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MAD's ROUND 2!! # 1's have been posted!! (4 Viewers)
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jwb
Footballguy
It Doesn’t Matter
One thing both Stills and Neil needed was control. They had their ideas, and that was that. Together (and with Nash and Crosby) it didn't work well - too much pushback with a lot of fighting. But solo was a different story. Neil had Crazy Horse, a band that would listen to him without question, and Stills put together Manassas, which had some familiar names (drummer Dallas Taylor, Chris Hillman of the Byrds). Manassas was much more of a band, even though Stills was clearly the leader and somewhat of a taskmaster - he essentially lived in the studio, sometimes logging 80 to 100 hours at a clip.
Manassas only released two albums before other committments broke the band up, but they were really good. No big radio hits (this song, It Doesn't Matter", was probably the biggest) but their double album debut belongs in any enthusiasts collection.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Round 24
Top 5 Songs "New To Me"
Other Notes
Top 5 Songs "New To Me"
- Carnation - The Jam
- Set Out Running - Neko Case
- Heirloom - Sufjan Stevens
- Secret World - Tears For Fears
- She Knows - Thin Lizzy
- Ashes To Ashes - David Bowie
- Louisiana Rain - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
- It Doesn't Matter - Manassas
- Parlor - Nathaniel Ratliff & The Night Sweats
- Stone Cold - Rainbow
Other Notes
- We're back! This was a great round for old and new songs. Had to leave off some songs I really loved from both lists.
- Margaritaville really is a great song, but over-played fatigue is a real thing.
- I did really like the Mastadon song again this round - it rocked and vocals were subdued (relatively speaking).
- A few ill-advised cover songs this round. Both were interesting, but left me wanting the real thing.
- If there's anyone out there that doesn't like Tom Petty, I don't want to know you. Miss you dearly, Tommy.
jwb
Footballguy
I still never turn it off. All time classic that I've heard way too many times. But one more time won't hurt.
I'm all caught up!!! 
( At least for 24 hours.)
I liked the 24s a lot. Much more so than the previous 2, anyway. Added a bunch of New to Me's to my Favorites:
Mr. Swan
I Had This Thing
Stagger Lee - This reminded me of Red Right Hand (from Peaky Blinders)
Again Tonight - Don't think I've heard it before but it's prototypical JMC
Parlor - Loved this one. Similar to the 2 Rateliff songs that I know well that will be coming up at some point I'm sure.
She KNows
Secret World
Please Don't Bury Me - Have to be in the right mood for Mr. Prine but when I am I will be listening to lots of these types of tunes
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - (Know the song, not this version) I typically don't like covers all that much as I almost always prefer the original but I liked Kid Rock's version
Known
Margarittaville - as mentioned previously I love this song. Makes me happy. One more listen won't hurt.
Ashes to Ashes - One of my top 2 or 3 Bowie songs
A number of others I enjoyed as well.
( At least for 24 hours.)I liked the 24s a lot. Much more so than the previous 2, anyway. Added a bunch of New to Me's to my Favorites:
Mr. Swan
I Had This Thing
Stagger Lee - This reminded me of Red Right Hand (from Peaky Blinders)
Again Tonight - Don't think I've heard it before but it's prototypical JMC
Parlor - Loved this one. Similar to the 2 Rateliff songs that I know well that will be coming up at some point I'm sure.
She KNows
Secret World
Please Don't Bury Me - Have to be in the right mood for Mr. Prine but when I am I will be listening to lots of these types of tunes
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - (Know the song, not this version) I typically don't like covers all that much as I almost always prefer the original but I liked Kid Rock's version
Known
Margarittaville - as mentioned previously I love this song. Makes me happy. One more listen won't hurt.
Ashes to Ashes - One of my top 2 or 3 Bowie songs
A number of others I enjoyed as well.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
For anybody clicking on the Youtube for listens, I will say that the weekend Mastodon video is funny as hell to me, but probably a bit NSFW and would probably be an uncomfortable view with others around if you don't know what's coming. 
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
The first Manassas album is arguably Stills' greatest accomplishment outside of his best work with Buffalo Springfield and CSN(Y). It has astonishing depth and variety.It Doesn’t Matter
One thing both Stills and Neil needed was control. They had their ideas, and that was that. Together (and with Nash and Crosby) it didn't work well - too much pushback with a lot of fighting. But solo was a different story. Neil had Crazy Horse, a band that would listen to him without question, and Stills put together Manassas, which had some familiar names (drummer Dallas Taylor, Chris Hillman of the Byrds). Manassas was much more of a band, even though Stills was clearly the leader and somewhat of a taskmaster - he essentially lived in the studio, sometimes logging 80 to 100 hours at a clip.
Manassas only released two albums before other committments broke the band up, but they were really good. No big radio hits (this song, It Doesn't Matter", was probably the biggest) but their double album debut belongs in any enthusiasts collection.
The second one isn't very good. You can tell they were doing a lot of drugs.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
24. Carnation
Album: The Gift (1982)
Released as a single? No
As much as I like the music of Carnation, more than any other it is a top 31 Jam song of mine because of its lyrics. It sports some of the most self-loathing lines you will ever hear:
If you gave me a fresh carnation
I would only crush its tender petals
With me you'll have no escape
And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle -
I trample down all life in my wake
I eat it up and take the cake
I just avert my eyes to the pain
Of someone's loss helping my gain
If you gave me a dream for my pocket
You'd be plugging in the wrong socket
With me there's no room for the future
With me there's no room with a view at all -
I am out of season all year 'round
Hear machinery roar to my empty sound
Touch my heart and feel winter
Hold my hand and be doomed forever -
If you gave me a fresh carnation
I would only crush its tender petals
With me you'll have no escape
And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle.
And if you're wondering by now who I am
Look no further than the mirror -
Because I am the Greed and Fear
And every ounce of Hate in you.
While the lyrics are overtly about personal emotions, certain lines do make you wonder whether Margaret Thatcher and the people who supported her government were in the back of Paul Weller's mind when he wrote this -- "With me there's no room for the future" is the kind of line that showed up in his more overtly political songs. And yet, the bouncy bass line, jaunty acoustic guitar and excellent vocal melody is enough to make you forget all of the doom that Weller is describing. Liam Gallagher covered this, which tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUQhdF_kAFI
The Guardian ranked Weller's 30 greatest songs and put Carnation at #21, writing:
The Gift was The Jam's first album to go to No. 1 in the U.K., and ended up being their final LP, as Paul Weller decided to disband the group during the tour for it. It leaned heavily into the overt R&B and funk arrangements the band had started to deploy on some of its singles the year before, and as such sounds starkly different from the band's other 5 full-lengths. While there is plenty of Northern soul, jazz and other elements not displayed much previously, it does still rock out in spots. The title track, which closes the album, could even pass for something on In the City if it were played a little more amateurishly. The record's biggest hit, Town Called Malice, became by far their most successful song in the U.S., and another one of its songs set the record for best-selling import single in the U.K., surpassing another Jam track from two years before. But it also reflected tension in the band. Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler wanted to retain more of the punk/Mod elements that had been the band's calling card, and the more successful the band got, the more intense pressure the band's label put on Weller to produce material. Eventually he decided he'd had enough and wanted to explore soul/funk/R&B without the brand name of one of the biggest acts in the country and the burden that comes with that.
Ted Leo owes much of his sound to this album, to the point where his first band, Chisel, had a song called "Ripping off 'The Gift'".
