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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 21:29:39 GMT -5
744 ROCK STEADY The Whispers
Released: 1987 album: Just Gets Better With Time (1987)
It almost feels like the last breath of disco music, a funk hit from '87 with a video just absolutely filled with Dad Dance Moves.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 21:35:59 GMT -5
743 JANIE'S GOT A GUN Aerosmith
Released: 1989 album: Pump (1989)
Aerosmith's big 1980s comeback yielded some great modern rock, including this track that recalled the teen tragedy songs of the 50s and early 60s.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Aug 31, 2014 21:58:57 GMT -5
"When I Come Around" and "Semi-Charmed Life" are classics. Good to see both of them so far! :)
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 31, 2014 22:03:17 GMT -5
"When I Come Around" and "Semi Charmed Life" :O
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 31, 2014 22:18:39 GMT -5
Zeebz - You clearly have wicked awesome taste. I thought the Sam Smith inclusion might be divisive. The song really hit with me, I guess. There's some interesting recent inclusions in the last couple sets of this, so I'm excited to see how you react. Haha Cool, cool. I have nothing against including recent stuff (pretty sure I've reacted positively to most of your tracks from the past few years), just that particular selection that didn't quite connect. Moving on... 750 - Such a cool song. The Animals had some great singles. Admittedly, this one wasn't love at first listen, but after a few, I couldn't resist how undeniably chill it was. 749 - Another classic. Understandable why this is one of the later doo-wop smashes, no? Sonically, it kinda bridged the gap between the old-school stuff that had found success and the pop/R&B that followed it. 748 - Great track. Two things I went to p.1 to check upon seeing its inclusion: 1) Had any other Green Day tracks come up before? (Answer: No. Surprised me.) 2) Was "Good" by Better Than Ezra featured at any point before? (Answer: No. Love that song but did not surprise me.) Can totally understand this being their highest countdown selection, but, from my completely biased point of view colored by nostalgia, "Basket Case" über alles. 747 - I went right back to p.1 to see if "Kisses Sweet Than Wine" had been featured because it seems like the kind of track we'd both love. (Answer to being featured: No. Answer to mutual love: TBD) But that's fair and this one is way cool too. 746 - Perhaps the closest thing people of our generation had to a "Louie Louie" when it came to wild popularity with some of the mystique linked to indecipherable lyrics, though of course this doesn't reach the magnitude of the other in that respect. In any event, great song and one I'd say is worthy of being called iconic. 745 - Excellent track that you've summed up perfectly. 744 - This song makes me happy. Nice choice! 743 - Not necessarily one of my personal favorites from them, but certainly one of their most enduring, and I do like it. Well placed.
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 31, 2014 22:21:23 GMT -5
WotUNeed - Thank you! You and Landmarx clearly do as well.
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 31, 2014 22:30:20 GMT -5
Jammed 3eb's debut recently. The background is still my favorite
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:13:37 GMT -5
742 SHOOK ONES (PART II) Mobb Deep
Released: 1994 album: The Infamous (1995)
Hardcore socially conscious rap classic about youth involved in gang warfare.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:17:48 GMT -5
741 POISON IVY The Coasters
Released: 1959 album: single (1959)
A classic R&B hit about an ice queen you just shouldn't get near.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:21:29 GMT -5
740 LITTLE GREEN APPLES O.C. Smith
Released: 1968 album: Hickory Holler Revisited (1968)
Moving on to a song about domestic bliss. First recorded by Roger Miller and later by Patti Page, it was O.C. Smith's version that became the biggest hit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:28:54 GMT -5
739 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Released: 1972 album: Will The Circle Be Unbroken (1972)
A standard in both country and gospel as done originally by the Carter Family, the Dirt Band has taken it under their wing over the years and included country legends on their recordings of it. Their 1972 version features Mother Maybelle Carter herself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:41:33 GMT -5
738 HEAVEN KNOWS Donna Summer
Released: 1978 album: Live And More (1978)
Backing vocals by Brooklyn Dreams and an on-the-run musical vibe made this a late 70s favorite.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:44:08 GMT -5
737 PSYCHOTIC REACTION The Count Five
Released: 1965 album: single (1965)
This is such an amazing mixture of jangle pop and psychedelic rock. An essential 60s rock track.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:46:48 GMT -5
736 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER Carly Simon
Released: 1977 album: The Spy Who Loved Me (original soundtrack) (1977)
Nobody does it better, though sometimes I wish someone could. Nobody does it quite the way you do, why'd you have to be so good?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:49:51 GMT -5
735 PAYING THE COST TO BE THE BOSS B.B. King
Released: 1968 album: His Best - The Electric B.B. King (1968)
Slightly sexist, but such a bluesy jam that you take the lyrics to be more of an empowerment thing than anything else.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:52:54 GMT -5
734 PASSIONATE KISSES Mary Chapin Carpenter
Released: 1992 album: Come On Come On (1992)
There are few women in music that demand respect quite like Mary Chapin Carpenter. She's always made music that's personal, straightforward and true to life. This Lucinda Williams-penned classic was a match made in heaven with her.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 23:56:13 GMT -5
733 WOMAN FROM TOKYO Deep Purple
Released: 1973 album: Who Do We Think We Are (1973)
A hard rock tune about touring and women from one of the greatest acts within the genre's history.
