The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #166

[bazooka]

1. Your Old Lady - David Lindley & El Rayo-X

2. Living In A Dream - ARC Angels

3. Porcelain – Moby

4. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals

5. Mama Tried - Merle Haggard

6. Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent

7. The Harder They Come - Jimmy Cliff

8. Sparrow On The Schoolyard Wall - Jethro Tull

9. Thunder And Lightning - Chi Coltrane

10. Open Invitation - Santana

[Levis]

1. I Love You (Restrained In A Moment) - The Royal Family and The Poor (1984)

2. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)

3. You Showed Me - The Lightning Seeds (1997)

4. Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage (1995)

5. No Ceiling - Eddie Vedder (2007)

6. Big Bang Baby - Stone Temple Pilots (1996)

7. Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994)

8. Passing Complexion - Big Black (1986)

9. Hell Yes - Beck (2005)

10. Add Me - Chumbawamba (2008)

[Dappled]

We haven't even put a dent in the 50's tunes yet....plenty of oldies suggestions in our Golden Oldies Top 40 Thread...

Be sure to check it out: Golden Oldies Top 40 #14

And if you want to hear the songs, click link below.

[The Seeker]

1. I Love You (Restrained In A Moment) - The Royal Family and The Poor (1984)

2. Grace - Jeff Buckley (1994)

3. No Ceiling - Eddie Vedder (2007)

4. You Showed Me - The Lightning Seeds (1997)

5. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1967)

6. Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)

7. Porcelain - Moby (1999)

8. Mama Can't Buy You Love - Elton John (1979)

9. Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp (1979)

10. She's Leaving Home - The Beatles (1967)

I discovered three, for lack of a better word, really beautiful songs this week. No Ceiling is cheating a bit I guess since it's on the soundtrack of one of my favourite movies. (Coincidentally, that movie, Into The Wild, tells the true story of a guy who adopted the name Alexander Supertramp after reading a book by W. H. Davies... and that's where a certain other band I voted for got their name from too).

[Viaene]

1. Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers (1980)

2. I Shot The Sheriff - Eric Clapton (1974)

3. This Mess We're In - PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke (2000)

4. Smells Like Nirvana - Weird Al Yankovic (1992)

5. I Shall Be Released - The Band (1968)

6. Joyful Resurrection - Tom Fogerty (1974)

7. Hell Yes - Beck (2005)

8. Way Love Used To Be, The - The Kinks (1971)

9. Hold The Line - Toto (1978)

10.Brighton Rock - Queen (1974)

[c_s_1987]

I hope you are being sarcastic.

[MindCrime]

^^ I am, I don't think the others like them either

[blind-fitter]

1) Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals (1972)

2) Passing Complexion - Big Black (1986)

3) Paraffin - Ruby (1995)

4) I Touch Myself - Divinyls (1991)

5) Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)

6) Only Happy When It Rains - Garbage (1995)

7) Add Me - Chumbawamba (2008)

8) I Love You (Restrained In A Moment) - The Royal Family and The Poor (1984)

9) Harder They Come, The - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

10) This Mess We're In - PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke (2000)

[Farin]

I don't like the majority of the songs I nominate, that's why I have so many that have made it into the top 3. I pick what the others like, not my own preferences.

WHAT??

but why?

[MindCrime]

If I picked the songs I like, they would never stand a chance.

[Farin]

but it's not the point of the TTs to 'get songs into the Ten'

I want to know what YOU like

[MindCrime]

Well, for starters, I think the appeal of this site is primarily biased on "white" music and only 3 different genres/eras.

I'm not complaining about the Tens, or this site. It's just an observation. I wouldn't participate if I didn't like it.

[Farin]

but how could this ever change if nobody would 'force' us (or at least give us the opportunity to) listen to other stuff?

of course, not everyone would listen, and of those who do, not everybody will like it...

but for some it would be a greatly appreciated education measure

[MindCrime]

I agree about the "education messure", there's lots of new songs I've learned about on here. For instance, I didn't know who the Von Bondies were until last week's 10. Now "C'mon C'mon" is one of most played songs in my car's iPod.

[Farin]

see?

that's why I'm doing the TTs

[RonJonSurfer]

Maybe we should do a "Not Top 10" some week. Songs that we love, but know would never get on the main stream TT. It would give everyone a chance to get their secret favorites some exposure and be fun.

[The Seeker]

We're tossing some ideas around right now. We'll definitely do something different again soon

[MindCrime]

I'd be all for another no #1's or "artists who've never made it" theme, to give some other artists/songs a chance.

[Lucky]

We've got a conversation going right now, and ^^ that is part of the discussion ... I like RonJon's idea of an Anti-Ten too.

[c_s_1987]

I've thought about RonJon's idea before. I'm just not sure how to define that ten to make sure it is fair and nobody nominates popular songs/artists (obviously excluding songs that have made the top tens is a start, but that makes it like every other top ten). It would be best if we gave everyone a fair bit of time to listen to every song if we did a top ten that had all fairly obscure songs in it.

I guess it would be easiest if we just trusted people not to nominate Beatles/Stones etc, rather than imposing special rules.

Edited May 15, 2009 by Guest

[RonJonSurfer]

I'd like to see it open to all artists. For example, The Beatles would get eliminated from contention because of their status on the TT. However, maybe somebody loves "You Know My Name, Look Up The Number". That song would never get a sniff if nominated on the regular TT.

The Beatles provide an easy example, but they have songs that are obscure too. I know we did the personal TT but that included many of the classics.

Anyway, since I'm making suggestions without planning to do any of the work...I'll shut up now.

[RonJonSurfer]

I've thought about RonJon's idea before. I'm just not sure how to define that ten to make sure it is fair and nobody nominates popular songs/artists (obviously excluding songs that have made the top tens is a start, but that makes it like every other top ten). It would be best if we gave everyone a fair bit of time to listen to every song if we did a top ten that had all fairly obscure songs in it.

I guess it would be easiest if we just trusted people not to nominate Beatles/Stones etc, rather than imposing special rules.

OK, after this I'll shut up. Maybe we can have some fun with it. If somebody nominates a song that is too mainstream (let's not worry about the definition of "too mainstream") the nominator can be called out be anyone to defend their position.

I guess this version of the TT would take a long time to complete, but what's the rush?

[Lea]

Sounds like fun to me. If we're going to do something like this soon I will be holding off on my next weeks noms

I do agree tho that there are a lot of songs by popular artists that would never make a regular TT and unless your a hard core fan of a curtain artist most people would have never have heard the song.

For instance, "The Sage" by ELP I nominated this week. It got few votes as I knew it would and it's a beautiful song. The competition it has tho would of course eliminate any chance of it even coming close.

But I just wanted people to listen to it and I hope they did

[RonJonSurfer]

The Sage is a perfect example.

[Farin]

1. Porcelain - Moby (1999)

2. Paraffin - Ruby (1995)

3. Hell Yes - Beck (2005)

4. This Mess We're In - PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke (2000)

5. You Showed Me - The Lightning Seeds (1997)

6. Add Me - Chumbawamba (2008)

7. I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses (1982)*

8. I Love You (Restrained In A Moment) - The Royal Family and The Poor (1984)

9. No Ceiling - Eddie Vedder (2007)

10.Killing Me Softly - Fugees (1996)

Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain (1985)

Passing Complexion - Big Black (1986)*

Pressure Drop - Toots & The Maytals (1972)*

Smells Like Nirvana - Weird Al Yankovic (1992)

Sweet Home Chicago - Blues Brothers (1980)

* Discoveries of the week