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

[Doug B]

One-Point Selections:

timschochet:
The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats

Just Win Baby:
Juke Box Hero – Foreigner (American and English band members)

worrierking:
The Chain - Fleetwood Mac - England/US

Val Rannous:
Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei – Japan

simey:
Emotion – Samantha Sang (Australia)

landryshat:
3 A.M. Eternal - The KLF (South Africa)

MAC_32:
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot - North Canada

Hov34:
Save It For Later - The Beat

simsarge:
Down Under - Men At Work

ditkaburgers:
It's My Life - No Doubt

Great start! The artists in red are on my long list of 92 tracks.

 

[Doug B]

JMLs secret identity:
I Believe I Can Fly - William Hung - Hong Kong

John Maddens Lunchbox:
She Bangs - Ricky Martin - Puerto Rico

ISWYDT

 

[MAC_32]

I’m not sure if Binky will like my 1 pointer.

I highly enjoyed your 1 pointer. Although I think the acoustic version is better.

 

[Raging weasel]

I forgot about The Church? WTH was wrong with me?

At this rate the list I'll have after this is done might be better than the one I submitted.

Same here. After Last5 and 1 round I could easily replace 5+ artists on my list with better ones I didn't realize were eligible

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

dammit ...I am the one that submitted my list upside down. I feel so bad for @krista4 - and have apologized profusely

since we were posting from #31 ranked down to #1 ranked - I submitted my rankings that way

wanted to own up - and take the abuse ...

oh the irony of the whole "higher/lower" schtick

reaction.

 

[Raging weasel]

Never really listened to the Divinyls and only know them by their couple of hits but like this Boys in Town song.
I'll never be able to keep up with listening to the whole playlist each round so mostly going to focus on new to me tracks

 

[MAC_32]

It began as the end jam with the great bass line from John, and the Lindsay solo.

I remember the first time listening to this song. It was cool...better than forgettable, but wasn't stop what I'm doing and figure out what I'm listening to. Then this part kicked in.

What a banger.

 

[otb_lifer]

shuke and otb_lifer with the first Deja Vote of the countdown! And it's an interesting and (to me) unexpected one...

A.Y.S.F.K.M.??!?



million to one shot - totally SHUKED with this unforseen turn of events

REASONS OTB SHOULD "OWN" IT:

1. I'm paisan
2. I had a nifty paranthetical i begged K4 off using
3. I have long referred to it as "Peas n' Carrots"
4. Did i mention that i am, indeed, Italiano?

 

[Tau837]

My top 5 from the 1 point round, excluding my own selection and prior to listening to the songs new to me:

1. worrierking: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
2. New Binky the Doormat: Under The Milky Way - The Church
3. Dr. Octopus: Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band
4. scorchy: Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour
5. Hawks64: Lights - Journey

Admittedly, there are a lot of songs in the list with which I am not familiar, and I assume that will be the case throughout, so I might have a different list if I had time to listen to all of those, but I'm not sure when that will be.

Unlike some in this thread, I'm a big Dave Matthews fan. I know Management has decreed that she will not distinguish between Dave Matthews and Dave Matthews Band, but, for the record, this song is from his solo album.

Under the Milky Way and all Living Colour songs off their Vivid album alway remind me of great college memories.

Strong start!

 

[Hawks64]

One-Point Selections:


timschochet:

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats


Just Win Baby:

Juke Box Hero – Foreigner (American and English band members)


Pip’s Invitation:

Boys In Town - Divinyls (Australia)


Andy Dufresne:

The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack – Liars


DrIanMalcolm:

Get Lucky - Daft Punk (feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) (France/US)

(@Ilov80s crew, please record as an entry for each of the three artists listed above)


Don Quixote:

Para Lennon E McCartney - Milton Nascimento (Brazil)


Dr. Octopus:

Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band (South Africa)


scorchy:

Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour - U.S., UK


shuke:

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano - Italian


Sullie:

Stupid Girl – Garbage - Stupid gurrrl is Scottish


The Dreaded Marco:

Point That Thing Somewhere Else - The Clean


Mister CIA:

Hey ***** - Izïa - France


Hawks64:

