Top-10 all-time guest vocals.
Black Mister CIA Dirty Old Town
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This song is again mostly about the interplay of the instruments for me, with the mix of the guitar and strings, but for some additional context…
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Whoa!As for “My Fathers Gun”- I regard Tumbleweed Connection as Elton John’s best album. Ironically it won’t make my 100 classic rock list since it produced no radio hits. But I’ve already chosen several songs from it for here, with more to come. Bernie Taupin imagines himself as a Confederate soldier here; this song has a lot in common with the Band’s “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” for subject matter.
Agreed - the pace is perfect for me to keep up with all the playlists.Thread pace is perfect.
As I shared earlier this week I played a song called **** off and die in 5th grade music class.Have you listened to Green Day?What is everyone's view on profanity? I have a pretty good idea of who I want to do for the next list, but the earlier work especially has more profanity. I will try to find the clean versions when possible, but some songs don't have a clean version. May have to change artists if it is looked down on.
Also, we are only using links. Just do the NSFW thing. Krista drafted "Closer" in one draft. Seems profane enough for me.
I thought the same thing. Glad I wasn't the only one and that I kept spinning them despite not liking anything to that point. Love this exerciseThe Sigur Ros song on list 10 rocked. I didn't think I'd ever say that about them.
Wikipedia says that: Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as R&B, pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country, and rock. Something in there should appeal to you.Personally, I loathe the Pointer Sisters solely due to I'm So Excited. I look forward to you enlightening me.I just started on The Pointer SIsters. This is going to be amazing.
Kupcho would probably admit to liking some of their songs, but he’s so shy.Wikipedia say that: Their repertoire has included such diverse genres as R&B, pop, jazz, electronic music, bebop, blues, soul, funk, dance, country, and rock. Something in there should appeal to you.Personally, I loathe the Pointer Sisters solely due to I'm So Excited. I look forward to you enlightening me.I just started on The Pointer SIsters. This is going to be amazing.
Foo Fighters Just Win Baby Another Round
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Sitting in my control room in a studio that I built with my friends, looking at John Paul Jones, remembering the times I dropped acid listening to 'Going to California', was amazing.
It’s funny the little things that make you love a song. For me, it’s the inflection on the chorus as Grohl asks, “Can you go another round?” It’s a pledge as much as a question, and I’m not sure that it’s possible to exist as long as Grohl has (or I have or you have) without someone offering that support at some point. Likewise, I couldn’t imagine never having been that crutch for someone else. Damn, that line gets to me for some reason.
So languid in its bleary-eyed, empty-bar desolation that it almost feels like a late-period Walkmen song. No one will ever confuse Dave Grohl for a hopeless romantic (emphasis on hopeless) like Paul Westerberg, but a good harmonica solo can make any singer sound like a beautiful loser for one song.
Thread pace is perfect.
The state of Connecticut is absolute torture to drive through.
In the 1970s, she became involved in the London punkscene, writing about bands for Melody Makerand providing artwork for groups including the Clash, whom she briefly managed, and the Police. Her interviews and reviews were noted for interrogating the attitudes of leading punk bands toward gender and sexuality.
Coon also inspired Robert Wyatt's lyrics for the Matching Molesong "O Caroline", the Stranglers' "London Lady" and, in her view, Bob Dylan's "She Belongs to Me", although other women have also been identified as the subject of the song.
I am specifically talking about I-95, which one must take at least a portion of when driving from NJ to Cape Cod. Every summer there is construction, it seems.The state of Connecticut is absolute torture to drive through.
I grew up there and lived there from age 28-40. Mostly in Hartford, but spent two years living in New Haven. I never knew it was bad. New York and Boston are so much worse. Sorry about the tree. They'll do that in CT. We had a horrible snowstorm a decade or so back with so many huge, downed trees that it was a miracle that our house went unscathed. Dangerous ****.
