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Geriatric pet update.

We have two cats left after Cassidy died last year. One is Nassau, his 13-year-old biological half-sister. She is tiny to begin with and has been losing weight. Her blood test in April indicated hyperthyroidism. We went through this last year with our other cat Boo.

She is a more complicated case as her degree of hyperthyroidism is milder than you would expect from her degree of weight loss.

Testing last week indicated that her T4 level is a bit higher than it was in April, but that there is something else going on.

Her vitamin B12 level is very low, indicating her body is not absorbing it correctly. This is usually due to one of two things. The first is a pancreas issue, but her numbers there are normal. The second is an intestinal issue. That usually means IBD or small-cell lymphoma. You can get a biopsy to find out for sure but it’s $3500, so we can’t do that.

She is getting another blood test today to determine the extent her thyroid is healthy/functioning. This will determine whether she can get the radioiodide treatment that cures hyperthyroidism, which Boo got last year. If she’s not a candidate for it then she’ll have to go on pills.

She will have to go on B12 supplements. We are deciding whether to do pills or injections.

Then we will have to decide how we will treat the intestinal issue. Most likely with steroids under the assumption it’s IBD.
I hope for the best.
 
#22-
Todd RundgrenNew Binky the DoormatDust In The Wind
Jorge Ben JorDon QuixoteMagnólia

Brandi CarlileJB Breakfast ClubDreams - Give Up the Ghost
The PoliceZegras11The Bed's Too Big Without You
Modest MouseThe Dreaded MarcoNovocain Stain
GenesisYo MamaSquonk
Stevie Ray VaughanSullieLong Way from Home
The Decemberistskupcho1The Crane Wife 1 & 2
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of DeadplinkoRelative Ways
Source Tags & Codes (2002)
The KinksGalileoTired of Waiting For You (1965 - Kinda Kinks)
RushhigginsBetween the Wheels
Sigur RósScoresmanHljómalind (A Fountain of Music) - () - 2002
Donald FagenCharlie SteinerI.G.Y.
Green DayMAC_32?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
Big ThiefIlov80sHumans
Daft PunkrockactionPhoenix
Taylor SwiftJpalmerhoax
Elliott SmithTuffnuttClementine

ChicagoPip's InvitationLowdown
The StranglersJohn Maddens LunchboxLa Folie
Ryan AdamsDr. OctopusTake It Back
Stevie WonderUruk-HaiThat Girl
SladeMrs. RannousGudbuy T'Jane
PhishshukeCarini
Electgric Light Orchestra (ELO)jwbBirmingham Blues
Frank BlackMister CIAMy Favorite Kiss
ClutchRaging WeaselBook of Bad Decisions
Dinosaur Jr.KarmaPoliceGoin' Home
Warren ZevonworrierkingGorilla, You're a Desperado

All the LA musicians wanted to be on Zevon albums. The usual session guys, plus Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, David Gilmour, All of Fleetwood Mac, REM, Neil Young and more made appearances. This recording features Henley and Frey on backing vocals. Felder and Walsh appeared elsewhere on the album.
Lyric:
Big gorilla at the L.A. Zoo
Snatched the glasses right off my face
Took the keys to my BMW
Left me here to take his place
I wish the ape a lot of success
I'm sorry my apartment's a mess
Most of all I'm sorry if I made you blue
I'm betting the gorilla will, too
Alice in ChainsMt. ManThe Killer Is Me
QueensnellmanInnuendo
AC/DCfalguyIf You Want Blood (You've Got It)
The Hold SteadscorchyStevie Nix
Damon AlbarnEephusBlur --- Trimm Trabb
Ray Charlessimey
Doveslandrys hatShip of Fools
SpoonHov34The Fitted Shirt

