MAD - Artist - Round 4 - #1's have been posted (5 Viewers)

[Zegras11]

28's PLAYLIST

The Walkmen	Scoresman	The Blue Route The Blue Route The Walkmen · You & Me · Song · 2016 open.spotify.com
The Clash	kupcho1	This is England This is England The Clash · Cut The Crap · Song · 1985 open.spotify.com
Ryan Star	Yambag	We Might Fall We Might Fall R. Star · Songs From The Eye Of An Elephant · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Yes	Yo Mama	Tempus Fugit Tempus Fugit - 2008 Remaster Yes · Drama · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
Built To Spill	The Dreaded Marco	Three Years Ago Today Three Years Ago Today Built To Spill · Ultimate Alternative Wavers · Song · 1993 open.spotify.com
Johnny Marr	Eephus	Johnny Marr--I Feel You I Feel You Johnny Marr · I Feel You · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com
The Pretty Reckless	Raging Weasel	Under The Water Under The Water The Pretty Reckless · Hit Me Like A Man EP · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com
Jeff Tweedy	Dr. Octopus	Wait Up Wait Up Uncle Tupelo · March 16-20, 1992 · Song · 1992 open.spotify.com
Journey	KarmaPolice	People People Journey · Next · Song · 1977 open.spotify.com
Lindsey Stirling	-oz-	Crystallize Crystallize Lindsey Stirling · Lindsey Stirling · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com
Triumph	Pip's Invitation	Rocky Mountain Way Rocky Mountain Way Triumph · Rock & Roll Machine · Song · 1977 open.spotify.com
Our Lady Peace	MAC	The End Is Where We Begin - 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	Red Hot Red Hot Mötley Crüe · Shout At The Devil · Song · 1983 open.spotify.com
The Airborne Toxic Event	Zegras11	Numb Numb The Airborne Toxic Event · All At Once · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Annie Lennox	Mrs. Rannous	Beautiful Child Beautiful Child - Remastered Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart · Peace (2018 Remastered) · Song · 1999 open.spotify.com
Whitney Houston	Charlie Steiner	All at Once All at Once Whitney Houston · Whitney Houston · Song · 1985 open.spotify.com
My Morning Jacket	landrys hat	Run It Run It My Morning Jacket · The Waterfall II · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com
Robyn	John Maddens Lunchbox	That Could’ve Been Me - Todd Rundgren featuring Robyn - 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 That Could Have Been Me Todd Rundgren, Robyn · That Could Have Been Me · Song · 2017 open.spotify.com
Tim Maia	Don Quixote	Sossego - 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 Sossego Tim Maia · Sossego · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com
Parliament Funkadelic	Uruk-Hai	Do That Stuff Parliament - Do That Stuff (1976) ♫ (youtube.com)
Lord Huron	KarmaPolice	The Balancer's Eye The Balancer's Eye Lord Huron · Vide Noir · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com
R.E.M.	Tuffnutt	Everybody Hurts - 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	Nude Nude Radiohead · In Rainbows · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
Candlebox	Mt.Man	Happy Pills Happy Pills Candlebox · Happy Pills · Song · 1998 open.spotify.com
Eddie Vedder	Tau837	Amongst the Waves - 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	Love You Inside Out Love You Inside Out Bee Gees · Spirits Having Flown · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com
Fred Eaglesmith	Mister CIA	Tell The Engineer - 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 Tell The Engineer Fred Eaglesmith · Tambourine · Song · 2013 open.spotify.com
Ringo Starr	krista4	Shake It Up Shake It Up Ringo Starr · Give More Love · Song · 2017 open.spotify.com
Big Room/Deep Big Room	zazale	Headbang Headbang Mark & Adam, D3FAI · Headbang · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com

 

[Zegras11]

Uruk, checked the spreadsheet and not sure what you posted for YouTube links. They don't look like others YouTube links. They are not even a URL. So I don't know what to say.

 

[Zegras11]

Uruk, what you see posted above is exactly what i see on the spreadsheet

 

[Zegras11]

Numb is the start of the run where I could have placed a song anywhere from #7 to #28.

