


simsarge:

Here And Now - Del Amitri
(new song)


Mt. Man:

Here Comes The Rain Again – Eurythmics
(new song)


landrys hat:

Zombie - The Cranberries
(duplicate – second vote)


Westerberg:

Coffee & TV – Blur
(new song)


Eephus:

Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Ian Hunter
(new artist)


rockaction:

Ace Of Spades – Motorhead
(duplicate – second vote)


falguy:

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
(duplicate – second vote)


Hov34:

Do I Wanna Know? – Arctic Monkeys
(new artist but see below)


zamboni:

Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
(new artist)


Doug B:

No More Lonely Nights - Paul McCartney
(new song)

NOTE TO @Hawks64 : there are a few versions of this song, and no version was specified or link provided, so choose what you'd like. :)


Ilov80s:

The Modern Leper - Frightened Rabbit
(new artist)


Val Rannous:

Simply Irresistible - Robert Palmer
(new song)


Chaos34:

War Pigs - Black Sabbath
(new song)


Chaz McNulty:

Sign Of The Times – Harry Styles
(new artist)


Zegras11:

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
(new song based on artist being chosen above)


AAABatteries:

Rock The Casbah - The Clash
(duplicate – second vote)


Oliver Humanzee:

Rid Of Me – PJ Harvey
(new song)


Mrs. Eephus:

Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
(new song based on artist being chosen above)


ditkaburgers:

Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7
(new artist)


cosjobs:

Glad - Traffic
(new artist)


krista4:

The Grand Parade – The Reindeer Section
(new artist)
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The 8s list
 
krista4 said:
I invite you all to listen to my selection today while lying on your back, using headphones or some great speakers, and taking the sound in without distraction. Small warning that the song starts off softly and kicks in a lot louder about a minute in.
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That's a beautifully soothing song right there. :heart:
 
This isn't a dig by any stretch, just an observation that we all like what we like...

I expected to be adding more unheard of songs that I like to my playlist. I just haven't. Maybe two?
 
Maybe the weakest round for my tastes. Obviously lots of great songs from great artists like Winehouse, Winwood and Dire Straits but not much new to me there that grabbed me on a quick shuffle through. First playlist where I wasn’t adding several new songs to my own personal playlists.
 
Ilov80s said:
Eephus said:
timschochet said:
I’ve seen 3 Boorman films in my life: Deliverance, Excalibur, and Hope and Glory. I enjoyed them all. I think they should all be watched on a very big screen, as they’re quite cinematic films.
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I recorded Zardoz and have it in my queue but am waiting for the proper occasion.
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It's awful but in a good way
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I remember my French Horn teacher taking up about half a lesson talking about the movie when it came out. I've never seen it although I'm wearing Sean Connery's costume as I type this.
 
hawks64's long lunch set my listening back (j/k) so I'll do the family writeups first and the unheard music later today.

Mrs. Eephus: Teddy Picker - Arctic Monkeys
We stan Arctic Monkeys in this house. This is Mrs. E's favorite because of the bite of the lyrics and the fantastic drumming of Matt Helders. The song is a takedown of celebrity culture that's as valid today as it was in 2007. As Mrs. E says it has a message and a beat, how can you go wrong with that?


@ditkaburgers: Never Had A Dream Come True - S Club 7
S Club was a huge teen Pop band in the UK around the turn of the century when ditkaburgers was just starting to develop her musical tastes. They were Simon Fuller's brainchild following the Spice Girls. She thinks she first heard this song on French TV when we visited there in 2000 and 2002 thanks to the strong dollar.


Eephus: Once Bitten, Twice Shy - Ian Hunter
It's interesting that two of today's picks are 70s English songs covered in the 80s by American metal bands. "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" was covered by Quiet Riot and "Once Bitten Twice Shy" was a top ten US hit for Great White.

Neither cover is bad per se; the songs are just too good for that to happen. But the covers lack the swing and the cheeky delivery that Slade and Ian Hunter brought. Hunter's 1975 solo debut has always been one of my favorite albums. I prefer it to the Mott records which I love as well. The self-titled Hunter album has a great sound and Mick Ronson has rarely sounded better on guitar.
 
