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#17 - Otis Redding - Shake (Live at Monterey)​


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JML Rank - #14
Krista4 Rank - #5-8
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Recorded - June 17 1967
Is this a Cover? - Yes. Sam Cooke got this to #7, unfortunately posthumously.
Songwriter - Sam Cooke.
Notable Covers - Some top class acts have recorded this one. Eric Burden and the Animals, Ike and Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, The Supremes, The Small Faces,

Comments - Another unfortunate and untimely death, Sam Cooke was killed in a motel by a gun in 1964. This song was recorded in his final recording session.

Otis Blue is primarily a covers album, although there are 3 originals. Songs we wont see like My Girl and Wonderful World and 5 others which we will see are still to come on this list.

As good as the studio version is, the track comes alive for Otis when sung live

Next Up - Another outstanding and outrageous cover
 
Smashing Pumpkins #17

Song: Zero
Album: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Summary: This was the first song recorded for the album and features six rhythm guitars with two line-in 12-string acoustic guitars. This song is also notable for Billy taking on a stage persona and playing a character named Zero. This was complete with the famous shirt he (and many fans including myself) would adorn. More on this character later… Zero is actually a bit divisive amongst fans, but it actually ranked first on both the Louder Sound and Kerrang! lists of their greatest songs.

Emptiness is loneliness
And loneliness is cleanliness
And cleanliness is godliness
And god is empty just like me
 
17.

Song: Can’t Even Tie Your Own Shoes
Album: Blood On The Slacks
Songwriter: Dan Murphy, Gary Louris, Kraig Johnson

Smog Lineup:

Kraig Johnson – lead harmony vocals, guitar
Gary Louris – background vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – lead harmony vocals, guitar
Marc Perlman – bass
Linda Pitmon - drums


Blood on the Slacks is the fourth (and last, for now) full-length album by Golden Smog and was by far their most experimental – this song builds on their strong power pop sensibilities.

The album's name is a play on Bob Dylan's 1975 album Blood On The Tracks. It was the first release from the group to not feature the Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy as part of the lineup since 1992's debut EP On Golden Smog.
 
Laura

Billy wrote this song for his 1982 album The Nylon Curtain. The song is about a person (his mother) who is very codependent on him, and knows how to push his buttons and manipulate him with guilt, but he can't cut them out of his life, because they need him and he loves them. He never admitted that Laura was about his mother until after she died, although some band members knew. His mother did know the songs "Rosalinda's Eyes" and "Rosalinda" were about her.

It took a year to record the album, and it is the first time he had written while in the studio. He also experimented with different sounds, etc. He said this album is one of his favorites, and one that he is most proud of. He had been in a motorcycle accident and broke his wrist and mangled his thumb while doing the album, and it was iffy if he would be able to play piano again, but all the damage healed and recording resumed. In this song you can hear the influence of John Lennon and The Beatles. Lennon was murdered in December of 1980. The Beatles were a huge influence on Billy, and as mentioned earlier in the countdown, seeing them on The Ed Sullivan Show gave him the push to go chase his dream of being a songwriter and musican. He said John's death deeply affected him. Over the course of 1981 while working on The Nylon Curtain, Lennon was heavily on his mind. The song "Laura" is very Beatlesque, as is "Scandinavian Skies" from this album. He said when he recorded "Laura" in the studio, on the playback he could hear himself subconsciously channeling Lennon. He thought about changing it around some, but decided to leave it, because it was genuinely how he was feeling during the recording. Billy wasn't just a fan of Lennon, Lennon said he and Yoko owned all of Billy's records. They lived near each other for a brief time on Long Island, but never met, because Billy said he didn't want to impose on John, and a friend of John's said John didn't want to impose on Billy. Billy says he regrets not knocking on John's door to meet him.

