The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #71

[Farin]

30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie (1972)

40 Days - Chris Robinson (2004)

Beginnings - Chicago (1971)

Birdhouse in your Soul - They Might Be Giants (1989)

Brick - Ben Folds Five (1997)

Bullet With Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins (1995)

Come See About Me - The Supremes (1964)

Cry to Me - Solomon Burke (1962)

Dangerous Type - The Cars (1979)

Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (1971)

Down In The Boondocks - Billie Joe Royal (1965)

Everything Zen - Bush (1994)

Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals (1989)

Hello, I Love You - The Doors (1968)

Here Comes The Flood - Peter Gabriel (1977)

History - The Verve (1995)

I Will Still Be Laughing - Soul Asylum (1998)

Jukebox - Bent Fabric (2004)

Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (1959)

Keep Searching - Del Shannon (1964)

Kool Thing - Sonic Youth (1990)

Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Lloyd Price (1952)

Local Hero/Wild Theme - Dire Straits (1978)

Locomotion, The - Little Eva (1962)

Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (1979)

Love Will Find a Way - Pablo Cruise (1978)

Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter (1962)

Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys (1965)

Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (1987)

Old Fashioned Love Song, An - Three Dog Night (1971)

Pretty Paracetamol (First Impressions) - Fischer-Z (1979)

Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (1967)

She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel (1982)

Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson (2005)

Slave To Love - Bryan Ferry (1985)

Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine (1969)

Sticks and Stones - The Zombies (1964)

Strange Way - Firewall (1978)

Tired of Trying, Bored with Lying, Scared of Dying - Manfred Mann (1965)

Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (1966)

Warrior, The - Scandal (1984)

What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

VOTE AWAY NOW!!

[The Seeker]

1. Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

2. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie (1972)

3. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

4. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (1966)

5. Come See About Me - The Supremes (1964)

6. Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

7. Sticks and Stones - The Zombies (1964)

8. Tired of Trying, Bored with Lying, Scared of Dying - Manfred Mann (1965)

9. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

10. History - The Verve (1995)

[edna]

1- Dangerous Type - The Cars (1979)

2- Cry to Me - Solomon Burke (1962)

3- Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

4- Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun - Pink Floyd (1967)

5- Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

6- Sitting, Waiting, Wishing - Jack Johnson (2005)

7- Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles (1966)

8- Beginnings - Chicago (1971)

9- Pretty Paracetamol - Fischer-Z ( 1979)

10- Come See About Me - The Supremes (1964)

[Jenny]

1. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke (what a sexy song)

2. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

3. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry

4. Sitting, Wishing, Waiting - Jack Johnson

5. Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel

6. Hello, I Love You - The Doors

7. Brick - Ben Folds Five

8. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels

9. Come See About Me - The Supremes

10. 40 Days - Chris Robinson

[CanAm]

1. Beginnings - Chicago

2. The Warrior - Scandal

3. Down In The Boondocks - Billy Joe Royal

4. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles

5. The Locomotion - Little Eva

6. Lonesome Loser - The Little River Band

7. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (I also really like Bob Seger's cover of this tune, although he calls it "C'est La Vie".)

8. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night

9. Come See About Me - The Supremes

10. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

[Super Ry 71]

1. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun ~ Pink Floyd

2. Hello, I Love You ~ The Doors

3. Strange Way ~ Firefall

4. Tomorrow Never Knows ~ The Beatles

5. A Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy ~ The Kinks

6. Pretty Paracetamol ~ Fischer-Z

7. An Old Fashioned Love Song ~ Three Dog Night

8. Local Hero (Wild Theme) ~ Dire Straits

9. Lonesome Loser ~ Little River Band

10. What The World Needs Now ~ Jackie DeShannon

Dang, that was tougher than I expected. *phewing sounds*

[miamisammy29]

1. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie (Not much to say about this one.....only one of the 50 greatest tunes of all time!)

2. 40 Days - Chris Robinson (Awesome single off the second solo album by the lead Crowe!)

