Farin Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Everybody has a taste, the question is about the quality of it. So you should have asked "Does that mean we have superb taste?" and I can answer that with: Yes, of course we have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 "Crying" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" are songs that make me sad... Ah, but two of the Greatest Songs of the Rock Era. About 14 months ago I started a thread about Rolling Stone Magazine's "Top 500". I was ambitious enough to attempt my own 500 and here's how far I got, cut and pasted from the thread. (I'm a good starter, but not always a good finisher). ................................................ MY TOP SONGS OF THE ROCK ERA - 1955 TO NOW (WITH ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE (RSM) POSITIONS) ............................................ 1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers (1964) RSM # 34 2. She Loves You - Beatles (1963) RSM # 64 3. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel (1970) RSM # 47 4. (We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock -Bill Haley and his Comets (1955) RSM # 158 5. Crying - Roy Orbison (1961) RSM # 69 6. Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (1956) RSM # 197 7. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971) RSM # 31 8. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys (1966) RSM # 6 9. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones (1965) RSM # 2 10. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (1975) RSM # 163 .................................................. 11. Hotel California - Eagles (1971) RSM # 49 12. The Great Pretender - Platters (1956) RSM # 351 13. Runaway - Del Shannon (1961) RSM # 466 (Still working on 14-500). .................................................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 HERE'S THE VOTES FOR ALL SONGS NOMINATED IN TOP TEN #8. A Song for You - Donny Hathaway 24 A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum 72 Ain't Too Proud to Beg - The Temptations 65 Another Park, Another Sunday - The Doobie Brothers 4 Atlantis - Donovan 33 Ballad Of Curtis Loew, The - Lynyrd Skynyrd 24 Behind Blue Eyes - The Who 41 Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band 23 Boys Are Back In Town, The - Thin Lizzy 19 Boys Of Summer, The - Don Henley 25 Brighter Than Sunshine - Aqualung 22 Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro Tull 8 California Girls - The Beach Boys 18 (What !!) Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks 27 City, Country, City - War 10 Coconut - Harry Nilsson 15 Cover Of Rolling Stone, The - Dr Hook and The Medicine Show29 Crying - Roy Orbison 66 Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts 13 Exit Music (For A Film) - Radiohead 26 Fallin' - Alicia Keys 16 For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield 36 Happy Together - The Turtles 40 He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones 23 I Feel The Earth Move - Carole King 21 I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 32 I Wish - Stevie Wonder 29 If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body - Bellamy Brothers 10 In My Room - The Beach Boys 50 In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett 52 Karma Police - Radiohead 12 Love Is The Drug - Roxy Music 13 Minnie The Moocher - Cab Calloway 7 Mississippi Queen - Mountain 45 My Kinda Lover - Billy Squier 12 No Milk Today - Herman's Hermits 23 No Sugar Tonight/ New Mother Nature - Guess Who 13 Oye Como Va - Santana 21 Photographs And Memories - Jim Croce 15 Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin (Big Brother & The Holding Company) 66 Pump it Up - Elvis Costello 18 Radar Love - Golden Earring 43 Rain Song, The - Led Zeppelin 24 Reflections of My Life - Marmalade 32 Rite Of Spring, The - Igor Stravinsky 25 Rock On - David Essex 6 Sentimental Lady - Fleetwood Mac 10 She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes 39 She's So Cold - The Rolling Stones 15 Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits 71 Third Rate Romance - The Amazing Rythm Aces 21 Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed 27 Wasted Time - The Eagles 19 You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive 43 You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers 85 Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins and Messina 17 .................................................. A Wonderful List. Congratulate Yourselves ! :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Darn...and I wished they all could have been California girls.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hi RonJon. Maybe you should have nominated the David Lee Roth version, with film clip of course ! Although who wants to see cute women parading around in brief bikinis.