Find a song that everybody on ILM likes

In other words, find a song from Sheffield that everybody on ILM likes.

Seeing that nobody voted dud in Kraftwerk C-o-D it must be Kraftwerk. "The Model" then?

other:

Pixies - 'Debaser'?

Um - 'Maple Leaf Rag'.

Bill

Or else something by Dio.

I got it! One of these must be universally liked:

'Staying Alive', 'I Feel Love', and hell even the most rockist of rockers loves 'Le Freak', yes?

i have one : Ring Of Fire

another: Ace of Spades.

Has anyone disliked Waterloo Sunset yet? I by no means think it's great but it's quite a pleasant listen, so that may be our best bet.

I still back Tom E on the Kinks. People that don't like it can resign. I like 'Wichita Lineman' too, though, like everybody else.

'Rattlesnakes'. 'Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?'.

Infact i am willing to bet a years worth of G&T's on the outcome.

I'm glad you don't mean it when you say we don't know country music (if that's what you're saying; it can be hard to tell). I mean, Tim Hopkins is reading this. Possibly.

I'll nix both 'Waterloo Sunshite' and 'Candy Says'...sorry.

Okay another path, how about Blondie - Heart of Glass. Surely anyone who does not like this song also has no soul, yeah? And if that does not work we'll have to pull out the big one, yep, ABBA.

'Tears of a Clown' is a yes btw.

'Heart Of Glass' is acceptable but not my favourite Blondie.

I don't think that that was the real fake Tanya Headon above - rather a fake fake one. Right?

Tanya - Okay, songs enjoyed by all ILMers who aren't professed music- haters then :).

Masonic Kate - oh, it would be fairly easy to find a performer no one here likes, I think. I don't think anyone has yet found a way to rehabilitate Michael Bolton.

As for 'Heart of Glass', without being able to see Debbie Harry her voice is far too annoying.

I back 'Waterloo Sunset', but some miserable bugger has already scuppered that I believe. So I'll have to canvas opinion for 'Hi-Ho Silver Lining'. What a stomper! Or failing that, 'Sunday Morning' by the Velvets. Possibly.

again with the disco, I fear

Or "Rebel Rebel"?

Or something by Meatloaf...

What about The Magic Number by DeLa Soul? Or Sitting On The Dock of the Bay? Or The Man Don't Give A Fuck by SFA?

I veto all Kraftwerk records.

But, Boney M = excellent choice!

Rebel Rebel is 6 out of 10 but 6 in this case is enough.

"Surfin Bird"?

And yes, 'Rasputin' is silly, that's the bleedin' point...jeez, a black guy sporting an afro with a fake beard doing a russian dance isn't exactly Tolstoy, innit? ;)

Don't You Want Me (Human League)

can't remember hearing. VETO.

God Only Knows (Beach Boys)

great.

Souvenirs (OMD)

can't remember hearing. VETO.

Transmission (Joy Division)

can't stand the guy's voice. just kidding. keep it in.

People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions)

shamefacedly, i can't remember if i've heard this. give me a day to recollect before i say "VETO."

Virginia Plain (Roxy Music)

shame again. i don't think i've heard this. but "third uncle" is ace. and "baby's on fire" is brilliant. too bad roxy gets a VETO for this one.

Be My Baby (Ronettes)

i don't think i know this. i know the "just like honey" drumline is taken right from this and i want to keep it in just for that. look, i'll try to hear this within the next couple of days. Death Disco (Public Image Limited)

classic, of course.

Surf City (Jan & Dean)

doesn't stand out in my mind. VETO.

I'm A Boy (The Who)

don't care about this. VETO.

Higher And Higher (Jackie Wilson) Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells) Ghost Town (The Specials)

don't know these three. VETO.

Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin) All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople)

both wonderful.

River Deep Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner) Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield) Bang A Gong (T. Rex)

don't know them. VETO.

Radioactivity (Kraftwerk)

keep it in.

I Love Rock and Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts) I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)) Cannonball (The Breeders)

all good.

Flash Light (Parliament)

sigh. i like what i know of parliament but i don't think i know this. let me see if i can hear it in the next little while.

Gypsies Tramps & Thieves (Cher)

cher is evil. VETO.

Hell's Bells (AC/DC)

good tune.

Adnan's (Orbital)

d/k. VETO.

I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges)

ace.

Alone Again Or (Love)

d/k. VETO.

Israelites (Desmond Dekker)

d/k. VETO.

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)

i hate country music. VETO.

Mary Mary (Run-DMC)

grade 6 was a good time. leave it in.

