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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (2 Viewers)

I'm three for three so far on new-to-me songs getting a "Wow." As is tradition, the first new-to-me song that gets added to my new-to-me favorites playlist for the countdown gets to be the name of the playlist. For this countdown, the playlist is entitled "The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack." I've also added "Get Lucky" and "Para Lennon E McCartney" to the list so far. I'm embarrassed that I didn't know that Daft Punk song, but now I do!

I'm surprised too!

So I did hear this one live. Nile Rodgers and Chic opened up for EWF a few yrs ago at the Newark Prudential Center and nearly blew the damned doors off the building, which, besides all of the Chic-era disco stuff, they do a creditable version of this song and then usually close with "Let's Dance," which Rodgers was a producer on. But could they seriously have been the best opening act I've ever seen? Well, it's ********* close...
 
For about five years, the Screaming Trees were my top band. I don't remember why or how, but I picked up a copy of the Uncle Anesthesia CD and played the ever loving #### out of it. Saw them live once at Sunken Gardens Theater in San Antonio in Sep '93, opening the show around 6:00 pm with a 100 degree sun beating down on them. Fantastic show, and the second act, Soul Asylum was just as good. We (me and the pregnant wife) skidaddled before the Spin Doctors could wash away the good vibe.
I saw that tour in Philly -- very random bill, but SA and ST were real good (though Mark Lanegan's voice was worse for the wear). The Spin Doctors were terrible, which was disappointing because I had seen them twice before and those sets had been good.
 
For about five years, the Screaming Trees were my top band. I don't remember why or how, but I picked up a copy of the Uncle Anesthesia CD and played the ever loving #### out of it. Saw them live once at Sunken Gardens Theater in San Antonio in Sep '93, opening the show around 6:00 pm with a 100 degree sun beating down on them. Fantastic show, and the second act, Soul Asylum was just as good. We (me and the pregnant wife) skidaddled before the Spin Doctors could wash away the good vibe.
I saw em once at La Luna in Portland in '97. Josh Homme was with em at the time....it was the Dust your. Pretty awesome, but I would've loved to have seen em in the early 90's.

Uncle Anesthesia gets better with age, imo.
I saw them in '92 at a 1000-capacity club in Philly -- that show was astounding. One of my favorite performances of the era. I saw them again at the same venue in '96 right when Dust came out (no Homme in the touring band yet).
 
For my first two selections .....

Round 1
I went with Marley and the Wailers, Stir it Up......beautiful love song.....makes me think of my wife when we were dating cuz we've always loved to listen to Wailers stuff together. Just so many memories including having Marley on shuffle (ipod shuffle)during the birth of both of our kids. It was soothing for my wife and helped her squeeze those lil rugrats out!
Funny sidenote....both kids born in middle of the night.....both delivered by same on-call Doc! She rolls in for my daughter's birth (first born) and says something like "oh this music is interesting, what is it?".......we're like ummm Bob Marley......surely you've heard of Bob Marley?! No?! How bout Peter Tosh?....Bunny Wail.....oh nevermind!!! Seriously......who's never heard of Bob Marley?

Round 2
I'm not a big Rush fan.....at all. I don't hate em, but I just don't seek em out really either. That said, Working Man is just a kick *** rock song that showcases their musical talent. This one comes on the radio, I turn it up to 11 and my kids love it!
 
she's 17 now, and the music i hear wafting down from upstairs is usually Siouxsie, Cure, SOaD, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Nirvana, Misfits, Ramones, Type O, Beatles, Hendrix, Doors ... plus some pretty ambient metal - so, a mix of some of her mom's & dad's favorites, plus some of her own choosing (i don't know some of the bands, but they're relatively good rocking stuff).
I'm no expert on most new music but some of the instrumental ambient metal can be quite good. The Great Nothing is the most recent artist I've heard.
 
The newer music gets, the further away from it I am.

yes. and i'm quite OK with that.

the only exposure i get (got) was via my daughter, mostly when she were younger ... most notably recall her 10th b'day party, where i brought in some "professional" karaoke foo' to entertain the kidz - all garbage tripe for the most part, but the Bruno Mars FUNK tune (Uptown Funk?) really made an impression - dug that one a ton ... she would also listen to Lady GaGa, etc

she's 17 now, and the music i hear wafting down from upstairs is usually Siouxsie, Cure, SOaD, Linkin Park, Evanescence, Nirvana, Misfits, Ramones, Type O, Beatles, Hendrix, Doors ... plus some pretty ambient metal - so, a mix of some of her mom's & dad's favorites, plus some of her own choosing (i don't know some of the bands, but they're relatively good rocking stuff).

she applies a great deal of it to her personal choreography for recitals (been dancing since 3 yrs old), and i'm quite the proud papa that she eschews the mindless autotune pop/hip-pop/hip-hop stench that most her age are just mining for vacuous tiktok vids, etc.

