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[rockaction]

Anyway I follow a sports writer named Joe Posnanski (Baseball stuff, mostly) and he wrote about a lyric in the song that bothered him. I (and a lot of other readers) thought it was a dumb criticism. It was sort of funny - Here is a link if you're bored:

You could also have checked this out, too.

He Could Throw That Speedball By You?

That's what the Poet laureate of the working class has a pitcher throwing? Pshaw. Come. On. Whazzat rot?

forums.footballguys.com

 

[Hov34]

Anyway I follow a sports writer named Joe Posnanski (Baseball stuff, mostly) and he wrote about a lyric in the song that bothered him. I (and a lot of other readers) thought it was a dumb criticism. It was sort of funny - Here is a link if you're bored:

You could also have checked this out, too.

He Could Throw That Speedball By You?

That's what the Poet laureate of the working class has a pitcher throwing? Pshaw. Come. On. Whazzat rot?

forums.footballguys.com

Posnanski stole this from you!!!

I'd sue.

 

[rockaction]

Posnanski stole this from you!!!

I'd sue.

LOFL. That's like ROFL, just not rolling. Or on the floor really. So just LOL.

I'll sue as soon as I get done suing Big Boi for stealing my rap on Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

JUST AS SOON AS HE PAYS ME!!!

 

[rockaction]

#21 - Doin' It Right (ft. Panda Bear) - Daft Punk

For those of you still reading our own intros to our own songs, I figured I'd just chime in as I do every few songs to explain that which isn't necessarily self-explanatory. This one features Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) from Animal Collective. Panda is a bit of a sampling wizard and familiar with the 1s and 2s himself, so he's a natural for a Daft Punk song. Here he takes his love of the Beach Boys and hi-fi falsettos and incorporates it into a Daft song with vocals that ascend in melody line throughout the song's backbeat. The results are mid-tempo, with a little flair. Nothing bombastic. Julian Casablancas, Pharrell Williams, and Nile Rodgers would score the bigger hits with "Instant Crush" and other respective combinatory songs off of Random Access Memories, but this would be a good song in its own right. I'm a sucker for Panda Bear, as most drafters know, so this rating is no surprise.

For all of you wondering, the Daft Punk shirts I ordered came. I was going to leave them sealed and sell them back at a profit, but I had to try them on because curiosity got the better of this cat. The verdict? Way too short with arms that are way too long for an XL shirt.

Terrible shirts.

Anybody wanna pay fifty bucks for one?

Heh. They don't make shirts, they make music, fella. Makin' music.

If you do it right letting go all night
Shadows on you break out into the light

eta* I had Noah Lennox as Noah [redacted], who is a real-life friend of mine. That was almost an interesting anonymity buster for all involved. Peace and gracias!

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

#21- The Stranglers - North Winds

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Year - 1984
Album - Aural Sculpture
UK Chart position - Non Single
Vocals - Jean-Jacques Burnel
Key Lyric - I used to dream about destruction
But now that I feel it getting near
I spend my time watching the ocean
And waves are all I want to hear

Interesting Points

1- This is a beautifully introspective song. The band had come a long way since singing about violence all the time

2- This song reminds me of travelling on the train to Sydney and back to spend days going through second hard record stores. Lugging back the fruits of my victory was always a challenge. I played this album every trip. Pet Shop Boys were the other constant.

3- Aural Sculpture was my first trip into the Stranglers. At this stage all i’d heard was Golden Brown and the lead single off Aural Sulpture, the gorgeous Skin Deep. I loved Aural Sculpture. It wasnt until i went into a second hand shop in Sydney that i asked for stuff by the Stranglers and he said do you want stuff like Rattus Norvegicus or the new **** lol? I got curious. He played me Rattus. I was blown away and sold into the meninblack cult. Somehow music always sounded better on the Record Shop Hi Fi.

4- I never knew this was a JJB song that he sings the vocals on. I always assumed it was Hugh. At the time of this album, JJB was caring for his terminally ill father and removed himself from much of the project. He snuck this track in upon his return.

5- The cassette version of this album had a computer game playable on the Spectrum. That fascinated me as computers just werent a thing at the time.

Summary to date
Year
1977 - 4
1978 - 2
1979 - 2
1980 - 0
1981 - 1
1982 - 0
1983 - 0
1984 - 1
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 - 1/11
Dreamtime - 0/10
All Live and All of the Night - 1/13
10 - 0/10
1991 onwards - 0
B Sides - 0
Greatest Hits - 0
Standalone Single - 1

Running Vocal Count
Hugh Cornwell - 6
Jean-Jacques Burnel - 5
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
We go back to back Aural Sculpture next. After this track there will be few surprises in the top 19. A couple, but if we are looking for deep album cuts you are likely to be disappointed. Mind you, 6 of the top 19 werent singles. A few arent even on a album…except compilation kind of stuff.

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Interesting song from The Stranglers, didn't expect a French tune from them.

Jean-Jacques Burnel, as indicated by his name is of French origin.
He was born in the UK from a father who spent most of his life in the UK, but the ties to the homeland were obviously strong.
As his father ran a French restaurant, the culture remained.

In 1988 he released an album entirely in French, Un Jour Parfait.
Being a Stranglers completist, I had to get this in order from France upon its release. Not bad actually.

 

[Ilov80s]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned about the infamous Springsteen lyric but “speedball” is an official term in the Paul Dickson Baseball Dictionary with its use first originating in 1918.

Defending Springsteen's use of "speedball" in "Glory Days"

In the comments to the Springsteen post earlier, there were several of you who took issue with Springsteen's use of the word "speedball" in the lyrics to "Glory Days."

www.nbcsports.com

The lyric still annoys me though. I agree fastball doesn’t sound quite right but my gut says curveball does.

 

[kupcho1]

The Decemberists
#21 Song for Myla Goldberg

Just a simple ditty from the 2nd album Her Majesty the Decemberists (2003), which I'm going to go on at length about

The song "Song for Myla Goldberg" was written years earlier, after Colin Meloy had been a media escort for the novelist Myla Goldberg during a tour following the publication of her first book, Bee Season.

Given the lyrics, I'm not sure how Myla feels about the song. I like 'em. Alliteration is off the charts on this one.

Myla Goldberg sets a steady hand upon her brow
Myla Goldberg hangs a crooked foot all upside down

It comes around it comes around
It comes around it comes around

Pretty hands do pretty things when pretty times arise
Seraphim and seaweed swim where stick-limbed Myla lies

It comes around it comes around
It comes around it comes around

Still now you're waiting to grow
Inside you're old
Sew wings to your pigeon toes
Put paper to pen
to spell out "Eliza"

We begin with sticky shins make sticky then our shoes
Shoes beget to clothes and hat 'til sticky's sticking too

Finiculi finicula finiculi finicula*

Listen in as shin-kicked Jim relates his story sad
About a boy who kicked until his shins were all but rubberbands
But now

I know New York I need New York
I know I need unique New York

Still now you're waiting to grow
Inside you're old
Sew wings to your pigeon toes
Put paper to pen
to spell out "Eliza"
Eliza
Eliza

* I'm always amazed by the depth and breadth of the lyrics.
What does Funiculi Funicula mean in Italian?
Let's go, let's go! To the top we'll go! Let's go, let's go! To the top we'll go! Funicular up, funicular down, funicular up, funicular down!
What inspired Funiculi Funicula?
The song, with lyrics by the journalist Peppino Turco and music by Luigi Denza, was written back in 1880. It was inspired by the inauguration, that same year, of the first funicular railway on Vesuvius, and helped to make tourists and Neapolitans familiar with the new means of transport (i.e., the funicular. Yinzers have the Monongahela (Mon) and the Duquesne Inclines).

 

[KarmaPolice]

Do you have Plans to listen to my Dino playlist after all this? I figured I babble a little about the songs again. Plans and Goin' Home ended up on the playlist together because I liked the way they sounded together at the time for whatever reason. Goin' Home doesn't sound like the typical Dino - does it even have a notable solo in it? Well, if not Plans covered that with what 3 maybe 4?. If I am honest, Plans is probably lower than it's true ranking as well. It's another that after I've listened to my playlist dozens of times I will think to myself "why is this so low again?" I just love the meandering sound of the song, and as I've said their newer sound here is "my" Dino. Love it so much. Hell, by the time 2:30 hits I think we've had 2 completely wonderful solos, then another 3 minutes of build up for that last 1:30 I can (and have in the last month +) listen to this on a loop.