Lights - Journey


Mrs. Rannous:

Beautiful Liar - Beyonce & Shakira - US + Colombia

(spreadsheet crew – please record as an entry for each of the artists listed above)


titusbramble:

Routainen Maa - Heikki Mustonen (Finnish)

Note from titus: Included Youtube link as I do not know how well Spotify will pick up soundtracks to Finnish video games which are not yet out of early access on Steam


Raging weasel:

Strong Reflection – Mars Red Sky – France


Ilov80s:

Sodade - Cesaria Evora


worrierking:

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac - England/US


Val Rannous:

Battle Without Honor Or Humanity - Tomoyasu Hotei – Japan


krista4:

Wake Up – Arcade Fire (Canada)


Mt. Man:

White Unicorn – Wolfmother - Australian band


JMLs secret identity:

I Believe I Can Fly - William Hung - Hong Kong


otb_lifer:

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano (Italy )

(second vote today!)


simey:

Emotion – Samantha Sang (Australia)


rockaction:

Beez In The Trap - Nicki Minaj (Trindad and Tobago)


New Binky the Doormat:

Under The Milky Way - The Church - Australia


landryshat:

3 A.M. Eternal - The KLF (South Africa)


John Maddens Lunchbox:

She Bangs - Ricky Martin - Puerto Rico



MAC_32:

If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot - North Canada


Jwb:

This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide – The Kings


Eephus:

Portrait Of A Man (Live at Auckland Town Hall) - Marlon Williams


Hov34:

Save It For Later - The Beat


Manster:

Stir It Up – Bob Marley


simsarge:

Down Under - Men At Work - 'Cuz how could I not list THIS video and song!?!?


ditkaburgers:

It's My Life - No Doubt


Doug B:

Pass The Kouchie - The Mighty Diamonds


westerberg:

Afrique Victime - Mdou Moctar


KarmaPolice:

Fences – Phoenix


higgins:

The Weight – Jimmy Page/The Edge/Jack White (UK/US mix)

(hey spreadsheetitarians, please log for each artist individually)


zamboni:

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) – Chilliwack (Canada)


Zegras11:

Precious - The Pretenders


Oliver Humanzee:

Murder City Nights – Radio Birdman


Chaos34:

In Hell I’ll Be In Good Company - The Dead South


AAABatteries:

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

The singles playlist

@higgins I was unable to find The weight - Jimmy Page with Jack White and The Edge.

 

[krista4]

dammit ...I am the one that submitted my list upside down. I feel so bad for @krista4 - and have apologized profusely

since we were posting from #31 ranked down to #1 ranked - I submitted my rankings that way

wanted to own up - and take the abuse ...

oh the irony of the whole "higher/lower" schtick

reaction.

You didn't need to out yourself, and you've apologized plenty. It was just a mistake with nothing nefarious intended.

Looking at the bright side, I usually have nine documents running at this time but haven't had a chance to put together the last two yet, so I'll only need to change your entries on seven different documents.

Also on the bright side, I won't have to change your 16-pointer!

Also also on the bright side, WA doesn't have laws that restrict what time one can buy alcohol.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

The Chain - Fleetwood Mac - England/US

This is my favorite of many FM songs I like. It began as the end jam with the great bass line from John, and the Lindsay solo. They needed a song to go with that and Stevie brought the main section out to connect to the back end. The "Chain, Keep Us Together" motif was in response to the three breakups going on in the band and the desire to keep the music and the cash flowing. It was a great idea, negated completely by their late-career personnel shenanigans.

The Americans TV show made great use of this song

 

[Hawks64]

Did I miss the link to the playlist?

I can only work so fast man...sheeesh

 

[krista4]

shuke and otb_lifer with the first Deja Vote of the countdown! And it's an interesting and (to me) unexpected one...

A.Y.S.F.K.M.??!?



million to one shot - totally SHUKED with this unforseen turn of events

REASONS OTB SHOULD "OWN" IT:

1. I'm paisan
2. I had a nifty paranthetical i begged K4 off using
3. I have long referred to it as "Peas n' Carrots"
4. Did i mention that i am, indeed, Italiano?