Makin' Time (The Creation) How Does It Feel To Feel (The Creation) Baby Come Back (The Equals)

d/k. VETO.

Gimme Some Money (Spinal Tap)

it would be so cool if this was the only remaining song.

Anyway, I have to speak up for 'ignorance' after what Mark S has said about me.

One person's Obvious Knowledge = another person's Obscurity.

Don't worry, I have huge gaps in knowledge, that's half the fun of discovering new/unheard stuff.

I'm glad someone occasionally finds my attitude entertaining (and instructive. "Instructive"? WOW!!)

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I veto the following cos I don’t really like them:

Alone Again Or (Love)

Israelites (Desmond Dekker)

And I’m afraid I have to veto the following cos I don’t know them (could be good, could be not):

Transmission (Joy Division)

Death Disco (Public Image Limited)

Surf City (Jan & Dean)

Higher And Higher (Jackie Wilson)

Tighten Up (Archie Bell & The Drells)

Communication Breakdown (Led Zeppelin)

Bang A Gong (T. Rex)

Radioactivity (Kraftwerk)

I Love Rock and Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)

I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts))

Flash Light (Parliament)

Gypsies Tramps & Thieves (Cher)

Hell's Bells (AC/DC)

Adnan's (Orbital)

I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Stooges)

Mary Mary (Run-DMC)

Makin' Time (The Creation)

Baby Come Back (The Equals)

Gimme Some Money (Spinal Tap)

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That leaves:

Don't You Want Me (Human League) OK

God Only Knows (Beach Boys) Fabulous

Souvenir[no s?] (OMD) Great

People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield & the Impressions) Passable

Virginia Plain (Roxy Music) Great - I think

Be My Baby (Ronettes) Pretty great

I'm A Boy (The Who) Dandy

Ghost Town (The Specials) OK for 80s nostalgia etc

All The Young Dudes (Mott The Hoople) Entertaining

River Deep Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner) I like it, I think

Son Of A Preacher Man (Dusty Springfield) Fine

Cannonball (The Breeders) Ace

I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) But I'm not sure I do know this, actually. I hope I do.

How Does It Feel To Feel (The Creation) Gets through thanks to rubbish but fun Ride cover.

Things needed to be kicked up a notch. The list was full of stuff like "Tighten Up" and "I'm A Boy" that no one was particularly enthusiastic about but that still weren't getting vetoed, 'cause not enough people knew them. So in the end our Winner will truly have unanimous across-the-board wall-to-wall criticism-proof ILM approval. Or something close enough, give me a break :-p

BTW, there are 2 songs left.

i generally make an effort to learn more about and thus know more about musics that interest me. (was parliament really that obscure?)

80s dance/pop only gets radio play here on the "80s lunch hour" on the top 40 station. a lot of music from 1976-1986 does still get regular rotation on commercial radio here but it's the aor and hard rock from that time, with a bit of the worst new wave (police, cars, payolas) mixed in. i'm willing to pit my knowledge of '76-'86 hard rock against yours. actually, now that we have a commercial alt- rock station, the cure, depeche mode, new order, and at least one smiths song do get rotation. maybe they play "don't you want me?" too. i couldn't tell you though because i don't know how the song goes.

Any bells Sundar? It gets played near daily in Toronto.

oh, and "flash light" too.

Hey, Sundar just vetoed one of the 2 remaining songs ("Be My Baby"), so we have a winner !

Onto records everyone hates, but it has to be something otherwise acclaimed. Surely no one actually likes "Yesterday"?

🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈BUSY SIGNAL • BALLOON (floating, floating, everybody floating)🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈

Even I like it. Even LJ likes it.

Will the naysayer(s) please step forward?

I mean, it’s not my style, so no I don’t enjoy it

This new flag button is fiddly but it works

It's pleasant, and I don't have any problem with it, but I wouldn't say it grabs me in an exceptional way yet, as a relative outsider to the genre. I'll give it time.

Tbf I don't love it. But I do like it.

can't say I give a shit about this song. the sound is super-tinny, I don't like that.

balloon

On one hand, I'm a dancehall stan and I wouldn't necessarily have picked this as a world-uniting crowd-pleaser (Koffee's "Toast" would be a safer bet I'd think?). On the other, I sent this song to a friend after she got harassed by nazis on twitter all day and she said it cheered her up

xpost on my third hand, just seeing the word balloon now puts this song in my head

"Toast" does a lot more for me on first listen.

BALLOON

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Kinda can't believe it hasn't been suggested yet but I think we'll be able to lock thread with this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiHysKnvGs