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[AAABatteries]

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

AAABatteries

The Future The Future Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · The Future · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com - 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

I'd like to quote all the lyrics but will condense the incredible lyrics of The Future down to these two segments.

Is the future open?
Is the future seen?
You'd have to pray forever and if you don't believe
They'll come down on you
From the longest fall


You're standing in the water
You think that you've been saved
With your blind ignorance
In comes a crushing wave
And see what drown men do in your watery grave
Well, they'll come to steal and divide
All that's good

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Not that my write-ups are any good but my apologies for falling behind - work has been crazy lately.

It’s been work and my dad’s surgery keeping me from keeping up with that (but have with the playlists).

I should be able to do the write ups for my last 2 songs tomorrow. I feel like I’m appealing to a college professor to let me hand in my paper late:

 

[rockaction]

dad’s surgery keeping me from keeping up with that

What's up with Pop Octopus, if I'm not prying too much?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

dad’s surgery keeping me from keeping up with that

What's up with Pop Octopus, if I'm not prying too much?

He had a quadruple bypass at 84, but I’m glad to report the day after he was doing well and good spirits and only wanted to leave the hospital because he was “fine”.
Doctors/nurses said his recovery was better than expected and will leave ICU today, but stay 3-4 more days.

He’ll stick around a few more years - most reports say you’re much stronger post surgery.

 

[zamboni]

dad’s surgery keeping me from keeping up with that

What's up with Pop Octopus, if I'm not prying too much?

He had a quadruple bypass at 84, but I’m glad to report the day after he was doing well and good spirits and only wanted to leave the hospital because he was “fine”.
Doctors/nurses said his recovery was better than expected and will leave ICU today, but stay 3-4 more days.

He’ll stick around a few more years - most reports say you’re much stronger post surgery.

Best wishes to you and your dad - hope the recovery goes smoothly.

 

[rockaction]

I’m glad to report the day after he was doing well and good spirits and only wanted to leave the hospital because he was “fine”.

Good news.

Doctors/nurses said his recovery was better than expected and will leave ICU today, but stay 3-4 more days.

He’ll stick around a few more years - most reports say you’re much stronger post surgery.

Here's wishing the best to you and your father.

 

[Zegras11]

#13'S {LAYLIST

		#13 -
Prince	Ramsay Hunt Experience	Girls and Boys Girls & Boys Prince · Song · 1986 open.spotify.com Prince & The Revolution - Girls & Boys (Official Music Video) "Girls & Boys" from 'Parade' (1986)☔️ Listen to more Prince here https://lnk.to/PrinceStream📺 Watch all the official Prince videos here http://bit.ly/Prince... youtu.be
Tanya Donelly	plinko	Seal My Fate King, 1995 Seal My Fate Belly · Song · 1995 open.spotify.com
Talking Heads	kupcho1	Girlfriend Is Better Girlfriend Is Better Talking Heads · Song · 1983 open.spotify.com
Sia Furler	Scoresman	Kiss Me Once (Kylie Minogue) Kiss Me Once Kylie Minogue · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com
Los Lobos	eephus	Don't Worry Baby Don't Worry Baby Los Lobos · Song · 1984 open.spotify.com
The Seldom Scene	Charlie Steiner	Grandfather's Clock Grandfather's Clock Provided to YouTube by Entertainment One Distribution USGrandfather's Clock · Seldom SceneLive At The Cellar Door℗ Rebel Records LlcReleased on: 2005-04-19Au... www.youtube.com
Kid Rock	snellman	When You Love Someone When U Love Someone Kid Rock · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
Against Me!	scorchy	Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart (feat Tegan Quinn) Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart Against Me! · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
Mastodon	KarmaPolice	Ancient Kingdom Ancient Kingdom Mastodon · Song · 2017 open.spotify.com Meinl Cymbals - Brann Dailor - "Ancient Kingdom" Mastodon - "Ancient Kingdom"Check out a full playlist of cymbals from Brann’s setup here: http://bit.ly/2p9JYKo 15” Byzance Foundry Reserve Hihats19” Byzance... www.youtube.com
Neko Case	Mister CIA	If You Knew Neko Case - "If You Knew" (Full Album Stream) Listen to the full album: http://bit.ly/1JSK773"If You Knew" by Neko Case from the album 'The Tigers Have Spoken,' available nowDownload on iTunes: http://ap... www.youtube.com
Faith No More	JBBreakfastClub	the Real Thing The Real Thing Faith No More · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com
black midi	Juxtatarot	[skip]
Nina Simone	Don Quixote	Strange Fruit, from Pastel Blues Nina Simone - Strange Fruit Pastel Blues, 1965 youtu.be Strange Fruit Nina Simone · Song · 1965 open.spotify.com
Beastie Boys	Yo Mama	Root Down Root Down - Remastered 2009 Beastie Boys · Ill Communication (Deluxe Edition/Remastered) · Song · 1994 open.spotify.com
Drive-By Truckers	Dr. Octopus	Guitar Man Upstairs Guitar Man Upstairs Drive-By Truckers · Song · 2001 open.spotify.com
Jimmy Buffet	-OZ-	Bama Breeze Bama Breeze Jimmy Buffett · Song · 2006 open.spotify.com Jimmy Buffett - Bama Breeze This is JB's official video for the song "Bama Breeze" off of his new album. This video put a tear in my eye...and only those of us who understand know why. www.youtube.com
The Jam	Pip's Invitation	Beat Surrender Beat Surrender The Jam · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com
Röyksopp	JMLs secret identity	13 - Feel It feat Maurissa Rose Röyksopp - 'Feel It' ft. Maurissa Rose (Official Visualiser) For love of the night 'Feel It' by Röyksopp ft. Maurissa Rose is out now on Dog Triumph. Stream and download here: https://royksopp.lnk.to/feeeel-itYoCredits... m.youtube.com
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	salteriffic	Henry Lee Henry Lee (feat. PJ Harvey) - 2011 Remastered Version Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey · Song · 1996 open.spotify.com
CSNY	jwb	Better Days Better Days Graham Nash · Songs For Beginners · Song · 1971 open.spotify.com
Roger Clyne	Mt. Man	Interstate Interstate The Refreshments · Song · 1996 open.spotify.com
David Berman	The Dreaded Marco	Buckingham Rabbit silver jews buckingham rabbit www.youtube.com
David Bowie	Binky the Doormat	It's No Game (Part 1) - 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
Pointer Sisters	Mrs. Rannous	Dreaming As One Dreaming as One Provided to YouTube by RCA Records LabelDreaming as One · The Pointer SistersFire! The Very Best of The Pointer Sisters℗ 1979 RCA Records, a division of Sony... www.youtube.com Dreaming as One The Pointer Sisters · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com
Incubus	MAC_32	Warning Warning Incubus · Song · 2001 open.spotify.com
John Mellencamp	tuffnutt	Lonely O' Night - 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
Sufjan Stevens	Ilov80s	To Be Alone with You To Be Alone With You Sufjan Stevens · Song · 2004 open.spotify.com
Mike Shinoda	Just Win Baby	Breaking The Habit - 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
Chris Cornell	Raging Weasel	Set It Off Set It Off Audioslave · Audioslave · Song · 2002 open.spotify.com
Josh Homme	titusbramble	Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R - Deluxe Edition · Song · 2010 open.spotify.com
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	AAABatteries	Tight Rope Tight Rope Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · A Song For Leon (A Tribute to Leon Russell) · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com - 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
Kim Mitchell	Sullie	Rock That Rhyme Rock That Rhyme Provided to YouTube by MNRK Music GroupRock That Rhyme · Kim Mitchell · Greg Morrow · Ken Spider Sinneve · Kim Micthell · Peter Fredette · Joe HardyAin't Lif... www.youtube.com
Thin Lizzy	zamboni	Rosalie - 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
Collective Soul	falguy	Disciplined Breakdown Disciplined Breakdown Collective Soul · Song · 1997 open.spotify.com
Tears for Fears	John Maddens Lunchbox	I Love You But I’m Lost (Vocals Dan Smith of Bastille, Curt and Roland) Tears For Fears - I Love You But I'm Lost I Love You But I’m Lost by Tears For Fears. Stream, download and buy here: https://TearsForFears.lnk.to/RuleTheWorldID Music video by Tears For Fears perform... m.youtube.com
Cheap Trick	FairWarning	Baby Likes To Rock Baby Loves to Rock Cheap Trick · All Shook Up · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
John Prine	landrys hat	Long Monday Long Monday John Prine · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Ben Folds	Hov34	There's Always Someone Cooler Than You There's Always Someone Cooler Than You - E.P. Version Ben Folds · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com
Tom Petty	Zegras11	Free Fallin' Free Fallin' Tom Petty · Full Moon Fever · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com
Scott Hutchison	sneveneleven	Cold Creeps Cold Creeps Provided to YouTube by Atlantic Records UKCold Creeps · Owl JohnOwl John℗ 2014 Atlantic Records UK Ltd., A Warner Music Group CompanyMixer, Performance, Prod... www.youtube.com
The New Pornographers	Northern Voice	War on the East Coast War On The East Coast The New Pornographers · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com
John Lee Hooker	DrIan Malcolm	You Know, I Know You Know, I Know John Lee Hooker · Song · 1966 open.spotify.com
Rainbow	Sam Quentin	Since you’ve been gone Since You Been Gone Rainbow · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	zazale	Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: I. Allegro moderato - Moderato assai Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, TH 59: I. Allegro moderato - Moderato assai Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Ivan Pochekin, Russian National Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev · Song · 2022 open.spotify.com

