The Song Project Constitution
For each induction year, voters have the ability to vote for 30 songs. A minimum of 25 song most be inducted, but only a maximum of 35 songs.
Each voting period will consist of 5 days. The first day will be a nomination day. Each voter is allowed to nominate songs what to get inducted. The remaining 4 days will be for voting. Voting will close at 3pm Eastern time, unless specified otherwise.
Only songs that are nominated are eligible to receive votes. Voters are allowed to nominate a maximum of 10 songs from songs that are not newly eligible songs. All newly eligible songs are automatically nominated. Songs become eligible 25 years after the earliest date in which the song was released to the public, either as a single or on an album. Only songs released during or after 1955 are allowed to be nominated. During this time people can discuss and coordinate the songs they plan on voting for.
A song can be inducted multiple times, depending on how many different versions, by different artists, deserve induction. This will allow for the induction of important cover versions.
All genres of music will be eligible. This includes, but is not limited to, Rock and Roll, Rockabilly, Country, Folk, Classical, R&B, Metal, Disco, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Traditional Pop, Jazz and Blues.
No explicitly designed trades or partial ballots are allowed. During the nomination day you are allowed to coordinate with other voters on what albums you want to vote for, give suggestions and such, but you are not allowed to say "I will vote for x, if you vote for y." Once you have submitted a ballot you are allowed a maximum of 3 vote changes. This change is only allowed under your own free will and not apart of a trade or designed switch with another.
Tie-breaker rules will be the following:
- Voting is extended for 24 hours (This will be during the nomination day)
- Only those who voted in the first round of voting can vote in the tie-breaker
- The objective of the tie-breaker is to get the total number of albums inducted for that year to the maximum number of 35
- This will be done by ranking the albums in your order of preference, the top preference will receive the most votes and the lowest preference will receive one vote, so on and so forth in-between
- All of these votes will be added up and the top vote getters (up to the necessary amount) will be inducted
- Songs that lose the tie-breaker are automatically nominated
These rules can be amended by a majority vote of the body or by act of the moderator if there appears to be a consensus by the body.
| Year Inducted | Artist | Song | Song Year |
| 1986 | Big Joe Turner | "Shake, Rattle & Roll" | 1954 |
| 1986 | Bill Haley & His Comets | "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" | 1954 |
| 1986 | Bo Diddley | "Bo Diddley" | 1955 |
| 1986 | Chuck Berry | "Maybellene" | 1955 |
| 1986 | Fats Domino | "Ain't That a Shame" | 1955 |
| 1986 | Little Richard | "Tutti Frutti" | 1955 |
| 1986 | Carl Perkins | "Blue Suede Shoes" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | "Don't Be Cruel" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | "Heartbreak Hotel" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | "Hound Dog" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps | "Be Bop a Lula" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Johnny Cash | "I Walk the Line" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Screaming Jay Hawkins | "I Put a Spell on You" | 1956 |
| 1986 | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | "That'll Be the Day" | 1957 |
| 1986 | Elvis Presley | "Jailhouse Rock" | 1957 |
| 1986 | Jerry Lee Lewis | "Great Balls of Fire" | 1957 |
| 1986 | Jerry Lee Lewis | "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" | 1957 |
| 1986 | The Everly Brothers | "Bye Bye Love" | 1957 |
| 1986 | The Everly Brothers | "Wake Up Little Susie" | 1957 |
| 1986 | Chuck Berry | "Johnny B. Goode" | 1958 |
| 1986 | Eddie Cochran | "Summertime Blues" | 1958 |
| 1986 | Ritchie Valens | "La Bamba" | 1958 |
| 1986 | Ray Charles | "What'd I Say (Pt. 1 & 2)" | 1959 |
| 1986 | Chubby Checker | "The Twist" | 1960 |
| 1986 # | George Gershwin | "Rhapsody in Blue" | 1924 |
| 1986 # | Billie Holiday | "Strange Fruit" | 1939 |
| 1986 # | Judy Garland | "Over the Rainbow" | 1939 |
| 1986 # | Bing Crosby | "White Christmas" | 1942 |
| 1986 # | Woody Guthrie | "This Land Is Your Land" | 1944 |
| 1986 # | Bill Monroe | "Blue Moon of Kentucky" | 1946 |
| 1986 # | Muddy Waters | "Rollin' Stone" | 1950 |
| 1986 # | Jackie Brenston | "Rocket 88" | 1951 |
| 1986 # | The Drifters | "Money Honey" | 1953 |
| 1987 | Elvis Presley | "That's All Right" | 1954 |
| 1987 | Ray Charles | "I've Got A Woman" | 1954 |
| 1987 | Johnny Cash | "Folsom Prison Blues" | 1955 |
| 1987 | Chuck Berry | "Roll Over Beethoven" | 1956 |
| 1987 | Fats Domino | "Blueberry Hill" | 1956 |
| 1987 | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | "Peggy Sue" | 1957 |
| 1987 | Chuck Berry | "Rock and Roll Music" | 1957 |
| 1987 | Chuck Berry | "School Days" | 1957 |
| 1987 | Danny & The Juniors | "At The Hop" | 1957 |
| 1987 | Duane Eddy | "Rebel Rouser" | 1958 |
| 1987 | Jackie Wilson | "Lonely Teardrops" | 1958 |
| 1987 | Little Richard | "Good Golly Miss Molly" | 1958 |
| 1987 | Peggy Lee | "Fever" | 1958 |
| 1987 | The Champs | "Tequila" | 1958 |
| 1987 | Barrett Strong | "Money (That's What I Want)" | 1959 |
| 1987 | Marty Robbins | "El Paso" | 1959 |
| 1987 | The Isley Brothers | "Shout (Pt. 1 & 2)" | 1959 |
| 1987 | Brenda Lee | "I'm Sorry" | 1960 |
| 1987 | Ray Charles | "Georgia On My Mind" | 1960 |
| 1987 | Sam Cooke | "Wonderful World" | 1960 |
| 1987 | The Ventures | "Walk Don't Run" | 1960 |
| 1987 | Ben E. King | "Stand By Me" | 1961 |
| 1987 | Dion | "Runaround Sue" | 1961 |
| 1987 | Etta James | "At Last" | 1961 |
| 1987 | Patsy Cline | "Crazy" | 1961 |
| 1987 | Patsy Cline | "I Fall To Pieces" | 1961 |
| 1987 | Ray Charles | "Hit The Road Jack" | 1961 |
| 1987 | The Tokens | "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" | 1961 |
| 1987 # | Cab Calloway | "Minnie The Moocher" | 1931 |
| 1987 # | Robert Johnson | "Cross Road Blues" | 1937 |
| 1987 # | Robert Johnson | "Love In Vain" | 1937 |
| 1987 # | Lead Belly | "In The Pines (Where Did You Sleep Last Night?)" | 1944 |
| 1987 # | Louis Jordan | "Caldonia" | 1945 |
| 1987 # | Flatt & Scruggs | "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" | 1949 |
| 1987 # | Hank Williams | "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" | 1949 |
| 1987 # | Ruth Brown | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" | 1953 |
| 1987 # | Carter Family | "Wildwood Flower" | 1928 |
| 1988 | The Chords | "Sh-Boom" | 1954 |
| 1988 | Elvis Presley | "Mystery Train" | 1955 |
| 1988 | The Platters | "The Great Pretender" | 1955 |
| 1988 | Lavern Baker | "Jim Dandy" | 1956 |
| 1988 | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | "Not Fade Away" | 1957 |
| 1988 | Elvis Presley | "All Shook Up" | 1957 |
| 1988 | Chuck Berry | "Sweet Little Sixteen" | 1958 |
| 1988 | Connie Francis | "Who's Sorry Now" | 1958 |
| 1988 | Link Wray & His Ray Men | "Rumble" | 1958 |
| 1988 | Ricky Nelson | "Poor Little Fool" | 1958 |
| 1988 | The Everly Brothers | "All I Have To Do Is Dream" | 1958 |
| 1988 | Bobby Darin | "Mack The Knife" | 1959 |
| 1988 | The Shirelles | "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" | 1960 |
| 1988 | Ben E. King | "Spanish Harlem" | 1961 |
| 1988 | Del Shannon | "Runaway" | 1961 |
| 1988 | Ricky Nelson | "Travelin' Man" | 1961 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison | "Crying" | 1961 |
| 1988 | The Marcels | "Blue Moon" | 1961 |
| 1988 | The Marvelettes | "Please Mr. Postman" | 1961 |
| 1988 | Booker T. & The M.G.'s | "Green Onions" | 1962 |
| 1988 | Dick Dale | "Misirlou" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Beach Boys | "Surfin' Safari" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Beatles | "Love Me Do" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Four Seasons | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Four Seasons | "Sherry" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Isley Brothers | "Twist and Shout" | 1962 |
| 1988 | The Surfaris | "Wipe Out" | 1962 |
| 1988 # | Scott Joplin | "The Entertainer" | 1902 |
| 1988 # | Bessie Smith | "Downhearted Blues" | 1923 |
| 1988 # | Bessie Smith | "Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out" | 1929 |
| 1988 # | Paul Robeson | "Ol' Man River" | 1936 |
| 1988 # | Glenn Miller | "In The Mood" | 1939 |
| 1988 # | Cliff Edwards | "When You Wish Upon A Star" | 1940 |
| 1988 # | Nat "King" Cole | "(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" | 1946 |
| 1988 # | T-Bone Walker | "Call It Stormy Monday (Tuesday is Just as Bad)" | 1947 |
| 1988 # | The Weavers | "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)" | 1949 |
| 1988 # | Billy Haley & The Comets | "Crazy Man, Crazy" | 1953 |
| 1989 | Little Richard | "Long Tall Sally" | 1956 |
| 1989 | Bo Diddley | "Who Do You Love?" | 1957 |
| 1989 | Bobby Darin | "Splish Splash" | 1957 |
| 1989 | Little Richard | "Lucille" | 1957 |
| 1989 | The Coasters | "Yakety Yak" | 1958 |
| 1989 | The Kingston Trio | "Tom Dooley" | 1958 |
| 1989 | The Flamingos | "I Only Have Eyes For You" | 1959 |
| 1989 | Patsy Cline | "She's Got You" | 1962 |
| 1989 | Ray Charles | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | 1962 |
| 1989 | The Tornados | "Telstar" | 1962 |
| 1989 | Bob Dylan | "Blowin' In The Wind" | 1963 |
| 1989 | Dusty Springfield | "I Only Want To Be With You" | 1963 |
| 1989 | Jan & Dean | "Surf City" | 1963 |
| 1989 | Johnny Cash | "Ring of Fire" | 1963 |
| 1989 | Peter, Paul & Mary | "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Beach Boys | "Little Deuce Coupe" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Beach Boys | "Surfin' USA" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Beatles | "All My Loving" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Beatles | "I Want To Hold Your Hand" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Beatles | "She Loves You" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Crystals | "Da Doo Ron Ron" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Four Seasons | "Walk Like A Man" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Kingsmen | "Louie Louie" | 1963 |
| 1989 | The Ronettes | "Be My Baby" | 1963 |
| 1989 # | Louis Armstrong | "West End Blues" | 1928 |
| 1989 # | Mississippi John Hurt | "Stack O' Lee" | 1928 |
| 1989 # | Fats Waller | "Ain't Misbehavin'" | 1929 |
| 1989 # | Lead Belly | "The Midnight Special" | 1934 |
| 1989 # | Lead Belly | "Goodnight Irene" | 1936 |
| 1989 # | Ella Fitzgerald | "A Tisket, A Tasket" | 1938 |
| 1989 # | Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly | "We Shall Be Free" | 1944 |
| 1989 # | Nat "King" Cole | "The Christmas Song" | 1946 |
| 1989 # | Hank Williams | "I Saw The Light" | 1948 |
| 1989 # | Hank Williams | "Lovesick Blues" | 1949 |
| 1989 # | Nat "King" Cole | "Unforgettable" | 1951 |
| 1990 | Bob Dylan | "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" | 1963 |
| 1990 | Stan Getz and Joao Gilberto, w/ Astrud Gilberto | "The Girl From Ipanema" | 1963 |
| 1990 | Bob Dylan | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Dionne Warwick | "Walk On By" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Frank Sinatra | "Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Louis Armstrong | "Hello, Dolly!" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Martha & The Vandellas | "Dancing In The Street" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Roy Orbison | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | 1964 |
| 1990 | Sam Cooke | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Animals | "The House of the Rising Sun" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beach Boys | "Don't Worry Baby" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beach Boys | "Fun, Fun, Fun" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beach Boys | "I Get Around" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beatles | "A Hard Day's Night" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beatles | "Can't Buy Me Love" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beatles | "Eight Days A Week" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Beatles | "I Feel Fine" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Drifters | "Under The Boardwalk" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Kinks | "You Really Got Me" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Righteous Brothers | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Supremes | "Baby Love" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Supremes | "Where Did Our Love Go" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Temptations | "My Girl" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Who | "I Can't Explain" | 1964 |
| 1990 | The Zombies | "She's Not There" | 1964 |
| 1990 # | Ma Rainey | "See See Rider" | 1924 |
| 1990 # | The Carter Family | "Can The Circle Be Unbroken (By And By)" | 1935 |
| 1990 # | Duke Ellington | "Take The "A" Train" | 1941 |
| 1990 # | The Andrews Sisters | "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" | 1941 |
| 1990 # | John Lee Hooker | "Boogie Chillen" | 1948 |
| 1990 # | Fats Domino | "The Fat Man" | 1950 |
| 1990 # | Hank Williams | "Long Gone Lonesome Blues" | 1950 |
| 1990 # | Les Paul & Mary Ford | "How High The Moon" | 1951 |
| 1990 # | Hank Williams | "Your Cheatin' Heart" | 1953 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "Twist And Shout" | 1963 |
| 1991 | Elvis Presley | "Viva Las Vegas" | 1964 |
| 1991 | The Kinks | "All Day and All of the Night" | 1964 |
| 1991 | Bob Dylan | "Like A Rolling Stone" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Bob Dylan | "Positively 4th Street" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Bob Dylan | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Frank Sinatra | "It Was a Very Good Year" | 1965 |
| 1991 | James Brown | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | 1965 |
| 1991 | James Brown | "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Pt. 1&2)" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Lovin' Spoonful | "Do You Believe In Magic?" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Roger Miller | "King of the Road" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Simon & Garfunkel | "The Sounds of Silence" | 1965 |
| 1991 | Sonny & Cher | "I Got You Babe" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beach Boys | "California Girls" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "Help!" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "In My Life" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "Ticket To Ride" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Beatles | "Yesterday" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Byrds | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Byrds | "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Four Tops | "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Mamas & The Papas | "California Dreamin'" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Righteous Brothers | "Unchained Melody" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Rolling Stones | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Supremes | "Stop! In the Name of Love" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Vince Guaraldi Trio | "Linus & Lucy" | 1965 |
| 1991 | The Who | "My Generation" | 1965 |
| 1991 # | Bessie Smith | "St. Louis Blues" | 1925 |
| 1991 # | Jimmie Rodgers | "T For Texas (Blue Yodel #1)" | 1927 |
| 1991 # | Bing Crosby | "Brother Can You Spare A Dime" | 1932 |
| 1991 # | Bill Monroe | "Mule Skinner Blues" | 1940 |
| 1991 # | Billie Holiday | "God Bless The Child" | 1942 |
| 1991 # | Bing Crosby | "Swinging On A Star" | 1944 |
| 1991 # | Frank Sinatra | "The House I Live In" | 1946 |
| 1991 # | Julia Lee | "Snatch And Grab It" | 1947 |
| 1991 # | Wynonie Harris | "Good Rockin' Tonight" | 1948 |
| 1991 # | Burl Ives | "(Ghost) Riders In The Sky" | 1949 |
| 1991 # | Patti Page | "Tennessee Waltz" | 1950 |
| 1992 | Roy Orbison | "Only The Lonely" | 1959 |
| 1992 | Buck Owens | "Act Naturally" | 1964 |
| 1992 | Eddy Arnold | "Make The World Go Away" | 1965 |
| 1992 | The Beatles | "Day Tripper" | 1965 |
| 1992 | The Impressions | "People Get Ready" | 1965 |
| 1992 | The Yardbirds | "For Your Love" | 1965 |
| 1992 | Wilson Pickett | "In The Midnight Hour" | 1965 |
| 1992 | ? & The Mysterians | "96 Tears" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Dusty Springfield | "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Ike & Tina Turner | "River Deep Mountain High" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Lovin' Spoonful | "Summer In The City" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Percy Sledge | "When A Man Loves A Woman" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Simon & Garfunkel | "Homeward Bound" | 1966 |
| 1992 | Simon & Garfunkel | "I Am A Rock" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beach Boys | "God Only Knows" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beach Boys | "Good Vibrations" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beach Boys | "Wouldn't It Be Nice" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beatles | "Eleanor Rigby" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beatles | "Tomorrow Never Knows" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Beatles | "Yellow Submarine" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Byrds | "Eight Miles High" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Four Tops | "Reach Out I'll Be There" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Hey Joe" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Left Banke | "Walk Away Renee" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Monkees | "I'm A Believer" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Rolling Stones | "Paint It Black" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Rolling Stones | "Under My Thumb" | 1966 |
| 1992 | The Troggs | "Wild Thing" | 1966 |
| 1992 # | Al Jolson | "Swanee" | 1919 |
| 1992 # | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" | 1927 |
| 1992 # | The Carter Family | "Keep On The Sunny Side" | 1928 |
| 1992 # | Gene Autry | "Back In The Saddle Again" | 1939 |
| 1992 # | The King Cole Trio | "Sraighten Up And Fly Right" | 1944 |
| 1992 # | Joe Liggins | "The Honeydripper" | 1945 |
| 1992 # | James Baskett | "Zip A Dee Doo Dah" | 1946 |
| 1992 # | Roy Acuff | "Wabash Cannonball" | 1947 |
| 1992 # | The Orioles | "It's Too Soon To Know" | 1948 |
| 1992 # | Louis Jordan | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" | 1949 |
| 1992 # | The Weavers | "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" | 1950 |
| 1992 # | The Dominoes | "Sixty Minute Man" | 1951 |
| 1992 # | Bill Haley & The Saddlemen | "Rock The Joint" | 1952 |
| 1993 | Eddie Cochran | "C'mon Everybody" | 1958 |
| 1993 | The Contours | "Do You Love Me" | 1962 |
| 1993 | Roy Orbison | "In Dreams" | 1963 |
| 1993 | Bobby Darin | "If I Were A Carpenter" | 1966 |
| 1993 | Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels | "Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly" | 1966 |
| 1993 | Neil Diamond | "Solitary Man" | 1966 |
| 1993 | Paul Revere & The Raiders | "Kicks" | 1966 |
| 1993 | The Beach Boys | "Sloop John B" | 1966 |
| 1993 | The Supremes | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | 1966 |
| 1993 | Aretha Franklin | "Respect" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Bob Dylan | "All Along The Watchtower" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Buffalo Springfield | "For What It's Worth" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Cream | "Sunshine Of Your Love" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Jackie Wilson | "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Jefferson Airplane | "Somebody To Love" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Jefferson Airplane | "White Rabbit" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Procol Harum | "A Whiter Shade of Pale" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Scott McKenzie | "San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Beatles | "A Day In The Life" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Beatles | "Penny Lane" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Beatles | "Strawberry Fields Forever" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Box Tops | "The Letter" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Doors | "Break On Through (To The Other Side)" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Doors | "Light My Fire" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Purple Haze" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Monkees | "Daydream Believer" | 1967 |
