Middle Aged Dummies!! Artists #1's have been posted!! (2 Viewers)

[kupcho1]

@John Maddens Lunchbox looking forward to your Decemberists take.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Apologies in advance for the playlist. I should have done this earlier...

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Apologies in advance for the playlist. I should have done this earlier...

Urp, and it's another "special request" for the Chicago entry. PM sent.

 

[Yo Mama]

Forgot to do my reaction writeup earlier, but here were the new to me songs that really stood out to me on the 15s list - Decemberists, Trail of Dead, Chicago, Phish, and Doves. Really liked those selections.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

 

[timschochet]

The cruise ship I am on had an “ABBA” night, and now “Take A Chance On Me” is stuck in my head.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The cruise ship I am on had an “ABBA” night

Tim, this is less surprising than me busting on Billy Joel.

 

[timschochet]

The cruise ship I am on had an “ABBA” night

Tim, this is less surprising than me busting on Billy Joel.

They had a Billy Joel night too but I just couldn’t,

 

[Raging weasel]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

 

[Zegras11]

Made Day 2 of the WSOP 3k HORSE. An amazing field made up of all the top players. Ten one hour levels each day. Started with 40k. First 6 levels grinded like a MF. Just could not get anything going down to 20k, back to 35k, then 15-25K for about 3 hours. Start of level 7, things finally started picking up and ran it up to 75k. Lost with a full house near the end and finished with 42,600.

Play was halted 30 minutes early for the night when a 40 yr old guy about six tables away passed out and they had to call the medics in. Hope the dude was OK. Twitter said he was 40.

 

[Zegras11]

#14'S PLAYLIST

		#14-
Todd Rundgren	New Binky the Doormat	It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference (Lyrics Below) (HQ) It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference from Something/Anything?LYRICS:Do you remember the last time I saidIf I ever thought about lying,I'd rather think of dyi... www.youtube.com
Jorge Ben Jor	Don Quixote	Errare Humanum Est Errare Humanum Est Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupErrare Humanum Est · Jorge BenA Tabua De Esmeralda℗ 1974 Universal Music LtdaReleased on: 1974-01-01Producer: Pau... youtu.be
Brandi Carlile	JB Breakfast Club	Turpentine - the Story Turpentine Brandi Carlile · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
The Police	Zegras11	Re-Humanize Yourself Re-Humanise Yourself The Police · Song · 1981 open.spotify.com
Modest Mouse	The Dreaded Marco	Paper Thin Walls Modest Mouse- Paper Thin Walls Sorry about the extended time on the subscription thing at the end, but enjoy this Song from the moon and Antarcticaand I do not own this song or have the ri... www.youtube.com
Genesis	Yo Mama	The Fountain of Salmacis The Fountain of Salmacis Genesis · Song · 1971 open.spotify.com
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Sullie	Rude Mood Rude Mood Provided to YouTube by Epic/LegacyRude Mood · Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double TroubleThe Real Deal: Greatest Hits Volume 1℗ 1983 Epic Records, a division of Sony... www.youtube.com
The Decemberists	kupcho1	O Valencia! O Valencia! The Decemberists · Song · 2006 open.spotify.com The Decemberists - O Valencia! Music video by The Decemberists performing O Valencia!. (P) 2007 Capitol Records, Inc.. All rights reserved. youtu.be
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	plinko	Mistakes and Regrets Madonna (1999) Mistakes And Regrets ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead · Song · 1999 open.spotify.com
The Kinks	Galileo	Here Comes Yet Another Day (1972 - Everybody’s in Showbiz) Here Comes Yet Another Day The Kinks · Song · 1972 open.spotify.com
Rush	higgins	Cold Fire Cold Fire (2004 Remaster) Provided to YouTube by Atlantic RecordsCold Fire (2004 Remaster) · RushCounterparts℗ 1993 Atlantic Recording Corporation and Anthem Entertainment for the Uni... www.youtube.com
Sigur Rós	Scoresman	Með suð í eyrum (With a Buzz in our Ears) - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust - 2008 Með suð í eyrum Sigur Rós · Song · 2008 open.spotify.com
Donald Fagen	Charlie Steiner	Florida Room Florida Room Provided to YouTube by RepriseFlorida Room · Donald FagenKamakiriad℗ 1993 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of th... www.youtube.com
Green Day	MAC_32	Going To Pasalacqua Going to Pasalacqua - Live at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, 9/2/10 Green Day · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com
Big Thief	Ilov80s	Open Desert Open Desert Big Thief · Song · 2019 open.spotify.com
Daft Punk	rockaction	Starboy (The Weeknd, Daft Punk) The Weeknd - Starboy ft. Daft Punk (Official Video) Starboy ft. Daft Punk (Official Video)Taken from the new album Starboyhttp://theweeknd.co/StarboyYD Connect with The Weeknd:http://www.facebook.com/theweek... youtu.be
Taylor Swift	Jpalmer	The Last Time The Last Time Taylor Swift, Gary Lightbody · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com
Elliott Smith	Tuffnutt	First Timer First Timer Elliott Smith First Timeri'm a first timerwishing i was someone elsewhen i see you by yourselfin a corridor, where you find yourself now blockedby the doors you lockedyou ... www.youtube.com
Chicago	Pip's Invitation	Hanky Panky / Life Saver Chicago - Hanky Panky/Life Saver www.youtube.com
The Stranglers	John Maddens Lunchbox	96 Tears The Stranglers - 96 Tears (Adult Version) Music video by The Stranglers performing 96 Tears. (C) 1990 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited m.youtube.com
Ryan Adams	Dr. Octopus	1974 1974 Ryan Adams · Song · 2003 open.spotify.com
Stevie Wonder	Uruk-Hai	My Cherie Amour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjufjv4rH0s
Slade	Mrs. Rannous	Ooh La La In L A Slade - Ooh La La In L.A. (Official Visualizer) The Official Visualizer for 'Ooh La La In L.A.' by Slade.Purchase 'Cum on Feel the Hitz': https://slade.lnk.to/bestofd2Taken from Slade's first hitz album 'Y... www.youtube.com
Phish	shuke	Fee Fee Phish · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com
Electgric Light Orchestra (ELO)	jwb	I'm Alive I'm Alive Electric Light Orchestra · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
Frank Black	Mister CIA	I Will Run After You Frank Black and The Catholics - I Will Run After You From the album 'Black Letter Days'. I own no rights to the music. www.youtube.com
Clutch	Raging Weasel	What Would a Wookie Do? What Would a Wookie Do? Clutch · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Dinosaur Jr.	KarmaPolice	Not You Again Not You Again [2019 Remaster] Provided to YouTube by Absolute Marketing International LtdNot You Again [2019 Remaster] · Dinosaur Jr.Green Mind℗ 1991 Cherry Red RecordsReleased on: 1991-0... www.youtube.com
Warren Zevon	worrierking	Excitable Boy Excitable Boy Warren Zevon · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com Yakety Yak style sax, party piano and ooh wah vocals from Linda R mixed with violent lyrics. What could go wrong? Apparently, Joni Mitchell heard an early version of it at a party in Laurel Canyon and was less than complimentary. Lyric: He took little Suzie to the Junior Prom Excitable boy, they all said And he raped her and killed her, then he took her home Excitable boy, they all said Well, he's just an excitable boy
Alice in Chains	Mt. Man	Love, Hate, Love Love, Hate, Love Alice In Chains · Song · 1990 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	Shoot To Thrill Shoot to Thrill AC/DC · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
The Hold Stead	scorchy	Grand Junction Grand Junction The Hold Steady · Song · 2023 open.spotify.com
Damon Albarn	Eephus	Blur --- Parklife Blur - Parklife (Official Music Video) The official music video for Blur - Parklife Taken from Blur’s 3rd studio album ‘Parklife’ released in 1994, which featured the hit singles 'Girls And Boys',... www.youtube.com
Ray Charles	simey	Ray Charles - Crying Time (Official Lyric Video) The official lyric video for Ray Charles' "Crying Time" from the boxset TRUE GENIUSOriginally a b-side from country legend Buck Owens, “Crying Time" ultimate... www.youtube.com Crying Time Ray Charles · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Doves	landrys hat	Rise Rise Doves · Song · 2000 open.spotify.com
Spoon	Hov34	I Ain't the One I Ain't the One Provided to YouTube by Beggars Group Digital Ltd.I Ain't the One · SpoonHot Thoughts℗ 2017 Matador RecordsReleased on: 2017-03-17Associated Performer: Alex ... www.youtube.com
Foo Fighters	Just Win Baby	Over And Out Over And Out Foo Fighters · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Simon & Garfunkel	zamboni	"For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her Provided to YouTube by Columbia/LegacyFor Emily, Whenever I May Find Her · Simon & GarfunkelParsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme℗ Originally released 1966. All ... www.youtube.com
Bruce Springsteen	DrIanMalcolm	Promised Land Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Promised Land (Live In Barcelona) Bruce Springsteen, 'The Promised Land' Live In BarcelonaListen to your favorite Bruce Springsteen songs: https://LegacyRecordings.lnk.to/bs_tt!tplOn October ... www.youtube.com
The Prodigy	titusbramble	Timebomb Zone Timebomb Zone The Prodigy · Song · 2018 open.spotify.com
Bauhaus	otb_lifer	Who Killed Mr. Moonlight Who Killed Mr. Moonlight Bauhaus · Song · 1983 open.spotify.com
Heart	Doug B	Even It Up Even It Up Heart · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
The Tragically Hip	Northern Voice	Blow at High Dough Blow At High Dough The Tragically Hip · Song · 1989 open.spotify.com
deadmau5	zazale	Complications Complications deadmau5 · Song · 2008 open.spotify.com
Elton John	timschochet	I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) Elton John - I Feel Like A Bullet (In The Gun Of Robert Ford) (Live At The Rainbow Theatre 5/7/1977) Another great performance here, Like Idol he sounds like Prime Live but hasn't perfected his approach. I should point out, that this song was officially rele... www.youtube.com

