Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 3 - #1's have been posted! (2 Viewers)

[Pip's Invitation]

Known and liked from this list are Moody Blues (one of their best tracks), Roxy, Beach Boys, Hoffs (only because I listened to all three of the covers albums she did with Matthew Sweet during the covers countdown), Doors and EWF.

Thoughts about some of the others:

Blue October -- Probably their most musically interesting and emotionally compelling track so far.
Sweet -- A$$, it was kicked.
Slambovia -- Controlled chaos is the best chaos.
The transition from Ride My See-Saw to Lounge Fly actually worked well.
The Strand of Oaks song that follows the Roxy song kind of passes for a modern take on the early Roxy style.
The Mazzy Star tune is an unexpected fusion of cowboy music and Indian music.
On Night Crawler, Judas Priest adapts their late '70s/early '80s sound to the developments metal went through in the rest of the '80s. Especially in the drumming.
This Cure jawn is trippy and intense. Hard to believe it's the same band that did Friday I'm in Love.
Free Until They Cut Me down has insistent and memorable stringed-instrument work.
I thought this was the best Chvrches song thus far. It was striking.
Sifters is gorgeous and gets me in the mood to go to Cape Cod for 10 days starting on Sunday.
The Shellac and Dio songs are extremely intense in very different ways.
I can see ZZ Top taking on this April Wine song. The riffage is pretty Gibbons-esque. So is the subject matter.

 

[simey]

Public Domain

This song was written by Bob Livingston and Gary P. Nunn of the Lost Gonzo Band. Jerry Jeff was the first to record and release it, and it appears on his 1975 album Ridin' High. The Lost Gonzo Band are on that album, too.

When I mentioned a few days ago that the Lost Gonzo Band left Jerry Jeff at the end of the 70s, I didn't mention that they became Ray Wylie Hubbard's backing band right after leaving JJ. Ray Wylie Hubbard likes to joke about that saying that the Lost Gonzo Band didn't know it at the time, but they just traded for a different seat on the Titanic RWH had his issues at that time too. Members of the Lost Gonzo Band did play with JJW again after he got himself together, and the name of his band changed from time to time, but the name Gonzo was always in it. Anyway, this is a song to kick your heels up to, and ...

Don't be concerned if this song sounds familiar
Don't be concerned if it all seems the same
Just be concerned that your policies will kill you
And it's all just Public Domain

 

[simey]

#25 - "Let's Groove"

This is my favorite EWF song.

 

[Eephus]

We're going to see Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore tonight for Mrs. Eephus' birthday so I listened to their new album on Lou's long walk, I'm going to have to hustle to get through the 25s now.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Steiner is a royal clan name here.

follow me to freedom!!!

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Chvrches​

#25 - Cry Little Sister (Cover of a song by Gerard McMahon)

CHVRCHES - Cry Little Sister (from the Netflix Film Nightbooks)

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Producer - Iain Cook/Chvrches
Writer - Gerard McMahon/Michael Manieri
Album - Nightbooks Movie Sountrack
Year - 2021
Notes - I hope people are seeing why I have included a high percentage of cover songs by Chvrches. They are brilliantly done and the material is so varied. More to come. Since the 2018 album Love is Dead, Chvrches have concentrated a lot on one off tracks, to great success actually. We will see quite a few, including four in the top 20 and 2 in my top 10. They have only done one album since 2016, but most songs since then on my list do not appear on it. This cover was for the Nightbooks soundtrack, a Netflix scary movie. The original appeared on the Lost Boys Soundtrack. One of the more revered soundtracks of the 80s

Next Up - A song from the 2018 Love is Dead album. It wasn’t one of the four singles chosen, but did pop up on the US Alternative charts as a stand alone song. Oddly the only track from them Ive found to hit that chart.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

On vacation through next Monday and will do the next handful of writeups early next week. Will try to listen and chime in as I can.

Are you at Sanibel Island? Wherever you are, have a great vacation.

