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MAD - Artist - Round 4 - #12's have been posted (12 Viewers)

The 26's

Known and liked songs


Overpowered By Funk
It Can Happen
Heavy Metal Drummer
Battle Cry
Stealing Babies
How Will I Know
Can You Get to That
Turn You Inside Out
How Do You?
Oceans

New to me likes

We Were Kings
Spiderweb
Late At Night
Sexual Eruption
Meet Me in the City
Pontiac
Shadows on the Wall

Wow,that's a lot of likes in a round and a bunch I didn't highlight were still ok enough 😁
Definitely the best round so far this draft and maybe ever in any draft.
 
OLP Stealing Babies has developed into a tough listen. It was about a 6 year old Raine saw in a PBS documentary who had AIDS. One of my best friends growing up lost a child to a rare cancer 2 years ago. Kid was a warrior, fought for most of his life against an opponent with a 95% chance of winning. And did it with a smile on his face. This became personal once revisiting early this fall.
 
25's PLAYLIST

#25's
The WalkmenScoresmanI Lost You
The Clashkupcho1The Guns of Brixton
Ryan StarYambagWhere the Island Ends
YesYo MamaFinal Eyes
Built To SpillThe Dreaded MarcoVirginia Reel Around The Fountain (Live)
Johnny MarrEephusJohnny Marr--Armatopia
The Pretty Reckless Raging Weasel Back To the River
Jeff TweedyDr. OctopusImpossible Germany
JourneyKarmaPoliceLook Into the Future
Lindsey Stirling-oz-stars align
TriumphPip's InvitationTear the Roof Off
Our Lady PeaceMACMade Of Steel
Mötley CrüeJWBA Rat Like Me
The Airborne Toxic EventZegras11Bride and Groom
Annie LennoxMrs. RannousNo Fear, No Hate, No Pain (No Broken Hearts)
Whitney HoustonCharlie SteinerGreatest Love of All
My Morning Jacketlandrys hatDondante

RobynJohn Maddens LunchboxCardiac Arrest - Teddybears featuring Robyn
Spotify link KP can hopefully find
Tim MaiaDon QuixoteO Caminho Do Bem
Parliament FunkadelicUruk-HaiLove Amnesia
Love Amnesia (youtube.com)
Lord HuronKarmaPoliceLost In Time and Space
R.E.M.TuffnuttBang and Blame

RadioheadTitusbrambleLewis (Mistreated)
CandleboxMt.ManUnderstanding
Eddie VedderTau837Immortality
The Bee GeeszamboniDon't Wanna Live Inside Myself
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Ringo Starrkrista4Time on My Hands
Big Room/Deep Big RoomzazaleNeutron
 
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Hmm. Thought this was omitted from my list, but sure enough, nope, it's there. I mostly like this song for some of the guitar picking, but man, I'm wondering what I missed putting in its place. Everything else looks right, and I deleted my old lists. Serious business begins next round.
 
#25 Parlet ' Pleasure Principle"

I listed the incorrect song on Zegras' sheet, @KarmaPolice . If you wouldn't mind making the switch, I'd appreciate it.

Parlet were three of P-Funk's female vocalists. They were Clinton's answer to what Chic was doing at the time. George was basically releasing albums by everyone in his group by this point :lol: Things were starting to teeter and he was trying to make money any way he could.

Anyway..... I liked this album a lot, and this was the best cut from it. The bass guitar is more Bootsy than Bernard Edwards, but the band is cooking and the singers sound like they're having a blast. True to form, it's just a bit more racy than what Chic was doing.

Next, Star Child gets a weapon.
 
25.

Bang and Blame- R.E.M.
from Monster (1994)


Our first song from Monster is the 2nd single off the album and the last R.E.M. song to break the top 40 on Billboard Chart, peaking at 19. (actually charting high than "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" Its a song that's very much of its time with its pixies-esque loud -quite- loud sound that dominated rock music. I have stated earlier how much I love the Monster album, probably more than the average REM fan... so Bang and Blame has always been a personal fav of mine...Buck described Monster as a collection of “obsessive-creep love songs,” and the sexual violence that permeates “Bang And Blame” puts it among the creepiest of creepy tracks.
 
