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Maybe. There are eleven guest artists on the list, some with ND and some without. He's even covering other stuff. Playlist order was a challenge. Covers of his music and his covers are an important part of his career.
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Unfamiliar 27s
Gino and Rico - The music and vocals are both really good, and I like how the song picks up momentarily near the end with some horns, and then slowly strums to an end.
80 Blocks From Silverlake - word
Wine & Grine/Stand Up - Cool Ska/Reggae groove.
Someone New - I like the intro and her voice.
Good Times - I don't remember this song, but it sounds exactly like something zamboni would listen to. I dig it.
A Poetic Retelling of An Unfortunate Seduction - I like the climax of this song where he sounds unhinged.
Original Sin - One of Meat's theatrical tunes. He's good at these. I saw him in Florida at a free show, and he was entertaining. He was as sweaty as a drenched sponge from all his animated moves.
Sunlight Kills the Stars - I get the Radar Love vibe that CIA mentioned.
Damage, Inc. - I like that nifty drumming.
Snake Man - I don't recall ever hearing this acoustic Doobie song. I like it a lot.
Looking for a Sign - Whoa. It instantly had me with the harmonica and acoustic guitar, and then for the cherry on top came the sound of a pedal steel.
Dogs of War - Cool guitar licks in this one.
Thirst - I like the song, and especially like that last sound on the outro.
Destination - (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem) - It has the beat and power to be played in an advanced fitness class.
Call All Destroyer - I like this. It has a fun punkishness about it.
Gino and Rico - The music and vocals are both really good, and I like how the song picks up momentarily near the end with some horns, and then slowly strums to an end.
80 Blocks From Silverlake - word
Wine & Grine/Stand Up - Cool Ska/Reggae groove.
Someone New - I like the intro and her voice.
Good Times - I don't remember this song, but it sounds exactly like something zamboni would listen to. I dig it.
A Poetic Retelling of An Unfortunate Seduction - I like the climax of this song where he sounds unhinged.
Original Sin - One of Meat's theatrical tunes. He's good at these. I saw him in Florida at a free show, and he was entertaining. He was as sweaty as a drenched sponge from all his animated moves.
Sunlight Kills the Stars - I get the Radar Love vibe that CIA mentioned.
Damage, Inc. - I like that nifty drumming.
Snake Man - I don't recall ever hearing this acoustic Doobie song. I like it a lot.
Looking for a Sign - Whoa. It instantly had me with the harmonica and acoustic guitar, and then for the cherry on top came the sound of a pedal steel.
Dogs of War - Cool guitar licks in this one.
Thirst - I like the song, and especially like that last sound on the outro.
Destination - (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem) - It has the beat and power to be played in an advanced fitness class.
Call All Destroyer - I like this. It has a fun punkishness about it.
simey
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I figured as much. I like that Neil's original version of "Red Red Wine" is on your list.
Pip's Invitation
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You can make a case for almost any track off Siamese Dream to be the #1 Pumpkins song.
Pip's Invitation
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Mike Scott : Waterboys :: Arthur Lee : Love
Pip's Invitation
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Karl Wallinger : Waterboys :: Bryan MacLean : Love
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
World Party put out some good albums.
Eephus
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Scott has a keyboard player in his current iteration of The Waterboys named Brother Paul Brown who is Mike's second banana in their live act. He's a very flamboyant performer who brings out the keytar a few times in the show. He's called Brother Paul to distinguish him from another guy with the same name (LA Paul Brown) in Brown's other band The Brothers Brown. Unfortunately, LA Paul doesn't rock the keytar, he just plays regular guitar.
I don't know if Arthur Lee has an equivalent.
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To my knowledge, no one from Love ever played a keytar.
Zegras11
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26's PLAYLIST
26's
[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]You're Nothing Without Me
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[td]Michael Head[/td][td]Eephus[/td][td]Shack -- Finn, Sophie, Bobby & Lance
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[td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]The Dig
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[td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Broken Heart
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[td]Golden Smog[/td][td]Dr. Octopus[/td][td]Lost Love
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[td]The GAP Band/Charlie Wilson[/td][td]Don Quixote[/td][td]My Love is All I Have - Charlie Wilson
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[td]The English Beat Family Tree[/td][td]Yo Mama[/td][td]Flame
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[td]Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]Dr Wanna Do
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[td]Neil Diamond[/td][td]Mrs. Rannous[/td][td]Shilo
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[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]Ninety-Nine Pounds - Humble Pie
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[td]Conor Oberst[/td][td]Tuffnutt[/td][td]My City
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[td]Smashing Pumpkins[/td][td]Yambag[/td][td]The Everlasting Gaze
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[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]Free Me
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[td]Meat Loaf[/td][td]snellman[/td][td]It Just Won't Quit
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Dr. Wanna Do
Caro Emerald · Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor · Song · 2010
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Shilo - Live At The Greek Theatre, Los Angeles/1972
Neil Diamond · Hot August Night (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1973
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The Everlasting Gaze
The Smashing Pumpkins · Machina / The Machines Of God · Song · 2000
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26's
[td]Hugh Dillon[/td][td]Mister CIA[/td][td]When It Goes Badly
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[td]Luna[/td][td]landrys hat[/td][td]Going Home
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[td]Metallica[/td][td]Mt. Man[/td][td]Too Far Gone?
