Find a song that everybody on ILM likes

Oh, and also no dismissals of "Surfin' Bird", "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" and "The Magic Number" so far.

"Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" and "The Magic Number"

don't like these, sorry. don't know surfin' bird. what is that?

waitwait...'Out of Space' - The Prodigy was a top-10 hit in every country of Europe in 1992, so it is well-known and yes, gets my okay.

And ahem...I'll say all of Motown except Smokey Robinson.

"Surfin' Bird" = classic bit of utterly demented semi-verbal gibberish by surf band the Trashmen, from 1963 or 64. It made the ILM top 100 list, if I'm not mistaken.

Okay, so I'll take Omar's word on "Out Of Space", and now "Tracks Of My Tears" and "Tears Of A Clown" are back in the race.

Louie Louie
this song annoys me to no end. I have to leave the room when it is playing .
, "Let's Stay Together"
Do not know it at all , "Bring The Noise"
I find this silly . I do not want our rep sonf to be a cheap novelty
Don't You Want Me",
I like this alot
"Common People",
This is one of my favorite songs peroid
"Love Hangover" and "Theme From Mahogany" (unless they're on Motown, in which case Omar says nay),
too much butter causes grease stains
"Upside Down", "Ace Of Spades", "Unfinished Sympathy",
do not know any of thses
"Rockafeller Skank", "Rasputin"
see the comment under brign the noise
"Rebel Rebel great song

How about these boots are made for walking

A lot of excellent choices here, but I vote "Roadrunner" by The Modern Lovers. I hope it's famous enough. How can anyone dislike it? (Then again, I suppose people will... )

MELT WITH YOU BY MODERN ENGLISH! AH! Anyone?

...anyone?

Patrick Calimero: I really admire the diligence of your post above, the way you categorize each suggestion. But I must add

1. My 'ouch' comment meant: I don't like this '"dance" 'music' "stuff"' of yours.

2. 'Rattlesnakes' and 'Heartbroken?', not famous??? Who are you trying to kid? Foul on Lloyd, I say. Referee!!

I second "Don't You Want Me". Most of the other songs have gone unheard by me (including "Waterloo Sunset", which I probably have in my collection).

If we're going to nominate an AC/DC song, it should be "Back In Black". And get that namby-pamby disco shit out of here. 10,000+ people in Old Comiskey Park burning vinyl can't be wrong.

Oooh, I do like 'Roadrunner'.

Excellent thread you crazy musos.

(sorry, these boots are covered in shite)

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack's version Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry Sign O The Times - Prince New England - Billy Bragg but sung by Kirsty to be on the safe side?

'Rattlesnakes' and 'Heartbroken?', not famous??? Who are you trying to kid? Foul on Lloyd, I say. Referee!!

Well I'm sure Lloyd Cole's mom really likes them.

So do we disqualify any and all dance music in advance, Pinefox ? That would be sad.

Incidentally, "I Melt With You" blows.

Back in Black: yes of course :)

Roadrunner = no; Pablo Picasso (or whatever the name is of that song by Modern Lovers) = yes

Don't you want me = allright.

Hey, Ms. Tori Amos is set to cover Lloyd's "Rattlesnakes" on an upcoming album of covers (including Eminem & 10 other folks' songs). A healthy smattering of fame is sure to follow. Or royalty checks, at the very least.

And no Beatles songs??? Am I missing something here? Granted, they'll get shot down as easily as anything else on this list. I'll pony up "I'm Only Sleeping".

And, hot damn, I DO have "Waterloo Sunset" in my mess of a music collection! (A purty song, sho nuff.) I should start spelunking for those Brian Wilson demos. You know - the RARE ones.

Everything mentioned so far seems acceptable, or I haven't heard it.

Maybe we'd have more luck with TV themes. how about the Buffy one?

Patrick C: considering the gleeful pot-shots taken by every poster so far at every record to get through... yes, we do. Life is sad. That much is for sure.

'Rattlesnakes' is not obscure. You people don't know what you're talking about. Stuart Murdoch knows it. He has it spelled out in fridge magnets.

