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

[otb_lifer]

Went to Lexington, 425,
Feel sick and dirty more dead than alive

that's Lexington/125 ... as in 125th & Lex

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Pip’s Invitation:

It Was There That I Saw You - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (US/UK)
(new artist)

I was introduced to the Source Tags and Codes album shortly after it came out at an afterparty following a gig by my friends' band. The shifting dynamics of this song, the opening track, made me go and I was like that all night. It remains perhaps their best example of punk/non-punk fusion. I've told tales in past threads of live Trail of Dead shows I've seen. They're completely nuts, usually in the good way.

 

[Don Quixote]

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (American and English band members)
(new song)

I thought only the Brothers in Arms album qualified here?

Personnel list on the album includes Hal Lindes, who was born in US.

Love over Gold - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[zamboni]

Chaos34:

Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
(new song)

Banana Splits FTW

 

[Hawks64]

Sixteen-Point Selections:


timschochet:

Turtle Dove - The Duhks (Canada)
(new artist)


Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (American and English band members)
(new song)


Pip’s Invitation:

It Was There That I Saw You - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (US/UK)
(new artist)


Andy Dufresne:

Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash
(duplicate, second vote)


DrIanMalcolm:

Back In Black - AC/DC (Australia/UK)
(duplicate, third vote)


Don Quixote:

De Música Ligera - Soda Stereo (Argentina)
(new artist)


Dr. Octopus:

Twilight Zone - Golden Earring (Netherlands)
(duplicate, third vote)


scorchy:

Missed The Boat - Modest Mouse (U.S., UK)
(new artist)


shuke:

Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience …...........American/English
(duplicate, third vote)


Sullie:

Easy Livin' - Fastway (Dave King is Irish)
(new artist)


The Dreaded Marco:

Only God Knows - Young Fathers
(new artist)


Mister CIA:

Dead Sound - The Raveonettes
(duplicate, second vote)


Hawks64:

Spreading The Disease - Queensryche
(new song)


Mrs. Rannous:

I Want You - Savage Garden (Australia)
(new artist)


titusbramble:

Hocus Pocus - Focus (Dutch)
(new artist)


Raging weasel:

Cordelia - The Tragically Hip
(new song)


Ilov80s:

Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - Edith Piaf
(new artist)


worrierking:

I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground (US/Wales)
(new artist)


Val Rannous:

Fight The Good Fight - Triumph (Canada)
(duplicate, second vote)


krista4:

Hope There’s Someone - Antony And The Johnsons (Canada/France/Russia/US/UK)
(new artist)


Mt. Man:

No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature - The Guess Who (Canadian band)
(new song)


JMLs secret identity:

Burundi Black - Burundi Steiphenson Black (Burundi)
(new artist)


otb_lifer:

Kill City Kills - Hanoi Rocks (Finland)
(new song)


simey:

Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus (Australia)
(new artist)


rockaction:

Point And Kill - Little Simz (feat. Obongjayar) (U.K. and Nigeria)
(both new artists)


New Binky the Doormat:

Unchained - Van Halen (Eddie born in Amsterdam)
(duplicate, second vote)


landryshat:

99 Luftballons - Nena (Germany)
(duplicate, second vote)


John Maddens Lunchbox:

Giorgio By Moroder - Daft Punk (feat. Giorgio Moroder) (Italy)
(Daft Punk, new song; Giorgio Moroder, new artist)


MAC_32:

Devil's Dance Floor - Flogging Molly (Not as irish as I thought 2 months ago)
(new artist)


jwb:

Lights Out - UFO
(new artist)


Eephus:

Will The Wolf Survive? - Los Lobos
(new artist)


Hov34:

Run To Your Mama - Goat
(new artist)


Manster:

Turn The Lamp Down Low - The Tea Party
(new song)


simsarge:

Last Song - Edward (NOT the Cocaine) Bear (Other than Alone Again, Naturally and maybe Last Kiss, the saddest song ever (IMO))
(new artist)


ditkaburgers:

That Don't Impress Me Much - Shania Twain
(new artist)


Doug B:

In A Big Country - Big Country
(new artist)


westerberg:

All My Friends - LCD Soundsystem
(duplicate, second vote)


KarmaPolice:

Heaven - Talking Heads
(new song)


higgins:

Pirates - String Cheese Incident (violinist/mandolinist born in South Korea)
(new artist)


zamboni:

The Dead Heart - Midnight Oil (Australia)
(new song)


Zegras11:

Bloody Well Right - Supertramp
(new song)


Oliver Humanzee:

Pressure Drop - Toots And The Maytals
(new artist)


Chaos34:

Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley
(new song)


AAABatteries:

New York Mining Disaster 1941 - The Bee Gees
(new song)

The 16s playlist

 

[Leroy Hoard]

They're 16's, they're beautiful, and they're mine:

Telegraph Road
Hocus Pocus
I'm Waiting For The Man
Fight The Good Fight
99 Luftballons
Lights Out
In A Big Country
Heaven

 

[timschochet]

Went to Lexington, 425,
Feel sick and dirty more dead than alive

that's Lexington/125 ... as in 125th & Lex

You’re right. Going on memory

 

[timschochet]

that's Lexington/125 ... as in 125th & Lex

Hey white boy, whatcha doing uptown?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I knew 22 songs from today, not counting my own but counting repeats.