On the subject of Billy's Beatles fandom, Paul is a fan of Billy. Paul was once asked what songs he wish he had written. He said there were two. The first one is "Stardust" by Hoagy Carmichael and Mitchell Parish. The second is "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel. I love his clear vocals in that song. Billy said he and Paul knew each other from various projects and events, and the first time they were together one on one was at Billy's house. He said Paul called him and asked him if he wanted to compare notes on some classical music. They both were working on their own classical projects at the time. Billy said he was a little nervous to have Paul over for the first time, and when he looked inside his fridge before Paul came over, it was loaded with meat. He knew Paul was a vegetarian, so he started hiding all of the meat so it didn't look like Jeffrey Dahmer lived there. He said a few days later he smelled something dead in the house, and found some chicken he had hidden in a pantry drawer that he had forgotten about. He said Paul never looked in his fridge. 🍗
 
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Ace Frehley has put out more albums as a solo artist than he did with Kiss. Way more. His Origins 1 and 2 are fun listens if you like covers. Really. These are good covers. Sometimes I prefer covers to the originals because the originals don't seem very original compared to the covers. Ace nails this on these albums.

John 5's favorite childhood band is Kiss. So much so he opened a Kiss museum to display the memorabilia he's collected over the years. It should be no surprise he was thrilled and honored to work with Ace on a few of those covers. The one I liked the best covers The Beatles and comes with a funny video full of Easter egg #### shots at his ex bandmates. They claim they fired him twice. He says they couldn't fire him, he quit twice.

Ace Frehley - I'm Down (Official Music Video)
 
Eric Clapton #17

Eric Clapton - Earliy in the Morning

"Early in the Morning" (sometimes called "'Bout the Break of Day") is a blues song that was recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson in 1937. Identified as one of his most successful and influential tunes, it was inspired by earlier blues songs, including "Soon This Morning" by pianist Charlie Spand and "Truthful Blues" by Leroy Carr. Williamson incorporated his signature "call-and-response style of alternating vocal passages with pungent harmonica blasts" that became a fundamental of blues harmonica.

Chicago blues harmonica player Junior Wells recorded several versions in the 1950s and 1960s; his first release titled the song "'Bout the Break of Day", Wells added several verses which have been used in subsequent versions of the song by other artists, including Clapton. During his career, Wells released versions recorded with Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy, among many others.

The song lyrics are about a classic heartbreak blues theme: the singer wakes up at dawn, alone, mourning the loss of his lover.

I chose Clapton’s version from the "Just One Night" live album, recorded during Clapton’s legendary shows at the Budokan Theatre in Tokyo. It is a towering blues-rock performance — gritty, energetic, and rich with musical conversation, showcasing Clapton and his band at their live peak.

The intro kicks in with tight staccato rhythm guitar before launching into an explosive blues riff. Clapton and Albert Lee trade licks throughout — the back-and-forth feels like a live blues jam, not a rehearsed part. Clapton’s solos are raw and biting, with tons of vibrato, bends, and attitude — this is Strat Clapton in full command. Albert Lee’s country-influenced speed adds contrast — his clean, rapid-fire runs complement Clapton’s heavier blues tone. The rhythm section holds a fast shuffle groove — classic Chicago-style blues but played with rock intensity.

Clapton sings with a gruff, confident edge, less polished than his studio work but more emotionally direct. You can hear the weariness and swagger — perfect for the song’s theme of emotional abandonment.

This is another performance where Clapton proves, again, that he’s not just a rock guitarist dabbling in blues — he’s deeply rooted in it. I could easily have ranked this in the top 10, and maybe I should have in retrospect.
 
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#17 - Otis Redding - Shake (Live at Monterey)​


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JML Rank - #14
Krista4 Rank - #5-8
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul
Recorded - June 17 1967
Is this a Cover? - Yes. Sam Cooke got this to #7, unfortunately posthumously.
Songwriter - Sam Cooke.
Notable Covers - Some top class acts have recorded this one. Eric Burden and the Animals, Ike and Tina Turner, Rod Stewart, The Supremes, The Small Faces,

Comments - Another unfortunate and untimely death, Sam Cooke was killed in a motel by a gun in 1964. This song was recorded in his final recording session.

Otis Blue is primarily a covers album, although there are 3 originals. Songs we wont see like My Girl and Wonderful World and 5 others which we will see are still to come on this list.

