The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #124

[karma]

Allentown is a blue collar steeltown in Pennsyvania that is dying because of the decline of the USA steel industry. Kind of a microcosm of American manufacturing problems and this is an anthem to the folks who are affected.

I know that, I was just yanking Seekers chain is all.

[Uncle Joe]

We keep Seeker on a short chain.

[The Seeker]

You can yank it all you like. That'd be 5 points for Allentown.

edit: Yes, you do... SF makes me suffer terribly

[The Seeker]

20th Century Boy - T Rex (1973)

Ain't That A Lot Of Love - Taj Mahal (1968)

Alabama Getaway - The Grateful Dead (1980)

All I Want - Toad The Wet Sprocket (1991)

Alle Auf Pause - Couch (2001)

Allentown - Billy Joel (1982)

All Star - Smash Mouth (1999)

Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (2003)

Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3 (1993)

Cherry Cherry - Neil Diamond (1966)

Color Him Father - The Winstons (1969)

Dance With Me - Orleans (1975)

Down The Road A Piece - The Rolling Stones (1965)

Drive My Car - The Beatles (1965)

Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (1966)

Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell (1974)

Galveston - Glen Campbell (1969)

Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Hero - Mariah Carey (1993)

Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (1980)

Idea - Bee Gees (1968)

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

I Like To Rock - April Wine (1979)

I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman (1987)

I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren (1972)

Janie Jones - The Clash (1977)

Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1978)

Look What You've Done - Boz Scaggs (1980)

Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys (2006)

Moonlight Drive - The Doors (1967)

Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

Mystify - INXS (1987)

Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire (1979)

Now I'm Here - Queen (1974)

Old Man Down The Road, The - John Fogerty (1985)

Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps (1970)

Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes (1983)

Patience - Guns N' Roses (1988)

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976)

Serenata Rap - Jovanotti (1994)

So It Goes - Nick Lowe (1976)

Solitaire - The Carpenters (1975)

Sowing The Seeds of Love - Tears for Fears (1989)

There's Only One Way To Rock - Sammy Hagar (1981)

Thunderstruck - AC/DC (1990)

Turn Down Day - The Cyrkle (1966)

Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (1965)

Violet Hill - Coldplay (2008)

Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole (1956)

Where Have All The Good Times Gone - The Kinks (1965)

Wonderful Night - Fatboy Slim (2004)

Work To Do - Average White Band (1974)

You Were On My Mind - We Five (1965)

[TheLizard]

1. "Moonlight Drive" - The Doors

2. "Janie Jones" - The Clash

3. "Thunderstruck" - AC/DC

4. "Drive My Car" - The Beatles

5. "Violet Hill" - Coldplay

6. "Uptight (Everything's Alright)" - Stevie Wonder

7. "Alabama Getaway" - The Grateful Dead

8. "I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing" - Aerosmith

9. "Allentown" - Billy Joel

10. "20th Century Boy" - T-Rex

Had to leave off a lot this time...

[_Laurie_]

1. Old Man Down The Road, The - John Fogerty (1985)

2. Down The Road A Piece - The Rolling Stones (1965)

3. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

4. Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

5. I Like To Rock - April Wine (1979)

6. I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman (1987)

7. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976)

8. 20th Century Boy - T Rex (1973)

9. Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps (1970)

10 Galveston - Glenn Campbell (1969)

[Uncle Joe]

1-Turn - Down Day - Cyrkle (1966)...and I like it.

