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MAD's ROUND 2!! Artist Songs Lists due by Oct 1. Anyone can still enter until then!! (1 Viewer)

I think the request editing privileges button was on the initial form. I messed that up too. So I probably just won't make any edits. There are some songs that I left out that surprised me, but I wanted to at least make a small stab at covering some of the later stuff. It's still pretty tilted to Pre-Revolution and Revolution era.
 
I think will wait to submit until the edit function is fixed (as sounds like that is down). Was going to include YouTube links, but go back and include Spotify too because multiple versions of some of my songs.
 
I don't have time at work today to check it out.


Do not submit your list right now if you feel you need to make a change later. I have no ability to edit lists.
 
Preview and blurb Friday Monday, am I right? Due to popular request of having the full previews later (and totally not my own laziness), a far more complete primer, along with a couple of "teaser" songs, will appear at/near the 1st. Still trimming down the list and making some adjustments (mostly for 'flow'), but should be able to submit in the next few days.

Roger Clyne
"As it stands, Roger Clyne is maybe the most famous name you've never heard."- from a Songfacts interview. Born in Tempe, Arizona, and hung out there most of his life. He and his bands have covered a small variety of genres, Americana and Southern Rock probably fit the best, naturally branching out some from there. Judge for yourself, really.

Stage 1 - The Mortals (1992-ish). Your basic starting band. Spotify and Discogs barely recognize they exist, partially because there's another band with that name that got slightly more famous. So this stage will not be represented in the countdown. If you want a taste, there's this. You can tell how young Clyne was at the point.

Stage 2 - The Refreshments (1993-1998). This is where the songs the majority (if not all) of you will appear, if any do. A big hit and some follow-ups. Technically three albums and an EP, though only the two bigger ones are close to easy to find.

Stage 3 - Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers (1998-current). Often abbreviated RCPM despite 1) 'Peacemakers' being one word in the band name, and 2) their being some other band with R,C & P in their 4 letter abbreviation. Roger & the drummer from the Refreshments along with others I'll introduce down the line.
 
As I’m prepping my Beastie Boys writeups, my listing of all the names called out in each song reminds me of the classic Johnny Carson bit.

Carnac the Magnificent, hermetically sealed envelope held against his head: “Jacoby & Meyers, Rambo, JD Salinger”

Ed McMahon, chugging his cocktail, coughs, chortles: “Jacoby & Meyers, Rambo, JD Salinger”

Carnac, smirking: “Name three things the Beastie Boys have more stuff than.”

Audience erupts in drunken, coked up laughter.
 
Zegras11 said:
I don't have time at work today to check it out.


Do not submit your list right now if you feel you need to make a change later. I have no ability to edit lists.
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Let us know if and when this changes.
I got to #21 and had to stop. Tried to edit and seven million tries later wished i had kept going to #31 and been done with it.
 
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
I think the request editing privileges button was on the initial form. I messed that up too. So I probably just won't make any edits. There are some songs that I left out that surprised me, but I wanted to at least make a small stab at covering some of the later stuff. It's still pretty tilted to Pre-Revolution and Revolution era.
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I think im looking forward to this list more than any other. Is giddy the wrong word?
Of course there will be a riot if certain songs are left off, so no pressure
 
My YouTube links are usually, but not always, different from the Spotify tracks that constitute my official selections. So, sometimes you'll get the official video. Sometimes you'll get a contemporary live performance like the 1985 show at the Carrier Dome for some Purple Rain tracks, and sometimes you'll get a later performance of a classic song with a new lineup (like from the Rave N2 2000 New Year's pay per view concert or maybe something from the Musicology tour). It's just a way to kind of highlight his different eras without sacrificing a lot of stuff from his prime on the actual selections.
 
Kid Rock playlist is uploaded. I will include his bio from Spotify because I am terrible at writing. Devil without a Cause came out in 1998, but I was into country at the time and didn't discover him until after going through a divorce. My brother introduced me to him and I definitely liked the Rebel sound. Cocky came out in 2001 and is possibly his best overall album. One of the things that I think I like most about Kid Rock is that you can hear him on a Hard Rock Station, Country Station and Pop Station possibly all at the same time. He has a wide range of sound for whatever music mood I am in.

From Spotify:
A platinum-selling country rap-rocker, Detroit native Kid Rock shot to superstardom in 1998 with his fourth full-length LP, Devil Without a Cause. Known for hits like "Cowboy," "Picture," "Bawitdaba," and "All Summer Long," Rock had recorded his first demo ten years prior, been booted off major label Jive following his 1990 debut, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, and toiled for most of the decade in obscurity, releasing albums to a small, devoted, primarily local fan base. He persevered, and by the time rap-metal began to attract a substantial audience, he had perfected the outlandish, over-the-top persona that gave Devil Without a Cause such a distinctive personality and made it such an infectious party record. Subsequent efforts like Cocky (2001), Rock N Roll Jesus (2007), and Sweet Southern Sugar (2017) saw him continue to blur the lines between rock, hip hop, country, and heavy metal. In 2021 he released the confrontational single "Don't Tell Me How to Live" ahead of the arrival of his 12th studio album, Bad Reputation, which appeared in 2022.

