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[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#18 - Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)​

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Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Otis Redding · Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul · Song · 1966

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Comments sometimes from Wikipedia, this time from Google AI summary

JML Rank - #12
Krista4 Rank - #9 to 14
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Recorded - May- Sep 1966
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
Notable Covers - Barry St.John, Beverley Simmons, Donnie Elbert, Lou Rawls, Sharon Cash,

Comments -
“Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" is a song by Otis Redding, recorded in 1966 and released as part of his fourth studio album, "Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul". It's a unique song where Redding's vocals are almost like a duet with his horn section, using the horn's sound ("faa" not "fah") as the central theme and incorporating other lyrics. While not one of his highest-charting singles, "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" is notable for being a playful in-joke, reflecting how Redding would often teach horn arrangements by vocalizing their parts

Next Up - Another Live track from Monterey this time

 

[KarmaPolice]

#18: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - EARTH TRAVELERS

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This song from their second album always stuck out to me and was the first one written for the album. I loved the feel and groove of it - it really sounds good on a Sunday morning as I wake up and listen to the playlist. Very similar themes to the song as the debut, but the step up in production is noticeable. Between the two albums, they signed a 4 album deal with Om. They got a cash advance, which true to form they immediately used that to go to record store for a bunch of albums. Samples from that shopping trip of course show up on the album.

Wiki had an interesting blurb about this song in general, and I also found an interesting 3 min video of Thes explaining how he constructs the beat for Earth Travelers.

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Thes One and Double K's knowledge of sampling techniques had grown during the intervening years between the first two albums, and the music on their second release contained more complex filtering techniques, sound manipulation, and analogue recording techniques, "Earth Travelers", the first music track made for the album, incorporates a large number of layers, including high- and low-pass filters, resonance, horn loops, and drum loops.

NEXT: interviews they bring up Double K's draw to Jamaica because of family roots. We get a song from O.S.T. next that shows that influence

 

[KarmaPolice]

#18: BECK - PROFANITY PRAYERS

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Here is thanks to Eephus for bringing up Modern Guilt. It made me circle back to that album and the earlier ones to make sure I hadn't missed something on the playlist. I had underestimated the 2nd half of this album, very much including this song. Love the guitar work here and sound of the song - probably because it could fit easily into a couple later Radiohead albums and not miss a beat. It has an In Rainbows vibe. Love it.

In a cast iron cage you couldn't help but stare like a creature
With the laws of a brothel and the fireproof bones of a preacher
And your lingo coined from the sacrament of a casino
On a government loan with a guillotine in your libido

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#18 - Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)​

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Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)

Otis Redding · Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul · Song · 1966

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Comments sometimes from Wikipedia, this time from Google AI summary

JML Rank - #12
Krista4 Rank - #9 to 14
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
Recorded - May- Sep 1966
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Steve Cropper and Otis Redding
Notable Covers - Barry St.John, Beverley Simmons, Donnie Elbert, Lou Rawls, Sharon Cash,

Comments -
“Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" is a song by Otis Redding, recorded in 1966 and released as part of his fourth studio album, "Complete and Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul". It's a unique song where Redding's vocals are almost like a duet with his horn section, using the horn's sound ("faa" not "fah") as the central theme and incorporating other lyrics. While not one of his highest-charting singles, "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)" is notable for being a playful in-joke, reflecting how Redding would often teach horn arrangements by vocalizing their parts

Next Up - Another Live track from Monterey this time

This is one of those records where me not ranking all the way to #31 hurt it (I only ranked the original 20 JML sent me). I would probably have had it in the teens somewhere if I weren't so lazy and had actually gone to 31.

I don't know that I've ever seen that youtube video before. Even though it's lip-synched, I think it shows what a commanding performer Redding could be. He's just sitting in a chair pointing at people, but you can tell he's a force of nature.

I'll talk more about the band as we go, but shout-out to Steve Cropper (if you've ever seen the Blues Brothers movies, he the white guitarist with the long beard). That guy had a LOT to do with what Memphis sounded like in the 1960s.

