jwb
Footballguy
Yea I like this pick too. Before Spotify I'd use a USB drive in my truck with tons of songs on it, and this in the mix. It would come on and friends would go "what the heck..." and by the end they were loving it.
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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (2 Viewers)
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Yea I like this pick too. Before Spotify I'd use a USB drive in my truck with tons of songs on it, and this in the mix. It would come on and friends would go "what the heck..." and by the end they were loving it.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
drink
invite is always open. i mean, come to NYC and not see me?
- all bets are off if you are in Manhattan, Kansas, tho .. we just refer to our Manhattan as "the City"
timschochet
Footballguy
Thanks! Seems like every minute of my days this week is full. Currently at MOMA
drink
i mean, come to NYC and not see me?
- all bets are off if you are in Manhattan, Kansas, tho .. we just refer to our Manhattan as "the City"
zamboni
Footballguy
...just killed a man...
Hawks64
Footballguy
otb2huffing
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
My Elite 8 
:
Low Rider
Some Like It Hot
White Horse
Tusk
Could You Be Loved
I Saw Her Again
These Are Days
As Soon As The Good Times Roll
:Low Rider
Some Like It Hot
White Horse
Tusk
Could You Be Loved
I Saw Her Again
These Are Days
As Soon As The Good Times Roll
otb_lifer
Footballguy
My Elite 8
Low Rider
Some Like It Hot
White Horse
Tusk
Could You Be Loved
I Saw Her Again
These Are Days
As Soon As The Good Times Roll
i'm hoping Third Man Theme took one of 'em to triple OT, only to get jobbed by some farkakte, ticky tack foul.
LET 'EM PLAY!
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I think I dig Underwhelmed by Sloan.
I do the lyrics anyway.
I do the lyrics anyway.
Known to me favs
new to me fav:
Shuke's 11 minute stoner tune - "Space to Bakersfield" - I got high just listening to it
| Low Rider - War | Pip | top 50 pick on my list |
| It Can Happen - Yes | Andy D | not my fav version of Yes, but it's a darn fine song |
| Radar Love - Golden Earring | Sullie | companion piece to "Twilight Zone" and heard from never since |
| Californication - RHCP | Hawks64 | was #32 on my list …just missed |
| Tusk - Fleetwood Mac | Mrs. Rannous | love it - willing to forget that it's the USC marching band |
| Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf | Mt. Man | my #30 pick |
| Leave It - yes | Doug B | see other Yessong explanation - it could also easily pass as a Thompson Twins song |
| Everything She Does Is Magic - The Police | Zegras11 | Popo classic |
| Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp | AAA Batteries | such a great album - off of Breakfast In America (my #26) |
new to me fav:
Shuke's 11 minute stoner tune - "Space to Bakersfield" - I got high just listening to it
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Looking forward to this. I never saw War in concert, but I wish I had. They kind of presented as goof-balls like a soul version of Dr Hook, but they were full of ringers (so was Dr Hook).
zamboni
Footballguy
I didn't realize the Chilis qualified here due to Flea being born outside the US - thought he was American. I figured it was due to Hillel Slovak, although he was unfortunately long gone by the time this came out.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I knew 20 songs today (not counting my own), including repeats.
Known-to-me favorites from #24, not counting my own pick and Could You Be Loved, which is known to be on my list. (But I "own" it! Ha!)
Chest Fever -- The Band (KarmaPolice)
And the Cradle Will Rock -- Van Halen (jwb)
Radar Love -- Golden Earring (Sullie)
Goodbye Stranger -- Supertramp (AAABatteries)
Everything She Does Is Magic -- The Police (Zegras11)
Magic Carpet Ride -- Steppenwolf (Mt. Man)
Hallelujah -- Leonard Cohen (Landryshat)
Tusk (live) -- Fleetwood Mac (Mrs. Rannous)
Underwhelmed -- Sloan (Worrierking)
It Can Happen -- Yes (Andy)
Neighborhood #2 (Laika) -- Arcade Fire (Rockaction)
Leave It -- Yes (Doug B)
A double shot of 90125!
Known-to-me favorites from #24, not counting my own pick and Could You Be Loved, which is known to be on my list. (But I "own" it! Ha!)
Chest Fever -- The Band (KarmaPolice)
And the Cradle Will Rock -- Van Halen (jwb)
Radar Love -- Golden Earring (Sullie)
Goodbye Stranger -- Supertramp (AAABatteries)
Everything She Does Is Magic -- The Police (Zegras11)
Magic Carpet Ride -- Steppenwolf (Mt. Man)
Hallelujah -- Leonard Cohen (Landryshat)
Tusk (live) -- Fleetwood Mac (Mrs. Rannous)
Underwhelmed -- Sloan (Worrierking)
It Can Happen -- Yes (Andy)
Neighborhood #2 (Laika) -- Arcade Fire (Rockaction)
Leave It -- Yes (Doug B)
A double shot of 90125!