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[td]The Doobie Brothers[/td][td]New Binky The Doormat[/td][td]Without You
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[td]Billy Joel[/td][td]simey[/td][td]I've Loved These Days - Live at Carnegie Hall, 1977
open.spotify.com
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[td]Arthur Lee and Love[/td][td]Pip's Invitation[/td][td]Softly to Me
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[td]Beck[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Lost Cause
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[td]John 5[/td][td]Chaos34[/td][td]Mars Needs Women - Rob Zombie
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[td]City and Colour[/td][td]MrsKarmaPolice[/td][td]Comin' Home
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[td]The Waterboys[/td][td]Ilov80s[/td][td]The Pan Within
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[td]Eric Clapton[/td][td]Tau837[/td][td]Before You Accuse Me
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[td]Ferry Corsten[/td][td]titusbramble[/td][td]Ferry Corsten feat. Eon - Pocket Damage
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[td]Cornershop[/td][td]The Dreaded Marco[/td][td]My Dancing Days Are Done
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I've Loved These Days - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1977
Billy Joel · The Stranger (Legacy Edition) · Song · 1977
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The Pan Within - 2004 Remaster
The Waterboys · This Is the Sea (Deluxe Version) · Song · 1985
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My Dancing Days Are Done
Cornershop · Woman's Gotta Have It (Expanded) · Song · 1995
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Round 26 - Shilo - Neil Diamond
Another recording from the Hot August Night album. It is about an imaginary friend and references his lonely childhood. A song coming up in a couple of rounds explains this better. It also lead to him changing record labels.
Another recording from the Hot August Night album. It is about an imaginary friend and references his lonely childhood. A song coming up in a couple of rounds explains this better. It also lead to him changing record labels.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
Here I am, getting through the #27s just in time for a new wave. So to speak. Still shuffled, though next time I might go in order.
Selected Favorites:
Rhythm King - Luna
Original Sin - Meat Loaf
Good Times - The Easybeats (/Steve Marriott)
Dogs of War - Motley Crue (/John 5)
Isn’t It Time - The Babys(/John Waite)
Call All Destroyer - Cornershop
Snake Man - The Doobie Brothers
I Can - Golden Smog
Small spotlight:
While listening to the Headstones’ “Sunlight Kills the Stars”, I wouldn’t have immediately remembered that Hugh Dillon is Canadian. If anything, on this song, there’s a Tom Petty aspect to the vocals. Am I just noticing it? Or imagining it? Either way, I’m intrigued. Well, moreso, since I’ve enjoyed the rest of the songs so far too.
Selected Favorites:
Rhythm King - Luna
Original Sin - Meat Loaf
Good Times - The Easybeats (/Steve Marriott)
Dogs of War - Motley Crue (/John 5)
Isn’t It Time - The Babys(/John Waite)
Call All Destroyer - Cornershop
Snake Man - The Doobie Brothers
I Can - Golden Smog
Small spotlight:
While listening to the Headstones’ “Sunlight Kills the Stars”, I wouldn’t have immediately remembered that Hugh Dillon is Canadian. If anything, on this song, there’s a Tom Petty aspect to the vocals. Am I just noticing it? Or imagining it? Either way, I’m intrigued. Well, moreso, since I’ve enjoyed the rest of the songs so far too.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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#26 - Otis Redding - Free Me
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Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - 3rd Posthumous Release Love Man
Recorded - April 1966
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding and Gene Lawson
Notable Covers - I couldnt find any notable covers on this one.
Comments - The 3rd posthumous Otis Redding album Love Man will have 3 entries on this list. This is the second. A fourth song more famous as a Jackie Wilson song (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher was in the last 10 out. That was the double A side for this track when released as a single two years after Otis’s death.
Next Up - Welcome to the party pal Uruk-Hai, as his first ranked song hits us at #25
Yo Mama
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The English Beat Family Tree #26
Flame
Artist - Fine Young Cannibals
Album - n/a
Our first song from these fine young people eaters. This song wasn’t released on either of their two studio albums, but was included in their greatest hits The Finest in 1996.
FYC always sounded like they had a strong Motown vibe to them, and this is a good example of that to me.
Flame
Artist - Fine Young Cannibals
Album - n/a
Our first song from these fine young people eaters. This song wasn’t released on either of their two studio albums, but was included in their greatest hits The Finest in 1996.
FYC always sounded like they had a strong Motown vibe to them, and this is a good example of that to me.
