The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #229

[MindCrime]

"Big In Japan" - Alphaville - 1977

1984

[RockyRaccoon]

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The song actually got quite a bit of FM airplay in its day. It was written before downtown Baltimore was redeveloped. Baltimore was terribly depressed through the 70s following the riot in 1968 aroused by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

[smaller] Random miscellaneous trivia:

Baltimore is the hometown of eccentric movie director John Waters, and it is the setting for almost all of his movies.

The 90s TV series Homicide: Life on the Street, nutured by another Baltimore native film director Barry Levinson, was filmed on-location there. (That show was was the origin of Richard Belzer's Detective Munch character, who latter moved into Law & Order: SVU and shows up in the several of the oddest unrelated projects.) [smaller]

Yea. Thank God the Inner Harbor is so great now.

And I knew about those guys. I've always like Barry Levinson. John Waters I've liked as a funny guy but haven't really seen too many of his movies, aside from Hairspray.

Also from Baltimore:

Spiro T. Agnew

Frank Zappa

Tori Amos

Carmelo Anthony

David Byrne

Cab Calloway

Kevin Durant

David Hasselhoff

2Pac

Billie Holiday

Edward Norton

Edgar Allan Poe

Pat Sajak

Go Maryland!

[skybluesky]

^You forgot Duff Goldman, renegade cake maker.

[edna]

1984

Sorry. Thank you, Kenne...

[miamisammy29]

Also from Baltimore:

Spiro T. Agnew

Frank Zappa

Tori Amos

Carmelo Anthony

David Byrne

Cab Calloway

Kevin Durant

David Hasselhoff

2Pac

Billie Holiday

Edward Norton

Edgar Allan Poe

Pat Sajak

Go Maryland!

ALSO:

Babe Ruth

Ric Ocasek

Adam Duritz

Mama Cass

Eubie Blake

Reggie Lewis

Upton Sinclair

H.L. Mencken

John Astin

Gina Schock

[TheLizard]

6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers (1996)

9 Beats - Ratatat - 2006

157 Riverside Avenue ~ REO Speedwagon (1971)

Authority Song - John Mellencamp (1983)

Baltimore - Randy Newman (1977)

Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac (1972)

Barcelona - Plastiscines (2009)

Big In Japan - Alphaville (1984)

Bring It With You When You Come - The Siegel-Schwall Band (1967)

Cherry Bomb - The Runaways (1976)

Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M. (1994)

Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams (1967)

Dialogue (Part I & II)- Chicago (1972)

Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis and The News (1982)

Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly (2002)

Easy - Faith No More (1992)

Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)

Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman (1962)

Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After (1969)

Gone Away - Roberta Flack (1970)

Greasy Heart - Jefferson Airplane (1968)

I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (1981)

Limelight - Rush (1981)

Medicine Man - Johnny Winter (1991)

N.I.T.A. - Young Marble Giants (1980)

Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees (1992)

Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)

Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)

Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith (1969)

Road to Cairo - David Ackles (1968)

Route 66 - Nat King Cole (1946)

Rumble - Link Wray & his Ray Men (1958)

She Shook Me Cold - Bowie (1970)

Situation - Jeff Beck Group (1971)

So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963)

Starálfur - Sigur Rós (1999)

Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis (1974)

This Ain't a Scene, it's an Arms Race - Fall Out Boy (2006)

We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren (with Runt) (1970)

Video Playlist

Edited September 1, 2010 by Guest
Added Gone Away - Roberta Flack

[RonJonSurfer]

1. She Shook Me Cold

2. We Gotta Get You A Woman

3. Presence of the Lord

4. I'm A Man

5. Limelight

6. Cherry Bomb

7. Excitable Boy

8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl

9. Dialogue (Pt I & II)

10. Rumble

[skybluesky]

1-Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

2-Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M.

3-Limelight - Rush

4-Authority Song - John Mellencamp

5-Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield

6-Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis and The News

7-We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren

8-6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers

9-Barcelona - Plastiscines

10-Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon

[miamisammy29]

1. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon

2. Limelight - Rush

3. We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren

4. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

5. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage

6. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith

7. 6th Avenue Heartache - Wallflowers

8. 157 Riverside Avenue - REO Speedwagon

9. Authority Song - John Mellencamp

10. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

Honorable Mention: The Tymes, Ten Years After, Nat King, Huey

[pinkstones]

1. Starálfur - Sigur Rós (1999)

2. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac (1972)

3. Route 66 - Nat King Cole (1946)

4. Authority Song - John Mellencamp (1983)

5. Cherry Bomb - The Runaways (1976)

6. Dialogue (Part I & II)- Chicago (1972)

7. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

8. 6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers (1996)

9. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)

10. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)

[bluesboy]

1. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith

2. Situation - Jeff Beck Group

3. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

4. Sun Goddess - Ramsey Lewis

5. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage

6. Route 66 - Nat King Cole

7. Authority Song - John Mellencamp

8. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac

9. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon

10. Rumble - Link Wray & his Ray Men

[_Laurie_]

1. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

2. 157 Riverside Avenue ~ REO Speedwagon (1971)

3. 6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers (1996)

4. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)

5. Dialogue (Part I & II)- Chicago (1972)

6. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)

7. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)

8. Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M. (1994)

9. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac (1972)

10 So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963)

[Lucky]

Edited by Lucky on 09/01/10 04:25 PM. Reason for edit: Added Gone Away - Roberta Flack

liberal, I'm sorry, your second nom didn't get added to the list until just now .... I'm pt'ing the individuals that have voted so far to see if they'd like their votes edited. I apologize, but thank goodness I caught it before too many had voted.