2-Dance With Me - Orleans (1975)

3-Work To Do - Average White Band (1974)

4-Ain't That A Lot Of Love - Taj Mahal (1968)

5-You Were On My Mind - We Five (1965)

6-I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren (1972)

7-20th Century Boy - T Rex (1973)

8-All Star - Smash Mouth (1999)

9-Allentown - Billy Joel (1982)

10-Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (1966)

Honorable Mention -in no particular order:

Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell (1974)

Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1978)

Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps (1970)

Solitaire - The Carpenters (1975)

[blind-fitter]

1) Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys (2006)

2) Janie Jones - The Clash (1977)

3) 20th Century Boy - T Rex (1973)

4) Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire (1979)

5) So It Goes - Nick Lowe (1976)

6) Solitaire - The Carpenters (1975)

7) Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976)

8) Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

9) Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell (1974)

10) Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (1965)

[miamisammy29]

1. Where Have All The Good Times Gone - Kinks (A very underrated Kinks tune.)

2. I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren (One of Toad's best.)

3. Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty/Heartbreakers (Classic Petty.)

4. There's Only One Way To Rock - Sammy Hagar (Before he threw his career into the trash with that other band)

5. I Like To Rock - April Wine (Hoser rock at its best!)

6. Ooh Child - The Five Stairsteps (I first heard this one (and instantly loved it) in that classic teen angst film, "Over The Edge", wherein Matt Dillon's character dies...of course. It may have been a cover version in the movie, though...I can't remember.)

7. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (Another blatant ripping off of that fabulous talent that is Vanilla Ice).

8. Down The Road Apiece - The Stones (I like this one, but it only gets a Number 8 because, as you all know, cover tunes just ain't Sammy's thang.)

9. 20th Century Boy - T-Rex (Not quite "20th Century MAN", but a damn fine tune!)

10. You Were On My Mind - We Five (One-hit wonder alert! Call me Forrest Gump, but that's all I have to say about that.)

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Where Have All The Good times Gone

2. Galveston

3. Now I'm Here

4. 20th Century Boy

5. Free Man In Paris

6. Ooh child

7. Drive My Car

8. I'm No angel

9. Alabama Getaway

10. Play That Funky Music

Edited July 16, 2008 by Guest

[karma]

1. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

2. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (1966)

3. Solitaire - The Carpenters (1975)

4. Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

5. Dance With Me - Orleans (1975)

6. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

7. Turn - Down Day - Cyrkle (1966)

8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone - The Kinks (1965)

9. Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys (2006)

10. Alabama Getaway - The Grateful Dead (1980)

Dog Dang it.. this is my list but there were at least 15 more that I wanted to put on ggggrrrr

[The Seeker]

1. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

2. Elusive Butterfly - Bob Lind (1966)

3. Solitaire - The Carpenters (1975)

4. Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

5. Dance With Me - Orleans (1975)

6. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

7. Turn - Down Day - Cyrkle (1966)

8. Where Have All The Good Times Gone - The Kinks (1965)

9. Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys (2006)

10. Alabama Getaway - The Grateful Dead (1980)

Dog Dang it.. this is my list but there were at least 15 more that I wanted to put on ggggrrrr

You can yank it all you like. That'd be 5 points for Allentown.

You think I was joking?

Sammy... work for you.

[karma]

You think I was joking?

Sammy... work for you.

well, like they say, stuff happens

[skybluesky]

1 20th Century Boy-T Rex

2 Janie Jones - The Clash

3 Free Man in Paris ~ Joni Mitchell

4 All I Want-Toad The Wet Sprocket

5 Patience - Guns n' Roses

6 Click Here Fin

Allentown -- Billy Joel

7 Ooh Child ~ The Five Stairsteps

8 You Were on my Mind - We Five

9 Uptight (Everthing's Alright) Stevie Wonder

10 I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren

[The Seeker]

I half expected it to be Cherry Cherry

[skybluesky]

I couldn't be that mean. I had to leave off Cherry Cherry much to my dismay.

[phil]

Greetings everyone from my sister's house in the beautiful Catskill Mountains. Lots of woods, streams and lakes. Good for the soul.

