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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:20:11 GMT -5
632 YOU DON'T KNOW ME Ray Charles
Released: 1962 album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)
Few albums can claim to me as important as Ray Charles' 1962 foray into country music. As for the song, it's a cover of an early Eddy Arnold track, and an achingly beauitiful love song transformed by a true genius.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:23:55 GMT -5
631 TUESDAY AFTERNOON The Moody Blues
Released: 1967 album: Days of Future Passed (1967)
The Moody Blues were masters of English-countryside psychedelic, and this song is one of my absolute favorites of theirs. It conjures images of wandering through a forest surrounded by mystical creatures, or at the very least, taking a day off work.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:27:05 GMT -5
630 CASIMIR PULASKI DAY Sufjan Stevens
Released: 2005 album: Illinois (2005)
Nostalgic and introspective, this is a standout track from critical darling Sufjan Stevens' concept album that's all about the state of Illinois. He's someone who everyone owes themselves an introduction to.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:30:33 GMT -5
629 IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR The Kingston Trio
Released: 1961 album: Goin' Places (1961)
An amazingly tranquil folk track from one of the genre's greatest acts. It's about looking back whistfully on great times in your life, simply put, and since it's release it's been covered by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Homer Simpson.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:37:25 GMT -5
628 THE THREE BELLS The Browns
Released: 1959 album: Sweet Sounds by the Browns (1959)
A country crossover hit that described the life of a normal, fictional man named Jimmy Brown, from his birth in a simple village, to his marriage in that village, to his death in that same village. Each occasion was marked by the ringing of bells in the same chapel. It's a song with religious overtones that invites you to draw your own meaning - is it a religious song? Is it a thought on how unremarkable life really is? Is it a meditation of futility? That's for you to decide, but one thing's for sure, it's one of popular music's most interesting hits.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:43:14 GMT -5
627 ROCKET NUMBER NINE Sun Ra
Released: 1972 album: Space is the Place (1972)
Sun Ra had been creating amazingly bizarre space-age jazz music for years before this record's release. He's a jazz pioneer who must be listened to in order to be believed. I chose this track because it mixed his unique modern jazz with "lyrics" that recall a bustling intersection or the sighting of a UFO in the sky.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 1:47:27 GMT -5
626 SWEET BLINDNESS Laura Nyro
Released: 1968 album: Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968)
I feel like this song really captures what was so special about the late Laura Nyro, a revered songwriter and singer, whose catalog is full of songs as excellent as this one. "Sweet Blindness" is a daydreamy wandering song about drinking and enjoying life, and it makes you glad that something like this came from such a fleeting spirit.
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Post by Envoirment on Aug 20, 2014 8:13:18 GMT -5
632YOU DON'T KNOW MERay CharlesReleased: 1962 album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962)Few albums can claim to me as important as Ray Charles' 1962 foray into country music. As for the song, it's a cover of an early Eddy Arnold track, and an achingly beauitiful love song transformed by a true genius. Amazing so far, but I really didn't expect this one to chart! <3 Here's Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown's version of the song if anyone wants to listen. Sorry a rather shameless Eva plug, but the opportunity doesn't arise very often. <3
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Post by Vic on Aug 20, 2014 8:24:51 GMT -5
Always enjoy your charts. Your taste sure stretch out from the mainstream. Love the attention you are giving to the older songs. One day I need to post my all time.
