IPOD Decades Songs Draft - Rankings underway
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With my next pick I select one of my favorite covers of all time, Sonic Youth doing a song made famous by the Carpenters: Superstar (released 1994). Just can't quite imagine my iPod without this one, a sort of breathy, creepy stalker take on a song whose lyrics actually stand up to that sort of thing.
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I've Got 5 On It - The Luniz: Operation Stackola (1995)
I've Got 5 On It - The Luniz: Operation Stackola (1995)
YOU REALLY GOT ME - Van Halen (1978)
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A cover of a great Kinks song...it's much better with Eddie's solo Eruption in front of it, but even though they're often played together, they're listed as two separate tracks.
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A cover of a great Kinks song...it's much better with Eddie's solo Eruption in front of it, but even though they're often played together, they're listed as two separate tracks.
the carpenters - superstar (aka don't you remember you told me you loved me baby) (70s)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenters#Superstar
awww man, can't find the clip from "tommy boy" when they reluctantly started rocking out to this song. oh well.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenters#Superstar
awww man, can't find the clip from "tommy boy" when they reluctantly started rocking out to this song. oh well.
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Sorry about the timeout.. Now, I will select my favorite song by one of my favorite bands:
Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants from the album Flood (1990)
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Birdhouse in your soul by They Might Be Giants from the album Flood (1990)
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This is for the King's win.
Celebration Kool & The Gang (1980)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_(song)
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Celebration Kool & The Gang (1980)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_(song)
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Ok, my turn... Which way to go here? I need another fun song... This one is perfect!!
Peaches- The Presidents of the United States of America (90's)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:fbfexxr5ld6e
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Peaches- The Presidents of the United States of America (90's)
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:fbfexxr5ld6e
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I don't have enough songs from big hair bands, so with my 19th pick I select:
Raise Your Hands (1986) Bon Jovi
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More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_Your_Hands_(song)
Raise Your Hands (1986) Bon Jovi
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More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raise_Your_Hands_(song)
Santa Monica, Everclear, 1995
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_(song)
Art Alexakis, (for some reason I always thought it was Alexis), just one of the inspirations for my regrettable bleached hair in 95 and 96.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Monica_(song)
Art Alexakis, (for some reason I always thought it was Alexis), just one of the inspirations for my regrettable bleached hair in 95 and 96.
May as well finish off the 70's:
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Superstition - Stevie Wonder - 70's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(song)
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Superstition - Stevie Wonder - 70's
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition_(song)
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed - 70's
I keep tempting fate willing this song to stay on the board for another round, but no longer. Nice bass groove, nice sax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on_the_Wild_Side_(Lou_Reed_song)
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I keep tempting fate willing this song to stay on the board for another round, but no longer. Nice bass groove, nice sax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on_the_Wild_Side_(Lou_Reed_song)
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For my next pick, I go back to one of the grittiest songs I ever heard. And nobody did gritty blues like Jim Morrison...Roadhouse Blues - The Doors - 70s
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Time for me to grab another '80s song, so how about going the Dramarama route with Anything, Anything (released 1985). It's a simple song, but one that really draws me in.
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I had my next pick all planned out, but after watching RAW last night, I'm going to put it off one, and go with this instead. For board harmony, I will post the edited version here, but let it be understood, with no equivocation, for my island, only the unedited version will be acceptable:
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Who Am I (What's My Name)? - Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle (1993)
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Who Am I (What's My Name)? - Snoop Doggy Dogg: Doggystyle (1993)
I really liked the Rock Star concept. I'll admit I wasn't really fond of the guy who won Rock Star INXS (JD Fortune) but I enjoyed the competitions. And I liked Storm.
Note: In googling Rock Star INXS, I found an article from Rolling Stone that says Fortune is claiming INXS canned him and he's now homeless and living in his pick-up truck...
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...r-inxs-singer-says-hes-homeless-and-bandless/
(Not to derail my own thread or anything...)
Note: In googling Rock Star INXS, I found an article from Rolling Stone that says Fortune is claiming INXS canned him and he's now homeless and living in his pick-up truck...
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdai...r-inxs-singer-says-hes-homeless-and-bandless/
(Not to derail my own thread or anything...)
Can I get in on the momentary thread derailment, because I loooooved Rock Star?
I liked JD, in terms of him being a good fit for INXS, which really wasn't a band I liked back in their day but grew to appreciate a little more over the course of the show.
I wanted to like Storm since she's a local celeb but I just don't get her at all. She picked some of my favorite songs and altered the phrasing in ways that made no sense to me.
Rock Star was my favorite singing show, aside from the first season or two of Nashville Star they had the best talent of any show and the best music... well if you're into rock. The house band was amazingly popular and those guys show up all the time in the backing bands for big name solo acts on stuff like SNL and other shows. I'd have liked to see a Rock Star where the job was to start a new project with the house band.
Back on the original topic that momentarily derailed things, I picked Anything, Anything last year. Great pick.
I liked JD, in terms of him being a good fit for INXS, which really wasn't a band I liked back in their day but grew to appreciate a little more over the course of the show.
I wanted to like Storm since she's a local celeb but I just don't get her at all. She picked some of my favorite songs and altered the phrasing in ways that made no sense to me.
Rock Star was my favorite singing show, aside from the first season or two of Nashville Star they had the best talent of any show and the best music... well if you're into rock. The house band was amazingly popular and those guys show up all the time in the backing bands for big name solo acts on stuff like SNL and other shows. I'd have liked to see a Rock Star where the job was to start a new project with the house band.
Back on the original topic that momentarily derailed things, I picked Anything, Anything last year. Great pick.
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