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#14 - The Stranglers - 96 Tears

The Stranglers - 96 Tears (Adult Version)

Music video by The Stranglers performing 96 Tears. (C) 1990 BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited

m.youtube.com

Year - 1990
Album - 10
UK Chart position - #17
Vocals - Hugh Cornwell
Key Lyric - And then I'm gonna put you way down here
And you'll start crying 96 tears
Cry, you're gonna cry

Interesting Points
1- Cover of the Q and the Mysterians hit. By now the band had run out of puff and they were only having hits with covers.

2- This was meant to be the 4th single on the final (not known at the time) album with Hugh Cornwell

3- Upon listening to the album, the label had to sweet talk the band into skipping the planned ****ty first 3 singles, none of which would make my top 100 Stranglers songs, and pushing this one to first.

4- The band did continue on without Hugh, with two different singers. They still charted occasionally, but I tuned this stuff out

5 - Jet Black continued playing until ill health stopped him in about 2015, before he finally passed at the age of 80 a year or so back. Dave Greenfield was with the band until he died of Covid in 2020. Hugh Cornwell refuses to reconcile with JJB, who is the sole original member left. Other current lead vocalist Baz Warne has been with JJB for years and does a great job.

Summary to date
Year
1977 - 6
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 - 1

Where to find
Rattus Norvegicus - 4/9
No More Heroes - 2/11
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 - 1/10
1991 onwards - 0
B Sides - 1
Greatest Hits - 1
Standalone Single - 2

Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 10
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 8
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
#16 - Bitching
#15 - Bring on the Nubiles
#14 - 96 Tears

Next we get a Stranglers Prog Rock Epic that spans 4 Suites.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#14 "My Cherie Amour"

Stevie was 18 or 19 when he sang this. He sounds both so innocent and so knowing on it. This is the template for a million other records.

