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Single (Named) Lady #8 - Santigold - "You'll Find a Way" (2008)
Full name: Santi White

Santigold is from Philadelphia and first developed her genre-crossing sound as a member of punk band Stiffed. Her solo career began with a bang; her early singles received critical acclaim (RS #2 song of the year) and landed her appearances opening for Coldplay, M.I.A., Bjork and Kanye. Her new-found notoriety also attracted the attention of the producers of 1985 horror film Blood Circus which had a character named Santo Gold. They threatened her with a nuisance lawsuit so she changed her stage name from Santogold to Santigold beginning with her second album.

"You'll Find a Way" is from her debut album as Santogold/Santigold. It wasn't released as one of the four singles from the album but it's my favorite song by her. It kicks off with a New Wavey bassline and backbeat with a Ska flair. Santi's vocals are somewhere on the axis formed by Debbie Harry, Poly Styrene and Gwen Stefani. It's a cool song that builds through the verse and pre-chorus before its fist thumping chorus. It races by throwing in a brief dub section before not overstaying its welcome in a brisk three minutes exactly.

No video for this one but here's a video of her most famous song "Disparate Youth" that would have slotted around here in the countdown if I'd chosen it instead.
 
Don Quixote said:
Pip's Invitation said:
rockaction said:
Pip's Invitation said:
landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks - Lola v Powerman (1970)
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I've been listening to this song recently. I love it. Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. 1; Arthur; and Something Else have been in the queue pretty constantly when I'm not listening to the MADs. It's been Konstantly Kinks.
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I still think we should do a Kinks song draft.
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Would Ray Davies and Dave Davies solo stuff be eligible too?
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Um, sure?
 
Eephus said:
"You'll Find a Way" is from her debut album as Santogold/Santigold.
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That first album is excellent. I might just buy the VMP version of it right now, but I hesitate to buy albums with digital sources (what's the point?). But Santogold was the soundtrack to my summer one year with "Lights Out," which was adopted by Bud Light of all products. That little vocal kick in that song is exquisite.

Chuck Treece figures on the album. (He's a punk/hardcore musician—I saw him live at The Moon in New Haven opening for Murphy's Law, which are bands far away in both time and style to what Santi wound up doing.)

Also, she's from Wesleyan, which is literally forty minutes or so from where I grew up, and if you know where I grew up, the arts were pretty dead but for Wesleyan.
 
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The #9s!

Known Numbers:
Fallen Angel - Poison
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Daydream Believer - The Monkees
The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies
Rock N’ Roll McDonalds - Wesley Willis

Total Surprises:
Inevitable - Shakira
Woman in Chains - Tears for Fears & Oleta Adams
Typhoons - Royal Blood
Telephone Road - Steve Earle
Different Kind of Blue - Nick Lowe

Go Figure:
I think I’ll drop two songs I praised in the previous artist countdown here. Namely The Clash’s “London Calling” and “Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof Off The sucker)” from Parliament/P-Funk
 

Batman​

8 - Smashing Pumpkins - The End is the Beginning is the End​

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Relevant Lyric - And in your darkest hour
I hold secrets flame
You can watch the world devoured in it's pain
Strange

Batman Vibe Score - 9/10. I will let Billy Corgan describe why

“At one point I found myself going, "I can't write a song about Batman, I'm in an alternative band". And I thought this is stupid, if I can write a song about Batman and it serves the purpose, which is to make it happen and connect with the movie, and connect with something that is unique and original, then, why not? For me, it was a great kind of artistic thing to do because it was very freeing. I wasn't talking about myself or trying to represent the Smashing Pumpkins. I was trying to represent Batman.”

He further commented that the song's lyrics were meant to represent the Batman of the 1940s, when he was a "darker character"

Where to Find - Batman and Robin Soundtrack

Quick Hit Comment - I was tempted to include the other song for the soundtrack, the Beginning is the End is the Beginning, but i get confused enough as it is without Billy Corgan messing with my mind

Next Up - Another totally non Batman song ending up in the Lego Batman movie. An 80s classic
 

Songs in D Minor - The Saddest? Key of All​

8 - Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc​

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Lyric - ****, I'm steppin' in the heart of this here (yeah)
Care Bear rappin' in harder this year (yeah)
Watch me as I gravitate, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

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Sadness Quotient - 0/11

Comment - Such a good groove on this one from the musical chameleon Damon Albarn. This song was by far his biggest commercial success in the US. Sad? I dont think so

Next Up - A well known front man gets super sad worrying about Aliens
 
krista4 said:
#8 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Speak - Queensryche
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Summary: Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the United States. They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and often referred to as one of the "Big Three" of the genre, along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 0 (this will change as I got tickets to see Geoff Tate this October performing Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety.

Personal Connection: Despite my leanings towards Thrash and Death metal, Queensryche stood out to me for a few reasons. First was the amazing voice of Goeff Tate and musicianship in Eyes of a Stranger which was a far cry from the Deicides of the world. Second was that 1988’s Operation: Mindcrime was my first concept album, which I found fascinating. While 1990’s Empire was more commercially successful, I much prefer pretty much everything on the former. A tough call for the playlist as I was considering three or four songs, but went with Speak as it just grabs me every time right from the first note.

