kupcho1
Footballguy
Unfortunately, no, I do not. The IA downloads sound fantastic, and you can get either a version with the individual tracks, or a seamless version.
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Middle-aged Dummies are back and bursting at the "themes" to get going! Full theme ahead! (1 Viewer)
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kupcho1
Footballguy
One of my all time favorites.
This playlist - and we're only at 30! - is chock full of all timers (for me) and some very interesting stuff I've never heard.
Keep up the good work!
(Actually, the work is already done (except for krista & KP))
Pretty sure I know who you mean.
zamboni
Footballguy
Every middle school boy in 1981:
<picks up rotary phone and painstakingly, slowly dials 867-5309>
Other voice: “Hello?”
Every middle school boy: “Hello, is Jenny there?” <hangs up phone>
Hilarity and armpit fart noises ensue…
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
This was actually not me. Every time I tried, I got “this number has been disconnected.” Because everyone who had that number in 1981 got it changed within a few weeks of the song becoming a hit.
zamboni
Footballguy
Yeah, you had to be an early adopter.
-OZ-
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
How about songs without a guitar? I don't hear one in either tune.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Before she met my dad, my mom was all set to emmigrate to New Zealand with a friend. The UK was trying to export population after WWII.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Frank SInatra has one major connection to Chicago. Check out the contretemps with Mike Royko.
So very Chicago.
So very Chicago.
Eephus
Footballguy
This song was on ditkaburgers' UK 31 list.
At the time, I did some digging about whatever happened to Frischmann and it turns out she's now married to a Meteorology professor at UC-Davis.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Blackpink will be heard from again
Eephus
Footballguy
How simply can I put it - in your car, do you have a thing called a "radio", which you can tune to listen to "stations" which play "music"? You can do exactly the same in the games. The theme is the best of what you can hear on them
What if you don't have a car
titusbramble
Footballguy
Steal one
How simply can I put it - in your car, do you have a thing called a "radio", which you can tune to listen to "stations" which play "music"? You can do exactly the same in the games. The theme is the best of what you can hear on them
What if you don't have a car
Oh wait, did you mean in real life?
Eephus
Footballguy
P!nk - "Who Knew" - Single (Named) Ladies #30
There aren't many artists on my list that I've seen perform live--P
We gave our car away a few years ago.
Is it still the triangle button to steal one?
There aren't many artists on my list that I've seen perform live--P
Steal one
How simply can I put it - in your car, do you have a thing called a "radio", which you can tune to listen to "stations" which play "music"? You can do exactly the same in the games. The theme is the best of what you can hear on them
What if you don't have a car
Oh wait, did you mean in real life?
We gave our car away a few years ago.
Is it still the triangle button to steal one?
titusbramble
Footballguy
GTA #30 - Toots & The Maytals - Funky Kingston (K-Jah West, San Andreas)
Next up we go with a complete switch up in style, from 80's pop to early 70's reggae with Funky Kingston, starting to demonstrate the huge musical diversity that the GTA games have. On K-Jah West, an in-game west coast companion to K-Jah from GTA III, the station plays reggae, dub and similar from across the decades, hosted by characters played by IRL Jamaican production duo Sly & Robbie. San Andreas has a nice subtle touch where many of the tracks played on the stations playing older/classic records are those sampled by (at the rough time of the game) contemporary rap/hip-hop tracks, as kind of a "know your roots" learning experience - the most obvious example is evident from my long list, where the first and last tracks are the original Express Yourself and then the NWA track that heavily samples it, but there's more subtle ones, such as K-DST playing the Joe Cocker record which is sampled on California Love. It's easy to think this is the same, but the Pitbull track that samples this (or, to darts fans, Peter Wright's walk-on music) was released way after the game.
Next up we go with a complete switch up in style, from 80's pop to early 70's reggae with Funky Kingston, starting to demonstrate the huge musical diversity that the GTA games have. On K-Jah West, an in-game west coast companion to K-Jah from GTA III, the station plays reggae, dub and similar from across the decades, hosted by characters played by IRL Jamaican production duo Sly & Robbie. San Andreas has a nice subtle touch where many of the tracks played on the stations playing older/classic records are those sampled by (at the rough time of the game) contemporary rap/hip-hop tracks, as kind of a "know your roots" learning experience - the most obvious example is evident from my long list, where the first and last tracks are the original Express Yourself and then the NWA track that heavily samples it, but there's more subtle ones, such as K-DST playing the Joe Cocker record which is sampled on California Love. It's easy to think this is the same, but the Pitbull track that samples this (or, to darts fans, Peter Wright's walk-on music) was released way after the game.