Foo FightersJust Win BabyStranger Things Have Happened
Simon & Garfunkelzamboni"Scarborough Fair/Canticle"
Bruce SpringsteenDrIanMalcolmState Trooper
The ProdigytitusbrambleShut Em Up
Bauhausotb_liferKing Volcano
HeartDoug BThese Dreams
The Tragically HipNorthern VoiceFiddlers Green
deadmau5zazaleSuperliminal
Elton JohntimschochetMama Can’t Buy You Love


#22's PLAYLIST
 
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22. Lowdown
Album: Chicago III (1971)
Writers: Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine
Lead vocals: Peter Cetera
Released as a single? Yes (US #35)

Lowdown is bouncy and joyful-sounding, but its lyrics are ... a bummer, man. Over the course of four short verses, Peter Cetera laments the fraying of the country, losing a lover, losing a best friend, and then concludes he "got to make the people see the way I feel today." Which then leads to an exhilarating chorus with a lot of "yeahs". The music isn't exactly matching the message here, but it works for me. As you might suspect from the incongruity, this was one of Cetera's first attempts at songwriting; he worked on it with drummer Danny Seraphine in advance of the third album after primary writers Robert Lamm, Terry Kath and James Pankow told the rest of the band their writing services wouldn't be needed. Cetera: "Danny and I had got together one night, and I said, 'I got this little thing that I've been working on.' That was at a point when I was sort of told that 'Where Do We Go From Here' [from Chicago II, Cetera's first writing credit] was probably the end of the line as far as my writing ‘cause the group was very happy with the writers they had, thank you, and we didn't need any more contributions. Danny and I got together, Virgos would, and said, 'Well, we'll show them, We'll write a song.'''
As much of a bummer as the lyrics was that Cetera and Kath butted heads over the track when recording it. Kath hated the song and Cetera hated Kath's performance on it. Cetera: "I was very proud of it, but one thing bad is that Terry said, 'Don't you ever tell anybody I ever played guitar this record,’ and he proceeded to play the song exactly like that, and that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Terry kind of played that song with I-don't-give-a-sh!t attitude, and actually, when he did that to that song, in effect kind of [took] any heart out of it. I was never really happy with outcome 'cause it was played with one or two takes in mind. I'm still proud of it, it's one of the first things I did, and every person has to have a start.”
I like the guitar solo anyway. :shrug:
At Carnegie Hall version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXWVweRF8lw

At #21, Terry Kath pays tribute to one of his friends/mentors.
 
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Humans in the honest light
Love is a cold infection alright
Why in the morn of one bad night
Do I fight your touch like a fever?
 
The Decemberists
#22 The Crane Wife 1 & 2


Here it is! The first of several selections from the world’s most overqualified LARP convention house band!

Seriously, though, The Crane Wife (2006) was the Decemberists' 4th album and (in Pitchfork's opinion; mine as well) "further magnifies and refines their strengths")
Winsomely balancing frivolity and gravity, the Decemberists assemble an oddball menagerie of the usual rogues and rascals, soldiers and criminals, lovers and baby butchers-- but they've got a lot more tricks up their sleeves than previous albums had hinted. The Crane Wife employs an impressive variety of styles and sounds to tell Meloy's imaginative stories: There's the band's usual folk-rock, honed to an incisively sharp point, but they also deploy a smuggler's blues ("The Perfect Crime"), a creepy lullaby ("Shankill Butchers"), a Led Zep stomp ("When the War Came"), and, perhaps most divisively, a multipart prog track ("The Island") that stretches well past the 10-minute mark. No epic chantey this time, though.

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 (spoiler: there's a part 3 yet to come) is based on a Japanese fable. I won't include all the lyrics but here's a link in case you are interested. Worth checking out (although its pretty easy to follow along in the song).

We're only 10 in and I'm already at the point where I could have easily had this top 10. It is just so good. Such an emotional song.

There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
It rakes at my heart

My crane wife


:cry:
 
A lot of personal favorites in the #22s:

Todd's Dust in the Wind -- not to be confused with the Kansas song of the same name -- is one of the highlights of Something/Anything? and one of his best ballads. It's also one of the few songs he's put on a solo album but didn't write -- it was penned by keyboardist Mark "Moogy" Klingman, later a member of the original Utopia lineup.

