Mrs. Rannous
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When did The Gap Band become Chippendales dancers?
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Middle Aged Dummies - Artist - Round 5 - #2's have been posted. Link in OP. (36 Viewers)
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Charlie Steiner
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3. Best of What I Got (Bad English, 1989)
There's not much more to say about the creation of Waite's second band than what's quoted above.
Best of What I Got is the first track on the album and clearly announces their intention to go full throttle--and full hair band--on us.
There's not much more to say about the creation of Waite's second band than what's quoted above.
Best of What I Got is the first track on the album and clearly announces their intention to go full throttle--and full hair band--on us.
John Maddens Lunchbox
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#3 - Otis Redding - I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
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I've Been Loving You Too Long
Otis Redding · Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition) · Song · 1965
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JML Rank - #10
Krista4 Rank - #1
Uruk-Hai Rank - #1
Album - Otis Blue
Recorded - April 1965
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
Notable Covers - The Rolling Stones, Percy Sledge, Jerry Butler, Billy Vera, Dionne Warwick, Ike and Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison
Comments - I feel bad with my ranking here. This would have been the clear number one song for the other two. I made sure before getting their lists that my rankings were locked in and with a few exceptions I stuck with it. A notable exception was our #15 Down in the Valley.
Redding recorded the song in 1965 and when released as a single in April 1965, became his second best selling single. The song was subsequently included on his third album, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965).[2] The song reached number 21 on the BillboardHot 100 and number 2 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart.[4] Billboard described it as a "winning tender and soulful piece of material and performance by 'Mr. Pitiful' himself."[5]Cash Box described it as "a tender, slow-moving heartfelt lament about a fella whose love for his gal is growing cold."[6]
The song was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2003.[7] In 2011, the 1965 recording by Redding on Volt Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Next Up - The last cover we will see and what a cracker
Uruk-Hai
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JML, don't beat yourself up over a #10 ranking. The 10th best Redding song is still awesome.#3 - Otis Redding - I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
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Otis Redding · Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition) · Song · 1965
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JML Rank - #10
Krista4 Rank - #1
Uruk-Hai Rank - #1
Album - Otis Blue
Recorded - April 1965
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
Notable Covers - The Rolling Stones, Percy Sledge, Jerry Butler, Billy Vera, Dionne Warwick, Ike and Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison
Comments - I feel bad with my ranking here. This would have been the clear number one song for the other two. I made sure before getting their lists that my rankings were locked in and with a few exceptions I stuck with it. A notable exception was our #15 Down in the Valley.
Redding recorded the song in 1965 and when released as a single in April 1965, became his second best selling single. The song was subsequently included on his third album, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965).[2] The song reached number 21 on the BillboardHot 100 and number 2 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart.[4] Billboard described it as a "winning tender and soulful piece of material and performance by 'Mr. Pitiful' himself."[5]Cash Box described it as "a tender, slow-moving heartfelt lament about a fella whose love for his gal is growing cold."[6]
The song was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2003.[7] In 2011, the 1965 recording by Redding on Volt Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Next Up - The last cover we will see and what a cracker
This one is the most emotionally-draining performance I've ever heard on a studio popular music recording. Listen to this at your own peril if it's 3 a.m. and you know a breakup is coming.
Also notice Jerry Butler's name popping up yet again.
Don Quixote
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Funky cowboy was their look back then. A nod to the Oklahoma roots.
Don Quixote
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#3 Early in the Morning (Spotify) - The GAP Band
Down to the top three. “Early in the Morning” was the song of theirs that charted the highest on the Billboard Hot 100, though some others were not too far behind. This is another song from Gap Band IV. I don’t have as many songs from Gap Band IV as I do from Gap Band III in my 31, but it is top-loaded with three of my top five.
I mentioned a Snoop Dogg connection with my #4, and, yeah, this one has a Snoop connection too. In my Snoop drop in the run-up, I posted “Signs,” which featured Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson — like some others, it contains a GAP Band sample. In “Early in the Morning,” Charlie Wilson sings:
I was young and foolish
I didn't know what I was doin'
I didn't know I lost you till you're gone
She had a pretty face that drove me wild
I even wanted her to have my child
In “Signs,” Charlie Wilson, now playing the role of the wise elder, twists the lyrics, telling Justin Timberlake:
Don't be young and foolish
You don't know what you're doing
You don't know what you've lost until she's gone
And her pretty face, drove you wild
But you ain't have that Snoop Doggy Dogg Style.
I think this is the last one with a Snoop connection, but it’s a Nirvana connection next.
Down to the top three. “Early in the Morning” was the song of theirs that charted the highest on the Billboard Hot 100, though some others were not too far behind. This is another song from Gap Band IV. I don’t have as many songs from Gap Band IV as I do from Gap Band III in my 31, but it is top-loaded with three of my top five.
I mentioned a Snoop Dogg connection with my #4, and, yeah, this one has a Snoop connection too. In my Snoop drop in the run-up, I posted “Signs,” which featured Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson — like some others, it contains a GAP Band sample. In “Early in the Morning,” Charlie Wilson sings:
I was young and foolish
I didn't know what I was doin'
I didn't know I lost you till you're gone
She had a pretty face that drove me wild
I even wanted her to have my child
In “Signs,” Charlie Wilson, now playing the role of the wise elder, twists the lyrics, telling Justin Timberlake:
Don't be young and foolish
You don't know what you're doing
You don't know what you've lost until she's gone
And her pretty face, drove you wild
But you ain't have that Snoop Doggy Dogg Style.
I think this is the last one with a Snoop connection, but it’s a Nirvana connection next.
simey
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The Great Suburban Showdown
Billy wrote this song for his 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. This is my favorite song on the album, and one of my all-time favorite songs by him in general. The song is about going back home to visit and dreading it, because the person has changed, but nothing at home has, and they feel strange or out of place playing the part of who they used to be. Something like that. It doesn't have profound lyrics or fancy music, but what I love is the laid back melody of the song, his young voice, and singing along with it. He plays a moog in the song, and back in the 70s when I'd listen to it at my bff's house, I remember us trying to play the moog part on recorders. Some of the notes sounded semi-similar (that's being generous), but for the most part we butchered it. We'd sing along with it holding hairbrushes as microphones. The song also has a subtle pedal steel in it, which can easily perk up my ears. Most songs have a favorite part that I love, and with this one it is a quick sound by the pedal steel during the last verse:
We'll drive into town
When this big bird touches down <------right after the word "down" I love the quick sound of the pedal steel
I'm only comin' home to say goodbye
Then I'm gone with the wind
And I won't be seen again
'Til that great suburban showdown in the sky
'Til that great suburban showdown in the sky
Billy wrote this song for his 1974 album Streetlife Serenade. This is my favorite song on the album, and one of my all-time favorite songs by him in general. The song is about going back home to visit and dreading it, because the person has changed, but nothing at home has, and they feel strange or out of place playing the part of who they used to be. Something like that. It doesn't have profound lyrics or fancy music, but what I love is the laid back melody of the song, his young voice, and singing along with it. He plays a moog in the song, and back in the 70s when I'd listen to it at my bff's house, I remember us trying to play the moog part on recorders. Some of the notes sounded semi-similar (that's being generous), but for the most part we butchered it. We'd sing along with it holding hairbrushes as microphones. The song also has a subtle pedal steel in it, which can easily perk up my ears. Most songs have a favorite part that I love, and with this one it is a quick sound by the pedal steel during the last verse:
We'll drive into town
When this big bird touches down <------right after the word "down" I love the quick sound of the pedal steel
I'm only comin' home to say goodbye
Then I'm gone with the wind
And I won't be seen again
'Til that great suburban showdown in the sky
'Til that great suburban showdown in the sky
Yambag
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Smashing Pumpkins #3
Song: Drown
Album: Singles Soundtrack
Summary: Pretty much everyone had Cameron Crowe’s Singles soundtrack as it came along at the pinnacle of the grunge movement. The album had a who's who of Seattle grunge artists including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and more. And then it had this Chicago band The Smashing Pumpkins closing out the album with an 8-minute song. Originally Drown was supposed to be a single as radio stations were already playing it, but the record label, Epic, chose to release singles from their artists Alice in Chains and Screaming Trees instead.