Eephus
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Eephus
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Michael Head #26 - Shack - "Finn, Sophie, Bobby & Lance" (2006)
We head now to the Corner of Miles and Gil, an imaginary place and the title of Shack's fifth and either last or most recent album. In spite of invoking the names of Miles Davis and Gil Evans, the album isn't particularly jazzy and probably contains a lower than average amount of trumpet by Head's standards. The album came out on Noel Gallagher's vanity label Sour Mash Records, which only ever released music from Noel's band and two other artists. Gallagher has been a champion of Shack, referring to them once as "the second best band in the world", although Noel talks a lot and has probably said the same thing about a number of other groups.
"Finn, Sophie, Bobby & Lance" is another song rooted in English folk music. It begins with a recitation of verse by Poe and goes on to tell the story of the disappearance of four children from a small town.
In and out the houses
And up and down the street
And all around the town
And all the papers say they vanished in the night
And no one heard a sound
Head spins the tale with his usual economy of words. The atmospheric production and strange instrumentation gives the song a haunting quality. There's no trumpet (tying the score at 3-3) but there's a melodica and something that sounds like a whirly tube. Coincidentally, the Conor Oberst song from this round also features a whirly tube.
We head now to the Corner of Miles and Gil, an imaginary place and the title of Shack's fifth and either last or most recent album. In spite of invoking the names of Miles Davis and Gil Evans, the album isn't particularly jazzy and probably contains a lower than average amount of trumpet by Head's standards. The album came out on Noel Gallagher's vanity label Sour Mash Records, which only ever released music from Noel's band and two other artists. Gallagher has been a champion of Shack, referring to them once as "the second best band in the world", although Noel talks a lot and has probably said the same thing about a number of other groups.
"Finn, Sophie, Bobby & Lance" is another song rooted in English folk music. It begins with a recitation of verse by Poe and goes on to tell the story of the disappearance of four children from a small town.
In and out the houses
And up and down the street
And all around the town
And all the papers say they vanished in the night
And no one heard a sound
Head spins the tale with his usual economy of words. The atmospheric production and strange instrumentation gives the song a haunting quality. There's no trumpet (tying the score at 3-3) but there's a melodica and something that sounds like a whirly tube. Coincidentally, the Conor Oberst song from this round also features a whirly tube.
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26
My City- Better Oblivion Community Center- from self-titled album (2019)
Oberst joined forces with Phoebe Bridgers after she opened on The Ruminations tour in 2017. In 2019 they released their lone album.
My City is the 1st of 2 songs that I will highlight. With great harmonies, a sweet rhythm acoustic riffs, and great bursts of distortion…this is just a really great song.
My City- Better Oblivion Community Center- from self-titled album (2019)
Oberst joined forces with Phoebe Bridgers after she opened on The Ruminations tour in 2017. In 2019 they released their lone album.
My City is the 1st of 2 songs that I will highlight. With great harmonies, a sweet rhythm acoustic riffs, and great bursts of distortion…this is just a really great song.
Eephus
Footballguy
...and whirly tubes
Pip's Invitation
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26. Softly to Me
Album: Love (1966)
Writer: Bryan MacLean
Lead vocals: Bryan MacLean
"Softly to Me" is the first of four songs from Love's self-titled debut album and the only song in my top 31 that was neither written nor sung by Arthur Lee. It is the work of Bryan MacLean, the Karl Wallinger to Lee's Mike Scott -- the second banana of the band's early years.
MacLean was a roadie for the Byrds before joining Love, so it is no surprise that there are some Byrdsy elements to this song. Most obviously in the harmonies on the chorus, but also in the rumbling guitar parts at the beginning that sound a bit like "Eight Miles High." Wait, how can that be? This album was recorded before "Eight Miles High" was released. But MacLean's relationship with McGuinn et al made it likely that he knew of the song's existence before the general public did. However, "Softly to Me" is also distinctly Love: John Echols' jazzy guitar solo anticipates the direction that the band would take for the follow-up Da Capo. It's a breezy slice of '60s pop that remains groovy to this day.
"Softly to Me" was issued as a single in the UK in 1967, after the release of the band's first two albums; it was backed with the Da Capo track "The Castle". The single was reissued in 1969 with A and B sides flipped after "The Castle" was featured on a BBC show called "Holiday '69".
There are no documented live performances of "Softly to Me" from when MacLean and Lee were alive, but The Love Band with Echols has performed it occasionally since 2019, including at seven shows this year so far.