Yes #25 - Final Eyes
Album - Big Generator (1987)

Seven songs on my Yes list so far from seven different albums (we’ll start having repeats of albums next round). This is the first ( but not last) from Big Generator, an album I played like crazy my senior year of HS.

A sappy love song from Yes? Well, yes. Trevor Rabin was quoted as saying he liked most of this song, but parts of it were cringey to him because it sounded like Journey. Luckily for our buddy KP, I don’t see that as an insult (well I guess I do the whole cringey description).
 
25. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston, 1985)

As Whitney's debut album was being planned, co-producer Michael Masser (whose impressive credentials were previously listed and includes writing this song) lobbied for a Whitney version of this song because he had heard her perform the song live years prior and is the song that convinced Masser to encourage Clive Davis to sign her. Also, FWIW, the full title of the song is 'The Greatest Love of All', but it was decided to drop the 'The' for her version.

Originally released as the B-side to the first single, You Give Good Love, Greatest Love of All as the A-side spent a total of 14 weeks in the top 40, 5 at #1, reached Platinum status in Canada, Gold status in the UK and Double-Platinum in the US. It was also nominated for the Grammy Record of the Year as well as the Soul Train Music Award for Single of the Year. The video for the song won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.

Fun fact about the song: Gordon Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Masser, alleging partial plagiarism of Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, but eventually dropped it out of concern for possible fallout against Whitney. Nevertheless, the two sides reached a settlement and Masser issued a public apology.

This is the last song released as a single from Whitney's debut album. The public would have to wait 2 years for her follow-up, but it was worth it...for some.
 
Tim MaiaDon QuixoteO Caminho Do Bem
I know the movie City of God has some fans here. This one could be familiar to those who have seen that movie. It plays at the end of the movie and then over the closing credits. Go to the 5:00 mark here.

Just more funk from Tim Maia. This song is off his Racional Vol. 2 album during the period when Tim Maia was in the rational culture UFO cult. Song title roughly translates to the path of goodness, and translated lyrics indicate that it is about how the UFO cult is the path to goodness. But don’t think too much about that and just enjoy the funk.
 
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25. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston, 1985)

As Whitney's debut album was being planned, co-producer Michael Masser (whose impressive credentials were previously listed and includes writing this song) lobbied for a Whitney version of this song because he had heard her perform the song live years prior and is the song that convinced Masser to encourage Clive Davis to sign her. Also, FWIW, the full title of the song is 'The Greatest Love of All', but it was decided to drop the 'The' for her version.

Originally released as the B-side to the first single, You Give Good Love, Greatest Love of All as the A-side spent a total of 14 weeks in the top 40, 5 at #1, reached Platinum status in Canada, Gold status in the UK and Double-Platinum in the US. It was also nominated for the Grammy Record of the Year as well as the Soul Train Music Award for Single of the Year. The video for the song won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.

Fun fact about the song: Gordon Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Masser, alleging partial plagiarism of Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, but eventually dropped it out of concern for possible fallout against Whitney. Nevertheless, the two sides reached a settlement and Masser issued a public apology.

This is the last song released as a single from Whitney's debut album. The public would have to wait 2 years for her follow-up, but it was worth it...for some.

Originally written for a film biography of Muhammed Ali
 
Yes #25 - Final Eyes
Album - Big Generator (1987)

Seven songs on my Yes list so far from seven different albums (we’ll start having repeats of albums next round). This is the first ( but not last) from Big Generator, an album I played like crazy my senior year of HS.

A sappy love song from Yes? Well, yes. Trevor Rabin was quoted as saying he liked most of this song, but parts of it were cringey to him because it sounded like Journey. Luckily for our buddy KP, I don’t see that as an insult (well I guess I do the whole cringey description).
Also, forgot to add a very late apology to my HS buddy Steve, who I “borrowed” this CD from and never gave back.
 
The Clashkupcho1The Guns of Brixton
The first and, as you can well imagine, certainly not the last from the greatest album of the 1970s: London Calling (1979). And as first cut from the album, I have to ask is that album cover not the greatest ever? Of course it is.

The Guns of Brixton — The Clash’s track was inspired by Jimmy Cliff’s film The Harder They Come. The punk group’s bassist Paul Simonon wrote this sneer of defiance after seeing the classic Jamaican gangster movie.

"[Paul] Simonon — the artistic son of a Communist party member — grew up in London’s Brixton and Ladbroke Grove, where he saw the black population facing similar issues. By the 1970s he witnessed the optimism of the Windrush generation souring as they struggled with social and economic deprivation. Tensions were rising between the black community and the Metropolitan Police, whose use of stop and search powers was widely felt to be discriminatory.

More interesting, however, is how prescient the song proved to be.

It [The Guns of Brixton] gained resonance after the Brixton Riots of 1981 and 1985.

The first verse is a favorite of mine

When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun
 

#25 - The Teddybears featuring Robyn - Cardiac Arrest


Producer - Teddybears
Writer - Klas Åhlund , Joakim Åhlund, Patrik Arve
Chart Positions - Did Not Chart
Album - Devil’s Music
Year - 2011
Collaborator History - As mentioned on the Konitchiwa Bitches track, Klas Åhlund has been Robyn’s most successful collaborator and this track was released in the very short space between their collaborations Body Talk 2 and Body Talk 3

Key Lyric -
Hey little sister suffragette
Baby barbie on barbiturates
Slepu heads gonna wake up dead
A trail of crumbs leading from your bed
So come on
And shake your bone maker

Notes - Not to be confused with the American Band The Teddy Bears. This band started out as hard core punk before evolving into hip hop and finally electronica.
Just like with the Snoop Dogg track we have seen, the original vocalist has been replaced with Robyn. It will happen again. In this case the original vocalist was Maipei. For the US release of the album, the band asked Robyn to lend her voice to the track.
There was a temptation to replace this track with another, but it survived the cut. KP said there was a Spotify link which I couldnt find. In hindsight I should have included the wonderful List of Demands instead

Next up - Back to the Robyn LP with another statement song
 
25. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston, 1985)

As Whitney's debut album was being planned, co-producer Michael Masser (whose impressive credentials were previously listed and includes writing this song) lobbied for a Whitney version of this song because he had heard her perform the song live years prior and is the song that convinced Masser to encourage Clive Davis to sign her. Also, FWIW, the full title of the song is 'The Greatest Love of All', but it was decided to drop the 'The' for her version.

Originally released as the B-side to the first single, You Give Good Love, Greatest Love of All as the A-side spent a total of 14 weeks in the top 40, 5 at #1, reached Platinum status in Canada, Gold status in the UK and Double-Platinum in the US. It was also nominated for the Grammy Record of the Year as well as the Soul Train Music Award for Single of the Year. The video for the song won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.

Fun fact about the song: Gordon Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Masser, alleging partial plagiarism of Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, but eventually dropped it out of concern for possible fallout against Whitney. Nevertheless, the two sides reached a settlement and Masser issued a public apology.

This is the last song released as a single from Whitney's debut album. The public would have to wait 2 years for her follow-up, but it was worth it...for some.
I would have taken the Sexual Chocolate version of this song if I did the covers draft.
 
25.

Song: Impossible Germany
Artist: Wilco
Album: Sky Blue Sky
Year: 2007


This is what love is for
To be out of place
Gorgeous and alone
Face to face

With no larger problems
That need to be erased
Nothing more important
Than to know someone's listening
Now, I know you'll be listening



Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Wilco, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. was the band's first studio album with guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone. The result was a more jam-band based sound to their alt-country routes with a lot more experimentation. This song, in particular, has a beautiful extended coda reminiscent of Working Man’s Dead era Grateful Dead.
 
Mötley CrüeJWBA Rat Like Me

Late 90's here. Vince left, then came back. There's a bit of a change in sound - they aren't that 80's party band anymore. This sounds more grunge-y, but a few years late too. Not a bad song, but save for another two to come, we'll be back in the 80's full time.
 
25.

Song: Impossible Germany
Artist: Wilco
Album: Sky Blue Sky
Year: 2007


This is what love is for
To be out of place
Gorgeous and alone
Face to face

With no larger problems
That need to be erased
Nothing more important
Than to know someone's listening
Now, I know you'll be listening



Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Wilco, released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. was the band's first studio album with guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone. The result was a more jam-band based sound to their alt-country routes with a lot more experimentation. This song, in particular, has a beautiful extended coda reminiscent of Working Man’s Dead era Grateful Dead.
I really liked this one - my favorite of theirs so far and up there for my favorite new to me song of round 4 (probably between this one and the Pretty Reckless #27).
 
Mötley CrüeJWBA Rat Like Me

Late 90's here. Vince left, then came back. There's a bit of a change in sound - they aren't that 80's party band anymore. This sounds more grunge-y, but a few years late too. Not a bad song, but save for another two to come, we'll be back in the 80's full time.
Totally grungey
 
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favorite round thus far... enjoyed most of the songs

Unknown Favs:

Back to the River- The Pretty Reckless
- continues to impress!
Virginia Reel Around the Fountain- Built To Spill- Great song and solidly my favorite new artist this round
Cardiac Arrest- Teddy Bears/ Robyn- Loved the vibe of this one. was in the groove the whole way through

Known Favs:

Greatest Love of All- Whitney Houston-
Would be higher on my list. fantastic song
Immortality- Pearl Jam- Love this one... Vitalogy is such a great album
Understanding- Candlebox- certified banger :headbang:

Honorable mention:

Impossible Germany- Wilco/Tweedy- I know some Wilco, I'm ashamed not to know more. Honestly they really are in my wheelhouse of music. This one is unknown to me but I really liked it and am looking forward to hearing more
 
25. Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston, 1985)

As Whitney's debut album was being planned, co-producer Michael Masser (whose impressive credentials were previously listed and includes writing this song) lobbied for a Whitney version of this song because he had heard her perform the song live years prior and is the song that convinced Masser to encourage Clive Davis to sign her. Also, FWIW, the full title of the song is 'The Greatest Love of All', but it was decided to drop the 'The' for her version.

Originally released as the B-side to the first single, You Give Good Love, Greatest Love of All as the A-side spent a total of 14 weeks in the top 40, 5 at #1, reached Platinum status in Canada, Gold status in the UK and Double-Platinum in the US. It was also nominated for the Grammy Record of the Year as well as the Soul Train Music Award for Single of the Year. The video for the song won the American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B Single.

Fun fact about the song: Gordon Lightfoot filed a lawsuit against Masser, alleging partial plagiarism of Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind, but eventually dropped it out of concern for possible fallout against Whitney. Nevertheless, the two sides reached a settlement and Masser issued a public apology.

This is the last song released as a single from Whitney's debut album. The public would have to wait 2 years for her follow-up, but it was worth it...for some.
I would have taken the Sexual Chocolate version of this song if I did the covers draft.
Who wouldn't?
 
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Hmm. Thought this was omitted from my list, but sure enough, nope, it's there. I mostly like this song for some of the guitar picking, but man, I'm wondering what I missed putting in its place. Everything else looks right, and I deleted my old lists. Serious business begins next round.
Sometimes, I feel like a caveman. I write my lists on paper. I still have the one from Slade. You know, just in case.
 
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Hmm. Thought this was omitted from my list, but sure enough, nope, it's there. I mostly like this song for some of the guitar picking, but man, I'm wondering what I missed putting in its place. Everything else looks right, and I deleted my old lists. Serious business begins next round.
Sometimes, I feel like a caveman. I write my lists on paper. I still have the one from Slade. You know, just in case.
I like to make copies on my laptop at work, one on my desktop at home, and I put a copy of it in the cloud so that I can access it from anywhere (and probably two copies in the cloud becaise I forgot about the first one), and then I start grabbing youtube bookmarks, and spotify bookmarks, and then a playlist, and another playlist as I strip it down to 31 (don't forget the spotify playlists!).


I don't do all that! That would be crazy.




... I only perform half of each task, because by the time I'm halfway done I realize I'm wasting time.
 
Lindsey Stirling-oz-stars align
I’m falling behind on my posts but really enjoyed the 26s.

