The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #185

[BlueAngel]

Yeah it isn't easy so thanks goes to Youtube's resident Nerve Rack fan, DeathRiddle, for enlightening the masses.

[Levis]

Hurrah for DeathRiddle, what an awesome person

[Dappled]

Awesome name too!

[CanAm]

Gene And Eddie - The Stray Cats

What It Is - Mark Knopfler

[edna]

"Turd On The Run" - The Stones (1972)

"When The Sh*t Hits The Fan" - Circle Jerks (1983)

"Turd On The Run" - Rolling Stones

...make you sweat, make you scream, make you wish you'd never been, I lost a lot of love over you

"When The Sh*t Hits The Fan" - Circle Jerks

[The Seeker]

All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston (1991)

Apple Scruffs - George Harrison (1970)

Blackberry Way - The Move (1968)

Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & his Playboys (1959)

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

Burnin Whiskey - Ruby Starr & Grey Ghost - (1975)

Don't Forget Sister - Low Vs. Diamond (2009)

Dry The Rain - The Beta Band (1997)

Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) - Lee Dorsey (1969)

Fade To Black - Metallica (1984)

Gene And Eddie - The Stray Cats (1989)

Harvest Moon - Neil Young (1992)

Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco (2002)

How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (2000)

Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The - Marvelettes (1967)

I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle - Pure Prairie League (1975)

I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton (1994)

Juicy - Better Than Ezra (2005)

Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (1967)

Marie Marie - The Blasters (1980)

Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (1976)

Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen (1988)

Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (1981)

River - Joni Mitchell (1971)

River, The - Bruce Sprinsteen (1980)

Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

Save Me - Aimee Mann (1999)

Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil (1984)

Starry Eyed Surprise - Paul Oakenfold (2002)

Stranger, The - Leonard Cohen (1967)

There Is An End - The Greenhornes feat. Holly Golightly (2005)

Thinking About You - Norah Jones (2007)

Tomorrow - Silverchair (1995)

Turd On The Run - The Rolling Stones (1972)

Turn Of A Friendly Card, The - Alan Parsons Project (1980)

What It Is - Mark Knopfler (2000)

When The Sh*t Hits The Fan - Circle Jerks (1983)

World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

Young Lust - Pink Floyd (1979)

[edna]

1- Blackberry Way - The Move (1968)

2- Stranger, The - Leonard Cohen (1967)

3- Apple Scruffs - George Harrison (1970)

4- Turd On The Run - The Rolling Stones (1972)

5- Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

6- Marie Marie - The Blasters (1980)

7- Turn Of A Friendly Card, The - Alan Parsons Project (1980)

8- River, The - Bruce Sprinsteen (1980)

9- Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The - Marvelettes (1967)

10- I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton (1994)

[miamisammy29]

Thanks, Edna. You rule, Baby!

[skybluesky]

1-Harvest Moon - Neil Young

2-River - Joni Mitchell

3-Move Over - Janis Joplin

4-Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary

5-Turn Of A Friendly Card, The - Alan Parsons Project

6-Thinking About You - Norah Jones

7-Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco

8-Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck

9-Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

10-All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston

[pinkstones]

1. Young Lust - Pink Floyd (1979)

2. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen (1988)

3. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston (1991)

4. Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (1967)

5. Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (1976)

6. Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The - Marvelettes (1967)

7. Apple Scruffs - George Harrison (1970)

8. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

9. I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton (1994)

10. Fade To Black - Metallica (1984)

So-so list of nominations this week with a couple excpetions, I feel. But I did the best I could.

[miamisammy29]

1. Young Lust - Pink Floyd

2. Turn On The Run - The Stones

3. The River - Bruce Springsteen

4. Rottweilers - Nerve Rack

5. When The Sh*t Hits The Fan - Circle Jerks

6. Blackberry Way - The Move

7. What It Is - Mark Knopfler

8. The World I Know - Collective Soul

9. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

10. Tomorrow - Silverchair

Honorable Mention: Stray Cats, Neil Young, Alan Parsons Project, Peter Paul and Mary

[MindCrime]

1. Fade To Black - Metallica (1984)

2. Young Lust - Pink Floyd (1979)

3. World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

4. Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & his Playboys (1959) [i prefer the Clash cover, but I'm actually familiar with this song]

5. Tomorrow - Silverchair (1995)

6. When The Sh*t Hits The Fan - Circle Jerks (1983)

7. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

8. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

9. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston (1991)

10. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen (1988)

Some of these are new to me this week.

So-so list of nominations this week with a couple excpetions, I feel. But I did the best I could.

That's precisely what I was thinking...

