The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #69

[The Seeker]

1. Dandelion - The Rolling Stones (1967)

2. Singer, Not the Song, The - The Rolling Stones (1965)

3. Soul Deep - Box Tops (1968)

4. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (1969)

5. Dead-End Street - The Kinks (1966)

6. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran (1959)

7. Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

8. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

9. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

10. Hair - The Cowsills (1969)

11. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (1969)

12. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground (1997)

13. Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968)

14. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers (1957)

15. Traveling Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)

16. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades (1963)

17. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)

18. I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five (1965)

19. Debris - Faces (1971)

20. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys (1964)

[Uncle Joe]

Well done, Fin.

[The Seeker]

I think I've changed my mind again already.

[edna]

I had 29 songs for my Top Ten...

[CanAm]

1. Please, Please Me - The Beatles

2. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades

3. Bye Bye Love - The Everly Brothers

4. Paperback Writer - The Beatles

5. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears

6. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver

7. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield

8. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

9. Travelling Band - CCR

10.Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes

[_Laurie_]

Oh Boy....okay here it goes...

1. Spinning Wheel

2. Ride Captain Ride

3. Journey To The Center Of The Mind

4. Sweet Emotion

5. Sign Of The Gypsy Queen

6. Good Morning Starshine

7. Move Over

8. Summertime Blues

9. I Like It Like That

10 Kiss And Say Goodbye

[Rayzor]

1. Sign Of The Gypsy Queen ~ April Wine (81)

2. Move Over ~ Janis Joplin (71)

3. Call Me ~ Blondie (80)

4. Volunteers ~ Jefferson Airplane (69)

5. Sweet Emotion ~ Aerosmith (75)

6. Travelling Band ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival (70)

7. Summertime Blues ~ Eddie Cochrane (59)

8. Paperback Writer ~ The Beatles (66)

9. Little Dreamer ~ Van Halen (78)

10. Spinning Wheel ~ Blood, Sweat and Tears (69)

I just vote for my favorite songs. I don't care if they are popular or not. Hell, I nominate un-popular songs. I don't care if they make it into the 10, I just hope to turn people onto what I consider good tunes! I have been turned onto songs that I'd never heard before and loved them. It's not a personal popularity contest, it's just fun.

[miamisammy29]

1. Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven (Very cool band whose leader went on to form an even better band - Cracker! And besides, where else would you take a Skinhead?....Fishing? Come on, get real!)

2. Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (One of the Top Ten one-hit wonders of all time.)

3. Dandelion - The Stones (three words...piss-the-beds)

4. Dead End Street - Kinks ("What are we living for? Two-roomed apartment on the second floor..")

5. Hair - Cowsills (A favorite of Marc, UncleJoe and myself, for reasons undisclosed.)

6. Monterey - Eric Burden/Animals (Quite the colorful bash, that Monterey.)

7. A Million Miles Away - Plimsouls (The band can be seen doing this - their biggest hit - and a couple more pretty cool punkass tunes in the movie "Valley Girl". Watch it for the Plimsouls, not for Nicolas Cage.)

8. Volunteers - Jefferson Airplane (Jorma Kaukonen rules!! The coolest Finn to ever strap on the axe.)

9. Sex And Candy - Marcy Playground (Cool tune, but destined to be a one-hit wonder.)

10. The Singer Not The Song - The Stones (Another cool tune from the same guys that you brought you "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man".)

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Dandelion

2. All Summer Long

3. Ride Captain Ride

4. Journey to the Center of the Mind

5. Hair

6. Traveling Band

7. Good Morning Starshine

8. Highway 61 Revisited

9. Spinning Wheel

10. I Like It Like That

[MindCrime]

1. Love Song - The Cure (1989)

2. Call Me - Blondie (1980)

3. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (1975 )

4. Traveling Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)

5. Singer, Not the Song, The - The Rolling Stones (1965)

6. Cochise - Audioslave (200 2)

7. Where It's At - Beck (1996)

8. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

9. Singer, Not the Song, The - The Rolling Stones (1965)

10. Fields of Athenry - Dropkick Murphys (2003)

[TheLizard]

It's a good song, but there's no need to vote for "The Singer, Not the Song" twice.

[Lucky]

I don't know Tim, now I can leave it off my list, to make room for something else. Mindcrime has voted for me!

I've PT'd him, I'm sure he'll be along to fix it....

Tim, I just noticed your sig. I love it!

[Lucky]

b-f, I'm not going to quote your entire post, there's no need. I agree with almost everything that you said. I'm a huge Stone's fan, and could put them at the top every time. I don't. I stated when we first began this little adventure of ours (the Top Ten), that I wouldn't nominate any Stone's songs. I've kept to that promise, except once. I feel the same as many others, that it's like "shooting fish in a barrel", to quote Martin.

As for your suggestion... I'd be perfectly willing to take it under consideration, but there are many, many, many who wouldn't like it....

