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[Charlie Steiner]

Picked it up at a crappy local dept store called Ames

Heh. We had an Ames. I think it's a very crappy chain dept. store that existed across the U.S. at one time, like a Caldor or Bradlees.

Ames helped my wife pay for her college tuition by allowing her to use two different timecards. She would work a full shift after classes, clock out, clock in with the other timecard and then work overnight stocking shelves. She did that for about three yeas, getting about an hour of sleep a night. Don't know how she survived without going crazy, or maybe she did and that explains why she married me.

 

[rockaction]

Ames helped my wife pay for her college tuition by allowing her to use two different timecards.

Wow. That's a positive way to look at it. I would have chalked it up to being bilked out of overtime. Guess that pretty much sums up the difference in gratitude and attitude as far as work is concerned.

My laughing face is about the joke at the end of your post, not about what I just said.

 

[rockaction]

It was the flip side of Heartbeat City which kinda changed my life a little

Go on...

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I took that very hard and didn't really give any of those bands a chance after that; they all just sounded like angry gargling that I couldn't connect with.

You think you took it hard. You should read all the hair metal aficionados' takes on that one.

Sorry, I didn't really have much love for hair bands either. They seemed to want to be Van Halen and/or Journey but perceived as 'edgier'. I found them childish and boring.

They all seemed to follow the same formula of releasing some sort of 'cool' song with a hook and then follow it up with a schmaltzy ballad to prove they had 'depth'.

Ames helped my wife pay for her college tuition by allowing her to use two different timecards.

Wow. That's a positive way to look at it. I would have chalked it up to being bilked out of overtime. Guess that pretty much sums up the difference in gratitude and attitude as far as work is concerned.

My laughing face is about the joke at the end of your post, not about what I just said.

She knew going in that they wouldn't/couldn't pay overtime. Plus, the town the school was in was a small rural town with not many options. The Ames was basically it, and I think that as a kid right out of high school, she didn't have any bargaining power.

 

[plinko]

It was the flip side of Heartbeat City which kinda changed my life a little

Go on...

I really dorked out on The Cars at that point, and I've been dorking out on all sorts of stuff ever since

 

[Raging weasel]

ELO - Don't Bring Me Down

Their highest charting hit, and the one heavy rock song on the otherwise disco-influenced Discovery album. If I were doing a real countdown it'd be top 3, but enjoy it here.

Of course it's ELO, so there has to be a little something "off" in the song - in this case, the made up word "grooos" in the chorus.

I know it’s wrong, but I refuse to budge from “bruce” as I first heard it.

Same here

 

[scorchy]

Ames helped my wife pay for her college tuition by allowing her to use two different timecards.

Wow. That's a positive way to look at it. I would have chalked it up to being bilked out of overtime. Guess that pretty much sums up the difference in gratitude and attitude as far as work is concerned.

The restaurant where I worked every summer didn't pay overtime either. When I asked the owners about it once, they said we could all either keep working 60-plus hour weeks at our regular wage or get capped at 40 and they would hire more cooks to pick up the slack. We all needed the cash so just kept our mouths shut. It was a mom-and-pop kind of place with all sorts of shady practices. We didn't need to do the fake timecard thing though b/c the owners' mom was the accountant and just fudged the numbers to make it look like we had a higher hourly wage while working less hours.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

There’s a tiny piece of some Sesame Street sketch in my head, where various muppets are being pressed or smacked in some way and making a sound like that

I could be making it up

Talking about cuica not deadmau5

There have been a few of his that have caught me and I noticed he has a song called The Veldt!

you'll see The Veldt at some point

@scorchy tells this story better than I do, and it’s pretty early for storytelling, but we once saw a band called The Veldt

I saw them open for Living Colour in 1990. No crazy stories to go with that.

 

[rockaction]

She knew going in that they wouldn't/couldn't pay overtime. Plus, the town the school was in was a small rural town with not many options. The Ames was basically it, and I think that as a kid right out of high school, she didn't have any bargaining power.

I figured it was something similar to that and that she was probably grateful for the work, which is why I contrasted her gratitude with my attitude.