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It wasn't during their prime (I was way too young for concerts during that period), but it was very enjoyable.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
... billed as "Mike B, the Flea" in the classic Punxploitation flick Suburbia , directed by scene chronicler/gadfly Penelope Spheeris (yes, the same from "DoWC, both I & II)
he kinda soils that piece of work, too ... but it's bearable 'cuz the rest of it is so friggin' cheezy & gooey with "troubled punk youth" tropes ... oh, and btw, these were the hardcore nihilist types, not yer uber pc cabal that would ensue.
it's an artifact ... and a damn goodt one (featuring D.I., the Vandals, T.S.O.L.) - if anyone is interested, that is the whole flick i linked, so pack a lunch (and a safety pin)
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Will you be boogaloo-ing to the Ringo show provided the online ticket vendor acknowledges that you exist?Summer concert series line-up at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery just came out. RINGO!!!! on June 4. Lots of great-looking shows, including recent pick Elvis Costello & the Imposters playing with Nick Lowe and his band. That show happens while I'm in the UK.
zamboni
Footballguy
Impossible to see DoWC Part II mentioned and not think of this embarrassing display by Chris Holmes
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
HAVE YOU SEEN JUNIOR'S GRADES.
Always like a good two-hit wonder band in the mix.
Now, is this a great song, or is it a great song made greater by The Office, when Michael sang "Goodbye Toby" to the tune of this song?
And with that in mind, I give you Toby's return.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
... in my haste of reading this, i saw it as "Chrissie Hynde"
and i was all like "'da hell he talkin' about" PS - Holmes is prettier ... NTTAWWT
pps - Blackie, too
worrierking
Footballguy
Had a crazy weekend and I am just getting caught up.
worrierking:
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (Canada/US)
(new artist)
The guitars are fantastic in this one, both Stills and Young. Also, the "Paranoia Strikes Deep" line is an all-time classic. Worrierqueen and I use it frequently.
worrierking:
Cheese And Onions - The Rutles (Ricky Fataar from South Africa)
(new artist)
The Rutles, both the TV special and the album, are one of the best spoofs of anything ever. They made fun of the Beatles legend while creating music that both mocked and paid loving tribute to the Fab 4. Every tune has some recognizable part of an actual Beatles song while being musically interesting and lyrically funny. Cheese and Onions is a send-up of Imagine and A Day in the Life. The orchestral crescendo into the cut-off single staccato piano note to finish is laugh-out-loud hilarious.
worrierking:
Underwhelmed - Sloan (Canada)
(new artist)
Sloan, if you are not familiar, is a power-pop band with great lyrics and catchy tunes from Canada. This is my favorite of many. Highly recommended.
worrierking:
For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield (Canada/US)
(new artist)
The guitars are fantastic in this one, both Stills and Young. Also, the "Paranoia Strikes Deep" line is an all-time classic. Worrierqueen and I use it frequently.
worrierking:
Cheese And Onions - The Rutles (Ricky Fataar from South Africa)
(new artist)
The Rutles, both the TV special and the album, are one of the best spoofs of anything ever. They made fun of the Beatles legend while creating music that both mocked and paid loving tribute to the Fab 4. Every tune has some recognizable part of an actual Beatles song while being musically interesting and lyrically funny. Cheese and Onions is a send-up of Imagine and A Day in the Life. The orchestral crescendo into the cut-off single staccato piano note to finish is laugh-out-loud hilarious.
worrierking:
Underwhelmed - Sloan (Canada)
(new artist)
Sloan, if you are not familiar, is a power-pop band with great lyrics and catchy tunes from Canada. This is my favorite of many. Highly recommended.
zamboni
Footballguy
Those longstanding septuagenarians have a lot of great material, but yeah, only two US hits. They love 'em in Liechtenstein though.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I've never watched the US version of the office, so all I know of Toby is that there's a fantasy baseball writer who calls pitchers he doesn't like Tobys. So I do get the drift.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I binged their first two albums on the recommendation of folks here, and this was my favorite track from them.
DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
This needs to be rectified. The first season suffers a bit from trying to be too much like the UK version, but it finds its more American groove, and settles in, and then seasons 2-6 are pretty great before it starts to wane.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
i'm hoping we get some ill-tempered, tone deaf Canucks before this is all said & done ... everything has been so nice thus far.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It just so happens that I watched The Dance over the weekend. When they got to this I was like OMG THEY BROUGHT THE MARCHING BAND BACK
scorchy
Footballguy
I'm gonna be a late listener today thanks to work BS, but wanted to take a sec to talk about White Horse.
