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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #12's have been posted. Link in OP. (6 Viewers)
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Michael Head #30 - Michael Head and the Red Elastic Band - "Wild Mountain Thyme" (2013)
I always like to throw in a cover early in the countdown so I can talk about some of my artist's influences. Unfortunately, Michael Head hasn't recorded many covers. Although he's been known to play songs by Love and The Beatles in his concerts, but other than this one, the only covers he's recorded are versions of songs by Louis Armstrong and Deniece Williams. I chose "Wild Mountain Thyme" because it reflects a couple of Head's musical inspirations: the British folk song tradition and California bands from the 60s.
"Wild Mountain Thyme" also known as "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" is a Scotch-Irish folk song from the late 18th or early 19th century. It's been done by everyone from the Chieftains and the Clancy Brothers to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. Head's version has a Byrdsy flavor with that distinctive jangly Rickenbacker sound. The Byrds themselves covered it on Fifth Dimension but Head takes the tempo up a little faster so it sounds more The Byrds version of "The Bells of Rhymney" to me. Mick's sister Joanne contributes some backing vocals. There aren't any trumpets this time out but there's a suitably modal guitar solo.
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I always like to throw in a cover early in the countdown so I can talk about some of my artist's influences. Unfortunately, Michael Head hasn't recorded many covers. Although he's been known to play songs by Love and The Beatles in his concerts, but other than this one, the only covers he's recorded are versions of songs by Louis Armstrong and Deniece Williams. I chose "Wild Mountain Thyme" because it reflects a couple of Head's musical inspirations: the British folk song tradition and California bands from the 60s.
"Wild Mountain Thyme" also known as "Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?" is a Scotch-Irish folk song from the late 18th or early 19th century. It's been done by everyone from the Chieftains and the Clancy Brothers to Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. Head's version has a Byrdsy flavor with that distinctive jangly Rickenbacker sound. The Byrds themselves covered it on Fifth Dimension but Head takes the tempo up a little faster so it sounds more The Byrds version of "The Bells of Rhymney" to me. Mick's sister Joanne contributes some backing vocals. There aren't any trumpets this time out but there's a suitably modal guitar solo.
Wild Mountain Thyme
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band · Adiós Señor Pussycat · Song · 2017
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
After 2 rounds the "new to me" artists I'm most looking forward to seeing play out:
Bands where I have some familiarity with but interested in hearing more from:
Bands I know fairly well and like, so wont comment on much
- Michael Head
- Headstones
- Luna
- City & Colour
Bands where I have some familiarity with but interested in hearing more from:
- GAP Band/Charlie Wilson
- English Beat (Plus)
- Steve Marriotte
- Love
- Waterboys
- The Babys
- Conner Obst
Bands I know fairly well and like, so wont comment on much
- Metallica
- Eric Clapton
- Beck
- Billy Joel
- Meatloaf
- Neil Diamond
- Belinda Carlisle
- Doobie Brothers
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I'll reiterate my thought from last list. that this really feels like a playlist that was put together, rather than just random artists - it flows so much better than last round and the playlists are at a great length.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I think you are going to love Luna. My usual practice is to hit shuffle on a my "liked" playlist (thousands of songs) and let it rip. There's probably a couple dozen Luna songs within and they are all pleasant surprises when they come on. Love em.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
30. If You've Got the Time (The Babys, 1976)
This second cut from their debut album was released as a single and peaked at #88 (just ahead of Foreigner's Feels Like the First Time's debut on the chart) on Billboard's Hot 100 for the week ending March 25, 1977. The following week, the song had fallen out of the top 100, giving way to multiple debuts, including Happy Days' own Anson 'Potsie' Williams' Deeply.
This song was the only one from this album that made our rotation, and John Waite receives lone writing credit for it, definitely making it a sign of things to come from this band and the rest of the countdown.
I mentioned in my last write-up that 1977 was the greatest year of my childhood. Before I get into that, I want to set the stage a little.
When we moved into this neighborhood in 1970, there were still houses being built and 2 of the 5 streets that constituted the neighborhood (including mine) were not yet paved. Most of the families were early 20-something parents with newborns and/or toddlers, with a smattering of late 20's-early 30's parents with tween and teens (kids my sister and especially brother would fall in with). Additionally, the biggest demographic was religion; easily, over 90% of these families were Catholic, a handful of whom knew each other prior to moving in. This would play a role in my relationship with most of the kids I knew and hung out with, as we were one of the few non-Catholic families.