Other songs to consider: Spreading the Disease, Eyes of a Stranger
 
8. Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle"

I pray my **** get as big as the Eiffel Tower
So I can **** the world for seventy-two hours

Before the national attention for his beef with Drake, Kendrick Lamar was a good kid in a mad city. This track, off of that album (good kid, m.A.A.d city) was in the freestyle hip-hop/rap category we talked about back around song 29 or so. The song was written, in Kendrick's words, from the perspective of a "sixteen year-old" in his area that was cruising in a vehicle, out for a day of what seems like no good. From the beginning salvo of "Martin had a dream" to the braggadocio that follows, Kendrick fantasizes about the life he's leading where he lives, which is Compton, CA.

The song took on a life of its own live when Kendrick realized that people got incredibly amped to shout the lyrics themselves. Often, you can see performances of Kendrick where he just lets the audience sing the words as a chorus in unison.

The beat was produced, conceived, and executed by Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis and was deconstructed in this video for anybody interested. It's actually quite something to watch, and the beat is unique enough that it still sounds fresh nearly a decade and a half later.
 
#, Please # 8
Song: 24K Magic
Artist: Bruno Mars
Year: 2016

(Official Music Video) Bruno Mars - 24K Magic
(Live version) (Bruno Mars - 24K Magic (from the 2016 American Music Awards)

4 Lines:
I'm wearing Cuban links (yeah)
Designer minks (yeah)
Inglewood's finest shoes (whoop, whoop)
Don't look too hard, might hurt yourself

Number Theory:

The “K” here stands for Karat, a measure of purity for gold alloys. Though this is another example of the US and UK being separated by a common language, as it’s C for carat in the latter. The measurement is based on the volume of gold in an alloy, with a max of 24. Why 24? I don’t know; measuring systems are weird. Speaking of which, “K” can also stand for ‘kilo’, representing (multiplication by) 1,000. Which could make this 24,000, except that the karat measurement takes precedence.

Anyway, I’m guessing that this is a pretty familiar song for people. It’s a blend of funk, disco and R&B, with a nod towards the wide field of hip hop. There’s a carryover of the “old-fashioned” style that made “Uptown Funk” a hit, while keeping it very much it’s own thing. Past that, I can’t even pretend to be any sort of expert on Bruno Mars, so I’ll just hope that folks enjoyed it.


Significant Digits:
Off album#: 3
Track #: 1
Charted in 40 (!) countries. To pick a few, #3 in Canada Hot 100, #5 UK Singles, and #4 US Billboard Hot 100.

Artist crossover with other playlists: 25 (Springsteen [x4] now in the lead!)
(Known: 19)

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Next on the countdown, we hit a stretch of 4 consecutive numbers. That deserves some sort of salute!
 
rockaction said:
8. Kendrick Lamar - "Backseat Freestyle"

I pray my **** get as big as the Eiffel Tower
So I can **** the world for seventy-two hours

Before the national attention for his beef with Drake, Kendrick Lamar was a good kid in a mad city. This track, off of that album (good kid, m.A.A.d city) was in the freestyle hip-hop/rap category we talked about back around song 29 or so. The song was written, in Kendrick's words, from the perspective of a "sixteen year-old" in his area that was cruising in a vehicle, out for a day of what seems like no good. From the beginning salvo of "Martin had a dream" to the braggadocio that follows, Kendrick fantasizes about the life he's leading where he lives, which is Compton, CA.

The song took on a life of its own live when Kendrick realized that people got incredibly amped to shout the lyrics themselves. Often, you can see performances of Kendrick where he just lets the audience sing the words as a chorus in unison.

The beat was produced, conceived, and executed by Chauncey "Hit-Boy" Hollis and was deconstructed in this video for anybody interested. It's actually quite something to watch, and the beat is unique enough that it still sounds fresh nearly a decade and a half later.
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I don't know a ton of his work, but I usually listen to the new albums and playlist what grabs me. This has always been my slam dunk favorite of his.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
krista4 said:
simey – train songs

A Train Robbery - Levon Helm
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I love this entire album so much.
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When floppinho first started playing drums in bands, he was also able to sing while doing it (I can't walk and chew gum, so always amazing to me). One of the other dads was a working musician, mostly a singer front man but trained as a drummer. He was the guy who told me first that Helm was the very best singing drummer ever. Even better than that guy from the Romantics
 
OH and I had a #8 playlist listening party on the roof last night. As each song played, he guessed the theme, maybe not that seriously. Here's what we got:

kupcho1 – rain

I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations

Awesome songs about weather (close!)


Eephus – Single (Named) Ladies

You'll Find A Way – Santigold

Songs designed by an algorithm


Charlie Steiner – songs from Mad Men

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin

Woodstock


simey – train songs

A Train Robbery - Levon Helm

Sad-eyed hillbillies



Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Speak - Queensryche

People on horses, OR umlaut rock (wrong playlist!)