[Lea]

1.Young Lust - Pink Floyd

2.One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen

3.The Stranger - Leonard Cohen

4.Move Over - Janis Joplin

5.Moonlight Feels Right ~ Starbuck

6.Harvest Moon ~ Mr. Neil Young

7.Mykonos ~ Fleet Foxes

8.Apple Scruffs-George Harrison

9.The River - Bruce Sprinsteen

10.Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

[Lucky]

1. I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton (1994)

2. Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (1967)

3. I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle - Pure Prairie League (1975)

4. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

5. River, The - Bruce Sprinsteen (1980)

6. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

7. World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

8. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

9. Thinking About You - Norah Jones (2007)

10. Fade To Black - Metallica (1984)

[_Laurie_]

1. Harvest Moon - Mr. Neil Young (1992)

2. River, The - Bruce Sprinsteen (1980)

3. Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (1976)

4. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

5. World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

6. Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (1967)

7. Thinking About You - Norah Jones (2007)

8. I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle - Pure Prairie League (1975)

9. All The Man That I Need - Whitney Houston (1991)

10 I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton (1994)

[bazooka]

1. Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) - Lee Dorsey . . Ditto

2. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

3. Move Over - Janis Joplin

4. Marie Marie - The Blasters

5. World I Know - Collective Soul

6. What It Is - Mark Knopfler

7. The River - Bruce Springstein

8. Juicy - Better Than Ezra

9. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

10. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco

[edna]

Thanks, Edna. You rule, Baby!

You're welcome...

[c_s_1987]

1. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (2000) (This deserves #1 for having six more Ondes Martenots than any other nomination this week, unless I am mistaken)

2. Tomorrow - Silverchair (1995)

3. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

4. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

5. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

6. Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

7. Dry The Rain - The Beta Band (1997)

8. World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

9. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco (2002)

10. River, The - Bruce Sprinsteen (1980)

I didn't know many nominations this week, but I like the ten I have selected. I wasn't expecting to leave Harvest Moon off my list.

[BlueAngel]

1. World I Know - Collective Soul (1995)

2. Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil (1984)

3. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (2000)

4. Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

5. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (1981)

6. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

7. There Is An End - The Greenhornes feat. Holly Golightly (2005)

8. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (1985)

9. Harvest Moon - Neil Young (1992)

10. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco (2002)

[TheLizard]

1. The River - Bruce Springsteen

2. Fade To Black - Metallica

3. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

4. How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead

5. Young Lust - Pink Floyd

6. Don't Forget Sister - Low vs Diamond

7. Tomorrow - Silverchair

8. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco

9. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

10. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen

[Jenny]

1. The World I Know - Collective Soul

2. Starry-Eyes Surprise - Paul Oakenfold

3. One Step Up - Bruce Springsteen

4. Tomorrow - Silverchair

5. The River - Bruce Springsteen

6. Juicy - Better Than Ezra

7. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag

8. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

9. Thinking About You - Norah Jones

10. Gene and Eddie - Stray Cats

Runner Up: River by Joni Mitchell

[phil]

1. Apple Scruffs - George Harrison

2. Move Over - Janis Joplin

3. Blackberry Way - Move

4. Marie Marie - Blasters

5. What It Is - Mark Knofler

6. Turd On The Run - Stones

7. River - Joni

8. I'll Change Your Flat Tire Merle - Pure Prarie League

9. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes

10. Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & His Playboys

[CanAm]

1. What It Is - Mark Knopfler

2. Gene & Eddie - The Stray Cats

3. Turn Of A Friendly Card - The Alan Parsons Project

4. Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and the late Mary Travers

5. Harvest Moon - Neil Young

6. Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (This is such a feel good song)

7. I'm Tore Down - Eric Clapton

8. River - Joni Mitchell

9. Turd On The Run - The Rolling Stones

10. Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil

[blind-fitter]

1) Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

2) Song To The Siren - This Mortal Coil (1984)

3) Leaving On A Jet Plane - Peter, Paul & Mary (1967)

4) Blackberry Way - The Move (1968)

5) Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (1981)

6)There Is An End - The Greenhornes feat. Holly Golightly (2005)

7) Save Me - Aimee Mann (1999)

8) Brand New Cadillac - Vince Taylor & his Playboys (1959)

9) Hunter Gets Captured By The Game, The - Marvelettes (1967)

10) When The Sh*t Hits The Fan - Circle Jerks (1983)

Hmmmm. I've always considered "Song To The Siren" to be in my Top 3 favourites of all-time, but when it came down to it, both "Siren" and "Rottweillers" have such a strong emotional resonance within me, that I really had to wrestle to come to a decision. Ultimately, "Rottweillers" is my favourite song by a band that really means alot to me, and I did nominate it, after all. I've nominated "Song To The Siren" before and it failed (dismally) to make the Ten. Too classy and not instant enough for the customer-base I guess. In my ideal world, both "Rottweillers" and "Song To The Siren" make the Ten, sooner or later. Both in the same week would be too much to hope for.

Thanks, Seeker, for nominating The Greenhornes (feat. Holly Golightly) song. Holly Golightly is great from the bits I've heard over the years, but I've never got round to buying any of her stuff: not knowing where to start. This is a splendid track you've nominated; might prompt me into some purchase-action!

[Farin]

1. Dry The Rain - The Beta Band (1997)

2. Mykonos - Fleet Foxes (2008)

3. Juicy - Better Than Ezra (2005)

4. Rottweillers - Nerve Rack (1991)

5. Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag - Pigbag (1981)

6. Don't Forget Sister - Low Vs. Diamond (2009)

7. There Is An End - The Greenhornes feat. Holly Golightly (2005)

8. Heavy Metal Drummer - Wilco (2002)

9. Thinking About You - Norah Jones (2007)

10.How To Disappear Completely - Radiohead (2000)

some great songs I never heard before this week

at first I thought "Low vs Diamond" means something like a remix from a Low song - but this one isn't too bad either