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

[rockaction]

This is a great Canadian punk rock day for acts from the past decade. @scorchy with Queen Of Hearts by ****ed Up is another fine tune. I love it. It made the **** on my desk fall off.

Here's another KEXP version.

I guess today is call letters day to me. I'm thinking of significant left of the dial stations that have been in my life. I participated in our college's radio station for about a year and a half or so and it meant the world to me.

What are your favorites, if you have one either passive or actively? Just curious. Pop in with some call letters that mean something to do and describe them if you're so motivated.

Peace.

 

[rockaction]

Now that they’re on the list, I hope we don’t have to wait 6 weeks to listen.

You've outdone yourself. I just don't get it. Damn it on my end. LOL.

 

[Don Quixote]

Don Quixote:

Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) - John Lennon and Yoko Ono (UK/Japan)
(new song for both)

This one should be known to all, so not much to say about my pick here. But I did greatly enjoy Yoko Ono’s blindfolded knitting in the YouTube link that I included. Maybe not as much as Lennon’s singing or Alan White on drums, but it is up there.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

What are your favorites, if you have one either passive or actively? Just curious. Pop in with some call letters that mean something to do and describe them if you're so motivated.

More right of the dial than left, WWWW. Got so tiresome for the djs they just shortened it to W4.

 

[Val Rannous]

Sullie:

Battle Scar - Max Webster (feat. Rush) (Included to make the haters cry)
(Webster, new artist; Rush, new song)

Never heard this before, cool!

 

[simey]

Now that they’re on the list, I hope we don’t have to wait 6 weeks to listen.

You've outdone yourself. I just don't get it. Damn it on my end. LOL.

I'm just guessing here, but you were talking about PUP, and you usually have to wait a few weeks before you can actually adopt a pup, so I'm thinking zam was playing that angle. A lot of times I have no idea what someone is talking about, so it may be the case here.

 

[Val Rannous]

Love the Ennio Morricone pick. If we ever do an instrumental countdown, that would be a big winner for me.

Hey, Krista, we're all gonna be bored in a couple of weeks - could this be inspiration?

 

[zamboni]

Now that they’re on the list, I hope we don’t have to wait 6 weeks to listen.

You've outdone yourself. I just don't get it. Damn it on my end. LOL.

I'm just guessing here, but you were talking about PUP, and you usually have to wait a few weeks before you can actually adopt a pup, so I'm thinking zam was playing that angle. A lot of times I have no idea what someone is talking about, so it may be the case here.

Actually the PUP list - sometimes I’m too obscure for my own good.

 

[simey]

Now that they’re on the list, I hope we don’t have to wait 6 weeks to listen.

You've outdone yourself. I just don't get it. Damn it on my end. LOL.

I'm just guessing here, but you were talking about PUP, and you usually have to wait a few weeks before you can actually adopt a pup, so I'm thinking zam was playing that angle. A lot of times I have no idea what someone is talking about, so it may be the case here.

Actually the PUP list - sometimes I’m too obscure for my own good.

Oh.

 

[rockaction]

Great things come from Denton, TX. Home of the Marked Men and other great punk rock things.

Here's a guy doing a mash-up of "White Iverson" by Post Malone and "Underwater Boi" by Turnstile.

Think of things that might only interest me for two hundred bucks, Alex. But here it is.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

eta* I should be keeping this on world music, but don't want to delete this, so I'll leave it. But spend your time elsewhere, darn it.

 

[Raging weasel]

I'm so far behind on the playlists I'll never catch up. Lots of great tracks picked the last few days!

 

[Tau837]

Catching up from a couple days out of the thread.

My top 5 from the 17 point round, excluding my own selection and prior to listening to the songs new to me:

1. jwb: All Along The Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. simey: California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas
3. Mt. Man: Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
4. The Dreaded Marco: Sweet Fire Of Love - Robbie Robertson
5. simsarge: Turn Me Loose - Loverboy

Nice double up on Robbie Robertson.

 

[Tau837]

My top 5 from the 18 point round, excluding my own selection and prior to listening to the songs new to me:

1. krista4: Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
2. jwb: Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac
3. Pip’s Invitation: Runnin' With The Devil - Van Halen
4. zamboni: Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
5. Doug B: Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider

Best round yet, by far IMO.