 

[Don Quixote]

#18 Lonely Like Me (Spotify) - The GAP Band

When I first looked in your eyes
I could tell that you were lonely like me
Two people wondering, looking, searching for a fantasy

The first appearance of a song from the album Gap Band IV on my list. But, if you know it, you can probably guess it won’t be the last, as it is a top-heavy album for any list of songs by The GAP Band. Like much of their albums, it has a mix of sounds on it. “Lonely Like Me” has more of a midtempo, smooth feel compared to some of the funky, bass-heavy songs from the album that are still to come (this was the B-side to the single of one of those).

Next, speaking of which, I’ve had lot of B-sides on my list so far, but next will be an A…

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

I'll talk more about the band as we go, but shout-out to Steve Cropper (if you've ever seen the Blues Brothers movies, he the white guitarist with the long beard). That guy had a LOT to do with what Memphis sounded like in the 1960s.

I didnt know anything about Steve Cropper heading into this, showing my ignorance.
But reading up on him during the course of this exercise his influence is huge.
Just looking athe list of his collaborators is a who’s who.
And they all respect at least ONE of the many strings to his bow.

Ii know he is in the Hall of Fame as part of Booker T and the MGs anyway, but I would much rather his excellence by recognised individually than fluff like Duran Duran, Kiss, Sheryl Crow and Foreigner getting in.
It’s like If T.J. Houshmandzadeh made the NFL Hall of fame. Really? I know he did a good job, but some of the greatest position coaches in NFL history get overlooked for mediocrity.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

18. Live and Let Live
Album: Forever Changes (1967)

There are eight tracks from Forever Changes in my top 18. These songs form the crux of the case for why Forever Changes is one of the best albums of its time.

This may not be apparent at the beginning of "Live and Let Live," which opens "Oh the snot has caked against my pants/It has turned into crystal". This can't be a serious song, it's just hippie foolishness, right? Wrong.

"Live and Let Live" is Arthur Lee's haunting meditation on America's ugly history of violence, obsession with firearms and seizure of land. "Live and Let Live" is one of many songs on Forever Changes whose title does not appear in the lyrics, and in this case instead functions as the moral of the story Lee tells -- horrible things happen when we try to take what belongs to other people, so let's leave each other alone.

There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
I guess I'll take my pistol
I've got it in my hand
Because he's on my land

And so the story ended
Do you know it oh so well
Well should you need I'll tell you
The end-end-end-end-end-end-end-end
And...

Yes I've seen you sitting on the couch
I recognize your artillery
I have seen you many times before
Once when I was an Indian
And I was on my land
Why can't you understand

And so the story ended
Do you know it oh so well
Well should you need I'll tell you
The end-end-end-end-end-end-end-end
And...

Served my time
Served it well
You made my soul
A cell

Write the rules
In the sky
But ask your leaders
Why
Why

The song begins pleasantly with a simple acoustic guitar punctuated by punchy notes from Ken Forssi's bass, but soon speeds up in tempo as the other instruments come in. After the bridge, John Echols provides a searing guitar solo that's a taste of the fireworks to come at the end. After a repeat of the first verse, chorus and bridge, the tempo picks up even further and Echols resumes soloing, at first echoing what he does in the middle of the song and then, backed by flourishes from drummer Michael Stuart-Ware, accelerating into a frenzy of blues-rock fretwork at its finest.

This song took on extra resonance after Lee was released from prison, as crowds delivered an overwhelming response when they heard him sing "Served my time/Served it well/You made my soul/A cell". In fact, there were no documented live performances of it before Lee's prison term, but it has been played at pretty much every show for which there is a known setlist since his release, including at the concert I saw in 2002 and by The Love Band with Echols after Lee's death.

Alternate mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/0sgnB4wHq2bZpK2gi6kDtI?si=ba7eba0bb1e44fae

Live version from Liverpool in 2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0COPgyXkHtE

Live version from the Glastonbury Festival in 2003: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzxx-UYbL7E

Live version from London in 2003 (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-oeMIpl-V8

Live version from Cambridge, UK in 2004 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2R_ZEbEGc

The Love Band with John Echols live in London in 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew5cZnEzCpg

At #17, a rager from the debut album.

