The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #144

[Farin]

"You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)" - Sylvester (1978)

"Transmission" - Joy Division (1979)

[MindCrime]

2 noms repeating titles from other noms this week:

Photograph - Nickelback (2005)

Rapture - Blondie (1981)

There's also two noms named Closing Time, I hope everybody doesn't get confused

[The Seeker]

Yeah... don't complain if I mix up the points

All About You - The Rolling Stones (1980)

All These Things I've Done - The Killers (2004)

Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)

At Seventeen - Janis Ian (1975)

Beautiful World - Devo (1981)

Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (1979)

Closing Time - Leonard Cohen (1992)

Closing Time - Semisonic (1998)

Closer To Free - Bodeans (1995)

Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf (1975)

Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading - (1976)

Girl With No Eyes - It's A Beautiful Day (1969)

Going To New York - Climax Blues Band (1986)

Gypsy (Of A Strange And Distant Time) - The Moody Blues (1969)

Hey, St Peter - Flash and The Pan (1978)

Highwayman - The Highwaymen (1985)

In All The Wrong Places - Ulrich Schnauss (2003)

Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (1965)

Keep The Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

La Femme d'Argent - Air (1998)

Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur (1973)

Miracles - Jefferson Starship (1975)

Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four (1979)

New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980)

Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

Philadelphia - Neil Young (1993)

Phone Booth - Robert Cray (1983)

Photograph - Def Leppard (1983)

Photograph - Nickelback (2005)

Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds (1961)

Rapture - Blondie (1981)

Rapture - iiO (2001)

Rescue Me - Buckcherry (2008)

Right Hand Man - Joan Osborne (1995)

Roller - April Wine (1979)

Run Runaway - Slade (1983)

Runaway - Bon Jovi (1984)

Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

Shoot Down - The Prodigy (2004)

Sign Your Name - Terrence Trent D'Arby (1987)

Soft Parade, The - The Doors (1969)

Southbound Pachyderm - Primus (1995)

Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor (1970)

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (1983)

Train In The Distance - Paul Simon (1983)

Transmission - Joy Division (1979)

Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground (1967)

Walkin' The Dog - Rufus Thomas (1963)

What You're Proposing - Status Quo (1980)

When The Night Comes Falling - Jeff Healey (1989)

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester (1978)

You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos! (2007)

[edna]

1- Hey, St Peter - Flash and The Pan (1978)

2- Closing Time - Leonard Cohen (1992)

3- All About You - The Rolling Stones (1980)

4- Keep The Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

5- Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

6- Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground (1967)

7- Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (1965)

8- Girl With No Eyes - It's A Beautiful Day (1969)

9- What You're Proposing - Status Quo (1980)

10- Rapture - Blondie (1981)

[miamisammy29]

1. Orange Crush - REM (One of their best. Right up there with "Driver 8" and "Texarkana".)

2. Shangri-La - The Kinks (Great tune off "Arthur", the ORIGINAL rock opera.)

3. Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf (What a coincidence...this was the exact motto of my uncle's old "organization".)

4. Roller - April Wine (Who says Canada has absolutely nothing to offer the rest of the world?! They have April Wine!)

5. Run Runaway - Slade (Hard to believe that this was Slade's biggest hit....well, biggest one that SLADE recorded, anyway.)

6. All About You - The Stones (KEEEEEEITH!!)

7. Runaway - Bon Jovi (Great tune, but I just couldn't bring myself to vote Bon Jovi higher than the Stones.)

8. Closer To Free - Bodeans (These guys could rock!)

9. Closing Time - Semisonic (This is one of those songs that kinda grows on you. But, man, was it f***ing irritating when it first came out!)

10. Southbound Pachyderm - Primus (Tell me: Who doesn't love elephants or the bass guitar?!)

Not what I'd call the most exciting Top Ten ever. But Honorable Mention also goes out to the following:

Flash and the Pan, Gang Of Four, The Prodigy, Velvet Underground, and Gary U.S. Bonds.