The Police's The Bed's Too Big Without You -- a great reggae groove paired with a clever take on the "whoa is me, my baby left me" thing.

Genesis' Squonk -- possibly my favorite Phil-led song of theirs. Great riffage and atmosphere, and mysterious lyrics that always hold interest. When people rave about the A Trick of the Tail album -- and in my world, many people do -- this track is a big reason why.

Trail of Dead's Relative Ways -- one of the highlights of their masterpiece Source Tags and Codes. Badass riffage and great melody. I also witnessed Conrad Keely smash his guitar at the end of it the final time I saw them. (He had been peeved all night because the band's bus had broken down on the way to the venue, so they arrived too late to get drunk before going on.)

The Kinks' Tired of Waiting for You -- great psychedelic pop -- it feels like you're disappearing into the ether as you wait eternally.

That Girl -- one of Stevie's best grooves and arrangements. "Before I tell her that I love her -- baaaaaaaah -- that I want her -- baaaaaaaah --" the baaaaaaahs are some of the most heavenly things ever recorded.

Phish's Carini -- monster riffage. Named after their drum tech.

S&G's Scarborough Fair/Canticle -- the folkingest folk rock that ever folkrocked.
 
And now for something completely different

#22- The Stranglers - La Folie


Year - 1981
Album - La Folie
UK Chart position - 47
Vocals - Jean-Jacques Burnel
Key Lyric - Parce qu'ils ont la folie
Ils ont la folie
Oui c'est la folie (4x)

English Translation
Because they're mad
They're mad
Yes, it's madness (4x)

Interesting Points

1- Jean Jacques Burnel managed to convince everyone including other dubious band members to release this as the follow up to Golden Brown. The stranglers had a clause in their contract controlling which songs got released as singles.

2- Ever since Duchess the Stranglers singles had struggled to chart. All singles falling outside the top 30. Golden Brown broke that, but this, the follow up to Golden Brown, followed the others

3- Apparently this is supposed to reference some Japanese Necrophiliac, but i missed that in the translated lyrics

4- This song beat out several similar songs. Only 2 of Midnight Summer Dream, La Folie, European Female, Dont Bring Harry and Strange Little Girl make the list. The other three are in my top top 7 out

5- The video was shot at one of my favorite parts of Paris, Montmarte.

I always thought La Folie was a simple translation of the Fool, but it means the Madness.

Summary to date
Year

1977 - 4
1978 - 2
1979 - 2
1980 - 0
1981 - 1
1982 - 0
1983 - 0

1984 - 0

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 - 0/11
Dreamtime - 0/10
All Live and All of the Night - 1/13
10 - 0/10
1991 onwards - 0
B Sides - 0
Greatest Hits - 0
Standalone Single - 1

Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 6
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 4
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

Next we move to an 80s album track. Punk was long gone. This song gives me happy memories. Pretty sure most Stranglers fans wont rank it anywhere near as high. We have moved into phase 2 of my rankings. Songs I had to include. No questions.
 
Sorry I didn't notice the list had already been posted. Just so everyone doesn't have to go back and check to see when the list updates.

#22: Fire in the Hole.

This is the first of five songs from Steely Dan's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill to appear on my playlist.

This one went over my head for a long time; I was familiar with the term but didn't connect it to the context of the song. The Vietnam War was still going on when he wrote this and it's his response 'adults' questioning his unwillingness to go to war but not the war per se.

I didn't really start diving into Steely Dan until the early-90s, which was a time of uncertainty for me, so I guess I heard this song at the right time, as I found comfort in its sense of resignation but not surrender:

Don't you know there's fire in the hole
and nothing left to burn
I'd love to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn
 
22. The Killer Is Me (off Unplugged, 1996)

The Senator don’t love no drug program, he’s been a dopehead for thirty years.
The Senator don’t like no women, he prefers young boys in leather.