 

[titusbramble]

Catch up on rationale/commentary given I've just run kings straight into aces in a poker comp:

Play Dead - just a perfect mixture of a chill out track with a bit extra to it
Beds Are Burning - Another track which I probably wouldn't have picked up other than through listening to German radio, either at work or while playing Euro Truck Simulator 2, seems popular enough amongst others
Kelly Watch The Stars - Probably just about my pick off of Moon Safari, the other main single was close, album was just superbly chilled
Feuer Frei - And then we have the perfect segue from the previous track, going into full on metal madness, was a few tracks I could have picked of theirs but I wanted peak tempo
Hocus Pocus - Never heard this track until Chris Moyles played it now and again around one of the World Cups before he left Radio 1, I assume it was the same one the track was used in for a Nike commercial. Has great levels of bonkers
Sandstorm - DUDUDUDUDU
Can't Stop - By the Way might be my favourite album. Maybe not the album I think is the best album ever, because that's The Bends, but it had so many great songs off of it released right as I was finishing university, so it has a special resonance with me. Can't Stop is the pick of the lot
Tomorrow - This track was huge in the UK at the time, and was the sort of thing that nobody had heard before. Loved the record, loved the way that the producer named the EP after a DOS prompt error message
Saturday - This might be the last track I pick which is completely out of FFA groupthink/demographic, for want of a better phrase, but the artist I'm picking was huge throughout my second time at uni and this was the best thing they released. It's from my favourite genre, although clearly towards the poppy side of it, it seems accessible while still being an absolute banger

 

[Tau837]

I submitted my list. I'm going to predict that one of my songs has the longest play time out of all songs submitted. I know a lot of you like songs like that...

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

 

[Ilov80s]

Love the Ennio Morricone pick. If we ever do an instrumental countdown, that would be a big winner for me.

Hey, Krista, we're all gonna be bored in a couple of weeks - could this be inspiration?

She probably needs a break. But I would consider taking her role (like a poor stand in).

 

[Val Rannous]

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

 

[Mister CIA]

Great things come from Denton, TX. Home of the Marked Men and other great punk rock things.

Here's a guy doing a mash-up of "White Iverson" by Post Malone and "Underwater Boi" by Turnstile.

Think of things that might only interest me for two hundred bucks, Alex. But here it is.

- YouTube

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

youtu.be

eta* I should be keeping this on world music, but don't want to delete this, so I'll leave it. But spend your time elsewhere, darn it.

My favorite Denton band. I think they call Brooklyn home these days.

Parquet Courts: Borrowed Time, Berlin Got Blurry, Instant Disassembly, and Mardi Gras Beads.

Lo-Fi at its finest.

 

[Ilov80s]

I am happy to see Arcade Fire doing pretty well. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea but if we are talking bands of the 2000s, who is better?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I submitted my list. I'm going to predict that one of my songs has the longest play time out of all songs submitted. I know a lot of you like songs like that...

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

There are Rush fans in this countdown.

 

[Ilov80s]

18 point winners

• Reminiscing- not a song I always want to hear but put me on a boat (yacht?) and I will be so content....bonus points to a Glenn Miller namedrop
• El Matador- I might have missed this when it was picked before, gran error, this is a powerhouse
• Letter from an Occupant- I am sort of a fan of New Pornographers but I didn't immediately recognize this. I will from now on
• Purple Haze- they did't have the term swag in 1967 but Hendrix definitely had it
• and the winner is...
  • Queen of Hearts- sun rises above the factory but the rays don't make it to the street

 

[Mt. Man]

BTO (krista/ilov80s: B-TO) was an early addition to my running list, and not because I was formulating alphabetically. I won’t spotlight thoughts because a couple of big songs from them haven’t made an appearance yet. Obviously this just grooved with me. Also high-five to Ilov80s.

Other list news: Hey look, it’s the first day that I (definitely) had more songs I knew than not. A turning point as well-known bands are prime to get selected, or just a blip? We shall see. After all, I can’t pretend that my #13 choice is even close to chalky.

#14s
Recognized by title alone: 22
Sounded familiar: 4
Knew from this countdown: 1
Didn't know: 16

Selected Favorites:
Into My Arms (Dr. Octopus)
Purple Haze (krista4) - Excuse me while I mondegreen.
Summer Wind (simsarge)
The Ecstasy Of Gold (Chaos34) -Inspired choice! I briefly considered the Metallica cover, but should've debated about the original more.

Some songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Battle Scar (Sullie) - Those additional musicians seem awfully familiar. More seriously, a clever pick!
It Falls Apart (worrierking) - I almost put this in “Sounded Familiar”. I don’t think I’ve heard it, but maybe?
The Harder They Come (landryshat)
Better Than (Hov34)

 

[zamboni]

I submitted my list. I'm going to predict that one of my songs has the longest play time out of all songs submitted. I know a lot of you like songs like that...

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

There are Rush fans in this countdown.