MacLean was one of many unsuccessful applicants for The Monkees and after that met Lee, who, figuring MacLean might draw some of the Byrds' fans to their shows, asked him to join his new band, then called The Grass Roots. The band's first three albums included four songs written by MacLean, three co-written by him and a cover on which he sang lead. But he wanted more of his songs to be recorded and fought with Lee about the issue constantly. This led to him quitting the band in 1968 and pursuing a solo deal, first with Love's label Elektra and then with Capitol. None of this came to fruition at the time, but the Elektra demos were finally released in 1997 as ifyoubelievein. MacLean then became a Christian artist and had brief reunions with Lee in the late '70s and early '80s. His half-sister Maria McKee came to prominence in the '80s as frontwoman for the roots-rock band Lone Justice, and their debut album included a song penned by MacLean. MacLean died of a heart attack in 1998 at age 52, while Lee was in prison.
There are two other MacLean-penned songs in my top 31, both of which have Lee on some or all of the lead vocals. This means MacLean's "Old Man," on which he did sing lead, is the only song from Forever Changes that did not make my top 41, and the MacLean-fronted cover of "Hey Joe" on the debut album (a song also recorded by MacLean's friends The Byrds and Lee's friend Jimi Hendrix) also missed the cut.
Live version by The Love Band with Echols from 2019 in Brighton, UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZwvkT6aW68
At #25, our first foray into Da Capo. From side 1, of course.
Album: Love (1966)
Writer: Bryan MacLean
Lead vocals: Bryan MacLean
"Softly to Me" is the first of four songs from Love's self-titled debut album and the only song in my top 31 that was neither written nor sung by Arthur Lee. It is the work of Bryan MacLean, the Karl Wallinger to Lee's Mike Scott -- the second banana of the band's early years.
MacLean was a roadie for the Byrds before joining Love, so it is no surprise that there are some Byrdsy elements to this song. Most obviously in the harmonies on the chorus, but also in the rumbling guitar parts at the beginning that sound a bit like "Eight Miles High." Wait, how can that be? This album was recorded before "Eight Miles High" was released. But MacLean's relationship with McGuinn et al made it likely that he knew of the song's existence before the general public did. However, "Softly to Me" is also distinctly Love: John Echols' jazzy guitar solo anticipates the direction that the band would take for the follow-up Da Capo. It's a breezy slice of '60s pop that remains groovy to this day.
"Softly to Me" was issued as a single in the UK in 1967, after the release of the band's first two albums; it was backed with the Da Capo track "The Castle". The single was reissued in 1969 with A and B sides flipped after "The Castle" was featured on a BBC show called "Holiday '69".
There are no documented live performances of "Softly to Me" from when MacLean and Lee were alive, but The Love Band with Echols has performed it occasionally since 2019, including at seven shows this year so far.
MacLean was one of many unsuccessful applicants for The Monkees and after that met Lee, who, figuring MacLean might draw some of the Byrds' fans to their shows, asked him to join his new band, then called The Grass Roots. The band's first three albums included four songs written by MacLean, three co-written by him and a cover on which he sang lead. But he wanted more of his songs to be recorded and fought with Lee about the issue constantly. This led to him quitting the band in 1968 and pursuing a solo deal, first with Love's label Elektra and then with Capitol. None of this came to fruition at the time, but the Elektra demos were finally released in 1997 as ifyoubelievein. MacLean then became a Christian artist and had brief reunions with Lee in the late '70s and early '80s. His half-sister Maria McKee came to prominence in the '80s as frontwoman for the roots-rock band Lone Justice, and their debut album included a song penned by MacLean. MacLean died of a heart attack in 1998 at age 52, while Lee was in prison.
There are two other MacLean-penned songs in my top 31, both of which have Lee on some or all of the lead vocals. This means MacLean's "Old Man," on which he did sing lead, is the only song from Forever Changes that did not make my top 41, and the MacLean-fronted cover of "Hey Joe" on the debut album (a song also recorded by MacLean's friends The Byrds and Lee's friend Jimi Hendrix) also missed the cut.
Live version by The Love Band with Echols from 2019 in Brighton, UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZwvkT6aW68
At #25, our first foray into Da Capo. From side 1, of course.
Mrs. Rannous
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Mrs. Rannous
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Caro Emerald and Belinda Carlisle are really working for me. Some good stuff here.
Yo Mama
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This song totally brought me back to the living room of my childhood home, where our record player was. My parents loved Neil Diamond and played his records all the time (one of the few things they agreed on).
Haven’t heard this one for ages. I can still see the ugly green furniture when I listen to this. Good memories.
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Rob Zombie said his band was a supplemental project for his main ambition to make films. 25 years later film making has supplemented the band. 35 years would include White Zombie which preceded Rob Zombie. Marilyn Manson names White Zombie as an early influence. Again, the bands became friends. So when John 5 left Manson, Zombie seemed a perfect landing spot. They had a bunch in common other than making similar music. Both alcohol and drug free vegans, something that hurt John's fit in Manson who were in his words, "not like me." Of course, Zombie originally signed John as a touring musician only. He did so with the advice, "Don't get comfortable." Both being big fans of old horror and sci fi movies would contribute to John getting comfortable.