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Tears for Fears featuring Dan Smith from Bastille
#13 - I Love You But I’m Lost

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Appears - Rule the World - Greatest Hits
Year - 2017
UK Highest Chart Position - Did Not Chart
US Highest Chart Position - Did Not Chart
Key Lyric - In a dream, at the edge of a river
Where they swam, and I watched you shiver
Came to life in my arms and then turned to dust
I love you but I'm lost

Notes
1- This song was co-written with Dan Smith of Bastille (Pompeii). In fact it sounds more like a Bastille song than a Tears for Fears song hence my problematic ranking of it. As a song in its own right, I love it. I would have it top 10 easily. I have played this over and over

2- I cant even hear Curt and Roland singing on this. Dan Smith sounds so much more noticeable. Heres Roland “Roland revealed: "Dan Smith from Bastille is singing on it, I don't think he realises it but we kept it. We may have to pay him."

3- The film clip for this is a cinematic piece that is fascinating. Looks like it is a scene from a mob movie

4- Speaking about the track in a press release, Roland Orzabal said: "This song is about the haziness, the blurred lines within a relationship, the sense of having someone and losing someone in the same instant; like putting your arms around that person only for them to instantly disappear into vapors, the idea or ideal of someone who is impossible to pin down or own."

Where to find
The Hurting - 3
Songs from the Big Chair - 1
The Seeds of Love - 0
Elemental - 1
Raoul and the Kings of Spain - 1
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending - 5
Ready Boy and Girls - 1
The Tipping Point - 2
Greatest Hits only - 1
B- Sides - Other/Non Album Songs - 4

Year
1981 - 1
1982 - 0
1983 - 5
1984 - 0
1985 - 0
1986 - 1
1989 - 0
1993 - 1
1995 - 2
2004 - 5
2014 - 1
2017 - 1
2021 - 0
2022 - 2

Next up, we return to Songs from the Big Chair.

 

[zamboni]

Cheap Trick

FairWarning

Baby Likes To Rock Baby Loves to Rock Cheap Trick · All Shook Up · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com

That whole All Shook Up album is what got me into Trick back in 1980. Thought it was the coolest sound and became a big fan.

Produced by George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick, as it turns out.

 

[rockaction]

"Feel Good Hit Of The Summer" is top notch and I'm glad it made the Josh Homme list. I'd probably have it as number one given my limited Homme exposure.

#13s rock. "Lonely Ol' Night" and "Free Fallin'" are two darn fine rock songs and "Root Down" is a darn fine hip hop track.

"Strange Fruit" has influenced so many hip hop acts this past decade. From Kanye to Michael Render using the phrase in "a few words for the firing squad (radiation)" in a poignant moment during a Run The Jewels song.

 

[Yo Mama]

A lot of personal favorites on the 13 list, can’t wait to listen.

 

[AAABatteries]

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

AAABatteries

Tight Rope Tight Rope Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · A Song For Leon (A Tribute to Leon Russell) · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com - 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

Not sure if we have any Leon Russell fans in here but this is a very recent cover of Russell’s Tight Rope. I love this cover so hard - it’s quirky and fun.