Thanks! My wife and I are in Scotland until early next week. We go to Sanibel around Christmas time.

Cool, what parts of Scotland and how wild are those little Pict bastards?
Summer lol

Was in Edinburgh on Monday after spending the previous handful of days in London. Now on a tour through the Scottish Highlands up through Island of Skye and now heading back down to Edinburgh to finish up. Those little buggers (midgies) actually haven’t been as bad as we were told.

Have you been to Scotland yourself? Amazing picturesque country - highly recommended.

Why do you think Ive been taking the mick out of Scottish women. I am married to one.
My kids were all born there. I lived there for 12 years. From remote highland retreats to city living.
Love Edinburgh. Glasgow is an acquired taste.
The Highlands are beautiful and where my in laws were from, but its a ****ing nightmare driving. Single lane traffic all the way for 3/4 hours. One bad driver and your trip time is multiplied. Lots of accidents due to impatient drivers stuck behind the tourists/slow,drivers.
First day there driving through Glencoe in winter. Few better sights to see.

Unfortunately raising 4 ankle biters made it difficult to sight see.
Did get to Skye once. Grumbled about the toll cost to get across that stupid bridge and then couldn't find any shops lol
Just scenery. Sheep and inbreds everywhere.

Hope you have a great time.

 

[Eephus]

Strand of Oaks #25 - "Final Fires"

This is the first of five songs from the 2019 album Eraserland. Tim seemed more focused on this record after the sprawling experimentation of Hard Love/Harder Love.

"Final Fires" is an upbeat number with a ringing Johnny Marr-sounding guitar part over the chorus. The lyrics are equal parts self-reflection and self-deprecation.

All my friends, they think I'm crazy
I guess it's time I dyed my hair
Does it still move me?

They always want the next one to be bigger
Nothing was changing, nothing was real
And does it still shake me like before?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Ms. Hoffs is WAY better than Bread. First time I could listen to that song without throwing up in my mouth.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Glasgow is an acquired taste.

Warming my feet by the roasty toasty fire.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Did get to Skye once. Grumbled about the toll cost to get across that stupid bridge and then couldn't find any shops lol
Just scenery. Sheep and inbreds everywhere.

LOL

 

[KarmaPolice]

#25: Why'd We Come

Why'd We Come

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupWhy'd We Come · Oingo BoingoNothing To Fearâ An A&M Records Release; â 1982 UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1982...

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I think my playlist is way less an accurate ranking of my songs and more like the Dino playlist that it has tiers of songs. My top 4 is it's own tier, but I'm pretty sure all four were #1 at some point in my research. Then 5-15 is another tier and a pretty easy cut off. We are now officially in that middle tier of #16-#25 that weren't really in question of missing out on the final 31. Long story short, I am not sure I have too many good reasons for why these songs are where they are, it's just how they landed the day before I hit submit. In the end, chances are it's a song that tackled a similar sound or theme as one in the top 15, but I thought it was done slightly better in another song to come.

Here we have song #2 of 7 from Nothing to Fear on the countdown. Broken record and all, but I love the guitars and lyrics here, but it gets a tad repetitive to get to the top 15. It is also sandwiched in between a couple song, one of which is very high on the countdown. Anyway, still love it, especially the sentiment from the opening lyrics.

Everyone says
We've come such a long long way
We're civilized
Isn't that nice?
We've gotten so smart
We know how to tear the whole world apart
But when it comes to the simple things
Like living together?
HA!


(Look at Mister "I don't listen to lyrics" posting lyrics to the songs). The first couple albums on top of leaning into the guitars a little more, feel like he was also going a little darker with the humor and had more of a dystopian lean that I gravitated to. Like I said last post, next up we will get another live song and yet another song about dead things. Don't see many mentions, but I hope at least a few of you have been enjoying the ride so far!