Ames definitely set up shop in rural places. A redneck Macy's, as it were.

 

[rockaction]

The restaurant where I worked every summer didn't pay overtime either. When I asked the owners about it once, they said we could all either keep working 60-plus hour weeks at our regular wage or get capped at 40 and they would hire more cooks to pick up the slack. We all needed the cash so just kept our mouths shut. It was a mom-and-pop kind of place with all sorts of shady practices. We didn't need to do the fake timecard thing though b/c the owners' mom was the accountant and just fudged the numbers to make it look like we had a higher hourly wage while working less hours.

I left a sad face, but you have fond memories, no?

 

[simey]

Ray Charles/Hardhearted Hannah - I kept laughing on the dog walk because I pictured Simey choosing this one b/c she identified with the protagonist: "Leather is tough, but Simey's heart is tougher, she's a gal who loves to see men suffer."

They don't call me Slimey Simey for nuthin'.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Gtfo- Grooos? I just read that exchange.

 

[scorchy]

I left a sad face, but you have fond memories, no?

Oh, totally. Working at the beach with a couple of your best friends, all the pizza you could eat, dating waitresses, shift beers. Busy as hell, especially on summer holiday weekends, and the only place where I regularly would have nightmares about work. Usually, those came on days where I closed at night then had to open the next morning - one recurring dream had me as the only one in the kitchen, the orders were flying in, and the pizzas I made went into the oven regular-sized but shrunk to the size of quarters when I went to pull them out.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Gtfo- Grooos? I just read that exchange.

Did it bring you down?

 

[rockaction]

Did it bring you down?

I literally LOL'd. Not just acronymnally, but audibly.

 

[rockaction]

And I just was reminded of my copyediting class and looked up acronym vs. initialism to be sure that LOL was an acronym and not merely an initialism. Seems like I nailed it!

OMG!

Speaking of that tone, anybody hear the new Nicki Minaj/Aqua "Barbie" song? I almost hit play. I really almost did.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

I left a sad face, but you have fond memories, no?

Oh, totally. Working at the beach with a couple of your best friends, all the pizza you could eat, dating waitresses, shift beers. Busy as hell, especially on summer holiday weekends, and the only place where I regularly would have nightmares about work. Usually, those came on days where I closed at night then had to open the next morning - one recurring dream had me as the only one in the kitchen, the orders were flying in, and the pizzas I made went into the oven regular-sized but shrunk to the size of quarters when I went to pull them out.

I worked in a Tex-Mex place when I was college. One of the crew only worked the opening shift, which started after his classes ended. He was close to being a career student but I think he had no other choice but to work 40 hours and take classes part-time. He also was 'connected' at one of the local watering holes, so he was usually found sharing pitcher after pitcher with anyone who came by after the evening shift ended. Didn't really get to know him too well, but he he seemed pretty cool.

My work nightmares were always the same; 2 minutes to closing, a line of people out the door and they don't stop coming. I'd look at the clock (in the dream) and it would be 3:30 in the morning, a good 5 hours after closing, and no end in sight. I'd wake up exhausted.

But the perks were great. Free meals as long as you ate during off-peak hours, the owners were former employees and they let us party in the store after closing. The only drawback was that they were both huge Parrotheads, so I developed an ear for Jimmy Buffet.

 

[MAC_32]

Maybe I was just done with them by 1991? Or maybe blame it on Nevermind?

This happens to me with bands. Ironically, I never loved Nirvana's Nevermind, even though I'd been following that Seattle scene for a couple of years when it came out. I was just done with most of it (besides Mudhoney). So it all comes full circle, I guess. Just done with it for no real reason other than you're always evolving and changing and things don't fit the current program.

