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M. Mark Burgess
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Post Number: 45
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 05:11 am:   

Ok everyone, here's a tougher question. The top 5 songs by anyone. Here's mine.
1. Apology Accepted- Go- Betweens
2. A Sailor's Life- Fairport Convention
3. Pink Moon- Nick Drake
4. Breakin' In My Heart- Tom Verlaine
5. All Along the Watchtower- Jimi Hendrix Experience
The last two have IMO the best guitar solos of all time.
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 95
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 05:36 am:   

Interesting, if rather impossible, category. You have some great picks on your list, no question. Instead of giving it the thought it deserves, I'll give five that come to mind right now plus some that could easily be on the list too.

1. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
2. Marquee Moon - Television
3. Superstitious - Stevie Wonder
4. Venus In Furs - Velvet Underground
5. The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen

Bubbling under: "Another Girl, Another Planet," Only Ones; "For Shame of Doing Wrong," R & L Thompson, "From A Motel 6," Yo La Tengo, "White Man In Hammersmith Palais," the Clash, "My Favorite Things," Coltrane; "Heavenly Pop Hit," the Chills; "Makes No Sense At All," Husker Du, any one of many GoBs (couldn't name my fave), Beatles, Dylan, and Costello songs...like I said, an impossible question. They're all songs I never get tired of--where every listen is as thrilling as the first time.
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Donat
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Post Number: 100
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 06:36 am:   

I love a good old list!

Currently, it's...

1. FELT - Crystal Ball
2. APARTMENTS - Please Don't Say Remember
3. CANNANES - Vivienne
4. BOBBIE GENTRY - Ode To Billie Joe
5. LAUGHING CLOWNS - When What You See...
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Hugo
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Post Number: 2
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 09:51 am:   

In no particular order:

SCOTT WALKER - The Electrician
DAVID BOWIE - Station To Station
SYD BARRETT - Opel
FRED NEIL - Faretheewell
CAN - Oh Yeah
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abigail law
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Post Number: 16
Registered: 06-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 10:08 am:   

All this list making is doing the saddo-anorak image of go-betweens fans no good at all but...

joy division - new dawn fades
johnny cash - sunday morning coming down
candi staton - I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)
gin blosoms - hey jelousy
the fall - bill is dead

plus any one of countless dylan, lee 'scratch' perry, elvis, motown, country or stax records that would make this list endless
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Graham Twyford
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Post Number: 24
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 10:08 am:   

Yeah this is a tough one - 5 songs? OK here we go:

1. Find the River - REM
2. Morning Rise - WHIPPING BOY
3. Retread - EMBRACE (cue mass abuse!)
4. God Only Knows - THE BEACH BOYS
5. Fake Plastic Trees - RADIOHEAD
6. Bachelor Kisses - THE GO-BETWEENS

Sorry - I can't count...
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spence
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 10:16 am:   

Nice to see the long forgotten Whipping Boy in there!
Here's my tops for today.
1. Missionary - Josef K
2. Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack
3. Map Reference - Wire
4. Once in a a Lifetime -Talking Heads
5. Give me Everything - Magazine
6. Warhol's Fifteen - Blue Aeroplanes
(Sorry, cannae count either!)
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Dusty
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Post Number: 16
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 04:27 pm:   

1) Grateful Dead - Ripple
2) Go-Betweens - To Reach Me
3) The Fall - New Face in Hell
4) Dinosaur Jr - Freak Scene
5) Townes Van Zandt - Upon my soul
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 105
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 04:36 pm:   

Ok, I hate these lists, but here are the ones that tend to pop up in my head unbidden . . . .

