I remember reading that the other Beach Boys urged him to change it, maybe along with the record label.
I'm a big fan of the Etherial Wave music that came out when this hit Florida around 2000 (Mira, Lovespirals, Autumn's Grey Solace, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, so on). Can't really come up with 20, however. This thread made me realize that my musical taste is a mile wide and an inch deep.
I have to cheat a little here and go from the mid 60's to the early 70's since that encompasses my favorite tunes from this genre. 60's, 70's Blues Rock and Rock: Small Faces-You Need Loving Small Faces-You Really Got a Hold On Me John Mayall's Bluesbreakers-Hideaway Yardbirds-Smokestack Lightning Led Zeppelin-How Many More Times Jimi Hendrix-Hear My Train A-Comin Cream-Born Under A Bad Sign Jimi Hendrix-Machine Gun Procul Harum-Whiskey Train Mountain-Mississippi Queen Canned Heat-On the Road Again Blind Faith-Presence of the Lord Janis Joplin-Kozmic Blues The Who-Young Man's Blues Humble Pie-I Don't Need No Doctor Jeff Beck Group-I Ain't Superstitious Rolling Stones-Tumbling Dice Rolling Stones-Stop Breaking Down Allman Brothers-Stormy Monday The Doors-Roadhouse Blues
I really don't hate or even dislike any of these. I don't find them tacky, just sappy. They're a big part of what was on the radio at the time. I bring them up because IMO there isn't quite as much in the genre in subsequent decades (aside from That's What Friends are For and Heartlight and anything by James Ingram, neither of which reach the deepest levels of sap that Shannon and The Rose and Alone Again reach). I wouldn't give an exemption for Debby. Oh, and I'll throw in Longer by Dan Fogelberg at #21. Sorry seems to me Elton's least thought-out tune, and it's a borrowed progression, too. Can't recall the classical guy who did it first.
80's Country. I can't figure out what makes country country. Twangy fender telecaster? Twangy singing accent? Simple two tone/alternating bass notes? Singing about guns, trains or constantly having bad luck with women, the drink and jobs? The Devil’s Right Hand - Steve Earle Highwayman - The Highwaymen City of New Orleans - Willie Nelson Pancho & Lefty - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Passionate Kisses - Lucinda Williams Guitar, Cadillacs - Dwight Yoakum He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones Old Chunk of Coal - Billy Joe Shaver Roll on Mississippi - Charlie Pride That’s The Way Love Goes - Merle Haggard What I Like About Texas - Gary P. Nunn Texas Women - Hank Williams Jr. Fishin' In The Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Amarillo By Morning - Amarillo By Morning Old Hippie - The Bellamy Brothers Nowhere Road - Steve Earle I Was Country When Country Wasn’t Cool - Barbara Mandrell You Just Can’t Beat Jesus Christ - Billy Joe Shaver Hillbilly Rock - Marty Stuart The Race Is On - Sawyer Brown Think I’ll Go To Mexico - Gary P. Nunn
oh yeah please do! I like stuff that sounds like Peter Tosh and Inner Circle but because my reggae knowledge doesn't go much beyond them and Bob Marley I don't even know where to start.
"I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the pouring rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got runned over by a dammed old train!" You Never Even Called Me By My Name (Steve Goodman/John Prine, made famous by David Allen Coe) The bad luck with women, drink, and jobs came to country from the blues, the guns from folk, but the trains are from Jimmy Rogers... The bass notes are a good indicator after about 1975, but some distinctly country bassists-- Emory Gordy for example-- don't do that; and before John Entwhistle all the English Invaders except McCartney did. But anyways, your list can all be counted as country-- the closest to exceptions (IMO) are "City" which is a folk song, but is done by Ol' Willie, and "Passionate Kisses" which,well, I'd count Lucinda as a singer/ songwriter and probably will-- but the song was a hit on the country charts for Mary Chapin Carpenter, so... I mean y'know, Japan is a country-- and Hank Sasaki recorded "This Is Where The Cowboy Rides Away" over there, and he don't have no twang...