Eephus
Footballguy
P!nk - "Who Knew" (Single (Named) Ladies #30)
Full name: Alecia Beth Moore (random mononym)
There aren't many artists in my list this time that I've seen perform live. Pink (I'm ditching the exclamation point stylization) is one of the few. She was the halftime performer for the Rookie Challenge game the last time the Bay Area hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 2000. This appears to have been wiped from everyone's collective memory except mine because I wasn't able to find anything on the Internet to corroborate it. The game is on YT but without the halftime festivities.
Pink was a brand new artist at the time; she'd just released her debut single and her first album was still a few months off in the future. She had been discovered and signed by LA Reid and Babyface using the tried-and-true formula of promoting a White artist who sings Black. To be eligible for my category, artist has to take on their single name at the beginning of their career but not everyone lives up to the honor. I wouldn't have thought so at the time but she's gone on to have a career worthy of monomyn status with over 135 million records sold, multiple Grammy awards and singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
"Who Knew" is a mid-tempo rocker written and produced by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin. It bears more than a passing resemblance to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" which was also a Martin creation. Whatever its origin, "Who Knew" is a great pop song that stuck in my head when I was making my list. The video is set in a carnival in a parallel universe to Lisa P's. Pink was 27 at the time but she plays the older wiser observer of a teenage love triangle between a girl, a boy and his drugs.
Full name: Alecia Beth Moore (random mononym)
There aren't many artists in my list this time that I've seen perform live. Pink (I'm ditching the exclamation point stylization) is one of the few. She was the halftime performer for the Rookie Challenge game the last time the Bay Area hosted the NBA All-Star Game in 2000. This appears to have been wiped from everyone's collective memory except mine because I wasn't able to find anything on the Internet to corroborate it. The game is on YT but without the halftime festivities.
Pink was a brand new artist at the time; she'd just released her debut single and her first album was still a few months off in the future. She had been discovered and signed by LA Reid and Babyface using the tried-and-true formula of promoting a White artist who sings Black. To be eligible for my category, artist has to take on their single name at the beginning of their career but not everyone lives up to the honor. I wouldn't have thought so at the time but she's gone on to have a career worthy of monomyn status with over 135 million records sold, multiple Grammy awards and singing the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
"Who Knew" is a mid-tempo rocker written and produced by Swedish hitmaker Max Martin. It bears more than a passing resemblance to Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" which was also a Martin creation. Whatever its origin, "Who Knew" is a great pop song that stuck in my head when I was making my list. The video is set in a carnival in a parallel universe to Lisa P's. Pink was 27 at the time but she plays the older wiser observer of a teenage love triangle between a girl, a boy and his drugs.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Australia was offering jobs, housing and a plane ticket out for one pound.
Theres a whole generation called one pound poms
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
Have to get my raincoat out of the cupboard again
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I could not remember, but I just searched and it looks like your secret identity picked “Sunshine Day” from them. You posted then that you did not do much research, and they must have had better stuff on their earlier albums. So, I guess can consider this an offering.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
#, Please # 30
Song: 867-5309/Jenny
Artist: Tommy Tutone
Year: 1981
(Offical Music Video) Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
(Live version ) 867-5309/Jenny, LIVE
4 Lines:
Jenny, Jenny, you're the girl for me
You don't know me, but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before, but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed
Number Theory:
The story behind this song? Well, apparently, that depends on who you ask. A 1982 interview with lead guitarist (and co-writer) Jim Keller has him saying Jenny was a real person he knew, but just a “regular girl”. Singer Tommy Heath had said that it was a real girl he knew with that phone number, and that he wrote it on a motel wall as a joke. Meanwhile, cowriter Alex Call insists that the name and number were pure figments of his imagination.
No matter the inspiration, this song became immensely popular. So much so that, as documented in this thread, innumerable prank calls were made to holders of that phone number across the U.S. Many people with the number abandoned it in (or at least by) early 1982, though some business and/or radio stations picked it up where available. The number still carries some influence to this day.
Significant Digits:
Off album#: 2
Track #: 1 (of side 1)
Hit #1 in the U.S. Billboard Rock Tracks and #4 of the Hot 100. Also reached #2 in Canada.
