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

[landrys hat]

My Idiots #8

Chap
Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath

My #2 favorite Sabbath song.

 

[Manster]

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The FM rock stations around here NEVER played the big metal acts until bands like Quiet Riot and Poison started hitting the Top 40 -- and even then, you still wouldn't hear Ozzy, Maiden, Priest, etc.

New Orleans also didn't have an equivalent of Los Angeles' KROQ (sp?) that played non-hit-single post-punk & new wave except for Tulane University's student-run station.

I don't recall if Ozzy was played on the radio where I grew up in '81. Probly not.......but he's been in heavy rotation on every rock station I've ever listened to for a long time. Of course, I still listen to AM/FM radio, especially when driving.......I'm a technological dinosaur

 

[zamboni]

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The FM rock stations around here NEVER played the big metal acts until bands like Quiet Riot and Poison started hitting the Top 40 -- and even then, you still wouldn't hear Ozzy, Maiden, Priest, etc.

New Orleans also didn't have an equivalent of Los Angeles' KROQ (sp?) that played non-hit-single post-punk & new wave except for Tulane University's student-run station.

I don't recall if Ozzy was played on the radio where I grew up in '81. Probly not.......but he's been in heavy rotation on every rock station I've ever listened to for a long time. Of course, I still listen to AM/FM radio, especially when driving.......I'm a technological dinosaur

IIRC, Crazy Train was being played on my local rock station in 1981, but pretty sure they didn't delve any deeper into Blizzard of Ozz.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

My Idiots #8

Chap
Children of the Grave - Black Sabbath

My #2 favorite Sabbath song.

Another great solo. The whole Tribute album is just the best.

 

[Doug B]

IIRC, Crazy Train was being played on my local rock station in 1981, but pretty sure they didn't delve any deeper into Blizzard of Ozz.

There was a radio format that did play quite a bit of Ozzy in the 80s -- he had several US Billboard Mainstream Rock Top 10s in that decade. Looking back on it, some big markets and loads of smaller ones held on to their Album-Oriented Rock stations well into the 1980s (and probably beyond).

 

[Doug B]

I don't recall if Ozzy was played on the radio where I grew up in '81. Probly not.......but he's been in heavy rotation on every rock station I've ever listened to for a long time.

Even the New Orleans and Baton Rouge classic-rock stations I listened to in high school and college ... never really any metal. Not even old Black Sabbath.

As time went on and those stations morphed their playlists over time, metal began to creep in. Since ~2005 or so, plenty of 80s metal is represented on these same stations while a lot of 60s stuff has fallen off.

 

[krista4]

Twenty-Four-Point Selections:


Pip’s Invitation:

Town Called Malice - The Jam
(duplicate – second vote)


New Binky the Doormat:

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
(duplicate – third vote)


worrierking:

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths
(duplicate – second vote)


titusbramble:

Has It Come To This? - The Streets
(new artist)


simey:

The Jean Genie - David Bowie
(new song)


Just Win Baby:

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins
(duplicate – second vote)


Don Quixote:

Ooh La La - The Faces
(duplicate – second vote)


MAC_32:

Rolling In The Deep – Adele
(duplicate – fourth vote)


timschochet:

Why Can’t I Touch It? - The Buzzcocks
(duplicate – second vote)


Yankee23Fan:

Baba O'Riley – The Who
(duplicate – seventh vote)


Hawks64:

Blackbird – The Beatles
(new song)


jwb:

Pump It Up - Elvis Costello
(duplicate – second vote)


DrIanMalcolm:

Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
(new song)


Dr. Octopus:

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
(duplicate – sixth vote)


KarmaPolice:

Figure It Out – Royal Blood
(new artist)


shuke:

Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
(duplicate – fourth vote)


Manster:

Time - Pink Floyd
(duplicate – second vote)


scorchy:

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
(duplicate – third vote)


Sullie:

Roundabout - Yes
(duplicate – fourth vote)


Andy Dufresne:

More Than This - Roxy Music
(duplicate – fourth vote)


Mister CIA:

Every Picture Tells A Story - Rod Stewart
(duplicate – third vote)


Mrs. Rannous:

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - Eric Bogle
(new artist)


higgins:

What Have I Done To Deserve This? - Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield
(new song for both)


The Dreaded Marco:

The Cutter - Echo & The Bunnymen
(new song)


simsarge:

Space Truckin' - Deep Purple
(duplicate – second vote)


Mt. Man:

Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
(new song)


landrys hat:

Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield
(duplicate – sixth vote)


Westerberg:

Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
(duplicate – second vote)


Eephus:

Your Love Is King – Sade
(new song)


rockaction:

There She Goes – The La’s
(duplicate – fourth vote)


falguy:

No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones
(duplicate – third vote)


Hov34:

West End Girls – Pet Shop Boys
(duplicate – third vote)


zamboni:

Hallowed Be Thy Name - Iron Maiden
(duplicate – second vote)


Doug B:

Love Is Like Oxygen – Sweet
(duplicate – third vote)


Ilov80s:

Back In The High Life - Steve Winwood
(duplicate – second vote)


Val Rannous:

Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
(duplicate – third vote)


Chaos34:

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
(duplicate – eighth vote)


Chaz McNulty:

One – U2
(new song)


Zegras11:

In Between Days - The Cure
(new song)


AAABatteries:

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2
(new song)


Oliver Humanzee:

Outdoor Miner - Wire
(duplicate – second vote)


Mrs. Eephus:

Metal - Gary Numan
(new artist)


ditkaburgers:

Breakout - Swing Out Sister
(new artist)


cosjobs:

(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes - Elvis Costello
(new song)


krista4:

(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding – Elvis Costello
(new song)

 

[krista4]

@cosjobs and I with the "Elvis Costello songs beginning with a parenthetical battle"!

We must be ultra-hip and cool.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Dr. Octopus:

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
(duplicate – sixth vote)

I've been pleasantly surprised to see this song get so much love - I was not expecting it at all. I obviously "get it" since I have it ranked so high (you know the drill) - it's such a lovely hopeful tune.

 

[krista4]

Playlist

 

[Doug B]

Chaz McNulty:

One – U2
(new song)

There's your Achtung Baby track

 

[simey]

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The FM rock stations around here NEVER played the big metal acts until bands like Quiet Riot and Poison started hitting the Top 40 -- and even then, you still wouldn't hear Ozzy, Maiden, Priest, etc.

New Orleans also didn't have an equivalent of Los Angeles' KROQ (sp?) that played non-hit-single post-punk & new wave except for Tulane University's student-run station.

I don't recall if Ozzy was played on the radio where I grew up in '81. Probly not.......but he's been in heavy rotation on every rock station I've ever listened to for a long time. Of course, I still listen to AM/FM radio, especially when driving.......I'm a technological dinosaur

IIRC, Crazy Train was being played on my local rock station in 1981, but pretty sure they didn't delve any deeper into Blizzard of Ozz.

Crazy Train was played on the radio here too in 1981. I don't recall hearing Mr. Crowley on the radio then, but I remember Mr. Crowley blaring on the speakers in my brother's bedroom. I heard more songs in '81 and '82 on the radio from Diary of a Madman.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Dr. Octopus:

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel
(duplicate – sixth vote)

I've been pleasantly surprised to see this song get so much love - I was not expecting it at all. I obviously "get it" since I have it ranked so high (you know the drill) - it's such a lovely hopeful tune.

It was on my short list.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I now only have one song left not previously taken - and it will come tomorrow.

 

[simey]

@cosjobs and I with the "Elvis Costello songs beginning with a parenthetical battle"!

We must be ultra-hip and cool.

Isn't that his third EC song?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Chaz McNulty:

One – U2
(new song)

There's your Achtung Baby track

I took Until the End of the World in my last five out. I own that album!!!

 

[Leroy Hoard]

My local "rock" station waited until their 4th album to start playing Metallica. Now they act like they invented them .

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Chaz McNulty:

One – U2
(new song)

There's your Achtung Baby track

I took Until the End of the World in my last five out. I own that album!!!

That's my favorite song from Achtung, Baby as well.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me favorites from #9. Not much to pick from because I knew almost everything.

This Is the Day -- The The (Eephus). I recognize the chorus but not the verses -- was the chorus used in an ad? Uplifting and melodic.
Borstal Boys -- Faces (OH). I only know their radio songs. The blooze mayhem that they were so good at creating.
Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osbourne (Hawks64). I knew of this song, thanks to all the PMRC outcries and such, but I'd never actually heard it. It sounds menacing and yet vulnerable.

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The ones in Philly never played it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

I would have thought everyone in our age range had heard the Blizzard of Ozz album somewhere. It was ubiquitous.

I'm not a metalhead and I only had one friend who was -- and he was more into speed/thrash stuff (and hardcore punk).

