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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #27's have been posted. Link in OP. (16 Viewers)
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Ilov80s
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For those how liked The Waterboys, here’s a little live Red Army Blues back from the 80s
Arena rock as it was meant to be
Arena rock as it was meant to be
Uruk-Hai
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Simey encouraged me to comment on her selections and removed the thumper rule in her initial. I'll back off of the negative stuff, some of which is shtick or made-up at this point anyway.Just to be clear on my Billy Joel takes. Simey & I talked about this before the lists were submitted. She knows I don't care for the guy or his music, but she was gracious enough to allow me to rant on her reveals because it amuses me. I'm too old to worry about Billy Joel's awful songs anymore. Simey & I have been friends for a long time, and none of what I post about that artist is directed at her. I've lost too many battles to her over the years to want to tangle with her in a serious manner
I do, however, think my alternative artists to record each of her choices are better
The alternative artists is an interesting take, so keep those going.
But I have to say, I cannot recall anyone posting so negatively so often about an artist who to my knowledge never did anything publicly offensive (e.g., like Clapton's racism statements). It's as if you are his first wife or one of his former band members he fired or some other person who has a reason to hold a personal grudge against him.
Obviously, you should keep doing you, though. You are a great poster, GB.
simey
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This is true. I told him I wanted to do Billy Joel since he hated him so much. I told him I'd remove the thumper rule. He said he would behave as best he could, and I told him I didn't want him to behave. It would be Billy vs Billy. Billy Hai knows deep in his black heart that BJ is good, and I know that Billy Hai is a jive talkin' turkey.
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Time for the #28s. Another strong group. More shuffling! Insert witty comment here!
Selected Favorites:
Just a Girl - The Pale Fountains (/Michael Head)
Five String Serenade - Arthur Lee
Honesty - Billy Joel
I’ve Got a Rock ‘n’ Roll Heart - Eric Clapton
In The Water I Am Beautiful - City and Colour
Paris - Caro Emerald
Road Runner G Jam - Humble Pie (/Steve Marriott)
Tiny Teddy - Headstones (/Hugh Dillon)
Small spotlight:
For the second shuffled playlist in a row, a song from the Conor Oberst playlist came first, and set a good standard for things. From one listen, I preferred “Hundreds of Ways”, but “Ahead of the Curve” from Monsters of Folk had a strong groove and catchy feel to it.
Selected Favorites:
Just a Girl - The Pale Fountains (/Michael Head)
Five String Serenade - Arthur Lee
Honesty - Billy Joel
I’ve Got a Rock ‘n’ Roll Heart - Eric Clapton
In The Water I Am Beautiful - City and Colour
Paris - Caro Emerald
Road Runner G Jam - Humble Pie (/Steve Marriott)
Tiny Teddy - Headstones (/Hugh Dillon)
Small spotlight:
For the second shuffled playlist in a row, a song from the Conor Oberst playlist came first, and set a good standard for things. From one listen, I preferred “Hundreds of Ways”, but “Ahead of the Curve” from Monsters of Folk had a strong groove and catchy feel to it.
Uruk-Hai
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I will admit he has a modicum of talent. That's about the best you're getting from me, young'un.
This is gonna be tough for me, because I know there are some doozies coming up. I should probably disable my keyboard.
simey
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There actually is a song that BJ did that JB would fit great on, and it is on my list, but not for a long time to come. I do love BJ's vocals on it. He had really good vocal control, and he could change his voice around with his big range of registers. Back in the 70s, I thought he was Italian, because sometimes his singing style reflected his NY accent, and his delivery and words sounded Italian to me.
KarmaPolice
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Zegras11
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Lol. Got in late and headed home now. Go smoke a bowl.
simey
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This is keep it short Sunday. 11 favorites from the 28s
Just a Girl - This is a nice mellow acoustic song. I like the soft sounding trumpet.
Give Me Your Love - I like this sorta slow rocker, especially the drums.
Road Runnes G Jam - Dig the organ.
Ahead of the Curve - Love the singing and style of the song.
Paris - I like the music in this one. I think the song has a speakeasy vibe to it. She's good.
Tiny Teddy -
Black Postcards
Don't Start Me to Talkin'
I've Got a Rock n Roll Heart
Church Not Made with Hands
Song For A Son
Just a Girl - This is a nice mellow acoustic song. I like the soft sounding trumpet.
Give Me Your Love - I like this sorta slow rocker, especially the drums.
Road Runnes G Jam - Dig the organ.
Ahead of the Curve - Love the singing and style of the song.
Paris - I like the music in this one. I think the song has a speakeasy vibe to it. She's good.
Tiny Teddy -
Black Postcards
Don't Start Me to Talkin'
I've Got a Rock n Roll Heart
Church Not Made with Hands
Song For A Son
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I more meant the time zone math.Lol. Got in late and headed home now. Go smoke a bowl.