| 1993 | The Turtles | "Happy Together" | 1967 |
| 1993 | Van Morrison | "Brown Eyed Girl" | 1967 |
| 1993 # | Fats Waller | "Honeysuckle Rose" | 1928 |
| 1993 # | Harry McClintock | "Big Rock Candy Mountain" | 1928 |
| 1993 # | Benny Goodman | "Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)" | 1937 |
| 1993 # | Count Basie | "One O'Clock Jump" | 1937 |
| 1993 # | Jimmie Davis | "You Are My Sunshine" | 1940 |
| 1993 # | Charlie Christian | "Solo Flight" | 1941 |
| 1993 # | Louis Jordan | "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" | 1946 |
| 1993 # | Roy Brown | "Rockin' At Midnight" | 1947 |
| 1993 # | Mahalia Jackson | "Move On Up A Little Higher" | 1948 |
| 1993 # | Lefty Frizzell | "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" | 1950 |
| 1993 # | Elmore James | "Dust My Broom" | 1951 |
| 1993 # | The Weavers | "On Top Of Old Smokey" | 1951 |
| 1993 # | Kitty Wells | "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" | 1952 |
| 1994 | Little Anthony & The Imperials | "Tears On My Pillow " | 1958 |
| 1994 | Donovan | "Universal Soldier " | 1965 |
| 1994 | Nina Simone | "Feeling Good " | 1965 |
| 1994 | Aretha Franklin | " (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman " | 1967 |
| 1994 | Leonard Cohen | "Suzanne " | 1967 |
| 1994 | Love | "Alone Again Or " | 1967 |
| 1994 | Sam & Dave | "Soul Man " | 1967 |
| 1994 | The Beatles | "All You Need Is Love " | 1967 |
| 1994 | The Beatles | "I Am The Walrus " | 1967 |
| 1994 | The Moody Blues | "The Afternoon: Forever Afternoon " | 1967 |
| 1994 | The Moody Blues | "The Night: Nights In White Satin " | 1967 |
| 1994 | The Velvet Underground | "Heroin " | 1967 |
| 1994 | Big Brother & The Holding Co. | "Piece Of My Heart " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Dusty Springfield | "Son Of A Preacher Man " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Glen Campbell | "Wichita Lineman " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Louis Armstrong | "What A Wonderful World " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Marvin Gaye | "I Heard It Through The Grapevine " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Otis Redding | "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Simon & Garfunkel | "Mrs. Robinson " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Steppenwolf | "Born To Be Wild " | 1968 |
| 1994 | Tammy Wynette | "Stand By Your Man " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Band | "The Weight " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Beatles | "Hey Jude " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Beatles | "While My Guitar Gently Weeps " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "All Along The Watchtower " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Rolling Stones | "Sympathy For The Devil " | 1968 |
| 1994 | The Zombies | "Time Of The Season " | 1968 |
| 1994 # | Louis Armstrong | "Heebie Jeebies" | 1926 |
| 1994 # | Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals | "Stardust" | 1927 |
| 1994 # | Ethel Waters | "Am I Blue?" | 1929 |
| 1994 # | Ernest Tubb | "Walking The Floor Over You" | 1941 |
| 1994 # | Glenn Miller | "Chattanooga Choo Choo" | 1941 |
| 1994 # | Edith Piaf | "La Vie En Rose" | 1946 |
| 1994 # | Nat "King" Cole | "Nature Boy" | 1948 |
| 1994 # | Lena Horne | "Stormy Weather" | 1949 |
| 1994 # | Louis Jordan | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" | 1949 |
| 1994 # | The Weavers | "Wimoweh" | 1951 |
| 1994 # | Big Mama Thornton | "Hound Dog" | 1952 |
| 1994 # | Gene Kelly | "Singin' In The Rain" | 1952 |
| 1995 | Peter, Paul & Mary | "Leaving On A Jet Plane" | 1967 |
| 1995 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "The Wind Cries Mary" | 1967 |
| 1995 | The Kinks | "Waterloo Sunset" | 1967 |
| 1995 | The Who | "I Can See For Miles" | 1967 |
| 1995 | Nilsson | "Everbody's Talkin'" | 1968 |
| 1995 | Sly & The Family Stone | "Everyday People" | 1968 |
| 1995 | The Beatles | "Helter Skelter" | 1968 |
| 1995 | The Beatles | "Revolution" | 1968 |
| 1995 | B. B. King | "The Thrill Is Gone" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Bad Moon Rising" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Fortunate Son" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Crosby, Stills & Nash | "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" | 1969 |
| 1995 | David Bowie | "Space Oddity" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Elvis Presley | "Suspicious Minds" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Frank Sinatra | "My Way" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Joni Mitchell | "Both Sides Now" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Led Zeppelin | "Whole Lotta Love" | 1969 |
| 1995 | MC5 | "Kick Out The Jams" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Neil Diamond | "Sweet Caroline" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Simon & Garfunkel | "The Boxer" | 1969 |
| 1995 | Simon & Garfunkel | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Band | "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Beatles | "Here Comes The Sun" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Jackson 5 | "I Want You Back" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones | "Gimme Shelter" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Rolling Stones | "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | 1969 |
| 1995 | The Stooges | "I Wanna Be Your Dog" | 1969 |
| 1995 # | W.C. Handy | "The Memphis Blues" | 1912 |
| 1995 # | Scott Joplin | "Maple Leaf Rag" | 1916 |
| 1995 # | Ginger Rogers | "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money) " | 1933 |
| 1995 # | Robert Johnson | "Hellhound on My Trail" | 1937 |
| 1995 # | Eddy Arnold | "Texarkana Baby" | 1939 |
| 1995 # | Louis Jordan | "Let the Good Times Roll" | 1946 |
| 1995 # | Hank Williams | "Move It On Over" | 1947 |
| 1995 # | Hank Williams | "Jambalaya" | 1952 |
| 1995 # | Lloyd Price | "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" | 1952 |
| 1995 # | Slim Whitman | "Indian Love Call" | 1952 |
| 1995 # | Dean Martin | "That's Amore" | 1953 |
| 1996 | Nina Simone | "See-Line Woman" | 1964 |
| 1996 | Them | "Gloria" | 1964 |
| 1996 | The Young Rascals | "Good Lovin" | 1966 |
| 1996 | Cream | "White Room" | 1968 |
| 1996 | The Rolling Stones | "Jumpin' Jack Flash" | 1968 |
| 1996 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Proud Mary" | 1969 |
| 1996 | Led Zeppelin | "Ramble On" | 1969 |
| 1996 | Merle Haggard | "Okie From Muskogee" | 1969 |
| 1996 | Norman Greenbaum | "Spirit In The Sky" | 1969 |
| 1996 | Black Sabbath | "Black Sabbath" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Black Sabbath | "Iron Man" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Black Sabbath | "Paranoid" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Chicago | "25 Or 6 To 4" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Have You Ever Seen The Rain" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | "Ohio" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Derek & The Dominos | "Layla" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Elton John | "Your Song" | 1970 |
| 1996 | George Harrison | "My Sweet Lord" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Grateful Dead | "Uncle John" | 1970 |
| 1996 | James Taylor | "Fire And Rain" | 1970 |
| 1996 | John Lennon | "Instant Karma!" | 1970 |
| 1996 | John Lennon | "Mother" | 1970 |
| 1996 | John Lennon | "Working Class Hero" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Johnny Cash | "Sunday Morning Coming Down" | 1970 |
| 1996 | Led Zeppelin | "Immigrant Song" | 1970 |
| 1996 | The Beatles | "Let It Be" | 1970 |
| 1996 | The Carpenters | "We've Only Just Begun" | 1970 |
| 1996 | The Kinks | "Lola" | 1970 |
| 1996 # | Blind Lemon Jefferson | "Matchbox Blues" | 1927 |
| 1996 # | Irving Berlin | "Puttin' On the Ritz" | 1930 |
| 1996 # | Big Joe Williams | "Baby, Please Don't Go" | 1935 |
| 1996 # | Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup | "That's All Right Mama" | 1946 |
| 1996 # | Hank Williams | "Hey Good Lookin'" | 1951 |
| 1997 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | "Shop Around" | 1960 |
| 1997 | Bobbie Gentry | "Ode To Billie Joe" | 1967 |
| 1997 | The Rolling Stones | "Ruby Tuesday" | 1967 |
| 1997 | Edwin Starr | "War" | 1970 |
| 1997 | The Jackson 5 | "ABC" | 1970 |
| 1997 | Al Green | "Let's Stay Together" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Alice Cooper | "I'm Eighteen" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Bill Withers | "Ain't No Sunshine" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Cat Stevens | "Peace Train" | 1971 |
| 1997 | David Bowie | "Changes" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Don McLean | "American Pie (Pts. 1 & 2)" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Elton John | "Tiny Dancer" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Jethro Tull | "Aqualung" | 1971 |
| 1997 | John Denver | "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | 1971 |
| 1997 | John Lennon | "Imagine" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Led Zeppelin | "Black Dog" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Led Zeppelin | "Stairway To Heaven" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Marvin Gaye | "What's Going On" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Rod Stewart | "Maggie May" | 1971 |
| 1997 | Sly & The Family Stone | "Family Affair" | 1971 |
| 1997 | T. Rex | "Bang A Gong (Get It On)" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Carpenters | "Superstar" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Doors | "Riders On The Storm" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Hollies | "Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Rolling Stones | "Brown Sugar" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Rolling Stones | "Wild Horses" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Who | "Baba O'Riley" | 1971 |
| 1997 | The Who | "Won't Get Fooled Again" | 1971 |
| 1998 | Dinah Washington | "What A Difference A Day Made" | 1959 |
| 1998 | Faron Young | "Hello Walls" | 1961 |
| 1998 | John Lee Hooker | "Boom Boom" | 1962 |
| 1998 | The Beatles | "Come Together" | 1969 |
| 1998 | The Beatles | "Something" | 1969 |
| 1998 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Lookin' Out My Back Door" | 1970 |
| 1998 | Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | "Woodstock" | 1970 |
| 1998 | Neil Young | "Southern Man" | 1970 |
| 1998 | Carole King | "It's Too Late" | 1971 |
| 1998 | John Lennon | "Jealous Guy" | 1971 |
| 1998 | Alice Cooper | "School's Out" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Bill Withers | "Lean On Me" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Carly Simon | "You're So Vain" | 1972 |
| 1998 | David Bowie | "Suffragette City" | 1972 |
| 1998 | David Bowie | "Ziggy Stardust" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Deep Purple | "Highway Star" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Deep Purple | "Smoke On The Water" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Edgar Winter Group | "Free Ride" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Elton John | "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long, Long Time)" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Lou Reed | "Walk On The Wild Side" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Mott The Hoople | "All The Young Dudes" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Neil Young | "Heart Of Gold" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Randy Newman | "Sail Away" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Seals & Crofts | "Summer Breeze" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Stevie Wonder | "Superstition" | 1972 |
| 1998 | The Rolling Stones | "Tumbling Dice" | 1972 |
| 1998 | The Temptations | "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone" | 1972 |
| 1998 | Todd Rundgren | "Hello It's Me" | 1972 |
| 1999 | Jimmy Cliff | "Many Rivers To Cross" | 1969 |
| 1999 | Free | "All Right Now" | 1970 |
| 1999 | Elton John | "Levon" | 1971 |
| 1999 | Isaac Hayes | "Theme From Shaft" | 1971 |
| 1999 | Yes | "Roundabout" | 1971 |
| 1999 | Nick Drake | "From The Morning" | 1972 |
| 1999 | The Spinners | "I'll Be Around" | 1972 |
| 1999 | Aerosmith | "Dream On" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Billy Joel | "Piano Man" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Bob Dylan | "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Bruce Springsteen | "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Dolly Parton | "Jolene" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Elton John | "Bennie And The Jets" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Elton John | "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Gladys Knight & The Pips | "Midnight Train To Georgia" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Hall & Oates | "She's Gone" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Free Bird" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Marvin Gaye | "Let's Get It On" | 1973 |
| 1999 | New York Dolls | "Personality Crisis" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Paul McCartney & Wings | "Band On The Run" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Paul McCartney & Wings | "Live And Let Die" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Pink Floyd | "Money" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Pink Floyd | "Time" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Roberta Flack | "Killing Me Softly With His Song" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Steve Miller Band | "The Joker" | 1973 |
| 1999 | Stevie Wonder | "Higher Ground" | 1973 |
| 1999 | The Allman Brothers Band | "Ramblin' Man" | 1973 |
| 1999 | The Eagles | "Desperado" | 1973 |
| 1999 | ZZ Top | "La Grange" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Dion | "The Wanderer" | 1961 |
| 2000 | The Beatles | "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" | 1967 |
| 2000 | Led Zeppelin | "Heartbreaker" | 1969 |
| 2000 | The Who | "Pinball Wizard" | 1969 |
| 2000 | Gil Scott-Heron | "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" | 1970 |
| 2000 | Mountain | "Mississippi Queen" | 1970 |
| 2000 | The Guess Who | "American Woman" | 1970 |
| 2000 | Elvis Presley | "Burning Love" | 1972 |
| 2000 | Alice Cooper | "No More Mr. Nice Guy" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Bob Seger | "Turn The Page" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Elton John | "Daniel" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Elton John | "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Paul Simon | "Kodachrome" | 1973 |
| 2000 | Sweet | "The Ballroom Blitz" | 1973 |
| 2000 | ABBA | "Waterloo" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Big Star | "September Gurls" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "No Woman No Cry" | 1974 |
| 2000 | David Bowie | "Rebel Rebel" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Elton John | "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Gram Parsons | "Return Of The Grievous Angel" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Harry Chapin | "Cat's In The Cradle" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Kraftwerk | "Autobahn" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Linda Ronstadt | "You're No Good" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Sweet Home Alabama" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Queen | "Killer Queen" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Rush | "Working Man" | 1974 |
| 2000 | Steely Dan | "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" | 1974 |
| 2000 | The Doobie Brothers | "Black Water" | 1974 |
| 2001 | James Brown & The Famous Flames | "Please, Please, Please" | 1956 |
| 2001 | Solomon Burke | "Cry To Me" | 1962 |
| 2001 | Strawberry Alarm Clock | "Incense And Peppermints" | 1967 |
| 2001 | Blue Cheer | "Summertime Blues" | 1968 |
| 2001 | Loretta Lynn | "Coal Miner's Daughter" | 1970 |
| 2001 | Janis Joplin | "Me And Bobby McGee" | 1971 |
| 2001 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | "From The Beginning" | 1972 |
| 2001 | The Rolling Stones | "Angie" | 1973 |
| 2001 | The Who | "Love, Reign O'er Me" | 1973 |
| 2001 | Joni Mitchell | "Free Man In Paris" | 1974 |
| 2001 | Aerosmith | "Sweet Emotion" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Aerosmith | "Walk This Way" | 1975 |
| 2001 | America | "Sister Golden Hair" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Bob Dylan | "Tangled Up In Blue" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Bruce Springsteen | "Born To Run" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Bruce Springsteen | "Thunder Road" | 1975 |
| 2001 | David Bowie | "Fame" | 1975 |
| 2001 | David Bowie | "Young Americans" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Fleetwood Mac | "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Heart | "Crazy On You" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Kiss | "Rock And Roll All Nite" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Led Zeppelin | "Kashmir" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Neil Young & Crazy Horse | "Cortez The Killer" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Pink Floyd | "Wish You Were Here" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Queen | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Rod Stewart | "Sailing" | 1975 |
| 2001 | The Bee Gees | "Jive Talkin'" | 1975 |
| 2001 | Willie Nelson | "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" | 1975 |
| 2002 | Dave Brubeck | "Take Five" | 1959 |
| 2002 | Elvis Presley | "Can't Help Falling In Love" | 1961 |
| 2002 | The Shangri-Las | "Leader Of The Pack" | 1964 |
| 2002 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | "The Tracks Of My Tears" | 1965 |
| 2002 | The Velvet Underground | "I'm Waiting For The Man" | 1967 |
| 2002 | Dr. John | "I Walk On Guilded Splinters" | 1968 |
| 2002 | King Crimson | "21st Century Schizoid Man" | 1969 |
| 2002 | Leon Russell | "A Song For You" | 1970 |
| 2002 | The Melodians | "Rivers Of Babylon" | 1970 |
| 2002 | The Staple Singers | "I'll Take You There" | 1972 |
| 2002 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | "Karn Evil 9" | 1973 |
| 2002 | ABBA | "Dancing Queen" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Al Stewart | "Year Of The Cat" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Blue Öyster Cult | "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Boston | "More Than A Feeling" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Jackson Browne | "The Pretender" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Kansas | "Carry On Wayward Son" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Kiss | "Beth" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Kiss | "Detroit Rock City" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Parliament | "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Paul McCartney & Wings | "Silly Love Songs" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Ramones | "Blitzkrieg Bop" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Sex Pistols | "Anarchy In The U.K." | 1976 |
| 2002 | The Eagles | "Hotel California" | 1976 |
| 2002 | The Eagles | "Life In The Fast Lane" | 1976 |
| 2002 | The Spinners | "The Rubberband Man" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Thelma Houston | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | 1976 |
| 2002 | Thin Lizzy | "The Boys Are Back In Town" | 1976 |
| 2003 | The Spencer Davis Group | "Gimme Some Lovin'" | 1966 |
| 2003 | Albert King | "Born Under A Bad Sign" | 1967 |
| 2003 | Gordon Lightfoot | "Sundown" | 1974 |
| 2003 | Billy Joel | "Just The Way You Are" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Billy Joel | "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "Three Little Birds" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Cheap Trick | "I Want You To Want Me" | 1977 |
| 2003 | David Bowie | "Heroes" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Donna Summer | "I Feel Love" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Mr. Blue Sky" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Elvis Costello | "Alison" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Eric Clapton | "Wonderful Tonight" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Fleetwood Mac | "The Chain" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Fleetwood Mac | "Dreams" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Fleetwood Mac | "Go Your Own Way" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Iggy Pop | "Lust For Life" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Buffett | "Margaritaville" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Kansas | "Dust In The Wind" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Kraftwerk | "Trans-Europe Express" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Meat Loaf | "Paradise By The Dashboard Light" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Peter Gabriel | "Solsbury Hill" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Queen | "We Are The Champions" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Queen | "We Will Rock You" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Ramones | "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Sex Pistols | "God Save The Queen" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Steely Dan | "Deacon Blues" | 1977 |