Wait, that’s on the Youtube version below, but ended up as part of Over Now on the album, didn’t it? Oh yeah. Can I start over?

Insane the mind
In the name of me
Can't find the time
To let things be
Let things be


(Youtube Version) Alice In Chains - The Killer Is Me (From MTV Unplugged)
Mike Inez’ guitar during the Unplugged session. https://i.redd.it/486j38u8umqa1.jpg

The tune for what became The Killer Is Me had been written for some time. How long is hard to say. Despite lots of pestering from Cantrell, Layne had never written lyrics for it. It’s rumored that Staley didn’t really like the song, but we’ll never know the truth there. So it was finally during the rehearsal for the Unplugged show that Jerry wrote the lyrics, they rehearsed it, and called it good enough to perform as an encore.

We’ve discussed before that this wasn’t Staley’s last song. It wasn’t even his final performance, though there weren’t that many afterwards. So for a large swath of people, this was the last time he was seen, or possibly heard. His final words here, after the song's over: “I wish I could just hug you all. But I’m not gonna.” You could do worse.

Next on the countdown, sitar. Sort of.
 
Bonus Content. Warning: Possible “Cool Story, Bro”.

On a strictly personal level, I could’ve put MUCH, much higher. It would be strangely self-serving of me, and I certainly love other songs more. But still, plausible.

Longer story shorter, about 15 years ago there was a browser game I played that was looking for DJs, and I applied. Now, this was a very, very (ad infinitum) amateur setup, but it was big enough step for an introverted person like myself. Doing this also helped me meet my future wife, but that’s another story.

Anyway, my closing song for around 90% of my shows was, as you may have guessed, The Killer is Me. Why? Why not? The final words (see previous post) helped, as well as my undying love for AIC’s Unplugged album/performance. It’s probably been 10 years since I did that, and neither the game nor the ‘station’ have existed for years. Still, this song will always certainly remind me of some good times.
 
22.
Clementine- Elliott Smith
off Self Titled album


They're waking you up to close the bar
The street's wet you can tell by the sound of the cars
The bartender's singing Clementine
While he's turning around the open sign
Dreadful sorry Clementine
Though you're still her man
It seems a long time gone
Maybe the whole thing's wrong
What if she thinks so but just didn't say so?
You drank yourself into slo-mo
Made an angel in the snow
Anything to pass the time
And keep that song out of yr mind
Oh my darling
Oh my darling
Oh my darling Clementine
Dreadful sorry Clementine


Clementine is a macabre play on a macabre folk song. I feel so much sorrow in Elliott's voicing in this one... so emotional so powerful... It is one of his most hauntingly beautiful tracks IMO...Clementine is a little captured moment… a man drunk in a bar after hours mourns the demise of a relationship as the bartender sings the title song. He was such a master of tone and melody and this songs shows that.
 
I apologize for my lack of participation in the thread discussion. Between business, not drinking, and feeling old, it's sucked lately. Luckily, I can control one of those.

Frank Black comments:

A couple of months ago, he was on my short list with three others. I sensed that a huge chunk of the local nerd herd was missing out on some of the deep solo tracks, and that prompted my choice. Glad to see many kind responses kind of confirming as much.

A funny thing happened along the way... I don't absorb lyrics, like not at all. I can do 75% of American Pie, on a good day, and that's as good as it gets; but once I started tuning into what FB/BF was singing, I started getting vibes of the dearest of the dearly departed, Dale. They're not just big dudes from Boston who traveled the world (and elsewhere); they also possess(ed) a one in ten million grasp of harmony and melody (in all its forms). And now, fragments of the lyrics keep lingering, making me think something pairs with something I once read on this board, and then I feel like I'm searching for a clue or a conclusion that I know I won't find.

That's all for now. Well, I'd be remiss without mentioning the guitar work - subtle and beautiful, like no other.

Go Spurs Go! ... I'm excited.

