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PRE 1980 SONGS WITH GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS IN THE TITLE (that charted in the U.S. or the U.K.*) 1. Arizona - Mark Lindsay (1970) 2. El Paso - Marty Robbins (1959) 3. Massachussets - Bee Gees (1968) 4. Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles (1960) 5. Hotel California - Eagles (1976) 6. Mississippi Queen - Mountain (1970) 7. Midnight In Moscow - Kenny Ball And His Jazzmen (1961)* 8. San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) - Scott McKenzie (1967) 9. London Calling - The Clash (1979)* 10. Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1970) 11. By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Glen Campbell (1967) 12. Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins

I'm hoping Goldfrapp puts a new album out soon. Their last album was amazing.

1. Sure Shot - Beastie Boys 2. Money - Pink Floyd 3. Up Around The Bend - CCR 4. Into The Groove - Madonna Nice varied collection of artists/genres there. My tastes are nothing if not eclectic.

Castles In The Air - Don McLean

With all due respect, if you don't like a band, coming into a thread about that band just to tell people you don't like them doesn't come across as a good use of your time. I don't think you'd appreciate it much if Tim or someone else came into a thread about a band that you liked and said they basically sucked. Also, Imagine wasn't a Beatles song; it was a John Lennon solo song.

Aside from that, the Enola Gay wasn't a spacecraft - it was an airplane, and the two aren't necessarily synonymous.

1. Moon River - Henry Mancini (1961) 2. I Shall Be Released - Joe Cocker (1969) 3. A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass (1965) 4. Love Is Here And Now You're Gone - The Supremes (1967) 5. Chasing Pavements - Adele (2008) 6. Bring The Noise - Public Enemy (1988) 7. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (1960) 8. Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John (1974) 9. Viva La Vida - Coldplay (2008) 10. Little Black Submarines - The Black Keys (2012)

Vanilla Ice sucked. Such an embarrassment to the genre. If you want white MCs, Beastie Boys, MC Search, and Eminem are the way to go.

I don't know if he'll respond, since he gets tons of tweets every day, but I will. Edit: Just so that no one accuses me of being a fibber....

PRE 1980 SONGS WITH SPACE /SPACECRAFT /ASTRONAUTS, ETC. IN THE TITLE (that charted in the U.S. or the U.K.*) 1. Supersonic Rocket Ship - The Kinks (1972)* 2. Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters (1977) 3. Armstrong - John Stewart (1969) 4. Rocket Man - Elton John (1973) 5. I'm The Urban Spaceman - Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (1968) * 6. Telstar - The Tornados (1962) 7. Outa-Space - Billy Preston (1972) 8. Rocket Ride - Kiss (1977) 9. Space Oddity - David Bowie (1969*, 1973 and 1975*) 10. Space Race - Billy Preston (1973) 11. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley (1958) 12. Martian Hop - The Ran-Dells (1963) 13. Venus - Shocking Blue (1970) 14. The Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2) - Buchanan and Goodman (1956) 15. Mr. Spaceman - The Byrds (1966) 16. Life On Mars? - David Bowie (1971*) 17. Fly Me To The Moon - Joe Harnell (1962) 18. Little Space Girl - Jesse Lee Turner (1959) 19. Venus And Mars/Rock Show - Wings (1975) 20. Rocket - Mud (1974) * 21. Venus - Frankie Avalon (1959) 22. Destination Venus - The Rezillos (1978) 23. Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King (1965) 24. Moon River - Henry Mancini (1961)

It'll definitely get my vote. Chuck D follows me on Twitter.

I like both heavy metal and hip-hop.

I changed my 2nd nomination. I can't believe Moon River hasn't made it in the TT yet. It's such a classic, achingly gorgeous song.

A Taste of Honey - Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass (1965) Moon River - Henry Mancini (1961) I Shall Be Released - Joe Cocker (1969)

Train In Vain wasn't released as a single until February of 1980, so it doesn't count in this list. That's why I couldn't use it before.

1. Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (1970) 2. Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt (1975) 3. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre (1967) 4. Can’t Help Falling In Love – UB 40 (1993) 5. Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon - Urge Overkill (1992) 6. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan (1991) 7. Turn the Page - Metallica (1998) 8. Red Rubber Ball – Simon & Garfunkel (1967) 9. I Swear - All-4-One (1994) 10. Cupid - The Spinners (1980)

Well, since you asked so nicely, after I got to the store, I got a shopping cart and started walking around putting food into it. I KNOW. Then when I was done, I went to the checkout counter, paid for it all, then left. SO EXCITING.

In case anyone is curious, the predicate of a sentence is everything that follows the subject. If your sentence is "I walked to the store", the subject is "I" and the predicate is "walked to the store." I hate that I know this crap. LOL

I agree that knowing proper spelling/grammar/punctuation is not a useless endeavor, but outside of the classroom, I've never had anyone ask me what the predicate of a sentence is. LOL

The comma is used in that sentence as a natural pause that one would take while speaking, not to separate clauses or items in a list. Say the sentence out loud; if you don't pause after "work", it sounds like you're speaking without taking a breath. I had all these rules drilled into me in grammar school, high school, then college....so now it's all rote memory. Subjects, predicates, split infinitives, prepositional clauses, imperatives....it's all totally useless information, but I've still retained it.

You don't need to use a comma because the clause following the conjunction is an imperative statement (an order, basically). For example: "When I get home from work, the dishes better be done and don't tell me you did them when you didn't." Also, being the grammar pedant than I am, I decided to look up the rule about commas before imperatives and discovered that there is pretty wide-ranging debate on whether it's correct to put one before the conjunction or not. Most have said though, it's not necessary, since the clauses are short and not open to misinterpretation due to lack of punctuation. According to this website, with an .edu at the end (which gives it a bit more gravitas), this was their response to the question: Your sentence appears to fit the bill for NOT using the comma before the conjunction.

Actually Sammy, you DON'T need a comma in that sentence because the clause after the conjunction is not a complete sentence. For example: I am going to the store and also heading to the post office. vs. I am going to the store, and I will then head to the post office. You only use a comma to separate the two clauses if both clauses can stand on their own as complete sentences. Also, Sammy was correct in using "are" rather than "is" as the verb tense. If he'd said "the school or the name" it would be "is", but the usage of "and" pluralizes the subject, so you need to pluralize the verb. /end grammar pedant

Covers Not In The TT Special 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) - Harpers Bizarre (1967) Originally performed by Simon & Garfunkel Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Diana Ross (1970) Originally performed by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell Ooh Baby Baby - Linda Ronstadt (1978) Originally performed by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

You know Edna, I was going to use that one a while back, but when I checked their discography on Wikipedia, Drive My Car wasn't listed as a single.

I'm looking forward to the Covers Not In The Top Ten special. I found a couple I'm surprised hadn't made it in yet.