Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (1 Viewer)

[Mister CIA]

Band on the Run:

Band on the Run - Nancy Wilson w/ Denny Laine -The Music of Paul McCartney - Carnegie Hall 3/15/23

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[Mister CIA]

ETA; buzzwd.

 

[krista4]

I have the following entries for the two contests. Please let me know if I missed yours! I should have farmed out these PMs, as keeping a tidy inbox between these and the actual countdown entries has been impossible. Please just bump our PM conversation if you're not listed and should be.

Still hoping for more entries! Remember that 1st AND 2nd place will get significant contributions to their charities due to the generosity of several of our brethren.

***OFFICIAL*** contest:

Pip

Sullie

titus

otb

Val

Mrs R

Dr. O

Don Quixote

simey

Raging weasel

higgins

Manster

jwb

The Dreaded Marco

Binky

Just Win Baby

Westerberg



SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111

Dr. O

Val

Mrs. R

Pip

DrIan

otb

Raging weasel

higgins

jwb

Binky

Hov34

The Dreaded Marco

Just Win Baby

Zegras

Westerberg

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I have the following entries for the two contests. Please let me know if I missed yours! I should have farmed out these PMs, as keeping a tidy inbox between these and the actual countdown entries has been impossible. Please just bump our PM conversation if you're not listed and should be.

Still hoping for more entries! Remember that 1st AND 2nd place will get significant contributions to their charities due to the generosity of several of our brethren.

***OFFICIAL*** contest:

Pip

Sullie

titus

otb

Val

Mrs R

Dr. O

Don Quixote

simey

Raging weasel

higgins

Manster

jwb

The Dreaded Marco

Binky

Just Win Baby

Westerberg



SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111

Dr. O

Val

Mrs. R

Pip

DrIan

otb

Raging weasel

higgins

jwb

Binky

Hov34

The Dreaded Marco

Just Win Baby

Zegras

Westerberg

Did I win?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Congrats @Pip's Invitation - what a game!

Where did Pip go?

I'm right here! I had a busy day at work and then had to run a bunch of errands.

I thought he meant where did you go to school. I'm guessing Princeton.

Ah yes. Princeton. It came up in the GP4 thread but not everyone in this thread was in that one.

 

[zamboni]

Congrats @Pip's Invitation - what a game!

Where did Pip go?

I'm right here! I had a busy day at work and then had to run a bunch of errands.

I thought he meant where did you go to school. I'm guessing Princeton.

Ah yes. Princeton. It came up in the GP4 thread but not everyone in this thread was in that one.

Kellogs - Frosted Flakes - Brings Out The Tiger In You (Advert Jury)

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[simey]

Anybody here watched Daisy Jones & The Six? It hasn’t gotten the best reviews but I liked it. Gotta kind of Fleetwood Mac feel to the story. And the music is pretty good:

I watched the first two episodes this morning and I like it. I'll stick with it.

 

[simey]

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Congrats @Pip's Invitation - what a game!

Where did Pip go?

I'm right here! I had a busy day at work and then had to run a bunch of errands.

I thought he meant where did you go to school. I'm guessing Princeton.

Ah yes. Princeton. It came up in the GP4 thread but not everyone in this thread was in that one.

Pretty crazy.
NJ Basketball rankings:
1. Princeton
2. FDU*
3. Seton Hall
4. Rutgers

* my ex went to FDU and I picked Purdue to win the Tournament. That about sums up that relationship.

 

[Don Quixote]

Anybody here watched Daisy Jones & The Six? It hasn’t gotten the best reviews but I liked it. Gotta kind of Fleetwood Mac feel to the story. And the music is pretty good:

I watched the first two episodes this morning and I like it. I'll stick with it.

Reading the book now — enjoying it. Been meaning to read it, and decided to get it in before watching.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

I think it was from some TV Show.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

I think it was from some TV Show.

Yep. Which I had no idea about until I went YouTube to find the song.

I guess ABC was desperate for a Saturday Night Fever knockoff/New Travolta.

 

[zamboni]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

They actually made a TV show out of it, also starring David Naughton. (ETA: or was released based on the theme song like Dr. O said)

The song later had a prominent part in Meatballs.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

I think it was from some TV Show.

Yep. Which I had no idea about until I went YouTube to find the song.

I guess ABC was desperate for a Saturday Night Fever knockoff/New Travolta.

In 2002, TV Guide ranked Makin' it at number 40 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list.

There were worse shows. 39 of them in fact.

​

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

It's hard to be more square than that. It's really bad. Anytime an AT40 comes up on SXM from 1979, I'm frightened this will get played.

Better than Billy Joel, though.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

he's a Pepper

...they fired the poor guy after his werewolf movie role ...bastards.


ETA: btw - that movie was pretty damn good for it's time - no idea how it holds up, but it's a John Landis flick.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

It's hard to be more square than that. It's really bad. Anytime an AT40 comes up on SXM from 1979, I'm frightened this will get played.

Better than Billy Joel, though.

It always sounded to me like they were trying to recapture what Barry Manilow did on Copacabana.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

I think it was from some TV Show.

Yep. Which I had no idea about until I went YouTube to find the song.

I guess ABC was desperate for a Saturday Night Fever knockoff/New Travolta.

In 2002, TV Guide ranked Makin' it at number 40 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list.

There were worse shows. 39 of them in fact.

​

Network TV was pretty horrid in the 20th century.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

he's a Pepper

...they fired the poor guy after his werewolf movie role ...bastards.

I remember that commercial but I had no idea that was the Werewolf guy.

By the mid 80s he was reduced to appearing in teen sex comedies, as many actors under 30 did at the time.

 

[krista4]

I'm going to post the "last five out" list in a few minutes, and @Hawks64 has the playlist ready to go, but I wanted to go over a couple of reminders for the group, especially for newbies to these countdowns (@Raging weasel , @otb_lifer , @John Maddens Lunchbox , and @JMLs secret identity , I think?).

First and foremost, the reason that the first countdown was such a success, and the second a little less so but still great, is that the participants have gravitated naturally to The Thumper Rule, meaning generally that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. The idea of the threads is not to make fun of other people's picks but to share a love of music and to pick up some new favorites and revisit old ones. Sure, there will be exceptions based on ongoing board shtick, like Andy poking fun at Yankee's picks or Uruk's ongoing Billy Joel semi-shtick, but for the most part please keep the criticism to a minimum.

Second, please remember to avoid spoilers as much as possible, including "wink-wink, nudge-nudge"-type statements like "I bet we'll see this song again later...a lot later." It's absolutely encouraged to talk about songs that might come up later on your list, but just without saying that they will be there.

These are just guidelines and suggestions based on what we saw in the prior threads that worked and what didn't. I won't be an enforcer of rules of discourse, so the thread will be whatever you all want to make it.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Uruk's ongoing Billy Joel semi-shtick

I'll stop (narrator: )

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@JMLs secret identity , I think?).

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I remember this song from my childhood, but until I heard it recently on the Sirius 70s on 7 station, I had no idea it was by the guy from An American Werewolf in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8

It's hard to be more square than that. It's really bad. Anytime an AT40 comes up on SXM from 1979, I'm frightened this will get played.

Better than Billy Joel, though.

It always sounded to me like they were trying to recapture what Barry Manilow did on Copacabana.

This makes "Copacabana" sound like "I've Been Loving You Too Long". It is the whitest record ever made.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Uruk's ongoing Billy Joel semi-schtick

Sounds like the title of a warped children’s book.

 

[krista4]

OK, let's get going!!

I promise that the daily posts will be in lovely formatting as always, but I don't have time to do any of that with the Last Five Out. Enjoy!