Anyway, I suppose it depends what leg of CT you're doing. I grew up around I-91 and it was generally smooth sailing other than the typical rush hours.
The Plame affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal and Plamegate) was a political scandal that revolved around journalist Robert Novak's public identification of Valerie Plame as a covert Central Intelligence Agency officer in 2003.[1][2][3]
In 2002, Plame wrote a memo to her superiors in which she expressed hesitation in recommending her husband, former diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, to the CIA for a mission to Niger to investigate claims that Iraq had arranged to purchase and import uranium from the country, but stated that he "may be in a position to assist".[4] After President George W. Bush stated that "Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson published a July 2003 op-ed in The New York Times stating his doubts during the mission that any such transaction with Iraq had taken place.[5]
A week after Wilson's op-ed was published, Novak published a column in The Washington Post which mentioned claims from "two senior administration officials" that Plame had been the one to suggest sending her husband. Novak had learned of Plame's employment, which was classified information, from State Department official Richard Armitage.[2] David Corn and others suggested that Armitage and other officials had leaked the information as political retribution for Wilson's article.
Loved this one. And was singing along into it by the end. Her attorney was one of my professors in law school.The Decemberists
#9 Valerie Plame
Who is Valerie Plame?
From Wiki:
The Plame affair (also known as the CIA leak scandal and Plamegate) was a political scandal that revolved around journalist Robert Novak's public identification of Valerie Plame as a covert Central Intelligence Agency officer in 2003.[1][2][3]
In 2002, Plame wrote a memo to her superiors in which she expressed hesitation in recommending her husband, former diplomat Joseph C. Wilson, to the CIA for a mission to Niger to investigate claims that Iraq had arranged to purchase and import uranium from the country, but stated that he "may be in a position to assist".[4] After President George W. Bush stated that "Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Wilson published a July 2003 op-ed in The New York Times stating his doubts during the mission that any such transaction with Iraq had taken place.[5]
A week after Wilson's op-ed was published, Novak published a column in The Washington Post which mentioned claims from "two senior administration officials" that Plame had been the one to suggest sending her husband. Novak had learned of Plame's employment, which was classified information, from State Department official Richard Armitage.[2] David Corn and others suggested that Armitage and other officials had leaked the information as political retribution for Wilson's article.
Basically, senior officials in Bush administration publicly leaked that she was a cover CIA agent which destroyed her career.
Why write a song about her? Won't she and the resulting scandal be gone and forgotten in a short time given the news cycle and America's attention span of a fruit fly?
Well, two things probably prevent this from happening.
(1) It's a damn good tune with the lyrics summing up the situation while the singer pines for her. Which leads me to ...
(2) If I was a Soviet agent, I'd jump willingly into her honeypot.
Oh Valerie Plame, if that really is your name
I would just shout the same to the world
Dear Valerie Plame, so they made a wreck of you
But give me the rest of you and I'll give the world
But you were just some silly girl
Taking in the sights of your empire's colony
So I took you into my confidence
Without a thought of consequence to my heart or to my mind
But Valerie Plame, if that really is your name
I would just shout the same to the world
La da da de da
La da da de da
La da da de da
La da da de da
Oh Valerie Plame, if that really is your name
I would just shout the same from on high
Dear Valerie Plame, I'll look for that long exchange
Outside of the Bureau Change in Shanghai
But I was just some stupid boy on a bus
When your nom de guerre was Codename Caroline
And so my Vespa became your chariot
From the Green Zone Marriott to be etched upon my mind
My Number 1 Elton John song.As for “My Fathers Gun”- I regard Tumbleweed Connection as Elton John’s best album. Ironically it won’t make my 100 classic rock list since it produced no radio hits. But I’ve already chosen several songs from it for here, with more to come. Bernie Taupin imagines himself as a Confederate soldier here; this song has a lot in common with the Band’s “The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down” for subject matter.