| 2003 | Talking Heads | "Psycho Killer" | 1977 |
| 2003 | The Bee Gees | "Stayin' Alive" | 1977 |
| 2004 | Miles Davis | "So What" | 1959 |
| 2004 | Petula Clark | "Downtown" | 1964 |
| 2004 | The Doors | "The End" | 1967 |
| 2004 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Down On The Corner" | 1969 |
| 2004 | The Allman Brothers Band | "Whipping Post" | 1969 |
| 2004 | The Rolling Stones | "Honky Tonk Women" | 1969 |
| 2004 | The Velvet Underground | "Sweet Jane" | 1970 |
| 2004 | Led Zeppelin | "Rock And Roll" | 1971 |
| 2004 | Nilsson | "Without You" | 1971 |
| 2004 | The Who | "Behind Blue Eyes" | 1971 |
| 2004 | Gilbert O'Sullivan | "Alone Again (Naturally)" | 1972 |
| 2004 | Steely Dan | "Reelin' In The Years" | 1972 |
| 2004 | Heart | "Barracuda" | 1977 |
| 2004 | Blondie | "Heart Of Glass" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Blondie | "One Way Or Another" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Cheap Trick | "Surrender" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Dire Straits | "Sultans Of Swing" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Earth, Wind & Fire | "September" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | "Pump It Up" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Gloria Gaynor | "I Will Survive" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Kenny Rogers | "The Gambler" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Patti Smith Group | "Because The Night" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Ramones | "I Wanna Be Sedated" | 1978 |
| 2004 | The B-52's | "Rock Lobster" | 1978 |
| 2004 | The Police | "Roxanne" | 1978 |
| 2004 | The Rolling Stones | "Beast Of Burden" | 1978 |
| 2004 | The Who | "Who Are You" | 1978 |
| 2004 | Warren Zevon | "Werewolves Of London" | 1978 |
| 2005 | The Chiffons | "One Fine Day" | 1963 |
| 2005 | Bob Dylan | "Just Like A Woman" | 1966 |
| 2005 | Sam & Dave | "Hold On, I'm Comin'" | 1966 |
| 2005 | Etta James | "I'd Rather Go Blind" | 1968 |
| 2005 | James Brown | "Say It Loud- I'm Black And I'm Proud" | 1968 |
| 2005 | Leon Russell | "Tight Rope" | 1972 |
| 2005 | Chic | "Le Freak" | 1978 |
| 2005 | Gerry Rafferty | "Baker Street" | 1978 |
| 2005 | The Cars | "Just What I Needed" | 1978 |
| 2005 | AC/DC | "Highway To Hell" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Donna Summer | "Hot Stuff" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Donna Summer | "Bad Girls" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Don't Bring Me Down" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Fleetwood Mac | "Tusk" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Michael Jackson | "Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Michael Jackson | "Rock With You" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Pink Floyd | "Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Pink Floyd | "Comfortably Numb" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Pink Floyd | "Hey You" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Buggles | "Video Killed The Radio Star" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Charlie Daniels Band | "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Clash | "London Calling" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Clash | "Train In Vain (Stand By Me)" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Knack | "My Sharona" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Police | "Message In A Bottle" | 1979 |
| 2005 | The Sugarhill Gang | "Rapper's Delight" | 1979 |
| 2005 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | "Refugee" | 1979 |
| 2006 | War | "Low Rider" | 1975 |
| 2006 | Bob Dylan | "Hurricane" | 1976 |
| 2006 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | "American Girl" | 1976 |
| 2006 | Dead Kennedys | "California Uber Alles" | 1979 |
| 2006 | Supertramp | "Goodbye Stranger" | 1979 |
| 2006 | The Cure | "Boys Don't Cry" | 1979 |
| 2006 | ABBA | "The Winner Takes It All" | 1980 |
| 2006 | AC/DC | "Back In Black" | 1980 |
| 2006 | AC/DC | "You Shook Me All Night Long" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Billy Joel | "It's Still Rock And Roll To Me" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Blondie | "Rapture" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "Redemption Song" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Devo | "Whip It" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Genesis | "Misunderstanding" | 1980 |
| 2006 | George Jones | "He Stopped Loving Her Today" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Hall & Oates | "You Make My Dreams" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Journey | "Any Way You Want It" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Joy Division | "Love Will Tear Us Apart" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Judas Priest | "Breaking The Law" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Judas Priest | "Living After Midnight" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Motörhead | "Ace Of Spades" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Ozzy Osbourne | "Crazy Train" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Pat Benatar | "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Peter Gabriel | "Games Without Frontiers" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Queen | "Another One Bites The Dust" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Rush | "The Spirit Of Radio" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Talking Heads | "Once In A Lifetime" | 1980 |
| 2006 | Willie Nelson | "On The Road Again" | 1980 |
| 2007 | Muddy Waters | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | 1954 |
| 2007 | Muddy Waters | "Mannish Boy" | 1955 |
| 2007 | Nat King Cole | "When I Fall in Love" | 1957 |
| 2007 | The Silhouettes | "Get A Job" | 1957 |
| 2007 | Buddy Holly | "Rave On!" | 1958 |
| 2007 | Frank Sinatra | "Come Fly With Me" | 1958 |
| 2007 | Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers | "Monster Mash" | 1962 |
| 2007 | Mary Wells | "My Guy" | 1964 |
| 2007 | Dion | "Abraham, Martin And John" | 1968 |
| 2007 | Donovan | "Hurdy Gurdy Man" | 1968 |
| 2007 | Phil Ochs | "I Ain't Marching Anymore" | 1969 |
| 2007 | Black Sabbath | "War Pigs" | 1970 |
| 2007 | Chicago | "Saturday In The Park" | 1972 |
| 2007 | Roxy Music | "Re-Make/Re-Model" | 1972 |
| 2007 | The Eagles | "Take It Easy" | 1972 |
| 2007 | Grand Funk Railroad | "We're An American Band" | 1973 |
| 2007 | The Stooges | "Search And Destroy" | 1973 |
| 2007 | Tom Waits | "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" | 1973 |
| 2007 | Leonard Cohen | "Who By Fire" | 1974 |
| 2007 | Foghat | "Slow Ride" | 1975 |
| 2007 | Paul Simon | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | 1975 |
| 2007 | Steve Miller Band | "Fly Like An Eagle" | 1976 |
| 2007 | Joy Division | "Shadowplay" | 1979 |
| 2007 | The Clash | "I Fought The Law" | 1979 |
| 2007 | Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | "I Love Rock And Roll" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Journey | "Don't Stop Believin'" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Phil Collins | "In The Air Tonight" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Queen & David Bowie | "Under Pressure" | 1981 |
| 2007 | R.E.M. | "Radio Free Europe" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Rick James | "Super Freak" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Rush | "Tom Sawyer" | 1981 |
| 2007 | Stevie Nicks | "Edge Of Seventeen" | 1981 |
| 2007 | The Human League | "Don't You Want Me" | 1981 |
| 2007 | The Rolling Stones | "Start Me Up" | 1981 |
| 2008 | The Penguins | "Earth Angel" | 1954 |
| 2008 | Eddie Cochran | "Somethin' Else" | 1959 |
| 2008 | The Coasters | "Charlie Brown" | 1959 |
| 2008 | Connie Francis | "Where the Boys Are" | 1960 |
| 2008 | John Coltrane | "My Favorite Things" | 1960 |
| 2008 | The Drifters | "Save the Last Dance for Me" | 1960 |
| 2008 | The Animals | "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" | 1965 |
| 2008 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Foxy Lady" | 1967 |
| 2008 | Santana | "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" | 1970 |
| 2008 | The Jackson 5 | "I'll Be There" | 1970 |
| 2008 | Lou Reed | "Perfect Day" | 1972 |
| 2008 | Roxy Music | "Virginia Plain" | 1972 |
| 2008 | T. Rex | "20th Century Boy" | 1973 |
| 2008 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Evil Woman" | 1975 |
| 2008 | Rosanne Cash | "Seven Year Ache" | 1981 |
| 2008 | Soft Cell | "Tainted Love" | 1981 |
| 2008 | Afrika Bambaataa | "Planet Rock" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Billy Idol | "White Wedding" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Dexy's Midnight Runners | "Come On Eileen" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Duran Duran | "Hungry Like The Wolf" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five | "The Message" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Iron Maiden | "Run To The Hills" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Judas Priest | "You Got Another Thing Comin'" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Michael Jackson | "Beat It" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Michael Jackson | "Billie Jean" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Michael Jackson | "Thriller" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Modern English | "I Melt With You" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Prince | "1999" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Prince | "Little Red Corvette" | 1982 |
| 2008 | The Clash | "Rock The Casbah" | 1982 |
| 2008 | The Clash | "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Willie Nelson | "Always On My Mind" | 1982 |
| 2008 | Violent Femmes | "Blister In The Sun" | 1983 |
| 2009 | The Crystals | "He's a Rebel" | 1962 |
| 2009 | The Trashmen | "Surfin' Bird" | 1963 |
| 2009 | Chuck Berry | "No Particular Place to Go" | 1964 |
| 2009 | Bob Dylan | "Desolation Row" | 1965 |
| 2009 | The Byrds | "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" | 1965 |
| 2009 | The Dave Clark Five | "Catch Us If You Can" | 1965 |
| 2009 | The Paul Butterfield Blues Band | "Born in Chicago" | 1965 |
| 2009 | The Monkees | "Pleasant Valley Sunday" | 1967 |
| 2009 | The Velvet Underground | "Venus in Furs" | 1967 |
| 2009 | The Youngbloods | "Get Together" | 1967 |
| 2009 | Steppenwolf | "Magic Carpet Ride" | 1968 |
| 2009 | The Doors | "Hello, I Love You" | 1968 |
| 2009 | The Kinks | "Shangri-La" | 1969 |
| 2009 | Grateful Dead | "Sugar Magnolia" | 1970 |
| 2009 | Van Morrison | "Moondance" | 1970 |
| 2009 | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | "Takin' Care of Business" | 1973 |
| 2009 | Sparks | "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth" | 1974 |
| 2009 | Gary Numan | "Cars" | 1979 |
| 2009 | Depeche Mode | "Just Can't Get Enough" | 1981 |
| 2009 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Hold on Tight" | 1981 |
| 2009 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "Buffalo Soldier" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Cyndi Lauper | "Time After Time" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Def Leppard | "Photograph" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Eurythmics | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson | "Pancho and Lefty" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Metallica | "Seek and Destroy" | 1983 |
| 2009 | New Order | "Blue Monday" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Talking Heads | "Burning Down the House" | 1983 |
| 2009 | The Police | "Every Breathe You Take" | 1983 |
| 2009 | U2 | "New Year's Day" | 1983 |
| 2009 | U2 | "Sunday Bloody Sunday" | 1983 |
| 2009 | Yes | "Owner of a Lonely Heart" | 1983 |
| 2009 | ZZ Top | "Sharp Dressed Man" | 1983 |
| 2010 | Elvis Presley | "Love Me Tender" | 1956 |
| 2010 | Barry McGuire | "Eve of Destruction" | 1965 |
| 2010 | Herbie Hancock | "Maiden Voyage" | 1965 |
| 2010 | John Coltrane | "A Love Supreme, Part 1: Acknowledgement" | 1965 |
| 2010 | Them | "Here Comes the Night" | 1965 |
| 2010 | Tom Jones | "It's Not Unusual" | 1965 |
| 2010 | Traffic | "Dear Mr. Fantasy" | 1967 |
| 2010 | The Rolling Stones | "Street Fighting Man" | 1968 |
| 2010 | Ringo Starr | "It Don't Come Easy" | 1971 |
| 2010 | Stevie Wonder | "Living for the City" | 1973 |
| 2010 | Earth, Wind & Fire | "Shining Star" | 1975 |
| 2010 | Fleetwood Mac | "Don't Stop" | 1977 |
| 2010 | The Undertones | "Teenage Kicks" | 1978 |
| 2010 | Dead Kennedys | "Holiday in Cambodia" | 1980 |
| 2010 | The Police | "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" | 1981 |
| 2010 | A-Ha | "Take on Me" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Bruce Springsteen | "Born in the U.S.A." | 1984 |
| 2010 | Bruce Springsteen | "Dancing in the Dark" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Bruce Springsteen | "Glory Days" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Don Henley | "Boys of Summer" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Leonard Cohen | "Hallelujah" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Madonna | "Like a Virgin" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Metallica | "Fade to Black" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Phil Collins | "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Prince & the Revolution | "Let's Go Crazy" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Prince & the Revolution | "Purple Rain" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Prince & the Revolution | "When Doves Cry" | 1984 |
| 2010 | The Smiths | "How Soon is Now?" | 1984 |
| 2010 | U2 | "Pride (In the Name of Love)" | 1984 |
| 2010 | Van Halen | "Jump" | 1984 |
| 2011 | Donovan | "Mellow Yellow" | 1966 |
| 2011 | James Brown | "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" | 1966 |
| 2011 | Otis Redding | "Try a Little Tenderness" | 1966 |
| 2011 | The Standells | "Dirty Water" | 1966 |
| 2011 | The Walker Brothers | "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" | 1966 |
| 2011 | The Yardbirds | "Shapes of Things" | 1966 |
| 2011 | Glen Campbell | "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" | 1967 |
| 2011 | Smokey Robinson & The Miracles | "The Tears of a Clown" | 1967 |
| 2011 | Deep Purple | "Hush" | 1968 |
| 2011 | The Doors | "Touch Me" | 1968 |
| 2011 | Santana | "Evil Ways" | 1969 |
| 2011 | Cat Stevens | "Wild World" | 1970 |
| 2011 | Pink Floyd | "Echoes" | 1971 |
| 2011 | The Doobie Brothers | "Listen to the Music" | 1972 |
| 2011 | Ted Nugent | "Stranglehold" | 1975 |
| 2011 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "One Love/People Get Ready" | 1977 |
| 2011 | The Clash | "White Riot" | 1977 |
| 2011 | Gang of Four | "Damaged Goods" | 1978 |
| 2011 | John Lennon | "Woman" | 1980 |
| 2011 | Depeche Mode | "Everything Counts" | 1983 |
| 2011 | Iron Maiden | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | 1984 |
| 2011 | Metallica | "For Whom the Bell Tolls" | 1984 |
| 2011 | Van Halen | "Panama" | 1984 |
| 2011 | Dire Straits | "Money for Nothing" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Dire Straits | "Walk of Life" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Duran Duran | "A View to a Kill" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Huey Lewis & the News | "The Power of Love" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Phil Collins | "Sussudio" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Phil Collins | "Take Me Home" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Prince & the Revolution | "Raspberry Beret" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Simple Minds | "Don't You (Forget About Me)" | 1985 |
| 2011 | Tears for Fears | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" | 1985 |
| 2011 | The Cult | "She Sells Sanctuary" | 1985 |
| 2012 | The Animals | "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | 1965 |
| 2012 | The Rolling Stones | "Get Off Of My Cloud" | 1965 |
| 2012 | Wilson Pickett | "Land Of 1000 Dances" | 1966 |
| 2012 | Aretha Franklin | "Chain of Fools" | 1967 |
| 2012 | Cream | "Strange Brew" | 1967 |
| 2012 | Arthur Brown | "Fire" | 1968 |
| 2012 | Blood, Sweat & Tears | "Spinning Wheel" | 1968 |
| 2012 | Blind Faith | "Can't Find My Way Home" | 1969 |
| 2012 | Chicago | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | 1969 |
| 2012 | Sly & The Family Stone | "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" | 1969 |
| 2012 | Three Dog Night | "Joy To The World" | 1970 |
| 2012 | Bachman-Turner Overdrive | "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | 1974 |
| 2012 | Grand Funk Railroad | "Some Kind Of Wonderful" | 1974 |
| 2012 | Fleetwood Mac | "Landslide" | 1975 |
| 2012 | Rush | "Closer To The Heart" | 1977 |
| 2012 | Blondie | "Call Me" | 1980 |
| 2012 | Michael Jackson | "Wanna Be Startin' Something" | 1982 |
| 2012 | Eurythmics | "Here Comes The Rain Again" | 1983 |
| 2012 | Nena | "99 Luftballons" | 1983 |
| 2012 | The Cars | "Drive" | 1984 |
| 2012 | Beastie Boys | "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Bon Jovi | "Livin' On A Prayer" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Bon Jovi | "You Give Love A Bad Name" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Genesis | "Invisible Touch" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Genesis | "Land Of Confusion" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Madonna | "Papa Don't Preach" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Metallica | "Master of Puppets" | 1986 |
| 2012 | New Order | "Bizarre Love Triangle" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Peter Gabriel | "Sledgehammer" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Run-D.M.C. feat. Aerosmith | "Walk This Way" | 1986 |
| 2012 | Slayer | "Raining Blood" | 1986 |
| 2013 | Buddy Holly & The Crickets | "Everyday" | 1957 |
| 2013 | The Amboy Dukes | "Scottish Tea" | 1968 |
| 2013 | King Crimson | "In the Court of the King" | 1969 |
| 2013 | MC5 | "Motor City Is Burning" | 1969 |
| 2013 | Sly & the Family Stone | "I Want to Take You Higher" | 1969 |
| 2013 | The Stooges | "1969" | 1969 |
| 2013 | The Allman Brothers Band | "Midnight Rider" | 1970 |
| 2013 | Stealers Wheel | "Stuck In The Middle With You" | 1972 |
| 2013 | Paul McCartney & Wings | "Jet" | 1973 |
| 2013 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Can't Get It Out Of My Head" | 1974 |
| 2013 | Neu! | "Hero" | 1975 |
| 2013 | Roxy Music | "Love Is The Drug" | 1975 |
| 2013 | Eric Clapton | "Cocaine" | 1977 |
| 2013 | The Pretenders | "Brass In Pocket (I'm Special)" | 1980 |
| 2013 | Men At Work | "Down Under" | 1981 |
| 2013 | The Jam | "Town Called Malice" | 1982 |
| 2013 | Glenn Frey | "The Heat Is On" | 1984 |
| 2013 | Meat Puppets | "Plateau" | 1984 |
| 2013 | Megadeth | "Peace Sells" | 1986 |
| 2013 | The Bangles | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | 1986 |
| 2013 | The Smiths | "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out" | 1986 |
| 2013 | Fleetwood Mac | "Little Lies" | 1987 |
| 2013 | George Harrison | "Got My Mind Set On You" | 1987 |
| 2013 | George Michael | "Faith" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Grateful Dead | "Touch Of Grey" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Guns N' Roses | "Paradise City" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Guns N' Roses | "Sweet Child O Mine" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Guns N' Roses | "Welcome To The Jungle" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Michael Jackson | "Smooth Criminal" | 1987 |
| 2013 | New Order | "True Faith" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Public Enemy | "Bring The Noise" | 1987 |
| 2013 | R.E.M. | "It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" | 1987 |
| 2013 | R.E.M. | "The One I Love" | 1987 |
| 2013 | The Cure | "Just Like Heaven" | 1987 |
| 2013 | U2 | "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" | 1987 |
| 2013 | U2 | "Where The Streets Have No Names" | 1987 |
| 2013 | U2 | "With Or Without You" | 1987 |
| 2013 | Metric | "Help I'm Alive" | 2008 |