1. Ooh Child - Five Stairsteps ( produced by Curtis Mayfield)

2. I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren

3. Free Man In Paris - Joni

4. So It Goes - Nick Lowe

5. Wasted On The Way - CSNY

6. Where Have All The Good Times Gone? - Kinks

7. Alle Auf Pause - Couch

8. Mardy Bum - Arctic Monkeys

9. Allentown - Billy Joel

10. Turn Down Day - Cyrkle

[Farin]

phil, you're the man

[Lea]

1.Turn-Down Day - Cyrkle

2.Look What You've Done - Boz Scaggs

3.The Old Man Down The Road ~ John Fogerty

4.Wasted On The Way...Crosby, Stills, Nash andYoung

5.I'm No Angel -- Gregg Allman

6.Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

7.I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren

8.Work To Do-Average White Band

9.Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

10.20th Century Boy-T Rex

[smallest] Like Uncle Joe said:

Honorable Mention -in no particular order:

Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (For Angel)

Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

Ooh Child ~ The Five Stairsteps

Drive My Car - The Beatles

Uptight (Everthing's Alright) Stevie Wonder

Color Him Father - The Winstons

Gold Dust Woman ~ Fleetwood Mac

Free Man in Paris ~ Joni Mitchell

Orleans-Dance With Me

All Star - Smash Mouth

Moonlight Drive - The Doors [/smallest]

[MuzikTyme]

1. ~ Allentown - Billy Joel (1982)

2. ~ Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (2003)

3. ~ Drive My Car - The Beatles (1965)

4. ~ Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell (1974)

5. ~ Galveston - Glenn Campbell (1969)

6. ~ Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

7. ~ I Like To Rock - April Wine (1979)

8. ~ Old Man Down The Road, - John Fogerty (1985)

9. ~ There's Only One Way To Rock - Sammy Hagar (1981)

10. ~ Work To Do - Average White Band (1974)

[The Seeker]

[MindCrime]

1. Owner of a Lonely Heart - Yes (1983)

2. Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty (1978)

3. Patience - Guns N' Roses (1988)

4. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976)

5. Bring Me To Life - Evanescence (2003)

6. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

7. Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) - Us3 (1993)

8. Gold Dust Woman - Fleetwood Mac (1977)

9. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (1990)

10. Janie Jones - The Clash (1977)

I had to narrow it down from almost 40, so many good artists to choose from.

[Lucky]

1. Uptight (Everything's Alright) Stevie Wonder (1965)

2. Alabama Getaway - The Grateful Dead (1980)

3. I'm No Angel - Gregg Allman (1987)

4. Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (1976)

5. Ain't That A Lot Of Love - Taj Mahal (1968)

6. I Don't Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith (1998)

7. Mystify - INXS (1987)

8. Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar (1980)

9. Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (1982)

10. All Star - Smash Mouth (1999)

[CanAm]

1. Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

2. Free Man In Paris - Joni Mitchell

3. Dance With Me - Orleans

4. Galveston - Glen Campbell

5. Drive My Car - The Beatles

6. Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty

7. Now I'm Here - Queen

8. Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills & Nash

9. When I Fall In Love - Nat King Cole

10. You Were On My Mind - We Five

Honourable Mention:

Cherry, Cherry

Gold Dust Woman

Owner Of A Lonely Heart

So It Goes

There's Only One Way To Rock

Uptight (Everything's Alright)

[CanAm]

I'm back from the hospital today after two nightmarish nights in hospital. I'm sure the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay get more sleep than I got while in hospital. Why in God's name do they have to do labwork at three fricking A.M. And can they draw blood from all four of us in the room at the same damn time? Noooooo!!! They come in 4 different times between 3 and 5 A.M.

Anyway, apart from feeling tired and like someone has been mucking around in my neck with a rusty spoon, I'm o.k. I'll know more when my doctor gets back the pathology results on all the crap they removed from my neck. To add insult to injury, I actually gained weight while in hospital despite the fact that I haven't eaten anything non pureed in 3 days. Ain't that a kicker.

I just want to thank all of you for your kind words and thoughts. They meant more to me than you know. As I said to Helena, we really do have a wonderfully kind and supportive group of people at Songfacts.

And Sammy, one of my nurses was really hot, so eat your heart out!