 

[Mt. Man]

Ronnie James Dio #25
Artist: Dio
Song: Hollywood Black (off Strange Machines, 1993)

(youtube Version) Hollywood Black (2016 Remaster)
(Live Version) Dio Holywood Black live in London 1993

Some lies I've never seen
But this one lies on the silver screen
In between real and dream
Like a scream

Ah. Back into what may be more familiar territory for people. As I teased last time, this song has some commentary on not just Hollywood but the entertainment industry as a whole. About how it obscures what’s real and what’s fantasy, both “on the silver screen” and off. It’s a world that’s often superficial, where “the hero never, never dies”.

It’s not a new sentiment (even back in 1993), but it’s a song that hits you, straight from the rather crunchy opening. Fitting for its theme, it has both clean & clear moments and darker moments. For a bonus, in the lyrics as a reference to an earlier Dio song, though it’ll be a bit before we get to that one.
—
Next up on the countdown, the song title tells you where the music may hit you.

 

[simey]

Ms. Hoffs is WAY better than Bread. First time I could listen to that song without throwing up in my mouth.

I don't know. I believe David more than Susanna.

 

[simey]

10 random list 25 thoughts...

- "Quiet Mind" piqued my interest from the start. I like it.
- "Ride My See-Saw" by the Moodies is my type of playground.
- "Beggar Man" has some funkiness to it. Like that organ and guitar.
- Give me a Curtis. "P.S. I Love You."
- I like that harmonica in "The Great Unravel."
- "I Want That World To Stop" has a great melody and bass line, and "Lonesome Love" following it makes a great two-fer.
- "Sifters" and "Spoon" and "Free Until They Cut Me Down" are all relaxing to me.
- "Ladies Man" has a southern rock feel to it.
- Lots of good shredding songs on the list, and I was surprised of the rockin' by Roxy Music.
- This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend, the end.

 

[Oliver Humanzee]

25. SHELLAC--ALL THE SURVEYORS
Would not at all be surprised if this song were inspired by bass player Bob Weston's reading of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon. Haven't spent much time with Bob, but he is clearly a reader. I once went to a late-season Cubs' game with Bob and Steve. Sat between them and, when not gambling with Steve, talked books with Bob. He was a fan of Will Self and that kind of self-reflexive, metafictional, novel-as-object, objectivity-is-a-lie books that (I think) DeLillo and Pynchon just crushed and managed to make compelling--if troubling and difficult--books of.

Long passages of Mason & Dixon are simply extended meditations on the actual land that comprises the USA--many of our founding fathers were, fundamentally, surveyors.

I like this song because:

a. I get a kick out of how proud Steve was of the "YOU TIMES SONOFABITCH SQUARED" burn, which I am told he awkwardly shoehorned into many Tuesday poker ball-bustings that I was not present for.
b. It is one of two songs of Shellac where he is prone to making crow noises. Steve loved crows. I love crows. We talked about corvids all the time. Sometimes we'd encounter other people who were into corvids and we'd let them into the Caw Crew. Sometimes they were dicks and we didn't let them in. Caw caw madafakas.
c. Krista is in the Caw Crew.
d. Here's what Steve told The Quietus about "All The Surveyors", which, by the way, absolutely SLAYED live.

"SA: That was part of a weird conversational loop that Bob and I got into, Todd much less so. I think Todd was a little baffled by the surveyor business. I read somewhere that most of the early patriots in the Revolutionary War period had been surveyors. George Washington, for example, had drawn maps of this new country they were living in. It occurred to me that maybe the most direct relationship you could have with a place was literally pacing it off, measuring it and drawing a map of it. That gives you an immediate first-hand appreciation of a place that you really can’t get otherwise.