I am going to be away this weekend for a basketball tournament, so I will say we will be going back to one of my surprise albums Hand it Over for Sunday's pick (the album Mick was on). Now that I am listening more, the album does stick out a bit from their other ones, IMO in a good and interesting way. I need to find the article again, but I was reading something where Mascis rated their albums, I think Hand it Over was high in the rankings.

 

[kupcho1]

Do you have Plans to listen to my Dino playlist after all this?

Absolutely!

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Apologies again for hippling my list, this is my actual #21, Midnite Cruiser, the second song from Steely Dan's debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill.

Fagen is such a wordsmith that it's easy for me to latch onto the lyrics and gloss over the depth. This is yet another such case, as he had me with

For one more time let your madness run with mine.

Fun fact for ya: If you're thinking Fagen's voice doesn't sound quite right on this one, it's because the lead vocal on this song is provided by the band's drummer at the time, Jim Hodder. Hodder had lead vocal duties on just one other song during his 3-album run with the band: a song called Dallas, made around the same time as Can't Buy a Thrill but was not included on the album. Over time, his services as a drummer and backing vocalist were phased out and he moved on. One other notable highlight of his career was that he was the drummer on Linda Ronstadt's single You're No Good.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Anyway I follow a sports writer named Joe Posnanski (Baseball stuff, mostly) and he wrote about a lyric in the song that bothered him.

"Throw that speedball by you" can only come from someone who is ignorant of baseball terms, drug terms or both.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Apologies again for hippling my list, this is my actual #21, Midnite Cruiser, the second song from Steely Dan's debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill.

Fagen is such a wordsmith that it's easy for me to latch onto the lyrics and gloss over the depth. This is yet another such case, as he had me with

For one more time let your madness run with mine.

Fun fact for ya: If you're thinking Fagen's voice doesn't sound quite right on this one, it's because the lead vocal on this song is provided by the band's drummer at the time, Jim Hodder. Hodder had lead vocal duties on just one other song during his 3-album run with the band: a song called Dallas, made around the same time as Can't Buy a Thrill but was not included on the album. Over time, his services as a drummer and backing vocalist were phased out and he moved on. One other notable highlight of his career was that he was the drummer on Linda Ronstadt's single You're No Good.

The guitar solos are the best part of this one.

 

[plinko]

Never been generally a fan of Bruce, or the song, but I’ll take his side a bit here and say I think the first person character is an old fart in the early eighties. Think Money For Nothing and appliance repairmen

 

[simey]

I had the ***** is Back 45. I loved being able to sing what was perceived as an adult bad word. When I was a youngster my next door neighbor taught me a bunch of naughty words. I wrote some of the colorful words I had just learned on a park picnic table, and word got back to my mom what I had done. She made me go back to the park with a bunch of cleaning products, and wash it all off.

 

[simey]

Never been generally a fan of Bruce, or the song, but I’ll take his side a bit here and say I think the first person character is an old fart in the early eighties. Think Money For Nothing and appliance repairmen

And it is a real baseball term. It could be what Bruce's dad's dad called it, and the term has stayed within all the generations that have followed.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

21

Song: When Will You Come Back Home
Artist: Ryan Adams & the Cardinals
Album: Cold Roses
Released: 2005

When, when will you come back home
No one leave the lights on in a house
Where nobody lives anymore

Nothing super-complex about this song but it captures the sense of longing that's prevalent in a lot of his songs. The chorus of this one does a lot of heavy lifting - it brings energy to this otherwise slow tempo song.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

When I was a youngster my next door neighbor taught me a bunch of naughty words

go on...

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Assuming Superstition makes the Stevie Wonder Top 31 (after making the Vaugh list this round), how many times do we think the same song will appear from two different artists in this thread?

I have that potential with Bad Blood making my list and potentially the Taylor Swift list - and an outside shot it happens a second time with Adams (I have another song covered by Adams coming up at some point).

 

[simey]

When I was a youngster my next door neighbor taught me a bunch of naughty words

go on...

