i'm pretty sure my best friend proposed to his wife with that as the soundtrack.
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for "Sea of Love" too.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
What other pre-1960 songs are dead certs for the top 33? Strange Fruit, surely.
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"I Only Have Eyes For You" was used in "American Graffiti"
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
was it also used in the wonder years?
― charlie h, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The more I think about it, the more a 50s tracks poll sounds like a good idea. I'll put that on the to-do list for 2011.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
didnt we already do a 50s poll?
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
if you say so, gramps.
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't looked. If so, I didn't catch it.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Wikipedia sez so
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
also i thought 11 was designated 00s music poll time
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― The baby boomers have defined everything once and for all (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, December 2, 2010 1:28 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark
yeah, i'm almost certain that's in. better be...
i meant to nominate the ink spots' "i don't want to set the world on fire" from 1941, but forgot. frown. suspect it would have had a decent shot at the top 100.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
just say oh noes.
xp
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, "The Queen Is Dead", "Sweet and Tender Hooligan", "London"... I love it when they rock out
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP)
Yeah, the Smiths are often derided/adored for their mopy side, but I'm with you: I love them as a real rock band. The first half of Louder Than Bombs is desert-island stuff for me.
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Flamingos WTF! What a great song; can't believe I've never (rememberingly) heard it before! Will be on full repeat for days. Makes up for myriad sins and omissions.
― a confident, off-duty spy (staggerlee), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AZIvDD5Lw
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The chorus is haunting in the Flamingos track -- that has to be one of the crunchiest chords in canon pop. Sonic Youth doesn't count
― skip, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
better quality youtube vid here: 63nlhoda2MY
― skip, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Am I right in thinking that JF hinted that there was going to be at least one pre-50s track still to come?
― emil.y, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that Flamingos song is great and a total curveball. I need that Rhino doo-wop boxed set don't I.
― Gavin in Leeds, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
see, in my mind that song isn't a curveball at all, largely because it's one of the doo-wop songs my dad played incessantly while I was growing up
― Yeezy reupholstered my pussy (DJP), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
33. FUNKADELIC "Maggot Brain" (1971) [1,908 points, 16 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh3bleXWaCk
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, the only doo-wop song my dad ever played was "The Longest Time" xp
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:42 (thirteen years ago) link
That Ink Spots song was in the nominations, btw.
maggot brain sucks dudes sorry
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, how did I miss it?! I should've voted for it, I love that tune!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Voted for Maggot Brain - possibly wouldn't have been my choice of Funkadelic, but it definitely doesn't suck.
― seandalai, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I voted for the Ink Spots song. That and 'Java Jive' are two of my favorite songs in this style.
― Moka, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that ink spots track is sooo much better than Maggot Brain.
― skip, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I first heard "I Put a Spell on You" in Jim Jarmusch's Stranger than Paradise, in which it figures fairly prominently, in a way.
― _Rudipherous_, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
(x-post)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I wanted to vote for 'super stupid' by Funkadelic but it wasn't in the noms. Don't really care about Maggot Brain.
― Moka, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I think I might turn into noodle vague with those anti maggot brain commentsxps
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
32. JOY DIVISION "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (1980) [1,909 points, 18 votes]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUcv7UMW4Ck
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
milk is so much better than orange juice. discuss.
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Maggot Brain is okay, but it has too much guitar.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ILM <3 Peter Hook.
― seandalai, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
It's a guitar jam, though. I don't have a strong opinion on Maggot Brain one way or another, but it wouldn't have been recorded if it was played on xylophone.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
And Love Will Tear Us Apart would've been a great pop tune if the band had had a better singer and they'd mixed the vocals higher. What's up with the mix on that song?
― Tuomas, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
id rather see "yeah this is a great track " rather than "oh no i hate this track i wish it hadn't placed"
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I bet you like Paul Young's version then? xp
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I may never recover my breath again, still laughing so hard at this.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
who knew tuomas would have a challenging opinion about maggot brain?
― Ectothiorhodospira shaposhnikovii (nakhchivan), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, December 2, 2010 1:42 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
was it? crap, i can't believe i missed it! what i get for making a shoddy last-minute rush job of my ballot. one of my all-time favorites, and i'd hate to think my sloth kept it out of the running. on the other hand, if it was in the list, maybe it still has a shot?
speaking of oldies i didn't vote for, was really hoping that "smoke gets in your eyes" would show up. feeling like a long shot at this point, boo.
― phish in your sleazebag (contenderizer), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite Hooky bit in this track is when he incorporates the melody from "Then He Kissed Me" into the song's climax
― kelolpapyrus (Pillbox), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
this poll gets better with like every group of 5
Isn't this supposed to be the case?
― You're Twistin' My Melody Man! (Geir Hongro), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't vote for it but a classic track all around.
― skip, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't "Love Will Keep Us Together" nominated?
― hipity-hopity muzik ftw! (Ioannis), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
was really hoping that "smoke gets in your eyes" would show up. feeling like a long shot at this point, boo.
That was my #1. It did not place (as mentioned upthread somewhere).
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone watch that JD video? Not very exciting , but it has lolBono singing the chorus to it and fucking it up.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link