LAST FIVE OUT (PART ONE):

Just Win Baby:

-1. Wrapped Around Your Finger - (American and English band members)

-2. No One Like You - Scorpions (German band members)

-3. You're Going Down - Sick Puppies (American, Australian, and Singaporean band members)

-4. Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace (Canadian band members)

-5. Jumping Someone Else's Train - The Cure (English and Zimbabwean band members)


Pip's Invitation:

Man on the Silver Mountain -- Blackmore's Rainbow (UK/US)
From Blown Speakers -- The New Pornographers (Canada/US)
Into the Fire -- Sarah McLachlan (Canada)
Open Letter (to a Landlord) -- Living Colour (US/UK)
Rock and Roll Woman — Buffalo Springfield (US/Canada)


DrIanMalcolm:

Can't Get You Out of My Head, Kylie Minogue (Australia)
Waterloo, ABBA (Sweden)
It's All Been Done, Barenaked Ladies (Canada)
Rock You Like a Hurricane, Scorpions (Germany)
Mambo No. 5, Lou Bega (Germany)


Don Quixote:

• Soul Makossa, Manu Dibango (Cameroon)
• Sweet Mother, Prince Nico Mbarga and the Rocafil Jazz (Nigeria)
• Maps, Yeah Yeah Yeahs (US/South Korea — Karen O. Born in South Korea)
• Le vent nous portera, Noir Désir (France)
• Handle with Care, The Traveling Wilburys (US/UK - Harrison, Lynne - UK; Orbison, Petty, Dylan - US)

Dr. Octopus:

• (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back - Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger (Jamaica and UK)
• Keep The Car Running - Arcade Fire (Canada)
• The Spirit of Radio - Rush (Canada)
• Yes, I'm Your Angel - Yoko Ono (Japan)
• I Got You - Split Enz (New Zealand)

Mrs Rannous:

Diablo Rojo - Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Mexico
These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen - Madagascar
Barcelona - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé - Madagascar + Spain
Hold On - Triumph – Canada

It's A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll - AC/DC


titusbramble:

Around The World - Daft Punk
Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley
Drinking In LA - Bran Van 3000
The Power - Snap!
Vienna – Ultravox


worrierking:

32-I Will Follow You into the Dark-Death Cab For Cutie-Drummer from Germany

33-Charity-Courtney Barnett-Australia

34-Pink Frost-The Chills-New Zealand

35-Fashionable People-Joel Plaskett Experience-Canada

36-There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards-Ian Dury & The Blockheads-Charley Charles Ruined Everything


Val Rannous:

32. Bang Bang, Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - US, UK, Trinadad and Tobago
33. Mississippi Queen, Mountain - Canada, US
34. Girls, Girls, Girls, Motley Crue - Greece, US
35. Hooked on a Feeling, Blue Suede - Sweden
36. Give it Away, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Australia, US


Mt. Man:

Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
Life During Wartime (Live) - Talking Heads
Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night


simey:

Can't Find My Way Home - Blind Faith (England, France)
So Lonely - The Police. (England, USA)
Highway To Hell - AC/DC (Scotland, England, Australia)
And The Cradle Will Rock - Van Halen (Netherlands, USA)
The Girl From Ipanema - Stan Getz, Joao Gilberto, Astrud Gilberto (Brazil, USA)


Binky:

32-Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers-US - Australia-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A-Flea is identified as an Australian-American

33-Enter Sandman-Metallica-US - Denmark-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384-Lars is Danish

34-Knowing Me, Knowing You-ABBA-Sweden-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU-Swedish band

35-No One Like You-Scorpions-Germany-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwbyBGbqPY-German band

36-Strutter-Kiss-US - Israel-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDus_S-Tr4-Gene Simmons born in Israel, and US guys

37-Long, Long Way From Home-Foreigner-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbP5woz7S8-English-American rock band

38-Hells Bells-AC/DC-Australia-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAIpkdhU9Q-Australian band

39-Be Near Me-ABC-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAgQMqVxiE-releases with David Yarritu (US) How to be a zillionaire album

40-Only Happy When It Rains-Garbage-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4-Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig

41-Middle of the Road-Pretenders-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KosB3XJO_s-English-American rock band

42-Debaser-The Pixies-US - Filipino-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ-guitarist Joey Santiago identified as a Filipino-American


jwb:

Hocus Pocus – Focus

The Prophet - Buffalo

Psycho Killer - Talking Heads (great live version linked)