| 2013 | Japandroids | "Younger Us" | 2012 |
| 2014 | Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'n' Roll Trio | "Train Kept A-Rollin'" | 1956 |
| 2014 | The Dave Clark Five | "Glad All Over" | 1963 |
| 2014 | The Rivieras | "California Sun" | 1964 |
| 2014 | The Kinks | "Sunny Afternoon" | 1966 |
| 2014 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Up Around the Bend" | 1970 |
| 2014 | Simon & Garfunkel | "Cecilia" | 1970 |
| 2014 | The Beatles | "Across the Universe" | 1970 |
| 2014 | Johnny Cash | "Man In Black" | 1971 |
| 2014 | Joni Mitchell | "All I Want" | 1971 |
| 2014 | The Beach Boys | "Surf's Up" | 1971 |
| 2014 | Traffic | "The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys" | 1971 |
| 2014 | The Move | "Do Ya" | 1972 |
| 2014 | George Harrison | "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)" | 1973 |
| 2014 | Television | "Marquee Moon" | 1977 |
| 2014 | Buzzcocks | "Ever Fallen in Love" | 1978 |
| 2014 | Van Halen | "Runnin' With The Devil" | 1978 |
| 2014 | XTC | "Making Plans For Nigel" | 1979 |
| 2014 | The Alan Parsons Project | "Sirius/Eye in the Sky" | 1982 |
| 2014 | The Smiths | "This Charming Man" | 1983 |
| 2014 | Metallica | "Battery" | 1986 |
| 2014 | The Sugarcubes | "Birthday" | 1987 |
| 2014 | Jane's Addiction | "Jane Says" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Living Colour | "Cult of Personality" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Metallica | "One" | 1988 |
| 2014 | N.W.A | "Fuck Tha Police" | 1988 |
| 2014 | N.W.A | "Straight Outta Compton" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Pixies | "Where Is My Mind?" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Rod Stewart | "Forever Young" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Sonic Youth | "Teenage Riot" | 1988 |
| 2014 | Traveling Wilburys | "Handle with Care" | 1988 |
| 2014 | U2 | "Desire" | 1988 |
| 2015 | Muddy Waters | "Hoochie Coochie Man" | 1954 |
| 2015 | The Big Bopper | "Chantilly Lace" | 1958 |
| 2015 | Jerry Jeff Walker | "Mr. Bojangles" | 1968 |
| 2015 | Johnny Cash | "A Boy Named Sue" | 1969 |
| 2015 | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | "Lucky Man" | 1970 |
| 2015 | The Faces | "Stay With Me" | 1971 |
| 2015 | Al Green | "Love And Happiness" | 1972 |
| 2015 | Argent | "Hold Your Head Up" | 1972 |
| 2015 | Curtis Mayfield | "Superfly" | 1972 |
| 2015 | Jimmy Cliff | "The Harder They Come" | 1972 |
| 2015 | The Carpenters | "Goodbye To Love" | 1972 |
| 2015 | Yes | "Close to the Edge" | 1972 |
| 2015 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Simple Man" | 1973 |
| 2015 | Queen | "You're My Best Friend" | 1975 |
| 2015 | Manfred Mann's Earth Band | "Blinded By the Light" | 1976 |
| 2015 | Paul Simon | "Slip Slidin' Away" | 1977 |
| 2015 | The J. Geils Band | "Centerfold" | 1981 |
| 2015 | George Thorogood & the Destroyers | "Bad to the Bone" | 1982 |
| 2015 | Michael Jackson | "Bad" | 1987 |
| 2015 | Aerosmith | "Janie's Got a Gun" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Billy Joel | "We Didn't Start The Fire" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Depeche Mode | "Personal Jesus" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Faith No More | "Epic" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Madonna | "Like a Prayer" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Neil Young | "Rockin' in the Free World" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Nine Inch Nails | "Head Like a Hole" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Nirvana | "About a Girl" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Pixies | "Wave Of Mutilation" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Public Enemy | "Fight the Power" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Roy Orbison | "You Got It" | 1989 |
| 2015 | The B-52's | "Love Shack" | 1989 |
| 2015 | The B-52's | "Roam" | 1989 |
| 2015 | The Cure | "Pictures of You" | 1989 |
| 2015 | The Stone Roses | "Fool's Gold" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Tom Petty | "Free Fallin'" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Tom Petty | "I Won't Back Down" | 1989 |
| 2015 | Tom Petty | "Runnin' Down A Dream" | 1989 |
| 2016 | Elvis Presley | "Blue Suede Shoes" | 1956 |
| 2016 | The Electric Prunes | "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" | 1966 |
| 2016 | Pink Floyd | "See Emily Play" | 1967 |
| 2016 | The Beatles | "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends" | 1967 |
| 2016 | The Velvet Underground | "Pale Blue Eyes" | 1969 |
| 2016 | Sugarloaf | "Green-Eyed Lady" | 1970 |
| 2016 | David Bowie | "Life on Mars?" | 1971 |
| 2016 | Alice Cooper | "Billion Dollar Babies" | 1973 |
| 2016 | Funkadelic | "Maggot Brain" | 1973 |
| 2016 | Jim Croce | "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" | 1973 |
| 2016 | Kool and the Gang | "Jungle Boogie" | 1973 |
| 2016 | The Allman Brothers Band | "Jessica" | 1973 |
| 2016 | The Wailers | "Stir It Up" | 1973 |
| 2016 | Deep Purple | "Burn" | 1974 |
| 2016 | Pink Floyd | "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" | 1975 |
| 2016 | Hall & Oates | "Rich Girl" | 1976 |
| 2016 | Styx | "Come Sail Away" | 1977 |
| 2016 | Chic | "Good Times" | 1979 |
| 2016 | Pat Benatar | "Heartbreaker" | 1979 |
| 2016 | Crowded House | "Don't Dream It's Over" | 1986 |
| 2016 | Def Leppard | "Pour Some Sugar On Me" | 1987 |
| 2016 | Pixies | "Here Comes Your Man" | 1989 |
| 2016 | Pixies | "Monkey Gone To Heaven" | 1989 |
| 2016 | Alice In Chains | "Man In The Box" | 1990 |
| 2016 | Depeche Mode | "Enjoy The Silence" | 1990 |
| 2016 | George Michael | "Freedom! 90" | 1990 |
| 2016 | Jane's Addiction | "Been Caught Stealin'" | 1990 |
| 2016 | LL Cool J | "Mama Said Knock You Out" | 1990 |
| 2016 | Sinead O'Connor | "Nothing Compares 2 U" | 1990 |
| 2016 | The Black Crowes | "Hard To Handle" | 1990 |
| 2017 | Donovan | "Sunshine Superman" | 1966 |
| 2017 | The Grass Roots | "Temptation Eyes" | 1970 |
| 2017 | Bread | "The Guitar Man" | 1972 |
| 2017 | Genesis | "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" | 1974 |
| 2017 | Tangerine Dream | "Pheadra" | 1974 |
| 2017 | The Hollies | "The Air that I Breathe" | 1974 |
| 2017 | AC/DC | "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" | 1975 |
| 2017 | Hot Chocolate | "You Sexy Thing" | 1975 |
| 2017 | Journey | "Open Arms" | 1981 |
| 2017 | INXS | "Need You Tonight" | 1987 |
| 2017 | Janet Jackson | "Rhythm Nation" | 1989 |
| 2017 | AC/DC | "Thunderstruck" | 1990 |
| 2017 | Bonnie Raitt | "Something To Talk About" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Guns N' Roses | "November Rain" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Metallica | "Enter Sandman" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Metallica | "The Unforgiven" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Michael Jackson | "Black Or White" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Nirvana | "Come As You Are" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Nirvana | "In Bloom" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Nirvana | "Lithium" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Nirvana | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Pavement | "Summer Babe (Winter Version)" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Pearl Jam | "Alive" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Pearl Jam | "Even Flow" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Pearl Jam | "Jeremy" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Queen | "The Show Must Go On" | 1991 |
| 2017 | R.E.M. | "Losing My Religion" | 1991 |
| 2017 | R.E.M. | "Shiny Happy People" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Give It Away" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Under The Bridge" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Rod Stewart | "Have I Told You Lately" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Soundgarden | "Outshined" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Soundgarden | "Rusty Cage" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Spin Doctors | "Two Princes" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Tom Cochrane | "Life Is A Highway" | 1991 |
| 2017 | Trisha Yearwood | "She's In Love With The Boy" | 1991 |
| 2017 | U2 | "Mysterious Ways" | 1991 |
| 2017 | U2 | "One" | 1991 |
| 2018 | The Zombies | "Tell Her No" | 1965 |
| 2018 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Little Wing" | 1967 |
| 2018 | Iron Butterfly | "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" | 1968 |
| 2018 | Status Quo | "Pictures of Matchstick Men" | 1968 |
| 2018 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Green River" | 1969 |
| 2018 | Jethro Tull | "Living In the Past" | 1969 |
| 2018 | Derek & The Dominos | "Bell Bottom Blues" | 1970 |
| 2018 | James Brown | "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" | 1970 |
| 2018 | America | "A Horse With No Name" | 1972 |
| 2018 | Dobie Gray | "Drift Away" | 1972 |
| 2018 | Uriah Heep | "Easy Livin'" | 1972 |
| 2018 | KC and the Sunshine Band | "Get Down Tonight" | 1975 |
| 2018 | Nazareth | "Hair of the Dog" | 1975 |
| 2018 | Patti Smith | "Gloria" | 1975 |
| 2018 | Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony | "The Hustle" | 1975 |
| 2018 | 10cc | "Things We Do For Love" | 1976 |
| 2018 | The Damned | "New Rose" | 1976 |
| 2018 | Kraftwerk | "Computer Love" | 1981 |
| 2018 | Madness | "Our House" | 1982 |
| 2018 | Echo & the Bunnymen | "The Killing Moon" | 1984 |
| 2018 | Peter Gabriel | "In Your Eyes" | 1986 |
| 2018 | Prince & the Revolution | "Kiss" | 1986 |
| 2018 | Midnight Oil | "Beds Are Burning" | 1987 |
| 2018 | Massive Attack | "Unfinished Sympathy" | 1991 |
| 2018 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | "Smells Like Nirvana" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Alice In Chains | "Rooster" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Alice In Chains | "Would?" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Blind Melon | "No Rain" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Doggy Dogg | "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Eric Clapton | "Tears in Heaven" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Gin Blossoms | "Hey Jealousy" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Megadeth | "Symphony Of Destruction" | 1992 |
| 2018 | R.E.M. | "Everybody Hurts" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Radiohead | "Creep" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Rage Against the Machine | "Killing in the Name" | 1992 |
| 2018 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Plush" | 1992 |
| 2018 | The Cure | "Friday, I'm in Love" | 1992 |
| 2019 | Johnny Rivers | "Secret Agent Man" | 1966 |
| 2019 | The Stone Poneys | "Different Drum" | 1967 |
| 2019 | The Beach Boys | "Help Me, Rhonda" | 1965 |
| 2019 | The Beach Boys | "Caroline, No" | 1966 |
| 2019 | Elvis Presley | "A Little Less Conversation" | 1968 |
| 2019 | Five Man Electrical Band | "Signs" | 1970 |
| 2019 | Van Morrison | "Domino" | 1970 |
| 2019 | The Raspberries | "Go All The Way" | 1972 |
| 2019 | Deep Purple | "Woman From Tokyo" | 1973 |
| 2019 | The Four Seasons | "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" | 1975 |
| 2019 | Peter Tosh | "Legalize It" | 1976 |
| 2019 | Rush | "2112" | 1976 |
| 2019 | Bill Withers | "Lovely Day" | 1977 |
| 2019 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Turn To Stone" | 1977 |
| 2019 | Jackson Browne | "Running On Empty" | 1977 |
| 2019 | Suicide | "Ghost Rider" | 1977 |
| 2019 | Ted Nugent | "Cat Scratch Fever" | 1977 |
| 2019 | Kate Bush | "Wuthering Heights" | 1978 |
| 2019 | Devo | "Freedom Of Choice" | 1980 |
| 2019 | Joy Division | "Atmosphere" | 1980 |
| 2019 | The Vapors | "Turning Japanese" | 1980 |
| 2019 | Depeche Mode | "People Are People" | 1984 |
| 2019 | Aerosmith | "Cryin'" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Beck | "Loser" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Björk | "Human Behaviour" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Counting Crows | "Mr. Jones" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Duran Duran | "Ordinary World" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Lenny Kravitz | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Nirvana | "All Apologies" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Nirvana | "Heart Shaped Box" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Nirvana | "Rape Me" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Pearl Jam | "Daughter" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Sheryl Crow | "All I Wanna Do" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Smashing Pumpkins | "Cherub Rock" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Smashing Pumpkins | "Disarm" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Smashing Pumpkins | "Today" | 1993 |
| 2019 | The Breeders | "Cannonball" | 1993 |
| 2019 | The Cranberries | "Linger" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | "Mary Jane's Last Dance" | 1993 |
| 2019 | Wu-Tang Clan | "Protect Ya Neck" | 1993 |
| 2020 | Howlin' Wolf | "Smokestack Lightning" | 1956 |
| 2020 | The Beach Boys | "Barbara Ann" | 1965 |
| 2020 | The Hollies | "Bus Stop" | 1966 |
| 2020 | Black Sabbath | "N.I.B." | 1970 |
| 2020 | David Bowie | "Starman" | 1972 |
| 2020 | Johnny Nash | "I Can See Clearly Now" | 1972 |
| 2020 | Steely Dan | "Do It Again" | 1972 |
| 2020 | Funkadelic | "One Nation Under a Groove" | 1978 |
| 2020 | Kraftwerk | "The Model" | 1978 |
| 2020 | Public Image Ltd. | "Public Image" | 1978 |
| 2020 | Styx | "Renegade" | 1978 |
| 2020 | The Buzzcocks | "What Do I Get" | 1978 |
| 2020 | Van Halen | "Ain't Talkin' About Love" | 1978 |
| 2020 | Kool And The Gang | "Celebration" | 1980 |
| 2020 | Kim Carnes | "Bette Davis Eyes" | 1981 |
| 2020 | Duran Duran | "Rio" | 1982 |
| 2020 | John Mellencamp | "Jack And Diane" | 1982 |
| 2020 | Journey | "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" | 1983 |
| 2020 | The Bangles | "Manic Monday" | 1986 |
| 2020 | Bon Jovi | "Wanted Dead or Alive" | 1987 |
| 2020 | Tracy Chapman | "Fast Car" | 1988 |
| 2020 | R.E.M. | "Man On The Moon" | 1992 |
| 2020 | Screaming Trees | "Nearly Lost You" | 1992 |
| 2020 | Alice In Chains | "No Excuses" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Beastie Boys | "Sabotage" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Blues Traveler | "Run-Around" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Blur | "Girls And Boys" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Bruce Springsteen | "Streets Of Philadelphia" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Green Day | "Basket Case" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Green Day | "When I Come Around" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Jeff Buckley | "Hallelujah" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Nine Inch Nails | "Closer" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Soundgarden | "Black Hole Sun" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Soundgarden | "Spoonman" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Interstate Love Song" | 1994 |
| 2020 | The Cranberries | "Zombie" | 1994 |
| 2020 | TLC | "Waterfalls" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Weezer | "Buddy Holly" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Weezer | "Say It Ain't So" | 1994 |
| 2020 | Weezer | "Undone (The Sweater Song)" | 1994 |
| 2021 | Neil Diamond | "Shilo" | 1967 |
| 2021 | The Association | "Never My Love" | 1967 |
| 2021 | John Lennon | "Cold Turkey" | 1969 |
| 2021 | Grateful Dead | "Truckin'" | 1970 |
| 2021 | Deep Purple | "Space Truckin'" | 1972 |
| 2021 | The Doobie Brothers | "China Grove" | 1973 |
| 2021 | The Clash | "Complete Control" | 1977 |
| 2021 | The Cars | "My Best Friend's Girl" | 1978 |
| 2021 | Joy Division | "She's Lost Control" | 1979 |
| 2021 | Lipps Inc. | "Funkytown" | 1979 |
| 2021 | Squeeze | "Up the Junction" | 1979 |
| 2021 | The B-52's | "Planet Claire" | 1979 |
| 2021 | Throbbing Gristle | "Hot on the Heels of Love" | 1979 |
| 2021 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "Could You Be Loved" | 1980 |
| 2021 | Marvin Gaye | "Sexual Healing" | 1982 |
| 2021 | Journey | "Faithfully" | 1983 |
| 2021 | Bryan Adams | "Run To You" | 1984 |
| 2021 | The Replacements | "Bastards Of Young" | 1985 |
| 2021 | White Zombie | "Thunder Kiss '65" | 1992 |
| 2021 | Green Day | "Longview" | 1994 |
| 2021 | R.E.M. | "What's The Frequency, Kenneth?" | 1994 |
| 2021 | The Offspring | "Self Esteem" | 1994 |
| 2021 | Alanis Morissette | "You Oughta Know" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Alice In Chains | "Heaven Beside You" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Björk | "Army Of Me" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Björk | "It's Oh So Quiet" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Collective Soul | "December" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Garbage | "Only Happy When It Rains" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Garbage | "Stupid Girl" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Matthew Sweet | "Sick Of Myself" | 1995 |
| 2021 | No Doubt | "Don't Speak" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Oasis | "Champagne Supernova" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Oasis | "Wonderwall" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Radiohead | "Fake Plastic Trees" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Radiohead | "High And Dry" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Seal | "Kiss From A Rose" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Smashing Pumpkins | "1979" | 1995 |
| 2021 | Smashing Pumpkins | "Bullet With Butterfly Wings" | 1995 |
| 2021 | U2 | "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | 1995 |
| 2021 | White Zombie | "More Human Than Human" | 1995 |
| 2022 | The Del Vikings | "Come Go With Me" | 1956 |
| 2022 | Neil Sedaka | "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | 1962 |
| 2022 | The Temptations | "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" | 1966 |
| 2022 | Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell | "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" | 1967 |
| 2022 | The Jimi Hendrix Experience | "Fire" | 1967 |
| 2022 | The Rolling Stones | "Let's Spend The Night Together" | 1967 |
| 2022 | Sly & The Family Stone | "Dance To The Music" | 1968 |
| 2022 | Tommy James And The Shondells | "Crimson And Clover" | 1968 |
| 2022 | The Archies | "Sugar, Sugar" | 1969 |
| 2022 | The Band | "Up On Cripple Creek" | 1969 |
| 2022 | The Isley Brothers | "It's Your Thing" | 1969 |
| 2022 | Carole King | "I Feel The Earth Move" | 1971 |
| 2022 | The Temptations | "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" | 1971 |
| 2022 | Nick Drake | "Pink Moon" | 1972 |
| 2022 | Paul Simon | "Mother And Child Reunion" | 1972 |
| 2022 | Pink Floyd | "Us And Them" | 1973 |
| 2022 | Ram Jam | "Black Betty" | 1977 |
| 2022 | Billy Joel | "My Life" | 1978 |
| 2022 | The Cars | "Good Times Roll" | 1978 |
| 2022 | Van Halen | "Eruption" | 1978 |
| 2022 | Bauhaus | "Bela Lugosi's Dead" | 1979 |
| 2022 | The Romantics | "What I Like About You" | 1980 |
| 2022 | U2 | "I Will Follow" | 1980 |
| 2022 | X | "Los Angeles" | 1980 |
| 2022 | Juice Newton | "Queen of Hearts" | 1981 |
| 2022 | New Order | "Ceremony" | 1981 |
| 2022 | The Oak Ridge Boys | "Elvira" | 1981 |
| 2022 | Whitesnake | "Here I Go Again" | 1987 |
| 2022 | Snoop Doggy Dogg | "Gin And Juice" | 1993 |
| 2022 | Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson | "Scream" | 1995 |
| 2022 | Beck | "Where It's At" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Fiona Apple | "Criminal" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Jamiroquai | "Virtual Insanity" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Matchbox 20 | "Push" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Rage Against the Machine | "Bulls On Parade" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Sheryl Crow | "Everyday Is A Winding Road" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Sublime | "What I Got" | 1996 |
| 2022 | The Prodigy | "Firestarter" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Wallflowers | "One Headlight" | 1996 |
| 2022 | Weezer | "El Scorcho" | 1996 |
| 2023 | The Doors | "Love Me Two Times" | 1967 |
| 2023 | Desmond Dekker And The Aces | "Israelites" | 1968 |
| 2023 | Zager And Evans | "In The Year 2525" | 1968 |
| 2023 | Joni Mitchell | "Big Yellow Taxi" | 1970 |
| 2023 | America | "Ventura Highway" | 1972 |
| 2023 | Peter Frampton | "Do You Feel Like We Do" | 1973 |
| 2023 | Joni Mitchell | "Help Me" | 1974 |
| 2023 | Rainbow | "Man On The Silver Mountain" | 1975 |
| 2023 | The Spinners | "Games People Play" | 1975 |
| 2023 | The Runaways | "Cherry Bomb" | 1976 |
