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I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Definitely.I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
I actually agree 100%.Mad World -- Though I like the Gary Jules cover better.
Totally disagree with you both re: the Jules’ cover. I think the original is so much better.I actually agree 100%.Mad World -- Though I like the Gary Jules cover better.
What does that say when someone does their #1 song better than them lol
One of the better arguments for when someone says Covers are never as good as the original
It was definitely in my first 5 out. Made the rough draft, but got squeezed as I worked my way through the catalog.My favorite Incubus song also didn’t make the cut:Oh man, my favorite Pointer Sisters song didn’t make the top 31 (unless I missed it).
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Who would ever say a thing like that??I actually agree 100%.Mad World -- Though I like the Gary Jules cover better.
What does that say when someone does their #1 song better than them lol
One of the better arguments for when someone says Covers are never as good as the original
I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
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1 | Only God Knows Why | Devil Without a Cause |
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2 | Amen | Rock n Roll Jesus |
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3 | Wasting Time | Devil Without a Cause |
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4 | Drunk in the Morning | Cocky |
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5 | Drinking Beer with Dad | First Kiss |
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6 | Single Father | Kid Rock |
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7 | Midnight Train to Memphis | Cocky |
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8 | Bawitdaba | Devil Without a Cause |
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9 | Run off to LA | Kid Rock |
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10 | Times Like These | Born Free |
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11 | Roll On | Rock n Roll Jesus |
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12 | Tennessee Mountain Top | Sweet Southern Sugar |
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13 | When U Love Someone | Rock n Roll Jesus |
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14 | Hard Night for Sarah | Kid Rock |
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15 | So Hott | Rock n Roll Jesus |
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16 | Jesus and Bosephus | First Kiss |
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17 | Born Free | Born Free |
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18 | All Summer Long | Rock N Roll Jesus |
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19 | God Save Rock n Roll | Rebel Soul |
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20 | Flyin High (feat Zac Brown) | Born Free |
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21 | God Bless Saturday | Born Free |
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22 | Rock n Roll Pain Train | Kid Rock |
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23 | Cowboy | Devil Without a Cause |
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24 | Sugar Pie Honey Bunch | Sweet Southern Sugar |
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25 | Feel Like Makin Love | Kid Rock |
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26 | Lonely Road of Faith | Cocky |
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27 | You Never Met a Mothertrucker Quite Like Me | Cocky |
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28 | Trucker Anthem | Cocky |
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29 | Johnny Cash | First Kiss |
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30 | Hillbilly Stomp | Kid Rock |
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31 | I'm a Dog | Cocky |
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Will the Wolf Survive? was probably most people’s first experience with Los Lobos and it holds up very well.
I didn’t think it would make the list because
1. It’s a cover and their biggest hit is already a cover
2. The album isn’t on Spotify so only a live version exists
but I liked their cover of the Dead’s Bertha on the Deadicated tribute album.
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Don't feel obligated, but if you're willing by all means as I'm an amazon music subscriberAny of the non-Spotify peeps want me to put their playlists together, let me know. I noticed there are still a handful missing from Part 1 on the playlist, and was going to update that too so we have playlists available for all artists.
The Last Ride Of The Baby Boomers is this performance.While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Petty, Prince et al version) -- While I associate this more with Prince than Petty and don't include it when ranking Petty songs (same with Handle with Care), this may be the most powerful "all-star jam" performance I've ever heard.
Mike Shinoda Just Win Baby In The End
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“I tried so hard, and got so far, but in the end, it doesn’t even matter..”: "Those just popped out. I think I was reacting to the things we as a band had gone through in the beginning. The song almost doesn’t know if it wants to be optimistic or pessimistic – the beginning is a little dark, but you can’t tell (lyrically) if it resolves or not. That’s what I like about it."