Cough Syrup – Young the Giant

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns and Roses


shuke:

No Woman No Cry - Bob Marley - Jamaican
Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils - US/UK mashup
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac - US/UK mashup
Heart Of Glass - Blondie - US/UK mashup
Layla - Derek and the Dominoes - US/UK mashup


JMLs secret identity:

5 - Carmen Miranda - I Ile You Very Much - Portugal
4 - Roger Whittaker - Mammy Blue - Kenya
3 - The Seekers - Georgy Girl - Sri Lanka
2 - Les Troubadours Du Roi - Sanctus - Zaire
1 - Jan Hammer - Crocketts Theme – Czechoslovakia

 

[krista4]

LAST FIVE OUT (PART TWO):

Raging weasel:

Black Velvet-Allannah Myles
Calm Before the Storm- Truckfighters Sweden
Up In The Sky- Somali Yacht Club Ukraine
Can't Stand Losing You-The Police
Ride The Sky- Lucifer's Friend Germany


Eephus:

The Lord's Favorite Iceage

Big Love Fleetwood Mac

J For Jules 'Til Tuesday

Puff She Puff Black Uhuru

Keep the Car Running Arcade Fire


Hov34:

No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - The Guess Who - https://open.spotify.com/track/5dmYQCKjp3xfH4eglELXQD?si=888a716b9c84498e
Shambala - Three Dog Night - https://open.spotify.com/track/5dmYQCKjp3xfH4eglELXQD?si=8f4df90e513c4141
Color Decay - Júníus Meyvant - https://open.spotify.com/track/1h3aFuwMSvvVoLiZjSqxUh?si=d50ce4a848544a7d
Team - Lorde - https://open.spotify.com/track/3G6hD9B2ZHOsgf4WfNu7X1?si=4ae5cbde0db14c54
Get Free - The Vines - https://open.spotify.com/track/1JcGNoiwifg0MdJMVgJQYx?si=2b857f48581e4766


simsarge:

Fruit Salad - The Wiggles - Nowadays my version of fruit salad is fermented grape juice. But it's still fruit, right?
That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain - AKA That don't impress-a-me much. ST =
I Don't Wanna Dance - Lady Linn And Her Magnificent Seven
Electric Avenue - Eddie Grant
California Dreaming - The Mamas & The Papas


ditkaburgers:

Everywhere Fleetwood Mac https://open.spotify.com/track/1prZ0pr6XoRCxcrC3MCL0M

A 20 ans Loriehttps://open.spotify.com/track/7g1JgYNlduDhE5YcVX9Cfp

Wow Kylie Minoguehttps://open.spotify.com/track/03iHEpOK1f9Qt5OHxUFGqL

T.H.E.H.I.V.E.S. The Hiveshttps://open.spotify.com/track/4RdkjDbM0J0IDtqSuZpSti

Maahi Ve Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy; Sadhana Sargam; Sujata Bhattacharya; Udit Narayan; Sonu Nigam https://open.spotify.com/track/7Czm0vv2sYL5z4P51KY66e


Doug B:

-1 points: 'The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald', Gordon Lightfoot
-2 points: 'Layla', Derek and the Dominoes
-3 points: 'Ice Cream Man', Van Halen
-4 points: 'My City Was Gone', The Pretenders
-5 points: 'Higher Ground', Red Hot Chili Peppers


Westerberg:

Constructao - Chico Buarque
Tewèdjign Endèhu (Ahun Negèrign) - Girma Beyene & Akalé Wubé
Dead Embryonic Cells - Sepultura
Mind Playing Tricks on Me - Geto Boys
Ode to Viceroy - Mac DeMarco


landrys hat:

Satori Part II by Flower Travellin Band (Japan)
Elephant by Tame Impala (Australia)
Hallogallo by Neu! (Germany)
The Weight by The Band (Canada)
Waterloo by ABBA (Sweden)


Zegras11:

32 Hide In Your Shell Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ty1aDZqTDY8C8pEjI40nC?si=gO0YTVEUQQKVY1kOPmycZg