There’s a stupid trend in American politics right now with people who have no experience with politics and no grasp of public service as a profession just deciding that they’re going to jump into it. There’s a senator called Ben Sasse who’s president of a university and he’s just, "Hey, I bet I could be a senator". Kid Rock is running for senate in Michigan. I wouldn’t let that mother****er babysit, much less be a ****ing senator. The obvious figurehead of this whole "I am an idiot, therefore I can be a politician" is Donald Trump. People think that ignorance of a profession is somehow qualifying for that profession. It’s utterly baffling. I like the idea that, whatever other qualifications they had, the people who set the groundwork for our country on a political basis had an immediate first-hand knowledge of the place they were talking about. They had walked up and down it, they had seen all of it, and they had drawn it out by hand. It would be awesome if it were a requirement for public office to have drawn a map of your constituency, forcing you to go into every alley and meet every person and draw out the boundaries so you knew where every pothole in the road was.


I also think as requirement for holding public office you should have to be able to demonstrate that you had taken psychedelic drugs at least once. Having a psychedelic experience ought to be a requirement for a college degree and it ought to be a requirement for holding public office. "

I have never been around Steve under the influence of alcohol, let alone psychedelics, but he was very much in favor of people being high around him.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Ms. Hoffs is WAY better than Bread. First time I could listen to that song without throwing up in my mouth.

I don't know. I believe David more than Susanna.

In the words of the radio station that played rock in Houston for decades:

Anything but soft, relaxing favorites.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

This round, I especially liked Blue October, Kenny Chesney, Iron and Wine, Walker, and Chvrches.

The Chvrches song was really lovely.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

One of the all-time best covers.

We Didn't Start the Fire

Go ahead. Click it. You know you want to.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

One of the all-time best covers.

We Didn't Start the Fire

Go ahead. Click it. You know you want to.

Rules
Pffft, Billy Joel only covers 30 years
This one needs 800 years.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

One of the all-time best covers.

We Didn't Start the Fire

Go ahead. Click it. You know you want to.

You forget to whom you speak, madam.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

One of the all-time best covers.

We Didn't Start the Fire

Go ahead. Click it. You know you want to.

You forget to whom you speak, madam.

I know what you want. What you really really want.

 

[zamboni]

On vacation through next Monday and will do the next handful of writeups early next week. Will try to listen and chime in as I can.

Are you at Sanibel Island? Wherever you are, have a great vacation.

Thanks! My wife and I are in Scotland until early next week. We go to Sanibel around Christmas time.

Cool, what parts of Scotland and how wild are those little Pict bastards?
Summer lol

Was in Edinburgh on Monday after spending the previous handful of days in London. Now on a tour through the Scottish Highlands up through Island of Skye and now heading back down to Edinburgh to finish up. Those little buggers (midgies) actually haven’t been as bad as we were told.

Have you been to Scotland yourself? Amazing picturesque country - highly recommended.

Why do you think Ive been taking the mick out of Scottish women. I am married to one.
My kids were all born there. I lived there for 12 years. From remote highland retreats to city living.
Love Edinburgh. Glasgow is an acquired taste.
The Highlands are beautiful and where my in laws were from, but its a ****ing nightmare driving. Single lane traffic all the way for 3/4 hours. One bad driver and your trip time is multiplied. Lots of accidents due to impatient drivers stuck behind the tourists/slow,drivers.
First day there driving through Glencoe in winter. Few better sights to see.

Unfortunately raising 4 ankle biters made it difficult to sight see.
Did get to Skye once. Grumbled about the toll cost to get across that stupid bridge and then couldn't find any shops lol
Just scenery. Sheep and inbreds everywhere.

Hope you have a great time.

Guess that answers my question whether you’ve been there - lol.

Didn’t know you had such strong roots there - awesome. Yes the sheep are everywhere - looked nice in the meadows and even better on my dinner plate. And yeah those roads - talk about an exercise in patience.

Will PM when I get back early next week - in the interim, any Edinburgh recommendations on things to do would be appreciated. Walked around half of Monday and still have Sat/Sun.

 

[kupcho1]

Would not at all be surprised if this song were inspired by bass player Bob Weston's reading of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.