Polydor released a live album called Dig the New Breed almost immediately after The Jam broke up, and it included Carnation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6zn3j4dh70
Weller's Days of Speed acoustic live album (2001) documented the tour where he finally got comfortable playing Jam and Style Council songs again, and it also included Carnation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivGOUV91z1k
At #23, the song that is so Beatlesque that you might think it's a parody, but is so well-executed that I couldn't omit it from this list.
Album: The Gift (1982)
Released as a single? No
As much as I like the music of Carnation, more than any other it is a top 31 Jam song of mine because of its lyrics. It sports some of the most self-loathing lines you will ever hear:
If you gave me a fresh carnation
I would only crush its tender petals
With me you'll have no escape
And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle -
I trample down all life in my wake
I eat it up and take the cake
I just avert my eyes to the pain
Of someone's loss helping my gain
If you gave me a dream for my pocket
You'd be plugging in the wrong socket
With me there's no room for the future
With me there's no room with a view at all -
I am out of season all year 'round
Hear machinery roar to my empty sound
Touch my heart and feel winter
Hold my hand and be doomed forever -
If you gave me a fresh carnation
I would only crush its tender petals
With me you'll have no escape
And at the same time there'll be nowhere to settle.
And if you're wondering by now who I am
Look no further than the mirror -
Because I am the Greed and Fear
And every ounce of Hate in you.
While the lyrics are overtly about personal emotions, certain lines do make you wonder whether Margaret Thatcher and the people who supported her government were in the back of Paul Weller's mind when he wrote this -- "With me there's no room for the future" is the kind of line that showed up in his more overtly political songs. And yet, the bouncy bass line, jaunty acoustic guitar and excellent vocal melody is enough to make you forget all of the doom that Weller is describing. Liam Gallagher covered this, which tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUQhdF_kAFI
The Guardian ranked Weller's 30 greatest songs and put Carnation at #21, writing:
The Gift was The Jam's first album to go to No. 1 in the U.K., and ended up being their final LP, as Paul Weller decided to disband the group during the tour for it. It leaned heavily into the overt R&B and funk arrangements the band had started to deploy on some of its singles the year before, and as such sounds starkly different from the band's other 5 full-lengths. While there is plenty of Northern soul, jazz and other elements not displayed much previously, it does still rock out in spots. The title track, which closes the album, could even pass for something on In the City if it were played a little more amateurishly. The record's biggest hit, Town Called Malice, became by far their most successful song in the U.S., and another one of its songs set the record for best-selling import single in the U.K., surpassing another Jam track from two years before. But it also reflected tension in the band. Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler wanted to retain more of the punk/Mod elements that had been the band's calling card, and the more successful the band got, the more intense pressure the band's label put on Weller to produce material. Eventually he decided he'd had enough and wanted to explore soul/funk/R&B without the brand name of one of the biggest acts in the country and the burden that comes with that.
Ted Leo owes much of his sound to this album, to the point where his first band, Chisel, had a song called "Ripping off 'The Gift'".
Polydor released a live album called Dig the New Breed almost immediately after The Jam broke up, and it included Carnation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6zn3j4dh70
Weller's Days of Speed acoustic live album (2001) documented the tour where he finally got comfortable playing Jam and Style Council songs again, and it also included Carnation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivGOUV91z1k
At #23, the song that is so Beatlesque that you might think it's a parody, but is so well-executed that I couldn't omit it from this list.
JMLs secret identity
Footballguy
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Zegras11
Footballguy
#23's PLAYLIST
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| Prince | Ramsay Hunt Experience | Soft and Wet
Prince - "Soft And Wet" (live Columbia 1980) **HQ**Prince"Soft And Wet" LIVECarolina Coliseum, Columbia, South CarolinaMarch 16th, 1980soundboardLyrics:Hey, lover, I got a sugarcaneThat I want to lose in youB...
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| Tanya Donelly | plinko | Pretty Deep Lovesongs for Underdogs, 1997 |
| Talking Heads | kupcho1 | I Zimbra |
| Sia Furler | Scoresman | I Go To Sleep |
| Los Lobos | eephus | Malaque |
| The Seldom Scene | Charlie Steiner | Hello Mary Lou
Hello Mary LouProvided to YouTube by Entertainment One Distribution USHello Mary Lou · Seldom SceneAct Two℗ Rebel Records LlcReleased on: 2005-04-19Auto-generated by YouTube.
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| Kid Rock | snellman | Cowboy (NSFW) |
| Against Me! | scorchy | Transgender Dysphoria Blues |
| Mastodon | KarmaPolice | The Motherload
Mastodon - The Motherload [Official Music Video]Watch the official music video for The Motherload by Mastodon from the album Once More ’Round the Sun.🔔 Subscribe to the channel: https://youtube.com/mastod...
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| Neko Case | Mister CIA | I Wish I Was The Moon- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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| Faith No More | JBBreakfastClub | the Gentle Art of Making Enemies |
| black midi | Juxtatarot | [skip] |
| Nina Simone | Don Quixote | Lilac Wine, from Wild is the Wind
Nina Simone - Lilac Wine (Audio)"Lilac Wine" by Nina Simone from the album “Wild Is The Wind.” Subscribe and ring the bell to never miss an update: https://NinaSimone.lnk.to/NinaSimoneYoutu...
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| Beastie Boys | Yo Mama | The New Style |
| Drive-By Truckers | Dr. Octopus | Hell No, I Ain't Happy |
| Jimmy Buffet | -OZ- | Coconut Telegraph
Jimmy Buffett - Coconut Telegraph2016 - I Don't Know TourJimmy Buffett"Coconut Telegraph"Cincinnati, OHRiverbend Music Center06/21/2016Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/margaritaville/Twitte...
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| The Jam | Pip's Invitation | Start! |
| Röyksopp | JMLs secret identity | 23 - Meatball (Instrumental)
Röyksopp - MeatballRöyksopp's personal contribution to their 'Back To Mine' mix album under the pseudonym 'Emmanuel Splice'. This is a remix / edit of Mike Oldfield's 'North St...
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | salteriffic | Sorrow's child https://open.spotify.com/track/3pzvnshVv1OAQonlJlM0To?si=51327fa7ce494b6e |
| CSNY | jwb | Cowboy Movie |
| Roger Clyne | Mt. Man | I Know You Know |
| David Berman | The Dreaded Marco | Horseleg Swastikas
Silver Jews - Horseleg Swastikasgreat mid-album track from the joos' 4th full-length, /bright flight/, 2001, drag city
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| David Bowie | Binky the Doormat | Diamond Dogs
Diamond Dogs (2016 Remaster)Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UKDiamond Dogs (2016 Remaster) · David BowieDiamond Dogs℗ 1974, 2016 Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC under exclusiv...
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| Pointer Sisters | Mrs. Rannous | Should I Do It
The Pointer Sisters - Should I Do ItMusic video by The Pointer Sisters performing Should I Do It. (C) 1981 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainmenthttp://vevo.ly/5QBZF5
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| Incubus | MAC_32 | Take Me To Your Leader |
| John Mellencamp | tuffnutt | Jackie Brown
John Mellencamp - Jackie BrownMusic video by John Mellencamp performing Jackie Brown. (C) 1989 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to the Island Def Jam Music Group#JohnMellencamp #Ja...