33 Child Of Vision Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/7hHTyS1QG0TcX5iQ0sa1Tk?si=W8E4wR2jQmSoHq7ahfHjVA

34 Sister Moonshine Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/7fT8PIWAZuJkHGrLWK4kJF?si=QH9_l9m7S-ieAMOkwoavuQ

35 Beds Are Burning Midnight Oil https://open.spotify.com/track/1CtAzw53AIXKjAemxy4b1j?si=3qokVCpkRbCKJoQ_gclfhA

36 Tattooed Love Boys The Pretenders https://open.spotify.com/track/3dXFWTTHi1yyb5kZgy5vbs?si=JYx0JQpBTOqrBxejwMmjng


otb_lifer:

Tattered Banners & Bloody Flags - Amon Amarth

My Girl - Chilliwack

Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury & the Blockheads

A Man Needs A Maid - Neil Young

Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy


The Dreaded Marco:

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Debaser - Pixies
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Soon - My Bloody Valentine
Blood And Roses - The Smithereens


Ilov80s:

Salt-n-Pepa - Push It
Junip- Line of Fire
Nico- I'm Not Sayin
Robyn- Dancing On My Own (single)
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine- Conga!


rockaction:

The Ostrich - The Primitives (John Cale and Lou Reed, Cale from U.K.)
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash born in U.K.)
Art Star - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Karen O. was born in Korea)
Live Your Life - T.I. ft. Rihanna (Rihanna from Bermuda or Barbados or something like that)
Judy Is A Punk - Ramones (Tommy Ramone, IIRC)


Oliver Humanzee:

We Crossed the Ocean to See the Snowing Sun: Bellini
https://youtu.be/wd6-r-F_L_8

hahah — feedtime
https://youtu.be/Inmv_HVAtiY

Wipe Out — High Rise
https://youtu.be/Yz6K7U_TfzQ

Afterburner — Boris
https://youtu.be/Kk8Pp9aCivI

Hiroshima — Flower Traveling Band
https://youtu.be/vuxRVJP5Pfw


krista4:

32- Your Woman – White Town (India) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU

33- Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Canada/UK/US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCS-g3HwXdc

34- Into My Arms – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Australia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE

35- Cycles of Existential Rhyme - Chicano Batman (Colombia/US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn89CRaW6H0

36- How Bizarre – OMC (New Zealand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY

BONUS SELECTION: I Started a Joke – Bee Gees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3kBDtjRtB0&t=2s


Andy Dufresne:
Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready -
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy End Titles
Honeymoon Suite - Feel It Again

 

[Dr. Octopus]

• The Spirit of Radio - Rush (Canada)
• Yes, I'm Your Angel - Yoko Ono (Japan)

There goes my board cred.

 

[titusbramble]

I completely forgot the Scorpions existed. Whoops, too late now

 

[Uruk-Hai]

I'm hiring Binky to be my accountant

 

[krista4]

krista4:

32- Your Woman – White Town (India) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU

33- Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Canada/UK/US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCS-g3HwXdc

34- Into My Arms – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (Australia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnHoqHscTKE

35- Cycles of Existential Rhyme - Chicano Batman (Colombia/US) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn89CRaW6H0

36- How Bizarre – OMC (New Zealand) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2cMG33mWVY

BONUS SELECTION: I Started a Joke – Bee Gees - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3kBDtjRtB0&t=2s

Looking at my last five out, I realized I like #32-35 better than stuff that made my list. But I put a hard stop on changes by me once we hit 19 lists, and that's where it stood.

The Chicano Batman song came from a thread here - either a Genrepalooza or shuke's mega-thread, so thank you to whoever turned me on to that one.

I award myself a bonus selection for doing all this work. Of all the artists on my top 31, the Bee Gees were the most difficult from whom to choose one song. I wanted to highlight their incredible harmonies, but I also wanted to give a nod to Robin as the most underappreciated and talented of the brothers. I will have another song of theirs on my official list, but my bonus song, more than any other IMO, shows Robin's immense talent. I love to watch this live version from 1969, when he would have been 19 and looks as awkward and goofy as most teenage boys do. Poor kid...in that video he is such the ugly duckling, particularly compared to the always-dreamy Barry, regular guy Maurice, and the Aussie drummer who's just happy to be there. But Robin KILLS it on the performance. For the playlist, I asked Hawks to include a truly stunning live performance of the song from 1997. His voice was always vulnerable but angelic. Gives me chills.