Artist crossover with other playlists: 1. (I’m only counting top 31, or else it would be 2 with Toots & the Maytals)
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Next on the countdown, I didn’t reach anyone. Perhaps I’ll try an older number.
Song: 867-5309/Jenny
Artist: Tommy Tutone
Year: 1981
(Offical Music Video) Tommy Tutone - 867-5309/Jenny
(Live version ) 867-5309/Jenny, LIVE
4 Lines:
Jenny, Jenny, you're the girl for me
You don't know me, but you make me so happy
I tried to call you before, but I lost my nerve
I tried my imagination, but I was disturbed
Number Theory:
The story behind this song? Well, apparently, that depends on who you ask. A 1982 interview with lead guitarist (and co-writer) Jim Keller has him saying Jenny was a real person he knew, but just a “regular girl”. Singer Tommy Heath had said that it was a real girl he knew with that phone number, and that he wrote it on a motel wall as a joke. Meanwhile, cowriter Alex Call insists that the name and number were pure figments of his imagination.
No matter the inspiration, this song became immensely popular. So much so that, as documented in this thread, innumerable prank calls were made to holders of that phone number across the U.S. Many people with the number abandoned it in (or at least by) early 1982, though some business and/or radio stations picked it up where available. The number still carries some influence to this day.
Significant Digits:
Off album#: 2
Track #: 1 (of side 1)
Hit #1 in the U.S. Billboard Rock Tracks and #4 of the Hot 100. Also reached #2 in Canada.
Artist crossover with other playlists: 1. (I’m only counting top 31, or else it would be 2 with Toots & the Maytals)
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Next on the countdown, I didn’t reach anyone. Perhaps I’ll try an older number.
simsarge
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I "met" P!nk in 2004-ish -- the middle of my Lost Years -- at a late-night club show in Manhattan. My friends' band was playing on a bill with a band featuring her childhood friend from her hometown of Doylestown, PA. At the last setbreak, the 20-ish people who were there all struck up a conversation. She introduced herself as "Alecia". She behaved completely "normally" aside from lighting up a cigarette; NYC's indoor smoking ban had just gone into effect. For the encore, both bands performed together while P!nk stood at the side of the stage playing tambourine.
Eephus
Footballguy
Yo Mama
Footballguy
“WHAT!?!”
Jingle Jangle Smack!
MrsKarmaPolice
Footballguy
Animals of the World - Great Lake Swimmers
The Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band led by Tony Dekker. They often recorded in old silos and rural churches. They were called a national treasure by the CBC. This clearly mentions animals and specifically references moths in the lyrics.
And when the wind stops
We all stop and we are silent
And in the end
We all will bend
We will break away
From the ox head
We are moths around a porch light
We're covered in jars
Or pinned to the wall
Dried out and displayed
Tired out and dismayed
From riding on the wheels
Biding the streets
Riding the wheels
Or biding the streets
The Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band led by Tony Dekker. They often recorded in old silos and rural churches. They were called a national treasure by the CBC. This clearly mentions animals and specifically references moths in the lyrics.
And when the wind stops
We all stop and we are silent
And in the end
We all will bend
We will break away
From the ox head
We are moths around a porch light
We're covered in jars
Or pinned to the wall
Dried out and displayed
Tired out and dismayed
From riding on the wheels
Biding the streets
Riding the wheels
Or biding the streets
rockaction
Footballguy
This was the first thing I thought when I heard the track today. Like, is she ripping off Kelly Clarkson who ripped off the Yeah Yeah Yeahs?
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Sax by band member Kirk Pengilly.
This is a chalky pick for a sax list, and there will be a few more, but this song has violins too so I really like it. I can't really hear any part of this song without also anticipating the coming sax.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
A shuke list appearance!
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Favorite new to me this round.
Just missed the saxy 31. Fun song.
Really looking forward to more of this list.
rockaction
Footballguy
I was just commenting today in the singer thread about how the only guy in rap who rivals Ice Cube's voice is Chuck D. Here they make a song revolving around the beat that Yo! MTV Raps used or would go on to use (Marva Whitney's "Unwind Yourself") and Chuck's voice.
Hear the drummer get wicked!
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
So, #30....Downtown by Petula Clark.
First off, I think "Chicago Wind" is a better song than this, so it's a 1-1 tie now.
On the NY scale:
Artist (1-5): 1. Petula Clark was from England. So, nope.