Dr. Octopus – guitarists I’ve seen live

It Hurts Me Too - Eric Clapton

[guess redacted by krista4]


Yo Mama – World’s Worst Superheroes

Man in the Box - Alice In Chains

The best of yawrling


Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

Limit Break – Girugämesh

Gnu metal spelled "gnu" and an umlaut over the u, OR metal built by robots


KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

Memories - The Coathangers

Jittery chick new wave


Don Quixote – Afrobeat

No Condition is Permanent (Spotify) - Marijata (Ghana)

Bands with 70 people in them, OR songs you play to hype yourself up for that interview


JMLs secret identity – songs in D#Minor, the saddest key of all

Feel Good Inc (Spotify) - Gorillaz

Life during wartime parties at the Hideout in 2005, when all they played was this, Outkast, the Strokes, and Lydia Lunch, and somehow it worked


-OZ- - song / music moments from the Marvel cinematic universe

Run It (feat. Rick Ross & Rich Brian) - DJ Snake, Rick Ross, Rich Brian

I just associate this with something like Rick Ross. Slightly harder but not scarin' the hoes


Mt. Man – Number, Please

24K Magic - Bruno Mars

Your cousin's wedding reception


Pip’s Invitation – songs from albums produced and/or engineered by Todd Rundgren

Stage Fright - The Band

Songs by The Band that aren't "The Weight"


falguy – songs by 31 different Canadian artists

Innocence - Harlequin

Montage of leveling up skills in a 1980s movie. First scene is kid with a mullet doing push-ups, then chin-ups, then running on a beach


Raging weasel – name-checking Beatles or their songs

Ballrooms of Mars - T Rex

Best of feathery boa rock


jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Conga - Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine

Related to Prince. Me: What? Him: Isn't this Sheila E? No? OK, drum machine hell.


scorchy – songs by Manchester(-ish) artists

History - The Verve

Brit-pop


titusbramble – Grand Theft Auto, specifically the 3D era

Self Control - Laura Branigan (VC - Flash FM)

Strong woah-woah-woahs


shuke – Saxytime
Tweezer (Spotify) - Phish w/Giant Country Horns

Highly competent musicians getting together to make fun of Neil Young and Parliament/Funkadelic and all of my other favorite musicians


Ilov80s - One song from each of the 31 best albums of 1984

I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive - Orange Juice

Punks who gave up, like Tommy Keene and Joe Jackson


John Maddens Lunchbox – Batman

The End is the Beginning is the End (Spotify) - Smashing Pumpkins

My Dad sucks


Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

Downey to Lubbock - Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Central Texas when Austin was weird


El Floppo – Mallet Rock

The Nurse - The White Stripes

The modern American musical


landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks - Lola v Powerman (1970)

Songs about the future. Songs with banjo. Banjo songs about the future.


rockaction - Songs that state the genre they’re in

Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar

Songs that rattle a trunk


ditkaburgers - Girl Groups X Boy Bands

Airplane pt.2 - BTS

Boy bands 💯


MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Doin' the Cockroach - Modest Mouse

Rock bands from Issaquah, WA


Tau837 – Hair metal

Fantasy - Aldo Nova

Pew-pew-pew rock OR 80s space music OR suburban mall video arcade music


DrIanMalcolm – Songs about New York

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Institutional donors to Democratic politicians


higgins – Instrumentals with places in the title

"Promontory" (Last of the Mohicans) - Trevor Jones

River dance


Zegras11 – New wave

Words - Missing Persons

Every t-shirt says "Relax"


Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Songs about which direction your man is going


krista4 – Chicagoland

The Woman Downstairs – The Handsome Family

Two-chord funeral songs


Anonymous Mystery Theme Dictator - ???

Carnaval de Paris - Dario G

Interstitial Blue Man Group, in between set-ups


MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Remember When - Alan Jackson

I went to the roadhouse to line dance but wept in my beer instead
 
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I was just looking at the list of bands that @Yambag and I both had on the playlists, and that is quite the mix.

Like him, I had Queensryche on my playlist. Like he hinted at, Operation:Mindcrime was in heavy rotation at the KP household. In general, I would say 1988 is the year that really sparked my interest in concept albums. In one year I got my mind blown by Operation: Mindcrime, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and Them. No surprise these were some of the first albums that came to mind for songs. The hits from the album were big on Headbanger's Ball, which is where I assume I saw Eyes of the Stranger and got hook. I thought Scott Rockenfield was the coolest at that time - how do you get more metal than having metal chains hanging off your drum set? :lol: They came through Madison for the tour, and of course my parents thought I was too young to go. To add insult to injury, some swimming buddies went and of course it was the WI shows they used to film Operation: Livecrime. :wall: At least I had that VHS in my collection and I could pretend I was there. Top to bottom great tunes on this album, but for my playlist I went with The Mission, since that was a deeper track that stood out when I listened recently.

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The Mission - Remastered 2003

Queensrÿche · Operation: Mindcrime (Remastered / Expanded Edition) · Song · 1988
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The other band in the Ps that was on mine but on Yambag's was Prong. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck was a "hit" for them, but that was 1994. When I thought about it and listened to the album, I definitely had Prove You Wrong before 1994. I am sure that was either yet another Headbanger's Ball discovery or just random album grab in HS. That seems to be the source of most of my music for this theme. I went with Unconditional for the playlist. I love the change in grooves on this one.