 

[Zegras11]

Agree with the Annie Lennox post. Was really looking forward to hearing her amazing voice and not surprised at how good the songs are ive never heard before.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#28 - Todd Rundgren featuring Robyn - That Could Have Been Me​

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Producer - Todd Rundgren
Writer - Todd Rundgren
Chart Positions - Not released as single
Album - White Knight
Year - 2017

Collaborator History - Oddly Rundgren reached out to Robyn and said “With Robyn, I wrote a song that I imagined would work for her. I recorded the basics of it and gave it to her to sing”

Key Lyric -
But I will swallow my pride
(What will be will be)
And you’ll roll over at night
(Tell me what you see)
That empty pillow by your side
(That could have been me)
That could have been me

Notes - Shoutout to @New Binky the Doormat This was the track chosen by Mr Rundgren to announce his new album featuring tons of collaborations by the likes of Daryl Hall, Joe Satriani, Donald Fagen, Joe Walsh and Trent Raznor.

When I first heard it, I didn’t think it had a shot of making the final 31. It barely cracked the top 77. Everytime I cut the list down, it survived. 63, 54, 48, 41, 36. I even had it pencilled in as the #36 track, but I did a straight swap between the track I had at #28 - Robyn, La Bagatelle Magique - Love Is Free ft. Maluca. I felt the softer touch of this track was better in the list than another dance track. Although the dance track had a nice pillow fight video.

From Pitchfork
On “That Could Have Been Me,” Rundgren hands the microphone to Robyn, an artist who’s inspiredmany of pop music’s most memorable recent comebacks, from Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION to Lorde’s “Green Light.” But unlike those ecstatic, neon-lit anthems, “That Could Have Been Me” is a smooth serenade, a late night R&B throwback that wouldn’t sound out of place on an early 2000s Mariah Carey album. While many of Robyn’s post-Body Talk collabs have found her stretching out and shaking things up, here she plays it straight. With his sleepy synths and ghostly harmonies, Rundgren cozily complements her tale of loneliness. Together, two visionaries from different generations sound content to meet somewhere in the middle, finding inspiration in each other’s comfort zones.

Next up - A track that launched a record label and its title may get censored here.

 

[Zegras11]

The time difference is really throwing me for a loop with postings. Lol. Can't wait til I get to South Korea. I think it's like 17 hours ahead of me right now.

 

[Don Quixote]

Tim Maia

Don Quixote

Sossego - 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 Sossego Tim Maia · Sossego · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com

I did not get a chance to post anything about my #29 of Balanço, but did not have much to say about it either. Just a funky jam. Glad to see a number of folks listing as one of their favorite new-to-me’s.

At #28… Sossego is off Tim Maia’s Disco Club album from 1978. I know Uruk and Zamboni were discussing disco as R&B flavored dance music with regard to The Bee Gee’s in this thread recently. This definitely fits in there. I mentioned my intermission instrumental as having some Booker T. & The MG’s vibes to it. If you need proof of Tim Maia taking some influence from them and the horns of Memphis soul, Sossego samples Booker T. & The MG’s Boot-Leg. Add some Brazilian samba to it, and you got a dance hit.

 

[Raging weasel]

Damn, thought I was caught up for a day,lol

The 29's

Known and liked songs

(Nothing But)Flowers
Girl Can't Help It
Happiness & The Fish
Good Thoughts Bad Thoughts

New to me likes

Another One Goes By
Still Flat- very Stones like,think Doc mentioned it
Carry On the Flame- i know Ive heard it but been so long I forgot so putting it here
Casino Queen
Off the Record
Alcohol and Pills- really liked this
February Sky

Special recognition

All I Need - I only like 5 Radiohead songs so this would be my #5

I've mostly liked everything from the ladies(Lindsey,Annie,Robyn and Whitney) but so far Lindsey is winning.

On to the 28's !

 

[Charlie Steiner]

28. All at Once (Whitney Houston, 1985)

All at Once was written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne, who own a wealth of hit songs between them, and was released as a single only in Europe and Japan, where it reached #2 in Belgium, #5 in Italy and the Netherlands, and reached gold record status in Japan.