Right?!? I thought you were going to be shuked by this!

 

[krista4]

Please note the following, which I'm calling "The Tom Petty Effect," for purposes of the daily posts. Unlike in the first countdown when everyone felt it necessary to say when something was him vs. him with the Heartbreakers, I'm not going to distinguish between some iterations of what will be considered the same artist for tabulation purposes. This will make it much, much easier on our spreadsheet mavens as well. So for this one, I'll be using the following (the rule might apply to other artists as well, but these immediately come to mind):

- Neil Young iterations will all be called "Neil Young." You needn't post to tell me which should include Crazy Horse.
- Wings iterations will all be called "Wings." You needn't post to tell me which should include "Paul McCartney and".
- Bob Marley iterations will all be called "Bob Marley." You needn't post to tell me which should include the Wailers.
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono iterations will all be called "John Lennon and Yoko Ono." You needn't post to tell me which should include the Plastic Ono Band.

Thank you.
Management.

I give it two rounds tops before someone does just that.

You were off by a round.

 

[Hawks64]

My top 5 from the 31 point round, excluding my own selection and prior to listening to the songs new to me:

1. worrierking: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
2. New Binky the Doormat: Under The Milky Way - The Church
3. Dr. Octopus: Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band
4. scorchy: Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour
5. Hawks64: Lights - Journey

Admittedly, there are a lot of songs in the list with which I am not familiar, and I assume that will be the case throughout, so I might have a different list if I had time to listen to all of those, but I'm not sure when that will be.

Unlike some in this thread, I'm a big Dave Matthews fan. I know Management has decreed that she will not distinguish between Dave Matthews and Dave Matthews Band, but, for the record, this song is from his solo album.

Under the Milky Way and all Living Colour songs off their Vivid album alway remind me of great college memories.

Strong start!

Unfortunately, my current favorites from the band aren't actually on any album or Live Trax that is on Spotify

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Dr. Octopus:

Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band (South Africa)

Dave Matthews solo (j/k )

 

[KarmaPolice]

Nice- I forgot about Wolfmother

 

[Dr. Octopus]

JMLs secret identity:

I Believe I Can Fly - William Hung - Hong Kong

This one we’re allowed to make fun of, right?

 

[Hawks64]

Dr. Octopus:

Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band (South Africa)

Dave Matthews solo (j/k )

An argument could be made that since Tim Reynolds played on every track, that it was partial DMB as Tim is in the band now

 

[krista4]

Binky's switcheroo is changing the winner of the Ace Award.

 

[shuke]

shuke:

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano - Italian

Some info on this gem that otb is trying to steal from me:

The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, however the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right". Andrew Khan, writing in The Guardian, describes the sound as reminiscent of Bob Dylan's output from the 1980s. Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently. "Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did. So at a certain point, because I like American slang—which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian—I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano....

This has to have been used in a Tarantino soundtrack somewhere, right?

 

[otb_lifer]

shuke:

Prisencolinensinainciusol - Adriano Celentano - Italian

Some info on this gem that otb is trying to steal from me:

The song is intended to sound to its Italian audience as if it is sung in English spoken with an American accent, however the lyrics are deliberately unintelligible gibberish with the exception of the words "all right". Andrew Khan, writing in The Guardian, describes the sound as reminiscent of Bob Dylan's output from the 1980s. Celentano's intention with the song was not to create a humorous novelty song but to explore communication barriers. The intent was to demonstrate how English sounds to people who do not understand the language proficiently. "Ever since I started singing, I was very influenced by American music and everything Americans did. So at a certain point, because I like American slang—which, for a singer, is much easier to sing than Italian—I thought that I would write a song which would only have as its theme the inability to communicate. And to do this, I had to write a song where the lyrics didn't mean anything."

i called it a "proper prosciutto sweat"

(tasty nitrates are 9/10ths of the possession laws in Calabria)

capisce?

 

[krista4]

Binky's switcheroo is changing the winner of the Ace Award.

And who makes it into the top 10 artists.

