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[otb_lifer]

If anyone ever asks you define “the Jersey Shore Sound” just point them to Sherry Darling.
Although it’s a pretty unlikely scenario.

it's a damn goodt tune, but invokes more of the City feel for me - my old Hell's Kitchen hood, to be exact - great driving tune.

i'd nominate Soufside Johnny as being more emblematic of Salt Water Taffy, Lucky Leo's, Jenkinsons, LBI, etcetc

but both work in context.

 

[Eephus]

If anyone ever asks you define “the Jersey Shore Sound” just point them to Sherry Darling.
Although it’s a pretty unlikely scenario.

If somebody asks about the Jersey Shore sound this century, they're probably thinking more along the lines of these chooches

Enrique Iglesias - I Like It (Jersey Shore Version) ft. Pitbull

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[Dr. Octopus]

Soufside Johnny

Sure - my second choice would be “I Don’t Wanna Go Home” by Johnny as written by Little Steven.

I was sitting at an outside bar in Asbury once and an older couple sat down next to me. I struck up a conversation and found out they were from Cleveland. They were part of some Southside Johnny club that tours around the country with him (like Dead Heads) - and seeing him at the Stone Pony was on their bucket list - they were there to see him that Saturday night. Go figure.
I actually went to that show. It was fun - like one giant party. It helped Charlie Watts had just passed so they played five Stones songs but it was a good show overall.
I also know why he’s called Southside - because Asbury has a North and Southside - broken up by Convention Hall. I’m on the Northside. Northside Sally.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Big fan on this Blur tune as well. Honestly if it was released in the sixties, it would be considered a classic.

 

[otb_lifer]

Soufside Johnny

Sure - my second choice would be “I Don’t Wanna Go Home” by Johnny as written by Little Steven.

I was sitting at an outside bar in Asbury once and an older couple sat down next to me. I struck up a conversation and found out they were from Cleveland. They were part of some Southside Johnny club that tours around the country with him (like Dead Heads) - and seeing him at the Stone Pony was on their bucket list - they were there to see him that Saturday night. Go figure.
I actually went to that show. It was fun - like one giant party. It helped Charlie Watts had just passed so they played five Stones songs but it was a good show overall.
I also know why he’s called Southside - because Asbury has a North and Southside - broken up by Convention Hall. I’m on the Northside. Northside Sally.

or, my favorite, "Talk to Me" ... maybe even "Trapped Again" - no shortage of prime cuts outta SSJ.

how long have you been in AP? the reno, in earnest, started about 20 yrs ago?

btw, very cool story about the SSJ & the Pony - do you remember summer of 2001(?), when "Holidays in the Sun" festival played there? punx from all over the world hit the boardwalk that weekend - was a riot ... kinda for real.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

how long have you been in AP? the reno, in earnest, started about 20 yrs ago?

I moved here just a little over three years ago - after I split with my ex - but had an investment property with a few friends that was literally and figuratively on the wrong side of the tracks for about 18 years so have witness the revitalization and fell in love with the City.

 

[Zegras11]

I just downed a bag of cheese its on my break at work.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I just downed a bag of cheese its on my break at work.

go on ...

 

[KarmaPolice]

Cheese-its are too messy. Others eat them with a spoon, right?

 

[Zegras11]

Cheese-its are too messy. Others eat them with a spoon, right?

I'm wearing a black polo shirt. And I spilled some crumbs from end of bag. Shirt is now orange.

 

[Raging weasel]

I just downed a bag of cheese its on my break at work.

go on ...

A bowling alley I used to go to breaded their deep fried cheese sticks in crushed up spicy Cheese Its- yum!

 

[rockaction]

Keith was mostly the rhythm guitarist - and song writer.

Actually crossed my mind as I was writing it down (that Keith wrote songs that included rhythm and he played rhythm) but I don't know the Stones well enough, so I went with the traditional "better/more established guitar player played lead," etc., though that is maybe a shot at Brian Jones -- so who knows?

I'm certainly not a Stones expert, as you know. That's why I liked your countdown so much.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I just downed a bag of cheese its on my break at work.

go on ...

A bowling alley I used to go to breaded their deep fried cheese sticks in crushed up spicy Cheese Its- yum!

I liked the Clutch song this round a bunch.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Keith was mostly the rhythm guitarist - and song writer.

