The Songfactors Choice Ultimate Top Ten Round 2

[bazooka]

1. Ballad Of A Thin Man -- Bob Dylan

2. Chain Of Fools -- Aretha Franklin

3. Heart Full Of Soul -- The Yardbirds

4. Aqualung -- Jethro Tull

5. Break On Through -- The Doors

6. Daniel -- Elton John

7. Romeo & Juliet -- Dire Straits

8. Lonely Teardrops -- Jackie Wilson

9. Runaway -- Del Shannon

10.Substitute -- The Who

[OLD 55]

1. Runaway - Del Shannon

2. Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson

3. Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles

4. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds

5. My Girl - The Temptations

6. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival

7. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye

8. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas

9. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

10.Substitute - The Who

[invisible_r]

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)

Break On Through - The Doors (1967)

Rock The Casbah - The Clash (1982)

Walk of Life - Dire Straits (1985)

California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas (1966)

Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (1971)

Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (1968)

Runaway - Del Shannon (1961)

Wild World - Cat Stevens (1971)

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (1997)

[_Laurie_]

1. Wish You Were Here

2. Brown Eyed Girl

3. California Dreamin'

4. Heart Full Of Soul

5. Son Of A Preacher Man

6. Fire And Rain

7. Heard It Through The Grapevine

8. Good Lovin

9. Me And Bobby McGee

10 25 or 6 to 4

[Levis]

1. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (1997)

2. Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (1965)

3. Break On Through - The Doors (1967)

4. All My Loving - The Beatles (1963)

5. Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

6. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975)

7. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas (1966)

8. Aqualung - Jethro Tull (1971)

9. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987)

10. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (1968)

Arrangement was harder than choice

[steel magnolia]

1. 25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (1970)

2. Fire And Rain - James Taylor (1970)

3. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)

4. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987)

5. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (1967)

6. Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (1971)

7. Night Moves - Bob Seger (1976)

8. Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971)

9. He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969)

10.Wild World - Cat Stevens (1971)

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11. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (1997)

12. At Last - Etta James (1961)

[TheTallOne]

I haven't played for a little while, but I think I will now.

1. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd

2. Substitue- The Who

3. Proud Mary- Creedance Clearwater Revival

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

5. Brown Eyed Girl- Van Morrison

6. Mr. Tambourine Man- The Byrds

7. Aqualung- Jethro Tull

8. Fire and Rain- James Taylor

9. Break On Through- The Doors

10. Here Comes the Sun

[c_s_1987]

Kevin and rtstuff haven't voted yet. I think they are the only ones who haven't out of those who voted last week. I'll probably keep the voting open for about 24 more hours.

[c_s_1987]

Okay, I think I have left this for long enough now.

THE SONGFACTORS' CHOICE ULTIMATE TOP TEN - ROUND 2

1. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd (1975) - 95

2. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison (1967) - 65

3. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (1968) - 62

4. All My Loving - The Beatles (1963) - 54

5. Runaway - Del Shannon (1961) - 53

6. I Heard It Through The Grapevine - Marvin Gaye (1967) - 52

7. Break On Through - The Doors (1967) - 51

8. California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The Papas (1966) - 50

9. She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones (1967) - 50

10. Son Of A Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield (1969) - 47

Substitute - The Who (1966) - 43

Fire And Rain - James Taylor (1970) - 42

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1987) - 42

At Last - Etta James (1961) - 41

Lonely Teardrops - Jackie Wilson (1958) - 41

Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin (1967) - 39

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1971) - 39

Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969) - 39

Aqualung - Jethro Tull (1971) - 38

Night Moves - Bob Seger (1976) - 37

Ballad Of A Thin Man - Bob Dylan (1965) - 36

Heart Full Of Soul - The Yardbirds (1965) - 36

Wild World - Cat Stevens (1971) - 36

My Girl - The Temptations (1965) - 35

When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge (1966) - 35

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles (1969) - 34

Mr. Tambourine Man - The Byrds (1965) - 33

Killer Queen - Queen (1975) - 31

25 Or 6 To 4 - Chicago (1970) - 30

Daniel - Elton John (1973) - 29

Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin (1971) - 27

If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight and the Pips (1971) - 26

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973) - 25

Lyin' Eyes - The Eagles (1975) - 25

Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan (1969) - 24

Rock The Casbah - The Clash (1982) - 23

Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve (1997) - 21

Walk of Life - Dire Straits (1985) - 20

Good Lovin' - The Rascals (1966) - 19

He Aint Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (1969) - 19

Romeo & Juliet - Dire Straits (1980) - 18

Dream Lover - Bobby Darin (1959) - 17

Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon (1969) - 16

Black Water - The Doobie Brothers (1974) - 14

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1974) - 13

Never My Love - The Association (1967) - 11

We Will Rock You - Queen (1977) - 8

Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel (1973) - 6

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell (1970) - 3

Teach Your Children - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (1970) - 0

The only thing that confuses me here is exactly what happened to Big Yellow Taxi? Number one in the top tens with about half of the voters giving it one point or more, but this time only one person voted for it.