The Seattle era was a strange one for someone born in 1983. Growing up it was conjoined with west coast pop-punk, so delineating between the two wasn't a thing. While my list now isn't the same as it was then I think it's a better representation of my tastes:

#1 - Pearl Jam, by a lot
#2 - Nirvana, cause of In Utero but especially because of Unplugged
#3 - Alice In Chains, and it's almost entirely due to Jar of Flies (with a side of self titled)
#4 - Foo Fighters, who are only not further up because they don't have any highs quite like the first 3
#5 - Chris Cornell, his solo sound always resonated with more than with either of his bands - that's more a testament to him than it is a criticism to the alternatives

Special shout outs to Mad Season and Candlebox - while they don't have many songs in my library the ones that are get very heavy play.
Also, teenage me absolutely would have put The Presidents of the United States of America in the top 5.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Ok, sorry everybody - I guess I am the a-hole holding up the works. I had the playlist done Sunday night, thought I sent @Zegras11 the link, but evidently did not.

Yeah, I know, @Pip's Invitation , and will sheepishly admit it very much applies to that night.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

The only drawback was that they were both huge Parrotheads, so I developed an ear for Jimmy Buffet.

that's a very big drawback ...

 

[otb_lifer]

The only drawback was that they were both huge Parrotheads, so I developed an ear for Jimmy Buffet.

that's a very big drawback ...

you spelt "deal-breaker" wrong.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Since it was my fault and I know @Zegras11 said he had crap to do today and wanted to post in the am I will drop the link here.

LINK to 19s PLAYLIST.

 

[MAC_32]

I've realized that I slept on 21st Century Breakdown from Green Day

More to come! Taking a break after that back-to-back-to-back though. When that top 5 albums of the last 20 years thread started there was a fleeting moment in which I thought about it instead of American Idiot.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I've realized that I slept on 21st Century Breakdown from Green Day

More to come! Taking a break after that back-to-back-to-back though. When that top 5 albums of the last 20 years thread started there was a fleeting moment in which I thought about it instead of American Idiot.

I loved and listened to American Idiot a ton. But I don't think I've listened to much after that, and can't remember if I even gave 21st Century an honest, full listen.

 

[otb_lifer]

LINK to 19s PLAYLIST.

cursory glance thru the titles ... this are a POWERHOUSE offering.

damn goodt work, folks

Spoiler

including one of the only Bruce tunes i can stomach!
YES!

 

[Dr. Octopus]

#19

Song: Follow the Lights
Album: Follow the Lights
Artist: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Released: 2007

Such a simple but pretty song. Love the imagery of following the traffic lights and telephone wires leading to home.

If every second here is true
Our love is strong enough to guide the way and we'll walk through
Hands inside of hands, hearts inside of hearts
Like eyes closed, side by side and through
Follow the lights that line the streets
Connecting telephones
Follow the lights from house to house
And they will lead you home

 

[Eephus]

All this talk of Grunge with nary a mention of Screaming Trees

 

[Galileo]

#19 Dead End Street (1966 - single)

Dead End Street - Mono Mix

The Kinks · Song · 1966

open.spotify.com

More problems to sing about! Things sure were bleak in 1960’s England. Yet in fine Kinks fashion they somehow make it sound rather whimsical. However, the mood of the subject matter is not lost in this one with the melancholy sound of the trombone intertwined.

There's a crack up in the ceiling
And the kitchen sink is leaking
Out of work and got no money
A Sunday joint of bread and honey

What are we living for?
Two-roomed apartment on the second floor
No money coming in
The rent collector's knocking, trying to get in

We are strictly second class, we don't understand
(Dead end!)
Why we should be on dead end street
(Dead end!)
People are living on dead end street
(Dead end!)
I'm gonna die on dead end street

Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)

On a cold and frosty morning
Wipe my eyes and stop me yawning
And my feet are nearly frozen
Boil the tea and put some toast on

What are we living for?
Two-roomed apartment on the second floor
No chance to emigrate
I'm deep in debt and now it's much too late

We both want to work so hard
We can't get the chance
(Dead end!)
People live on dead end street
(Dead end!)
People are dying on dead end street
(Dead end!)
Gonna die on dead end street

Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)

(Dead end!)
People live on dead end street
(Dead end!)
People are dying on dead end street
(Dead end!)
Gonna die on dead end street

Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
Head to my feet (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
How's it feel? (yeah)
How's it feel? (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)
Dead end street (yeah)

 

[otb_lifer]

All this talk of Grunge with nary a mention of Screaming Trees

board's been dreaming all day, i guess ...

