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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (1 Viewer)
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Leroy Hoard
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Really a testament to the overall talent of the band. 3 different singers and four different songwriters.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Nice call here. You can kill some time pulling up numerous covers on youtube
Pip's Invitation
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New-to-me favorites from #16:
Kill City Kills -- Hanoi Rocks (OTB). Surprisingly swinging for something that rocks like it does.
Bittersweet -- Hoodoo Gurus (Simey). I really like the main riff and the melody.
Lights Out -- UFO (jwb). Wiki says Iron Maiden's Steve Harris cites UFO as an influence, and I can definitely see how Maiden was inspired by this song.
Turn Your Lamp Down Low -- The Tea Party (Manster). Sounds a bit like Alice in Chains to me. Their Wiki page suggests they have other songs that will be in my wheelhouse should I get around to checking them out.
Kill City Kills -- Hanoi Rocks (OTB). Surprisingly swinging for something that rocks like it does.
Bittersweet -- Hoodoo Gurus (Simey). I really like the main riff and the melody.
Lights Out -- UFO (jwb). Wiki says Iron Maiden's Steve Harris cites UFO as an influence, and I can definitely see how Maiden was inspired by this song.
Turn Your Lamp Down Low -- The Tea Party (Manster). Sounds a bit like Alice in Chains to me. Their Wiki page suggests they have other songs that will be in my wheelhouse should I get around to checking them out.
otb_lifer
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Pip's Invitation
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This sounds a lot like early Phish. The other stuff I've heard from SCI -- which I would occasionally come across in my tape-trading years -- mostly doesn't.
krista4
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I can't believe no one mentioned this, but the song is called "Avant Gardener." I just learned this as I'm listening to the playlist. "Constant Gardener," as in the John le Carre novel and Ralph Fiennes film, was what was submitted to me as the title!
Dr. Octopus
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Just out of curiosity - but do we distinguish between the German version and her English version?
otb_lifer
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Pip's Invitation
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Adjusted on my rankings sheet that most people won't read.
Mister CIA
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Izzy Stradlin's cover is my favorite.
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Dr. Octopus
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Actually Izzy Stradlin and the JuJu Hounds. I owned the album at some point. Rick Richards, guitarist of The Georgia Satellites is also in the band.Izzy Stradlin's cover is my favorite.
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AAABatteries
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Shocking
Doug B
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Heard "Screaming In The Night" on Ozzie's Boneyard while driving around last night. I think it is replacing that 'awesome cover' as my #1 Krokus joint. Fantastic driving songBeen loving the Krokus selections. Hopefully they keep coming.Back to back days
Didn't want to shout it out yesterday due to Swiss neutrality laws.
I had several grocery store jobs and worked at K-Mart as well back in the day - and yes, I applied many a price tag with this sweet *******.
otb_lifer
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yeah, don't think they sniff this amount of ponts up against the behemoths of the UK countdown ... take the L and move on.
f****** passports, i tell ya
ETA - I'M TALKIN' BOUT S'TRAMP, NOT QUEEN
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krista4
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In theory we would.
Andy Dufresne
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I would vote yes.
IIRC Nena sang the English version phonetically. She had no idea what the words meant.
zamboni
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The bass drum right before the chorus is a steering wheel pounder.Heard "Screaming In The Night" on Ozzie's Boneyard while driving around last night. I think it is replacing that 'awesome cover' as my #1 Krokus joint. Fantastic driving songBeen loving the Krokus selections. Hopefully they keep coming.Back to back days
Didn't want to shout it out yesterday due to Swiss neutrality laws.
otb_lifer
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sooooper high teck jett fighterrrr
Ilov80s
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Still not able to catch-up on the ones I missed but I got a walk in today and ran through today's list. Kind of weak for my tastes but there were some delights
Songs I am familiar with, totally blanked on and maybe should have been in the running for my list
Songs I am familiar with, totally blanked on and maybe should have been in the running for my list
- Pressure Drop
- In a Big Country
- Devil's Dance Floor
- Hope There's Someone
- Giorgio by Moroder (ok I didn't blank on this, I chose something similar instead)
- Fight the Good Fight- this isn't usually my type of jam but it had me jamming
- Bittersweet
krista4
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There's a reason I replied the way I did.
krista4
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I haven't talked about my selection today (Hope There's Someone), because I'm willing to let the person who had this highest on their list "own" this one. That person has a specific connection to the song that they might or might not post, but I don't want to steal their thunder.