Rock music has a long tradition of "dreaming" songs. Good luck picking another to beat this one.

 

[Galileo]

#14 Here Comes Yet Another Day (1972 - Everybody’s in Showbiz)

Here Comes Yet Another Day

The Kinks · Song · 1972

open.spotify.com

The drudgery and monotony of life on the road is highlighted in this one…the musical version of groundhog day. I think Mick Avory’s drum work is especially crisp in this one. The horn work from the Mike Cotton Sound makes the mundane repetition of the daily grind actually sound exciting. I get it, Ray, there is a lot of hustle and bustle with life on the road, but do us all a favor and please take a moment to change your underwear…


Here comes yet another day, creeping through my window.
Drank myself to sleep last night, beer stains on my pillow.
I gotta pull my things together,
The night can last forever.

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day.
Can't stop, can't be late, mustn't make the people wait.
Can't even comb my hair or even change my underwear,
Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day,
Tune up start to play, just like any other day.

There goes another night, here comes another flight,
Can't stop gotta go, here comes yet another show.
Gotta pack up my clothes, brush my teeth, blow my nose.

No time to use the john, gotta keep a rollin' on.
Here comes a new day, here comes a new stage,
Tune up start to play, just like any other day.

Made a lot of conversation, talked a lot of weather,
I hope we meet again some day, and spend some time together.
No time for affection,
I'm moving in a new direction.

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day,
Tune up start to play, just like any other day.
Can't stop, can't be late, mustn't make the people wait.
Can't stop to comb my hair or even change my underwear.
See that morning break, oh lord, here comes yet another day,

Here comes a new dawn, here comes a new day
Tune up start to play, just like any other day.

 

[Mt. Man]

14. Love, Hate, Love (off Facelift, 1990)

You told me I'm the only one
Sweet little angel
You should have run

(see just below for link)

For some of you, the major question might be about where I put certain AIC songs on the list. For others, it would be “He’s going to mention the version of Love, Hate, Love that’s Live at the Moore, right?” You better believe it!

No, really, going by any version of the songs, I could’ve put that version of this song #1 and possibly faced few (if any) complaints. If you think it got short-changed, I can understand, though we’re in the realm of me loving all these songs but having to put them in some order regardless. The title carries the song's meaning very well, though I'll add that this is a song about a girl. Namely Demri Parrott, who Layne had this sort of relationship with. To say the least. It's a complicated (and sad) story that carries well beyond this song, but I'll focus on the music here.

Next on the countdown, a song that doesn’t require any justification.

 

[kupcho1]

The Decemberists
#14 O Valencia!

This is the 3rd of 4 selections from The Crane Wife (tied for most from an album with Castaways and Cutouts).
Pitchfork:

any good song about star-crossed lovers must end in death-- is countered by the pep of the music, especially Chris Funk's ascending and descending guitar, which seems to take a particular glee in the inevitable denouement.

The video is interesting in that it uses Valencia as the name of the motel where the action takes place. The lead is actually named Francesca for some reason, and she's the daughter of "the boss".

Then a number of parties are introduced:

• The May Day Bratva Touring Folk Band (surveillance experts in the guise of touring musicians)
• The Piano Wire Girls of Burnside (arson claimed their parents driving them to seek revenge)
• The Willamette Chimney Cleaning Company (specialists in body disposal and cleanup operations)

It's a much watch if you want to see Colin Meloy "act" (includes fight scene) and if you want to disabuse someone of the notion that The Decemberists are not pretentious.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

14. Florida Room is the third song on my list from Kamikirad.

I feel like I'm hearing this tune while sitting in a lively nightclub, full of men in tuxedos and women in slinky dresses, and a bandleader directing the band, each member sitting behind a stand with art deco design and lettering. I'm sure I'm again missing his usual dose of irony and/or cynicism, but again I don't really care; it's yet another simple adventure novel.

Start on Key Plantain
Walk a tropical mile
You'll see a house
In the Spanish style
There's a room in back
With a view of the sea
Where she sits and dreams
Does she dream of me

When summer's gone
I get ready
To make that Caribbean run
I've got to have
Some time in the sun

When the cold wind comes
I go where the dahlias bloom
I keep drifting back
To your Florida room

She's dressed too warm
For this latitude
We go out to lunch
With some Jamaican dude
Then the sun shower breaks
We come in out of the rain
But in her Florida room
There's a hurricane

While the city freezes over
We'll be strollin' down the shore
Can she bring me back
To life once more

When the cold wind comes
I go where the dahlias bloom
I keep drifting back
To your Florida room

When summer's gone
I get ready
To make that Caribbean run
I've got to have
Some time in the sun

When the cold wind comes
I go where the dahlias bloom
I keep drifting back
To your Florida room

 

[simey]

#14 - Ray Charles - Crying Time - spotify

Ray recorded this single in 1965, and it appears on the 1966 album of the same name. Buck Owens originally wrote this song, but it didn't do well for him. It was the B-side to his hit song "I've Got a Tiger By The Tail." Ray loved the B-side "Crying Time", and thought it would fit his style, so he did a cover of it. He slowed the song down (which made the song sound even sadder), added The Raelettes and The Jack Halloran Singers, added some strings, and it became a Ray Charles song. It was a hit, and also won a couple Grammys. Buck said he was blown away by Ray's version, and I'm sure he smiled all the way to the bank. Buck echoed Willie's thoughts on how huge Ray was for country music, and also how he shaped American music in general. Ray proved time and time again on his feelings that country and black music were very similar. The song structures, the topics, the emotions, etc. Ray's early music was considered race records, and he could take elements of that sound and integrate them with the hillbilly records and make something beautiful. He did this in the race fueled 60s, and his music created a common ground among the races. Buck said "Ray didn't just cross bridges, he built them."

