The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #272

[miamisammy29]

Thanks, Brad.

[Dappled]

Walk Don't Run - The Ventures

You, You Point Your Finger - Patto

[Lucky]

I'm so sorry everybody, I completely forgot what day of the week it is! Good gravy. I'll open the voting up asap ....

[Lucky]

Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

Back to December - Taylor Swift (2010)

Burden Of Tomorrow, The - The Tallest Man On Earth (2010)

Bodies - The Duke Spirit (2011)

Crazy B*tch - Buckcherry (2005)

Erica Kane - Urge Overkill (1993)

Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (1994)

Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

F**king Perfect - Pink (2010)

Glad - Traffic (1970)

Honky Tonk Man - Dwight Yoakam (1986)

I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal (1965)

Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

No Pussy Blues - Grinderman (2006)

Oasis - Amanda Palmer (2008)

Old Times Good Times - Stephen Stills (1970)

Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

Some Like it Hot - Power Station (1985)

Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford (1973)

Still Alive and Well - Johnny Winter (1973)

Ten Dollar Man - Z Z Top (1976)

Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics (1986)

Too Hot To Stop - The Rods (1982)

Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast - Airbourne (2007)

Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes (2011)

You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

You, You Point Your Finger - Patto (1971)

You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

[_Laurie_]

1. Magic Bus – The Who (1968) (Wow, can't believe this one wasn't on the list yet!)

2. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

3. Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

4. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960) (Another classic that I thought was already on the list!)

5. I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal (1965)

6. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

7. Glad - Traffic (1970)

8. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

9. Old Times Good Times - Stephen Stills (1970)

10 Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

[edna]

1- Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics (1986)

2- You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

3- You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

4- Burden Of Tomorrow, The - The Tallest Man On Earth (2010)

5- Still Alive and Well - Johnny Winter (1973)

6- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

7- Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

8- Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

9- Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

10-I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal (1965)

[pinkstones]

1. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

2. I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal (1965)

3. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

4. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

5. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

6. You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

7. Old Times Good Times - Stephen Stills (1970)

8. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

9. Glad - Traffic (1970)

10. Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford (1973)

Not a lot of nominations this week - I think this is one of the smallest groups we've had since the TT came back.

[miamisammy29]

1. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow

2. Erica Kane - Urge Overkill

3. Magic Bus - The Who

4. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

5. The Slider - T-Rex

6. Glad - Traffic

7. No P*ssy Blues - Grinderman

8. Crazy B*tch - Buckcherry

9. Walk Don't Run - Ventures

10. A Matter Of Trust - Billy Joel

Honorable Mention: Barry White, Johnny Winter, Grateful Dead, Power Station, Marvin & Tammi

[RonJonSurfer]

1. The Slider

2. Still Alive and Well

3. Spiders and Snakes

4. Ain't Nothing Life The Real Thing

5. You're the First, the Last, My Everything

6. Magic Bus

7. Glad

8. A Matter of Trust

9. Fire on the Mountain

10. Wedding Bell Blues

[Uncle Joe]

1-A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

2-Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

3-You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

4-Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

5-Glad - Traffic (1970)

6-Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

7-Some Like it Hot - Power Station (1985)

8-I Knew You When - Billy Joe Royal (1965)

9-Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

10-Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

[RockyRaccoon]

1. Burden Of Tomorrow, The - The Tallest Man On Earth (2010)

2. Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes (2011)

3. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

4. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

5. A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

6. Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast - Airbourne (2007)

7. Glad - Traffic (1970)

8. Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

9. Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

10. Ten Dollar Man - Z Z Top (1976)

[MindCrime]

1 F**king Perfect - Pink (2010)

2 A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

3 Fade Into You - Mazzy Star (1994)

4 Some Like it Hot - Power Station (1985)

5 Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

6 Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

7 Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

8 Crazy B*tch - Buckcherry (2005)

9 Glad - Traffic (1970)

10 Erica Kane - Urge Overkill (1993)

HM: Duke Spirit, TRex, Strokes, etc.