For now, I just hope people who don't know it will listen all the way through as it builds and relays such a strong emotional impact IMO.
see people ...THIS is how you do it.
otb_lifer
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the Brit landscape at that time were even bleaker than their infamous summer of '76, or their winter of '77 discontent.
"Ghost Towm" were as much an urgent barometer of the ills as "God Save The Queen" - i find it to be their second best song, tho.
i kno somebody (JML?) mentioned "Free Nelson Mandela" before, but ... subject matter notwithstanding, that TUNE is pure s***
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rockaction
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"Kill City Kills" is an all-time great disco-punk track, and one I'm really surprised to see here, even given otb's eclectic tastes. Just never would have expected to see it anywhere, really.
Love it. This is from memory, off-the-cuff, Hanoi English
Oh it was three years ago
I'm all alone I got some money don't know what to spend it on
So I take a bus, I see her face
Where did she go she was here just a moment ago
I got a love, a love so strange
And now my life must be rearranged
Went down to the subway
The nights never let me know what to do
Love it. This is from memory, off-the-cuff, Hanoi English
Oh it was three years ago
I'm all alone I got some money don't know what to spend it on
So I take a bus, I see her face
Where did she go she was here just a moment ago
I got a love, a love so strange
And now my life must be rearranged
Went down to the subway
The nights never let me know what to do
rockaction
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Hanoi really struck it down the middle when they struck. The problem with Hanoi was their variance could be pretty wide.
rockaction
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And as anybody into hard drugs will tell you, the description is stunningly accurate, down to the "Hey, white boy, you chasing all the women around" coming from a cop or a disgusted resident.
He's never early
He's always late
One thing you know
Is you always gotta wait
No ****, Lou. Nice observation.
rockaction
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CIA with "Dead Sound" and OH with "Pressure Drop."
Great picks. A dual selection on one and one of my favorites on the other.
It is you/oh yeah yeah yeah
Great picks. A dual selection on one and one of my favorites on the other.
It is you/oh yeah yeah yeah
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rockaction
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...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's "It Was There That I Saw You" has some raw execution going on, but I can still get where somebody who likes prog or post-rock would dig it.
I certainly have heard the song before -- dare I say it approaches Zeppelinism at about 1:45 or so? The build-up at 2:20, the tension, will there be a payoff?
The segues aren't very proggy, more stop/start than any sort of fills or anything. It's solid in the context of what it portends, I'll bet.
"Another Morning Stoner" I've heard before, too.
You know who they remind of? Seafood, the Brit/indie band around that same time. Sounds like "Folksong Crisis." Very familiar sound. They're very hard songs, but almost operatic in their almost string arrangement sounding-guitars (or actual strings) and in the latter case (Seafood), bassoons and horns.
Anyway, it's cool by me. I like it.
I certainly have heard the song before -- dare I say it approaches Zeppelinism at about 1:45 or so? The build-up at 2:20, the tension, will there be a payoff?
The segues aren't very proggy, more stop/start than any sort of fills or anything. It's solid in the context of what it portends, I'll bet.
"Another Morning Stoner" I've heard before, too.
You know who they remind of? Seafood, the Brit/indie band around that same time. Sounds like "Folksong Crisis." Very familiar sound. They're very hard songs, but almost operatic in their almost string arrangement sounding-guitars (or actual strings) and in the latter case (Seafood), bassoons and horns.
Anyway, it's cool by me. I like it.
rockaction
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Now I'm onto "Baudelaire" and I'm realizing I know all these songs because I ****ing owned this album once.
Now I'm shaking my head. I bought this once. And listened to it somewhat frequently. Yes, I owned this on CD back when you still bought them and had to unlock them at the front desk with a sort of key that operated them. I think it was the HMV in Enfield where I got my first Thursday album.
I had an interlude here about drugs, but figured I'd delete it. Delete! Hard delete!
Now I'm shaking my head. I bought this once. And listened to it somewhat frequently. Yes, I owned this on CD back when you still bought them and had to unlock them at the front desk with a sort of key that operated them. I think it was the HMV in Enfield where I got my first Thursday album.