Chuck McGill taught me cuss words, and he made sure I knew how to spell them right. My mom didn't appreciate his teaching skills. Chuck was a neighborhood ruffian. He was nice to me, but he and his pack of friends terrorized the neighborhood. They would do things like throw smoke bombs in school bus windows, bust people's pumpkins at Halloween, and set off firecrackers around house windows at night. He stayed busy in all the wrong ways.

 

[falguy]

#21 Whole Lotta Rosie (Let There Be Rock)

Wanna tell you story
About woman I know
When it comes to lovin'
She steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty
Ain't exactly small
Fourt'two thirt'ninefiftysix
You could say she's got it AAALLLLLLLLLLLL

Hell yeah.

Another great tune off of this Album and it’s a fun one live with the giant inflatable Rosie floating over the stage. 19 stone is 266 pounds if you’re curious.

We’ll open July with another classic rocker from the Bon era on Sunday.


Album breakdown
0 74 Jailbreak
2 High Voltage
0 Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
3 Let There Be Rock
1 PowerAge
2 Highway To Hell
1 Back in Black
1 For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)
1 Flick of the Switch
0 Fly On The Wall
0 Who Made Who
0 Blow Up Your Video
0 The Razor’s Edge
0 BallBreaker
0 Stiff Upper Lip
0 Black Ice
0 Rock or Bust
0 Power Up

 

[Dr. Octopus]

They would do things like throw smoke bombs in school bus windows, bust people's pumpkins at Halloween, and set off firecrackers around house windows at night.

Rock n' Roll, baby!!

 

[Uruk-Hai]

#21. "Happy Birthday"

Another gem off of Hotter Than July. For some reason, it never got released as a single here, but radio played it like one.

By 1981, pretty much everyone pushing for a national MLK holiday had given up. You know who didn't give up? Stevie freaking Wonder. He kept pushing and pushing, basically alone, and cut this record. A couple of years later, President Reagan signed it into a national holiday, and I'm convinced it was solely due to this artist and this record.

Like a lot of Wonder's early '80s records, it has a bit of a "home studio" feel to it and sounds a little tinny to my ears (Stevie had, by this point, seemed to despise the bass guitar). As is usual with his songs, he locks in the groove really early on and we're off. The verses are good, but the build-up to the chorus - and the chorus itself - is the plum. Lyrically, Wonder said "screw a metaphor" and was naming names. There's no doubt about what he's demanding. He even does a spoken word piece - never his strong suit - in the coda to make sure no one misunderstands.

 

[simey]

Assuming Superstitious makes the Stevie Wonder Top 31 (after making the Vaugh list this round), how many times do we think the same song will appear from two different artists in this thread?

I have that potential with Bad Blood making my list and potentially the Taylor Swift list - and an outside shot it happens a second time with Adams (I have another song covered by Adams coming up at some point).

I have wondered if Stevie W. is going to show up singing a specific song that Ray wrote, and I have Ray doing the song on my list.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Last Action Hero soundtrack!!

 

[falguy]

Never been generally a fan of Bruce, or the song, but I’ll take his side a bit here and say I think the first person character is an old fart in the early eighties. Think Money For Nothing and appliance repairmen

And it is a real baseball term. It could be what Bruce's dad's dad called it, and the term has stayed within all the generations that have followed.

To me it's the same as "Have a catch" in Field of Dreams. We'd never say "have a catch" or "speedball" but I figured maybe a US term that never made it up here.

 

[otb_lifer]

nuggets in here, i tell ya



oh, and @simey - your mom done the right thing by you, loved that story

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Assuming Superstitious makes the Stevie Wonder Top 31 (after making the Vaugh list this round), how many times do we think the same song will appear from two different artists in this thread?

I have that potential with Bad Blood making my list and potentially the Taylor Swift list - and an outside shot it happens a second time with Adams (I have another song covered by Adams coming up at some point).

I have wondered if Stevie W. is going to show up singing a specific song that Ray wrote, and I have Ray doing the song on my list.

There's a Ray connection coming up, but I'm not saying what it is.

 

[plinko]

Haven’t gotten into a lot of this one yet but I do know “What The Hell Have I” is the shiznitty

 

[Mt. Man]

Some selected (‘random’) #21s

46 Days - Phish. The title’s the length of the song? I kid, I kid. Very soulful, with the music gripping me before the vocals even started. Probably my favorite by them (so far, naturally).