For the most part, our differing religions (we were Lutheran, which for the unaware, is basically Catholicism without the Pope, priests, confession and a world-wide bureaucracy behind it.) didn't affect our day-to-day dealings, but they sure had some benefits I didn't get to take part in; most of them went to the local Catholic school and had a more familial culture with their peers and their families, though it also didn't help I was just older enough than most of the kids on my street to relate to them when we first moved in.
When I got to about age 6 or 7, my parents allowed me to roam further into the neighborhood, where I found kids closer in age to me and we hit it off well enough that I had found a group to hang out with. My older friend John, who I mentioned previously, was the oldest kid in his family and our group, and he seemed to enjoy the role of leader and protector. One of his brothers was a year younger than me, and we became friends as well, though each brother had different interests so hanging out with one didn't usually entail hanging out with the other. Regardless, it was through their family that I attained a kind of 'honorary Catholic' status and got an unfiltered view into that culture.
**EDITOR'S NOTE: Please let's not go on a tangent about Catholics or Catholicism. My only intention was to highlight that a significant portion of my neighborhood was Catholic and my observations in context regarding this shared aspect of my friends and neighbors. I reiterate that my feelings regarding this dynamic were internally generated and no one ever made an issue of me not being Catholic.
By 1977, it's fair to say that my neighborhood was all about the childhood experience. Over 90% of us kids were within a 5-year age span, so there was just about anything and everything to do that a grade-school kid could want to spend their time doing: play inside, play outside, sports, bikes, etc., there was always something you wanted to do just a neighborhood kid away. It was a true golden age for being a kid. I was 11 at this point, so while I liked music, it was far down my list of priorities; plus, my M-AD artist #2 (The Seldom Scene) were in their glory and my father controlled the car radio so that bluegrass was always playing.
Just a street over and in the neighborhood across the road, however, older and wiser ears were paying attention to the rock/pop stations. I'm lucky they were.
This second cut from their debut album was released as a single and peaked at #88 (just ahead of Foreigner's Feels Like the First Time's debut on the chart) on Billboard's Hot 100 for the week ending March 25, 1977. The following week, the song had fallen out of the top 100, giving way to multiple debuts, including Happy Days' own Anson 'Potsie' Williams' Deeply.
This song was the only one from this album that made our rotation, and John Waite receives lone writing credit for it, definitely making it a sign of things to come from this band and the rest of the countdown.
I mentioned in my last write-up that 1977 was the greatest year of my childhood. Before I get into that, I want to set the stage a little.
When we moved into this neighborhood in 1970, there were still houses being built and 2 of the 5 streets that constituted the neighborhood (including mine) were not yet paved. Most of the families were early 20-something parents with newborns and/or toddlers, with a smattering of late 20's-early 30's parents with tween and teens (kids my sister and especially brother would fall in with). Additionally, the biggest demographic was religion; easily, over 90% of these families were Catholic, a handful of whom knew each other prior to moving in. This would play a role in my relationship with most of the kids I knew and hung out with, as we were one of the few non-Catholic families.
For the most part, our differing religions (we were Lutheran, which for the unaware, is basically Catholicism without the Pope, priests, confession and a world-wide bureaucracy behind it.) didn't affect our day-to-day dealings, but they sure had some benefits I didn't get to take part in; most of them went to the local Catholic school and had a more familial culture with their peers and their families, though it also didn't help I was just older enough than most of the kids on my street to relate to them when we first moved in.
When I got to about age 6 or 7, my parents allowed me to roam further into the neighborhood, where I found kids closer in age to me and we hit it off well enough that I had found a group to hang out with. My older friend John, who I mentioned previously, was the oldest kid in his family and our group, and he seemed to enjoy the role of leader and protector. One of his brothers was a year younger than me, and we became friends as well, though each brother had different interests so hanging out with one didn't usually entail hanging out with the other. Regardless, it was through their family that I attained a kind of 'honorary Catholic' status and got an unfiltered view into that culture.