Mars Needs Women is a 1968 low budget made-for-TV sci fi horror flick they both liked. Earth scientists decipher coded messages from Mars and learn a genetic disorder has left martians only producing males. Mars is sending a team to Earth to harvest women. Rob and John wrote a song about it. It became a staple of live shows. It's a stomp. Some call it an anthem. Women in the audience play along generously by flashing boobs to attract martians.
It's off 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2. It was finished in 2008, two years after John joined Zombie. Delays are common with Zombie as he's often working on films. In this case it was Halloween 2. Those delays are something that allowed John time to work with so many other musicians. Despite being told not to get comfortable, John has writing credits with Rob on every track and was made a full member before its release.
Mars Needs Women - Rob Zombie
That's the official video. The spotify track includes a long acoustic intro by John. It's kind of country and I chuckle a little when the band starts stomping and Rob starts singing.
Mars Needs Women is a 1968 low budget made-for-TV sci fi horror flick they both liked. Earth scientists decipher coded messages from Mars and learn a genetic disorder has left martians only producing males. Mars is sending a team to Earth to harvest women. Rob and John wrote a song about it. It became a staple of live shows. It's a stomp. Some call it an anthem. Women in the audience play along generously by flashing boobs to attract martians.
It's off 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2. It was finished in 2008, two years after John joined Zombie. Delays are common with Zombie as he's often working on films. In this case it was Halloween 2. Those delays are something that allowed John time to work with so many other musicians. Despite being told not to get comfortable, John has writing credits with Rob on every track and was made a full member before its release.
Mars Needs Women - Rob Zombie
That's the official video. The spotify track includes a long acoustic intro by John. It's kind of country and I chuckle a little when the band starts stomping and Rob starts singing.
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Our furniture was orange with brown piping but the rest of your post sounds so familiar. I still have the old Montgomery Wards stereo console that spun all that old vinyl.
Uruk-Hai
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Redding was nicknamed "Mr. Pitiful" not just because he had a record with that title, but also because of songs like these. I love the arrangement on this one, which I'm assuming was a Booker T Jones session since that has to be him playing those organ flourishes. The Memphis horns swell in periodically, but most of the time it's just Steve Cropper's stately guitar and Al Jackson's drum. Oh, and Otis' voice - which has never been better.#26 - Otis Redding - Free Me
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Krista4 Rank - Not Ranked
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - 3rd Posthumous Release Love Man
Recorded - April 1966
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding and Gene Lawson
Notable Covers - I couldnt find any notable covers on this one.
Comments - The 3rd posthumous Otis Redding album Love Man will have 3 entries on this list. This is the second. A fourth song more famous as a Jackie Wilson song (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher was in the last 10 out. That was the double A side for this track when released as a single two years after Otis’s death.
Next Up - Welcome to the party pal Uruk-Hai, as his first ranked song hits us at #25
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Ours came from Sears because my aunt worked at their headquarters downtown. She got the employee discount on everything. I sold it when I closed their house.
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#26: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - THE DIG
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We are back to the O.S.T. album with a song all about collecting records. They have a few of these, one I think rock might be disappointed to not see on the playlist. Others are more specific about labels they like, but this one has a more general feel that tapped into my memories of cutting corners elsewhere to get another album. Not for the same purpose, but I always had 100s of CDs and would think in terms of that when making decisions with money in HS and college. My check wasn't $100, it was X# of CDs. The song just taps into that love of music, and this line was always one of my favorites:
Head down, studying my music like Schroeder
I've been trying to verify this, but one of the places that I use for lyrics says the sample from the intro of the song is from The Beatnuts, which is a group that I hear them talking about a lot in interviews and their love for that group was another main reason they started hanging together.
Vinyl is like food, fool, I need it to live
My fingertips been touching wax since I was a small kid
And ever since I been a big Double, it’s kinda bad
I sit and just listen to all the money that I had
I drop ten on some smoke, you know where the rest goes
More money to listen to, never dressing for the hoes
NEXT: damn hippies...
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We are back to the O.S.T. album with a song all about collecting records. They have a few of these, one I think rock might be disappointed to not see on the playlist. Others are more specific about labels they like, but this one has a more general feel that tapped into my memories of cutting corners elsewhere to get another album. Not for the same purpose, but I always had 100s of CDs and would think in terms of that when making decisions with money in HS and college. My check wasn't $100, it was X# of CDs. The song just taps into that love of music, and this line was always one of my favorites:
Head down, studying my music like Schroeder
I've been trying to verify this, but one of the places that I use for lyrics says the sample from the intro of the song is from The Beatnuts, which is a group that I hear them talking about a lot in interviews and their love for that group was another main reason they started hanging together.
Vinyl is like food, fool, I need it to live
My fingertips been touching wax since I was a small kid
And ever since I been a big Double, it’s kinda bad
I sit and just listen to all the money that I had
I drop ten on some smoke, you know where the rest goes
More money to listen to, never dressing for the hoes
NEXT: damn hippies...