 

[krista4]

I have basketball on, and as I was typing one of my prior posts I heard someone say, "He was born in the Canary Islands, part of Spain," and I instinctively jerked my head up to see if it was someone whom I should choose for the countdown.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Binky:

32-Dani California-Red Hot Chili Peppers-US - Australia-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5aq5HcS1A-Flea is identified as an Australian-American

33-Enter Sandman-Metallica-US - Denmark-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384-Lars is Danish

34-Knowing Me, Knowing You-ABBA-Sweden-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUrzicaiRLU-Swedish band

35-No One Like You-Scorpions-Germany-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VwbyBGbqPY-German band

36-Strutter-Kiss-US - Israel-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DDus_S-Tr4-Gene Simmons born in Israel, and US guys

37-Long, Long Way From Home-Foreigner-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMbP5woz7S8-English-American rock band

38-Hells Bells-AC/DC-Australia-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etAIpkdhU9Q-Australian band

39-Be Near Me-ABC-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhAgQMqVxiE-releases with David Yarritu (US) How to be a zillionaire album

40-Only Happy When It Rains-Garbage-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4-Scottish singer Shirley Manson and American musicians Duke Erikson, Steve Marker, and Butch Vig

41-Middle of the Road-Pretenders-UK - US-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KosB3XJO_s-English-American rock band

42-Debaser-The Pixies-US - Filipino-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ-guitarist Joey Santiago identified as a Filipino-American

ty @krista4 for posting my full "Plus 5" list

I stand by my selections.

 

[Ilov80s]

Quite the wide variety of artists there, love it

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Zegras11:

32 Hide In Your Shell Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/2Ty1aDZqTDY8C8pEjI40nC?si=gO0YTVEUQQKVY1kOPmycZg

33 Child Of Vision Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/7hHTyS1QG0TcX5iQ0sa1Tk?si=W8E4wR2jQmSoHq7ahfHjVA

34 Sister Moonshine Supertramp https://open.spotify.com/track/7fT8PIWAZuJkHGrLWK4kJF?si=QH9_l9m7S-ieAMOkwoavuQ

The Beatles of the "British band with American drummers" world?

 

[zamboni]

I completely forgot the Scorpions existed. Whoops, too late now

Looking at some of the last five out, I clearly didn’t do enough research on this one and missed some artists I might have taken.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

LAST FIVE OUT (PART TWO):


The Dreaded Marco:

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Debaser - Pixies
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Soon - My Bloody Valentine
Blood And Roses - The Smithereens

When I realized that all 5 of these previously ineligible songs were going to be in the upper half of my list, 3 in the top 5, I decided to make them my last 5 out. I left a few of the ineligibles in my top 31 but they are widely dispersed throughout the list and the large majority of the songs are from eligible "world" nations.

 

[zamboni]

I have basketball on, and as I was typing one of my prior posts I heard someone say, "He was born in the Canary Islands, part of Spain," and I instinctively jerked my head up to see if it was someone whom I should choose for the countdown.

Those Pitt twins are built like guitar strings.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I award myself a bonus selection for doing all this work. Of all the artists on my top 31, the Bee Gees were the most difficult from whom to choose one song. I wanted to highlight their incredible harmonies, but I also wanted to give a nod to Robin as the most underappreciated and talented of the brothers. I will have another song of theirs on my official list, but my bonus song, more than any other IMO, shows Robin's immense talent. I love to watch this live version from 1969, when he would have been 19 and looks as awkward and goofy as most teenage boys do. Poor kid...in that video he is such the ugly duckling, particularly compared to the always-dreamy Barry, regular guy Maurice, and the Aussie drummer who's just happy to be there. But Robin KILLS it on the performance. For the playlist, I asked Hawks to include a truly stunning live performance of the song from 1997. His voice was always vulnerable but angelic. Gives me chills.