This song is only available on the Rotten Apples Greatest hits and unfortunately is an edited version. Do yourself a favor and click the link below as there is nothing quite like the 4-minutes of guitar feedback to cap off a masterpiece. Lots of great memories in college of smoking with a friend and putting this on repeat for an hour, letting the world melt away.
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Song: Drown
Album: Singles Soundtrack
Summary: Pretty much everyone had Cameron Crowe’s Singles soundtrack as it came along at the pinnacle of the grunge movement. The album had a who's who of Seattle grunge artists including Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and more. And then it had this Chicago band The Smashing Pumpkins closing out the album with an 8-minute song. Originally Drown was supposed to be a single as radio stations were already playing it, but the record label, Epic, chose to release singles from their artists Alice in Chains and Screaming Trees instead.
This song is only available on the Rotten Apples Greatest hits and unfortunately is an edited version. Do yourself a favor and click the link below as there is nothing quite like the 4-minutes of guitar feedback to cap off a masterpiece. Lots of great memories in college of smoking with a friend and putting this on repeat for an hour, letting the world melt away.
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Tau837
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Eric Clapton #3
Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers. In Marley's original version, “I Shot the Sheriff” is a protest song about oppression, justice, and resistance — a metaphor for systemic abuse of power in Jamaica.
Clapton recorded a cover version that was included on his 1974 album "461 Ocean Boulevard." His performance of the song transformed the reggae protest song into a bluesy, mid-tempo rock track. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Clapton's only U.S. number one to date. In 2003, Clapton's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Clapton recorded “I Shot the Sheriff” after being introduced to Marley’s original version by keyboardist Al Jackson, who played it during a jam session. Clapton later said he didn’t fully understand the political subtext of Marley’s lyrics, but he was drawn to the groove and melodic phrasing.
Clapton doesn't significantly alter the lyrics but changes the emotional weight. His version focuses less on rebellion and more on inner turmoil. The line "I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy" comes across less as a defiant declaration and more as a man haunted by guilt or seeking redemption. It's one of the clearest examples of how an interpretation of a song can change its tone and message without altering the words.
Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” was one of the first mainstream rock-reggae crossovers, helping to pave the way for reggae’s growing influence on Western pop and rock. While some criticized the cover for lacking Marley’s urgency, others praised Clapton for respectfully introducing reggae to a new audience. This was just another in a long list of examples of Clapton's ability to reinterpret a song and make it his own without betraying its core, just as he has done with so many blues standards.
Eric Clapton - I Shot the Sheriff
"I Shot the Sheriff" is a song written by Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley and released in 1973 with his band the Wailers. In Marley's original version, “I Shot the Sheriff” is a protest song about oppression, justice, and resistance — a metaphor for systemic abuse of power in Jamaica.
Clapton recorded a cover version that was included on his 1974 album "461 Ocean Boulevard." His performance of the song transformed the reggae protest song into a bluesy, mid-tempo rock track. It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, Clapton's only U.S. number one to date. In 2003, Clapton's version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Clapton recorded “I Shot the Sheriff” after being introduced to Marley’s original version by keyboardist Al Jackson, who played it during a jam session. Clapton later said he didn’t fully understand the political subtext of Marley’s lyrics, but he was drawn to the groove and melodic phrasing.
Clapton doesn't significantly alter the lyrics but changes the emotional weight. His version focuses less on rebellion and more on inner turmoil. The line "I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy" comes across less as a defiant declaration and more as a man haunted by guilt or seeking redemption. It's one of the clearest examples of how an interpretation of a song can change its tone and message without altering the words.
Clapton’s “I Shot the Sheriff” was one of the first mainstream rock-reggae crossovers, helping to pave the way for reggae’s growing influence on Western pop and rock. While some criticized the cover for lacking Marley’s urgency, others praised Clapton for respectfully introducing reggae to a new audience. This was just another in a long list of examples of Clapton's ability to reinterpret a song and make it his own without betraying its core, just as he has done with so many blues standards.
Dr. Octopus
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3.
Song: Cure For This
Album: Another Fine Day
Songwriter: Marc Perlman
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – guitar
Jeff Tweedy – guitar
Gary Louris – glockenspiel, background vocals
Dan Murphy – guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Linda Pitmon – drums
Muni Camon - lead vocals
Jim Boquist – backing vocals
This submission is a bit of a departure from the rest in that the sound and most notably the vocals are much different than anything else I have shared. This song features a female guest vocalist in Muni Camon, and is a beautiful dreamlike composition by Jayhawks bassist Marc Perlman.
For much of 2024, I would start my morning with a “Mantra” playlist which consisted of 9 songs – I would start each day listening to three of them. Cure For This was one of those nine songs as it describes the relationship I always wished I had with my wife of 18 years.
Song: Cure For This
Album: Another Fine Day
Songwriter: Marc Perlman
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – guitar
Jeff Tweedy – guitar
Gary Louris – glockenspiel, background vocals
Dan Murphy – guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Linda Pitmon – drums
Muni Camon - lead vocals
Jim Boquist – backing vocals
This submission is a bit of a departure from the rest in that the sound and most notably the vocals are much different than anything else I have shared. This song features a female guest vocalist in Muni Camon, and is a beautiful dreamlike composition by Jayhawks bassist Marc Perlman.
For much of 2024, I would start my morning with a “Mantra” playlist which consisted of 9 songs – I would start each day listening to three of them. Cure For This was one of those nine songs as it describes the relationship I always wished I had with my wife of 18 years.
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tuffnutt
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3.
I Got the Reason- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
from Outer South (2009)
Here is another Dylan-esque song with its nostalgic ’60s organ riffs, introspective lyrics, and relaxed jam energy. Here Oberst sings about the perils of religion, worldly reckoning, and the complexities of ambition and alienation. At 7 minutes this one is the gem of the Outer South album. The slow build and pealing organ sounds make this one top 3 for me.