Zagueiro - Jorge Ben Jor. Started solid, and really had my interest about 90 seconds in. Just before backing vocals add yet another layer to help drive this the rest of the way.

Oh, Thank You Great Spirit - Chicago. I’m loosely familiar with this at best, but I at least know some of the background. An excellently done tribute! Of course it's not quite Hendrix, but Chicago gets very close.

There Might Be Coffee - deadmau5. I never developed a taste for coffee, but I could develop a taste for this. It might take further listening to figure out why exactly, but this selection hit me right.

Slaughter Beach - Clutch. Definitely reminds of, well, some of the Clutch songs I knew coming in, in all the right ways. A solid and strong rock song that definitely requires further listening.

So Lonely - Police. Had this in the Worldwide Dummies thread.I said then that “I'm probably just a sucker for the dissonance in a high-tempo energetic song about loneliness” and that still applies.

Glory Days - Bruce Springsteen. Something something speedball. But seriously, a very familiar song that hasn’t worn out its welcome at all.

Scared - The Tragically Hip. The guitar and vocals work excellently here together. I’ve been noting down candidates for deeper dives, and this is the second song from this group to make the list, so I’m definitely looking forward to what’s to come!

Also enjoyed:
New-to-me: The Stranglers, Big Thief, Trail of Dead
Not new: Frank Black, Genesis, The Kinks (though I hadn't encountered it until the Dummies threads)

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Loved The Strangers song this round - the International dummies list got me much more into Nick Cave (took a deep dive after) and the menacing vocals remind me of him - although I guess its more him sounding like them since they were first.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

My Adams' selection just came on - if you don't like this song, I don't wanna know you.

 

[scorchy]

I just love Chicago so much. Every time I visit (almost always between May-Sept, of course) I have the best time and wonder why I don't take advantage of the cheap Southwest flights from Baltimore more often. OTOH, it's also the city I would choose as my home base if I ever entered a "how much weight can you gain in 3 days" challenge. Saw the Phillies sweep the Cubs at Wrigley last night with a pregame double cheeseburger at Small Cheval and a sausage at the game. Pre-show reservation at Pequods tonight and who knows what tomorrow brings? This morning, I got up early and let the missus sleep while I walked the lakefront. Unfortunately, there's a Do Rite Donuts right next to the hotel so I downed 1.5 of them and ended up in a fit of self-loathing as I saw all the super-fit people running by me or swimming in the lake. Need to get over it before we head over to the west loop for lunch.

I intended to listen to the 21s on my walk this morning but once get again felt forced into Philly sports radio instead thanks to the (hopefully) impending James Harden trade. Thoughts on the 22s below.

The 22s

Todd Rundgren/Dust in the Wind - the first of his to really connect with me
Dreams/Brandi Carlilie
The Kinks/Tired of Waiting
Green Day/Viva La Gloria - Back in 93/94 I would have never guessed their staying power. Great stuff here.
Stevie Wonder/Shake a Tail Feather - Hot take alert - the Blues Brothers doesn't hold up at all. The song though remains awesome.
AC/DC/If You Want Blood...
Spoon/Fitted Shirt
Bruce/State Trooper - Some really, really dark stuff there, Boss
Prodigy/Shut 'Em Up - This would fit right in on the Judgement Night soundtrack. Love it.
The Hip/Fiddler's Green

 

[Galileo]

The Kinks (though I hadn't encountered it until the Dummies threads)

I wasn't part of those previous Dummies threads. I should probably go look through them. I have no idea how my list might stack up against previous selections on this board.

 

[krista4]

Superstitious

 

[scorchy]

The Hold Steady “Realistic” Dream Setlist Song 11: Arms and Hearts

There were crosses and crushes and crashes and hassles
We were kissing in the center while the band played "Ice Cream Castles"

Album: B-Side/Rarity (song 1 of 3)

Year: 2008

# of Times Seen Live: 0 of 37 shows

The Story: This one’s for me. THS could have made a couple of more good albums just using their B-sides (maybe that’s just the fanboy talking). A couple they play a lot (including one coming up later) but I’ve been lucky enough to see a bunch of those rarer ones a time or two. Arms and Hearts, however, has eluded me. It calls back to those church youth group dances I was pressured into in high school - except those were soundtracked by Bon Jovi instead of Morris Day and the m****erf***in' Time.

