Leroy Hoard
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Johnny is my favorite guitarist of that genre. We should all wish to have a gravesite as impressive as this.
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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (5 Viewers)
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I knew 28 songs today, tied for most, obviously helped by Neil, not including my own but including repeats.
Known-to-me favorites, not including my own pick or Band on the Run, Uptown Funk and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), which are known to be on my list:
Yes, the first six entries are predictable:
Rockin' in the Free World -- Neil Young (Rockaction)
Down by the River -- Neil Young (Westerberg)
Powderfinger -- Neil Young (Doc Oc and DrIanMalcolm)
Tonight's the Night -- Neil Young (jwb)
Old Man -- Neil Young (Tim)
Don't Let It Bring You Down -- Neil Young (Marco)
Maybe I'm Amazed (live) -- Wings (Raging Weasel)
Mr. Brownstone -- Guns N' Roses (Hawks64)
Layla -- Derek and the Dominoes (MAC 32)
Remedy -- The Black Crowes (KarmaPolice)
Dreams -- Fleetwood Mac (Don Quixote)
Can't Find My Way Home -- Blind Faith (Chaos34)
Little Guitars -- Van Halen (Andy)
Won't Give In -- The Finn Brothers (Worrierking). There is something just so incredibly warm about the Everyone Is Here album. I desperately needed that in the middle of my Lost Years.
Last Train to Clarksville -- The Monkees (Simsarge). The earliest of their big hits to appear in the show (S1 E2).
Rat Race -- The Specials (Titusbramble)
Known-to-me favorites, not including my own pick or Band on the Run, Uptown Funk and Voodoo Child (Slight Return), which are known to be on my list:
Yes, the first six entries are predictable:
Rockin' in the Free World -- Neil Young (Rockaction)
Down by the River -- Neil Young (Westerberg)
Powderfinger -- Neil Young (Doc Oc and DrIanMalcolm)
Tonight's the Night -- Neil Young (jwb)
Old Man -- Neil Young (Tim)
Don't Let It Bring You Down -- Neil Young (Marco)
Maybe I'm Amazed (live) -- Wings (Raging Weasel)
Mr. Brownstone -- Guns N' Roses (Hawks64)
Layla -- Derek and the Dominoes (MAC 32)
Remedy -- The Black Crowes (KarmaPolice)
Dreams -- Fleetwood Mac (Don Quixote)
Can't Find My Way Home -- Blind Faith (Chaos34)
Little Guitars -- Van Halen (Andy)
Won't Give In -- The Finn Brothers (Worrierking). There is something just so incredibly warm about the Everyone Is Here album. I desperately needed that in the middle of my Lost Years.
Last Train to Clarksville -- The Monkees (Simsarge). The earliest of their big hits to appear in the show (S1 E2).
Rat Race -- The Specials (Titusbramble)
otb_lifer
Footballguy
zamboni
Footballguy
Plus he’s so cool that he doesn’t even use his real name on his headstone.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I am double checking scoring on all the top artists now and that's not what I am getting. Crap.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Here is the song update which I feel good about. Not sure what to do with the massive discrepancy between Krista and my artist scores
| Suite Judy Blue Eyes | 124 |
| Welcome to the Jungle | 103 |
| Fade To Black | 94 |
| Band on the Run | 93 |
| The Weight | 91 |
| Don't Change | 83 |
| Cult Of Personality | 82 |
| Rockin' in the Free World | 82 |
| All Tomorrow's Parties | 81 |
Val Rannous
Footballguy
Latest Charity Contest Standings:
| Person | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ACE Song | By |
| Dr. Octopus | 8 | Queen | Neil Young | Fleetwood Mac | Talking Heads | The Band | Bob Marley | CSN and CSNY | Van Halen | Metallica | Arcade Fire | Some Like It Hot | Power Station |
| Pip’s Invitation | 7 | Queen | Neil Young | Fleetwood Mac | The Police | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Bob Marley | Van Halen | AC/DC | Guns N' Roses | Talking Heads | Lovefool | The Cardigans |
| Don Quixote | 6 | Queen | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Fleetwood Mac | Neil Young | Van Halen | Metallica | The Band | Guns N' Roses | Rush | Leonard Cohen | The Final Countdown | Europe |
