That's a hella great little list, contenderizer.
― Have not gotten over my dancing phase (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
Oops - it was actually counting placings in the top 125. Fixed now:
1 Euler 50 36 0.720 20876 417.5202 WmC 50 33 0.660 21985 439.7003 contenderizer 50 32 0.640 20983 419.6604 Johnny Fever 50 31 0.620 21031 420.6205 absolutely clean glasses 50 31 0.620 21204 424.0806 Viceroy 34 20 0.588 14327 421.3827 hinklepicker 50 29 0.580 18966 379.3208 Craigo Boingo 50 29 0.580 18136 362.7209 symsymsym 50 29 0.580 21192 423.84010 President Keyes 50 28 0.560 19844 396.88011 that's not my post 50 28 0.560 19576 391.52012 some dude 50 27 0.540 19324 386.48013 Parenthetical Grillz 50 27 0.540 20912 418.24014 kornrulez6969 47 25 0.532 18467 392.91515 abanana 50 26 0.520 19138 382.76016 woof 49 25 0.510 17766 362.57117 PeteScholtes 50 25 0.500 18399 367.98018 pauls00 39 19 0.487 14467 370.94919 Spectrist 50 24 0.480 17199 343.98020 Ismael Klata 50 24 0.480 16942 338.84021 Billy Dods 50 24 0.480 17555 351.10022 EZ Snappin 50 24 0.480 20308 406.16023 (fizzles the chimp) gamalielratsey 49 23 0.469 16101 328.59224 whatever 50 23 0.460 16509 330.18025 Ari 44 20 0.455 18089 411.11426 gospodin simmel 50 21 0.420 16943 338.86027 Le Bateau Ivre 50 21 0.420 16189 323.78028 bentelec 50 21 0.420 15168 303.36029 emil.y 50 21 0.420 13780 275.60030 seandalai 50 21 0.420 18573 371.46031 Moka 50 20 0.400 15811 316.22032 "Gavin 50 20 0.400 17287 345.74033 James Redd and The Blecchs 50 20 0.400 16588 331.76034 caloma 50 18 0.360 14956 299.12035 pfunkboy 47 16 0.340 13661 290.66036 outdoorminer 50 16 0.320 14620 292.40037 jjjusten 50 11 0.220 12758 255.16038 clemenza 50 10 0.200 10917 218.34039 Rudipherous 50 9 0.180 10727 214.54040 Neue Jesse Schule 50 8 0.160 9165 183.300
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
Take that, Rudipherous.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Stuff on my ballot that didn't make the countdown.
6. Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe 12. Miles Davis - Blue in Green 15. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man
Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to DanceCarl Perkins - Blue Suede ShoesCharles Mingus – Fables of FaubusDwayne Eddy - Peter GunnGene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-LulaHowlin' Wolf - SpoonfulKitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk AngelsLittle Anthony and The Imperials – Tears On My PillowThe Cadillacs - SpeedooThe Chords - Sh-BoomThe Marcels - Blue MoonThe Rays - SilhouettesThe Silhouettes - Get a JobWilbert Harrison - Kansas City
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
My non-placing votes:
4 Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold5 The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)6 Serge Gainsbourg - L'Alcool9 Buchanan and Goodman - The Flying Saucer10 Dorival Caymmi - O Bem Do Mar11James Brown - Try Me13 Martin Denny - Quiet Village
The Chantels - MaybeThe Five Blind Boys of Mississippi - Jesus Gave Me WaterShirley Collins - The Cherry Tree CarolMoondog - Dog TrotBillie Holiday - What's New?Cecil Taylor - Excursion on a Wobbly RailBobby ""Blue"" Bland - Farther Up The RoadSam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His GarmentLord Kitchener - Trouble in ArimaLittle Richard - LucilleJoao Gilberto - DesafinadoElvis Presley - Heartbreak HotelDave Bartholomew - The MonkeyTeresa Brewer - Music, Music, MusicDee & The Kool Gents - When I Call on YouRay Price - You Done Me WrongBenny More y Pedro Vargas - ObsesionFrankie Laine - RawhideGeorges Brassens - Le GorilleFayza Ahmad - Sit El HabayibSun Ra and the Cosmic Rays – DreamingOum Kalthoum - Ya Zalemni
― Samantha Mumbahton (seandalai), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
My non placing votes, with their placement on my ballot if they were top 20:
2 Buddy Holly - Words Of Love9 Freddie Cannon - Tallahassee Lassie10 Howard Keel & Co. - Sobbin' Women12 Conway Twitty - It's Only Make Believe13 Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga15 The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl19 The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9
Eartha Kitt - Santa BabyThe Del Vikings - Come Go With MeDanny & The Juniors - At the HopArt Blakey's Jazz Messengers with Thelonious Monk - In Walked BudHenry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter GunnShirley & Lee - Let The Good Times RollSonny Rollins – St. ThomasThe Bobbettes – Mr. LeeGene Vincent - Be-Bop-A-LulaLloyd Price - Lawdy Miss ClawdyHarry Belafonte - Day-OJohnny Cash - Big RiverLes Paul & Mary Ford - How High the MoonMarty Robbins - El PasoLittle Walter - Too LateRuth Brown - Mama, He Treats Your Daughter MeanThe Dominoes - Sixty Minute ManThe Silhouettes - Get a JobTheophilus Beckford - Easy Snappin'
