MAD - Artist - Round 4 - #1's have been posted (3 Viewers)

[landrys hat]

New live MMJ out today. Vol 4 of the MMJ Live series documents night 1 of My Morning Jackets 5-night 2010 run at Terminal 5 in New York City. Performing their debut album Tennessee Fire in its entirety plus a 7 song encore which includes covers of songs by Elton John and Jefferson Airplane.

I didn't include any covers on my 31 list, but Tyrone (Erykah Badu) is probably my favorite.

War Begun - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

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The Bear - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

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Tyrone - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

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[Dr. Octopus]

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I don't particularly like full album shows because sequencing songs for a live concert isn't the same as for an album, especially toward the end of a set.

I don't go out of my to see full album shows but in the past I've seen Sonic Youth do Daydream Nation, Echo & the Bunnymen do Ocean Rain (with a 17 piece orchestra), The Church do Starfish and Aura and The Cult do Electric (they omitted the terrible "Born to be Wild" cover).

Same, as in I didn’t specifically go to see those shows because they were playing those albums - but I do like the concept of it (assuming it’s an album you’ve loved). More importantly it’s harmless and it’s seems misguided for someone to write an article like that.

Some people just want something to complain about, no matter how stupid.

How dare these artists play the music they want to play and the fans want to see. How can this be good for society!!!


Sorry to get political. I know that’s frowned upon.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

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I don't particularly like full album shows because sequencing songs for a live concert isn't the same as for an album, especially toward the end of a set.

I don't go out of my to see full album shows but in the past I've seen Sonic Youth do Daydream Nation, Echo & the Bunnymen do Ocean Rain (with a 17 piece orchestra), The Church do Starfish and Aura and The Cult do Electric (they omitted the terrible "Born to be Wild" cover).

Same, as in I didn’t specifically go to see those shows because they were playing those albums - but I do like the concept of it (assuming it’s an album you’ve loved). More importantly it’s harmless and it’s seems misguided for someone to write an article like that.

Some people just want something to complain about, no matter how stupid.

How dare these artists play the music they want to play and the fans want to see. How can this be good for society!!!


Sorry to get political. I know that’s frowned upon.

Back in the day, I would have been thrilled to see Boston play their debut album straight through. I'm not sure why it would be wrong now.

(Except for the undead factor.)

 

[Eephus]

A lot of albums aren't long enough for an entire headliner's set. It's always a little anticlimactic after the band finishes performing magnum opus front-to-back, takes their deserved bows and then has to come back and play some extra songs to pad things out.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

A lot of albums aren't long enough for an entire headliner's set. It's always a little anticlimactic after the band finishes performing magnum opus front-to-back, takes their deserved bows and then has to come back and play some extra songs to pad things out.

With the Black Crowes and Ted Leo, they played the album in one set and played a second set. The Who played three songs in an encore after the album.

With Ted Leo, before I bought the ticket I hadn’t heard the album - he was just a band passing through town I thought I should see. It was a great show - and I liked the album a lot when listening in advance of the show.

 

[Eephus]

The funny thing for me is that unless it's a concept album, the artists probably never played their record straight through in concert even when it was first released.

But if full album shows move more tickets and the merch, go for it. The audience is always right. It won't be the first time I've been out of sync with the majority.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I am now way, way, way behind on writeups thanks to work and life being even more chaotic than I was expecting, but I'll try to catch up tonight.

21. In the Night
Album: Progressions of Power (1980)
Writers: Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore
Lead vocals: Rik Emmett
Chart History: None
Video?: No
Lyrical category Love/lust/breakup

If Progressions of Power is Triumph's Judas Priest album, then "In the Night" is its "Victim of Changes." Both songs feature elements of prog woven into the structure of metal, and both have high-pitched, anguished vocals even by the standards of their respective singers, Judas Priest's Rob Halford and Triumph's Rik Emmett.

The song begins pretty peacefully with acoustic guitar backed by synths. And then the power chords kick in around the 1-minute mark and Emmett's starts to wail about "CRYYYYYING in the night" due to a breakup. The cycle repeats again, and this time we notice Mike Levine's bass taking a larger role in carrying the melody, almost as if it is having a conversation with the heartbroken Emmett.

I've always felt that Led Zeppelin's "Achilles Last Stand" is the birth of prog metal, and Emmett's guitar solo reminds me a bit of Jimmy Page's work on that song and some of the other Zeppelin epics. It's big-sounding enough to be awe-inspiring, but lyrical enough that it doesn't take you out of the song. The final verse that follows pushes Emmett's vocal range to its absolute limit and brings the tune to a searing close.

There are no documented live performances of "In the Night," which makes sense as singing it regularly would probably have been too rough on Emmett's voice. In fact, the only Progressions of Power songs known to have made it into setlists are all sung by Gil Moore; the disc was a rare case of Moore having more lead vocals than Emmett.