Actually crossed my mind as I was writing it down (that Keith wrote songs that included rhythm and he played rhythm) but I don't know the Stones well enough, so I went with the traditional "better/more established guitar player played lead," etc., though that is maybe a shot at Brian Jones -- so who knows?

I'm certainly not a Stones expert, as you know. That's why I liked your countdown so much.

In the Jones era there wasn’t much soloing or anything to really distinguish lead/rhythm. He probably played some lead then (on Sympathy most famously) but a lot of early songs featured the slide guitar and that was Jones, and they relied more on Jones generally- with his eclectic experimental instruments.

With Mick Taylor, he took a back seat. Really there was no choice. Mick was just better.

 

[otb_lifer]

Kevin Haskins (drumner) has been his usual solid self ... cat has a very distinct style of playing, both sonically & physically - reminds me a ton of Charlie Watts in those respects (so maybe not as distinct, but rare enuff) - not a big banger or a pounder or a sledge - but can groove and swing and duck and fill with deft precision - achingly versatile, if not understated, for the most part.

much like Charlie, he keeps impeccable time, answers every shape shift - and, most importantly, keeps that bass well within reach at all times.

the Haskins are a criminally unsung backbone in the annals of all music, not just the goff genre, of which they were the kings.

The apple doesn't fall frherom from the tree. Haskins' daughter Lola Dompe plays the drums for LA girl group Automatic.

another daughter, Diva, took to the bass for the Poptones gigs a few years back ... she name dropped  her sister's project in this interview, and also spoke of her own work.

the 'haus universe are pretty neat, eh? the lads look great, btw, all things considered (circa 5 or so yrs ago)

 

[titusbramble]

Maybe whoever played alongside Keith Richards

Keith was mostly the rhythm guitarist - and song writer.

Just needed to double check that you weren't talking about my artist. You weren't, carry on

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Today I learned that my blues guitarist cousin was nominated for a Grammy at some point. He posted a gig flyer on Facebook promoting him as “Grammy-nominated blues guitarist [stage name]”.

He played with Junior Wells for a few years in the ‘90s until Wells’ death, so it might’ve been from that, but I don’t know because he doesn’t tell the family much of anything. I didn’t learn he had fathered a daughter until a few years after she was born.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Maybe whoever played alongside Keith Richards

Keith was mostly the rhythm guitarist - and song writer.

Just needed to double check that you weren't talking about my artist. You weren't, carry on

One of Terry Kath’s many replacements was named Keith. Doesn’t appear on my list.

 

[otb_lifer]

I'm certainly not a Stones expert, as you know. That's why I liked your countdown so much.

... 'twas a grand thread, that - lotta go 'rounds with our dearly missed friends.

"Sister Morphine" my forever #1, tho ...

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Uruk will be happy to know that the PA system at our swim club is playing Vienna by Billy Joel.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The Eagles’ final tour has Steely Dan as the opening band.

Not entirely surprising as Fagen and Becker were friends with Henley et al and each band referred to the other in at least one song.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

The Eagles’ final tour has Steely Dan as the opening band.

Not entirely surprising as Fagen and Becker were friends with Henley et al and each band referred to the other in at least one song.

Strange bedfellows.

 

[Zegras11]