I Got the Reason- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
from Outer South (2009)
Here is another Dylan-esque song with its nostalgic ’60s organ riffs, introspective lyrics, and relaxed jam energy. Here Oberst sings about the perils of religion, worldly reckoning, and the complexities of ambition and alienation. At 7 minutes this one is the gem of the Outer South album. The slow build and pealing organ sounds make this one top 3 for me.
krista4
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JML, don't beat yourself up over a #10 ranking. The 10th best Redding song is still awesome.#3 - Otis Redding - I’ve Been Loving You Too Long
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Otis Redding · Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (Collector's Edition) · Song · 1965
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JML Rank - #10
Krista4 Rank - #1
Uruk-Hai Rank - #1
Album - Otis Blue
Recorded - April 1965
Is this a Cover? - No
Songwriter - Otis Redding, Jerry Butler
Notable Covers - The Rolling Stones, Percy Sledge, Jerry Butler, Billy Vera, Dionne Warwick, Ike and Tina Turner, Joe Cocker, Aretha Franklin, Roy Orbison
Comments - I feel bad with my ranking here. This would have been the clear number one song for the other two. I made sure before getting their lists that my rankings were locked in and with a few exceptions I stuck with it. A notable exception was our #15 Down in the Valley.
Redding recorded the song in 1965 and when released as a single in April 1965, became his second best selling single. The song was subsequently included on his third album, Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul (1965).[2] The song reached number 21 on the BillboardHot 100 and number 2 on the Billboard Rhythm & Blues chart.[4] Billboard described it as a "winning tender and soulful piece of material and performance by 'Mr. Pitiful' himself."[5]Cash Box described it as "a tender, slow-moving heartfelt lament about a fella whose love for his gal is growing cold."[6]
The song was added to the United States National Recording Registry in 2003.[7] In 2011, the 1965 recording by Redding on Volt Records was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame
Next Up - The last cover we will see and what a cracker
This one is the most emotionally-draining performance I've ever heard on a studio popular music recording. Listen to this at your own peril if it's 3 a.m. and you know a breakup is coming.
Also notice Jerry Butler's name popping up yet again.
In my opinion, this is the best (recorded) vocal performance in history.
KarmaPolice
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#3: PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - 1 UP TIL SUN UP
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The link above is to one of their few official videos. I was listening to 12 Step Program this afternoon, and I forget some of the other great tunes since I listen to the playlist too much. Get Hip was a tough cut at the end to name one. @jwb might recognize the not-so-subtle sampling to go with the album closer Doctor Feelgood. A very good, fun album top to bottom. If I am being critical it's a lower tier album of theirs, probably my least favorite.
I do love this song, and since this is the song the open a concert I was going to suggest to anybody interested, I will leave that link below. This was one of the few shows I found, but it's also at the end of the career and it's pretty short - under 1hour. It shows their energy and personalities. Being out in the woods with a small crowd is very fitting as well. I've watched this one a few times.
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NEXT: we have another perfect summer song and the only b-side on the countdown.
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The link above is to one of their few official videos. I was listening to 12 Step Program this afternoon, and I forget some of the other great tunes since I listen to the playlist too much. Get Hip was a tough cut at the end to name one. @jwb might recognize the not-so-subtle sampling to go with the album closer Doctor Feelgood. A very good, fun album top to bottom. If I am being critical it's a lower tier album of theirs, probably my least favorite.
I do love this song, and since this is the song the open a concert I was going to suggest to anybody interested, I will leave that link below. This was one of the few shows I found, but it's also at the end of the career and it's pretty short - under 1hour. It shows their energy and personalities. Being out in the woods with a small crowd is very fitting as well. I've watched this one a few times.
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NEXT: we have another perfect summer song and the only b-side on the countdown.
Eephus
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I think this song is a good example of what Phil Ramone brought to the party with The Stranger album.
Billy's first two records (excluding Cold Spring Harbor) were produced by Michael Stewart (John's brother) who gave the songs a West Coast singer/songwriter vibe. That was very popular at the time and may have made sense commercially as a showcase for Joel's talents but it didn't reinforce the image that would accompany him to stardom. "The Great Suburban Showdown" is a fine song but the synths and steel guitar seem a little out of place.
Joel self-produced his next album which was better but still had a busy sound. When he got in the studio with Ramone to record The Stranger, the arrangements were stripped back a little and the overall feel is more relaxed and complimentary to Billy.
Eephus
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I never heard of Muni Camon so I looked her up.
She was born in Cadiz (also the name of an unranked Michael Head song) and was a member of 90's Spanish indie group Maddening Flames. The band reunited recently after a 25 year hiatus and put out a new album last year.
Eephus
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EPMD sampled Clapton's version to great effect on "Strictly Business"
simey
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They were a great match. Phil also produced 52nd Street, Glass Houses, Songs in the Attic, The Nylon Curtain, An Innocent Man, and The Bridge. Billy said Phil was the most talented guy in his band.
Pip's Invitation
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3. 7 And 7 Is
Albums: Da Capo (1966) and Arthur Lee (Arthur Lee solo, 1981)
Did Arthur Lee invent punk?
If you put together a word cloud for internet descriptions of "7 and 7 Is," perhaps the largest word would be "proto-punk". The song took the Stones-mixed-with-Byrds-in-a-garage sound from Love's debut album as far as it could go. I am particularly fond of songs that can be described as "controlled chaos" -- they sound like they are going to go off the rails but never do -- and this is that to a tee. It's fast, it's loud, it experiments with feedback and it literally explodes toward the end (with a sample from a sound effects record that is probably a gunshot slowed down). John Echols' lead guitar and Ken Forssi's fuzz bass kick up all kinds of frenzy, but the original version of the song may be most notable for its hyperkinetic and hard to play drum part, which was attempted unsuccessfully by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and Lee numerous times before Pfisterer delivered a take that everyone liked.
Lee wrote the song about his high school girlfriend Anita Billings and the title refers to them sharing the same birthday, March 7. What exactly the lyrics are referring to is a mystery, though many believe the "I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone" line is a reference to wearing a dunce cap and struggling in school. Whatever he's saying, Lee's delivery is punk as f@ck, especially the "Oop-ip-ip, oop-ip-ip, Yeah!" part.
When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man
I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a can
In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone
You can throw me if you want to 'cause I'm a bone and I go
Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip yeah
If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes
My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized
Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way
Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go
Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah
Lee originally arranged the song as a Dylan-style folk tune, but when the band convened with producer Jac Holzman and engineer Bruce Botnick to record it in June 1966, they decided to push it as fast and loud and fuzzed-out as it could go. Echols said that Holzman and Botnick "kept stopping us, saying, 'It's feeding back!' We'd say, 'It's supposed to feed back.'
"7 and 7 Is" was the last song recorded by the debut-album lineup of Love (Lee, Echols, Forssi, Pfisterer and guitarist Bryan MacLean). It was issued as a standalone single in July 1966 and reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting single and only top 40 hit. The B-side was a debut album outtake called "Number 14". See what they did there? The title is more interesting than the song (which can now be found on the deluxe edition of the debut album), though: https://open.spotify.com/track/1w25FDaQT34hrjr4wWWXqh?si=7402a24eed82433b
"7 and 7 Is" was included on Da Capo despite being recorded 3 months earlier and with a different lineup than the other tracks (Pfisterer was moved to organ and harpsichord and drummer Michael Stuart-Ware and saxophonist/flutist Tjay Cantrelli were added).
15 years later, Lee recorded a new version of "7 and 7 Is" for his self-titled solo album. It's discernibly less punk -- this time, Lee sings instead of snarls -- but still pretty good, and is notable for having a much simpler drum part than the original.