KarmaPolice said:
krista4 said:
Andy Dufresne said:
This isn't a dig by any stretch, just an observation that we all like what we like...

I expected to be adding more unheard of songs that I like to my playlist. I just haven't. Maybe two?
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I have 30, not including today's yet.
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Similar - I am up to 28 on mine without any from today (honestly, I need to see if I added some from 2 days ago's list).
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:hifive: I realized I’d accidentally included two that I added to my playlist but already knew, so I have exactly 28 fully new-to-me playlist songs so far.

But I’m listening to today’s playlist and already have an early one that is getting a big ol’ :heart:
 
My top 10 from the 7 point round, excluding my own selection:
  1. @The Dreaded Marco : Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
  2. @Zegras11 : Sunday Bloody Sunday - U2
  3. @Yankee23Fan : Brain Damage/Eclipse – Pink Floyd
  4. @simey : How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
  5. @DrIanMalcolm : Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis
  6. @Mrs. Rannous : Rock Of Ages – Def Leppard
  7. @Mt. Man : Comedown – Bush
  8. @Sullie : Rock the Casbah - The Clash
  9. @krista4 : Chasing Cars – Snow Patrol
  10. @Andy Dufresne : Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood
The 6 point round was not great for my taste, and I haven't had enough time to listen to the playlist to figure out a top 5-10 list. But this round is outstanding!
 
Eephus said:
Neither cover is bad per se; the songs are just too good for that to happen. But the covers lack the swing and the cheeky delivery that Slade and Ian Hunter brought. Hunter's 1975 solo debut has always been one of my favorite albums. I prefer it to the Mott records which I love as well. The self-titled Hunter album has a great sound and Mick Ronson has rarely sounded better on guitar.
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I love this performance at the 1991 Freddie Mercury tribute concert, with Hunter, Bowie (also on sax), Ronson (who passed two years later), the surviving Queen members, and Joe Elliott/Phil Collen from Def Leppard.
 
Songs On My Original List of 75 that Missed the Cut

Love Spreads – The Stone Roses (Hawks64) - Of all the big Madchester-era bands, Stone Roses were the ones that always left me a bit lukewarm. Maybe explains why their only song to make the US Hot 100 is my favorite.


Songs Not On That List But I Still Love Them

All The Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople (New Binky the Doormat) - First time I heard this was as a cover by World Party on the Clueless soundtrack. Led me to the Mott version, which is a definite classic.

Legacy – Mansun (titusbramble) - Last night I was trying to decide which of the bands from my original mega-list for this exercise would be least likely to get mentioned here. Mansun was top ten. Really happy to see this here.

Mama Weer All Crazee Now – Slade (simey/Mister CIA)

Smack My ***** Up - The Prodigy (MAC_32)

The Shining - Badly Drawn Boy (The Dreaded Marco)

Paranoid Android - Radiohead (Manster)

Coffee & TV – Blur (Westerberg)


New to Me Songs That I Liked A Bunch

My Sweet Lord – George Harrison (Yankee 23 Fan/Sullie) - Yes I had heard of this. No I had never actually heard it. Yes I am serious.

Living On A Thin Line – The Kinks (jwb)

The Grand Parade – The Reindeer Section (krista4)

Secret World (from Secret World Live) - higgins


Previously Lauded

Valerie - Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse (Pip’s Invitation)

Kayleigh - Marillion (Andy Dufresne)

Zombie - The Cranberries (landry’s hat)
 
I enjoyed today's playlist more than many of you, it seems. Maybe I just had a lot more new-to-me songs to check out? I only knew 18 of today's songs already, and three of them were because they had been previously selected here. :bag: :bag:

Lots of the new-to-mes were very appealing, though, including such surprises as Jethro Tull, someone smacking some ***** up, and a song with every other word purposefully misspelled. On the Tull, I forgot that Mrs. R had warned me the first 42 seconds were just someone eating breakfast, but that was fine, and the flute on this song wasn't overwhelming. Great song!