 

[Yambag]

Smashing Pumpkins #18

Song: Siva
Album: Gish

Summary: This was the first single released by the Pumpkins and the first music video they ever filmed. As a writer, Billy Corgan wanted to find the balance between classic rock of bands playing heavy riffs like Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin, and the sensuality and grace of alternative bands like the Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and My Bloody Valentine. "For us, it was trying to become this balance point between what felt like dumb riff rock and then the stuff we were really attracted to coming out of the U.K. And then we put those pieces together with the Beatles somewhere in the middle". Corgan considered Siva as the band's first real rock song that described their sound, leading him to believe that the Smashing Pumpkins were "going to work", later feeling that Siva is the band's most important song.

 

[tuffnutt]

18.

City on the Hill- Desaparecidos
from Payola (2015)

After a 13 year hiatus, Oberst reformed the Desaparecidos in 2015 and released a new album. "City on the Hill" was the lead single. The title references Withrop's 1630 sermon that Reagan popularized. The song critiques the idea of American exceptionalism and the American Dream. Conor Oberst has described the song as a "reverse-cheerleader chant," aiming to remind listeners that while America has its virtues, it is also flawed and should not be viewed through rose-colored glasses.

 

[Yo Mama]

The English Beat Family Tree #18

Rotating Head

Artist - The English Beat
Album - Special Beat Service (1982)

This is a fun one. If you, like me, recognize this song when listening to it but can’t place where it’s from, it was (sort of) featured in a classic 80s movie.

There is an instrumental version of this song, called March of the Swivel Heads, that had a big part in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off.

That version wasn’t on the original album release but was added to an extended reissue.

March of the Swivel Heads - 2012 Remaster

The English Beat · Special Beat Service (Expanded) [2012 Remaster] · Song · 1982

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[simey]

I know he is in the Hall of Fame as part of Booker T and the MGs anyway, but I would much rather his excellence by recognised individually than fluff like Duran Duran, Kiss, Sheryl Crow and Foreigner getting in.
It’s like If T.J. Houshmandzadeh made the NFL Hall of fame. Really? I know he did a good job, but some of the greatest position coaches in NFL history get overlooked for mediocrity.

Cropper is in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, which some consider the highest honor.

 

[Tau837]

Eric Clapton #18

Cream - Badge

This is a song is a song written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison and recorded by Cream for their final album "Goodbye." Also issued as a single in March 1969, "Badge" peaked at #18 in the UK Singles Chart and #60 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. (Tough chart for it to peak at 60!)

From Wikipedia:

Harrison remembered the story thus: "I helped Eric write "Badge" you know. Each of them had to come up with a song for that "Goodbye" Cream album and Eric didn't have his written. We were working across from each other and I was writing the lyrics down and we came to the middle part so I wrote 'Bridge.' Eric read it upside down and cracked up laughing – 'What's BADGE?' he said. After that, Ringo [Starr] walked in drunk and gave us that line about the swans living in the park."

Harrison was present on 21 November 1968 at Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood where the track was recorded, adding rhythm guitar, although for contractual reasons he was credited as "L'Angelo Misterioso" on the "Goodbye" sleeve.

This is one of Cream’s shortest song and also the only one to feature five people, with the inclusion of Harrison and Felix Pappalardi on piano and Mellotron. It blends psychedelic textures, emotional weight, and a tight arrangement that marked a significant evolution in Cream’s sound.

“Badge” is often seen as cryptic and bittersweet, reflecting themes of confusion, loss, and change. There’s a sense of a failed relationship or personal reflection, but it’s delivered with dreamlike ambiguity.

Clapton’s lead guitar is melodic, lyrical, and restrained — a clear step toward the more song-focused style he would embrace in his solo career. Harrison’s rhythm guitar adds subtle texture; it’s not flashy, but you can feel the Beatles influence in the structure and mood. The bridge features a shimmering chord progression with Leslie speaker effects, giving it an ethereal, almost underwater feel. Clapton’s solo during this part is elegant and understated.

“Badge” is a short, strange, and beautiful farewell from Cream — and a glimpse into the more introspective artistry Clapton would embrace in the 1970s. It’s a crossover moment between blues-rock and psychedelic pop, between friendship and farewell.