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@cosjobs and I with the "Elvis Costello songs beginning with a parenthetical battle"!

We must be ultra-hip and cool.

Welcome to the Edginess Clubland!

 

[Manster]

Did

New-to-me favorites from #9. Not much to pick from because I knew almost everything.

This Is the Day -- The The (Eephus). I recognize the chorus but not the verses -- was the chorus used in an ad? Uplifting and melodic.
Borstal Boys -- Faces (OH). I only know their radio songs. The blooze mayhem that they were so good at creating.
Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osbourne (Hawks64). I knew of this song, thanks to all the PMRC outcries and such, but I'd never actually heard it. It sounds menacing and yet vulnerable.

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The ones in Philly never played it.

Did he defile the liberty bell or something?

 

[zamboni]

Did

New-to-me favorites from #9. Not much to pick from because I knew almost everything.

This Is the Day -- The The (Eephus). I recognize the chorus but not the verses -- was the chorus used in an ad? Uplifting and melodic.
Borstal Boys -- Faces (OH). I only know their radio songs. The blooze mayhem that they were so good at creating.
Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osbourne (Hawks64). I knew of this song, thanks to all the PMRC outcries and such, but I'd never actually heard it. It sounds menacing and yet vulnerable.

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The ones in Philly never played it.

Did he defile the liberty bell or something?

Maybe he cheered Santa Claus.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Pip’s Invitation:

Town Called Malice - The Jam
(duplicate – second vote)

This was one of my first introductions to Paul Weller. It was one of several Jam videos in regular rotation in the early years of MTV, along with Absolute Beginners, The Bitterest Pill and Beat Surrender. It's totally infectious and is a perfect fusion of First Wave and Motown. It also pointed to his future musical direction, as he wanted to pursue more R&B sounds and didn't think the other members of The Jam were capable of that, so he broke them up and formed The Style Council with musicians who were.

I learned about The Jam's earlier work later in the '80s when a friend played me a compilation album, and by the end of college I had all of their CDs. I got into Weller's solo career when Wild Wood, which I think is one of the best albums of the 90s, came out. The Style Council is more hit-and-miss for me.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Did

New-to-me favorites from #9. Not much to pick from because I knew almost everything.

This Is the Day -- The The (Eephus). I recognize the chorus but not the verses -- was the chorus used in an ad? Uplifting and melodic.
Borstal Boys -- Faces (OH). I only know their radio songs. The blooze mayhem that they were so good at creating.
Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osbourne (Hawks64). I knew of this song, thanks to all the PMRC outcries and such, but I'd never actually heard it. It sounds menacing and yet vulnerable.

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The ones in Philly never played it.

Did he defile the liberty bell or something?

He bit the head off of a cheesesteak.

 

[zamboni]

Definitely an Aleister Crowley run in this round between Ozzy's tune and Jimmy Page's one-time ownership of Crowley's home.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

There are a few more songs that I wasn't definitely familiar with based on title alone. Of those, my favorites were songs by Royal Blood, Buzzcocks and the Faces.

I realize those last 2 had been listed once before and I may have pointed them out before but I don't recall. That's the 2nd Faces song I've liked---guess I better listen to their entire catalog.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Re: the Abbey Road medley. I’ve posted this amazing cover before, but worth doing so again.

score:

performance = 9.7

cuteness = 0.0

 

[zamboni]

Re: the Abbey Road medley. I’ve posted this amazing cover before, but worth doing so again.

score:

performance = 9.7

cuteness = 0.0

Yeah - they definitely have faces made for (SiriusXM) radio.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

 

[timschochet]

Much as I love this thread and most of all of your selections, if Bittersweet Symphony wins out as the most popular British song ever, something will have gone wrong in the universe.

 

[krista4]

IIRC, Crazy Train was being played on my local rock station in 1981, but pretty sure they didn't delve any deeper into Blizzard of Ozz.

Yeah, this was my experience, too. A whole lot of Crazy Train and not much else.