18's PLAYLIST

		#18-
Todd Rundgren	New Binky the Doormat	Time Heals Todd Rundgren - Time Heals (Official Music Video) You're watching the official music video for Todd Rundgren - "Time Heals" from the album 'Healing' (1981)Subscribe to the Rhino Channel! https://Rhino.lnk.to... www.youtube.com
Jorge Ben Jor	Don Quixote	Minha Teimosia, uma Arma pra te Conquistar Minha Teimosia, Uma Arma Pra Te Conquistar Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupMinha Teimosia, Uma Arma Pra Te Conquistar · Jorge BenA Tabua De Esmeralda℗ 1974 Universal Music InternationalRel... youtu.be
Brandi Carlile	JB Breakfast Club	Harder to Forgive - By the Way, I Forgive You https://open.spotify.com/track/3FaEoHRnoDkK32rWTdkbyv
The Police	Zegras11	Driven To Tears Driven To Tears The Police · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
Modest Mouse	The Dreaded Marco	Interstate 8 Modest Mouse - Interstate 8 Part 2 www.youtube.com
Genesis	Yo Mama	Mad Man Moon Mad Man Moon - 2007 Remaster Genesis · Song · 1976 open.spotify.com
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Sullie	Life Without You Life Without You Provided to YouTube by Epic/LegacyLife Without You · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double TroubleThe Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1℗ 1985 Epic Records, a division ... www.youtube.com
The Decemberists	kupcho1	The Mariner's Revenge Song The Mariner's Revenge Song The Decemberists · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com The Mariner's Revenge Song Project for my Time Arts class. It's a music video/storyboard-type thing of the Decemberists' "A Mariner's Revenge Song". This song has been one of my favori... youtu.be
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	plinko	Catatonic Lost Songs (2012) Catatonic ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com
The Kinks	Galileo	Destroyer (1981 - Give the People What They Want) Destroyer The Kinks · Song · 1981 open.spotify.com
Rush	higgins	Working Man Rush - Working Man live in Cleveland Watch Rush perfrom Working Man from their new live DVD Time Machine 2011: Live In Cleveland, exclusively on MusicRadar www.youtube.com
Sigur Rós	Scoresman	Olsen Olsen - Ágætis byrjun - 1999 Olsen olsen Sigur Rós · Song · 1999 open.spotify.com
Donald Fagen	Charlie Steiner	The Nightfly The Nightfly Provided to YouTube by RepriseThe Nightfly · Donald FagenThe Nightfly℗ 1982 Warner Records Inc.Keyboards, Organ, Synthesizer: Donald FagenLead Vocals: Donal... www.youtube.com
Green Day	MAC_32	American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria/Modern World American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World Green Day · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com
Big Thief	Ilov80s	Time Escaping Time Escaping Big Thief · Song · 2022 open.spotify.com
Daft Punk	rockaction	Technologic (Radio Edit) Daft Punk - Technologic (Official Video) Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) out now: https://daftpunk.lnk.to/RAM10sOfficial Music Video for “Technologic”, taken from “Human After All”... youtu.be
Taylor Swift	Jpalmer	coney island coney island (feat. The National) Taylor Swift, The National · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com
Elliott Smith	Tuffnutt	Pitseleh Pitseleh Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupPitseleh · Elliott SmithXO℗ A Geffen Records Release; ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1998-01-01Producer,... www.youtube.com
Chicago	Pip's Invitation	Dialogue Parts I & II Chicago - Dialogue Part 1 and 2 From Chicago V, this greatest hit was one that brought about a lot of dialogue! Pun intended! :-D Enjoy! www.youtube.com
The Stranglers	John Maddens Lunchbox	Strange Little Girl The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl Promo Video 1982. High quality. m.youtube.com
Ryan Adams	Dr. Octopus	This Is It This Is It Ryan Adams · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com
Stevie Wonder	Uruk-Hai	What's That You're Doing Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder ~ What's That You're Doing? From the 1982 album "Tug Of War". www.youtube.com
Slade	Mrs. Rannous	Dapple Rose Dapple Rose Provided to YouTube by BMG Rights Management (UK) LimitedDapple Rose · SladeBeginnings / Play It Loud℗ 1970 While John Ltd. under exclusive licence to BMG Ri... www.youtube.com
Phish	shuke	Fuego Fuego Phish · Song · 2014 open.spotify.com
Electgric Light Orchestra (ELO)	jwb	So Fine So Fine Electric Light Orchestra · Song · 1976 open.spotify.com
Frank Black	Mister CIA	In The Time Of My Ruin frank black - in the time of my ruin great track from the album fast man - raider man by frank black www.youtube.com
Clutch	Raging Weasel	Nero's Fiddle Nero's Fiddle Clutch · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Dinosaur Jr.	KarmaPolice	I Want You to Know Dinosaur Jr. - I Want You To Know Farm (2009)Track List:"Pieces""I Want You To Know""Ocean In the Way""Plans""Your Weather""Over It'"Friends""Said the People""There's No Here""See You""I Don'... www.youtube.com
Warren Zevon	worrierking	Charlie's Medicine Charlie's Medicine - 2007 Remaster Warren Zevon · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com Allegedly a true story. WZ claims he actually did pay his bill to Charlie's sister.
Alice in Chains	Mt. Man	Them Bones Them Bones (2022 Remaster) Alice In Chains · Song · 1992 open.spotify.com
Queen	snellman	You're My Best Friend You're My Best Friend - Remastered 2011 Queen · Song · 1975 open.spotify.com
AC/DC	falguy	Can't Stand Still Can't Stand Still AC/DC · Song · 2000 open.spotify.com
The Hold Stead	scorchy	Unpleasant Breakfast Unpleasant Breakfast The Hold Steady · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Damon Albarn	Eephus	Gorillaz (feat. Adeleye Omotayo) --- Silent Running Gorillaz - Silent Running ft. Adeleye Omotayo (Official Video) Gorillaz - Silent Running (Official Video) from the new album Cracker Island - out now - https://gorillaz.com - featuring additional collaborations with Bad ... www.youtube.com
Ray Charles	simey	Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack (Official Lyrics Video) The official lyric video for Ray Charles' "Hit The Road Jack" from the TRUE GENIUS boxset "Hit The Road Jack" was released in August 1961 and hit number one ... www.youtube.com Hit the Road Jack Ray Charles · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Doves	landrys hat	10:03 10:03 Doves · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com
Spoon	Hov34	The Hardest Cut Spoon - The Hardest Cut ‘The Hardest Cut’ comes from Spoon’s forthcoming album, ‘Lucifer on the Sofa,’ out Feb. 11th on Matador Records. Pre-order/save the album now: https://spoon.... www.youtube.com
Foo Fighters	Just Win Baby	Miracle Miracle Foo Fighters · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Simon & Garfunkel	zamboni	"At the Zoo" Simon & Garfunkel - At The Zoo (Audio) Music video by Simon & Garfunkel performing At The Zoo. (C) 1968 Sony Music Entertainment www.youtube.com
Bruce Springsteen	DrIanMalcolm	Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of Love (Official Video) Official video of ”Tunnel of Love" by Bruce Springsteen Listen to Bruce Springsteen: https://BruceSpringsteen.lnk.to/listenYD Pre-order the new album Letter ... www.youtube.com
The Prodigy	titusbramble	One Love (12" Mix) One Love - 12" Mix The Prodigy · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Bauhaus	otb_lifer	The Three Shadows Part II The Three Shadows Part 2 Bauhaus · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com
Heart	Doug B	City's Burning City's Burning Heart · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com
The Tragically Hip	Northern Voice	Looking for a Place to Happen Looking For A Place To Happen The Tragically Hip · Song · 1992 open.spotify.com
deadmau5	zazale	Suckfest9001 Suckfest9001 deadmau5 · Song · 2013 open.spotify.com
Elton John	timschochet	Honky Cat Elton John - Honky cat - Live 1972 (720p) HD restored my favorite version of honky cat for yallz . Enjoy !! www.youtube.com