1. Pay You Back with Interest -- The Hollies
2. The Light Pours Out of Me -- Magazine
3. Cattle & Cane
4. In My Hour of Darkness -- Gram Parsons
5. Didn't You Know You'd Have to Cry Sometimes -- Gladys Knight & the Pips
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Jeff Whiteaker
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Post Number: 141
Registered: 10-2004
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 04:39 pm:   

felt - the world is as soft as lace
go-betweens - twin layers of lightning
replacements - i will dare
beach boys - that's not me
new order - ceremony (re-recorded version on 'substance')

runners up: microdisney - dolly; left banke - pretty ballerina; nick drake - thoughts of mary jane; japan - swing; cocteau twins - quisquose; motorhead - ace of spades; rem - gardening at night; television - days; black sabbath - sabbath bloody sabbath; okay, i'll stop now, this list is impossible.
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Duncan Hurwood
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Post Number: 26
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 07:31 pm:   

My own favourites certainly change all the time. But here's the five songs I've listened to most of all in the past year (according to my iTunes, and missing out the classical music):

1 Won't Give In - The Finn Brothers
2 Finding You - The Go-Betweens
3 Maybe you Know - The House of Love
4 Absent Friends - The Divine Comedy
5 These are the things - Black Box Recorder
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Jerry Clark
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Post Number: 113
Registered: 08-2004
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 08:20 pm:   

David Bowie - Heroes
New Order - Perfect Kiss
World Party - Sweet Soul Dream
Stephen Jones - Your Time
The Byrds - You're Still On My Mind...

... and many more
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M. Mark Burgess
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Post Number: 47
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 11:04 pm:   

Sorry to start another list, abigail but you have to admit there's a tremendous diversity here that wouldn't be found on alot of other boards. I've always thought that the Go-Betweens attracted that sort of person. Excellent stuff here, especially the Can and some that will get me scrambling to amazon to find. Thanks for indulging me.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 99
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 01:04 am:   

An impossible question Mark! (Even if I did spend countless teenage hours doing my annual Top 100). But ...Watchtower would definitely be in my top 10 if I sat down long enough to work it out.

Here, though, is what came up when I pressed shuffle on the iPod:
1 Shack - Mood Of The Morning
2 David Byrne - Don't Fence Me In
3 The Jam - Burning Sky
4 Julieta Venegas - Lo Que Pidas
5 JZ & DJ Danger Mouse - What More Can I Say?

And here's what are my most played on the iPod:
1 The Chills - The Male Monster From The Id
2 Idlewild - A Modern Way Of Letting Go
3 Brendan Benson - Tiny Spark
4 Bike - Take In The Sun
5 Hal - Play The Hits
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Mark Leydon
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Post Number: 25
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 04:03 am:   

Love this crazy list. Here's mine in no particular order - but of course this will change tomorrow:

She Bangs the Drum - Stone Roses
Batchelor Kisses - The Go-Betweens
Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks
Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan
Be Mine Tonight - The Dudes
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Donat
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Post Number: 101
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 04:30 am:   

That's a brilliant Felt song, Jeff and a huge nod to Television with Deebank's guitar lines.
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TROU
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 07:44 am:   

I've got a decent record collection but I must admit that I have heard only 10 % of all the above songs...
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Jonathan Evans
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 07:49 am:   

Ooh my god......Five...... In no particular order

New Order - Temptation
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Pulp - Babies
Belle & Sebastian - String Bean Jean

Thanks & Good Night!
Cheers
Jon
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spence
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 09:46 am:   

God this is addictive! iTunes has started my day with so far:
1. This Whole World - Beach Boys
2. Landed - Ben Folds
3. Dark Glasses - Caroline Trettine
4. Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
5. Close Cover - Wim Mertens
6! Jangling Jack - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

Have a nice day y'all!
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gareth w
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Post Number: 19
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 03:18 pm:   

1. ‘make your own kind of music’- Cass Elliot
2. ‘say a little prayer’ – Dionne Warwick
3. ‘wandering’ – Ben Folds
4. ‘fix you’ - Coldplay
5. ‘acoustic guitar’ – Magnetic Fields
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jerry hann
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 07-2005
Posted on Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 06:19 pm:   

I could take my top 5 from Itunes but when I think about it there are others I seem to prefer but the itunes list is as follows
Thunder Road-Sprinsteen
Promised Land
Little trigger-Costello
Halleluja-probably John Cale's version
Out of time-Blur
I don't know some how that does seem very representative, but costello and springsteen seem to follow me everywhere.
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Peter Collins
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Post Number: 40
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 04:57 pm:   

Ok, I'll buy the need for this... Not in any particular order

Ghosts of American Astronauts - Mekons
Hairstyle of the Devil - Momus
Expecting to Fly - Neil Young
Big Louise - Scott Walker
Wrong Road - Go-Betweens
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Duncan Hurwood
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 09:08 pm:   

Lots of songs I like on other people's lists; so much so that I can make another top 5, just using songs that other people have suggested (and ignoring the Gobs songs, that I'm sure we all love):

Hurricane - Bob Dylan
Belle & Sebastian - String Bean Jean
Hallelujah - John Cale's version
Hairstyle of the Devil - Momus
Big Louise - Scott Walker

Great, great songs.
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David Matheson
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Post Number: 40
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 05:47 am:   

Five is really tough. Even ten is restrictive, but here's mine:
Heroes - David Bowie
Wide Open Road - The Triffids
Dive For Your Memory - Go-Betweens
Closer To Fine - Indigo Girls
I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash
Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards - Billy Bragg
Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole & The Commotions
Fertile Rock - Luka Bloom
Whaling - DD Smash
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
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jerry hann
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Post Number: 31
Registered: 07-2005
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 09:49 am:   

Yeah David, I was thinking about my choice and really wanting to change them. I realised I'd not included alot of my favourites just the ones on iTunes, which got me thinking of other great songs, particularly Billy Bragg I couldn't decide which was my favourite of his but "Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards" is up there with Saturday Boy and Greeting to the New brunette"
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C Gull
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Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 10:01 am:   

How about...

Cattle and Cane
Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division
Wings- The Fall
Rumble - Link Wray
Chartered Trips - Husker Du
Debaser -The Pixies

oops thats six but what the hell!
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Geoff Holmes
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 02:40 pm:   

I LOVE jingle jangle...and the Beatles!!!
"Turn!Turn!Turn!" the Byrds
"Rain" the Beatles
"Across the Universe" the Beatles
"1000 miles" Ride
"Instant Karma" John Lennon
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" Paul McCartney
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 107
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Friday, December 16, 2005 - 04:22 pm:   

Ok, our top 5 will change every day. Geoff, for more jingle jangle, check David's wonderful choice of "Perfect Skin" above. All of these entries remind me of all sorts of things I wished I'd remembered. So, today's list:

1. What's So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding?--Costello version
2. Number One is to Survive--Textones
3. Pressure Drop--Toots & the Maytals
4. Don't Talk to Strangers--Beau Brummels
5. Let Me Down Easy--Betty Lavette
and number 6, because it has to be there, is "Cruisers Creek" by the Fall.
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 98
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 03:13 am:   

Well then, Randy, in that case, how did I forget these the first time round?

Powderfinger - Neil Young
Teenage Riot - Sonic Youth
The 15th - Wire
Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel
Once in a Lifetime - Talking Heads
Ceremony - New Order (bonus #6 choice)

I think Top 50 best songs would be more realistic!
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 100
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 05:34 am:   

Many people here have mentioned Felt but I don't think I have ever even heard a single Felt song. I did, however, once buy a double CD compilation by the Felt guy's next band. This was many years ago but I clearly recall how shit I thought it was and how I wondered what planet people were on in considering Laurence an overlooked genius.

So, down the years, I have always raised my eyes to heaven at the mere mention of Felt.

But a couple of nights ago, while looking for Springsteens's live box set, I came across the Felt guy's album and realised I had done him a great disservice. The double CD I had bought was not by Denim at all. It was by acid-jazz wankers Corduroy.

Does anyone else have a moderately amusing, cotton-based fabric band name mix-up story to share?
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Erhard Grundl
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Registered: 09-2005
Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 12:38 pm:   

i love lists like that, so here`s my top 5:

She don`t care about time - The Byrds

A new shade of blue - The Bobby Fuller Four

Love minus zero/no limit - Bob Dylan

Just a season - Terry Melcher

Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan, oh and The Byrds´ version as well
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C Gull
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Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 01:32 pm:   

Kurt - love your list, but Games Without Frontiers - you're having a laugh!
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 108
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 05:17 pm:   

Mein Gott, Erhard, you're even more of a 60s fiend than I. Love your list.

Padraig, I suffer from terminal credulity. Is your story revenge for "I was a Teenage Fruitbat?"
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spence
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Saturday, December 17, 2005 - 07:48 pm:   

Today's
1. Crows in the wheatfield - Del Amitri
2. Rent Act - the Wolfhounds
3. Town called Walker - Tom Verlaine
4. Third party fire and theft - Momus
5. She used to be my baby - Spike Priggen
oh, forgot number 6!...
6. New day dawning - Felt.
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Kurt Stephan
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Post Number: 99
Registered: 04-2005
Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 01:55 am:   

I wish, C Gull--I normally can't stand Gabriel! But I really like that song. Maybe for Kate Bush's backing vocals? Does that redeem me at all? (No, I thought not.)
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C Gull
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Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 01:13 pm:   

Kurt -in a word NO!
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fsh
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Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 02:05 pm:   

re: Padraig's post: a friend of mine came across what he thought was a Buzzcocks release he'd never seen or heard of before, at a market. When he took it out of the bag on arriving home, he realised he'd just bought a Buzzards LP!! I suppose it was the only way that particular LP was going to shift.
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 110
Registered: 03-2005
Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 06:04 pm:   

Yes, I suppose it's like the biography entitled "Genet" I bought from a bargain table about five years ago. I thought I was getting a bio of Jean Genet and instead took home a bio of a long-time columnist for New Yorker magazine who signed her columns "Genet." It wasn't bad; she spent most of her years living in Paris and drinking with the likes of Hemingway.
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Pádraig Collins
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Post Number: 101
Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Sunday, December 18, 2005 - 10:33 pm:   

Randy, my story is, unfortunately, true. Normally my musical mistakes involve buying the same CD twice (and I mean the exact same one - not The Go-Betweens situation where you buy the original, the remaster and then the re-remaster).

I do have other mistaken purchases though. I recently bought a CD by Sloan thinking it was the Canadian power-pop band. But no, it was Spanish techno. Ironically, another Canuck power-pop band, The New Pornographers, have a song called Spanish Techno. Perhaps they made the same mistake?
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abigail law
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Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 11:46 am:   

1 september girls - big star
2 dreams burn down - ride
3 she's your lover now - dylan
4 castles in the sand - stevie wonder
5 these days - nico
and the bonus ball
6 Ol' 55 - tom waites
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spence
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Registered: 05-2005
Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 09:03 pm:   

Today's six:
1 Time for the rest of your life - Strangelove
2 Birthday Song - Blaine L. Reininger
3 Act of Being Polite - The Residents
4 The new Yo La Tengo CD comp (its amazing!)
5 Heart out to tender - Robert Forster
and like Abigail's ball!...
6 The Monochrome Set - The Monochrome Set
7! Apple Bush - Josef K
Merry Christmas all yo Go Bee fans, hope y'all get on next year!!!!!! LOL
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Andy Robinson
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Posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 - 10:28 pm:   

A toughie and I could spend all day and then change again tomorrow. On the rule of no more than one song per act it would be:

1. Levi Stubbs Tears or Must I Paint You a Picture - Billy Bragg
2. Firefly - Mark Eitzel version
3. The Wrong Road - Go Betweens
4. Round Here - Counting Crows
5. Try a Little Tenderness - Otis Redding
6. Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley

Changing almost as I write . . . .
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william rodgers
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 03:56 am:   

after careful consideration:
1. Godley and Creme- Five O'Clock In The Morning
2. Trash Can Sinatras- Funny
3. Grant McLennan- Fingers
4. Balancing Act- Waiting For The Mail
5. The Ocean Blue- Drifting, Falling

my apologies to the MILLION songs I've slighted..
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Randy Adams
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Post Number: 111
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 05:24 am:   

The lists on here are constantly reminding me of things I've forgotten. I suppose that's the great virtue of this particular thread; we are reminded of great things. I'm particularly delighted to see the Monochrome Set, a criminally underrated band if ever there was one. My problem is that my CDs live in a closet also inhabited by guitars and anything residing in the corners or on the lower shelves obscured by the guitar cases tend to get lost in the shuffle. And yes, Padraig, I also have been known to buy a CD only to discover that I already have it when it comes time to file it away.