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Unconditional

Prong · Prove You Wrong · Song · 1991
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For those keeping track, Queensryche was his 24th song and my 22nd. I have 9 artists the same by my count: Anthrax, GnR, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Ministry, Motley Crue, NIN, and Queensryche. :headbang:
 
Yambag said:
krista4 said:
#8 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Speak - Queensryche
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Summary: Queensrÿche is an American progressive metal band formed in 1982 in Bellevue, Washington. They have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, including over six million albums in the United States. They are considered one of the leaders of the progressive metal scene of the mid-to-late 1980s, and often referred to as one of the "Big Three" of the genre, along with Dream Theater and Fates Warning.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 0 (this will change as I got tickets to see Geoff Tate this October performing Operation: Mindcrime in its entirety.

Personal Connection: Despite my leanings towards Thrash and Death metal, Queensryche stood out to me for a few reasons. First was the amazing voice of Goeff Tate and musicianship in Eyes of a Stranger which was a far cry from the Deicides of the world. Second was that 1988’s Operation: Mindcrime was my first concept album, which I found fascinating. While 1990’s Empire was more commercially successful, I much prefer pretty much everything on the former. A tough call for the playlist as I was considering three or four songs, but went with Speak as it just grabs me every time right from the first note.

Other songs to consider: Spreading the Disease, Eyes of a Stranger
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This song got a Hell Yeah from me when it came on the playlist. Love it.
 
krista4 said:
OH and I had a #8 playlist listening party on the roof last night. As each song played, he guessed the theme, maybe not that seriously. Here's what we got:

kupcho1 – rain

I Wish It Would Rain - The Temptations

Awesome songs about weather (close!)


Eephus – Single (Named) Ladies

You'll Find A Way – Santigold

Songs designed by an algorithm


Charlie Steiner – songs from Mad Men

Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin

Woodstock


simey – train songs

A Train Robbery - Levon Helm

Sad-eyed hillbillies



Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Speak - Queensryche

People on horses, OR umlaut rock (wrong playlist!)


Dr. Octopus – guitarists I’ve seen live

It Hurts Me Too - Eric Clapton

[guess redacted by krista4]


Yo Mama – World’s Worst Superheroes

Man in the Box - Alice In Chains

The best of yawrling


Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

Limit Break – Girugämesh

Gnu metal spelled "gnu" and an umlaut over the u, OR metal built by robots


KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

Memories - The Coathangers

Jittery chick new wave


Don Quixote – Afrobeat

No Condition is Permanent (Spotify) - Marijata (Ghana)

Bands with 70 people in them, OR songs you play to hype yourself up for that interview


JMLs secret identity – songs in D#Minor, the saddest key of all

Feel Good Inc (Spotify) - Gorillaz

Life during wartime parties at the Hideout in 2005, when all they played was this, Outkast, the Strokes, and Lydia Lunch, and somehow it worked


-OZ- - song / music moments from the Marvel cinematic universe

Run It (feat. Rick Ross & Rich Brian) - DJ Snake, Rick Ross, Rich Brian

I just associate this with something like Rick Ross. Slightly harder but not scarin' the hoes


Mt. Man – Number, Please

24K Magic - Bruno Mars

Your cousin's wedding reception


Pip’s Invitation – songs from albums produced and/or engineered by Todd Rundgren

Stage Fright - The Band

Songs by The Band that aren't "The Weight"


falguy – songs by 31 different Canadian artists

Innocence - Harlequin

Montage of leveling up skills in a 1980s movie. First scene is kid with a mullet doing push-ups, then chin-ups, then running on a beach


Raging weasel – name-checking Beatles or their songs

Ballrooms of Mars - T Rex

Best of feathery boa rock


jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Conga - Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine

Related to Prince. Me: What? Him: Isn't this Sheila E? No? OK, drum machine hell.


scorchy – songs by Manchester(-ish) artists

History - The Verve

Brit-pop


titusbramble – Grand Theft Auto, specifically the 3D era

Self Control - Laura Branigan (VC - Flash FM)

Strong woah-woah-woahs


shuke – Saxytime
Tweezer (Spotify) - Phish w/Giant Country Horns

Highly competent musicians getting together to make fun of Neil Young and Parliament/Funkadelic and all of my other favorite musicians


Ilov80s - One song from each of the 31 best albums of 1984

I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive - Orange Juice

Punks who gave up, like Tommy Keene and Joe Jackson


John Maddens Lunchbox – Batman

The End is the Beginning is the End (Spotify) - Smashing Pumpkins

My Dad sucks


Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

Downey to Lubbock - Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore

Central Texas when Austin was weird


El Floppo – Mallet Rock

The Nurse - The White Stripes

The modern American musical


landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

This Time Tomorrow - The Kinks - Lola v Powerman (1970)

Songs about the future. Songs with banjo. Banjo songs about the future.


rockaction - Songs that state the genre they’re in

Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar

Songs that rattle a trunk


ditkaburgers - Girl Groups X Boy Bands

Airplane pt.2 - BTS

Boy bands 💯


MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Doin' the Cockroach - Modest Mouse

Rocks bands from Issaquah, WA


Tau837 – Hair metal

Fantasy - Aldo Nova

Pew-pew-pew rock OR 80s space music OR suburban mall video arcade music


DrIanMalcolm – Songs about New York

The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

Institutional donors to Democratic politicians


higgins – Instrumentals with places in the title

"Promontory" (Last of the Mohicans) - Trevor Jones

River dance


Zegras11 – New wave

Words - Missing Persons

Every t-shirt says "Relax"


Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

Songs about which direction your man is going


krista4 – Chicagoland

The Woman Downstairs – The Handsome Family

Two-chord funeral songs


Anonymous Mystery Theme Dictator - ???

