The Songfactors' Choice Top Ten # 24

[CanAm]

1. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts

2. Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

3. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

4. Mr. Bojangles - N.G.D.B.

5. Winter Time - The Steve Miller Band

6. Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer

7. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

8. How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

9. Teach Your Children - C.S.N.Y.

10 One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood & The Delaware Destroyers

Honourable mention to Into The Mystic, Massachusetts and Rock You Like A Hurricane.

[OLD 55]

1. Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

2. As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull

3. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

4. Mr. Bojangles - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

5. Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

6. Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

7. Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts

8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

9. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

10.Teach Your Children - Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young

(I'd better include it, seeing as I Un-nominated it last week !).

[Shawna]

1. Ah, Leah ~ Donnie Iris "Don't you know we're playin' with fire, but we can't stop this burnin' desire..."

2. Last Train To Clarksville ~ Monkees "We'll have time for coffee-flavored kisses and a bit of conversation..."

3. Summer Breeze ~ Seals and Crofts "Blowin' through the jasmine in my mind..."

4. Mr. Bojangles ~ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "He looked to me to be the eyes of age..."

5. How Much I Feel ~ Ambrosia "Sometimes when we make love I still can see your face..."

6. I Melt With You ~ Modern English "We've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time..."

7. Walk Away Renee ~ The Left Banke "You won't see me following you back home..."

8. Heartbreaker ~ Pat Benatar "Don't you mess around with me..."

9. Oh Girl ~ Chi-Lites "I can save myself a lot of useless tears..."

10. Stacy's Mom ~ Fountains of Wayne "Since your dad walked out your mom could use a guy like me..."

[Tenacious_Peaches]

1] Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

2] Teach Your Children - Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young

3] How Much I Feel – Ambrosia

4] Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

5] Gin And Juice - Snoop Dogg

6] Down To Zero - Joan Armatrading

7] Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett

8] Rock You Like A Hurricane - The Scorpions

9] Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar

10] Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

[phil]

1.Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic

2. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

3. Oh Girl - The Chi-lites

4. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

5. I Melt With You - Modern English

6. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

7. Ah! Leah - Donnie Iris

8. Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

9. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

10. Stoned Love - The Supremes

[Uncle Joe]

1-Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

2-I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

3-Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler

4-Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

5-Teach Your Children - Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young

6-Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones

7-Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

8-Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys, The - Traffic

9-Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan

10-How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

[edna]

1- Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts

2- I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

3- Across The Board - Slick, Kantner and Frieberg

4- Blood And Roses - The Smithereens

5- Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones

6- Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

7- Teach Your Children - Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young

8- I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

9- Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

10-Just like a woman - Bob Dylan

[bazooka]

1. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better -- The Byrds

2. Out Of Time -- The Rolling Stones

3. Into The Mystic -- Van Morrison

4. Down To Zero -- Joan Armatrading

5. Just Like A Woman -- Bob Dylan

6. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer -- George Thorogood & Destroyers

7. Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

8. I'm A Man -- Spencer Davis Group

9. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo -- Rick Derringer

10.Walk Away Renee -- The Left Banke

[Farin]

1. Talkin' Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman

2. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

3. I Love Rock'N'Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

4. Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

5. Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

6. Common People - Pulp

7. I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

8. I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

9. Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin

10.No Rain - Blind Melon

[Shadows]

1. Dazed And Confused - Lep Zeppelin

2. Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution

3. Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix

4. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n Roses

5. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan

6. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood and Destroyers

7. Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones

8. Incident at Neshabur - Santana

9. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

10. As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull

[The Seeker]

1. All Or Nothing - Small Faces

2. Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie

3. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

4. Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

5. Out Of Time - The Rolling Stones

6. Teach Your Children - Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young

7. Stoned Love - The Supremes

8. Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

9. Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin

10. Common People - Pulp

[blind-fitter]

1) Common People - Pulp

2) Loving You - Minnie Riperton

3) I Love Rock'n'Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

4) Champagne Supernova - Oasis

5) Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

6) Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

7) As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithfull

8) I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

9) Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

10) Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts

To be honest, apart from the Top 3, this is just stuff I quite like, but nothing that really moves earth for me, y'know?

[OLD 55]

Minnie Riperton had an amazing voice. That was on my 'short list'.

There's a lot of artists I like who've been nominated, but not all the songs chosen, and there's many I just don't know.

I'm sure if I'd nominated The Stones' version of As Tears Go By it would have a lot more points than Marianne Faithfull's. That doesn't bother me.

I'm probably getting cynical as I get older, but I think you could nominate some of the 'Super Groups' gargling and get votes for them.

[katie_sane]

Enjoy Mate.