Bob "Kid Rock" Ritchie (born Robert James Ritchie, January 17, 1971) grew up in Romeo, Michigan, a small rural town north of the Detroit metro area. Finding small-town life stiflingly dull, Ritchie immersed himself in rap music, learned to breakdance, and began making the talent-show rounds in Detroit. Inspired by the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill -- white performers fusing rap and hard guitar rock -- Kid Rock recorded his first demos in 1988, and eventually scored an opening slot at a Boogie Down Productions gig. That performance, in turn, led to a contract with Jive Records, which issued Kid Rock's debut album, Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast, in 1990. Produced by Kid Rock, Too $hort, and D-Nice, the album was heavily derivative of Licensed to Ill. Rock briefly became notorious when a New York college radio station aired the album's profanity-laced ode to oral sex, "Yodelin' in the Valley," and was fined over $20,000 (a judgment later rescinded). However, despite a tour with Too $hort and Ice Cube, Jive didn't see much of a future for Kid Rock and dropped him from their roster.

Moving to Brooklyn, Rock hooked up with the small Continuum label, and moved his brand of rap further into hard rock with The Polyfuze Method, released in 1993. Reviews were mixed, with some critics praising the record's humor and eclecticism while others dismissed it as awkward and forced. The EP Fire It Up followed in 1994, appearing on Rock's own Top Dog imprint (which was still distributed by Continuum). Rock eventually returned to the Detroit area and began work on another album; recorded on a shoestring budget: Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp was released in 1996. Although sometimes forced to sell bootleg dubs of his own records to pay the rent, Rock set about forming a full-fledged backing band, which he dubbed Twisted Brown Trucker. While its membership fluctuated early on, rapper Joe C. (born Joseph Calleja) was one of the first to join; a longtime fan and frequent concert attendee, Calleja caught Rock's eye in 1994, partly because of his diminutive stature (due to a digestive condition known as celiac disease, which required both dialysis and extensive medication) and partly because of his encyclopedic knowledge of Rock's song lyrics. The rest of the lineup settled around mostly Detroit-area musicians: guitarists Kenny Olson and Jason Krause, keyboardist Jimmy Bones (born Jimmy Trombly, he handles the basslines himself), drummer Stefanie Eulinberg, DJ/turntablist Uncle Kracker (born Matt Shafer, who had been with Rock since the early '90s), and backing vocalists Misty Love and Shirley Hayden.

As rap-metal acts like Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Rage Against the Machine began to dominate the hard rock landscape, Atlantic Records decided to take a chance on signing Rock. Devil Without a Cause didn't do much upon its initial release in August 1998, but a big promotional push from the label and MTV helped make the album's second single and video, "Bawitdaba," a nationwide smash. The follow-up, "Cowboy," achieved similar success, and suddenly, after a decade of trying, Kid Rock was a superstar with a Top Five, seven-times-platinum album and a gig at Woodstock 1999. While pondering how to follow up Devil, Rock acquired the rights to his indie label recordings and remixed or re-recorded the best material for The History of Rock, which was released in the summer of 2000 and featured some new songs as well. Sadly, after being forced to take a break from touring a year earlier by his medical difficulties, Joe C. passed away in his sleep on November 16, 2000.

Even with a tragedy like this in his life, Rock continued work on his follow-up to Devil Without a Cause. The media focused more on his relationship with actress Pamela Anderson than his musical career, which many magazines were beginning to ridicule. His DJ, Uncle Kracker, had a successful solo career during the spring and summer of 2001, leaving Rock without one of his most frequent collaborators. Still, by the winter of that year he had completed work on Cocky and had released "Forever" to success on rock radio. In fall 2003, Kid Rock returned with a self-titled effort. A cover of Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love" marked the first single. The cover art to his 2006 live album, Live Trucker, paid tribute to Bob Seger's Live Bullet. Just a year later, the studio record Rock N Roll Jesus came out, landing at number one and selling 172,000 copies in its first week.
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Spotify does have his first Album Grits and Sandwiches For Breakfast album from 1990, but I will warn you, it is very painful to listen to. It reminds me of me when I was 18 and was trying to sound like the Beastie Boys, but sounded like a midwestern white boy with no rhythm.

Here is a bonus list of my 32-35 songs. A couple of these could and should probably be in the top 30, but they are well known and I wanted to focus on more of his lesser known work to the general public that is still very good.

First Kiss
I'm Wrong, but You Ain't Right NSFW
Picture (feat Sheryl Crow)
Po Dunk NSFW
 
Hopefully correctly, but Mastodon playlist entered and submitted.

Similar to Dinosaur Jr, out of curiosity I looked at the setlist for the Mastodon show I saw and only 1 of the 14 songs they played are on my playlist. I had a blast, and they don't have any "bad" songs to me, but I remember feeling a touch underwhelmed and that could have been part of the reason why.
 
KarmaPolice said:
Hopefully correctly, but Mastodon playlist entered and submitted.