More on Masser: a law student turned stockbroker turned songwriter, he first found success co-writing Diana Ross' hit song Touch Me in the Morning. In addition to Diana Ross, he also wrote songs for George Benson, Peabo Bryson, Teddy Pendergrass and Natalie Cole. The ones I'm familiar with include Benson's Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You, Roberta Flack and Peabo Bryson's duet Tonight I Celebrate My Love and Bryson's If Ever You're in My Arms Again.

Masser was nominated for an Oscar in 1976 for Best Music, Original Song for Theme from Mahogany. He wrote a total of six songs that Whitney would record, three of which will appear later.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#28: JOURNEY - PEOPLE

People

Journey · Next · Song · 1977

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We runnin' bare foot on broken glass, I can't believe it
But the **** is out there, and we're here to receive it
Catch me under waterfalls
With sexy-*** mermaids washin' my balls

Sorry about that. I still think it's funny that the lyrics for this one is still showing The People by Insane Clown Posse. Here we have a slightly different track and a little bit of proggy noddling from the boys. Love the buildup and the Neal solo, but I think it fell a bit in the rankings because I think it tails off at the end too much.

Next up, Step 1 of my Journey obsession - love at first listen to the debut album.

 

[krista4]

28. Shake It Up from Give More Love (2017)

Previously ranked #26 - prior write-up below
Listening to 20* Ringo studio albums made me realize a few things, one of them being that all his album titles seem to have "Love" or "Ringo" in them, which makes them hard to keep straight, as I found when I started to do this write-up and was confused because I could have sworn I already wrote about it. Nope, that was Choose Love. This is Give More Love. Of course. Anyway, this is one of two songs I'll have from this album. Wait, a Ringo album not called Ringo! or Goodnight Vienna that will have more than one song? In fact, I have 5-6 albums with multiple selections (and several records with none), so I guess in that respect I've identified my "favorite Ringo albums."

Another thing I've learned from all my Ringo listening is that I think his limited vocal talents work best on country music or on "oldies." While this song is in fact a song newly written by Ringo (and Gary Nicholson, who also contributes terrific guitar work), it sounds like classic rockabilly. It makes my list for that overall rocking feel, including some fun piano riffs by Edgar Winter, a nice bass melody, and good backing vocals.

(*Written in 2019. Add five more EPs and one LP to this list.)

 

[Eephus]

Johnny Marr #28 (Solo #10) - "I Feel You" (2016)

Johnny dislikes cover version almost as much as KP does. Morrissey's decision to cover Cilia Black's "Love's a Four Letter Word" infuriated Marr and was one of the numerous reasons the Smiths broke up. Of his post-Smiths bands, only Electronic released a (Blind Faith) cover while Johnny was a member of the group. He's done a couple as a solo artist: a Dylan cover with The Healers and this Depeche Mode cover released on Record Store day single in 2016.

Depeche Mode were Southerners and a few years ahead of them so they apparently didn't interact much with the Smiths. They did invite Electronic to make their live debut as their openers at Dodger Stadium in 1990. A long time later, Vince Clarke did a very synthy remix of one of Marr's solo records. There seems to be a lot of crossover in Smiths and Depeche Mode fandoms but I've always been more of a Smiths fan. I only know Depeche Mode's hits but among them, I think this is one of their more rocking, industrialish singles. Johnny's version plays it pretty straight but with more guitars and a vocal that sounds more like Liam Gallagher than Dave Gahan.

I Feel You

Johnny Marr · I Feel You · Song · 2015

open.spotify.com

 

[Pip's Invitation]

#28 - Todd Rundgren featuring Robyn - That Could Have Been Me​

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Producer - Todd Rundgren
Writer - Todd Rundgren
Chart Positions - Not released as single
Album - White Knight
Year - 2017

Collaborator History - Oddly Rundgren reached out to Robyn and said “With Robyn, I wrote a song that I imagined would work for her. I recorded the basics of it and gave it to her to sing”

Key Lyric -
But I will swallow my pride
(What will be will be)
And you’ll roll over at night
(Tell me what you see)
That empty pillow by your side
(That could have been me)
That could have been me

Notes - Shoutout to @New Binky the Doormat This was the track chosen by Mr Rundgren to announce his new album featuring tons of collaborations by the likes of Daryl Hall, Joe Satriani, Donald Fagen, Joe Walsh and Trent Raznor.