Four of my five selections from Progressions of Power have already appeared, but we will have to wait a while for the last one. At #20, we return to its immediate predecessor, the Just a Game album.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

20. Just a Game
Album: Just a Game (1979)
Writer: Rik Emmett
Lead vocals: Rik Emmett
Chart History: None
Video?: No
Lyrical category: Vaguely political

The title track of Just a Game, Triumph's second U.S. album and its commercial breakthrough in our country, is not as well known as some of the record's other tracks, but it deserves to be.

In addition to codifying the musical sound that Triumph would follow for most of the rest of its career, Just a Game also established the four lyrical categories that their words fell into; almost all previous material fell into the Rocking Out and Love/Lust/Breakup categories. "Just a Game" was not the first Triumph song to fall into the Vaguely Political category, but it was the first to feature Rik Emmett's preferred Vaguely Political theme, about how ordinary people are used as pawns and screwed over by the powers that be. His words are erudite but angry and frustrated:

Wizards of a modern age cast spells of electric power
But the corporate strings that make them dance
Lead up to an ivory tower
There sit the fates in solitude, far from the public eye
No one ever sees them smile and nothing makes them cry

Welcome to the kingdom, the land of bought and sold
A world of real-life fantasy where truths are seldom told
Try hard to remember all that glitters is not gold
You can pay the piper, but you cannot buy his soul

It's just a game, you're in it all the way
It's just a game, don't let yourself slip away
It's such a shame, I heard somebody say
It's just a game, and all I can do is play

But the main reason the song made my top 31 is its arrangement, which features some of Emmett's most intricate guitar work, and, as with my #21 song "In the Night," some extremely melodic bass playing from Mike Levine. The acoustic-electric guitar blend is riveting throughout and makes you forget about the heavy lyrical subject matter and the length of the song (more than 6 minutes). And as with "In the Night," Emmett lets his pipes go at the end of the song, as the narrator realizes that "all I can do is PLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY".

There are only a handful of documented live performances of "Just a Game," and oddly, they are all on the Allied Forces tour. This was probably due to the band avoiding "downer songs" in their setlists and to the layering of guitars making a full-band version tough to pull off with three people. Emmett has performed it at some of his solo shows.

At #19, the song that opened the only Triumph show I saw.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

19. Tears in the Rain
Album: The Sport of Kings (1986)
Writers: Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore
Lead vocals: Gil Moore
Chart History: US Mainstream Rock #23
Video?: Not when first released, but one was issued to promote the A Night of Triumph DVD in 2004
Lyrical category: Love/lust/breakup (I think)

Yes, it sounds very '80s, but "Tears in the Rain," the opener to Triumph's most commercial album, The Sport of Kings, never lets you forget that it is every bit as good as the fist-pumping rockers from their peak creative years.

It features crunchy guitar riffs, booming bass drum kicks, layered harmonies and a strong lead vocal performance from Gil Moore, all designed to get you on your feet at the arena. Oh yes, and synths. But they don't overwhelm the proceedings and so many years later exude a "remember back in the day" kind of charm. Rik Emmett's guitar solo is one of his most Van Halen-esque, which probably helped the track get airplay on FM stations, enough to hit the top 25 on the US Mainstream Rock chart.

It seems like this is a breakup song but the lyrics are so vague that I can't be sure. There are no actual references to a relationship or love, but there's not enough information to assume it's about anything else.

Some fans have said this song is similar to "Mind Games," a failed single from the prior year that was #30 on my list. I never thought of it that way, but if you listen to both songs closely, you might be able to pick up some similarities.

Had MCA known what they were doing, this would have been the second video and commercially available single from The Sport of Kings. Instead, it only got promo-single status while a more blatantly trendy song was tapped to follow "Somebody's Out There" in MCA's bid to bring Triumph to the masses.

The band had its priorities straight, though, making "Tears in the Rain" their setlist opener for the Sport of Kings and Surveillance tours. Which meant it was the first song I heard after the lights went down at the Spectrum in the fall of 1986 at my first concert without my parents. It also meant it's the first song on the A Night of Triumph DVD, which was shot a few months after my show in Halifax and released in 2004.

Live version from a radio broadcast from a Detroit show in 1986: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXTO0YGWF1Y
Live version from Halifax in 1987, which opens the A Night of Triumph DVD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxxgacXvaA

At #18, a song that has been called the centerpiece of its album, even though it's not the most famous song from it.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Alas, that Lindsey Stirling album doesn't appear to have this Christmas classic on it. Although the video seems pretty important here.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

In other MAD's news, Steve Perry has released a song made with his late father.

Call Me Irresponsible

 

[-OZ-]

Alas, that Lidsey Stirling album doesn't appear to have this Christmas classic on it. Although the video seems pretty important here.

Spoiler alert.