| 2023 | Joe Jackson | "Is She Really Going Out With Him?" | 1978 |
| 2023 | Joe Walsh | "Life's Been Good" | 1978 |
| 2023 | Siouxsie And The Banshees | "Hong Kong Garden" | 1978 |
| 2023 | The Village People | "Y.M.C.A." | 1978 |
| 2023 | Asia | "Heat of the Moment" | 1982 |
| 2023 | Gang of Four | "To Hell with Poverty!" | 1982 |
| 2023 | George Clinton | "Atomic Dog" | 1982 |
| 2023 | Joe Jackson | "Steppin' Out" | 1982 |
| 2023 | John Mellencamp | "Hurts So Good" | 1982 |
| 2023 | Roxy Music | "More Than This" | 1982 |
| 2023 | Brian Eno | "Deep Blue Day" | 1983 |
| 2023 | Dio | "Rainbow in the Dark" | 1983 |
| 2023 | Peter Gabriel | "Big Time" | 1986 |
| 2023 | Van Halen | "Why Can't This Be Love" | 1986 |
| 2023 | Garth Brooks | "The Thunder Rolls" | 1990 |
| 2023 | House Of Pain | "Jump Around" | 1992 |
| 2023 | Erasure | "Always" | 1994 |
| 2023 | Notorious B.I.G. | "Juicy" | 1994 |
| 2023 | Pulp | "Common People" | 1995 |
| 2023 | Blur | "Song 2" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Daft Punk | "Around The World" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Foo Fighters | "Everlong" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Foo Fighters | "Monkey Wrench" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Green Day | "Good Riddance (The Time Of Your Life)" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Janet Jackson | "Together Again" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Radiohead | "Karma Police" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Radiohead | "No Surprises" | 1997 |
| 2023 | Radiohead | "Paranoid Android" | 1997 |
| 2023 | The Prodigy | "Smack My Bitch Up" | 1997 |
| 2023 | The Verve | "Bitter Sweet Symphony" | 1997 |
| 2024 | The Drifters | "On Broadway" | 1963 |
| 2024 | Procol Harum | "Conquistador" | 1967 |
| 2024 | Stevie Wonder | "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" | 1972 |
| 2024 | Bad Company | "Feel Like Makin' Love" | 1975 |
| 2024 | Boomtown Rats | "I Don't Like Mondays" | 1979 |
| 2024 | Hall & Oates | "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" | 1981 |
| 2024 | Men Without Hats | "The Safety Dance" | 1982 |
| 2024 | Cyndi Lauper | "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" | 1983 |
| 2024 | Iron Maiden | "The Trooper" | 1983 |
| 2024 | Lionel Richie | "All Night Long (All Night)" | 1983 |
| 2024 | Quiet Riot | "Cum On Feel The Noize" | 1983 |
| 2024 | Suicidal Tendencies | "Institutionalized" | 1983 |
| 2024 | UB40 | "Red Red Wine" | 1983 |
| 2024 | Bryan Adams | "Summer Of '69" | 1984 |
| 2024 | Madonna | "Material Girl" | 1984 |
| 2024 | Talk Talk | "It's My Life" | 1984 |
| 2024 | The Cars | "Magic" | 1984 |
| 2024 | Tina Turner | "What's Love Got to Do With It" | 1984 |
| 2024 | Van Halen | "Hot For Teacher" | 1984 |
| 2024 | Michael Jackson | "Man In The Mirror" | 1987 |
| 2024 | Sting | "If I Ever Lose My Faith In You" | 1993 |
| 2024 | Goo Goo Dolls | "Name" | 1995 |
| 2024 | Smashing Pumpkins | "Tonight, Tonight" | 1995 |
| 2024 | 2Pac feat. Dr. Dre | "California Love (Remix)" | 1996 |
| 2024 | Notorious B.I.G. | "Hypnotize" | 1996 |
| 2024 | Foo Fighters | "My Hero" | 1997 |
| 2024 | Beastie Boys | "Intergalactic" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Fatboy Slim | "Praise You" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Garbage | "I Think I'm Paranoid" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Goo Goo Dolls | "Iris" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Hole | "Celebrity Skin" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Kid Rock | "Bawitdaba" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Lenny Kravitz | "Fly Away" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Madonna | "Ray Of Light" | 1998 |
| 2024 | New Radicals | "You Give What You Give" | 1998 |
| 2024 | Semisonic | "Closing Time" | 1998 |
| 2025 | The Rolling Stones | "Time Is On My Side" | 1964 |
| 2025 | The Monkees | "Last Train To Clarksville" | 1966 |
| 2025 | Country Joe And The Fish | "The 'Fish' Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag" | 1967 |
| 2025 | The Doors | "People Are Strange" | 1967 |
| 2025 | Cream | "Crossroads" | 1968 |
| 2025 | The Beatles | "Get Back" | 1969 |
| 2025 | Paul McCartney | "Maybe I'm Amazed" | 1970 |
| 2025 | Stevie Wonder | "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" | 1970 |
| 2025 | Yes | "I've Seen All Good People" | 1971 |
| 2025 | The O'Jays | "Love Train" | 1972 |
| 2025 | The Spinners | "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" | 1972 |
| 2025 | Golden Earring | "Radar Love" | 1973 |
| 2025 | Roxy Music | "Do The Strand" | 1973 |
| 2025 | Donna Summer | "Last Dance" | 1978 |
| 2025 | John Lennon | "Watching The Wheels" | 1980 |
| 2025 | Bruce Springsteen | "Atlantic City" | 1982 |
| 2025 | Genesis | "That's All" | 1983 |
| 2025 | ZZ Top | "Legs" | 1983 |
| 2025 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | "Eat It" | 1984 |
| 2025 | Scorpions | "Rock You Like A Hurricane" | 1984 |
| 2025 | Rites of Spring | "Hidden Wheel" | 1985 |
| 2025 | Rites of Spring | "Persistent Vision" | 1985 |
| 2025 | Run-D.M.C. | "King of Rock" | 1985 |
| 2025 | The Jesus & Mary Chain | "Just Like Honey" | 1985 |
| 2025 | Til Tuesday | "Voices Carry" | 1985 |
| 2025 | Run-D.M.C. | "It's Tricky" | 1986 |
| 2025 | Pantera | "Walk" | 1992 |
| 2025 | Coolio feat. L.V. | "Gangsta's Paradise" | 1995 |
| 2025 | Green Day | "Brain Stew" | 1995 |
| 2025 | Oasis | "D'You Know What I Mean?" | 1997 |
| 2025 | Korn | "Freak On A Leash" | 1998 |
| 2025 | OutKast | "Rosa Parks" | 1998 |
| 2025 | Dr. Dre feat. Eminem | "Forgot About Dre" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Eminem | "My Name Is" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Foo Fighters | "Learn To Fly" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Incubus | "Drive" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Rage Against the Machine | "Guerilla Radio" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Californication" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Scar Tissue" | 1999 |
| 2025 | Santana feat. Rob Thomas | "Smooth" | 1999 |
| 2026 | The Monkees | "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone" | 1966 |
| 2026 | Led Zeppelin | "Communication Breakdown" | 1969 |
| 2026 | Paul & Linda McCartney | "Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey" | 1971 |
| 2026 | Brownsville Station | "Smokin' In The Boys Room" | 1973 |
| 2026 | Dr. John | "Right Place Wrong Time" | 1973 |
| 2026 | The O'Jays | "For The Love Of Money" | 1973 |
| 2026 | War | "Why Can't We Be Friends?" | 1975 |
| 2026 | Bad Company | "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" | 1979 |
| 2026 | Neil Young | "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)" | 1979 |
| 2026 | Def Leppard | "Rock Of Ages" | 1983 |
| 2026 | Pet Shop Boys | "West End Girls" | 1984 |
| 2026 | John Mellencamp | "R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A." | 1985 |
| 2026 | Tom Waits | "Downtown Train" | 1985 |
| 2026 | Cyndi Lauper | "True Colors" | 1986 |
| 2026 | Iggy Pop | "Real Wild Child (Wild One)" | 1986 |
| 2026 | Janet Jackson | "Nasty" | 1986 |
| 2026 | Skinny Puppy | "Dig It" | 1986 |
| 2026 | Eric B. & Rakim | "Paid in Full" | 1987 |
| 2026 | INXS | "New Sensation" | 1987 |
| 2026 | The Cure | "Love Song" | 1989 |
| 2026 | Temple Of The Dog | "Hunger Strike" | 1991 |
| 2026 | Collective Soul | "Shine" | 1994 |
| 2026 | The Offspring | "Come Out And Play" | 1994 |
| 2026 | Alanis Morissette | "Ironic" | 1995 |
| 2026 | No Doubt | "Just A Girl" | 1995 |
| 2026 | Aerosmith | "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" | 1998 |
| 2026 | 3 Doors Down | "Kryptonite" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Bon Jovi | "It's My Life" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Coldplay | "Yellow" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Daft Punk | "One More Time" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Eminem | "The Real Slim Shady" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Eminem feat. Dido | "Stan" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Lenny Kravitz | "Again" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Linkin Park | "In The End" | 2000 |
| 2026 | OutKast | "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)" | 2000 |
| 2026 | OutKast | "Ms. Jackson" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Radiohead | "Everything In Its Right Place" | 2000 |
| 2026 | Radiohead | "Idioteque" | 2000 |
| 2026 | U2 | "Beautiful Day" | 2000 |
| 2026 | U2 | "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of" | 2000 |
| 2027 | Sam Cooke | "You Send Me" | 1957 |
| 2027 | The Yardbirds | "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" | 1966 |
| 2027 | Traffic | "Feelin' Alright" | 1968 |
| 2027 | Eric Burdon and War | "Spill The Wine" | 1970 |
| 2027 | The Doors | "Roadhouse Blues" | 1970 |
| 2027 | Rare Earth | "I Just Want To Celebrate" | 1971 |
| 2027 | Jim Croce | "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" | 1972 |
| 2027 | The Wailers | "I Shot The Sheriff" | 1973 |
| 2027 | Bob Marley & The Wailers | "Jamming" | 1977 |
| 2027 | Sex Pistols | "Pretty Vacant" | 1977 |
| 2027 | Cheap Trick | "Dream Police" | 1979 |
| 2027 | Talking Heads | "Life During Wartime" | 1979 |
| 2027 | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | "Against The Wind" | 1980 |
| 2027 | Hall & Oates | "Kiss On My List" | 1980 |
| 2027 | The Police | "Don't Stand So Close To Me" | 1980 |
| 2027 | Iron Maiden | "The Number Of The Beast" | 1982 |
| 2027 | Huey Lewis & the News | "I Want A New Drug" | 1983 |
| 2027 | John Mellencamp | "Pink Houses" | 1983 |
| 2027 | The Cars | "You Might Think" | 1984 |
| 2027 | Paul Simon | "You Can Call Me Al" | 1986 |
| 2027 | Depeche Mode | "Never Let Me Down Again" | 1987 |
| 2027 | Echo & the Bunnymen | "Lips Like Sugar" | 1987 |
| 2027 | George Strait | "All My Exes Live in Texas" | 1987 |
| 2027 | Hüsker Dü | "Could You Be the One?" | 1987 |
| 2027 | Prince | "Sign 'o' the Times" | 1987 |
| 2027 | Public Enemy | "Rebel Without A Pause" | 1988 |
| 2027 | Traveling Wilburys | "End Of The Line" | 1988 |
| 2027 | Korn | "Got The Life" | 1998 |
| 2027 | The Hives | "Hate To Say I Told You So" | 2000 |
| 2027 | Alicia Keys | "Fallin'" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Daft Punk | "Digital Love" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Daft Punk | "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Gorillaz | "Clint Eastwood" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Nickelback | "How You Remind Me" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Pink | "Get The Party Started" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Pink | "Just Like A Pill" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Puddle of Mudd | "Blurry" | 2001 |
| 2027 | The Strokes | "Last Nite" | 2001 |
| 2027 | The White Stripes | "Fell In Love With A Girl" | 2001 |
| 2027 | Weezer | "Hash Pipe" | 2001 |
| 2028 | Buffalo Springfield | "Mr. Soul" | 1967 |
| 2028 | The 5th Dimension | "Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In" | 1969 |
| 2028 | Led Zeppelin | "Over the Hills and Far Away" | 1973 |
| 2028 | Iggy Pop | "The Passenger" | 1977 |
| 2028 | The Commodores | "Brick House" | 1977 |
| 2028 | The Rolling Stones | "Miss You" | 1978 |
| 2028 | Squeeze | "Tempted" | 1981 |
| 2028 | Mötley Crüe | "Shout At the Devil" | 1983 |
| 2028 | Twisted Sister | "We're Not Gonna Take It" | 1984 |
| 2028 | The Cure | "In-Between Days" | 1985 |
| 2028 | Danzig | "Mother" | 1988 |
| 2028 | Fugazi | "Waiting Room" | 1988 |
| 2028 | Green River | "Rehab Doll" | 1988 |
| 2028 | Mudhoney | "Touch Me, I'm Sick" | 1988 |
| 2028 | Poison | "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" | 1988 |
| 2028 | The Church | "Under the Milky Way" | 1988 |
| 2028 | Spice Girls | "Wannabe" | 1996 |
| 2028 | Notorious B.I.G. | "Mo Money Mo Problems" | 1997 |
| 2028 | The Chemical Brothers | "Block Rockin' Beats" | 1997 |
| 2028 | Lauryn Hill | "Doo Wop (That Thing)" | 1998 |
| 2028 | Massive Attack | "Teardrop" | 1998 |
| 2028 | Coldplay | "Clocks" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Eminem | "Lose Yourself" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Eminem | "Without Me" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Foo Fighters | "Times Like These" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Johnny Cash | "Hurt" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Maroon 5 | "This Love" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Matchbox 20 | "Unwell" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Queens Of The Stone Age | "No One Knows" | 2002 |
| 2028 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Can't Stop" | 2002 |
| 2029 | Edgar Winter Group | "Frankenstein" | 1972 |
| 2029 | Boston | "Peace Of Mind" | 1976 |
| 2029 | Joy Division | "Disorder" | 1979 |
| 2029 | The Go-Go's | "We Got the Beat" | 1980 |
| 2029 | Blue Öyster Cult | "Burnin' For You" | 1981 |
| 2029 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | "Texas Flood" | 1983 |
| 2029 | ZZ Top | "Gimme All Your Lovin'" | 1983 |
| 2029 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | "Don't Come Around Here No More" | 1985 |
| 2029 | Pixies | "Gigantic" | 1988 |
| 2029 | Pixies | "Debaser" | 1989 |
| 2029 | The Stone Roses | "I Wanna Be Adored" | 1989 |
| 2029 | MC Hammer | "U Can't Touch This" | 1990 |
| 2029 | Public Enemy | "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" | 1990 |
| 2029 | Soundgarden | "Jesus Christ Pose" | 1991 |
| 2029 | No Doubt | "Spiderwebs" | 1995 |
| 2029 | Dave Matthews Band | "Crash Into Me" | 1996 |
| 2029 | Björk | "Bachelorette" | 1997 |
| 2029 | PJ Harvey | "Big Exit" | 2000 |
| 2029 | Coldplay | "The Scientist" | 2002 |
| 2029 | Nirvana | "You Know You're Right" | 2002 |
| 2029 | The Flaming Lips | "Do You Realize?" | 2002 |
| 2029 | Beyonce feat. Jay-Z | "Crazy in Love" | 2003 |
| 2029 | Evanescence | "Bring Me To Life" | 2003 |
| 2029 | Jay-Z | "99 Problems" | 2003 |
| 2029 | Linkin Park | "Numb" | 2003 |
| 2029 | OutKast | "Hey Ya!" | 2003 |
| 2029 | OutKast | "The Way You Move" | 2003 |
| 2029 | The Darkness | "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" | 2003 |
| 2029 | The White Stripes | "Seven Nation Army" | 2003 |
| 2029 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs | "Maps" | 2003 |
| 2030 | The Moonglows | "Sincerely" | 1954 |
| 2030 | Jackie DeShannon | "What The World Needs Now Is Love" | 1965 |
| 2030 | The Chambers Brothers | "Time Has Come Today" | 1967 |
| 2030 | Jerry Lee Lewis | "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)" | 1968 |
| 2030 | The Doors | "L.A. Woman" | 1971 |
| 2030 | Jim Croce | "Time In A Bottle" | 1972 |
| 2030 | Sweet | "Fox On The Run" | 1974 |
| 2030 | Wild Cherry | "Play That Funky Music" | 1976 |
| 2030 | The Commodores | "Easy" | 1977 |
| 2030 | Queen | "Don't Stop Me Now" | 1978 |
| 2030 | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" | 1979 |
| 2030 | Billy Idol | "Rebel Yell" | 1983 |
| 2030 | XTC | "Dear God" | 1986 |
| 2030 | R.E.M. | "Stand" | 1988 |
| 2030 | The La's | "There She Goes" | 1988 |
| 2030 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | "Crossfire" | 1989 |
| 2030 | Sonic Youth | "Kool Thing" | 1990 |
| 2030 | Van Halen | "Right Now" | 1991 |
| 2030 | Arrested Development | "Tennessee" | 1992 |
| 2030 | Faith No More | "Midlife Crisis" | 1992 |
| 2030 | Ice Cube | "It Was a Good Day" | 1992 |
| 2030 | New Order | "Regret" | 1993 |
| 2030 | The Melvins | "Lizzy" | 1993 |
| 2030 | Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds | "Red Right Hand" | 1994 |
| 2030 | Neutral Milk Hotel | "Holland 1945" | 1998 |
| 2030 | Tool | "Schism" | 2001 |
| 2030 | Arcade Fire | "Rebellion (Lies)" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Beastie Boys | "Ch-Check It Out" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Franz Ferdinand | "Take Me Out" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Green Day | "American Idiot" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Green Day | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Kanye West | "Jesus Walks" | 2004 |
| 2030 | Modest Mouse | "Float On" | 2004 |
| 2030 | The Killers | "Mr. Brightside" | 2004 |
| 2030 | The Killers | "Somebody Told Me" | 2004 |
| 2030 | U2 | "Vertigo" | 2004 |
| 2031 | Wilson Pickett | "Mustang Sally" | 1966 |
| 2031 | Joe Cocker | "With A Little Help From My Friends" | 1968 |
| 2031 | Joe South | "Games People Play" | 1968 |
| 2031 | Richard Harris | "MacArthur Park" | 1968 |
| 2031 | The First Edition | "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" | 1968 |
| 2031 | John Lennon | "Give Peace A Chance" | 1969 |
| 2031 | The Beatles | "The End" | 1969 |
| 2031 | Average White Band | "Pick Up The Pieces" | 1974 |
| 2031 | Nazareth | "Love Hurts" | 1974 |
| 2031 | KC & the Sunshine Band | "That's The Way (I Like It)" | 1975 |
| 2031 | The Captain & Tennille | "Love Will Keep Us Together" | 1975 |
| 2031 | Heart | "Magic Man" | 1976 |
| 2031 | Blue Öyster Cult | "Godzilla" | 1977 |
| 2031 | The Cars | "Let's Go" | 1979 |
| 2031 | Blondie | "The Tide Is High" | 1980 |
| 2031 | Ozzy Osbourne | "Mr. Crowley" | 1980 |
| 2031 | Toto | "Africa" | 1982 |
| 2031 | XTC | "Senses Working Overtime" | 1982 |
| 2031 | Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble | "Pride And Joy" | 1983 |
| 2031 | John Mellencamp | "Small Town" | 1985 |
| 2031 | R.E.M. | "Orange Crush" | 1988 |
| 2031 | Bonnie Raitt | "I Can't Make You Love Me" | 1991 |
| 2031 | My Bloody Valentine | "Only Shallow" | 1991 |
| 2031 | Candlebox | "Far Behind" | 1993 |
| 2031 | Blur | "Parklife" | 1994 |
| 2031 | Korn | "Blind" | 1994 |
| 2031 | Pavement | "Cut Your Hair" | 1994 |
| 2031 | Pearl Jam | "Corduroy" | 1994 |
| 2031 | Pearl Jam | "Better Man" | 1994 |
| 2031 | 2Pac | "Dear Mama" | 1995 |
| 2031 | Filter | "Hey Man, Nice Shot" | 1995 |
| 2031 | Joan Osbourne | "One of Us" | 1995 |
| 2031 | Duncan Sheik | "Barely Breathing" | 1996 |
| 2031 | Tool | "Aenema" | 1996 |
| 2031 | Daft Punk | "Da Funk" | 1997 |
| 2031 | Jay-Z feat. UGK | "Big Pimpin'" | 1999 |
| 2031 | OutKast | "Roses" | 2003 |
| 2031 | Arctic Monkeys | "I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor" | 2005 |
| 2031 | Coldplay | "Speed of Sound" | 2005 |
| 2031 | Franz Ferdinand | "Do You Want To" | 2005 |
| 2031 | Gorillaz feat. De La Soul | "Feel Good Inc." | 2005 |
| 2031 | Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx | "Gold Digger" | 2005 |
| 2031 | Kanye West feat. Lupe Fiasco | "Touch The Sky" | 2005 |
| 2031 | Nine Inch Nails | "The Hand That Feeds" | 2005 |
| 2031 | The White Stripes | "Blue Orchid" | 2005 |
| 2032 | Brenda Lee | "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" | 1958 |
| 2032 | Herman's Hermits | "I'm Into Something Good" | 1964 |
| 2032 | Manfred Mann | "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" | 1964 |
| 2032 | The Bobby Fuller Four | "I Fought The Law" | 1965 |
| 2032 | Moby Grape | "Omaha" | 1967 |
| 2032 | Canned Heat | "Going Up The Country" | 1968 |
| 2032 | George Harrison | "Isn't It A Pity" | 1970 |
| 2032 | Neil Young | "After The Gold Rush" | 1970 |
| 2032 | Toots & the Maytals | "Pressure Drop" | 1970 |
| 2032 | Electric Light Orchestra | "10538 Overture" | 1971 |
| 2032 | James Gang | "Walk Away" | 1971 |
| 2032 | James Taylor | "You've Got a Friend" | 1971 |
| 2032 | Led Zeppelin | "When the Levee Breaks" | 1971 |
| 2032 | Jackson Browne | "Doctor My Eyes" | 1972 |
| 2032 | Elton John | "Candle In The Wind" | 1973 |
| 2032 | The Wailers | "Get Up, Stand Up" | 1973 |
| 2032 | Aerosmith | "Back In the Saddle" | 1976 |
| 2032 | Electric Light Orchestra | "Livin' Thing" | 1976 |
| 2032 | Tubeway Army | "Are 'Friends' Electric?" | 1979 |
| 2032 | Culture Club | "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" | 1982 |
| 2032 | Tommy Tutone | "867-5309 (Jenny)" | 1982 |
| 2032 | Run-D.M.C. | "Rock Box" | 1984 |
| 2032 | Stevie Wonder | "I Just Called To Say I Love You" | 1984 |
| 2032 | Tears for Fears | "Shout" | 1984 |
| 2032 | Heart | "These Dreams" | 1985 |
| 2032 | Katrina & The Waves | "Walking On Sunshine" | 1985 |
| 2032 | Randy Travis | "Forever and Ever Amen" | 1987 |
| 2032 | Madonna | "Vogue" | 1990 |
| 2032 | Marilyn Manson | "The Beautiful People" | 1996 |
| 2032 | The Verve | "The Drugs Don't Work" | 1997 |
| 2032 | Fatboy Slim | "The Rockafeller Skank" | 1998 |
| 2032 | Eminem | "The Way I Am" | 2000 |
| 2032 | Modest Mouse | "3rd Planet" | 2000 |
| 2032 | U2 | "Elevation" | 2000 |
| 2032 | Jimmy Eat World | "The Middle" | 2001 |
| 2032 | Arcade Fire | "Wake Up" | 2004 |
| 2032 | Amy Winehouse | "Rehab" | 2006 |
| 2032 | Gnarls Barkley | "Crazy" | 2006 |
| 2032 | The Killers | "When You Were Young" | 2006 |
| 2033 | The Moody Blues | "Ride My See-Saw" | 1968 |