When I first heard it, I didn’t think it had a shot of making the final 31. It barely cracked the top 77. Everytime I cut the list down, it survived. 63, 54, 48, 41, 36. I even had it pencilled in as the #36 track, but I did a straight swap between the track I had at #28 - Robyn, La Bagatelle Magique - Love Is Free ft. Maluca. I felt the softer touch of this track was better in the list than another dance track. Although the dance track had a nice pillow fight video.

From Pitchfork
On “That Could Have Been Me,” Rundgren hands the microphone to Robyn, an artist who’s inspiredmany of pop music’s most memorable recent comebacks, from Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION to Lorde’s “Green Light.” But unlike those ecstatic, neon-lit anthems, “That Could Have Been Me” is a smooth serenade, a late night R&B throwback that wouldn’t sound out of place on an early 2000s Mariah Carey album. While many of Robyn’s post-Body Talk collabs have found her stretching out and shaking things up, here she plays it straight. With his sleepy synths and ghostly harmonies, Rundgren cozily complements her tale of loneliness. Together, two visionaries from different generations sound content to meet somewhere in the middle, finding inspiration in each other’s comfort zones.

Next up - A track that launched a record label and its title may get censored here.

I will be paying close attention since my themed countdown is songs produced by Todd Rundgren.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

28 - Three Years Ago Today - Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)

This is a song from their first album and is the most Modest Mousey song on my playlist. But this album, as well as their 2nd, was
released 2-3 years before anything by MM. So there are some Built To Spilly songs on the first couple Modest Mouse albums. And they're all very good .........

 

[Eephus]

28 - Three Years Ago Today - Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)

This is a song from their first album and is the most Modest Mousey song on my playlist. But this album, as well as their 2nd, was
released 2-3 years before anything by MM. So there are some Built To Spilly songs on the first couple Modest Mouse albums. And they're all very good .........

A long time before Marrdest Mouse

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

28 - Three Years Ago Today - Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)

This is a song from their first album and is the most Modest Mousey song on my playlist. But this album, as well as their 2nd, was
released 2-3 years before anything by MM. So there are some Built To Spilly songs on the first couple Modest Mouse albums. And they're all very good .........

A long time before Marrdest Mouse

Probably won’t be but there is a song on that album I’m hoping makes your list.

 

[Eephus]

28 - Three Years Ago Today - Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)

This is a song from their first album and is the most Modest Mousey song on my playlist. But this album, as well as their 2nd, was
released 2-3 years before anything by MM. So there are some Built To Spilly songs on the first couple Modest Mouse albums. And they're all very good .........

A long time before Marrdest Mouse

Probably won’t be but there is a song on that album I’m hoping makes your list.

The one Marr-era song from your MM 31 didn't make the cut because Johnny's role isn't as prominent as some others.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

The Eurythmics - Beautiful Child

From their final album Peace.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

The time difference is really throwing me for a loop with postings. Lol. Can't wait til I get to South Korea. I think it's like 17 hours ahead of me right now.

This seems appropriate.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

28 - Three Years Ago Today - Ultimate Alternative Wavers (1993)

This is a song from their first album and is the most Modest Mousey song on my playlist. But this album, as well as their 2nd, was
released 2-3 years before anything by MM. So there are some Built To Spilly songs on the first couple Modest Mouse albums. And they're all very good .........

A long time before Marrdest Mouse

Probably won’t be but there is a song on that album I’m hoping makes your list.

The one Marr-era song from your MM 31 didn't make the cut because Johnny's role isn't as prominent as some others.

Agreed.

There is another very good song from that album where Marr is the star….hope it makes the cut.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Uruk, checked the spreadsheet and not sure what you posted for YouTube links. They don't look like others YouTube links. They are not even a URL. So I don't know what to say.

There are four different tracks of "Do That Stuff" on Spotify.

They are funky.

 

[Eephus]

The Eurythmics - Beautiful Child

From their final album Peace.

Kudos to Lennox and Stewart for resisting the filthy lucre of a reunion tour. I know they were a couple when in the Tourists but I'm pretty sure that ended before the Eurythmics did. They seemed to be on good terms when they went into the RRHOF a few years ago.

Never say never but 25 years is a long time.