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732 SHE COMES IN COLORS Love
Released: 1966 album: Da Capo (1966)
Proving as always, that they were the most underrated group of the 1960s.
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731 KOOL THING Sonic Youth
Released: 1990 album: Goo (1990)
Kim Gordon and Chuck D? How could you not?
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730 LOST CAUSE Beck
Released: 2002 album: Sea Change (2002)
Beck at his best, creative and introspective.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 0:15:03 GMT -5
729 SEND IN THE CLOWNS Judy Collins
Released: 1975 album: Judith (1975)
One of music's great voices covering a Broadway standard. Yet it belongs in the rock and roll canon for its power and dark, desperate outlook.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 0:18:14 GMT -5
728 PALISADES PARK Freddy Cannon
Released: 1962 album: single (1962)
The power of teen pop. It's perfection in the form of a short song about a carnival date.
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727 I CAN'T WAIT Nu Shooz
Released: 1986 album: Poolside (1986)
I'm not sure if any song is scientifically catchier than this. There should be a study.
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726 GANGSTA'S PARADISE Coolio (feat. L.V.)
Released: 1995 album: Gangsta's Paradise (1995)
I'd be kidding myself if I didn't include this. Coolio's such an odd figure in hip-hop, respected and not at the same time, but everyone seems to agree that this is one of the strongest hip-hop songs ever laid down.
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725 JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH Depeche Mode
Released: 1981 album: Speak & Spell (1981)
For all of Depeche Mode's "Enjoy The Silence" moodiness, this will always have a place in their catalogue, as well as in the new wave era of rock history.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 0:27:57 GMT -5
724 JAZZMAN Carole King
Released: 1974 album: Wrap Around Joy (1974)
Underrated among her singles, it's one of those songs that makes you really just appreciate music. Thank God for Bleeding Gums Murphy and Lisa Simpson for bringing this back around.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 0:33:06 GMT -5
723 WHAT IS TRUTH Johnny Cash
Released: 1970 album: What Is Truth (1970)
Johnny Cash: a true American voice. When someone as genuine and beloved as him releases an antiwar protest song, it's bound to go down in the books.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2014 0:36:10 GMT -5
722 ROCK & ROLL WOMAN Buffalo Springfield
Released: 1967 album: Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)
Stephen Stills' trademark journeyman folk rock. It's a wonderful, wonderful thing.
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721 BAD REPUTATION Joan Jett
Released: 1980 album: Joan Jett (1980)
Joan Jett at her punk best. Somewhat cheesy and dated, but at face value it's a great rock record.
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Post by WotUNeed on Sept 1, 2014 0:41:38 GMT -5
742 - Damned amazing piece of music right here. Excellent. 741 - A song that has endured with good reason. 740 - Heh, funny you spotlight the different hit versions. Amongst my friends that care about such things, the Roger Miller version is the favorite, and my lone dissenting vote is for Patti Page's. But the Smith version is the one that clearly fits in a list such as this. Where my friends and I unite is for our love of "The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp". 739 - Very nicely chosen here. Standard indeed and brilliant rendition. 738 - Easily one of my favorite tracks from an exceedingly strong catalogue. She was a genius. 737 - Classic of its time. Never burns, like, ever. 736 - Sheer beauty, this song is. One of many Carly classics. 735 - I'm happy to say I got to see him in concert while I was in undergrad, and that alone convinced me that he's worthy of all the epic legendary status he's accumulated. 734 - <3 <3 <3 Words fail me but you've combined a talented songwriter with one of my absolute favorite country vocalists. 733 - f**king great. Classic of its genre, song that should be remembered forever, etc. 732 - Always here for more Love love. 731 - Great act, great track. 730 - Beck is another act where it's nigh impossible to choose an incorrect single. 729 - Isn't it rich? This woman's voice is an overlooked treasure. Love everything about her. 728 - Probably benefited in its nostalgia factor due to the destruction of its title location, but yes, a classic in any event. 727 - LMAO, what you said because anything I could say wouldn't compare. 726 - Excellent song that captures a style and era oh so well. 725 - Love the act and love Vince Clarke's other work, so, yeah, natural fit. Excellent song. 724 - f**king classic right here. LOL @ the Simpsons reference. 723 - Cash going deep is never wrong. Really, Cash is never wrong in general, but, yeah. 722 - OMFG amazing. Band that deserves all the accolades it gets and many more. Song that is, always has been, and always will be amazing. 721 - "Her punk best" indeed. She had many a classic hit, but this is the one that exemplifies why she mattered.
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