The Fort Minor song Get Me Gone talks about how the label wanted Mike to quit rapping and limit himself to just play keyboards. According to him, this happened while the band was writing the final verses for In The End. "I don't remember who suggested rewriting the lyrics. At that point we were operating on intuition. We didn't know what we were doing. We just had like feelings about what to try. I think, it was probably like 'hey this is gonna be an important song on the record cause it's the most like a single, it's probably gonna be a single. So we should really try, really try to like, beat any of the... beat the verses.' And when I did it, when I did the final version, I knew that they were like, I felt like they were better and I think everybody kind of agreed. So it was that interplay between me and Chester. And it was kinda the simplicity of it. Yeah, the original version was a lot more abstract and more rappy. It might be out there in the internet somewhere I guess. I will say that I remember our A&R guy from the label coming in and trying to like, tell me what to do and produce it and that was one of the moments where we knew the sessions, like this whole recording process, might fall apart and we were in full on fight then with him and like a couple people from the label for our souls, for our identity because he kept coming in. That was the song where he's like 'I've played it for whoever this rapper and he said he didn't like it and so you should change it.' That was like 'we liked it though.' Like 'this is us.' I respect that rapper, I don't care what that guy thinks of my stuff. He doesn't talk about the things we talk about. He raps about rappy things. I'm talking about like real life and emotions. That's two different things, of course he didn't like it. And that was when, that week or that couple weeks was when he started going to Chester and being like 'you could like have the band all to yourself and you could be the star and blah blah and could ditch these guy.' He went to me and he told I should play keyboards. That was that moment. It was during, when we were like, getting In The End, the verses to In The End right. Very tense time."
"I don't really participate in picking singles. I learnt that after making Hybrid Theory. I was never a fan of 'In The End' and I didn't even want it to be on the record, honestly. How wrong could I have possibly been? I basically decided at that point I don't know what the **** I'm talking about, so I leave that to other people who are actually talented at somehow picking songs that people are going to like the most. It also gave me a good lesson, as an artist, that I don't necessarily have to only make music, in my band, that I want to listen to. More often than not, something that I like, very few other people like, and something that those people like is something that I kind of like, or don't like at all. And that's cool, it gives me a new appreciation for the songs. But, you know, now I love 'In The End' and I think it's such a great song. I actually see how good of a song it is, it was just hard for me to see it at the time."[
A slower, more expansive, piano-driven composition – albeit one littered with lung-busting power choruses – it didn’t obviously fit the harder edges wrapped around it. Becoming the album’s fourth single, however, it became the first to truly foreshadow their enormous mainstream-busting potential. Featuring one of Chester’s most iconic, exposed vocal performances (‘I’ve put my trust in you / Pushed as far as I can go…’) and accompanied by a surrealist music video that (at the time of writing) is on the cusp of a billion views on YouTube, it has doubtless earned immortality.
Linkin Park took In the End all the way to No. 2 on the Hot 100 in 2002 — as the fourth single off Hybrid Theory, incredibly.
And they were able to take a fundamentally top 40-unfriendly genre one spot from Hot 100 immortality for a simple reason: In the End was one of the best pop songs of the 21st century. So many parts of In the End have become iconic that it’s easy to take one or more for granted. The opening piano riff is iconic, of course. The opening line is iconic (“I tried so hard…”). The chorus (“But in the end… it doesn’t even matter“) is iconic. The bridge (“I PUT MY TRUST…IN…YOU”) is at least iconic-adjacent. And the last piano echo, a final sob over the tear-stained track, is iconic.
But what makes In the End so special is how even the connecting tissue of all these unforgettable moments is immaculately crafted — the conscious/subconscious interplay between Shinoda’s main vocal and Bennington’s distant-memory backing, the subtle production glitches that delicately suggest a fractured psyche, the bleary-eyed guitars that at least try to lend a sympathetic shoulder to Bennington’s chorus wailing. Few songs in any genre have this much care put into their composition; for early ’00s rock, it towered over the pack like Chester himself, perched on the gargoyle in the song’s video.