 

[MAC_32]

Since it was my fault and I know @Zegras11 said he had crap to do today and wanted to post in the am I will drop the link here.

LINK to 19s PLAYLIST.

Gonna try to make it through a full spin and my eyes already lit up in the latter half. Don't Make Me A Target then Skin & Bones into Mrs. Robinson with Sherry Darling closing is a hell of a run.

 

[tuffnutt]

Tip of the cap to @tuffnutt
Great timing on Elliot Smith's Independence Day! Great tune as well. Nice addition to 1998 - Disrupt the whole scene

I'd like to say that I had it planned that way, but , as with much of my life... it's just dumb luck

 

[krista4]

20. "Mercedes"

Wow, magnificent write-ups. I feel like I should go back and re-listen to all of these again now.

@Pip's Invitation , right after my live blog of watching Give My Regards to Broad Street.

 

[Yo Mama]

#19 Genesis - No Reply at All

Album - Abacab
Year - 1981

This song represents the first time Genesis used outside musicians for one of their tracks. They used the horn section from Earth Wind & Fire to add a nice element to this fun song.

Fun note: MAD favorite Phish performed this song at the RRHOF 2010 induction ceremony (along with another classic that will show up much later in the rankings). PM @shuke if you’re interested in a link to the performance.

 

[tuffnutt]

19.
Independence Day- Elliott Smith
from XO Album

Everybody knows
You only live a day
But it's brilliant anyway

Independence Day has a bounce to it. For an Elliott Smith song, that immediately distinguishes it from the majority of his work. It almost sounds upbeat. I think the words really take a backseat to the melody in this one. Not to say that the lyrics aren't great... they are. I heard an interview with Elliott Smith about this song. He said it was about a friend of his and that he was telling him to be patient, things were going to happen for him, he just had to wait a bit. In a catalog full of melancholy songs... I always liked the contrast of this one.

 

[Mt. Man]

19. When the Sun Rose Again (off Black Gives Way to Blue, 2009)

Seems you prophesized
All of this would end
Were you burned away
When the sun rose again?

(Live [and acoustic] version) Alice in Chains - When the sun rose again Montreux Jazz Festival 7/7/2018
Sun Logo alice-in-chains-logo

Possibly rated too low. Or, at minimum, this experience of listening with fresh ears made this song grow on me more and more. It’s become (if it always wasn't) a song where I can simply sit back and enjoy the experience, Hope you do too, of course.

That said, if I do want to delve into ? Don’t call it a comeback! A major symbol for AIC is a circle surrounded by rays, making it look like a sun. Given that, there’s an obvious connection between “the sun” rising again and the band reforming and putting out this album.

Next on the countdown, my shortest selection of the countdown.

 

[otb_lifer]

#19

Song: Follow the Lights
Album: Follow the Lights
Artist: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Released: 2007

Such a simple but pretty song. Love the imagery of following the traffic lights and telephone wires leading to home.

If every second here is true
Our love is strong enough to guide the way and we'll walk through
Hands inside of hands, hearts inside of hearts
Like eyes closed, side by side and through
Follow the lights that line the streets
Connecting telephones
Follow the lights from house to house
And they will lead you home

i've not much previous exposure to this artist ... been enjoying what i've heard thus far - really dig the forlorn lilt to this tune ... cat strikes me as a latter day Westerberg, which are highest of praise.

 

[krista4]

ELO should stop trying to make "groos" happen. It's never gonna happen.

I don't know who Bruce is but that's what they're singing and that's that.

 

[rockaction]

"June Hymn" by The Decemberists was quite the literary little bucolic and idyllic lyric only mixed with a tinge of sadness about potential infirmity. I enjoyed the words for once in a song! I even looked up "barony," thinking maybe it was solely related to ivy. Instead, it's related to empire, I guess, as obvious as the root should have made it. But I really enjoyed that excursion into the band.

"Dead End Street" might be my favorite Kinks song, but ask me on a different day and you'll get a different answer.

"No Reply At All" is a fine song. I remember it and enjoyed it again. That wasn't strong enough. It's a really, really good song.