ETA: Stay for the Tarot card references, or is it lower-case tarot?
 
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The Decemberists
#22 The Crane Wife 1 & 2


Here it is! The first of several selections from the world’s most overqualified LARP convention house band!

Seriously, though, The Crane Wife (2006) was the Decemberists' 4th album and (in Pitchfork's opinion; mine as well) "further magnifies and refines their strengths")
Winsomely balancing frivolity and gravity, the Decemberists assemble an oddball menagerie of the usual rogues and rascals, soldiers and criminals, lovers and baby butchers-- but they've got a lot more tricks up their sleeves than previous albums had hinted. The Crane Wife employs an impressive variety of styles and sounds to tell Meloy's imaginative stories: There's the band's usual folk-rock, honed to an incisively sharp point, but they also deploy a smuggler's blues ("The Perfect Crime"), a creepy lullaby ("Shankill Butchers"), a Led Zep stomp ("When the War Came"), and, perhaps most divisively, a multipart prog track ("The Island") that stretches well past the 10-minute mark. No epic chantey this time, though.

The Crane Wife 1 & 2 (spoiler: there's a part 3 yet to come) is based on a Japanese fable. I won't include all the lyrics but here's a link in case you are interested. Worth checking out (although its pretty easy to follow along in the song).

We're only 10 in and I'm already at the point where I could have easily had this top 10. It is just so good. Such an emotional song.

There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
It rakes at my heart

My crane wife


:cry:
Pretty sure part 3 was the one I heard on The Bear last night.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.
Second time I've heard reference to a squonk. I'll tell you about the other one in a few days.
 
Book of Bad Decisions by Clutch

Let's GOOOOOOO. I really like this album while some of my Clutch friends aren't into it. I wonder if a third song from the album will make it, because, straight talk, it's one of my personal favorites
 
Sorry I didn't notice the list had already been posted. Just so everyone doesn't have to go back and check to see when the list updates.

#22: Fire in the Hole.

This is the first of five songs from Steely Dan's debut album Can't Buy a Thrill to appear on my playlist.

This one went over my head for a long time; I was familiar with the term but didn't connect it to the context of the song. The Vietnam War was still going on when he wrote this and it's his response 'adults' questioning his unwillingness to go to war but not the war per se.

I didn't really start diving into Steely Dan until the early-90s, which was a time of uncertainty for me, so I guess I heard this song at the right time, as I found comfort in its sense of resignation but not surrender:

Don't you know there's fire in the hole
and nothing left to burn
I'd love to run out now
There's nowhere left to turn
I made the switch on the playlist so this is on there.
 
"Shake a Tail Feather" is an awesome song in the original, this cover is great, too.

We used to listen to my frat rock compilations the last year we were in a fraternity before graduation. The uncool label might have applied, but we were too cool for school at that point, so it was hip, you know?

That was one of the songs on the comps. It went over bangingly with the women and men together, even though third wave feminism had already hit and was not lost on us. Girls still shook. Guys still wondered why she was messing with the fellas in the neighborhood. This is before (redacted) happened and the group sort of split after graduation, getting together only to get busted for smoking pot on beaches in New Jersey, except the tickets were written for alcohol because the cop didn't want to bother.

Come to think about it, we were like Grease, only twenty years later in real life and forty years fictitious time.

We'll always...be together

Here we go loop de loop
shake it up, baby
here we go loop de li
Bend over let me see you shake your tailfeather
 
I feel like too much information makes the story complete but (redacted) does the superego's and government's work so we'll let it stand redacted.
 
At this time, is it bad form to post songs that did not crack my top-31 (but should have)?

I should know, but you know, I don't know.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.
Second time I've heard reference to a squonk. I'll tell you about the other one in a few days.
That would be major of you.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.
Top 5 Genesis tune for me.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.

top 10 favorite album for me :wub:
 
Foo FightersJust Win BabyStranger Things Have Happened

This is the second of 3 songs in my top 31 from the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. This is as stripped down as it gets -- Dave Grohl on acoustic guitar with a metronome and nothing else. I love it.