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 21, 2014 22:27:16 GMT -5
So, question, What's your favorite Bee Gees song that hasn't been included in this project yet? Oh man, now there's a question. So many great songs in their catalogue. I can't do just one, but to cut it down to a handful, I'll try to do favorites within categories: -'60s: "Holiday", "I Can't See Nobody", "Words", "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Don't Forget to Remember" -pre-disco '70s: "Lonely Days", "My World" -disco '70s: "Tragedy" -post-'70s: "Alone" Probably still too many songs but that gives an idea. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming: 660 - One of the most underrated indeed. Phil Ochs is brilliant. Glad to see this and him here. 659 - There's a reason this song has been immortalized. Great track. 658 - Ah, Joy Division. Hard to go wrong. Wonderful song. 657 - Yet another of your selections that I'd say never burns. Such a great song. Great energy and I love the instrumental bridge. I mean, it's meant to be a party in itself and it succeeds. 656 - Great song and I love your description here. 655 - Classic of its period. Well chosen. 654 - Love it as a vocal track as well, but, yes, Mauriat's instrumental has woven its place into cultural fabric. 653 - I agree that it took a message that was far from original for its period and still managed to deliver it without sounding terribly trite. 652 - Beautiful selection. Wouldn't have faulted you for giving Bonnie Raitt's version the nod; can't go wrong either way, IMO. 651 - Heh, nice. Unexpected but way cool choice. 650 - Love Franz Ferdinand and this track. Shame they seem to get less respect with each album, because they don't stop making great music. 649 - Excellent song and likely one of her best remembered videos (outside of "Love Is a Battlefield" for its lolworthiness, that is). Speaking of getting no credit, have you heard the Rachel Sweet original rendition? 648 - Yep, great song. Anthem of its time, in a way. 647 - Yes to King Crimson love. I'm more drawn to the likes of "21st Century" but really, it's not like you had a bad option. 646 - Not gonna see me pooh-poohing a Laura Nyro tune, and I also like the BST hit catalogue. 645 - This selection is made of pure win. Fucking love both this and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"... perhaps the latter a bit more but really it doesn't matter because yay. 644 - Nice choice! Jaunty little tune but yes, it represents their strengths well. 643 - Another respectable selection. I dig it. 642 - Rarely gonna see me giving anything but love to a Stones selection. Rock classic right here. 641 - One of the most enduring songs of its period, and rightfully so. 640 - Have you to thank for having heard of this before; great selection. 639 - Much love and respect for this song; another that I'll likely be trying to write about a few months from now. 638 - Excellent, excellent song. Much respect for its inclusion. 637 - I'm weak on this era of country, but on first listen, I can get behind this. 636 - Is and will always be a classic song within my heart. 635 - Another awesome selection; one of my favorites of his. 634 - This is another of those tracks I can't see listening to without some degree of mood elevation. 633 - Another song I prefer in moderation, but, yes, certainly one of the dances of its time. 632 - Classic and undeniable. 631 - The Moody Blues <3 Lovely track. Wouldn't rank it in my top tier of theirs, but that speaks more to the vast amount of amazing songs they produced than to any deficiency of this track. 630 - Had to listen. I approve. 629 - K3 version, eh? Fair enough. I can dig it. 628 - I appreciate the inclusion, but I can only enjoy it if heard sparingly. Because my emotional maturity stopped somewhere around age 14, my favorite thing about this song is that one of the competing single versions was released by Dick Flood, because Dick Flood goes right up there with Dick Trickle in the category of names that I like having the opportunity to drop in conversation. 627 - Don't believe I've heard this before. Sounds quite cool. 626 - Awesome song from (as previously mentioned) an awesome songwriter. I know her material better by others, so more familiar with the 5th Dimension hit version here, but hearing Nyro herself deliver it is just as much a treat. Whee caught up again for the moment.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 1:27:03 GMT -5
Vic - thank you! And I'd love to see a list of yours someday! Envoirment - no explanation needed. Her version is gorgeous. So, question, What's your favorite Bee Gees song that hasn't been included in this project yet? Oh man, now there's a question. So many great songs in their catalogue. I can't do just one, but to cut it down to a handful, I'll try to do favorites within categories: -'60s: "Holiday", "I Can't See Nobody", "Words", "New York Mining Disaster 1941", "Don't Forget to Remember" -pre-disco '70s: "Lonely Days", "My World" -disco '70s: "Tragedy" -post-'70s: "Alone" Probably still too many songs but that gives an idea. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming: 660 - One of the most underrated indeed. Phil Ochs is brilliant. Glad to see this and him here. 659 - There's a reason this song has been immortalized. Great track. 658 - Ah, Joy Division. Hard to go wrong. Wonderful song. 657 - Yet another of your selections that I'd say never burns. Such a great song. Great energy and I love the instrumental bridge. I mean, it's meant to be a party in itself and it succeeds. 656 - Great song and I love your description here. 655 - Classic of its period. Well chosen. 654 - Love it as a vocal track as well, but, yes, Mauriat's instrumental has woven its place into cultural fabric. 653 - I agree that it took a message that was far from original for its period and still managed to deliver it without sounding terribly trite. 652 - Beautiful selection. Wouldn't have faulted you for giving Bonnie Raitt's version the nod; can't go wrong either way, IMO. 651 - Heh, nice. Unexpected but way cool choice. 