| 2033 | Badfinger | "No Matter What" | 1970 |
| 2033 | Grateful Dead | "Casey Jones" | 1970 |
| 2033 | The Guess Who | "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature" | 1970 |
| 2033 | Paul Revere & the Raiders | "Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" | 1971 |
| 2033 | Todd Rundgren | "I Saw The Light" | 1972 |
| 2033 | Billy Joel | "Only The Good Die Young" | 1977 |
| 2033 | David Bowie | "Sound And Vision" | 1977 |
| 2033 | Foreigner | "Cold As Ice" | 1977 |
| 2033 | The Jam | "In The City" | 1977 |
| 2033 | Nick Lowe | "Cruel To Be Kind" | 1979 |
| 2033 | Rupert Holmes | "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" | 1979 |
| 2033 | The Eagles | "The Long Run" | 1979 |
| 2033 | Loverboy | "Working for the Weekend" | 1981 |
| 2033 | Rush | "Limelight" | 1981 |
| 2033 | Stray Cats | "Rock This Town" | 1981 |
| 2033 | Pat Benatar | "Love Is A Battlefield" | 1983 |
| 2033 | INXS | "What You Need" | 1985 |
| 2033 | Kate Bush | "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" | 1985 |
| 2033 | The Replacements | "Alex Chilton" | 1987 |
| 2033 | Information Society | "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" | 1988 |
| 2033 | Garth Brooks | "Friends In Low Places" | 1990 |
| 2033 | Queensrÿche | "Silent Lucidity" | 1990 |
| 2033 | Pearl Jam | "Black" | 1991 |
| 2033 | Whitney Houston | "I Will Always Love You" | 1992 |
| 2033 | Cypress Hill | "Insane In The Brain" | 1993 |
| 2033 | Bush | "Comedown" | 1994 |
| 2033 | Live | "Lighting Crashes" | 1994 |
| 2033 | NaS feat. Lauryn Hill | "If I Ruled The World (Imagine That)" | 1996 |
| 2033 | Blink-182 | "All The Small Things" | 1999 |
| 2033 | Jay-Z | "Izzo (H.O.V.A.)" | 2001 |
| 2033 | System Of A Down | "Chop Suey!" | 2001 |
| 2033 | The Strokes | "Someday" | 2001 |
| 2033 | The Flaming Lips | "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1" | 2002 |
| 2033 | Wilco | "I'm The Man Who Loves You" | 2002 |
| 2033 | Muse | "Time Is Running Out" | 2003 |
| 2033 | Belle & Sebastian | "Your Cover's Blown" | 2004 |
| 2033 | "Weird Al" Yankovic | "White and Nerdy" | 2006 |
| 2033 | Red Hot Chili Peppers | "Dani California" | 2006 |
| 2033 | Kanye West | "Flashing Lights" | 2007 |
| 2033 | Kanye West | "Stronger" | 2007 |
| 2033 | M.I.A. | "Paper Planes" | 2007 |
| 2033 | MGMT | "Kids" | 2007 |
| 2033 | MGMT | "Time To Pretend" | 2007 |
| 2033 | The White Stripes | "Icky Thump" | 2007 |
| 2034 | Elvis Presley | "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" | 1957 |
| 2034 | Bob Dylan | "Masters Of War" | 1963 |
| 2034 | Jan & Dean | "Dead Man's Curve" | 1964 |
| 2034 | Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs | "Wooly Bully" | 1965 |
| 2034 | The Ventures | "Hawaii Five-O" | 1968 |
| 2034 | Carly Simon | "Anticipation" | 1971 |
| 2034 | Big Star | "Thirteen" | 1972 |
| 2034 | The Eagles | "Peaceful Easy Feeling" | 1972 |
| 2034 | The Doobie Brothers | "Long Train Runnin'" | 1973 |
| 2034 | ABBA | "SOS" | 1975 |
| 2034 | Barry Manilow | "Bandstand Boogie" | 1975 |
| 2034 | Kiss | "Shout It Out Loud" | 1976 |
| 2034 | Richard Hell And The Voidoids | "Blank Generation" | 1977 |
| 2034 | The Misfits | "Where Eagles Dare" | 1979 |
| 2034 | Olivia Newton-John | "Magic" | 1980 |
| 2034 | Journey | "Stone In Love" | 1981 |
| 2034 | Kate Bush | "Sat In Your Lap" | 1981 |
| 2034 | The Go-Go's | "Our Lips Are Sealed" | 1981 |
| 2034 | Eddy Grant | "Electric Avenue" | 1982 |
| 2034 | Frank Zappa | "Valley Girl" | 1982 |
| 2034 | Survivor | "Eye Of The Tiger" | 1982 |
| 2034 | The Pretenders | "Back On The Chain Gang" | 1982 |
| 2034 | Thomas Dolby | "She Blinded Me With Science" | 1982 |
| 2034 | George Michael | "Careless Whisper" | 1984 |
| 2034 | Janet Jackson | "What Have You Done For Me Lately" | 1986 |
| 2034 | Peter Gabriel | "Red Rain" | 1986 |
| 2034 | Michael Jackson | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | 1987 |
| 2034 | Steve Winwood | "Roll With It" | 1988 |
| 2034 | Third Eye Blind | "Semi-Charmed Life" | 1997 |
| 2034 | The Offspring | "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" | 1998 |
| 2034 | LCD Soundsystem | "Losing My Edge" | 2002 |
| 2034 | Green Day | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | 2004 |
| 2034 | Death Cab for Cutie | "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" | 2005 |
| 2034 | LCD Soundsystem | "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House" | 2005 |
| 2034 | Nine Inch Nails | "Every Day Is Exactly the Same" | 2005 |
| 2034 | Arcade Fire | "Intervention" | 2006 |
| 2034 | Band Of Horses | "The Funeral" | 2006 |
| 2034 | Coldplay | "Viva La Vida" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Kings Of Leon | "Sex On Fire" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Kings Of Leon | "Use Somebody" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Lady Gaga | "Just Dance" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Lady Gaga | "Paparazzi" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Lady Gaga | "Poker Face" | 2008 |
| 2034 | The Killers | "Human" | 2008 |
| 2034 | Vampire Weekend | "A-Punk" | 2008 |
| 2035 | Little Eva | "The Loco-Motion" | 1962 |
| 2035 | Martha & The Vandellas | "Nowhere To Run" | 1965 |
| 2035 | The Mamas and the Papas | "Monday, Monday" | 1966 |
| 2035 | Scott Walker | "Lights Of Cincinnati" | 1969 |
| 2035 | The Carpenters | "(They Long To Be) Close To You" | 1970 |
| 2035 | Barry White | "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe" | 1974 |
| 2035 | Labelle | "Lady Marmalade" | 1974 |
| 2035 | The Rolling Stones | "It's Only Rock 'n Roll (But I Like It)" | 1974 |
| 2035 | Glen Campbell | "Rhinestone Cowboy" | 1975 |
| 2035 | Chicago | "If You Leave Me Now" | 1976 |
| 2035 | Steve Miller Band | "Rock'n Me" | 1976 |
| 2035 | Foreigner | "Double Vision" | 1978 |
| 2035 | 38 Special | "Hold On Loosely" | 1981 |
| 2035 | Black Flag | "Rise Above" | 1981 |
| 2035 | A Flock Of Seagulls | "I Ran (So Far Away)" | 1982 |
| 2035 | New Order | "Temptation" | 1982 |
| 2035 | Billy Joel | "Uptown Girl" | 1983 |
| 2035 | Duran Duran | "The Reflex" | 1983 |
| 2035 | Dead or Alive | "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)" | 1984 |
| 2035 | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Relax" | 1984 |
| 2035 | Harold Faltermeyer | "Axel F" | 1984 |
| 2035 | Beastie Boys | "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" | 1986 |
| 2035 | Janet Jackson | "The Pleasure Principle" | 1986 |
| 2035 | Robert Palmer | "Addicted To Love" | 1986 |
| 2035 | They Might Be Giants | "Birdhouse In Your Soul" | 1989 |
| 2035 | Siouxsie & the Banshees | "Kiss Them For Me" | 1991 |
| 2035 | Beastie Boys | "So What'cha Want" | 1992 |
| 2035 | Soul Asylum | "Runaway Train" | 1992 |
| 2035 | Stone Temple Pilots | "Sex Type Thing" | 1992 |
| 2035 | Oasis | "Live Forever" | 1994 |
| 2035 | Bruce Springsteen | "The Rising" | 2001 |
| 2035 | The Postal Service | "Such Great Heights" | 2003 |
| 2035 | Kelly Clarkson | "Since U Been Gone" | 2004 |
| 2035 | The Raconteurs | "Steady As She Goes" | 2006 |
| 2035 | Animal Collective | "Peacebone" | 2007 |
| 2035 | Feist | "1234" | 2007 |
| 2035 | LCD Soundsystem | "All My Friends" | 2007 |
| 2035 | Lily Allen | "The Fear" | 2008 |
| 2035 | Alice In Chains | "Check My Brain" | 2009 |
| 2035 | Animal Collective | "My Girls" | 2009 |
| 2035 | Florence and The Machine | "Dog Days Are Over" | 2009 |
| 2035 | Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys | "Empire State Of Mind" | 2009 |
| 2035 | La Roux | "Bulletproof" | 2009 |
| 2035 | Lady Gaga | "Bad Romance" | 2009 |
| 2035 | Phoenix | "1901" | 2009 |
| 2036 | Junior Walker And The Allstars | "Shotgun" | 1965 |
| 2036 | The Supremes | "You Can't Hurry Love" | 1966 |
| 2036 | The Velvet Underground w/ Nico | "All Tomorrow's Parties" | 1967 |
| 2036 | Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young | "Our House" | 1970 |
| 2036 | George Harrison | "What Is Life" | 1970 |
| 2036 | Helen Reddy | "I Am Woman" | 1970 |
| 2036 | The Guess Who | "No Time" | 1970 |
| 2036 | Can | "Halleluhwah" | 1971 |
| 2036 | Janis Joplin | "Cry Baby" | 1971 |
| 2036 | The Staple Singers | "Respect Yourself" | 1971 |
| 2036 | Jethro Tull | "Thick As A Brick" | 1972 |
| 2036 | Elton John | "The Bitch Is Back" | 1974 |
| 2036 | AC/DC | "T.N.T." | 1975 |
| 2036 | The Bee Gees | "You Should Be Dancing" | 1976 |
| 2036 | Parliament Funkadelic | "Flash Light" | 1977 |
| 2036 | Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band | "Old Time Rock And Roll" | 1978 |
| 2036 | Elvis Costello | "Radio, Radio" | 1978 |
| 2036 | REO Speedwagon | "Keep On Loving You" | 1980 |
| 2036 | The Kinks | "Come Dancing" | 1982 |
| 2036 | The Replacements | "I Will Dare" | 1984 |
| 2036 | The Smiths | "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" | 1984 |
| 2036 | Bruce Hornsby & the Range | "The Way It Is" | 1986 |
| 2036 | Anthrax | "Caught In A Mosh" | 1987 |
| 2036 | INXS | "Suicide Blonde" | 1990 |
| 2036 | Janet Jackson | "That's The Way Love Goes" | 1993 |
| 2036 | Janet Jackson | "Again" | 1993 |
| 2036 | SWV | "Weak" | 1993 |
| 2036 | Bush | "Glycerine" | 1994 |
| 2036 | Live | "I Alone" | 1994 |
| 2036 | Björk | "Hyperballad" | 1995 |
| 2036 | Tool | "Stinkfist" | 1996 |
| 2036 | 2Pac | "Changes" | 1998 |
| 2036 | Rob Zombie | "Dragula" | 1998 |
| 2036 | Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow | "Picture" | 2001 |
| 2036 | Hoobastank | "The Reason" | 2003 |
| 2036 | Silverstein | "Smashed Into Pieces" | 2003 |
| 2036 | Robyn | "Be Mine!" | 2005 |
| 2036 | Lily Allen | "Smile" | 2006 |
| 2036 | Muse | "Knights Of Cydonia" | 2006 |
| 2036 | TV on the Radio | "Wolf Like Me" | 2006 |
| 2036 | My Morning Jacket | "I'm Amazed" | 2008 |
| 2036 | Phoenix | "Lisztomania" | 2009 |
| 2036 | Adele | "Rolling In The Deep" | 2010 |
| 2036 | Cee Lo Green | "F*ck You!" | 2010 |
| 2036 | Kanye West | "Power" | 2010 |
| 2037 | Hank Ballard And The Midnighters | "Work With Me, Annie" | 1954 |
| 2037 | The Chordettes | "Mr. Sandman" | 1954 |
| 2037 | The Robins | "Riot In Cell Block Number 9" | 1954 |
| 2037 | Frank Sinatra | "I've Got You Under My Skin" | 1955 |
| 2037 | The Platters | "Only You (And You Alone)" | 1955 |
| 2037 | Five Satins | "In The Still Of The Nite" | 1956 |
| 2037 | Johnny Cash | "Give My Love To Rose" | 1956 |
| 2037 | Bobby Helms | "Jingle Bell Rock" | 1957 |
| 2037 | Duane Eddy | "Peter Gunn" | 1959 |
| 2037 | The Clovers | "Love Potion No. 9" | 1959 |
| 2037 | Andy Williams | "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | 1963 |
| 2037 | Darlene Love | "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" | 1963 |
| 2037 | Martha and the Vandellas | "(Love Is Like a) Heat Wave" | 1963 |
| 2037 | The Beach Boys | "Little Saint Nick" | 1963 |
| 2037 | The Sonics | "Have Love, Will Travel" | 1965 |
| 2037 | The 13th Floor Elevators | "You're Gonna Miss Me" | 1966 |
| 2037 | The Temptations | "Get Ready" | 1966 |
| 2037 | Led Zeppelin | "Dazed And Confused" | 1967 |
| 2037 | Stevie Wonder | "I Was Made To Love Her" | 1967 |
| 2037 | The Small Faces | "Itchycoo Park" | 1967 |
| 2037 | Vanilla Fudge | "You Keep Me Hanging On" | 1967 |
| 2037 | Silver Apples | "Oscillations" | 1968 |
| 2037 | The Velvet Underground | "White Light / White Heat" | 1968 |
| 2037 | The Velvet Underground | "Sister Ray" | 1968 |
| 2037 | Cream | "Badge" | 1969 |
| 2037 | Steam | "Nah Nah Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" | 1969 |
| 2037 | The Hollies | "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" | 1969 |
| 2037 | Thunderclap Newman | "Something In The Air" | 1969 |
| 2037 | Jose Feliciano | "Feliz Navidad" | 1970 |
| 2037 | Santana | "Oye Como Va" | 1970 |
| 2037 | Harry Nilsson | "Jump Into The Fire" | 1971 |
| 2037 | Ike and Tina Turner | "Proud Mary" | 1971 |
| 2037 | John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | 1971 |
| 2037 | Curtis Mayfield | "Pusherman" | 1972 |
| 2037 | Elton John | "Crocodile Rock" | 1972 |
| 2037 | Neil Young | "The Needle and the Damage Done" | 1972 |
| 2037 | The Eagles | "Witchy Woman" | 1972 |
| 2037 | Big Star | "I'm In Love With A Girl" | 1974 |
| 2037 | Sparks | "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" | 1974 |
| 2037 | Stevie Wonder | "You Haven't Done Nothin'" | 1974 |
| 2037 | David Bowie | "Golden Years" | 1975 |
| 2037 | Emmylou Harris | "Boulder to Birmingham" | 1975 |
| 2037 | Pink Floyd | "Welcome To The Machine" | 1975 |
| 2037 | The Ohio Players | "Love Rollercoaster" | 1975 |
| 2037 | The Outlaws | "Green Grass and High Tides" | 1975 |
| 2037 | AC/DC | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | 1976 |
| 2037 | Queen | "Somebody To Love" | 1976 |
| 2037 | Ace Frehley | "New York Groove" | 1978 |
| 2037 | Paul McCartney | "Wonderful Christmastime" | 1979 |
| 2037 | Pink Floyd | "Run Like Hell" | 1979 |
| 2037 | Sparks | "Tryouts for the Human Race" | 1979 |
| 2037 | Stiff Little Fingers | "Alternative Ulster" | 1979 |
| 2037 | The Doobie Brothers | "What A Fool Believes" | 1979 |
| 2037 | Bruce Springsteen | "Hungry Heart" | 1980 |
| 2037 | Pete Townshend | "Let My Love Open the Door" | 1980 |
| 2037 | Queen | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 1980 |
| 2037 | Billy Idol | "Dancing With Myself" | 1981 |
| 2037 | Buckner & Garcia | "Pac-Man Fever" | 1981 |
| 2037 | Earth, Wind And Fire | "Let's Groove" | 1981 |
| 2037 | Rush | "YYZ" | 1981 |
| 2037 | The Birthday Party | "Release The Bats" | 1981 |
| 2037 | The Specials | "Ghost Town" | 1981 |
| 2037 | Peter Gabriel | "Shock The Monkey" | 1982 |
| 2037 | The Gap Band | "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" | 1982 |
| 2037 | The Psychedelic Furs | "Love My Way" | 1982 |
| 2037 | Billy Bragg | "A New England" | 1983 |
| 2037 | David Bowie | "Modern Love" | 1983 |
| 2037 | Donna Summer | "She Works Hard for the Money" | 1983 |
| 2037 | The Fixx | "One Thing Leads to Another" | 1983 |
| 2037 | Band Aid | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | 1984 |
| 2037 | Sade | "Smooth Operator" | 1984 |
| 2037 | Wham! | "Last Christmas" | 1984 |
| 2037 | Bruce Springsteen | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 1985 |
| 2037 | The Cure | "Close to Me" | 1985 |
| 2037 | Salt N Pepa | "Push It" | 1986 |
| 2037 | The Pogues | "Fairytale of New York" | 1987 |
| 2037 | Steve Earle | "Copperhead Road" | 1988 |
| 2037 | Chris Isaak | "Wicked Game" | 1989 |
| 2037 | Love and Rockets | "So Alive" | 1989 |
| 2037 | Social Distortion | "Story of My Life" | 1990 |
| 2037 | Primus | "Jerry Was a Racecar Driver" | 1991 |
| 2037 | k.d. lang | "Constant Craving" | 1992 |
| 2037 | Tool | "Sober" | 1993 |
| 2037 | Dinosaur Jr. | "Feel the Pain" | 1994 |
| 2037 | Mariah Carey | "All I Want for Christmas Is You" | 1994 |
| 2037 | Mariah Carey/Boyz II Men | "One Sweet Day" | 1995 |
| 2037 | Radiohead | "Just" | 1995 |
| 2037 | Cake | "The Distance" | 1996 |
| 2037 | Chumbawamba | "Tubthumping" | 1997 |
| 2037 | Sublime | "Santeria" | 1997 |
| 2037 | Fastball | "The Way" | 1998 |
| 2037 | Britney Spears | "Baby One More Time" | 1999 |
| 2037 | Lit | "My Own Worst Enemy" | 1999 |
| 2037 | Kylie Minogue | "Can't Get You Out of My Head" | 2001 |
| 2037 | Michael Andrews feat. Gary Jules | "Mad World" | 2001 |
| 2037 | Missy Elliott | "Get Ur Freak On" | 2001 |
| 2037 | Johnny Cash | "The Man Comes Around" | 2002 |
| 2037 | t.A.T.u | "All The Things She Said" | 2002 |
| 2037 | The Killers | "All These Things That I've Done" | 2004 |
| 2037 | Rihanna feat. Jay-Z | "Umbrella" | 2007 |
| 2037 | Fleet Foxes | "White Winter Hymnal" | 2008 |
| 2037 | Mumford And Sons | "The Cave" | 2010 |
| 2037 | Robyn | "Dancing On My Own" | 2010 |
| 2037 | The Black Keys | "Howlin' For You" | 2010 |
| 2037 | Adele | "Someone Like You" | 2011 |
| 2037 | Florence + The Machine | "Shake It Out" | 2011 |
| 2037 | Foster the People | "Pumped Up Kicks" | 2011 |
| 2037 | Gotye feat. Kimbra | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | 2011 |
| 2037 | M83 | "Midnight City" | 2011 |
| 2038 | Frank Sinatra | "I Get a Kick Out of You" | 1953 |
| 2038 | Dale Hawkins | "Susie Q" | 1956 |
| 2038 | Buddy Holly | "Oh Boy!" | 1957 |
| 2038 | Fats Domino | "I'm Walkin'" | 1957 |
| 2038 | Bobby Day | "Rockin' Robin" | 1958 |
| 2038 | Lloyd Price | "Stagger Lee" | 1959 |
| 2038 | Lesley Gore | "You Don't Own Me" | 1963 |
| 2038 | The Beatles | "I Saw Her Standing There" | 1963 |
| 2038 | The Four Tops | "Baby I Need Your Loving" | 1964 |
| 2038 | Bob Dylan | "Maggie's Farm" | 1965 |
| 2038 | Marvin Gaye | "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" | 1965 |
| 2038 | The Yardbirds | "Heart Full Of Soul" | 1965 |
| 2038 | Bob Dylan | "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" | 1966 |
| 2038 | Aretha Franklin | "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" | 1967 |
| 2038 | Nico | "Chelsea Girls" | 1967 |
| 2038 | Sonny and Cher | "The Beat Goes On" | 1967 |
| 2038 | Aretha Franklin | "Think" | 1968 |
| 2038 | Stevie Wonder | "For Once In My Life" | 1968 |
| 2038 | The Beatles | "Blackbird" | 1968 |
| 2038 | The Who | "Magic Bus" | 1968 |
| 2038 | Tommy James & the Shondells | "Mony Mony" | 1968 |
| 2038 | Creedence Clearwater Revival | "Born On The Bayou" | 1969 |
| 2038 | Jefferson Airplane | "Volunteers" | 1969 |
| 2038 | Eric Clapton | "After Midnight" | 1970 |
| 2038 | Stephen Stills | "Love The One You're With" | 1970 |
| 2038 | Carole King | "So Far Away" | 1971 |
| 2038 | Joni Mitchell | "California" | 1971 |
| 2038 | Shirley Bassey | "Diamonds Are Forever" | 1971 |
| 2038 | The Doors | "Love Her Madly" | 1971 |
| 2038 | Neil Young | "Old Man" | 1972 |
| 2038 | Paul Simon | "Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard" | 1972 |
| 2038 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | "Gimme Three Steps" | 1973 |
| 2038 | ABBA | "Mamma Mia" | 1975 |
| 2038 | Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band | "Night Moves" | 1976 |
| 2038 | Gordon Lightfoot | "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" | 1976 |
| 2038 | Steve Miller Band | "Take The Money And Run" | 1976 |
| 2038 | Stevie Wonder | "Sir Duke" | 1976 |
| 2038 | Stevie Wonder | "Isn't She Lovely" | 1976 |
| 2038 | Bee Gees | "How Deep Is Your Love" | 1977 |
| 2038 | Kraftwerk | "The Robots" | 1978 |
| 2038 | The Bee Gees | "Night Fever" | 1978 |
| 2038 | The Clash | "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" | 1978 |
| 2038 | The Only Ones | "Another Girl, Another Planet" | 1978 |
| 2038 | Frank Sinatra | "Theme From New York, New York" | 1980 |
| 2038 | Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers | "The Waiting" | 1981 |
| 2038 | LL Cool J | "Rock The Bells" | 1986 |
| 2038 | De La Soul | "Me, Myself And I" | 1988 |
| 2038 | Madonna | "Express Yourself" | 1989 |
| 2038 | Eric Johnson | "Cliffs of Dover" | 1990 |
| 2038 | Public Enemy | "911 Is A Joke" | 1990 |
| 2038 | Metallica | "Nothing Else Matters" | 1991 |
| 2038 | L7 | "Pretend We're Dead" | 1992 |
| 2038 | Wu-Tang Clan | "C.R.E.A.M." | 1993 |
| 2038 | Everything But the Girl | "Missing" | 1994 |
| 2038 | Liz Phair | "Supernova" | 1994 |
| 2038 | Tori Amos | "God" | 1994 |
| 2038 | Beck | "The New Pollution" | 1996 |
| 2038 | R. Kelly | "I Believe I Can Fly" | 1996 |
| 2038 | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones | "The Impression That I Get" | 1997 |
| 2038 | Neutral Milk Hotel | "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" | 1998 |
| 2038 | Janet Jackson | "All For You" | 2000 |
| 2038 | Audioslave | "Like A Stone" | 2002 |
| 2038 | Justin Timberlake | "Cry Me A River" | 2002 |
| 2038 | Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris | "Yeah!" | 2004 |
| 2038 | Arcade Fire | "Ready To Start" | 2010 |
| 2038 | The Black Keys | "Lonely Boy" | 2011 |
| 2038 | Adele | "Skyfall" | 2012 |
| 2038 | Kendrick Lamar | "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | 2012 |
| 2038 | Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz | "Thrift Shop" | 2012 |
| 2038 | Tame Impala | "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" | 2012 |
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Comments
845 comments so far (post your own)My Nominations:
R. Kelly- "I Believe I Can Fly"
Frank Sinatra- "New York, New York"
2012 pick: Kanye West, Big Sean, and Jay-Z- "Clique"
Posted by Zoltan on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 03:14am
nominations:
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
20i2 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 06:22am
Nominations:
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Peek-A-Boo
Janet Jackson- All For You
2012 pick:
Ellie Goulding- Lights
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 10:38am
nominations:
USA for Africa - We Are The World (1985)
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me (1965) often confused with Aretha Franklin, but this was a huge hit featured prominently in several movies and TV shows since.