As good as the studio version is, the track comes alive for Otis when sung live

Next Up - Another outstanding and outrageous cover
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The official accounts of Cooke's death always seemed off to me. Not that he couldn't have been in a motel room with a woman who wasn't his wife - I'm pretty sure that part is true. But it seems strange to me that his good friend Bobby Womack married Cooke's widow about (hyperbole alert!) 12 seconds after his death certificate was signed. Some of other "facts" don't add up, either. But the L.A. law enforcement contingent wasn't especially interested in deep investigations into the deaths of non-whites (even famous ones) in those days.

Anyway, this is one of Cooke's most famous recordings. Even at his most raucous, Cooke brought an elegance to his performances that almost no other artist - before, during, or since - could match.

I love the Otis Blue studio version, but this live version at Monterey shows what Redding could do to an audience. He had them in the palm of his hand in about 30 seconds. Bob Weir said about Otis' performance "I saw God on stage that night". Now, Weir probably saw a lot of things that weren't actually there during his lifetime :lol: But I have to imagine that the Haight bands (& the audience) had never seen anything else like it live and in person.

IIRC, they were already past curfew when he came on stage. I think the show officials were afraid to try too hard to get him to stop. I don't blame them - YOU go tell Otis Redding he has to stop singing. I'm guessing he & Cropper alone had about 14 switchblades and several pistols between them while performing. Al Jackson probably had a tommy-gun in his bass drum and Duck Dunn's bass was a secret shotgun. The Memphis Horns likely had poison darts ready to fly. It would've been a bloodbath and Scott McKenzie would never have had his hit.
 
The English Beat Family Tree #17

She Drives Me Crazy

Artist - Fine Young Cannibals
Album - The Raw & the Cooked (1989)

A massive hit from these acceptable youthful man eaters. You couldn’t go anywhere in the late 80s - early 90s without hearing this song or seeing the video on the MTV (link below).

That overexposure pushes it down on my list to this spot, but this song hit #1 in the charts all over the place.

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17.

Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh- Bright Eyes
from Fevers and Mirrors (2000)

“You said you hate my suffering
and you understood and you’d take care of me,
you’d always be there, well where are you nowwwwwww?”

A song about heartbreak, emotional abandonment and failed relationships...The song opens with a phone call revealing infidelity, setting the stage for a narrative steeped in sorrow and betrayal. I'll never get tired of the pedal steel and vibraphone. such a great combo behind his voice.
 
Yambag said:
Zero is actually a bit divisive amongst fans
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Are you in the group that doesn’t like it as much? Any reason?
I would assume so. I would have it at #1 like the other places you listed.
During the Ava Adore tour, I saw them live and Billy was adamant that he play that album in it’s entirety and barely anything else.
I think Zero was the final encore and he deliberately effed it up to piss off the bored audience.
I enjoyed the album much more in my living room than in a huge concert venue
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The official accounts of Cooke's death always seemed off to me.
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Yeah just reading the description i can see that. Too convenient and tied up in a nice red ribbon.
I dont know enough about what kind of man Cooke was, but thats a pretty messed up way to die
Yo Mama said:
That overexposure pushes it down on my list to this spot
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Is it revealing too much to say how man FYC songs are to come?
I know I have a few faves that havent been listed yet, but this is a big pool of songs you have to choose from
 
Three known-to-me favorites from #19:

Head First (The Babys) -- First-rate late '70s AOR. As I mentioned earlier, I did hear this on the radio as a kid but never connected it as a Babys song.
Fuel (Metallica) -- A rager that always get my attention.
Tell Me What You Want (And I'll Give You What You Need) (The Doobie Brothers) -- Evidence that the Doobies could do Yacht Rock before McDonald joined.

Three new-to-me favorites from #19:

Queen Matilda (Michael Head and the Strands) -- Achingly good -- and yes, a bit reminiscent of Arthur Lee.
Jennifer Save Me (Golden Smog) -- Intense but melodic.
Staging the Plaguing of the Raised Platform (Cornershop) -- Love the guitar work.
 
