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[zamboni]

Earliest crush definitely Punky Brewster.

Missy Gold from Benson and Danielle Brisbois from Archie Bunker’s Place here.

 

[krista4]

wikkid and I had this exchange about the Colt Clark kids less than two weeks before he died.

well, @simey's & my favorite youtube sensations - the Clark Family Quarantine Kids - are at it again with their b'day wk McCartney tribute. i dont think it would be out of line for our kristacular leader & inspiration to contrast frontgirl Bellamy's sense of rhythm & pitch with the late Linda McCartney's. after all, she's almost eight now.......

I saw this post Thursday and meant to come back to it, but then forgot until now. They're amazing. They won me over long ago against all odds (I despise "Youtube sensations" and precocious families filming their lives), and they're getting better (all the time ). That's a helluva difficult song.

Bellamy v. Linda

Rhythm - Bellamy hops around arrhythmically, seemingly unaware of what's playing in the background, but comes in for her vocals right on the beat. Linda

Winner - Bellamy

Pitch - Bellamy knows her spots and doesn't overdo them. She takes on Paul's high harmonies with aplomb. Linda

Winner - Bellamy

Intangibles - Bellamy exudes pure joy. Linda had a rockin' mullet.

Winner - Tie

 

[simey]

Wikkid's favorite family band Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids did "A Day in the Life" 10 days ago,

I that they did the outro.

Beckett has become a pretty good little drummer. Kind of a metronome, like Ringo!

Me too on the outro, and I agree regarding Beckett. I remember when the kids were so raw starting out. Beckett and Cash have improved a lot, and Bellamy is a work in progress. She is the entertainer.

 

[simey]

@krista4 Wasn't "A Day in the Life" one of wikkid's favorites by the Beatles? The Clark's do a Beatles song every Wednesday, and they did that song on June 28th for their Wednesday song.

 

[krista4]

@krista4 Wasn't "A Day in the Life" one of wikkid's favorites by the Beatles? The Clark's do a Beatles song every Wednesday, and they did that song on June 28th for their Wednesday song.

Yes, it was his second favorite.

 

[simey]

@krista4 Wasn't "A Day in the Life" one of wikkid's favorites by the Beatles? The Clark's do a Beatles song every Wednesday, and they did that song on June 28th for their Wednesday song.

Yes, it was his second favorite.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My childhood crush was David Cassidy,

Unsurprisingly, so was mine. Well, and Andy Gibb.

Did you just want to be his everything?

Me = Lisa Whelchel (Blair from Facts of Life and future Survivor contestant).

 

[Eephus]

My first album was Led Zeppelin II after hearing "Whole Lotta Love" on American Bandstand. I was nine going on ten at the time.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

"Whole Lotta Love" on American Bandstand.

Two things I did not expect to see in the same sentence.

 

[rockaction]

My first crush was at five and it was Wonder Woman (Lynda Carter).

You know when a five year-old is getting pre-pubescent crushes that's it's too hot for prime time.

My first album purchased with my own money, as people who draft with me might know, was Synchronicity by The Police. On cassette. I'd requested albums before that one, but that was the big one that saw a purchase made on its behalf. I have a Police shirt of the album cover because it holds strong nostalgia for me.

 

[simey]

@plinko JuddZillers, did you see that Darius Rucker is playing in Chicago July 14th at something called The Smokeout? I know he is country now, and I don't know if he also sings his old songs (probably does), but that might be fun eating some BBQ and listening to a homegrown (Charleston guy).

 

[simey]

You know when a five year-old is getting pre-pubescent crushes that's it's too hot for prime time.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@plinko JuddZillers, did you see that Darius Rucker is playing in Chicago July 14th at something called The Smokeout? I know he is country now, and I don't know if he also sings his old songs (probably does), but that might be fun eating some BBQ and listening to a homegrown (Charleston guy).

My wife and son are country fans and we watched a Red Rocks concert of his that was filmed for TV. There were a couple of Hootie songs in the broadcast. That was a while ago, though.

 

[simey]

@plinko JuddZillers, did you see that Darius Rucker is playing in Chicago July 14th at something called The Smokeout? I know he is country now, and I don't know if he also sings his old songs (probably does), but that might be fun eating some BBQ and listening to a homegrown (Charleston guy).

