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THIS IS THEIR BEST SONG! - Music Draft - Saturday Night's Alright for iFighting (3 Viewers)

simsarge said:
Elton John -  Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

For me this was when EJ and BT were at their collaborative best. Before Elton became a grandiose stage act. 
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would make my top 5

1.  Rocketman

2.  Someone Saved My Life Tonight

3.  Mona Lisas and Madhatters

4.  Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

5.  I Guess that's why they call it the Blues (this is my hot take since most of what he did post 1980 isn't celebrated)

 
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krista4 said:
Thanks for covering, buddy.  

I made a pact last night with Binky that if The Beatles were still there when my pick came up, I'd stay in the draft.  Why the hell didn't any of you take them?!?!  :lol:  

I'll post a write-up/reasoning later.
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Because we wanted you to stay in the draft? 😆

(In my case, it was because Neil was there.)

 
krista4 said:
For @Uruk-Hai:

1.15 or 1.19 or 1.2 or who the hell really knows:

Stevie Wonder  - Living for the City

I mentioned to Uruk that I would have taken this over a Beatles song (after he already told me he was going to take a Stevie song), because Stevie is my second-favorite artist, and this is not only what I think is his best song, but also my favorite of his.  With the Beatles, however, my favorite might not even be top 5 of those I think are "best."  

I'll let him come in at 3 a.m. EST to tell why he wants this one.

@KarmaPolice
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My thoughts behind this selection..........

I could have taken 3 or 4 dozen of his songs, randomized them into a ranking, and been happy with whatever #1 ended up being. But, for this draft, it wasn't hard to select this one as his best. 

Wonder is telling the story of a young man and his family from Hard Times, Mississippi (greatest town name in rock history?). It's obvious he has great affection for these folks.

However, that ominous keyboard riff at the beginning is full of foreboding and you get the feeling right away that this isn't going go well. Another clue is the way Stevie sings this song. He had sung songs with urgency before, but they are usually joyful. This vocal, though, is shot through with worry and angst.

If you listened to AM radio in 1973, you heard the 3 minute version that was a hit. The stuff I mentioned above is present: it's there in the verses and chorus before he vamps out and the radio cut ends. It's one of the best records of the decade.

Song doesn't end there, though. Nope. Because then we find out what happens to that kid who was living for the city. There's a spoken word interlude in which our hero hops a bus to NYC and gets framed on a drug charge, sentenced by the judge (voiced by Stevie), and thrown into jail for 10 years (the guard that puts him in his cell was the studio janitor where this was being recorded). 

Then Stevie Wonder goes Voice Of God with the most bitter, brutal singing he's ever done. And it's not just his voice. The synths start to wig out, imitating the insanity of what this guy must be feeling. Throw in the chorus behind him and the unbelievable instrumentation and you have the Great American Opera in 7 minutes.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
My thoughts behind this selection..........

I could have taken 3 or 4 dozen of his songs, randomized them into a ranking, and been happy with whatever #1 ended up being. But, for this draft, it wasn't hard to select this one as his best. 

Wonder is telling the story of a young man and his family from Hard Times, Mississippi (greatest town name in rock history?). It's obvious he has great affection for these folks.

However, that ominous keyboard riff at the beginning is full of foreboding and you get the feeling right away that this isn't going go well. Another clue is the way Stevie sings this song. He had sung songs with urgency before, but they are usually joyful. This vocal, though, is shot through with worry and angst.

If you listened to AM radio in 1973, you heard the 3 minute version that was a hit. The stuff I mentioned above is present: it's there in the verses and chorus before he vamps out and the radio cut ends. It's one of the best records of the decade.

Song doesn't end there, though. Nope. Because then we find out what happens to that kid who was living for the city. There's a spoken word interlude in which our hero hops a bus to NYC and gets framed on a drug charge, sentenced by the judge (voiced by Stevie), and thrown into jail for 10 years (the guard that puts him in his cell was the studio janitor where this was being recorded). 

Then Stevie Wonder goes Voice Of God with the most bitter, brutal singing he's ever done. And it's not just his voice. The synths start to wig out, imitating the insanity of what this guy must be feeling. Throw in the chorus behind him and the unbelievable instrumentation and you have the Great American Opera in 7 minutes.
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Love the song. Could live without the "skit" in the middle.

I'd go chalk with You Are the Sunshine... for my "best".

 
Dr. Octopus said:
Love the song. Could live without the "skit" in the middle.

I'd go chalk with You Are the Sunshine... for my "best".
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I hear ya. I think a lot of people could do without that part. I think it's essential, though, and it only lasts a few dozen seconds. Plus, it gets us to the meat.

All votes for "Sunshine" are valid. How many solo singers would give the opening verse to two OTHER singers? Plus, this is what a smile sounds like.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
For krista:

1.20: The Beatles - Abbey Road Medley
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This was my original pick but decided its not really a song so went a different direction. easily the best performance by my favorite band.

