The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #157

[miamisammy29]

I know what you mean, Peaches.

There's a town in the Poconos about 40 miles from my house called SCOTRUN. When driving by at 70mph, I always have to do a double take because it appears to say SCROTUM. I still laugh every time I pass it.

[Lea]

I thought you had typed Scrotum Sammie. I had to re- read it

[Steel2Velvet]

Driver's Seat - Sniff'n The Tears

Everytime I see this I juxtapose the words in my head and think it reads "Sniff'n the Seat". This freaks me out a bit.

The term for that phenomenon is "snarfing."

[LeeBB]

Driver's Seat - Sniff'n The Tears

Everytime I see this I juxtapose the words in my head and think it reads "Sniff'n the Seat". This freaks me out a bit.

This is a great Australia tradition, especially among politicians. We don't believe in God, but we do know how to have a good time:

I did sniff colleague's chair, admits politician

LBBB

[cyberjudge]

1. Give Me Just a little More Time-Chairmen of the Board

2. Time Warp-Rocky Horror Picture Show

3. Easy-Commodores

4. You Haven't Done Nothing-Stevie

5. Urgent-Foreigner

6. Shadow Dancing-Andy Gibb

7. Shining Star-Earth Wind & Fire

8. Baby I Love Your Way-Frampton

9. Drivers Seat-Sniff 'n' the Tears

10. I Touch Myself-Divinyls

[LeeBB]

1. Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (1974)

2. Mystery Train - Elvis Presley (1956)

3. Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans (1963)

4. Make Me Smile - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1975)

5. Somethin' Stupid - Nancy & Frank Sinatra (1967)

6. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1977)

7. Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (1970)

8. Easy - Commodores (1977)

9. Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead (1970)

10.I Touch Myself - Divinyls (1991)

I think I was in one of these bands, so maybe I gave it a higher vote than it deserves. Apologies.

LBB

[Kevin]

1. Lunatic Fringe

2. Mystery Train

3. Across 110th Street

4. Urgent

5. Telegraph Road

6. Night Time Is The right time

7. Sing

8. Madman Across The Water

9. Pretty Vacant

10. Love Hurts

[blind-fitter]

1) Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1977)

2) Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack (1972)

3) Make Me Smile - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1975)

4) Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups (2007)

5) Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

6) Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (1970)

7) I Touch Myself - Divinyls (1991)

8) Consequence - The Notwist (2002)

9) Easy - Commodores (1977)

10) Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) (1987)

[Viaene]

1. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (1982)

2. Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

3. On Call - Kings of Leon (2007)

4. Sing - Travis (2001)

5. Consequence - The Notwist (2002)

6. Somethin' Stupid - Nancy & Frank Sinatra (1967)

7. Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (1974)

8. Night Time Is The Right Time - Ray Charles (1958)

9. Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead (1970)

10.Mystery Train - Elvis Presley (1956)

[Farin]

1. Consequence - The Notwist (2002)

2. Sing - Travis (2001)

3. Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

4. Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups (2007)

5. Blood And Roses - The Smithereens (1986)

6. Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J (1987)

7. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1977)

8. Rising Sign (My Bloody Valentine Mix) - Hurricane #1 (1998)

9. On Call - Kings of Leon (2007)

10. Make Me Smile - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (1975)

Don't Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) - The Cardigans (2005)

Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears (1978)

Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) (1987)

[Levis]

1. Rising Sign (My Bloody Valentine Mix) - Hurricane #1 (1998) (clearly my ears have reached the musical equivalent of being able to hear dog whistles. I am proud of you, ears )

1.5. Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups (2007)

3. Consequence - The Notwist (2002)

4. Blood And Roses - The Smithereens (1986)

5. Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols (1977)

6. Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

7. Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans (1963)

8. Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears (1978)

9. You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder (1974)

10. I Touch Myself - Divinyls (1991)

[Steel2Velvet]

1. Easy - Commodores (1977)

2. Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (1974)

3. Sing - Travis (2001) *

4. I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite? - Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart (1967)

5. Pusher, The - Steppenwolf (1968)

6. Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton (1975)

7. Consequence - The Notwist (2002) *

8. Tell Mama - Etta James (1967)

9. Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups (2007) *

10. Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears (1978)