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KarmaPolice
Footballguy
#26: BECK - LOST CAUSE
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Here we have another uplifting tune from Sea Change.
Your sorry eyes cut through the bone
They make it hard to leave you alone
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new
NEXT: I hope you don't find this track from Mellow Gold boring...
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Here we have another uplifting tune from Sea Change.
Your sorry eyes cut through the bone
They make it hard to leave you alone
Leave you here wearing your wounds
Waving your guns at somebody new
NEXT: I hope you don't find this track from Mellow Gold boring...
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
26.
Song: Lost Love
Album: Weird Tales
Songwriter: Jeff Tweedy
Smog Lineup:
Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar
Kraig Johnson – guitar
Gary Louris – guitar
Dan Murphy – piano
Marc Perlman - bass
Jody Stephens – drums
Of all the Golden Smog artists, Jeff Tweedy contributed songs that stayed in his lane more so that the other group members who experimented more with their side gig. Almost any of the Tweedy songs could have easily slid into the Wilco catalogue.
Song: Lost Love
Album: Weird Tales
Songwriter: Jeff Tweedy
Smog Lineup:
Jeff Tweedy – lead vocals, guitar
Kraig Johnson – guitar
Gary Louris – guitar
Dan Murphy – piano
Marc Perlman - bass
Jody Stephens – drums
Of all the Golden Smog artists, Jeff Tweedy contributed songs that stayed in his lane more so that the other group members who experimented more with their side gig. Almost any of the Tweedy songs could have easily slid into the Wilco catalogue.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
#26 My Love is All I Have (Spotify) - Charlie Wilson
Back to another solo song by Charlie Wilson this round. More of the smooth R&B that Charlie Wilson rides out to the end. Nothing that really need to explain with the lyrics — telling a woman that he may not have a bank account with seven figures, but he can offer her all of his love. Charlie Wilson’s wife was a co-writer of a number of songs on the album this is from (“Love, Charlie”), including this one. The lyrics could fit part of their relationship, with his wife being a counselor he met in rehab for his drug addiction when he was homeless, and he proposed to her after he left rehab and started trying to get his life back on track.
Next up will be back to The GAP Band with some of their best funk.
Back to another solo song by Charlie Wilson this round. More of the smooth R&B that Charlie Wilson rides out to the end. Nothing that really need to explain with the lyrics — telling a woman that he may not have a bank account with seven figures, but he can offer her all of his love. Charlie Wilson’s wife was a co-writer of a number of songs on the album this is from (“Love, Charlie”), including this one. The lyrics could fit part of their relationship, with his wife being a counselor he met in rehab for his drug addiction when he was homeless, and he proposed to her after he left rehab and started trying to get his life back on track.
Next up will be back to The GAP Band with some of their best funk.
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simey
Footballguy
I've Loved These Days
This song was written by Billy for his 1976 album Turnstiles. He says it is a lazy melody, and basically about saying goodbye to an era, and the song sums up all the other songs on the album. He had moved back to NY from Los Angeles, and started playing for larger audiences, and his life was on a trajectory. It's also when he hired a band to play live with him and be his studio band. Most of them came from the Long Island band Topper. Doug Stegmeyer from Topper knew Billy, and played bass for him on the Streetlife Serenade tour, and Doug recommended Liberty DeVitto from Topper, who Billy knew from their teens when they played in separate local bands. Liberty recommended Russell Javors and Howie Emerson from Topper, and Doug recommended Richie Cannata on sax, and the creation of The Billy Joel Band was formed. Billy said he knew things were changing for him, but he had no idea how much of a giant leap he would make for his '77 album The Stranger.
Turnstiles is a great album. There is only one song on there that I've never really warmed up to. I like the lyrics and "lazy" melody to I've Loved These Days. In college I was friends with a guy named Matthew, and he loved to break out his portable keyboard (pawn shop special) late at night and play tunes. He called it his electric lady. He was good on the piano, and this song was one of his go to songs. I think he liked to play it cause it has the word cocaine in it. I picked the Live at Carnigie Hall, New York, NY, 1977 version. This one is for Matt...
We drown our doubts in dry champagne
And soothe our souls with fine cocaine
I don't know why I even care
We'll get so high and get nowhere
We'll have to change our jaded ways
But I've loved these days
So before we end, and then begin
We'll drink a toast to how it's been
A few more hours to be complete
A few more nights on satin sheets
A few more times that I can say
I've loved these days
This song was written by Billy for his 1976 album Turnstiles. He says it is a lazy melody, and basically about saying goodbye to an era, and the song sums up all the other songs on the album. He had moved back to NY from Los Angeles, and started playing for larger audiences, and his life was on a trajectory. It's also when he hired a band to play live with him and be his studio band. Most of them came from the Long Island band Topper. Doug Stegmeyer from Topper knew Billy, and played bass for him on the Streetlife Serenade tour, and Doug recommended Liberty DeVitto from Topper, who Billy knew from their teens when they played in separate local bands. Liberty recommended Russell Javors and Howie Emerson from Topper, and Doug recommended Richie Cannata on sax, and the creation of The Billy Joel Band was formed. Billy said he knew things were changing for him, but he had no idea how much of a giant leap he would make for his '77 album The Stranger.