"Head South" just reminds me how much I liked Modest Mouse once upon a time. I think, of all the bands on this countdown, they might be my favorite, or the one I was most attached to at one point in my life. I know, gasp audibly and all, but I'm with The Dreaded Marco in that I can pretty much vouchsafe for their albums up until after We Were Dead... (well, I don't think that last one is his favorite by any stretch, but it's close to Good News For People Who Love Bad News, which I think is what he's going up through). I forgot how utterly dissonant and ripping the guitar work is in this song.

"Independence Day" by Elliott Smith is a swinging little number about addiction and metamorphosis. (Or, now that I've read tuffnutt's post, it's not a metaphor at all but an innocent swinger. Good for Elliott.)

"Dried Roses" by Big Thief could be Taylor Swift lyrically, but it's a little more country than she ever was. Sounds very much like Ozark or Appalachian music from the thirties. What a wonderful song.

"Five Minutes" by The Stranglers ends in 3:16. I'm glad it doesn't overstay its welcome. Very driving beat. I can't help but think of the Dwarves' "Three Seconds." Don't think the Dwarves weren't listening to these guys. The songs don't necessarily sound alike, but ahh, Dwarves. Fine purveyors of some very problematic subject matter. Hell of a rock and roll track here.

"Cum On Feel The Noize" These guys are getting royalty checks from Quiet Riot for the rest of their lives. Kevin DuBrow does a great imitation of the Slade singer. Slade should have been bigger.

More TK...mabye...

 

[Charlie Steiner]

19. Tomorrow's Girls is the lone commercial hit from Donald's second solo album, Kamikiriad.

This one came out during my brief white collar phase, when I was working as a low level cog at a mortgage company based just outside of DC. Except for the low pay, I enjoyed my time in the corporate world: lots of eye candy, an Irish pub across the street, many options for happy hour, and this song just hit at the right time:

You see them on the grass at lunch hour
Soaking up the vertical rays
In their summer dresses
A little smile can really make your day

"A virus wearing pumps and pearls". Indeed.

 

[Zegras11]

19's PLAYLIST

		#19-
Todd Rundgren	New Binky the Doormat	The Last Ride The Last Ride (2015 Remaster) Provided to YouTube by RhinoThe Last Ride (2015 Remaster) · Todd RundgrenTodd℗ 1974 Bearsville RecordsVocals: Todd RundgrenWriter: Todd RundgrenAuto-generate... www.youtube.com
Jorge Ben Jor	Don Quixote	Quem Mandou (Pé Na Estrada), by Jorge Ben Jor and Gilberto Gil Jorge Ben e Gilberto Gil - Quem mandou (Pé na estrada) By MR Ecce Ars Jorge Ben e Gilberto Gil - Quem mandou (Pé na estrada) youtu.be
Brandi Carlile	JB Breakfast Club	Crowded Table - Highwomen Crowded Table The Highwomen, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris, Amanda Shires · Song · 2019 open.spotify.com
The Police	Zegras11	Canary In A Coal Mine Canary In A Coalmine The Police · Song · 1980 open.spotify.com
Modest Mouse	The Dreaded Marco	Head South Modest Mouse - Head South A surf rock man from the land of plentySurf rock mess with no surf but pine treesStruck by being ashamed of your old spaceJust wanting that mean heatYou blea... www.youtube.com
Genesis	Yo Mama	No Reply at All No Reply at All - 2007 Remaster Genesis · Song · 1981 open.spotify.com
Stevie Ray Vaughan	Sullie	Look At Little Sister (Capitol Theatre Live 9/21/1985) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Look At Little Sister - 9/21/1985 - Capitol Theatre (Official) Stevie Ray Vaughan - Look At Little SisterRecorded Live: 9/21/1985 - Capitol Theatre - Passaic, NJMore Stevie Ray Vaughan at Music Vault: http://www.musicvau... www.youtube.com
The Decemberists	kupcho1	June Hymn June Hymn The Decemberists · Song · 2011 open.spotify.com June Hymn Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupJune Hymn · The DecemberistsThe King Is Dead℗ 2010 Capitol Records, LLCReleased on: 2010-01-01Producer: The Decem... youtu.be
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead	plinko	Awestruck Lost Songs (2012) Awestruck ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead · Song · 2012 open.spotify.com
The Kinks	Galileo	Dead End Street (1966 - single) Dead End Street - Mono Mix The Kinks · Song · 1966 open.spotify.com
Rush	higgins	Losing It - YouTube Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen. www.youtube.com
Sigur Rós	Scoresman	Untitled #3 ("Samskeyti") (Attachment) - () - 2002 Untitled #3 - Samskeyti Sigur Rós · Song · 2002 open.spotify.com
Donald Fagen	Charlie Steiner	Tomorrow's Girls Tomorrow's Girls Provided to YouTube by RepriseTomorrow's Girls · Donald FagenKamakiriad℗ 1993 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside o... www.youtube.com
Green Day	MAC_32	Paper Lanterns Paper Lanterns Green Day · 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com
Big Thief	Ilov80s	Dried Roses Dried Roses Big Thief · Song · 2022 open.spotify.com
Daft Punk	rockaction	Revolution 909 Daft Punk - Revolution 909 (Official Music Video Remastered) Random Access Memories (10th Anniversary Edition) out now: https://daftpunk.lnk.to/RAM10sWatch more videos of Daft Punk: https://daftpunk.lnk.to/essentialsvi... youtu.be
Taylor Swift	Jpalmer	tolerate it tolerate it Taylor Swift · Song · 2020 open.spotify.com
Elliott Smith	Tuffnutt	Independence Day Independence Day Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupIndependence Day · Elliott SmithXO℗ A Geffen Records Release; ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.Released on: 1998-01-01P... www.youtube.com
Chicago	Pip's Invitation	Old Days Old Days - 2002 Remaster Chicago · Song · 1975 open.spotify.com
The Stranglers	John Maddens Lunchbox	5 Minutes The Stranglers - Five Minutes Promo video 1978. m.youtube.com
Ryan Adams	Dr. Octopus	Follow The Lights Follow The Lights Ryan Adams & The Cardinals · Song · 2007 open.spotify.com
Stevie Wonder	Uruk-Hai	Superwoman Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupSuperwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) · Stevie WonderMusic Of My Mind℗ 1972 Motown Records, a Division of... www.youtube.com
Slade	Mrs. Rannous	Cum On Feel The Noize Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize (Official Visualizer) The Official Visualizer for 'Cum On Feel The Noize' by Slade.Purchase 'Cum on Feel the Hitz': https://slade.lnk.to/bestofd2Taken from Slade's incredible 'Sla... www.youtube.com
Phish	shuke	Ghost Ghost Phish · Song · 1998 open.spotify.com
Electgric Light Orchestra (ELO)	jwb	Strange Magic Strange Magic Electric Light Orchestra · Song · 1975 open.spotify.com
Frank Black	Mister CIA	Jane The Queen Of Loe Jane the Queen of Love Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesJane the Queen of Love · Frank Black And The CatholicsBlack Letter Days℗ 2002 Cooking VinylReleased on: 2006-09... www.youtube.com
Clutch	Raging Weasel	10001110101 10001110101 Clutch · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Dinosaur Jr.	KarmaPolice	Out There Out There [2019 Remaster] Provided to YouTube by Absolute Marketing International LtdOut There [2019 Remaster] · Dinosaur Jr.Where You Been℗ 1993 Cherry Red RecordsReleased on: 1993-0... www.youtube.com
Warren Zevon	worrierking	Looking for the Next Best Thing Looking for the Next Best Thing - 2007 Remaster Warren Zevon · Song · 1982 open.spotify.com Understated lyrics and Waddy Wachtel's roaring guitar solo. Lyric: Don Quixote had his windmills Ponce de Leon took his cruise Took Sinbad seven voyages To see that it was all a ruse
Alice in Chains	Mt. Man	When the Sun Rose Again When the Sun Rose Again Alice In Chains · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com
Queen	snellman	Tie Your Mother Down Tie Your Mother Down - Remastered 2011 Queen · Song · 1976 open.spotify.com
AC/DC	falguy	Gone Shootin' Gone Shootin' AC/DC · Song · 1978 open.spotify.com
The Hold Stead	scorchy	The Weekenders The Weekenders The Hold Steady · Song · 2010 open.spotify.com
Damon Albarn	Eephus	Blur --- Young and Lovely Young and Lovely (2012 Remaster) Provided to YouTube by Parlophone UKYoung and Lovely (2012 Remaster) · BlurModern Life Is Rubbish (Special Edition)℗ 2012 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Mu... www.youtube.com
Ray Charles	simey	Ray Charles: Born To Lose [Official Audio] Spotify: https://found.ee/RayCharles_ModernSoundsSpotifyApple Music: https://found.ee/RayCharles_ModernSoundsiTunesAmazon: https://found.ee/RayCharles_Modern... www.youtube.com Born To Lose Ray Charles · Song · 2009 open.spotify.com
Doves	landrys hat	Walk In Fire Walk In Fire Doves · Song · 2005 open.spotify.com
Spoon	Hov34	Don't Make Me a Target Don't Make Me a Target Provided to YouTube by Merge Media LtdDon't Make Me a Target · SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga (2017 Remaster)℗ 2017 Merge RecordsReleased on: 2007-07-10Producer: Britt ... www.youtube.com
Foo Fighters	Just Win Baby	Skin And Bones Skin And Bones - Live at the Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - August 2006 Foo Fighters · Skin And Bones (Live) · Song · 2006 open.spotify.com
Simon & Garfunkel	zamboni	"Mrs. Robinson" Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson (Audio) “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel Listen to Simon & Garfunkel: https://SimonAndGarfunkel.lnk.to/listenYD Subscribe to the official Simon & Garfunkel YouT... www.youtube.com
Bruce Springsteen	DrIanMalcolm	Sherry Darling Bruce Springsteen - Sherry Darling Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.Toronto July 26th 1984 www.youtube.com
The Prodigy	titusbramble	Your Love (Remix) Your Love - Remix The Prodigy · Song · 1992 open.spotify.com
Bauhaus	otb_lifer	Passion of Lovers The Passion of Lovers Bauhaus · Song · 1981 open.spotify.com
Heart	Doug B	There's The Girl There's The Girl Heart · Song · 1987 open.spotify.com
The Tragically Hip	Northern Voice	Three Pistols Three Pistols The Tragically Hip · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com
deadmau5	zazale	Arguru 2k19 Arguru 2k19 deadmau5 · Song · 2021 open.spotify.com
Elton John	timschochet	Country Comfort Elton John - Country Comfort (Live in 1971) Live on tour in 1971. www.youtube.com