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Yambag said:
Zero is actually a bit divisive amongst fans
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Are you in the group that doesn’t like it as much? Any reason?
I would assume so. I would have it at #1 like the other places you listed.
During the Ava Adore tour, I saw them live and Billy was adamant that he play that album in it’s entirety and barely anything else.
I think Zero was the final encore and he deliberately effed it up to piss off the bored audience.
I enjoyed the album much more in my living room than in a huge concert venue
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I am in the middle, I never get bored of it, but I don't feel it is strong enough to be ahead of some of the other hits and epic songs. I believe @KarmaPolice might be in the group that is not a fan as if I recall correctly, he did not include it in his 1 disc version of Mellon Collie we were both constructing.

That sounds like Billy to a T. I was at a Lollapalooza show where he go so pissed at the audience that they played all obscure songs. I loved it.
 
Yambag said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Yambag said:
Zero is actually a bit divisive amongst fans
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Are you in the group that doesn’t like it as much? Any reason?
I would assume so. I would have it at #1 like the other places you listed.
During the Ava Adore tour, I saw them live and Billy was adamant that he play that album in it’s entirety and barely anything else.
I think Zero was the final encore and he deliberately effed it up to piss off the bored audience.
I enjoyed the album much more in my living room than in a huge concert venue
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I am in the middle, I never get bored of it, but I don't feel it is strong enough to be ahead of some of the other hits and epic songs. I believe @KarmaPolice might be in the group that is not a fan as if I recall correctly, he did not include it in his 1 disc version of Mellon Collie we were both constructing.

That sounds like Billy to a T. I was at a Lollapalooza show where he go so pissed at the audience that they played all obscure songs. I loved it.
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I like it just fine, its a damn good song. No, it wasn't on my 1 album version of the album, but it was the last tough cut.
 
Yambag said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Yambag said:
Zero is actually a bit divisive amongst fans
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Are you in the group that doesn’t like it as much? Any reason?
I would assume so. I would have it at #1 like the other places you listed.
During the Ava Adore tour, I saw them live and Billy was adamant that he play that album in it’s entirety and barely anything else.
I think Zero was the final encore and he deliberately effed it up to piss off the bored audience.
I enjoyed the album much more in my living room than in a huge concert venue
Click to expand...
I am in the middle, I never get bored of it, but I don't feel it is strong enough to be ahead of some of the other hits and epic songs. I believe @KarmaPolice might be in the group that is not a fan as if I recall correctly, he did not include it in his 1 disc version of Mellon Collie we were both constructing.

That sounds like Billy to a T. I was at a Lollapalooza show where he go so pissed at the audience that they played all obscure songs. I loved it.
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I got an interesting decision setlist decision from him in 1996.

I saw the Pumpkins headline Lollapalooza at Philly in 1994. In the middle of their set, Billy had Courtney Love* come up and sing a couple of songs from the not-yet-released new Hole album Live Through This. They cut "Mayonaise" from the setlist to make that happen. (Billy could have cut his rant in the middle of "I Am One" instead, but of course he didn't do that.)

I was at their next Philly appearance in 1996. "Mayonaise" was not in the rotation on that tour. But during the encore, he said the band would play "Mayonaise" because they had skipped it at their last Philly show, and apologized to touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin** because they hadn't taught him that song.

* - for the entire time Love played, a guy near me screamed his lungs out in anger, calling her a b!tch and a murderer and whatnot.

** - less than a month later, Melvoin would be dead of a heroin OD after shooting up with Jimmy Chamberlin. This incident caused Chamberlin's first departure from the band.
 
Yo Mama said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Yo Mama said:
That overexposure pushes it down on my list to this spot
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Is it revealing too much to say how man FYC songs are to come?
I know I have a few faves that havent been listed yet, but this is a big pool of songs you have to choose from
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I’ve got 4 more FYC songs to come - 3 hits and 1 personal favorite.
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I was 9 or 10 when The Raw & The Cooked came out, and I remember it being one of the first cassettes that I bought with my own money. It seems a bit of an unusual one to me now as being a first cassette, but She’s Drive Me Crazy was everywhere back then.
 