Pip's Invitation
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Because smartphones are creepy, my Facebook feed gave me a post from Luna’s Dean Wareham, a pic of him with Jonathan Richman.
Zegras11
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27's PLAYLIST
27''s
[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]I Feel Free
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[td]Michael Head[/td][td]Eephus[/td][td]Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band -- Gino And Rico
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[td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]80 Blocks From Silverlake
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[td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Isn't it Time
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[td]Golden Smog[/td][td]Dr. Octopus[/td][td]I Can
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[td]The GAP Band/Charlie Wilson[/td][td]Don Quixote[/td][td]Open Up Your Mind (Wide) - The GAP Band
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[td]The English Beat Family Tree[/td][td]Yo Mama[/td][td]Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
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[td]Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]Someone new
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[td]Neil Diamond[/td][td]Mrs. Rannous[/td][td]I'm A Believer
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[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"Good Times" - The Easybeats
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[td]Conor Oberst[/td][td]Tuffnutt[/td][td]A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction
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[td]Smashing Pumpkins[/td][td]Yambag[/td][td]Luna
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[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]I'm Depending on You (Live at the Whisky a Go Go)
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[td]Meat Loaf[/td][td]snellman[/td][td]Original Sin
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27''s
Gino And Rico
Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band · Dear Scott (Deluxe) · Song · 2022
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Whine & Grine/Stand Down Margaret - 2012 Remaster
The English Beat · I Just Can’t Stop It (2012 Remaster) · Song · 1980
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Luna - 2011 Remaster
The Smashing Pumpkins · Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1993
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I’m Depending On You - Live / Set 1 / Sunday, April 10, 1966
Otis Redding · Live At The Whisky A Go Go · Song · 2016
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Zegras11
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27's
[td]Hugh Dillon[/td][td]Mister CIA[/td][td]Sunlight Kills The Stars
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[td]Luna[/td][td]landrys hat[/td][td]Rhythm King
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[td]Metallica[/td][td]Mt. Man[/td][td]Damage, Inc.
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[td]The Doobie Brothers[/td][td]New Binky The Doormat[/td][td]Snake Man
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[td]Billy Joel[/td][td]simey[/td][td]Don't Ask Me Why
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[td]Arthur Lee and Love[/td][td]Pip's Invitation[/td][td]Bummer in the Summer
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[td]Beck[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Looking for a Sign
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[td]John 5[/td][td]Chaos34[/td][td]Dogs of War - Mötley Crüe
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[td]City and Colour[/td][td]MrsKarmaPolice[/td][td]Thirst
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[td]The Waterboys[/td][td]Ilov80s[/td][td]This is the Sea
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[td]Eric Clapton[/td][td]Tau837[/td][td]Can't Find My Way Home
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[td]Ferry Corsten[/td][td]titusbramble[/td][td]Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1, Ruben de Ronde - Destination
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[td]Cornershop[/td][td]The Dreaded Marco[/td][td]Call All Destroyer
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Damage, Inc. (Remastered)
Metallica · Master of Puppets (Remastered Deluxe Box Set) · Song · 1986
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Bummer in the Summer - 2015 Remaster
Love · Forever Changes (2015 Remaster) · Song · 1967
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This Is the Sea - 2004 Remaster
The Waterboys · This Is the Sea (Deluxe Version) · Song · 1985
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Destination (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem)
Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1, Ruben de Ronde · Destination (A State of Trance 2024 Anthem) · Song · 2023
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Chaos34
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Mick Mars has struggled with AS for years. On advice from his doctor, in October 22 he informed the guys he was retiring from touring. The rest of Motley Crue was understanding and supportive, but also in a tough spot. They were launching a world tour with Def Leppard in two months.
John 5 was their first target. Nikki’s best friend, Tommy’s studio gun; he’d done work in the Motley world several times. Mick called John his perfect replacement. There was a problem. After all the bouncing around, John had found a happy home for 16 years with Rob Zombie. He was a full member and Motley could only offer touring musician status. Zombie’s upcoming tour conflicted with Motley’s. They were all friends. Nikki and John formed the LA Rats supergroup with Zombie. Sniping his guitar player didn’t seem very nice. They expected him to say no as if they hardly knew him.
Of course, John said yes. Nikki explained he’d have to leave Zombie. John said okay. Nikki explained they were doing a set of classics and didn’t need to rehearse. John said he knew them all. John told Rob he was touring with Motley. They haven’t spoken since.
While touring Nikki shared some new lyrics and song ideas. Vince added his vocal interpretations; John and Tommy worked on the compositions. They finished the tour with enough material to head straight to the studio. John had attained full member status. Motley hadn’t released an LP since 08. They did cut a few tracks for the Netflix documentary, The Dirt, in 19. John plays and has writing credits on those too.