My wife and son are country fans and we watched a Red Rocks concert of his that was filmed for TV. There were a couple of Hootie songs in the broadcast. That was a while ago, though.

Do you like his country music? He seems like a good guy to me.

 

[rockaction]

I bought my first around the same time. My parents would not let me buy that one. I think I ended up buying New Kids on the Block’s Hangin’ Tough instead

This is almost too funny for words. Ay de mi. Our parents' ever-so-slightly misplaced censoriousness is almost always good for a laugh once you find out how the sausage is made.

You are a Detroitinian and look at how you spelled Bob's last name.

Little too tall could have used a few pounds.

 

[rockaction]

I mean, my parents' big "other shoe to drop" punishment threat was to take away my music for the quarter, half-year, whatever year it was that my grades weren't up to snuff. That and a bit of censoring. That always proved fertile for family hijinks. I'd usually find the hiding spot and sneak a bunch of tapes out and continue right on truckin'.

 

[rockaction]

I missed the layup, Don. I should have just reaffirmed that our "parents just don't understand."

And this girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh.

He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper. That was class back then. I owned that one, but I was a bit older than you, I think.

I said, Mom, this shirt is plaid with a butterfly collar

 

[zamboni]

"Whole Lotta Love" on American Bandstand.

Two things I did not expect to see in the same sentence.

Baby I’m not fooling:

S13E24 February 7, 1970

The Sandpipers--""Come Saturday Morning"" Evie Sands--""Any Way That You Want Me."" THE AB1970 TOP TEN HITS of 2/7/1970: 1. The Shocking Blue-Venus 2. The Jackson 5-I Want You Back 3. B.J. Thomas-Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head 4. Sly & The Family Stone-Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 5. Tom Jones-Without Love (There is Nothing at all) 6. Dionne Warwick-I'll Never Fall in Love Again 7. Eddie Holman-Hey There Lonely Girl 8. Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love 9. The Guess Who?-No Time 10. The Archies-Jingle Jangle.

 

[Tau837]

I listened to the #19 playlist.

Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:

• Genesis - No Reply At All
• SRV - Look At Little Sister
• ELO - Strange Magic

Once I listened to it, I realized I knew and liked this song, just didn't recognize it by name:

• Chicago - Old Days

On first listen to this playlist, these were the unfamiliar songs I liked the best:

• Todd Rundgren - The Last Ride
• Decemberists - June Hymn
• ...And You Will Know... - Awestruck
• Sigur Rós - Untitled #3
• AC/DC - Gone Shootin' - surprised I don't remember hearing this one before

Another excellent playlist!

 

[KarmaPolice]

I think I missed the questions, but first albums I remember that were "mine" were a combo of the Back to the Future soundtrack and a Huey Lewis and the News album - I'd imagine Sports.

First album with my own money was I think Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

 

[Tau837]

First album I can remember getting is Eagles Live when I was 11. I got it because I was playing Hotel California with two other students at a guitar recital, so I listened to that song hundreds of times.

After that, the next albums I remember was getting two albums as gifts for my birthday... I think my 14th birthday. I got Pyromania and 1999.

Not bad for a first 3.

 

[zamboni]

First album I can remember getting is Eagles Live when I was 11. I got it because I was playing Hotel California with two other students at a guitar recital, so I listened to that song hundreds of times.

After that, the next albums I remember was getting two albums as gifts for my birthday... I think my 14th birthday. I got Pyromania and 1999.

Not bad for a first 3.

No f-f-foolin’

 

[simey]

Little too tall could have used a few pounds.

I saw Bob Seger back in the early 80s, and he was so good. I took someone's ticket that couldn't go, and I was happily surprised at how great he and his band were. He had so much energy. I ended up going because the original ticket holder was sick, and it ended up being one of the best shows I saw that decade. It made me a fan of his.

 

[KarmaPolice]

There was a ton of crushes, but I'd say the main first ones were Molly Ringwald and Megan Follows.