Carnaval de Paris - Dario G

Interstitial Blue Man Group, in between set-ups


MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Remember When - Alan Jackson

I went to the roadhouse to line dance but wept in my beer instead
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I’m surprised you got OH to listen to a long Phish song without jumping off the building!

“My dad sucks” :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
 
7.

Who? – Buddy Guy

What? – Buddy Guy

Where? – Garden State Arts Center

When? – 1994

Why? – I remember leaving this show saying “that’s the greatest guitarist I’ve seen live. I was just so blown away by this “old” blues guy and the speed at which he played while still maintaining soul and feeling. As you can see, I’ve since now ranked 6 guitarists ahead of him so while he’s not
“the best”, he’s pretty damn close.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
7.

Who? – Buddy Guy

What? – Buddy Guy

Where? – Garden State Arts Center

When? – 1994

Why? – I remember leaving this show saying “that’s the greatest guitarist I’ve seen live. I was just so blown away by this “old” blues guy and the speed at which he played while still maintaining soul and feeling. As you can see, I’ve since now ranked 6 guitarists ahead of him so while he’s not
“the best”, he’s pretty damn close.
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I don’t think we’re on the 7s yet
 
Yo Mama said:
Dr. Octopus said:
7.

Who? – Buddy Guy

What? – Buddy Guy

Where? – Garden State Arts Center

When? – 1994

Why? – I remember leaving this show saying “that’s the greatest guitarist I’ve seen live. I was just so blown away by this “old” blues guy and the speed at which he played while still maintaining soul and feeling. As you can see, I’ve since now ranked 6 guitarists ahead of him so while he’s not
“the best”, he’s pretty damn close.
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I don’t think we’re on the 7s yet
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Sorry I saw Krista’s post about OH reviewing the playlist and thought it was today’s playlist - I’m heading out for the day in a bit so in my rush I didn’t read carefully enough.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
Yo Mama said:
Dr. Octopus said:
7.

Who? – Buddy Guy

What? – Buddy Guy

Where? – Garden State Arts Center

When? – 1994

Why? – I remember leaving this show saying “that’s the greatest guitarist I’ve seen live. I was just so blown away by this “old” blues guy and the speed at which he played while still maintaining soul and feeling. As you can see, I’ve since now ranked 6 guitarists ahead of him so while he’s not
“the best”, he’s pretty damn close.
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I don’t think we’re on the 7s yet
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Sorry I saw Krista’s post about OH reviewing the playlist and thought it was today’s playlist - I’m heading out for the day in a bit so in my rush I didn’t read carefully enough.
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Yeah I kinda gloss over her posts too.
 
Yo Mama said:
Dr. Octopus said:
Yo Mama said:
Dr. Octopus said:
7.

Who? – Buddy Guy

What? – Buddy Guy

Where? – Garden State Arts Center

When? – 1994

Why? – I remember leaving this show saying “that’s the greatest guitarist I’ve seen live. I was just so blown away by this “old” blues guy and the speed at which he played while still maintaining soul and feeling. As you can see, I’ve since now ranked 6 guitarists ahead of him so while he’s not
“the best”, he’s pretty damn close.
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I don’t think we’re on the 7s yet
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Sorry I saw Krista’s post about OH reviewing the playlist and thought it was today’s playlist - I’m heading out for the day in a bit so in my rush I didn’t read carefully enough.
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Yeah I kinda gloss over her posts too.
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I did read it more carefully after I posted my 7 write up.

It lent credence to what I said about Clapton in my #8 write up.
 
Theme: 31 Best Albums of 1984

8. I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive by Orange Juice

Album: The Orange Juice
Released: Nov 1

Whoops not sure how this one slipped in here, I obviously messed up typing my list to K4 because there are still a couple October albums that will make my list.

The incredible year for Scottish music continues with the final Orange Juice album. Not a commercial hit and the band's popularity was much higher with other artists than with the general public. Lead singer Edwyn Collins is much better known for his solo hit A Girl Like You than his work with Orange Juice but bands like Franz Ferdinand and The Smiths were heavily influenced by Collins and Orange Juice. The crooner meets modern band approach is a signature of the group. Who else was doing that before them? And the lyrics? Hard to imagine a Morrisey without Collins.

You were all that ever mattered
And in the aftermath
You just gotta laugh at it all
Didn't we have ourselves a ball?
Painting the town
A lurid red then
Home to the warmth of my makeshift bed

The connection between The Smiths and Orange Juice was so strong that Collins used to dedicate my selection, I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive, to Morrisey when he played it live.