John and Nikki have high praise for the new material. Due to legal complications with Mick only one song has been released.
Mötley Crüe - Dogs Of War (Official Music Video)
John 5 was their first target. Nikki’s best friend, Tommy’s studio gun; he’d done work in the Motley world several times. Mick called John his perfect replacement. There was a problem. After all the bouncing around, John had found a happy home for 16 years with Rob Zombie. He was a full member and Motley could only offer touring musician status. Zombie’s upcoming tour conflicted with Motley’s. They were all friends. Nikki and John formed the LA Rats supergroup with Zombie. Sniping his guitar player didn’t seem very nice. They expected him to say no as if they hardly knew him.
Of course, John said yes. Nikki explained he’d have to leave Zombie. John said okay. Nikki explained they were doing a set of classics and didn’t need to rehearse. John said he knew them all. John told Rob he was touring with Motley. They haven’t spoken since.
While touring Nikki shared some new lyrics and song ideas. Vince added his vocal interpretations; John and Tommy worked on the compositions. They finished the tour with enough material to head straight to the studio. John had attained full member status. Motley hadn’t released an LP since 08. They did cut a few tracks for the Netflix documentary, The Dirt, in 19. John plays and has writing credits on those too.
John and Nikki have high praise for the new material. Due to legal complications with Mick only one song has been released.
Mötley Crüe - Dogs Of War (Official Music Video)
Mrs. Rannous
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Round 27 - I'm A Believer - Neil Diamond
Today's guest artist are The Monkees. It was the biggest selling single of 1967. This was back when they weren't allowed to play their own instruments for some dumb reason. Mickey Dolenz is on lead vocals, with Davy and Peter on backing vocals. Neil is playing acoustic guitar.
Smash Mouth covered this for Shrek in 2001.
For some reason, I didn't include Neil's other hit with The Monkees, so here it is. Davy Jones on lead vocals with Neil on backup. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Today's guest artist are The Monkees. It was the biggest selling single of 1967. This was back when they weren't allowed to play their own instruments for some dumb reason. Mickey Dolenz is on lead vocals, with Davy and Peter on backing vocals. Neil is playing acoustic guitar.
Smash Mouth covered this for Shrek in 2001.
For some reason, I didn't include Neil's other hit with The Monkees, so here it is. Davy Jones on lead vocals with Neil on backup. A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
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Socialism for Dummies
Isn’t it chronological?
Zegras11
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I Feel Free (Cream original)
In 1987, American singer Belinda Carlisle recorded the song for her second studio album, Heaven on Earth (1987). The recording was produced by Rick Nowels. It was the fourth single released from the album, only released in the US. It peaked at number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The 7-inch single's B-side was "Should I Let You In?", while the 12-inch single includes an extended mix and a dub version. The extended version of the song was used in the 1988 film License to Drive. An accompanying music video using concert footage was produced to promote the single.
In 1987, American singer Belinda Carlisle recorded the song for her second studio album, Heaven on Earth (1987). The recording was produced by Rick Nowels. It was the fourth single released from the album, only released in the US. It peaked at number 88 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The 7-inch single's B-side was "Should I Let You In?", while the 12-inch single includes an extended mix and a dub version. The extended version of the song was used in the 1988 film License to Drive. An accompanying music video using concert footage was produced to promote the single.
Tau837
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Eric Clapton #27:
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
This is the most iconic songs from Blind Faith, the short-lived supergroup featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. The band released one album and had one concert tour before dissolving. For me, this is easily their best song and one of the best songs of that era. Some seem to view this as Winwood's best vocal performance, and I can't disagree.
The song is a soft, acoustic ballad — a surprising departure from the blues-rock power most expected from the band. It features Clapton's gentle, fluid, and melodic acoustic guitar, fingerpicked and subtly expressive. The sparse bass and drums and a minimalist arrangement put the focus on the melody and Winwood's vocals. This stripped-down style gives the song its dreamlike, introspective quality.
Winwood appears to have never spoken publicly about the origin or meaning of the song. He has said that "When I write a song, I don't like to have to explain it afterwards. To me, it's like telling a joke, then having to explain it. The explanation doesn't add to the song at all."
The lyrics are open to interpretation, but they revolve around spiritual searching, disillusionment, and the longing for direction. Reflecting the chaos of the late 60s, the line “I’m wasted” has often been read as a reference to substance abuse, but it could just as easily be about spiritual redemption, self-discovery, or connection with a higher purpose.
At the time this song was released, Clapton was known more for his heavier guitar work in Cream. This song showed that he could play with restraint and emotional subtlety.