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
and thanks, johnny! great work as always. probably the most fun i've ever had w an ILM poll, including the wonderful pavement and 20th century jobs.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
Agreed! Thanks guys - this was a great poll.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
The Chords - Sh-Boom
― The POLL Can't Help It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
ha, and yeah, i did the ranked top 20, unranked rest, too. only top 20 bets that didn't pan out were james brown and huey "piano" smith.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Here are the ones that didn't make it for me.
The Cadillacs - GloriaTyrone Schmidling - You're Gone, I'm LeftHuey 'Piano' Smith - Don't You Just Know It?Sparkle Moore - Skull and CrossbonesEsquerita - Rockin' the JointGene Vincent - Race With the DevilJerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious LoveJerry Lee Lewis - BreathlessLittle Anthony and The Imperials – Tears On My PillowIke Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run ColdPatsy Cline - Three Cigarettes (In an Ashtray)The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9Bob McFadden & Dor - I'm a MummyRonnie Dawson - Action PackedThe Skyliners - Since I Don't Have YouJoe Clay - Sixteen ChicksThe Blenders - Don't Fuck Around With LoveLittle Richard - The Girl Can't Help ItProfessor Longhair - TipitinaHank Mizzell - Jungle RockShirley Collins - The Cherry Tree CarolThe Everly Brothers – Bye Bye LoveSam Cooke & The Soul Stirrers - Touch the Hem of His GarmentSanford Clark - The Fool
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
13 Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga
such a great song, killed me to cut it
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
but that's true of so many
my original long list included nearly a third of all the nominations...
And thank you johnny and seandalai for all your work. it's been a joy, and lit up an annoying working week.
― you don't exist in the database (woof), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Thanks, JF and seandalai, that was a lot of fun.
― The POLL Can't Help It (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
My full ballot, non-placing tracks in bold:
1. Dean Martin - Sway (I mean, c'mon guys) 2. Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You 3. Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog 4. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Summertime 5. Charles Mingus - Haitian Fight Song 6. Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning 7. Frank Loesser - Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat (*nearly* made it) 8. Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin' 9. The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman 10. Abbey Lincoln - Afro Blue 11. Miles Davis - Bess, You Is My Woman Now 12. Marian Anderson – If He Change My Name 13. Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol 14. The Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream 15. Joao Gilberto - A Felicidade 16. Benny More y Pedro Vargas - Obsesion 17. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love 18. Otis Rush - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) 19. Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats - Rocket 88 20. Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown 21. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire 22. Chet Baker – My Funny Valentine 23. Bernard Herrman - "Vertigo" Theme (in retrospect surprised this didn't place) 24. Ray Charles - What'd I Say 25. Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 26. John Fahey – Sligo River Blues 27. Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain 28. Little Richard - Long Tall Sally 29. Ike Turner and His Kings of Rhythm - She Made My Blood Run Cold 30. Jacques Brel – Ne Me Quitte Pas 31. The Clovers - Love Potion Number 9 32. The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five 33. The Chords - Sh-Boom 34. Tito Rodriguez - Tremendo Cumban 35. Guitar Slim - Feelin Sad 36. Rodgers & Hammerstein - My Favourite Things
• Charles Trenet - La Mer • Connie Francis – Who's Sorry Now? • Donald Woods & The Vel-Aires - Death of an Angel • Elizete Cardoso – Chega de saudade • Frankie Laine - Cry of the Wild Goose • Jerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious Love • Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues • Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares for Me • Nolan Strong & The Diablos - The Wind (also surprised this didn't place, with hindsight) • Peggy Lee — Fever • Stelios Kazantzidis - Zigkouala • Teresa Brewer - Music, Music, Music • The Chips – Rubber Band Man • Tito Puente – Hong Kong Mambo
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
This has been fantastic. Thanks Johnny & seandalai.