Get Lucky -- Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers (DrIanMalcolm). Extremely bumpin'. I have never paid much attention to Daft Punk, and this song plus the one in Last Five Out tell me I need to rectify that.
I'm surprised this is new to some of you, but also glad it's hitting your ears like it is.

I'm floored people haven't heard this.
The newer music gets, the further away from it I am.

I try to at least keep up with some stuff. Became a big enough Gaga fan in the last few years to see her twice in concert. The other new bands are mostly things Pip has probably already heard of these days.

The newer music gets, the further away from it I am.
Same, which is one reason I started being more involved in music threads on this forum. I went through a period early in father hood in which not sure if hyperbole nothing new entered my ears for several consecutive years pre-covid.
Yes to all of this. Once my son was born in 2011, my encounters with new music and movies plummeted.

Now, there are a few songs that are so ubiquitous that they ended up on my radar anyway. The aforementioned Uptown Funk is one of those.

Even with having taken a few years off of music too since my kids were born (and now coming back to it as a result of the kids being 16 and 13), this one was one that I couldn't escape.
 
Had no idea Mother Love Bone, Til Tuesday or LCD Soundsystem were eligible.
That's where the extra research comes in handy. I associate MLB with Seattle and TT with Bahston, so probably wouldn't have even been on my radar.

Yeah, Til Tuesday guitarist Robert Holmes was born in the UK and lived there until he was seven years old. About 95% we discussed Til Tuesday in the U.S. thread and thought they were listed in the 'Ineligible Acts' post #2. Maybe not, though.
 
Pip’s Invitation:

For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - AC/DC (UK/Australia)
(new artist)

This is my second straight pick (and there will be more) of songs that made an impact on me when I was watching MTV as a tween in the early '80s. Maybe this period is conjuring up strong memories because my son is a tween now.

What MTV played was this live version, and as soon as I saw Angus Young's guitar work at the beginning, I was all :eek: and remain so.
I remember that video well.

One of my friends in 6th grade sang to "For Those About To Rock" for our elementary-school talent show. He left his vinyl copy of the album in an un-air-conditioned mobile classroom until before his performance. The record warped really bad and played weirdly. Dude still went through with it, though.

Another friend won the talent show by singing to "Stray Cat Strut". I think he used a cassette :D
 
I knew 14 plus the cover songs and realized I knew Black is Black and You're Going Down after listening.
Fav new to me in playlist order
Allah Wakbarr
Mountain Sound
Wake Me ( which for some reason reminds me of CCR 🤔)
Not Coping
Eta Edge of Town
 
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Untitled #4 was one of the first non-obvious songs I thought of for my list. I had a borderline religious experience listening to it shortly after ( ) came out. The lady I was with at the time bought the album and played it a bunch. During one particular listen of this tune I got that "oceanic feeling" that Freud talks about. Maybe it was an acid flashback. Whatever, it's held a special place since. I don't listen to a lot of Sigur Rós but I return to this album every now and again.
 
Would've had MLB in top 15 if I knew they qualified.
Baseball kind of sucks these days, but not that bad.
It's #2 on my list of sports
It used to be my #1, but now it's #1994 on my list.

Expos/Yanks remains the greatest WS we never got to see ... woulda changed the fortunes of the Yankees legacy forever, as Buck woulda won that Series, ergo, no Torre ... plus Donnie Baseball woulda bagged his ring, and would likely be in the HoF.

#eff1994
 
Untitled #4 was one of the first non-obvious songs I thought of for my list. I had a borderline religious experience listening to it shortly after ( ) came out. The lady I was with at the time bought the album and played it a bunch. During one particular listen of this tune I got that "oceanic feeling" that Freud talks about. Maybe it was an acid flashback. Whatever, it's held a special place since. I don't listen to a lot of Sigur Rós but I return to this album every now and again.
It's subtly different, but the version at the end of Vanilla Sky sounds a bit better to me. And it fits the scene perfectly...

"I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry..." :crying:


Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around.
 
I'm known as the guy who likes long songs. Eephus is known as the guy who hates long songs.

Eephus' song today is more than twice as long as my song today.

Just sayin'.

I think it's tomorrow where I've got a long one, but that's just kind of standard for the genre, I do have an even longer selection later in the list which is for want of a better term, target audience

Also how the hell are the KLF eligible?
 
