The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #209

[skybluesky]

I think every one needs to grab hold of the seats of their pants and adjust, cause I think people got stuff crammed all in their nooks and crannies and it's making people unnecissarily bitchy. The top ten is a game, not a blood sport. No one gets paid to do this. No one is going to die or have their life saved because of it. Save the drama for your mama, your llama, or who ever, but don't bring it into the ten.

[Levis]

What drama?

Drain Cosmetics - Serena Maneesh (2006(?))

[Farin]

I think everybody would be much less bitchy and overall more calm and happy, if they'd just put my nominations on their #1 and 2 spot every week

[skybluesky]

^ I swung the door WIDE OPEN for that, didn't I? But you are 100% correct Martin. We'll rename it Martin's Two Nominations Plus 8

[miamisammy29]

Come on people. OBVIOUSLY since all the preceding comments have included a playful emoticon they are not to be taken seriously in any way shape or form.

DUH

I've never fully trusted that "playful" emoticon.....nor the one with the sunglasses, either.

[Farin]

^ I swung the door WIDE OPEN for that, didn't I? But you are 100% correct Martin. We'll rename it Martin's Two Nominations Plus 8

great idea

[Tenacious_Peaches]

My llama has plenty o'drama.

I'm pulling a Sammy this week with the themes. He loves when I pull him.

Ride to California - Paper Tongues (2009)

California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre (1996)

Frappez moi avec YouTubage, s'il vous plait.

Edited March 10, 2010 by Guest
To add my impassioned and incorrect French plea for one of my fellow Songfactors to provide me with YouTube links as I am at work and our Internet capablitlies are streaming media restricted. That was an awesomely spectacular long and rambling sentence.

[MindCrime]

My llama has plenty o'drama.

I'm pulling a Sammy this week with the themes. He loves when I pull him.

Ride to California - Paper Tongues (2009)

California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre (1996)

[skybluesky]

My llama has plenty o'drama.

I'm pulling a Sammy this week with the themes. He loves when I pull him.

Ride to California - Paper Tongues (2009)

California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre (1996)

Is your llama named Tina?

Here's Pedro's cousin with all the sweet youtube hookups :

Ride to California - Paper Tongues

California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre

[MindCrime]

[color:navy]

Anticipation - Carly Simon (1971)

Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1977)

California Love - 2pac featuring Dr. Dre (1996)

Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy (1976)

Dance Little Jean - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1983)

Drain Cosmetics - Serena Maneesh (2006)

Far Far Away - Slade (1974)

Gogol - Gonzales (2004)

Green Manalishi, The (With the Two Prong Crown ) - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green) (1970)

Iko Iko - Dixie Cups (1965)

Island Girl - Elton John (1975)

It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King (1972)

It's a Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse (2001)

It's Cold Outside - The Choirs (1966)

Jealous Guy - John Lennon (1971)

Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (1973)

Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf (1969)

Let Me Roll It - Wings (1974)

Lovely Day - Bill Withers (1977)

Mountain Song - Janes Addiction (1988)

Never Learn Not To Love - The Telescopes (1990)

Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin (1976)

Out of the Wardrobe - The Kinks (1978)

Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground (1969)

Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams (1988)

People Are People - Depeche Mode (1984)

Rainmaker - Sparklehorse (1996)

Rearviewmirror - Pearl Jam (1993)

Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (1971)

Ride to California - Paper Tongues (2009)

Right Here Right Now - Jesus Jones (1991)

Rocket - Goldfrapp (2010)

She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (2002)

She's a Beauty - The Tubes (1983)

Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers (2004)

So Far Away - Dire Straits (1985)

Sunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky & Our Gang (1967)

Take It In - Hot Chip (2010)

Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

Volcanic Jig - Natalie MacMaster (2006)

Western Union - The Five Americans (1967)

What It Is - Mark Knopfler (2000)

What We Know - Sonic Youth (2009)

Yesterday Girl - Smithereens (1989)

[pinkstones]

1. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

2. Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground (1969)

3. Rocket - Goldfrapp (2010)

4. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin (1976)

5. Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1977)

6. Lovely Day - Bill Withers (1977)

7. California Love - 2pac featuring Dr. Dre (1996)

8. Sunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky & Our Gang (1967)

9. Western Union - The Five Americans (1967)

10. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (1971)

Great list this week! I had to put one of my own noms at #2, which doesn't happen often.

[MindCrime]

Great list this week! I had to put one of my own noms at #2, which doesn't happen often

maybe I read that wrong, but do you mean #3?

[pinkstones]

No....I nominated both Pale Blue Eyes and Rocket, and normally my noms go 1-2, but this time they went 2-3.