OK, obviously time for a closer listen rather than having this as background music.
BRB

 

[kupcho1]

Would not at all be surprised if this song were inspired by bass player Bob Weston's reading of Pynchon's Mason & Dixon.

OK, obviously time for a closer listen rather than having this as background music.
BRB

So I listened to it roughly a dozen times now, and although I've recently re-read the book, did a little digging.

All the Surveyors
Song by Shellac

Mason & Dixon certainly were surveyors.
"Mason & Dixon, an epic postmodernist novel by Thomas Pynchon first published in 1997, centers on the collaboration of the historical Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon"

Off to a good start

Who walks the king's road? (Who fears a king?)
Who fears a king? (**** the king!)
**** the king!

Mason & Dixon were commissioned by the King, so I don't think they were, if anything, Royalists. (But I'm no buff, so if I'm off here, I'm sure someone will chime in.)

Caw! Caw!
Caw!
Should've buried you in the desert

Crows don't appear, but daws do, and they're described as small black crows, so, maybe?
But there's not much desert on the Pennsylvania/Maryland border.
And their appearance is limited to "two Daws upon a Roof-top"; there is no murder of crows, so no need to bury them.

Here come the surveyors
Here come all the surveyors
They show them
They show them some respect

Energy is mass multiplied by the speed of light squared
That's a big number
And you're pretty big
You got more than you need to use
And the cameras in orbit will survey
The lines on the earth that show where the corn is
And the crater that we made out of used time son-of-a-***** squared

My boy Pynchon loves him some physics ("A screaming comes across the sky"), so crazy equations check out. Anachronisms as well.

Here come the surveyors
Here come all the surveyors
They show them
They slowly show them some re—

Caw! Caw! Caw!
Caw! Caw!
Surveyor! Surveyor! (Caw! Caw!)
Surveyor! Surveyor! (Caw! Caw!)
Surveyor! Surveyor!

I guess this could have been inspired by Mason and DIxon, but if so, there's was so much more they could have used. I'd have worked in the Learned English Dog and getting high with Founding Fathers at the very least.

Verdict: tangential at most, but an interesting thought.

 

[kupcho1]

We've done enough rounds that I'm comfortable providing some thoughts (I'm usually the shy and retiring type)

There are 10 artists that I am very familiar with (excluding my own, of course) are: Moody Blues, Setzer, Roxy Music, Beach Boys, Cure, Iron & Wine, Doors, CHVRCHES, Earth Wind & Fire and Andrew Bird. I'll probably only comment on these occasionally (and have already done so) to say how shocked (shocked, I say!) at such-and-such song being ranked so low. Seriously though, it's a subjective exercise and I think I already posted a Belle and Sebastian song that someone had in their top 3. Mea culpa.

For the artists I had no experience with...

• Fanny's #25, Beggar Man, is the first that's really grabbed me. I thought it was a quintessential mid-70s song: some funky groove, early synth work and a sultry vocal. Nice.
• The Tea Party has been all over the place (at least to me) and mostly in a good way. I like The Master & the Margarita from the title to the lyrics to the brooding guitar. It sounds out of time for the release year - I never would have guessed 2001.
• As I mentioned previously, I was expecting The Slambovian Circus of Dreams to be more along the lines of Gogol Bordello. They've been anything but. Certainly more melodic. The Great Unravel is an excellent song, and IIRC the order is ranked, so the next 24 should be a revelation.
• Jerry Jeff Walker - I like the rollicking piano on Public Domain. But if you think I'm shopping for cowboy hats and chew, slow your roll. This isn't a genre I'm drawn to, but can appreciate the talent. This is an artist I'll enjoy in moderation.
• Shellac (Albini) - as expected, all over the place. Liked what I've heard so far, and appreciate the breadth.

More to come (but just not this round)

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

On vacation through next Monday and will do the next handful of writeups early next week. Will try to listen and chime in as I can.

Are you at Sanibel Island? Wherever you are, have a great vacation.

