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rt... we've been having some pretty severe electrical storms out here, too. It's monsoon season!

Your story reminded me... about 10 years ago, before I moved here to Arizona, my sister was living here, and they'd just bought a house. It was around 11 at night and there was a monsoon going on with all the requisite thunder and lightning.

Her husband was already in bed, and she was watching TV and suddenly the TV screen went dead and a deafening hum came from it and the stereo speakers. She ran to the kitchen and the appliances were dead (anything that was plugged in) and the telephone was completely fried. She was so scared she just sank to the floor and covered her ears, she didn't know what was going on.

Turns out a bolt had hid the transformer down the street. Scary stuff.

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It looks like our Telephone Co. are correct with the warnings not to use the 'phone when there's a storm, Shawna. I've never taken any notice of it before, but now that I've heard of one actually being stuck I might just be more careful !

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Here's our NOMINATIONS TO DATE - 29 of us so far.

All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) - Merle Haggard

Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith

Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine

Band of Gold - Freda Payne

Beat On The Brat - The Ramones

Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

Bush Doctor - Peter Tosh

Captain, The - Kasey Chamber

Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffet

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

Cinderella - Firefall

Cold As Ice - Foreigner

Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Delilah - Tom Jones

Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band

Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Game Of Love - Michelle Branch & Carlos Santana

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite

He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

I'm Your Puppet - James And Bobby Purify

Jambalaya - Hank Williams Sr.

Jean Genie, The - David Bowie

Just One Of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald

Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

Love Your Way - Powderfinger

No More Mr.Nice Guy - Alice Cooper

Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie

On The Road Again - Canned Heat

Pipeline - Chantays

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

Prove It All Night - Bruce Springsteen

Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

She's Gone - Hall And Oates

Southern Man - Neil Young

Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley

Talk of The Town - The Pretenders

Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Tribute - Tenacious D

Walk-Don't Run - The Ventures

Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria

Wild Thing - The Troggs

You Better Move On - The Rolling Stones

Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

56 Songs shown - two others need to be clarified. I most likely won't be around when the people concerned log in, so I'll ask Farin to please do so.

Regulars, Mindcrime and Steel Magnolia, Invisible r (who's still on vacation I believe) are still to nominate if they'd like to.

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Apparently I need to re-nominate because too many people did searches for American Pie in the last 24 hours. *big pouty face icon*

How about Train Kept A'Rollin by the Yardbirds.

If it weren't for this song, Led Zeppelin might never have existed. It's true.

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Apparently I need to re-nominate because too many people did searches for American Pie in the last 24 hours. *big pouty face icon*

you have to think positive: your nomination of it made hundreds of people click it on Songfacts in just a few hours... ;) :grin:

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

:thumbsup: great song

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good choice :thumbsup: I think the last time it was nominated, it got on #11. Let's see if we can push it higher... :)

Beyond me, Farin, how you remember the placement of each and every song on the lists. I only remember Bittersweet Symphony's rank because I nominated it (yes, I had to throw that in there :D)

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Beyond me, Farin, how you remember the placement of each and every song on the lists. I only remember Bittersweet Symphony's rank because I nominated it (yes, I had to throw that in there :D)

and a good nomination it was too! :thumbsup:

I feel honoured that you think I have such a good memory, but to tell you the truth, I didn't "remember" it per se, I just know a place where I can look this things up... ;)

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I think all of our Regulars who are around have nominated. Thanks everybody; 62 fine Nominations to choose from. I reckon we may as well start the voting NOW. Another very tough one !

Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks

Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan

Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) - Merle Haggard

Back In The Saddle - Aerosmith

Bad Boy - Miami Sound Machine

Band Of Gold - Freda Payne

Beat On The Brat - The Ramones

Bittersweet - Hoodoo Gurus

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

Bush Doctor - Peter Tosh

Captain, The - Kasey Chamber

Changes In Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffet

China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

Cinderella - Firefall

Cold As Ice - Foreigner

Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla

Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

Delilah - Tom Jones

Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago

Don't Cry Joni - Conway Twitty

Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band

Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins

Enter Sandman - Metallica

Game Of Love - Michelle Branch & Carlos Santana

Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite

He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett

I'm Your Puppet - James And Bobby Purify

It's Too Late - Carole King

Jambalaya - Hank Williams Sr.