And just wait for the Pink Floyd thread down the hall to the right.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I submitted my list. I'm going to predict that one of my songs has the longest play time out of all songs submitted. I know a lot of you like songs like that...

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

There are Rush fans in this countdown.

And just wait for the Pink Floyd thread down the hall to the right.

It was funny how you deduced that Echoes wasn't on my British countdown list because I said my longest song was 22 minutes.

 

[zamboni]

I submitted my list. I'm going to predict that one of my songs has the longest play time out of all songs submitted. I know a lot of you like songs like that...

Just Win Baby:

Telegraph Road - Dire Straits

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

There are Rush fans in this countdown.

And just wait for the Pink Floyd thread down the hall to the right.

It was funny how you deduced that Echoes wasn't on my British countdown list because I said my longest song was 22 minutes.

Lol - 22 minutes is like a blink of the eye.

 

[Ilov80s]

Lol - 22 minutes is like a blink of the eye

Damn you are slow

 

[Ilov80s]

Lol - 22 minutes is like a blink of the eye

Damn you are slow

just joking!

 

[Ilov80s]

My dad just surprised me with Jason Isbell tickets. June at Hill Auditorium. Lets go! Now he likes Isbell more than me but it's an artists he and my mom like, my wife likes, my sister and BIL like, etc. It should be a fun show and I bet my dad has 10+ people coming.

 

[rockaction]

My dad just surprised me with Jason Isbell tickets. June at Hill Auditorium. Lets go! Now he likes Isbell more than me but it's an artists he and my mom like, my wife likes, my sister and BIL like, etc. It should be a fun show and I bet my dad has 10+ people coming.

Sweet! Sounds fun.

In my own personal concert news, a college friend and I decided last night to go see Run The Jewels perform RTJ4 on Oct. 14th. I had tickets for the 12th, but thought he might like to see them, as he'd seen Aesop Rock and El-P way back around the aughts. He had commented on my Aesop shirt I wore to meet up with him and another college friend back right when the vaccine for COVID was in play, so around 2021. We'll likely drive to the show in LA and get a hotel room for Saturday night. Should be a good time.

This is for the never heard never got a mutha****in' word

 

[Pip's Invitation]

On today's Jeopardy, The Jam was a correct response, and a picture of them was provided. No one got it.

 

[Ilov80s]

My dad just surprised me with Jason Isbell tickets. June at Hill Auditorium. Lets go! Now he likes Isbell more than me but it's an artists he and my mom like, my wife likes, my sister and BIL like, etc. It should be a fun show and I bet my dad has 10+ people coming.

Sweet! Sounds fun.

In my own personal concert news, a college friend and I decided last night to go see Run The Jewels perform RTJ4 on Oct. 14th. I had tickets for the 12th, but thought he might like to see them, as he'd seen Aesop Rock and El-P way back around the aughts. He had commented on my Aesop shirt I wore to meet up with him and another college friend back right when the vaccine for COVID was in play, so around 2021. We'll likely drive to the show in LA and get a hotel room for Saturday night. Should be a good time.

This is for the never heard never got a mutha****in' word

That will be a really fun show. I wish I had seen RTJ even once in concert

 

[Zegras11]

BTO (krista/ilov80s: B-TO)

Binky OTB

 

[Mister CIA]

I am happy to see Arcade Fire doing pretty well. I know they aren't everyone's cup of tea but if we are talking bands of the 2000s, who is better?

Besides my beloved Headstones?

 

[Mister CIA]

landryshat:

Her & I (Slow Jam II) - King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard (Australia)
(new artist)

Lots of gold nuggets can be found with this band. I found one tonight, and it's awesome.

 

[shuke]

shuke:

November Rain - Guns N’ Roses …...........Slash is British
(duplicate, second vote)

I realize this isn't a rocker like their other tunes, and I have a special place in my heart for Appetite, as I wore it out when it came out, right around the time I got my license and my 1977 Chevy Impala. But this is my favorite. Love the piano, and probably my favorite Slash solo work, and I love the tempo change near the end.

 

[Mister CIA]

shuke:

November Rain - Guns N’ Roses …...........Slash is British
(duplicate, second vote)

I realize this isn't a rocker like their other tunes, and I have a special place in my heart for Appetite, as I wore it out when it came out, right around the time I got my license and my 1977 Chevy Impala. But this is my favorite. Love the piano, and probably my favorite Slash solo work, and I love the tempo change near the end.

Whoa!

EDIT: 1972 Lincoln Continental guy here.

 

[Eephus]

with as usual, the female in Lauryn Hill getting the blame. Nothing to do with fragile male egos that they werent getting as much attention.