 

[Eephus]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in just to see what happens at the induction ceremony. My guess is Marr and Mike Joyce show up while Morrissey sends his regrets.
RIP Andy.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Thoughts on the #28s from artists I know well:

Yes -- "Tempus Fugit" was the one song from Drama that my FM stations would play when I was growing up, and until I got the album I thought it was called "Yes." If Talk Talk can name a song after themselves, why wouldn't Yes? This song features another monstrous performance on bass by Chris Squire. The Drama album is much better than you'd think the unholy combination of The Buggles and three prog veterans would be.

Tweedy/Wilco -- A nice Uncle Tupelo tune that shows Tweedy knew what he was doing.

My Morning Jacket -- The Waterfall came out in 2015 with word that the sessions were going to yield another album coming soon. It didn't show up until 5 years later. In my mind, only one song from the second Waterfall seemed like it should have made the cut for the first one -- and it's not this tune. Now, that's a high standard because I consider the first Waterfall a top-3 album of theirs.

P-Funk -- The stuff, they did it. And it was good.

Bee Gees -- I received a cassette of Spirits Having Flown as a birthday or Christmas present soon after it came out because my parents knew how much I loved their songs from Saturday Night Fever. This song is a grabber with a fantastic chorus. The little slide guitar trills that pop up in the middle of the chorus are money.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

 

[Eephus]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

I've seen this schtick here a few times but forgot or never knew its origins. Is it a Tim thing?

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#28 - Todd Rundgren featuring Robyn - That Could Have Been Me​

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Producer - Todd Rundgren
Writer - Todd Rundgren
Chart Positions - Not released as single
Album - White Knight
Year - 2017

Collaborator History - Oddly Rundgren reached out to Robyn and said “With Robyn, I wrote a song that I imagined would work for her. I recorded the basics of it and gave it to her to sing”

Key Lyric -
But I will swallow my pride
(What will be will be)
And you’ll roll over at night
(Tell me what you see)
That empty pillow by your side
(That could have been me)
That could have been me

Notes - Shoutout to @New Binky the Doormat This was the track chosen by Mr Rundgren to announce his new album featuring tons of collaborations by the likes of Daryl Hall, Joe Satriani, Donald Fagen, Joe Walsh and Trent Raznor.

When I first heard it, I didn’t think it had a shot of making the final 31. It barely cracked the top 77. Everytime I cut the list down, it survived. 63, 54, 48, 41, 36. I even had it pencilled in as the #36 track, but I did a straight swap between the track I had at #28 - Robyn, La Bagatelle Magique - Love Is Free ft. Maluca. I felt the softer touch of this track was better in the list than another dance track. Although the dance track had a nice pillow fight video.

From Pitchfork
On “That Could Have Been Me,” Rundgren hands the microphone to Robyn, an artist who’s inspiredmany of pop music’s most memorable recent comebacks, from Carly Rae Jepsen’s E•MO•TION to Lorde’s “Green Light.” But unlike those ecstatic, neon-lit anthems, “That Could Have Been Me” is a smooth serenade, a late night R&B throwback that wouldn’t sound out of place on an early 2000s Mariah Carey album. While many of Robyn’s post-Body Talk collabs have found her stretching out and shaking things up, here she plays it straight. With his sleepy synths and ghostly harmonies, Rundgren cozily complements her tale of loneliness. Together, two visionaries from different generations sound content to meet somewhere in the middle, finding inspiration in each other’s comfort zones.

Next up - A track that launched a record label and its title may get censored here.

I will be paying close attention since my themed countdown is songs produced by Todd Rundgren.

You might need to give it a few listens. Sometimes a song thats a grower misses out and this one almost did with me
I cant tell you how close i was to not including it in my top 77. It crept in at #76 first go.
And kept surviving every cut.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

I've seen this schtick here a few times but forgot or never knew its origins. Is it a Tim thing?

I think the Smiths were monsters with the college audience in the 80s. Maybe im misinterpreting.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

I've seen this schtick here a few times but forgot or never knew its origins. Is it a Tim thing?

Remember when Squition ruined the "this is their best song" draft? Part of it was because he kept saying that no one cared about the Smiths and their impact in the States was insignificant. Which was met with "everyone listened to them at my college" from several people, which led to the "only college kids listen to the Smiths" running joke.

