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MAD's ROUND 2!! # 1's have been posted!! (2 Viewers)

The Seldom Scene - Rider

This is excellent. No complaints at all.
My only 'complaint' about it is the presence of the fiddle. It was added to this studio version probably to give it more 'commercial' appeal.
Rider-I don't recall this band from the first listen, not sure who or what this is but I really liked it
It's been somewhat of a slow burn with them so far, as there wasn't much I was into on their first two albums.

When most people think of bluegrass, this is typically the kind of song they think of--fast-paced, lots of things going on. As this song shows, the Seldom Scene were more than capable of delivering that sound. What I've been showing with this list, and will show with the rest of the list, is that they, along with most bluegrass bands, offer so much more than traditional, 'backwards', 'hillbilly' music. They weren't the original group to incorporate more mainstream music into their catalog, but they were definitely the first ones to make it relatable.
I am going to head to their artist page on Spotify and check them out some more. I am not a bluegrass guy but my dad definitely exposed me to it and I like the general sound.
You're going to learn some things that I'm waiting to reveal later, as my list is chronological/historical. I've said this before and I'll admit it again here: The current iteration of the band arguably has more 'pedigree' than the original lineup, and they're no doubt doing the name proud; my problem is not only don't they hold the same sentimental value as the original(s), their continuing existence reminds me of what my father and I both have lost.
 
I've been quiet most of October, but I plan to be more involved again starting in November. I started a new job Monday and am still actively involved in the transition at my previous employer, so to say there's been a lot going on would be a vast under statement. While the new job is already very busy it appears I'll finally start having some desk time beginning next week. I'm sure I missed a lot of great stuff and not that anyone other than me cares, but I'm gonna pick up where we are then work backwards as time allows. I'm not gonna finish the 21's today, but I am gonna highlight one track from the first 30 - The Sledom Scene's 'Rider' got both a 'whoa' and a replay. If I could double heart that one I would.
 
Tears for Fears
#21 - Wino

Appears - B-Side to Suffer the Children
Year - 1981
UK Highest Chart Position - Non Single
US Highest Chart Position -Non Single
Key Lyric - You're happy dying, you don't wanna change
Remove your fix and you feel your pain
You're a wino, a cigarette smoker
You have a good time
They call you a joker, don't they?

Notes
1- This was the B Side to their debut single Suffer the Children. Simple in style. It’s a brutal attack on his father as adolescent teens are want to do. Not without justification

2-When Roland Orzabal was growing up – first in Portsmouth and later in Bath – his parents ran an entertainment agency for working men’s clubs. Among the guests auditioning at his home were singers, ventriloquists and strippers; even his mother was a stripper.

3- If this sounds like a boisterous childhood, behind the curtains things were less happy. Orzabal’s parents were at loggerheads: his father, a WW2 veteran, was far from healthy and given to fits of fury that drove his wife away after bursts of domestic violence.

4- Alcoholism will feature in future notes with unfortunate consequences
Where to find
The Hurting - 3
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 - 4

Year
1981 - 1
1982 - 0
1983 - 4
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 make a rare foray into the 90s with a Roland solo Tears for Fears effort.
 
24s

Fav known to me:

Incubus- Pardon Me- probably top 5 for me
Jimmy Buffet- Margaritaville- classic
Rainbow- Stone Cold- I didnt know I knew this one till I heard it. And then I remembered this is a Banger!!
Ben Folds- Evaporated- Top 3 for me. LOVE this song

New to Me Favs:

Los Lobos- Angel Dance- nice one
Drive by Truckers- **** Shots Count- yup... in my wheelhouse
Carnation- The Jam- Think this is my first like for them. enjoyed this one a alot
Buffalo- Rodger Clyne- Digging his stuff
El Rodeo Kyuss- :headbang: :headbang:
Collection of Good- Collective Soul- I dont know why I didnt get into these guys more back in the day... liking them
Frightened Rabbit- Candlelit- These guys are starting to be best surprise of countdowns. I think Ive like most of there stuff

Great round on to the 23s
 
The 22's

Known favs


Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Car Thief
Teach Your Children
Nice to know You
End of the Line

New favs

Judas My Heart
Artists Only - first new to me like for them
Steambreather
Strip Search
Stay- how have I not heard this!?
If You Want to get Your Lady Back
Little Things Give You Away
Baby I List my Way
Killer on the Loose
Perfect Day
Holy
 
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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsAAABatteriesSurvivor

ETA - I'm really excited for @Uruk-Hai, @simey and some others to hear my next selection - will explain after the reveal.
Hey Triple A!