I think it's more widely known that Wyclef and Lauryn were having some sort of relationship issue and that the blame has sort of always been blamed on that rather than "fragile male egos." The real break-up reasons behind the Fugees are complicated and not reductive to anything like that, but hey, there's a worldview-reinforcing thing going here, so I'll step out of your way and let you have it at it.

But really, even at the time -- and I followed it in real time because I was the guy that owned "Vocab" when it came out -- it seemed Wyclef took a ton of the blame and that Lauryn was catapulted to superstardom in part because of the industry and her fans feeling she'd been wronged in the inter-group dynamics somehow. It's probably a much more messy story than simply one of ego.

And it's hard not to have an ego when you cut as good an album as Wylcef's solo effort, The Carnival. The Miseducation... and The Carnival are so very different down to their very cores -- even to what their concepts were about. You knew that in Miseducation that Lauryn was hurt by Wyclef, and she used that hurt to great effect, making The Miseducation a microcosm of female relationships (especially black female relationships with black men). You also knew that Wyclef was tackling a broad, broad issue of male violence and relations in the inner city in The Carnival, an outward-looking topic that sat astride the inward-looking Miseducation.

Both were great artistic statements and both were really complex. Probably as complex as the artists' reasons for severing ties with another (though not for good, as Lauryn would guest appear on The Carnival).

eta* But I appreciate the write-up. Gives me something to read late night, and usually has thought behind it. I just think you have a sort of knee-jerk reaction to that certain issue that isn't nearly as reductive as you might make it. It goes so far as to dichotomize something that is inextricably linked and not easily pulled apart into neat pieces. It's more like taffy than legos, if you know what I'm getting at. It's messy, personal, and sticky rather than cold, exact, and fitting.

I definitely didn't have Pras' money laundering and bribery trial on my 21st century bingo card

 

[shuke]

Newly posted known favorites:
Just Win Baby: Take Me To The River - Talking Heads
Hawks64: Way Cool Jr - Ratt
landryshat: The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff
John Maddens Lunchbox: The Modern Age - The Strokes
MAC_32: Cold Hard ***** - Jet
Hov34: Better Than - Lake Street Dive
higgins: Reminiscing - Little River Band
Zegras11: Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
AAABatteries: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Holy crap I don't think I've heard Reminiscing or Way Cool Jr for decades.

 

[krista4]

This was the song I predicted would have the longest play time (14:18) out of all songs submitted. Was I right?

I can tell you absolutely that I have not tracked this, nor will I.

 

[krista4]

She probably needs a break. But I would consider taking her role (like a poor stand in).

NOTED NOTED NOTED FOR THE RECORD EVERYBODY NOTE THIS PLZ

 

[Mister CIA]

If we had a do-over, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes might crack my top-1.

 

[Sullie]

Sullie:

Battle Scar - Max Webster (feat. Rush) (Included to make the haters cry)
(Webster, new artist; Rush, new song)

Never heard this before, cool!

I've got a story about how I "discovered" that song. So, when I was in college I really, really got into Rush. My friends were all big into Rush in HS but I wasn't quite there yet, in college however, I got hooked and the timeframe is late 80's - early 90's. We had internet but, of course, it was all text based and these things called newsgroups and mailing lists were big. I discovered a mailing list for Rush dorks like me called "The National Midnight Star" and it was kinda/sorta like a forum but in e-mail format if that makes sense? Anyway, there were TONS and TONS of fans and some outstanding information out there, it was great and it was always a welcome escape from writing a program (I was a CS major) or reading a book and writing a paper as I was also working on a minor in literature in case the whole Comp Sci world went belly up like all my counselors were predicting.

Anyway, someone mentioned this song called "Battlescar" and Rush was on it and it was on this greatest hits album from Max Webster which also featured Pye Dubois. Pye Dubois, of course, wrote the lyrics for Rush's Tom Sawyer, etc. Anyway, so I mean, I absolutely HAD to have that album because this is around like 1989, there is no YouTube, no Google, you couldn't just clickity click a few keys and magically listen to some obscure buried treasure song like this, you had to go WORK for it! So, I went around to all the weird little random record stores near U.C. on Vine Street asking about this album. Lo and behold I think the last record store I was in and to paint the full picture this record store was in the basement of an old building that I'm sure is long gone now, it was painted all black, with punk rock posters all over it but anyway, in this punk rock record store, where I discovered names of bands I had never heard of like The Dead Kennedy's, Butthole Surfers, The Dead Milkmen etc. an employee asked if he could help me. I mentioned this album thinking "he's gonna say no like everyone else, why even bother?" And the guy said "hmmm, we don't have that one but I can order that for you if you'd like?" And he said "oh, by the way, we've got some Max Webster, Kim Mitchell and even the brand new Kim Mitchell disc over there too." And so Rockland had just come out so I snatched that one and I remember paying a "staggering" $18.00 for the Max Webster's Greatest Hits CD and waiting like 6 weeks for it to arrive. . . these were some of the first CD's I ever bought and played on my little BSR personal CD player. Good times!