Tonight's nominations:

1. Mary, Open the Door -- Duffy Power (easily the most underrated British jazz/blues singer of any era)
2. Boy Child -- Scott Walker
3. Black Ticket Day -- Ed Kuepper, simple but forever effective
4. Like a Rolling Stone -- Dylan. Not very original but let's face it, so many great things that happened afterward flow from this one record.
5. All I See -- Linda Thompson
and since we've all apparently agreed to make it a half dozen:
6. Midnight Rain -- Paul Kelly
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jerry hann
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 10:56 am:   

A coincidence that the Monochrome Set has been mentioned, over the last 2 weeks I have down loaded a few songs form Itunes having stumbled on them again on a compilation. I've not thought about them for decades.I think even saw them live.
My 60's and 70's (excluding Punk)five would be:
Girl From the North County- Nashville Skyline with Johnny Cash.
Wouldn't It Be Nice-Beach Boys ( not a massive fan but this is perfect)
Wall of Death-Richard and Linda Thompson
Waterloo Sunset-The Kinks
Caravan-Van Morrison
Bonus ball to make it 3 form either side of the Atlantic The Night they Drove all Dixie Down-The Band
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M.J.L.
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 02:05 pm:   

Okay... quite flippantly, the only way:
- '100,000 Fireflies' -- The Magnetic Fields;
- 'Our Town' -- Iris Dement;
- 'Message to My Girl' -- Split Enz;
- 'How to Rent a Room' -- Silver Jews;
- 'Care of Cell' -- The Zombies;

And those subsidiary numbers:
- 'Simple Things' -- Belle and Sebastian;
- 'Guess Things Happen That Way' -- Johnny Cash

Ohhhh... And why not 'Pristine Christine' by the Sea Urchins.
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Mark Leydon
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 10:07 pm:   

Five for today:

Friday I'm In Love - The Cure
This Charming Man - The Smiths
Only Talking Sense - The Finn Brothers
King Horse - Elvis Costello
I Want You - Bob Dylan
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 11:36 pm:   

OK, I can resist no longer.

Five for Saturday night
1 M/A/R/R/S - Pump Up The Volume
2 Whipping Boy - When We Were Young
3 Sugar - If I Can't Change Your Mind
4 Daisy - It Gives Me The Creeps Baby (Oh Yeah)
5 Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

Five for Sunday morning
1 Josh Rouse - Dressed Up Like Nebraska
2 Planxty - Timedance
3 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
4 My Bloody Valentine - Soon
5 New Order - Blue Monday

Five for rainy days
1 The Go-Betweens - Quiet Heart
2 The Replacements - Skyway
3 R.E.M. - Perfect Circle
4 Glen Campbell - Wichita Lineman
5 Young Gods - September Song

1 Swiss artist, 1 Australian, 2 Irish, 3 English, 1 half Irish/ half English, 7 American. A reasonably representative mix, if not quite the UN of pop.
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Jerry Clark
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Posted on Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 07:47 pm:   

Kraftwerk - Neon Lights
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise
Barry Adamson - Can't Get Loose
The White Stripes - Black Math
The Kinks - Animal Farm
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peter ward
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Posted on Thursday, December 22, 2005 - 09:56 am:   

1. John Cale - Hallelujah
2. David Bowie - Five Years
3. Roxy Music - Mother of Pearl
4. Go-Betweens - The House Jack Kerouac Built
5. The Smiths - I Know it's over
6. Scud Mountain Boys - Please Mr Please

Padraig, don't know if you heard but Whipping Boy reformed to play a few dates around Ireland last week, ten years after "Heartworm". Saw them play a sold out Olympia, the first song I heard them play was "when we were young" it was good to see them again.
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Pádraig Collins
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 12:01 am:   

I didn't know they played Peter. I'd love to have seen that. Glad to hear the Olympia was sold out. I think it's one of these albums that builds up its reputation over the years. I'm glad I got it when it first came out though. I saw them live just before the album came out at a very small venue in Temple Bar. There were only about 80 people at the gig but it was great nonetheless.
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Jonathan Evans
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 07:32 am:   

Its great news Whipping Boy are back. Maybe a trip over to England will do them the world of good (Especially Liverpool or Manchester).