In 2023, Consequence of Sound ranked what they characterized as all 156 Foo Fighters songs up to that point, ranking Stranger Things Have Happened #61. Here is an excerpt from their writeup:

Grohl has said that the quiet nature of “Stranger Things Have Happened” is the result of feeling stuck in the hotel rooms he constantly finds himself in on the road. He (or perhaps a bandmate or producer Gil Norton) takes that conceit one step further by placing what sounds like a metronome under the song’s verses; we even hear it getting cranked up in the beginning. It’s a subtle flourish that breathes life into a song about being bored, keeping it from being, well, boring.

I don't think the song is boring at all. YMMV.

Others have speculated it is about a lost relationship with a lover or a friend. Regardless, I think it is great.

The use of the metronome reminded me of this video about how hard it is to be the Foos drummer. The video (at around 20:30) claims that nearly every band plays along to a metronome or a "click track." But Taylor is quoted as saying the Foos don't do that, they instead rely on the drummer's timing.

First 10 Foo songs revealed:

22. Stranger Things Have Happened
23. I Should Have Known
24. Learn To Fly
25. Best Of You
26. Aurora
27. End Over End
28. What Did I Do / God As My Witness
29. Let It Die
30. Run
31. Iron Rooster

That would make an awesome 10 song album!
 
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At this time, is it bad form to post songs that did not crack my top-31 (but should have)?

I personally don't care, but it's been determined that it's slightly bad form because it takes those that know about the artist and puts them in the position of knowing what did/didn't make it, thereby ruining the did.

Again, I don't care a whit what people do unless it's that ******* MAC_32 and he ruins the Green Day countdown for me. Same with The Dreaded Marco.

eta* The word edited out is a lot more playful than the other two seven-letter curse words, so please take note, MAC.
 
At this time, is it bad form to post songs that did not crack my top-31 (but should have)?

I personally don't care, but it's been determined that it's slightly bad form because it takes those that know about the artist and puts them in the position of knowing what did/didn't make it, thereby ruining the did.

Again, I don't care a whit what people do unless it's that ******* MAC_32 and he ruins the Green Day countdown for me. Same with The Dreaded Marco.

eta* The word edited out is a lot more playful than the other two seven-letter curse words, so please take note, MAC.
Standing down.

You make a lot of sense.
 
#22 Genesis - Squonk

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976

An epic song from one of my favorite Genesis albums (either 1a or 1b depending on my mood). A Squonk is a mythical creature of sorrow that collapses into a puddle of tears when captured.

Fun fact - this was the song that solidified Collins as the lead singer after Gabriel left the band. When they were holding auditions for a Gabriel replacement, one of the finalists was asked to sing this song, but the band didn’t like the way he sounded. Phil later sang it in a session and the rest of the band decided he was the lead singer the band needed and already had, choosing not to fill Gabriel’s spot.

Another song I think I ranked too low upon listening to it again.

top 10 favorite album for me :wub:
Nice - it’s well represented on my list.
 
At this time, is it bad form to post songs that did not crack my top-31 (but should have)?

I should know, but you know, I don't know.
I posted a last five out for mine, but I think depends on the artist. I kind of figured no one would be holding their breath as to whether any of my last 5 out made my list.
 
Some selected (‘random’) #22s

Hijomalind - Sigur Ros. Slow, haunting, and captivating. I know it’s another language, and yet the lyrics strike me as words I’m not quite hearing correctly. I might look up the translation, but I’m almost afraid it’ll lose something.

Dreams - Brandi Carlile. I enjoyed this song’s rising and falling volume (and/or tempo). Good guitar work on a song that’s simply solid, and makes my list to listen to again sometime.

My Favourite Kiss - Frank Black and the Catholics. New to me, and yet familiar at the same time. Leaves a strong impression, and done too quickly.

