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The Songfactors' Choice Zero To Nine Top Ten


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Yes it is, isn't it... especially Daydream Believer :)

here's the complete rundown of the votes:

Daydream Believer - The Monkees 126

A Well Respected Man - The Kinks 76

Thunderstruck - AC/DC 48

Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes 46

Hey 19 - Steely Dan 41

Diamond Dogs - David Bowie 40

Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro Tull 38

Paradise by The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf 35

Silent Lucidity - Queensryche 32

What I Got - Sublime 32

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Land of Confusion - Genesis 31

No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age 31

30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie 30

Indian Reservation (Lament Of The Cherokee Indian) Paul Revere & The Raiders 29

Promises - Eric Clapton 29

Slip Kid - The Who 29

Oh Carol - Neil Sedaka 29

Ball Of Confusion - The Temptations 28

Listen To Her Heart - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 28

Baby Let's Play House - ELvis Presley 27

Your Love - The Outfield 26

That's The Way of The World - Earth,Wind & Fire 24

No Ordinary Love - Sade 23

The Model - Kraftwerk 23

Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher 22

Black Horse And The Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall 22

Isolation - John Lennon 22

Faries Wear Boots - Black Sabbath 21

Stranglehold- Ted Nugent 21

Rain Fall Down - The Rolling Stones 19

Rock On - David Essex 19

Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel 18

And I Am Telling You... - Jennifer Holiday 18

Chevy Van - Sammy Johns 18

Out Of Limits - The Marketts 17

Escape (The Piña Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes 17

Freeze Frame - J. Geils Band 17

Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder 17

Lowdown - Boz Scaggs 17

Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman 17

Hysteria - Def Leppard 17

Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me - Mac Davis 17

Searching For My Love - Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces 17

Torn And Frayed - The Rolling Stones 17

Brother Louie - Stories 15

Astronomy - Blue Oyster Cult 15

Shipbuilding - Elvis Costello 15

You're Beautiful - James Blunt 12

She Bangs The Drums - The Stone Roses 12

Day Of The Eagle - Robin Trower 11

Nature's Way - Spirit 11

Be Thankful For What You Got - William DeVaughn 10

Ever Fallen In Love - The Buzzcocks 10

Gloria - Patti Smith 10

Kiss Off - The Violent Femmes 9

Sky High - Jigsaw 9

But Not For Me - Chet Baker 8

Must Of Got Lost - J. Geils Band 8

Rotten Peaches - Elton John 8

May You Never - John Martyn 7

Holding On - Ambrosia 7

Motivator - T.Rex 7

Theologians - Wilco 6

You Sang To Me - Marc Anthony 6

Taking You Home - Don Henley 5

I'm Winning - Santana 5

Munich - The Editors 5

Angel Eyes - Jeff Healey Band 4

Passive - Perfect Circle 4

You And Me - Alice Cooper 4

Around The World - Daft Punk 3

I'll start Top Ten #23 soon, so prepare yourself... :grin:

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I just heard a parody of it, about working in an office, titled "My Cubicle". It was funny, although if I was going off to work in an office on a Monday morning I'm not sure if I'd think so.

Weird Al has also recently released a parody of this song. It's called "You're Pitiful". :)

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Thanks Peaches ! Val was asleep when I went in. Lucky for me; when she gets angry she grows bigger and turns green. I remember many, many years ago when she uncharacteristically got mad at the kids once. I heard one of them mutter "the Incredible Mum". We've laughed about that lots of times since.

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Daydream Believer only scored 2 Points when it was nominated in our First Top Ten. I think we were sort of steering away from Top Hits/ Artists at that time to try and create "something different". It's well worth a look in the Archives. There were a lot of good songs that missed out. (Let It Be, Johnny B.Goode, etc ...)

Anyway, if we have more of these (and this one was popular), we'll give the Top Two each time 'automatic nominations' into the current Top Ten of the time (as we've done with Daydream Believer and A Well Respected Man in #23 now).

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I'm confused.... I thought that, based on where in a voter's list the song fell, it would receive incremental points, i.e. if it was voted #1 on someone's list, it would receive 10 points, if it was #2, it would receive 9 points, and down the line.

If this is correct, "Angel Eyes" by Jeff Healey was my #7, so should have gotten 4 points, but shows only 1.

Or am I insane?

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Sometimes a song doesn´t make the Top ten just because there´s too many other good songs that get most of the votes... I find myself sorry most of the times cause I have to leave some songs I really like... but that´s the game! :)

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The only one that I really remember nominating out of our final list was Sky High by Jigsaw. I was the only one again who voted for it.

It's a particular favorite of mine, from the opening sequence of a Kung Fu movie where the hero comes hang gliding into Hong Kong. Very spectacular (for the early 70s) and the song just fitted in so well.

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:doh:

Somehow I knew something was wrong, but I couldn't work it out until now.

Two of my nominations (Last Goodbye and Every Rose Has Its Thorn) were completely overlooked. I should have realised after my other one (No One Knows) was originally overlooked. Oh well, too late now.

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It's great that The Monkees are so well-liked and respected, given that they were little more than a manufactured boy-band.

As were New Kids On The Block, Back Street Boys and NSync. But they all have a whole lot more money than I'll ever have. :crazy:

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Just to recap...

The Songfactors' Choice Zero To Nine Top Ten

1. Daydream Believer - The Monkees 126

2. A Well Respected Man - The Kinks 76

3. Thunderstruck - AC/DC 48

4. Here Comes My Baby - The Tremeloes 46

5. Hey 19 - Steely Dan 41

6. Diamond Dogs - David Bowie 40

7. Bungle In The Jungle - Jethro 38

8. Paradise by The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf 35

9. Silent Lucidity - Queensryche 32

10.What I Got - Sublime 32

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