 

[Eephus]

ditkaburgers:

C'est Cuit - Major Lazer (feat. Aya Nakamura and Swae Lee)
(all three new artists)

Another Reggaeton flavored song with French vocals from @ditkaburgers. The featured vocalist Aya Nakamura was born in Mali, raised in France and took her stage name from a Japanese character.

Eephus:

Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
(new song)

ABBA is another group that grew on me as I aged. They were everywhere in the 70s and Teenage Eephus wrote them off as lightweights. It wasn't until they'd broken up that I began to appreciate their pop perfection. "Knowing Me, Knowing You" is my favorite but they have so many classics.

 

[krista4]

I'm still in the midst of catching up from the last 10 hours (work, gah), but I just wanted to thank everyone here for making this a fantastic countdown. I love the variety in picks, but even more so I love the positive nature of the comments and how curious everyone is to learn about new artists/songs and share what they love. Can't complain about a single thing except maybe Binky continuing to post spoilers, but I figure because it's Binky the "don't post spoilers" part was translated as "please post spoilers," so all good.

Seriously, this has been a huge pleasure despite all the work involved and despite the timing hitting me at a particularly difficult IRL time.

 

[Eephus]

I pulled a bonehead move on my morning walk with Lou today and somehow switched from the playlist to playlist radio. I finally realized my error when a Van Morrison song came on but by then we were on our way home. The playlist radio was very good

I listened to the actual playlist later in the day and finally got an answer to the question I wonder what Rush would sound like with a different singer.

 

[shuke]

I love the variety in picks, but even more so I love the positive nature of the comments and how curious everyone is to learn about new artists/songs and share what they love

I already have 17 songs and 3 additional bands to add to shukethread™

 

[Pip's Invitation]

New-to-me favorites from #14:

Ghost Riders in the Sky -- Spiderbait (Mrs. Rannous). Supercharged version of a song that's had a number of great interpretations.
Bad Reputation -- Thin Lizzy (KarmaPolice). If it's not on Jailbreak, I probably don't know it. Badass.
Battle Scar -- Max Webster (feat. Rush) (Sullie). Bonus Rush song, basically. I had no idea Kim Mitchell played "heavy music" in the '70s and early '80s. I only know him from "Go for Soda," which sounds like Boston.
Sail Away Sweet Sister -- Queen (Tim). Deep cut with Brian May singing -- I love the melody and arrangement.
Better Than -- Lake Street Dive (Hov34). I only know their songs that WXPN plays and I didn't recognize this one. I would listen to Rachael Price sing random output from ChatGPT.

 

[Mister CIA]

Probably like everyone else, I had a helluva time choosing a Jimi song. I know this might sound weird, but I love his vocal as much as his guitar playing, so I wanted a song that showcased both well. "The Wind Cries Mary" was in strong contention for that reason, too. The other that I constantly have in my brain is "Hey Joe," but with only one selection I didn't want that subject matter. (I mention the song because no one else chose it, either.)

Does it start with Angel?

 

[krista4]

On today's Jeopardy, The Jam was a correct response, and a picture of them was provided. No one got it.

We were just watching this a little bit ago! OH, of course, got it immediately.

 

[krista4]

My dad just surprised me with Jason Isbell tickets. June at Hill Auditorium. Lets go! Now he likes Isbell more than me but it's an artists he and my mom like, my wife likes, my sister and BIL like, etc. It should be a fun show and I bet my dad has 10+ people coming.

Sweet! Sounds fun.

In my own personal concert news, a college friend and I decided last night to go see Run The Jewels perform RTJ4 on Oct. 14th. I had tickets for the 12th, but thought he might like to see them, as he'd seen Aesop Rock and El-P way back around the aughts. He had commented on my Aesop shirt I wore to meet up with him and another college friend back right when the vaccine for COVID was in play, so around 2021. We'll likely drive to the show in LA and get a hotel room for Saturday night. Should be a good time.

This is for the never heard never got a mutha****in' word

This caused me to look at their tour schedule. Based on OH's work schedule, we could theoretically get to ATL for a Monday show or Chicago for a Sunday one...hmmmm...