 

[Mister CIA]

The Love Forever Changes Concert album, reprising the original album+ was a live show i would have paid a pretty penny to attend. Probably not the best example, as it is a concept album of sorts; remembering not friend of the thread (?), Rolling Stone Record Guide, they described it as soundtrack to an LSD trip. For me, and for most listeners I'm sure, it certainly plays like a suite.

What a beautiful album.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The Love Forever Changes Concert album, reprising the original album+ was a live show i would have paid a pretty penny to attend. Probably not the best example, as it is a concept album of sorts; remembering not friend of the thread (?), Rolling Stone Record Guide, they described it as soundtrack to an LSD trip. For me, and for most listeners I'm sure, it certainly plays like a suite.

What a beautiful album.

I did not see that, but a couple of years earlier I saw Arthur with whatever gaggle he was calling Love at the time, and they played all but two of the Forever Changes songs.

Quite different from when I saw him/them in the mid 90s, and the set only included three FC songs.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Favorites from the 19's

Next - I've never really heard any pre-Perry Journey. I'm liking a lot of it.
Change and Change and Change and Change - I've liked most of their songs, just not in the top 5-6 on the list
Rational Culture
Me In Honey - in my REM top 10 on my playlist.
My Iron Lung

 

[Yambag]

19's

Known: Crue, Whitney, REM, Radiohead, Bee Gees

Caught My Attention
Clash: Let's Go Crazy
Pretty Reckless: Wild City
Wilco: I Got You
Aiborne Toxic Event: Change and Change...
Robyn/Prophet: Zhala
Lord Huron: Love Like Ghosts

 

[KarmaPolice]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

 

[kupcho1]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

Reckoning for me.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

Heading into this my answer would have been New Adventures in Hi-Fi and those are where my personal favorite songs are. It was just one of those random albums I had in the rotation late 90s/early 00s. I didn't have much money for new stuff, so I would dig through my wife's or my boxes of CDs for "new" stuff.

 

[Yambag]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

Heading into this my answer would have been New Adventures in Hi-Fi and those are where my personal favorite songs are. It was just one of those random albums I had in the rotation late 90s/early 00s. I didn't have much money for new stuff, so I would dig through my wife's or my boxes of CDs for "new" stuff.

From start to finish, I like Out of Time, but some of my absolute favorites are on Automatic and Hi-Fi.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

Reckoning is my favorite, but Life’s Rich Pageant would be my second.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Caught up with 4 more today with an album each.

R.E.M. I have listened to a bit in the past. The albums I had were the 90s ones, and I remember trying a few 80s albums several years ago, but can't remember much from the 00s+ albums. I liked seeing Bang and Blame on there, and my favorite of the bunch was Begin the Begin, so I listened to Lifes Rich Pageant today. Great start, and I still have some personal favorites to keep an eye out for maybe showing up.

Mötley Crüe brings back some memories. Girls, Girls, Girls hit right in that Middle School, hair metal sweet spot. If I remember correctly, that was the same year as Back for the Attack. Both those albums were in heavy rotation. No surprise that my first 2 CDs I bought were Too Fast for Love and Beast From the East. What did surprise me was that besides Smokin', I didn't remember the other two tracks from Theatre of Pain, so that is what I cranked up today.

My Morning Jacket was another band I heard the early stuff from, but it looks like I don't know anything beyond Evil Urges. I really liked the live tracks and also Run It really caught my ear. I had them on the list of bands to deep dive into, so I was really happy to see them pop up here. I figured I would just continue chronologically, so I popped on Circuital today.

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.


The next wave of bands I circled were ones I could confidently say I have listened to a full album from and had some opinions on: The Walkmen, The Clash, Yes, Built to Spill, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox.

All the other artists I either didn't know who they were or just had surface level hits knowledge.

Most people will say it’s Murmur or Automatic for the People, and there are good arguments for those, but I think Life’s Rich Pageant is the best REM album.

Can’t wait for you to get to MMJ’s The Waterfall. I think it’s a masterpiece.

Heading into this my answer would have been New Adventures in Hi-Fi and those are where my personal favorite songs are. It was just one of those random albums I had in the rotation late 90s/early 00s. I didn't have much money for new stuff, so I would dig through my wife's or my boxes of CDs for "new" stuff.

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is excellent too. I’ve always wondered if its reputation isn’t as good as it should be because of a weird choice for first single.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.

Kind of sucks that I had to leave some of my favorite songs out because they aren't on Spotify, but that's George's fault (or whoever his lawyers were.....or the people who wanted to roast him) - not mine.

I think I wrote in my intro that the Funkadelic stuff would resonate more with the demographic we have here. It's more AOR, as twisted as it is. But I have a sweet spot for the Parliament side (leaving the mythology aside). And I'm sure my love for Bootsy's records have become apparent - I don't care if no one else likes them, but they make me laugh while I appreciate what he's doing.

Couple of twists coming up, though.

 

[KarmaPolice]

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.