2012:
Muse - Survival (Olympic theme song)
Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 14:05pm
My nominations for January 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Fanny - Charity Ball (1970)
Voter's Choice
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 14:29pm
My Nominations:
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (2000)
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down (1966)
2012 pick:
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
Assuming we're still doing Voter's Choice:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action (1976)
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 14:40pm
My Nominations:
Frank Zappa- Joe's Garage(1979)
Neil Young- Old Man(1972)
2012 Pick:
Psy- Gangnam Style
Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 17:24pm
A new year has arrived. And with that a new section of song selections. With that in mind, here are the nominations I have picked for the Song Project Class of January 2039.
Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
Nick Cave - O Children
2012 Pick:
Coldplay - Paradise
And if we are still doing Voter's Choice Selections:
Eduard Khil - I am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home
Remember, that last song selection is only IF we are still continuing the Voter's Choice Selections. I would be okay if this section is discontinued. Do not be alarmed at my choices.
Have at this what you will,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 20:12pm
Lax30 - Coldplay - "Paradise" is from 2011.
We're still doing Voter's Choice, so if anyone wants to nominate a Voter's Choice song, feel free to do so.
My Nominations:
Kanye West Ft. Nicki Minaj, Jay Z, Bon Iver & Rick Ross - "Monster"
Merle Haggard - "Mama Tried"
2012 Pick: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - "We Take Care Of Our Own"
Voter's Choice: Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01.1.13 @ 23:52pm
Pretty sure Ellie Goulding's Lights is also a 2011 release.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 03:49am
Pretty sure Ellie Goulding's Lights is also a 2011 release.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 03:49am
That is correct. Early 2011 at that. I would support it in the future though, if ballot space ever allows. This is shaping up to be one hell of a tough month.
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 07:03am
Wow - I didn't realize that "Lights" had been out that long. I'll nominate it in the next round then. It's a great track.
Posted by Mike on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 08:59am
Yeah Lights was quite a big hit over here when it first came out, not sure why it took so long to catch on in the US.
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 10:02am
My nominations:
Story of my LIfe - Social Distortion (1990)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (2004)
My 2012 song:
Duquesne Whistle - Bob Dylan
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 14:38pm
Gassman, Story of My Life was inducted last month.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 16:07pm
rockstar23: I was so used to nominating it every year, lol!
My replacement: "Love Child" (1978) by The Supremes
It is really a pivotal song in the transition of Motown from heavily masking their song's messages to being more open to taking chances. You would't have seen The Temptations' "Cloud Nine", Marvin Gaye wouldn't have been able to record What's Going On and Stevie Wonder wouldn't have been able to enjoy the artist freedom he got when he turned 21 at Motown without "Love Child."
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 18:09pm
Nominations for January:
Sponge - Plowed
Tori Amos - God
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01.2.13 @ 22:38pm
Here are the nominees for January. As always, let me know if I missed anything:
Janet Jackson - All For You
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Fanny - Charity Ball
Kanye West, Big Sean And Jay-Z - Clique
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Psy - Gangnam Style
Tori Amos - God
Death Grips - Hacker
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Eduard Khil - I Am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Joe's Garage
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
The Supremes - Love Child
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
De La Soul - Me, Myself And I
Kanye West Ft. Nicki Minaj, Jay Z, Bon Iver & Rick Ross - Monster
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
Nick Cave - O Children
Grimes - Oblivion
Neil Young - Old Man
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
Bjork - Play Dead
Sponge - Plowed
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Muse - Survival (Olympic Theme Song)
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
Beck - The New Pollution
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - We Take Care Of Our Own
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Voting will close at Midnight Central time on Tuesday the 8th.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 01:17am
My votes for January 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (1966)
Fanny - Charity Ball (1970)
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
USA for Africa - We Are the World (1985)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 01:50am
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Kanye West/Jay-Z/Big Sean - Clique
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
USA for Africa - We Are the World
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 02:05am
My Ballot:
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - We Take Care Of Our Own
Hopefully I can go back to "Love Child" in the next round!
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 05:36am
My vote:
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Nick Cave - O Children
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 10:03am
De La Soul - Me, Myself And I
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Muse - Survival
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Would definitely get back to Beck - New Pollution & Soggy Bottom Boys at a later date.
Posted by jtrichey on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 10:48am
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Kanye West Ft. Nicki Minaj, Jay Z, Bon Iver & Rick Ross - Monster
Bjork - Play Dead
Grimes - Oblivion
Posted by GFW on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 12:10pm
Tori Amos - God
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Sponge - Plowed
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Just Missed:
Neil Young - Old Man
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 14:24pm
Janet Jackson- All For You
De La Soul- Me, Myself And I
Siouxsie & the Banshees- Peek-A-Boo
Bjork- Play Dead
Frank Ocean- Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by Mike on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 14:51pm
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Psy - Gangnam Style
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 17:30pm
Neil Young - Old Man
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Joe's Garage
Psy - Gangnam Style
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 19:06pm
Neil Young - Old Man
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Joe's Garage
Psy - Gangnam Style
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 19:06pm
Song Nominations for January:
Janet Jackson - All For You
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
Sponge - Plowed
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Beck - The New Pollution
Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 20:00pm
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Tori Amos - God
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - O Children
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 21:22pm
My votes:
R. Kelly- I Believe I Can Fly
Frank Sinatra- New York, New York
Kanye West, Big Sean And Jay-Z - Clique
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Posted by Zoltan on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 22:54pm
Len - Steal My Sunshine
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Janet Jackson - All For You
Beck - The New Pollution
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01.3.13 @ 23:39pm
Clique
Gangham Style
Beck - The New Pollution
Frank Sinatra- Theme from New York, New York
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Posted by Logan on Friday, 01.4.13 @ 03:52am
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
Tori Amos - God
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I
Janet Jackson - All For You
Bjork - Play Dead
Posted by Scott Banks on Friday, 01.4.13 @ 14:15pm
my song votes:
The Supremes - Love Child
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
Neil Young - Old Man
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Posted by Darrin A on Friday, 01.4.13 @ 16:28pm
Wall of Voodoo - Mexican Radio
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Alphaville - Big In Japan
David Bowie - China Girl
Posted by Roy on Saturday, 01.5.13 @ 00:05am
FRL,
Just a mistake I happened to notice that needs correcting: Bruce Springsteen's "The Rising" is listed as the year 2001. Both the single and album came out in 2002. Please and thank you!
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 01.5.13 @ 07:19am
My Votes:
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Beck - The New Pollution
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - We Take Care Of Our Own
Missed the cut, but I would support these songs in the future:
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
De La Soul - Me, Myself And I
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Frank Sinatra - New York, New York
Kanye West, Big Sean And Jay-Z - Clique
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
USA For Africa - We Are The World
Tori Amos - God
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Neil Young - Old Man
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention - Joe's Garage
Kanye West Ft. Nicki Minaj, Jay Z, Bon Iver & Rick Ross - Monster
Grimes - Oblivion
The Supremes - Love Child
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 00:01am
I have a vote count incoming momentarily!
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 01:19am
Here's our first vote count! If anyone else has been keeping up with it, feel free to double check the results. Are there any other posters out there who have yet to submit a ballot? If no changes are made, we have a full class of ten!
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 7
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I 6
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 5
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke 5
Beck - The New Pollution 4
Frank Sinatra - Theme from New York, New York 4
Janet Jackson - All for You 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) 4
PSY - Gangnam Style 4
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 4
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Bjork - Play Dead 3
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You 3
Kanye West/Big Sean/Jay-Z - Clique 3
Neil Young - Old Man 3
Tori Amos - God 3
USA for Africa - We Are the World 3
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care of Our Own 2
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King 2
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage 2
Len - Steal My Sunshine 2
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me 2
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - O Children 2
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel 2
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 2
Sponge - Plowed 2
The Supremes - Love Child 1
Grimes - Oblivion 1
Kanye West/Nicki Minaj/Jay-Z/Rick Ross/Bon Iver - Monster 1
Muse - Survival 1
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down 1
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle 1
Fanny - Charity Ball 1
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy 1
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 01:41am
Paul K- I think you couldn't Ryan's votes twice and it look like he accidentally posted twice.
Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 07:06am
Lady Pank - Minus Zero
Posted by Roy on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 07:30am
Gassman - crap. You're right, my bad. The sad thing is, I even noticed that he double posted, and made a mental note not to count it twice. Well, here's the adjusted tally;
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly 6
De La Soul - Me, Myself and I 5
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 5
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke 5
Beck - The New Pollution 4
Frank Sinatra - Theme from New York, New York 4
Janet Jackson - All for You 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) 4
Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow 4
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Bjork - Play Dead 3
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You 3
Kanye West/Big Sean/Jay-Z - Clique 3
PSY - Gangnam Style 3
Tori Amos - God 3
USA for Africa - We Are the World 3
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care of Our Own 2
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King 2
Len - Steal My Sunshine 2
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me 2
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried 2
Neil Young - Old Man 2
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - O Children 2
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel 2
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo 2
Sponge - Plowed 2
The Supremes - Love Child 1
Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage 1
Grimes - Oblivion 1
Kanye West/Nicki Minaj/Jay-Z/Rick Ross/Bon Iver - Monster 1
Muse - Survival 1
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down 1
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle 1
Fanny - Charity Ball 1
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy 1
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 08:06am
Roy, you do realize your ballot contains no songs put up for nomination for this month, right? I will say though that I may consider China Girl as a potential nominee next month. In any matter, here is my ballot for the Song Project class of January 2039. These include, obviously, both of my nominees this month.
Nick Cave - O Children
Stevie Wonder - Skeletons
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Janet Jackson - All For You
Beck - The New Pollution
I do trust these songs are approved by fellow posters for this month. I will make certain that a number of 2012 songs get considered for next month. I do note my error in Paradise being finished in 2011. Sorry for the confusion.
We might need to induct Trapped in the Closet in the near future,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 01.6.13 @ 13:31pm
I'm going to save "Theme from New York, New York" by swapping my vote for "We Are the World" to it (which I will definitely vote for again next month, by the way!)
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 02:25am
Voting closes at midnight Central time tonight, so get any votes or vote switches in by then.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 13:22pm
Bjork - Play Dead (Excellent nomination a bjork classic, would love to see unravel or joga)
Neil Young - Old Man
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
R. Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly
as for tori amos I'll vote for it, but she had many better songs to choose from, very disappointed in the nomination of one of her worst, and this does not seem to be about hits anymore, , "me and a gun", "horses" "crucify", "precious things", hell even one of her covers would have been better
I also crave more nick drake nominations, "way to blue"?
Posted by mikhail on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 16:21pm
I'd like to see some more Nick Drake. Especially "River Man", but I'd also be on board for "Time Has Told Me" and "Things Behind the Sun".
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 16:38pm
I could get behind some more Nick Drake.
Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 19:37pm
I'd like to change my vote for "Mama Tried" to Tori Amos - "God".
Posted by Darren on Monday, 01.7.13 @ 21:01pm
There was talk over the past year about inducting some novelty songs, so I thought I'd throw a name out there that isn't yet represented in this project: Shirley Ellis.
She's got at least 2 cheesy, yet enduring songs from the mid-60's that both hit big on the charts and remain well known to this day in "The Name Game" (Shirley, Shirley Bo-Birley, Banana-na-ba Fo Firley, etc.) and "The Clapping Song" (3 6 9 The Goose Drank Wine).
Would there be any interest in one of these songs next round?
Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 00:31am
Voting is closed. Here is the class of January 2013:
R. Kelly - "I Believe I Can Fly"
Stevie Wonder - "Sir Duke"
De La Soul - "Me, Myself And I"
Bob Dylan - "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
Janet Jackson - "All For You"
Beck - "The New Pollution"
Frank Sinatra - "Theme From New York, New York"
Tori Amos - "God"
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 01:02am
Well, this was a good start to the year (I'm personally not a fan of Tori Amos at all, especially that song, it seems like a bland ballad of controversy, but I'm sure we all have a few tracks we don't like inducted, so it's nothing to whine about... as long as we never induct a song from Insane Clown Posse, I'll be fine). In fact, overall, this induction just made our Project that much better! and there were so many songs that almost made it in that I will continue to support.
First of all, I will renominate "Swimming Pools (Drank)" as my 2012 pick. It just missed squeezing in this round, so I hope everyone who supported it this round will again next round :)
I will also support these tracks in the future depending on what else is nominated (I don't really pay attention to WHO nominates what, so look for your tracks!)
Bruce Springsteen - We Take Care of Our Own
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe
Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You
Grimes - Oblivion
Kanye West/Big Sean/Jay-Z - Clique
Merle Haggard - Mama Tried
Neil Young - Old Man
USA for Africa - We Are the World
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 02:15am
I think this was a good class as well. I guess as the person that nominated God by Tori Amos, I should defend this pick to some degree.
I am personally not a fan of Tori Amos either for much the same reasons as Paul, but I believed that her significance in the female singer-songwriter movement, coupled with the fact that she has had some chart success meant that she warranted some inclusion into this project regardless of my personal opinion of her music.
I chose this song because it was one of her biggest hits, seemed to have some crossover appeal (at least in the US and Canada), and stood out among the rest of the songs I sampled from her because of the catchy rhythm section backing the song.
I can definitely see now though why she hasn't had a song inducted until now. She doesn't seem to have much appeal to our more mainstream voters (personally I think it's because of her unusual song structure), and those that are fans of her work have completely different opinions on what her best songs are.
She seems to be much more of an album-oriented artist, which always makes it tough to choose just one song, but regardless I'm glad that she's finally had something inducted. :)
Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 10:28am
Honestly, I think that all of our projects have had a case of the girl cooties for too long. I'm going to start focussing more on female acts in my nominations. On the Album side I was shocked and saddened that GFW and I were the only ones who voted for The Idler Wheel, a Grammy nominee and Top 5 in most year end polls that I've seen.
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 12:33pm
DarinRG: The Idler Wheel is on my too listen list for the year. I'll have to check it out. Also we've had a female artist problem since the beginning of all of our projects. In the Revisited Projected almost all of the female acts that were inducted into the real Hall of Fame took longer to get into ours. I'm not saying that those choices weren't warranted in some cases, but it was the start of a disturbing trend,
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 13:38pm
Also good list of song inductees, but I am surprised that no 2012 songs made were inducted. Really happy that we finally inducted a De La Soul song.
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 13:42pm
I'm glad we inducted a De La Soul track, too.
I'm definitely nominating Ellie Goulding's "Lights" for the February cycle.
Posted by Mike on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 14:08pm
"In the Revisited Projected almost all of the female acts that were inducted into the real Hall of Fame took longer to get into ours. I'm not saying that those choices weren't warranted in some cases, but it was the start of a disturbing trend"
agreed. the fatc that Kate Bush waited longer to get in than Bon Jovi is pretty awful.
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 14:11pm
speaking of female acts, i might be nominating the following:
Madonna - Borderline
Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
Tracy Chapman -Give Me One Reason
Bjork - Big Time Sensuality
i'm glad most of the songs i nominated were inducted (The New Pollution, Smooth Operator, He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother)
Posted by akeem on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 14:39pm
Here's a few tracks from the ladies on my queue:
Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
Aretha Franklin - Think
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
Etta James - Something's Got a Hold on Me
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Nico - These Days
Britney Spears - Toxic
Mazzy Star - Fade into You
Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 15:07pm
Also, "Theme from New York, New York" actually came out in 1980, not 1977. It's a cover of the Liza Minnelli song that DID come out in '77.
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 15:13pm
We're giving the ladies their due? Cool.
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover
Beth Orton - Stolen Car
Liz Phair - Supernova
Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 20:27pm
What about Fanny?
Produced by Richard Perry, the first all woman band to ever hit The Top 40 with...
Charity Ball (1971) #40 I just nominated this one!
Butter Boy (1974) #29
Then also, The Pointers Sisters - Neutron Dance (1983)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 21:10pm
Here some prog tracks that is good for nomination
Genesis - Supper's Ready or Musical Box
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Tarkus
Rush - Subdivisions or Roll the Bones
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig in the Sky
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Posted by Johnny C. on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 23:30pm
Def Leppard- Rocket
Led Zeppelin- Trampled Underfoot
Rush- Subdivisions
Pink Floyd- Have A Cigar
The Who- Eminence Front
Posted by Will S on Tuesday, 01.8.13 @ 23:58pm
I'm seeing a lot of good suggestions for nominees. A few current female acts that I'd also like to see get on the board are St. Vincent, Tegan & Sara and Ladyhawke.
Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 01.9.13 @ 02:01am
In addition, the following Voter's Choice songs were added in January:
Death Grips - "Hacker"
Eduard Khil - "I Am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home"
The Flamin' Groovies - "Shake Some Action"
The Harry Simeone Chorale - "The Little Drummer Boy"
Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01.9.13 @ 05:30am
BSLO - "The Name Game" is a good candidate. I don't know how much of a priority it will be for me to vote for it right away, but maybe eventually. By any chance, did this idea come to you right after you watched last week's episode of "American Horror Story"?