Known-to-me favorites from #16, not counting my own or Fight the Good Fight and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), which are known to be on my list:

Southern Cross -- Crosby, Stills and Nash (Andy)
Bloody Well Right -- Supertramp (Zegras11). My #1 of theirs.
Unchained -- Van Halen (Binky)
The Dead Heart -- Midnight Oil (Zamboni)
Twilight Zone -- Golden Earring (Doc Oc)
Back in Black -- AC/DC (DrIanMalcolm)
Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...
Heaven -- Talking Heads (KarmaPolice). I can never listen to this song without thinking of a memorial concert I attended for Scott Byrne, who was a member of a Ween side project and died young of heart valve disease. During his set, singer-songwriter Chris Harford played this song, and everyone in the audience lost it.
I'm Waiting for the Man -- The Velvet Underground (Worrierking)
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature -- The Guess Who (Mt. Man)
Buffalo Solider -- Bob Marley (Chaos34)

 

[worrierking]

worrierking:

I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground (US/Wales)
(new artist)

The topics that VU sang about in early 1967 were scandalous. A drug purchase was unthinkable. The production is primitive and it's all about Lou's guitar in this one.

 

[otb_lifer]

Went to Lexington, 425,
Feel sick and dirty more dead than alive

that's Lexington/125 ... as in 125th & Lex

You’re right. Going on memory

i hear ya - i know you're not from around these ways, so, i toss a pass.

Times Square may be the "Crossroads of the World", but 125th & Lex is the most notorious crossroad/section in the City, by far.

anybody who grew up here with a chequered past kinda resumé, and went on copping adventures, found themselves up that way at least once or twice (if not dozens ) ... smack dab in the heart of Harlem, it weren't exactly the area of "the Renaissance"

Hey white boy, whatcha doing uptown?

also the biggest station uptown - that 6 train used to be referred to as "White Lightning", and it weren't for all them Yankee fans heading up to 161st, if ya know what i mean (Lee Michaels sighting, FTW).

oh, pardon me sir ...

C'MON, LOU - DON'T BE SUCH A FEMALE CANINE!

 

[Mummy4]

they're getting better and better!!

known to me favs from today - previously commented

Southern Cross - CSN	Andy D
Back In Black - AC/DC	DrIanMalcolm
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring	Dr Octopus
Voodoo Child - The jimi Hendrix Experience	shuke
Hocus Pocus - Focus	titusbramble
99 Luftballoons - Nena	landryshat

known to me favs - new!!

I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground	worrierking	way before it's time
No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature	Mt. Man	could take almost any song off their greatest hits album - truly great
In a Big Country - Big Country	Doug B	rule #1 - if you want a whole career don't name your hit name the same as your band name
Heaven - Talking Heads	Karma Police	one of my TH favs
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp	Zegras11	yeah! More Supertramp!!
New York Mining Disaster 1941 - The Bee Gees	AAA Batteries	more classic Bee Gees - love it

new to me favs

Easy Livin' - Fastway	Sullie	man, that takes me back to the raw sound of my youth
Lights Out - UFO	jwb	wow - never listened to them much but this one kicks ***

 

[otb_lifer]

worrierking:

I'm Waiting For The Man - The Velvet Underground (US/Wales)
(new artist)

The topics that VU sang about in early 1967 were scandalous. A drug purchase was unthinkable. The production is primitive and it's all about Lou's guitar in this one.

spot on ... those COTdamn hippies didn't know whether to s*** or shine shoes when they were clunked over the head with that friggin' banana

don't wanna spotlight, 'cuz obviously there are more to come ... but - damn

shake 'em up, boys and girls

 

[zamboni]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

 

[otb_lifer]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

i always liked it better than "Frankenstein", and always preferred Johnny to Edgar.

quite a few Instrumentals hit big back in them days ... folks had chops.

(btw, quoting here not necessarily as a direct response to your post, but to avoid the f****** cluster of whittling pip's comment down on mobile).

 

[zamboni]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

i always liked it better than "Frankenstein", and always preferred Johnny to Edgar.

quite a few Instrumentals hit big back in them days ... folks had chops.