Song (1-10): It's about a 5. The song was written by Tony Hatch, who was making his first visit to NYC, and was inspired by all of the lights in Times Square, which he explains he thought was downtown...which it isn't. What adds to the "New York" of it all is the classic Seinfield "Bottle Deposit" episode, where George realizes his boss has given him instructions for an assignment while sitting on the can while George was outside the bathroom.
He later tells him he has to go downtown, "like the song." So George and Jerry decide they might be able to figure it out by listening to this song and looking for clues in the lyrics.
JERRY: The song Downtown? You mean the Petula Clark song?
GEORGE: Yeah.
JERRY: You sure he didn't just mention it because you happened to be going downtown?
GEORGE: I think he was trying to tell me something, like it had some sort of a meaning.
JERRY: Okay, so how does it go?
GEORGE: 'When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go...'
JERRY: '... downtown.'
GEORGE: 'Maybe you know some little places to go, where they never close...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: Wait a second. 'Little places to go, where they never close.' What's a little place that never closes?
JERRY: 7-Eleven?
GEORGE: 'Just listen to the music of the traffic, in the city. Linger on the sidewalk, where the neon lights are pretty.' Where the neon lights are pretty. The Broadway area?
JERRY: No, that's midtown.
GEORGE: 'The lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, just go...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: 'Things'll be great, when you're...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: I got nothing, Jerry. Nothing!
First off, I think "Chicago Wind" is a better song than this, so it's a 1-1 tie now.
On the NY scale:
Artist (1-5): 1. Petula Clark was from England. So, nope.
Song (1-10): It's about a 5. The song was written by Tony Hatch, who was making his first visit to NYC, and was inspired by all of the lights in Times Square, which he explains he thought was downtown...which it isn't. What adds to the "New York" of it all is the classic Seinfield "Bottle Deposit" episode, where George realizes his boss has given him instructions for an assignment while sitting on the can while George was outside the bathroom.
He later tells him he has to go downtown, "like the song." So George and Jerry decide they might be able to figure it out by listening to this song and looking for clues in the lyrics.
JERRY: The song Downtown? You mean the Petula Clark song?
GEORGE: Yeah.
JERRY: You sure he didn't just mention it because you happened to be going downtown?
GEORGE: I think he was trying to tell me something, like it had some sort of a meaning.
JERRY: Okay, so how does it go?
GEORGE: 'When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go...'
JERRY: '... downtown.'
GEORGE: 'Maybe you know some little places to go, where they never close...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: Wait a second. 'Little places to go, where they never close.' What's a little place that never closes?
JERRY: 7-Eleven?
GEORGE: 'Just listen to the music of the traffic, in the city. Linger on the sidewalk, where the neon lights are pretty.' Where the neon lights are pretty. The Broadway area?
JERRY: No, that's midtown.
GEORGE: 'The lights are much brighter there. You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares, just go...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: 'Things'll be great, when you're...'
JERRY: '...downtown.'
GEORGE: I got nothing, Jerry. Nothing!
rockaction
Footballguy
Have I busted out the story that my collegiate girlfriend was in a sorority in high school with Reese? I think it was Kappa Kappa Gamma or something like that. I remember the composite they had with Reese's picture right on it—"See my friend Reese? She's an actress in Hollywood." They were all these southern belles, all dressed up at the Harpeth Hall School for Girls. She had been in Fear and not much else, so we didn't know what a mega-star Reese Witherspoon (real name I'm pretty sure) would be.
When Ryan Philippe commented during the Academy Awards that his wife made more than him, I knew his pain. I knew what those girls were like. Needless to say, she is divorced. Aristocratic southern women are tough and you'd better bring your big boy pants if you'd like a romantic interlude.
Anyway, cool story bro and all, but that's my connection to all this. Full circle and back to the thread? "Wild Horses" and "Where Do You Go" have been running through my head the past few days.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
This is a thing?
kupcho1
Footballguy
South of the Mason Dixon line, sororities start in early elementary school.
rockaction
Footballguy
Was a thing, at least. To prep one's self for joining a sorority in college. Fast tracking your allegiance and to cement your place in society. Very debutante. My ex was not presented as a debutante. Long story. I think she would have loved to have been.
kupcho1
Footballguy
I should have known that this theme countdown would be solid from the jump. W/r/t the artist countdowns, there are very few that have 30+ incredible songs.
Songs in the 30s that I haven't even mentioned yet, such as Who Can It Be Now, Downtown, Middle of the Road, Never Tear Us Apart ... I could go on and on.