Anyway, I love this song. I remember one time in college, we went to Raleigh to see a Saturday concert. Friday night we went to the top of a hotel where our friend bartended to wait for her to get off work. There was a new piano player in the lounge. I asked him if he could play Ray Charles' version of Crying Time. I wasn't expecting him to say yes, but he smiled real big, and said, "I might know that one," and then he started singing and playing the song. I was over the moon, and I put a $5 tip in his jar. I've never forgotten that.

 

[Raging weasel]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

What have you got against Wookie's?

 

[Just Win Baby]

Foo Fighters

Just Win Baby

Over And Out Over And Out Foo Fighters · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com

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

The link is to the studio version of the song. The song was also included on the live Skin And Bones album; here is a video of that performance, which is interesting because it shows 8 musicians playing the song, including playing a violin, mellotron, and xylophone.

The song has been described like this:

Overall, "Over and Out" explores the themes of distance, emotional disconnection, and the realization that a relationship may have run its course. It conveys a sense of longing for a lost connection while also recognizing the inevitability of the end.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

14. Hanky Panky / Life Saver
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Robert Lamm
Lead vocals: Instrumental (Hanky Panky) / Robert Lamm (Life Saver)
Released as a single? No

Hanky Panky/Life Saver sums up what Chicago VII was trying to achieve. It is where the jazz and non-jazz material meet, literally. In the middle of side 2, following 1 side and 1 track of jazz-rock fusion material, we get a brisk, breezy jazz instrumental with a trombone solo (Hanky Panky) that segues into the first vocal song of the record (Life Saver). I have always loved the way the segue is done, via some drum rolls by Danny Seraphine. Life Saver uses the horns to establish a melody before settling in as a rollicking piano-driven excursion with popping bass and excellent harmony vocals. I hope the lyrics aren't a true story, but given how Robert Lamm's drug and personal problems had already started and how some of his material took a despondent turn starting with Chicago VI, I suspect they could be.
Just when I found myself
Back against the wall
You saved my life
With a telephone call
Live version from 1974: https://youtu.be/PR38qUEQikk?t=3673
Leonid and Friends version (they consider this one track as well): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j-K0013xmQ

At #13, another Terry Kath song inspired by the outdoors.

 

[simey]

A few comments on songs I know from the #14s.

"You're My Best Friend" is on this playlist, and it was on another one earlier. I don't mind getting a double dose of this song.
Rude Mood - I'd like to see someone speed clog to this.
Shoot to Thrill - Reminds me of this song blaring from someone's car in the high school parking lot, while I walked out to the parking lot from the building with a long trail of dirty toilet paper stuck to my shoe. I remember weird stuff, but it was somewhat traumatic since it seemed like the whole parking lot was laughing.
96 Tears - Great cover.
My Cherie Amour - I didn't realize this song was from '69. I thought it was from around the mid-70s. It's one of my favorites by him.
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her - Such a pretty song. The live version really showcases Art's voice.
The Promised Land - I like the harmonica in this one.
I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) - Nice to hear this forgotten song.
Excitable Boy - I like that piano intro.
It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference - Todd is chillin' like a villain.
Hanky Panky - Lots of hanky panky going on in hornville.
Here Comes Yet Another Day - I like the here and there horns in this one.
Parklife - Blah BLah blah Blah
Love, Hate, Love - Blah Blah Blah Blah
I'm Alive - Blah Blah Blah
Even it Up - Blah Blah ba Blah Blah ba ba

I do believe I ran out of things to say.

 

[Scoresman]

14 - Sigur Ros - Með Suð Í Eyrum (With a Buzz in Our Ears)

Just a hauntingly beautiful song in my opinion. It's a very underrated song of theirs, not really talked about, and I don't think the band has ever played it live.

I absolutely love how the piano, percussion, and vocals combine in this one.



With A Buzz In Our Ears

With singed eyebrows
And a buzz in the ears
And silver-colored tears
And soot in the eyes

Red-glowing face and
The fire shines on it
My palms are hurting
But I don't care

With bloody hands
We all drum together.
We beat the drums
With dirt in our face

Red-glowing face and
The fire shines on it
My palms are hurting
But I don't care

My palms are hurting
I lie down in the moss and
The sleep is coming
I want to close my eyes

 

[Pip's Invitation]

14. Hanky Panky / Life Saver
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Robert Lamm

1974 is also notable in Chicago history for being the year of the only solo album release by a member of the band during their heyday. Around the same time the the band worked on Chicago VII, Robert Lamm recorded the solo album Skinny Boy. It's not clear why, and Columbia didn't make much of an effort to promote it (or put any effort into the artwork, as you can see at the link below). It sold poorly and has been mostly forgotten. The record is kind of lounge-y and most of the tracks have strings. Many of the songs feel half-formed or unfinished. Lamm definitely could not have been accused of saving his best material for his solo records -- there's nothing anywhere near the quality of Hanky Panky/Life Saver or Women Don't Want to Love Me, his contributions to Chicago VII that have appeared in this countdown so far.

The title track is notable for featuring the Pointer Sisters and for an alternate version appearing on Chicago VII. It will be discussed later (whether in the main countdown or the rest of the top 100, you'll have to see.) The only other song worth hearing, mainly for its coda, which is highly energetic compared to the rest of the record, is this one: Fireplace and Ivy.

 

[Scoresman]

Also, we're at the point with Sigur Ros now where we are transitioning from the "really good" songs, to the "****ing amazing" songs, at least in my opinion.

 

[zamboni]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

What have you got against Wookie's?

They usually struggle in their first year.

 

[Galileo]

Also, we're at the point with Sigur Ros now where we are transitioning from the "really good" songs, to the "****ing amazing" songs, at least in my opinion.

As you know I haven't been the biggest fan thus far, but giving some credit where due, I did find this 14 selection very nice. It had a beautiful piano intro and it seemed to keep layering and building as it went.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

What have you got against Wookie's?