 

[Yo Mama]

Beastie Boys #13 - Root Down
Album - Ill Communication (1994)

Peacockin'
Ad-Rock: 1, MCA: 1, Mike D: 1, Beastie Boys: 1, Greater NYC: 4

Name Rockin'
The Stone Alliance, **** Hyman, Fruit of the Loom guys, The Meters, Jimmy Smith, Kool Moe Dee, Busy Bee, Ma Bell, Bob Marley, Mario

Rhyme Squawkin'
I'll fill you to the f***in' rim like Brim
I'm walking down your block and you say "That's him.
There goes the guy with the funky sound."
The Beastie Boys you know we come to get down

Yo Mama Talkin'
I love how they can create such a funky beat primarily using their instruments (and some major help from a Jimmy Smith sample). This is a call out to their growing up in NYC and the official video really emphasizes that.

Beastie Boys - Root Down

REMASTERED IN HD!Read the story behind Ill Communication here: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/ill-communication-beastie-boys-album/Listen to more fro...

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Jimmy Smith song - fun listen

Root Down (And Get It) (Live)

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupRoot Down (And Get It) (Live) · Jimmy SmithRoot Down℗ 1972 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, I...

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[New Binky the Doormat]

David Bowie

Binky the Doormat

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reaction.

not a song that typically comes to mind when people think of Bowie ...and one of my favorites

 

[Raging weasel]

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

AAABatteries

Tight Rope Tight Rope Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · A Song For Leon (A Tribute to Leon Russell) · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com - 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

Not sure if we have any Leon Russell fans in here but this is a very recent cover of Russell’s Tight Rope. I love this cover so hard - it’s quirky and fun.

Was hoping it was a cover of the SRV song

 

[Charlie Steiner]

13. Grandfather's Clock

This is the second of two songs from Live at the Cellar Door.

This one makes the list because it captures the energy and experience of being at one of their live shows. Duffey had a very dry sense of humor and was so deadpan most of the time that a lot of his humor went over my head, unless my dad laughed. In his intro for this song, he gives credit to two other band members, bassist Tom Gray and dobroist Mike 'Larry Legend' Auldrich for awards they had recently earned. I don't know how well it comes through on this track, but he had a way of connecting with his audience and leading them through the show like an amusement park tour guide.

Time for spotlight number five: Mandolinist John Duffey (third from the left in my avatar, flat-top haircut, gray shirt, dark slacks)

Duffey was a bit of an enigma. As the son of a classically trained singer in the Metropolitan Opera, he learned to control and modulate his voice, giving him a four-octave range that he ran through with relative ease. His upper range made him able to emulate his bluegrass idol, Bill Monroe, and I'm sure that his instrument of choice being the same was no accident. He was both respectful and irreverent at the same time, brash on stage and shy off it. Although he wasn't the best musician in the band, he was the best showman of the bunch and became the leader not only on stage, but also by driving the band's catalog of songs, creating arrangements of folk and pop songs of their time and tirelessly combing through the National Archives for songs that fit the band's vibe.

For my father and me, John Duffey basically was the Seldom Scene, and I'm sure many of their fans felt the same way.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Röyksopp
13 - Feel It feat Maurissa Rose

Röyksopp - 'Feel It' ft. Maurissa Rose (Official Visualiser)

For love of the night 'Feel It' by Röyksopp ft. Maurissa Rose is out now on Dog Triumph. Stream and download here: https://royksopp.lnk.to/feeeel-itYoCredits...

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Year - 2022
Appears on - Profound Mysteries III
Vocalist - Maurissa Rose
Key Lyric - Oh, baby, come with me
We've got this energy
Just give it all to me
No one else can make me feel

Notes
1- Röyksopp teamed up with Detroit-based R&B artist Maurissa Rose for this track

2-Feel It’ is (specifically) a nod to the danceable, eclectic blend of musical styles, which originated on the Ibiza club scene in the mid 80s and early 90s, commonly referred to as Balearic beats. The track itself is a house-influenced Italo-dub, blending genres in a ‘if it works, it works’ aesthetic. An approach that’s always been very dear to us.”

3- From her website - Combine a heavy dose of soul, a dash of sexiness and a sprinkle of sultry, and you’ll get the undeniably powerful voice that R&B songstress Maurissa Rose commands.

Running Vocal Count
Röyksopp - 6
Robyn - 4
Karin Dreijer - 2
Susanne Sundfør - 2
Maurissa Rose - 1
Gunhild Ramsay Kovacs - 1
Alison Goldfrapp - 1
Jamie Irrepressible - 1
Karen Harding - 1
Instrumental - 3

Where to find
Melody A.M - 0
The Understanding - 1
Röyksopp’s Night Out - 1
Back to Mine Series - 1
Junior - 2
Senior - 1
Late Night Tales Series - 1
Do It Again EP - 2
The Inevitable End - 2
Profound Mysteries I - 0
Profound Mysteries II - 1
Profound Mysteries III - 5
Other/Non Album Songs - 2

Year
1999 - 0
2001 - 0
2002 - 1
2005 - 1
2006 - 1
2007 - 1
2008 - 0
2009 - 2
2010 - 1
2013 - 1
2014 - 4
2016 - 1
2022 - 6

Next up another collaboration with Susanne Sundfør

 

[-OZ-]

Did someone mention a Christmas draft?

https://pandora.app.link/SRIEuWd1PEb

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0XXcyDdkOcOI9IFyot3K8tI_RSA9qDW1&si=91RJD_dA7AyGsIdH

 

[Scoresman]

With Thanksgiving week upon us, my writeups will be sparse.

Kylie Minogue’s Kiss Me Once is the last of the songs written by Sia in my list. I chose this because I’ve always had a crush on Kylie Minogue and her voice and I love the 80s vibe the song has. That’s all.

Up next will be one fun cover before we get into the second half of Sia’s career where she emerges from her 4 year performing hiatus as a rising pop star with what many consider to be her magnum opus album.

 

[Don Quixote]

13. Nina Simone, Strange Fruit (from Pastel Blues, 1965)
YouTube Spotify

Southern trees
Bearing strange fruit
Blood on the leaves
And blood at the roots
Black bodies
Swinging in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin'
From the poplar trees…

I said last night that I’m glad that Beastie Boys will be after my #13 in the playlist as a pick-me-up, as, well, this one is intense. It was a bit hard to rank, as tough to call a song about lynching as a “favorite”, but it ranks high in terms of sending chills up my spine.