Given how influential the track has been touted to be, it is no surprise that this is one of Love's most-covered songs, with versions by, among others, Alice Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwkI4GdLXc&list=RD6FwkI4GdLXc, Robert Plant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKyiJj-ZYXI, Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckoyozBVVb8, The Bangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-BSrYPrZ7k, Deep Purple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtFiVyYto4c and, of course, The Ramones, who manage to cut 35 seconds off an already short song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0iqFlxX4g. I guess appropriately it was also covered by a contemporary garage-rock band from New Zealand called Tomorrow's Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXgsR8FHY0c
Also not surprisingly, "7 and 7 Is" has the second-most documented performances of any Love song. It was not played by the 1969-71 Hendrix-inspired version of the band, but has appeared consistently in every other era, including at both of my shows; it opened my first one. It continues to be performed by The Love Band with Echols today, including at their gigs this spring.
Arthur Lee (1981) version: https://open.spotify.com/track/26akiT62KbU6vBSHFX4sK2?si=556c473bca63497a
Live version from LA in 1978 with Bryan MacLean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZG5bZt0p8A
Live version from LA In 1990, with two members of The Knack in Lee's band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkZnQZVH2U
Live version from a cable TV show called Art Fein's Poker Party. Given Lee's appearance and the personnel in the video, I'd place this around 1992, the year of the Arthur Lee and Love album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNjbJw3nJI
Live version from Odense, Denmark in 1996 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJ-UagBaGY
Live version from London in 2003 (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OndWRzexM0
Live version from the Glastonbury Festival in 2003: https://youtu.be/Kz54rMimXnY?t=3219
The Love Band with Echols live in Hamden, CT in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOiSARRLhos
At #2, it wasn't a hit, nor was it written by Arthur Lee, but it's Love's signature song.
Albums: Da Capo (1966) and Arthur Lee (Arthur Lee solo, 1981)
Did Arthur Lee invent punk?
If you put together a word cloud for internet descriptions of "7 and 7 Is," perhaps the largest word would be "proto-punk". The song took the Stones-mixed-with-Byrds-in-a-garage sound from Love's debut album as far as it could go. I am particularly fond of songs that can be described as "controlled chaos" -- they sound like they are going to go off the rails but never do -- and this is that to a tee. It's fast, it's loud, it experiments with feedback and it literally explodes toward the end (with a sample from a sound effects record that is probably a gunshot slowed down). John Echols' lead guitar and Ken Forssi's fuzz bass kick up all kinds of frenzy, but the original version of the song may be most notable for its hyperkinetic and hard to play drum part, which was attempted unsuccessfully by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer and Lee numerous times before Pfisterer delivered a take that everyone liked.
Lee wrote the song about his high school girlfriend Anita Billings and the title refers to them sharing the same birthday, March 7. What exactly the lyrics are referring to is a mystery, though many believe the "I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone" line is a reference to wearing a dunce cap and struggling in school. Whatever he's saying, Lee's delivery is punk as f@ck, especially the "Oop-ip-ip, oop-ip-ip, Yeah!" part.
When I was a boy I thought about the times I'd be a man
I'd sit inside a bottle and pretend that I was in a can
In my lonely room I'd sit my mind in an ice cream cone
You can throw me if you want to 'cause I'm a bone and I go
Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip yeah
If I don't start cryin' it's because that I have got no eyes
My father's in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized
Through a crack of light I was unable to find my way
Trapped inside a night but I'm a day and I go
Oop-ip-ip oop-ip-ip, yeah
Lee originally arranged the song as a Dylan-style folk tune, but when the band convened with producer Jac Holzman and engineer Bruce Botnick to record it in June 1966, they decided to push it as fast and loud and fuzzed-out as it could go. Echols said that Holzman and Botnick "kept stopping us, saying, 'It's feeding back!' We'd say, 'It's supposed to feed back.'
"7 and 7 Is" was the last song recorded by the debut-album lineup of Love (Lee, Echols, Forssi, Pfisterer and guitarist Bryan MacLean). It was issued as a standalone single in July 1966 and reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band's highest-charting single and only top 40 hit. The B-side was a debut album outtake called "Number 14". See what they did there? The title is more interesting than the song (which can now be found on the deluxe edition of the debut album), though: https://open.spotify.com/track/1w25FDaQT34hrjr4wWWXqh?si=7402a24eed82433b
"7 and 7 Is" was included on Da Capo despite being recorded 3 months earlier and with a different lineup than the other tracks (Pfisterer was moved to organ and harpsichord and drummer Michael Stuart-Ware and saxophonist/flutist Tjay Cantrelli were added).
15 years later, Lee recorded a new version of "7 and 7 Is" for his self-titled solo album. It's discernibly less punk -- this time, Lee sings instead of snarls -- but still pretty good, and is notable for having a much simpler drum part than the original.
Given how influential the track has been touted to be, it is no surprise that this is one of Love's most-covered songs, with versions by, among others, Alice Cooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwkI4GdLXc&list=RD6FwkI4GdLXc, Robert Plant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKyiJj-ZYXI, Rush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckoyozBVVb8, The Bangles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-BSrYPrZ7k, Deep Purple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtFiVyYto4c and, of course, The Ramones, who manage to cut 35 seconds off an already short song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC0iqFlxX4g. I guess appropriately it was also covered by a contemporary garage-rock band from New Zealand called Tomorrow's Love: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXgsR8FHY0c
Also not surprisingly, "7 and 7 Is" has the second-most documented performances of any Love song. It was not played by the 1969-71 Hendrix-inspired version of the band, but has appeared consistently in every other era, including at both of my shows; it opened my first one. It continues to be performed by The Love Band with Echols today, including at their gigs this spring.
Arthur Lee (1981) version: https://open.spotify.com/track/26akiT62KbU6vBSHFX4sK2?si=556c473bca63497a
Live version from LA in 1978 with Bryan MacLean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZG5bZt0p8A
Live version from LA In 1990, with two members of The Knack in Lee's band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWkZnQZVH2U
Live version from a cable TV show called Art Fein's Poker Party. Given Lee's appearance and the personnel in the video, I'd place this around 1992, the year of the Arthur Lee and Love album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uNjbJw3nJI
Live version from Odense, Denmark in 1996 (appears on Coming Through to You: The Live Recordings (1970-2004)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZJ-UagBaGY
Live version from London in 2003 (appears on The Forever Changes Concert): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OndWRzexM0
Live version from the Glastonbury Festival in 2003: https://youtu.be/Kz54rMimXnY?t=3219
The Love Band with Echols live in Hamden, CT in 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOiSARRLhos
At #2, it wasn't a hit, nor was it written by Arthur Lee, but it's Love's signature song.
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[td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Best of What I Got
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Holy '80s! These are the synth and drum sounds I got so tired of by the end of that decade. Which is too bad because the song itself could have been a ripping rocker.
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Bad English · Bad English · Song · 1989 open.spotify.comHoly '80s! These are the synth and drum sounds I got so tired of by the end of that decade. Which is too bad because the song itself could have been a ripping rocker.
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5's
New to me likes:
Comedy- Shack- nice one
Season's No Reason to Change- smooth jam
Best Friend- The English Beat- REALLY enjoyed this one
All or nothing- Small faces-
Speed Bumps- Luna- continue to deliver rd after rd
Something Makes You- The Cornershop- yes sir! love this. fav new to me this rd.
