Lucky Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 WELCOME TO THE... #282 ALL MEMBERS OF SONGFACTS ARE MOST WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. The greater the participation, the more diverse, and more representative our top ten list is. We'd like to invite everyone to help us select THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE TOP TEN! IT'S SIMPLE, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS: * Nominate two songs that haven't made the Ten before ... Click here to view Every Song That's Made The Songfactors' Choice Top Tens (Artists). ... And here to view Every Song That's made The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten (Songs) * When nominations close, choose your favorite Ten songs in order of preference from the Final Nominations and post them here. Points are allotted, 10 for your #1 song, 9 for #2, Etc. and our Top Ten is compiled from them. At the end of the voting period we'll announce The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten For that week. Nominate Now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971) Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin (1964) featuring Jorma Kaukonen on acoustic guitar & inadvertantly, Margareta Kaukonen on typewriter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanAm Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Love Song - Elton John (1970) Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal (1969) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 The Stroke - Billy Squier (1981) Baby Hold On - Eddie Money (1978) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986) Love & Marriage - Frank Sinatra (1955) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's Higher - Creed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 A couple of 80's tunes Hold Me Now ~ Thompson Twins (1983) Take On Me ~ a-ha (1985) Here Check out these guys playing "Take On Me"...My cousin Eric is the keyboard player.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 "Heaven" - Talking Heads -1979 "Lowdown" - Chicago - 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 (edited) " Not Afraid " -Eminem "Ode to My Family " -The Cranberries Edited March 12, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 Here Check out these guys playing "Take On Me"...My cousin Eric is the keyboard player.. Hey... he's good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze (1994) I am loving all this 80's music, so I have to add one of my favorite 80's songs: If You Leave - Orchestral Maneuvers in The Dark (1986) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_M Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 "War Machine" - Kiss (1982) "Sweating Bullets" - Megadeth (1992) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 "Skinhead On The MBTA" - Dropkick Murphys (1998) "Take The Skinheads Bowling" - Camper van Beethoven (1985) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 "Skinhead On The MBTA" - Dropkick Murphys (1998) "Take The Skinheads Bowling" - Camper van Beethoven (1985) Here ya go, Sammy! Skinhead On The MBTA - Dropkick Murphys (1998) Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper van Beethoven (1985) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I am loving all this 80's music, so I have to add one of my favorite 80's songs: If You Leave - Orchestral Maneuvers in The Dark (1986) Ah yes, the end of Pretty in Pink when Andie and Blaine are kissing outside after the prom. Poor Ducky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks for the links, Pinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowsnow Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Maggie M'Gill – The Doors (1970) Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers (1992) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 "War Machine" - Kiss (1982) "Sweating Bullets" - Megadeth (1992) "Sweating Bullets" just might make #1 on my list... cool tune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Grazing In The Grass - The Friends Of Distinction Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masakela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Ooh .... I like both versions - which will get my vote? Nice, phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Tim is spring breaking - and has waaay more to do & think about than the top ten, so I'm going to go ahead and post these - pretty short on noms this week, sorry - you all need to go out and scour the bushes for possible top tenners. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971) Baby Hold On - Eddie Money (1978) Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal (1969) Grazing In The Grass - The Friends Of Distinction (1969) Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masakela (1968) Heaven - Talking Heads (1979) Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze (1994) Higher - Creed (1999) Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983) If You Leave - Orchestral Maneuvers in The Dark (1986) Love & Marriage - Frank Sinatra (1955) Love Song - Elton John (1970) Lowdown - Chicago (1971) Maggie M'Gill – The Doors (1970) Master of Puppets - Metallica (1986) Motorcycle Emptiness - Manic Street Preachers (1992) Not Afraid - Eminem (2010) Ode to My Family - The Cranberries (1994) Skinhead On The MBTA - Dropkick Murphys (1998) Stroke, The - Billy Squier (1981) Sweating Bullets - Megadeth (1992) Take On Me - a-ha (1985) Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper van Beethoven (1985) Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin (1964) War Machine - Kiss (1982) We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's (1980) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 1. Take On Me - a-ha (1985) 2. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983) 3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971) 4. Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin (1964) 5. Lowdown - Chicago (1971) 6. Grazing In The Grass - The Friends Of Distinction (1969) 7. If You Leave - Orchestral Maneuvers in The Dark (1986) 8. Stroke, The - Billy Squier (1981) 9. Ode to My Family - The Cranberries (1994) 10 We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's (1980) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 1. Sweating Bullets - Megadeth 2. We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's 3. Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin 4. Higher - Creed 5. Baby Hold On - Eddie Money 6. Maggie M'Gill - The Doors 7. Stroke, The - Billy Squier 8. War Machine - Kiss 9. Master Of Puppets - Metallica 10. Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 1-Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masakela (1968)Both versionns are great. 2-Lowdown - Chicago (1971) 3-Hold Me Now - Thompson Twins (1983) 4-Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin (1964) 5-Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze (1994) 6-Heaven - Talking Heads (1979) 7-Take On Me - a-ha (1985) So hard not to picture the video whenever I hear this song. 8-We Got The Beat - The Go-Go's (1980) 9-Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal (1969) 10-A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkstones Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Not a lot of nominations this week. Maybe we should start letting people nominate 3 songs, just to see if it gives us a wider pool of stuff to pick from. Just my $0.02. 1. Stroke, The - Billy Squier (1981) 2. Baby Hold On - Eddie Money (1978) 3. Cherry Hill Park - Billy Joe Royal (1969) 4. Grazing In The Grass - The Friends Of Distinction (1969) 5. Grazing In The Grass - Hugh Masakela (1968) 6. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Leon Russell (1971) 7. Trouble In Mind - Janis Joplin (1964) 8. Take On Me - a-ha (1985) 9. Maggie M'Gill - The Doors (1970) 10. Here Comes The Hotstepper - Ini Kamoze (1994) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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