**EDITOR'S NOTE: Please let's not go on a tangent about Catholics or Catholicism. My only intention was to highlight that a significant portion of my neighborhood was Catholic and my observations in context regarding this shared aspect of my friends and neighbors. I reiterate that my feelings regarding this dynamic were internally generated and no one ever made an issue of me not being Catholic.
By 1977, it's fair to say that my neighborhood was all about the childhood experience. Over 90% of us kids were within a 5-year age span, so there was just about anything and everything to do that a grade-school kid could want to spend their time doing: play inside, play outside, sports, bikes, etc., there was always something you wanted to do just a neighborhood kid away. It was a true golden age for being a kid. I was 11 at this point, so while I liked music, it was far down my list of priorities; plus, my M-AD artist #2 (The Seldom Scene) were in their glory and my father controlled the car radio so that bluegrass was always playing.
Just a street over and in the neighborhood across the road, however, older and wiser ears were paying attention to the rock/pop stations. I'm lucky they were.
zamboni
Footballguy
So they didn't sit on it very long.
Good song though - the title reminds me of the old Miller beer commercial jingle.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Potsie trying to cash in on his TV fame can be expected, but it still seems surreal, and the fact that it peaked at #93 makes it on-brand for him at the same time.
I wouldn't be surprised if the jingle inspired the song.
zamboni
Footballguy
As with most of the musicians of their day, the Small Faces were huge fans of the Chicago blues scene. Here from their self-titled 1966 debut album, The Small Faces took a page from Muddy Waters' blues standard "You Need Love" recorded four years earlier and did their own amped up version with Steve strutting his stuff. As Steve would later state: "It was fantastic, I loved it, Muddy Waters recorded it but I couldn't sing like Muddy Waters so it wasn't that much of a nick. I was a high range and Muddy was a low range so I had to figure out how to sing it. So I did and that was our opening number for all the years we were together. Every time we were on stage that was our opening number, unless we had a short set."[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"You Need Loving" - Small Faces
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Three years later, some band named Led Zeppelin would be hugely influenced by the Small Faces' version and, on their own debut, basically take it up several notches with "Whole Lotta Love". The backstory between Steve and Led Zep goes back a few years earlier when Led Zep was just forming. Jimmy Page, after leaving the Yardbirds in 1968, was looking to form a supergroup consisting of himself, Jeff Beck, Keith Moon (who was not happy with The Who at the time) and Jon Entwistle. As singer, he really wanted Steve, who expressed interest, but the Small Faces' legendary manager Don Arden (aka Sharon Osbourne's father/Ozzy's eventual father-in-law) allegedly told Jimmy at the time: “How would you like to play guitar with broken fingers?” So that basically put the kibosh on Steve ever becoming lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Of course, Jimmy would go on to form Led Zep (with Keith Moon famously providing the name) after "settling" on Robert Plant. As noted in my Steve introduction, Robert Plant was a huge fan of Steve and after he heard the song played at a Yardbirds/Small Faces gig, that's how "Whole Lotta Love" came about.
As a footnote, in 1985 "You Need Love" songwriter Willie Dixon would sue Led Zep for "stealing" the song when recording "Whole Lotta Love", but somehow did not go after The Small Faces (perhaps due to Led Zep's much deeper pockets). The two parties would eventually settle out of court.
Interesting to hear them in sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8_HuQ0b34 (Muddy Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aw1V9AwKHY (Small Faces)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibBnC6SVk8 (Led Zep)
Chaos34
Footballguy
Thanks. I just spent a few minutes looking at pop and rock charts for 77. I was 14, a freshman in high school, so innocent and so busy. Nothing triggers the memories like just reading the song titles and putting them back in that time and that place. I won't go on here today, but I started saying something in the 90s that my dad said was the best compliment he ever got. I was in my 30s and started saying I never met anyone who had a better childhood than me. I wasn't trying to compliment him; I was just making an observation.
Cheers to 76-77. Wrecked my shoulder in a motocross race one hot August day between hell-week football practices. That changed my life for the better looking back. I spent hours healing with headphones on getting determined to accomplish something nobody thought I could.