Known likes:
Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumpkins- Man what a great song AND video. was so big for me back in day. #2 on my list
Black Water- Doobie Brothers- Always loved the rounds in this one.
For whom the Bell Tolls- Metallica- TIME MARCHES ON!!!!
The Stranger- Billy Joel- classic!
New to me likes:
Comedy- Shack- nice one
Season's No Reason to Change- smooth jam
Best Friend- The English Beat- REALLY enjoyed this one
All or nothing- Small faces-
Speed Bumps- Luna- continue to deliver rd after rd
Something Makes You- The Cornershop- yes sir! love this. fav new to me this rd.
Known likes:
Tonight, Tonight- Smashing Pumpkins- Man what a great song AND video. was so big for me back in day. #2 on my list
Black Water- Doobie Brothers- Always loved the rounds in this one.
For whom the Bell Tolls- Metallica- TIME MARCHES ON!!!!
The Stranger- Billy Joel- classic!
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ALBUM #3: MIDNIGHT VULTURES
SONG: MIXED BIZNESS
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I am guessing that my top 3 aren't going to be much of surprise. Midnight Vultures has always been a favorite and in the CD/car rotation. Mixed Bizness has also been my favorite from the album for as long as I can remember. Honestly these albums are more in a tier of 3 and it's my mood that dictates which I listen to. There are still a few songs I really dig that I didn't get around to highlight in this format like Peaches & Cream, Hollywood Freaks, and Broken Train. Just a fun party album top to bottom.
Do you want to ride on the Baltic Sea
I'll be your mistress C.O.D.
I'll comb your hair
Re-write your diary
Pour champagne on a honey bee
NEXT: the last one started with a scream, this one starts with some whistling...
ALBUM #3: MIDNIGHT VULTURES
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I am guessing that my top 3 aren't going to be much of surprise. Midnight Vultures has always been a favorite and in the CD/car rotation. Mixed Bizness has also been my favorite from the album for as long as I can remember. Honestly these albums are more in a tier of 3 and it's my mood that dictates which I listen to. There are still a few songs I really dig that I didn't get around to highlight in this format like Peaches & Cream, Hollywood Freaks, and Broken Train. Just a fun party album top to bottom.
Do you want to ride on the Baltic Sea
I'll be your mistress C.O.D.
I'll comb your hair
Re-write your diary
Pour champagne on a honey bee
NEXT: the last one started with a scream, this one starts with some whistling...
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Three known-to-me favorites from #3:
Drown (The Smashing Pumpkins) -- I would have preferred the full version but Spotify is dumb about that. This was the first Pumpkins song I heard thanks to the Singles soundtrack. I immediately went out and bought Gish, and was on board from there.
China Grove (The Doobie Brothers) -- Arguably the best rocker from the Johnston era. And of course it's on The Captain and Me.
Our Lips are Sealed (The Go-Gos/Belinda Carlisle) -- Ubiquitous in the early years of MTV. Great story behind this one -- The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin and Fun Boy Three's Terry Hall wrote this together about the affair they had with each other while they were dating other people. Fun Boy Three did a very different version: https://open.spotify.com/track/6su4BGoEQIhclaNzUosUye?si=3235ac5801cf4950
It was hard to leave out "Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (my wife asked me to turn it up when this came on), "Tiger Lily" and "Mixed Bizness".
Three new-to-me favorites from #3:
Friends of Mine (Hugh Dillon) -- Weighty and attention-grabbing.
I Got the Reason (Conor Oberst) -- Love the arrangement.
Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway (David Lee Roth/John 5) -- Charming and ear-catching.
Drown (The Smashing Pumpkins) -- I would have preferred the full version but Spotify is dumb about that. This was the first Pumpkins song I heard thanks to the Singles soundtrack. I immediately went out and bought Gish, and was on board from there.
China Grove (The Doobie Brothers) -- Arguably the best rocker from the Johnston era. And of course it's on The Captain and Me.
Our Lips are Sealed (The Go-Gos/Belinda Carlisle) -- Ubiquitous in the early years of MTV. Great story behind this one -- The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin and Fun Boy Three's Terry Hall wrote this together about the affair they had with each other while they were dating other people. Fun Boy Three did a very different version: https://open.spotify.com/track/6su4BGoEQIhclaNzUosUye?si=3235ac5801cf4950
It was hard to leave out "Tenderness," "I've Been Loving You Too Long," "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad" (my wife asked me to turn it up when this came on), "Tiger Lily" and "Mixed Bizness".
Three new-to-me favorites from #3:
Friends of Mine (Hugh Dillon) -- Weighty and attention-grabbing.
I Got the Reason (Conor Oberst) -- Love the arrangement.
Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway (David Lee Roth/John 5) -- Charming and ear-catching.
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In the words of Randy Bachman, you ain't seen nothing yet.
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Michael Head #3 - Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band - "Kismet" (2022)
If you've been reading my posts, you may have noticed that Mick's musical career has often been plagued by bad timing, bad decisions and plain old bad luck. Yet he's generally seemed to remain undaunted by the setbacks. Kismet is an Arabic/Turkish word meaning destiny, fate or the will of Allah but Mick uses it here to describe some good fortune that has found recently. The first verse tells the story of him wandering around with a dead cellphone until he came upon a place whose owner allowed Mick to charge his phone and offered him a free plate of food. The second verse isn't as obvious but it appears to express his love for his new wife and how she's transformed his life. Trumpets make a surprise appearance at the very end of the song playing just a few notes behind the whoa-oh-ohs of the outro.
"Kismet" was the lead single off his comeback album Dear Scott. Success has always been relative for Head but this album reached the lofty heights of #6 on the UK charts, his highest placing from any of his musical endeavors. Chart position obviously has different meaning in 2022 than it would have had in 1985 or 1999 but it's still a nice culmination of a long career. He still only gets around 60K monthly listeners on Spotify for all his bands put together but he has an audience who turn out for his shows.
If you've been reading my posts, you may have noticed that Mick's musical career has often been plagued by bad timing, bad decisions and plain old bad luck. Yet he's generally seemed to remain undaunted by the setbacks. Kismet is an Arabic/Turkish word meaning destiny, fate or the will of Allah but Mick uses it here to describe some good fortune that has found recently. The first verse tells the story of him wandering around with a dead cellphone until he came upon a place whose owner allowed Mick to charge his phone and offered him a free plate of food. The second verse isn't as obvious but it appears to express his love for his new wife and how she's transformed his life. Trumpets make a surprise appearance at the very end of the song playing just a few notes behind the whoa-oh-ohs of the outro.
"Kismet" was the lead single off his comeback album Dear Scott. Success has always been relative for Head but this album reached the lofty heights of #6 on the UK charts, his highest placing from any of his musical endeavors. Chart position obviously has different meaning in 2022 than it would have had in 1985 or 1999 but it's still a nice culmination of a long career. He still only gets around 60K monthly listeners on Spotify for all his bands put together but he has an audience who turn out for his shows.
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I'm way behind listening and lack motivation for writing this up the way I intended. Somn about deep diving John, learning about how Eddie was his first rockstar hero, how he spent most of his childhood doing Eddie impersonations, and how Van Halen's break up led him to having teenage fantasies about playing lead for DLR... I dunno it reminded me of being in the driveway playing bball alone but the whole Laker team was there in my head. John's dream came true. I have Laker tickets. haha
Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway is just John on guitars and bass with Dave on vocals. Seems so simple. Sounds pretty simple. But John goes on about how sophisticated his playing is here. How he loved the lyrics so much Dave gave him carte blanche with the music and trusted him to do it justice. How he deployed "cool crazy jazz chords" that needed 50+ overdubs for him to be happy with it.
