The First Songfactors' Choice Super Ultimate Top Ten

[c_s_1987]

[bigger]THE FIRST SONGFACTORS' CHOICE SUPER ULTIMATE TOP TEN[/bigger]

- No nominations are required, as the songs have been selected from our 125 top tens.

- Voting rules will be exactly the same as the normal top tens - rank your favourite songs in the list from 1-10, and 10 points will be given to your number 1 song, 9 for number 2 etc.

- We have decided to restrict eligibility to vote to only those people who have nominated or voted in at least one of Top Tens 1-125. We think that's fair!

- The results will be announced in about five days from the start date of this thread.

A Day In The Life - The Beatles (1967)

A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who (1966)

All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (1968)

Baba O'Riley - The Who (1971)

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin (1969)

Better Man - Pearl Jam (1994)

Black - Pearl Jam (1991)

Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)

Brain Damage - Pink Floyd (1973)

Cowgirl In The Sand - Neil Young (1969)

Dream On - Aerosmith (1973)

Drugs Don't Work, The - The Verve (1997)

Get Off Of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones (1965)

Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones (1965)

I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (1967)

Imagine - John Lennon Plastic Ono Band (1971)

In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1991)

Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)

Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

Kashmir – Led Zeppelin (1975)

L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)

Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)

Let It Be - The Beatles (1970)

Levon - Elton John (1971)

Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

Living For The City - Stevie Wonder (1973)

Long And Winding Road, The - The Beatles (1970)

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

Money - Pink Floyd (1973)

My Generation – The Who (1965)

Nowhere Man - The Beatles (1966)

Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac (1969)

One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band (1972)

Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)

Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

People Are Strange - The Doors (1967)

Rain - The Beatles (1966)

Seeker, The - The Who (1970)

Shine A Light - The Rolling Stones (1972)

Slip Kid - The Who (1975)

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones (1968)

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

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (1967)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (1968)

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (1969)

[big]VOTE NOW![/big]

[c_s_1987]

Time to get this ridiculous task over and done with.

1. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

2. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin (1975)

3. Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1991)

4. Drugs Don't Work, The - The Verve (1997)

5. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)

6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)

7. Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)

8. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

9. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

10. Dream On - Aerosmith (1973)

[Farin]

aww, I would have liked "ULTIMATE Ultimate TT"

[Dappled]

1. Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks (1967)

2. A Day In The Life - The Beatles (1967)

3. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (1968)

4. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

5. Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac (1969)

6. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (1968)

7. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

8. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin (1969)

9. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

10. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

Well, that was pretty easy! Just choose the ten songs you can't live without

[Steel2Velvet]

It'd be funny and just a twinge ironic if this vote ends up with exactly the same ten songs that appeared as the "Weekly Top 10," along the right-side bar, on the day when we started this counter-Top Ten.

[Levis]

1. Drugs Don't Work, The - The Verve (1997)

2. Black - Pearl Jam (1991)

3. Better Man - Pearl Jam (1994)

4. Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1991)

5. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers (2000)

6. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)

7. Dream On - Aerosmith (1973)

8. People Are Strange - The Doors (1967)

9. L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)

10. Cowgirl In The Sand - Neil Young (1969)

:sleepy:

[The Seeker]

1. Baba O'Riley - The Who (1971)

2. My Generation – The Who (1965)

3. Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones (1968)

4. A Day In The Life - The Beatles (1967)

5. Seeker, The - The Who (1970)

6. Slip Kid - The Who (1975)

7. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

8. A Quick One, While He's Away - The Who (1966)

9. Drugs Don't Work, The - The Verve (1997)

10. Kashmir – Led Zeppelin (1975)

I love every single one of the 6 Who songs (though I feel kinda bad for voting for all of them)... leaving me with 4 other songs. And I had a VERY hard time cutting the list down to 30, minus the Who songs.

[MindCrime]

1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)

3. Dream On - Aerosmith (1973)

4. Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)

5. Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1991)

6. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)

7. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

8. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones (1968)

9. People Are Strange - The Doors (1967)

10. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)

[_Laurie_]

1. Baba O'Riley - The Who (1971)

2. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

3. In My Life - The Beatles (1965)

4. Let It Be - The Beatles (1970)

5. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (1967)

6. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

7. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

8. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)

9. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

10 L.A. Woman - The Doors (1971)

WOW!

[Lea]

1.Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

2.Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

3.In My Life - The Beatles

4.Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

5.Money - Pink Floyd

6.Levon - Elton John

7.Imagine - John Lennon

8.Long And Winding Road, The - The Beatles

9.Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac

10.Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Cowgirl In The Sand

2. Slip Kid

3. Layla

4. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

6. Hotel California

7. A Day In The Life

8. In My Life

9. Rain

10. Jumpin' Jack Flash

[_Laurie_]

I love every single one of the 6 Who songs (though I feel kinda bad for voting for all of them)... leaving me with 4 other songs. And I had a VERY hard time cutting the list down to 30, minus the Who songs.

No need to feel bad at all Seek...All of those Who songs ROCK!