 

[Zegras11]

Green Day

MAC_32

American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria/Modern World American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World Green Day · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com

always loved this song

 

[zamboni]

The Eagles’ final tour has Steely Dan as the opening band.

Wonder if they’ll be alive long enough to milk a long false start final tour like these guys did.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Ryan Adams

Dr. Octopus

This Is It This Is It Ryan Adams · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com

@otb_lifer commented on another song that the song reminded him of Paul Westerberg.

I was big into alt-country in the 90s, as I’ve said, but somehow Whiskey Town escaped me. I read about Adams and decided to give his new album a try and purchased my first Ryan Adams CD “Rock N Roll”.

I came for the alt-country and stayed for The Replacements. This album greatly departed from his roots and had an indie feel and there was some clear channeling of Mr. Westerberg thru the album. We’ll get two more songs coming up to further “prove” it.

 

[Eephus]

the lads look great, btw, all things considered (circa 5 or so yrs ago)

Peter went back into rehab last year

 

[Yo Mama]

Genesis #18 - Mad Mad Moon

Album - A Trick of the Tail
Year - 1976


Such a beautiful song - with powerful and sorrowful vocals from Phil, and with Tony Banks traveling to another planet halfway through.

This is a song about leaving something good in the search of “better”, and that the want for more is of our own creation and follows us no matter how green the grass is.


Was it summer when the river ran dry,
Or was it just another dam.
When the evil of a snowflake in June
Could still be a source of relief.
O how I love you, I once cried long ago,
But I was the one who decided to go.