Innuendo - Queen. Flamenco! Exactly what you’d expect from Queen, right? Melancholy at parts (and not just because of the significance of this album) yet representative of their roots and values.

King Volcano - Bauhaus. Randomness put this right after Queen, and man, it flowed so well from there. The repeated rhythm carries here, with the few lyrics muted. It’s an almost hymnal chanting.

Shut ‘Em Up - The Prodigy. Manfred Mann and Public Enemy? Chaos! But the odd trio works better than you might think. Not completely in my wheelhouse, but still a very strong performance

Mama Can’t Buy You Love - Elton John. This hits different from a lot of other Elton John efforts, and it’s not just the change in songwriter. It’s a soulful, and somewhat of a forgotten gem.


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Of course I liked Genesis, The Kinks, Simon & Garfunkel and Ray Charles. There were a lot of new-to-me songs that were intriguing, though Dinosaur Jr. and The Doves (them again!) lead the way.
 
At this time, is it bad form to post songs that did not crack my top-31 (but should have)?

I personally don't care, but it's been determined that it's slightly bad form because it takes those that know about the artist and puts them in the position of knowing what did/didn't make it, thereby ruining the did.

Again, I don't care a whit what people do unless it's that ******* MAC_32 and he ruins the Green Day countdown for me. Same with The Dreaded Marco.

eta* The word edited out is a lot more playful than the other two seven-letter curse words, so please take note, MAC.
I tried real hard not to be Redundant on this list.
 
I finally had a chance to listen to the #26 playlist.

Excluding my own song, I already knew that I liked these songs:
  • SRV - The House Is Rockin'
  • Rush - The Spirit Of Radio
  • Stevie Wonder - Someday At Christmas
  • ELO - Livin' Thing
On first listen to this playlist, these were the unfamiliar songs I liked the best:
  • Daft Punk - Human After All
  • Taylor Swift - the 1
  • Black Francis - Stars
  • Doves - Carousels
Keeping a running list, I have made a post like this for the first 6 playlists so far, and highlighted unfamiliar songs I liked the best from 18 artists:
  1. Blur
  2. Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
  3. Elliott Smith
  4. Big Thief
  5. Alice In Chains
  6. Green Day
  7. Phish
  8. Spoon (x2)
  9. ...And You Will Know...
  10. Daft Punk (x2)
  11. Stranglers
  12. Decemberists
  13. Warren Zevon
  14. Doves (x2)
  15. The Tragically Hip
  16. Deadmau5 (x2)
  17. Taylor Swift
  18. Black Francis
That is a lot of good stuff from artists mostly unfamiliar to me. 👍

I have seen some comments in the thread about the Taylor Swift songs, and this is the first one I got to. I was not expecting to add her to my list.
 
Stevie WonderUruk-HaiThat Girl
Great song - despite it hitting top 5, it’s one that isn’t played very often (at least from what I’ve heard).

That Girl -- one of Stevie's best grooves and arrangements. "Before I tell her that I love her -- baaaaaaaah -- that I want her -- baaaaaaaah --" the baaaaaaahs are some of the most heavenly things ever recorded.
#22 "That Girl"

This album confounded people when it came out. It was a double LP that was basically a "greatest hits" of his '70s songs (some were remixed), but had one new song per side. I think that led some to think Stevie was treading water, but that doesn't take into account that he had hits everywhere in other formats - duets with friends, film soundtrack hits, etc.... He had enough new music in '82 to make a remarkable album had he gathered all of these songs together.

I bought this album at my first opportunity. But I had already heard "That Girl" on the radio and thought "oh yeah.....the old boy (he was all of 32) ain't dead yet". It opens with a drum pattern similar to "Superstition", though more treble-y. Then he brings in one of his signature keyboard lines and, before you know it, he's got you. As Pip says above, once the groove locks in it's all over but the crying. That background chorus has to be by, like, the Grambling State U chorus.