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| Sufjan Stevens | Ilov80s | Mercury |
| Mike Shinoda | Just Win Baby | One Step Closer- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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| Chris Cornell | Raging Weasel | Sound Of A Gun |
| Josh Homme | titusbramble | First It Giveth |
| Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats | AAABatteries | You Should've Seen the Other GuyYou Should've Seen The Other GuyNathaniel Rateliff · In Memory Of Loss (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 2017
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| Kim Mitchell | Sullie | Karoke Queen
Karoke QueenProvided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupKaroke Queen · Kim MitchellItch℗ 1994 Alert Music Inc.Released on: 1994-01-01Auto-generated by YouTube.
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| Thin Lizzy | zamboni | The Boys Are Back In Town- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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| Collective Soul | falguy | Compliment |
| Tears for Fears | John Maddens Lunchbox | The Hurting (Vocals Roland and Curt)
The HurtingProvided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupThe Hurting · Tears For FearsThe Hurting℗ 1983 Mercury Records LimitedReleased on: 1999-01-01Producer, Associated...
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| Cheap Trick | FairWarning | Need Your Love |
| John Prine | landrys hat | Clock and Spoons |
| Ben Folds | Hov34 | Don't Change Your Plans |
| Tom Petty | Zegras11 | Mary Jane's Last Dance |
| Scott Hutchison | sneveneleven | Music Now
Frightened Rabbit - Music Now (Live on KEXP)http://KEXP.ORG presents Frightened Rabbit performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded on October 15, 2012.Host: Cheryl WatersAudio Engineer: Jackson LongCa...
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| The New Pornographers | Northern Voice | Twin Cinema |
| John Lee Hooker | DrIan Malcolm | I Got a Letter |
| Rainbow | Sam Quentin | Death Alley Driver |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | zazale | Capriccio italien, Op. 45, TH 47Capriccio italien, Op. 45, TH 47Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev · Song · 2015
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
23. Taxman Start!
Album: Sound Affects (1980)
Released as a single? Yes (UK #1)
Here it is, @krista4 . The lead single from Sound Affects, The Jam's second UK #1, is so much of a Beatles homage (parody?) that I had to think long and hard about whether to include it in my top 31. But the performance is so well-executed and the non-Beatles elements are so good that I had to find room for it. The obvious thing to say here is that some of the guitar and bass parts are lifted wholesale from Taxman.
Bruce Foxton told MusicRadar: "We were listening a lot to The Beatles' Revolver album. It wasn't intentional, but 'Taxman' subconsciously went in and when we came up with the idea for 'Start!' that's what went in. It isn’t exactly the same thankfully, otherwise I'm sure Paul McCartney would have thought about suing us!"
Paul Weller told the authors of 1000 UK #1 Hits: "I thought it was all a bit stupid, the riff thing doesn't bother me at all. I use anything and I don't really care whether people think it's credible or not, or if I'm credible to do it. If it suits me, I do it."
Also helping them out was that George Harrison, who as the author of Taxman was actually the one who had standing to sue, was embroiled in his own plagiarism lawsuit at the time and accusing someone else of doing what he was accused of probably would not have helped his legal case, or at least the optics around it. I'm not aware what George thought of the song, or if he even heard it.
The lyrics were inspired by George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. "There is a lot of talk of an egalitarian society where all people are equal but this was it, actually in existence, which, for me, is something that is very hard to imagine," Weller said in 1000 UK #1 Hits.
It doesn't matter if we never meet again
What we have said will always remain
If we get through for two minutes only
It will be a start
Weller and Foxton reprise the Taxman guitar and bass parts expertly, but Rick Buckler's drumming is what really stands out here. His fills cut through everything like a buzzsaw. The "if I never ever see you" bridge is blissfully exquisite and the trumpets that show up in the end accentuate the band's looming turn towards more overt R&B.
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8AOkbfgNE
Dig the New Breed version -- I love how the crowd comes in on the "agaaaaaain" part in the bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DFE4rembk
Start! was one of the two songs The Jam played in one of their few U.S. TV appearances, on Fridays, ABC's knockoff of Saturday Night Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZMmfaR7rE
Fire and Skill 1980 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXzrY3KXcU
Fire and Skill 1982 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0FCwka81o
Demo version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTy2h6c3tiU
At #22, a track that showed that while Weller could get pretty radical in his politics, he did not care for nihilism and violence. Also, as I found 22 covers the band performed, I will start spotlighting them one at a time, as none made my top 31.
Album: Sound Affects (1980)
Released as a single? Yes (UK #1)
Here it is, @krista4 . The lead single from Sound Affects, The Jam's second UK #1, is so much of a Beatles homage (parody?) that I had to think long and hard about whether to include it in my top 31. But the performance is so well-executed and the non-Beatles elements are so good that I had to find room for it. The obvious thing to say here is that some of the guitar and bass parts are lifted wholesale from Taxman.
Bruce Foxton told MusicRadar: "We were listening a lot to The Beatles' Revolver album. It wasn't intentional, but 'Taxman' subconsciously went in and when we came up with the idea for 'Start!' that's what went in. It isn’t exactly the same thankfully, otherwise I'm sure Paul McCartney would have thought about suing us!"
Paul Weller told the authors of 1000 UK #1 Hits: "I thought it was all a bit stupid, the riff thing doesn't bother me at all. I use anything and I don't really care whether people think it's credible or not, or if I'm credible to do it. If it suits me, I do it."
Also helping them out was that George Harrison, who as the author of Taxman was actually the one who had standing to sue, was embroiled in his own plagiarism lawsuit at the time and accusing someone else of doing what he was accused of probably would not have helped his legal case, or at least the optics around it. I'm not aware what George thought of the song, or if he even heard it.
The lyrics were inspired by George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. "There is a lot of talk of an egalitarian society where all people are equal but this was it, actually in existence, which, for me, is something that is very hard to imagine," Weller said in 1000 UK #1 Hits.
It doesn't matter if we never meet again
What we have said will always remain
If we get through for two minutes only
It will be a start
Weller and Foxton reprise the Taxman guitar and bass parts expertly, but Rick Buckler's drumming is what really stands out here. His fills cut through everything like a buzzsaw. The "if I never ever see you" bridge is blissfully exquisite and the trumpets that show up in the end accentuate the band's looming turn towards more overt R&B.
Music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI8AOkbfgNE
Dig the New Breed version -- I love how the crowd comes in on the "agaaaaaain" part in the bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7DFE4rembk
Start! was one of the two songs The Jam played in one of their few U.S. TV appearances, on Fridays, ABC's knockoff of Saturday Night Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZMmfaR7rE
Fire and Skill 1980 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbXzrY3KXcU
Fire and Skill 1982 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E0FCwka81o
Demo version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTy2h6c3tiU
At #22, a track that showed that while Weller could get pretty radical in his politics, he did not care for nihilism and violence. Also, as I found 22 covers the band performed, I will start spotlighting them one at a time, as none made my top 31.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I've gotten way behind on the playlists due to work, fantasy football, the baseball playoffs and Survivor and its related podcasts, so I'm gonna run off the known-to-me favorites since I last checked in at #27. I'll weigh in with new-to-me favorites when I can, but my business trip next week won't help as far as catching up goes.
#26:
Chicago (Graham Nash, not Sufjan Stevens, which was a different playlist)
Starman
Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
Video
Handle with Care -- Petty performed this at all three shows of his that I saw, even though it's more associated with George Harrison and Roy Orbison
My Rights Versus Yours
Street of Dreams
#25:
The Book I Read
Carry On
Young Americans
Your Life Is Now
Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye
Donald and Lydia
A Thing About You
Mr. Lucky
#24:
Houses in Motion -- yes, I was the one who said all of Remain in Light might be in my top 31 Talking Heads
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
It Doesn't Matter
Ashes to Ashes
Louisiana Rain
Stone Cold
#23:
Soft and Wet
I Zimbra -- the prototype for Remain in Light
Cowboy Movie
Diamond Dogs
Should I Do It
Jackie Brown
Sound of a Gun
The Boys Are Back in Town
Mary Jane's Last Dance -- possibly a top 5 Petty for me
Twin Cinema
Death Alley Driver
#26:
Chicago (Graham Nash, not Sufjan Stevens, which was a different playlist)
Starman
Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart
Video
Handle with Care -- Petty performed this at all three shows of his that I saw, even though it's more associated with George Harrison and Roy Orbison
My Rights Versus Yours
Street of Dreams
#25:
The Book I Read
Carry On
Young Americans
Your Life Is Now
Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye
Donald and Lydia
A Thing About You
Mr. Lucky
#24:
Houses in Motion -- yes, I was the one who said all of Remain in Light might be in my top 31 Talking Heads
Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun
It Doesn't Matter
Ashes to Ashes
Louisiana Rain
Stone Cold
#23:
Soft and Wet
I Zimbra -- the prototype for Remain in Light
Cowboy Movie
Diamond Dogs
Should I Do It
Jackie Brown
Sound of a Gun
The Boys Are Back in Town
Mary Jane's Last Dance -- possibly a top 5 Petty for me
Twin Cinema
Death Alley Driver
Scoresman
Footballguy
Sia Chronological #23: I Go To Sleep
Scoresman Rank # 6
Does it count as a cover if the artist who wrote the original never actually recorded it? That is the case here. This song was composed by Ray Davies of MAD31's first round band The Kinks. This has been covered by other artists such as Cher and The Pretenders, but the Kinks never actually recorded or released it themselves.
Sia's version doesn't stray too far from The Pretender's version which is probably the most popular rendition of the song. I do feel her haunting vocals on this track make it my favorite version of the song. Just a great, chill tune.
With this song, we're now at Sia's fourth studio album, and my personal favorite, Some People Have Real Problems.
Scoresman Rank # 6
Does it count as a cover if the artist who wrote the original never actually recorded it? That is the case here. This song was composed by Ray Davies of MAD31's first round band The Kinks. This has been covered by other artists such as Cher and The Pretenders, but the Kinks never actually recorded or released it themselves.
Sia's version doesn't stray too far from The Pretender's version which is probably the most popular rendition of the song. I do feel her haunting vocals on this track make it my favorite version of the song. Just a great, chill tune.
With this song, we're now at Sia's fourth studio album, and my personal favorite, Some People Have Real Problems.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Beastie Boys #23 - The New Style
Album - Licensed to Ill (1986)
Peacockin'
Ad-Rock: 3, MCA: 2, Mike D: 3, Beastie Boys: 2, Greater NYC: 3
Name Rockin'
Picasso, Jimmy Page, Colombo
Rhyme Squawkin'
Went to the prom, wore the fly blue rental
Got six girlies in my Lincoln Continental
Yo Mama Talkin'
This song (and one other further up the countdown) are really what initially drew me to the Beastie Boys, more so than their bigger radio hits. Just some classic hip-hop goodness.
The beat drop / transition at the end always gets me.
This song has some great reaction videos out there since some of their beats / change ups come out of nowhere.
(Apologies for some cringey lyrics on this one)
Album - Licensed to Ill (1986)
Peacockin'
Ad-Rock: 3, MCA: 2, Mike D: 3, Beastie Boys: 2, Greater NYC: 3
Name Rockin'
Picasso, Jimmy Page, Colombo
Rhyme Squawkin'
Went to the prom, wore the fly blue rental
Got six girlies in my Lincoln Continental
Yo Mama Talkin'
This song (and one other further up the countdown) are really what initially drew me to the Beastie Boys, more so than their bigger radio hits. Just some classic hip-hop goodness.
The beat drop / transition at the end always gets me.
This song has some great reaction videos out there since some of their beats / change ups come out of nowhere.
(Apologies for some cringey lyrics on this one)
Raging weasel
Footballguy
I've also fallen way behind, just finished the 25's.
25's
Known songs
Untogether
Feel Like Making Love
Young Americans
New to me favs
Don't Lose Touch
Precious Stones
Mullet Head
I'll be There
Still liked the tracks by Sia,Neko,Nina,DBT and Incubus just not as much as the first few.
Not sure how I feel about Steve McQueen the song/poem
25's
Known songs
Untogether
Feel Like Making Love
Young Americans
New to me favs
Don't Lose Touch
Precious Stones
Mullet Head
I'll be There
Still liked the tracks by Sia,Neko,Nina,DBT and Incubus just not as much as the first few.
Not sure how I feel about Steve McQueen the song/poem
Tau837
Footballguy
I finally listened to the #25 playlist.
Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:
I liked other songs I didn't highlight, they just didn't rise to the same level for me as these.
Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:
- CSNY - Carry On
- David Bowie - Young Americans
- Incubus - A Kiss to Send Us Off
- Sia - The Bully
- The Seldom Scene - With Body And Soul
- Drive-By Truckers - Feb. 14
- Jimmy Buffett - Oldest Surfer On the Beach
- Royskopp - The Alcoholic - kind of surprised I'm choosing an instrumental, but really liked this
- Rainbow - Stranded
I liked other songs I didn't highlight, they just didn't rise to the same level for me as these.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Tears For Fears
#23 - The Hurting
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Appears - The Hurting LP
Year - 1983
UK Highest Chart Position - Non Single
US Highest Chart Position -Non Single
Key Lyric - Is it an horrific dream?
Am I sinking fast?
Could a person be so mean
As to laugh and laugh
Notes
1- The Hurting was inspired musically by Curt Smith’s recollections of a show by Bristol band Electric Guitars. “Curt described their music,” Orzabal recalls, “and I wrote the guitar riff.” The song was later sampled for Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? “I found that amusing,” Smith laughs, “‘cos they didn’t invite us!”
2- This is one of the few Tears for Fears songs where both sing the verse and it works so well. A song we will see later, uses the same technique. They really should have done it more often. Roland sings the chorus or what you would call a chorus
3- I always have a fascination for Side One, track one on a debut album and this fits the bill. Its an impressive opener, but far better was contained within
Where to find
The Hurting - 2
Songs from the Big Chair - 0
The Seeds of Love - 0
Elemental - 0
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - 0
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - 4
Ready Boys and Girls - 0
The Tipping Point - 0
Greatest Hits only - 0
B- Sides - Other/Non Album Songs - 3
Year
1981 - 0
1982 - 0
1983 - 3
1984 - 0
1985 - 0
1986 - 1
1989 - 0
1993 - 0
1995 - 1
2004 - 4
2014 - 0
2017 - 0
2021 - 0
2022 - 0
Next up we stay in the same era and Rolands passionate voice shines through. Why he never had confidence in that, I will never know.
#23 - The Hurting
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Appears - The Hurting LP
Year - 1983
UK Highest Chart Position - Non Single
US Highest Chart Position -Non Single
Key Lyric - Is it an horrific dream?
Am I sinking fast?
Could a person be so mean
As to laugh and laugh
Notes
1- The Hurting was inspired musically by Curt Smith’s recollections of a show by Bristol band Electric Guitars. “Curt described their music,” Orzabal recalls, “and I wrote the guitar riff.” The song was later sampled for Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas? “I found that amusing,” Smith laughs, “‘cos they didn’t invite us!”
2- This is one of the few Tears for Fears songs where both sing the verse and it works so well. A song we will see later, uses the same technique. They really should have done it more often. Roland sings the chorus or what you would call a chorus
3- I always have a fascination for Side One, track one on a debut album and this fits the bill. Its an impressive opener, but far better was contained within
Where to find
The Hurting - 2
Songs from the Big Chair - 0
The Seeds of Love - 0
Elemental - 0
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - 0
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - 4
Ready Boys and Girls - 0
The Tipping Point - 0
Greatest Hits only - 0
B- Sides - Other/Non Album Songs - 3
Year
1981 - 0
1982 - 0
1983 - 3
1984 - 0
1985 - 0
1986 - 1
1989 - 0
1993 - 0
1995 - 1
2004 - 4
2014 - 0
2017 - 0
2021 - 0
2022 - 0
Next up we stay in the same era and Rolands passionate voice shines through. Why he never had confidence in that, I will never know.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
#23 Prince -- Soft and Wet (from For You)
Prince was still a teenager when he wrote, sang, and played all the instruments for every song on his debut album for Warner Brothers (there is a co-songwriting credit for lyrics on this cut in particular, Soft and Wet). There's no band to speak of here. By his next album, he'd recruited childhood friend Andre Cymone to play bass (you're welcome, Hold Steady enthusiasts) and filled out a number of members of what would be the Revolution (Bobby Z, Dr. Fink, Dez Dickerson), most of them to tour to support For You, but none of them are evident on the recording itself. It's all Prince. I don't think the rest of the album reaches these heights, but this is one of my favorite Prince singles. One that could easily land in my Top 10. But I wanted to talk about the early stuff now, so here we are.
This does not sound like a single from (early!) 1978 to me. There's no disco horns. There really isn't a huge funk guitar line or even driving bass. It's pretty much straight synth-funk. Pure, ecstatic, horny, danceable synth-funk. Somewhat amazingly, it hit No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and even snuck into the BIllboard Hot 100. Not bad for a 19-year old neophyte (albeit one whose demo had started a record label bidding war). His next (eponymously titled) album would go platinum. I used to think that Prince didn't really arrive as a charting artist until 1999, but he was charting pretty reliably almost from the beginning, even if he didn't have any Top 10 singles until Little Red Corvette.
Prince was still a teenager when he wrote, sang, and played all the instruments for every song on his debut album for Warner Brothers (there is a co-songwriting credit for lyrics on this cut in particular, Soft and Wet). There's no band to speak of here. By his next album, he'd recruited childhood friend Andre Cymone to play bass (you're welcome, Hold Steady enthusiasts) and filled out a number of members of what would be the Revolution (Bobby Z, Dr. Fink, Dez Dickerson), most of them to tour to support For You, but none of them are evident on the recording itself. It's all Prince. I don't think the rest of the album reaches these heights, but this is one of my favorite Prince singles. One that could easily land in my Top 10. But I wanted to talk about the early stuff now, so here we are.
This does not sound like a single from (early!) 1978 to me. There's no disco horns. There really isn't a huge funk guitar line or even driving bass. It's pretty much straight synth-funk. Pure, ecstatic, horny, danceable synth-funk. Somewhat amazingly, it hit No. 12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and even snuck into the BIllboard Hot 100. Not bad for a 19-year old neophyte (albeit one whose demo had started a record label bidding war). His next (eponymously titled) album would go platinum. I used to think that Prince didn't really arrive as a charting artist until 1999, but he was charting pretty reliably almost from the beginning, even if he didn't have any Top 10 singles until Little Red Corvette.
Tau837
Footballguy
Mike Shinoda Just Win Baby One Step Closer
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One Step Closer is Linkin Park's first single ever released. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock chart and at #5 on the Billboard US Alternative chart. Not bad for a debut single. This is the 2nd or 3rd song I have included from their debut album, Hybrid Theory, depending on if you count She Couldn't as a Hybrid Theory song or not (not on the original release but included in 20th anniversary release).
This song is somewhat famous for some of the lyrics, which Chester Bennington screams out:
I love love love this. Who among us hasn't wanted to scream something like this at someone...
Mike said this about the song:
And this:
Producer Don Gilmore said this:
Chester Bennington said this in 2011:
In 2021, Kerrang ranked the top 20 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked One Step Closer at #4. Here is their description of the song from that ranking:
In 2017, Billboard ranked the top 15 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked One Step Closer at #4. Here is an excerpt about the song from that ranking:
Again, I recommend you play this in a setting where you can turn the volume up loud.
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Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
23. Hello Mary Lou
This is the only song on the list from their second album, Act II, released in 1973, and another one I saw them perform live several times.
Though made famous by Ricky Nelson, this song was "written" by Gene Pitney and first recorded by Johnny Duncan a year before Ricky's version. The word 'written' is in quotation marks because Pitney was sued for plagiarism due to its similarity to a song named 'Merry, Merry Lou', which had been released 3 years before Pitney wrote this one. It was also covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin both in 1972, and also by The Statler Brothers in 1985.
Hope the short write-up isn't too much of a let-down; also, the next write-up is going to be on the short side as well. Don't worry, though, I still have a lot to say.
This is the only song on the list from their second album, Act II, released in 1973, and another one I saw them perform live several times.
Though made famous by Ricky Nelson, this song was "written" by Gene Pitney and first recorded by Johnny Duncan a year before Ricky's version. The word 'written' is in quotation marks because Pitney was sued for plagiarism due to its similarity to a song named 'Merry, Merry Lou', which had been released 3 years before Pitney wrote this one. It was also covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Led Zeppelin both in 1972, and also by The Statler Brothers in 1985.
Hope the short write-up isn't too much of a let-down; also, the next write-up is going to be on the short side as well. Don't worry, though, I still have a lot to say.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I mentioned this before, but I’ll always cherish screaming SHUT UP WHEN I’M TALKING TO YOU!!!! at the top of my lungs with my kids when they were standing on their seats at their first rock concert. The best.
Mike Shinoda Just Win Baby One Step Closer
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One Step Closer is Linkin Park's first single ever released. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock chart and at #5 on the Billboard US Alternative chart. Not bad for a debut single. This is the 2nd or 3rd song I have included from their debut album, Hybrid Theory, depending on if you count She Couldn't as a Hybrid Theory song or not (not on the original release but included in 20th anniversary release).
This song is somewhat famous for a line in the lyrics, which Chester Bennington screams out:
I love love love this. Who among us hasn't wanted to scream something like this at someone...
Mike said this about the song:
And this:
Producer Don Gilmore said this:
Chester Bennington said this in 2011:
In 2021, Kerrang ranked the top 20 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked One Step Closer at #4. Here is their description of the song from that ranking:
In 2017, Billboard ranked the top 15 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked One Step Closer at #4. Here is an excerpt about the song from that ranking:
Again, I recommend you play this in a setting where you can turn the volume up loud.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
THE MOTHERLOAD
This is the last album of theirs I will have a song from on the playlist, leaving one of theirs untouched on purpose. This is from Once More 'Round the Sun. The title is fitting, because it's largely a repeat of The Hunter in that it's a scattershot of ideas and songs. I think it's even more of a range of weirdness and ideas. During my research phase this was one that kept climbing up my list of favorites. I dig Brann's opening and his drumming in general on this one, but what really keeps me coming back to the song is that awesome tone shift around the 2:45 that leads into the great Brent solo that starts about a minute later. It's just a bonus that the video is funny to me as well. THIS GUY is definitely not Brann, but it's another drumming rabbit hole that I've been down, and his videos sound great and showcase the drumming from different tracks than the ones Brann has posted through Meinl. What really stood out to me when I was watching these was I underestimated the snare work and the amount of ghost notes being played and how complicated some of the fills get. Again, Brann is doing this while singing - this song is 80% Brann singing. It's another I thought would have a higer chance of landing with the group as a whole. The next one from Emperor of Sand is also 80% Brann, which is a big reason these two are paired together.
This is the last album of theirs I will have a song from on the playlist, leaving one of theirs untouched on purpose. This is from Once More 'Round the Sun. The title is fitting, because it's largely a repeat of The Hunter in that it's a scattershot of ideas and songs. I think it's even more of a range of weirdness and ideas. During my research phase this was one that kept climbing up my list of favorites. I dig Brann's opening and his drumming in general on this one, but what really keeps me coming back to the song is that awesome tone shift around the 2:45 that leads into the great Brent solo that starts about a minute later. It's just a bonus that the video is funny to me as well. THIS GUY is definitely not Brann, but it's another drumming rabbit hole that I've been down, and his videos sound great and showcase the drumming from different tracks than the ones Brann has posted through Meinl. What really stood out to me when I was watching these was I underestimated the snare work and the amount of ghost notes being played and how complicated some of the fills get. Again, Brann is doing this while singing - this song is 80% Brann singing. It's another I thought would have a higer chance of landing with the group as a whole. The next one from Emperor of Sand is also 80% Brann, which is a big reason these two are paired together.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
#23 I Know You Know (off Turbo Ocho, 2008)
(Youtube version) Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers - I Know You Know
(live version) Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, I Know You Know in Houston
Wrote you a poem
"A little haiku
I want you under my skin
My new tattoo, yeah!"
Why I Chose It:
The shortest song on this countdown at 2:43, it’s here for a good time, not a long time. This song’s got a bit of a different vibe to it. Higher tempo, largely powerpop if you feel like defining such things. If nothing else, it serves as a good palate cleanser while tying into #22 pretty decently. Though I think this one would be able to hang around with the styles of a few other artists in the countdown. See what you think for yourself!
Bonus song:
If you like this one, check out "I do" (Live version: "I do") from the same album. There’s (not surprisingly) a mix of styles and speeds on Turbo Ocho, so I don’t want to give the impression that the album’s all like that. But those two definitely share a vibe. I’ll get into more of the story behind Turbo Ocho… sometime later in the countdown.
(Youtube version) Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers - I Know You Know
(live version) Roger Clyne and The Peacemakers, I Know You Know in Houston
Wrote you a poem
"A little haiku
I want you under my skin
My new tattoo, yeah!"
Why I Chose It:
The shortest song on this countdown at 2:43, it’s here for a good time, not a long time. This song’s got a bit of a different vibe to it. Higher tempo, largely powerpop if you feel like defining such things. If nothing else, it serves as a good palate cleanser while tying into #22 pretty decently. Though I think this one would be able to hang around with the styles of a few other artists in the countdown. See what you think for yourself!
Bonus song:
If you like this one, check out "I do" (Live version: "I do") from the same album. There’s (not surprisingly) a mix of styles and speeds on Turbo Ocho, so I don’t want to give the impression that the album’s all like that. But those two definitely share a vibe. I’ll get into more of the story behind Turbo Ocho… sometime later in the countdown.
JMLs secret identity
Footballguy
Röyksopp
23 - Meatball (Instrumental)
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Year - 2007
Appears on - Back To Mine
Vocalist - Instrumental
Key Lyric - Instrumental
Notes
1- Back to Mineis a series of mix albums, usually mixed by DJs or composers of electronic music. The compilations usually feature artists other than the artist compiling the album, and are based on what the compiler would play in their home after a night out, rather than as part of a nightclub session.
2- This album contains songs from, among others, The Talking Heads, Edgar Winter, Mr Flagio, Art of Noise, Idris Muhammed and Funkadelic. Its really a nice listen and we get to see something from a similar concept in Late Night Tales later.
3- To get past the “feature artists other than the artist” section, Röyksopp created a pseudonym called Emmanuel Splice to do their track for this album.
4- The previous track on the album is called Platinum - Part Three Charleston by Mike Oldfield. Röyksopp did part four called North Star by Oldfield and renamed it Meatball.
5- A rare track not written by the band.
6- The film clip is such a happy joyous thing too.
Running Vocal Count
Röyksopp - 2
Robyn - 1
Gunhild Ramsay Kovacs - 1
Alison Goldfrapp - 1
Jamie Irrepressible - 1
Instrumental - 3
Where to find
Melody A.M - 0
The Understanding - 0
Röyksopp’s Night Out - 1
Back to Mine Series - 1
Junior - 0
Senior - 1
Late Night Tales Series - 0
Do It Again EP - 1
The Inevitable End - 1
Profound Mysteries I - 0
Profound Mysteries II - 0
Profound Mysteries III - 2
Other/Non Album Songs - 2
Year
1999 - 0
2001 - 0
2002 - 1
2005 - 0
2006 - 1
2007 - 1
2008 - 0
2009 - 0
2010 - 1
2013 - 0
2014 - 2
2016 - 1
2022 - 2
Next up perhaps the most revered song from the Profound Mysteries trilogy, but while i enjoy it, it takes 4 minutes to get going
23 - Meatball (Instrumental)
Röyksopp - Meatball
Röyksopp's personal contribution to their 'Back To Mine' mix album under the pseudonym 'Emmanuel Splice'. This is a remix / edit of Mike Oldfield's 'North St...
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Year - 2007
Appears on - Back To Mine
Vocalist - Instrumental
Key Lyric - Instrumental
Notes
1- Back to Mineis a series of mix albums, usually mixed by DJs or composers of electronic music. The compilations usually feature artists other than the artist compiling the album, and are based on what the compiler would play in their home after a night out, rather than as part of a nightclub session.
2- This album contains songs from, among others, The Talking Heads, Edgar Winter, Mr Flagio, Art of Noise, Idris Muhammed and Funkadelic. Its really a nice listen and we get to see something from a similar concept in Late Night Tales later.
3- To get past the “feature artists other than the artist” section, Röyksopp created a pseudonym called Emmanuel Splice to do their track for this album.
4- The previous track on the album is called Platinum - Part Three Charleston by Mike Oldfield. Röyksopp did part four called North Star by Oldfield and renamed it Meatball.
5- A rare track not written by the band.
6- The film clip is such a happy joyous thing too.
Running Vocal Count
Röyksopp - 2
Robyn - 1
Gunhild Ramsay Kovacs - 1
Alison Goldfrapp - 1
Jamie Irrepressible - 1
Instrumental - 3
Where to find
Melody A.M - 0
The Understanding - 0
Röyksopp’s Night Out - 1
Back to Mine Series - 1
Junior - 0
Senior - 1
Late Night Tales Series - 0
Do It Again EP - 1
The Inevitable End - 1
Profound Mysteries I - 0
Profound Mysteries II - 0
Profound Mysteries III - 2
Other/Non Album Songs - 2
Year
1999 - 0
2001 - 0
2002 - 1
2005 - 0
2006 - 1
2007 - 1
2008 - 0
2009 - 0
2010 - 1
2013 - 0
2014 - 2
2016 - 1
2022 - 2
Next up perhaps the most revered song from the Profound Mysteries trilogy, but while i enjoy it, it takes 4 minutes to get going
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I'm a Nick Cave fan and I'm more familiar with his body of work than the average bear. Sorrow's Child was a fantastic discovery.
snellman
Footballguy
Cowboy (NSFW)
Cowboy was the song I was first introduced to by Kid Rock. Not sure what about it attracted me, other than it was a rebel song and I was going through a stage in my life that it felt like it was me against the world. As the years have gone by, It has lost some of its luster, hence why it is lower on my list, but every once in a while I still have the urge to get in the vehicle and just crank it (even at 51)
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Look at me! I'm only 51.Cowboy (NSFW)
Cowboy was the song I was first introduced to by Kid Rock. Not sure what about it attracted me, other than it was a rebel song and I was going through a stage in my life that it felt like it was me against the world. As the years have gone by, It has lost some of its luster, hence why it is lower on my list, but every once in a while I still have the urge to get in the vehicle and just crank it (even at 51)
Mister CIA
Footballguy
The Boys Are Back In Town has aged well. Only 47.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Clocks and Spoons is sweet AF.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Ben Folds is the elixir I did not ask for.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
Selected favorites from the #23s. I decided to go back to a ratio of 4 favorites and 6 new songs for this round. There were simply more songs I didn’t know on this playlist, and again it was somewhat difficult to trim things down. Shuffled, because I can.
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Familiar songs:
Sorrow’s Child - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Soft and Wet - Prince
The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
First it Giveth - QotSA/Josh Homme
New discoveries:
Clocks and Spoons - John Prine
Should I Do It - Pointer Sisters
The Motherload - Mastodon
Hell No, I Ain’t Happy - Drive-By Truckers
Pretty Deep - Tanya Donelly. Today’s “maybe heard this before but can’t be sure” entry.
I Wish I Was The Moon - Neko Case
Shuffle Adventures:
Nina Simone, Linkin Park, Jimmy Buffet and then The Seldom Scene? Shuffle’s a bit all over the place. Though not unlike the regular order, in that way. Still, what would this category be without either some mood whiplash or some serendipity?
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Familiar songs:
Sorrow’s Child - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Soft and Wet - Prince
The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy
First it Giveth - QotSA/Josh Homme
New discoveries:
Clocks and Spoons - John Prine
Should I Do It - Pointer Sisters
The Motherload - Mastodon
Hell No, I Ain’t Happy - Drive-By Truckers
Pretty Deep - Tanya Donelly. Today’s “maybe heard this before but can’t be sure” entry.
I Wish I Was The Moon - Neko Case
Shuffle Adventures:
Nina Simone, Linkin Park, Jimmy Buffet and then The Seldom Scene? Shuffle’s a bit all over the place. Though not unlike the regular order, in that way. Still, what would this category be without either some mood whiplash or some serendipity?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
23.
This is a straight out Southern Rocker which releases Hood’s “angry southern man” personality. The boisterous song depicts both the tough life on the road with a band and the perverse love musicians have for that lifestyle.
There's a purdy little girl outside the van window
'Bout 80 cities down, 800 to go
Six crammed in, we ain't never alone
Never homesick, ain't got no home
Check my mail, if you would please, Jenn
Collect my things, well, now I'm in town again
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
But I get a little closer everyday
Gonna be a while 'fore I'm back your way
And I've seen just how much I can stand
One night in Kansas City we thought about killing a man
Seen my number fly by on Interstate Ten
Seen the mountains of Montana at 7 a.m.
And I keep it all together for the sake of the kids
Got your fine-*** self on the back of my lids
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
But I ain't too crappy
- Song: Hell No, I Ain’t Happy
- Album: Decoration Day
- Released: 2003
- Lead Vocals: Patterson Hood
This is a straight out Southern Rocker which releases Hood’s “angry southern man” personality. The boisterous song depicts both the tough life on the road with a band and the perverse love musicians have for that lifestyle.
There's a purdy little girl outside the van window
'Bout 80 cities down, 800 to go
Six crammed in, we ain't never alone
Never homesick, ain't got no home
Check my mail, if you would please, Jenn
Collect my things, well, now I'm in town again
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
But I get a little closer everyday
Gonna be a while 'fore I'm back your way
And I've seen just how much I can stand
One night in Kansas City we thought about killing a man
Seen my number fly by on Interstate Ten
Seen the mountains of Montana at 7 a.m.
And I keep it all together for the sake of the kids
Got your fine-*** self on the back of my lids
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
Hell no, I ain't happy
But I ain't too crappy
tuffnutt
Footballguy
28s
Favorite Known to me:
Incubus- Pantomime- Man I forgot hoe much I like these guys
Bowie- Modern Love- Great tune
Tom Petty- You got lucky- Probably top 10 Petty song for me!
Favorite New to me:
I Remember you- Silver Jews- This is the best new to me song I've heard thus far. Listened to this one half dozen times already. Just Great!
Strip Mall Parking Lot- Rise Against
Great song!
As I come of Age- Pointer Sisters- I had NO idea that they had songs like this. loved it.
On to the 27s maybe I'll catch up some day
Favorite Known to me:
Incubus- Pantomime- Man I forgot hoe much I like these guys
Bowie- Modern Love- Great tune
Tom Petty- You got lucky- Probably top 10 Petty song for me!
Favorite New to me:
I Remember you- Silver Jews- This is the best new to me song I've heard thus far. Listened to this one half dozen times already. Just Great!
Strip Mall Parking Lot- Rise Against
Great song!As I come of Age- Pointer Sisters- I had NO idea that they had songs like this. loved it.
On to the 27s maybe I'll catch up some day
tuffnutt
Footballguy
23.
Jackie Brown- John Mellencamp
from Big Daddy Album
"Jackie Brown" touches on poverty and economic hardship, and the problems that remain a challenge for the U.S. government to solve. "Jackie Brown" speaks to the cycle of poverty that is the truth for many Americans... particularly Rural Americans. "What ugly truths freedom brings.. and it hasnt been very kind to you"... man what a powerful lyric.
John Himself had this to day about it..."Jackie Brown might be one of the best songs I ever wrote," he said. "It's very honest. That song's been written before, but I think I wrote it as good as anybody could write it."
Jackie Brown- John Mellencamp
from Big Daddy Album
"Jackie Brown" touches on poverty and economic hardship, and the problems that remain a challenge for the U.S. government to solve. "Jackie Brown" speaks to the cycle of poverty that is the truth for many Americans... particularly Rural Americans. "What ugly truths freedom brings.. and it hasnt been very kind to you"... man what a powerful lyric.
John Himself had this to day about it..."Jackie Brown might be one of the best songs I ever wrote," he said. "It's very honest. That song's been written before, but I think I wrote it as good as anybody could write it."
Don Quixote
Footballguy
23. Nina Simone, Lilac Wine (from Wild is the Wind, 1966)
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Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that he… coming to me… nearly here?
Another well-covered song about heartache from losing a lover and finding comfort (and getting a bit intoxicated) in drinking wine made from a lilac tree.
While there are a lot of versions of this song, the two that stand out for me are Nina Simone’s and Jeff Buckley’s from his Grace album. (For any fans of Jeff Buckley, he once described himself as, in part, “the warped lovechild of Nina Simone and all four members of Led Zeppelin…”)
This is the first song in my list from the “The Wild is the Wind” album (whose album cover is featured in my avatar). It is compiled of leftover songs from other recording sessions, but it is one of her more celebrated albums. Pitchfork ranked it the fifth best album of the 1960s, and Rolling Stone ranked it #212 on its top 500 albums of all-time list, FWIW. More from that album to come.