[The Seeker]

Good list, as always, with a very well-deserved Wish You Were Here on number one, BUT--what is Substitute doing on number 11? }

[c_s_1987]

Indeed - TheTallOne helped it out at the end there, but unfortunately he really needed to give it 13 points for it to stand a chance.

[The Seeker]

I put it on my number one, before my own nominations. That's real love.

[Farin]

it's a good list

it seems we REALLY like the 60's

[Steel2Velvet]

Strong list. Good to see Van runner up with a song that helped define a time. Sympathy For The Devil helped define a band. In the late 60's, Dusty Springfield defined the quality standard for cross-genre musical stylizations.

I felt "Rainbow" the weakest on this list. Never think of that song when thinking of the Stones.

[edna]

I think it is the best list ever...

Yes, we love the sixties...

[Malakin]

Yeah, I honestly can't imagine how rainbow made it on there above almost all of the songs that didn't make the list other than blind devotion to the Rolling Stones.. And let's be honest, if you're going to be blindly devoted to a band, it should be the Beatles or Zeppelin, not the Stones.

[c_s_1987]

I felt "Rainbow" the weakest on this list. Never think of that song when thinking of the Stones.

Yeah, I honestly can't imagine how rainbow made it on there above almost all of the songs that didn't make the list other than blind devotion to the Rolling Stones.. And let's be honest, if you're going to be blindly devoted to a band, it should be the Beatles or Zeppelin, not the Stones.

Boo! }

She's A Rainbow is one of very few songs that I loved from pretty much the first time I heard it. I consider it very strong musically. I don't really care much about lyrics, so they aren't much of an issue to me. I also assure you this has nothing to do with my Stones bias .

[c_s_1987]

I felt "Rainbow" the weakest on this list. Never think of that song when thinking of the Stones.

Yeah, I honestly can't imagine how rainbow made it on there above almost all of the songs that didn't make the list other than blind devotion to the Rolling Stones.. And let's be honest, if you're going to be blindly devoted to a band, it should be the Beatles or Zeppelin, not the Stones.

Boo! }

She's A Rainbow is one of very few songs that I loved from pretty much the first time I heard it. I consider it very strong musically. I don't really care much about lyrics, so they aren't much of an issue to me. I also assure you this has nothing to do with my Stones bias .

[edna]

Yes, cs is right... Boo!

"She´s a rainbow" is just beautiful... I wish the Stones would have made more songs like this one instead of "Satisfaction" or "Street Fighting man"...

[Steel2Velvet]

Yes, cs is right... Boo!

"She´s a rainbow" is just beautiful... I wish the Stones would have made more songs like this one instead of "Satisfaction" or "Street Fighting man"...

So now we "boo" one another when their opinion is different from our own?

"She comes in colors everywhere;

She combs her hair

She's like a rainbow

Coming, in colors in the air

Oh, everywhere

She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue

See the sky in front of you

And her face is like a sail

Speck of white so fair and pale

Have you seen the lady fairer

Have you seen her all in gold?

Like a queen in days of old

She shoots her colors all around

Like a sunset going down

Have you seen a lady fairer?"

After further review: I can see the error of my statement about it being the weakest on the list. I'm just having a hard time finding the correct one.

[edna]

Ron, don´t you forget about the "oohh ooh la la la la las" on "Rainbow"... they´re part of the song and of the charm for me...

[CanAm]

I was disappointed in the list, because I think many songs which made the list are inferior to many which did not. However, I certainly do not boo any of the selections or the people who made them. One of the things that makes Songfacts great is the diversity of musical opinion. Besides, if everyone liked the same songs as everyone else, it would be a boring world.

[TheTallOne]

Good list, as always, with a very well-deserved Wish You Were Here on number one, BUT--what is Substitute doing on number 11? }

Sorry. I tried.

[c_s_1987]

I was disappointed in the list, because I think many songs which made the list are inferior to many which did not. However, I certainly do not boo any of the selections or the people who made them. One of the things that makes Songfacts great is the diversity of musical opinion. Besides, if everyone liked the same songs as everyone else, it would be a boring world.

Well said.

I don't boo people because their opinions are different to my own. I did that because of people criticising songs that I don't believe deserve to be criticised. Everyone has the right to their own opinions, but I do believe criticism should only be used in moderation, and only when it is really deserved. And besides, don't take things so seriously - I wasn't really angry or anything .

Edited September 4, 2006 by Guest

[c_s_1987]

I also apologise for the double post above and the fact that I incorrectly attributed a Malakin quote as one from Steel2Velvet, but for some reason I can't edit the post.