 

[simey]

Weekend Song

Billy wrote this song for his 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. This is another Leon Russell inspired tune with its gospelly honk-tonk piano. Billy says songs like this are fun to play. The song has a bit of a country rock sound about it. It is one of my favorites off the album, and it is seldom heard, so I included it on my list. There is one more song off of this album that is on my list, and it is one of my all-time favorite songs by him, and it will show up near the end of the countdown.

 

[Eephus]

Michael Head #18 - Shack - "Mood of the Morning" (1995)

This is the second selection off of Shack's lost and found album Waterpistol. Until his late-career renaissance, Mick has never been known for his spartan work ethic. Waterpistol's producer Chris Allison later said "Mick could never finish anything. I’ve never worked with anyone like him, and I hope I never do again. But he's a songwriting genius and one of the most gifted artists I’ve ever worked with." Head drank to excess during the sessions and once had to be locked in the studio in order to get him to complete his vocal takes.

"Mood of the Morning" is a song that epitomizes his slacker tendencies. The tune's shuffling rhythm and odd chord changes are a nice match with the lyrics--Mick's baby sounds like a chip off the old block.

My baby loves Happy Mondays
My baby drinks leftovers in the morning
She’s always singing and yawning
She’s into the mood of the morning

Supposing you’re feeling lazy
She decides she wants to go crazy
And she’s always singing and yawning
Cause she’s into the mood of the morning

 

[Chaos34]

Weekend Song

Billy wrote this song for his 1974 album Streetlife Serenade.

This made me feel old. Not because it's old, but because Streetlife Serenade was one of my first albums. My parents were fussy about the music they let me have. Good thing I shared a room with my 10 year older bro who had a stash under the bunk beds. Anyway, god knows how many times I played this album and for the life of me I have no memory of this song. That makes me feel old. Looking forward to this playlist. Hoping this is one I know, maybe just not the title.

 

[simey]

Good thing I shared a room with my 10 year older bro who had a stash under the bunk beds.

Is this the brother that does something on YouTube or has a podcast or something like that? Is he a storyteller? I can picture him wearing a hat on a YouTube link you shared some time ago.

 

[Mt. Man]

MA-D Round 5: Metallica
#18: Until It Sleeps
Album: Load (1996)

(Youtube version) Metallica: Until It Sleeps (Official Music Video)
(S&M Version) Metallica - Until It Sleeps (Metallica & San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
(Live Version) Metallica - Until It Sleeps Live at The Video Music Awards 1996

So tear me open but beware
There's things inside without a care
And the dirt still stains me
So wash me 'til I'm clean

—
I suppose that I should start by explaining the first part of the last teaser. After all, “whatever I’ve feared has come to life” is the first line of Soundgarden’s “Fell on Black Days”, which is not this song. Well, not really. You see, a demo version of this song was titled “F.O.B.D.”, with no points for guessing what that stands for. This was mostly because the chorus is in 6/4 time like the Soundgarden song, though further comparisons fall to the eye of the beholder.

As far as the meaning for this season, I feel like I might have accidentally led you astray. I mentioned that Hetfeld’s mother battled (and eventually lost to) cancer, but mentioned another song with it. Well, here we are, with the “It” in this title referring to that. So it’s understandable that there’s a lot of pain and anger in this song. Anyway, due to the connection with #20, I might switch this and #19 Fuel on the final playlist. We’ll see.

—

Next on the countdown, we head to AFJA, and whatever commentary my shreds of rationality form.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 18 - Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond

From Tap Root Manuscript (1970). Backup by the Wrecking Crew. It was ND's first US #1 hit.

 

[Ilov80s]

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

 

[Chaos34]

Good thing I shared a room with my 10 year older bro who had a stash under the bunk beds.

Is this the brother that does something on YouTube or has a podcast or something like that? Is he a storyteller? I can picture him wearing a hat on a YouTube link you shared some time ago.

Is he a storyteller? Springsteen wrote Glory Days for guys like him. It gets old hearing his long long stories for the 50th time. But it's still working great for an audience that hasn't heard them all. 72 years old and making... unreal money as a youtube content creator. It's pretty awesome for him. He was facing a very limited retirement.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

18.