 

[Tau837]

Dr. Octopus:

Grave Digger - Dave Matthews Band (South Africa)

Dave Matthews solo (j/k )

An argument could be made that since Tim Reynolds played on every track, that it was partial DMB as Tim is in the band now

But he wasn't in the band when Some Devil was released.

 

[timschochet]

We can dance if we want to

 

[Hov34]

Did I miss the link to the playlist?

I can only work so fast man...sheeesh

Sorry, I thought you had an inside track, or Krista gave you the list the night before. Didn't mean to rush, or sound ungrateful. You are doing the lords work. Thank you!

 

[Westerberg]

Andy Dufresne:

The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack – Liars

Whoa, did not expect that.

 

[Hawks64]

Did I miss the link to the playlist?

I can only work so fast man...sheeesh

Sorry, I thought you had an inside track, or Krista gave you the list the night before. Didn't mean to rush, or sound ungrateful. You are doing the lords work. Thank you!

Just messing around, all good. I do try and make sure I'm around when late morning/noonish so I can it posted shortly after she posts.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Binky's switcheroo is changing the winner of the Ace Award.

The winner (Binky: loser) of the Ace Award is…

 

[timschochet]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

 

[timschochet]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

But I wrote please

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

One-Point Selections:




Andy Dufresne:

The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack – Liars


scorchy:

Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour - U.S., UK


krista4:

Wake Up – Arcade Fire (Canada)


New Binky the Doormat:

Under The Milky Way - The Church - Australia


AAABatteries:

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

Of the songs I know, these are my favorites from this list (excluding my own).

Love the Liars pick. I had no idea the lead singer was Australian. Would've made my top 31 if I had.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Surprised Journey qualified here but, as usual it’s the drummer.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Are we really to believe some one actually likes that William Hung song?

I get the Thumper Rule - but to me this comes across more as someone trolling us here, so not sure they deserve the respect of that rule.

I’ll refrain from any further discussion of same though.

 

[krista4]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

But I wrote please

It's really not much of a story, though.

Ex-Mr. krista opened for Marty Willson-Piper of The Church at a show in Chicago. Ex-Mk was really into the guy's music, though I couldn't have cared less about it. Another friend and I got roped into doing the merch sales for him. He didn't have someone arranged? I guess he figures he can get a hanger-on to do it. He was just a pretentious, condescending dooooooooosh to us and complained that we hadn't sold more or pushed the stuff he wanted to push (which he didn't tell us in advance). Acted like we were his servants rather than people doing him a favor. I also understand that it's customary for the artists to tip out a portion to the merch salespeople, but he gave us squat (other than crappy attitude).

 

[krista4]

Surprised Journey qualified here but, as usual it’s the drummer.

I was surprised to see them on there and vetted that one as a result, but it turned out they were only partially eligible in the US countdown.

Are we really to believe some one actually likes that William Hung song?

I get the Thumper Rule - but to me this comes across more as someone trolling us here, so not sure they deserve the respect of that rule.

I’ll refrain from any further discussion of same though.

I think it's a reasonable question to ask on that one.

 

[otb_lifer]

Surprised Journey qualified here but, as usual it’s the drummer.

not only that, but qualifying with my personal fave of theirs ... before the gargantuan commercial leap that lay ahead for them.

my first visit there were in summer '88, and the travel log i read on the plane described the descent over the bay as akin to seeing OZ, what with how brilliantly all the white shined and glistened - it certainly did not disappoint, and wish i coulda had "Lights" blasting in my ears as we made our final approach.

was loooong my second favorite city - hell, even giving the City a run for #1 spot for a spell.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

He was just a pretentious, condescending dooooooooosh to us and complained that we hadn't sold more or pushed the stuff he wanted to push (which he didn't tell us in advance)

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Wasn’t the whole shtick that launched William Hung’s career was that he sucked? I think it’s ok to discuss whether someone in that situation was “successful” at sucking.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Love the Liars pick. I had no idea the lead singer was Australian. Would've made my top 31 if I had.

Used to great effect on the movie 50/50. A movie so touching not even Seth Rogen could ruin it.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

But I wrote please

It's really not much of a story, though.