* New music for me. Thanks nominators

[Jenny]

1. I Touch Myself - Divinyls

2. Blood and Roses - Smithereens

3. Night Time is The Right Time - Ray Charles

4. Planet Earth - Duran Duran

5. Walk The Dinosaur - Was (not Was)

6. Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton

7. Hippy Hippy Shake - The Swinging Blue Jeans

8. Madman Across The Water - Elton John

9. Sing - Travis

10. Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age

[Tenacious_Peaches]

1] Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J (1987)

2] Planet Earth - Duran Duran (1981)

3] You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder (1974)

4] Tell Mama - Etta James (1967)

5] Shining Star - Earth, Wind and Fire (1975)

6] Tell Me Something Good - Rufus and Chaka Khan (1974)

7] Easy - Commodores (1977)

8] Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (1970)

9] Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb (1978)

10] Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

10.1] Consequence - The Notwist (2002)

10.2] Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

10.3] I Touch Myself - Divinyls (1991)

10.4] On Call - Kings of Leon (2007)

10.5] Well Thought Out Twinkles - Silversun Pickups (2007)

[The Seeker]

The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #157 for the week ending 15th March 2009

1. Love Hurts - Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris (1974)

2. Give Me Just A Little More Time - Chairmen Of The Board (1970)

3. You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder (1974) 

4. Madman Across The Water - Elton John (1971)

5. Sing - Travis (2001)

6. Tell Mama - Etta James (1967)

7. Blood And Roses - The Smithereens (1986)

8. Box Of Rain - Grateful Dead (1970)

9. Easy - Commodores (1977)

10. Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton (1975)

[Farin]

Sing made it

what was this... the third time it was nominated? the fourth?

[The Seeker]

A very '70s Top Ten, nominations-wise as well:

Top Ten Archive

[Farin]

I think Consequence has 10 points more than the last time I nominated it... next time it'll make it

[blind-fitter]

It's outcomes like this that make me wonder what the **** I'm doing here.

[Steel2Velvet]

It's outcomes like this that make me wonder what the **** I'm doing here.

We are unworthy but nonetheless thankful you're here, Biff.

[skybluesky]

I cannot be more pleased about Love Hurts being #1, and Box of Rain finally making it in. Also there's finally a Commodores song in the the ten and Travis made it again-WHOO HOO!

[OLD 55]

I want to congratulate Lucky for her most original nomination.

Some time ago, I inadvertantly re-nominated a song that had missed out for someone else, and that person said, "how come they didn't vote for it when I nominated it ?", with a sad face symbol. It still happens.

I'd like to see an "All New Songs" Top Ten. It would be difficult to police, but it's very simple to do a quick 'find on this page' search of the Archives.

[skybluesky]

I should feel that way about Box of Rain. I've nominated it twice and put in on my P T T, but I'm just glad it finally made it in, regardless of who nominated it and how many times.

[OLD 55]

That's fine Shannon. I'm glad for you. That was how the Top Ten started; we just wanted to get good songs in, no matter who nominated them. I didn't vote for either of my nominations in one Ten.

I'm just observing that most weeks someone will comment "it didn't do any good when I nominated it" or words to that effect.

I'm not telling anybody what to nominate, but I'll go on nominating only original songs. I don't want to cause angst to anyone.

[Lucky]

I honestly never thought Love Hurts would have made #1, but I'm tickled to death that it did! Thanks to everybody that voted for it, it's not a rocker by any means, but it truly is a beautiful song that needed to be there. It also puts two artsts into the Ten that weren't there before. Since that was the idea this week, yay!!

I go both ways on the renominating thing. I try not to very often, but I will do it if I truly believe in a song. One thing I don't believe I've ever done (or rarely) is offer a renomination of my own. Many of my original nominations don't make it the first try, but someone else gets it in. That's cool with me, as long as it ends up on the list.

I like the idea of an "All New Songs" Ten, that would be fun. Oh, and for those that have put their opinions out there, we've decided if everyone is up for it, we'll do a No Artist That Has Made The Ten ten, in the next couple of weeks. So get busy hunting down those great artists that haven't made it into the ten previously, or those one hit wonders that you've been hanging onto!

Edited March 14, 2009 by Guest