3. A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy - The Kinks (Ray shows off his superb talent as a balladeer.)

4. Dangerous Type - The Cars (Long live Ben Orr! Surprisingly, his name rarely gets mentioned during talk of great male singing voices.)

5. An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night (Three-part harmony rules! I like it even better than four-part harmony.)

6. Shock The Monkey - Peter Gabriel ("Watch the monkey get hurt." Yeah!! I'm there for that party, man!!)

7. Set the Controls For The Heart of the Sun - Pink and Floyd (Gotta love this saucerful of Floyd, man....the only Floyd song on which all five members played...yes, including Syd.)

8. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - Smashing Pumpkins (Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage!" I have, in the past, considered using this line as my signature, but just never got around to it....maybe it's because I'm just not that full of rage. Good tune, though.)

9. Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants (John and John picked up where Devo left off.)

10. Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (Just one in a string of Top Ten singles by the Australian hillbillies.)

[TheLizard]

1. "Hello, I Love You"- The Doors

2. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"- Pink Floyd

3. "Tomorrow Never Knows"- The Beatles

4. "Birdhouse in Your Soul"- They Might Be Giants

5. "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"- Smashing Pumpkins

6. "30 Days In The Hole"- Humble Pie

7. "A Rock And Roll Fantasy"- The Kinks

8. "Lonesome Loser"- The Little River Band

9. "Shock the Monkey"- Peter Gabriel

10. "She'd Rather Be With Me"- The Turtles

My first five are among my favorites of all time, my second... well I wouldn't change the channel if they came on the radio.

[bazooka]

1. Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter

2. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Micheals .. Without a doubt, the best 'keyboards and drums only'-accompanied song ever.

3. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie

4. Good Thing - Fine Young Cannibals

5. Jukebox - Bent Fabric .. I'd always thought Bent Fabric (of Alley Cat fame) was a proto-psychedelic name of a group.

Actually it's short for Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, 82 year old Danish pianist and composer.

6. Beginnings - Chicago

7. Cry to Me - Solomon Burke

8. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison ..Aw, but you know, yeah

9. The Locomotion - Little Eva

10.Rock'N'Roll Fantasy - The Kinks

[phil]

1. Keep Searching - Del Shannon - Del Rules!

2. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison

3. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie

4. Beginnings - Chicago

5. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels

6. The Locomotion - Little Eva

7. Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter

8. What The World Needs Now - Jackie DeShannon

9. Good Thing - FYC

10. Smile A Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine

[Super Ry 71]

Ugh...where are Laurie and Lucky? I can somewhat depend on a Firefall vote from them...maybe.

And why isn't anyone voting for FZ in this talent-packed list? HMM? } They're just as talented. And PP got a nice rythem track as well.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

Dude, Firefall is totally getting a vote from me. Patience, grasshopper.

[Super Ry 71]

I am, I am. I am just practing this down time that you all call 'socializing.' I was just sarcastic.

I should probably take a break. Back in a while...

[Lucky]

allmusic.com gives the title on the track listing as First Impressions. However, in any discussion of the song they call it "Pretty Paracetamol". In the artists' biography they do mention 'PP' being a re-recording of the title track First Impressions (calling it a tamer re-recording). Well if that isn't confusing!

Word Salad ~ Fischer-Z (track listing)

You can search the artist from there and see what I mean.

[OLD 55]

That's really interesting Lucky! I've always known it as 'Pretty Patacetamol'. Sometimes songs (and Movies too) are released under different titles in different countries ! Maybe we could show it as:

Pretty Paracetamol(First Impressions) - Fischer Z

What do you think, Lucky

[Lucky]

I have a feeling that it's as you say Darryl, the song released under different names, depending on the country it was released in. Your suggestion sounds just fine.

Edited July 12, 2007 by Guest
Thank you for getting my name right Darryl....