 

[JB Breakfast Club]

Harder to Forgive

Brandi Carlile · Song · 2018

open.spotify.com

The first of five from By the Way, I Forgive You is a little bit of everything that makes BC great...well crafted lyrics, some harmonies, and a little bit of Brandi belting it out. The whole song is a crescendo that delivers some goose bumps by the end.

 

[Eephus]

I was walking along minding my own business grooving to the funky funky bassline in Chicago's Dialogue Pt. I getting myself warmed up for the yeah yeah yeahs in Pt. II when it segued in the Decemberists' sea shanty song. Nothing against the Decemberists or sea shantys but it was very abrupt.

Shuffle with care people.

 

[Mt. Man]

18. Them Bones (off Dirt, 1992)

Dust rise right on over my time
Empty fossil of the new scene

Official Video Alice In Chains - Them Bones
Live Version

Ah! Checking in at a shade shy of two and a half minutes, Them Bones has to grab you early or not at all. Appropriate to put this as Dirt’s opener, as a partial taste of what’s to come. High tempo, highly charged, and surprisingly catchy for a song about (accepting) one’s mortality.

Them Bones has proven to be a song that requires the right mood (maybe the right… enhancements, too? I don’t know. I’ve largely been straight edge). It fluctuated from me considering it for the top ten to pondering if it would make the top 31 (though it was never out). It’s hard to pin down exactly why it took such a rollercoaster ride, but it did.

And yes, this is the shortest song on this countdown. Sorry to anyone hoping that Iron Gland would make my Top 31. Or even really Top 90 (of 94).

Next on the countdown, a song I hope those sitting at their desks aren’t upset about.

 

[Scoresman]

18 Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen - 1999

A Sigur Ros song you can pronounce! It's funny. Sigur Ros writes these dreamy, epic sounding songs and for a lot of them there really isn't much meaning behind the song title or lyrics. This one is named after a street policeman. Olsen Olsen is also the name of a candy bar. This is another where a lot of fans have used it as a wedding song. If they only knew it was written about a cop or a snack.

Anyway, this is a song of two parts. The first part is dreamy, ethereal with a cool bass line and will make you say "Oh hey yeah this is a Sigur Ros song!" The second part then comes in with great drumming backing a local men's choir belting out the song's main tune, a tune that you may be whistling for the rest of the day after hearing it. The song is typical of early Sigur Ros , no lyrics, no fuzz, just a feel-good atmosphere.

 

[otb_lifer]

the lads look great, btw, all things considered (circa 5 or so yrs ago)

Peter went back into rehab last year

works of art
with a minimum of steel
pure sensation
my beautiful downgrade - going to hell again

^ above from #21 "Silent Hedges", wherein Huxley rubs elbows with smack.

we love ya, Petey - been a long and harrowing road.

STAY UP!

 

[tuffnutt]

18.
Pitseleh- Elliott Smith
From XO album
The first time I saw you
I knew it would never last
I'm not half what I wish I was
I'm so angry
I don't think it'll ever pass
And I was bad news for you just because
I never meant to hurt you

Pitseleh is a Yiddish word that means Little one. I like to think that the theme of this song is an homage to Lennon's Jealous Guy (which he often covered) Its a song, not so much about unrequited love, but about being loved by someone who loves you, but knowing they’re only in love with who they think you are. And that you can only ever fail them and hurt them. Its a song that Elliott rarely played life... it called it too long and boring. But I find it amazing... in fact I'm questioning my ranking of it this low. when he says "no one deserves it" and the piano comes in... that just hits.

 

[kupcho1]

Destroyer by the Kinks was a refreshing blast from the past. Great tune!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I was walking along minding my own business grooving to the funky funky bassline in Chicago's Dialogue Pt. I getting myself warmed up for the yeah yeah yeahs in Pt. II when it segued in the Decemberists' sea shanty song. Nothing against the Decemberists or sea shantys but it was very abrupt.

Shuffle with care people.

There is a combined Spotify track but it's the single version that shaves 2 minutes off: https://open.spotify.com/track/6FYcpCjvjTFlKRSSmh13lX?si=1ddd4d98463848b6

 

[otb_lifer]

Destroyer by the Kinks was a refreshing blast from the past. Great tune!

don't wanna spotlight, but after the song sbout the boid the Falls are named after, "Destroyer" are IT.