Song: Pecan Pie
Album: Down By The Old Mainstream
Songwriter: Jeff Tweedy
Smog Lineup:

Kraig Johnson – drums
Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar
Gary Louris – background vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – background vocals, guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass


Now, don't you call me key lime
You are the apple of my eye
Don't you know I'll be fine
Whenever you're by my side

With a piece of pecan pie
And you that's all I want
Just a piece of pecan pie
And all I want is you

 

[Charlie Steiner]

18. You (Got it) (Head First, 1978)

We're up to seven in a row from the Head First album, this one written exclusively by John Waite.

 

[Yambag]

19s

Known
Neil Diamond: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
Metallica: Fuel
Billy Joel: She's Got a Way
Beck: Jack-***

Caught My Attention
Babys: Head First
Golden Smog: Jennifer Save Me
Charlie Wilson: Without You
General Public: Friends Again
Headstones: Cemetery
Luna: Fire in Cairo
Love: Everybody's Gotta Live
John5/Avril: Bad Girl

 

[Mt. Man]

The #18s. Still shuffled. Still (always?) finding more songs that I list that I like.

Selected Favorites:
Weekend Song - Billy Joel
Pecan Pie - Golden Smog
Cracklin’ Rosie - Neil Diamond
Live and Let Live - Love
City on the Hill - Desaparecidos (/Conor Oberst)
Strangers - City and Colour
Rotating Head - The English Beat
You Belong to Me - The Doobie Brothers

Small spotlight:

“Car Wash Hair” from Luna probably deserved a spot above, but I’m putting it here. I enjoyed the slow, dream pop vibe of this song. Not everything has “hit”, but so far Luna’s delivered some strong songs.

 

[-OZ-]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

 

[Mister CIA]

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

Boxcar Willie is still the king.

 

[Yo Mama]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

Fabulous Thunderbirds
B-52s
Led Zeppelin
Grand Funk Railroad
Jet
Pantera

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

Fabulous Thunderbirds
B-52s
Led Zeppelin
Grand Funk Railroad
Jet

Mink DeVille
Wings
707
Triumph
Diesel

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

I covered the Truckers in Round 2 of these countdowns. I’ll share my playlist if you want to check it out:

My Sweet Annette

Playlist · SMIII · 31 items · 5 saves

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[Don Quixote]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

Galaxie 500 for more Dean Wareham/Luna adjacent.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands

Drivin' N' Cryin'
Alison Krauss & Union Station
The Cars

 

[-OZ-]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

I covered the Truckers in Round 2 of these countdowns. I’ll share my playlist if you want to check it out:

My Sweet Annette

Playlist · SMIII · 31 items · 5 saves

open.spotify.com

I went to your list one day last week.

 

[-OZ-]

I’ll catch up on the lists soon, I’ve been listening to each but want to Listen a couple times before posting.

My deep dive into the tedeschi trucks band yielded a prime countdown candidate and fit really well into our week at the gulf. Drive by truckers was next, fantastic of course. Today I start diving into traffic. A few outstanding songs are well known but most of their work is new to me.
I think the next three will be the Streets, turnpike troubadours, then I might go higher into Jet, and Jefferson airplane. I’ll squeeze Teddy Swims into this group. Eventually this tour will lead to journey and culminate with Blues Traveler as we transition into colors.

If I’m missing any transportation themed bands, let me know! (REO, BTO, the cars, fleetwood, chevelle, are already covered)

Fabulous Thunderbirds
B-52s
Led Zeppelin
Grand Funk Railroad
Jet
Pantera

Forgot to list jet.
Led was among the first bands I got into.
How did I forget the B-52s?!?!
Thanks

 

[Chaos34]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Freddie Mercury

 

[Ilov80s]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

U2

 

[Ilov80s]

Band of Horses

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

How does Van Halen fit?

 

[-OZ-]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

Van Halen is done with the vans.

Freddie Mercury

Royalty comes later

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

U2

Done

Band of Horses

Put in with animals, but both are true

 

[-OZ-]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

How does Van Halen fit?

Fwiw, I went Irish to Van Morrison to Greta Van Fleet to Van Halen to the cars.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

How does Van Halen fit?