Kind of sucks that I had to leave some of my favorite songs out because they aren't on Spotify, but that's George's fault (or whoever his lawyers were.....or the people who wanted to roast him) - not mine.

I think I wrote in my intro that the Funkadelic stuff would resonate more with the demographic we have here. It's more AOR, as twisted as it is. But I have a sweet spot for the Parliament side (leaving the mythology aside). And I'm sure my love for Bootsy's records have become apparent - I don't care if no one else likes them, but they make me laugh while I appreciate what he's doing.

Couple of twists coming up, though.

I like it all, but sort of like you hinted at there, for me the non-Funkadelic stuff is more for a sprinkling in vs a full album. At least what I have heard so far. Looking forward to the rest, it's a fun addition to the playlist.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

P-Funk like MMJ was a band that I had a playlist set up for. I froze because of the sheer volume of stuff and was/wasn't on Spotify for research. They were an artist at the top of my wishlist for somebody to do for those reasons. I am more on the Funkadelic side of the equation, but I have liked most of it so far. I think I knew all the Funkadelic tracks, and the real standouts from the others was the stretch of Love Amnesia, Bop Gun, and Roto-Rooter. I listened to Funkentelchy vs. The Placebo Syndrome today.

Kind of sucks that I had to leave some of my favorite songs out because they aren't on Spotify, but that's George's fault (or whoever his lawyers were.....or the people who wanted to roast him) - not mine.

I think I wrote in my intro that the Funkadelic stuff would resonate more with the demographic we have here. It's more AOR, as twisted as it is. But I have a sweet spot for the Parliament side (leaving the mythology aside). And I'm sure my love for Bootsy's records have become apparent - I don't care if no one else likes them, but they make me laugh while I appreciate what he's doing.

Couple of twists coming up, though.

I like it all, but sort of like you hinted at there, for me the non-Funkadelic stuff is more for a sprinkling in vs a full album. At least what I have heard so far. Looking forward to the rest, it's a fun addition to the playlist.

I hear you, but I think you can take the non-myth album stuff on its own terms. This may just be a matter of taste. I grew up with this **** and the Parliament side was far more popular & accessible than Funkadelic was (until the late 70s, which we'll get to). I do have some wild cards coming up, including my next selection.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Thoughts on the #20s of artists I know well:

Yes -- Their version of "America" is a hell of a ride, especially the long version, and I picked it in my 1975 countdown (it was eligible for that year because that's when it was released in ... America). Because I had featured it there, I went with a different Yes cover in the covers countdown which I like just as much; we'll see if it shows up on YM's list.

Tweedy/Wilco -- Down by the Old Mainstream is the one Golden Smog album I know, and "Radio King" may be its best song; it's certainly the best Tweedy vocal on the disc. Tweedy has performed it at his solo shows.

My Morning Jacket -- "Anytime" is a banger and one of the best songs on Z, which is saying something. It works especially well as the first song of an encore, where I have seen it placed a few times.

P-Funk -- As with most Bootsy solo material, I had not heard this before, but it really does take the p!ss out of slow jamz.

Bee Gees -- Also had not heard "World" before today. Seems more Their Satanic Majesties Request than Sgt. Pepper. (I like TSMR, but it's not Sgt. Pepper.)

Thoughts on the #19s of artists I know well:

Yes -- "Astral Traveler" is indeed the most "proggy" track on the first two (pre-Howe, pre-Wakeman) albums. I particularly like the organ-and-guitar interplay at the end, a nice sendoff for Banks and (after one more record) Kaye.

Tweedy/Wilco -- "I Got You (At the End of the Century)" is another one of the titans from Being There. Had it been released 20 years earlier, it would have been all over FM radio. Works great live as well.

My Morning Jacket -- "Smoking from Shooting" is something I've always considered as the intro to the epic track that follows it on Evil Urges -- but it lopes along nicely and has an interesting melody.

P-Funk -- "Red Hot Mama" is an absolute stomper, out-rocking most of the rock acts of the era. (There's another Funkadelic track that also fits this description that I really hope shows up.) If this doesn't convince you that Eddie Hazel was one of the best guitarists of his generation, nothing will. There are three versions: The album version with the weird spoken-word intro (did they do any that WEREN'T weird?), the single version with the intro cut (and a B-side that continues the jam), and a version released as a single under the Parliament name in 1970 that is slower, could pass for a James Brown song in spots, and features heavily distorted guitar: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Bn1Dljc9pp9P9s1JbZHaH?si=859322860d61494b

Bee Gees -- I of course first came upon "You Should Be Dancing" on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and didn't learn until many years later that it had first appeared the prior year. If this doesn't make you want to dance, you certainly are d'voidoffunk.