I was just reading these back two pages, and I did not get the alert of this post, and I'm thinking @Uruk-Hai might not have gotten it either (and he might not get that one). I'm curious of what the tune is. Your excitement excites me. :excited: I dig Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. I've seen them at a few festivals and another time when they were touring with the Marcus King Band. They are one of those bands that sound great live. I wonder if your next selection is solo Nathaniel or with the band or something else. :ponder:
 
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsAAABatteriesSurvivor

ETA - I'm really excited for @Uruk-Hai, @simey and some others to hear my next selection - will explain after the reveal.
Hey Triple A!

I was just reading these back two pages, and I did not get the alert of this post, and I'm thinking @Uruk-Hai might not have gotten it either (and he might not get that one). I'm curious of what the tune is. Your excitement excites me. :excited: I dig Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. I've seen them at a few festivals and another time when they were touring with the Marcus King Band. They are one of those bands that sound great live. I wonder if your next selection is solo Nathaniel or with the band or something else. :ponder:
I'm around and got the notification. I'm a-waitin' for the reveal!
 
I'm around and got the notification.
😮 I wonder why I don't get them sometimes. I have the box checked to get alerts.
It's weird - if I'm on the board and get tagged or quoted, I sometimes don't get notified. If I log in and someone has quoted/tagged me, I'll see the notification right away. It's beyond me.
I'm usually not logged out even if I'm not here on the board. The only time I log out is if I go out of town.
 
I'm around and got the notification.
😮 I wonder why I don't get them sometimes. I have the box checked to get alerts.
It's weird - if I'm on the board and get tagged or quoted, I sometimes don't get notified. If I log in and someone has quoted/tagged me, I'll see the notification right away. It's beyond me.
I'm usually not logged out even if I'm not here on the board. The only time I log out is if I go out of town.
"Logged out" probably wasn't the right term - I never do that. I meant when I launch the forum after I've closed it out.
 
Any chance we can do something about the pace? Maybe during football season people are having a hard time keeping up?
I know im starting to fall behind
Not sure what to do here. There have been several reasons posted for not keeping up. I could take a week off , but would people actually get caught up? Would the thread die if I took a week off?

I'm glad people have been posting when they can, even if it's a few lists behind. Really never understood why people feel so compelled to always be caught up. Life happens and almost everyone falls behind at one time or another.

The last few times I've posted a list, the thread had no responses for several hours before (not last one) and it just felt like time to post a new one.

In Round 1, many people posted that they thought the pace was perfect.

So are we taking a week off? I may have missed the final resolution on this.

For the record, I am behind by a few playlists, but I'm fine with the pace and will catch up when able.
 
This is probably the first nice thing I've ever said about Kid Rock (not counting "nice hat") but that Saturday Night song the other day was a cool Stonesy banger.
 
Thank you for the post, @Eephus . I'm rocking The Red Album now, and I had forgotten how good it is. Despite my love of a few bands, I still don't branch out and look for much different metal. Too picky maybe. I had Ghost, Kylesea, and High on Fire written down as ones I remember liking more than others and that was my next step of exploration. Baroness is now at the top of that list.

There is a ton of core DNA between the groups, and both out of GA it looks like. Just on first re-introduction, it feels like when they branch out from their heavy core, Mastodon drifts a bit more prog or technical death metal. Baroness seems to sink into more of a Kyuss-type stoner grove, and it's great.
 
I finally listened to the #23 playlist.

Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:
  • Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town - seriously overplayed, but still great
  • Tom Petty - Mary Jane's Last Dance - love the guitar and harmonica on this
On first listen to this playlist, these were the unfamiliar songs I liked the best:
  • Sia - I Go To Sleep - like clockwork...
  • The Seldom Scene - Hello Mary Lou
  • Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon
  • Beastie Boys - The New Style
  • Drive-By Truckers - Hell No, I Ain't Happy
  • Nathaniel Rateliff - You Should've Seen The Other Guy
  • Cheap Trick - Need Your Love
  • John Prine - Clocks and Spoons
I liked other songs I didn't highlight, they just didn't rise to quite the same level for me as these. This was a very strong playlist for my taste.
 
23s

Known Favs:

Boys are back in Town- Thin Lizzy- Classic
Mary Janes Last Dance- Tom Petty :heart:
One Step Closer- Linkin Park- Not my usual cup of tea but always liked this one
Dont Change your Plans- Ben Folds- :heart::heart:

New to Me Favs:

Pretty Deep- Tanya Donelly- Like this one quite a bit
I go to Sleep- Sia- Continues to impress
Transgender Dysphoria Blue- Against Me- This one sounds a lot the The Mountain Goats
The MotherLoad- Mastodon- First like for them... not my wheelhouse, but enjoyed this one
Hell no , I aint Happy- Drive by Truckers- YES!:headbang:
I know you Know- Rodger Clyne- :headbang::headbang:
You Should have seen the other guy- Nathanial Rateliff- really liked this one
Mercury- Sufjan Stevens- dont think Ive heard this one... but enjoyed

on to the 22s
 
22s

Know Favs:

Nice to Know you- Incubus-
top 10 for me
Doesnt remind me- Audio Slave- :heart: :heart:
Cheeseburger in Paradise-Jimmy Buffet was one of my dads favs...miss him
Teach your Children- CSNY- another classic
End of the Line- Traveling Willburys- :heart::heart:

New to me Favs:

The Girl you Lost to Cocaine- Sia- she keeps impressing
Strip Search- Faith no more- never heard but like
Cottonseed- Drive by Truckers- Feels redundant to keep calling these guys out... but they are so damn good
A bomb on Wardon Street- The Jam- this has been my favorite by them thus far
Holy- Frightened Rabbit- " Stop acting so Holy... I know Im full of holes" what a great lyric. LOVED this song. my favorite new of the round

this was best round top to bottom thus far. liked most of the stuff (even if I didnt highlight)

on to the 21s... I might catch up before the 20s drop!!
 
Thought I was going to catch up today but forgot it's Halloween and have to go out to a friend's. Only 8 songs left so won't be too far behind, this little break was perfect.
 
I finally listened to the #22 playlist.

Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:
  • Prince - The Most Beautiful Girl In the World - my wife loves Prince and loves this song, and, of course, I think she is TMBGITW, so I have to like this song
  • Jimmy Buffett - Cheeseburger in Paradise - classic that never gets old for me
  • CSNY - Teach Your Children
  • Incubus - Nice to Know You - :wub:
  • Audioslave - Doesn't Remind Me - :wub:
On first listen to this playlist, these were the unfamiliar songs I liked the best:
  • Sia - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine - this is not as good as some of the others in previous playlists (for me), but still stands out
  • Beastie Boys - Car Thief
  • Nathaniel Rateliff - Baby I Lost My Way
  • Collective Soul, Elton John - Perfect Day
  • Ben Folds Five - Where's Summer B?
I liked other songs I didn't highlight, they just didn't rise to quite the same level for me as these. This was a solid playlist for my taste. Not as good as some of the previous playlists, but still enjoyable.
 
The 21's
Known favs

Wild Wild Life
People Who Died- the original but this is good too
Megalomaniac

Fav new to me
Patria - the guitar is so good in this!
Take This Bottle- if I heard this randomly I would never guess the artist
Blue Arrangements - first like for these guys
Auto Pilot
Survivor
After All
Wino- first like for them too
The Woodpile
Jessica Numbers
 