 
Dr. Octopus said:
No Surprises, Paranoid Android or Fake Plastic Trees for me.
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Fake Plastic Trees is one of my all-time favorites.  Also really like Paranoid Android and [maybe a hot take] Exit Music (for a Film)

 
tuffnutt said:
This along with no surprises and true love waits would be on my short list
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Pip's Invitation said:
My short list is Planet Telex, Weird Fishes/Arpeggi, Knives Out, There There, Lucky, and, because I am basic sometimes, Paranoid Android. 
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Dr. Octopus said:
No Surprises, Paranoid Android or Fake Plastic Trees for me.
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it's bottomless for me, really. Pyramid Song, Weird Fishes, Paranoid Android, Bloom, Iron Lung, on and on and on. 

 
Pip's Invitation said:
I don't care for Springsteen much at all, but I generally prefer his earlier stuff to his later stuff, which I find boring. 
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Not a Boss fan either mostly just listen to his first album

 
krista4 said:
I've realized that I don't feel confident saying what is "best" from an artist unless I've listened to their whole catalog, which limits me in the people I can take songs from.  Luckily, I have listened to all 21(!) Ringo albums.
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Right?  This draft messes with your mind a bit, because I feel like even if an artist has a song I absolutely love, I can't pick them if I've only listened to a handful of their songs.

 
Uruk-Hai said:
Dr. Octopus said:
Love the song. Could live without the "skit" in the middle.

I'd go chalk with You Are the Sunshine... for my "best".
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I hear ya. I think a lot of people could do without that part. I think it's essential, though, and it only lasts a few dozen seconds. Plus, it gets us to the meat.

All votes for "Sunshine" are valid. How many solo singers would give the opening verse to two OTHER singers? Plus, this is what a smile sounds like.
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I loved that write up, and have an enriched appreciation for the song as a result.

I took Superstitious in the RS draft. and I'd undoubtedly take it again here given the chance.

 
krista4 said:
I've realized that I don't feel confident saying what is "best" from an artist unless I've listened to their whole catalog, which limits me in the people I can take songs from.  Luckily, I have listened to all 21(!) Ringo albums.
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I'm interpreting "best" as "favorite".

 
squistion said:
1.18 - Deep Purple - You Keep On Moving

https://youtu.be/hUBAMxjEtZc

From the LP: Come Taste The Band (1975)

Written by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. Tommy Bolin guitar.

While not the best Deep Purple lineup, it's the best Deep Purple song from any lineup.

A soulful gem both lyrically and musically.

This song was originally intended to be on the LP Burn, but didn't make the final cut. Then it was supposed to be on Stormbringer, but missed the cut there too. In both cases the song was vetoed by Ritchie Blackmore, who probably sensed it was a poor fit for his playing style.

Blackmore departs the band and his replacement, the ill-fated Tommy Bolin, immediately loves the song and per bassist Hughes, everything clicked perhaps because:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-high-times-and-fast-life-of-tommy-bolin

“Tommy was different, wasn’t he?” he says. “He had a very South American-flavoured, Brazilian, reggae-ish way of playing guitar; it wasn’t European. It was be-boppy, it was jazz, it was everything Deep Purple weren’t. He was a genius.”
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Not a big fan of the Coverdale era but this is easily the best song of the MKIV lineup

 
and btw... I mean, as with most of these early bands, the Stones it's hard to go wrong with a ton of tunes, including the one taken. but I am such a sucker for Sympathy for the Devil- that would've been mine.

and definitely Rocky Racoon for the Beatles.

 
Elton, Bruce, the Beatles, Stevie, the Stones; great examples of why I believe there is no best song.

Gun to my head I flip a coin. Heads Levon tails Funeral

Rosalita, but it's just a personal experience pick

Guitar Gently Weeps, for the next ten minutes anyway

Sir Duke, Stevie feelin' music ah ahll ohohver and that cute kid playing bass i posted

Sympathy because I hallucinated, but Paint it Black is tails on the coin flip.

Need a 20 sided coin for these artists. Got one Eeph?

 
Mister CIA said:
According to the Google doc, I am Master CIA.

I'll allow it.
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so un-related in a related way....

as a residential architect, one of the main suite of rooms in a house is the master suite- master bedroom, master baths, master dressing rooms, etc. these are referenced and cross-referenced all through my work, from the floor plans into specs, etc- so it's important to be consistent and get it right. as with many terms these days, "master suite" is no longer cool. "primary suite" is the latest replacement, although I continually feel like a curmudgeon when I revert to the uncool version.

 
El Floppo said:
so un-related in a related way....

as a residential architect, one of the main suite of rooms in a house is the master suite- master bedroom, master baths, master dressing rooms, etc. these are referenced and cross-referenced all through my work, from the floor plans into specs, etc- so it's important to be consistent and get it right. as with many terms these days, "master suite" is no longer cool. "primary suite" is the latest replacement, although I continually feel like a curmudgeon when I revert to the uncool version.
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Mister Suite isn't woke either.

 
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