New field of 64: best song
I'm ready, let's do this; let's start from scratch or you can review the previous thread. If you don't understand field of 64, you will once I publish the link for the tournament. Or you could browse through the previous field of 64 links to get an idea of how the tournament works.
First, though, we are just trying to find 64 songs which will compete for the title of best song, and then we're trying to "seed" them into a tournament setting where they will compete songo-a-songo. Put forth your nominations: which songs do you think should compete? And anyone may "second" nominations that are put forth. Seconding will count towards seeding. My nominations come from the earlier thread. Rhapsody in Blue Wichita Lineman Ring of Fire Pride (In the Name of Love) Careless Whisper The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Greensleeves I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Bohemian Rhapsody |
I'm adding Beatles:
A Day in the Life Hey Jude |
From the earlier thread:
Hallelujah Chorus - Handel Carolina In My Mind - James Taylor Wishing You Were Here - Chicago I am the Mercury - Jimmy Spheeris One for Daddy-O - Nat Adderly Tuxedo Junction - Glenn Miller I may add more in a bit. |
Moon River--Henry Mancini
Black Cow--Steely Dan The Story in Your Eyes--Moody Blues Beach Boys, anything off of Pet Sounds. Pick one. Just suggestions...don't use if they suck and I just don't know it. ;) |
If you're putting up Black Cow, I'm putting up Aja.
For Pet Sounds, we'll go with "God Only Knows", and I'm seconding. |
I was thinking God Only Knows, too. In fact it's stuck in my head.
I can never pick a Steely Dan song. I'm a huge fan. I'll second Aja if you want to leave off Black Cow? Same album anyway! |
We'll wait for Flint for his opinion here.
I just saw youtubers of Fagan explaining the chords for "Josie" and "Peg" and he might as well have been speaking conversational French. |
Good idea, Flint knows from Steely Dan!
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Just my two cents, and it's kind of already shaping up this way, but I think that each band should only get one song entry. That way it doesn't come down to 15 Beatles songs going head-to-head.
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Makes sense to me.
UT, I just watched a little bit of Fagen talking about Peg. You think YOU don't understand it! My ex, the piano player, will love it though. I'll have to send the link. |
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It is very hard to choose since there are so many that can be called 'best songs'
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Time Of The Season - Zombies The Tracks Of My Tears - The Miracles Kashmir - Led zeppelin Aqualung - Jethro Tull |
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Sailing to Philadelphia - Mark Knopfler Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin One Nation Under a Groove - Parliament Funkadelic Woke Up Laughing - Robert Palmer Athena - The Who Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Wasted on the Way - CSNY Tangled Up in Blue - Dylan |
Death letter
Bang bang Rocket queen Outshined 7 Nation army Crazy fingers Little wing Pigs (3 different ones) Three days This is too hard... |
Little Wing! Of course! Personally, I prefer the SRV version.
Seconding Aqualung, too. |
ha we both chose Kashmir. I'm not sure why because I love all Zeppelin. I agree it's hard. I second Pigs too.
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Brass in Pocket--Pretenders
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this is too hard.
But imma second Sailing to Philadelphia by Knopfler |
I Want to be Seduced - Leon Redbone
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Is this too hard?
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Is that a song or a question?
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Here I Go Again - Whitesnake
November Rain - Guns N' Roses Lean on Me Or Ain't No Sunshine -Bill Withers Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida ( In the Garden of Eden ) The Man Who Sold The World- David Bowie Unchained Melody _ The Righteous Brothers Under The Boardwalk- The Drifters |
creep - but only this version
ok.. i'll stop. i could list 64 songs... you have a process for selecting the 64...like taking everyone's first song first, and so on?...so that a spaz like me doesn't tilt the whole thing? |
ooh nice version :)
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Ripple
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Der Kommisar - Falco
Blinded by Science - Thomas Dolby Sweet Dreams - The Eurythmics Eat It - Weird Al Yankovick Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel (Stuck in the 80s much? yeah, I know. But many of my nominations are already up) Ants Marching - Dave Matthews Band Mystic's Dream - Loreena McKennitt LJ should be shot for daring to suggest Rick Astley. |
I'll second Eat It. And Sweet Dreams.
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you can 2nd, and you know you like Rick.
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If a song really sucks, can we un-vote it? I mean...we can second songs, can we detract them based on thumbs down? If we can, please please please don't include Unchained Melody. *shudders* It's seriously the most overrated wedding dance tripe ever to cross the pike. ;)
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seconding the unseconding.
(I need to get out more.) |
Seconding 'Ain't no Sunshine'.