Yes - it was mentioned they always get played back to back like “Feeling That Way/Anytime” by Journey and other examples.Is there supposed to be 2 Greenday songs on this playlist?
Huh, don't think I've ever heard the second song beforeYes - it was mentioned they always get played back to back like “Feeling That Way/Anytime” by Journey and other examples.Is there supposed to be 2 Greenday songs on this playlist?
I'm just passing along what was said - I've also only heard the first song played on radio, I believe.Huh, don't think I've ever heard the second song beforeYes - it was mentioned they always get played back to back like “Feeling That Way/Anytime” by Journey and other examples.Is there supposed to be 2 Greenday songs on this playlist?
Yes, I've kept up with each playlist without it being a chore. Can't wait for the final 8 and then Round 2.Thread pace is perfect.
I'm surprised to read this as they were always paired together - music video and radio. Maybe that changed in the internet age?Huh, don't think I've ever heard the second song beforeYes - it was mentioned they always get played back to back like “Feeling That Way/Anytime” by Journey and other examples.Is there supposed to be 2 Greenday songs on this playlist?
In the song, he name drops Tuesday Weld, someone completely lost on us post-Boomers, but if you peruse the wiki link to her, you'll see the peak of her activity as an actress was during this era, as she was featuring in movies (some of which seem more exploitative than others) and TV at the same time. She continued acting, but she wasn't as much in demand after this brief busy period. I don't think he could have picked a more apt female celebrity from this era.
Love this one (well, I've loved most all of them). Their music always reminds me of summertime.9. Call on Me
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Lee Loughnane
Lead vocals: Peter Cetera
Released as a single? Yes (US #6)
I may have heard it before, but the first time Call on Me really got my attention was when I heard it over the supermarket PA system sometime in the '90s. It was not played regularly, if at all, on the FM rock stations in Philly, so if I wasn't hearing it for the first time, it felt like it. For the next week all that was in my head was the chorus "I love you/You know I do/You love me too". And I had no idea what the name of the song was or where it could be found. Eventually the internet developed to the point where it was not hard to track it down.
The song was trumpeter Lee Loughnane's first composition for the band, and it almost didn't happen. During the Chicago VII sessions, band members were taking on different roles from usual, so Loughnane decided to try writing a song and brought it to the band. Peter Cetera said in the liner notes of the Group Portrait box set: "Lee had written a song. It wasn't called, 'Call On Me,' it was called something else, and it in fact was terrible. I talked to him at [Caribou Ranch] one day, and he was all bent out of shape. He said that he had played the song for the guys, and they had told him in fact to get the heck out of there with the song. I said, 'Well, come on, let's have a go.'" Cetera claims he helped Loughnane rewrite the song, but if that is true, he did not take/receive a writing credit.
The song may be the "jazziest" of the band's biggest '70s hits -- and could well be evidence of why they were friends with Doc Severinsen. There is great interplay between the horns and the drums/percussion, but it's that infectious chorus that puts it in my top 10.
Live version from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAozKzXEuD0
Leonid and Friends version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7yg_0gRUJI
At #8, another song with an incredible coda.
Yeah. The FM stations I grew up with in the '80s played the warhorses from the first two albums, Saturday in the Park and If You Leave Me Now regularly. Anything else from the '70s was occasional at best. But they would play the singles from the "crappy and sappy" era when they were current, at least up until Cetera left.Love this one (well, I've loved most all of them). Their music always reminds me of summertime.9. Call on Me
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Lee Loughnane
Lead vocals: Peter Cetera
Released as a single? Yes (US #6)
I may have heard it before, but the first time Call on Me really got my attention was when I heard it over the supermarket PA system sometime in the '90s. It was not played regularly, if at all, on the FM rock stations in Philly, so if I wasn't hearing it for the first time, it felt like it. For the next week all that was in my head was the chorus "I love you/You know I do/You love me too". And I had no idea what the name of the song was or where it could be found. Eventually the internet developed to the point where it was not hard to track it down.