 

[Eephus]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

I've seen this schtick here a few times but forgot or never knew its origins. Is it a Tim thing?

Remember when Squition ruined the "this is their best song" draft? Part of it was because he kept saying that no one cared about the Smiths and their impact in the States was insignificant. Which was met with "everyone listened to them at my college" from several people, which led to the "only college kids listen to the Smiths" running joke.

Oops. I was in that draft

 

[Yo Mama]

Yes #28 - Tempus Fugit
Album - Drama (1980)

This is my lone offering from Drama, an aptly named album since it didn’t include Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman because (shocker) the band wasn’t getting along.

The rest of the band added a couple guys from the Buggles and recorded Drama. They were so excited to keep the Yes band name, they randomly added a “Yesssss!” every once in a while throughout this song.

Chris Squire is a beast in this one.


A couple funny wiki tidbits on this album:
- The Buggles guys were disappointed when they showed up for recording and Anderson wasn’t there.
- Recording was delayed when drummer Alan White broke his ankle roller skating with Richard Branson in a night club [mad libs alert].

 

[Yo Mama]

The Lindsey Stirling song sounds like the one at the party in John Wick 2 where he kills the one boss lady and 1000 of her henchmen before Common chases him away.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#28 Parliament - "Do That Stuff"

Probably the most conventional song Parliament ever did. Why, it's almost like a Kool & The Gang record!

Except........ as usual with this group, the song structure is weird. There's no real verse/chorus swapping like in 99% of vocal music. Speaking of vocals, one of the least-talked about aspects with P-Funk is the singing. Clinton borrowed heavily from his gospel/doo w0p days, had his singers drop a tab of acid, and turned them loose. Most sing in unison, with a couple of harmony parts thrown in. "Do That Stuff" is a prime example of it. There are almost too many vocal hooks in this song, but they all work.

I originally had it at #30. I thought putting it right after "Get Off Your *** And Jam" would be a good way to introduce both bands (there's no sane way to introduce Bootsy). Then I moved it to #1 because, to me, it exemplifies what Parliament is all about. It ended up at #28 because I sorted the list and forgot to move it back

Up next, a quaint little ditty by Bootsy Collins in which he quotes the at-the-time biggest comedy star in the world.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Uruk, checked the spreadsheet and not sure what you posted for YouTube links. They don't look like others YouTube links. They are not even a URL. So I don't know what to say.

Yeah, I don't know what I did wrong - a statement which should shock exactly no one. KP & I chatted about it a few days ago, and he has a handle on choosing the correct version for the Spotify playlist.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[KarmaPolice]

#28 LORD HURON

The Balancer's Eye

Lord Huron · Vide Noir · Song · 2018

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The themes are still in place, but I like the deceivingly upbeat tone with this one. I like this stretch at the end..

If I follow the starlight and call your name
Will I see you again on the astral plane?
Why did learnin' the truth make me feel worse?
Tell me, how does a man change the universe?
Doesn’t matter; it’s too late to do right
Heading into the void at the speed of light

 

[-OZ-]

Lindsey Stirling

-oz-

Crystallize Crystallize Lindsey Stirling · Lindsey Stirling · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com

Basically the song that put Lindsey on the map. From her first album. The YouTube video had more than 42 million views at the end of the year, and was the eighth-most watched video of 2012. Her first gold record. On July 27, 2014, the official music video reached 100 million views, being Stirling's first YouTube video to do so. Now at 282 million.

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Stirling explained the background to the song: "It has a pretty deep meaning," she said. "Basically, it's about creating inner beauty in yourself first. It all comes back to research being done by a scientist who studied the crystallization of water."

"Basically, he'd test out water and look at it at a magnified level as it crystallized in different environments," Stirling continued. "If it was in positive environments where good things were being spoken to it, the crystals came out beautiful. Whereas if negative things were said to these little vials of water, these crystals were these jagged shapes that were meaningless."

The Lindsey Stirling song sounds like the one at the party in John Wick 2 where he kills the one boss lady and 1000 of her henchmen before Common chases him away.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, it isn’t the same song but now I need to go watch it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Yes #28 - Tempus Fugit
Album - Drama (1980)

This is my lone offering from Drama, an aptly named album since it didn’t include Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman because (shocker) the band wasn’t getting along.