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home
This is the most iconic songs from Blind Faith, the short-lived supergroup featuring Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Ginger Baker, and Ric Grech. The band released one album and had one concert tour before dissolving. For me, this is easily their best song and one of the best songs of that era. Some seem to view this as Winwood's best vocal performance, and I can't disagree.
The song is a soft, acoustic ballad — a surprising departure from the blues-rock power most expected from the band. It features Clapton's gentle, fluid, and melodic acoustic guitar, fingerpicked and subtly expressive. The sparse bass and drums and a minimalist arrangement put the focus on the melody and Winwood's vocals. This stripped-down style gives the song its dreamlike, introspective quality.
Winwood appears to have never spoken publicly about the origin or meaning of the song. He has said that "When I write a song, I don't like to have to explain it afterwards. To me, it's like telling a joke, then having to explain it. The explanation doesn't add to the song at all."
The lyrics are open to interpretation, but they revolve around spiritual searching, disillusionment, and the longing for direction. Reflecting the chaos of the late 60s, the line “I’m wasted” has often been read as a reference to substance abuse, but it could just as easily be about spiritual redemption, self-discovery, or connection with a higher purpose.
At the time this song was released, Clapton was known more for his heavier guitar work in Cream. This song showed that he could play with restraint and emotional subtlety.
John Maddens Lunchbox
Socialism for Dummies
#27 - Otis Redding - I’m Depending on You - Live at The Whisky A Go Go Apr 10 1966
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Otis Redding · Live At The Whisky A Go Go · Song · 2016
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Comments sometimes from Wikipedia. Not this time though
JML Rank - #20
Krista4 Rank - Not Ranked
Uruk-Hai Rank - Not Ranked
Album - Live In Person At The Whisky A Go Go or studio version on extended versions of Otis Blue
Recorded - April 1965
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding
Notable Covers - I couldnt find any notable covers on this one.
Comments - Mainly known as the B Side to a song we will see much later. This song in recorded version is fine, but is much better live. The first song I’ve preferred the live version for. We will probably see 5 or 6 live versions instead of the studio recording. Some are wildly different and more entertaining to the studio version, some just better. Like this one
Next Up - An absolutely beautiful song that was on the posthumous album Love Man
Yo Mama
Footballguy
The English Beat Family Tree #27
Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
Artist - The English Beat
Album - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
This reggae classic was off The Beat’s massive debut album and is their most political song. It was a rebuke of Margaret Thatcher and her policies the band felt harmed the poor, targeted minorities, broke up unions, and put the country closer to nuclear war.
This song was released in a few different formats (not all on Spotify), but I chose this mashup from the studio album.
The Beat actually played this song on a children’s show named Cheggars Plays Pop. The producer asked them if it was about Thatcher beforehand, but they denied that it was and said it a Jamaican dance song. When they played it live on air for the show, the band took off their jackets to show shirts with a robot Thatcher in front of a nuclear explosion. I’m guessing they weren’t asked back to the show for a second performance.
Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
Artist - The English Beat
Album - I Just Can’t Stop It (1980)
This reggae classic was off The Beat’s massive debut album and is their most political song. It was a rebuke of Margaret Thatcher and her policies the band felt harmed the poor, targeted minorities, broke up unions, and put the country closer to nuclear war.
This song was released in a few different formats (not all on Spotify), but I chose this mashup from the studio album.
The Beat actually played this song on a children’s show named Cheggars Plays Pop. The producer asked them if it was about Thatcher beforehand, but they denied that it was and said it a Jamaican dance song. When they played it live on air for the show, the band took off their jackets to show shirts with a robot Thatcher in front of a nuclear explosion. I’m guessing they weren’t asked back to the show for a second performance.
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After trying to go least to most favorite in round 1, I decided I didn't want to think that hard, so I've gone chronological in all but the covers list.
Anyway, here's what I have to say this time:
27. Isn't it Time (Broken Heart, 1977)
The third track from the Broken Heart album, Isn't it Time was the first of the band's two hit songs, reaching #13 on Billboard's Hot 100 in the US, #8 on Cashbox's Top 100 in the US, and #1 in Australia. It was one of the two songs on the album not written by someone in the band: rather, it was written by one-time Doors bassist Jack Conrad and professional songwriter Ray Kennedy, who also co-wrote The Beach Boys' Sail on Sailor. Also of note on the song is the female vocal trio of Lisa Freeman-Roberts, Myrna Matthews and Pat Henderson. Known collectively as The Babettes, all three had performed with Gospel singer Andrae Crouch and appeared on many Babys songs and tours.
As a departure from their own material yet more successful, the band faced an existential crisis. At their heart, they were more Bad Company while on the chart, they were more Air Supply. This dichotomy was mirrored within the band itself, as the original Baby, Mike Corby, envisioned the band as progressive rock, while John Waite wanted to move to a more country (as in 70's era country, aka country and western) sound, maybe more akin to the early Eagles, but that's a story for later in the countdown; we still have two more selections from this album to enjoy first.