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 "She loves you" is one of my favourite songs but I wonder if we should nominate Beatles or Stones... they always win... or almost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 No taste whatsoever , phil ! ... This one is darn good , though . J' accuse you of being a ' rockist ' ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I think one of my elective courses in college was Rockism,Fact or fiction? :guitar: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I just wanted to let you know that Top Ten #7 has just been added to the Top Ten Archive - now with votes - Check it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 That's Excellent Farin. The poor old 80s aren't doing too well ! I'll have to think of a couple of goodies. Maybe I'll nominate Billie Jean and get all those MJ fans who were around a few weeks ago back to vote. Or were they invited to Neverland ? Or if Judo nominates Leo Sayer's 1980 version of More Than I Can Say I'll vote for it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Dear Edna, I thought we might have another Beatle/Stone Free Ten again next one, #9, and then "open slather" for #10. You know you'll get my 10 Points for She Loves You. I won't nominate Hello, Goodbye at the the same time. Someone said to me the other day "what if I want to nominate White Christmas ? That's before 1950 !" and someone else asked me if Country and Gospel qualified. COULD you all have a quick read of this please With our 'fewer the better' rules policy, we won't set any dates, Country and Gospel are fine, and Rap and Punk. But let's make them songs that you might hear on mainstream radio; not a Classical Ballet/ Opera OR a Country song off the "Hillbilly Half Hour" OR a Gospel song from the "Reverend Getrich's Holy Rollers Hour". (Just a joke). I'll leave it to your good judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Maybe "Songfactor's Weekly Top Ten: Christmas Edition"?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hi Katie. It's not weekly anymore, or we'd be into June by now ! A Christmas Top Ten is a great idea. Please remind me in December. One of the ladies suggested a Topical Ten occasionally. I forget who, sorry, but I do remember that she was gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judo Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Yeah, Good Idea ! (besides one won't hear White Christmas on any mainstream radio this time of the year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 A Topical Ten is a great idea!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I won't nominate "She loves you", Darryl... go ahead with "Hello, Goodbye" if you want... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 One of the ladies suggested a Topical Ten occasionally. I forget who, sorry, but I do remember that she was gorgeous. You're good Darryl. Good idea, good memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Thanks Edna, but I'm not nominating any Beatles or Stones songs yet. Others have previously nominated two of my favorites for me, Day Tripper and Paint It Black. I hope we have this next Top Ten without Beatles/Stones nominations anyway. The one we just had was great variety, wasn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Yes Gorgeous ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Darryl please, not in public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Another great Top 10! I like the mix in this one, and yes it does seem very 60's and 70's, which is cool in my book. This one was tough, the next one I have a feeling will be even tougher. I may have to take time off from work for the next Top 10!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malakin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 In my estimation, the top tens are consistently older songs because when you look at them in a list, you think to yourself.. Well, how can this song from 1989 possibly be compared to this classic from the 70's? The older songs have that "classic" status in our minds. The newer songs still have a few years to prove themselves. At least.. That's what I was thinkin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 While I agree with you, Malakin, we also have to keep in mind, that the most popular songs in the list are not any older songs, but mostly from the years 1965 to 1975. On some of our recent lists they were up to 3/4 of the list (as you can find out in the Top Ten Archive). Now it would be interesting to speculate about the reasons for our preference of these songs. It could be, because they are considered a 'classic'. It could also be that these are the years where arguably the best music was made. Or it could be that this is simply the mussic, were our diverse musical tastes come together. That's of course just mho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Look out Joe, or I'll tell your Wife you said I was gorgeous. (He DIDN'T of course, but it would make a good story). Love your comments Sweet Jane. I thought it was by far the toughest, although I had my Top 2 as soon as they were nominated - by someone else. I finished up putting my own nominations 4th and 5th in my Ten. Malakin and Farin, I really think the most creative time in "modern" Pop Music was the 60s. The Brill Building writers are the best example. They worked in tiny cubicles (couldn't call them offices really) and competed against each other to see who could write the best songs. Also, look at most Movie Soundtracks in the last 10/15 years and you're bound to find a lot of 60s music. I THINK WE COULD START TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR TOP TEN #9 NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Hey 19 - Steely Dan She's Gone - Hall and Oates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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