The song was trumpeter Lee Loughnane's first composition for the band, and it almost didn't happen. During the Chicago VII sessions, band members were taking on different roles from usual, so Loughnane decided to try writing a song and brought it to the band. Peter Cetera said in the liner notes of the Group Portrait box set: "Lee had written a song. It wasn't called, 'Call On Me,' it was called something else, and it in fact was terrible. I talked to him at [Caribou Ranch] one day, and he was all bent out of shape. He said that he had played the song for the guys, and they had told him in fact to get the heck out of there with the song. I said, 'Well, come on, let's have a go.'" Cetera claims he helped Loughnane rewrite the song, but if that is true, he did not take/receive a writing credit.
The song may be the "jazziest" of the band's biggest '70s hits -- and could well be evidence of why they were friends with Doc Severinsen. There is great interplay between the horns and the drums/percussion, but it's that infectious chorus that puts it in my top 10.
Live version from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAozKzXEuD0
Leonid and Friends version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7yg_0gRUJI
At #8, another song with an incredible coda.
You're right that rock stations didn't play this or even most of Chicago's music (besides a couple of obvious songs). But they got a big bump when FM Oldies expanded into the '70s (and pretty much nuked all '50s songs) sometime in the 1990s. The band got another airplay lift when the Jack format hit in the early aughts. And of course, as you mention, they've always been mainstays in the retail/healthcare piped-in music industry.
This is my #1 Hold Steady song and it's not even close.The Hold Steady “Realistic” Dream Setlist Song 23: Your Little Hoodrat Friend
Also, since I got SiriusXM last fall, I've noticed that '70s Chicago is big on the 70s on 7 (pop hits of the '70s) and The Bridge ("mellow classic rock") channels. And occasionally pops up on Yacht Rock Radio and Classic Vinyl (classic rock from 1964 to 1975).Love this one (well, I've loved most all of them). Their music always reminds me of summertime.9. Call on Me
Album: Chicago VII (1974)
Writer: Lee Loughnane
Lead vocals: Peter Cetera
Released as a single? Yes (US #6)
I may have heard it before, but the first time Call on Me really got my attention was when I heard it over the supermarket PA system sometime in the '90s. It was not played regularly, if at all, on the FM rock stations in Philly, so if I wasn't hearing it for the first time, it felt like it. For the next week all that was in my head was the chorus "I love you/You know I do/You love me too". And I had no idea what the name of the song was or where it could be found. Eventually the internet developed to the point where it was not hard to track it down.
The song was trumpeter Lee Loughnane's first composition for the band, and it almost didn't happen. During the Chicago VII sessions, band members were taking on different roles from usual, so Loughnane decided to try writing a song and brought it to the band. Peter Cetera said in the liner notes of the Group Portrait box set: "Lee had written a song. It wasn't called, 'Call On Me,' it was called something else, and it in fact was terrible. I talked to him at [Caribou Ranch] one day, and he was all bent out of shape. He said that he had played the song for the guys, and they had told him in fact to get the heck out of there with the song. I said, 'Well, come on, let's have a go.'" Cetera claims he helped Loughnane rewrite the song, but if that is true, he did not take/receive a writing credit.
The song may be the "jazziest" of the band's biggest '70s hits -- and could well be evidence of why they were friends with Doc Severinsen. There is great interplay between the horns and the drums/percussion, but it's that infectious chorus that puts it in my top 10.
Live version from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAozKzXEuD0
Leonid and Friends version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7yg_0gRUJI
At #8, another song with an incredible coda.
You're right that rock stations didn't play this or even most of Chicago's music (besides a couple of obvious songs). But they got a big bump when FM Oldies expanded into the '70s (and pretty much nuked all '50s songs) sometime in the 1990s. The band got another airplay lift when the Jack format hit in the early aughts. And of course, as you mention, they've always been mainstays in the retail/healthcare piped-in music industry.