At #22, Nina Simone gets apocalyptic...
(I’ll add in danger of falling behind here. I had a weekend full of youth soccer activities for my kiddo, and flying to FL for a conference tomorrow morning. Will see if I can listen to some of the 23’s on the plane.)
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Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love
Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love
Listen to me, I cannot see clearly
Isn't that he… coming to me… nearly here?
Another well-covered song about heartache from losing a lover and finding comfort (and getting a bit intoxicated) in drinking wine made from a lilac tree.
While there are a lot of versions of this song, the two that stand out for me are Nina Simone’s and Jeff Buckley’s from his Grace album. (For any fans of Jeff Buckley, he once described himself as, in part, “the warped lovechild of Nina Simone and all four members of Led Zeppelin…”)
This is the first song in my list from the “The Wild is the Wind” album (whose album cover is featured in my avatar). It is compiled of leftover songs from other recording sessions, but it is one of her more celebrated albums. Pitchfork ranked it the fifth best album of the 1960s, and Rolling Stone ranked it #212 on its top 500 albums of all-time list, FWIW. More from that album to come.
At #22, Nina Simone gets apocalyptic...
(I’ll add in danger of falling behind here. I had a weekend full of youth soccer activities for my kiddo, and flying to FL for a conference tomorrow morning. Will see if I can listen to some of the 23’s on the plane.)
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Yum. Caprice Italian. One of my favorites.
kupcho1
Footballguy
Talking Heads
#23 I Zimbra
This song is the most direct indication of where Talking Heads were headed on their next album (Remain in Light), as the African influences are front and center. I'm not sure if it is more of a reflection of how strange the late 70s were, or the nature of Talking Heads, but this song was actually released as a single (the 2nd one, I'm sure you can guess the first if you look at the track listing for Fear of Music). Keeping in the spirit of weirdness, the lyrics are "an adaptation of Dadaist* Hugo Ball's poem Gadji beri bimba." Because of course they are.
Gadji beri bimba clandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A bim beri glassala glandride
E glassala tuffm I zimbra
* the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. (source: Wikipedia)
#23 I Zimbra
This song is the most direct indication of where Talking Heads were headed on their next album (Remain in Light), as the African influences are front and center. I'm not sure if it is more of a reflection of how strange the late 70s were, or the nature of Talking Heads, but this song was actually released as a single (the 2nd one, I'm sure you can guess the first if you look at the track listing for Fear of Music). Keeping in the spirit of weirdness, the lyrics are "an adaptation of Dadaist* Hugo Ball's poem Gadji beri bimba." Because of course they are.
Gadji beri bimba clandridi
Lauli lonni cadori gadjam
A bim beri glassala glandride
E glassala tuffm I zimbra
* the Dada movement consisted of artists who rejected the logic, reason, and aestheticism of modern capitalist society, instead expressing nonsense, irrationality, and anti-bourgeois protest in their works. (source: Wikipedia)
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jwb
Footballguy
Cowboy Movie
After Deja Vu, the four all released "solo" albums. I put solo in quotes because they generally guest-starred on each other's (predictably Neil's After the Gold Rush is easily the most solo).
Crosby's was called "If Only I could Remember My Name". He was in a dark place, grieving his girlfriend's death, and getting deep into drugs. But this is a good album, and really emphasizes his unique voice. This song is about some outlaws whose group is torn apart by a woman. It's really about Rita Coolidge, who was dating Stills but left him for a post Joni-Mitchell Nash. Lots of drama, but a decent song.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Round 23
Top 5 Songs "New To Me"
Top 5 Songs "New To Me"
- I Wish I Was the Moon - Neko Case
- Twin Cinema - The New Pornographers
- Son of a Gun - Audioslave
- Sorrow's Child - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
- Malaque - Los Lobos
- Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
- You Should've Seen The Other Guy - Nathaniel Ratliff
- I, Zimbra - Talking Heads
- Clocks and Spoons - John Prine
- The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
-OZ-
Footballguy
As should probably be expected going forward, this was one of the best lists so far! I knew quite a few of the songs and enjoyed the majority.
Known favorites:
Hell no I ain’t happy
Mary Jane’s last dance
The boys are back
One step closer
Jackie brown
New songs;
Horse leg swastikas
I know you know
Pretty deep
Should I do it
Music now
I’d forgotten how Prince is either a home run or a miss IMO. talent for sure, but some songs aren’t my thing.
Known favorites:
Hell no I ain’t happy
Mary Jane’s last dance
The boys are back
One step closer
Jackie brown
New songs;
Horse leg swastikas
I know you know
Pretty deep
Should I do it
Music now
I’d forgotten how Prince is either a home run or a miss IMO. talent for sure, but some songs aren’t my thing.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Today's Collective Soul song features one of the biggest artists in music. You'll know who this person as as soon as you hear the voice.
I hope someone likes it.
Today’s Jimmy might just make you hungry.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Today's Seldom Scene is...another cover song.
Today's Collective Soul song features one of the biggest artists in music. You'll know who this person as as soon as you hear the voice.
I hope someone likes it.
Today’s Jimmy might just make you hungry.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Quick 24s thoughts before I fall even further behind today.
Lots of known to me favorites this round led by Bowie and Incubus.
Really liked the Kim Michell song.
Thin Lizzy and Rainbow songs both brought be back to earlier Yo Mama days. I thought for a long time Stone Cold was a Foreigner song.
Sufjan, Frightened Rabbit, and New Pornographers were my favorite other new to me songs.
Lots of known to me favorites this round led by Bowie and Incubus.
Really liked the Kim Michell song.
Thin Lizzy and Rainbow songs both brought be back to earlier Yo Mama days. I thought for a long time Stone Cold was a Foreigner song.
Sufjan, Frightened Rabbit, and New Pornographers were my favorite other new to me songs.
tuffnutt
Footballguy
27s
Favorite Knowns
Prince- Nothing Compares to You
Chris Cornell- Nothing Compares to you- Perhaps one of best covers ever
Casimir Pulaski Day- Sufjan Stevens- Probably my favorite song by him
Tom Petty- Learning to Fly- Top 10 for me
Queen of the Stoned Age- Do it Again
New to me Favorites :
Switchblade- Roger Clyne- My favorite new song this round
Saltwater Gospel- Jimmy Buffett
Gratitude- Beasties Boys- Unfamiliar with most of there work outside the hits. liked this one
Me and Youphoria- Royksopp
Cologne- ben Folds- dont think Ive heard this one before(at least dont remember it) great song
on to the 26s
Favorite Knowns
Prince- Nothing Compares to You
Chris Cornell- Nothing Compares to you- Perhaps one of best covers ever
Casimir Pulaski Day- Sufjan Stevens- Probably my favorite song by him
Tom Petty- Learning to Fly- Top 10 for me
Queen of the Stoned Age- Do it Again
New to me Favorites :
Switchblade- Roger Clyne- My favorite new song this round
Saltwater Gospel- Jimmy Buffett
Gratitude- Beasties Boys- Unfamiliar with most of there work outside the hits. liked this one
Me and Youphoria- Royksopp
Cologne- ben Folds- dont think Ive heard this one before(at least dont remember it) great song
on to the 26s
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