Yo Mama said:
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
Yo Mama said:
That overexposure pushes it down on my list to this spot
Click to expand...
Is it revealing too much to say how man FYC songs are to come?
I know I have a few faves that havent been listed yet, but this is a big pool of songs you have to choose from
Click to expand...
I’ve got 4 more FYC songs to come - 3 hits and 1 personal favorite.
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This will get interesting.
They had an amazing first 8 singles, but only half charted in the US
 
21! 🍻🥃 Good list, didn’t hit like the last few.

New to me, added to likes
Reflections on me
Gash^3
Human remix - killers were a top deep dive for me this last year, but I didn’t hear this mix

Favorite - Not particular close, although I expected Cherub rock to take it, I just didn’t recognize the name Brimful of Asha ! I definitely need a pillow.
 
Michael Head #17 - Shack - "Lend's Some Dough" (1999)

Mick was a heroin addict for most of the 90s but cleaned up in time to release this song on Shack's third album H.M.S. Fable. This one has no trumpets either; I've lost track of how many non-trumpet tracks this makes but the horns have been stuck at 4 for a while now. Maybe I should have been counting songs about addiction instead because there are a number of those too including this one.

"Lend's Some Dough" would be a top Family Feud answer for the category Things That Junkies Say. If there's any doubt about what Mick is going to do with the dosh, he pleads "I've got a sore back and I'm itching". In spite of its subject matter, it's a sunny song with rollicking barrelhouse piano and a delightful do-re-mi-fa hook. There's also a psychedelic bridge where he dreams "of a big blue ocean just like Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy".
 
#17: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - MONTEGO SLAY

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Double K was proud of the Jamaican roots in his family and was pulled to that music. As I posted last time, this song from O.S.T. makes that clear. Per wiki:

For example, the track "Montego Slay" used over 20 minuscule sections of music from Jamaican tourist souvenir records, cut and reorganized seamlessly into a new rhythm.

I just mostly dig the song for the chill vibe and funny Life cereal and Doc Martin references:

Chicks call me Mikey (why's that?)
'Cause I like it, they stare when I'm digging it

Making you want more
Leaving my mark like a Doc Mart' on a wood floor

NEXT: we are back to the top-heavy Stepfather album, but I don't think you can only listen to this song at formal events.
 
#17: BECK - END OF THE DAY

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Another party anthem off Sea Change. It was hard to narrow these songs down. The slight nitpick on this tune was it leans more electronic than at least one more coming up. It still has some of my favorite lyrics.

I've seen the end of the day come too late
Seen the love you had turning into hate
Had to act like I didn't even care
But I did so I got stranded standing there
Standing there

NEXT: perfect song for getting an Uber?
 
17. My Flash on You
Album: Love (1966)

Have you ever wondered what it would sound like if Mick Jagger fronted the Byrds? Probably like "My Flash on You," one of the rockers from Love's debut album. The guitars jangle swiftly and the bass punches emphatically while Arthur Lee veritably spits out lyrics like "I don't want to be in your company/I don't need you to take care of me." The song is one swift rush of defiance that ends just barely after 2 minutes.

The song is unusual in that it has no guitar solos but two brief bass solos. Who played them is open to question. The album art has always credited bassist Ken Forssi and drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer as playing on every track, but this was one the first songs the band recorded and the liner notes to the box set Love Story indicate that it may feature the group's original rhythm section of bassist John Fleckenstein and drummer Don Conka.

Some of the lyrics refer to the drug habits of his bandmates and hangers-on and are an early sign of Lee's ambivalence about hippie culture, but more than anything they are an early sign that Lee valued his independence and vision above anything else, even if that presented a danger because of his race.