Several years ago my kid and I were driving through a Central Valley town (basically California's Midwest) and at a light we stopped next to a huge pickup with a young white guy blasting a song that said, "Ah'm a good ol' country boy, ah read mah Bible every day...." My kid to this day thinks those lyrics are the archetype of country music. Though I did play him Merle Haggard's The Old Man from the Mountain several months back and he admitted that was way the hell better....
Singer/songwriter, 70's-- Because "Folkie" doesn't really cover it anymore Eric Andersen-- Blue River Joan Baez-- Gulf Winds (But wait! She's the very definition of "folkie!" Yeah but she wrote ever' damn thing on this puppy, and it is excellent...) Joan Armatrading-- Love and Affection David Bromberg-- Diamond Lil Jackson Browne-- For A Dancer Jimmy Buffet-- A Pirate Looks At Forty David Crosby-- Laughing Janis Ian-- At 17 Rickie Lee Jones-- Last Chance Texaco Carol King-- So Far Away Kate and Anna McGarrigle-- Prends Ton Manteau Joni Mitchell-- Rainy Night House Joni Mitchell-- River Joni Mitchell-- Free Man In Paris Joni Mitchell-- The Jungle Line John Prine-- Clocks and Spoons Paul Siebel-- Louise JD Souther-- White Rhythm and Blues James Taylor-- Millworker Cris Williamson-- Waterfall
Here's my 70's reggae, for your pleasure. Some of my favorite music ever. I'm still trying to keep it to one song per artist, but Lee Perry had his hand in several of these even if his name doesn't appear.... The Wailers: Duppy Conqueror (earlier version preferred) Toots & the Maytals: Pomp and Pride Jimmy Cliff: Sitting in Limbo Desmond Dekker: Pickney Gal The Pioneers: Time Hard The Upsetters: Justice to the People Rupie Edwards: Irie Feelings Dub Specialist: Musical Science Burning Spear: Slavery Days Augustus Pablo: King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown King Tubby & Friends: How Long Dub Junior Murvin: Roots Train The Congos: Children Crying Prince Far I: Black Man Land Culture: Iron Sharpen Iron The Observers: Sir Niney's Rock Clifton Gibbs & the Selected Few: Brimstone & Fire Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus: Rise Jah Jah Children Andy Capp: Pop a Top Peter Tosh: I Am that I Am
I dunno 'bout yours, but mine was a farm girl from North Brookfield with a drunk and abusive father and a dog named Bucket... Oh, you mean in the songs? At a guess Steven Foster and Edwin Christy, though we don't know a whole lot about Christy's repertoire other than "Swanee River." Foster wrote a metric ton of mother songs, although none of them seen to be memorable today; and he did write the oldest dog song I know of-- "Old Dog Tray." One would guess that Christy and his imitators picked them up, and a few of those companies survived long enough to overlap with the birth of vaudeville. And vaudeville had considerable bleed through into the early Grand Old Opry. "Tray" itself was durable enough that Walt Kelly was familiar with it, as he has Beauregard Bugleboy singing it in one of the early "Pogo" strips, c. 1950
80s music from movie soundtracks - has to be a song released in the 80s (sorry Mozart/Amadeus and Louis Armstrong/Good Morning Vietnam and La Bamba and both Big Chill soundtracks etc.) but not necessarily for/with the soundtrack originally. No concert films included (seems unfair) and no documentaries. And I had to see the movie in the 1980s too, so anything from July 1988 to the end of the decade is out (no movie viewing; long story). Also: only one song per movie, which was tough in some cases. In alphabetical order by song title with artist and movie included as well: "Big Bottom" - Spinal Tap - This Is Spinal Tap "Don't You Forget About Me" - Simple Minds - The Breakfast Club "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" - Tears for Fears - Real Genius "Footloose" - Kenny Loggins - Footloose "Holiday Road" - Lindsey Buckingham - Vacation "I'm Alright" - Kenny Loggins - Caddyshack "I Melt With You" - Modern English - Valley Girl "In Your Eyes" - Peter Gabriel - Say Anything "I've Had the Time of My Life" - Jennifer Warren and Bill Medley - Dirty Dancing "Love Will Turn You Around" - Kenny Rogers - Six Pack "Man in Motion (St. Elmo's Fire)" - John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire "On the Road Again" - Willie Nelson - Honeysuckle Rose "Power of Love" - Huey Lewis and the News - Back to the Future "Pretty in Pink" - The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink "Purple Rain" - Prince - Purple Rain "Say You, Say Me" - Lionel Richie - White Nights "Take a Look at Me Now" - Phil Collins - Against All Odds "Up Where We Belong" - Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warren - An Officer and a Gentleman "We Don't Need Another Hero" - Tina Turner - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome "What a Feeling" - Irene Cara - Flashdance
Awesome - not to mention how you put yourself in these Houdini-like situations with your criteria - and yet still come through with a great list of songs.