As for my personal narrative, we left off with me in 1977, immersed in Star Wars and Atari. Outside of my house, however, the sky was darkening in the form of junior high school.
Busing was in full swing where I lived, but that wasn't the reason I moved to private school in 2nd grade, rather because my school had switched to a pod style of curriculum, where instead of being in the same classroom all day, we moved from room to room based on what we were learning, and I kept losing track of my school supplies and it just didn't work for me, which is why I think I have undiagnosed ADD or ADHD or I'm on 'the spectrum'. Whatever you call it, I was struggling bad, so my parents put me in the aforementioned private school to finish out elementary school.
When it came time to decide on my next school, I chose yet another private Lutheran school that went kindergarten through 9th grade. One of my neighborhood friends, another John, had moved in a year or two earlier and he had been going to this particular school since kindergarten. There was also a friend of our family who went there and was going into 9th grade. Between the two recommendations, my parents and I decided to give it a go.
One of the problems with being THE new kid at a private school where the rest of your classmates had all been together since kindergarten is that if you're meek and socially awkward, it's nearly impossible to make friends and any foible puts you in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Also, having come from a cakewalk of an elementary school, I never bothered to form study habits and the curriculum at this school was no joke, and the teachers were hard-nosed. I was a year older than my friend John, which was actually a blessing for me because his own awkwardness had already made him the butt of many jokes in his own grade, which would have made my own going even worse. The first part of the school year hadn't been too bad, so '77 still ended with me upbeat.
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Corsten 29/28/27: Electrique Boutique - Revelation (Ferry Corsten Remix), Moonman - Don't Be Afraid, Corsten/van Buuren/Rank 1/de Ronde - Destination
So I said the list would be mostly 50/50 between tracks Ferry wrote and Ferry remixed, here we get one of each and then a bit of a wildcard.
The first one is a pure remix. I know nothing of the artist in question, discogs suggests they had only one other release, three years after Corsten remixed this in 2000. I'd never heard of this track or artist prior to researching this, although given the timing it may well have been played in clubs when I still went to clubs and I didn't notice. Can't say a great deal more than that, other than it's a good trance track, which is what the vast majority of the list is.
The second one comes from earlier, Moonman being one of the myriad of aliases Ferry used, particularly in his early days. Compared to many tracks on the list, it is lacking in levels and depth, and I believe it is this track in particular which, as many trance tracks can be, are ruined by (usually female) vocals if you pick the wrong remix or edit, but I'm fairly certain the one I put onto Spotify is the instrumental, at the very least the track length was the same. It has enough flow to it for something released in 96 at least.
Finally we come to a collaborative work, where by the looks of things the four artists listed took the opportunity to have some fun with the modern age technology we have, and make a track on the fly and live stream the whole production of it. That's a super clever thing to do these days, and with the wealth of talent that was behind the project you would not be surprised that you get a great record well into the 20's
So I said the list would be mostly 50/50 between tracks Ferry wrote and Ferry remixed, here we get one of each and then a bit of a wildcard.
The first one is a pure remix. I know nothing of the artist in question, discogs suggests they had only one other release, three years after Corsten remixed this in 2000. I'd never heard of this track or artist prior to researching this, although given the timing it may well have been played in clubs when I still went to clubs and I didn't notice. Can't say a great deal more than that, other than it's a good trance track, which is what the vast majority of the list is.
The second one comes from earlier, Moonman being one of the myriad of aliases Ferry used, particularly in his early days. Compared to many tracks on the list, it is lacking in levels and depth, and I believe it is this track in particular which, as many trance tracks can be, are ruined by (usually female) vocals if you pick the wrong remix or edit, but I'm fairly certain the one I put onto Spotify is the instrumental, at the very least the track length was the same. It has enough flow to it for something released in 96 at least.
Finally we come to a collaborative work, where by the looks of things the four artists listed took the opportunity to have some fun with the modern age technology we have, and make a track on the fly and live stream the whole production of it. That's a super clever thing to do these days, and with the wealth of talent that was behind the project you would not be surprised that you get a great record well into the 20's
simey
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Don't Ask Me Why
Billy wrote this song for his 1980 album Glass Houses. He said spending some time in Madrid influenced the Latin sound of it. I've always liked the flow and melody of this tune.
Billy wrote this song for his 1980 album Glass Houses. He said spending some time in Madrid influenced the Latin sound of it. I've always liked the flow and melody of this tune.
Don Quixote
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#27 Open Up Your Mind (Wide) (Spotify) - The GAP Band
Playlist title! This is the first song on my list to appear from The GAP Band I, their first album with Total Experience records and Lonnie Simmons as producer. Listening to it, you can see some aspects resulting from them used to playing live and still green on recording experience, as the song has some of the calls to the audience that they probably developed live.