Turnstiles is a great album. There is only one song on there that I've never really warmed up to. I like the lyrics and "lazy" melody to I've Loved These Days. In college I was friends with a guy named Matthew, and he loved to break out his portable keyboard (pawn shop special) late at night and play tunes. He called it his electric lady. He was good on the piano, and this song was one of his go to songs. I think he liked to play it cause it has the word cocaine in it. I picked the Live at Carnigie Hall, New York, NY, 1977 version. This one is for Matt...
We drown our doubts in dry champagne
And soothe our souls with fine cocaine
I don't know why I even care
We'll get so high and get nowhere
We'll have to change our jaded ways
But I've loved these days
So before we end, and then begin
We'll drink a toast to how it's been
A few more hours to be complete
A few more nights on satin sheets
A few more times that I can say
I've loved these days
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Yambag
Footballguy
Smashing Pumpkins #26
Song: The Everlasting Gaze
Album: Machina/The Machines of God
Summary: The first post-Adore single, chosen to showcase the Pumpkins return to roots featuring the opening line “You Know I’m Not Dead.” Corgan says the song "has a lot to do with spirituality and trying to find my place in the universe and sort of humbly accepting limitations and the things I've been graced with. I'm not writing anymore for the tortured teen—both me and whoever was listening. I'm writing with the idea that everybody's experiencing these things all the time, and even if they're not experiencing them personally, they're affected by them.”
Of all the albums I revisited during prep, Machina was the one that I had a much higher opinion on than originally thought. It definitely has a unique sound, as Billy likes to change things up for each album, and some really strong songs that just missed this playlist, including #32, Wound.
Song: The Everlasting Gaze
Album: Machina/The Machines of God
Summary: The first post-Adore single, chosen to showcase the Pumpkins return to roots featuring the opening line “You Know I’m Not Dead.” Corgan says the song "has a lot to do with spirituality and trying to find my place in the universe and sort of humbly accepting limitations and the things I've been graced with. I'm not writing anymore for the tortured teen—both me and whoever was listening. I'm writing with the idea that everybody's experiencing these things all the time, and even if they're not experiencing them personally, they're affected by them.”
Of all the albums I revisited during prep, Machina was the one that I had a much higher opinion on than originally thought. It definitely has a unique sound, as Billy likes to change things up for each album, and some really strong songs that just missed this playlist, including #32, Wound.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Artist Who Should Have Recorded This: Waylon Jennings
This is a country song dressed up in a bunch of show-tune conventions. It would be the perfect lead-in to Waylon's "Amanda".
Eephus
Footballguy
That noted bon vivant Waylon
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I could see Lady Gaga doing a good job with this one.
simey
Footballguy
Billy Joel had naturally curly hair. He doesn't have much hair at all these days.
I can't imagine Waylon doing I've Loved These Days.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
WIllie's still eating chili and probably will be for life.
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simey
Footballguy
Willie in his prime could have sung the song in the style of BJ. Willie was great at singing standards. There are still glimpses of that voice now and then when his lungs are cooperating.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
That's the #1 limitation of Joel fans
Mt. Man
Footballguy
MA-D Round 5: Metallica
#27: Too Far Gone?
Album: 72 Seasons (2023)
(Official music video) Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Official Music Video II)
(live version) Metallica: Too Far Gone? (East Rutherford, NJ - August 6, 2023)
Keep on, push it along
Don't want to feel this
Sink in, start to believe
That I don't exist
–
Mandatory mention of getting the playlist title! I expected some later songs to be good candidates. Well, they could be, and not just because there are fewer than 31 artists this round. That aside, with 72 Seasons only being a few years old, I haven’t listened to it as often as the other newer albums. Let alone anywhere near the number of times I’ve heard the albums from the 80s. Still, certainly this song stood out to me. Admittedly it's the chorus that helped raise it this high for me, though there’s a good groove to it throughout.
It’s a punchy and rather short song that doesn’t overstay its welcome. Not that I’m against length. Certainly not on a Metallica playlist, where I have as many songs over 8 minutes as I do under 5 (five for each). Still, there’s no denying that some songs feel longer than they are, and I definitely can’t accuse this song of that.
“Too Far Gone?” is pretty straight-forward about its subject. “I am isolation” it says, along with “I am desperation” and “I am agitation”. There’s a certain sense of loneliness, trying to (re)connect with society, and the frustration of feeling like that’s not working. Though I’m more introverted than most, that feeling of being disconnected still resonates.
Next on the countdown, as featured on Hard Knocks.
#27: Too Far Gone?
