The Songfactor's Choice Top Ten #82

[The Seeker]

You're right

[Farin]

no you're not

[Lucky]

Fin, great nominations! So we have at this point 40, is that right? We are down a few....

[edna]

Livin' Thing -- Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

Fin!!! I was planning to nominate this song one of these days... it will be #1 in my Top Ten... you know that I worship Move, ELO, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Wizzard...

[Levis]

No you aren't

Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three (1995)

all grungy and 90s and typical but just so good

Gel - Collective Soul (1995)

LISTEN to this! It's VERY nice!!

(he's got nice hair, too)

Same year of release! That's just a coincidence

[Rayzor]

I like those tunes Radhi!!

[Levis]

Great! Enough to vote for them?

[The Seeker]

Thanks, edna and Lucky! Where were you people when I last nominated ELO??

[Jenny]

Gel and Cumbersome are definitely getting into my Top 10. It's going to be a nice mix of older and newer.

[The Seeker]

Alfredo - Johnny's Dance Band (1978)

Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan (1979)

Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1982)

Big Me - Foo Fighters (1995)

Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1967)

C'mon Let's Go – Girlschool (1981)

Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson (1990)

Cumbersome – Seven Mary Three (1995)

Eruption - Van Halen (1978)

Flathead - The Fratellis (2007)

Gel – Collective Soul (1995)

Getting In Tune - The Who (1971)

Gitarzan - Ray Stevens (1969)

Heart Of The Matter, The - Don Henley (1982)

Ho Fatto l'Amore Con Me - Amanda Lear (1980)

I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman (1984)

I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding (1965)

I Hang On To My Vertigo - Rupert Hine (1981)

I'm The Only One - Melissa Etheridge (1993)

Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir?) – LaBelle (1974)

Let It Grow - Eric Clapton (1974)

Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

Long-Haired Country Boy - The Charlie Daniels Band (1974)

Longview - Green Day (1994)

Loner, The - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)

Madman Running Through The Fields - Dantalian's Chariot (1967)

My D*ck In A Box - Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake (2006)

Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations (1968)

Old Days – Chicago (1975)

Pretend We're Dead - L7 (1992)

Rape Me – Nirvana (1993)

Rock And Roll All Night – KISS (1975)

Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (1977)

Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968)

Smokin' – Boston (1976)

Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station (1973)

Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)

Take Me To The Pilot - Elton John (1970)

Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner-Overdrive (1973)

Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (1972)

We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - Blues Magoos (1967)

We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (1977)

Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston (1973)

You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (1986)

[edna]

Thanks, edna and Lucky! Where were you people when I last nominated ELO??

Me?? I always vote them... or maybe was it a song I didn´t like? Could be... sometimes there are so many other great songs...

[The Seeker]

Doesn't matter... vote for it NOW...

[Jenny]

1. Gel - Collective Soul

2. Big Me - The Foo Fighters

3. Longview - Green Day

4. Back on The Chain Gang - The Pretenders

5. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle

6. I'm The Only One - Melissa Etheridge

7. I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding gotta give props to Otis

8. Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three

9. I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman

10. Flathead - The Fratellis

[Rayzor]

1. Rock And Roll All Night ~ KISS

2. Running On Empty ~ Jackson Browne

3. Smokin' In The Boys Room ~ Brownsville Station

4. Takin' Care Of Business ~ Bachman Turner Overdrive

5. Smokin' ~ Boston

6. You Give Love A Bad Name ~ Bon Jovi

7. Gel ~ Collective Soul

8. The Loner ~ Neil Young & Crazy Horse

9. Take Me To The Pilot ~ Elton John

10. The Heart Of The Matter ~ Don Henley

[edna]

1- Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

2- Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968)

3- Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations (1968)

4- I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding (1965)

5- Ho Fatto l'Amore Con Me - Amanda Lear (1980)

6- We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (1977)

7- Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan (1979)

8- Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1967)

9- Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)

10- We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - Blues Magoos (1967)

This one was extremely tough...

[miamisammy29]

1. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (One of the simplest yet greatest riffs ever written! And a big thumbs up to our resident female DJ of the same name.)

2. Getting In Tune - The Who (Definitely one their most underrated tunes.)

3. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals (This song isn't REALLY about dope...is it?)

4. Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station (This song REALLY IS about dope...isn't it?)

5. Cumbersome - Seven Mary Three ("CHiPs" rules!!)

6. Old Days - Chicago (Chicken in the car, the car can't go, that's how you spell CHI-CA-GO.)

7. Let It Grow - Eric Clapton (Not his VERY best, but at least he did write this one himself.)

8. Back On The Chain Gang - Pretenders (Cool tune, became to be about the death of James Honeyman-Scott, but was actually nearly entirely written about Ray Davies before Honeyman-Scott's death.)

9. Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (I embarrassed myself HORRIBLY trying to sing this one in front of my fourth-grade music class, using a cassette tape recorder, before the advent of the Karaoke machine.)

10. Takin' Care Of Business - Kathleen Turner Overdrive (A true classic, but probably the second most overplayed tune in history, next to "Brown-Eyed Girl".)

[Uncle Joe]

1-I Can't Turn You Loose - Otis Redding (1965)O-Tis, ma man! Inspiration for Otis Day & The Knights?

2-Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)Sing it out... Sweeeeet Jayyyyyyyyyyyne!

3-Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1982) So then, nothing to do with Sam Cooke?

4-Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (1976)I'd pay to hear you sing it today, Sammy.

5-Alfredo - Johnny's Dance Band (1978)It's a thing between me and Nan Mancini, OK?

6-We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (1977)I still prefer Boz's original but this is nyyyce.

7-Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968)About dopes?

8-Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner-Overdrive (1973) Look at me, I'm self-employed.

9-Old Days – Chicago (1975)A little sentiment.

10-We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - Blues Magoos (1967)Hey, their name alone earns a top ten.

[The Seeker]

1. Getting In Tune - The Who (1971)

2. Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

3. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations (1968)

4. Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon & The Animals (1968)

5. Will It Go Round In Circles - Billy Preston (1973)

6. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (1977)

7. You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (1986)

8. Cumbersome – Seven Mary Three (1995)

9. Take Me To The Pilot - Elton John (1970)

10. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)

[blue_n_white]

1.Running On Empty - Jackson Browne

2.Smokin' - Boston

3.Long-Haired Country Boy - The CDB

4.The Heart Of The Matter - Don Henley

5.Old Days - Chicago

6.Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders

7.Smokin' In The Boy's Room - Brownsville Station

8.Takin' Care Of Business - BTO

9.Sweet Jane - Lou Reed

10.Livin' Thing - ELO

[RonJonSurfer]

1. Let It Grow

2. Both Sides Now

3. Sweet Jane

4. The Loner

5. Smokin' In The Boys Room

6. Takin' Care of Business

7. Take Me To The Pilot

8. Will it Go Round In Circles

9. Rock and Roll All Night

10. Eruption

[Rayzor]

Yaay! Someone voted for KISS! I'm not their only fan!

[CanAm]

1. Takin' Care Of Business - B.T.O.

2. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne

3. Old Days - Chicago

4. The Loner - Neil Young

5. Smokin' In The Boys Room - Brownsville Station

6. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins

7. Lady Marmalade - LaBelle

8. Livin' Thing - E.L.O.

9. Heart Of The Matter - Don Henley

10. I Can Dream About You - Dan Hartman

[blind-fitter]

1) C'mon Let's Go – Girlschool (1981)

2) Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan (1979)

3) Pretend We're Dead - L7 (1992)

4) Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1982)

5) Rape Me – Nirvana (1993)

6) Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi Ce Soir?) – LaBelle (1974)

7) The Loner - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

8) Ho Fatto Lamore Con me - Amanda Lear

9) Longview - Green Day

10) My D*ck In A Box - Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake

Gad, that was hard work....I really like all the Top 5 anyway...

Edited September 26, 2007 by Guest
I love that you voted for my song! But we can't use "that" word in there.

[_Laurie_]

1 Getting In Tune - The Who (1971)

2 Old Days – Chicago (1975)

3 Heart Of The Matter, The - Don Henley (1982)

4 Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (1976)

5 Smokin' – Boston (1976)

6 Loner, The - Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1979)

7 Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)

8 Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1967)

9 Are 'Friends' Electric? - Gary Numan (1979)

10 You Give Love A Bad Name - Bon Jovi (1986)

[Lucky]

1. Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders (1982)

2. Long-Haired Country Boy - The Charlie Daniels Band (1974)

3. Getting In Tune - The Who (1971)

4. Both Sides Now - Judy Collins (1967)

5. Heart Of The Matter, The - Don Henley (1982)

6. Nothing But A Heartache - The Flirtations (1968)

7. Running On Empty - Jackson Browne (1977)

8. We Ain't Got Nothing Yet - Blues Magoos (1967)

9. Takin' Care Of Business - Bachman-Turner-Overdrive (1973)

10. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (1964)

Melissa Etheridge, ELO, Seven Mary Three and more, lost out to my 60's/70's lovin' self.

Edit: Good Lord, my own second nomination!

Edited September 28, 2007 by Guest
Waay too many good songs this time.