you should get more than 1 @krista4 ...for real

I am hoping that with the early Bee Gees stuff being eligible - that some people dug into their stuff and discovered just how good (and different) they were than the disco "Night Fever" stuff with which they are typically identified.

and when people do know there earlier stuff - they think of the great harmonies and the more maudlin songs that dominated their earlier hits - that was still fantastic. They did some other stuff that pulled from other influential bands of the time - Cream, The Moody Blues, The Beatles - it's a completely different sound.

 

[krista4]

I completely forgot the Scorpions existed. Whoops, too late now

Looking at some of the last five out, I clearly didn’t do enough research on this one and missed some artists I might have taken.

I had to restrain myself from including some I'd forgotten until I saw the lists. Didn't feel right that I'd have the advantage of seeing the other lists. But it was tempting with a few that will come up that would have made my top 31 if I'd thought of them.

 

[simey]

LAST FIVE OUT (PART TWO):


The Dreaded Marco:

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Debaser - Pixies
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Soon - My Bloody Valentine
Blood And Roses - The Smithereens

When I realized that all 5 of these previously ineligible songs were going to be in the upper half of my list, 3 in the top 5, I decided to make them my last 5 out. I left a few of the ineligibles in my top 31 but they are widely dispersed throughout the list and the large majority of the songs are from eligible "world" nations.

Why wasn't Rufus eligible for the US draft since he was born in NY?

 

[krista4]

Not to steal Hawks's thunder, but he had sent me the playlist in advance, so here you go!

 

[zamboni]

LAST FIVE OUT (PART TWO):


The Dreaded Marco:

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Debaser - Pixies
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Soon - My Bloody Valentine
Blood And Roses - The Smithereens

When I realized that all 5 of these previously ineligible songs were going to be in the upper half of my list, 3 in the top 5, I decided to make them my last 5 out. I left a few of the ineligibles in my top 31 but they are widely dispersed throughout the list and the large majority of the songs are from eligible "world" nations.

Why wasn't Rufus eligible for the US draft since he was born in NY?

Tell me something good

 

[krista4]

LAST FIVE OUT (PART TWO):


The Dreaded Marco:

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem
Debaser - Pixies
Poses - Rufus Wainwright
Soon - My Bloody Valentine
Blood And Roses - The Smithereens

When I realized that all 5 of these previously ineligible songs were going to be in the upper half of my list, 3 in the top 5, I decided to make them my last 5 out. I left a few of the ineligibles in my top 31 but they are widely dispersed throughout the list and the large majority of the songs are from eligible "world" nations.

Why wasn't Rufus eligible for the US draft since he was born in NY?

Discussed along the way in this thread. I mistakenly thought he was born in Canada so ruled him out. I guess we could have made him eligible here due to the mistake, but I didn't, which was my second Rufus-related mistake.

 

[simey]

I completely forgot the Scorpions existed. Whoops, too late now

I had them in my original 5 out, but replaced them right before submitting. I'm hoping someone took my favorite by them.

 

[krista4]

Reminder that playlists and links to the countdown posts will be in post #2 of this thread.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

I completely forgot the Scorpions existed. Whoops, too late now

I had them in my original 5 out, but replaced them right before submitting. I'm hoping someone took my favorite by them.

Also had a Scorps song in my top 50

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Sorry I never sent a last 5 out. Include/don't include these or whatever...

Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready -
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy End Titles
Honeymoon Suite - Feel It Again

 

[simey]

Tell me something good

I just ate some pistachios and they were great. I always lick the salt off the shell first. Do you remember this Naked Gun scene? You don't see those red ones anymore.

 

[krista4]

Sorry I never sent a last 5 out. Include/don't include these or whatever...

Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready -
Hoodoo Gurus - Tojo
Finger Eleven - One Thing
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy End Titles
Honeymoon Suite - Feel It Again

I've added to the post, and @Hawks64 can add to the playlist.