[chutzpah]

She's a Beauty

Pale Blue Eyes

Cowboy Song

Far Far Away

Let Me Roll It

What We Know

Mountain Song

It's a Wonderful Life

Nobody's Fault but Mine

Green Manalishi

good list...tough choices

[_Laurie_]

1. Lovely Day - Bill Withers (1977)

2. Sunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky & Our Gang (1967)

3. Western Union - The Five Americans (1967)

4. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

5. Green Manalishi, The (With the Two Prong Crown ) - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green) (1970)

6. Jealous Guy - John Lennon (1971)

7. Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf (1969)

8. It's Cold Outside - The Choirs (1966)

9. Let Me Roll It - Wings (1974)

10 Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (1971)

[edna]

1- Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground (1969)

2- It's Cold Outside - The Choirs (1966)

3- It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King (1972)

4- Out of the Wardrobe - The Kinks (1978)

5- Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

6- Yesterday Girl - Smithereens (1989)

7- Anticipation - Carly Simon (1971)

8- Far Far Away - Slade (1974)

9- Island Girl - Elton John (1975)

10- Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (1971)

[skybluesky]

AWESOME week, and maybe the week for some long over due songs

1- Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin'

2- Anticipation - Carly Simon

3- Pale Blue Eyes - Velvet Underground

4- Jealous Guy - John Lennon

5- Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann

6- She's a Beauty - The Tubes

7- Lovely Day - Bill Withers

8- California Love - Tupac & Dr. Dre

9- Rearview Mirror - Pearl Jam

10- Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas

[miamisammy29]

1. Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy (One-hit wonder, my a$$! This song f***in' rules!)

2. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin (Quite possibly the best remake of all time!...even if Zeppelin doesn't admit it's a remake.)

3. Island Girl - Elton John (I'm not racist...well, maybe just a little...but I just luuuuvvv those racist tunes.)

4. Yesterday Girl - Smithereens (Another very, very underrated band.)

5. Out Of The Wardrobe - The Kinks (I just saw Ray live on Friday, and he's still awesome! He didn't play this one, however...but he did play "Harry Rag".)

6. Western Union - The Five Americans (I'm willing to bet that at least three of them are foreigners.)

7. The Green Manalishi (With the Two-Prong Crown) - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.)

8. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (Another great cover. I would have bet big money that this one was in the Top Tens already.)

9. Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (It's not like Sammy to vote for all these cover tunes, but these are three beauties this week.)

10. Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf (Yeah, The Wolf deserves some love, too.)

Honorable Mention: The Tubes, Dire Straits, Velvet Underground, Pearl Jam, cuppla udders

[TheLizard]

1. Volcanic Jig - Natalie MacMaster

2. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin

3. Jealous Guy - John Lennon

4. Rearviewmirror - Pearl Jam

5. Take It In - Hot Chip

6. Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground

7. People Are People - Depeche Mode

8. Smile Like You Mean It - The Killers

9. So Far Away - Dire Straits

10. California Love - Tupac

[RockyRaccoon]

1. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Led Zeppelin (1976)

2. Jealous Guy -John Lennon (1971)

3. Let Me Roll It - Wings (1974)

4. Island Girl - Elton John (1975)

6. Pale Blue Eyes - The Velvet Underground (1969)

7. What It Is - Mark Knopfler (2000)

8. Rearviewmirror - Pearl Jam (1993)

9. Mountain Song - Janes Addiction (1988)

10. Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf (1969)

[CanAm]

1. What It Is - Mark Knopfler

2. Island Girl - Elton John

3. Anticipation - Carly Simon

4. It Might As Well Rain Until September - Carole King

5. Let Me Roll It - McCartney & Wings

6. Dance Little Jean - NGDB

7. So Far Away - Dire Straits

8. Green Manalishi - Fleetwood Mac With Peter Green

9. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams

10. Lovely Day - Bill Withers

[karma]

1. Rearviewmirror - Pearl Jam (1993)

2. Jupiter's Child - Steppenwolf (1969)

3. Iko Iko - Dixie Cups (1965)

4. Far Far Away - Slade (1974)

5. Take It In - Hot Chip (2010)

6. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

7. Out of the Wardrobe - The Kinks (1978)

8. Gogol - Gonzales (2004)

9. Anticipation - Carly Simon (1971)

10. Jealous Guy - John Lennon (1971)

[phil]

1. Respect Yourself - Staple Singers

2. Let Me Roll It - Paul & Wings

3. Iko Iko - Dixie Cups

4. Jealous Guy - John Lennon

5. It's A Wonderful Life - Sparklehorse

6. Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy

7. It's Cold Outside - The Choirs

8. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda

9. Western Union - Five Americans

10. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kicking

[Lucky]

1. Tighter, Tighter - Alive N Kickin' (1970)

2. Western Union - The Five Americans (1967)

3. She's a Beauty - The Tubes (1983)

4. Let Me Roll It - Wings (1974)

5. Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams (1988)

6. Anticipation - Carly Simon (1971)

7. Blinded By the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1977)

8. Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (1973)

9. So Far Away - Dire Straits (1985)

10. Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers (1971)

Very tough week.

[Levis]

So no fans of scary, noisy shoegaze then? How peculiar and unexpected