OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 BIGGER THAN BEN HUR... MORE PASSIONATE (ABOUT MUSIC ANYWAY) THAN GONE WITH THE WIND... AND STILL AFLOAT AFTER ALMOST 2 YEARS. I'm honored to have been asked by Lucky and The Team to open our Centenary Top Ten. Let me first thank them profusely for the wonderful job all involved have done. And of course, everyone who turns up to nominate and vote each week. There wouldn't be a Top Ten without you. We also thank Carl for his support and for making the Top Ten a featured Forum on Songfacts. Also all of those innovative people who have come up with so many ideas for the many Threads under the Top Ten umbrella which certainly enhance the basic Top Ten. I'm pleasantly surprised that the Top Ten has reached this milestone. Who would have believed it would last this long when we first proposed the idea in March 2006 ? I think this quote by Lucky sums it all up. I can't say it any better ! "The Top Ten has been a continually running thread for 2 years now, nothing has ever been deleted from that forum, it is fully archived and documented. We have approximately 50 nominations weekly, give or take a few. The majority of participants are the same longstanding members of SF. What else represents the Songfactors choice in music better? Think about it, there will be 1000 songs represented on our list." Here's a Link to the Very First Top Ten..... There's some interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 WELCOME TO THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE CENTENARY TOP TEN #100! ALL MEMBERS OF SONGFACTS ARE MOST WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. The greater the participation, the more diverse, and more representative our Top Ten is! THE RULES ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS WEEK *You may nominate ONE song that hasn't made the Ten before, but the OTHER must be by an Artist/Group who have never previously made the Ten! Please click to view Every Song That's Made The Songfactors' Choice Top Tens., * When nominations close, choose your favorite Ten songs in order of preference from the Final Nominations List and post them here. Points are allotted, 10 for your #1 song, 9 for #2, Etc. and our Top Ten is compiled from them. What could be simpler? PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR NEW NOMINATIONS NOW ! P.S. Sorry for the delay. I couldn't get back into the Boards for 2+ hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Wow 55...a great intro!....good job as always ... I'll be right back with a couple of tunes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Suspect Device- Stiff Little Fingers (1979) Hot For Teacher- Van Halen (1984) Happy 100th! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Tim, did you win the door prize for being first? My Way ~ Frank Sinatra (1969) ... Hey if Nancy is on the TT, well Frankie should be on it too, dang it all! My Hometown ~ Bruce Springsteen (1984) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks Laurie. I thought I might have overdone it a bit. And Tim Lizard is first to nominate in TT100 Good on you Mate. Here's mine. A Hard Day's Night - The Beatles (1964) Black Velvet - Alannah Myles (1989) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) Dang kid. I'm usually first and he beat me. But I can't be mad because he nominated Hot for Teacher. I'm nominating songs from my two personalites here on the boards-- Alison ~Elvis Costello~1978 The video quality is lacking, but this purports to be Mr. Costello's first television performance. New York, New York~Ryan Adams~2001 Edited January 28, 2008 by Guest Changed Nomination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Happy 100 everyone! Don't Misunderstand Me - Rossington Collins Band Dirty Old Town - The Pogues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Happy 100th Top Everybody!! Glad we have Captain55 aboard... "Temporary Beauty" - Graham Parker & The Rumour "Mercy, mercy" - The Rolling Stones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Nice job, Old fif'! Now, Let's get this party started!! Happy #100!! I don't know about anyone else, but this top ten thing has become quite a habit for me. I listen to radio, or a cd, or hear a song in passing in the store, or a snippet in a movie, and think "has this been done yet?" I even have a list in the car. Does anyone else do that? 100 tens, 1000 songs.... and I still do it, every week. I haven't got my nominations quite figured out yet for THIS week, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I don't know about anyone else, but this top ten thing has become quite a habit for me. I listen to radio, or a cd, or hear a song in passing in the store, or a snippet in a movie, and think "has this been done yet?" I even have a list in the car. Does anyone else do that? 100 tens, 1000 songs.... and I still do it, every week. OMG yes!....I do that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I looked at my old Lista for the first time in a while today. Trouble is, when I come to nominate I always change my mind and put something I heard on the radio that morning. I might change my second nomination today yet. I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 See what you've done to us 55...it's madness I tell you...madness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Divine madness Laurie. Could we package it and sell it ? Remember when bluesboy had us doing 'Top 20 compilation CDs' of our nominations each ten x Tens. I reckon we'd have some best sellers - except the Copyrights might cost a fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Yep....and it's so true about the car too.....when I hear a tune that I like when I'm going somewhere....I have to write it down right away...or else I'll forget to put it on the list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 You mean you have been burning and selling cds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Writing in the car... ...and you and Lucky probably drive on the right hand side of the road too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman - 1969 Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels - 1971 Happy 100th everyone. I'm glad I could be here to contribute. These are re-noms but very very good songs. I think just about every song I've ever heard of has made the nominations at one time or other. With 1000 songs listed I guess that comes as no surprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 for the Top Ten #100 I decided to be quite selfish: I'm going to nominate two of my absolute favourite songs that (almost) nobody ever heard (of) Mosquito Song ~ Queens of the Stone Age (2002) Video MP3 if you know the band, but not the song, I dare to predict that you'll be in for quite a surprise it's really different... in a good way All Those Yesterdays ~ Pearl Jam (1998) Video MP3 (minimize the video please) it starts slow and just gets better and better what are you running from? taking pills to get along creating walls to call your own so noone catches you drifting off and doing all the things that we all do... PS the song only goes for about 4 minutes, after that follows "Hummus", a Hidden Track from that album (complete in the mp3, a few seconds in the video) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Hello 55! Nice to have you back for this 100th Top Ten and hope you'll stay awhile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 WOW, the 100th Top Ten !! Onya 55! - Congrats ! good intro too. Happy #100 everybody ! Am gonna stick with my oldies as usual : The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr. Do What You Do, Do Well - Ned Miller http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GdOpGiYKc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Judo!! Great to see you back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks Handbags And Gladrags - Chris Farlowe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 OLD 55 and Judo! Great to see you both here! When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin (1971) Nomination 2 coming soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_s_1987 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Millionen Legionen (Unplugged) - Die Fantastischen Vier (2000) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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