Now we’re on to three in a row from Lindsey’s debut and self titled album. This album reached #1 on the dance / electronic chart.

Trivia
  • This is the only song prior to Warmer in the Winter where Lindsey herself has a vocal line.
    • However, Lindsey stated in an interview that she was not born with a good singing voice.
The lyrics are bloody brilliant!

Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
When the stars align
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da
When the stars align
 
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Hmm. Thought this was omitted from my list, but sure enough, nope, it's there. I mostly like this song for some of the guitar picking, but man, I'm wondering what I missed putting in its place. Everything else looks right, and I deleted my old lists. Serious business begins next round.
Sometimes, I feel like a caveman. I write my lists on paper. I still have the one from Slade. You know, just in case.
I like to make copies on my laptop at work, one on my desktop at home, and I put a copy of it in the cloud so that I can access it from anywhere (and probably two copies in the cloud becaise I forgot about the first one), and then I start grabbing youtube bookmarks, and spotify bookmarks, and then a playlist, and another playlist as I strip it down to 31 (don't forget the spotify playlists!).


I don't do all that! That would be crazy.




... I only perform half of each task, because by the time I'm halfway done I realize I'm wasting time.
I work better on paper too.
As they are all together, my Stranglers one is looking a bit ratty now.
 
Lou and I stopped by a dispensary on our daytime walk today to replenish my his supply for election night. There was a short line because I got there right at the noon time rush. While I was waiting, an old man came cruising down the sidewalk in a motorized wheelchair blasting Parliament at high volume. This led to a conversation with the security guard who said he saw the mothership land during the P-Funk Earth Tour in 1976.
 
Fred EaglesmithMister CIAOld McCormick
Hmm. Thought this was omitted from my list, but sure enough, nope, it's there. I mostly like this song for some of the guitar picking, but man, I'm wondering what I missed putting in its place. Everything else looks right, and I deleted my old lists. Serious business begins next round.
Sometimes, I feel like a caveman. I write my lists on paper. I still have the one from Slade. You know, just in case.
I like to make copies on my laptop at work, one on my desktop at home, and I put a copy of it in the cloud so that I can access it from anywhere (and probably two copies in the cloud becaise I forgot about the first one), and then I start grabbing youtube bookmarks, and spotify bookmarks, and then a playlist, and another playlist as I strip it down to 31 (don't forget the spotify playlists!).


I don't do all that! That would be crazy.




... I only perform half of each task, because by the time I'm halfway done I realize I'm wasting time.
I work better on paper too.
As they are all together, my Stranglers one is looking a bit ratty now.
I stored mine in the desk drawer. No more ratty.
 
I like the Airbourne Toxic Event selection.

And the Robyn piece is great and lively. This is just not a category of music I normally enjoy. Robyn is special.
Thats awesome,
The dance pieces are varied.
This track was sort of a throwaway one. Some will definitely challenge you before we settle into an excellent top half.
The next 4 are more traditional Robyn to balance the list. Better songs that what weve heard.
Then we get to a run of divisive dance stuff

#24 is similar to Konitchiwa B*tches
#23 is a production triumph
#22 is a Body Talk track that is way lower than it deserves
#21 is a fantastic early R&B song

20 and 19 are divisive dance tracks.
 
Marr #25 (solo #9) - Johnny Marr - "Armatopia" (2019)

From playing along to Chic records as a teenager, through hanging out at the Hacienda in Manchester and his decade in Electronic and more recently in his solo projects, Johnny has always loved dance music. I think even if the Smiths were able to soldier on through their management and burnout issues in 1987, Marr and Morrissey would have split up over artistic direction a few years later when Madchester hit. Mozza has often looked to the past with nostalgia in his music while Johnny has always moved forward to keep pace with the kids.

"Armatopia" was released as a single in 2019 as a followup to his Call the Comet album from the previous year. I'll save my discussion of Marr as a lyricist for another time but this one tackles the the issues of climate change. It's a disco song so he sings about dancing and decadence in the face of our upcoming doom.

So let's dance to the sound of our time running out
And watch the smoke on the breeze of rising seas
Going down, down, down, around, 'round, 'round
'Cause we're so history
 

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