[TheLizard]

1. "People Are Strange" - The Doors

2. "L.A. Woman" - The Doors

3. "Shine A Light" - The Rolling Stones

4. "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan

5. "Black" - Pearl Jam

6. "Wish You Were Here" - Pink Floyd

7. "Dream On" - Aerosmith

8. "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who

9. "In My Life" - The Beatles

10. "Imagine" - John Lennon

Ridiculous.

[edna]

1- In My Life - The Beatles

2- Stray Cat Blues - The Rolling Stones

3- Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

4- Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

5- While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

6- People Are Strange - The Doors

7- Shine A Light - The Rolling Stones

8- Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zeppelin

9- I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

10- Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones

Ridiculous.

Yes, that´s what I felt too... this is like choosing among your children...

[CanAm]

1. Let It Be - The Beatles

2. Hotel California - The Eagles

3. In My Life - The Beatles

4. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

5. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

6. Imagine - John Lennon

7. Nowhere Man - The Beatles

8. Wasted On The Way - CSN&Y

9. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

10. Levon - Elton John

[bluesboy]

1. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi

2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry

3. Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac

4. Cowgirl in the Sand - Neil Young

5. Paint It, Black - Stones

6. In My Life - Beatles

7. Get off of My Cloud - Stones

8. One Way Out - Allman Bros.

9. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Led Zep

10. Layla - Derek and the Dominos

[cyberjudge]

1. Let It Be-Beatles

2. Imagine-John Lennon

3. I Heard It Through the Grapevine-Marvin Gaye

4. Hotel California-Eagles (above 4 all from my PTT)

5. The Long and Winding Road-Beatles

6. Nowhere Man-Beatles

7. A Day in the Life-Beatles

8. Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen

9. Layla-Derek & the Dominoes

10. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction-Rolling Stones

[Lucky]

1. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (1969)

2. Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry (1958)

3. My Generation – The Who (1965)

4. Let It Be - The Beatles (1970)

5. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan (1965)

6. Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac (1969)

7. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band (1972)

8. Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

9. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (1971)

10. Cowgirl In The Sand - Neil Young (1969)

I didn't include the 6 Stones songs I could (should?) have. I still ended with 2 Stones & 2 Who songs. Can't help it, this ten is a great list of songs, chosen from a bigger list of great songs. These 10 are the cream of the crop, and 3 are my own original nominations.

[karma]

1. Nowhere Man - The Beatles (1966)

2. Let It Be - The Beatles (1970)

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

4. Jeremy - Pearl Jam (1991)

5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (1968)

6. Paint It, Black - The Rolling Stones (1966)

7. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971)

8. Black - Pearl Jam (1991)

9. Long And Winding Road, The - The Beatles (1970)

10. Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)

I almost forgot to vote

[MindCrime]

I'm surprised CCR didn't have one song on this list.

[cyberjudge]

I'm surprised CCR didn't have one song on this list.

I'm even more surprised Simon & Garfunkel were not represented.

[Dappled]

Yes I'm surprised too.

Here's a popularity list based on the 125 first top tens.

1. Beatles - 4134 - 76 - 9

2. Rolling Stones - 3601 - 85 - 16

3. Led Zeppelin - 2085 - 48 - 16

4. Who - 1924 - 43 - 13

5. Bob Dylan - 1663 - 43 - 18

6. Kinks - 1588 - 44 - 20

7. Creedence Clearwater Revival - 1349 - 27 - 11

8. Elton John - 1329 - 37 - 18

9. David Bowie - 1271 - 35 - 20

10. Pink Floyd - 1236 - 32 - 18

11. Billy Joel - 1219 - 36 - 20

12. Doors - 1217 - 28 - 14

13. Neil Young - 1207 - 29 - 14

14. Queen - 1155 - 33 - 21

15. Eagles - 1091 - 28 - 16

16. Jimi Hendrix - 1065 - 24 - 16

17. Simon & Garfunkel - 1008 - 18 - 12

18. Bruce Springsteen - 962 - 29 - 20

19. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 932 - 25 - 17

20. Fleetwood Mac - 918 - 32 - 25

21. Elvis Presley - 900 - 24 - 18

22. Pearl Jam - 875 - 22 - 15

23. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 872 - 22 - 14

24. R.E.M. - 859 - 22 - 17

25. Beach Boys - 846 - 22 - 18

The large number is the sum of all votes the artists have received in the top tens. The Beatles could have a bit more because I haven't had time to account for differences in artists' names. I know one song was by The Beatles with Billy Preston. Fleetwood Mac is another example. Both the Peter Green headed Mac and the later version is included here.

The next number is the number of entries in the top tens. Some of these are renominations. The last number is the average placement for the artists.

So you see, CCR should have been on the ultimate list!!

[MindCrime]

Very interesting read, Dappled. Thank You

[Steel2Velvet]

1. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band (1972)

2. A Day In The Life - The Beatles (1967)

3. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

4. Levon - Elton John (1971)

5. You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (1969)

6. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix (1968)

7. Money - Pink Floyd (1973)

8. Hotel California - The Eagles (1976)

9. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975)

10. Slip Kid - The Who (1975)

Solid!

[Jenny]

1. Levon - Elton John

2. I Heard it Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

3. L. A. Woman - The Doors

4. Jumpin' Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones

5. Jeremy - Pearl Jam

6. Imagine - John Lennon

7. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

8. Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers

9. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones

10. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd