Twenty-Four-Point Selections:
PART ONE:
Uruk-Hai:
Devil with a Blue Dress On - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels (Shorty Long)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
titusbramble:
Bennie and the Jets - Beastie Boys (Elton John)
Song: two votes – Beastie Boys (1); Hickoids (1)
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: five votes – Bennie and The Jets (2); Rocket Man (1); Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding (1); Border Song (1)
Pip’s Invitation:
Mad World - Michael Andrews ft. Gary Jules (Tears for Fears)
Song: three votes – Gary Jules (3)
Cover artist: three votes – Mad World (3)
Original artist: three votes – Mad World (3)
Dr. Octopus:
When I Paint My Masterpiece - Emmylou Harris (Robert Zimmerman)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: three votes – When I Paint My Masterpiece (1); Pancho and Lefty (1); Mozambique (1)
Original artist: 44 votes – All Along the Watchtower (6); Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (4); Make You Feel My Love (2); When I Paint My Masterpiece (1); I Shall Be Released (1); Tryin’ to Get to Heaven (1); You Got to Serve Somebody (1); Heart of Mine (1); Blowin’ in the Wind (1); Buckets of Rain (1); Girl from the North Country (1); You’re a Big Girl Now (1); A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (1); This Wheel’s on Fire (1); Mr. Tambourine Man (1); If Not for You (1); Simple Twist of Fate (1); Subterranean Homesick Blues (1); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (1); Standing in the Doorway (1); Positively Fourth Street (1); Thunder on the Mountain (1); Most of the Time (1); Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (1); Jokerman (1); Ring Them Bells (1); Hurricane (1); The Man in Me (1); Forever Young (1); Sweetheart Like You (1); Everything Is Broken (1); Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (1); Ballad of a Thin Man (1); If You See Her, Say Hello (1); Mozambique (1)
simey:
Basin Street Blues – Dr. John (Louis Armstrong)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: three votes – Basin Street Blues (1); What a Wonderful World (1); St. James Infirmary (1)
Just Win Baby:
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
Song: three votes – Eric Clapton (3)
Cover artist: seven votes – I Shot the Sheriff (3); Cocaine (2); Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (1); Border Song (1)
Original artist: six votes – I Shot the Sheriff (3); Redemption Song (1); Exodus (1); No Woman No Cry (1)
Galileo:
Hurt – Johnny Cash (
Nine Inch Nails)
Song: three votes – Johnny Cash (3)
Cover artist: seven votes – Hurt (3); In My Life (1); Girl from the North Country (1); I See a Darkness (1); Rowboat (1)
Original artist: three votes – Hurt (3)
Don Quixote:
掙脫 (“Dreams”) - Faye Wong (Cranberries)
Song:
first and second votes today – Faye Wong (2)
Cover artist: two votes – Dreams (2)
Original artist: two votes – Dreams (2)
simsarge:
Heart of Glass - Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox (Blondie)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: two votes – Heart of Glass (1); Chandelier (1)
Original artist: two votes – Heart of Glass (1); Call Me (1)
Charlie Steiner:
Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Song: five votes – Ike & Tina Turner (5)
Cover artist: six votes – Proud Mary (5); Whole Lotta Love (1)
Original artist: six votes – Proud Mary (5); Rising Moon Reel (1)
JMLs secret identity:
Thank You for the Music - Lea Salonga (Abba)
NOT ON PLAYLIST
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: 23 votes – Thank You for the Music (1); Hey Hey Helen (1); I Have a Dream (1); The Winner Takes It All (1); The Day Before You Came (1); Hasta Manana (1); Thank Abba for the Music Medley (1); Summer Night City (1); Eagle (1); Bang en Boomerang (1); Dancing Queen (1); Super Trouper (1); Knowing Me, Knowing You (1); Mamma Mia (1); The Name of the Game (1); Ring Ring (1); Rock Me (1); Does Your Mother Know (1); Angel Eyes (1); Our Last Summer (1); When All Is Said and Done (1); Waterloo (1); Voulez Vous (1)
zamboni:
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane (Mary Martin, Patricia Neway)
Song: two votes – John Coltrane (2)
Cover artist: two votes – My Favorite Thing (2)
Original artist: two votes – My Favorite Things (2)
John Maddens Lunchbox:
Dreams - Faye Wong (The Cranberries)
Song:
first and second votes today – Faye Wong (2)
Cover artist: two votes – Dreams (2)
Original artist: two votes – Dreams (2)
Ilov80s:
Hotel California - Gipsy Kings (The Eagles)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
Eephus:
Crosseyed and Painless - Angelique Kidjo (Talking Heads)
Song: two votes – Angelique Kidjo (1); Phish (1)
Cover artist: two votes – Crosseyed and Painless (1); Voodoo Chile (1)
Original artist: five votes – Crosseyed and Painless (2); Cities (1); Slippery People (1); Burning Down the House (1)
The Dreaded Marco:
Don't Leave Me This Way - The Communards (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
Song: two votes – Communards (2); Thelma Houston (1)
Cover artist: two votes – Don’t Leave Me This Way (2)
Original artist: three votes – Don’t Leave Me This Way (3)
New Binky the Doormat:
Suspicious Minds - Fine Young Cannibals (Mark James)
Song: three votes – Fine Young Cannibals (2); Elvis Presley (1)
Cover artist: two votes – Suspicious Minds (2)
Original artist: three votes – Suspicious Minds (3)
Andy Dufresne:
Highway Star – Chickenfoot (Deep Purple)
Song: first vote
Cover artist: first vote
Original artist: first vote
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I think we've seen this before, though, so hopefully no research will be necessary.
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kept me from listening to the 23s or doing anything else fun until just now. So here are a few uninteresting thoughts on the 22-pointers. I didn't find the new-to-me ones much to my liking, but in large part the issue was that I already knew most of these (and love many of them). A few standouts:
Nice touch!