Fwiw, I went Irish to Van Morrison to Greta Van Fleet to Van Halen to the cars.

Yeah those are names.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

Van Halen is done with the vans.

Freddie Mercury

Royalty comes later

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

U2

Done

Band of Horses

Put in with animals, but both are true

Camper Van Beethoven

 

[-OZ-]

Motorhead, Love and Rockets, Train, Van Halen, Flying Burrito Brothers

How does Van Halen fit?

Fwiw, I went Irish to Van Morrison to Greta Van Fleet to Van Halen to the cars.

Yeah those are names.

Tedeschi trucks wasn’t named for a vehicle either.

 

[Mister CIA]

UFO is all I have left. and Bootsy Collins. I'll see myself out. EDIT: exits to Nancy Sinatra music.

 

[Yambag]

18s

Known
English Beat: Rotating Head (Ferris!!)
Neil Diamond: Cracklin' Rosie
Metallica: Until it Sleeps
Doobie Brothers: You Belong to Me

Caught My Attention
The Gap Band: Lonely Like Me
Desaparecidos: City on the Hill
Headstones: binthiswayforyears
Luna: Car Wash Hair
Beck: Profanity Keepers
City and Colour: Strangers
Cornershop: Lessons Learned From Rock I to Rocky III

 

[Mister CIA]

I feel this: https://x.com/s8n/status/1932051335085445308

 

[Zegras11]

17's PLAYLIST

[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]Get Up and Go

Get Up And Go

The Go-Go's · Vacation · Song · 1982

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[/td] [td]Michael Head[/td][td]Eephus[/td][td]Shack -- Lend's Some Dough

Lend's Some Dough

Shack · HMS Fable · Song · 1999

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[/td] [td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Montego Slay

Montego Slay

People Under The Stairs · O.S.T. · Song · 2003

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[/td] [td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Please Don't Leave Me Here

Please Don't Leave Me Here

The Babys · Head First · Song · 1978

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[/td] [td]Golden Smog[/td][td]Dr. Octopus[/td][td]Can’t Even Tie Your Own Shoes

Can't Even Tie Your Own Shoes

Golden Smog · Blood On The Slacks · Song · 2007

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[/td] [td]The GAP Band/Charlie Wilson[/td][td]Don Quixote[/td][td]Party Train - The GAP Band

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Party Train

The Gap Band · The Gap Band V - Jammin' (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1983

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[/td] [td]The English Beat Family Tree[/td][td]Yo Mama[/td][td]She Drives Me Crazy

She Drives Me Crazy - Remastered

Fine Young Cannibals · The Raw & The Cooked (Remastered & Expanded) · Song · 1989

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[/td] [td]Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]My 2 cents

My 2 Cents

Caro Emerald · The Shocking Miss Emerald · Song · 2013

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[/td] [td]Neil Diamond[/td][td]Mrs. Rannous[/td][td]Soolaimon

Soolaimon

Neil Diamond · Tap Root Manuscript · Song · 1970

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[/td] [td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"Here Come the Nice" – Small Faces

Here Come the Nice

Small Faces · There Are But Four Small Faces (Expanded) · Song · 1967

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[/td] [td]Conor Oberst[/td][td]Tuffnutt[/td][td]Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh

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[/td] [td]Smashing Pumpkins[/td][td]Yambag[/td][td]Zero

Zero - Remastered 2012

The Smashing Pumpkins · Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1995

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[/td] [td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]Shake (Live at Monterey)

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m.youtube.com

Shake

Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.'s, The Mar-Keys · Live at the Monterey International Pop Festival · Song · 2019

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[/td] [td]Meat Loaf[/td][td]snellman[/td][td]Everything Louder Than Everything Else https://open.spotify.com/track/5xuE6GYAARbmbUMMaITe2W?si=b30989a1ea024bdb[/td]

 

[Zegras11]

17s

[td]Hugh Dillon[/td][td]Mister CIA[/td][td]Cut Me Up

- YouTube

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www.youtube.com

[/td] [td]Luna[/td][td]landrys hat[/td][td]Words Without Wrinkles

Words Without Wrinkles

Luna · The Days of Our Nights · Song · 1999

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[/td] [td]Metallica[/td][td]Mt. Man[/td][td]The Frayed Ends Of Sanity