| Just Win Baby | 6 | Queen | Fleetwood Mac | Van Halen | AC/DC | The Police | Metallica | Talking Heads | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Rush | INXS | Cult of Personality | Living Colour |
| Manster | 6 | Metallica | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Neil Young | Queen | The Police | Guns N' Roses | Fleetwood Mac | Rush | Arcade Fire | Van Halen | Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil |
| Mrs. Rannous | 6 | Fleetwood Mac | Queen | INXS | AC/DC | Red Hot Chili Peppers | CSN and CSNY | Santana | Neil Young | The Police | Van Halen | Beds Are Burning | Midnight Oil |
| New Binky the Doormat | 6 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Neil Young | Queen | CSN and CSNY | Metallica | Van Halen | AC/DC | Fleetwood Mac | The Police | Rush | Layla | Derek & The Dominoes |
| otb_lifer | 6 | Queen | Bob Marley | Neil Young | Metallica | Guns N' Roses | Rush | AC/DC | Van Halen | The Police | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | 99 Luftballons | Nena |
| Simey | 6 | Queen | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | The Band | Guns N' Roses | AC/DC | CSN and CSNY | Metallica | Fleetwood Mac | The Police | Van Halen | Take On Me | A-Ha |
| The Dreaded Marco | 6 | AC/DC | The Band | CSN and CSNY | INXS | Bob Marley | The Police | Queen | Rush | Talking Heads | Neil Young | Major Tom (Coming Home) | Peter Schilling |
| jwb | 5 | Queen | Fleetwood Mac | The Police | Neil Young | Metallica | AC/DC | The Pretenders | Talking Heads | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Wings | The Beat Goes On/Switching to Glide | The Kings |
| Sullie | 5 | Rush | AC/DC | Guns N' Roses | CSN and CSNY | The Police | Van Halen | Kiss | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Metallica | Fleetwood Mac | Battlescar | Max Webster |
| Val Rannous | 5 | Rush | Queen | Fleetwood Mac | CSN and CSNY | AC/DC | Santana | The Police | The Traveling Wilburys | Van Halen | Neil Young | For What It's Worth | Buffalo Springfield |
| westerberg | 5 | Queen | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | The Police | Metallica | Neil Young | Rush | AC/DC | The Band | Talking Heads | Fleetwood Mac | Under Pressure | David Bowie/Queen |
| higgins | 4 | Queen | The Police | Van Halen | Dire Straits | Rush | ABBA | The Scorpions | Bob Marley | The Pretenders | Talking Heads | Don't Dream It's Over | Crowded House |
| Raging Weasel | 4 | Queen | Santana | AC/DC | Van Halen | Fleetwood Mac | The Police | Pixies | The Pretenders | Guns N' Roses | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | Heaven and Hell | Black Sabbath |
| titusbramble | 1 | Queen | The Police | ABBA | Bryan Adams | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Daft Punk | AC/DC | Garbage | Kraftwerk | Arcade Fire | The Final Countdown | Europe |
zamboni
Footballguy
Surprised that Cult of Personality is that high. Not that I think it’s unjustified - it’s a great song - just that I didn’t expect it. LC were also off my radar or I might have picked Open Letter (To a Landlord).
krista4
Footballguy
Thanks. I based my statement on what you'd had in the last update and just added today's to those two artists. I only have these as a snapshot in time at the end, not as real-time updates, but I do have these in another document that would be easy for me to go back and confirm where we are now. I'll do that in a little bit.
krista4
Footballguy
Just noticed this post. To the point above, there is probably no discrepancy as I wasn't presenting my own scores but simply adding 203 points to Neil and 29 points to Queen based on what you previously posted.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
landrys hat
Footballguy
These guys are the best psych rock band of the past 10 years. I saw them in Charlotte ~7 years ago. Probably the best $8 I've ever spent in my life. Amazing show. Sadly, they disbanded last year, but there's 6 albums and a couple EPs.