 

[Zegras11]

18's PLAYLIST

The Walkmen	Scoresman	On the Water On the Water The Walkmen · You & Me · Song · 2016 open.spotify.com
The Clash	kupcho1	Straight to Hell Straight to Hell - Remastered The Clash · Combat Rock (Remastered) · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com
Ryan Star	Yambag	Right Now Right Now Ryan Star · 11:59 (Deluxe) · Song · 2010 open.spotify.com
Yes	Yo Mama	Rhythm of Love Rhythm of Love Yes · Big Generator · Song · 1987 open.spotify.com
Built To Spill	The Dreaded Marco	The Wait The Wait Built To Spill · You in Reverse · Song · 2006 open.spotify.com
Johnny Marr	Eephus	The Smiths--Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - 2011 Remaster The Smiths · Strangeways, Here We Come · Song · 1987 open.spotify.com
The Pretty Reckless	Raging Weasel	And So It Went And So It Went [Feat. Tom Morello] The Pretty Reckless, Tom Morello · Death By Rock And Roll · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Jeff Tweedy	Dr. Octopus	Box Full of Letters Box Full of Letters - 2017 Remaster Wilco · A.M. (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1995 open.spotify.com
Journey	KarmaPolice	Anytime Anytime Journey · Infinity · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com
Lindsey Stirling	-oz-	Those days Those Days (feat. Dan + Shay) Lindsey Stirling, Dan + Shay · Brave Enough · Song · 2016 open.spotify.com
Triumph	Pip's Invitation	Time Goes By Time Goes By Triumph · Thunder Seven · Song · 1984 open.spotify.com
Our Lady Peace	MAC	All For You - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. www.youtube.com
Mötley Crüe	JWB	Merry-Go-Round Merry-Go-Round Mötley Crüe · Too Fast For Love (Deluxe Version) · Song · 1981 open.spotify.com
The Airborne Toxic Event	Zegras11	Come On Out https://open.spotify.com/track/5NUwYC6py4ebKmBb1bGj4a?si=0e39910cf7a14780
Annie Lennox	Mrs. Rannous	Angel Angel Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart · Greatest Hits · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com
Whitney Houston	Charlie Steiner	All the Man That I Need All The Man That I Need Whitney Houston · I'm Your Baby Tonight · Song · 1990 open.spotify.com
My Morning Jacket	landrys hat	Holdin On To Black Metal Holdin On To Black Metal My Morning Jacket · Circuital · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Robyn	John Maddens Lunchbox	Do You Know (What It Takes) - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. m.youtube.com Do You Know (What It Takes) Robyn · Robyn Is Here · Song · 1995 open.spotify.com
Tim Maia	Don Quixote	These Are the Songs (Esta é a Canção) - YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. youtu.be These Are The Songs (Esta É A Canção) Tim Maia · Tim Maia · Song · 1972 open.spotify.com
Parliament Funkadelic	Uruk-Hai	Disco To Go Brides Of Funkenstein "Disco To Go" (youtube.com)
Lord Huron	KarmaPolice	Ancient Names (Part 1) Ancient Names (Part I) Lord Huron · Vide Noir · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com
R.E.M.	Tuffnutt	Finest Worksong - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. www.youtube.com
Radiohead	Titusbramble	Let Down Let Down Radiohead · OK Computer · Song · 1997 open.spotify.com
Candlebox	Mt.Man	Don't Count Me Out Don't Count Me Out Candlebox · Wolves · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Eddie Vedder	Tau837	Inside Job - YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. www.youtube.com
The Bee Gees	zamboni	Edge of the Universe Edge Of The Universe Bee Gees · Main Course · Song · 1975 open.spotify.com
Fred Eaglesmith	Mister CIA	Run-A-Way Lane - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. www.youtube.com Run-A-Way Lane Fred Eaglesmith · Balin · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com
Ringo Starr	krista4	Write One for Me Write One For Me Ringo Starr · Ringorama · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com
Big Room/Deep Big Room	zazale	Smooth Operator Smooth Operator Ragunde · Smooth Operator · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com

 

[Eephus]

New Adventures in Hi-Fi is excellent too. I’ve always wondered if its reputation isn’t as good as it should be because of a weird choice for first single.

By this point the boys were just being perverse by putting the poppiest cut "Electrolite" at the end of the album. 1996 was peak CD era so you had to listen for over an hour before getting to it.

 

[rockaction]

New live MMJ out today. Vol 4 of the MMJ Live series documents night 1 of My Morning Jackets 5-night 2010 run at Terminal 5 in New York City. Performing their debut album Tennessee Fire in its entirety plus a 7 song encore which includes covers of songs by Elton John and Jefferson Airplane.

I didn't include any covers on my 31 list, but Tyrone (Erykah Badu) is probably my favorite.

Tyrone - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com

They cover Badu’s “Tyrone”? You’ve got to be kidding.

LOLOLOL. I’ve gotta hear that.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New live MMJ out today. Vol 4 of the MMJ Live series documents night 1 of My Morning Jackets 5-night 2010 run at Terminal 5 in New York City. Performing their debut album Tennessee Fire in its entirety plus a 7 song encore which includes covers of songs by Elton John and Jefferson Airplane.