 

[MAC_32]

Green Day

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Paper Lanterns Paper Lanterns Green Day · 1,039 / Smoothed out Slappy Hours · Song · 1991 open.spotify.com

After 3 in a row from 2009 Green Day I thought this was the right spot to whiplash back to something pre-Dookie. Hell of a slap to the face after some Donald Fagen too. While I wanted to find a live version of it (the most infamous rendition will come later) I couldn't find something good enough on Spotify, so I'll just link this speed aided performance from 1994 and one at a local high school 4 years prior. Not bad song writing for a teenager, but they developed into slightly better performers as 20somethings. Or maybe it was just the drugs.

 

[MAC_32]

My posting format for this has started to bore me. Actually listening to the playlists is getting a little same-y, and my posts have reflected that. No one really needs to know that I added another Decemberists, ..., Spoon, or Blur song to my favorites. So now I'm just going to post a few comments each time about whatever, rather than listing all the stuff that made my new-to-me favorites and awarding medals

Before I fell behind I found myself doing something similar. Hey, MAC 'unexpectedly' liked another Brandi Crlisle, Decemberists, (now Taylor Swift too) and Daft Punk track. Cool. I think it's a lot more worthwhile to comment when Phil Collins, Rush, Phish, etc. gets my attention as that actually is unexpected. But anyway...

While 5 minutes by The Stranglers was cool this playlist's head turner halfway through - Elliott Smith. And I swear I didn't realize the title was Independence Day until after I alt-tab'd over to heart smash halfway through.