[MindCrime]

1. Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (1983)

2. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds (1961)

3. Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

4. Photograph - Def Leppard (1983)

5. Runaway - Bon Jovi (1984)

6. All of these Things That I've Done - Killers (2004)

7. Closing Time - Semisonic (1998)

8. Rapture - Blondie (1981)

9. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (1979)

10. Southbound Pachyderm - Primus (1995)

Sorry to the Bodeans (Party of Five theme song), Air, Janis Ian, etc.

[miamisammy29]

That was the "Party of Five" theme song?! Really?! I never actually watched that steaming pile of southbound pachyderm crap.

[_Laurie_]

1. Roller - April Wine (1979)

2. Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor (1970)

3. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980)

4. Miracles - Jefferson Starship (1975)

5. Philadelphia - Mr. Neil Young (1993)

6. Train In The Distance - Paul Simon (1983)

7. Run Runaway - Slade (1983)

8. Photograph - Def Leppard (1983)

9. Phone Booth - Robert Cray (1983)

10 Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)

I just noticed I have four 1983's in a row on my list...cool

[MindCrime]

That was the "Party of Five" theme song?! Really?! I never actually watched that steaming pile of southbound pachyderm crap.

I watched it on mute, just because of Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love-Hewitt.

[miamisammy29]

I watched it on mute, just because of Neve Campbell and Jennifer Love-Hewitt.

Ahh, yes. I would love to be the meat in that sandwich.

[J Hill]

144 for sure!

1. Closing Time - Leonard Cohen (1992)

2. Highwayman - The Highwaymen (1985)

3. Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

4. Soft Parade, The - The Doors (1969)

5. Rapture - Blondie (1981)

6, Sign Your Name - Terrence Trent D'Arby (1987)

7. Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

9. Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor (1970)

9. Train In The Distance - Paul Simon (1983)

10. Beautiful World - Devo (1981)

I can't decide if this week's list is more ecletic or esoteric

[Lea]

1.When The Night Comes Falling -Jeff Healey

2.Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading

3.Highwayman - W. Nelson, W. Jennings, J. Cash & K. Kristofferson

4.Closing Time - Leonard Cohen

5.Closing Time - Semisonic

6.Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf

7.Keep the Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel

8.At Seventeen - Janis Ian

9.Photograph - Nickelback

10.Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur

[TheLizard]

1. "The Soft Parade" - The Doors

2. "You! Me! Dancing!" - Los Campesinos

3. "Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure

4. "Shangri-La" - The Kinks

5. "New York, New York" - Frank Sinatra

6. "Keep The Customer Satisfied" - Simon and Garfunkel

7. "All These Things That I've Done" - The Killers

8. "Closing Time" - Semisonic

9. "Orange Crush" - REM

10. "Transmission" - Joy Division

[katie_sane]

1. Photograph - Def Leppard

2. Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four

3. All These Things That I've Done - The Killers

4. Hey, St.Peter - Flash and The Pan

5. Miracles - Jefferson Starship

6. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure

7. Runaway - Bon Jovi

8. Roller - April Wine

9. Rapture - Blondie

10. Orange Crush - R.E.M.

[LeeBB]

Tricky!!

1. Keep The Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

2. Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)

3. At Seventeen - Janis Ian (1975)

4. Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur (1973)

5. Rapture - Blondie (1981)

6. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (1979)

7. Walkin' The Dog - Rufus Thomas (1963)

8. Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

9. Transmission - Joy Division (1979)

10.New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980)

Lbb

[phil]

1, Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading

2. Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group

3. Roller - April Wine

4. Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground

5. Philadelphia - Neil Young

6. Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas

7. Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur

8. Quarter To Three - Gary US Bonds

9. La Femme d'Argent - Air

10. Going To New York - Climax Blues Band

[cyberjudge]

1. At Seventeen-Janis Ian (my nom in #122)

2. Photograph-Nickelback

3. Rapture-Blondie

4. Miracles-Jefferson Starship

5. Total Eclipse of the Heart-Bonnie tyler

6. New York, New York-Frank Sinatra

7. Keep the Customer Satisfied-Simon & Garfunkel

8. Midnight at the Oasis-Maria Muldaur

9. Closing Time-Semisonic

10. Photograph-Def Leppard

[bazooka]

1. Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group

2. Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading

3. Southbound Pachyderm - Primus

4. Orange Crush - R.E.M.

5. Walkin' The Dog - Rufus Thomas

6. Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds

7. Phone Booth - Robert Cray

8. Steam Roller Blues - James Taylor

9. Closer To Free - Bodeans

10. Rapture - Blondie .. I like this song music-wise, but the ' rap' is feeble and amateurish. I think they were infatuated with Rap, but bungled the attitude and execution, like akwardly trying to duplicate an unfamiliar new dance step.

[MindCrime]

10. Rapture - Blondie .. I like this song music-wise, but the ' rap' is feeble and amateurish. I think they were infatuated with Rap, but bungled the attitude and execution, like akwardly trying to duplicate an unfamiliar new dance step.

I still give her credit and props for the fact that nobody knew what rap was in 1981. She didn't have much to influence her in the way of rapping.

[blind-fitter]

1) Natural's Not In It - Gang Of Four (1979)

2) Transmission - Joy Division (1979)

3) Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (1979)

4) You! Me! Dancing! - Los Campesinos! (2007)

5) Rapture - iiO (2001)

6) You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester (1978)

7) In All The Wrong Places - Ulrich Schnauss (2003)

8) Orange Crush - R.E.M.(1988)

9) Southbound Pachyderm - Primus (1995)

10) Rapture - Blondie (1981)

Edited December 4, 2008 by Guest
Re-ordering

[Steel2Velvet]

1. At Seventeen - Janis Ian (1975)

2. Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur (1973)

3. Keep The Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

4. Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading - (1976)

5. Right Hand Man - Joan Osborne (1995)

6. What You're Proposing - Status Quo (1980)

7. Highwayman - The Highwaymen (1985)

8. Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (1965)

9. Phone Booth - Robert Cray (1983)

10. Rapture - iiO (2001)

I could have easily made a much longer list.

Tough week for eliminations!

But great week for new (to me) music!

[Uncle Joe]

1- Train In The Distance - Paul Simon (1983)

2- At Seventeen - Janis Ian (1975)

3- Miracles - Jefferson Starship (1975)

4- Girl With No Eyes - It's A Beautiful Day (1969)

5- Quarter To Three - Gary U.S. Bonds (1961)

6- Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (1965)

7- Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur (1973)

8- Walkin' The Dog - Rufus Thomas (1963)

9- Astral Weeks - Van Morrison (1968)

10- Rapture - Blondie (1981)

[Jenny]

1. Sign Your Name - Terence Trent d'Arby smooth, seductive...nice

2. Total Eclipse of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler we're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks

3. Closing Time - Semisonic

4. Rapture - Blondie

5. Closer To Free - Bodeans

6. Orange Crush - REM

7. All These Things I've Done - The Killers

8. Rapture - iiO

9. It's A Beautigful World - Devo

10. La Femme d'Argent - Air I really liked the bass line of this one

[The Seeker]

1. Shoot Down - The Prodigy (2004)

2. Train In The Distance - Paul Simon (1983)

3. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980

4. Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground (1967)

5. Keep The Customer Satisfied - Simon & Garfunkel (1970)

6. Keep On Running - Spencer Davis Group (1965)

7. Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

8. Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

9. Soft Parade, The - The Doors (1969)

10. Transmission - Joy Divison (1979)

[Viaene]

1. Orange Crush - R.E.M. (1988)

2. New York, New York - Frank Sinatra (1980)

3. Boys Don't Cry - The Cure (1979)

4. Hey, St Peter - Flash and The Pan (1978)

5. Philadelphia - Neil Young (1993)

6. La Femme d'Argent - Air (1998)

7. Soft Parade, The - The Doors (1969)

8. Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

9. Photograph - Nickelback (2005)

10.Shoot Down - The Prodigy (2004)