Tree Smoke
Green Sugar
Smoke and Mirrors
In other news, i got to hang out with @simey yesterday at High Water Festival. We got to see Wilco, Shovels & Rope and Orville Peck. Good times!
krista4
Footballguy
And confirmed I have 523 for Queen.
krista4
Footballguy
About halfway through collating the lists, I posted that most of the top five songs were a surprise to me at that time. One of those I was referring to was Cult of Personality, and another was Fade to Black. Not saying they stayed up there, though.
otb_lifer
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Ok I’ll make sure to check his scores as well.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Oh thank goodness. I was worried you had another count and it was way off.
jwb
Footballguy
So a nice little showing today by Mr. Young. For my contribution... I like all things Neil. Acoustic, Electric, Springfield, CSNY, Crazy Horse, POTR, Weird Neil... whatever... but my favorite Neil is Ditch Trilogy Neil. When he went into a depressed state and basically shunned the limelight, and just basically wrote and performed what he felt (I mean, he's always done this, but it was really magnified here.) But the stuff he came out with - the albums Time Fades Away, On The Beach, and Tonight’s The Night - are amongst my favorites from him. And the live recordings from this era are fantastic.
I picked this one from the recently released Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live - a 1973 small venue show where he and the Santa Monica Flyers (basically Crazy Horse plus Ben Keith) played the Tonight's the Night album, which they had just finished recording. He plays Tonight's the Night twice, opening and closing the show with it, and to me, the song has never sounded better.
krista4
Footballguy
No need. I know you have that correct as it currently stands. I was just pointing it out for the crowd.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
It was definitely part of my plan to double check the important ones near the end anyway.
krista4
Footballguy
Listening to the playlist today with OH, since he's off work. He sang along with the Specials and Ramones tracks. We both surprisingly liked the James McCartney cover of "Old Man," though OH asked me when it started if it was Aimee Mann. 
Got to the Krokus cover of "Rockin' In the Free World." OH has a good friend John Houlihan who hosts this podcast, and apparently whenever John had any musician of note on it, he would start by asking them the questions, "What's your favorite Krokus tape?" Usually to a befuddled response...
I remember OH telling me years ago that when John had Richie Ramone on, he asked who was Richie's favorite drummer, and then they both said almost simultaneously something like, "...other than Ringo of course." Punk drummers love Ringo. Seriously.
Got to the Krokus cover of "Rockin' In the Free World." OH has a good friend John Houlihan who hosts this podcast, and apparently whenever John had any musician of note on it, he would start by asking them the questions, "What's your favorite Krokus tape?" Usually to a befuddled response...
I remember OH telling me years ago that when John had Richie Ramone on, he asked who was Richie's favorite drummer, and then they both said almost simultaneously something like, "...other than Ringo of course." Punk drummers love Ringo. Seriously.
MAC_32
Footballguy
I obviously haven't been locked into this thing, but I'd have guessed Fade To Black would be a good sleeper. You're going to have the thrash crowd that spreads their picks among several different tracks, but those trending towards their ballads in this crowd strike me as ones that would gravitate towards it rather than Unforgiven and Nothing Else Matters. Although I would not have guessed at this point those are the only two selections from the black album. Still 2 days to go though...
otb_lifer
Footballguy
MAC_32
Footballguy
Me too, but I've always looked at vocals as another instrument. I can't see how those that view the voice as the lead will listen to DMB and smash the **heart** I'd expect them to say how the hell do you listen to this yodeling yelping nonsense.
Zegras11
Footballguy
I read this as "pants" the first time.
Zegras11
Footballguy
There is a political joke in here somewhere, but I don't want to get banned (binky banned)
krista4
Footballguy
Zegras11
Footballguy
Binky #31
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
New-to-me favorites from #3:
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane -- Gang of Youths (Eephus). Stunningly well crafted and compelling. Looking forward to the Eephus Story on this one.