A few days back when discussing Doug E. Fresh, I mentioned that growing up in my hometown, Friday nights at Skateland were de facto "white people" nights while Saturday nights were for the Black folks. The first time I went on a Saturday was when I was twelve for my basketball team's end-of-season party. My first reaction - the music was so much better! Fridays was lots of generic pop/r&b with a bit of rap thrown in. OTOH, Saturday nights were funky, not just with soul and hip-hop but also electro - the first time I heard Planet Rock was a freaking revelation.
I got my first job a couple of years later as a DJ at Skateland, mostly on Fridays and the dreaded Sunday afternoons (lots of little kids), but drew the occasional Saturday. The manager kept separate boxes of records to guide the setlists, and Saturday nights were a musical education: Kraftwerk to the The Gap Band to Midnight Star and, of course, Laid Back - - couldn't believe it years later when I found out they weren't Black but instead nerdy dudes from Denmark. Just love how a genre with it's roots in 1970s German electronic music became a primary driver of early hip-hop then Latin Freestyle (my personal favorite) then alternative dance/Electroclash and post-punk revival.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Not sure why but this has been the weakest round so far for me. Not that the songs are "bad" but nothing has really done much for me - even the more "established" songs.
landrys hat
Footballguy
Is that Johnny Depp?
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Neither have I.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
First thought: This must be another version of that song that the Beatles covered, because why wouldn't Krista look for a Beatles angle?
Second thought: Sounds like Mumford and Sons.
Third thought: This is a supergroup that covered obscure Dylan songs and includes Marcus Mumford? That explains that.
Fourth thought: Johnny Depp played guitar on this track?
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I haven't watched the Sopranos, Mad Men, The Wire or Community either.
zamboni
Footballguy
Did a quick Wiki search and didn't realize this song hit #26 on the Billboard Top 100 in 1984. I listened religiously (and documented
) every Casey Kasem countdown back then - not sure how I missed this tune unless it didn't hit Casey's America's Top 40.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
3 out of the 4 are amazing. I'm only a few episodes in on Season 2 of The Wire, though.
Community is well loved but I thought every character was completely annoying and I cringe watching Joel McHale in anything.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Will you be boogaloo-ing to the Ringo show provided the online ticket vendor acknowledges that you exist?Summer concert series line-up at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery just came out. RINGO!!!! on June 4. Lots of great-looking shows, including recent pick Elvis Costello & the Imposters playing with Nick Lowe and his band. That show happens while I'm in the UK.
Dealing with them is a scary thought, but I'm gonna have to.
agreed - though I really enjoyed Senor Chang.
so Pip - I think this has come up before so sorry if we have been over this but is there a particular reason for not having checked these shows out?
zamboni
Footballguy
Seems like a limited tour on his website - hope he expands the cities. I go where patron saint of yacht rock Steve Lukather goes.Will you be boogaloo-ing to the Ringo show provided the online ticket vendor acknowledges that you exist?Summer concert series line-up at Chateau Ste. Michelle winery just came out. RINGO!!!! on June 4. Lots of great-looking shows, including recent pick Elvis Costello & the Imposters playing with Nick Lowe and his band. That show happens while I'm in the UK.
Dealing with them is a scary thought, but I'm gonna have to.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Well the first three could be not having HBO.
hi, M4 ...
i know you're new here, so i have a lil' request ... can you crop your reaction gifs a tad?
no big deal, and i hope you don't misconstrue as me treating you like some kinda doormat, but - just a nitpick.
THANX!
yeah, sure - it's either pretty small or the full screen
when it's small you see a bunch of other gifs and it seems distracting ...
squirrel.
krista4
Footballguy
First thought: This must be another version of that song that the Beatles covered, because why wouldn't Krista look for a Beatles angle?
Second thought: Sounds like Mumford and Sons.
Third thought: This is a supergroup that covered obscure Dylan songs and includes Marcus Mumford? That explains that.
Fourth thought: Johnny Depp played guitar on this track?
Yeah, I looked at this one for the US draft but couldn't take it due to Elvis Costello. Wait, where is Elvis Costello, you say? On this song, Johnny Depp sat in for him. But the official "The New Basement Tapes" supergroup that put out the record is five people, one of whom is Costello. So here we are.
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I was wondering how Gary Numan made the countdown while listening, but it seems as if it was an error. "Dead Sun Rising" by Gary Numan is on the playlist.
krista4
Footballguy
Steve Lukather was fantastic when I saw him with the All-Starr Band last year. Everyone was.
Ringo's tour dates have been wacky. He had Seattle at a venue TBD on there for a while, then it disappeared entirely. Then today it's back but in Woodinville. I noticed a couple of others that were on and off, too.
I'm sure he'll expand but is probably playing it safe and leaving dates for re-scheduling in case they have to shut down again as they did twice on the last tour when Ringo got COVID.
krista4
Footballguy
Are you able to tag Hawks64? For some reason I can't tag right now.
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