(btw, quoting here not necessarily as a direct response to your post, but to avoid the f****** cluster of whittling pip's comment down on mobile).

No worries - just remember to have your pets spayed or neutered.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

i always liked it better than "Frankenstein", and always preferred Johnny to Edgar.

quite a few Instrumentals hit big back in them days ... folks had chops.

(btw, quoting here not necessarily as a direct response to your post, but to avoid the f****** cluster of whittling pip's comment down on mobile).

The instrumental portion isn't the commercial mystery. The yodeling is.

 

[otb_lifer]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

i always liked it better than "Frankenstein", and always preferred Johnny to Edgar.

quite a few Instrumentals hit big back in them days ... folks had chops.

(btw, quoting here not necessarily as a direct response to your post, but to avoid the f****** cluster of whittling pip's comment down on mobile).

The instrumental portion isn't the commercial mystery. The yodeling is.

Rush down?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

i always liked it better than "Frankenstein", and always preferred Johnny to Edgar.

quite a few Instrumentals hit big back in them days ... folks had chops.

(btw, quoting here not necessarily as a direct response to your post, but to avoid the f****** cluster of whittling pip's comment down on mobile).

The instrumental portion isn't the commercial mystery. The yodeling is.

Rush down?

Geddy doesn't yodel -- but I'm not entirely sure how to label what he does.

 

[Doug B]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

 

[Zegras11]

Wohoooo. Going to see Neil and Stills 4.22 at the Greek...

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Geddy doesn't yodel -- but I'm not entirely sure how to label what he does.

More of a yelp than a yodel.

 

[zamboni]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

I think I’ve posted before, but there’s an actual song from which Cliffhanger is derived.

I missed das boot in selecting it here.

 

[krista4]

The other song I would swap in for Rick Springfield is one originally done by Sammy Hagar - I've Done Everything For You. I'm always amazed the RS version sounds better than SH...but there it is.

I also dig Human Touch.

Love Rick's version of "I've Done Everything For You"!

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Hocus Pocus -- Focus (Titusbramble). How the hell did this become a hit? Excellent that it did, but...

It’s a fair question. Thinking it had a big influence here just a few years later.

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

I think I’ve posted before, but there’s an actual song from which Cliffhanger is derived.

I missed das boot in selecting it here.

at the bolded

 

[Pip's Invitation]

The other song I would swap in for Rick Springfield is one originally done by Sammy Hagar - I've Done Everything For You. I'm always amazed the RS version sounds better than SH...but there it is.

I also dig Human Touch.

Love Rick's version of "I've Done Everything For You"!

Don't Talk to Strangers is my favorite of his.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Wohoooo. Going to see Neil and Stills 4.22 at the Greek...

It will be Neil's first public performance since September 2019.

 

[krista4]

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

This. Is. Awesome.

 

[zamboni]

The other song I would swap in for Rick Springfield is one originally done by Sammy Hagar - I've Done Everything For You. I'm always amazed the RS version sounds better than SH...but there it is.

I also dig Human Touch.

Love Rick's version of "I've Done Everything For You"!

Don't Talk to Strangers is my favorite of his.

That’s a good one - also partial to Love Is Alright Tonite.

 

[krista4]

Don't Talk to Strangers is my favorite of his.

Oh yeah, that's excellent.

 

[krista4]

I've been sooooo frikkin busy. Making my way through the 14-point playlist right now.

Meant to mention this morning that it was surprising to me that this was the first day with the Velvet Underground, though they were partially eligible in the US countdown, so that might be part of it.

Also, didn't have a chance to give this update:



Ace Award Guesses:

Two votes:

The Final Countdown – Europe

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil



One vote:

Lovefool -- The Cardigans

Battle Scar – Max Webster

99 Luftballons – Nena – 29 points

For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

Some Like It Hot - Power Station

Take On Me - A-ha

Heaven and Hell- Black Sabbath

Don't Dream It's Over - Crowded House

This Beat Goes On/Switching to Glide – The Kings – One point

Major Tom (Coming Home) - Peter Schilling

Layla - Derek & the Dominoes

Cult of Personality – Living Colour

David Bowie for “Under Pressure” – David Bowie and Queen – 17 points

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Good news! I'm not going to be replaced by a computer anytime soon!

Memo today from my department head:

At this time, [name of our company] is restricted from using ChatGPT to create content.

 

[otb_lifer]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

 

[titusbramble]

Love me some rock flute

 

[Pip's Invitation]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I don't think they would have done discernably different from Genesis, Yes, and such.

 

[otb_lifer]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I don't think they would have done discernably different from Genesis, Yes, and such.

i did not participate in the prior two, so i'm not hep to the wisdom of the crowd jive ...

dunno, tho ... from my vantage point, both of them acts clock in as far superior.

carry on ...