I didn't include any covers on my 31 list, but Tyrone (Erykah Badu) is probably my favorite.

Tyrone - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com

They cover Badu’s “Tyrone”? You’ve got to be kidding.

LOLOLOL. I’ve gotta hear that.

I dig their version. YMMV of course.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#18 - Robyn - Do You Know (What it Takes)​

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Producer - Denniz Pop and Max Martin
Writer - Robyn, Herbie Crichlow, Denniz Pop and Max Martin
Chart Positions - US #7, UK #26, Sweden #10, Canada #2
Album - Robyn is Here
Year - 1995
Collaborator History - Denniz Pop was a prodigy and after early work with Ace Of Base, teamed up with Max Martin. Pop had song writing credits with Robyn, 4 early Backstreet Boys songs and an NSync song. Then he died at age 35 from Throat cancer.
Herbie Crichlow is another frequent collaborator with Max Martin, mainly with swedish acts although he has 5 writing credits with the Backstreet Boys.
Max Martin, we will talk up about soon.

Key Lyric - Do you know what it takes to love me (Do you know)
Do you know what it takes to do me right
Do you know what it takes to love me, baby, baby

Notes - Not sure I want to hear a 15 year old talking about being done right, but thats what we have here. This song was her US breakthrough, making the Billboard top 10 and although Max Martin was seen as an up and coming songwriter, he was still a relative unknown at the time of this release. It, like the early Robyn stuff, has a heavy 90s R&B sound.

Next up - We go back to back Max Martin. This is a fun track with a heavy 80s throwback sound.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Skimming through the 18s, I see my #1 from two of the artists and a top 5 from another.

One of those #1’s is my favorite song.

Strong playlist before even listening to it…..

 

[Pip's Invitation]

18. Time Goes By
Album: Thunder Seven (1984)
Writers: Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore
Lead vocals: Rik Emmett
Chart History: None
Video?: No
Lyrical categories: Vaguely political / Inspirational/hockey coach / Love/lust/breakup

With this track we say hello to Thunder Seven, Triumph's first album for MCA after they fell out with RCA and MCA head Irving Azoff bought out their contract. It didn't occur to me at the time, but I'm sure there were American fans who were wondering "why is their sixth album called Thunder Seven?" Since no one bothered to tell us that the first American album was actually a compilation of the first two Canadian albums.

Thunder Seven occupies a unique space in the band's sonic history, as it's more polished than the RCA albums but doesn't have nearly the technological sheen that its two immediate successors do. Sort of like Signals if you want to go for the Rush analogy. It is also the closest they got to a concept album (though still not really close at all), as three songs on side 2 all deal with the theme of time.

"Time Goes By" is the best of those, and many fans seem to think it is the centerpiece of the album. It is one of the band's most ambitious songs, both musically and lyrically. The whooshing sound effects at the beginning are a bit reminiscent of Rush, and the song kicks in to a radio-friendly riff, ambling along until a vocal harmony breakdown, after which the riffage picks up and we get some sublime fills from drummer Gil Moore. The middle of the song features one of Rik Emmett's most dextrous fast-fingers guitar solos, which leaves some squalling aftereffects as the riff picks up for the final verse. The coda features all three members in fine form and leaves you wishing that the song didn't fade out despite its 6-minute length.

"Time Goes By" may be the only Triumph song to cover three of the band's four main lyrical categories. Verse 1 is vaguely political:

Can't you feel the thunder, rollin' in a young man's heart
Can't you see the frustration it's tearin' him apart
He's got a hunger for power, he wants to have it all
Sometimes he feels like he's bangin' his head up against the wall
Out in the real world living a lie
Can't seem to make the change, but he can't say why
As Time Goes By
Nobody really knows what to say, tomorrow is another day
That seems a million miles away, so far away

Verse 2 and the chorus are love/lust/breakup:

Can't you see the fire burnin' in a young girl's eyes
Does she think that she moves ahead if she cuts me down to size
Everybody's got two cents to try to buy some time
But they don't even know their own hearts
What can they know of mine?
Call out for reasons echoes the cry
She waits, anticipates; no reply as Time Goes By
Oh baby I don't know what to say
Tomorrow is another day
You seem a million miles away, so far away
Time Goes By, bridges burn and big wheels turn and
Time can fly, will it ever bring you back again?
You know that I can't live without your love
Time Goes By, you know I'll never make it alone
Make it alone

And Verse 3 is inspirational/hockey coach:

We all bear witness as history unfolds
Let's hope tomorrow can deliver on the promise that she holds
Don't look back in anger, don't look ahead in fear
You just keep takin' her as she comes until she comes in clear
The love you send out returns to you in time
The wheel gets turned around by those who try
For all their lives

In other words, this may be the most Triumph of Triumph songs.