 

[Eephus]

Baby I’m not fooling:

S13E24 February 7, 1970

The Sandpipers--""Come Saturday Morning"" Evie Sands--""Any Way That You Want Me."" THE AB1970 TOP TEN HITS of 2/7/1970: 1. The Shocking Blue-Venus 2. The Jackson 5-I Want You Back 3. B.J. Thomas-Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head 4. Sly & The Family Stone-Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 5. Tom Jones-Without Love (There is Nothing at all) 6. Dionne Warwick-I'll Never Fall in Love Again 7. Eddie Holman-Hey There Lonely Girl 8. Led Zeppelin-Whole Lotta Love 9. The Guess Who?-No Time 10. The Archies-Jingle Jangle.

My life might have gone in a completely different direction if they played a different song off the top ten on the air.

It's honestly a pretty great list. A couple of Bacharach-David tunes, Sly, Venus, No Time, the best bubblegum song and my #1 song off the US countdown,

 

[snellman]

First cassette I bought was Thriller

 

[Don Quixote]

I missed the layup, Don. I should have just reaffirmed that our "parents just don't understand."

And this girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh.

He's The DJ, I'm The Rapper. That was class back then. I owned that one, but I was a bit older than you, I think.

I said, Mom, this shirt is plaid with a butterfly collar

I missed the layup too, but I’ve transferred from Waikiki over to the Disney Aulani resort and was posting while sipping on some mai tais while son over at the kids’ club.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@plinko JuddZillers, did you see that Darius Rucker is playing in Chicago July 14th at something called The Smokeout? I know he is country now, and I don't know if he also sings his old songs (probably does), but that might be fun eating some BBQ and listening to a homegrown (Charleston guy).

My wife and son are country fans and we watched a Red Rocks concert of his that was filmed for TV. There were a couple of Hootie songs in the broadcast. That was a while ago, though.

Do you like his country music? He seems like a good guy to me.

I like it better than the Hootie stuff for the most part.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

There’s a tiny piece of some Sesame Street sketch in my head, where various muppets are being pressed or smacked in some way and making a sound like that

I could be making it up

Talking about cuica

I just watched a Leonid and Friends video that had a cuica in it. Not how I expected it to look. But definitely sounded like Muppet torture.

 

[Ilov80s]

I mean, my parents' big "other shoe to drop" punishment threat was to take away my music for the quarter, half-year, whatever year it was that my grades weren't up to snuff. That and a bit of censoring. That always proved fertile for family hijinks. I'd usually find the hiding spot and sneak a bunch of tapes out and continue right on truckin'.

We had a friend who’s mom got mad at him for similar reasons and blamed rap music. She threw out all his cassettes. Little did she know our buddy had a dual tape deck and we just copied all our rap tapes for him. He was back in business a couple days later.

 

[Raging weasel]

The first non-Beatles albums I bought were Kiss -Double Platinum and Bob Seager- Night Moves in 79 or 80.

ooooooooooo, weasel. You are a Detroitinian and look at how you spelled Bob's last name.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I think the first album I ever bought (not stole or traded comic books for) was Sly & The Family Stone's Fresh. I had other albums at the time, but I don't recall actually going into a store and paying for them.

As for TV crushes, pretty much every female who was on in the late 60 and early 70s. All three of the women on Petticoat Junction, Lt Uhura, Jan Brady, Laurie Partridge........

 

[Yo Mama]

TV crushes - Wonder Woman, Tanya Roberts on Charlie’s Angels, and Sonny from Bosom Buddies

First albums I bought for myself - I bought the records of Journey Escape and Foreigner 4 on the same trip to the mall the summer of ‘81. It was so badass.

 

[rockaction]

Journey Escape and Foreigner 4

Heavy riffage here. You were indeed a juke box hero.

 

[Yo Mama]

Journey Escape and Foreigner 4

Heavy riffage here. You were indeed a juke box hero.

When my kids were in preschool one of the cds we’d listen to in the car on the way to school was foreigner greatest hits (I know not fine art but there was no swearing).

I realized when this song came on the kids would sing along to it as “Juice Box Hero” and realized they would have no idea what a Juke Box was.

I now sing that song as Juice Box Hero (and tear up a bit since they were so little back then).