 

[Ilov80s]

Mariner's Revenge Song is #1 in my heart

 

[Pip's Invitation]

18. Dialogue (Pt. I & II)
Album: Chicago V (1972)
Writer: Robert Lamm
Lead vocals: Terry Kath and Peter Cetera
Released as a single: Yes (US #24; both parts were fused together and about 2 minutes were cut)

Robert Lamm wrote a number of political songs in Chicago's early years, and this one may be the most overt. The first part of "Dialogue" is what it says it is: A conversation between two college students, one played by Terry Kath, who is obsessed about all the ills of the world and how to fix them, and one played by Peter Cetera, who thinks that "everything is fine" and likes to get high. They share their perspectives and then come to an understanding, where Kath says the talk "eased my mind" and Cetera says "if you had my outlook, your feelings would be numb". This sets up the second part, where basically everyone holds hands and sings kumbaya, with up-with-people-type lyrics such as "we can make it happen," "we can change the world now," "we can save the children," etc. This is all set to a musical arrangement that is very easy to digest -- Part I sounds like a Jackson 5 outtake, while Part II is a wave of sound driven by electric piano, bass and horns that you just want to ride. The guitar solo halfway through Part II is as good an example as any of Kath's unique style.
The song hit #24 on the Billboard charts, which reflect sales and airplay, and #17 on the Cashbox charts, which reflect sales only, which suggests that some radio programmers avoided it because of the political and/or drug content. But perhaps because of the message, the song has appeared in live sets consistently throughout the band's career (including in their shows this year). And it was one of only three songs discussed in-depth in Robert Lamm and Lee Loughnane's interview with Dan Rather, in which all agreed that the song's lyrics are still relevant today.
Chicago V was the band's first single album and its first to hit #1. Between this and the presence of Saturday in the Park, the band's biggest and most radio-friendly hit up to that point, the perception is that it is the point where the band became more commercial and less experimental. But that's not really true. Most of the rest of the album is musically complex and jazz-oriented. Saturday in the Park is the exception, not the rule. There's a reason why for the album's second single, the label edited down a seven-minute two-part suite to five minutes: Absolutely nothing else on the record after Saturday in the Park and Dialogue is even remotely AM radio-friendly. In that way, plus the writing being dominated by Robert Lamm (who penned seven of the nine songs), it may have more in common with the debut album than any other. Chicago's '70s formula began with VI, not this album.
Live version from 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofu-CSJ0UN8
Leonid and Friends version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUf2VRNA7M

At #17, a song about winter from a band whose songs often evoke summer.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Random thoughts about some of the #18s I already know:

Time Heals is the one pop song from one of Todd's odder albums*, the spacey and spiritual Healing. It's notable for having a music video that was very innovative for its time (but looks totally cheesy today).
Driven to Tears is another banger from Zenyatta Mondatta, and has what may be Andy Summers' best guitar solo (there weren't many of them).
Mad Man Moon has very much the same vibe as Ripples -- if you liked that one, you'll like this one.
Destroyer is one of the Kinks' most energetic tracks and ended a frenetic sequence at the show I saw in 1990: State of Confusion -> (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman -> Destroyer.
Working Man is the best example of early Rush's Zeppelinisms. There was great controversy when Ghost Rider left it out of his top 50 in his Rush countdown.
The Nightfly is Donald Fagen playing a character in a way he rarely did on Steely Dan albums, and doubles as an homage to the jazz records he loves.
Fuego may be Phish's best post-reunion song. It has the epic sweep of their most ambitious early material but the discipline of a veteran band.
Them Bones is a fist-pumper and one of the major reasons why I got into AIC.
You're My Best Friend has an incredible melody and sentiment. And the blasts of guitar from Brian May at the end are just triumphant.
Hit the Road Jack may be the best example of how Ray's personality shone through in his music.
Tunnel of Love is one of my favorite Springsteen songs. Great melody and arrangement, and few Bruce-isms that get on my nerves.
City's Burning is a ferocious rocker. It was one of the first Heart songs I was exposed to, as its video was played on MTV in its early years.
Honky Cat's biggest strength is the way the horns play off Elton's piano.

* - Eephus would say it's not from Healing, as it was not included on the LP but was the A-side of a 45 that was packaged with it. It (and the B-side, Tiny Demons) do appear on the cassette and CD versions.