David R: you're quite right re. Beatles. They ought to be on here, but people will always shoot them down. (Where I came in.)

That "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" song in Mary Poppins!

Surrender, by Cheap Trick. Soon, by My Bloody Valentine. Honky Tonk Woman, by The Stones.

beach boys 'god only knows' omd 'souvenir' 'higher than the sun'

Pulp blows. I'd second "Roadrunner" but it's already nixed. Did anyone nix the Bowie track yet? I'll support it. Sterling may be on to something with Cheap Trick's "Surrender" but surely someone who hates power pop or who can't disassociate the Trick from "I Want You to Want Me" will deep six that as well.

And if we're short on Beatles numbers, can I advance "And Your Bird Can Sing"?

I love "Honky Tonk Women" but there are too many Stones-hating party- poopers for that one to make it.

Mary Poppins song: total classic, anyone who hates it is the spawn of Satan. Love Honky Tonk Woman too and Soon and Higher than the Sun and God Only Knows :)

okay, okay last one for today:

Sly Stone - Dance to the Music or I Want To Take You Higher.

Even the most fundamentalist disco-burning rocker must like Sly. Right?

My husband has just wondered aloud whether there is anybody, anywhere who doesn't like Cameo's 'Word Up'? If someone says nay here, then I can tell him yes. One only has to think of that red cod-piece and smile.

Ah, red codpiece! Big hair in a box! Ah!

Saw that codpiece fellow @ the tail-end of the new Mariah Carey video. Still doing that juju that he do so well.

Sly Stone's offering HAS to be "Hot Fun in the Summertime". Hate him for the cocaine, hate him for the 'fro, hate him because he's beautiful, but you can't deny this song.

Is anyone tracking this bitch?

I'm keeping track. But now there's too many songs, we need some more grouches to come in and tear everything to pieces - first time I've ever felt this way on ILM for sure !

Pre-conscription Elvis, say, Heartbreak Hotel. Everyone must like this, seeing as it (may well have I'm not judging anything here) invented all popular music after 1956. Am I right? (Chorus of 'no.')

Bill

i was going to suggest something by public enemy but then i remembered someone would disagree.

i seem to remember that even the smiths-haters liked "how soon is now?" i dissed it but more because it's not one of my favourites. i'll happily vote for it over "radioactivity" or something. i also remember nobody casting a dud vote for joy division. "transmission" maybe?

Well scroo yoo, Sundar! You're the one nay-sayer for Kraftwerk. Anyway, what about "Get Into the Groove"? Anybody?

Nope. And I'm also shooting down "Rebel Rebel" and "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay."

okay i hate disney musicals so that Mary Poppins sacharine enema is out
I can deal with early elvis, but if we are going in that direction why don't we choose Jerry Lee Lewis.
In that vein, there are 100 Rolling Stones songs better then the one suggested (for example cocksuckers blues or brown sugar )
I really find My Bloody Valentine indie wankery and Cheap Trick boring .

New Suggestions :
Beck - Loser
Nirvana - All Apologies
Leonard Cohen- Chelsea Hotel
Jerry Lee Lewis-High School Confidental (sp?)
Madonna- Cherish
Bob Dylan _ Rainy Day Woman

and Dave Suggests :
Traveling Wilburys- Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Janis Ian- Seventeen
Joan Jett - Cherry Bomb
Low-Lazer Beam

"Move on Up" by Curtis Mayfield? "'Heroes'" by Bowie? "Crazy" by P. Cline?

Crazy sounds great

I will kill Beck myself mercifully and gently before anybody else tears apart the man. That will never fly in *this* group. And Janis Ian and any Madonna song is heretofore nixed by me.

wow...

don't know if I'm more surprised by the level of consensus or some of the out of line vetoes (someone hates everything on motown? c'mon!)

we probably don't need any more nominations, but how about "be my baby" by the ronettes? can you really dislike this song?

more than happy to go along with most others esp. roadrunner, heroes, crazy, all early elvis & jerry lee, all apologies, cherry bomb.

nix on the mary poppins and melt with you & rattlesnakes (purely on the basis of it being defended because of its potential to be covered by tori amos).

