Your Top Ten Songs

[gumbomoop]

OldPhiKap's mention above ^ of Robert Earl Keen's, uh, modern, uproarious Christmas song reminds me to mention a very few other modern classics (?), some funny, some lovely.

1. Dar Williams, The Christians and the Pagans
2. Chuck Brodsky, On Christmas I Got Nothing [If by chance you've never heard of Brodsky -- balladeer, social commentary, a different voice, literally and metaphorically -- check out his baseball-themed albums. His most famous song is probably Dock Ellis' No-No; also Bonehead Merkle. Brodsky's non-baseball stuff is by turns humorous and compelling. Never a dull moment.]
3. Christmas Jug Band, Santa Lost a Ho
4. Chrissie Hynde, In the Bleak Midwinter [just beautiful, on a Christmas album by The Blind Boys of Alabama]
5. John Lennon, So This Is Christmas

[sagegrouse]

Another 'humorous songs' list:

Kansas City Star, Roger Miller
Chug-a-Lug, Roger Miller
Do-Wacka-Do, Roger Miller
You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd, Roger Miller
My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died, Roger Miller
Ahab the Arab, Ray Stevens
Monster Mash, Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
Almost Persuaded, Sheb Wooley
The Purple People Eater, Sheb Wooley
King of the Road, Roger Miller

Roger Miller.

I don't suppose you were a fan of, who was it? -- Lonnie Donegan, who wrote: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Over Night?"

[OldPhiKap]

"Right Place, Wrong Time" by Dr. John just popped up on my shuffle -- that could make several of my lists.

Damn, now "Pulling Mussels From a Shell" by Squeeze . . . .

[devildeac]

Some humorous stuff (at least to me anyway):

Eat It-Weird Al Yankovic (not to be confused with our new recruit, Vrankovic)
Fat-Weird Al Yankovic
Masochism Tango-Tom Lehrer (we have indeed danced a Tango to this-on the dance floor)
Gitarzan-Ray Stevens
One More Minute-Weird Al Yankovic (our son's a capella group, Rhythm and Blue, covered this when he was musical director)
Toast-Heywood Banks
Lumberjack Song-Monty Python (I chop down trees and I wear high heels...)
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer-Elmo and Patsy
12 Days of Christmas-Straight No Chaser
Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road-Loudon Wainwright III

[fuse]

Glad to see Weird Al Yankovic get called out in the funny songs category.

Is Bruno Mars use of horns in Uptown Funk the best since Chicago 25 or 6 to 4?

[OldPhiKap]

Glad to see Weird Al Yankovic get called out in the funny songs category.

Is Bruno Mars use of horns in Uptown Funk the best since Chicago 25 or 6 to 4?

Cake uses some tasty horns.

[captmojo]

Warren Haynes with horns. That's all I'll say.

[OldPhiKap]

James Brown always had a powerful horn section too. All the way to the end.


Driving in to work this morning, the live version of Free Bird came on the radio. I know that it is prototypical geezer rock and all, but -- damn.

[CameronBornAndBred]

James Brown always had a powerful horn section too. All the way to the end.

Bruce Hornsby played with the Grateful Dead on a bunch of songs that could be on my list. He turned out to be a happy surprise; he was never my style of music so I was not looking forward to seeing him on stage with Jerry and company.

[devildeac]

Glad to see Weird Al Yankovic get called out in the funny songs category.

Is Bruno Mars use of horns in Uptown Funk the best since Chicago 25 or 6 to 4?

Just watched/listened to both of them (Chicago Live at Red Rocks plus the original version). I'm a geezer so I'll still take Chicago but that Bruno Mars video is pretty darned good and the devildeacs would enjoy dancing to that.

[Hancock 4 Duke]

Sing About Me - Kendrick Lamar
Sing for the Moment - Eminem
Mortal Man - Kendrick Lamar
ADHD - Kendrick Lamar
Marvin's Room - Drake
NY State of Mind - Nas
Forgot About Dre - Dr. Dre
Runaway - Kanye West
Stan - Eminem
Dark Fantasy - Kanye West

[fuse]

Since folks think whittling to ten is hard, I thought maybe your top ten in a theme might keep the thread fun and going.

First on deck? Name your ten favorite songs to play when you have something to celebrate.

[devildeac]

Since folks think whittling to ten is hard, I thought maybe your top ten in a theme might keep the thread fun and going.

First on deck? Name your ten favorite songs to play when you have something to celebrate.

Mine's pretty easy:

Sympathy for the Devil-The Rolling Stones (history; quoted from this for my younger daughter's surprise wedding guest/dance partner)
Devil with the Blue Dress-Shorty Long (original Motown version)
Devil with the Blue Dress-Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels
Devil with the Blue Dress (live)-Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Devil with the Blue Dress-DUMB (our younger daughter danced to this for 3 years when she cheered)
Runnin' with the Devil-Van Halen
One Shining Moment
Devil Inside-INXS
The Devil Went Down to Georgia-Charlie Daniels Band (well, we did live there for 5 years)
Blue Devil-Hank Williams III (ok, I've never really listened to this but you said 10 songs)

This one was a piece of cake.

Next assignment.

[fuse]

10. Celebration, Kool & The Gang
9. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Are You That Somebody, Aaliyah
7. I got a feeling, Black Eyed Peas
6. Imma Be, Black Eyed Peas
5. If I had a million dollars, Bare Naked Ladies
4. Big Time, Peter Gabriel
3. Running Down a Dream, Tom Petty
2. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Usher
1. Love Shack, B-52s

For me this is a high energy category that could go on for days, and in recent years would heavily slanted towards hip hop.