The rest of the band added a couple guys from the Buggles and recorded Drama. They were so excited to keep the Yes band name, they randomly added a “Yesssss!” every once in a while throughout this song.

Chris Squire is a beast in this one.


A couple funny wiki tidbits on this album:
- The Buggles guys were disappointed when they showed up for recording and Anderson wasn’t there.
- Recording was delayed when drummer Alan White broke his ankle roller skating with Richard Branson in a night club [mad libs alert].

That’s right, Trevor Horn was under the impression he was going to be the producer, not the singer.

Then three years later he was the producer of 90125.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Lindsey Stirling

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Crystallize Crystallize Lindsey Stirling · Lindsey Stirling · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com

Basically the song that put Lindsey on the map. From her first album. The YouTube video had more than 42 million views at the end of the year, and was the eighth-most watched video of 2012. Her first gold record. On July 27, 2014, the official music video reached 100 million views, being Stirling's first YouTube video to do so. Now at 282 million.

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Stirling explained the background to the song: "It has a pretty deep meaning," she said. "Basically, it's about creating inner beauty in yourself first. It all comes back to research being done by a scientist who studied the crystallization of water."

"Basically, he'd test out water and look at it at a magnified level as it crystallized in different environments," Stirling continued. "If it was in positive environments where good things were being spoken to it, the crystals came out beautiful. Whereas if negative things were said to these little vials of water, these crystals were these jagged shapes that were meaningless."

The Lindsey Stirling song sounds like the one at the party in John Wick 2 where he kills the one boss lady and 1000 of her henchmen before Common chases him away.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen it, it isn’t the same song but now I need to go watch it.

I've heard this before, but don't know where. I like it - a lot.

 

[zamboni]

Yes #28 - Tempus Fugit
Album - Drama (1980)

This is my lone offering from Drama, an aptly named album since it didn’t include Jon Anderson or Rick Wakeman because (shocker) the band wasn’t getting along.

The rest of the band added a couple guys from the Buggles and recorded Drama. They were so excited to keep the Yes band name, they randomly added a “Yesssss!” every once in a while throughout this song.

Chris Squire is a beast in this one.


A couple funny wiki tidbits on this album:
- The Buggles guys were disappointed when they showed up for recording and Anderson wasn’t there.
- Recording was delayed when drummer Alan White broke his ankle roller skating with Richard Branson in a night club [mad libs alert].

Geoff Downes was like the John Cazale of the very early '80s. Was asked to join Yes from the Buggles in 1980, the Buggles wound up having the very first video on MTV the next year, and then along with Steve Howe hit it huge with Asia on their debut album in 1982.

 

[zamboni]

The Bee Gees

zamboni

Love You Inside Out Love You Inside Out Bee Gees · Spirits Having Flown · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com

Following their massive success with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977, the Bee Gees essentially took 1978 off, although Barry was quite busy producing youngest brother Andy Gibb's smash album Shadow Dancing and writing songs for others - most notably, the title track "Grease" for the movie that year. In 1979, the band returned to release the album Spirits Having Flown, which not nearly as big as SNF, proved to be a smash as their best-selling album in which they were the sole performers. The album hit #1 in the U.S., as did three songs from the album - "Too Much Heaven" (featuring Chicago's horn section) and "Tragedy" (neither of these two made my top 31), as well as "Love You Inside Out." IMO this one is the best of the bunch from the album, with a nice groove and harmonized chorus (as @Pip's Invitation pointed out earlier). Barry's trademark falsetto may not be for everyone, but it really gives the song some extra pep here. The song and the album would prove to be the high point for the Bee Gees, as their popularity dropped significantly once the 1980s hit. They would score one more top 10 hit "One" in 1989 (also not part of my top 31), so it's fair to say "Love You Inside Out" is where they peaked.