I know we joke about, but normally I don't have a ton of edibles. Last night I had a night to myself, did 20mg and a couple vape hits and forgot about the playlist until 1hr later when it was kicking in (when I posted). Lol.

SO - me: Ok, just focus and take it slow. I can manage this and can create a simple playlist.

Also me: WHAT would a wookie do? What WOULD a wookie do? What would a WOOKIE do? What would a wookie DO??

Let's say it took about 20mins longer than it should have to create that damn playlist.

 

[Yo Mama]

Genesis #14 - The Fountain of Salmacis

Album - Nursery Crime
Year - 1971

This is a total jam, with all band members showing out (including the new drummer named Phil). New guitarist named Steve goes nuts at the end too. First, but not last, off this album.


Pop Quiz - Genesis lyric, or things I say at the club when someone I’m not interested in is trying to get me to buy them a drink:

Away from me cold-blooded woman
Your thirst is not mine

 

[Pip's Invitation]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

What have you got against Wookie's?

I know we joke about, but normally I don't have a ton of edibles. Last night I had a night to myself, did 20mg and a couple vape hits and forgot about the playlist until 1hr later when it was kicking in (when I posted). Lol.

SO - me: Ok, just focus and take it slow. I can manage this and can create a simple playlist.

Also me: WHAT would a wookie do? What WOULD a wookie do? What would a WOOKIE do? What would a wookie DO??

Let's say it took about 20mins longer than it should have to create that damn playlist.

That's 20 fewer minutes of watching terrible movies, which is usually what happens when you bongify yourself.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Genesis #14 - The Fountain of Salmacis

First, but not last, off this album.

Wikkid's favorite song from 1971 is on this album.

 

[kupcho1]

I'm going off the deep end on playlist #14. At least a line or two for every damn song.

• Todd Rundgren - It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference is just an absolutely gorgeous song. Todd's a man of many moods.
• Jorge Ben Jor - Errare Humanum Est has some lovely guitar work (although not wild about that reverb echo-y thing going on at times; think a stripped down version (keeping the background singers) would have worked better)
• Brandi Carlile - Turpentine I ain't gonna lie, I like Brandi when she's less country and I think this one fits the bill. Lyrics are great
• The Police - Re-Humanize Yourself One of my all time favorites. Fun fact: I had no idea what the National Front was until hearing that song. Bopping beat that's educational. Tip of the cap for linking the uncensored version of this
• Modest Mouse - Paper Thin Walls I don't know why I've slept so long and so hard w/r/t the mice. I've liked just about every song from them and this one is no exception.
• Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis Well Nursery Cryme came out when I was a wee lad and not yet into progressive rock (more into throwing rocks; yes, we had rock fights as kids. The 70s, gotta love 'em). I'll be honest, Genesis didn't really click for me until Foxtrot
• Stevie Ray Vaughn - Rude Mood this song kicks ***; it's relentless and I love it
• The Decemberists - O Valencia! Quite possibly their 14th best song. Try harder.
• ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Mistakes and Regrets (Spell check wants a space after the ellipse. Nope, ain't gonna happen.) My exposure to AYWKUBTTOD was pretty much limited to Source Tags & Codes before this exercise. That's my mistake.
• The Kinks - Here Comes a New Day Groundhog's Day was the perfect description for this song. But in a good way as it conveys the repetitive nature of what they were experiencing
• Rush - Cold Fire I'd checked out of Rush in the mid 80s so this new (LOL 1993 being new) stuff is appreciated. Song starts great and then Geddy starts singing. Just kidding, I actually like his voice
• Sigur Rós - Með Suð í eyrum I have no idea what he's singing about, but he does so beautifully. Spotify provides lyrics, so I assume this is Icelandic rather than Hopelandic. (Song title was a ***** to type btw.)
• Donald Fagen - Florida Room My Fagenology begins and ends with The Nightfly. I like Florida Room. Will have to give Kamakiriad a thorough listen once we're through here.
• Green Day - Going to Pasalacqua Green Day is another band I was really into and then fell out of rotation as we moved further into the 90s (and it wasn't just them, it was everyone. I didn't really get back into listening to music as heavily as I do now until 2001 or so.) Green Day is going to help me flesh out some of my anemic 1990s playlists. Thanks again. BTW, song is powerful; can't imagine how fun they were/are to see live.
• Big Thief - Open Desert Big Thief was one of my favorite discoveries in 2022 (Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In Run-on Sentences). I had no idea they'd been around for years. I blame Spotify and their relentless bombardment of new music and their failure to include Big Thief in my Release Rader. The bastards.
• The Weeknd, Daft Punk - Starboy This song has over 2.5 BILLION listens. Until this morning, I wasn't one of them. Great inclusion. Like I've said (probably repeatedly in this thread), I love a good collaboration.
• Taylor Swift, Gary Lightbody - The Last Time Back-to-back collaborations! I had never heard of Gary Lightbody (sounds like a name for a himbo in a Jane Bond movie) before and after a quick digression find he's from Snow Patrol. The band name seemed vaguely familiar but after another digression find that I have no idea who Snow Patrol is. I know Miike Snow, but I digress (again). Anyway, good song.
• Elliot Smith - First Timer Smith's another artist I've never really explored, but I've liked just about everything that's been included so far. Adding songs from him to my annual playlists on a regular basis now, this one included.
• Chicago - Hanky Panky and Life Saver A two-fer (and not the 30 Rock kind). Great percussion. Hanky Panky isjusthisclose to a Big Band sound (at least to my ears). And then it swerves to more of a modern jazz sound. Smooth transition into the 2nd #14 song (cheater!). I like the vocals on Life Saver. Given my limited knowledge of their catalogue, I'm guessing this is not the vocalist typically associated with Chicago (i.e., their hits).
• The Stranglers - 96 Tears Interesting remake of the ? and The Mysterians hit. I like remakes that veer wildly from the original (e.g., Aztec Camera's version of Van Halen's Jump, Gary Jules' version of Tears for Fears' Mad World). Unfortunately, this remake stays in the original's lane a bit too much for me. Would have loved to have heard a real Stranglers version.
• Ryan Adams - 1974 I've been sleeping on Ryan Adams since he started. What a mistake. 1974 rocks hard and has been added to 2003 - My Brain's Repeating.
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour No surprise this is already on 1969 - A Drunkard's Dream. Ballad? Yes, but he really brings it; such a powerful song.
• Slade - Ooh La La in L.A. Another band that was right in my wheelhouse when they were at the height of their powers (which for me, based on what I've heard, was the 70s). But they're still bringing it here. Call out to Minnesota Fats! Would have expected that from THS, but sure. Also, noticed that they covered Donnie Iris' Love Is Like A Rock. I still like Donnie's better.
• Phish - Fee Calypso Phish! Like the piano here. And the fact that it clocks in at single digit minutes is just a bonus.
• Electric Light Orchestra - I'm Alive Needs more Olivia Newton John! But seriously, this might be the best thing about Xanadu.
• Frank Black & The Catholics - I Will Run After You Seems like Frank went Ryan and Ryan went Frank this round. I like this side of him.
• Clutch - What Would A Wookie Do? This is the craziest song I've heard in a while. Greyhounds, rabbits, the Hindenburg, Theocrats with wicked bats, Hephaestus and assassins. This song is bananas. "All the world will suffer the Wookie's wicked clutch"
• Dinosaur Jr. - Not You Again Damn good song and apparently I was aware of Dino Jr. way back in 1991 as I have a different song on that year's playlist. But I won't spotlight. Helluva runner up.
• Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy I cannot tell you how much I love this song. I'd have it ranked #1 personally, but tastes differ. Making what ends up being a rape and murder song catchy is just plain evil genius on his part. And the album cover? Priceless.
• Alice in Chains - Love, Hate, Love Yikes! Coming on the heels of Excitable Boy Love, Hate, Love isn't exactly changing the vibe. I mean I get what they're going for here, but damn. Two in a row.

