Steel2Velvet Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 Being the only current SF ID fish that is prehistoric, our dear Ichthyostega is the gap species between our sea-dependent forefishies and those sweaty landlubbers walking on 2 feet. So it is only apropos that his choices should bridge the period between the earliest beginngs of rock and the current chart dwellers that walk erect with their "hands in the air." It's time to put our flippers together for BitterAlmond's Personal Top Ten Around The World - Daft Punk Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel The Captain Of Her Heart - Double Clone - Greg Vandike Darkness - The Human League Deacon Blues - Steely Dan Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project Down But Not Yet Out - Felt Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus Halah - Mazzy Star Hunting High And Low - A-Ha I Adore You - Melpo Mene I'd Die Without You - P.M. Dawn I Will Come Back - Holy Ghost! IOU - Freeez Just A Friend - Biz Markie Just For A Moment - Ultravox! Kelly Watch The Stars - Air Leaving - Suede Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen Love On A Two-Way Street - Springs Methods Of Dance - Japan More Than This - Roxy Music The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones A Question Of Lust (Minimal) - Depeche Mode Oprofessionell - kent Ordinary World - Duran Duran Plasticine (Lounge Version) - Placebo Red Red Wine - UB40 Say Something - James She Rides - Soul Ballet Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column Special To Me - Jessica Harper Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson Susanna - The Art Company Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths True Faith - NewOrder Two Occasions - The Deele Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets Uncertain Smile - The The Underpass - John Foxx Vienna - Ultravox Which Way To Turn - Bryan Ferry Wicked Game - Chris Isaak Wonderland - Xymox Words - F.R. David "50 songs chosen by yours truly. There should be something for everyone, although I tend to gravitate more towards 80s New Wave and SynthPop. Vote for the ones you like, vote for the ones you recognise - hell, vote against the ones you hate haha." - BA http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CCBFB43966CD1EE3 Time to climb in the primordal swamp among these morsels and chomp down. When you come out for air .... VOTE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 1 Ordinary World ~ Duran Duran 2 True Faith ~ NewOrder 3 Red Red Wine ~ UB40 4 Girlfriend ~ Matthew Sweet 5 Just A Friend ~ Biz Markie 6 Steppin' Out ~ Joe Jackson 7 Goodbye Horses ~ Q Lazzarus 8 A Question Of Lust (Minimal) ~ Depeche Mode 9 Wicked Game ~ Chris Isaak 10 Around The World ~ Daft Punk a couple of these are also on my upcoming PT10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 I love new lists And I see some songs on this one that are big favorites of mine. Way ta go BA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 1. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 2. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 3. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 4. More Than This - Roxy Music 5. Red Red Wine - UB40 6. Just A Friend - Biz Markie 7. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 8. Which Way To Turn - Bryan Ferry 9. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 10. Around The World - Daft Punk Great list of songs! Most of them I knew, some of them I didnt -- I had fun listening to those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 1. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan - My favorite Steely Dan song 2. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths - My second favorite Smith's song 3. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet 4. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 5. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 6. Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 7. No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones 8. The Captain Of Her Heart - Double 9. Just A Friend - Biz Markie 10. Kelly Watch The Stars - Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 1- Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 2- Ordinary World - Duran Duran 3- Vienna - Ultravox 4- Words - F.R. David 5- Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 6- I Adore You - Melpo Mene 7- Love On A Two-Way Street - Springs 8- More Than This - Roxy Music 9- Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 10-Underpass - John Foxx 11-Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 12-Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel ...and so on... Very good list, AlmendrasAmargas!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted May 2, 2010 Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 1.Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project 2.Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 3.The Captain Of Her Heart - Double 4.Ordinary World - Duran Duran 5.Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 6. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 7.No one is to blame - Howard Jones 8.More Than This - Roxy Music 9.plasticine - placebo 10.Black Metallic - Catherine Wheel Awesome list BA. A couple of new ones I've never heard and liked very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 The Deele and Double? Q Lazzarus and Biz Markie? You sir, are the wind beneath my wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 1. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 2. Around The World - Daft Punk 3. Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons Project 4. Halah - Mazzy Star 5. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet 6. Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen 7. Say Something - James 8. Wonderland - Xymox 9. Between The Sheets - Isley Brothers 10. More Than This - Roxy Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earth-Angel Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 Ooh BA knows my kinda style, so this one I can't resist voting on 1) More Than This - Roxy Music 2) Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 3) Vienna - Ultravox 4) Ordinary World - Duran Duran 5) Say Something - James 6) Kelly Watch The Stars - Air 7) I Adore You - Melpo Mene 8) Unprofessionell - kent 9) Hunting High And Low - A-Ha 10) The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey Whew! That was a tough one!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 1. No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones 2. True Faith - New Order 3. Two Occasions - The Deele 4. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 5. I'd Die Without You - PM Dawn 6. Red Red Wine - UB40 7. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey 8. Wonderland - Xymox 9. Say Something - James 10. IOU - Freeez Wow, some great blasts from the past there and lots of new stuff to listen to....great list BA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 1. Deacon Blues 2. More Than This 3. Steppin' Out 4. Wicked Games 5. Vienna 6. Girlfriend 7. Lips Like Sugar 8. Just For The Moment 9. Between the Sheets 10. Don't Answer me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 1. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 2. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 3. Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 4. Red Red Wine - UB40 5. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 6. Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 7. More Than This - Roxy Music 8. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet 9. Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 10 No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 1. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet 2. Between The Sheets - Isleys 3. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 4. Don't Answer Me - Alan Parsons 5. Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets 6. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey 7. Leaving - Suede 8. Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel 9. Two Occasions - The Deele 10.There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - Smiths I'm back in the 80's again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 1-Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 2-The Captain Of Her Heart - Double 3-Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 4-More Than This - Roxy Music 5-Love On A Two-Way Street - Springs 6-Special To Me - Jessica Harper 7-Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 8-She Rides - Soul Ballet 9-Susanna - The Art Company 10-Two Occasions - The Deele Nice mix of old familiar (and great) songs with four songs that are new to me (6, 8, 9, 10) and one excellent cover I've never heard...Love On A Two-Way Street - Springs. I enjoyed the tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 1. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 2. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 3. Red Red Wine - UB40 4. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 5. Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 6. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 7. Around The World - Daft Punk 8. She Rides - Soul Ballet 9. Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 10. Words - F.R. David Thanks BA, lots of stuff I didn't know before, and I voted for two of 'em (8 & 10). A fun list for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 1. Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets 2. Kelly Watch The Stars - Air 3. Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column (never heard of them before) 4. Around The World - Daft Punk 5. True Faith - New Order 6. Down But Not Yet Out - Felt 7. Just A Friend - Biz Markie 8. Leaving - Suede 9. Uncertain Smile - The The (would have liked it more without the vocals, but the instrumentation is great) 10. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey nice music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dappled Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 1. More Than This - Roxy Music 2. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 3. Just For A Moment - Ultravox! 4. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 5. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 6. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 7. Which Way To Turn - Bryan Ferry 8. Vienna - Ultravox 9. Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 10. Darkness - The Human League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 1) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 2) Underpass - John Foxx 3) The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey 4) Say Something - James 5) Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 6) Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets 7) Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 8) Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column 9) True Faith - NewOrder 10) Around The World - Daft Punk All but 2 of these artists come from the same UK county of Lancashire; six of them from the same city! The Smiths / Morrissey: Manchester John Foxx: Chorley (near Manchester) James: Manchester Echo & The Bunnymen: Liverpool Inspiral Carpets: Manchester The Durutti Column: Manchester New Order: Manchester Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 1. The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey 2. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 3. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 4. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 5. Susanna - The Art Company 6. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 7. Say Something - James 8. She Rides - Soul Ballet 9. Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 10. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths Nice list B A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAngel Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 1. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 2. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 3. Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel 4. A Question Of Lust (Minimal) - Depeche Mode 5. Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets 6. True Faith - New Order 7. Leaving - Suede 8. Say Something - James (I haven't heard this one for years, good memories) 9. Around The World - Daft Punk 10. Kelly Watch The Stars - Air Could easily have included any of these... Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen More Than This - Roxy Music Oprofessionell - kent Methods Of Dance - Japan Plasticine (Lounge Version) - Placebo The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann Halah - Mazzy Star Wonderland - Xymox Nice, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 These songs really spoke to me when I first heard them. It was love at first listen and their melody lingered on long after. Thank you all for listening/participating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 1. The Captain Of Her Heart - Double 2. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 3. Say Something - James 4. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 5. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 6. No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones 7. Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel 8. Down But Not Yet Out - Felt 9. Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 10. Special To Me - Jessica Harper Once again, more new music for me to enjoy. Numbers 3,6,8 & 10 Thanks for that, BA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Our exercise in prime organ(isms) has brought us to this point. Our research has unearthed these treasures frozen in time and now on display in the Songfacts Museum as: BitterAlmonds' Personal Top Ten: 1. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan 99 2. Wicked Game - Chris Isaak 78 3. Steppin' Out - Joe Jackson 72 4. Don't Answer Me - The Alan Parsons Project 59 5. Ordinary World - Duran Duran 57 6. More Than This - Roxy Music 54 7. Lips Like Sugar - Echo And The Bunnymen 46 8. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet 39 9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out - The Smiths 36 10. Say Something - James 34 ____________ Recent to past stages of evolution: Red Red Wine - UB40 34 True Faith - NewOrder 31 The Captain Of Her Heart - Double 30 The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get - Morrissey 29 Two Worlds Collide - Inspiral Carpets 27 Around The World - Daft Punk 25 Vienna - Ultravox 25 No One Is To Blame - Howard Jones 24 Between The Sheets - The Isley Brothers 23 Black Metallic - The Catherine Wheel 16 Just A Friend - Biz Markie 16 Kelly Watch The Stars - Air 16 Just For A Moment - Ultravox! 11 Leaving - Suede 11 Sketch For Summer - The Durutti Column 11 Theme From Taxi Driver - Bernard Herrmann 11 Two Occasions - The Deele 11 Love On A Two-Way Street - Springs 10 A Question Of Lust (Minimal) - Depeche Mode 10 Underpass - John Foxx 10 She Rides - Soul Ballet 9 I Adore You - Melpo Mene 9 Down But Not Yet Out - Felt 8 Susanna - The Art Company 8 Words - F.R. David 8 Halah - Mazzy Star 7 Which Way To Turn - Bryan Ferry 7 I'd Die Without You - P.M. Dawn 6 Special To Me - Jessica Harper 6 Wonderland - Xymox 6 Goodbye Horses - Q Lazzarus 4 Oprofessionell - kent 3 Hunting High And Low - A-Ha 2 Plasticine (Lounge Version) - Placebo 2 Uncertain Smile - The The 2 Darkness - The Human League 1 IOU - Freeez 1 -------- Those lost in time: Clone - Greg Vandike I Will Come Back - Holy Ghost! Methods Of Dance - Japan Better late than never to let our Ichthyostega know how much we love to dig up bones of this quality. Comments and opinings, please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Solid list, glad to have taken part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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