NO with varying degrees of emphasis to anything by Nirvana, Smiths, Leonard Cohen, Madonna , Billy Bragg, My Bloody Valentine, did i miss anyone? Traveling Wilburys, Janis Ian, those were jokes, right? Joan Jett - Cherry Bomb OK but it's by the Runaways, lead singer was Cherie Currie. Low, I've never heard them & doubt that I'd be alone, jeez don't waste time suggesting obscure stuff.

If Pinefox is allowed to nix all dance music then I'm going to happily nix all rock'n'roll - sorry Elvis, Jerry, Kingsmen etc. (OK, I'll nix the examples given, but feel free to offer others). No to Roadrunner though I think I'm about the eighth person to point this out - J.Richman pisses me off. Doo-Wop and girl groups however equal YES, and Omar's acceptance of Smokey Robinson suits me fine.

How utterly silly yet addictive this thread turned out to be :)

Beck gets shot down (just to make sure you know). No Dylan :)

Yes to: "Heroes", "Be my Baby" and hell everybody loves "Move on Up".

AS much as I love "Brown Sugar" et al. I just know Sundar is waiting to veto ;) [btw. can't anyone -you know- delete that post by that fool who nixed all of Kraftwerk, we scientifically proved that Kraftwerk is classic with no dud votes].

"Heroes" - NO NO NO. Bowie's worst famous song. Utterly leaden.

"Move On Up" - actually no - Curtis sounds like he's wheedling you into celebration. "People Get Ready" yes, though.

Not going to argue with "Be My Baby" though it's a middling Spector track for me.

Tom: like you, did not intend to nix entire genre - was really trying to take them case by case. I agree that Prior Overall Generic Nixing = Dud for discussion.

Also agree with you re. the silly and overrated J Richman (what the heck is this 'Roadrunner' anyway?), will back Ronettes, am surprised at all-rock-and-roll nix. Shocked, in fact.

'Papa Don't Preach'.

I'm willing to pull back my veto of Motown if the Kraftwerk veto is pulled. Simple as that. It was a bit of a silly revenge "oh you want to play it LIKE THAT!" move. :)

I'll be waiting (and still have ace up sleeve, but someone has to keep Masonic Boom from her computer ;)

Papa Dont Preach is the worst example of Madonna.
And about Low, David has heard it and David is like Tanya , he owns no music.

Okay new ones, since all of mine have died.
Hey Mr Postman- Ronettes
Leader of the Pack- Shangri Las (its John Waters favorite)
Night Clubbing - Iggy Pop
Blackbird- Beatles
Love on a farm boys wages- XTC
God save the Queen -sex pistols
Rock the Casbah- The Clash

and what is the singer songwriter hatred here, Dylan,Cohen,Janis Ian grrrr

this revenge-veto thing is stupid.
the clash sort of suck but i could put up w/ lots of their songs as long as none of them are "rock the casbah", that song is a 4 minute turd.

Hey, I've got one. Throwing Muses, 'Counting Backwards'. No-one's going to nix this. They were sort of Orphic unheimlich domestic poetesses. From Amherst.

More weeding out: say goodbye to "And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Higher Than The Sun".

Dubious on grounds of unheard by too many, unless can be proven otherwise : that Low song, "Love On A Farmboy's Wages", "Counting Backwards" (sorry again, Pinefox).

I'm strongly tempted to retaliate against Tom's nixing of all early rock and roll by dismissing all Brit indie from this thread, but I'm too much of a gentleman ;)

I think Ned needs to get his butt on here. My tastes go along with the consensus too much. By the time HE gets done with this thread, we'll be lucky if 3 songs are left standing.

Hey, I've got one. Throwing Muses, 'Counting Backwards'. No-one's going to nix this. They were sort of Orphic unheimlich domestic poetesses. From Amherst.
Pinefox I can't tell if this is sarcasm or fuckin what.

I also don't like "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face".

"Counting Backwards" gets yes vote here :) As does 'God save the Queen' and 'Nightclubbing' although I prefer the Grace Jones version.

Patrick, thoughts on Sly Stone?

Omar - No complaints against the Sly Stone songs, I love all the ones suggested so far.