#20's PLAYLIST
#20 -
PrinceRamsay Hunt ExperienceUptown
Tanya DonellyplinkoAngel
Star, 1993
Talking Headskupcho1Swamp
Sia FurlerScoresmanSoon We'll Be Found
Los LoboseephusReva's House
The Seldom SceneCharlie SteinerMuddy Water
Kid RocksnellmanFlyin High (feat Zac Brown)
Against Me!scorchyWhite People for Peace (Butch Vig remix)
MastodonKarmaPolice Colony of Birchmen
Neko CaseMister CIAThe Tigers Have Spoken
Faith No MoreJBBreakfastClubAshes to Ashes
black midiJuxtatarot[skip]
Nina SimoneDon QuixoteSee-Line Woman, from Broadway-Blues-Ballads
Beastie BoysYo MamaBody Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Drive-By TruckersDr. OctopusOnce They Banned Imagine
Jimmy Buffet-OZ-Come Monday
The JamPip's InvitationGhosts
RöyksoppJMLs secret identity20 - What Else is There feat Karin Dreijer
Nick Cave and the Bad SeedssalterifficO children
CSNYjwbWooden Ships
Roger ClyneMt. ManAshes of San Miguel
David BermanThe Dreaded MarcoCandy Jail
David BowieBinky the DoormatFive Years
Pointer SistersMrs. RannousI Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

IncubusMAC_32Deep Inside
John MellencamptuffnuttKey West Intermezzo ( I Saw You First)

Sufjan Stevens Ilov80sFlint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
Mike ShinodaJust Win BabyFrgt/10
Chris Cornell Raging Weasel Can't Change Me
Josh HommetitusbrambleCatamaran
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night SweatsAAABatteriesI Did It
Kim MitchellSullieTangle of Love
Thin LizzyzamboniGot To Give It Up
Collective SoulfalguyReunion
Tears for FearsJohn Maddens LunchboxBreak it Down Again (Vocals Roland)
Cheap TrickFairWarningCan't Stop Falling in Love
John Prinelandrys hatLake Marie

Ben FoldsHov34Michael Praytor, Five Years Later
Tom PettyZegras11What Are You Doin' In My Life?
Scott Hutchison snevenelevenNothing Like You
The New PornographersNorthern VoiceBackstairs
John Lee HookerDrIan MalcolmYou Shook Me

Nice duet here with BB King.
Rainbow Sam Quentin I Surrender
https://open.spotify.com/track/2dHjSNCw10clC9oOld8tPn?si=b1c30b04b3534c45
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyzazaleSymphony No. 6 In B Minor, Op. 74, TH.30: 3. Allegro molto vivace
 
20. Muddy Water

This is the third of six songs from their Act III album, another personal favorite and one I saw them perform live multiple times.

It was written by a young bluegrass singer/guitarist from New England, by the name of Phil Rosenthal. Unlike one of their previous covers of a current song, City of New Orleans, Muddy Water was not covered by any other act before the 'Scene, making it an original of sorts. The author himself is on record as saying he drew his inspiration for the song when he attended Woodstock. I don't really see it, so maybe he just meant the title. Either way, this is another song that means more to me as I get older.

ETA: On this song and Rider, there is a fiddle. While the band has no resident fiddle player, it was somehow deemed necessary to have one for this album, my guess is to make the songs more bluegrass sounding. FWIW, One-time wunderkind Ricky Skaggs provides the fiddle playing on this album. He was 19 at the time this album was recorded, and while he never joined the 'Scene, he did spend some time as a member of The Country Gentlemen early in his illustrious career.

Coming up next: One of only two songs written by a member of the band.
 
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Nick Cave and the Bad SeedssalterifficO children

Here's a great version of this song someone posted on Youtube from the show I was at in Milwaukee a few weeks ago. Solo tour so much different from the versions he played with the Bad Seeds.

 
#20 Ashes of San Miguel (off Sonoran Hope and Madness, 2002)

There´s bones on the beach
And there´s ashes in the jar
Ghosts in the air laughin' at us fools at the bar
And somewhere inside this river don´t run to the sea no more


(Youtube Version) Ashes of San Miguel
(Live Version) Ashes of San Miguel / Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers

Why I Chose It:
This one’s mostly (if not completely) autobiographical. Clyne really did make a trip to Kino Bay, Mexico to spread the ashes of his friend Michael O’Hare (per his last wishes), who died at 30 due to cystic fibrosis. So yeah, definitely a passionate song, with a lot of emotion carried over into the performance.