I'm taking a lunch break here. BRB.

 

[kupcho1]

Back (plus I had to cut this post in 2 anyway because of a character limit I never knew existed)

• Queen - You're My Best Friend Now that's what I call a palate cleanser. Queen has so many great songs I'd have a difficult time ranking them, but this would certainly place highly.
• AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill Any time this song comes on it makes me want to exert huge amounts of energy. Kick down a door; work out; punch things. "Too many women and too many pills."
• The Hold Steady - Grand Junction To be honest, I'm still processing The Price of Progress. I'm a big fan and the one show I've seen them ranks high on my all-time list. I don't mind when they slow things down, but this one's going to have to grow on me.
• Blur - Parklife This was (if I'm not mistaken) my first exposure to Blur. It still stands as one of my favorites of that era.
• Ray Charles - Crying Time I'm generally not a country music fan. However, there are a few exceptions. Ray Charles is definitely one of them. Love, love, love country Ray.
• Doves - Rise Yet another band where I've got a song or two, but really haven't given them the attention they deserve. Very nice song; it's got a dreamy feel to it.
• Spoon - I Ain't the One Spoon is another band I've loved for a while now (probably jumped on board around Girls Can Tell). So anything you pick I'm going to like it (i.e., they don't have any clunkers). So yeah, I like this one too.
• Foo Fighters - Over and Out What more can be said of the fighters of foo? I like their slow songs. Not well versed in their catalogue, but this one feels like a deeper cut to me. Then I look and it has over 5 million plays which, for them, I guess does qualify as a deep cut.
• Simon & Garfunkle - For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her Classic album and a beautiful song. It didn't make my playlist for the year 1966 - Surrender to the void (I'm sure you can guess what did). A sweet part of the dawn of flower power.
• Bruce Springsteen - The Promised Land Bruce at his bombastic, Joseph six-pack best. "Take a knife and cut this pain from my heart. Find somebody itching for something to start" Indeed! Great sax by Clarence. Hell great playing by everyone.
• The Prodigy - Timebomb Zone I think Prodigy is the artist that has most exceeded my expectations (which of course were based on preconceived notions). I've added several of their songs to my annual playlists (and they're popping up on Release Radar now). Timebomb Zone has an ominous feel to it, at least until the squeaky vocals kick in. Then - as the kids would say - the beat drops. LOL. Added to 2018 - We're getting older, but none the wiser
• Bauhaus - Who Killed Mr. Moonlight The piano opening is fantastic, especially (as crazy as this sounds) the pauses between notes. I'm hoping you post the entire playlist when this is over. Definitely one of several artists I need to do a deep dive on.
• Heart - Even It Up I have no idea how this wasn't already on 1980 - Unplug the jukebox but rest assured that's been rectified. Love the chuckle after "but you ain't paid yours yet"
• The Tragically Hip - Blow At High Dough This song started out and then went in an unexpected direction, and I loved it. Added to 1989 - Rebel without a clue I still have no idea what the title means. Is it a Canadian thing?
• deadmau5 - Complications Big fan. It's a good thing you've kept the dead mouse and the modest mouse separate. They just plain don't get along. One of my favorites from Random Album Title.
• Elton John - I Feel Like a Bullet in the Gun of Robert Ford Elton was doing Sufjan long titles long before Sufjan. I was only familiar with the schmalzy song on Rock of the Westies which probably put me off from ever hearing this song. My loss until now.

I've been listening since early this morning, but had to step away a few times to take a call, book a hotel, eat lunch, so apologies if some of these comments seem derivative or duplicative of what the experts have posted on their respective artists.