Nina Simone said of “Strange Fruit”: "That is about the ugliest song I have ever heard. Ugly in the sense that it is violent and tears at the guts of what white people have done to my people in this country."

This song was most famously recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939 and became the anthem of the anti-lynching movement. Nina Simone’s version was released at the height of the civil rights movement.

Holiday’s version is great and powerful too, but Nina Simone’s version differentiated a bit. Similar to some of her other covers that have appeared in my list, she removed instrumentation besides her on the piano (gone is the trumpet in Holiday’s), leaving little for a listener to think about other than the lyrics. She really draws out the lyrics too, such as the way she holds the word “leaves” in “for the leeeeaaavvves to drop” for about 10 seconds.

As rock indicated, Nina Simone’s version was another song of hers sampled by Kanye West, in his song “Blood on the Leaves.”

 

[Mt. Man]

–
#14 Interstate (off FIzzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, 1996)

Well out here on the border
Ain't nobody asking questions
No I don't need a miracle
But I could use a push in the right direction

(Youtube Version) Interstate
(Live Version) The Refreshments - Interstate (Taste of AZ, 1998)

The title’s in the lyrics three times, though each time it’s blink and you’ll miss it. Or whatever the audio version of that is. It’s definitely a song more memorable for its hook and some of the lyrics than the title. But that's talk for the next section.

Why I chose this:
For a while, this vied for my favorite song by The Refreshments. Still three of those to go, so it’s not like it’s fallen too far. Even before I knew (all) the lyrics, there were parts that simply stuck with me. The soft smooth guitar work. The dual harmonies (and four-part vocals) kicking in now and again. The sense of adventure. A lot of images in the words, if that makes sense to you.

What I’m saying is that I’m reaching the point in the countdown where I love a lot of the song and have trouble narrowing down things to talk about that are more innovative than saying that I obviously enjoy the song, and hope you do too. That said, I (obviously) really enjoy this song. I hope you do too.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #16:

Marrakesh Express
Space Oddity
Play Guitar -- on the Philly FM stations they played this with the S-word unbleeped
Gasoline
Shine
Quiet Man
Letter from an Occupant

Re two artists that usually appear on these lists for me:
I can take or leave the studio version of Don't Come Around Here No More, but it was amazing live.
And She Was isn't good enough to overcome the extent to which it was overplayed.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

16. The Modern World
Album: This Is the Modern World (1977)
Released as a single? Yes (UK #36)

This Is the Modern World, The Jam's second album, was mostly received as a lesser iteration of In the City, but its quasi-title track and lead single is every bit as good as the best tracks from the debut. It's a thumper informed by the early Who, but a controlled one with a memorable melody. The album version's lyric "I don't give two f#cks about your review" was replaced on the single version with "I don't give a damn about your review". Lyrically it's more of "the kids are alright and the authorities suck."

This is the modern world that I've learnt about
This is the modern world we don't need no one
To tell us what's right or wrong

As mentioned above, This Is the Modern World was given short shrift by the music press upon its release and to this day is considered the weakest of The Jam's six albums. Technically that is true, but more because of the strength of the other five. Contrary to its reputation, it is not a rehash of In the City. While it has some bangers reminiscent of the ones on the debut, it also shows The Jam trying to extend their musical palette, with more varied tempos and arrangements than seen on In the City. It was also the apex of Bruce Foxton's songwriting contributions to the band, as he contributed two songs to it, as well as the A-side of a non-album single released a few months after the LP. The more radical changes would come the following year, but this album shows The Jam were always trying out new things.

Top of the Pops appearance in November 1977 (clean version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1X6y2hXX8
1977 live version from the compilation album 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjReRUqIXsw
Fire and Skill 1977 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mbworkonqo
Fire and Skill 1978 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeCL3n9N0es
Fire and Skill 1979 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZQ1AWIhXMI
Fire and Skill 1980 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cEwu2LNQMA
1979 live version that appears on the deluxe edition of Setting Sons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fIelIdn00U

Cover #16: Big Bird

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Appeared in 1981 live sets and on the Dig the New Breed live album (1982)
Writer: Eddie Floyd
Original or most famous version: Eddie Floyd

R&B singer Eddie Floyd wrote this song soon after the death of his Stax labelmate Otis Redding, as he was waiting in London for a plane to fly him to Redding's funeral. (The song predates the existence of the Sesame Street character by more than a year.) The Jam introduced it to their live sets on their first tour with a horn section, but the arrangement is more chaotic and amped-up than most of the overt R&B attempts from the band's final years.

At #15, a bodacious album track that was performed on one of the band's few US TV appearances.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #15:

The Girl Wants to Be with the Girls
When the Circus Comes -- mostly know the Phish cover version but I have heard the original
4 + 20
Changes
Hand to Hold Onto
Four Walled World
Century City
Jackie, Dressed in Cobras -- a rare Dan Bejar New Pornographers song I have seen performed live. Bejar doesn't usually tour with the New Pornographers, but his main band Destroyer opened for NP when they were promoting Twin Cinema and I saw them in Philly. During NP's set Bejar appeared at various intervals to sing a few of his NP songs, including this one.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

15. Private Hell
Album: Setting Sons (1979)
Released as a single? No

Titanically intense, Private Hell is one of the standouts from Setting Sons and an excellent example of the beefier, postpunk-influenced sound The Jam favored between 1979 and early 1981. Paul Weller's guitar cuts and slashes thrillingly as the rhythm section locks in tightly, It doesn't appear to be part of the original concept of Setting Sons (a trio of childhood friends who go off to war and grow apart afterward), but it shares those songs' theme of people bearing little resemblance to their younger selves as they age:

Closer than close
You see yourself
A mirrored image
Of what you wanted to be
As each day goes by
A little more
You can't remember
What it was you wanted, anyway
The fingers feel the lines
They prod the space
Your ageing face
The face that once was so beautiful
Is still there, but unrecognisable
Private Hell
Private Hell
The man that you once loved
Is bald and fat
And seldom in
Working late as usual
Your interest has waned
You feel the strain
The bed springs snap
On the occasions he lies upon you
Close your eyes and think of nothing but
Private Hell
Private Hell

Despite never being released as a single, the song was a live favorite for the second half of the band's career, sometimes closing shows and occupying the last track of their first officially released live album, Dig the New Breed. It was also one of two songs the band performed in one of its few US TV appearances, on Fridays, ABC's SNL knockoff. And Weller continues to perform it live occasionally, as does From the Jam featuring Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler.