People talk about the way I look
I say come on and say it, I got enough to write a book
But don't they know, don't they know, don't they know it's a waste of breath
Cause I don't wanna be like them, all I want is to be myself

There are no documented live performances of "My Flash on You" before 2002, but there are almost no setlists preserved for Love from before 1970, and it's hard to imagine that this wouldn't have been played at their club gigs in L.A. It was played at the show I saw in 2002 and continues to be performed by The Love Band with John Echols today. It has also been performed by Lenny Kravitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIX7c7BoM2Y (warning for krista: saxophone)

"Everybody talks about Robert Plant covering my songs. Nobody talks about Lenny Kravitz covering my songs. Lenny Kravitz covered this song." Live version from LA in 2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7MLXLU57EQ

Live version from 2004 in Cambridge, UK (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XoaH9lPcME

Live version from 2005 in Leeds, UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk_EThHK2ro

At #16, the first of what turned out to be quite a few songs that Lee re-recorded for a subsequent album.
 
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MA-D Round 5: Metallica
#17: The Frayed Ends of Sanity
Album: … And Justice For All (1988)

(Youtube version) The Frayed Ends of Sanity (Remastered)
(Live Version) Metallica: The Frayed Ends of Sanity (Helsinki, Finland - May 28, 2014)

Loss of interest, question, wonder
Waves of fear, they pull me under
Old habits reappear
Fighting the fear of fear

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Playlist title get! I understand though, as it’s definitely a song title that paints a picture. This is our first (but of course far from last) trip to “...And Justice For all”, Metallica’s 4th album and the first after Cliff Burton’s death. There’s an earlier album I haven’t discussed yet, but we’ll get to that… eventually.

This song is one that’s difficult to get live versions of, given that it wasn’t performed live in its entirety until 2014, and most of its full performances are within a year of that. The best explanation I have for that is that the band feared it would sound “awkward”. AFJA songs in general tend to get the short straw (ha?) due to length, complexity, and having a big catalog. With obvious exceptions for a few songs (that I’ll get to) that are too big to ignore. The problems of having dozens of fan favorites, am I right? Anyway, possibly underappreciated overall, but hopefully not here.

—

Next on the countdown, we charge ahead to an electric song that stores a lot of energy.
 
As far as new bands I'm still all over The Babys, Bright Eyes (know some of it), Hedstones and Luna - Caro Emerald to some extent as well.

I've loved the GAP Band and English Beat back to backs on the playlist.

Clapton, Metallica, Diamond, Go-Gos, Beck, Redding, Doobies, Billy Joel, Pumpkins, Waterboys - so many great bands/artists I've loved and it's nice to see them pop up.

The John 5 list has been very interesting, even if not totally in my wheelhouse, I'm a big Ace Frehley fan so nice to see him get some love in one of these. Ace would be an interesting entry into a MADD countdown.

Love has been a nice surprise as well.
 
Dr. Octopus said:
The John 5 list has been very interesting, even if not totally in my wheelhouse, I'm a big Ace Frehley fan so nice to see him get some love in one of these. Ace would be an interesting entry into a MADD countdown.
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Yup. I wasn't an Ace Frehley fan going into this. He was pretty much the Kiss guy to me. But listening to the cover albums impressed me, and I dove a little deeper even though those were the only John 5s. Good stuff all around. You could definitely make a strong list for a MADD countdown.

As for John this round ended a run of 15 consecutive unique artists. Stretching that to 31 would have been easy enough. I have 53 on my working list and didn't cover his Nashville work that apparently includes 20 or so more. Sixx, Halford, Manson and Zombie have appeared more than once, but always with a different act (Manson/Lavigne, Halford/Dolly, Sixx/Motley, Zombie/Skynyrd).

I've discovered a drummer whose list is longer and more impressive. I may do him next. This was both fun and involved.

As for Ace/John - of the 15 unique artists, I ranked it tops. John's work with other Kiss members didn't make my list.

Going forward I kinda did two things; combined my favorite John solo stuff and mixed it with a representation of his primary bands.
 
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Three known-to-me favorites from #18:

Badge (Cream/Eric Clapton) -- One of Clapton's best songs, and the influence from Harrison is apparent. As you know I am also partial to Fanny's cover.
Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (Otis Redding) -- It started as a lark and turned into an extremely moving performance.
Profanity Prayers (Beck) -- Sonic genius going on in here.