 

[Zegras11]

@krista4 Wasn't "A Day in the Life" one of wikkid's favorites by the Beatles? The Clark's do a Beatles song every Wednesday, and they did that song on June 28th for their Wednesday song.

@krista4 Wasn't "A Day in the Life" one of wikkid's favorites by the Beatles? The Clark's do a Beatles song every Wednesday, and they did that song on June 28th for their Wednesday song.

Yes, it was his second favorite.

wikkidpissah

1. In My Life

2. Day In the Life

3. Helter Skelter

4. Norwegian Wood

5. Taxman

6. And I Love Her

Abbey Road Medley

8. Back in the USSR

9. Blackbird

10. Tomorrow Never Comes

11. Can't Buy Me Love

12. I Me Mine

13. Come Together

14. Nowhere Man

15. Hey Bulldog

16. And Your Bird Can Sing

17. Ballad of John and Yoko

18. All My Loving

19. I'm Down

20. I've Just Seen A Face

21. Revolution

22.While My Guitar Gently Weeps

23. Let It Be

24. Twist & Shout

25. You Know My Name

 

[Zegras11]

#17'S PLAYLIST

		#17-
Todd Rundgren	New Binky the Doormat	International Feel Todd Rundgren - International Feel [Single Version] If any track of A Wizard, A True Star, Todd Rundgren's fourth studio album released on March 2, 1973, deserves radio airplay, "International Feel" is one of ... www.youtube.com
Jorge Ben Jor	Don Quixote	Criola Criola Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupCriola · Jorge BenJorge Ben℗ 1969 Universal Music LtdaReleased on: 1969-01-20Producer: Paulinho TapajósComposer ... youtu.be
Brandi Carlile	JB Breakfast Club	Follow - self-titled Follow Brandi Carlile · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
The Police	Zegras11	Can't Stand Losing You Can't Stand Losing You The Police · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com
Modest Mouse	The Dreaded Marco	Truckers Atlas Truckers Atlas - Modest Mouse The Twelfth Song From The Album " The Lonesome Crowded West ". Also i didn't put any pictures besides the album cover because it would be kind of pointless a... www.youtube.com
Genesis	Yo Mama	The Battle of Epping Forest The Battle of Epping Forest - 2007 Stereo Mix Genesis · Song · 1973 open.spotify.com
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Sullie	Scuttle Buttin' Scuttle Buttin' Provided to YouTube by Epic/LegacyScuttle Buttin' · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double TroubleCouldn't Stand The Weather℗ 1984 Epic Records, a division of Sony Musi... www.youtube.com
The Decemberists	kupcho1	Sons & Daughters Sons & Daughters The Decemberists · Song · 2006 open.spotify.com Sons & Daughters Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSons & Daughters · The DecemberistsThe Crane Wife℗ 2006 Capitol RecordsReleased on: 2006-01-01Producer: The Decem... youtu.be
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	plinko	The Summer of '91 Worlds Apart (2005) The Summer Of '91 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
The Kinks	Galileo	A Well Respected Man (1965 - single, later on Kwyet Kinks in UK, Kingdom in US) A Well Respected Man The Kinks · Song · 1965 open.spotify.com
Rush	higgins	Red Sector A - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. www.youtube.com
Sigur Rós	Scoresman	Festival - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - 2008 Festival Sigur Rós · Song · 2008 open.spotify.com
Donald Fagen	Charlie Steiner	Brooklyn (Owes the Charmer Under Me) Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupBrooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me) · Steely DanCan't Buy A Thrill℗ 1972 Geffen RecordsReleased on: 1972-01-01As... www.youtube.com
Green Day	MAC_32	Panic Song Panic Song Green Day · Song · 1995 open.spotify.com
Big Thief	Ilov80s	Orange Orange Big Thief · Song · 2019 open.spotify.com
Daft Punk	rockaction	Alive Daft Punk - Alive (Official Audio) “Alive” is taken from “Homework” available on all platforms: https://daftpunk.lnk.to/Homework Subscribe to the official Daft Punk YouTube channel: https://da... youtu.be
Taylor Swift	Jpalmer	Ivy ivy Taylor Swift · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com
Elliott Smith	Tuffnutt	Son of Sam Elliott Smith - Son Of Sam Music video by Elliott Smith performing Son Of Sam. (C) 2000 Geffen Records www.youtube.com
Chicago	Pip's Invitation	Song of the Evergreens Song of the Evergreens Chicago · Song · 1974 open.spotify.com