Again, even the new-to-me tunes have been a revelation at 30: Band of Gold, Wacko from Waco, Zzyzx Rd., the list goes on.
And the best part is I have no idea what 29 will hold (since @KarmaPolice hasn't posted it yet
).
Songs in the 30s that I haven't even mentioned yet, such as Who Can It Be Now, Downtown, Middle of the Road, Never Tear Us Apart ... I could go on and on.
Again, even the new-to-me tunes have been a revelation at 30: Band of Gold, Wacko from Waco, Zzyzx Rd., the list goes on.
And the best part is I have no idea what 29 will hold (since @KarmaPolice hasn't posted it yet
).
El Floppo
Footballguy
I expected to be all-in on the Afrobeat, Surf and New Wave lists.
The first two I'm still all-in.
New Wave- I think TOO close to my youth and early immersive record bin/live obsessions. So the bigger hits like Men At Work are tunes that I don't think I ever really need to hear again. Still a great tune and fully deserving of any list... I admit this is likely my own thing- so many great tunes from my past that I've just heard too many times and don't feel a real need to hear more of. if that makes any sense.
The first two I'm still all-in.
New Wave- I think TOO close to my youth and early immersive record bin/live obsessions. So the bigger hits like Men At Work are tunes that I don't think I ever really need to hear again. Still a great tune and fully deserving of any list... I admit this is likely my own thing- so many great tunes from my past that I've just heard too many times and don't feel a real need to hear more of. if that makes any sense.
Chaos34
Footballguy
I was a freshman in college when this was released. My new best friend, who became pretty much my life long best friend, was... well, hard to describe him at age 21. Rich white stoner/surfer boy from Redondo Beach exiled to Chico by his dad who wanted him far far away. Advanced deep into the state wrestling championships. Could be a problem with rowdy types at parties cuz he knew he could take them, subdue them. He called it catch and release. So, unless he liked you, he could be a complete jerk. We just found something in common few shared. Trout fishing, oddly. We both showed up in Chico 1981 at the same apartment complex with tons of trout fishing tackle excited to hit Northern Cali's rivers and lakes. Fishing buddies bond even if one is a poor, overprotected, naive, innocent 18 year old from a small military town and the other is a rich worldly idiot Spicoli from RB. At age 62 and 65 we share Laker tickets. Ugh I'm rambling before 7am.
He introduced me to surf punk. Agent Orange was his favorite, but the whole Orange County punk scene was his music. Social D became my favorite punk because he introduced me to it. I introduced him to new wave including this new sound from Australia. I'm not exaggerating when I say he played it on loop for 8-10 hours a day for a month. Somehow I still like hearing it and had a fun moment with my daughter a couple years ago. She wanted me to hear this music she discovered and loved loved loved. She was very excited about it. Thought it would be new to me. Well it wasn't, but I still enjoy a little Men At Work here and there.
jwb
Footballguy
Me too. For 80's-on, it's not a genre/style I've heard a lot of (beyond bands like The Pixies).
Chaos34
Footballguy
If I was paying attention and knew what you were doing, I would have chosen a few that sound really good through a good system. That reverb I go on about really opens up on better recordings. I might post a few on our down days. Also I was a little torn between surf revival you both enjoyed above and stuff like the Pixies you mention. Stuff influenced by surf rock but... well, we'll hear from the Pixies and I hope I did this right, if there is a right.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
1. The story about this song in my family goes back to before I have memories and apparently as a toddler, I would not go to sleep until this song was played multiple times. I can neither confirm nor deny, though will say I really dig the horn flourish at the end.
2. Apologies in advance for encroaching on your turf with my next selection, it was unavoidable.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Carlos Santana may be making at least one other appearance on this MAD Round.
Blues for Salvador is fantastic.
Blues for Salvador is fantastic.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I'll add to the praise for the Del Vipers - definitely a very cool and very different sound. This is a playlist that will be fun to check out when this is done.
El Floppo
Footballguy
I had a lot of friends at Chico. Spent a bit of time up there... Those rivers are beautiful. Ended up there one weekend and found myself wandering solo, late night through fields towards the sound of a distant train. Without pants. No idea wth happened to get me there
ah yes... Chico!
Chaos34
Footballguy
Ended up there one weekend and found myself wandering solo, late night through fields towards the sound of a distant train. Without pants. No idea wth happened to get me there
Ok, literally made me laugh out loud. That's about as early 80s Chico as a story can be.
Chaos34
Footballguy
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