Fridays appearance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AybWSdEbafA
Dig the New Breed version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkx_7xpJKUA
1979 live version that appears on the Setting Sons deluxe edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93o7-cea7ns
Fire and Skill 1980 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrqlsiIGLek
Fire and Skill 1982 disc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWsDCUwouc
Demo version that appears on the Setting Sons super deluxe edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK9a-0peTBs

Cover #15: I Got You (I Feel Good)

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Demo of unknown-to-me origin that first appeared on the Extras compilation (1992)
Writer: James Brown
Original or best known version: James Brown

You'd think this would go in the "never should have tried it" pile with Stand By Me, but The Jam's take on the James Brown classic is surprisingly not bad. Given the presence of horns, it's probably from their later period where their takes on R&B were getting tighter and more refined, and Weller conveys passion and urgency in his vocal without trying to copy Brown's style (which would have failed miserably).

At #14, the only Jam song that Paul Weller thinks is "perfect".

 

[tuffnutt]

13.
Lonely Ol' Night- John Mellencamp
From Scarecrow Album

Our 4th of 6 songs that will come from the Scarecrow album is "Lonely Ol' Night" It was another major hit for John peaking at #6 on billboards. I love everything about this song... the drums on this track are amazing and the lyrics " She calls me baby... she calls everybody baby" so good. the themes of loneliness in this one is very relatable... "I know exactly what he means..." In retrospect I probably underranked this one... should have made top 10. I thinkthat just speaks to how good the rest of his catalog is... at least to me.

The title and hook were lifted from dialogue in the 1963 movie Hud. When Brandon De Wilde's character asks, "It's a Lonesome old night, isn't it?" Paul Newman replies, "Ain't they all?"

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #14:

When Doves Cry
Crosseyed and Painless -- I took it in the Jukebox draft and ranked it #3 the International Countdown. Bonus points for being one of Phish's best covers. I've always considered the "rap" section to be more "spoken word" because I can't conceive of David Byrne as a rapper.
Ronnie and Neil -- yes, people have sent me the link to this on several occasions over the years.
Helplessly Hoping -- one of the first CSN(Y) songs I heard because it was included on the So Far compilation that my parents played all the time when I was very young.
All the Young Dudes
Getaway Car
Caligulove
Jackson Cannery

 

[Tau837]

Mike Shinoda

Just Win Baby

Breaking The Habit - 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

This is the 1st song I have in my top 31 from the Linkin Park Meteora album.

Meteora was Linkin Park's second studio album. It debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, and is the 8th best selling album of the 21st century. Chester said this about the album:

We knew what we wanted, and we knew how to execute to a certain degree. However, we were also just going for it. We didn’t really care about what anybody else was doing. We also didn’t care whether or not the songs fit together stylistically as a whole or a collection of songs. It was more like, "This riff is sick!" Then, we’d just scream over it, and the next song would be a mid-tempo ballad and you’d sing the way that song needed to be sang. We were testing. We were students in college. We were in the lab, and we happened to stumble across something everybody liked and it worked. I think Meteora was an extension of that.

I also thought these quotes by Chester and Mike were interesting:

Lyrically, the album contains elements including depressing emotions, anger, and recovery. Explaining to MTV, Bennington said: "We don't talk about situations, we talk about the emotions behind the situations. Mike and I are two different people, so we can't sing about the same things, but we both know about frustration and anger and loneliness and love and happiness, and we can relate on that level." In the same interview, Shinoda explained it as: "What we really wanted to do was just push ourselves and push each other to really find new ways to be creative." He continued: "We wanted each sample that was in each song to be something that might perk your ear – something that you might not have ever heard before."

As for the song, Breaking The Habit became the 5th consecutive single from Meteora to reach #1 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, a feat unmatched by any other artist in the history of that chart. It also reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream rock Tracks chart. This song was an exception from the normal style of their songs up to this point in their careers, as it did not include any distorted guitar riffs or any rapping vocals from Mike, a style they would further explore on later albums.

About the song lyrics:

A common misconception about the song is that it was written by lead singer Chester Bennington due to his struggles with substance abuse. Band member Mike Shinoda began composing the song before he met Bennington... Shinoda showed the lyrics he wrote to Bennington, who read them and teared up, relating to the words to a point where he had difficulty performing the song live for almost a year after the release of Meteora

In 2020, Metal Hammer ranked the top 25 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked Breaking The Habit at #7. Here is an excerpt from their writeup on the song:

Chester Bennington once identified Breaking The Habit as his favourite Linkin Park song, admitting that when he first read the lyrics he felt that Shinoda was “singing my life.”

In 2021, Kerrang ranked the top 20 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked Breaking The Habit at #15. Here is an excerpt about the song from that ranking:

A fast-paced, genre-melding prototype of the next LP era – with numerous layers to the sound and far more slickly-deployed production than before – at its core this became a reckoning on the personal cycle of self-destruction. Chester, at one point, even identified the track as a favourite Linkin Park song, feeling a deep personal connection with Shinoda’s troubled lyrics.

In 2017, Billboard ranked the top 15 Linkin Park songs of all time and ranked Breaking The Habit at #6. Here is an excerpt about the song from that ranking:

The song whose half-time drum-n-bass beat made a lot of ears not previously attuned to Linkin Park perk up for at least three minutes. The song’s skittering beat and wire-taut guitar picking made something inscrutable out of one of the band’s most Incubus-like melodies, while the lack of any Mike Shinoda rapping was an early sign that the band would not allow themselves to be consumed by established formula.

 

[MAC_32]

Beastie Boys

Yo Mama

Root Down Root Down - Remastered 2009 Beastie Boys · Ill Communication (Deluxe Edition/Remastered) · Song · 1994 open.spotify.com

John Mellencamp

tuffnutt

Lonely O' Night - 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

Mike Shinoda

Just Win Baby

Breaking The Habit - 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

hris Cornell

Raging Weasel

Set It Off Set It Off Audioslave · Audioslave · Song · 2002 open.spotify.com

Josh Homme

titusbramble

Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R - Deluxe Edition · Song · 2010 open.spotify.com

Tom Petty

Zegras11

Free Fallin' Free Fallin' Tom Petty · Full Moon Fever · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com

What a loaded round!