The Stranglers	John Maddens Lunchbox	Shut Up The Stranglers - Shut Up (B Side of Nice & Sleazy) m.youtube.com
Ryan Adams	Dr. Octopus	Hotel Chelsea Nights Hotel Chelsea Nights Ryan Adams · Song · 2004 open.spotify.com
Stevie Wonder	Uruk-Hai	We Are The World U.S.A. For Africa - We Are the World Music video by U.S.A. For Africa performing We Are the World. USA For Africa www.youtube.com
Slade	Mrs. Rannous	Sing Shout (Knock Yourself Out) Sing Shout (Knock Yourself Out) Provided to YouTube by BMG Rights Management (UK) LimitedSing Shout (Knock Yourself Out) · SladeYou Boyz Make Big Noize℗ 1987 Perseverance Ltd. under exclusi... www.youtube.com
Phish	shuke	Back On The Train Back on the Train Phish · Farmhouse · Song · 2000 open.spotify.com
Electgric Light Orchestra (ELO)	jwb	Last Train to London Last Train to London Electric Light Orchestra · Song · 1979 open.spotify.com
Frank Black	Mister CIA	I'm Not Dead (I'm In Pittsburgh) I’m Not Dead (I’m in Pittsburgh) Provided to YouTube by Red EssentialI’m Not Dead (I’m in Pittsburgh) · Frank BlackFast Man Raider Man℗ Cooking VinylReleased on: 2008-05-05Artist: Frank Blac... www.youtube.com
Clutch	Raging Weasel	Milk of Human Kindness Milk of Human Kindness Clutch · Song · 1993 open.spotify.com
Dinosaur Jr.	KarmaPolice	Tarpit Dinosaur Jr - Tarpit www.youtube.com
Warren Zevon	worrierking	Carmelita Carmelita - 2008 Remaster Warren Zevon · Warren Zevon · Song · 1976 open.spotify.com Covered many times by multiple artists, including Linda Ronstadt, who's early advocacy helped Warren get noticed. She recorded four Zevon tunes in the 70s. Best Lyric: Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire With my pearl-handled deck The county won't give me no more methadone And they cut off your welfare check
Alice in Chains	Mt. Man	Angry Chair Angry Chair (2022 Remaster) Alice In Chains · Song · 1992 open.spotify.com
Queen	snellman	Bicycle Race Bicycle Race Queen · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com
AC/DC	falguy	Ain't No Fun (Waiting 'Round To Be A Millionaire) Ain't No Fun (Waiting Round to Be a Millionaire) AC/DC · Song · 1976 open.spotify.com
The Hold Stead	scorchy	The Ambassador The Ambassador The Hold Steady · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com
Damon Albarn	Eephus	Blur (feat. Françoise Hardy) --- To the End (La Comedie) Blur - To The End feat. Francoise Hardy (La Comedie) www.youtube.com
Ray Charles	simey	Ray Charles - Lonely Avenue Deluxe edition of Ray Charles' greatest hits including "Hit The Road Jack" and more..♫ Listen to the full best of on YouTube → http://bit.ly/2EkPFrs⇓ Stream ... www.youtube.com Lonely Avenue Ray Charles · Song · 2019 open.spotify.com
Doves	landrys hat	Winter Hill Winter Hill Doves · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com
Spoon	Hov34	Rent I Pay Spoon - Rent I Pay Track 1 off "They Want My Soul." www.youtube.com
Foo Fighters	Just Win Baby	Rope Rope Foo Fighters · Wasting Light · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Simon & Garfunkel	zamboni	"Old Friends" Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends Written by Simon, this is one of their classic and odd as it is, next years it will be "Terribly strange to be seventy" for the boys. Hard to believe Paul wr... www.youtube.com
Bruce Springsteen	DrIanMalcolm	Backstreets Bruce Springsteen - "Backstreets" - Multicam Live From Philadelphia March 16, 2023 Thanks to everyone who posted their videos.Special thanks to @mitchwight270, @Saxman777, @thechaz26 and @efxf22 for their videos !Buy the audio from BruceSpr... www.youtube.com
The Prodigy	titusbramble	Funky **** Funky Shit The Prodigy · Song · 1997 open.spotify.com
Bauhaus	otb_lifer	Ziggy Stardust Ziggy Stardust Bauhaus · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com
Heart	Doug B	If Looks Could Kill If Looks Could Kill Heart · Heart · Song · 1985 open.spotify.com
The Tragically Hip	Northern Voice	Cordelia Cordelia The Tragically Hip · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com
deadmau5	zazale	Bitter Kitten Bitter Kitten deadmau5 · Song · 2015 open.spotify.com
Elton John	timschochet	Sweet Painted Lady Elton John - Sweet Painted Lady (Live at the Playhouse Theatre 1976) HD *Remastered Live at the Playhouse Theatre.Edinburgh, ScotlandSeptember 17, 1976 www.youtube.com

