shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Driving from WI to New Orleans now. This suuuuucks. Lol
Put your phone down.
Driving from WI to New Orleans now. This suuuuucks. Lol
Seven-Point Selections:
Andy Dufresne:
1- Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
(new artist)
worrierking:
2- Cheese And Onions - The Rutles (Ricky Fataar from South Africa)
(new artist)
JMLs secret identity:
3-
Tarhatazed - Mdou Moctar (Niger)
(new song)
simey:
4-Heart Of Glass - Blondie (USA, England)
(new song)
John Maddens Lunchbox:
5-D.I.S.C.O. – Ottowan (Guadelope)
(new artist)
jwb:
6-Every 1’s A Winner - Hot Chocolate
(duplicate, second vote)
Manster:
7-Jailbreak - AC/DC
(new song)
Todays spoiler free (I think) commentsditkaburgers:
8-And She Was - Talking Heads
(new song)
zamboni:
9-Once Upon A Time In America - Ennio Morricone (Italy)
(new artist)
AAABatteries:
10-Once In A Lifetime - Talking Heads
(new song)
I like their material completely without irony or guilt. Russell Hitchcock is one of the all-time tenor voices in popular music and Graham Russell more than holds his own in the lower range.Does that make me an Air Supply fan?
That is funky.
If you ran into an *** hole then you ran into an *** hole. If you ran into *** holes all day then you're the *** hole. You didn't run into *** holes all day though - you ran into one. It happens.As I already mentioned, in addition to the ****ty posts in the thread, I received additional crap and drama via PM. Over and over and over. So no, nothing is “hunky dory.” Glad you liked the teasers.
Just Win Baby:
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye (feat. Kimbra) (Belgian and New Zealander band members)
(duplicate, third vote)
titusbramble:
Junge - Die Artze (German)
(new artist)
5. Helpless (CSNY's Deja Vu, 1970)
This was one of my first exposures to Neil and it is the top-ranked acoustic song on this list. My parents had a cassette of CSNY's So Far compilation that I remember being played frequently, and this was one of two Neil contributions to it.
First worked up with Crazy Horse for the Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere sessions, CSN told Neil it would sound better with them, and he agreed, bringing it to the Deja Vu sessions. According to Neil, CSNY ran through a ton of takes in one night, finally getting one Neil liked in the wee hours in the morning, when everyone else was exhausted and had slowed down to his speed.
Like many Neil songs, it is simple but offers so much. The piano and guitar flourishes pique your interest early on, and the harmonies on the chorus may be CSN's finest on any recording. The lyrics evoke a "dream comfort memory to spare," as Neil offers vignettes from his childhood in Ontario, more bird imagery, and a plea to "sing with me somehow." It all adds up to spine-tingling wonder.
This is one of the songs you play if someone asks you what's the big deal about Neil Young. When the very biggest names in music perform with or decide to cover Neil, this is often the choice.
I suspect some of you will think this is too low.
21. Cinnamon Girl (Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, 1969)
We have now reached my top tier of Neil songs. These 21 have probably all been my #1 at one time or another. Cinnamon Girl is essential to Neil's evolution. It is the template for the stomping, no nonsense hard rock style that Neil would perform with Crazy Horse for 50 years (and hopefully more once the pandemic ends). It has a riff you just can't get out of your head, and not just because it's a staple of "classic rock radio," whatever that means. The soaring bridge is exhilarating on every listen. And the little breakdown at the end shows there's more to this band/sound than the 4/4 grind. No wonder pretty much everyone has covered this.
I'll give you a topic - The Thompson Twins... None of them were named Thompson and none of them were twins...
Edited to include Lay Your Hands on Me in the "known". Didn't recognize it by title and haven't heard it since the '80s.I knew 20 songs today not including my own but including repeats.
Known-to-me favorites from #25 excluding my own and Could You Be Loved, which is known to be on my list:
Helpless -- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (Shuke)
Cinnamon Girl -- Neil Young (Zegras11)
Mr. Brownstone -- Guns N' Roses (OTB)
Lunatic Fringe -- Red Rider (Sullie)
Helplessly Hoping -- Crosby, Stills and Nash (Tim)
Heart of Glass -- Blondie (Simey)
Once in a Lifetime -- Talking Heads (AAABatteries)
Twilight Zone -- Golden Earring (Andy)
Rocket Queen -- Guns N' Roses (Westerberg)
Waterloo -- ABBA (Simsarge)
Every 1's a Winner -- Hot Chocolate (jwb)
Somebody That I Used to Know -- Gotye ft. Kimbra (Just Win Baby)
Synchronicity II -- The Police (DrIanMalcolm)
Here's an indicator of whose tastes might be most similar to mine so far. I'll do this when we get to a number that ends in 0 or 5.
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 10 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 3
AAABatteries: 1
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Higgins: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Zegras11: 1
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 25 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 5
AAABatteries: 2
Andy: 2
Simey: 2
Tim: 2
Zegras11: 2
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Doug B: 1
Higgins: 1
Just Win Baby: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
Manster: 1
Mt. Man: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Simsarge: 1
Sullie: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Four songs on my list have been selected. One is Could You Be Loved. The others haven't been revealed yet.