650 - Love Franz Ferdinand and this track. Shame they seem to get less respect with each album, because they don't stop making great music. 649 - Excellent song and likely one of her best remembered videos (outside of "Love Is a Battlefield" for its lolworthiness, that is). Speaking of getting no credit, have you heard the Rachel Sweet original rendition? 648 - Yep, great song. Anthem of its time, in a way. 647 - Yes to King Crimson love. I'm more drawn to the likes of "21st Century" but really, it's not like you had a bad option. 646 - Not gonna see me pooh-poohing a Laura Nyro tune, and I also like the BST hit catalogue. 645 - This selection is made of pure win. f**king love both this and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"... perhaps the latter a bit more but really it doesn't matter because yay. 644 - Nice choice! Jaunty little tune but yes, it represents their strengths well. 643 - Another respectable selection. I dig it. 642 - Rarely gonna see me giving anything but love to a Stones selection. Rock classic right here. 641 - One of the most enduring songs of its period, and rightfully so. 640 - Have you to thank for having heard of this before; great selection. 639 - Much love and respect for this song; another that I'll likely be trying to write about a few months from now. 638 - Excellent, excellent song. Much respect for its inclusion. 637 - I'm weak on this era of country, but on first listen, I can get behind this. 636 - Is and will always be a classic song within my heart. 635 - Another awesome selection; one of my favorites of his. 634 - This is another of those tracks I can't see listening to without some degree of mood elevation. 633 - Another song I prefer in moderation, but, yes, certainly one of the dances of its time. 632 - Classic and undeniable. 631 - The Moody Blues <3 Lovely track. Wouldn't rank it in my top tier of theirs, but that speaks more to the vast amount of amazing songs they produced than to any deficiency of this track. 630 - Had to listen. I approve. 629 - K3 version, eh? Fair enough. I can dig it. 628 - I appreciate the inclusion, but I can only enjoy it if heard sparingly. Because my emotional maturity stopped somewhere around age 14, my favorite thing about this song is that one of the competing single versions was released by Dick Flood, because Dick Flood goes right up there with Dick Trickle in the category of names that I like having the opportunity to drop in conversation. 627 - Don't believe I've heard this before. Sounds quite cool. 626 - Awesome song from (as previously mentioned) an awesome songwriter. I know her material better by others, so more familiar with the 5th Dimension hit version here, but hearing Nyro herself deliver it is just as much a treat. Whee caught up again for the moment. - One of those Bee Gees tracks will pop up in a later installment. - Which version of "It Was A Very Good Year" do you perfer most? Sinatra's? - I'd also love to hear an expansion of your thoughts on the Moody Blues. I've always considered their catalog fairly limited, although their big songs are brilliant. "Tuesday Afternoon" is top tier for me. - Thank you as always!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2014 1:28:23 GMT -5
I'll get the list to #601 tomorrow! Television, Miriam Makeba, Tom T. Hall and Mary J. Blige are all on deck, along with many more!
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Post by WotUNeed on Aug 23, 2014 12:56:53 GMT -5
- One of those Bee Gees tracks will pop up in a later installment. - Which version of "It Was A Very Good Year" do you perfer most? Sinatra's? - I'd also love to hear an expansion of your thoughts on the Moody Blues. I've always considered their catalog fairly limited, although their big songs are brilliant. "Tuesday Afternoon" is top tier for me. Good deal re: more Bee Gees. "It Was a Very Good Year" - I don't have any particular version that I absolutely go crazy for above all others or anything, but the one I most often play for myself is the version by The Modern Folk Quartet. No particular reason. Moody Blues - my dad owns most of their albums. I used to similarly think of them as a group with some interesting singles, but one day, I sat down and actually listened to the albums and then it all clicked. They're one of those acts who were clearly meticulous when putting things together. I know I'm not doing a good job of describing anything, but my recommendation would be, someday, if you have time, just sit down and listen to A Question of Balance from start to finish, if you haven't already done so. If it clicks for you, you'll get exactly what I'm trying to say about the Moodies. I pick that album both because the songs are amazing and also because it shines the spotlight on different members of the group, so, to me, it's the one that really shows just how many amazing members the band had.
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 24, 2014 10:23:41 GMT -5
I'm still loving this list. I will go through and check out the ones I don't know (many are unknown songs from some of my favorites), but for now I would like to say I appreciate the inclusion of the following: "Love On Top", "Stay (I Missed You)", "Paper Planes", "Please Mr. Postman", "Smoky Mountain Rain" (childhood favorite <3), "Ms. Jackson", and "Pine Box". All perfect. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I'll catch those later.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:10:54 GMT -5
I'm still loving this list. I will go through and check out the ones I don't know (many are unknown songs from some of my favorites), but for now I would like to say I appreciate the inclusion of the following: "Love On Top", "Stay (I Missed You)", "Paper Planes", "Please Mr. Postman", "Smoky Mountain Rain" (childhood favorite <3), "Ms. Jackson", and "Pine Box". All perfect. I'm sure I'm missing some, but I'll catch those later. Thank you! Let me know if you discover anything you fall in love with! <3
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:15:30 GMT -5
625 WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER The Police
Released: 1983 album: Synchronicity (1983)
Ethereal. Almost ghost-like. Sting's specialty.