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I Guess I'm Just a Little Too Sensitive

Orange Juice · The Orange Juice · Song · 1984
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PS this is a dumb complaint I never liked the album being called The Orange Juice. There name was already kind of silly and doesn't fit their music. Then to dobule down and give one of your only albums the dumb name as well? The first track is called Lean Period. Now that's a good album name.
 
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Back from vacation, going to try my best to catch up!

12s

Known
Dylan: Rainy Day Woman
Paul Mauriat: Love is Blue
GnR: Pretty Tied Up
Hall and Oates: Rich Girl
Motley Crue: Home Sweet Home
Ides of March: Vehicle
Pointer Sisters: Jump
George Gerswhin: Rhapsody in Blue
Human League: Don't You Want Me

Caught My Attention
Waxahatchee: Lilacs
Jim Croce: Railroad Song
Pineapple Thief: Break it All
Sheepdogs: Feeling Good
Arcade Fire: Intervention
Silversun Pickups: Songbirds
Insect Surfers: Mojave
Moloko: The Time is Now
Manchester Orchestra: The Silence
 
New-to-me songs from #9 that caught my ear.

This playlist was the longest so far thanks mainly to the Neil and Can selections. Not that I'm complaining.

Eephus – Single (Named) Ladies

Inevitable – Shakira

Charlie Steiner – songs from Mad Men

Found Love - The Fly Bi Nights

simey – train songs

The Memphis Train - Rufus Thomas

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Fallen Angel - Poison

KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

Typhoons - Royal Blood

Don Quixote – Afrobeat

Allah Wakbarr (Spotify) - Ofo & The Black Company (Nigeria)

titusbramble – Grand Theft Auto, specifically the 3D era

Act Like You Know - Fat Larry's Band (VC - Fever 105)

shuke – Saxytime

Anyhow (Spotify) - Tedeschi Trucks

Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

Telephone Road - Steve Earle

El Floppo – Mallet Rock

American Valhalla - Iggy Pop

MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Reptile - Nine Inch Nails

higgins – Instrumentals with places in the title

Song for Bilbao - Pat Metheny Group

Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Different Kind of Blue - Los Straitjackets (ft. Nick Lowe)

krista4 – Chicagoland

Rock N Roll McDonalds – Wesley Willis

I know the first Royal Blood album because one of my friends was obsessed with it, but I had not heard their other albums.
I remember people on the Phish forums in the late '90s talking about Wesley Willis, especially a song of his called "Cut the Mullet." But this is the first time I've actually heard his music. I'm glad that he provided caloric information about McDonalds' offerings.
 
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Posted this is in the unathletic loser kids thread, but will post here since you're all a nice cross section of my FFA life and friends...

My son was in his final HS Musical over the weekend. He was the wolf in Into the Woods.

My wife, as she always does, posted a clip on IG for friends and family on Tues with a couple hashtags including show name and "musical theater".

She looked last night to see who'd checked in of our usual 50-100 folk... 45,000 views. This morning 55k. No idea what happened, but this is our first taste of viral.
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It must chatbots sending to chatbots. As much as I love my son and think he's great, I don't get it.
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#7 songs

kupcho1 – rain

I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt


Eephus – Single (Named) Ladies

Like a Prayer – Madonna


Charlie Steiner – songs from Mad Men

Both Sides Now - Judy Collins


simey – train songs

Dusty Boxcar Wall - Eilen Jewell


Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Bullet In The Head - Rage Against The Machine


Dr. Octopus – guitarists I’ve seen live

Damn Right I Got The Blues - Buddy Guy


Yo Mama – World’s Worst Superheroes

Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen


Mrs. Rannous – umlauts

She's A Woman (And Now He's A Man) - Hüsker Dü


KarmaPolice – songs from artists not on shuke’s list

How I Got Over - The Roots


Don Quixote – Afrobeat

Talkin’ Talkin’ (Spotify) - Matata (Kenya)


JMLs secret identity – songs in D#Minor, the saddest key of all

Forever Autumn (Spotify) - Justin Hayward


-OZ- - song / music moments from the Marvel cinematic universe

On And On - Curtis Harding


Mt. Man – Number, Please

21 Guns - Green Day


Pip’s Invitation – songs from albums produced and/or engineered by Todd Rundgren

We're an American Band - Grand Funk (Railroad)


falguy – songs by 31 different Canadian artists

Day by Day - Doug and the Slugs


Raging weasel – name-checking Beatles or their songs

King of Rock - Run- DMC


jwb – songs that sound great on a decent 2-channel system

Vogue – Madonna


scorchy – songs by Manchester(-ish) artists

Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses


titusbramble – Grand Theft Auto, specifically the 3D era

Promised Land (Club Mix) - Joe Smooth (SA - SF-UR)


shuke – Saxytime

Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (Spotify) – Traffic


Ilov80s - One song from each of the 31 best albums of 1984

Eye to Eye - Chaka Khan


John Maddens Lunchbox – Batman

(I Just) Died in Your Arms (Spotify) - Cutting Crew


Mister CIA – Texas Places in Song Titles

Fort Worth Blues - Steve Earle


El Floppo – Mallet Rock

The Silent Orchestra - Hamilton Leithauser


landrys hat - favorite Side 2 Track 1s from my record collection

Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)


rockaction - Songs that state the genre they’re in

We Will Rock You - Queen


ditkaburgers - Girl Groups X Boy Bands

SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT - XG


MrsKarmaPolice – Animal Kingdom

Kangaroo Court - Capital Cities


Tau837 – Hair metal

No One Like You - Scorpions


DrIanMalcolm – Songs about New York

Summer in the City - The Lovin' Spoonful


higgins – Instrumentals with places in the title

Terminal Frost - Pink Floyd


Zegras11 – New wave

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys


Chaos34 - Post Surf Rock Surf Rockish (80s fwd)