You can pick up the rock, GB. Pip and I often have similar tastes and I’m not there either.Here's an indicator of whose tastes might be most similar to mine so far. I'll do this when we get to a number that ends in 0 or 5.
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 10 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 3
AAABatteries: 1
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Higgins: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Zegras11: 1
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 25 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 5
AAABatteries: 2
Andy: 2
Simey: 2
Tim: 2
Zegras11: 2
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Doug B: 1
Higgins: 1
Just Win Baby: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
Manster: 1
Mt. Man: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Simsarge: 1
Sullie: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Four songs on my list have been selected. One is Could You Be Loved. The others haven't been revealed yet.
Robbie Nevil cover?
And “similar” doesn’t mean “good” or “bad”.You can pick up the rock, GB. Pip and I often have similar tastes and I’m not there either.Here's an indicator of whose tastes might be most similar to mine so far. I'll do this when we get to a number that ends in 0 or 5.
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 10 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 3
AAABatteries: 1
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Higgins: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Zegras11: 1
Participants with songs on my list or in the top 25 of songs not on my list:
Worrierking: 5
AAABatteries: 2
Andy: 2
Simey: 2
Tim: 2
Zegras11: 2
Binky: 1
Doc Oc: 1
Doug B: 1
Higgins: 1
Just Win Baby: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
MAC 32: 1
Manster: 1
Mt. Man: 1
OTB: 1
Scorchy: 1
Shuke: 1
Simsarge: 1
Sullie: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Four songs on my list have been selected. One is Could You Be Loved. The others haven't been revealed yet.
Far outWas going to take a deeper dive into Yuri Gagarin today but when I went to his Spotify page something unexpected happened. I have already liked 7 of his songs including Oblivion from this thread.
Yep. The ZZ Top of Europe.Since there seems to be universal love here for "Twilight Zone" (and for good reason), discovered this really cool acoustic performance from back in 1992:
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone - Live Acoustic, September 9, 1992
Live at the Grand Café de Kroon in Amsterdam.www.youtube.com
ETA: these guys had the same unchanged lineup for 51 years (1970-2021)
I did not think they were saying 'walking' with a ghost.You know... I almost put a Tegan & Sara song on my list.
I have the sudden urge to double feature Dazed & Confused and Friday.
Can I say that I like someone else's performance of Radar Love more than the one from Golden Earring? Great driving song either way.Sullie:
Radar Love - Golden Earring
MAC_32:
One Thing - Finger Eleven
Doug B:
Leave It - Yes
higgins:
These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs
AAABatteries:
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
I arrived at "none" because there are a squillion songs with Detroit and Memphis in their titles, Bob Marley has a very famous song with "Buffalo" in the title and Bakersfield was too weird an option to not be real.With today's picks, one of the questions from our SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111 has already been answered!
8. Where In the World ARE the Middle-Aged Dummies?
Which of the following much-maligned US locales will NOT receive a song-title shout-out: (a) Bakersfield, (b) Buffalo, (c) Detroit, (d) Memphis, or (e) none of the above (all will be represented)?
Congrats to @Pip's Invitation , @Just Win Baby , @otb_lifer , @higgins @Mummy4 , @jwb and @The Dreaded Marco for taking the early lead by getting this one correct!
We've probably said this before, I remember vividly when MTV debuted the video for this and played all 18 (IIRC) variations of it back to back.
That sounds terrific.Since there seems to be universal love here for "Twilight Zone" (and for good reason), discovered this really cool acoustic performance from back in 1992:
Golden Earring - Twilight Zone - Live Acoustic, September 9, 1992
Live at the Grand Café de Kroon in Amsterdam.www.youtube.com
ETA: these guys had the same unchanged lineup for 51 years (1970-2021)
I arrived at "none" because there are a squillion songs with Detroit and Memphis in their titles, Bob Marley has a very famous song with "Buffalo" in the title and Bakersfield was too weird an option to not be real.With today's picks, one of the questions from our SUPER-AWESOME-WORLD-MEGA-CONTEST!!!111 has already been answered!
8. Where In the World ARE the Middle-Aged Dummies?
Which of the following much-maligned US locales will NOT receive a song-title shout-out: (a) Bakersfield, (b) Buffalo, (c) Detroit, (d) Memphis, or (e) none of the above (all will be represented)?
Congrats to @Pip's Invitation , @Just Win Baby , @otb_lifer , @higgins @Mummy4 , @jwb and @The Dreaded Marco for taking the early lead by getting this one correct!
Which seems to have been influenced by this song.Bob Marley has a very famous song with "Buffalo" in the title
Which seems to have been influenced by this song.Bob Marley has a very famous song with "Buffalo" in the title
Known to me favorites that I haven't already mentioned.Eight-Point Selections:
Ilov80s:
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
(new artist)
rockaction:
Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - Arcade Fire (Canada)
(new song)
landryshat:
Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen (Canada)
(new artist)
Eephus:
Simone & Perry - Grant McLennan
(new artist)
Zegras11:
Everything She Does Is Magic - The Police
(new song)
Tony Thompson kicks some serious *** on this song.