i thought this task was going to be easy. it was even more difficult than me trying to type this posting with perfect posture. very difficult things for me. one thing i found very interesting was that my top 5 songs weren't necessarily by bands who i would call my top 5 bands... i mean... maybe.... but maybe not... weird that those two don't go hand in hand. while i was compiling the list of 5, it accidentally stretched to about 18 songs or so. so i had to really edit there and i attempted to break down those 18 into categories and not put in more than one from each cateegory - so some great tunes were left out. i must say though, with all this tom waits trashing going on, i was tempted to fill my list with his songs... which could almost be feasible, but i refrained. i would like to retort, however, that the beegees might go on my bottom 5 bands list... so perhaps me and chris/mike make a nice yin and yang here? but still, if i ever ran into a Bee or a Gee, they'd better be carrying cupcakes or be saying something real nice about my mom or something... otherwise i might do something mean like trip them - and i don't want to be a mean person
without further time awaisted: the top 5 (in alphabetical order by the artist name)
martha my dear - the beatles :
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I feel like I know everyone on this blog less and less. Not that I even know you TJ, but my initial impressions are already long gone. I do love this Stevie Wonder pick. He needs to appreciated more. When's the last time you had something nice to say about someone named Stevie?
Adam, any chance we can continue this next week with some of the rest of us getting a chance to post our top five? I don't mean to be a "latedice" but it would be nice to share.
i don't even think cupcakes could make me like the bee gees. if i saw them and they said something about my mom, nice or not, those cupcakes would end up their asses.
i always thought the beatles and stevie wonder songs were good, but i guess they never really stood out to me listening to the albums, i forgot how good martha was until i just listened to it on here. my thinking on coltrane and kimya is also kind of skewed, i could tell you that i thought they were both good, but none of their songs really stick out as being better than another. they just end up as as every coltrane or kimya song in my head, like they are a genre of music themselves. which makes listening to their albums really hard because by the third song, i feel like i heard that song 3 times. i prefer their songs coming up in a shuffle.
i agree with ricky. more lists.
oh yes i can understand that for sure... though on the surface level, i would have to say that anything with a thematic element would seem repetitive. i think thats more a universal thing than a kimya and coltrane thing - but i hear where youre coming from - perhaps these two songs can be your pinnacles then hmm? also, i can only hope that the initial impression you had, ricksterb, was that i was a major jerk with no sense of sonic enjoyment.... and now youre newfound knowledge has me held in a much nicer light?...??? thats my oooonly guess
I just tried this Martha My Dear trick and boy didn't it work like the devil. As Eric said, I love the song but I never necessarily think of it when I think the Beatles. Which maybe shouldn't be the case.
I think you guys are just uninformed on the BeeGees. These guys are awesome. I'll write more in a couple hours when this Coltrane song is over.
I think everyone I've talked to about these entries has been unable to single out one Beatles song for their top 5 including myself. Or maybe we're afraid of the possible debate it would start. So nice job taking the plunge. I don't think anyone would've predicted Martha My Dear. I like surprises! And I like these top fives! I'll do one next week!
yes, i think these are all really nice picks. i really enjoyed the kimya...that song always makes me smile.
as i get ready for mine i am realizing how really difficult this is for me, and how it probably can't be a top 5 of all time. that would be impossible. but we'll see how it goes.
one down, one up is possibly my favorite coltrane as well. i will give candy to any of the non-jazz fans who read this who made it all the way through. bravo huff.
if the second half of abbey road counted as one song then that would have definitely been on my top 5.
Allegedly when McCartney brought "Martha My Dear" into the studio and played it for Harrison, he told him it was about his English Sheepdog Martha and her making a mess in the house. Harrison said "You can write about anything, can't you?" I can only imagine a much bitchier comment going through his head.
Great fucking Fugazi song too. "Red Medicine" is the jam. A pre-recommend, if you will.
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