I had an interlude here about drugs, but figured I'd delete it. Delete! Hard delete!
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John Maddens Lunchbox
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That was me
I quite like it
However my favorite part of the story is the record company expecting a hit, correctly as it turned out, had a plan all ready that they spent a considerable sum on. How to address responses to a customer asking for their ”free” Nelson Mandela. After all their planning they only got one enquiry lol. Unlike the british public to miss a lay up like that one too. Not sure what the record companies response was gonna be to the thousands of requests for a “Free” Nelson Mandela, but stories like this are always fun to hear about.
Doug B
Footballguy
Is that kinda like purple drank?
Raging weasel
Footballguy
I listened to the song earlier(liked it!) but didn't notice the name difference because I don't read your posts.
Raging weasel
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Whenever I hear that song now I think of Wikkid"Hocus Pocus" by Focus...what in the holy hell am I listening to?! I'm not even saying I dislike it at all, but wtaf?
I sniped it from him in a draft once and then we had a chat about it.
scorchy
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Um... yeah... my bad.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Like you don't know if this happens or not. 
Seriously though, I'm glad you and others enjoyed it. This is a song that consistently ranks in the top 5 of Opeth songs when I see lists. Beautiful song that stands out in their discography.
Pip's Invitation
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Now you see why I asked how in the hell it became a hit?"Hocus Pocus" by Focus...what in the holy hell am I listening to?! I'm not even saying I dislike it at all, but wtaf?
Pip's Invitation
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I didn’t think it was the kind of album one would forget, but I guess that’s not the case for everyone…
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I think even I got that one.
rockaction
Footballguy
No, it's excellent. That I can remember it at all is astounding, because it's just a time of period in life where...anything could have been lost or forgotten, and was. It's not totally reflective of the music listening experience.
One thing to consider is that while it might have been a singular and landmark achievement to some ears (and I remember it hailed that way), it was also part of a emo/post-hardcore movement that had similarities with other acts that came out a little before Source Tags and Codes. I'm thinking Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, and others. If you were like me in CT, you'd probably be listening to the regional acts first and then sifting through the differences of the national acts.
It's strange. I don't have a solid reason other than happenstance, I guess.
It's really good, though.
Val Rannous
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My Triumph selection today (Fight the Good Fight) in my opinion wins the award for "Song by a band not named Rush that sounds JUST like a Rush tune", right down to the lead singers accent being almost exactly like Geddy's. I do like Triumph on their own merits as well, but this was a great way to get another Rush song on my list without actually taking another Rush song.
And for the record, I STILL hasn't picked a Rush song. Yet.
And for the record, I STILL hasn't picked a Rush song. Yet.
Tau837
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My top 5 from the 16 point round, excluding my own selection and prior to listening to the songs new to me:
- Dr. Octopus: Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
- shuke: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- DrIanMalcolm: Back In Black - AC/DC
- New Binky the Doormat: Unchained - Van Halen
- simey: Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus
Zegras11
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| Genesis | 158 | |
| Oasis | 156 | |
| Dire Straits | 155 | |
| Yes | 144 |
Supertramp would have scored 225-250 IMO. Putting it slightly above ELO (203) and slightly below Peter Gabriel (251).
Yes had 13 songs listed, Genesis had 9. Would pass 9 for sure. 13 is 50/50 IMO.
I only would not have included "Rudy," my #29.
I included it as I have fond memories of their songs like Simey. I love the ending of Rudy as the tempo gets faster and faster. In concerts, they played a high speed Euro train that kept getting faster as it bolted through Europe to the pace of the music. Quite an ideal shroom experience.
I'm not as big as a fan of B In Am like most. A little too commercial for me. But I have always loved the older stuff.
And while I have listed three of the songs so far, I prefer to view it as four of us have listed five different songs so far, and we haven't even seen a Dreamer at School yet, Giving a Little ****..
Pip's Invitation
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If you stuck to one song per artist, then I presume we won't see it for a while.
rockaction
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Hey Pip, by the way, all memory is faulty (especially mine) and it could have been your selections over the past years that I'm remembering (I have listened to a bunch), but I'm remembering the first three songs as one solid block of music to my ears. It took jogging the memory that way to remember the songs and overall vibe.
It's really strange what happened today. I can't explain it.
Anyway, that's more of a personal reaction to some really good songs. Highly recommended.
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