Roller -- April Wine (Mister CIA). This is as Grand Funk as Canadians could get. I only know the Nature of the Beast album and anything else that ended up on MTV, which this didn't.
Commando -- Ramones (OTB). Another excellent Ramones track that must not have been on the compilation that my freshman year neighbor played EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Caravan -- Rush (Sullie). Clockwork Angels is one of the few Rush albums I have not heard. In this case, mainly because I had a very young child when it came out. They still had it after all those years.
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane -- Gang of Youths (Eephus). Stunningly well crafted and compelling. Looking forward to the Eephus Story on this one.
Roller -- April Wine (Mister CIA). This is as Grand Funk as Canadians could get. I only know the Nature of the Beast album and anything else that ended up on MTV, which this didn't.
Commando -- Ramones (OTB). Another excellent Ramones track that must not have been on the compilation that my freshman year neighbor played EVERY SINGLE DAY.
Caravan -- Rush (Sullie). Clockwork Angels is one of the few Rush albums I have not heard. In this case, mainly because I had a very young child when it came out. They still had it after all those years.
Mt. Man
Footballguy
“Everybody Knows” is a pretty (yet) somber song, which is not exactly atypical for Cohen. There’s a bit of both defiance of several aspects of the world mixed with (rather sarcastic) acceptance that you can’t expect that behavior to change. That’s how it goes. Everybody knows!
#3s
Recognized by title alone: 23
Sounded familiar: 2
Didn't know: 17
Selected Favorites:
Ants Marching (Just Win Baby)
Maybe I’m Amazed (Raging Weasel)
Tonight’s the Night (jwb)
Kiss The Dirt (Hov34)
Drop Dead Legs (higgins)
Some songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Worlock (scorchy)
Intervention (shuke)
Roller (Mister CIA)
10 Mile Stereo (Ilov80s)
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (Eephus)
Dig The Vibe: Candela (landrys hat)
#3s
Recognized by title alone: 23
Sounded familiar: 2
Didn't know: 17
Selected Favorites:
Ants Marching (Just Win Baby)
Maybe I’m Amazed (Raging Weasel)
Tonight’s the Night (jwb)
Kiss The Dirt (Hov34)
Drop Dead Legs (higgins)
Some songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Worlock (scorchy)
Intervention (shuke)
Roller (Mister CIA)
10 Mile Stereo (Ilov80s)
Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane (Eephus)
Dig The Vibe: Candela (landrys hat)
krista4
Footballguy
And tomorrow we have a Deja Vote from the third "surprise" top pick for me at that point. And single votes for the other two, which were less surprising. Plus several fifth votes.
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
Newly posted known favorites:
Just Win Baby: Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
Pip’s Invitation: Crosseyed And Painless - Talking Heads
Andy Dufresne: Little Guitars - Van Halen
DrIanMalcolm/Dr. Octopus: Powderfinger - Neil Young
The Dreaded Marco: Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Raging weasel: Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings
Mt. Man: Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
simey: Closing Time - Leonard Cohen
jwb: Tonight’s The Night (Version = Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live / Part II) - Neil Young
higgins: Drop Dead Legs - Van Halen
Oliver Humanzee: Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
Favorite new to me:
worrierking: Won't Give In - Finn Brother - I'm aware of some Neil Finn stuff but didn't know he was a part of a duo also.
Just Win Baby: Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band
Pip’s Invitation: Crosseyed And Painless - Talking Heads
Andy Dufresne: Little Guitars - Van Halen
DrIanMalcolm/Dr. Octopus: Powderfinger - Neil Young
The Dreaded Marco: Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Raging weasel: Maybe I'm Amazed - Wings
Mt. Man: Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
simey: Closing Time - Leonard Cohen
jwb: Tonight’s The Night (Version = Roxy: Tonight's the Night Live / Part II) - Neil Young
higgins: Drop Dead Legs - Van Halen
Oliver Humanzee: Sister Ray - The Velvet Underground
Favorite new to me:
worrierking: Won't Give In - Finn Brother - I'm aware of some Neil Finn stuff but didn't know he was a part of a duo also.
cosjobs
Footballguy
The Dreaded Marco: Don't Let It Bring You Down - Neil Young
Depressed junior high cos wore the grooves off this record. And especially Helpless.
