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I actually might like the follow up single Candy more.

"Candy" is a better song IMO, but yeah that entire album! "Back and Forth" is also a monster of a song.

Have never knowingly listened to CCR, mainly because I loathe the name, but that was excellent :)

xxpost: It makes no sense to me why we aren't going back to 2 minute singles. What's the point of having pop songs that run over 3 minutes? All the new generations including mine have the attention span of a housefly and whatever you're going to sing in 4 minutes I'm sure you could reduce it by half and it wouldn't lose any of its catchy banality.

Voted Creedence, but not this one, still happy to see it though.

I didn't vote but I think I love (or at least like a lot) every single song on this list. Good work, consensus.

I voted for several pre-1950 tracks and would be surprised if at least a few of them didn't show up around here somwhere.

Oh no I meant Candy is the only other Cameo I've heard.

― Hey Christian, Poulsen Sugar On Me (pandemic), Tuesday, November 30, 2010 6:32 PM (10 minutes ago)

Along with Word Up some of their earlier albums are worth getting, their debut Cardiac Arrest is a classic. They started out quite gritty and funky similar to someone like The Ohio Players but Word Up is really where they peaked.

I think Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday are probably the only artists from the first half of the century who are certain to appear, though I do hope we get to see some Piaf, Debussy, Ella, Satchmo, Ravel, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sinatra, Glenn Miller, and Scott Joplin.

if we are still on the breakup songs subject (i know we are not but stay with me) I feel a need to correct my earlier remark about "All The Young Dudes" being the best thing Ian Hunter did. "I Wish I Was Your Mother" is. devastating song

I think the Ellington and Louis Armstrong votes may have gotten split up among the dozens of songs nominated. I think I gave big points to "John The Revelator" and "Summertime" at least.

I can think of five songs from the first half of the century that got my vote. there might be more

forgot about John The Revelato and Summertime. idiot

I originally thought Kanye West was brilliant for making 'power' a 1:30 single and wished more artists followed on this path before I realized it was just a promo and the original song was actually 4:52 long. It lost most of its appeal to me shortly after that.

Oh I did vote for 'summertime' and a couple of Billie Holiday songs, forgot they're pre50s.

91. (TIE) TOOTS & THE MAYTALS "Pressure Drop" (1970) [1,282 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rb13ksYO0s

another YES!!!

I really need more Toots in my life.

everybody does

Can you just post a lousy song please Johnny F.? I should be in bed as I've got to get up at 2am for work and the current run of tracks aren't helping to persuade me to call it a night ;)

Love "Pressure Drop", first of my votes to place today.

xp

yeah, this list is on a winning streak

idk 'smells like teen spirit' was pretty lousy.

Good list so far, I'm surprised there is so much consensus based off of such a huge list of choices. I tried voting but only managed to get down to about 300 songs before I had to leave town for Thanksgiving. Not really sad though because a lot of stuff I like is showing up here.

First time hearing Cameo though - good stuff!

First time hearing Cameo though - good stuff!

If that's the only positive to come of this exercise, then I have done my job!

Just to backtrack a lot: I can kind of understand why people were scratching their heads over Jenny Ondiolline if they've only heard that YouTube version. The 18 minute album version is obviously one of Stereolab's magnum opuses.

you had never heard "Word Up"??

91. (TIE) THE VINCE GUARALDI TRIO "Linus and Lucy" (1964) [1,282 points, 13 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoPl35n_AY

too low imo

perfect symbiosis of images and music.

have no idea why i didn't vote for "pressure drop", but so great to see it show. go around singing it to myself all the time. tell the truth, i snubbed reggae, dub and ska in my votes. i think desmond dekker's "israelites" is the only song from that continuum i threw any points at. :(

did vote for "linus & lucy" though, so double yay

you had never heard "Word Up"??

― skip, Tuesday, November 30, 2010 1:04 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Nope, first time. When I clicked the YouTube I was expecting it to be something I recognized, but no dice.

Is the presence of 10cc on this list based on some kind of Ariel Pink-induced nostalgia wave?

it's just based

90. THE CLASH "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" (1978) [1,287 points, 11 votes]

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

Was on my initial list, but eventually got nixed for 'London Calling'

Had the band replaced London with, I dunno, Louisville (Kentucky) would it have garnered the same amount of fame?

As much as I love the Clash, I wouldn't have been butthurt by them not being on this list. I guess "Hammersmith" is as good a choice as any, though.

89. THE BEATLES "Penny Lane" (1967) [1,290 points, 11 votes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyJ2EEvRBU

uh oh

wat??? thought it'd hit the top 25 at the least

that song is massively overrated

good song but this means there will be a lot of beatles songs in the list

Alongside 'Eleanor Rigby' one of the two really really really popular Beatles songs I don't actually care for.

The Beatles' entire 1967 output is the black hole in their catalogue imo

but it's probably one of the catchiest songs of all time christ

Far from my favourite Beatles song tbh.

Agree with above sentiment that this is one of the most overrated Beatles songs.

I guess I shouldn't say "entire" 1967 output, but most of it...blech.

xp @Johnny: I'd rate Walrus/Strawberry Fields/Hello Goodbye as excellent songs from 1967.

"Elanor Rigby" is a fucking monster of a song, possibly the best thing The Beatles ever recorded.