 

[kupcho1]

Talking Heads
#13 Girlfriend is Better

... is my second selection from the 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. From Pitchfork:

A jubilant momentum rises throughout “Girlfriend Is Better,” but its base—a sauntering line from Weymouth, sci-fi synth radiation from guest Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic—is set quickly. This bedrock allows for Byrne’s hoarse, scattered shouting to reach velocity above while still feeling controlled.

Talking Heads frequently used guest musicians and usually to great effect. The synth here from Worrell just sparkles. This is the 3rd longest song on my list (and at 5:45 we're nowhere near as long as some we've seen), but doesn't feel long (at least to me) as the instrumental segments are stellar.

I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's coming up, going right through my heart
She's gonna give me surprise

I think it's right, better than this
I think you can if you like
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
And nothing is better than that (is it?)

 

[Yo Mama]

Talking Heads
#13 Girlfriend is Better

... is my second selection from the 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. From Pitchfork:

A jubilant momentum rises throughout “Girlfriend Is Better,” but its base—a sauntering line from Weymouth, sci-fi synth radiation from guest Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic—is set quickly. This bedrock allows for Byrne’s hoarse, scattered shouting to reach velocity above while still feeling controlled.

Talking Heads frequently used guest musicians and usually to great effect. The synth here from Worrell just sparkles. This is the 3rd longest song on my list (and at 5:45 we're nowhere near as long as some we've seen), but doesn't feel long (at least to me) as the instrumental segments are stellar.

I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's coming up, going right through my heart
She's gonna give me surprise

I think it's right, better than this
I think you can if you like
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
And nothing is better than that (is it?)

This is one of my favorites from them. Love the sound on this one.

 

[MAC_32]

Talking Heads
#13 Girlfriend is Better

... is my second selection from the 1983 album Speaking in Tongues. From Pitchfork:

A jubilant momentum rises throughout “Girlfriend Is Better,” but its base—a sauntering line from Weymouth, sci-fi synth radiation from guest Bernie Worrell of Parliament-Funkadelic—is set quickly. This bedrock allows for Byrne’s hoarse, scattered shouting to reach velocity above while still feeling controlled.

Talking Heads frequently used guest musicians and usually to great effect. The synth here from Worrell just sparkles. This is the 3rd longest song on my list (and at 5:45 we're nowhere near as long as some we've seen), but doesn't feel long (at least to me) as the instrumental segments are stellar.

I got a girlfriend that's better than that
She has the smoke in her eyes
She's coming up, going right through my heart
She's gonna give me surprise

I think it's right, better than this
I think you can if you like
I got a girlfriend with bows in her hair
And nothing is better than that (is it?)

This is one of my favorites from them. Love the sound on this one.

I'll never be confused with a Talking Heads fan, but very much agree. I didn't think they'd get a heart from me in this exercise, but they just did.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

14.

• Song: Ronnie and Neil
• Album: Southern Rock Opera
• Released: 2001
• Lead Vocals: Patterson Hood

13.

• Song: Guitar Man Upstairs
• Album: Southern Rock Opera
• Released: 2001
• Lead Vocals: Mike Cooley

Southern Rock Opera was the group’s break-out album, and started the bands fascination with the “duality of the South” – trying to convince it’s audience that the South is not all red-neck racists and gun nuts. Lynrd Skynyrd and Neil Young are main characters throughout the album geared towards telling us not to believe everything we’ve heard. There was no feud between Young and the Southern rock legends, in fact Young was a pallbearer at Van Zant’s funeral.

Ronnie and Neil sets up this story that will continue throughout the double album.

Guitar Man Upstairs is a typical Cooley rocker.

 

[Mt. Man]

Selected favorites from the #13s . I probably could’ve done this yesterday but decided to enjoy a rollercoaster day of football instead. It helped that I knew I’d have today off to catch up. Anyway, this lineup was full of great songs. It was hard to make choices, so I ended up including a (dirty) dozen for songs. We’ll see if this continues, but there’s a lot of strength here, and I know more to come. So I wouldn’t be surprised.
–
Familiar songs:
Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty - My wife’s favorite Petty song. Especially since she travelled through this section of California often.
Lonely Ol’ Night - John Mellencamp
Disciplined Breakdown - Collective Soul
Girlfriend is Better - Talking Heads - small preference towards the Stop Making Sense version, but that might be ‘cheating’
Since You Been Gone - Rainbow
Warning - Incubus

New discoveries:
Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart - Against Me!
War on the East Coast - The New Pornographers
There’s Always Someone Cooler Than You - Ben Folds
Feel It - Royksopp
Beat Surrender - The Jam
Tight Rope - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

Shuffle Adventures
Shuffle had Prince lead into Thin Lizzy and then Beastie Boys. A bit of a mix in style, but the music still flowed very well for me.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Beastie Boys

Yo Mama

Root Down Root Down - Remastered 2009 Beastie Boys · Ill Communication (Deluxe Edition/Remastered) · Song · 1994 open.spotify.com

John Mellencamp

tuffnutt

Lonely O' Night - 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

Mike Shinoda

Just Win Baby

Breaking The Habit - 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

hris Cornell

Raging Weasel

Set It Off Set It Off Audioslave · Audioslave · Song · 2002 open.spotify.com

Josh Homme

titusbramble

Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Feel Good Hit Of The Summer Queens of the Stone Age · Rated R - Deluxe Edition · Song · 2010 open.spotify.com

Tom Petty

Zegras11

Free Fallin' Free Fallin' Tom Petty · Full Moon Fever · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com

What a loaded round!

Interesting. I just saw this post, and I had a very similar thought when entering tonight's playlist for most of those same bands.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I am having Guitar Hero flashbacks for one of them too.