As a reminder, I'm not ranking these songs best-to-worst. I just threw them into the spreadsheet as I thought about them. Me trying to rank Stevie Wonder songs in some kind of quality order would have me in therapy. There are some that I knew had to be here and a few of them are near the top, but the rest are just whatever popped into my mind at the moment I was building the list. I could have done 131 instead of 31 and not felt I was reaching.
 
The Stranglers' Sometimes sounds like the Doors again -- yet it's supposed to be their "punk" song -- "punk" had a broader definition then than it does now.
Much punkier stuff is coming. But not many punk bands with a prominent keyboardist, which is why i mentioned their closest reference point was the Doors.
Dave Greenfield was given permission to free form riffs to fit songs as he had been in prog rock bands since 1970.
He was diagnosed high functioning autistic, but the disclosure was never made public.
He sung lead on 6 album tracks like Dead Ringer, Peasant in the big ****ty and Genetix. None of them made my list

Heres wiki on his style
Greenfield's sound and style of playing, particularly on The Stranglers' debut album Rattus Norvegicus, has been compared to that of Ray Manzarek of the Doors. The comparison was even made at the Stranglers' inception by Jean-Jacques Burnel, who said Greenfield had not heard of the Doors at the time. Greenfield admitted that he knew a few Doors tracks, those being "Light My Fire" and "Riders on the Storm". However, he cited the works of Rick Wakeman of Yes and Jon Lord of Deep Purple as his early influences. He was also noted for his trademark style of playing rapid arpeggios.His distinctive sound on the early Stranglers recordings involved the use of HohnerCembalet (model N), Hammond L-100 electric organ, a Minimoog synthesizer, and later an Oberheim OB-Xa.
Upon his death from Covid
Hugh Cornwell tweeted, "He was the difference between the Stranglers and every other punk band. His musical skill and gentle nature gave an interesting twist to the band. He should be remembered as the man who gave the world the music of 'Golden Brown.'"
 
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King Volcano - Bauhaus. Randomness put this right after Queen, and man, it flowed so well from there. The repeated rhythm carries here, with the few lyrics muted. It’s an almost hymnal chanting.

yes to that ^ spot on

King Volcano

direct bite off the "Waissal Song", which are not necessarily a hymn, moar like a carol ... but, yes, Ash/DJ fashioned it's bones into this haunting chanter.

lots going on here, thematically ... most of which lend to fertility/sexual overtones, right down to another homage to Bowie - this time thru his highly carnal "Velvet Goldmine" (i'll be your King Volcano right for you again and again/my Velvet Goldmine)

i always pictured Lord Summerisle leading his charges in a singalong of this, as they entered the feast of Imbolic, which were later absorbed into the moar Christian canon as Candlemas ("lonely people burn like candles")

"King Volcano gave me numbers" ... more pagan imagery, calling back to my opinion of this being emblematic of a seasonal rite, which proved bountiful.

or perhaps "lonely people burn like candles" are a direct reference to Sgt. Howie getting torched on the beach ... yes.

never came across a proper interpretation of the lyric from any of the lads, nor do i want/need to ... this were always how the tune's vibe hit me, and i'm quite happy with it.

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I really like Brandi Carlile's Dreams
Great chorus and harmonizing. Fantastic voice.
But mostly I think it is because it doesn't sound the least bit country to me. Hope this doesn't make me a bad person. ;)

Three of my all time favorites transporting me back to the last few years of high school and freshman year in college.
Bring on the Night (The Police) - as I've said before, their best album front to back. Not a clunker in the bunch (looking at you Mother :yucky: )
Squonk - (Genesis) - A Trick of the Tail was damn near transparent I played it so much.
If You Want Blood (You've Got It) - (AC/DC) - I'm getting too old for this **** (i.e., I just sprained my neck head banging to this song)

And some already-hearted songs from this millennium as well (including but not limited to Spoon, AYWKUBTTOD, Big Thief, THS, Doves).
 

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