Also that commitment to read everything Pip writes was really a commitment to just read everything period. This could get challenging.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Whole Lotta Love is on the second Zep album. I know you know this!As with most of the musicians of their day, the Small Faces were huge fans of the Chicago blues scene. Here from their self-titled 1966 debut album, The Small Faces took a page from Muddy Waters' blues standard "You Need Love" recorded four years earlier and did their own amped up version with Steve strutting his stuff. As Steve would later state: "It was fantastic, I loved it, Muddy Waters recorded it but I couldn't sing like Muddy Waters so it wasn't that much of a nick. I was a high range and Muddy was a low range so I had to figure out how to sing it. So I did and that was our opening number for all the years we were together. Every time we were on stage that was our opening number, unless we had a short set."[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"You Need Loving" - Small Faces
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Three years later, some band named Led Zeppelin would be hugely influenced by the Small Faces' version and, on their own debut, basically take it up several notches with "Whole Lotta Love". The backstory between Steve and Led Zep goes back a few years earlier when Led Zep was just forming. Jimmy Page, after leaving the Yardbirds in 1968, was looking to form a supergroup consisting of himself, Jeff Beck, Keith Moon (who was not happy with The Who at the time) and Jon Entwistle. As singer, he really wanted Steve, who expressed interest, but the Small Faces' legendary manager Don Arden (aka Sharon Osbourne's father/Ozzy's eventual father-in-law) allegedly told Jimmy at the time: “How would you like to play guitar with broken fingers?” So that basically put the kibosh on Steve ever becoming lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Of course, Jimmy would go on to form Led Zep (with Keith Moon famously providing the name) after "settling" on Robert Plant. As noted in my Steve introduction, Robert Plant was a huge fan of Steve and after he heard the song played at a Yardbirds/Small Faces gig, that's how "Whole Lotta Love" came about.
As a footnote, in 1985 "You Need Love" songwriter Willie Dixon would sue Led Zep for "stealing" the song when recording "Whole Lotta Love", but somehow did not go after The Small Faces (perhaps due to Led Zep's much deeper pockets). The two parties would eventually settle out of court.
Interesting to hear them in sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8_HuQ0b34 (Muddy Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aw1V9AwKHY (Small Faces)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibBnC6SVk8 (Led Zep)
zamboni
Footballguy
Yes of course - wrote too fast. Same release year though obviously.Whole Lotta Love is on the second Zep album. I know you know this!As with most of the musicians of their day, the Small Faces were huge fans of the Chicago blues scene. Here from their self-titled 1966 debut album, The Small Faces took a page from Muddy Waters' blues standard "You Need Love" recorded four years earlier and did their own amped up version with Steve strutting his stuff. As Steve would later state: "It was fantastic, I loved it, Muddy Waters recorded it but I couldn't sing like Muddy Waters so it wasn't that much of a nick. I was a high range and Muddy was a low range so I had to figure out how to sing it. So I did and that was our opening number for all the years we were together. Every time we were on stage that was our opening number, unless we had a short set."[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"You Need Loving" - Small Faces
[/td]
Three years later, some band named Led Zeppelin would be hugely influenced by the Small Faces' version and, on their own debut, basically take it up several notches with "Whole Lotta Love". The backstory between Steve and Led Zep goes back a few years earlier when Led Zep was just forming. Jimmy Page, after leaving the Yardbirds in 1968, was looking to form a supergroup consisting of himself, Jeff Beck, Keith Moon (who was not happy with The Who at the time) and Jon Entwistle. As singer, he really wanted Steve, who expressed interest, but the Small Faces' legendary manager Don Arden (aka Sharon Osbourne's father/Ozzy's eventual father-in-law) allegedly told Jimmy at the time: “How would you like to play guitar with broken fingers?” So that basically put the kibosh on Steve ever becoming lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Of course, Jimmy would go on to form Led Zep (with Keith Moon famously providing the name) after "settling" on Robert Plant. As noted in my Steve introduction, Robert Plant was a huge fan of Steve and after he heard the song played at a Yardbirds/Small Faces gig, that's how "Whole Lotta Love" came about.
As a footnote, in 1985 "You Need Love" songwriter Willie Dixon would sue Led Zep for "stealing" the song when recording "Whole Lotta Love", but somehow did not go after The Small Faces (perhaps due to Led Zep's much deeper pockets). The two parties would eventually settle out of court.
Interesting to hear them in sequence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM8_HuQ0b34 (Muddy Waters)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aw1V9AwKHY (Small Faces)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HibBnC6SVk8 (Led Zep)
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Sorry man but your choice this round is not my thing. I like some hip hop, but not “soft” hip hop.