Dave even let John make the video, which is just about as nostalgic as the lyrics. Anyway, maybe this run of DLRs is ranked too high, but as I was making the list, ear-weary from the darkside of John's catalog, these just charmed me. Pip just called it charming. Yeah, I agree.
Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway is just John on guitars and bass with Dave on vocals. Seems so simple. Sounds pretty simple. But John goes on about how sophisticated his playing is here. How he loved the lyrics so much Dave gave him carte blanche with the music and trusted him to do it justice. How he deployed "cool crazy jazz chords" that needed 50+ overdubs for him to be happy with it.
Dave even let John make the video, which is just about as nostalgic as the lyrics. Anyway, maybe this run of DLRs is ranked too high, but as I was making the list, ear-weary from the darkside of John's catalog, these just charmed me. Pip just called it charming. Yeah, I agree.
Nothing Could Have Stopped Us Back Then Anyway...(Official Music Video)
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MA-D Round 5: Metallica
#3: Ride the Lightning
Album: Ride the Lightning (1984)
(music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArgdUZKslPw
(live version1 ) Metallica Ride The Lightning Metal Hammer Festival 1985
(live version2) Metallica: Ride the Lightning (Uniondale, NY - May 17, 2017)
If this is true, just let it be
Wakened by a horrid scream
Freed from this frightening dream
—
Story-wise, “Ride the Lightning” is pretty straightforward. It’s about a person going to the electric chair, and some thoughts going through his head before (/while) that happens. The narrator complains even though he’s “guilty as charged”, that “it ain’t right”, blaming “someone else controlling me”. So there’s the question of mental problems, though James Hetfield has stated that the man’s innocent. That the theme can be extended to anyone trapped in a situation they can’t get out of. The title of the song (and thus the album) takes inspiration from Stephen King’s “The Stand”.
I should also mention that this is one of the few songs on the album to feature a credit from Dave Mustaine. It’s Kirk Hammett, his “replacement”, that gets the guitar glory here though. Both in the intro and in one of the better guitar solos out there. Whatever the source, there’s a fair amount of creativity here, in the time signatures and performances.
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Next on the countdown, Eddie Munson’s magnum opus. Alternatively, drugs are bad, mmkay?
#3: Ride the Lightning
Album: Ride the Lightning (1984)
(music video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArgdUZKslPw
(live version1 ) Metallica Ride The Lightning Metal Hammer Festival 1985
(live version2) Metallica: Ride the Lightning (Uniondale, NY - May 17, 2017)
If this is true, just let it be
Wakened by a horrid scream
Freed from this frightening dream
—
Story-wise, “Ride the Lightning” is pretty straightforward. It’s about a person going to the electric chair, and some thoughts going through his head before (/while) that happens. The narrator complains even though he’s “guilty as charged”, that “it ain’t right”, blaming “someone else controlling me”. So there’s the question of mental problems, though James Hetfield has stated that the man’s innocent. That the theme can be extended to anyone trapped in a situation they can’t get out of. The title of the song (and thus the album) takes inspiration from Stephen King’s “The Stand”.
I should also mention that this is one of the few songs on the album to feature a credit from Dave Mustaine. It’s Kirk Hammett, his “replacement”, that gets the guitar glory here though. Both in the intro and in one of the better guitar solos out there. Whatever the source, there’s a fair amount of creativity here, in the time signatures and performances.
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Next on the countdown, Eddie Munson’s magnum opus. Alternatively, drugs are bad, mmkay?
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4's
New to me likes:
She's the one- John Waite
Ill Fated- Golden Smog
Tangled Up- Caro Emerald
Do that Thing- Headstones- Hell ya
Malibu Love Nest- Luna- kinda sounds like Lou reed
My Wandering in the Weary Land- The Waterboys- My favorite new to me this rd
Known likes:
Heaven is a place on earth- Belinda Carlisle- Such an earworm song
Stand inside your love- Smashing Pumpkins- good song
That's how Strong my Love is- Otis Redding- perfection
One- Metallica- Not sure what my favorite Metallica song is, but this on a very short list
Layla- Eric Clapton- One of most iconic riffs ever
New to me likes:
She's the one- John Waite
Ill Fated- Golden Smog
Tangled Up- Caro Emerald
Do that Thing- Headstones- Hell ya
Malibu Love Nest- Luna- kinda sounds like Lou reed
My Wandering in the Weary Land- The Waterboys- My favorite new to me this rd
Known likes:
Heaven is a place on earth- Belinda Carlisle- Such an earworm song
Stand inside your love- Smashing Pumpkins- good song
That's how Strong my Love is- Otis Redding- perfection
One- Metallica- Not sure what my favorite Metallica song is, but this on a very short list
Layla- Eric Clapton- One of most iconic riffs ever
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This Friday release I am on top of!
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Great start to the album, i hit song 3 and instantly thought of the MAD31 crew. I think this would be a song many like.
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I'm gonna fight 'em off
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
I’ve enjoyed listening to these lists more when I listen once or twice at first, then go back to them.
7’s
New to me, added to likes
Lust for life
First day of my life
Super freaky memories
Think I’m in love
What did the
have in his bag
Favorite -
of your 
is fantastic, it keeps you running is one of my favorites, but head over heels is a perfect fun song
A seven nation army couldn't hold me back
I’ve enjoyed listening to these lists more when I listen once or twice at first, then go back to them.
7’s
New to me, added to likes
Lust for life
First day of my life
Super freaky memories
Think I’m in love
What did the
have in his bagFavorite -
of your is fantastic, it keeps you running is one of my favorites, but head over heels is a perfect fun song 
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2's PLAYLIST
[td]Belinda Carlise[/td][td]Zegras11[/td][td]Lust To Love
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[td]Michael Head[/td][td]Eephus[/td][td]Shack -- Stranger
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[td]People Under the Stairs[/td][td]KarmaPolice[/td][td]Drinking and Jivin'
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[td]John Waite[/td][td]Charlie Steiner[/td][td]Forget Me Not
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[td]Golden Smog[/td][td]Dr. Octopus[/td][td]Until You Came Along
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[td]The GAP Band/Charlie Wilson[/td][td]Don Quixote[/td][td]Burn Rubber on Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) - The GAP Band
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[td]The English Beat Family Tree[/td][td]Yo Mama[/td][td]Save It For Later
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[td]Caroline Esmeralda van der Leeuw[/td][td]-OZ_[/td][td]Absolutely me
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[td]Neil Diamond[/td][td]Mrs. Rannous[/td][td]America
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[td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"Tin Soldier" - Small Faces
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[td]Conor Oberst[/td][td]Tuffnutt[/td][td]Sugar Street
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[td]Smashing Pumpkins[/td][td]Yambag[/td][td]Soma
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[td]Otis Redding[/td][td]John Maddens Lunchbox[/td][td]Try A Little Tenderness
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[td]Meat Loaf[/td][td]snellman[/td][td]I'd Do Anything For Love
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Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)
The Gap Band · The Gap Band III · Song · 1980
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Save It for Later - 2012 Remaster
The English Beat · Special Beat Service (Expanded) [2012 Remaster] · Song · 1982
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Absolutely Me
Caro Emerald · Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor · Song · 2010
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Tin Soldier - 2013 Remaster
Small Faces · Small Faces - Deluxe Edition (2012 Remaster) · Song · 1967
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Soma - 2011 Remaster
The Smashing Pumpkins · Siamese Dream (Deluxe Edition) · Song · 1993
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Try a Little Tenderness
Otis Redding · Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul · Song · 1966
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I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) - Single Edit
Meat Loaf · Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell · Song · 1993
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Love · Forever Changes (2015 Remaster) · Song · 1967
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2.