Love Do It Again. It was a huge Hit here in 1968, especially in my home City of Brisbane. We have the best beaches in Australia here in Queensland *, but we're the furtherest Capital City from the surf! Only an hour's drive North or South though. * That will stir up some of my fellow Australians.

As a New South Welshman, it is my duty to say that the finest beaches are found south of the border!! But, I live no where near any beaches, so I'll let you get away with that one, 55!

I was in Hervey Bay in January though, and the beaches there were great.

A chilly -6C or 22F here last night!

1. Winter Time - The Steve Miller Band (very appropriate)

2. Common People - Pulp

3. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan

4. Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke

5. Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

6. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

7. Dazed And Confused - Led Zeppelin

8. Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar

9. Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees

10. Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix

[rtstuff]

1. Teach Your Children

2. Walk Away Renee. I agree with OLD 55. This version is much better than the 4 Tops.

3. Summer Breeze. One of the first albums purchased by my wife and I.

4. Mr. Bojangles. One of my dad's favorites

5. Last Train to Clarksville. I loved my Monkeys. I use to watch them on the tube every day after school.

6. Let's Get It On. The smooth, soulful sounds of a legend whose life was cut way too short.

7. Oh Girl. Another soulful tune.

8. Stoned Love. I still like the Supremes even though Diana Ross made a real a$$ of herself later in her career.

9. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo. I think this came out at about the time my wife and I were dating.

10. Rock You Like a Hurricane. I was only introduced to the Scorpions a few years ago and I liked what I was hearing.

rtstuff

Let's Get It On. That kinda "cuts" to the chase.

[daslied]

1. Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

2. Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

3. Spanish Castle Magic - Jimi Hendrix

4. It's Love - King's X

5. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

6. Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett

7. Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

8. Just Like A Woman - Bob Dylan

9. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

10. Reach For The Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

[steel magnolia]

1. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

2. Overjoyed - Stevie Wonder

3. Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts

4. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

5. How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

6. Gin And Juice - Snoop Dogg

7. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

8. Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

9. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

10.Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

[Levis]

1. Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

2. No Rain - Blind Melon

3. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

4. Stacy's Mom - Fountains Of Wayne

5. Purple Rain - Prince and The Revolution

6. Rock You Like A Hurricane - The Scorpions

7. Loving You - Minnie Riperton

8. I Love Rock'N'Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

9. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

10. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses

[Jenny]

This was a tough one, mostly because there were many I liked equally and couldn't really rank....but I did my best

1. Let's Get it On - Marvin Gaye (if a guy said that to you in a bar, you'd hit him, but when Marvin sings it, you melt)

2. I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown

3. No Rain - Blind Melon

4. True Companion - Marc Cohn

5. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns n Roses "I'd hate to look into those eyes and see an ounce of pain"

6. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

7. Blood and Roses - The Smithereens

8. Mmm, Mmm, Mmm, Mmm - Crash Test Dummies

9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

10. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell "They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!"

[bluesboy]

1. Incident At Neshabur - Santana

2. Struggling Man - Jimmy Cliff

3. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

4. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

5. Stoned Love - Supremes

6. Into the Mystic - Van Morrison

7. Aerial Boundaries - Michael Hedges

8. Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

9. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

10. As Tears Go By - Marianne Faithful

[Malakin]

1. Script For a Jester's Tear - Marillion

2. Into the Mystic - Van the man Morrison

3. Reach For The Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

4. One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer - George Thorogood & Destroyers

5. Dazed and Confused - Led Zeppelin

6. Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys - Traffic

7. Not to Touch The Earth - The Doors

8. Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

9. Champagne Supernova - Oasis

10. I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

[Sweet Jane 61]

Into The Mystic - Van Morrison

Stoned Love - The Supremes

Ah! Leah - Donnie Iris

How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

Low Spark Of High-Heeled Boys, The - Traffic

Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye

Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

I'm A Man - Spencer Davis Group

Summer Breeze – Seals & Crofts

Winter Time - Steve Miller Band

[OLD 55]

Thanks to all who've voted so far. It's the most wide open Top Ten yet, with some renominations doing well. 10 songs have 49 votes or more.

STILL TO VOTE:

Danielj, Dappled, Judo, Namahage + any regulars who may have missed nominating - Kevin, Invisible r; say hello to Rachel - she's back from holidays/vacation.

[Shadows]

wow, my nomination, purple rain, is getting alot more votes than i had expected it to

[Judo]

1. My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder

2. Bernadine – Pat Boone

3. Besame Mucho – Andrea Bocelli

4. Massachusetts - The Bee Gees

5. Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

6. Oh Girl - The Chi-Lites

7. Loving You - Minnie Riperton

8. Winter Time - Steve Miller Band

9. Mr. Bojangles - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

10. Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young