Three new-to-me favorites from #18:

Lessons Learned from Rocky I to Rocky III (Cornershop) -- Great momentum and riffage. The Handcream album seems up my alley.
Skidmarks on My Heart (The Go-Gos/Belinda Carlisle) -- Fantastic power popper with great drumming.
Car Wash Hair (Luna) -- Mesmerizing. I hope this was performed live because it would be a real trip in that setting.

Another very strong playlist like #20 was.
 
Ugh, I'm behind listening. I joined this determined not to flake out like I always do. I had a couple best friends in the 80s. The three of us saw countless shows together, traveled to Hawaii, Cabo and Vegas many times. They had a nickname for me. Not very nice but it was a term of endearment - Robert the Flake. :)

Our King's assault on my city and other distractions have me falling behind.

I'm going to catch up even if I flake out on something else to do so.
 
Ilov80s said:
The Waterboys experimental song set wraps up here with Fiona Applie playing piano and singing a song Mike Scott wrote for her. It's an incredible collab. Scott wrote a penetrating song and Apple stabs us in the neck with it.

As we move past this collection of their most experimental work, we double back to 1988. The Waterboys had a great deal of success with their U2, Simple Minds sound but fans were given something entirely different with their release of Fisherman's Blues. The band had matured, Van Morrison had sunk into their Celtic souls. This album was the album that proclaimed The Waterboys to be something differnt. The gamble paid off. This section features 5 songs from what became their best selling and IMO best album.

Well I know I will be loosened
From bonds that hold me fast
That the chains all hung around me
Will fall away at last
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One of those songs that grabs your attention immediately. Wasn't this featured in Waking Ned Devine?
 
Mister CIA said:
Ilov80s said:
The Waterboys experimental song set wraps up here with Fiona Applie playing piano and singing a song Mike Scott wrote for her. It's an incredible collab. Scott wrote a penetrating song and Apple stabs us in the neck with it.

As we move past this collection of their most experimental work, we double back to 1988. The Waterboys had a great deal of success with their U2, Simple Minds sound but fans were given something entirely different with their release of Fisherman's Blues. The band had matured, Van Morrison had sunk into their Celtic souls. This album was the album that proclaimed The Waterboys to be something differnt. The gamble paid off. This section features 5 songs from what became their best selling and IMO best album.

Well I know I will be loosened
From bonds that hold me fast
That the chains all hung around me
Will fall away at last
Click to expand...
One of those songs that grabs your attention immediately. Wasn't this featured in Waking Ned Devine?
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Haven’t seen it but I looked it up and you surely are correct. Great call and like you said the first time I heard it, I instantly knew it I loved it.
 
Three known-to-me favorites from #17:

Fisherman's Blues (The Waterboys) -- An incredibly soulful piece that sounds nothing like R&B, if that makes sense.
End of the Day (Beck) -- I see Sea Change, I upvote. This atmospheric meditation was the perfect way to end the album.
Here Come the Nice (Small Faces/Steve Marriott) -- Right at the junction of when the British Invasion met psychedelia.

Three new-to-me favorites from #17:

Can't Even Tie Your Own Shoes (Golden Smog) -- Great melody and harmonies.
Cut Me Up (Headstones) -- An arresting rocker.
Party Train (The Gap Band) -- Sounds just like the title implies that it should.
 
Eephus said:
Michael Head #17 - Shack - "Lend's Some Dough" (1999)

Mick was a heroin addict for most of the 90s but cleaned up in time to release this song on Shack's third album H.M.S. Fable. This one has no trumpets either; I've lost track of how many non-trumpet tracks this makes but the horns have been stuck at 4 for a while now. Maybe I should have been counting songs about addiction instead because there are a number of those too including this one.

"Lend's Some Dough" would be a top Family Feud answer for the category Things That Junkies Say. If there's any doubt about what Mick is going to do with the dosh, he pleads "I've got a sore back and I'm itching". In spite of its subject matter, it's a sunny song with rollicking barrelhouse piano and a delightful do-re-mi-fa hook. There's also a psychedelic bridge where he dreams "of a big blue ocean just like Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy".
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The opening riff and subject matter made me think this was inspired by Spinal Tap.
 
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