At #27 we go back to their baroque pop days of the late '60s, in which Robin takes center stage.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The Bee Gees

zamboni

Love You Inside Out Love You Inside Out Bee Gees · Spirits Having Flown · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com

Following their massive success with the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in 1977, the Bee Gees essentially took 1978 off, although Barry was quite busy producing youngest brother Andy Gibb's smash album Shadow Dancing and writing songs for others - most notably, the title track "Grease" for the movie that year. In 1979, the band returned to release the album Spirits Having Flown, which not nearly as big as SNF, proved to be a smash as their best-selling album in which they were the sole performers. The album hit #1 in the U.S., as did three songs from the album - "Too Much Heaven" (featuring Chicago's horn section), "Tragedy" (neither of which made my top 31) and this one "Love You Inside Out". This song IMO is the best of the bunch from the album, with a nice groove and harmonized chorus (as @Pip's Invitation pointed out earlier). Barry's trademark falsetto may not be for everyone, but it really gives the song some extra pep here. The song and the album would prove to be the high point for the Bee Gees, as their popularity dropped significantly once the 1980s hit. They would score one more top 10 hit "One" in 1989 (also not part of my top 31), so it's fair to say "Love You Inside Out" is where they peaked.

At #27 we go back to their baroque pop days of the late '60s where Robin takes center stage.

They were so good at making these kinds of records - other kinds too, obviously, but this was their wheelhouse from "era" to "era" in their careers.

 

[tuffnutt]

28.
Everybody Hurts- R.E.M.
from Automatic For the People (1992)

This (along with Stand) to me is a song that is divisive for R.E.M. fans., but for different reasons. While Stand is just annoying pop song, Everybody Hurts is just too over the top emotionally. I get it... Im sure its probably the most skipped song on AFTP. It is a completely naked song about universal pain, and how we all need to be assured sometimes the holding on is better than letting go. You can hear and feel every single word that Stipe sings...and that this sort of vulnerability makes people uncomfortable is obvious from the common urge to dismiss it or laugh it off. In '93 this song seemed to oversaturated the airwaves and MTV, but looking back I find this song be worthy of praise and deserves to be on my list.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I don't care about the RRHOF but I hope the Smiths make it in

Depends on how much of the electorate went to college.

I've seen this schtick here a few times but forgot or never knew its origins. Is it a Tim thing?

Remember when Squition ruined the "this is their best song" draft? Part of it was because he kept saying that no one cared about the Smiths and their impact in the States was insignificant. Which was met with "everyone listened to them at my college" from several people, which led to the "only college kids listen to the Smiths" running joke.

Oops. I was in that draft

Laugh emoji.

So was I. It was a master class in how to be a tool.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Up next, a quaint little ditty by Bootsy Collins in which he quotes the at-the-time biggest comedy star in the world.

Benny Hill?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Up next, a quaint little ditty by Bootsy Collins in which he quotes the at-the-time biggest comedy star in the world.

Benny Hill?

Yep. Bootsy's version of "Yakety Sax"

 

[zamboni]

Up next, a quaint little ditty by Bootsy Collins in which he quotes the at-the-time biggest comedy star in the world.

Benny Hill?

Yep. Bootsy's version of "Yakety Sax"

Don't talk back

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Up next, a quaint little ditty by Bootsy Collins in which he quotes the at-the-time biggest comedy star in the world.

Benny Hill?

Yep. Bootsy's version of "Yakety Sax"

Don't talk back

Lieber & Stoller!

 

[Yambag]

28's PLAYLIST

Ryan Star

Yambag

We Might Fall We Might Fall R. Star · Songs From The Eye Of An Elephant · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com

The very first song I heard by Ryan and the opener to his first solo album. Many of his songs are about his relationship with is wife Hallie, including this one.

From Ryan: "It's about these two lovers saying that, in anything, you might fall. We might fall, or we might just fall in love. You know? It's like there's no written way to say that this has to happen bad or good or anything. It could just happen. And it's just about lovers getting through life together. It's a whole life span. And what they'll do to make ends meet, and what they'll do to grow old together to realize that they found truth in each other. That might be my most favorite lyrical song. I love that one a lot.”

 

[-OZ-]

vulnerability makes people uncomfortable is obvious from the common urge to dismiss it or laugh it off. I

It’s Definitely a divisive song. When I hear it, it seems like he’s pandering or trying to sound serious to me. This and a few others turned me off from REM - they had been one of the three bands my high school crew listened to most along with Depeche Mode and U2. U2 would give other reasons for us to fall out from them. Many of us, including me, just stopped listening to DM in college but I don’t remember a moment or album that turned us off.