Lost In The Dream - The War On Drugs


krista4 – Chicagoland

Slow Down Chicago – Canasta


Anonymous Mystery Theme Dictator - ???

Seven Days and One Week - B.B.E.


MAC_32 – Songs to play during (and after) a funeral

Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
 
I'll give another hint with the #5 playlist. I think it will be a more useful hint.

Selections:

31. If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - Manic Street Preachers

30. Hear The Drummer Get Wicked - Chad Jackson

29. Pick Up The Pieces - Average White Band

28. Virtual Insanity – Jamiroquai

27. Another Chance - Roger Sanchez

26. Living On My Own - Freddie Mercury

25. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

24. Better Off Alone - Alice Deejay

23. Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music

22. By The Time I Get To Arizona - Public Enemy

21. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

20. Goddess On A Hiway - Mercury Rev

19. Dark Therapy – Echobelly

18. Run To You - Bryan Adams

17. Inside Out – Anthrax

16. There's Nothing I Won't Do – JX

15. You - Bad Religion

14. Don't Stop Me Now – Queen

13. Moving – Supergrass

12. The Time Is Now – Moloko

11. Ms Jackson – Outkast

10. Ray of Light - Madonna

9. Winter Hill – Doves

8. Carnaval de Paris - Dario G

7. Seven Days and One Week - B.B.E.



Incorrect guesses:

Songs that give advice

Bands That Have Never Been in My Kitchen

Songs by artists who have headlined Glastonbury

Songs featuring the Mellotron

Fear mongering

Song titles that could be part of geometry proofs

Bands who have a member whose first or last name is a James Bond reference

Bands with family members

Songs that reference a location in another country

Songs that have nine or more words in the title

Songs that mention famous streets

Bands who had a member mysteriously disappear, get declared dead, but no body has ever been found

Songs that reference footballguys user names

Songs without a guitar

Song titles that are commands

First two words of song titles in order of lyrics from The Youngbloods’ Get Together

Songs about resilience in the face of adversity

Songs about the importance of progress

Songs to make people overthink and speculate about an imaginary theme that doesn't really exist

31 songs that MADs submitted in prior MAD rounds, but judge disqualified because the submitting MAD failed to get the long-form birth certificate of all band members before submitting

Songs NOT produced by Todd Rundgren

Artists without umlauts

Songs Sam Rockwell has danced to in a movie

Songs about navigating and adapting to a constantly changing world

Songs credited to more than one songwriter

UK top ten singles

Singles released by UK artist/bands

31 British Isles Songs That Did Not Appear in the MAD British Isles Countdown

Non-guitar driven songs

Songs in 4/4 time

Broadway shows

Songs that all charted in the same six countries:
UK
Australia
Germany
France
Ireland
Netherlands

Songs under 5 minutes

Songs where artists let out excessive vocalizations of the “ahh,” “ooh,” “dee,” etc. variety

A break up and starting over

Things that will drive a bunch of middle aged dummies who are trying to find a pattern go crazy

Stages in Rustoleum’s marriage

Guinness World Records

Songs that can qualify for other people’s themes

Songs by people with facial hair

All songs use an instrument with keys

Songs that are the narrative arc of a divorce

Addiction

Songs with 125 BPM or more

Songs that sample other songs on the list

Songs representing different Nicholas Cage movies / characters

Songs

This is your life, Krista

Something to do with Tina Turner/abused women

Jimi Hendrix

Detailing Britney Spears’ descent into madness

Addiction ... to love

Songs in A Minor

The plot to Thelma and Louise

Kourtney Kardashian

Songs about a major change in someone's life

Midlife crisis

Songs with a subject you should see a therapist about

Mental illness

Songs about the world's worst super heros

Mania

Things you do impulsively

Songs that use the word “The” at some stage in the lyrics

The Ballad of @krista4 and OH

Songs the were on the UK official singles chart for the week ending on Aug 16, 2008

Songs from multiple decades

Songs about exploration of identity

Dancing

Each of these songs holds a special place in the hearts of listeners, and they remain influential in the genres they represent

krista's iconic playlist

struggle, rebellion, and survival

songs that have no connection to each other whatsoever - y'all are just wasting your time - ha ha ha suckers

Id, ego, and superego

Each song is somehow connected to one of the first 31 themes submitted for this countdown

Songs that qualify for more than one of the MAD31 themes submitted

Obscure chess strategies

All of these songs tie into the movie Thelma and Louise

history repeating itself

Songs for which there exists another song with the exact same title

Songs that implicate the seven deadly sins

The plot of a movie

the arc of Pink Floyd’s The Wall

Being in an oppressive relationship, and the journey to take back control of your life

the arc of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

trapped in a continuous cycle and finding a release that feels like freedom

Moving on through suicide

Things that require immediate action

Determining your own destiny

the life and tribulations of Pamela Anderson

[Eliminating/adding characters to a title -or- re-ordering the words in a title] give you the title to another song.

the Kiefer Sutherland life story

Awakenings

Coming full circle

Trials and tribulations involving breasts?
 