Eschewing most of the album’s tropes with a slower pace and a piano-driven intro though still featuring the kind of power chorus that became the band’s biggest asset, TeamRock describes In The End as “another stunning showcase for Chester, who absolutely slays the chorus and rips his heart out of chest on the song’s middle eight.
“In the End” features a distinctively dark piano piece that both opens and ends the song. It features a perfect give and take between Mike Shinoda and Chester Bennington, with Shinoda’s lyrical flow accentuated by Bennington’s held note interjections, providing a perfect sing-along for whichever vocalist you want to imitate.
Ironically the song appears to be about putting in the work to achieve something that ultimately goes unnoticed by the intended audience, but that’s not the case here as “In The End” is often lauded as Linkin Park’s best song.
Yes, please. And then explain how I do that going forward.Any of the non-Spotify peeps want me to put their playlists together, let me know. I noticed there are still a handful missing from Part 1 on the playlist, and was going to update that too so we have playlists available for all artists.
Echoed thanks to Zegras and KP (and anyone else I’m missing) for putting this together.
I’m down to do whatever the masses want - covers draft, 3rd round of this, etc. If/when we do the 3rd one, I’m going to be a bit more strategic on my choice as I don’t think Thin Lizzy resonated that well.
I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Ohio
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I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Asking for my friend Joe.
(Seriously though, I'm not trying to be political here, just pissed so many songs in my annual playlists are now greyed out)
Pointer Sisters v. 2?Pretty sure who I am doing if we get to Part 3,
Probably closer than you might think coming from me. Several got crossed off thanks to my silly self imposed listens/month limit. My "fun"/80s lean after Mastodon got filled with something since Beck, Lord Huron, Devo, and Psychedelic Furs got crossed off.Pointer Sisters v. 2?Pretty sure who I am doing if we get to Part 3,
Andrews Sisters?Probably closer than you might think
Ok,not that close.Andrews Sisters?Probably closer than you might think
Neil had taken his stuff off Spotify a few years before the pandemic because he didn’t like the sound quality. He reluctantly put it back on after lobbying from fans. The Rogan angle was a way for him to do whatever wanted to do in the first place, justified in a way more understandable to some of his fans.I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Asking for my friend Joe.
(Seriously though, I'm not trying to be political here, just pissed so many songs in my annual playlists are now greyed out)
Honestly, it's basically Neil being Neil.
He took his music off Spotify because they are the home of Joe Rogan who Neil says spread dangerous misinformation about masking/vaccines/etc. CSN followed suit as did Joni Mitchell. But soon, CSN realized it was kind of silly (and Neil somewhat overreacted as Rogan was not nearly as bad as Neil thought), so CSN quietly put their stuff back on. But Neil, being Neil, didn't care and he's not budging (honestly, he probably doesn't even think about it anymore, nor does he care. Neil is gonna do what he wants.)
You guys keep underrating this song. It's #1 by a country mile (that country being the US of A; why do you hate America?).7. American Girl (Zegras #3)
It will forever be tied to Silence of the Lambs for me.You guys keep underrating this song. It's #1 by a country mile (that country being the US of A; why do you hate America?).7. American Girl (Zegras #3)
This is the omission from Zegras' Petty list that I was most surprised about. It was the lead single from one of his most beloved albums, and immediately signaled that the Wildflowers record was going to be quite different from the Jeff Lynne productions. It's a favorite of most Petty fans I know.You Don't Know How It Feels (Zegras NR)
Fixed.You guys keep underrating this song. God, it's so painful.7. American Girl (Zegras #3)
Neil had taken his stuff off Spotify a few years before the pandemic because he didn’t like the sound quality. He reluctantly put it back on after lobbying from fans. The Rogan angle was a way for him to do whatever wanted to do in the first place, justified in a way more understandable to some of his fans.I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Asking for my friend Joe.
(Seriously though, I'm not trying to be political here, just pissed so many songs in my annual playlists are now greyed out)
Honestly, it's basically Neil being Neil.