Thanks! My wife and I are in Scotland until early next week. We go to Sanibel around Christmas time.

Cool, what parts of Scotland and how wild are those little Pict bastards?
Summer lol

Was in Edinburgh on Monday after spending the previous handful of days in London. Now on a tour through the Scottish Highlands up through Island of Skye and now heading back down to Edinburgh to finish up. Those little buggers (midgies) actually haven’t been as bad as we were told.

Have you been to Scotland yourself? Amazing picturesque country - highly recommended.

Why do you think Ive been taking the mick out of Scottish women. I am married to one.
My kids were all born there. I lived there for 12 years. From remote highland retreats to city living.
Love Edinburgh. Glasgow is an acquired taste.
The Highlands are beautiful and where my in laws were from, but its a ****ing nightmare driving. Single lane traffic all the way for 3/4 hours. One bad driver and your trip time is multiplied. Lots of accidents due to impatient drivers stuck behind the tourists/slow,drivers.
First day there driving through Glencoe in winter. Few better sights to see.

Unfortunately raising 4 ankle biters made it difficult to sight see.
Did get to Skye once. Grumbled about the toll cost to get across that stupid bridge and then couldn't find any shops lol
Just scenery. Sheep and inbreds everywhere.

Hope you have a great time.

Guess that answers my question whether you’ve been there - lol.

Didn’t know you had such strong roots there - awesome. Yes the sheep are everywhere - looked nice in the meadows and even better on my dinner plate. And yeah those roads - talk about an exercise in patience.

Will PM when I get back early next week - in the interim, any Edinburgh recommendations on things to do would be appreciated. Walked around half of Monday and still have Sat/Sun.

Obviously depends on what you want to do and who is with you.
The obvious Edinburgh things to do are Edinburgh Castle with the Princess Street Gardens below.
Be there at 1pm for the Cannon going off.
After that the Royal Mile is a fascinating area

If you want an hour oustide of Edinburgh you have the Wallace momunment and Stirling Castle.
Loads of Harry Potter themed tours.
August is festival month so looks like you miss it (Comedy, Film, Frimge, you name it they have a festival for it)

Edinburgh is aimed at tourists so theres dozens of options. Personal preference or just go with the obvious things.

Glasgow?
You could watch 2 tramps fight over a penny
Learn how to cram 17 swear words into a sentence
Figure out how these people are speaking english but you still don't understand a word.
At 1pm, you have the daily heroin overdose in the Glasgow gardens near the Buchanan Galleries
See sectarian violence in action.

 

[kupcho1]

Glasgow?
You could watch 2 tramps fight over a penny
Learn how to cram 17 swear words into a sentence
Figure out how these people are speaking english but you still don't understand a word.
At 1pm, you have the daily heroin overdose in the Glasgow gardens near the Buchanan Galleries
See sectarian violence in action.

What, no Trainspotting tour? Or is that what you're describing?

 

[simey]

But if you think I'm shopping for cowboy hats and chew, slow your roll.

This is gonna be you by the time the 4th of July rolls back around.

 

[Scoresman]

• The Tea Party has been all over the place (at least to me) and mostly in a good way. I like The Master & the Margarita from the title to the lyrics to the brooding guitar. It sounds out of time for the release year - I never would have guessed 2001.

All over the place (in a good way) is a good description of them, and we really haven't even gotten to any of their industrial or electronic influenced songs!

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

 

[Yo Mama]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

Agreed. As iconic as Core was (and I’ve listened to that album a gazillion times), Purple is where I really became a fan of the band.