I’m not saying it’s bad - but not something I would seek out.
Eephus
Footballguy
Sorry man but your choice this round is not my thing. I like some hip hop, but not “soft” hip hop.
I’m not saying it’s bad - but not something I would seek out.
You've been dissed
zamboni
Footballguy
Some filthy bass work by Duck Dunn here (and of course the rest of his Stax buddies).[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]The Huckle-Buck
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Eephus
Footballguy
Some filthy bass work by Duck Dunn here (and of course the rest of his Stax buddies).[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]The Huckle-Buck
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.[/td]
...and he did it while smoking a pipe
zamboni
Footballguy
One of those folks who looks like his petSome filthy bass work by Duck Dunn here (and of course the rest of his Stax buddies).[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]The Huckle-Buck
- YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.[/td]
...and he did it while smoking a pipe
Chaos34
Footballguy
Sorry man but your choice this round is not my thing. I like some hip hop, but not “soft” hip hop.
I’m not saying it’s bad - but not something I would seek out.
I'm listening now. Hip hop of any type is not something I seek, but I prefer the "soft" hip hop.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Can't
the bolded enough. When my dad had to work out of town for extended periods of time, he always sent the bulk of his per diem home. He had the financial discipline to buy a savings bond with each paycheck, he even took the 2nd and 3rd shifts at work for the shift differential and volunteered to work a lot of holidays because it was essentially double time and a half. He was able to put my mother, sister, brother and I through college (in my case, it was mostly by not charging me rent) as well as help one of his granddaughters and my son with tuition. He still puffs up a little with pride about that.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
What do Tim Dog and KRS-ONE have in common?Sorry man but your choice this round is not my thing. I like some hip hop, but not “soft” hip hop.
I’m not saying it’s bad - but not something I would seek out.
You've been dissed
They both hate corny *** commercial rhymin'.
Chaos34
Footballguy
I do something just naturally and mentally when I do these. I imagine your artists in a race and keep track of who's winning. 
Looking at the list I knew it would be a race between Neil Diamond and the English Beat. Both very guilty pleasures. Seen Neil twice and the Roger universe three times. There's a darkhorse in the lead though. I'm loving everything I hear from Conor Oberst still. What a wordsmith.
Looking at the list I knew it would be a race between Neil Diamond and the English Beat. Both very guilty pleasures. Seen Neil twice and the Roger universe three times. There's a darkhorse in the lead though. I'm loving everything I hear from Conor Oberst still. What a wordsmith.
zamboni
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I knew (and loved) the 31 already but the 30 to me sounded like Dylan and grabbed my attention.
Chaos34
Footballguy
It's mostly just a turn of phrase, but I know many don't get ska and mock Neil for being uncool. I think both are just the coolest.
I found this comment under a live performance of Cherry Cherry. It kinda goes to what I'm saying. I was that little dude in diapers once upon a time...
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Too soft?? 
Chaos34
Footballguy
Too soft??
My chicken pickin' metal shredding guitar player has some hard "hip hop" for Dr. O tomorrow. Buckle up.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Too soft??
My chicken pickin' metal shredding guitar player has some hard "hip hop" for Dr. O tomorrow. Buckle up.
I didn't add to my list but I have enjoyed John 5 stuff. It was really more of an oversight.
Yambag
Footballguy
30s
Known
Neil Diamond: Cherry Cherry
Metallica: Hero Of The Day
Caught My Attention
Michael Head: Wild Mountain Thyme
People Under The Stairs: Beer (this was really fun, gotta love an Arrogant ******* Ale reference).
The Beat: Walking On The Wrong Side
The Jordan: I'm Not Sorry
Small Faces: You Need Loving
Loser: Disposable Sunshine
The Waterboys: Rags
Known
Neil Diamond: Cherry Cherry
Metallica: Hero Of The Day
Caught My Attention
Michael Head: Wild Mountain Thyme
People Under The Stairs: Beer (this was really fun, gotta love an Arrogant ******* Ale reference).
The Beat: Walking On The Wrong Side
The Jordan: I'm Not Sorry
Small Faces: You Need Loving
Loser: Disposable Sunshine
The Waterboys: Rags
Chaos34
Footballguy
No worries ever with the oddball stuff I might come up with.