 

[Just Win Baby]

Foo Fighters

Just Win Baby

Miracle Miracle Foo Fighters · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com

Miracle is the fourth song I chose from the In Your Honor album, which I described in a previous post. This song is the second I chose from the acoustic disc of that double album.

In addition to the regular band members (Grohl, Mendel, Shiflett, and Hawkins), John Paul Jones (yes, that JPJ) plays piano on the song, and Petra Haden plays violin.

In 2023, Consequence of Sound ranked what they characterized as all 156 Foo Fighters songs up to that point, ranking Miracle #16. Here is an excerpt from their writeup:

Just because a song is quiet doesn’t mean it can’t have forward motion, and that’s why “Miracle” works so much better than many of the other tracks on In Your Honor’s second disc. Much of the credit goes to John Paul Jones. By bringing in Led Zeppelin’s bassist, the Foo Fighters add an extra bit of drive. So what if he’s playing piano and not bass? This is a man who, to put it lightly, obviously knows a thing or two about rhythm, which translates to several different instruments. His presence gives “Miracle” a quiet power.

In 2014, the Foos spent a week long residency on the Late Show with David Letterman. Here is an article about one night during that residency when they choked him up with this song. Here is a video of that performance.

Here is a cool video where the song is paired with scenes from The Man Who Was Never Born, an episode of The Outer Limits.

Here is the Foos list revealed so far:

Rank	Song	Album	Year
18	Miracle	In Your Honor	2005
19	Skin And Bones	Skin And Bones	2006
20	Walk	Wasting Light	2011
21	What If I Do?	In Your Honor	2005
22	Stranger Things Have Happened	Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace	2007
23	I Should Have Known	Wasting Light	2011
24	Learn To Fly	There Is Nothing Left To Lose	1999
25	Best Of You	In Your Honor	2005
26	Aurora	There Is Nothing Left To Lose	1999
27	End Over End	In Your Honor	2005
28	What Did I Do / God As My Witness	Sonic Highways	2014
29	Let It Die	Echoes, Silence, Patience, And Grace	2007
30	Run	Concrete And Gold	2017
31	Iron Rooster	Saint Cecilia EP	2015

 

[Charlie Steiner]

The Nightfly is the title track to Donald's first solo album and is the second song from it to appear on my list.

Thanks to the previous entry from this album, I.G.Y., we know we've taken a trip back to young Donnie Fagen's childhood, smack dab in the middle of those feel good about America and positive about the future Eisenhower years. In that song, we also learned that Donnie was imbued with a sense of optimism about the future, and I think having a character like Lester the Nightfly filling his nights with glimpses of America's whacky and offbeat side was pivotal in shaping the young man's dualistic outlook on life.

At first, I thought of the great Jean Shepherd as the inspiration for this character, but with a little digging, I also found another possible source: one Long John Nebel. Never heard of him before so I can't make a firm connection, but the time frame and lyrics make it at least plausible. Maybe our resident silverback @otb_lifer has heard of him?

 

[jwb]

So Fine

So Fine

Electric Light Orchestra · Song · 1976

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One of my favorite ELO tunes. After a false start or two, it turns into a jaunty little number with a nice bass line. Then, because it's ELO, halfway through it completely shifts gears and becomes (literally) jungle bongos with strings, before going back to the jaunty song. On the album, the ending keyboard fade goes right into the violin on Livin' Thing, which is awesome.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#18 - The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

The Stranglers - Strange Little Girl

Promo Video 1982. High quality.

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Year - 1982
Album - The Collection 1977-1982
UK Chart position - #7
Vocals - Hugh Cornwell
Key Lyric - She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough
It didn't take long before she knew she had enough
Walking home in her wrapped up world
She survived but she's feeling old
And she found
All things cold

Interesting Points

1- There is a 5th songwriter credited here called Hans Wärmling. He was the keyboardist before Dave Greenfield. He co-wrote 3 songs, but this was the only one to see the light of day. It didnt see the light until the band needed a song for their greatest hits collection, 1977-1982. This one was dug up and redone.

2- Wärmling, who was a Nurse, met Hugh Cornwell while he was doing his Post Grad in Sweden. Wärmling needed 500 songs translated into English and he and Cornwell became close friends.

3- Wärmling left the band in 1975. The band had to do covers to get gigs and he drew the line at having to learn TIe a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree. He returned to Sweden immediately. Dave Greenfield answered an ad in Melody Maker and the rest is history. Wärmling died in a boating accident in 1995.