 

[tuffnutt]

25.
Free Until They Cut Me Down
from Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
When the wind wraps me like the reaper's hand
I will swing free until they cut me down
Papa don't tell me what I could've done
She's the one who begged me "Take me home

Back to back songs from Our Endless Numbered Days, Free Until They Cut Me Down has a bluesy Americana feel to it. Its got a haunting, gothic feel and I Love the lyrics of this one...they paint the picture of someone who is looking forward to his final moments leading up to and including his hanging... but that freedom lasts only until slice of the rope ends its sway. love the guitar work on this one as well well.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Glasgow?
You could watch 2 tramps fight over a penny
Learn how to cram 17 swear words into a sentence
Figure out how these people are speaking english but you still don't understand a word.
At 1pm, you have the daily heroin overdose in the Glasgow gardens near the Buchanan Galleries
See sectarian violence in action.

Still sounds more appealing than Disney World.

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

Agreed. As iconic as Core was (and I’ve listened to that album a gazillion times), Purple is where I really became a fan of the band.

That's where I am as well.

STP is a great selection for this countdown because they have like 30-40 really good, borderline great songs, including a few standouts.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

Agreed. As iconic as Core was (and I’ve listened to that album a gazillion times), Purple is where I really became a fan of the band.

That's where I am as well.

STP is a great selection for this countdown because they have like 30-40 really good, borderline great songs, including a few standouts.

But the important question is how many covers do they have?

 

[-OZ-]

I got a bit excited for what I thought was a personal Jesus cover by iron and wine. Great song still.

Oingo boingo consistently impresses.

I’m going to need to listen to all of Hoffs and Sweet’s tunes. Love it.

There can’t be 24 better Earth Wind and Fire songs!

Really good tunes throughout, those stood out this round.

 

[Yo Mama]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

Agreed. As iconic as Core was (and I’ve listened to that album a gazillion times), Purple is where I really became a fan of the band.

That's where I am as well.

STP is a great selection for this countdown because they have like 30-40 really good, borderline great songs, including a few standouts.

But the important question is how many covers do they have?

On my list, only one cover (a second barely missed the cut).

 

[Yo Mama]

Stone Temple Pilots

Yo Mama

Lounge Fly

Really solid tune, probably in my top 5-10 STP songs. Great guitars, great vocals, albeit the lyrics are a bit repetitive. Overall I find Purple to be their best work, just IMO.

Agreed. As iconic as Core was (and I’ve listened to that album a gazillion times), Purple is where I really became a fan of the band.

That's where I am as well.

STP is a great selection for this countdown because they have like 30-40 really good, borderline great songs, including a few standouts.

I’m sure a couple on my list aren’t in that really good / great group, but they have some sentimental value for me.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Glasgow?
You could watch 2 tramps fight over a penny
Learn how to cram 17 swear words into a sentence
Figure out how these people are speaking english but you still don't understand a word.
At 1pm, you have the daily heroin overdose in the Glasgow gardens near the Buchanan Galleries
See sectarian violence in action.

What, no Trainspotting tour? Or is that what you're describing?

In the ultimate irony and Scottish joke

The film follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburghand their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Glasgow?
You could watch 2 tramps fight over a penny
Learn how to cram 17 swear words into a sentence
Figure out how these people are speaking english but you still don't understand a word.
At 1pm, you have the daily heroin overdose in the Glasgow gardens near the Buchanan Galleries
See sectarian violence in action.

What, no Trainspotting tour? Or is that what you're describing?

In the ultimate irony and Scottish joke

The film follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburghand their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of the urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh.

Maybe the filmmakers thought that foreigners wouldn't know where Glasgow was. Or maybe they are Glaswegians, and it's revenge time.

 

[Raging weasel]

The 26's

Known and liked songs

Dead and Bloated
Friday I'm in Love
Break On Through
Easy Lover


New to me likes

Francis Forever
Lost Highway
(Every time I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone
Cannot Find a Way
Wasted
Good Girls

 

[Yo Mama]

Feel bad I haven’t given my thoughts each round, but I have been listening to and enjoying all the playlists. Highlights for me on the #25s:

Known to me artists, Known to me songs
Moody Blues
The Doors
Earth Wind & Fire

Known to me artists, New to me songs
Oingo Boingo
The Cure

New to me artists, New to me songs
The Tea Party (they've been the favorite of my previously unknown groups so far)
Sweet
Belle and Sebastian
Strand of Oaks
Mazzy Star
Chvrches
Destroyer

Great stuff throughout!

 

[Tau837]

Dave Matthews

Tau837

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"Raven" is a song on DMB's fourth studio album, Busted Stuff, released in 2002. Busted Stuff is an album that revisits and re-records songs originally intended for the band's scrapped 2000 album, The Lillywhite Sessions.

The song's lyrics are contemplative and abstract, touching on themes of uncertainty, the search for meaning, and the complexities of human nature. It can be interpreted in various ways, adding to its depth and intrigue.

The song incorporates elements of rock, jazz, and folk, creating a rich and layered sound. The song features acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, and violin, with each instrument contributing to the song's complex arrangement. Carter Beauford's drumming and Boyd Tinsley's violin play prominent roles in the song's texture.

 

[Don Quixote]

Feel bad I haven’t given my thoughts each round, but I have been listening to and enjoying all the playlists.

I feel the same. Enjoying the playlists, but haven’t been able to get around to sharing too many thoughts. I was playing the playlist in the car while taking my son to his summer camp and he asked “who is this” to Blue October, Brian Setzer, CHVRCHES, and Slambovian Circus of Dreams. So, I guess those get the special shout out from my 8 year old this time.

Headed out tomorrow to visit the in-laws in New Mexico. So, may be limited in what can write-up while I’m out.

 

[-OZ-]

Blue October, Brian Setzer, CHVRCHES, and Slambovian Circus of Dreams. So, I guess those get the special shout out from my 8 year old this time.

Depending on the song for BO, sorry?
It gets more upbeat about halfway through.

 

[Yo Mama]

Blue October, Brian Setzer, CHVRCHES, and Slambovian Circus of Dreams. So, I guess those get the special shout out from my 8 year old this time.

Depending on the song for BO, sorry?
It gets more upbeat about halfway through.

Yeah hopefully it wasn’t the one about losing custody of your kids.

 

[Don Quixote]

Blue October, Brian Setzer, CHVRCHES, and Slambovian Circus of Dreams. So, I guess those get the special shout out from my 8 year old this time.

Depending on the song for BO, sorry?
It gets more upbeat about halfway through.

Yeah hopefully it wasn’t the one about losing custody of your kids.

I don’t think he pays too much attention to lyrics. I could be wrong though, and may need to consider the profanities in some though.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Blue October, Brian Setzer, CHVRCHES, and Slambovian Circus of Dreams. So, I guess those get the special shout out from my 8 year old this time.

Depending on the song for BO, sorry?
It gets more upbeat about halfway through.

Yeah hopefully it wasn’t the one about losing custody of your kids.

I don’t think he pays too much attention to lyrics. I could be wrong though, and may need to consider the profanities in some though.

It's educational?

 

[Mt. Man]

Now let me dig into the #25s. In what’s now par for the course in round 3 (if it wasn’t for every M-AD artist spotlight), there were a lot of songs I liked enough to note down. I’ve probably said it before, but despite more unknown (or at least lesser-known) artists, I’m enjoying more music than I list here. Speaking of which, let’s get to it.

Selected (and Shuffled) #25s
Night Crawler - Judas Priest
Everything I Own - Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet
One More Sunset - Kenny Chesney
Free Until They Cut Me Down - Iron & Wine
The Great Unravel - Slambovian Circus of Dreams
I Want the World To Stop - Belle & Sebastian
Let’s Groove - Earth, Wind & Fire
The Master & Margarita - The Tea Party
Final Fires - Strand of Oaks
A Quiet Mind - Blue October
Ride My See-Saw - The Moody Blues

Shuffle Adventures:
Shuffle started with Chvrches’ excellent cover of Cry Little Sister. Then followed with The Cure and The Beach Boys, which all flowed together very well. It really set the tone for the playlist.