Putting forth 'Us and Them' - Pink Floyd 'Tupelo' - John Lee Hooker (This version.) |
Pick Up the Pieces--Average White Band
Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)--Parliament |
Maybe Unchained Melody belongs in a 'Most covered song of all time' thread right behind Eleanor Rigby.Neither are my favorite songs but they are/were very popular. This thread isn't your favorite rock songs of all time anyway.:p:
Most are though like this one. Battle Of Evermore - The Love Mongers (Cover by Ann Wilson of Heart ) |
That's true, what's popular isn't necessarily any good. So, the trick is to sift the good from the merely mainstream. That's what the final 4 will end up being, the good, if'n I know me some musicians!
Case in point: Old Time Rock n Roll can bite me...but EVERY band EVER covers it. ;) |
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Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Fascination Street - The Cure Losing My Religion - REM Father and Son - Cat Stevens Take Five - Dave Brubeck My Immortal - Evanescence Slowest Parade - 10,000 Maniacs Into the Mystic - Van Morrison And You And I - Yes Tainted love - soft cell Big Brother - Bowie Even in the quietest moments - supertramp Icarus, born on wings of steel - Kansas Epitaph - King Crimson Karn Evil 9, first impression, part 1 - ELP Closer to the Heart - Rush Free Hand - Gentle Giant Green Shirt - Elvis Costello Breakdown - Tom Petty Invisible Sun - The Police I Wanna Be Sedated - The Ramones |
Great list spexx
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Keep going! And we have 99 songs, so seconding currently guarantees that an entry will make it...
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I second
Into the Mystic - Van Morrison Losing My Religion - REM Closer To The Heart-Rush |
seconding:
outshined Kashmir Brass in Pocket tainted love into the mystic personal jesus us and them |
There are so many good ones.
I'd like to second Shock the Monkey. And add: Train in Vain--The Clash Where It's At--Beck |
Glycerine
I never cared for you Shine on you crazy diamond Nutshell Helplessly hoping Southern cross Jimi thing Sober |
Enter sandman
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seconded
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I second:
Nutshell! Helplessly Hoping Sober Black It was hard not to second more of both your lists and spexx too. great songs |
My list really goes on forever, so hears a shortened version.
Dream On - Aerosmith Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve I'm A Believer - The Monkees Desperado - Eagles Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In / The 5th Dimension You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin', The Righteous Brothers Funeral for a Friend /Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John House of the Rising Sun, The Animals The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel Suspicious Minds, Elvis Presley |
Tangled up in blue
Subterranean homesick blues Knockin on heavens door Don't think twice its alright Terrapin suite |
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I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross
Lit Up - Buckcherry Rockin' In The Parlour - AC/DC (Dave Evans) Ride On - AC/DC (Bon Scott) For Those About To Rock - AC/DC (Brian Johnson) Archangel - Samhain Crash Course In Brain Surgery - Budgie Your House - Alanis Morissette Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Let It Burn - Ignite Anti-Social - Anthrax Cult Of Personality - Living Colour Dig Up Her Bones - The Misfits (Michale Graves) American Nightmare - The Misfits (Glenn Danzig) Automatic - GG Allin Fire Woman - The Cult Pussy Liquor - Rob Zombie More Human Than Human - White Zombie Black No. 1 - Type O Negative Demolition Boys - Girlschool Orgasmatron - Motorhead Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd Wasted Years - Iron Maiden The Wild And The Young - Quiet Riot A National Acrobat - Black Sabbath ---------------------------------- I'll list the rest of my 64 later. |
I was gonna work out a list, but you people have got things pretty well covered.
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Seconding is still appreciated
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Smooth - Santana
All Along The Watchtower - J.Hendrix Heart Of Gold - Neil Young Possession- Sarah McLaughlin Judith - A Perfect Circle Tuonela - Amorphis Catch The Rainbow -Richie Blackmore Seconding: Funeral for a Friend - Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John Southern Cross -CSN |
seconding:
Simple Man Dream On The Boxer Glycerine Shine on you crazy Diamond Watchtower |
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SOMEONE SECOND 'WHOLE LOTTA LOVE', DAMMIT!
I can tell already that this thing is going to make me nuts..... |
2nd :)
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Seconding :
A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum Moon River--Henry Mancini I Alone Even in the quietest moments - supertramp Black Velvet - Alannah Myles Greensleeves Bohemian Rhapsody Adding: (Because Im a big Bacharach fan I couldnt pick just one) One Less Bell to Answer This Guy's in Love with You Casino Royale" Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head The Look of Love" |
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