Song: Until You Came Around
Album: Weird Tales
Songwriter: Kraig Johnson
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – guitar, background vocals
Jeff Tweedy – guitar, background vocals
Gary Louris – lead vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Jody Stephens – drums
A gem written by Run Westy Run’s Kraig Johnson and sung by the Jayhawks Gary Louris. This is nearly a perfect pop song.
Song: Until You Came Around
Album: Weird Tales
Songwriter: Kraig Johnson
Smog Lineup:
Kraig Johnson – guitar, background vocals
Jeff Tweedy – guitar, background vocals
Gary Louris – lead vocals, guitar
Dan Murphy – guitar
Marc Perlman – background vocals, bass
Jody Stephens – drums
A gem written by Run Westy Run’s Kraig Johnson and sung by the Jayhawks Gary Louris. This is nearly a perfect pop song.
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Smashing Pumpkins #2
Song: Soma
Album: Siamese Dream
Summary: On most days this is #1 for me. Simply put, I find it one of the most beautiful songs ever and it is also the song I played the most when going through a bout of depression in college. Corgan says the song "is based on the idea that a romantic relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security." It was also acknowledged that this song was inspired by Corgan's break-up with his ex-wife, Chris Fabian. Soma has received strong accolades including being rated 24th in Rolling Stone's "The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos" and placed 41st in NME's "50 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.
Fun Facts: R.E.M.’s Mike Mills guests on piano and the song is said to have up to 40 overdubbed guitar tracks.
I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
I'll betray myself
To anyone, lost, anyone but you
Song: Soma
Album: Siamese Dream
Summary: On most days this is #1 for me. Simply put, I find it one of the most beautiful songs ever and it is also the song I played the most when going through a bout of depression in college. Corgan says the song "is based on the idea that a romantic relationship is almost the same as opium: it slowly puts you to sleep, it soothes you, and gives you the illusion of sureness and security." It was also acknowledged that this song was inspired by Corgan's break-up with his ex-wife, Chris Fabian. Soma has received strong accolades including being rated 24th in Rolling Stone's "The 25 Coolest Guitar Solos" and placed 41st in NME's "50 Greatest Guitar Solos" list.
Fun Facts: R.E.M.’s Mike Mills guests on piano and the song is said to have up to 40 overdubbed guitar tracks.
I'm all by myself
As I've always felt
I'll betray myself
To anyone, lost, anyone but you
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
This would've been my #1. One of the all-time great barroom choruses.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
In a barroom, patrons singing
But I just sat there drinking
That's until you came along
It was close (obviously) between this and my #1 - which also has a great barroom sing along style to it.
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Captain Jack
Billy wrote this song in 1971, and it was put on his 1973 album Piano Man. This is the song that gave him his big break with Columbia Records. A Philadelphia radio station (WMMR) in 1972 had him play a live radio concert at Sigma Studios. After the concert aired, they regularly played the live version of Captain Jack for a year 1/2, and an exec at Columbia heard it, and passed it on to Clive Davis, and they contacted Billy, and he got signed to Columbia. He was still with the Family Productions label at the time, but eventually Columbia took care of that. I chose the live version from Songs in the Attic.
Billy wrote this song in 1971, and it was put on his 1973 album Piano Man. This is the song that gave him his big break with Columbia Records. A Philadelphia radio station (WMMR) in 1972 had him play a live radio concert at Sigma Studios. After the concert aired, they regularly played the live version of Captain Jack for a year 1/2, and an exec at Columbia heard it, and passed it on to Clive Davis, and they contacted Billy, and he got signed to Columbia. He was still with the Family Productions label at the time, but eventually Columbia took care of that. I chose the live version from Songs in the Attic.
Don Quixote
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#2 Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) (Spotify) - The GAP Band
According to this interview about the making of Gap Band III, this song started with Charlie Wilson playing around and coming up with the bass synth groove and then they built the song around it.
Dave Grohl has mentioned being partially inspired by the drumming of The GAP Band (as well as other disco like Cameo and Tony Thompson (drummer for Chic)) for his drumming on Nevermind. He discusses it in this interview with Pharrell Williams and includes a clip lining up the drum intro from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to the intro to “Burn Rubber on Me.” I’m not sure who the specific drummer of this song is. Based on the interview with the engineer above, they had three different session drummers that they would rotate between during the recording sessions.
According to this interview about the making of Gap Band III, this song started with Charlie Wilson playing around and coming up with the bass synth groove and then they built the song around it.
Dave Grohl has mentioned being partially inspired by the drumming of The GAP Band (as well as other disco like Cameo and Tony Thompson (drummer for Chic)) for his drumming on Nevermind. He discusses it in this interview with Pharrell Williams and includes a clip lining up the drum intro from “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to the intro to “Burn Rubber on Me.” I’m not sure who the specific drummer of this song is. Based on the interview with the engineer above, they had three different session drummers that they would rotate between during the recording sessions.
Mister CIA
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A sing-a-long if ever there was one.[td]Hugh Dillon[/td][td]Mister CIA[/td][td]Swinging
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/td] [td]Steve Marriott[/td][td]zamboni[/td][td]"Tin Soldier" - Small Faces
Tin Soldier - 2013 Remaster
Small Faces · Small Faces - Deluxe Edition (2012 Remaster) · Song · 1967
top 5 single that was ever created for me ...also thank you PJ Harvey.
Layla from a rd or two earlier also is in there
Uruk-Hai
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My fave by them.
I have a few suggestions for those with powerful sound systems and want to crank this one.
1. Anchor all loose items within your property lines. If you don't, they may end up in the next county. You may also want let your neighbors know.
2. If you have kids and pets, send them to relatives.
3. This is just me, but I'd let the local police know I'm gonna be firing up "Burn Rubber On Me" at 7 p.m. tomorrow evening so SWAT teams don't show up.
4. Buy some face-melting preventative.
One of the great road songs.
Pip's Invitation
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I should be able to do my #2 writeup tonight, but my #1 writeup and my assessments of the last two playlists may be delayed because I leave for vacation tomorrow.
However, this #2 playlist has:
My #1 Metallica
My #1 Otis
My #1 Small Faces
My #1 English Beat
…and Shuke’s #1 Love!
However, this #2 playlist has:
My #1 Metallica
My #1 Otis
My #1 Small Faces
My #1 English Beat
…and Shuke’s #1 Love!
Yo Mama
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The English Beat Family Tree #2
Save It For Later
Or as the cheeky like to call it: Save It, Fellator
Artist - The English Beat
Album - Special Beat Service (1982)
This and my #1 are basically 1a and 1b in my rankings. While this song has more of a timeless sound, the other was more era-defining for me, which is why it got the ultimate edge for #1.