Live Notes: Arms & Hearts has only made it onto 14 setlists and didn’t appear for a decade before popping up in Brooklyn in 2019. It’s a long shot, but I’m rooting for it this weekend.

 

[jwb]

ELO - Roll Over Beethoven

This was the song that kind of "saved" ELO (in my opinion). After their debut album had a minor hit that we'll get to later, the rest of it was... a little odd. Their second album was flat out weird. Even big fans have a tough time with ELOII. But this track became a hit, and although it's a Chuck Berry (and a hundred others) cover, this one included the band playing classical music, which made it stand out and to many is the definitive version of the song. My guess is this song (which was a top 10 UK hit) told the record company "ok, maybe we have something here". Without this song ELOII probably goes nowhere, and who knows what would have happened.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Superstitious

Yeah, sorry

 

[plinko]

I just love Chicago so much.

Quite a conversion story here, nice job @Pip's Invitation !

 

[falguy]

ELO - Roll Over Beethoven

This was the song that kind of "saved" ELO (in my opinion). After their debut album had a minor hit that we'll get to later, the rest of it was... a little odd. Their second album was flat out weird. Even big fans have a tough time with ELOII. But this track became a hit, and although it's a Chuck Berry (and a hundred others) cover, this one included the band playing classical music, which made it stand out, and to many is the definitive version of the song. My guess is this song (which was a top 10 UK hit) told the record company "ok, maybe we have something here". Without this song ELOII probably goes nowhere, and who knows what would have happened.

 

[kupcho1]

#21 Whole Lotta Rosie (Let There Be Rock)

Came across a story on Rosie a while back.
"How a Sexual Escapade Inspires AC/DC’s ‘Whole Lotta Rosie"

According to popular legend, Scott had been prowling the streets of Tasmania in the band's native Australia after a gig when he caught the eye of a woman.

"Bon had gone out one night after we'd been playing. He'd just been wandering the streets around the little club areas," guitarist Angus Young told Guitar World in 2000. "And he was walking past this street and this girl grabbed him from a doorway. She pulled him in and said, 'Hey, Bon, in here.' And he thought, 'Hey, why not?' The girl was there with her girlfriend, and he spent the night.

"This girl who was with Bon, she was a fair size girl," Young continued. "I mean, they didn't have Weight Watchers then. She said, 'Bon, these last few months I've been with 28 famous people.' And she was giving him the lowdown of politicians and different people she'd been out with and whatever. Anyhow, the next morning Bon woke up sort of pinned to the wall. The girl thought Bon was still sleeping. She leaned across to her girlfriend, who was sharing the room, and she said, 'Twenty-nine.'

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

Rush

higgins

The Weapon - YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. www.youtube.com

The Weapon by Rush. Interesting choice here. As part of the "Fear" trilogy @higgins introduced us to when he unveiled "Witch Hunt", The Weapon is a lesser known member of the trilogy from the Signals album, and overall a very underrated Rush tune IMO. It's pretty heavy on the synth, doesn't contain a guitar solo, so me the star of the song are the lyrics. The idea of the Fear trilogy is that people aren't necessarily as motivated by the pursuit of happiness in life as they are by fear, in the case of The Weapon the lyrical themes deal with how fear is used against us by those with power: political power, religious power, etc. I'm paraphrasing from memory of Neil discussing these themes in various interviews.

Also, it's "verrrry scarrry" according to Count Floyd. (Rush fans will get the reference.)

I find it an excellent choice, as a fan I'm not looking for a re-hash of their most popular songs, so the picks have been really enjoyable for me as they've been unveiled.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I just love Chicago so much. Every time I visit (almost always between May-Sept, of course) I have the best time and wonder why I don't take advantage of the cheap Southwest flights from Baltimore more often. OTOH, it's also the city I would choose as my home base if I ever entered a "how much weight can you gain in 3 days" challenge. Saw the Phillies sweep the Cubs at Wrigley last night with a pregame double cheeseburger at Small Cheval and a sausage at the game. Pre-show reservation at Pequods tonight and who knows what tomorrow brings? This morning, I got up early and let the missus sleep while I walked the lakefront. Unfortunately, there's a Do Rite Donuts right next to the hotel so I downed 1.5 of them and ended up in a fit of self-loathing as I saw all the super-fit people running by me or swimming in the lake. Need to get over it before we head over to the west loop for lunch.