Album: 72 Seasons (2023)
(Official music video) Metallica: Too Far Gone? (Official Music Video II)
(live version) Metallica: Too Far Gone? (East Rutherford, NJ - August 6, 2023)
Keep on, push it along
Don't want to feel this
Sink in, start to believe
That I don't exist
–
Mandatory mention of getting the playlist title! I expected some later songs to be good candidates. Well, they could be, and not just because there are fewer than 31 artists this round. That aside, with 72 Seasons only being a few years old, I haven’t listened to it as often as the other newer albums. Let alone anywhere near the number of times I’ve heard the albums from the 80s. Still, certainly this song stood out to me. Admittedly it's the chorus that helped raise it this high for me, though there’s a good groove to it throughout.
It’s a punchy and rather short song that doesn’t overstay its welcome. Not that I’m against length. Certainly not on a Metallica playlist, where I have as many songs over 8 minutes as I do under 5 (five for each). Still, there’s no denying that some songs feel longer than they are, and I definitely can’t accuse this song of that.
“Too Far Gone?” is pretty straight-forward about its subject. “I am isolation” it says, along with “I am desperation” and “I am agitation”. There’s a certain sense of loneliness, trying to (re)connect with society, and the frustration of feeling like that’s not working. Though I’m more introverted than most, that feeling of being disconnected still resonates.
Next on the countdown, as featured on Hard Knocks.
simey
Footballguy
That's the #1 limitation of Joel fans
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I could see Brian Setzer covering this.
Eephus
Footballguy
My cover pick is Peter Allen wearing an Aloha shirt with the tails tied in a knot across his bare midriff.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I approve of the song title, which, minus the question mark, was also used by Neil Young and Todd Rundgren.
Tau837
Footballguy
Eric Clapton #26:
Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me
This song is a classic blues song that Eric Clapton has recorded and performed multiple times. Though Clapton popularized it in the rock/blues world, the song was originally written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1957. Clapton's versions have helped keep the song alive for new generations of listeners. The version Clapton released on his album Journeyman reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1990. However, I prefer the version from his Unplugged album.
The song is about hypocrisy in relationships. The speaker tells a partner: don’t point fingers at me for wrongdoings unless you're ready to admit your own. It’s timeless blues storytelling — simple, sharp, and emotionally direct.
The version from Journeyman fits well in Clapton’s late-80s return to blues roots and was a fan favorite from the album. Clapton delivers smooth, tasteful solos with vintage tone, echoing the Chicago blues sound, and his vocals are confident and relaxed.
The version from Unplugged is more laid back. Clapton plays a fingerpicked acoustic, letting the blues phrasing breathe. It was hugely popular due to the success of the Unplugged album -- the album won 3 Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.
This song represents Clapton's deep roots in the blues tradition, his skill in reinterpreting classics with both authenticity and accessibility, and his role as a blues ambassador, bringing the genre to wider, modern audiences.
Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me
This song is a classic blues song that Eric Clapton has recorded and performed multiple times. Though Clapton popularized it in the rock/blues world, the song was originally written and recorded by Bo Diddley in 1957. Clapton's versions have helped keep the song alive for new generations of listeners. The version Clapton released on his album Journeyman reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in 1990. However, I prefer the version from his Unplugged album.
The song is about hypocrisy in relationships. The speaker tells a partner: don’t point fingers at me for wrongdoings unless you're ready to admit your own. It’s timeless blues storytelling — simple, sharp, and emotionally direct.
The version from Journeyman fits well in Clapton’s late-80s return to blues roots and was a fan favorite from the album. Clapton delivers smooth, tasteful solos with vintage tone, echoing the Chicago blues sound, and his vocals are confident and relaxed.
The version from Unplugged is more laid back. Clapton plays a fingerpicked acoustic, letting the blues phrasing breathe. It was hugely popular due to the success of the Unplugged album -- the album won 3 Grammy Awards at the 35th Annual Grammy Awards in 1993 and became the bestselling live album of all time, and Clapton's bestselling album, selling 26 million copies worldwide.
This song represents Clapton's deep roots in the blues tradition, his skill in reinterpreting classics with both authenticity and accessibility, and his role as a blues ambassador, bringing the genre to wider, modern audiences.
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
The Oberst / Bridgers song was my favorite new song this round.
Really love the Belinda Carlisle and English Beat + selections - they bring that 80s sound.
Smashing Pumpkins, I know pretty well, but this song was new to me and I loved it.
Really love the Belinda Carlisle and English Beat + selections - they bring that 80s sound.
Smashing Pumpkins, I know pretty well, but this song was new to me and I loved it.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
My favorite part of The Pan Within happens in the last 20 seconds. There is just this beautiful violin riff on the melody that isn’t anywhere else in the song and then the piano joins in with it. It’s just the last 20 seconds and leaves you thinking a whole song could be built around it but we just get that one taste of it.
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