4- Tori Amos released a cover of this and named her concept album Strange Little Girls. Many big name artists were covered on this album such as Depeche Mode, Neil Young, the Beatles, Eminem, Slayer, Tom Waits, 10cc and Lloyd Cole

5- The 1982 video features girls walking around London dressed as Punks. A far cry from 1977

Summary to date
Year

1977 - 4
1978 - 3
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 - 0
Greatest Hits - 1
Standalone Single - 2

Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 8
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 6
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

Next we have a B-Side. Why is it this high? Find out soon

 

[zamboni]

Time Heals is the one pop song from one of Todd's odder albums*, the spacey and spiritual Healing. It's notable for having a music video that was very innovative for its time (but looks totally cheesy today).

Indeed - the 8th video played on MTV on opening day of August 1, 1981. For the trivia buffs:

1 "Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles
2 "You Better Run" - Pat Benatar
3 "She Won't Dance With Me" - Rod Stewart
4 "You Better You Bet" - The Who
5 "Little Suzi's on the Up" - Ph.D.
6 "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
7 "Brass in Pocket" - The Pretenders
8 "Time Heals" - Todd Rundgren

 

[otb_lifer]

At first, I thought of the great Jean Shepherd as the inspiration for this character, but with a little digging, I also found another possible source: one Long John Nebel. Never heard of him before so I can't make a firm connection, but the time frame and lyrics make it at least plausible. Maybe our resident silverback @otb_lifer has heard of him?

my Uncle Nicky were a huge fan ...

but, yeah ... as kids, we felt like this were the most subversive s*** we could be exposed to - it were very hard commandeeering the radio for me, what with three brothers and mom in a 4 room apt ... was too young to buy my own transistor, though i did finally get one for Christmas - but the battery drain made that very tough to upkeep - one of my best buddies had 5 older brothers, all kookier than the next, and one of 'em would tape the show intermittently ... we group listened to the cassettes only a handful of times, as LJN shuffled off while we were very young.

when i finally discovered Art Bell i felt like it were a sort of homecoming (oh ... hai, Bono) - all love for MiTD rooted back in that 48th St. apartment - always remembered.

Cousin Brucie, Ron Lundy, Dan Ingram, Allison Steele, Dennis Elsas - them NY radio folk were golden back then.

 

[titusbramble]

Time Heals is the one pop song from one of Todd's odder albums*, the spacey and spiritual Healing. It's notable for having a music video that was very innovative for its time (but looks totally cheesy today).

Indeed - the 8th video played on MTV on opening day of August 1, 1981. For the trivia buffs:

1 "Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles
2 "You Better Run" - Pat Benatar
3 "She Won't Dance With Me" - Rod Stewart
4 "You Better You Bet" - The Who
5 "Little Suzi's on the Up" - Ph.D.
6 "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
7 "Brass in Pocket" - The Pretenders
8 "Time Heals" - Todd Rundgren

Have a guess what the first video played on MTV Europe was. It's fairly obvious if you think about it.

 

[zamboni]

Time Heals is the one pop song from one of Todd's odder albums*, the spacey and spiritual Healing. It's notable for having a music video that was very innovative for its time (but looks totally cheesy today).

Indeed - the 8th video played on MTV on opening day of August 1, 1981. For the trivia buffs:

1 "Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles
2 "You Better Run" - Pat Benatar
3 "She Won't Dance With Me" - Rod Stewart
4 "You Better You Bet" - The Who
5 "Little Suzi's on the Up" - Ph.D.
6 "We Don't Talk Anymore" - Cliff Richard
7 "Brass in Pocket" - The Pretenders
8 "Time Heals" - Todd Rundgren

Have a guess what the first video played on MTV Europe was. It's fairly obvious if you think about it.

Good trivia question - don't know. I'm going to guess Thomas Dolby's Europa and the Pirate Twins.

 

[Raging weasel]

Hmm, don't have high hopes for a song called Suckfest9001

 

[otb_lifer]

Have a guess what the first video played on MTV Europe was. It's fairly obvious if you think about it.

wanna say "I want my MTV" song by Knopfler - or 99 Luftys by Nena.

but it GOTSTA be "The Final Countdown" by Europe ... GOTTA.