I saw you caught between
All the people out
Making a scene
In a bright
Ideal tomorrow, ooh
Don't go too far
Stay who you are

 

[rockaction]

I couldn't find something good enough on Spotify, so I'll just link this speed aided performance from 1994

This is actually them at their best, IMO. I remember being in college, home on break, and making sure I checked this show out. It was at a club in Chicago just as they were getting huge (they had tried to play the Boston Half Shell but the crowds and the danger led authorities to shut it down), and Billie Joe is in tweaked out form. But the show is great. I've linked to a different song here in the past, though I can't remember where it is.

Here's the post at the link

What song are you listening to right now?

Newly released Oasis demo of Don't Stop. It's supposedly their last recording in the vault. It's not great; Noel sings instead of Liam and it goes on for about a minute too long.

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[MAC_32]

I couldn't find something good enough on Spotify, so I'll just link this speed aided performance from 1994

This is actually them at their best, IMO. I remember being in college, home on break, and making sure I checked this show out. It was at a club in Chicago just as they were getting huge (they had tried to play the Boston Half Shell but the crowds and the danger led authorities to shut it down), and Billie Joe is in tweaked out form. But the show is great. I've linked to a different song here in the past, though I can't remember where it is.

Agreed- I think this is the window when they perfected their punk rock craft. They were amidst the Dookie breakout, but clearly uncomfortable with the fame that came with it. Combine that with the right chemical combination and you have this stage presence, but it also came across in the crispness of their sound. Not necessarily live on stage, but it absolutely carried forward to the frantic Insomniac sessions.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Dookie Breakout = great band name.

 

[rockaction]

Not necessarily live on stage, but it absolutely carried forward to the frantic Insomniac sessions.

I love that album. Maybe not as much as you, but it was a great sophomore effort from a band that could have mailed it in the rest of their lives after Dookie's success. They could have penned songs that went more pop and lost the rock and roll element of what they were doing, but instead they put out this great power-punk-pop album that careened more towards punk than even their debut. It was them at their most feral. They had Rob Cavallo's production (my music professor in college pointed out what a fat studio guitar sound they had compared to other punk bands) and one imagines that they rolled with their production and studio budget to make a really commercially untenable yet sonic album.

 

[simey]

#19 - Ray Charles - Born To Lose - Spotify

This is the first song on my list off of Vol. 1 of Ray's 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music. Earlier in the countdown "Your Cheatin' Heart" appeared, and it is off of Vol. 2 of Modern Sounds. They both were released in 1962.

"Born to Lose" is the first memory I have of hearing a song by Ray Charles. I remember my mom being in the kitchen singing to this song while making dinner. I loved to watch her cook, and while she was singing to this song, she picked me up and put me on her hip, and continued to sing and sway to the music. I was light as feather back then (can't say that now), and she used to always swoop me up and put me on her hip. I remember thinking how sad the song seemed, but she was so happy to hear it. I told her I did Ray Charles for this countdown, and she asked me the songs I chose. She was happy this song is on my list, although it is her second favorite from the album. They played this album a lot in the house growing up. Mom told me this album came out while my dad was in the Air Force, and it was played all the time at the Officers' Club.

Ray picked all the country songs he wanted to cover for both volumes of Modern Sounds. "Born To Lose" was written by Ted Daffan, and Ray was a huge fan of his. Daffan was popular in the 40s and 50s, and his career slowed down by the 60s. Ray covered three of his songs for the Modern Sounds volumes, and it put Daffan and his music back in the spotlight. Ray also did another cover of his that was a single called "I'm A Fool To Care," and I love Ray's blues piano w/ the strings on the intro and outro of the song.

 

[simey]

I had to take a break from the cul-de-sac 4th cook out. Two of the neighbors are so loud that it can start to shatter your nerves. They are nice people, but they are always on volume 11.

 

[rockaction]

I had to take a break from the cul-de-sac 4th cook out. Two of the neighbors are so loud that it can start to shatter your nerves. They are nice people, but they are always on volume 11.

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from cavin' in?
Do you ever feel already buried deep?
Six feet under screams, but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there's still a chance for you?
'Cause there's a spark in you

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe

 

[simey]

I ate two slaw dogs. I could have eaten two more.