Theme: 31 Best Albums of 1984

7. Eye to Eye by Chaka Khan

Album: I Feel For You
Released: Oct 1


Chaka's first solo pop album after leaving the funk group Rufus. This was really the peak of her career as a pop star Through the Fire charted on the Hot 100, R&B and Adult Contemporary charts, This is My Night hit number 1 on the dance charts and her biggest hit, the cover of Prince's I Feel For You (featuring Melle Mel rapping and Stevie Wonder playing the chromatic harmonica) basically went top 10 on every chart in every part of the world. A pop star embracing hip hop and putting a rap verse on her song was groundbreaking at the time. I believe this is the first pop hit to feature a guest rapper on it. She would win 1 of her 10 Grammys for the performance. An incredible fusion of talent with Chaka, Prince, Stevie Wonder and Melle Mel all coming together to truly make something new and unique. When thinking of all those early aughts hip-hop infused pop songs that this spawned, Chaka and company might owe us an apology.

I decided to include the 4th single from the album, Eye to Eye as my song figuring it might not be familiar to people. It was a top 20 hit in the UK but never got any traction in the US.

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Eye to Eye

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#7 THE ROOTS - HOW I GOT OVER

I had a random album from The Roots in that pile of CDs I talked about earlier that I rediscovered in the closet. I had heard of Questlove, but not tied him to The Roots and I didn't know they were Fallon's backup band. This probably was the group I was thinking about the most for my MAD31 Part 2 artist until I got cold feet and pivoted to Mastodon. As I got more into them I also read Questlove's memoir, which I thought was really good. I never bothered to think about the history of hip hop or think about the music from the artist's POV. I like the dynamic between Questlove and Black Thought and how their different backgrounds add to the music. One of the biggest take-aways I got from the book was him pointing to Stevie Wonder on the Cosby Show being the birth of hip hop. It also didn't hurt that they has originally thought about calling themselves Black to the Future.

Recommended listening: What really drew me in was the wide range of styles and talent they display on their albums. I chose this song to as a bit of a nod to the non-rap fans, but also How I Got Over is a great album that I think even people not typically drawn to the genre could mostly dig. Doin' It Again is another track I considered, as is the tune with John Legend - The Fire. Speaking of, the other album I would recommend to all in here is Wake Up!, which is a full album of John Legend + The Roots. You all like covers, right? I included Hard Times below for a preview. Other than that, there is a wide range to listen to. Illadelph Halflife has a harder edge to it, while Phrenology is all over the place with styles. I linked a couple favorites that I had considered for the playlist below.

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Doin' It Again

The Roots · How I Got Over · Song · 2010
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Hard Times (feat. Black Thought)

John Legend, The Roots, Black Thought · Wake Up! · Song · 2010
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Thought @ Work

The Roots · Phrenology · Song · 2002
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Push Up Ya Lighter

The Roots · Illadelph Halflife · Song · 1996
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Adrenaline!

The Roots, Dice Raw, Beanie Sigel · Things Fall Apart · Song · 1999
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NEXT: Going north to our 51st state to highlight the 2nd duo of the top 10.
 
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#7 songs

Yambag – Metal songs from 1988-1992 that became the gateway into the world of music for a young Yambag

Bullet In The Head - Rage Against The Machine
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Summary: Rage Against The Machine was an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991. They melded heavy metal and rap music, punk rock and funk with anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist, and revolutionary lyrics. The band saw its music as a vehicle for social activism; lead singer Zach De la Rocha explained, "I'm interested in spreading those ideas through art, because music has the power to cross borders, to break military sieges and to establish real dialogue." Rage won two grammy awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2023.

Times Seen Live in Concert: 1

Personal Connection: Rage is another reason why I wanted 1992 included in my playlist. I’m sure like many, their first reaction to hearing Rage Against the Machine was “wtf is this?” They came out hot and flamed out just as fast, but they sure did make an impact. For me, I was in college, where my own views were really starting to shape who I was as a person. Along came this anti-establishment band screaming “FU, I won’t do what you tell me.” They never quite reached the same heights as with their 1992 debut and I could have easily chosen just about any song from it.

Other songs to consider: Know Your Enemy, Bulls on Parade
 
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kupcho1 – rain

I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
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Another boppy fun one this time from Mr. Edward Rabbitt. This is the only Eddie Rabbitt song on any of my many playlists. Of course this isn't a genre I usually draw from but damn, this song is infectious.

Puts a song in this heart of mine
Puts a smile on my face every time

I imagine there's someone out there that doesn't like this song, but if so, I don't want to hear about it.
 
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