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624 IS THAT ALL THERE IS Peggy Lee
Released: 1969 album: single (1969)
It took us until after her death in 2002 to realize what a tragic figure she was. This song certainly stands on its own as a reflection on futility of life, but it really captures her spirit. Despite being an Oscar-nominated actress, the AMPAS decided her film contributions were not important enough to be included in that year's "In Memoriam" montage. Peggy Lee is someone who has never, ever been given her proper due. So, let's toast to one of music's greatest and most underrated vocalists.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:26:20 GMT -5
623 TEN YEARS GONE Led Zeppelin
Released: 1975 album: Physical Graffiti (1975)
It's one of Zep's most understated masterpieces. It's introspective and organic. It's a journey unto itself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:30:28 GMT -5
622 FATHER AND SON Cat Stevens
Released: 1970 album: Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
I think that, if someone asked me to explain Cat Stevens' induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I'd point to this song. He had such an amazing way of framing life clearly and neatly with conviction. From world issues to family struggles, Cat Stevens is one with himself and his music. We should all be so fortunate.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:35:16 GMT -5
621 ONE'S ON THE WAY Loretta Lynn
Released: 1971 album: One's On The Way (1971)
Loretta Lynn's place in music history is clear - she tackled serious feminist issues from birth control to violence to the relationship between women's liberation and motherhood. No one did what she did.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:39:39 GMT -5
620 BE WITHOUT YOU Mary J. Blige
Released: 2005 album: The Breakthrough (2005)
Mary just DID it with this song. She poured herself completely into this song, and not only made one of the all-time greatest R&B records, but she proved herself as one of the quintessential modern vocalists.
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619 AMARILLO BY MORNING George Strait
Released: 1982 album: Strait From The Heart (1982)
What you're witnessing here is the birth of the modern day country music superhero. Steadfast in popularity while maintaining complete integrity. What made this song so special was that it was the attitude and aura of country bottled up and available to the masses. And it still hasn't reached its expiration date.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:48:40 GMT -5
618 SONG FOR THE ASKING Simon & Garfunkel
Released: 1970 album: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
The final song off of S&G's final studio album. This is the musical equivalent of a wave goodbye as a tear is shed. It's a love note, a farwell, a send-off. Excuse me as I pull myself together to post the next song.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:53:55 GMT -5
617 MAMA SAID The Shirelles
Released: 1961 album: The Shirelles Sing to Trumpets and Strings (1961)
God bless the Shirelles, one of the most fabulous of the 1960s girl groups. Songs like "Mama Said" exemplify what helped them stand apart from the crowd - songs with heart, soul and a relatable take on life and love.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 15:58:41 GMT -5
616 OLD DOGS, CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE Tom T. Hall
Released: 1972 album: The Storyteller (1972)
Tom T. Hall, the great storyteller of country music. This true take on a conversation at the 1972 Democratic National Convention with a black janitor was not only timely but timeless. And thus, Hall rose to the ranks of the elite within country music history.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 16:02:43 GMT -5
615 EVER FALLEN IN LOVE (WITH SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN'T'VE) Buzzcocks
Released: 1978 album: Love Bites (1978)
The UK punk outfit's most remembered song, it's a standard of modern punk music that should be in everyone's playlist.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 16:07:01 GMT -5
614 THE FUNERAL Band Of Horses
Released: 2006 album: Everything All The Time (2006)
Has there been a better anthem of sorrow out of modern indie music?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2014 16:10:04 GMT -5
613 STRANGE DAYS The Doors
Released: 1967 album: Strange Days (1967)
One of the Doors' most epic psychedelic anthems from a band that was no stranger to them.
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612 A LOVE SUPREME, PART 1: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT John Coltrane
Released: 1965 album: A Love Supreme (1965)
You'd be hard pressed to find a better recommendation among modern jazz. This track holds you from the initial build to the final downbeat seconds.
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611 PATA PATA Miriam Makeba
Released: 1967 album: Pata Pata (1967)
One of the greatest world music hits to grace the U.S. charts with its presence. Makeba's vocals and the traditional rhythms are infectious. Truly an essential.
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