Others I enjoyed in particular were "Proof" by I Am Kloot, "Secret World" by Peter Gabriel, and "Here And Now" by Del Amitri. But the :heart: s and straight onto the new-to-me playlist go to "Legacy" by Mansun, "Strange & Beautiful" by Aqualung, "The Shining" by Badly Drawn Boy, and "Teddy Picker" by Arctic Monkeys.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
Oliver Humanzee:

Rid Of Me – PJ Harvey
(new song)
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Of COURSE his PJ pick would be produced by Steve Albini. I always thought he drowned her out more than necessary on this album. Great song, though. She opened with it when I saw her tour for this album.
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Polly Jean's voice definitely comes through a lot more on the version from 4-Track Demos, but for me, the build added by Albini's production makes OH's selection a ton more dynamic and adds an even greater level of derangement.
 
zamboni said:
Eephus said:
Neither cover is bad per se; the songs are just too good for that to happen. But the covers lack the swing and the cheeky delivery that Slade and Ian Hunter brought. Hunter's 1975 solo debut has always been one of my favorite albums. I prefer it to the Mott records which I love as well. The self-titled Hunter album has a great sound and Mick Ronson has rarely sounded better on guitar.
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I love this performance at the 1991 Freddie Mercury tribute concert, with Hunter, Bowie (also on sax), Ronson (who passed two years later), the surviving Queen members, and Joe Elliott/Phil Collen from Def Leppard.
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Joe Elliott is a huge Mott the Hoople fan. His side project the Down 'n' Outz began as a pickup supergroup to open for Mott on their reunion tour. They then went on to record two albums of Mott the Hoople songs.
 
scorchy:

Angel - Massive Attack
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I was never big into trip-hop (dumbest genre name ever) until Mrs. Scorchy moved in with me over her summer break in 1997, bringing a decent portion of her CD collection with her. Bands like Massive Attack become the soundtrack for many nights. Similar to what krista was saying about her pick, this music is built for great speakers or headphones. The iciness and menace just keep building and building into this impending sense of doom.
 
Eephus said:
I recorded Zardoz and have it in my queue but am waiting for the proper occasion.
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Oh, it's awful. Unlike Ilov80s' opinion, i think it's just so bad that it's not worth watching. I know of it because of a bunch of hipsters from Wesleyan who would watch it regularly in between dumpster dives at their place in Middletown, CT. It probably had a lot to do with that whole scene of people and not the movie, so take my criticism for what it's worth.
 
Today was Motörhead day for me. I was going to pick something a little more original by them, but "Ace Of Spades" sums them up nicely as a band. Seen them once and will never forget it. At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., drinking whiskey from the bottle outside the place. Everyone was so mild-mannered, so wonkish. I was the detritus of the wonk class there, i guess. My friend from work happened to wander by and invite me to his art exhibit. I wanted to go, but I was too drunk and just about to go see the Supersuckers (the opening act) so I passed on the show. All these years later, I remember that and wish I'd gone just to support him. It was a photography exhibit and was probably a pretty cool shindig knowing Kristof as I did (wonkish cool guy).

Anyway, the song's lyrics pretty much could act as their mantra and could have been selected as a song in Genrepalooza 4's Mantra category

If you like to gamble I tell you I'm your man
You win some lose some it's all the same to me...
Playing for the high one
Dancing with the devil
Going with the flow
It's all a game to me

Seven or eleven
Snake eyes watching you
Double up or quit
Double stake or split
The Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades

You know I'm born to lose
And gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it baby I don't wanna live forever

I can actually recite some of the lines better than the most worn of Biblical passages I never had to memorize in my youth. Lemmy 1, Church 0 (Unfortunately, of course).
 
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Round 24

All The Young Dudes - One of my favorite 70s songs
Night Fever - Love it. I sang this karaoke in the late 90s in San Francisco. Some seedy bar in the Mission District. You can't go wrong singing falsetto or can you? I didn't care, I had the night fever.
That's Entertainment - Love that bass.
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - This song (and album) brings back fond memories of college.
Living On A Thin Line - Love it. I played the Word of Mouth album a lot my freshman year of college. The Kinks played there too my freshman year. It was so hot in the gym, but a lot of fun. This was the last song they played during their encore.
My Sweet Lord - 🙌
Solsbury Hill - This is a song I like to hear while driving.
Coffee & TV - I dig the groove and guitar in this song.
Sultans of Swing - This song reminds of my Aunt Zelda. You can always tell a MK song by his signature guitar sound and vocals.