Untitled #4 was one of the first non-obvious songs I thought of for my list. I had a borderline religious experience listening to it shortly after ( ) came out. The lady I was with at the time bought the album and played it a bunch. During one particular listen of this tune I got that "oceanic feeling" that Freud talks about. Maybe it was an acid flashback. Whatever, it's held a special place since. I don't listen to a lot of Sigur Rós but I return to this album every now and again.
It's subtly different, but the version at the end of Vanilla Sky sounds a bit better to me. And it fits the scene perfectly...

"I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry..." :crying:


Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around.
Never saw Vanilla Sky and had no idea it was featured in the movie. Huh.
 
Untitled #4 was one of the first non-obvious songs I thought of for my list. I had a borderline religious experience listening to it shortly after ( ) came out. The lady I was with at the time bought the album and played it a bunch. During one particular listen of this tune I got that "oceanic feeling" that Freud talks about. Maybe it was an acid flashback. Whatever, it's held a special place since. I don't listen to a lot of Sigur Rós but I return to this album every now and again.
It's subtly different, but the version at the end of Vanilla Sky sounds a bit better to me. And it fits the scene perfectly...

"I lost you when I got in that car. I'm sorry..." :crying:


Every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around.
Never saw Vanilla Sky and had no idea it was featured in the movie. Huh.
It's a personal favorite. The third act could be tighter & shorter but it sticks the landing. The whole soundtrack is good. I considered a couple other songs from it for this countdown.
 
Two-Point Selections:

Mrs. Rannous:


I Can't Break Away - Big Pig - Australia (new artist)
JMLs secret identity:

Midnite Maniac - Krokus - Malta (new artist)
:
Simey
Dancing Queen - ABBA (Sweden, Norway)
(new artist)


rockaction:

Not Coping - Clowns (Australia)
(new artist)


John Maddens Lunchbox:

Barcelona - Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé – Spain
(both new artists)
Doug B:
Voices Carry - ‘Til Tuesday
(new artist)
zamboni:

Black Is Black - Los Bravos (Spain)
(new artist)
Oliver Humanzee:

Iblis Amghar - Mdou Moctar
(new song)
Lots of great songs in this round. I will talk briefly on these 8
Surprised Big Pig got a mention. Australia didn’t know what to do with them. I didnt realise until now it was a cover. Also used in the Bill and Ted movie and actually made #60 in the US. Hungry Town is their next most well known song. Band was hugely ambitious, but thats not enough. Gotta find an audience.

Krokus is a big improvement from William Hung, but we are still at the arse end of my rankings. The next one takes another leap forward

I am really sad Abba didnt make my rankings. Norway and Sweden were too competitive. I did find a way to also include Norway and Sweden together, but in a different way

I havent heard of the Clowns. Thats something I have to check out though.

Was pleasantly surprised someone had Barcelona on their Top 5 out list. It holds up well. Freddie knew he had limited time left and pulled off an ambitious project. Spain was a difficult country to get, but I am happy with the result.

For some reason I thought Aimee Mann was Canadian. Til Tuesday seems to have had a considerably strong and loyal fanbase. Good stuff.

The original Black is Black got an almost note for note disco cover to go to #1 internationally by La Belle Epoque, also Spanish. I included that in the 1977 rundown and would have chosen it for Spain if Barcelona didnt present itself.

Mdou Moctar definitely has more votes to come. At least one anyway lol. Will be interesting to see how many more entries he has.
 
I always thought Krokus sounded faster/heavier than that. I didn't realize they sounded like Y&T. Pretty good.
I didnt go through their catalog, just chose the first one I liked. A friend in high school was obsessed by them though. Said they rocked lol. Once I saw Malta on their birth lists, knew I had a country ticked off. Just a matter of finding a song.
 
Oh, I guess I do know this Guess Who song. It's nice. I spent my childhood thinking that "Guess Who" were just some alternate band name for "The Who." But I was dumb kid, like AAABatteries's.
 
I always thought Krokus sounded faster/heavier than that. I didn't realize they sounded like Y&T. Pretty good.
I didnt go through their catalog, just chose the first one I liked. A friend in high school was obsessed by them though. Said they rocked lol. Once I saw Malta on their birth lists, knew I had a country ticked off. Just a matter of finding a song.
I think Krokus' best-known song (EDIT: in the U.S.) was a cover -- and a dam good one. Don't want to spotlight further. I remember it being on one of those K-Tel-type compilation records in the 1980s.
 
My winner this round is Jazba-E-Junoon by Junoon (even if the hyphens in the song are going to mess up my copy/paste formula for the spreadsheet). Dug Allah Wakbarr. Liked the song from Toulouse a lot. I’ll have to check that artist out more. I hadn’t heard Tokyo Police Club in awhile so that was a nice blast from the past.

Black Velvet is a great choice as well. I edited my list so many times, I don’t remember if it made my countdown or not lol.
 

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