I knew I liked John 5's guitar chops. I knew I liked the early DLR Eddie impersonations. I knew he became "in demand" after leaving Manson. But I checked out for the most part after the 2012 solo album. That was the wrong time to check out. From then to Motley was all new to me, quite the adventure and most of his best songs, not necessarily best playing, imo. Like Let It Rain is a great Clapton song, but he has way more impressive guitar work.
It's not just absurd how much material I found; it's kind of unbelievable. How???
Eephus
Footballguy
Just like "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Spoiler alert, buddy.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Mr R says that's why he bought rubber surrounds for his license plates. The vibration was annoying.
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zamboni
Footballguy
Sorry - I’m still in Mother’s Day mode.
-OZ-
Footballguy
30s -very strong list! If this is 30, we’re going to have some great lists 
New to me, added to likes list
people under the stairs - I like beer!
You need loving - small faces
Napalm - Conor oberst
For your consideration - headstones
Rags - waterboys
Favorite song this round - Hero of the Day, Metallica. This is one I prefer S&M but understand using the studio.
It doesn’t get better than this.
youtu.be
New to me, added to likes list
people under the stairs - I like beer!You need loving - small faces
Napalm - Conor oberst
For your consideration - headstones
Rags - waterboys
Favorite song this round - Hero of the Day, Metallica. This is one I prefer S&M but understand using the studio.
It doesn’t get better than this.
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youtu.be
Mt. Man
Footballguy
I had the same link in my writeup, and gave the S&M version equal credit for this song making it onto my playlist.Favorite song this round - Hero of the Day, Metallica. This is one I prefer S&M but understand using the studio.
It doesn’t get better than this.
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Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
That said, yeah, I followed that link and listened to it again.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
2 for 2 from @Oz!! Do you listen to a bit of hip-hop?
Most of the artists have been 2 for 2s from me as well, but I go with the flow and list a few that had me wanting to start in on albums the most. These are all new artists to me for the most part - just know a few hits if I did know the artist at all.
Micheal Head - I wasn't expecting that sound from the second song. I got Byrds/Zombies vibes. I like how Eephus lands on the artists who weave throughout multiple styles.
The Babys - I cheated and listened to this album since both the first two songs were from the same one. We will see how other eras go.
The English Beat - I was joking with my wife this is not something I would have given 2 secs to 10+ years ago. The first two songs are in that dub/ska zone that I have been liking a lot lately. I seem to like the British version of the sound a lot more.
@-OZ- 's artist that I won't try to type: Loved this #2 song a lot. I got a Lorde/St.Vincent type of vibe. That was one of my favorites of the playlist.
The Doobie Brothers - one of the artists I was most interested in before we started, and they haven't disappointed. I must have listened to that first 25 secs 5x before moving on to the rest of the song.
Arthur Lee and Love: 2 for 2? I think Pip is 4 for 4 as having MAD31 artists that were top 3 new to me finds of the first 4 playlists. Really digging the first two but we have some stiff competition this time around if you want to 5-peat as medalist.
The Waterboys: Still loving that big 80s sound. I've been meaning to do a U2 deep dive, but dreading some bad albums. This is very much scratching that itch.
Most of the artists have been 2 for 2s from me as well, but I go with the flow and list a few that had me wanting to start in on albums the most. These are all new artists to me for the most part - just know a few hits if I did know the artist at all.
Micheal Head - I wasn't expecting that sound from the second song. I got Byrds/Zombies vibes. I like how Eephus lands on the artists who weave throughout multiple styles.
The Babys - I cheated and listened to this album since both the first two songs were from the same one. We will see how other eras go.
The English Beat - I was joking with my wife this is not something I would have given 2 secs to 10+ years ago. The first two songs are in that dub/ska zone that I have been liking a lot lately. I seem to like the British version of the sound a lot more.
@-OZ- 's artist that I won't try to type: Loved this #2 song a lot. I got a Lorde/St.Vincent type of vibe. That was one of my favorites of the playlist.
The Doobie Brothers - one of the artists I was most interested in before we started, and they haven't disappointed. I must have listened to that first 25 secs 5x before moving on to the rest of the song.