Depressed junior high cos wore the grooves off this record. And especially Helpless.
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shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
When I gave Krista my list I hadn't looked hard enough for this link to their SNL performance of this.
I was behind the curve of hearing of them, and this performance absolutely blew me away one Saturday night (I was actually watching while posting here, I know so pathetic, and started a thread about it. In short order they became a top 20 ever group for me.
jwb
Footballguy
And this leads to an entire album of Krokus covering classic rock staples. We are living in amazing times!
rockaction
Footballguy
IIIIIIIIIIII'M SEARCHING FOR MY MAINER
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
[REST OF LYRICS REDACTED BY FBG MODS]
Eephus
Footballguy
I don't think Johnny is buried there. There's a big statue of him playing the guitar but I'm pretty sure I read he actually was cremated.
Dee Dee is buried in Hollywood Forever though. His headstone is a big slab of black granite so there were lots of lipstick marks on it. Visitors left him cigarettes along with the flowers in case he wakes up and wants a smoke.
It's kind of a cool place to visit in LA if you like old movies.
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rockaction
Footballguy
They'd redact an entire ten years of mine if they had their druthers.
Am-ph-ph-ph-ph-phetmaine.
zamboni
Footballguy
I don’t think I’m spotlighting at this point, but for all the Krokus discussion, no one took arguably their most famous: Eat The Rich
Life is a *****…
rockaction
Footballguy
In addition to bandmate Johnny, Dee Dee Ramone, a.k.a. Douglas Glenn Colvin, bass player and songwriter for legendary punk band The Ramones, was laid to rest there when he died in the summer of 2002.
However, perhaps the least well-known of all residents who call Hollywood Forever their eternal home is a family of five black ducks, now known as the “Ramones Ducks,” who are trained to visit Dee Dee’s grave every day.
L.A. musician/actor Coyote Shivers and his partner Pleasant Gehman needed a home for the ducks who originally belonged to a friend of theirs who could no longer care for them. The pair decided to re-home their little gang of ducks to live amongst the other urban wildlife (other ducks, geese, squirrels, cats, swans, etc.) in the splendidly manicured memorial park.
After daily visits to chill with their five fine feathered friends, Shivers and Gehman have now trained their ducks to come running to Dee Dee’s grave when they play “Duckskreig Bop,” a quack-filled version of The Ramones’ famous song, “Blitzkreig Bop.”
Obviously, they had to name the ducks accordingly — Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, and Sheena.
Eephus
Footballguy
This may be the most ditkaburgery pick she's made yet. She covers both her French Hip Hop and Ed Sheeran bases with a single pick.
Sheeran's appearance on the chorus lifts the song up even though he's singing in a different language from the rest of the song. Personally, I could do without the 90 second coda bringing it down.
Sydney band Gang of Youths are one of my favorite current bands. Songwriter David Le'aupepe is equally adept with the intimate and the grandiose. They put out deep, beautifully sequenced albums. Their most recent album angel in realtime was my AOTY last year; it's a concept album about the life and death of Le'aupepe's father.
"Do Not Let Your Spirit Wane" doesn't come from this album though. It's from 2018's Go Farther in Lightness which is a magnificent double album. If I was trying to promote the band or get more likes, I probably should have picked one of their more uptempo numbers but this slow burner moves me deeply.
I saw them at the Fillmore last year. Mrs. Eephus bailed so ditkaburgers went with her old man. It was an epic show; I ended up getting Covid from it but it was totally worth it.
simey
Footballguy
It was a good time, and it was great meeting you and hanging out. I enjoyed all of the bands/artists you named. Lucius and Beck were a lot of fun too. We exited out of the venue a different way than earlier in the day, and we got a little mixed up trying to find the car in the dark after the festival, but we finally found it. My feet were so tired at the end of the night!
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