 

[falguy]

All the duplicate songs these days take me extra time to update the sheet. I should have it updated later today.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #8, not including my own pick or Son of a Preacher Man, Rolling in the Deep, Every Picture Tells a Story or Pump It Up, which are known to be on my list:

Dear Mr. Fantasy -- Traffic (DrIanMalcolm)
Roundabout -- Yes (Sullie)
Baba O'Riley -- The Who (Yankee23Fan)
Kashmir -- Led Zeppelin (Binky)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out -- The Smiths (Worrierking)
Space Truckin' -- Deep Purple (Simsarge)
Ooh La La -- Faces (Don Quixote)
Wish You Were Here -- Pink Floyd (Scorchy)
Love Will Tear Us Apart -- Joy Division (Westerberg)
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -- U2 (AAABatteries)
Bitter Sweet Symphony -- The Verve (Chaos34)
One -- U2 (Chaz)
Time -- Pink Floyd (Manster)
Blackbird -- The Beatles (Hawks64)
Fool in the Rain -- Led Zeppelin (Mt. Man)
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? -- Elvis Costello (Krista4)
Why Can't I Touch It? -- Buzzcocks (Tim)
Locomotive Breath -- Jethro Tull (Val Rannous)
More Than This -- Roxy Music (Andy)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Much as I love this thread and most of all of your selections, if Bittersweet Symphony wins out as the most popular British song ever, something will have gone wrong in the universe.

Not "the most popular British song ever" but "the most popular British song ever among middle-aged dummies." There's a difference.

 

[falguy]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Mumford & Sons coming to London for "Rock The Park" this summer, (not London England, btw) which is a pretty big coup for this yearly event. After hearing their songs here think I'll be attending.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Hopefully you will get a good view (to a kill).

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Much as I love this thread and most of all of your selections, if Bittersweet Symphony wins out as the most popular British song ever, something will have gone wrong in the universe.

Yeah I was way, way wrong on that song.

 

[DrIanMalcolm]

DrIanMalcolm:

Dear Mr. Fantasy - Traffic
(new song)

I really didn't expect this to go this long before showing up as I figured it to be the chalkiest of Traffic songs (maybe there are more votes for it later). I just love that ethereal opening, with the guitar, harmonica and then Winwood's amazing voice. It's pretty damned ubiquitous - I mean, it leads off a damned Avengers movie, for Pete's sake - but boy is it a hell of a tune.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Fool in the Rain -- my #25 Zep

Blackbird -- my #23 Beatles

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For -- my #16 U2
One -- my #18 U2

My Jam pick in the This Is There Best Song draft was ... Going Underground. Their #1 for me rotates frequently.

 

[zamboni]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Expect multiple pairs of Depends to be thrown onstage.

 

[krista4]

@cosjobs and I with the "Elvis Costello songs beginning with a parenthetical battle"!

We must be ultra-hip and cool.

Isn't that his third EC song?

Yes. Lots of EC and one other artist on his list.

 

[krista4]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Oh, that sounds kinda fun. Do they still have their original lineup?

Thanks to Mrs. Ee, I got an ad on Facebook last night for Gary Numan's show around here.

 

[Manster]

Did

New-to-me favorites from #9. Not much to pick from because I knew almost everything.

This Is the Day -- The The (Eephus). I recognize the chorus but not the verses -- was the chorus used in an ad? Uplifting and melodic.
Borstal Boys -- Faces (OH). I only know their radio songs. The blooze mayhem that they were so good at creating.
Mr. Crowley -- Ozzy Osbourne (Hawks64). I knew of this song, thanks to all the PMRC outcries and such, but I'd never actually heard it. It sounds menacing and yet vulnerable.

So you've never listened to an FM rock station?

The ones in Philly never played it.

Did he defile the liberty bell or something?

Maybe he cheered Santa Claus.

Is he a Cowboys fan?

 

[zamboni]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Oh, that sounds kinda fun. Do they still have their original lineup?

Looks like it's back again to all but Andy Taylor, but not sure. I would definitely try to go if they play near me and the ticket prices aren't outrageous.

 

[Manster]

I'm baffled that the Floyd songs Time, and Wish you were here, have only been selected 2 and 3 times respectively.

I gotta believe that we will see both picked several more times as we go on...... especially wish you were here.......but Time could've easily been my top overall song.

 

[timschochet]

Fool In the Rain isn’t my favorite Zep song by any means but it is absolutely remarkable and I can’t stop listening to it. It’s the most pleasant of ear wigs.

 

[timschochet]

I'm baffled that the Floyd songs Time, and Wish you were here, have only been selected 2 and 3 times respectively.

I gotta believe that we will see both picked several more times as we go on...... especially wish you were here.......but Time could've easily been my top overall song.

It’s…bittersweet.

 

[Manster]

Duran Duran is coming to the Minnesota State Fair!

Expect multiple pairs of Depends to be thrown onstage.

You get one full o' piss, it'd be liable to knock someone out