nah picking nits is good and helpful in this sitch. thanks!
― some dude, Friday, 4 July 2014 03:21 (nine years ago) link
would have definitely voted for The Hooters
― Sandy, Friday, 4 July 2014 03:23 (nine years ago) link
Both Badfingers are rerecordings, but looks like the original versions aren't available at all.
Blondie's "One Way or Another" is rerecorded. Weirdly, the only place I could find the original is on the Mean Girls soundtrack album.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 4 July 2014 03:36 (nine years ago) link
man i can't figure out April Wine at all
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
though this reminds me that if Saga's "on the loose" had been nominated my cutdown would have been even tougher. poor canada.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
George deserves no love since he removed "Delaware" from George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers. And even before that he sucked so no worries
otm. also worth destroying and/or withholding your love: anything by southside johnny and the jukes after they deleted the asbury. anything by jason and the scorchers after they ditched the nashville. this is a hard-and-fast rock and roll rule. (also, obviously, the tampa bay rays after they parted ways with the devil.)
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 July 2014 04:14 (nine years ago) link
yeah, badfinger has been an online music problem from the beginning of online time.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 4 July 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
I've never seen these jams in one place at the same time
Free - All Right NowHead East - Never Been Any ReasonBTO - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
― that's not my post, Friday, 4 July 2014 05:27 (nine years ago) link
man i can't figure out April Wine at all― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, July 3, 2014 11:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Thursday, July 3, 2014 11:07 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I've never even heard of those songs before. Down here, April Wine means "Roller" and "I Like To Rock" (neither nominated BTW).
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 July 2014 05:28 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I nominated it along with several other songs that didn't make the cut. I may write in "On The Loose", "Hypnotized", "Whiskey Man", "Amie", and "Love is Like Oxygen", or I may not. I haven't started the ballot process yet.
― Zachary Taylor, Friday, 4 July 2014 05:36 (nine years ago) link
― that's not my post, Thursday, July 3, 2014
i'm not sure what you're suggesting but if you're suggesting they're the same song because DCG then just no. on has moog, one has koss, and one sucks.
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 05:43 (nine years ago) link
rog if you're insinuating that the one that sucks is BTO then you can GT(F)O
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 July 2014 05:49 (nine years ago) link
Iirc, YASNY is an interesting feat of recording: it started out as a brief ad-libbed song the band played to get levels in the studio, and their engineer recorded it and then made a series of loops of different elements (lyrics, riffs etc.) which were built up into the final song.
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 July 2014 06:02 (nine years ago) link
On the spotify, "Games Without Frontiers" Peter Gabriel is a remake.
― Zachary Taylor, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:06 (nine years ago) link
Oh shit, all the Peter Gabriel that finally turned up on US Spotify a few months ago is now gone again.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:07 (nine years ago) link
Still listening to all these tracks on Spotify (thanks Some Dude) and I can't believe I never caught all of the lyrics for Mr. Saturday Night Special. Who knew Skynyrd were pro-gun control?
Two feets they come a creepin' Like a black cat do And two bodies are lyin' naked Creeper think he got nothin' to lose So he creeps into this house, yeah And unlocks the door And while a man reaching for his trousers Shoots him full of .38 holes
[Chorus]Its a Saturday night special Got a barrel that's blue and cold Ain't no good for nothin' But put a man six feet in a hole
Big Jim's been drinkin' whiskey And playing poker on a losin' night Pretty soon, Big Jim starts a thinkin' Somebody been cheatin' and lyin' So Big Jim commences to fightin' I wouldn't tell you no lie And Big Jim done grab his pistol Shot his friend right between the eyes
[Chorus]
Hand guns are made for killin' Ain't no good for nothin' else And if you like your whiskey You might even shoot yourself So why don't we dump 'em people To the bottom of the sea Before some fool come around here Wanna shoot either you or me
― Darin, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:14 (nine years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, July 3, 2014
insinuating nothing. BTO is the worst.
[NB i was forced to sing "takin' care of business" in public on multiple occasions in cover band days and so yeah maybe THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL but seriously fuck that terrible song forever]
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 06:22 (nine years ago) link
possibly more bad and hated than Defend the Indefensible: "Wonderful Tonight"
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 06:23 (nine years ago) link
"Work out!"
― Incident At Spanish Harlem (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 July 2014 06:23 (nine years ago) link
^^ i'll have you know i have legitimate PBTOSD and that post could have used a trigger warning
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 06:25 (nine years ago) link
OG Skynyrd was, if not "liberal," at least progressive-leaning. They campaigned pretty heavy for Carter in 1976 and "Saturday Night Special" makes no bones about Ronnie Van Zant's opinion of guns.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:38 (nine years ago) link
First cut is down to 508. That was just stuff I don't like or don't believe fits the format. All I need to do now is add in all my write-ins and cut another 460 or so. Then make an order being fair to balance of time and style, my own favorites, and my interpretation of importance.
I'll post the write-ins ahead of time here. I'm not sure why. Maybe someone else will want to vote for them. Maybe some dude won't want me to skew the results or create extra work by leaving them on my ballot.
― Zachary Taylor, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:48 (nine years ago) link
He's already said there's at least one song he might write-in on his own ballot, so they're fair game imo.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:50 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I'm not surprised by LS's politics, but more surprised that pro-gun mid-westerners I grew up with never picked up on this and made a big deal about it. Maybe guns weren't as heavily politicized in the '70s?
xp
― Darin, Friday, 4 July 2014 06:52 (nine years ago) link
anti-gun and pro-environment!