I intended to listen to the 21s on my walk this morning but once get again felt forced into Philly sports radio instead thanks to the (hopefully) impending James Harden trade. Thoughts on the 22s below.

The 22s

Todd Rundgren/Dust in the Wind - the first of his to really connect with me
Dreams/Brandi Carlilie
The Kinks/Tired of Waiting
Green Day/Viva La Gloria - Back in 93/94 I would have never guessed their staying power. Great stuff here.
Stevie Wonder/Shake a Tail Feather - Hot take alert - the Blues Brothers doesn't hold up at all. The song though remains awesome.
AC/DC/If You Want Blood...
Spoon/Fitted Shirt
Bruce/State Trooper - Some really, really dark stuff there, Boss
Prodigy/Shut 'Em Up - This would fit right in on the Judgement Night soundtrack. Love it.
The Hip/Fiddler's Green

Nice - I will be in Chicago this weekend as well for a b-ball tournament with the kid. I hear you about the food. HERE is the place that my wife and I go to every time we are in town now. Especially fun if you like the metal at all - burgers named after metal bands, metal music playing. The food is great though. I can't remember the name offhand, but I usually get the Slayer burger, and usually eat until I feel like I am going to burst.

 

[kupcho1]

Also, it's "verrrry scarrry" according to Count Floyd. (Rush fans will get the reference.)

The Venn diagram of Rush and SCTV fans is basically a circle.

 

[otb_lifer]

Also, it's "verrrry scarrry" according to Count Floyd. (Rush fans will get the reference.)

The Venn diagram of Rush and SCTV fans is basically a circle.

🗨🗨🗨🗨🗨🗨🗨

 

[Don Quixote]

Assuming Superstition makes the Stevie Wonder Top 31 (after making the Vaugh list this round), how many times do we think the same song will appear from two different artists in this thread?

I have that potential with Bad Blood making my list and potentially the Taylor Swift list - and an outside shot it happens a second time with Adams (I have another song covered by Adams coming up at some point).

Zevon song also has the overlap featuring another artist from this thread. Not sure if it will make the Bruce list for a second appearance though.

 

[Yo Mama]

With the Top 20 yet to come, here is my current Genesis list:

#21 - Ripples...
#22 - Squonk
#23 - More Fool Me
#24 - The Knife
#25 - Abacab
#26 - Behind the Lines
#27 - Dusk
#28 - Home by the Sea
#29 - Dodo/"Lurker"
#30 - One for the Vine
#31 - That's All
#Oops - Eleventh Earl of Mar


Count by Album
Tresspass (1970) - 2
Selling England by the Pound (1973) - 1
A Trick of the Tail (1976) - 2
Wind & Wuthering (1976) – 1 (2 with oops)
Duke (1980) - 1
Abacab (1981) - 2
Genesis (1983) - 2


Count by Lead Singer
Peter Gabriel - 2
Phil Collins - 9

 

[krista4]

Nice - I will be in Chicago this weekend as well for a b-ball tournament with the kid. I hear you about the food. HERE is the place that my wife and I go to every time we are in town now. Especially fun if you like the metal at all - burgers named after metal bands, metal music playing. The food is great though. I can't remember the name offhand, but I usually get the Slayer burger, and usually eat until I feel like I am going to burst.

Kuma's! OH and I were literally trying to tell someone about Kuma's earlier this week. It's really hard to describe. But yeah, used to love it.

 

[otb_lifer]

WHICH act featured here in this exercise are very respected and loved by Goff-father Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)?

to quote Varg Vikernes (BURZUM!), "let's find out"

it's in the bag, baby








(i love that series ... posted the one from Black Metal Valkyrie Myrkur in the world dummies gig, but, eff it, re-up)

 

[rockaction]

WHICH act featured here in this exercise are very respected and loved by Goff-father Peter Murphy (Bauhaus)?

No surprise there, really. Once he said it, I just went "of course."

Not to pooh-pooh the exercise. 'Tis quite an interesting reveal. Anything more I say will spoil it.