He took his music off Spotify because they are the home of Joe Rogan who Neil says spread dangerous misinformation about masking/vaccines/etc. CSN followed suit as did Joni Mitchell. But soon, CSN realized it was kind of silly (and Neil somewhat overreacted as Rogan was not nearly as bad as Neil thought), so CSN quietly put their stuff back on. But Neil, being Neil, didn't care and he's not budging (honestly, he probably doesn't even think about it anymore, nor does he care. Neil is gonna do what he wants.)
I can’t either, but my hearing sucks so I’m not a good judge of these things.Neil had taken his stuff off Spotify a few years before the pandemic because he didn’t like the sound quality. He reluctantly put it back on after lobbying from fans. The Rogan angle was a way for him to do whatever wanted to do in the first place, justified in a way more understandable to some of his fans.I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Asking for my friend Joe.
(Seriously though, I'm not trying to be political here, just pissed so many songs in my annual playlists are now greyed out)
Honestly, it's basically Neil being Neil.
He took his music off Spotify because they are the home of Joe Rogan who Neil says spread dangerous misinformation about masking/vaccines/etc. CSN followed suit as did Joni Mitchell. But soon, CSN realized it was kind of silly (and Neil somewhat overreacted as Rogan was not nearly as bad as Neil thought), so CSN quietly put their stuff back on. But Neil, being Neil, didn't care and he's not budging (honestly, he probably doesn't even think about it anymore, nor does he care. Neil is gonna do what he wants.)
Yea, I forgot he already did this before. The whole sound quality thing with him... I don't know. It was pretty bad in the beginning (just like early CD's sounded bright). But for most things, it got better fast. These days I can't tell a difference between the stuff on his archives and Spotify / Apple / etc.
Neil Young‘s complaint on sound quality seem limited to Spotify. I honestly think I agree with him — I did a Spotify trial over the summer, but cancelled it when that was over and went back to Apple Music as I thought sound quality was superior with Apple, even with the premium level of audio quailty with the Spotify subscription (still listen to the playlists here, albeit dealing with the ads). (Although the last time I complained about Spotify, I ended up spending multiple posts talking about how I like being able to filter for harpsichord music on Apple Classical, so I’ll just leave it there.)Neil had taken his stuff off Spotify a few years before the pandemic because he didn’t like the sound quality. He reluctantly put it back on after lobbying from fans. The Rogan angle was a way for him to do whatever wanted to do in the first place, justified in a way more understandable to some of his fans.I can't recall, did artists outside of the hippie/protest group remove all their music from radio if CSNY's Ohio (for example) was played?I assume Neil is to blame for lack of Ohio on Spotify?
Yup. All of "his" CSNY songs are not there, nor is Woodstock (Joni Mitchell)
Asking for my friend Joe.
(Seriously though, I'm not trying to be political here, just pissed so many songs in my annual playlists are now greyed out)
Honestly, it's basically Neil being Neil.
He took his music off Spotify because they are the home of Joe Rogan who Neil says spread dangerous misinformation about masking/vaccines/etc. CSN followed suit as did Joni Mitchell. But soon, CSN realized it was kind of silly (and Neil somewhat overreacted as Rogan was not nearly as bad as Neil thought), so CSN quietly put their stuff back on. But Neil, being Neil, didn't care and he's not budging (honestly, he probably doesn't even think about it anymore, nor does he care. Neil is gonna do what he wants.)
Yea, I forgot he already did this before. The whole sound quality thing with him... I don't know. It was pretty bad in the beginning (just like early CD's sounded bright). But for most things, it got better fast. These days I can't tell a difference between the stuff on his archives and Spotify / Apple / etc.
Throughout the latest post, Young — a longtime advocate of hi-fi sound— heavily criticizes Spotify for its lossy audio quality. “Amazon, Apple Music, and Qobuz deliver up to 100 percent of the music [quality] today and it sounds a lot better [than] the ****ty degraded and neutered sound of Spotify,” he says, adding that “if you support Spotify, you are destroying an art form.” Young implores his fans to “go to a new place that truly cares about music quality.”