[Steel2Velvet]

1. Third Rate Romance - The Amazing Rhythm Aces (1975)

2. Breathe - Faith Hill (2000)

3. Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert (1980)

4. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)

5. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers (1957)

6. I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five (1965)

7. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

8. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver (1969)

9. Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970)

10. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades (1963)

[OLD 55]

Darryl: "nu-uh, I didn't start it....Mom!! }

Well, I've been playing it up for a bit of fun. If Martin says it was my idea that's fine. May the best songs win !

I read b-f's fine Post and Lucky's response. I don't agree with having Official 'Stones or Beatles Only' Top Tens, but we are looking at making them a couple of 'Specials'. Thanks b-f. We won't consider banning them completely though.

However we will exclude them from some Top Tens, giving it a trial in #70. I don't think it will affect things too much. How about thinking up your best Beatles and Stones songs, which haven't yet been nominated, for our Triple Silver Top Ten #75.

Something else I've been meaning to say. I quite often praise our "Team", but I made a glaring omission when I last did so, leaving Katie out. I DO appreciate her chasing up info for songs in our Top Tens which aren't on the Songfacts' Data Base.

[OLD 55]

1. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

2. I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - Dusty Springfield (1964)

3. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

4. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers (1957)

5. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran (1959)

6. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades (1963)

7. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1969)

8. Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

9. Tired of Toein' the Line - Rocky Burnette (1980)

10.I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five (1965)

[Lucky]

1. Where It's At - Beck (1996)

2. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (1969)

3. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor (1966)

4. I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five (1965)

5. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers (1957)

6. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground (1997)

7. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

8. Traveling Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1970)

9. Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes (1968)

10. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades (1963)

and more, and more. I like Joe's idea. I think I'll vote again tomorrow.

and as for appretiation for Katie....

She's got the tough job, to my mind.

[bazooka]

1. Bye Bye Love - Everly Brothers

2. Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals "You want to find the truth in life, don’t pass music by "

3. Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor Hear three complete tracks from her latest album on Koko's Myspace page

4. Move Over - Janis Joplin

5. I Like It Like That - The Dave Clark Five .. but I like Chris Kenner’s original version even more

6. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter

7. What You Won't Do For Love - Bobby Caldwell

8. Traveling Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival

9. Paperback Writer - The Beatles

10.Dandelion - The Rolling Stones

[Lucky]

Thanks for the link to KoKo's page master bazooka!

[c_s_1987]

1. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith (1975)

2. Move Over - Janis Joplin (1971)

3. Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran (1959)

4. Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

5. Call Me - Blondie (1980)

6. Romeo's Tune - Steve Forbert (1980)

7. Sunshine Reggae - Laid Back (1982)

8. Cochise - Audioslave (2002)

9. Please Please Me - The Beatles (1963)

10. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

I didn't notice until now that I haven't heard many songs from this week's nominations. I haven't heard either of the Stones nominations, and neither of the Beatles ones are favourites of mine.

[bluesboy]

1. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter

2. Please Please Me - Beatles

3. Paperback Writer - Beatles

4. Bye Bye Love - Everly Bros

5. Traveling Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival

6. I Like It Like That - Dave Clark Five

7. Journey To The Center of The Mind - Amboy Dukes

8. Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals

9. Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears

10.Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor

[blind-fitter]

1) Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses (1989)

2) Call Me - Blondie (1980)

3) Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven (1985)

4) Time Will Pass You By - Tobi Legend (1968)

5) Where It's At - Beck (1996)

6) Summertime Blues - Eddie Cochran (1959)

7) Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

8) Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

9) Dead-End Street - The Kinks (1966)

10) Journey To The Center Of The Mind - Amboy Dukes (1968)

[Dappled]

1. Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968) “I think that maybe I’m dreamingâ€

2. Dead-End Street - The Kinks (1966)

3. Singer, Not the Song, The - The Rolling Stones (1965)

4. Eloise - Barry Ryan (1968)

5. Dandelion - The Rolling Stones (1967)

6. Paperback Writer - The Beatles (1966)

7. All Summer Long - The Beach Boys (1964)

8. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (1969)

9. Rhythm Of The Rain - The Cascades (1963)

10.Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image (1970)

[Farin]

1. Cochise - Audioslave (2002)

2. Icky Thump - The White Stripes (2007)

3. Take The Skinheads Bowling - Camper Van Beethoven (1985) *

4. Where It's At - Beck (1996)

5. Sunshine Reggae - Laid Back (1982)

6. Sex and Candy - Marcy Playground (1997)

7. Made Of Stone - The Stone Roses (1989)

8. Love Song - The Cure (1989)

9. Fields of Athenry - Dropkick Murphys (2003)

10.Call Me - Blondie (1980)

* was also used in Michael Moore's film "Bowling for Columbine", which incidentally is on TV tonight

[Dappled]

Are you kidding? It's on TV tonight here too!!