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1. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

2. Constant Craving - KD Lang

3. Call Me - Blondie

4. The Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty

5. Thank You - Dido

6. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty

7. Kryptonite - Three Doors Down

8. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone

9. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

10. Oh, Lonesome Me - The Walkers

I vote to let Joe vote....and in return, he should vote one of my songs #1!

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1. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty (1958)

2. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (1968)

3. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed (1961)

4. Disenchanted Lullaby - Foo Fighters (2002)

5. Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

6. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (2000)

7. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty (1994)

8. Chain Gang - (Sam Cooke) (1960)

9. Constant Craving - k.d.lang (1992)

10. Dust In The Wind - Kansas (1977)

I like this list...

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1. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

2. Thank You - Dido (1999)

3. Biko - Peter Gabriel (1980)

4. Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (1968) "I am no better and neither are you. We're all the same, whatever we do."

5. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (1968)

6. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)

7. Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982)

8. A Horse With No Name - America (1972)

9. Chain Gang - (Sam Cooke) (1960)

10. I've Seen All Good People - Yes (1971)

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1. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (one of the best tunes of the new millenium)

2. Sweet Dream - Jethro Tull (simply, a really cool tune)

3. Dog & Butterfly - Heart (I still want to have me a Wilson-sister sandwich.)

4. Shangri-La - The Kinks (The beginning of the decline and fall of the British Empire.)

5. I Feel Free - The Cream ("I can drive down the road, my eyes don't see, though my mind wants to cry out loud!")

6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (Ahh, yes, I can still remember singing all those old work songs back home in the fields o' Alabamee.)

7. I've Seen All Good People - Yes (Cool tune. I never understood a f***ing word of it! But a cool tune nonetheless.)

8. Midnight Special - CCR (Oooh, yeah, me and Leadbelly used to sing this one down on the farm in Alabamee, too. And I love CCR's version.)

9. Lucky Man - ELP (Every so often, I like to PRETEND I'm a lucky man.)

10. Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves - Cher (Who would EVER believe that Cher could be a whore? Not this fella, I'll tell ya.)

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1. "Moonlight Drive"- The Doors

2. "Get A Haircut"- George Thorogood

3. "I Feel Free"- Cream

4. "Sunshine Superman"- Donovan

5. "My Coco"- Stellastarr

6. "Incense and Peppermints"- Strawberry Alarm Clock

7. "Dust In The Wind"- Kansas

8. "I've Seen All Good People"- Yes

9. "Dog and Butterfly"- Heart

10. "Lucky Man"- ELP

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This was a tough one. I had to omit many very good songs.

1. Close To You - The Carpenters

2. A Horse With No Name - America

3. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

4. I've Seen All Good People - Yes

5. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher

6. Constant Craving - K.D. Lang

7. Old Man Down The Road - John Fogerty

8. 99 - Toto

9. Midnight Special - CCR

10. Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

With apologies to George Thorogood, Blondie, Kansas, Tom Petty and several others.

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I could've nominated half of these songs myself.

1-Constant Craving - k.d.lang (1992)

2-Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)

3-Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

4-Dog & Butterfly - Heart (1978)

5-Incense And Pepperments - Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967)

6-Thank You - Dido (1999)

7-Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982)

8-Close To You (They Long To Be) - The Carpenters (1970)

9-Let Me In - The Sensations (1961)

10-I Feel Free - Cream (1967)

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1. Close To You (They Long To Be) - The Carpenters

2. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

3. Dust In The Wind - Kansas

4. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night

5. A Horse With No Name - America

6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

7. January - Pilot

8. Let Me In - The Sensations (Wee Ooh)

9. Midnight Special - CCR

10.Right Now - The Creatures

Apologies to 6 others.

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1. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)

2. Sweet Dream - Jethro Tull (1969)

3. I've Seen All Good People - Yes (1971)

4. I Feel Free - Cream (1967)

5. Close To You (They Long To Be) - The Carpenters (1970)

6. Constant Craving - k.d.lang (1992)

7. Call Me - Blondie (1980)

8. Incense And Pepperments - Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967)

9. Kryptonite - 3 Doors Down (2000)

10. It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over ' Lenny Kravitz (1991)

Prog rock at numbers 1, 2 and 3 again. I am so predictable. :grin:

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1.It Ain't Over, Till It's Over - Lenny Kravitz

2. Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed

3. Constant Craving - K.D. Lang

4. I Feel Free - Cream

5. It's Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty

6. Right Now - The Creatures

7. Biko - Peter Gabeiel

8. Gloria - Patti Smith

9. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty

10. Baby, It's You - Smith

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1. Southern Cross ~ CS&N

2. Mama Told Me Not To Come ~ 3 Dog Night

3. Kryptonite ~ 3 Doors Down

4. Everyday People ~ Sly

5. Call Me ~ Blondie

6. Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves ~ Cher

7. Horse With No Name ~ America

8. Midnight Special ~ CCR

9. Incense and Peppermints ~ Strawberry Alarm Clock

10. Sunshine Superman ~ Donovan

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1. Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria - Patti Smith

2. Stay Free - The Clash

3. I Feel Free - Cream

4. Midnight Special - CCR

5. Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

6. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan

7. Horse With No Name - America

8. Call Me - Blondie

9. Constant Craving - k.d. lang

10. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher

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1. Big Boss Man -- Jimmy Reed [smallest] . . "You got me workin’, Boss Man, Workin' 'round the clock. I want a little drink of water. You won't let Jimmy stop " ( Koko Taylor did an excellent cover version) .[/smallest]

2. Let Me In -- The Sensations [smallest] . . ( And Bonnie Raitt did a great cover of this one on her great Takin’ My Time album) [/smallest]

3. I Feel Free -- Cream

4. Hurdy Gurdy Man –- Donovan

5. The Old Man Down The Road -- John Fogerty

6. You Don't Know How It Feels -- Tom Petty

7. Chain Gang -- Sam Cooke

8. Call Me -– Blondie

9. Everyday People -- Sly & The Family Stone

10.Dust In The Wind -- Kansas

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1. Shangri-La - The Kinks (1969)

2. This Will Be Our Year - The Zombies (1968)

3. Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)

4. Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (1968)

5. I Feel Free - Cream (1967)

6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke (1960)

7. Dust In The Wind - Kansas (1977)

8. Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash (1982)

9. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)

10. A Horse With No Name - America (1972)

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Here we go... I even rated someone elses nomination over my own! :shocked:

1. Lucky Man ~ Emerson, Lake and Palmer

2. A Horse With No Name ~ America

3. I Feel Free ~ Cream

4. Dust In The Wind ~ Kansas

5. I've Seen All Good People ~ Yes

6. Call Me ~ Blondie

7. Dog and Butterfly ~ Heart

8. You Don't Know How It Feels ~ Tom Petty

9. Sweet Dream ~ Jethro Tull

10. The Old Man Is Down The Road ~ John Fogerty

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Oh! I completely forgot I Feel Free!

Can't edit my post anymore, so here's a new one:

1. January - Pilot (1974)

2. Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1971)

3. I Feel Free - Cream (1967)

4. 99 - Toto (1979)

5. Dust In The Wind - Kansas (1977)

6. Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher (1971)

7. You Don't Know How It Feels - Tom Petty (1994)

8. A Horse With No Name - America (1972)

9. Sunshine Superman - Donovan (1966)

10. Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

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1) Gloria: In Excelsis Deo/Gloria - Patti Smith (1975)

2) Dumb Waiters - Psychedelic Furs (1981)

3) Call Me - Blondie (1980)

4) Right Now - The Creatures (1983)

5) Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

6) Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (1968)

7) Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher (1971)

8) Stay Free - The Clash (1978)

9) Close To You (They Long To Be) - The Carpenters (1970)

10) January - Pilot (1974)

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I Feel Free - Cream (1967)

Everyday People - Sly & The Family Stone (1968)

Moonlight Drive - The Doors (1967)

Dog & Butterfly - Heart (1978)

Incense And Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock (1967)

Mama Told Me Not To Come - Three Dog Night (1970)

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz (1991)

Midnight Special - Creedence Clearwater Revival (1969)

Constant Craving - k.d.lang (1992)

Hurdy Gurdy Man - Donovan (1968)

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1. You Don't Know How It Feels ~ Tom Petty ( :rockon: Great selection, Laur!)

2. Smoothie Song ~ Nickel Creek

3. Hurdy Gurdy Man – Donovan (One of his best. :bow: )

4. The Midnight Special ~ Creedence Clearwater Revival

5. Dust In The Wind – Kansas

6. A Horse With No Name - America (This MUST make it.)

7. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

8. Everyday People ~ Sly & the Family Stone

9. Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night

10. This Diamond Ring - Gary Lewis & the Playboys

Sorry if this seems shoddily thrown together...school gets in the way of everything. :blush:

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