This album was released in 1979. The lyrics hint about some of the political issues of the time, but its message is just to forget about it — turn your head to the sky and “come funk with me.” Get a bit of Charlie Wilson the showman, and a killer groove by Robert Wilson on bass.
Playlist title! This is the first song on my list to appear from The GAP Band I, their first album with Total Experience records and Lonnie Simmons as producer. Listening to it, you can see some aspects resulting from them used to playing live and still green on recording experience, as the song has some of the calls to the audience that they probably developed live.
This album was released in 1979. The lyrics hint about some of the political issues of the time, but its message is just to forget about it — turn your head to the sky and “come funk with me.” Get a bit of Charlie Wilson the showman, and a killer groove by Robert Wilson on bass.
Yambag
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Smashing Pumpkins #27
Song: Luna
Album: Siamese Dream
Summary: The closer to Siamese Dream has always been a favorite of mine, and made it to many mix tapes in my college years for my then girlfriend. Another song that is rumored to be about Courtney Love based on scribbling in the liner notes: “I am in love with someone that doesn’t love me. My songs are better than hers. This is my way to prove a point not worth making. I lean my back up against the wall of my room, pushing my spine up straight. My guitar has been painted day-glo at the hands of a sweet madman. I sing a love song in an empty room. It is for the moon. It can never be for the one you love.” However Corgan is also cited as saying it is more of a lullaby to connect the audience back to love after the cathartic and emotional journey the album takes the listener on. Plus, who doesn’t appreciate a sitar?
I'll sing for you
If you want me to
I'll give to you
And it's a chance I'll have to take
Song: Luna
Album: Siamese Dream
Summary: The closer to Siamese Dream has always been a favorite of mine, and made it to many mix tapes in my college years for my then girlfriend. Another song that is rumored to be about Courtney Love based on scribbling in the liner notes: “I am in love with someone that doesn’t love me. My songs are better than hers. This is my way to prove a point not worth making. I lean my back up against the wall of my room, pushing my spine up straight. My guitar has been painted day-glo at the hands of a sweet madman. I sing a love song in an empty room. It is for the moon. It can never be for the one you love.” However Corgan is also cited as saying it is more of a lullaby to connect the audience back to love after the cathartic and emotional journey the album takes the listener on. Plus, who doesn’t appreciate a sitar?
I'll sing for you
If you want me to
I'll give to you
And it's a chance I'll have to take
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Artist Who Should Have Recorded This: Frank Sinatra
It's stage-y enough for Frank and with Quincy Jones producing, it would have been a masterpiece.
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
Respectfully disagree. "Every drunk must have his drink" gives me a Jimmy Buffett vibe.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Charlie Steiner
Footballguy
When Frank sings it, he's waiting for an excuse to punch you in the mouth. When Jimmy sings it, he's inviting you to join in.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
I’m thinking Tom Jones.
tuffnutt
Footballguy
27.
A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction- Bright Eyes from
Letting off the Happiness (1998)
A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction" is a haunting track from Bright Eyes' 1998 album Letting Off the Happiness. Written by Conor Oberst, when he was just 17. To have that emotional depth andTo be able to write about the complexities of desire, vulnerability, and the darker aspects of intimate encounters so poetically… while in high school?? At 17 me and my friends were still laughing at fart jokes.
While obviously not my favorite bright eyes song… I felt it needed to be on list.
A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction- Bright Eyes from
Letting off the Happiness (1998)
A Poetic Retelling of an Unfortunate Seduction" is a haunting track from Bright Eyes' 1998 album Letting Off the Happiness. Written by Conor Oberst, when he was just 17. To have that emotional depth andTo be able to write about the complexities of desire, vulnerability, and the darker aspects of intimate encounters so poetically… while in high school?? At 17 me and my friends were still laughing at fart jokes.
While obviously not my favorite bright eyes song… I felt it needed to be on list.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
#27: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - 80 BLOCKS FROM SILVERLAKE
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This one feels like a Sunday song. Here we have another song from the Carried Away album (it is the song before Beer on the album), and another song about a day in L.A. I was thinking about @jwb 's theme while listening to this album last night. I love the f/x at the beginning while the cars going by and other background sounds. I think this song and album sounds great with headphones.
This is a song I've always loved from first listen to the album, and it puts a smile on my face right away with the line about the liver hurting. In general, another example of specific lyrics that are also universal enough that most of us can probably relate at least some of the song and situations.
Yawn… I just got up out the bed
Feel my liver hurting, and heard the little homies chirping
"Where y'all at?" is all I heard out the window
Cars rolling by booming, got a whiff of the Indo'
Another beautiful day in L.A., I already smelled the charcoal
The awful hangover from last night's already a memory
I walk into Busy Bee, all the homies remember me (Hey!)