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 07:00 (nine years ago) link
Maybe they dig Ronnie too much to argue :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 July 2014 07:02 (nine years ago) link
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet is cool, great sound, good hook (though with a cruel backstory: they were making fun of a guy in the band with a stutter), nice bassline IIRC. This was on a tape of summer fun hits that I believe we got from Domino's Pizza and which never left my sister's ready reference of tapes, so I am irrationally attached to the song. (Can't remember what else was on there...Summertime Blues for sure, maybe Summer in the City.)
''Takin' Care of Business'' always sounds a little forced though, band trying too hard to have a working class catchphrase kind of hit. ''Work out!'' is indeed where it all falls apart, a sad contrast to ''You need educatin'!''
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 July 2014 13:04 (nine years ago) link
I cannot stomach BTO in any way
― La Lechera, Friday, 4 July 2014 14:05 (nine years ago) link
Let It Ride by BTO is completely awesome tbh
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 4 July 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link
I'm a little tired of thump-thump BTO too. Try "Hey You," which I voted for--closer to power-pop, almost.
― clemenza, Friday, 4 July 2014 14:12 (nine years ago) link
I won't clutter this up with embeds, but two great clips I've found:
"Hey You": youtube.com/watch?v=NyMNCqhRNOM&feature=kp"Can't Get It Out of My Head": youtube.com/watch?v=ZrffDM3hHk8
The second is almost like an actual video...in 1974?
― clemenza, Friday, 4 July 2014 14:17 (nine years ago) link
Let It Ride is a car commercial -- sorry. No thx. They just remind me of the sonic wallpaper of a place I am desperate to leave.
― La Lechera, Friday, 4 July 2014 14:27 (nine years ago) link
fair enough! i am mercifully unburdened by extramusical associations with a lot of this stuff - the only bto song that anyone really knows in the uk is YASNY
― john wahey (NickB), Friday, 4 July 2014 14:47 (nine years ago) link
Sit down for George Thorogood?
Keep hearing this in Lil Jon's voice
So I switched from actual CR radio to our Spotify playlist, and while 100% fewer commercials is a bonus I'm bummed I missed out on the chance to win tickets to see Foreigner & Styx in Camden.
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
"Oowatanite" is the April Wine song I associate the most with CRR from growing up. I never thought they were at all great, though.
― EveningStar (Sund4r), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:18 (nine years ago) link
irl lol
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:27 (nine years ago) link
growing up I thought some of these songs--"Lunatic Fringe" "Burnin' For You" "Twilight Zone"--were by the same band
― relentlessly pecking at peace (President Keyes), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
and that band rules
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:35 (nine years ago) link
bummed that the 86 cutoff date keeps me from voting for Thunderstruck
― Dokken played here for a Ribfest and people were total assholes (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:36 (nine years ago) link
BTO rules, u all suck
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:37 (nine years ago) link
Just noticed a nom that was disallowed -- I'm going to make room on my ballot for the write-in, hope y'all will too.
Amie - Pure Prairie League
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:58 (nine years ago) link
ILM loves thin lizzy, right?
"boys are back in town" gets better every time i hear it
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 4 July 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
^^^
Only have ever heard this song on CRR. Will definitely vote for it.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 July 2014 16:01 (nine years ago) link
(I mean "Amie," but same goes for Lizzy.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Friday, 4 July 2014 16:02 (nine years ago) link
Trying to finish my ballot today and "The Boys Are Back in Town" will surely be in my top ten, I love Thin Lizzy so much.
― Sandy, Friday, 4 July 2014 16:20 (nine years ago) link
Also writing in UFO, "Too Hot to Handle," and I invite anybody who agrees with me to do the same
― Sandy, Friday, 4 July 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Re: BTO, I own their greatest hits (''...So Far!''), and have listened to it on several occasions, but I swear all I can come up with in my head are the big two.
Lunatic Fringe is so great. Any fictitious band would be happy to have it linking together their brute rockers with their spacey jams.
And woah, woah, woah. ''Amie'' is essential here! Sliding that into my crowded ballot immediately.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 July 2014 16:36 (nine years ago) link
''The Boys are Back in Town'' definite top ten. Never unhappy to hear that on the radio. Love how joyous the guitar is... the 'boys' sound kind of like awful sexist bros, but the music kinda convinces you that everybody involved really loves their antics. This gets really problematic re: the girl wlaps them in the face, but still, what craft. Was even thinking it might be #1 til I remembered some pummeling super-jams that really have to get top billing.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 4 July 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
thin lizzy forever
so much swagger
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 4 July 2014 16:40 (nine years ago) link
I browsed around the rest of the Spotify list while I ate breakfast and found a few more rerecordings.
Dobie Gray - "Drift Away" -- looks like the original isn't available on Spotify, but it's on youtube --https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIuyDWzctgY
The John Lennon and Ringo Starr tracks, but the originals aren't available. Ditto "Games Without Frontiers"
Kiss -- "Beth" -- I've never been a Kiss fan so I don't know for sure, but this one sounds a little off somehow.
Orleans - "Still the One" -- scroll down to the one that says "45 Version," track time is 3:55
Ozark Mountain Daredevils -- "Jackie Blue" -- the original is on 20th Century Masters: The Millenium Collection, track time 4:12
Pilot -- "Magic" -- get the version on Anthology, track time 3:07
Stealers Wheel -- "Stuck in the Middle With You" -- the original is on the Reservoir Dogs soundtrack
Basically I looked for all the 70s one-hit wonders fucked by the music industry. I was surprised that Blondie did a bunch of rerecordings.
― it's not rocker science (WilliamC), Friday, 4 July 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link