3 that I'm really sad didn't make the cut:
111. Del Vikings - Come Go With Me149. Shirlee & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll212. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Missy Clawdy
― that's not my post, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:29 (twelve years ago) link
This did make the countdown, didn't it?
― The POLL Can't Help It (James Redd and the Blecchs),
oops, yeah it did. I hope that was the only one I missed. That makes 34/50 including "Killing Floor," 33 if it's excluded.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
otm on 111 and 212, dont know the other one xpost
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
man dudes i got shut out on this one. only placed 11 out of 50. pulling my ballot up as we speak
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
JJJusten - get thee to youtube and listen to Shirlee & Lee. Great cut.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
My non placing choices. 120 Gene Kelly - Singin' in the Rain 271 6 0 122 Buddy Holly - Well...All Right! 267 4 1 kornrulez6969149 Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll 236 5 0 154 Buddy Holly - It Doesn't Matter Anymore 232 3 0 158 Elvis Presley - Heartbreak Hotel 226 6 0 169 Julie London - Cry Me A River 211 6 0 177 Vince Taylor - Brand New Cadillac 201 4 0 180 Buddy Holly - Maybe Baby 199 3 0 196 Yves Montand - Rue St Vincent 182 3 0 197 Moondog - Dog Trot 181 4 0 205 Bernard Herrman - "Vertigo" Theme 176 4 0 206 Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You 175 3 0 248 Little Junior and the Blue Flames - Feelin' Good 140 2 Billy Dods300 Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen 103 3 0 311 John Cage and David Tudor - Indeterminacy Part 1 99 2 0317 Lord Rockingham's XI - Hoots Mon 96 1 0 349 Odetta - Midnight Special 84 2 0 355 Lord Kitchener - London Is The Place For Me 82 2 0 389 Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon 64 2 0 501 Bernard Bresslaw - Mad Passionate Love 33 1 0 501 Perez Prado - Mambo No. 5 33 1 0 501 The Swallows - It Ain't The Meat, It's the Motion 33 1 0501 Wynonie Harris - Lovin' Machine 33 1 0
― The multi-talented F.R. David (Billy Dods), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
my top 10
1. Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk 2. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too 3. Elvis Presley - Mystery Train 4. Clyde McPhatter - A Lover's Question 5. Frank Sinatra - Night And Day 6. Lefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil 7. Barret Strong – Money8. Phil Phillips - Sea of Love 9. Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman 10. The Rays – Silhouettes 11. Professor Longhair - Go to the Mardi Gras12. Ray Charles - What'd I Say 13. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Don't Start Me Talkin'14. Nat King Cole – Unforgettable15. Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?16. Buddy Holly - Peggy Sue17. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby 18. Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential 19. Little Richard and His Band - Jenny, Jenny 20. Johnny Mathis - Wonderful Wonderful 21. Ricky Nelson - Poor Little Fool22. Mickey and Sylvia - Love Is Strange 23. Johnny Burnette - The Train Kept A-Rollin'24. Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy 25. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll26. Big Bopper - Chantilly Lace27. Fats Domino – Blue Monday28. Hank Williams - Cold, Cold Heart29. Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful 30. The Coasters - Poison Ivy
31. Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & Roll32. Billie Holiday - I'm a Fool to Want You33. Bobby Freeman - Do You Want to Dance 34. Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven 35. Ella Fitzgerald - Anything Goes36. Gene Vincent - Cat Man37. Johnny Cash - Guess Things Happen That Way38. Julie London – Cry Me A River39. Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah 40. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone To Love41. Sam Cooke - Only Sixteen42. The Cadillacs - Speedoo43. The Cellos - Rang Tang Ding Dong (I Am the Japanese Sandman)44. The Chords - Sh-Boom45. The Dominoes - Sixty Minute Man46. The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night 47. The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You 48. The Platters – The Great Pretender49. The Spaniels - Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite50. Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
my ballot, I mean
ranked, things that placed struck out:
The Platters – The Great PretenderMills Brothers - Be My Life's CompanionVaretta Dillard - Mercy Mr. PercyWynonie Harris - Bloodshot EyesEartha Kitt - I Want to Be EvilJohnnie Ray - The Little White Cloud That CriedWanda Jackson - Fujiyama MamaHowlin' Wolf - Smokestack LightningRosemary Clooney - Come On-A My HouseChet Baker – My Funny ValentineTom Lehrer - We Will All Go Together When We GoLes Paul & Mary Ford - How High the MoonSpeedy West & Jimmy Bryant - Stratosphere BoogieMarty Robbins – Big IronThe Collins Kids - Whistle BaitThe Jacks - Why Don't You Write Me?The Five Keys - The Glory Of LoveThe Phaetons - I Love My BabyPerez Prado - Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom WhiteLloyd Price - Lawdy Miss ClawdyLefty Frizzell - If You've Got the Money, I've Got the TimeElla Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be FriendsNervous Norvous - TransfusionBig Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle & RollLink Wray & His Ray Men - RumbleClyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Money HoneyBig Mama Thornton — Hound DogJohnnie Ray - CryBo Diddley - Who Do You Love?Doris Day - Que sera, sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)Gene Vincent – JezebelHank Williams – Moaning the BluesJohnny Cash - I Walk the LineChuck Berry – MaybellineFlatt & Scruggs - Roll In My Sweet Baby's ArmsCannonball Adderley – Autumn LeavesBrownie McGhee and Sonny Terry - Better DayBig Al Downing - Down On The FarmDuane Eddy - Rebel RouserHowlin' Wolf - Killing FloorThe Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for YouBernard Herrman - "Vertigo" ThemeArthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left MeDonald O'Connor - Make 'Em LaughThe Del Vikings - Come Go With MeJames Brown - Please, Please, PleaseCharlie Feathers - Can't Hardly Stand ItBuck Owens - Under Your Spell AgainDel Close & John Brent - CoolCarl Perkins – That's Right
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
im trying to save my outrage but i am so baffled that my number 1 didnt make the cut that i cant even
also how did les paul mary ford not make it?!!
so confused
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
and WHISTLE BAIT agghghg
I didn't vote or follow this thread at all but yay Flamingos!
― she choots, she pah! (DJP), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
13. Shirley Collins - The Cherry Tree Carol
this was the last song i cut, and i had such a goddam hard time with it. so beautiful. ultimately let it go mostly because i'd never heard it prior to this poll, and it's hard for me to sacrifice and old and true love in favor of something new and untried.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
amazing poll Johnny, thanks!
PS: did you add my vote for Go to the Mardi Gras to the points of Mardi Gras In New Orleans? I changed the title because I thought we agreed that was the right version (recorded in the 50's), but I see you didn't change the name.