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats AAABatteries I Need Never Get Old
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I Need Never Get Old
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats · Song · 2015open.spotify.com
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Also my favorite, although I didn't know very much of his catalog. This is a fun tune and the video is awesome. "Let's try it one more time."
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats AAABatteries I Need Never Get Old
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I Need Never Get Old
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I find it fitting for the MAD countdown that this is my #1 song - but there was never any doubt in my mind. I penciled this in immediately. It's almost become my personal anthem as I've slowly marched towards turning 50 next year.
I will try to get my full list built in Spotify this week and share.
Rank | Song | Album |
31 | This | See What You Started By Continuing |
30 | Not the One | Dosage |
29 | When the Water Falls | Collective Soul |
28 | Needs | Dosage |
27 | Bearing Witness | Afterwords |
26 | In Between | Disciplined Breakdown |
25 | Tremble for My Beloved | Dosage |
24 | Collection of Goods | Collective Soul |
23 | Compliment | Dosage |
22 | Perfect Day (featuring Elton John) | Blender |
21 | After All | Blender |
20 | Reunion | Collective Soul |
19 | Home | Youth |
18 | AYTA | See What You Started By Continuing |
17 | Under Heaven's Skies | Youth |
16 | Shine | Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid |
15 | Maybe | Disciplined Breakdown |
14 | Why, Pt. 2 | Blender |
13 | Disciplined Breakdown | Disciplined Breakdown |
12 | Gel | Collective Soul |
11 | Listen | Disciplined Breakdown |
10 | Hollywood | Afterwords |
9 | Goodnight, Good Guy | Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid |
8 | Blame | Disciplined Breakdown |
7 | Run | Dosage |
6 | December | Collective Soul |
5 | Heavy | Dosage |
4 | She Said | Dosage |
3 | Precious Declaration | Disciplined Breakdown |
2 | Forgiveness | Disciplined Breakdown |
1 | The World I Know | Collective Soul |
I’ve always liked this band. Nice playlist.In case anyone cares, here's my Collective Soul playlist
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2A7EK5PiuH2uJ1sZzBdsin?si=3eb86bee94754a02
Rank Song Album 31 This See What You Started By Continuing 30 Not the One Dosage 29 When the Water Falls Collective Soul 28 Needs Dosage 27 Bearing Witness Afterwords 26 In Between Disciplined Breakdown 25 Tremble for My Beloved Dosage 24 Collection of Goods Collective Soul 23 Compliment Dosage 22 Perfect Day (featuring Elton John) Blender 21 After All Blender 20 Reunion Collective Soul 19 Home Youth 18 AYTA See What You Started By Continuing 17 Under Heaven's Skies Youth 16 Shine Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid 15 Maybe Disciplined Breakdown 14 Why, Pt. 2 Blender 13 Disciplined Breakdown Disciplined Breakdown 12 Gel Collective Soul 11 Listen Disciplined Breakdown 10 Hollywood Afterwords 9 Goodnight, Good Guy Hints Allegations and Things Left Unsaid 8 Blame Disciplined Breakdown 7 Run Dosage 6 December Collective Soul 5 Heavy Dosage 4 She Said Dosage 3 Precious Declaration Disciplined Breakdown 2 Forgiveness Disciplined Breakdown 1 The World I Know Collective Soul
As you can see most of my selections came from 3 albums - Collective Soul, Disciplined Breakdown and Dosage. I don't enjoy the "newer" stuff anywhere close to as much as these earlier productions. I do like the See What You Started by Continuing album a fair bit though. Only had 2 songs from this release but if you liked "This" or "AYTA" maybeyou'd like some additional tunes from it.
Other slow songs that were close to the cut
Crown
Bleed
And a more upbeat ones
Skin
Better Now
Counting The Days