While I'm on about Irish bands - I noticed The Frank & Walters are playing Liverpool (oh the Memories).

What happened to A House, Something Happens and Bawl by the way?

Cheers
Jon
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 10:02 am:   

Hi Jonathon...Dave Couse (and The Impossible) from A House has just released his second solo album. Tom Dunne from Something Happens hosts a decent radio show Pet Sounds on Today FM (He's had the Go-Betweens in session) and Bawl's Mark Cullen still releases records as Pony Club. Favourite Irish album this year is BellX1's "Flock" which is released in the UK in the next couple of months.
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James
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 10:19 am:   

The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Prefab Sprout - Bonny
The Smiths - There is a Light That Never Goes Out
Kate Bush - Cloudbusting
Bacharach and David - Alfie
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 10:42 am:   

The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Billy Joel - Piano Man
The Go-Betweens - Love Goes On!
The Jam - Down In The Tube Station At Midnight
Television - Marquee Moon
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Eke
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 11:46 am:   

Top of the head time for me here so don't hold me to this when I change my mind in ten minutes...

I'll go along with Kuba on Marquee Moon.

And then...
PiL - Death Disco
Triffids - Seabirds
Dusty - Son Of A Preacher Man
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 05:38 pm:   

Otis Redding - That's How Strong My Love Is
Television - Guiding Light
Pavement - Grounded
Gram Parsons - Still Feeling Blue
Tindersticks - Blood

and

Jonathan Richman - I Must Be King
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Matt Ellis
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Posted on Friday, December 23, 2005 - 08:10 pm:   

David Bowie - Thru' These Architects Eyes
Jayhawks - Take Me With You (When You Go)
R.E.M. - Moral Kiosk
Whipping Boy - When We Were Young
Maximo Park - The Coast Is Always Changing
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spence
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Posted on Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 12:52 pm:   

Deus - Hotel Lounge
Orange Juice - I Can't Help Myself
Wilco - Poor Places (live)
XTC - Dear God
Sisters of Mercy - Marianne
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John Flood
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Posted on Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 06:47 pm:   

This topic is a bloody great read...Heartworm - got to root it out now - haven't listened to it in years.

1. Bowie Life on Mars
2. Al Stewart Roads to Moscow
3. Van Morrison Sweet Thing
4. Josh Ritter Wings - maybe too new for a list like this but it's brilliant - I play it a lot.
5. Elton John Ticking (doubt if he's ever played it live - a song with a brutal theme - the best match of words and music he & Taupin ever managed)
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John Flood
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Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - 10:12 pm:   

Heartworm - did root it out and bloody hell does it still sound good. Fantastic actually - the Honeymoon is Over reeks of sheer timelless class. How did I ever drop this off my listening rota, I'll never know!
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Nigel Lowe
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Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 02:07 am:   

I saw Whipping Boy in Dublin just before Christmas and they were excellent. They played all of Heartworm, except for the last one, A Natural, and sounded as fresh today as ever before (though the singer is a bit of a nutter, which I'm not sure is a good/bad thing, but probably to blame for the original split). If you liked Heartworm (which I think is my favourite album ever), you really should try to find their last album ("Whipping Boy"), which song-wise is as good as Heartworm, though suffers from cheaper production. Live, the early pre-Heartworm stuff was a revelation, as I don't really like it on record. I just hope that they do some more stuff, as I think they are a hidden gem who could still have much to offer.

Anyway, sorry for digressing. Tonight's top five in no particular order, off the top of my head is:

1. Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
2. The Go-Betweens - The House Jack Kerouak Built
3. Whipping Boy - We Don't Need Nobody Else
4. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
5. David McComb & The Red Ponies - Memories (free download on Graham Lee's Triffids website)

Though that'll probably have changed by the time I sober up tomorrow...

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