Jean Genie, The - David Bowie

Just One Of Those Things - Ella Fitzgerald

Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles

Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold

Love Your Way - Powderfinger

No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper

Oh! You Pretty Things - David Bowie

On The Road Again - Canned Heat

Pipeline - Chantays

Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry

Prove It All Night - Bruce Springsteen

Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straits

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum

She's Gone - Hall And Oates

Southern Man - Neil Young

Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley

Talk of The Town - The Pretenders

Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers

Tie Your Mother Down - Queen

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Train Kept-A Rollin' - The Yardbirds

Tribute - Tenacious D

Walk-Don't Run - The Ventures

Watermelon Man - Mongo Santamaria

Wild Thing - The Troggs

You Better Move On - The Rolling Stones

Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

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1. Wild Thing - The Troggs

2. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

3. Band Of Gold - Freda Payne

4. Delilah - Tom Jones

5. Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

7. Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle

8. Pipeline - Chantays

9. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks

10.Walk-Don't Run - The Ventures

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1. Jambalaya - Hank Williams Sr.

2. I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett this is dedicated to my mom .

3. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves

4. All Day And All Of The Night - The Kinks

5. Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival

6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen

7. Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) - Merle Haggard this is dedicated to dad .

8. Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

9. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

10. Wild Thing - The Troggs

....With apologies to all the rock songs I had to cut out. I had to go country! :)

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1. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago

2. Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes - Jimmy Buffet

3. Life In The Fast Lane - The Eagles

4. Young Girl - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap

5. Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers

6. China Grove - The Doobie Brothers

7. Delilah - Tom Jones

8. Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits

9. Southern Man - Neil Young

10. I'm Your Puppet - James & Bobby Purify

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1. Tiny Dancer (gotta support EJ!)

2. Groove is in the Heart (such a summer song and I'm in a summer mood)

3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Freddie channels Elvis?)

4. Burning Down The House (can't understand a word except the chorus, but catchy as hell)

5. Play That Funky Music (great bassline)

6. Runaway Train (great lyrics)

7. Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude (if we weren't crazy, we'd all go insane)

8. All Day and All of The Night (rockin!)

9. Life in The Fast Lane (there were lines on the ceiling, lines on her face)

10. Talk of The Town (Chrissy is cool)

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1. Train Kept A-Rollin'- The Yardbirds

2. Tie Your Mother Down- Queen

3. Back in the Saddle- Aerosmith

4. Southern Man- Neil Young

5. Three Little Birds- Bob Marley

6. All Day and All of the Night- Kinks

7. Life in the Fast Lane- Eagles

8. No More Mr. Nice Guy- Alice Cooper

9. Tribute- Tenacious D

10. Prove It All Night- Bruce Springsteen

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Mind change- Ugh
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Well, I'll vote tomorrow when I'm less sleepy, but the way it goes, Jimmy Page was putting a band together after the Yardbirds fell apart. He got all four guys together, Page Plant Jones and Bonham, in this tiny little room in a studio, not one of the recording studio rooms, more of a storage room, they say there was barely room to set up Bonzo's drums. And they all looked at Jimmy and said "okay, what do you wanna play?"

Jimmy said "Do you guys know Train Kept A Rollin?" and they all played the song, which according to the story, was the best version of it Jimmy had ever heard. Then Page and Plant went back to Page's house and played records for each other, telling each other what kind of "sound" they thought they should have.

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1. Southern Man - Neil Young

2. Train Kept-A Rollin' - The Yardbirds

3. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

4. You Better Move On - The Rolling Stones

5. Burning Down The House - The Talking Heads

6. Dreams - The Allman Brothers Band

7. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley And The Wailers

8. Bush Doctor - Peter Tosh

9. Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival

10. Wild Thing - The Troggs

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