"Time Goes By" was played on my FM stations in Philly despite not being released as a single (even a promo-only one) and appeared in setlists on the Thunder Seven tour but not after that. Another time-themed song from side 2, "Killing Time," a rare Emmett-Moore duet, was released as a single and I remember it on the radio as well. It did not make my top 36.

Live version from LA in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkKRDk7w41Q

At #17, a song that was atypical for the band at the time of release but has aged very well and ranked much higher than I thought it would when I started this exercise.

 

[zamboni]

Journey

KarmaPolice

Anytime Anytime Journey · Infinity · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com

Don’t often see this divorced from the preceding tune, but they’re both really good.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Thoughts on the #18s from the artists I know well:

Yes -- "Rhythm of Love" is one of the best songs from Big Generator and continues the ambitious vocal arrangements we saw on some tracks from 90125. The video for this song was shot in Philadelphia on the day of the first Yes show I saw; the band went on really late and did not play this song that night (I'm sure they were tired of it by that point.) But they did play it 4 years later when I saw them on the Union tour.

Tweedy/Wilco -- "Box Full of Letters" is the most accessible song from the first Wilco album and adds some Big Star-isms to their alt-country sound.

My Morning Jacket -- "Holding on to Black Metal" sounds like nothing else in the MMJ catalog. Nothing else has anything like this beat or vocal arrangement. Always a treat to hear, though.

P-Funk -- "Disco to Go" is another Brides of Funkenstein song that sounds like it's from a late-70s Parliament album.

Bee Gees -- "Edge of the Universe" has interesting synth work (from Blue Weaver, I presume) and a wonderful vocal melody.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Journey

KarmaPolice

Anytime Anytime Journey · Infinity · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com

Don’t often see this divorced from the preceding tune, but they’re both really good.

Yeah, I presume that since they are separate tracks on Spotify, they are considered separately for this exercise. But I'll always think of them as one.

 

[zamboni]

Bee Gees -- "Edge of the Universe" has interesting synth work (from Blue Weaver, I presume) and a wonderful vocal melody.

Yup - it’s Blue. Will have more to say in my write up over the next day or so.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

The 18's is my favorite playlist so far.
I can't limit my list to 5 or 6 this time---I enjoyed almost every song on this one.

Can't list or comment on them all, but....

Straight to Hell - this is my #1 Clash song. So great.
Rhythm of Love -this was the album after the album I first really heard Yes. And I liked this song.
Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me - from the most underrated Smiths' album. Hope to see more from it.
And So It Went - this is my favorite so far from TPR
Box Full of Letters - maybe the best song from Wilco's debut, one other may be in the running.
Anytime - I forgot about this one and it's pretty great. I need to listen to more Journey.
Come On Out - my favorite from TATE so far.
Ancient Names - pretty much guaranteed to like every one of his songs.
Finest Worksong - Top 5-10 REM for me.
Inside Job - I'd never heard this before but it's quite good. Gonna have to check out the entire album.
Run-A-Way Lane - love this one from Fred
Let Down - this is the best Radiohead song, and is possibly my favorite song of all time....


I like a few of these songs better than my own from this list. Great job by you all......

 

[Yo Mama]

Yes #18 - Rhythm of Love
Album - Big Generator (1987)

This is the opening track from Big Generator and is my favorite of the “singles” released from this album. It ended up being one of their most played songs in concert after it came out.

It’s a song about . . . sex (tee hee).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#18 The Brides Of Funkenstein - "Disco To Go"

Another female spinoff from our wholesome friend George Clinton.

Clinton was a populist - you're either "us" or you're "them" - and disco was a big target of his (so was everything else in pop music that he didn't produce). Of course, this song sounds nothing like any disco record of the time, but - just like some politicians - that didn't matter as long as you SAY IT.

I think I posted here that I relationshipped one of the Parlets for a minute. I also met the Brides and they absolutely terrified me. These were.....shall we say.......extremely confident women. Wouldn't surprise me if criminal cartels balled up into the fetal position if one of the Brides came around. They'd burn you down if you looked at them wrong.

Anyway, I wanted them represented on my list. "Disco To Go" was their biggest radio hit, so I chose that. They had an unhinged record titled "Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy" (greatest title in pop music history?) I thought about including, but it's like 7 hours long. Like a lot of P-Funk alums, they went on to work with the Talking Heads.

Next, a Parliament record that's probably a distillation of everything they've done on that side of the court.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 18 - Angel - The Eurythmics
Per Wikipedia:

Lennox said in an interview at the time that the song was inspired by the death of her aunt, as she sings about a woman who has killed herself and now has "gone to meet her maker".

From the album We Two Are One.

 

[rockaction]

New live MMJ out today. Vol 4 of the MMJ Live series documents night 1 of My Morning Jackets 5-night 2010 run at Terminal 5 in New York City. Performing their debut album Tennessee Fire in its entirety plus a 7 song encore which includes covers of songs by Elton John and Jefferson Airplane.