 

[Yo Mama]

Genesis #17 - The Battle of Epping Forest

Album - Selling England by the Pound
Year - 1973

You want Prog? Here’s Genesis at its maximum nutty proggines (or maybe it’s proggy nuttiness, I’ve had a few drinks).

Supposedly, Gabriel saw this headline about a gang fight in Epping Forest, but he couldn’t find out any more details about the story because google didn’t exist back then, so he just made up the rest along with a bunch of goofy names.

There is A LOT going on in this song. The nutty parts are why it’s ranked so low, but the awesome peaks are why it’s ranked so high (I love the epic finish in the last minute).

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#17 - The Stranglers - Shut Up

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Year - 1978
Album - Non Album Track
UK Chart position - B Side
Vocals - Jean-Jacques Burnel
Key Lyric - I said shut up
Shut up shut up
Shut up don't ya
Shut up shut up
Shut up shut up don't ya

Interesting Points

1- The Stranglers had a great collection of B Sides that almost made the list like Go Buddy Go, Old Codger, Vietnamerica and In the Shadows. Shut Up represents all of them

2- This track rocks in at just over a minute long. Thats the great thing about B Sides. Artists can do some crazy ****.Here’s JJB on it
“An inoffensive little song with my lyrics about a girl. We wanted to do the fastest song we could ever do. Punk by numbers, tongue in cheek and a bit throwaway really...”

3- The A Side for this track is still to come. Probably the most Stranglers track ever.

4- Every time someone comes into my life that cannot tell a story or just waffles on needlessly, this is the song thats playing in my head.

5- JJB is a 7th degree black belt dan in Karate. When the Stranglers formed part of the punk ethos was fighting. He got his fair share of practising his skill.

Summary to date
Yes
1977 - 4
1978 - 4
1979 - 2
1980 - 0
1981 - 1
1982 - 1
1983 - 0
1984 - 2
1985 - 0
1986 - 0
1987 - 0
1988 - 1
1989 - 0
1990 onwards - 0

Where to find
Rattus Norvegicus - 4/9
No More Heroes - 0/11
Black and White - 1/12
The Raven - 2/11
The Gospel According to the Meninblack - 0/10
La Folie - 1/11
Feline - 0/9
Aural Sculpture - 2/11
Dreamtime - 0/10
All Live and All of the Night - 1/13
10 - 0/10
1991 onwards - 0
B Sides - 1
Greatest Hits - 1
Standalone Single - 2

Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 8
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 7
Other - 0

Rundown
#31 - Walk on By
#30 - Ugly
#29 - All Day and All of the Night
#28 - Meninblack
#27 - Goodbye Toulouse
#26 - Princess of the Streets
#25 - Sweden (All Quiet on the Eastern Front)
#24 - Duchess
#23 - Sometimes
#22 - La Folie
#21 - North Winds
#20 - No Mercy
#19 - 5 Minutes
#18 - Strange Little Girl
#17 - Shut Up
Next we go back to back JJB with an album track.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#17 "We Are The World"

Musically, this is junk - there's nothing even remotely interesting going on here. Lyrically, it's even worse - a pile of Lionel Richie & Michael Jackson Hallmark Greeting Card non sequiturs about how rich people "care". Then they pat each other on the back, hop into limos, go back to mounds of food (& cocaine) at their mansions in Bel Air, and forget all about the 10,000 kids who starved to death while this record was being made.