Ex-Mr. krista opened for Marty Willson-Piper of The Church at a show in Chicago. Ex-Mk was really into the guy's music, though I couldn't have cared less about it. Another friend and I got roped into doing the merch sales for him. He didn't have someone arranged? I guess he figures he can get a hanger-on to do it. He was just a pretentious, condescending dooooooooosh to us and complained that we hadn't sold more or pushed the stuff he wanted to push (which he didn't tell us in advance). Acted like we were his servants rather than people doing him a favor. I also understand that it's customary for the artists to tip out a portion to the merch salespeople, but he gave us squat (other than crappy attitude).

Damn. Sad to hear he's such a jerk. I love their music and they continue to produce pretty good albums to this date---26 albums deep now I think?

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Love the Liars pick. I had no idea the lead singer was Australian. Would've made my top 31 if I had.

Used to great effect on the movie 50/50. A movie so touching not even Seth Rogen could ruin it.

Yeah, that scene was the first thing I thought of when I played that song this morning.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Surprised Journey qualified here but, as usual it’s the drummer.

Journey is not the only band that Aynsley Dunbar renders at least partially eligible for this countdown. Will we see others?

 

[Andy Dufresne]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

But I wrote please

It's really not much of a story, though.

Ex-Mr. krista opened for Marty Willson-Piper of The Church at a show in Chicago. Ex-Mk was really into the guy's music, though I couldn't have cared less about it. Another friend and I got roped into doing the merch sales for him. He didn't have someone arranged? I guess he figures he can get a hanger-on to do it. He was just a pretentious, condescending dooooooooosh to us and complained that we hadn't sold more or pushed the stuff he wanted to push (which he didn't tell us in advance). Acted like we were his servants rather than people doing him a favor. I also understand that it's customary for the artists to tip out a portion to the merch salespeople, but he gave us squat (other than crappy attitude).

Damn. Sad to hear he's such a jerk. I love their music and they continue to produce pretty good albums to this date---26 albums deep now I think?

Didn't he refuse to play Under The Milky Way in concert for a while?

It's like dooshy Harrison Ford never wasting a chance to talk about how much he disliked the Han Solo role - until, I'm guessing, each paycheck reminds him he loves it.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

@krista4 in my one hit wonder thread you posted about meeting the lead singer of the Church once and how pretentious he was. I loved that story, please repeat it for everyone.

Sorry, krista doesn’t do requests.

But I wrote please

It's really not much of a story, though.

Ex-Mr. krista opened for Marty Willson-Piper of The Church at a show in Chicago. Ex-Mk was really into the guy's music, though I couldn't have cared less about it. Another friend and I got roped into doing the merch sales for him. He didn't have someone arranged? I guess he figures he can get a hanger-on to do it. He was just a pretentious, condescending dooooooooosh to us and complained that we hadn't sold more or pushed the stuff he wanted to push (which he didn't tell us in advance). Acted like we were his servants rather than people doing him a favor. I also understand that it's customary for the artists to tip out a portion to the merch salespeople, but he gave us squat (other than crappy attitude).

Damn. Sad to hear he's such a jerk. I love their music and they continue to produce pretty good albums to this date---26 albums deep now I think?

Didn't he refuse to play Under The Milky Way in concert for a while?

It's like dooshy Harrison Ford never wasting a chance to talk about how much he disliked the Han Solo role - until, I'm guessing, each paycheck reminds him he loves it.

I've seen them a couple times in the past few years and they played it both times. But, given krista's description of him, that wouldn't surprise me.

 

[shuke]

Damn, didn't think about Journey, would have taken something from their pre-Perry era.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

One-Point Selections:




Andy Dufresne:

The Other Side Of Mt. Heart Attack – Liars


scorchy:

Open Letter (To A Landlord) - Living Colour - U.S., UK


krista4:

Wake Up – Arcade Fire (Canada)


New Binky the Doormat:

Under The Milky Way - The Church - Australia


AAABatteries:

Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil

Of the songs I know, these are my favorites from this list (excluding my own).

Love the Liars pick. I had no idea the lead singer was Australian. Would've made my top 31 if I had.

Also love the Marlon Williams song. Can't leave him off this list.