 

[Zegras11]

#12's PLAYLIST

		#12 -
Prince	Ramsay Hunt Experience	Raspberry Beret Raspberry Beret Prince · Around The World In A Day · Song · 1985 open.spotify.com - 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
Tanya Donelly	plinko	Moon River Henry Mancini/Audrey Hepburn cover, Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabyes, 2011 Moon River Tanya Donelly · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Talking Heads	kupcho1	(Nothing But) Flowers (Nothing But) Flowers - 2005 Remaster Talking Heads · Song · 1988 open.spotify.com
Sia Furler	Scoresman	California Dreamin California Dreamin' Sia · San Andreas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com
Los Lobos	eephus	The Fear The Fear Los Lobos · The Fear · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com
The Seldom Scene	Charlie Steiner	Big Rig Big Rig Provided to YouTube by Entertainment One U.S., LPBig Rig · Seldom SceneThe New Seldom Scene Album℗ Rebel Records LlcReleased on: 2005-04-19Auto-generated by ... www.youtube.com
Kid Rock	snellman	Tennessee Mountain Top (NSFW) Tennessee Mountain Top Kid Rock · Song · 2017 open.spotify.com
Against Me!	scorchy	I Was A Teenage Anarchist I Was a Teenage Anarchist Against Me! · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Mastodon	KarmaPolice	Halloween Halloween Mastodon · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com Halloween Provided to YouTube by RepriseHalloween · MastodonOnce More 'Round the Sun℗ 2014 Reprise RecordsGuitar: Bill KelliherDrums, Vocals: Brann DailorLead Guitar:... www.youtube.com
Neko Case	Mister CIA	Maybe Sparrow Neko Case - "Maybe Sparrow" "Maybe Sparrow" videoAnti Records Official Website: http://www.anti.com/home/Anti Records Online Store: http://www.kingsroadmerch.com/anti-records/region/Ant... www.youtube.com
Faith No More	JBBreakfastClub	Collision Collision Faith No More · Song · 1997 open.spotify.com
black midi	Juxtatarot	953 953 black midi · Song · 2019 open.spotify.com
Nina Simone	Don Quixote	Backlash Blues, from Nina Simone Sings the Blues Nina Simone - Backlash Blues (Official Audio) "Backlash Blues" by Nina SimoneFollow Nina Simone: https://NinaSimone.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the official Nina Simone YouTube channel: https://NinaSimon... youtu.be Backlash Blues Nina Simone · Song · 1967 open.spotify.com
Beastie Boys	Yo Mama	Hey Ladies Hey Ladies Beastie Boys · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com
Drive-By Truckers	Dr. Octopus	When He's Gone When He's Gone Drive-By Truckers · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com
Jimmy Buffet	-OZ-	Like my dog Like My Dog Jimmy Buffett · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com Like My Dog Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupLike My Dog · Jimmy BuffettLike My Dog / My Gummie Just Kicked In / Bubbles Up℗ 2023 MAILBOAT RECORDS, INC. MANUF... www.youtube.com
The Jam	Pip's Invitation	In the Crowd In The Crowd The Jam · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com
Röyksopp	JMLs secret identity	12 - Never Ever feat Susanne Sundfør Röyksopp Never Ever ft Susanne Sundfør m.youtube.com
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	salteriffic	The Hammer Song The Hammer Song - 2010 Remastered Version Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds · Song · 1990 open.spotify.com
CSNY	jwb	Laughing Laughing - 2021 Remaster David Crosby · If I Could Only Remember My Name (50th Anniversary Edition; 2021 Remaster) · Song · 1971 open.spotify.com
Roger Clyne	Mt. Man	Winter In Your Heart Winter In Your Heart Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
David Berman	The Dreaded Marco	Punks in the Beerlight Punks In The Beerlight Provided to YouTube by Drag City RecordsPunks In The Beerlight · Silver JewsTanglewood Numbers℗ Drag City Inc.Released on: 2005-10-18Auto-generated by YouTube. www.youtube.com
David Bowie	Binky the Doormat	Hang Onto Yourself Hang on to Yourself (2012 Remaster) Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UKHang on to Yourself (2012 Remaster) · David BowieThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars℗ Under exc... www.youtube.com
Pointer Sisters	Mrs. Rannous	Send Him Back Pointer Sisters - Send Him Back Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, t... www.youtube.com Send Him Back The Pointer Sisters · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com
Incubus	MAC_32	Nowhere Fast Nowhere Fast Incubus · Song · 1999 open.spotify.com
John Mellencamp	tuffnutt	Crumblin' Down John Mellencamp - Crumblin' Down Music video by John Mellencamp performing Crumblin' Down. (C) 1983 John Mellencamp under exclusive license to The Island Def Jam Music Group www.youtube.com
Sufjan Stevens	Ilov80s	Video Game Video Game Sufjan Stevens · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com
Mike Shinoda	Just Win Baby	Burning In The Skies - 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
Chris Cornell	Raging Weasel	I Am the Highway I Am the Highway Audioslave · Song · 2002 open.spotify.com
Josh Homme	titusbramble	3's & 7's 3's & 7's Queens of the Stone Age · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats	AAABatteries	Time Stands Time Stands Nathaniel Rateliff · And It’s Still Alright · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com - 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
Kim Mitchell	Sullie	Dog and a Bone Dog and a Bone - Kim Mitchell WHY WASN'T THIS ON YOUTUBE ALREADY @_@;Comments disabled since this is mostly for my own use, heh. www.youtube.com
Thin Lizzy	zamboni	Warriors Warriors Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWarriors · Thin LizzyJailbreak℗ 1976 Mercury Records LimitedReleased on: 1990-03-05Associated Performer, Bass G... www.youtube.com
Collective Soul	falguy	Gel Gel Collective Soul · Song · 1995 open.spotify.com
Tears for Fears	John Maddens Lunchbox	I Believe (Vocals Roland) Tears For Fears - I Believe Listen to more from Tears For Fears: https://TearsForFears.lnk.to/EssentialsVote for your favourite 80s hit of all time: https://lnk.to/80BestHitsDiscover mo... m.youtube.com
Cheap Trick	FairWarning	California Man California Man Cheap Trick · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com
John Prine	landrys hat	Christmas In Prison Christmas in Prison John Prine · Song · 1973 open.spotify.com
Ben Folds	Hov34	Army Army Ben Folds Five · Song · 1999 open.spotify.com
Tom Petty	Zegras11	You Wreck Me You Wreck Me Tom Petty · Song · 1994 open.spotify.com
Scott Hutchison	sneveneleven	If You Were Me If You Were Me - Frightened Rabbit Frightened Rabbit - If You Were Me (Album Version)From the Album 'Pedestrian Verse' (Track 13 of 15)I Do Not Own The Rights To This Music. - NOW WITH LYRICS ... www.youtube.com
The New Pornographers	Northern Voice	Fake Headlines Fake Headlines The New Pornographers · Song · 2000 open.spotify.com
John Lee Hooker	DrIan Malcolm	Big Legs, Tight Skirt Big Legs, Tight Skirt John Lee Hooker · Song · 2017 open.spotify.com A lot of fun.
Rainbow	Sam Quentin	All Night Long All Night Long Rainbow · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	zazale	Concert Fantasia in G Major, Op. 56: I. Quasi Rondo: Andante mosso Concert Fantasia in G Major, Op. 56: I. Quasi Rondo: Andante mosso Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Konstantin Scherbakov, Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com

 

[Zegras11]

Tonight we ride
Right or wrong

 

[kupcho1]

Looks like a great playlist. Hard to believe we're not in the top 10 yet.