So, why is this here? The singing, of course. Sans Prince and Madonna, pretty much every major American pop star of 1985 is on this record.

The Bad:
Poor Tina Turner got saddled with Billy Joel. Luckily, he only had one harmony line and - even better - he didn't write it.
They trotted out Bob Dylan - then at a career nadir - to try and tap into the whole '60s "protest" thing(?). He pretty much kills whatever momentum this limp disk had.
Kim Carnes - who couldn't out-sing a bad muffler - was there only because one of the producers was her manager.

The Good:
I don't always like Springsteen's "scream it all out" style, but that makes me a hypocrite - Otis Redding is my God. That's on me. The Boss brings it here.
Cyndi Lauper should have sung this whole song.
I always though James Ingram was underrated. It's like he's too conventional, but not conventional enough. That man could sing.
Ray Charles is on this. As wikkid used to say "nuffced"
Oh, and Stevie Wonder goes the **** off in his vamp with Bruce.

 

[plinko]

"We Are The World" is putrid. Of course, being a Chicago 17 stan, and a soulless thief, I had the 45.

"Red Sector A" is primo middle era Rush. Can we get some "Tears Are Not Enough"?

 

[otb_lifer]

"We Are The World" is putrid.

 

[Mt. Man]

17. Angry Chair (off Dirt, 1992)

Loneliness is not a phase
Field of pain is where I graze
Serenity is far away

Official Video: Alice In Chains - Angry Chair
Unplugged version Alice In Chains - Angry Chair (From MTV Unplugged)

Most AIC songs were (/are) written at least partially by Cantrell, but Angry Chair was a rare case of being purely Staley’s. At its roots it's about Layne’s childhood, where his father would put him in “timeout” in a chair in front of a mirror. It’s a concept certainly brought to adulthood though, considering the lyrics.

The riff and harmonized vocals give this a haunting, melancholy feel that’s both a typical AIC style and it’s own experience. Though, we’re getting in the area where songs might get a small boost from a particular live (and/or Unplugged) version, the base is still about the studio version, and this song stands strong on its own there.

Next on the countdown, a song with a short title. Yes, another time.

 

[plinko]

@plinko JuddZillers, did you see that Darius Rucker is playing in Chicago July 14th at something called The Smokeout? I know he is country now, and I don't know if he also sings his old songs (probably does), but that might be fun eating some BBQ and listening to a homegrown (Charleston guy).

I did see that, and it's very close to where I'm staying. I am a cousin in law of sorts to him.

I can't commit to that just yet, he plays on Friday night, but if tickets aren't sold out it's something worth taking a look at, later in the week.. I do like BBQ and Hootie..

 

[Galileo]

#17 - A Well Respected Man (1965 - single, Kwyet Kinks in UK, Kingdom in US)

A Well Respected Man

The Kinks · Song · 1965

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Ray Davies was inspired to write this song by some negative interactions with some upper class guests at a resort where he was vacationing after a rather disastrous 1965 tour. This song is a satirical commentary about a well respected man who perhaps shouldn’t be so well respected. It seems rather simple musically, but it cuts pretty hard lyrically overtly pointing out the hypocrisies embedded in social class hierarchy. This is a pretty popular Kinks song that most are probably pretty familiar with as it rose to #13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 list.

'Cause he gets up in the morning
And he goes to work at nine
And he comes back home at five-thirty
Gets the same train every time
'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality
It never fails

And he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively

And his mother goes to meetings
While his father pulls the maid
And she stirs the tea with councilors
While discussing foreign trade
And she passes looks, as well as bills
At every suave young man

'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively

And he likes his own backyard
And he likes his fags the best
'Cause he's better than the rest
And his own sweat smells the best
And he hopes to grab his father's loot
When pater passes on

'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively

And he plays the stocks and shares
And he goes to the regatta
He adores the girl next door
'Cause he's dying to get at her
But his mother knows the best about
The matrimonial stakes

'Cause he's oh, so good
And he's oh, so fine
And he's oh, so healthy
In his body and his mind
He's a well respected man about town
Doing the best things so conservatively

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Can we get some "Tears Are Not Enough"?