Love this song - hard to not feel good just hearing the upbeat tune. So good it even inspired a semi-recent FFA thread to honor its greatness.
This was the band’s most popular and most financially successful song. It’s been tons of movies - Kingpin, Big Daddy, Funny People, Hot Tub Time Machine, Spider-Man Homecoming, 200 Cigarettes (Harvey Danger cover version), and a bunch more. Eddie Vedder has a great cover that was used in an episode The Bear.
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It’s also one of Pete Townshend’s favorite songs. He even reached out to Dave Wakeling once to figure out the unique chords for the song - according to Dave: “I thought it was somebody making a joke. I picked up very sarcastically, 'Oh, hello Pete.' And he said, 'Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here and I’m sitting with David Gilmour, and we're trying to work out your song 'Save It for Later,' but we can’t work out the tuning.' They presumed it was DADGAD as well, and couldn’t make it work, and so I had to explain that I’d made a mistake and it was not DADGAD, it was DADAAD. And he laughed and said, 'Oh, thank heavens for that! We've been breaking our fingers trying to get our hands around these chords.'"
Save It For Later
Or as the cheeky like to call it: Save It, Fellator
Artist - The English Beat
Album - Special Beat Service (1982)
This and my #1 are basically 1a and 1b in my rankings. While this song has more of a timeless sound, the other was more era-defining for me, which is why it got the ultimate edge for #1.
Love this song - hard to not feel good just hearing the upbeat tune. So good it even inspired a semi-recent FFA thread to honor its greatness.
This was the band’s most popular and most financially successful song. It’s been tons of movies - Kingpin, Big Daddy, Funny People, Hot Tub Time Machine, Spider-Man Homecoming, 200 Cigarettes (Harvey Danger cover version), and a bunch more. Eddie Vedder has a great cover that was used in an episode The Bear.
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It’s also one of Pete Townshend’s favorite songs. He even reached out to Dave Wakeling once to figure out the unique chords for the song - according to Dave: “I thought it was somebody making a joke. I picked up very sarcastically, 'Oh, hello Pete.' And he said, 'Oh, hello Dave, this is Peter Townshend here and I’m sitting with David Gilmour, and we're trying to work out your song 'Save It for Later,' but we can’t work out the tuning.' They presumed it was DADGAD as well, and couldn’t make it work, and so I had to explain that I’d made a mistake and it was not DADGAD, it was DADAAD. And he laughed and said, 'Oh, thank heavens for that! We've been breaking our fingers trying to get our hands around these chords.'"
rockaction
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For simey and Uruk:
Please Mom and Dad, stop fighting:
Article in Slate asks why so many people hate Billy Joel and reviews his new doc
Money quote:
“McCartney gushes that Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” is the one song he most wishes he’d written, an admission that made me wonder if he could have used more time to think.”
Please Mom and Dad, stop fighting:
Article in Slate asks why so many people hate Billy Joel and reviews his new doc
Money quote:
“McCartney gushes that Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” is the one song he most wishes he’d written, an admission that made me wonder if he could have used more time to think.”
Leroy Hoard
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Those who can do. The rest of us just comment from the sidelines, including those paid to do it.
Mrs. Rannous
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Round 2 - America - Neil Diamond
From the soundtrack to The Jazz SInger (1980). All of ND's grandparents were immigrants (from Russia and Poland), so this song comes from a personal place. My parents came here two years before I was born. My dad came here with the idea of becoming an American- buying American cars, doing American things, etc. This song may be cheesy, but it resonates for me.
From the soundtrack to The Jazz SInger (1980). All of ND's grandparents were immigrants (from Russia and Poland), so this song comes from a personal place. My parents came here two years before I was born. My dad came here with the idea of becoming an American- buying American cars, doing American things, etc. This song may be cheesy, but it resonates for me.
Chaos34
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David Lee Roth again. Three in a row makes 4, tying him with Zombie and Manson, but sure giving him more weight. This time from 1998's DLR Band album and my favorite track of his for a very long time. Black Sand. These off and on 25 year joint efforts between John and Dave are a pretty cool story. John was only a band member for half a year, only played a handful of shows, but has been DLR's primary collaborator ever since. John says there's more to be released and he expects they'll work together again. They talk music at least once a month.
First time I heard Black Sand I thought it was new David Gilmour. Roth sure sounds like David here to me; and Terry Kilgore, not John, also sounds like Gilmour on guitar. John wrote and arranged the music, put down the bass, some acoustic rhythm and a little tele work on the short solo. He noodles around on the intro. It's quite Pink Floydy of John. That's all the good news. The bad news is it isn't on Spotify.
DLR Band - Black Sand
I went with that video because I agree with the guy who posted it. "Perhaps one of David Lee Roth’s greatest and most underrated tracks of his solo career." Just listened again. Man, John should have had his own band. This gives me a trip hop feel. It's involved, it works. it's got a nice ambient atmosphere. Home run for me. I ranked it #1 pretty much the day I started my list. Went another way with the eventual #1, but not because I like it better, but cuz... well, more on it in a couple days.
First time I heard Black Sand I thought it was new David Gilmour. Roth sure sounds like David here to me; and Terry Kilgore, not John, also sounds like Gilmour on guitar. John wrote and arranged the music, put down the bass, some acoustic rhythm and a little tele work on the short solo. He noodles around on the intro. It's quite Pink Floydy of John. That's all the good news. The bad news is it isn't on Spotify.
DLR Band - Black Sand
I went with that video because I agree with the guy who posted it. "Perhaps one of David Lee Roth’s greatest and most underrated tracks of his solo career." Just listened again. Man, John should have had his own band. This gives me a trip hop feel. It's involved, it works. it's got a nice ambient atmosphere. Home run for me. I ranked it #1 pretty much the day I started my list. Went another way with the eventual #1, but not because I like it better, but cuz... well, more on it in a couple days.
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simey
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I don't expect someone who hates him to write an objective piece, but I will check out the documentary after both parts are out.
I told Uruk before this started that I'm not a Billy Joel super fan, but I am a fan of his music and very familiar with it, especially his 70s and early 80s stuff, and I was considering doing him in the MAD, because he (Uruk) can't stand him. I also told Uruk there would be a no thumper rule, so he could say what he wanted. Anyway, I was hoping Uruk aka Billy Hai, would start to like BJ a little better, but I don't think that has become a reality. I tried! It has been interesting for me learning more about BJ the musician and person when looking up what he said about his songs, life, and stuff like that. I listened to his music a lot in the 70s and early 80s, and I enjoy revisiting it sometimes in my adult years, but I never realized the depth of his talent until doing this. He was the sole writer of his music and lyrics, and he had a knack for pumping out some great melodies. I think he has earned and deserved the numerous accolades he has gotten in his lifetime regarding his music. He mastered his craft, and he made a lot of people happy singing along and making memories to his tunes. They were all in the mood for a melody, and he got them feelin' alright.
rockaction
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This dynamite piece took me a good fifty minutes or so (maybe thirty-forty). From the New Yorker, this is just really perceptive and great writing. Sounds like he hates Joel at first, but then it goes a little further
Also, I know the deal between you and Uruk. I was following a bit. I was just joshing.
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