Edited December 2, 2011 by Guest

[phil]

1. Glad - Traffic

2. Still Alive And Well - Johnny Winter

3. Magic Bus - Who

4. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin & Tammmi

5. The Slider - T-Rex

6. Spiders And Snakes - Jim Stafford

7. Old Times Good Times - Stills

8. Walk Don't Run - Ventures

9. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro

10. Fire On The Mountain - Dead

[Brad_M]

1. Too Hot To Stop - The Rods

2. Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast - Airbourne

3. Crazy B*tch - Buckcherry

4. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow

5. The Slider - T-Rex

6. Magic Bus – The Who

7. Honky Tonk Man - Dwight Yoakam

8. Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead

9. Erica Kane - Urge Overkill

10. Still Alive And Well - Johnny Winter

[Yellowsnow]

1. You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

2. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

3. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

4. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

5. Bodies - The Duke Spirit (2011)

6. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

7. Glad - Traffic (1970)

8. Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics (1986)

9. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

10.Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

[Lucky]

1. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

2. Glad - Traffic (1970)

3. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

4. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

5. You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

6. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

7. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

8. Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes (2011)

9. Still Alive and Well - Johnny Winter (1973)

10. Thorn In My Side - Eurythmics (1986)

[Dappled]

1. You, You Point Your Finger - Patto (1971)

2. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

3. Glad - Traffic (1970)

4. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

5. Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

6. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

7. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

8. Still Alive and Well - Johnny Winter (1973)

9. Fire On The Mountain - Grateful Dead (1978)

10. Old Times Good Times - Stephen Stills (1970)

[Jenny]

1. F**ing Perfect - Pink

2. Some Like it Hot - Power Station

3. A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel

4. Thorn in My Side - Eurythmics

5. Fade Into You - Mazzy Star

6. Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing - Marvin & Tammy

7. Back to December - Taylor Swift

8. Under Cover of Darknesss - The Strokes

9. Walk, Don't Run - Ventures

10. Magic Bus - The Who

[TheLizard]

1. No Pussy Blues - Grinderman (2006)

2. Bodies - The Duke Spirit (2011)

3. Glad - Traffic (1970)

4. A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

5. Under Cover Of Darkness - The Strokes (2011)

6. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

7. Oasis - Amanda Palmer (2008)

8. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

9. Old Times Good Times - Stephen Stills (1970)

10. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

[TheLizard]

The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #272

1. Magic Bus – The Who (1968)

2. Glad - Traffic (1970)

3. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell (1968)

4. Man On The Silver Mountain - Rainbow (1975)

5. Walk Don't Run - The Ventures (1960)

6. A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel (1986)

7. You're The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White (1974)

8. Slider, The - T-Rex (1972)

9. Wedding Bell Blues - Laura Nyro (1966)

10. You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff (1972)

[edna]

nice...

[pinkstones]

Nice to see Laura make her second appearance in the TT.

[MindCrime]

I saw #1 coming before voting began

[pinkstones]

Which is kind of sad, in a way. The TT should be a surprise every week, not a foregone conclusion. There were several great songs this week that weren't from huge mega classic rock bands that didn't even get a chance.

[RockyRaccoon]

Which is kind of sad, in a way. The TT should be a surprise every week, not a foregone conclusion. There were several great songs this week that weren't from huge mega classic rock bands that didn't even get a chance.

Yea, I get that feeling. I get like that a lot too. I sit there, whether looking at the top tens or listening to the radio or something, and say "Sweet Jesus, 'Peace Of Mind' by Boston [for example] AGAIN? As if I haven't heard this song enough! Screw this, there's so much great indie rock out there!" And I think it's valid, it really is. But every now and then I have to sit there and think to myself "Why is this song so popular? Why is it a rock staple? How did I feel about this song when I first heard it, when it was all new to me?" and then I realize, it's because it's a really awesome song. Maybe as time has gone on and I've heard it a million bazillion times it's become almost cliche to me (as Aldous Huxley said, familiarity breeds indifference), but I tend to forget how great some of that "cliched" music really is.

And I think "Magic Bus" is just that. An amazing song that's become such a cliche that I tend to lose sight of how great of a song it really is.