I covered almost everything Neil Young was involved with when I did my countdown of his songs. I did not mention this even once.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

"We Are The World" is putrid. Of course, being a Chicago 17 stan, and a soulless thief, I had the 45.

Fun fact: While no one from Chicago participated in We Are the World, the band contributed a Chicago 17 outtake called Good for Nothing to the album. It was Peter Cetera's last lead vocal for the band before he left.

Obviously it's not on my list.

 

[Raging weasel]

#17 "We Are The World"

Musically, this is junk - there's nothing even remotely interesting going on here. Lyrically, it's even worse - a pile of Lionel Richie & Michael Jackson Hallmark Greeting Card non sequiturs about how rich people "care". Then they pat each other on the back, hop into limos, go back to mounds of food (& cocaine) at their mansions in Bel Air, and forget all about the 10,000 kids who starved to death while this record was being made.

So, why is this here? The singing, of course. Sans Prince and Madonna, pretty much every major American pop star of 1985 is on this record.

The Bad:
Poor Tina Turner got saddled with Billy Joel. Luckily, he only had one harmony line and - even better - he didn't write it.
They trotted out Bob Dylan - then at a career nadir - to try and tap into the whole '60s "protest" thing(?). He pretty much kills whatever momentum this limp disk had.
Kim Carnes - who couldn't out-sing a bad muffler - was there only because one of the producers was her manager.

The Good:
I don't always like Springsteen's "scream it all out" style, but that makes me a hypocrite - Otis Redding is my God. That's on me. The Boss brings it here.
Cyndi Lauper should have sung this whole song.
I always though James Ingram was underrated. It's like he's too conventional, but not conventional enough. That man could sing.
Ray Charles is on this. As wikkid used to say "nuffced"
Oh, and Stevie Wonder goes the **** off in his vamp with Bruce.

This is the greatest and most accurate review of We Are the World I've ever read!!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I am particularly excited to unveil songs 17 to 10. They are the cream of the Terry Kath-era album tracks, and since they were not released as singles and radio programmers pegged Chicago as a "singles band" starting with their second album, you have probably not heard them unless you have delved into their albums. I did not set out to provide an 8-song stretch of non-singles, it just worked out that way. This stretch includes the song that I think Krista will react strongly to; it appears at #12 (and is not a Beatles cover).

17. Song of the Evergreens
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Terry Kath
Lead vocals: Lee Loughnane
Released as a single? No

This horns-less Terry Kath song has similar vibes to Oh, Thank You Great Spirit (#21 on this list), with two important differences: It's less overtly Hendrixian, and the lead vocal is performed not by Kath but by trumpeter Lee Loughnane. (Why Kath chose this, I don't know.) Loughnane's "Kath lite" or "flat Kath" voice works more effectively here than on the poppier numbers he sang. The song is an ode to winter and one of several that Kath, who grew up in a city, wrote about the wonders of the country/nature. He said he was inspired to write it by the mountainous surroundings of Caribou Ranch in Colorado, where Chicago VII was recorded. It is dark and foreboding in its first half, in keeping with the vibes of winter, but upbeat in its second half, as the harmony vocalists joyously proclaim the impending arrival of snow while Kath unleashes another one of his triumphant closing guitar solos and Danny Seraphine contributes some amazing fills. Most people probably would not peg this as a Chicago song unless they were greatly familiar with Kath's playing style, but it's another testament to how talented and versatile the band was.
Live version from 1974, one of only two live performances that have been documented: https://youtu.be/BqZhNZeYl0c?t=4473

At #16, a statement of purpose from the band, both lyrically and musically.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

#17 "We Are The World"

Musically, this is junk - there's nothing even remotely interesting going on here.

Perhaps its greatest sin is that Louis Johnson played synth bass instead of bass guitar.