Also this took forever so (1) you should read every stinking word and (2) I probably won't be doing a full list again. Probably.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Random thoughts on some of the #14s that I know:

It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference is one of Todd's best ballads. His label issued three singles from Something/Anything? and wanted to issue more but Todd wouldn't let them. This surely would have been one of them.
Re-humanize Yourself is peppy and memorable. I'd rank it about in the middle of Ghost in the Machine tunes, which is a testament to how good that album is.
The Fountain of Salmacis is one of the best achievements of early Genesis. The rumbling but funky-in-its-own-way bassline is what really sticks out for me.
Mistakes and Regrets has a riff so good that TOD used it again later in the album it comes from.
Cold Fire crackles with light, as Geddy said in the previous decade.
My Cherie Amour always makes me think of this SNL sketch (full version not on Youtube, but here's a snippet): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOLbW2EWcl8
Fee, the first track on Phish's first album, sounds like little else in their catalog and has an unforgettable melody.
Excitable Boy is a strange choice to have become a radio favorite, but that was the '70s for you. It's got an extremely inviting melody and arrangement to pair with ... those ... lyrics.
You're My Best Friend is one of the warmest songs you'll ever come across.
Shoot to Thrill is one of my favorite AC/DC songs. The frenzy at the end is one of their best moments. Wish we would have gotten more like this in the Brian Johnson era.
For Emily may be Art Garfunkel's best vocal. Yes, maybe even better than THAT one.
Even It Up may have been the first sign that Heart was not going to rely on brazen Zeppelinesque hard rock like it did in the '70s. It features horns, which are very well deployed.

 

[KarmaPolice]

@Raging weasel - I'm really hating you and your song's title right about now.

Why, what's wrong with Emily Dickinson?

No- the #14 selection coming up.

What have you got against Wookie's?

I know we joke about, but normally I don't have a ton of edibles. Last night I had a night to myself, did 20mg and a couple vape hits and forgot about the playlist until 1hr later when it was kicking in (when I posted). Lol.

SO - me: Ok, just focus and take it slow. I can manage this and can create a simple playlist.

Also me: WHAT would a wookie do? What WOULD a wookie do? What would a WOOKIE do? What would a wookie DO??

Let's say it took about 20mins longer than it should have to create that damn playlist.

That's 20 fewer minutes of watching terrible movies, which is usually what happens when you bongify yourself.

Lol, true. I was gearing up to watch the rest of the new Ari Aster movie last night though.

Not sure why I thought that mixture was a good idea though.

You will appreciate my one Prime Day purchase- $9 Lost Boys 4k, baby!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Given my limited knowledge of their catalogue, I'm guessing this is not the vocalist typically associated with Chicago (i.e., their hits).

Most of their biggest hits were sung by Peter Cetera. But he was one of three principal vocalists, who split lead vocal duties pretty evenly on the first 11 albums. This one was sung by Robert Lamm, whom you might know as the primary singer on their big hit Saturday in the Park.

 

[zamboni]

That's 20 fewer minutes of watching terrible movies, which is usually what happens when you bongify yourself.

I understand “Re-Bongify Yourself” was the working title of the aforementioned Police song.

 

[Mt. Man]

What have you got against Wookie's?

Probably had to buy a Christmas present for one that already had a comb.

 

[Don Quixote]

Jorge Ben Jor

Don Quixote

Errare Humanum Est Errare Humanum Est Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupErrare Humanum Est · Jorge BenA Tabua De Esmeralda℗ 1974 Universal Music LtdaReleased on: 1974-01-01Producer: Pau... youtu.be

This is probably the most esoteric song on my list. I am not sure if background fully needed for it, but, in case helps, the song is based around the philosophy of Erich von Däniken and whether ancient people were from outer space: the song asks the question if the Gods were astronauts, and if that explains why humans are obsessed with exploring outer space. Reverb gives it a bit of the outer space effect.

Translation with some additional context here.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

My 15/14 selections:

Rush - The Camera Eye
Slade - Mad Dog Cole
Daft Punk - Aerodynamic Beats
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Jorge Ben Jor - Errare Humanum Est
The Police - Re-Humanize Yourself
ELO - I'm Alive
Dino Jr. - Not You Again

 

[Zegras11]

That's 20 fewer minutes of watching terrible movies, which is usually what happens when you bongify yourself.

I understand “Re-Bongify Yourself” was the working title of the aforementioned Police song.

I took on this task a few years back and glad to say I'm still at it.

 

[titusbramble]

Prodigy 17-14 catch up:

#17 - Funky **** - Simply another track off of their most prominent album, which is another one like the previously selected Narayan which I believe Sky used within their NFL coverage in the late 90's. Sampling the Beastie Boys, with whom they had a moderately well publicised spat oddly enough, I just love the flow of the record

#16 - Rise of the Eagles - This is another weird one which I didn't know existed prior to researching this list. Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster were a short lived but weird Brighton-based band, who had some moderate success in the mid-00's with their second album The Royal Society, so uniquely bizarre that half the terms used to describe them make no sense whatsoever, and their debut album had precisely one track out of ten which ran over three minutes, leaving an album run time roughly the length of your average EP. Still, they put down some good tracks and were great live (at least when I saw them supporting System of a Down in 2005, and the lead track of the album was Rise of the Eagles. I had no idea that the Prodigy had covered it, and it certainly gives a unique take on what is already a unique band

#15 - Omen - We've not seen much, if anything, from Invaders Must Die yet, the long awaited follow up to Always Outnumbered (which was long awaited in itself), but we come in here with Omen, the second single of the album peaking higher in the UK charts than anything since Breathe (and what will probably be their final top 5 single), this is a classic Prodigy track with your standard drum heavy beats, quality vocals and very weird glockenspiel interludes

#14 - Timebomb Zone - The most recent Prodigy album, No Tourists, wasn't a particular favourite upon a listen back, and this is the only track I include off the album - it's got enough a feel to it that it seems like it should have belonged on a previous album, carrying the weight of the beats and coupled with pretty weird pitched lyrics, it seems the standout track off what is a fairly short album, and has enough to it to warrant a ranking just about in the top half of the 31

 

[rockaction]

The Weeknd, Daft Punk - Starboy This song has over 2.5 BILLION listens. Until this morning, I wasn't one of them. Great inclusion. Like I've said (probably repeatedly in this thread), I love a good collaboration.