I didn't include any covers on my 31 list, but Tyrone (Erykah Badu) is probably my favorite.

Tyrone - Live at Terminal 5, NYC, 10/18/10

My Morning Jacket · MMJ Live Vol. 4: Terminal 5 – NYC – The Tennessee Fire 10/18/10 · Song · 2024

open.spotify.com

They cover Badu’s “Tyrone”? You’ve got to be kidding.

LOLOLOL. I’ve gotta hear that.

I dig their version. YMMV of course.

I listened to it with some good headphones and that is a professional quality recording. You could hear instruments all over one’s ears. I dug it, too, although it might have been because of what I just mentioned. I shouldn’t have laughed at the pairing, but Badu’s song is a Black woman’s lament song about love and life, something MMJ would seem (seem!) to have been ill-equipped to handle. There’s the knowing frustration and rage and the dealing with stages of grief that accompany a break-up inherent in Badu’s unique situation, and MMJ gamely try to at least not do it with a knowing wink—or anything resembling an annoying smirk or condescension.

It works, IMO. Good for them. I’d never be able to pull off performing that song. I can barely listen to Badu do it without feeling Iike I’ve done something wrong to Erykah. We all have. Take your communion wafer. Proceed to confession.

 

[rockaction]

Let Down - this is the best Radiohead song

Agreed over here. I’ve talked on this board during music drafts about how the tinkling percussion chimes and his falsetto gives me—or gave me, pardon, goosebumps once upon a time.

 

[rockaction]

Merry-Go-Round

Merry-Go-Round

Mötley Crüe · Too Fast For Love (Deluxe Version) · Song · 1981

open.spotify.com

I’m comin’ home, babe.

IYKYK

SNL did a sketch the other night about real men playing guitars with makeup and how they were real men from Queens with hairspray or something like that. I don’t watch SNL and was just passing through, but I quickly knew what they were going for. It took about a sentence or two to catch on to the fatal conceit.

I thought of Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars, who did all they could to totally put testosterone into an ever-evolving undertanding of what drag was and should aspire towards. Talk about subversion.

 

[rockaction]

On the Water

On the Water

The Walkmen · You & Me · Song · 2016

open.spotify.com

Figured I’d post the official video from this song. It’s an interestingly ominous and sad one. Bunny, run!

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[KarmaPolice]

Journey

KarmaPolice

Anytime Anytime Journey · Infinity · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com

Don’t often see this divorced from the preceding tune, but they’re both really good.

Yeah, you probably don't come across people that hadn't ever heard them together (or not enough to remember doing so). It was a bit ago, but I had a exchange with @Mt. Man where he joked that I would be judged harshly on if certain combo was separate or together. I 100% didn't know what he was talking about. I verified my guess after a little research and until that point didn't realize exactly how much they were played together and how much people remember them that way.

The reason I wasn't sure is because there is another 1-2 combo of songs that run into each other that now I don't hear without the other and like to hear that way. I messed up the order of the songs coming up because after that combination I now have these sets of songs running into each other on my final playlist - so anybody listening after will hear both sets of songs like that, but for the countdown they will be separate. Spoiler alert - there was a bigger separation for my ears from Anytime to it's partner than the other two I am talking about.

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I can't recommend that video enough. It led me down a little rabbit hole of The Midnight Special. Good stuff. Next we will finally be talking about that squeezing weirdness and go back to this show for more amazing videos.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

18. All the Man that I Need (I'm Your Baby Tonight, 1990)

The second single released from I'm Your Baby Tonight, All the Man that I Need was written in the early 80's by the team of Dean Pitchford (co-wrote the song Fame from the musical among a longer list of accomplishments) and Michael (brother of Leslie) Gore, had been recorded and released as a single twice previously by singer/actress Linda Clifford and Sister Sledge, respectively, though neither charted. Pitchford pitched the song to Clive Davis shortly after Whitney's second album had been finished, so Davis declined at the time before adding it to her third album...obviously with Executive Producer Whitney's final approval, of course.

Whitney's version includes a solo by Kenny G and spent two weeks at #1 on the chart, making it nine #1s in a row for her.

 

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Lindsey Stirling

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Those days Those Days (feat. Dan + Shay) Lindsey Stirling, Dan + Shay · Brave Enough · Song · 2016 open.spotify.com

Lindsey explains her song better than I could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM-YsiogTak

I haven’t listened to Dan and Shay much, although their song tequila will be recognized by anyone who doesn’t dislike recent country. They aren’t the top country musician in the countdown, that will come soon. I do like the combination of violin with country voices.

We had a little bit of time but it's never enough
Remember driving all night, we'd been talking 'bout love
Now that you're gone the show is done
We had a little bit of time but it's never enough

 

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This week I’ll be deep diving into the Barenaked ladies. There definitely could be a countdown playlist here.

Next week will be the beasties.