The barbeque chicken, no skin, my day begins
NEXT: A song about album hunting and a Peanuts reference?
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This one feels like a Sunday song. Here we have another song from the Carried Away album (it is the song before Beer on the album), and another song about a day in L.A. I was thinking about @jwb 's theme while listening to this album last night. I love the f/x at the beginning while the cars going by and other background sounds. I think this song and album sounds great with headphones.
This is a song I've always loved from first listen to the album, and it puts a smile on my face right away with the line about the liver hurting. In general, another example of specific lyrics that are also universal enough that most of us can probably relate at least some of the song and situations.
Yawn… I just got up out the bed
Feel my liver hurting, and heard the little homies chirping
"Where y'all at?" is all I heard out the window
Cars rolling by booming, got a whiff of the Indo'
Another beautiful day in L.A., I already smelled the charcoal
The awful hangover from last night's already a memory
I walk into Busy Bee, all the homies remember me (Hey!)
The barbeque chicken, no skin, my day begins
NEXT: A song about album hunting and a Peanuts reference?
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Love the Radar Love vibe in this one, though I'm pretty sure driving is a metaphor this time. Or has it always been a metaphor? ...mind blown.
Sunlight Kills the Stars
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#27: BECK - LOOKING FOR A SIGN
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This is a bit of a thank you to the MAD31s. This song was a very late entry to the playlist, here is a tune from the movie Jeff Who Lives At Home. I was digging through all the B-sides after I said I was doing this list, and ran across this one that was either new to me or at least I didn't remember or recognize it. I have listened to it dozens of times this month - it feels like a Sea Change tune that didn't make the album, but it was also release over a decade later. Love it.
If I ran across your picture
If I called you by mistake
And if I ask someone about you
It’s a habit I can’t break
NEXT: speaking of Sea Change...
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This is a bit of a thank you to the MAD31s. This song was a very late entry to the playlist, here is a tune from the movie Jeff Who Lives At Home. I was digging through all the B-sides after I said I was doing this list, and ran across this one that was either new to me or at least I didn't remember or recognize it. I have listened to it dozens of times this month - it feels like a Sea Change tune that didn't make the album, but it was also release over a decade later. Love it.
If I ran across your picture
If I called you by mistake
And if I ask someone about you
It’s a habit I can’t break
NEXT: speaking of Sea Change...
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
27's are my favorite batch so far. But thankfully I'm too old to actually join the 27 club.
Chaos34
Footballguy
I did, thanks. I could have used company on the drive there and back, but was fine being a loner for the music. Jealous Eephus got 24 Cave songs and 7 off Wild God. I got 10 and 2. I also got 50 something other songs from 5 bands I knew well enough but never saw before. An awesome consolation. The Pasadena crowd flocked to the Go Gos stage which coincided with Cave playing, leaving me just about the best seat possible.Enjoy the festival, loner!
Sorry I dissed Honesty. Something... I dunno... dorky and sterile about it. Don't Ask Me Why is much better Billy for me. Curious, since you've seen so many live shows. Did you catch Billy and Elton together? They did that off and on for 15 years. I saw them in 01. It was 3 hours and I hated for it to end.
Also, the post show buzz hadn't faded much when I got home and I decided to be a loner for another show. John 5 and Richie Kotzen are gonna tour together and I bought a solo ticket for the first show.
Chaos34
Footballguy
It looks really good. I've been waiting for max write-ups to trickle in before listening. The context has been adding to my enjoyment.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I can't believe that there are 26 songs from the English Beat universe that are better than this.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I was gonna vote for the Gipsy Kings.
Yo Mama
Footballguy
Yeah, upon listening to everything again, I could have moved this up 4-5 spots, but the top 20 or so is pretty stacked. I think I got caught up trying to space out the songs from the 3 different bands.I can't believe that there are 26 songs from the English Beat universe that are better than this.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
27. Bummer in the Summer
Album: Forever Changes (1967)
Here we have our first of nine tracks from Love's legendary Forever Changes album.
However, "Bummer in the Summer" is atypical of the record's sound. It has no horns or strings, has relatively conventional lyrics about a breakup as opposed to the more existential material elsewhere on the record, and lacks the airiness of most of the other tracks. Instead, we get a forceful, brisk arrangement driven by acoustic guitar and piano (the latter played by Wrecking Crew session man Don Randi; more about them later) and direct but clever lyrics that are spoken, fast, by Arthur Lee as much as sung by him. Is this proto-rap?
In the middle of the summer I had a job bein' a plumber
Just to pass till the fall it was you I want to ball all day
We were walkin' along, honey, hand in hand
I'm a-thinkin' of you, mama, when you're thinkin' of another man
What is typical is the genre-bending: John Echols' guitar solo in the middle of the song sounds straight out of country music.