The Frayed Ends of Sanity (Remastered)

Metallica · ...And Justice for All (Remastered) · Song · 1988

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[/td] [td]The Doobie Brothers[/td][td]New Binky The Doormat[/td][td]Natural Thing

- YouTube

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[/td] [td]Billy Joel[/td][td]simey[/td][td]Laura

Laura

Billy Joel · The Nylon Curtain · Song · 1982

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[/td] [td]Arthur Lee and Love[/td][td]Pip's Invitation[/td][td]My Flash on You

My Flash on You - Stereo Version

Love · Love · Song · 1966

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[/td] [td]Beck[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]End of the Day

End Of The Day

Beck · Sea Change · Song · 2002

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[/td] [td]John 5[/td][td]Chaos34[/td][td]I’m Down - Ace Frehley

I'm Down

Ace Frehley · Origins Vol.2 · Song · 2020

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[/td] [td]City and Colour[/td][td]MrsKarmaPolice[/td][td]If I Should Go Before You

If I Should Go Before You

City and Colour · If I Should Go Before You · Song · 2015

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[/td] [td]The Waterboys[/td][td]Ilov80s[/td][td]Fisherman's Blues

Fisherman's Blues - 2006 Remaster

The Waterboys · Fisherman's Blues · Song · 1988

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[/td] [td]Eric Clapton[/td][td]Tau837[/td][td]Early in the Morning

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[/td] [td]Ferry Corsten[/td][td]titusbramble[/td][td]Binary Finary - 1999 (Gouryella Remix)

1999 - Gouryella Remix

Binary Finary, Ferry Corsten, Tiësto · 1999 · Song · 2005

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[/td] [td]Cornershop[/td][td]The Dreaded Marco[/td][td]Wogs Will Walk

Wogs Will Walk

Cornershop · Handcream for a Generation · Song · 2002

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[/td]

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Round 17 - Soolaimón - Neil Diamond
From the album Tap Root Manuscript (1970). Turns out, this is one of the first albums to contain what will become known as World Music. From Wikipedia:

While the first side of the LP contained five pop rock songs, Side Two was a conceptual suite of related songs expressing an African theme, titled "The African Trilogy". Within this suite was the song "Soolaimon", which rose to number 30 in the US. The 19-minute suite saw African folk styles twined with blues and gospel elements to create what Diamond called "a folk ballet". This effort predates many Western pop artists' interest in world music, for instance Peter Gabriel's 1980 founding of World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD), and the African-influenced album Graceland by Paul Simon in 1986.Tap Root Manuscript was one of the most novel experimental recording projects of its time, and the Uni label, to which Diamond was then under contract, initially was not sure whether it would be commercially viable.

Cash Box said of the single "Soolaimón" that "Neil Diamond applies his composer's sophistication in an approach at primitivism that stands apart as a new slant on top forty sound. The effect is very much like a 'Brother Love' and 'Brooklyn Roads' gone afro with excellent results." Record World said that "Neil Diamond is into some far out things with 'Soolaimon.'"

"Far out"? I guess it was The Sixties. "Soolaimón" is one of the selections from side two. And finally, the personnel are listed on the album.

 

[Don Quixote]

#17 Party Train (Spotify) - The GAP Band

All aboard!

I don’t have much to say about the song itself. This is just a fun, funky song. If you love some good 80s kitschy camp, the music video in the YouTube link is where it is at. Venice Beach in the 80s. Opens with a shot of Harry Perry with his guitar calling out the “All aboard!”, followed by The GAP Band walking down the street in their funky cowboy outfits. Roller skates and loud clothes. Muscle men staring at attractive women whose bikini bottoms read “Don’t miss that train.” Charlie Wilson in a speedo. Some sort of dance competition in a boxing ring featuring old, young, black, white, all just dancing and having a good time. What more could you want? (Alright, maybe Charlie Wilson in a speedo was a bit more than I asked for.)

For a MAD connection, the video was directed by Don Letts, who is probably best known for the music videos that he directed for The Clash, including the London Calling music video, and then going on to form Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones after he left The Clash.