Great list - really hard to do that genre without a ton of tracks involving Lee Perry - he basically defined the genre. Mine will likely involve multiple tracks from artists too.
Jesus & Mary Chain, no order, roughly 1985 - 1995. An underappreciated band IMO who was much more than Psychocandy. As Jim Reid once said "we were shooting for the sound of Nancy Sinatra backed by Einsturzende Neubauten." How can that be a bad thing? - The Hardest Walk - Something Wrong - Just Like Honey - Never Understand - Some Candy Talking - Deep One Perfect Morning - Darklands - Bo Diddly is Jesus - April Skies - Head On (also covered nicely by The Pixies) - Blues From a Gun - Reverence - Far Gone and Out - Dirty Water - Sometimes Always - Take It Away - Black - I Hate Rock N Roll - 33 1/3 - Something I Can't Have Video featuring the lovely Hope Sandoval And Something I Can't Have because I love William Reid's guitar here
1980s College Rock, defined by music I can remember hearing on a college radio station, either WIUX at my college, WVKC in my home town, and/or KLSU for grad school... Trying to avoid repeats. And after 7 or 8 it's more in order of recall than anything else. 1) REM: Radio Free Europe. 2) The Smiths: How Soon is Now? 3) Jazz Butcher: Caroline Wheeler's Birthday Present 4) Violent Femmes: Blister in the Sun 5) Arto Lindsey and the Ambitious Lovers: Cross Your Legs. 6) Romeo Void: Never Say Never 7) David Byrne/Brian Eno: Help Me Somebody 8) replacements: I Will Dare 9) Peter Gabriel: Shock the Monkey 10) King Crimson: Neil and Jack and Me. 11) Talking Heads: Born Under Punches 12) The Blasters: So Long Baby Goodbye 13) Minutemen: This An't No Picnic 14) Love and Rockets: Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man 15) Psychedelic Furs: I Wanna Sleep With You 16) Shitdogs: Raw Meat 17) Vapors: Turning Japanese 18) The Cult: Aphrodisiac Jacket 19) The Police: Synchronicity 20) Butthole Surfers: Cowboy Bob.
I thought I was the only person ever noticed the Jazz Butcher at all... Ever hear Jo-el Sonnier's zydeco cover of "So Long Baby Goodbye?" Makes a great accordion and rubboard tune.
1979-1988 DCI individual tunes: La Suerte De Los Tontos- 1979 Blue Devils Niner Two- 1981 27th Lancers Georgia- 1979 Spirit Of Atlanta Tiger Of San Pedro- 1980 Crossmen Ya Gotta Try- 1981 Blue Devils Malaguena- 1988 Madison Scouts Ole- 1978 North Star Spanish Dreams- 1978 Bridgemen Pegasus- 1980 Blue Devils In The Hall Of The Mountain King- 1979 Phantom Regiment Greensleeves- 1980 Guardsmen Armenian Dances, Pt. I- 1984 Phantom Regiment Stone Ground Seven (drum solo)- 1981 Santa Clara Vanguard Cachaca (drum solo)- 1979 Bridgemen Elsa's Procession To The Cathedral- 1978 Phantom Regiment The First Circle- 1987 Blue Devils Nuttville- 1978 Spirit Of Atlanta Devil Went Down To Georgia (drum solo)- 1980 Spirit Of Atlanta Through The Eyes Of Love- 1981 Madison Scouts Sweet Georgia Brown- 1980 Spirit Of Atlanta Most of these are either classical or big band compositions (the last is pretty much a straight copy of a Basie arrangement), but they're not covered by the usual sort of ensembles here.
Huh! Did you know there's a second generation regimental competitor in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart-- his father's regimental corps was his "gateway drug" to drumming IIRC...