― gospodin simmel, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
If it had made the top 101, i would've.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
My own ballot
The Platters - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes*The Flamingos - I Only Have Eyes for You*Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons*Santo & Johnny - Sleep Walk*Link Wray & His Ray Men - Rumble*Ray Charles - (Night Time Is) The Right TimeBarret Strong - Money*Dinah Washington - What a Diff'rence a Day MakesThe Storey Sisters - Bad Motorcycle*Phil Phillips - Sea of Love*Jackie Wilson - Lonely Teardrops*Miriam Makeba – Pata PataJerry Butler & The Impressions - For Your Precious LoveThe Chantels - MaybeHenry Mancini & His Orchestra - Peter GunnClarence 'Frogman' Henry - Ain't Got No Home*Elvis Presley – That's All RightThe Everly Brothers - All I Have to Do Is Dream*Mighty Sparrow — Jean and Dinah*Ilene Woods - A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
Big Mama Thornton — Hound Dog*Bo Diddley - Who Do You Love?*Bud Powell – Un Poco LocoEddie Cochran - Summertime Blues*Frank Sinatra - I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last NightFrankie Lymon & The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love*Gene Vincent - Cat Man*George Jones - White Lightning*Hank Williams - Long Gone Lonesome BluesHarry Belafonte - Day-OJerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin'*Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues*Johnny Mathis - Chances AreKen Nordine - Flibberty JibLefty Frizzell - Long Black Veil*Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim — Tonight (West Side Story)Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con DiosLittle Richard - The Girl Can't Help ItMarty Robbins - El PasoNat King Cole - Unforgettable*Raymond Scott - Cindy Electronium*Screamin' Jay Hawkins — I Put a Spell on You*The Champs - Tequila*The Chordettes - Mr. Sandman*The Chords - Sh-Boom*The Five Satins - In The Still Of The Night*The Isley Brothers - Shout*The Monotones - Book of Love*The Penguins - Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)*The Treniers - Poontang
31/50 on my ballot made the top 101.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
this is interesting
307 Bill Doggett - Honky Tonk 100 1 1 gospodin simmel307 Elvis Presley - Baby, Let's Play House 100 1 1 whatever307 Gene Vincent - The Night Is So Lonely 100 1 1 (fizzles the chimp) gamalielratsey307 Professor Longhair - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand 100 1 1 PeteScholtes
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:53 (twelve years ago) link
i'd like to fap with the other three. it's worth a night out.
If anything, I resent losing last place.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't vote for Elvis. I've been regretting it a little as we've counted down, and my internal jukebox is telling me That's Alright Mama is his best song.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
It was between That's All Right and Mystery Train for me. Ending up going with the former, but was totally happy to see the latter take #6.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
quick observations
1. thanks johnny and seandalai2. phil philips - what??3. no dion and the belmonts :-(4. the capris - way too low5. suspicious of hivemind love for flamingos. it's good but it's not 'smoke gets in your eyes' or a host of others6. great how the electronic 50s made such an impact in the poll.7. 50s jazz should get its own poll (but i'm not volunteering)8. thanks johnny and seandalai - if I can paraphrase IK, it's been a week of exceptional added value.9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92iwC-xI3mE
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
phil philips what what?
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
Agree there are better renditions of "Sea of Love" than the original, but the original is solid.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
no wai
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
phil philips' version is one of my favorite songs of all time, no one else even comes close.
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
The Phil Phillips version is the one, I think.
hivemind #1! My ballot did exceedingly well. The only two of my top ten not to place were the Marcels' "Blue Moon", & the Edsels' "Rama Lama Ding Dong". You can see from those two how my tastes run.
― Euler, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
ashamed to say, as a 50s lover, i'd never heard 'sea of love' before. my life has not changed one iota since hearing it.
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I wasn't really blow away by it either...? Actually most of the stuff in the top 10 is fairly "blah" to me
― i hate it when rats eat my bushels (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
im trying to save my outrage but i am so baffled that my number 1 didnt make the cut that i cant evenalso how did les paul mary ford not make it?!!so confused― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:42 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― lemon kerrang! (jjjusten), Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:42 PM (58 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
given the diversity of material in this poll, throw me to the lions for suggesting this but could a poll within a poll work? so the first votes would be on the full long list, in order to get to a short list of, say, 100.
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
I don't want to have too many "as god is my witness, I swear I thought turkeys could fly" moments here, but I am kinda shocked "Blue Suede Shoes" didn't make the top 100.
― Josef K-Doe (WmC), Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
My moment like that is "El Paso".
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAPEfdjvTqE
― whatever, Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
hey WmC which blue suede shoes version are you repping for?