In no particular order, some honorable mentions:
I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
Run It, Chris Brown
Fighter, Christina Aguilera
Rockstar, Nickelback
Turn Down For What, Lil Jon
Lose Yourself, Eminem
Like a G6, Far East Movement
Paralyzed, Finger Eleven

I'll stop there, this list could go on and on....

devildeac, I'm thinking every Monday I may try to roll out a new theme.
I've already been introduced to a bunch of good new music on this thread as well as reminded about songs I had not listened to in ages. No ego here- hope others will toss out more lists and ideas.

[captmojo]

Since folks think whittling to ten is hard, I thought maybe your top ten in a theme might keep the thread fun and going.

First on deck? Name your ten favorite songs to play when you have something to celebrate.

It's no better for me, since I am in a state of perpetual celebration.

Celebration Day...Led Zeppelin?
I Just Want to Celebrate....Rare Earth?

[BluDvlsN1]

10. Celebration, Kool & The Gang
9. Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit
8. Are You That Somebody, Aaliyah
7. I got a feeling, Black Eyed Peas
6. Imma Be, Black Eyed Peas
5. If I had a million dollars, Bare Naked Ladies
4. Big Time, Peter Gabriel
3. Running Down a Dream, Tom Petty
2. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Usher
1. Love Shack, B-52s

For me this is a high energy category that could go on for days, and in recent years would heavily slanted towards hip hop.

In no particular order, some honorable mentions:
I Feel For You, Chaka Khan
Run It, Chris Brown
Fighter, Christina Aguilera
Rockstar, Nickelback
Turn Down For What, Lil Jon
Lose Yourself, Eminem
Like a G6, Far East Movement
Paralyzed, Finger Eleven

I'll stop there, this list could go on and on....

devildeac, I'm thinking every Monday I may try to roll out a new theme.
I've already been introduced to a bunch of good new music on this thread as well as reminded about songs I had not listened to in ages. No ego here- hope others will toss out more lists and ideas.

Great idea fuse, there have been many postings, mine included
that find it near impossible to narrow the field,cspan37421 too
suggested applying filters.

This seems to be an approach that can help the thread stay active and
Interesting. I have found music to listen here that I might not normally
have heard.

This list while not designed to be definitive, but it is represenative of
music, that energizes, and feels good, particularly if it's loud.
Many of my lists will have Blues representations in it, but thats a whole other story.

Lagrange , ZZ Top
Shout, Isley Brothers
Old Time Rock and Roll, Bob Seger
Smokstack lightnin,Howlin Wolf
Walk This Way, Aerosmith
We Built This City,Journey
Don't stop believn',Journey
Tush, ZZ Top
I feel good, James Brown
Melody Gardot. Who will comfort me

[fuse]

Great idea fuse, there have been many postings, mine included
that find it near impossible to narrow the field,cspan37421 too
suggested applying filters.

This seems to be an approach that can help the thread stay active and
Interesting. I have found music to listen here that I might not normally
have heard.

This list while not designed to be definitive, but it is represenative of
music, that energizes, and feels good, particularly if it's loud.
Many of my lists will have Blues representations in it, but thats a whole other story.

Lagrange , ZZ Top
Shout, Isley Brothers
Old Time Rock and Roll, Bob Seger
Smokstack lightnin,Howlin Wolf
Walk This Way, Aerosmith
We Built This City,Journey
Don't stop believn',Journey
Tush, ZZ Top
I feel good, James Brown
Melody Gardot. Who will comfort me

Great list.
We built this city is actually Jefferson Starship ( or airplane or whatever iteration they called themselves when the song was released). It's actually a rare song that makes me cringe when I hear it, but since this thread is your favorite music and not foolish fraternity stories, I'll save that tidbit for another time. Great song, just hard for me to listen to.

[YmoBeThere]

but since this thread is your favorite music and not foolish fraternity stories, I'll save that tidbit for another time. Great song, just hard for me to listen to.

I wasn't in a frat so can't start that thread, but I do enjoy stories of people making fools of themselves.

[BluDvlsN1]

Great list.
We built this city is actually Jefferson Starship ( or airplane or whatever iteration they called themselves when the song was released). It's actually a rare song that makes me cringe when I hear it, but since this thread is your favorite music and not foolish fraternity stories, I'll save that tidbit for another time. Great song, just hard for me to listen to.

Good call,
I pulled it off my IPod, and it was filed under Journey, and I think they did use/sing the
Song, but as to origins, yep slipped by me.

Thanks

[YmoBeThere]

The year of my birth and one which I know very little about musically. So, I looked up the Billboard Hot 100 songs for that year for the first time ever and thankfully I was in utero for part of the year. 3 Dog Night, really? Different strokes for different folks...

Here are my selections for the Top Ten of that year(as a subset of the Billboard Hot 100):

Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
Riders on the Storm - The Doors
Wild World - Cat Stevens
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees
Mr. Bojangles - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
Take Me Home, Country Roads - John Denver
She's a Lady - Tom Jones
Superstar(Andrew Lloyd Webber version) - Murray Head & The Trindad Singers
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band, not bad but I'm much more familiar with the Tesla cover

Not really an epic year, IMHO.