(no spotlight)

 

[MAC_32]

Thrilled to see several positive new exposures to Tool. They're the best of what emerged from my generation.

Interesting. You think Tool is the best band of Gen X?

I think Tool changed the game. They are the anti-grunge....probably helped kill grunge, or at least made rock music morph into what was to come.....they are dark, progressive, and intelligent.

Well put.

I think Nirvana was the most impactful and had more to offer, but the depths to which they could have gone still pale in comparison. I don't like talking too much about Tool because I feel like it can comes off as pretencious, but the level of introspection I experience whenever I listen to them is just something I'll never have with any other music. That and they ****ing rock.

 

[krista4]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I don't think it violates Thumper to express surprise. But remember this is the bottom half of the countdown, so it's not like they're getting "top-choice" love at this point, and also that three of the picks so far have come from the same person. [Redacted maybe spoiler-y part.]

 

[otb_lifer]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I don't think it violates Thumper to express surprise. But remember this is the bottom half of the countdown, so it's not like they're getting "top-choice" love at this point, and also that three of the picks so far have come from the same person. [Redacted maybe spoiler-y part.]

*checks notes*

 

[zamboni]

carry on ...

You will always remember

 

[otb_lifer]

carry on ...

You will always remember

nothing equals the splendor

 

[simey]

carry on ...

You will always remember

nothing equals the splendor

That was the perfect song for the ending of that movie.

 

[Doug B]

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

This. Is. Awesome.

Yeah ... we were the last kids in the neighborhood in the metro area to get an Atari

 

[simey]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I took Take The Long Way Home at 27. I would have taken it also in the British Isles countdown if they were all UK people. I like Supertramp, but it is all about the song for me. I love it, and it has a significance to me.

 

[zamboni]

kinda surprised at all the luv for Supertramp ... not that i wanna THUMP here, but - does beg the question of: if we weren't splitting members, and strictly considered them a UK band, would they have logged in so heavily amongst those heavyweights?

dunno ... think they're the one act benefitting the most from the hybrid passport bundle.

I took Take The Long Way Home at 27. I would have taken it also in the British Isles countdown if they were all UK people. I like Supertramp, but it is all about the song for me. I love it, and it has a significance to me.

You rang again

 

[otb_lifer]

carry on ...

You will always remember

nothing equals the splendor

That was the perfect song for the ending of that movie.

bless you for getting the reference ... "COMWS" is in a league of it's own.

 

[krista4]

Made it through the 14-pointers. Lots of good stuff but not a lot that went onto my favorites. Good stuff included:

The Wind Cries Mary by Jimi Hendrix - probably my second favorite of his. Or third or fourth. Or it could be my favorite. He has so many greats to choose from.
Others already discussed including "Fight the Good Fight," "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five," "Cult of Personality," and "Insanely Jealous of You."

New-to-me good stuff:
'39 by Queen - this is a Queen song?!
Tattooed Love Boys by the Pretenders, Sunday Girl by Blondie, and (Nothing But) Flowers by Talking Heads - strong selections by bands I don't normally like all that much.
Incubus Succubus II by Xmal Deutschland - Stayed interesting and compelling throughout
Forget What I Said by Noora Noor - For some reason I can't tag again, but if you're reading this Uruk-Hai, you should check this one out.
Burden by Opeth - Enjoyed this more than the first one and will be curious to hear more if they happen to have been selected again.
Pleasant Valley Sunday by the Monkees - Monkee goodness!
Banjo Odyssey by The Dead South - they're batting 1.000
Purple Sneakers by You Am I - curious to hear more from them

 

[krista4]

In my household, us kids would sometimes play The Price Is Right with household items, groceries from the pantry**, etc.

I remember we made a home version of Cliffhanger with a bike propped upside-down and a little paper mountain climber taped to a bike-chain link. And we'd even sing the song: DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW! DOO-doo-doo-dee-DAAAAW!


** back then, most non-refrigerated groceries had little price tags on them.

This. Is. Awesome.

Yeah ... we were the last kids in the neighborhood in the metro area to get an Atari

It totally seems like something my brother and I would have done, and I can't believe we didn't.

We did, however, do our own home version of The Gong Show.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

'39 by Queen - this is a Queen song?!

Guitarist Brian May handles lead vocals on this one and drummer Roger Taylor on another on the album. Neither really sounds like a Queen song - guess Freddy is just so unique.

 

[krista4]

'39 by Queen - this is a Queen song?!

Guitarist Brian May handles lead vocals on this one and drummer Roger Taylor on another on the album. Neither really sounds like a Queen song - guess Freddy is just so unique.

Never would have guessed it. Enjoyed the song a lot, though!