Similar to Dinosaur Jr, out of curiosity I looked at the setlist for the Mastodon show I saw and only 1 of the 14 songs they played are on my playlist. I had a blast, and they don't have any "bad" songs to me, but I remember feeling a touch underwhelmed and that could have been part of the reason why.
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Did the ability to bookmark to edit show up for you, or not?
 
Don Quixote said:
KarmaPolice said:
Hopefully correctly, but Mastodon playlist entered and submitted.

Similar to Dinosaur Jr, out of curiosity I looked at the setlist for the Mastodon show I saw and only 1 of the 14 songs they played are on my playlist. I had a blast, and they don't have any "bad" songs to me, but I remember feeling a touch underwhelmed and that could have been part of the reason why.
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Did the ability to bookmark to edit show up for you, or not?
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It did not, which is what scared me a bit. The link I saw was "submit another response".

In the end, I figured I am doing the playlists, so mine is the least of my worries. :lol:
 
KarmaPolice said:
Don Quixote said:
KarmaPolice said:
Hopefully correctly, but Mastodon playlist entered and submitted.

Similar to Dinosaur Jr, out of curiosity I looked at the setlist for the Mastodon show I saw and only 1 of the 14 songs they played are on my playlist. I had a blast, and they don't have any "bad" songs to me, but I remember feeling a touch underwhelmed and that could have been part of the reason why.
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Did the ability to bookmark to edit show up for you, or not?
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It did not, which is what scared me a bit. The link I saw was "submit another response".

In the end, I figured I am doing the playlists, so mine is the least of my worries. :lol:
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I saw the same link.

No option to edit and bookmark.
 
Ok, so I finally have full internet at the new place.

I found the setting so responses can be changed.

If someone that has already entered can check that for me to see if you can change your list, I would appreciate your checking and letting me know,
 
Arrgh. I submitted my entry and then bookmarked the page I landed on instead of clicking on the edit button AND THEN capturing the link. Hope I got it right the first time.

Not helping, the edible kicked in while I'm entering my list 1-31, and meanwhile I'm playing my playlist back to me 31-1.
 
During the run of the previous thread, I *constantly* cycled through my Frank Black selections and self-critiqued my playlist as a standalone object (final grade was a B). This go-round, I'm looping endlessly again, but mostly thinking about the waves of references in Neko's music to animals. I'm not one for interesting write-ups, but I need to run this down to see if there is something worth sharing. I'm missing my old dog badly (had to put her down nearly two year's ago). This playlist is for her.
 
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Zegras11 said:
Ok, so I finally have full internet at the new place.

I found the setting so responses can be changed.

If someone that has already entered can check that for me to see if you can change your list, I would appreciate your checking and letting me know,
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I just submitted and was able to bookmark it to edit later.
 
Finally got my list down to 31 for John Mellencamp. It was tough for a man who has charted 28 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, including 22 hits in the Top 40, 17 in the Top 20 and 10 in the top 10. My man has been nominated for 13 Grammys (winning 1).

If you grew up in a place like I did ( a midwest town with a population around 3000) I'm sure he was on heavy rotation in your playlist. Anyway, here is a breakdown of songs by album that will appear on my list.

Scarecrow- 6 tracks
Uh-Huh- 4
American Fool- 3
The Lonesome Jubilee- 3
Dance Naked- 2
Human Wheels- 2
Whatever We Wanted-2
Mr. Happy Go Lucky- 2
John Cougar-1
Nothin' Matters and What if it Did- 1
Cuttin' Heads-1
Freedom Road- 1
Self-Titled- 1

I know Mellencamp is not everyone's cup of tea but I'm looking foreword to sharing some of his "Heartland Hits"
 
I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but overall, do we consider Grammy wins (or even nominations) to be a good thing?

Diana Ross, Queen and the Beach Boys never won one. On the other hand, Milli Vanilli and Justin Bieber both have.

I appreciate the write-ups everyone's been doing for their artists, particularly they why you chose them and are passionate about them. More of that please.
(I'd still like John Cougar and the Foo Fighters if they never even got a nomination.)

But that's just me. :wink:
 
kupcho1 said:
I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but overall, do we consider Grammy wins (or even nominations) to be a good thing?
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I don't really consider it "good" or "bad" - since I could not care less about the actual Grammy's awards (I do like many of the performances during the show) - but I suppose it is an accomplishment.
 
kupcho1 said:
I don't want anyone to take this the wrong way, but overall, do we consider Grammy wins (or even nominations) to be a good thing?

Diana Ross, Queen and the Beach Boys never won one. On the other hand, Milli Vanilli and Justin Bieber both have.

I appreciate the write-ups everyone's been doing for their artists, particularly they why you chose them and are passionate about them. More of that please.
(I'd still like John Cougar and the Foo Fighters if they never even got a nomination.)

But that's just me. :wink:
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I feel like the Grammys just go by what's popular. Sometimes great musicians/singers are popular and get them, sometimes mediocre ones do. Music can be an art form, but it also could be someone with autotune formulating a hit song to make as much money as possible.
 
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