The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #285

[TheLizard]

18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe (1961)

All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley (1984)

A Song For The Dead - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

Babylon - David Gray (1999)

Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

Breezin' - George Benson (1976)

Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (2010)

Dare - Gorillaz (2005)

Idea - The Bee Gees (1968)

I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen (2012)

Johnny B - The Hooters (1987)

Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

Misunderstanding - Genesis (1980)

On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (1983)

Play Me - Neil Diamond (1972)

Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen (1980)

Rock and Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) – Kevin Johnson (1973)

Skin Deep – The Stranglers (1984)

Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)

Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel (1975)

These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs (1992)

These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie (1993)

[miamisammy29]

1. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon

2. Johnny B - Hooters

3. 18 and Life - Skid Row

4. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top

5. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe

6. These Days - Foo Fighters

7. Skin Deep - Stranglers

8. These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs

9. A Song For The Dead - Queens of the Stone Age

10. It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

Honorable Mention: Neil, M.J., K.J., B.J.

[TheLizard]

1. A Song For The Dead - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

2. Dare - Gorillaz (2005)

3. Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen (2012)

4. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

5. These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

6. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

7. Misunderstanding - Genesis (1980)

8. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

9. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)

10. Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie (1993)

[edna]

1- Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel (1975)

2- Idea - The Bee Gees (1968)

3- Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

4- Skin Deep – The Stranglers (1984)

5- These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

6- A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe (1961)

7- Play Me - Neil Diamond (1972)

8- Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen (1980)

9- It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)·

10-Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

Edited April 11, 2012 by Guest

[_Laurie_]

1. Play Me - Neil Diamond (1972)

2. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

3. Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel (1975)

4. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe (1961)

5. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

6. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

7. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

8. Idea - The Bee Gees (1968)

9. 18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

10 Babylon - David Gray (1999)

[phil]

1. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe

2. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top

3. Johnny Strikes Up The Band -Warren Zevon

4. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons

5. It's All In The Game - Tommy Edwards

6. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield

7. Idea - The Bee Gees

8. These Days - Jackson Browne

9. Babylon - David Gray

10. 18 & Life - Skid Row

[pinkstones]

1. Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen (1980)

2. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (1983)

3. Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen (2012)

4. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

5. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

6. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

7. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

8. Breezin' - George Benson (1976)

9. Summer, Highland Falls - Billy Joel (1975)

10. Rock and Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) – Kevin Johnson (1973)

[Brad_M]

1. 18 & Life - Skid Row

2. These Days - Foo Fighters

3. Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie

4. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant

5. All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley

6. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top

7. Johnny B - The Hooters

8. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band

9. Ramrod - Bruce Springsteen

10. Misunderstanding - Genesis

[Lucky]

1. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

2. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

3. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

4. Babylon - David Gray (1999)

5. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

6. These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs (1992)

7. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

8. Misunderstanding - Genesis (1980)

9. Rock and Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) – Kevin Johnson (1973)

10. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band (1983)

[bluesboy]

1. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards

2. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons

3. Breezin' - George Benson

4. These Days - Jackson Browne

5. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon

6. Babylon - David Gray

7. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top

8. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe

9. These Are Days - 10,000 Maniacs

10. Play Me - Neil Diamond

[MindCrime]

1 18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

2 Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie (1993)

3 Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)

4 All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley (1984)

5 Dare - Gorillaz (2005)

6 On The Dark Side - John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band (1983)

7 These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

8 Babylon - David Gray (1999)

9 Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (2010)

10 I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

HM: QotSA, Buffalo Springfield, Hooters, etc.

[Yellowsnow]

1. Skin Deep – The Stranglers (1984)

2. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

3. Babylon - David Gray (1999)

4. Rock and Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) – Kevin Johnson (1973)

5. A Song For The Dead - Queens of the Stone Age (2002)

6. These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

7. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

8. Idea - The Bee Gees (1968)

9. Breezin' - George Benson (1976)

10.These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

[RockyRaccoon]

1. Misunderstanding - Genesis (1980)

2. Cough Syrup - Young The Giant (2010)

3. 18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

4. Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson (1987)

5. Thunder Kiss '65 - White Zombie (1993)

6. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

7. All She Wants To Do Is Dance - Don Henley (1984)

8. Dare - Gorillaz (2005)

9. Jack Of All Trades - Bruce Springsteen (2012)

10. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

[TheLizard]

The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #285

1. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

2. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

3. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

4. 18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

5. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

6. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

7. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

8. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe (1961)

9. These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

10. Babylon - David Gray (1999)

[bluesboy]

Gram Parsons was one of the pillars of the emerging Los Angeles country rock scene, late sixties through the early '70s.

What a gifted songwriter/performer.

[Brad_M]

What is the reason we add the year of the songs we nominate?

[Lucky]

Woop .... I like those results.

The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten #285

1. Johnny Strikes Up The Band - Warren Zevon (1978)

2. I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top (1979)

3. Brass Buttons - Gram Parsons (1974)

4. 18 & Life - Skid Row (1989)

5. It's All in the Game - Tommy Edwards (1958)

6. These Days - Jackson Browne (1973)

7. Broken Arrow - Buffalo Springfield (1967)

8. A Certain Girl - Ernie K. Doe (1961)

9. These Days - Foo Fighters (2011)

10. Babylon - David Gray (1999)