katie_sane
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All the best Shawna!
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1. Layla - Derek & The Dominos
2. Night Moves - Bob Seger
3. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
4. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
5. Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones
6. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
7. Highway Star - Deep Purple
8. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
9. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
10. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
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THANKS to our contributors, gold stars for you all!
The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #172
Just the two songs without facts this week:
Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson (1961)
Hawaii Five - O - The Ventures (1968)
If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.
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Hehe, of course there was Mrs Robinson! They even showed scenes from The Graduate before they played it. It just wasn't one of the highlight performances of the night for me
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Just the right amount of time. Thanks Radhi
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So I got it in a nutshell then
I would like to play. I'll just go find some worthy nominations.
How long do I have?
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We were lucky enough to snag tickets to Simon & Garfunkel in Sydney at Acer Arena last Sunday night.
First up, let me say I *hate* this venue. It is at Olympic Park, Homebush (remember the Sydney Olympics in 2000? This was the stadium for the Olympic basketball) and it is HUGE. I've seen Kiss there, and The Eagles and while a venue like this is made for bands like Kiss, and The Eagles can certainly hold their own there, it IS NOT made for bands like Simon & Garfunkel.
They overcame this of course
The quality of their voices is still very, very good. They opened with 'Old Friends' and sang a number of their hits before Art Garfunkel sang a few of his solo songs. He still has a great voice but his songs all sounded the same to me. I thought he sang 'Bright Eyes' three times
Paul Simon followed this up by singing three of his own, (including a fantastic rendition of 'Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes') which elicited much more of a crowd response.
Stand outs for me were 'America' (I am biased about that one - it's my all time fave S&G track), 'The Only Living Boy In New York', 'The Boxer' and the perennial classic 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'.
The concert ended with two encores and standing ovations for the old friends
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How does this Top Ten work? Just nominate any two songs from 1970 - 1979? Then voting as usual?
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Listening to 'Beat It' now too
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The classic Australian example. Have a listen, if you don't mind profanity.
I suggest you listen to the first 30 seconds or so of this video to hear the crowd's response:
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels (Live in 2008)
Then listen to this version of the song, which is much better, but you can't hear the crowd so well. Not sure what year this version was recorded, but the band was pretty much in their prime, and the sound quality is better:
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again - The Angels (From the "Wasted Sleepless Nights" DVD)
Note that The Angels were known as Angel City in the US, so they wouldn't be confused with the group who sang "My Boyfriend's Back".
When I saw this thread, I was thinking "I wonder if Chris has posted about The Angels yet"
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Thriller - Michael Jackson
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A very big THANKYOU to the people who contribute facts to this thread
The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #171
THREE songs in need of facts:
Black Steel - Tricky (1995)
What Have They Done To My Song, Ma - Melanie (1970)
Baby, I Love You - Aretha Franklin (1967)
If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.
The Songfish thanks you.
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I initally thought this was a hoax too, but it appears not. Whatever you thought about him, he was amazingly talented. No one can deny that.
R.I.P
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Thanks edna!!
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Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
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*Bought tickets to see Joe Jackson (and also Marianne Faithfull actually) in July
* Muse is coming to Antwerp this fall, must have tickets!
Wow, Joe Jackson & Marianne Faithfull would be awesome! Muse, too
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Hehe, were they Eskimo Joe 'purists'?
I like it a lot too...you're right Radhi, catchy as hell. I heard somewhere that this song was in part inspired by Heath Ledger, who hails from the same state as Eskimo Joe
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**BUMP**
Eskimo Joe have a new album out, 'Inshalla'. First single from it is Foreign Land. Definitely worth a listen!
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The Nosebleed Section is a great song
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Going to Simon & Garfunkel on sunday night!! I'll post a review after
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The Dolphin's Cry - Live
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The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten
THREE songs missing:
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp (1974)
California Sun - The Rivieras (1964)
Teacher - Jethro Tull (1970)
If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.
The Songfish thanks you.
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SORRY I have been late with these updates for a while now. I've not been well, but I'm trying to get on here more. I miss my songfacts
and now...
The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #169
TWO songs:
You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful (1965)
Dandy - The Kinks (1966)
If you have any info on any of the songs mentioned anywhere in this thread, please feel free to post your knowledge here. Submissions on songs will be collated and sent to the main site and you will receive credit for your contribution.
The Songfish thanks you.
Simon & Garfunkel
in Concerts
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It's usually me that's jealous of all you guys. Australia is just so damn far away. We really lucked in when S&G decided to do a few shows down here