[Lucky]

1. Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage (1973)

2. 157 Riverside Avenue ~ REO Speedwagon (1971)

3. Authority Song - John Mellencamp (1983)

4. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac (1972)

5. Situation - Jeff Beck Group (1971)

6. We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren (with Runt) (1970)

7. Dialogue (Part I & II)- Chicago (1972)

8. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith (1969)

9. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman (1962)

10. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)

Apologies to Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Rick Springfield, Rush, The Wallflowers, Flogging Molly, and The Yardbirds.

[Uncle Joe]

1-So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963)

2-Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon (1978)

3- I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

4-We Gotta Get You A Woman - Todd Rundgren (with Runt) (1970)

5-Rumble - Link Wray & his Ray Men (1958)

6-Baltimore - Randy Newman (1977)

7-Authority Song - John Mellencamp (1983)

8-Route 66 - Nat King Cole (1946)

9-Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After (1969)

10-Do You Believe In Love - Huey Lewis and The News (1982)

[edna]

1- Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams (1967)

2- Greasy Heart - Jefferson Airplane (1968)

3- Big In Japan - Alphaville (1984)

4- I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

5- Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith (1969)

6- 6th Avenue Heartache - The Wallflowers (1996)

7- Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman (1962)

8- Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M. (1994)

9- So Much in Love - The Tymes (1963)

10-Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (1981)

[bazooka]

1. Baltimore - Randy Newman

2. Bring It With You When You Come - The Siegel-Schwall Band

3. Medicine Man - Johnny Winter

4. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

5. Rumble - Link Wray & his Ray Men

6. 157 Riverside Avenue - REO Speedwagon

7. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac

8. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After

9. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan

10. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds

[chutzpah]

1 Situation- Jeff Beck Group

2 157 Riverside Avenue- REO Speedwagon

3 I'm A Man- Yardbirds

4 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl- Ten Years After

5 Nearly Lost You- Screaming Trees

6 Panama Red- New Riders Of The Purple Sage

7 Medicine Man- Johnny Winter

8 We Gotta Get You A Woman- Runt

9 Cherry Bomb- The Runaways

10 Easy- Faith No More

[Farin]

1. Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M. (1994)

2. Easy - Faith No More (1992)

3. Starálfur - Sigur Rós (1999)

4. N.I.T.A. - Young Marble Giants (1980)

5. 9 Beats - Ratatat - 2006

6. Barcelona - Plastiscines (2009)

7. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees (1992)

8. Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams (1967)

9. Rumble - Link Wray & his Ray Men (1958)

10.Big In Japan - Alphaville (1984)

[Lea]

Just to be accurate, I just noticed the song I have listed as 9 Beats is Beat 1 from the album 9 Beats by Ratatat.

I was given all the music off the cd by a young friend of mine (I should have asked him about it when he was here last night :duh: ) and all songs are listed by numbers. If I'm mistaken anyone that may be more familiar with this music please correct me

[RockyRaccoon]

1. Dialogue (Part I & II)- Chicago (1972)

2. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith (1969)

3. Baltimore - Randy Newman (1977)

4. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)

5. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After (1969)

6. Limelight - Rush (1981)

7. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield (1981)

8. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

9. Crush with Eyeliner - R.E.M. (1994)

10. Situation - Jeff Beck Group (1971)

[phil]

1. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman

2. Baltimore - Randy Newman

3. Bare Trees - Fleetwood Mac

4. Dialogue (I&II)- Chicago

5. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan

6. So Much In Love - Tymes

7. Cherry Bomb - Runaways

8. Route 66 - Nat King Cole

9. Excitable Boy - Warren Zevon

10. We Gotta Get You A Woman - Runt

Tough for me this week. Left off some good tunes.

[TheLizard]

1. Drunken Lullabies - Flogging Molly

2. Limelight - Rush

3. Barcelona - The Plastiscines

4. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan

5. Crush With Eyeliner - R.E.M.

6. Cherry Bomb - Runaways

7. Presence of the Lord - Blind Faith

8. Staralfur - Sigur Ros

9. Authority Song - John Mellencamp

10. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees

[MindCrime]

1 • Barcelona • Plastiscines

2 • Limelight • Rush

3 • Crush with Eyeliner • REM

4 • Nearly Lost You • Screaming Trees

5 • Authority Song • John Mellencamp

6 • Cherry Bomb • Runaways

7 • This Aint a Scene • Fallout Boy

8 • Jessie's Girl • Rick Springfield

9 • Easy • Faith No More

10 • Drunken Lullabies • Flogging Molly

[Dappled]

1. Greasy Heart - Jefferson Airplane (1968)

2. I'm A Man - The Yardbirds (1964)

3. Road to Cairo - David Ackles (1968)

4. Route 66 - Nat King Cole (1946)

5. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Ten Years After (1969)

6. Outlaw Blues - Bob Dylan (1965)

7. Presence Of The Lord - Blind Faith (1969)

8. Fortune Teller - Benny Spellman (1962)

9. Days of Pearly Spencer - David McWilliams (1967)

10. Bring It With You When You Come - The Siegel-Schwall Band (1967)