Arthur Lee and Love: 2 for 2? I think Pip is 4 for 4 as having MAD31 artists that were top 3 new to me finds of the first 4 playlists. Really digging the first two but we have some stiff competition this time around if you want to 5-peat as medalist.
The Waterboys: Still loving that big 80s sound. I've been meaning to do a U2 deep dive, but dreading some bad albums. This is very much scratching that itch.
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I know I am weird and super early, but I am going to pull a Mrs R before Mrs R and plant my flag doing Aimee Mann if/when the next artist 31 takes place. Now that I am 3 movies in, just added the 2nd book to the queue, and need to watch episodes of Buffy I think this should be the next one I present.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
In case you don't know, it stands for Symphony and Metallica. The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Kamen, playing with the band. Groovy stuff.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Thanks - I did not know what stood for, and was scared to google.In case you don't know, it stands for Symphony and Metallica. The San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Michael Kamen, playing with the band. Groovy stuff.
-OZ-
Footballguy
I like all kinds of music (but we like American music best, baby)
Zegras11
Footballguy
So it's 3am and I just finished 3rd out of 98 entries in Omaha 8 game at planet Hollywood. Nice little 6088 cash.
There was a guy with a massive chip lead. I knocked his 2.0 mil stack to 1 5. And built mine to 1.05m.
We get in this hand and on the turn, I hit a 10 for aces full of 10s.
The river is 2 diamonds. I bet and he raised. I put him on flush and or low hand. We raise back and forth. And it gave him a straight flush. We had almost 60 percent of all the tournament chips in the pot. Sigh. Lol.
There was a guy with a massive chip lead. I knocked his 2.0 mil stack to 1 5. And built mine to 1.05m.
We get in this hand and on the turn, I hit a 10 for aces full of 10s.
The river is 2 diamonds. I bet and he raised. I put him on flush and or low hand. We raise back and forth. And it gave him a straight flush. We had almost 60 percent of all the tournament chips in the pot. Sigh. Lol.
tuffnutt
Footballguy
30s
Known Favs:
Fool for Love- Belinda Carlisle
Cherry Cherry- Neil Diamond- Classic! Never thought about a Neil Diamond ranking... but this would have to be up there.
Hero of the Day- Metallica- Never a huge Metallica fan, but Man I've always LOVED this song.
Last of the Big Time Spenders- Billy Joel- It's songs like this where, IMO, Billy is at his best
Let in Rain- Eric Clapton- Im thinking I might know and like more of his stuff than I previously thought. Great Tune.
Unknown Favs:
Beer- P.U.T.S.- Fun Song!
If you Got the Time- The Babys- 2 for 2 on likes
Backstreet Girl- Golden Smog- Really liked this one! Don't know why but this has a Rolling Stones vibe to me.
For your Consideration- Headstones- Another good song by them... 2 for 2
This Time Around- Luna- Probably my favorite new to me this round. Great song.
Honorable Mention:
Here to Love You- The Doobie Brothers- Damn I love Michael McDonalds Voice
Charlie, Last Name Wilson- Charlie Wilson- So smooth
Known Favs:
Fool for Love- Belinda Carlisle
Cherry Cherry- Neil Diamond- Classic! Never thought about a Neil Diamond ranking... but this would have to be up there.
Hero of the Day- Metallica- Never a huge Metallica fan, but Man I've always LOVED this song.
Last of the Big Time Spenders- Billy Joel- It's songs like this where, IMO, Billy is at his best
Let in Rain- Eric Clapton- Im thinking I might know and like more of his stuff than I previously thought. Great Tune.
Unknown Favs:
Beer- P.U.T.S.- Fun Song!
If you Got the Time- The Babys- 2 for 2 on likes
Backstreet Girl- Golden Smog- Really liked this one! Don't know why but this has a Rolling Stones vibe to me.
For your Consideration- Headstones- Another good song by them... 2 for 2
This Time Around- Luna- Probably my favorite new to me this round. Great song.
Honorable Mention:
Here to Love You- The Doobie Brothers- Damn I love Michael McDonalds Voice
Charlie, Last Name Wilson- Charlie Wilson- So smooth
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
As mentioned in my write up (I don't get offended if someone skims through), it's a cover of a Stones song, so that would make sense.
tuffnutt
Footballguy
I'm a moron. my apologies. I do try to read everyones write ups. was skimming this morning trying to get caught up.
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