More to come...
 
rockaction said:
Today was Motörhead day for me. I was going to pick something a little more original by them, but "Ace Of Spades" sums them up nicely as a band. Seen them once and will never forget it. At the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., drinking whiskey from the bottle outside the place. Everyone was so mild-mannered, so wonkish. I was the detritus of the wonk class there, i guess. My friend from work happened to wander by and invite me to his art exhibit. I wanted to go, but I was too drunk and just about to go see the Supersuckers (the opening act) so I passed on the show. All these years later, I remember that and wish I'd gone just to support him. It was a photography exhibit and was probably a pretty cool shindig knowing Kristof as I did (wonkish cool guy).

Anyway, the son'g lyrics pretty much could act as their mantra and could have been selected as a song in Genrepalooza 4's Mantra category

If you like to gamble I tell you I'm your man
You win some lose some it's all the same to me...
Playing for the high one
Dancing with the devil
Going with the flow
It's all a game to me

Seven or eleven
Snake eyes watching you
Double up or quit
Double stake or split
The Ace of Spades
The Ace of Spades

You know I'm born to lose
And gambling's for fools
But that's the way I like it baby I don't wanna live forever

I can actually recite some of the lines better than the most worn of Biblical passages I never had to memorize in my youth. Lemmy 1, Church 0 (Unfortunately, of course).
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The 9:30 Club was where I saw Ween cover Ace of Spades. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen by anyone.
 
I dig this list, actuallly. "Valerie," "All The Young Dudes," and "That's Entertainment" back-to-back? Sign me up.

Ma-mama we're all crazy now

"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" I know of through Great White, who caught a mention earlier in the thread by me (oops). I've heard the Ian version and like both, actually. I think the GW version swings enough. The piano is actually more prominent in the GW version.

I definitely need to listen to more Mott and Ian. I always dig them both.

"Rid Of Me" was my favorite PJ Harvey off of those demos she put out after this album. I like the demos a little better.

"Do I Wanna Know?" is the song that I knew but didn't know it by title. I always thought it was a Black Keys song. *shrugs*

"War Pigs" is just a massive attack track. I always tell this story but I'll never forget being at a club around Conn. Avenue in D.C. and there was this cover band doing it and the guitar player just shredded the solo. Looked like his snot was chasing his skull he was so into it or high. Either way, dude soared. I'll never forget it.

"Smack My ***** Up" is indeed a cool big beat song. They were in my first twenty-five out. "Breathe," I believe, was the selection.

"Paranoid Android" is probably a good place to wind up here. Great song.
 
And @krista4, I did indeed check out those speakers and The Reindeer Section's songs. The one you picked for the list is very quiet, quiet enough where you can hear the fingers advancing up and down the strings and frets. The second one, "You Are My Joy," was a bit noisier, and cool. I can see how one could get immersed in it. I listened on a pair of Grados with a Dragonfly USB DAC, so I got reasonable sound, though nothing like your Viennas (I'd assume). You did indeed have a car in your living room, it seems. Whoa. The label that put out The Reindeer Section, PIAS (Play It Again Sam), put out Mogwai records around that time, too.

Anyway, had a good time checking all this stuff out today. Mansun's "Legacy" and Arctic Monkey's "Do I Wanna Know?" were probably my two favorite tracks that were new to me. So...I bid you all...adieu.
 
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scorchy said:
scorchy:

Angel - Massive Attack
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I was never big into trip-hop (dumbest genre name ever)
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Agreed. But, what should it be called? Something that starts with a 'p', post something.

I saw Angel taken this morning and played Mezzanine on loop at my jobsite. I'm using a Mexican mow and blow crew this week because they're so slow this time of year. I got a great price on the labor. Those guys work hard and can do anything. One of them asked about this music and who's the lady singer. I answered, "It's a band called Massive Attack and the singer is a man." But what I wanted to say is, "His name is Horace Andy and he's Jamaican but that doesn't disqualify Massive Attack from the British Isles only music project because despite writing and singing the song, he wasn't an official member of the band."
 
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