 

[Zegras11]

ia Furler

Scoresman

California Dreamin California Dreamin' Sia · San Andreas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com

 

[Eephus]

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

AAABatteries

Tight Rope Tight Rope Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · A Song For Leon (A Tribute to Leon Russell) · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com - 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

Not sure if we have any Leon Russell fans in here but this is a very recent cover of Russell’s Tight Rope. I love this cover so hard - it’s quirky and fun.

That Leon Russell tribute album that came out this year is pretty good (as tribute albums go).

I wonder what Leon would have thought of the cover of "Superstar" by U.S. Girls and Bootsy Collins.

Superstar

U.S. Girls, Bootsy Collins · Song · 2023

open.spotify.com

 

[Charlie Steiner]

13. Big Rig

This is the first of two songs from the The New Seldom Scene Album (1976).

FWIW, this song was written by Greg 'Fingers' Taylor, an aspiring singer/songwriter who also collaborated with Jimmy Buffett and was part of The Coral Reefer Band. Buffett's version and the Seldom Scene version were on albums released in the same year.

 

[Eephus]

I've been delinquent on Los Lobos writeups this time around but I do have to mention we saw the band over the weekend at the Fillmore.

They played two nights with entirely different set lists to celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band. It's a remarkable achievement to stay together that long with the same four core members who've played together as Los Lobos since high school. Steve Berlin who joined in 1982 is the new guy. They added a second drummer back in the 90s to perform their more rhythmically complex stuff--original drummer (and lyricist) Louie Perez moved to the front of the stage as a third guitarist. It was cool to see Louie back behind the trap for a few numbers on Saturday.

It was a special night. David Hildalgo played Jerry Garcia's alligator Strat for much of the show. There was also a champagne toast to celebrate their anniversary. Since we were up at the barrier, we were given a little to join in the toast.

 

[Eephus]

Los Lobos

eephus

The Fear The Fear Los Lobos · The Fear · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com

Since I'm here and the #12s were just posted, I'll do a brief writeup of "The Fear".

It's a cover of a song by James Mercer that was part of The Shins' 2018 Record Store Day release. It contained two different versions of the song by The Shins plus this one by Los Lobos. Los Lobos' version is sung by David Hidalgo; it doesn't stray too far from the original but the strings give it a bit of Mariachi flavor and the harmony vocals are unique in Los Lobos catalog.

 

[Mt. Man]

#12 Winter in Your Heart (off No More Beautiful World, 2007)

The sun is dyin' to see you
The clouds are begging to part
Spring is waiting on you
Is it still Winter in your heart?

(Youtube Version) Winter In Your Heart
(Live Version. Please forgive quality; few to no live versions of this song in particular) Winter in Your Heart - Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers

I’ll quote Clyne once again for a bit of background to this song. He’s said that “It's about a breakup with a dear, dear friend over the most mundane of reasons. And it was my petition to reconcile.” It’s a song that apparently went through more revisions than most do, until it simply left right enough.

Why I chose this:
This song might be the closest thing to a ballad on this countdown (if not in RCPM music in general). Soft, slow, and with a romantic overtone. Certainly I enjoy it for more than its stylistic trappings, though. The slow beat is still very catchy to me, and the vocals increased in volume (and intensity) in parts is something that simply sticks with me. I think this song also has a really strong finish with the last minute or so, which only helped push it up my list.

 

[Eephus]

Saxophonist Mars Williams of the Psychedelic Furs passed away today after a battle with cancer.

He joined the Furs in 1983 after a stint in The Waitresses (he didn't get a songwriter's credit on "Christmas Wrapping") and toured with them up until a couple of weeks ago.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#12's PLAYLIST

		#12 -
Prince	Ramsay Hunt Experience	Raspberry Beret Raspberry Beret Prince · Around The World In A Day · Song · 1985 open.spotify.com - 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

12? oh man. Top 3 for me.
Easily. Looking forward to see whats ahead of it.
Have we seen My Name is Prince AND I am Funky, when it comes to funk I am a junky yet?

My name is Prince and I am funky (You can't stop Prince)
My name is Prince the one and only (You can't stop Prince)
I did not come 2 funk around (You can't stop Prince)
'Till I get your daughter I won't leave this town

 

[Eephus]

12? oh man. Top 3 for me.

Prince has about fifty top 3 songs

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Pointer Sisters - Send him Back

From Wikipedia:

It was while supporting Bishop at a nightclub appearance in 1971 that the sisters were signed to a recording contract with Atlantic Records. The resulting singles that came from their Atlantic tenure failed to become hits, but the sisters were enjoying their fledgling recording career. One recording has become a Northern Soul classic: "Send Him Back" (Atlantic 45 2893). Concentrated at Wigan Casino around 1973–1974, Northern soul was an underground music scene comprising American 45 rpm records released at the same time as Tamla Motown and imported into the United Kingdom.

 

[Yo Mama]

Beastie Boys #12 - Hey Ladies
Album - Paul's Boutique (1989)

Peacockin'
Ad-Rock: 0, MCA: 1, Mike D: 0, Beastie Boys: 0, Greater NYC: 0

Name Rockin'
Saduharo Oh, Tom Thumb, Tom Cushman, Chuck Wollery, Chachi in Charge, Vincent Van Gogh

Rhyme Squawkin'
With the white sasoons and the looks that kill
Makin' love in the back of my Coup de Ville

Yo Mama Talkin'
This awesomely fun song was an homage to 70s funk and had samples to back it up from the Commodores, Kurtis Blow, Afrika Bambaataa, Kool & the Gang, Cameo, Zapp & Roger, Fab 5 Freddy, James Brown, and . . . Deep Purple?

Another amazing video accompanies this song and has the same funky 70s vibe ala Dolemite and Saturday Night Fever.

- YouTube

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Also, Chachi in Charge was my fantasy football team name back in the day (with another Beastie Boys themed team name upcoming further in the countdown).