There are a few documented live performances of "Bummer in the Summer" between 1968 and 1970, and one in 1994, but it appeared in sets consistently after Lee was released from prison, and has continued to be performed by The Love Band after Lee's death, including at their shows this month.
This is one of many Love songs that Robert Plant has performed over the years, including, with Echols sitting in, at one of the 2006 benefit concerts for Lee.
Alternate mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/2RqWfejP4ouqdsO4EYGNyj?si=62c0e2d91e0e48da
Live version from 1970 (appears on The Blue Thumb Recordings): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69WU1Xr5c0
Live version from 1970 in London (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvb652cWxtI
Live version from 2003 at the Glastonbury Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXaRQXkV-NY
Live version from 2003 in London (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLeUu2uMjR8
And here's the version The Love Band played with Echols in NYC earlier this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6r0_XOKAg
At #26, the only song in this countdown that is neither written nor sung by Arthur Lee.
Album: Forever Changes (1967)
Here we have our first of nine tracks from Love's legendary Forever Changes album.
However, "Bummer in the Summer" is atypical of the record's sound. It has no horns or strings, has relatively conventional lyrics about a breakup as opposed to the more existential material elsewhere on the record, and lacks the airiness of most of the other tracks. Instead, we get a forceful, brisk arrangement driven by acoustic guitar and piano (the latter played by Wrecking Crew session man Don Randi; more about them later) and direct but clever lyrics that are spoken, fast, by Arthur Lee as much as sung by him. Is this proto-rap?
In the middle of the summer I had a job bein' a plumber
Just to pass till the fall it was you I want to ball all day
We were walkin' along, honey, hand in hand
I'm a-thinkin' of you, mama, when you're thinkin' of another man
What is typical is the genre-bending: John Echols' guitar solo in the middle of the song sounds straight out of country music.
There are a few documented live performances of "Bummer in the Summer" between 1968 and 1970, and one in 1994, but it appeared in sets consistently after Lee was released from prison, and has continued to be performed by The Love Band after Lee's death, including at their shows this month.
This is one of many Love songs that Robert Plant has performed over the years, including, with Echols sitting in, at one of the 2006 benefit concerts for Lee.
Alternate mix: https://open.spotify.com/track/2RqWfejP4ouqdsO4EYGNyj?si=62c0e2d91e0e48da
Live version from 1970 (appears on The Blue Thumb Recordings): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a69WU1Xr5c0
Live version from 1970 in London (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvb652cWxtI
Live version from 2003 at the Glastonbury Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXaRQXkV-NY
Live version from 2003 in London (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLeUu2uMjR8
And here's the version The Love Band played with Echols in NYC earlier this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h6r0_XOKAg
At #26, the only song in this countdown that is neither written nor sung by Arthur Lee.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I was thinking RIcky Martin, but Tom will do.
Eephus
Footballguy
Another late night wired after a show post. Tonight it was Midge Ure and Blancmange who stopped in SF after the Cruel World festival before shuffling back to old Blighty. Ure has been in a bunch of bands (Ultravox, Rich Kids, Visage and even Thin Lizzy for a while) and has a lot of great songs but he's never really been my jam. He's a pro and puts on a good show. The big surprise was Blancmange who I really wasn't familiar with except for their one US hit. Singer Neil Arthur is a funny character who seemed elated to be so well received for their first US dates since 1986.
Neither act had a drummer which I missed but it's always fun to see live music. I wasn't a synthpop guy in the 80s and probably won't be in the 20s either but I've been trying to go to more shows with Mrs. Eephus since one of her friends who attended a lot of shows is having some health issues.
Neither act had a drummer which I missed but it's always fun to see live music. I wasn't a synthpop guy in the 80s and probably won't be in the 20s either but I've been trying to go to more shows with Mrs. Eephus since one of her friends who attended a lot of shows is having some health issues.
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Midge is under serious consideration for my next artist. That takes in Slik, Rich Kids, some of Thin Lizzy, Visage, Ultravox, solo and others. Ultravox were always my second fave behind OMD, so might be hard to condense to 31.
Glad hes still putting on a show. He is nowhere near the live show that OMD put on. In fact i would say i wouldnt go out of my way to listen to see him live. All that George Martin production lol.
Blancmange had several UK hits, but nothing near Living on the Ceiling. I did like their cover of the latter Abba song The Day Before You Came which I included in the covers countdown….i think.
Hope Mrs Eephus’s friend gets better soon.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Big fan of Ure era Ultravox myself, they did synths as well as anyone imo. Billy Currie on keyboards & violin.
Blancmange I remember for 4 songs, the 2 you mentioned + Blind Vision & Don't Tell Me. The lead singer does seem like an engaging frontman from their videos.
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