#14 The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk - Starboy

Anybody else here ever been to the area around La Ramblas in Barcelona at night, especially the Gothic Quarter? I'm not asking to show that I'm well-traveled, nor bragging that I've been there (I'm not well-traveled and anybody can travel on the family dime to Spain), but I had a hell of a night there back when I was newly sober and my family was there. It was nuts. The architecture. The shops. Everybody was out and about, walking around on a normal weekend night. Place was packed like I'd never seen a place packed at night with people traffic. Everyone was hitting me up, asking me if I had cocaine or whatever was necessary. I declined, of course, but that was the vibe of the place. Just a entire city out, ready to party, ready to riot. On one of the streets with cars (not La Ramblas, apparently) there was a police chase with a car in heavy traffic. Sirens wailed. Somebody jumped from a car and tried to run. Given the people and car traffic, the police won that one.

I wondered back then what made this all tick, if not for drugs and drinking (that's what newly-sober people might always be thinking, but I digress). But there it was, all these people, out and about, congregating on one large boulevard in one large city. I was definitely a foreigner. I lasted a while, and realized I'd either be drunk or dead or both by the time I got out of there properly, so I skedaddled on back to my hotel where I promptly went to sleep.

Anyway, this comment above by kupcho1 certainly wasn't redundant or explained better by the drafter/picker. It is the reason why the song is on here. When you realize that The Weeknd is Super Bowl host-worthy (regardless of what you think of his running around while he was there), you put a 2.5 billion song stream on the list and you don't argue. I know Daft Punk has a lot of fans and won a lot of Grammys, but sometimes a step back and realizing that another artist might be bigger internationally and inter-generationally is a bit humbling. So I'm not here to argue with 2.5 billion stampeding people, nor am I here to question the logic of La Ramblas and what makes it tick. The song makes the list by pure foreign popularity and volume alone. I like the track well enough. I hope you enjoyed it like I enjoyed the Gothic Quarter.

 

[MAC_32]

Green Day

MAC_32

Going To Pasalacqua Going to Pasalacqua - Live at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, 9/2/10 Green Day · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com

@rockaction likes this

I thought of you when you shared the link to your post about Green Day Jaded in Chicago. While the studio version of this track is great it pales in comparison to it being performed live. I think that's the case with all 3 pre-Dookie contributions that made my top 31 and since this is my favorite among them this will be the last we'll see of the Lookout! Records version of Green Day. We're all major label from this point on...

 

[snellman]

A few comments on songs I know from the #14s.

"You're My Best Friend" is on this playlist, and it was on another one earlier. I don't mind getting a double dose of this song.

I realized after the countdown started and I was looking at my list that I had You're my best friend listed twice at 14 and 18. Here are a couple that just missed my top 31 to make up for it.

Killer Queen
Love of my Life

 

[Mt. Man]

Selected favorites from #14:

*Parklife - Blur.
*Turpentine - Brandi Carlile
*Fee - Phish.
*1974 - Ryan Adams
*It Wouldn’t Had Made Any Difference - Todd Rundgren.
*First Time - Elliott Smith. Elliott’s on the border of “assume I like it if I don’t mention it”, if not across it.
*Cold Fire - Rush. One of my favorite Rush songs in the back half of their catalog. Which hopefully doesn’t sound like a backhanded compliment.
*O, Valencia! - The Decemberists.
*What Would A Wookie Do? - Clutch
*Over and Out - Foo Fighters

–
Lots more to love, with classics from AC/DC, Stevie Wonder, Queen, Heart… I could go on.

 

[zamboni]

Green Day

MAC_32

Going To Pasalacqua Going to Pasalacqua - Live at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, 9/2/10 Green Day · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com

@rockaction likes this

I thought of you when you shared the link to your post about Green Day Jaded in Chicago. While the studio version of this track is great it pales in comparison to it being performed live. I think that's the case with all 3 pre-Dookie contributions that made my top 31 and since this is my favorite among them this will be the last we'll see of the Lookout! Records version of Green Day. We're all major label from this point on...

My son saw Green Day on Friday night in Milwaukee. Said they still really bring it.

Per Billie Joe: “Y’all need to legalize weed” @KarmaPolice

 

[KarmaPolice]

Green Day

MAC_32

Going To Pasalacqua Going to Pasalacqua - Live at Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA, 9/2/10 Green Day · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com

@rockaction likes this

I thought of you when you shared the link to your post about Green Day Jaded in Chicago. While the studio version of this track is great it pales in comparison to it being performed live. I think that's the case with all 3 pre-Dookie contributions that made my top 31 and since this is my favorite among them this will be the last we'll see of the Lookout! Records version of Green Day. We're all major label from this point on...

My son saw Green Day on Friday night in Milwaukee. Said they still really bring it.

Per Billie Joe: “Y’all need to legalize weed” @KarmaPolice

With our beer culture and makeup of the state, we might be the last state to do so.

 

[rockaction]

I think that's the case with all 3 pre-Dookie contributions that made my top 31 and since this is my favorite among them this will be the last we'll see of the Lookout! Records version of Green Day

So I guess there's no "2000 Light Years Away," which used to be my favorite by them. I played it a lot from the Kerplunk! CD I borrowed from somebody freshman year of college before they broke it big. Heh. So I actually was listening to Green Day before Dookie, which is odd, because I don't think anybody would remember it that way (I barely remember it and think of myself as a post-Dookie fan, but I definitely had that CD for like a month due to Duff W.'s generosity) except for me and a few other people that I hung out with back in the fall/winter of my freshman year. Memory is strange that way. Not that it matters, just something to shoot the breeze about. But the last of Lookout!, huh? Welp, we'll see what the future brings.

"One For The Razorbacks" was another old fave that didn't make the cut. Oh wells.