[Lucky]

1. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (1959)

2. 30 Days In The Hole - Humble Pie (1972)

3. Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys (1965)

4. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

5. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

6. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

7. Come See About Me - The Supremes (1964)

8. Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (1971)

9. Smile a Little Smile For Me - The Flying Machine (1969)

10. Locomotion, The - Little Eva (1962)

Sorry to all that got left out. I absolutely had to go with an oldies top ten. There were too many great ones not to.

[OLD 55]

1. Hello, I Love You - The Doors (1968)

2. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

3. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

4. Down In The Boondocks - Billie Joe Royal (1965)

5. Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys (1965)

6. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

7. Keep Searching - Del Shannon (1964)

8. Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

9. Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

10.Local Hero/Wild Theme - Dire Straits (1978)

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It breaks my heart to leave out An Old Fashioned Love Song, Slave To Love, Lonesome Loser, Etc. Etc. I guess I'm stuck in the 60s. Except I missed 'Lover Please' - Clyde McPhatter ! I won't change it now though.

Edited July 12, 2007 by Guest
Lover Please !!!

[katie_sane]

1. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry

2. Slave To Love - Bryan Ferry

3. Dangerous Type - The Cars

4. Lonesome Loser - The Little River Band

5. Bullet With Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins

6. Matthew & Son - Cat Stevens

7. Hello I Love You - The Doors

8. Cry To Me - Solomon Burke

9. Tomorrow Never Knows - The Beatles

10. Everything Zen - Bush

[Steel2Velvet]

1. Hello, I Love You - The Doors (1968)

2. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

3. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

4. Down In The Boondocks - Billie Joe Royal (1965)

5. Lover's Concerto, A - The Toys (1965)

6. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

7. Keep Searching - Del Shannon (1964)

8. Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

9. Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

10.Local Hero/Wild Theme - Dire Straits (1978)

I think your local newspaper would be interested to learn you failed to vote for LRB.

... very interested.

[Steel2Velvet]

1. Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (1979)

2. You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

3. Warrior, The - Scandal (1984)

4. Locomotion, The - Little Eva (1962)

5. Love Will Find a Way - Pablo Cruise (1978)

6. She'd Rather Be With Me - The Turtles (1967)

7. What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

8. Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

9. Jukebox - Bent Fabric (2004)

10. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison (1959)

[_Laurie_]

1. A Rock'n'Roll Fantasy

2. An Old Fashioned Love Song

3. Beginnings

4. 30 Days In The Hole

5. Strange Way

6. Lonesome Loser

7. Dangerous Type

8. Sticks and Stones

9. She'd Rather Be With Me

10 I Will Still Be Laughing

[Uncle Joe]

1-Beginnings - Chicago (1971)

2-Cry to Me - Solomon Burke (1962)

3-Love Will Find a Way - Pablo Cruise (1978)

4-Lover Please - Clyde McPhatter (1962)

5-Matthew and Son - Cat Stevens (1967)

6-Rock'N'Roll Fantasy, A - The Kinks (1978)

7-Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels (1971)

8-Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (1979)

9-You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry (1964)

10-Come See About Me - The Supremes (1964)

[OLD 55]

I think your local newspaper would be interested to learn you failed to vote for LRB.

... very interested.

Funny, I'm not a big LRB fan ! I think their lead singer Glen Shorrock is one of Oz's all time greats, but I preferred him in the 60s Bands he was with before LRB.

[Tenacious_Peaches]

1] Love Will Find a Way - Pablo Cruise (1978)

2] Never Gonna Give You Up - Rick Astley (1987)

3] Warrior, The - Scandal (1984)

4] Cry to Me - Solomon Burke (1962)

5] Down In The Boondocks - Billie Joe Royal (1965)

6] What the World Needs Now Is Love - Jackie DeShannon (1968)

7] Strange Way - Firewall (1978)

8] Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel (1982)

9] Lonesome Loser - Little River Band (1979)

10] Jukebox - Bent Fabric (2004) *

* [smallest]The Peachlette and I had a fantastic time dancing to this, Master Sir bazooka. Thanks![/smallest]