Of course, a good story doesn’t always make for a good song. [Trust me, there’s another song that’s based on a true story that didn’t come close to this list.] It’s a slow and soft ride; a somber and rather melancholy trip. If also a reflection of good times and good friends. Also the line from the chorus “Did you go down laughin’ when you finally fell” ties into another song we’ll see down the line.
 
Mike ShinodaJust Win BabyFrgt/10

This song is from the Linkin Park Reanimation album, which is the 4th best selling remix album of all time. That album peaked at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart. There are a lot of artists who contributed to this album, including members of Staind, Deftones, Korn, Taproot, Orgy, Jurassic 5, X-Ecutioners, the Roots, and a number of underground rappers and guest producters.

This is a remix of the song Forgotten from the Hybrid Theory album. It was created by The Alchemist, known for his work with multiple artists including Eminem. It features Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, who has a rap verse on the track.

Chali 2na said about the song:

"I do appreciate the fact that cats like Linkin Park are able to reach out to cats like us and put us on a listening plateau to where people who don’t normally listen to rap or who only listen to the pop aspect of it will get to see other things. They’re exposing them to other things. They didn’t take the easy way out. They wasn’t calling the P. Diddys — no disrespect to them cats. … They was calling cats they respect, and I appreciate that and I respect them more for that."

I think this is pretty different than most of the tracks in my playlist. Enjoy!
 
Beastie Boys #20 - Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Album - Hello Nasty (1998)

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

Name Rockin'
Mom, Roy Cormier

Rhyme Squawkin'
And if you pull my card, you pull the ace
And if you ask me, turn up the bass
And if you play Defender, I could be your hyperspace


Yo Mama Talkin'
Hey, it’s a remix! Yet another type of song for these guys, and this is probably the most well known of their remixes. Fun song.
 
20.

  • Song: Once They Banned Imagine
  • Album: American Band
  • Released: 2016
  • Lead Vocals: Mike Cooley

From an interview with Mike Cooley:

The song Once They Banned Imagine is referring to a list of songs that were not played on the radio in the aftermath of 9/11 and what that says about our personal liberty, that we’re meant to be defending?

This song goes back further into this particular political cycle. We’re still living with everything we did in reaction the events of 9/11, for better or worse and unfortunately it’s mostly worse. We needed the voice of reason really bad at that time and sadly it was nowhere to be found. We couldn’t **** our pants fast enough and we made some terrible mistakes. We were scared and angry and with a political administration who were looking for a reason to exploit that event for their own ends and they did. I don’t buy any of the conspiracy theories. I don’t think anyone allowed it to happen but they certainly exploited it once it did happen.

The song ‘Imagine’ wasn’t exactly banned but it was on a list of songs that were recommended not to be played by the corporate conglomerate that owned most of the mainstream radio stations. They sent out a memo with a list of songs that Americans really didn’t need to hear at that time. Can you think of a better song to hear at that time, after a religious maniac had just committed those acts, than one that says “Imagine no religion”?

Basically, this song reminds us that we’ve been facing the same culture wars forever. I shared this video in one of the music drafts previously - it’s a clip from WKRP in Cincinnati where a Jerry Falwell type character who is a friend of station manage Arthur Carlson presents him with a list of songs that should not be played by his radio station, including Imagine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2OSoWI9eU
 
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20.
Key West Intermezzo (I saw Her First)
From Mr. Happy Go Lucky Album


Our 2nd and final song from John's 14th studio Album(1996) is also the last time he would have a top 40 hit... peaking at #14. Everytime I hear this song I just cant help but smile. Its got a great vibe to it and is really great lyrically... expressing the excitement of unexpectedly meeting someone and being struck by their presence. Its a song I can just put on repeat and listen to few time over( in fact I just have this morning)

Although this would be John's last commercially successful song... the rest of this playlist will be hit after hit many top 20 classic await.
 
This still a thing?

;)

Seriously though, I started this playlist and it seemed really familiar. As an inveterate gun-jumper, I'd already listened to this playlist a week or so ago. Anyway, probably my favorite Beastie Boys song with the most Beastie lyrics of any Beastie song. A+++
Now what did I put at #20 again?
 

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