Very well put. There's some kind of weird alchemical magic going on with that recording that doesn't sound quite like anything else. I've never been able to put my finger on what it is that makes it so special.
It's also one of Richie Cannata's finest moments with that harmonized clarinet (I think?) bit in the outro. Just something in those melodies that hits a place basically no other song can for me.
1 Bill Withers - "Grandma's Hands" 2 The Rolling Stones - "Sway" 3 Led Zeppelin - "Stairway to Heaven" 4 Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge Over Troubled Water" 5 Stevie Wonder - "Superstition" 6 Joni Mitchell - "A Case of You" 7 Bruce Springsteen - "Jungleland" 8 The Clash - "Train In Vain" 9 Elton John - "Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" 10 Joy Division - "Interzone" HMs: Al Green - "Love and Happiness" The Beatles - "Let It Be" Black Sabbath - "Into the Void" Blue Öyster Cult - "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" The Cars - "Just What I Needed" Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Long As I Can See the Light" Fleetwood Mac - "The Chain" George Harrison - "What Is Life" Janis Joplin - "Move Over" Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Simple Man" Marvin Gaye - "What's Going On" Queen - "Tie Your Mother Down" Sex Pistols - "Anarchy in the U.K." Talking Heads - "Life During Wartime" Thin Lizzy - "Warrior" Tom Waits - "New Coat of Paint"
1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath 2. Deep Purple - Highway Star 3. Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town 4. Motorhead - Overkill 5. Black Sabbath - Snowblind 6. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 7. Rainbow - Kill The King 8. Boulder Damn - Dead Meat 9. Soft Machine - Moon in June 10. The Clash - London Calling
1. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac 2. Killer Queen - Queen 3. The Only Living Boy in New York - Simon & Garfunkel 4. Sailing - Christopher Cross 5. Place to Be - Nick Drake 6. War Pigs - Black Sabbath 7. Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac 8. Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd 9. Tiny Dancer - Elton John 10. Disorder - Joy Division
1. Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 2. Nick Drake - Pink Moon 3. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry 4. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road 5. Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - The Love I Lost 6. Van Morrison - Into the Mystic 7. The Spinners - Honest I Do 8. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away 9. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 10. Donna Summer - I Feel Love Blondie - Dreaming Talking Heads - Love -> Building on Fire Marvin Gaye - What's Goin On The Velvet Underground - Rock & Roll David Bowie - Life on Mars Rod Steward - Maggie May Marvin Gaye - Got to Give It Up The Eagles - Take It Easy Jackson Browne - Running on Empty Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Wake Up Everybody Brian Eno - The Big Ship Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Bob Seger - Night Moves Freda Payne - Band of Gold Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On The O'Jays - Love Train The Five Stairsteps - OOH Child What a decade. Not even scratching the surface
I was looking ahead to the 80’s last night and it’s ridiculous lol. I think every decade is going to feel insane when you have to pick 10 songs.
I'm rigidly sticking to that top 250 songs list I posted here and just picking the correct decade ones as they were ranked.
This was really fun. Didn't know too many 60s tracks but grew up listening to 70s music. 1. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 2. Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia 3. Tom Petty - Here Comes My Girl 4. Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away 5. The Eagles - Hotel California 6. Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight 7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 8. Lynyrd Skynyrd - Simple Man 9. Wings - Band On The Run 10. The Who - Baba O'Riley
01. The O’Jays - Brandy 02. Michael Jackson - Rock With You* 03. Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 04. Wilson Pickett - Cole, Cook & Redding 05. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 06. Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up 07. The Who - Baba O’Riley 08. Sugarhill Gang - Rapper’s Delight** 09. KISS - Detroit Rock City 10. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - American Girl *I also had 'Blame It On The Boogie' by The Jacksons on my list, but I took it off after adding 'Rock With You'. Although they are technically different artists, 'Blame It On The Boogie' feels too much like a Michael Jackson song for it to not break - in spirit - my one song per artist rule. **I was gonna go with Funky 4 + 1's 'Rapping And Rocking The House' instead because I am a Hip Hop snob, but then decided that I can't deny that Rapper's Delight is just a way catchier song. It's still great whenever you hear it on the radio. Check out 'Rapping And Rocking The House' though. It has the first recorded verse by a female rapper, if I remember it right.
1. Elton John - Your Song 2. ABBA - Dancing Queen 3. Fleetwood Mac - Landslide 4. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 5. Elton John - Rocketman 6. Fleetwood Mac - The Chain 7. Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 8. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road 9. John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want 10. Dolly Parton - Jolene This is brutal.
By my count the most songs listed for an artist: 6 - Led Zeppelin, Elton John 5 - David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Bruce Springsteen, Black Sabbath 4 - Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel 3 - Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, The Rolling Stones 2- Blondie, The Clash, Nick Drake, Billy Joel, Joy Division, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, The Who, Neil Young, Warren Zevon
I did catch that about 2/3 of the way through the song that it was not about a girl and loved it even more. That and "Shannon" have to be the best of that narrow subgenre.
It does make it even better. I lost a lot of pets in the last few years though so I find it hard to listen to the song at the moment.
That sucks, man. Sorry. I don't know what I'd do without my dog. Maybe write a song of exquisite sadness.
1. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On 2. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On 3. Al Green - How Can You Mend a Broken Heart 4. Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me 5. Curtis Mayfield - Move on Up 6. Teddy Pendergrass - Come Go With Me 7. Stevie Wonder - All In Love Is Fair 8. The Beatles - Let It Be 9. Michael Jackson - Ben 10. Sex Pistols - God Save the Queen