Regarding Tori Amos - "God" is one of a handful of her songs that I would vote for. I would have preferred "Crucify", but it wasn't nominated. Someone stated that they thought "God" was a song that was written to be shocking or get attention and I think that's inaccurate. She doesn't strike me as the type of artist who would insincerely write a song for shock value because there's always been a certain honesty to her music.
Regarding "The Idler Wheel..." - It's definitely one of the 2012 albums that I want to get inducted. If it had one more vote, I would have switched my vote to that album instead of "Hi Infidelity". It's a great album and while the critical acclaim is undeniable and appreciated, I can't be moved to care whether or not it was nominated for a Grammy, because I think the Grammys are terribly unreliable at honoring the best music every year.
Regarding 2012 songs - I'm surprised that there weren't any 2012 songs inducted, but there will be. I think two of the best options weren't nominated this month, "Some Nights" by fun. and "Too Close" by Alex Clare. Here's what I think of the 2012 songs that were nominated:
Bruce Springsteen - "We Take Care Of Our Own" - Obviously I support this song, I nominated it. lol
Kanye West, Big Sean And Jay-Z - "Clique" - Solid song, but I can think of at least 5 eligible Kanye / Jay-Z collaborations that are better ("Monster", "N****s In Paris", "No Church In The Wild", "Run This Town", "Otis").
Bob Dylan - "Duquesne Whistle" - Maybe, but not really a high priority.
Psy - "Gangnam Style" - Please, no. This is a Youtube fad and a dance craze and not a great or important song. It's already getting to the "jump the shark" phase (it was recently featured in "Beetle Bailey" for crying out loud) and I think a year from now we'll look back on this song and not even give it a consideration. It's a year later, how badly do you want "Party Rock Anthem" voted into the Hall of Fame?
The Lumineers - "Ho Hey" - I considered voting for it. It's one of my favorite 2012 songs, but I would much prefer "Little Talks", though it's not eligible as a 2012 nominee.
Grimes - "Oblivion" - Great song. Hopefully it's not too obscure to get voted in.
Muse - "Survival (Olympic Theme Song)" - Maybe. I think "Madness" is better.
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)" - If I wasn't able to switch a vote to get "God" inducted, I would have switched my vote for this song, so it's likely this song will get my vote next month.
Frank Ocean - "Thinkin' Bout You" - Another close one. It should get in soon.
Carly Rae Jepsen - "Call Me Maybe" - An excellent pop song. Not the highest priority, but eventually I'll vote for it.
GFW - I think it's pretty awful that Bon Jovi was voted into our Hall Of Fame. lol That being said, it's hard to deny that Bon Jovi is a name artist while Kate Bush is rather obscure.
Female artists - I prefer meritocracy over voting for a song because that artist or that type of song is under-represented (also, I don't think we should vote for a song so that a particular artist can "get on the board" unless the song itself is deserving), but if the songs nominated are worthy, I'd definitely vote for them.
From the previously mentioned lists:
Madonna - "Borderline"
Tracy Chapman - "Give Me One Reason"
Aretha Franklin - "I Say A Little Prayer"
Aretha Franklin - "Think"
Norah Jones - "Don't Know Why"
Liz Phair - "Supernova"
I'd also like to mention:
Regina Spektor - "Laughing With"
L7 - "Pretend We're Dead"
Bikini Girl - "Rebel Girl"
Madonna - "Express Yourself"
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01.9.13 @ 08:09am
" BSLO - "The Name Game" is a good candidate. I don't know how much of a priority it will be for me to vote for it right away, but maybe eventually. By any chance, did this idea come to you right after you watched last week's episode of "American Horror Story"? "
Hahaha, yes as a matter of fact it did! Out of all the completely bizarre things they've thrown at us this season, that song and dance sequence was definitely the most out of left field so far.
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01.9.13 @ 10:31am
Also, I haven't had time to go through everyone's female artist suggestions yet, but I'd definitely vote for Pretend We're Dead, Rebel Girl or either Volcano Girls or Seether by Veruca Salt.
These are all solid alt-rock songs from the 90's by all-girl or girl-dominated rock groups.
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 01.9.13 @ 10:42am
"You Give What You Give" by New Radicals should be
"You Get What You Give".
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 01.13.13 @ 13:41pm
Any interest for these?
Weather Report- Birdland (1977)
The Waterboys- The Whole of the Moon (1985)
Gino Vanelli- I Just Wanna Stop (1977)
KMFDM- Juke Joint Jezebel (1995)
Foster the People- Don't Stop (2011)
Young the Giant- Cough Syrup (2011)
Fiona Apple- Every Single Night (2012)
Imagine Dragons- Time to Begin (2012)
Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 01.13.13 @ 17:23pm
Would there be any support for any of these songs?
Israel "IZ" Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole- Over the Rainbow
Black Keys- Lonely Boy
Neil Young- Old Man
Deep Purple- Child in Time
Public Enemy- Don't Believe the Hype
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris- Yeah
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get
The Ramones- The KKK Took My Baby Away or Rock & Roll High School or Teenage Lobotomy
For Greg F depending on what else is nominated i would consider:
Imagine Dragons- Time to Begin (2012)
KMFDM- Juke Joint Jezebel (1995)
Posted by Ryan on Tuesday, 01.15.13 @ 22:50pm
Ryan, I would support:
the songs by
Neil Young
Deep Purple
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris' "Yeah!", as well as "U Got It Bad" or "Burn"
any of those Ramones songs or "Beat on the Brat" or "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
For Imagine Dragons, I'd want "It's Time"
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 01.16.13 @ 17:25pm
Would any of you be interested one of these songs:
Joni Mitchell - Woodstock
Queen - Radio Ga Ga
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Randy Newman - Short People
2012 pick:
fun. - Some Nights
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01.17.13 @ 20:26pm
I'd consider voting for both Radio Ga Ga and Suppers Ready.
Posted by GFW on Friday, 01.18.13 @ 12:01pm
Since we were talking about female artists and a lot of us have quite a few on our queues, here's just a suggestion for March, kind of like we did with the Special Christmas Song Vote. I don't follow the holiday or know much about it at all, but I know International Women's Day is March 8th, and I was thinking we could have an extra vote after our March class for female artists only?
Not meant to be an annual thing, just if people are down.
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 01.20.13 @ 02:07am
I have two songs I'd like to know if people are into:
Alice's Restaurant Massacre by Arlo Guthrie
100,00 Fireflies by Magnetic Fields
Any takers?
Posted by printthelegends on Wednesday, 01.23.13 @ 04:02am
BSLO / Anyone else - I'm planning to either nominate "Rebel Girl" by Bikini Kill or "Pretend We're Dead" by L7 in February. Which one would you be more likely to vote for?
BSLO - Veruca Salt - "Volcano Girls" - Great song, I would definitely vote for it at some point.
Ryan - I would support "Lonely Boy", "Old Man", "Don't Believe The Hype", "Yeah" and "The Impression That I Get". I gotta say, beyond the Ramones songs that we've already voted in, they all pretty much sound the same to me. I'd vote for "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg", though.
Paul K - I might eventually vote for "It's Time" or "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons.
John R.C. - I would absolutely vote for "Some Nights" in February. "Short People" might get my vote at some point.
printthelegends - I would vote for "Alice's Restaurant Massacre", but I can't guarantee anything. Even with as many songs as we've voted in I still have way too many songs I can't vote for every month.
Posted by Darren on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 00:33am
Paul K. - I don't know about having a special "Ladies Night" vote. Every other time we've done that it's been for a particular genre of music. "Women" isn't a genre. It seems like if we have a special vote, it would be because we think that those songs couldn't get voted in via the regular process (which was kind of the situation for the Christmas rock songs) and I don't think that's the case.
I don't think that there's any deliberate bias against songs performed by women. Some artists are vastly under-represented to be sure (Aretha Franklin has 3 songs), but dedicated voting blocs have inducted 8 songs by Janet Jackson and 5 songs by Bjork.
If we put an effort forth in future months to nominate and vote for the right songs we can get more representation for female performers in the regular voting process.
Posted by Darren on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 00:48am
To be fair, I think all of us voters here are male and we as group would be more likely to nominate/induct songs by say a minor male rock group than a female rock or pop artist.
Look at how little representation there is for women like Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Beyonce etc. and How long it took us to induct something by Tori Amos. Even Aretha Franklin and Madonna, arguably the two biggest female artists in history are somewhat under-represented. I think "I Say a Little Prayer", "Think" and "Express Yourself" are classic songs and it's head scratcher that they aren't inducted yet.
I guess it's about image as well, as we seem to have our favorites (several song and album inductions for Janet and Bjork, all of which are deserved and Bjork's "Vespertine" should also be inducted). But overall there is a problem.
I myself have for a long time been nominating "You Don't Own Me" by Lesley Gore because I think she's big enough a rock icon to have representation here. "It's My Party" is another induction worthy song.
A "ladies" vote is a bit patronising imo, in a way saying that these songs aren't good enough to go in through a regular vote.
If there is a special vote I would really support another Early Influence induction. We really missed some classic songs there like "Summertime", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square", "Someone To Watch Over Me", "My Funny Valentine" etc.
Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 06:10am
Totally agree with you rockstar23, Kate Bush, one of the most innovative pioneers in popular music EVER, (male, female, duo, or group) is also neglected By the hall as well as this site.
Similar situations for: Nina Simone(also innovative as hell), Linda ronstadt(one of the most sucessful acts ever), Sylvia Robinson(litterally the mother of rap), Dionne Warwick/Mary Wells/Tina Turner solo(self explanitory),Sandy Denny of Fairport Convention (braught back a genre), Ella Fitzgerald (this one makes me cringe), Cher (her first use of autotune done correctly, and record setting career length/sucess), Carol Carpenter/Carol King(duh), Dolly Parton/Patsy Cline, The Gogos(say what you may but look at writing credits), as you put it Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey, Beyonce who played major parts in writing, and many more (though most of this list is singer songwriters/mowtown girl groups like Janis Ian/Judy Collins/Carly Simon/The Marvelettes/the crystols/The Blossoms/the Ronettes/the Shangri-La’s/The Chantels/the Shirelles/the Chiffons/the Cookies/the Angles/running out of names)
And for the 90's: PJ Harvey,Portishead(helped define a genre),Tracy Chapman,The Crannberries(so neglected!) Fiona Apple, Melissa Etheridge, and as you mentioned Tori Amos (I could mention more feminst singer songwriters but for me the only one that really had actual innovation was Tori, (also Celine Dion is one worth mentioning in the industry puppet catagory...not, but atleast she had more than one hit)
Great job representing Janet, Heart, Fleetwood Mac,The Pretenders,Janis Joplin, Blondie, Joni Mitchell, Donna Summer, and Bjork though. Anyway, point is, most of these women, especially Kate Bush should be ranked higher. Maybe the hall exclueded Kate for being a progressive act. I'm not even going to get into that, a whole other rant (progressive is a Synonym for innovation)
did I miss anyone?
Posted by Mikhail on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 13:02pm
Grrr forgot Sonic Youth and the eurythmics
Posted by Mikhail on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 13:20pm
I also would include Joan Baez, Melanie, k.d lang, Lucinda Williams, & Gillian Welch. Joan Baez, Melanie, Lucinda Williams & Gillian Welch have no songs in the project so far. k.d. lang has one so far. On Carole King we should consider voting in some songs from something other than Tapestry. How about Sweet Seasons, Been to Canaan, Nightingale, or Jazzman. I will likely nominate a song by either Joan Baez, Melanie, Lucinda Williams, or Gillian Welch in February. What song from Joan Baez, Melanie, Lucinda Williams, or Gillian Welch would you guys would be interested in voting for? For Joan Baez I'm thinking "Diamonds in Rust", for Melanie I'm thinking either "Brand New Key" or "Candles in the Rain", for Lucinda Williams I'm thinking either "Passionate Kisses", or "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road". As for Gillian Welch I don't know what I would suggest.
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 17:51pm
Greg F. - Of the songs / artists you mentioned, I would be most likely to vote for "Car Wheels On A Gravel Road".
Posted by Darren on Friday, 01.25.13 @ 20:12pm
Darren - I'd vote for Pretend We're Dead for sure if you nominated it. If you nominated Bikini Girl, I'd vote for it at some point...maybe right away, but it would depend on what else was nominated.
Posted by BSLO on Monday, 01.28.13 @ 10:12am
"Pretend We're Dead" it is. I'm pretty sure I'll nominate that this month along with Neutral Milk Hotel - "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea", which I'm kind of shocked hasn't been voted in already and something from 2012.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 01.28.13 @ 23:25pm
Would anybody be interested in voting for another song from Gordon Lightfoot?
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01.29.13 @ 21:30pm
We have plenty of options for February, but for future months, what do you guys think of "I Love It" by Icona Pop?
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 01.30.13 @ 13:17pm
I know early noms/voting is generally discouraged, but I've got a very busy couple of days ahead... a new job and hectic plans, soooooo if it would be okay, I've got an early package to deliver to you guys. (or maybe it's a late package, as these two 70's classics should have been in long ago).
Here are my nominations for February 2013:
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
The Doors - Love Her Madly (1971)
2012 nominee: Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 01.30.13 @ 15:59pm
Nominations:
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
The Weather Report- Birdland (1977)
2012 pick: The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 01:27am
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (2004)
My 2012 song:
Duquesne Whistle - Bob Dylan
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 02:17am
Nominations:
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
2012 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 05:13am
Nominations:
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
2012 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 05:13am
Would anybody be interested in voting for another song from Gordon Lightfoot?
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01.29.13 @ 21:30pm
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I'll back you up on Gordon Lightfoot.
Nominations:
Liz Phair - "Supernova" (1994)
Abra Moore - "Four Leaf Clover" (1997)
Voter's Choice:
Spectre General - "Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way" (1986)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 08:44am
Would anybody be interested in voting for another song from Gordon Lightfoot?
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 01.29.13 @ 21:30pm
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Yeah, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 09:12am
since we were talking about women not mostly inducting their songs, here are my nominees:
Tracy Chapman -Give Me One Reason
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 10:30am
My nominations:
Genesis - Supper's Ready (1972)
Randy Newman - Short People (1977)
2012 pick: fun. - Some Nights
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 10:41am
can somebody nominate this song please...
The Ides of March - Vehicle
thanks.
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 14:06pm
akeem-You just did :p
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 14:11pm
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
2012: Grimes - Oblivion
VC: Nico - Chelsea Girls
Posted by GFW on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 14:23pm
akeem-You just did :p
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 14:11pm
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Gassman, I nominated the following and we are allowed two right?
Tracy Chapman -Give Me One Reason
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 15:28pm
akeem: Whoops I missed those
I am going to make a push that Chelsea Girl gets inducted into the regular song section instead of the Voters Choice section. I feel like it is too important of song to but put into the VC section. My first thought of this song always goes to its use in The Royal Tenenbaums. I think it would be a mistake for this song to go into the VC section.
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 16:15pm
Count me in on Chelsea Girl, Gassman. Agreed that it's too important for VC.
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 16:19pm
Nominations:
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down (1966)
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (2000)
Voter's Choice:
Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane (1967)
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 17:16pm
Voter's Choice:
The Pretty Things- The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High (1970)
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 18:15pm
My Nominations:
Frankie Valli- "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"
Whitney Houston- "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
2012 nomination:
Adele- "Skyfall"
Posted by Zoltan on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 18:57pm
2012 nomination:
Adele- "Skyfall"
Posted by Zoltan on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 18:57pm
Great track! Best Bond theme since "Live and Let Die"
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 19:36pm
Great track! Best Bond theme since "Live and Let Die"
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 19:36pm
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I agree, except there's also A View to a Kill by Duran Duran in 1985!
8-)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 01.31.13 @ 22:01pm
My votes:
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
The Weather Report- Birdland (1977)
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)
Nico- Chelsea Girls
Liz Phair- Supernova
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 06:11am
I agree about Skyfall. Awesome Bond theme!
Assuming that we are still allowed to nominate songs, my nominations for the month are:
Shirley Ellis - The Name Game (1964)
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now (1998)
Posted by BSLO on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 08:16am
My nominations for February 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Fanny - Butter Boy (1974)
2012
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Voter's Choice
The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (1984)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 09:12am
Nominations haven't closed yet.
Voting hasn't started yet.
We start every month with 2 days of nominations, followed by 5 days of voting. This process begins on the 1st of every month.
Nominations end at 12:01 AM Central Time on Sunday, February 3rd.
Voting ends at 12:01 AM Central Time on Friday, February 8th.
I don't think Nico and The Pointer Sisters should be candidates for Voter's Choice. It's meant to be for obscure songs by obscure bands. Didn't we have this same conversation about the Nico song a few months ago?
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 11:00am
No, that was These Days. Different song.
Also if Nico's too popular for VC, then Vangelis certainly is.
Posted by GFW on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 11:29am
Half the songs in VC don't belong there. It's used too often as a receptacle for songs that belong in the main category that people don't feel like going through the frustration of fighting for through the groups overall biases and blind spots. I'll admit to being one of the worst offenders, which is why I've stopped contributing to VC.
Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 11:55am
Darren, will the songs we nominated on 1/31/13 count for the February nominations?
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 15:36pm
John R.C. - Yes, they will. Paul's nominations as well. We just don't want people to start voting before everyone gets their nominations in. Greg's vote will count, but he can change it if he likes.
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 16:48pm
Whenever voting starts I will likely make some changes. I'm thinking about voting for The Pointer Sisters- Neutron Dance since Rick nominated in the wrong category. I'm also questioning on rather The Pretty Things would be considered obscure or not. If I decide to withdraw that nomination I will let you guys know.
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 17:34pm
This month will likely be the last month I will submit a voter's choice I'm out of ideas for songs to put there and I'm afraid I may wind up misplacing songs there.
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 17:49pm
My Nominations:
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris- Yeah
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get
2012 Pick:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Wanz- Thrift Shop
Posted by Ryan on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 18:28pm
I don't think Nico and The Pointer Sisters should be candidates for Voter's Choice. It's meant to be for obscure songs by obscure bands. Didn't we have this same conversation about the Nico song a few months ago?
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 11:00am
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I see how things work around here, I've complained about this and nobody wanted to do anything about it, now that I'm using Voter's Choice like others have been doing, it's suddenly a problem, well until #6 hit Dan Hartman "I Can Dream About You" 1984, #27 hit Cashman & West "American City Suite" 1972 and Vangelis "Blade Runner (End Titles)" 1982 are removed then I will keep nominating!
Switch out my nomination of...
The Pointer Sisters - Neutron Dance (1984)
For
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle (1983)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 20:25pm
Nobody was picking on you Rick. I would vote for a Pointer Sister song. However Neutron Dance is not the best choice in my opinion. I would personally vote for either Fire (1979), He's So Shy (1980), Automatic (1982), or Slowhand (1982).
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 20:37pm
To all: I have said this before and I will say it again make sure that the song you nominate in Voter's Choice is actually an obscure song by an obscure band like Darren said. Do your research before throwing a song in VC do we don't put in anymore that don't belong in there. There's nothing we can do for the misplaced ones that are already there. So if you are still complaining it's not going to do any good.
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 20:46pm
I have now compiled my nominations for the Song Project Class of February 2039. As often, these songs were on my mind these last few weeks.
The Jam - Start!
Coldplay - Paradise
Here then is my 2012 pick for this voting cycle. As you may know, I intially had Paradise as my 2012 pick. This was before realizing that the Coldplay album Mylo Xyloto came out in 2011. This song however did come out last year in 2012. And in my mond, it was probably the best pop song of last year.
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Finally, my Voter's Choice selection. Whether or not this is legitimate will remain to be seen. None the less, here it is.
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
In truth, anything off of Alpacas Orgling is well suited. This song, however, is best amongst equals. Try to guess the band's influence. I am sure fellow posters will be pleasantly surprised.
Are the Lights calling one home aliens?,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 21:17pm
Lax30 - I'm sorry, but the song "Lights" by Ellie Goulding was originally released as a single on March 13, 2011.
Here's the wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lights_%28Ellie_Goulding_song%29
"Lights" can be nominated as a regular nomination, but not as a 2012 song.
Rick - There's no conspiracy here and no one is picking on you. The Pointer Sisters are far too successful and "Neutron Dance" is way too good of a candidate for the Song Project to be a Voter's Choice candidate. The fact that people think this is the case is a compliment for the song, not an insult. Look at the VC picks that aren't being singled out:
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way
Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
I can't speak for everyone, but I'm not familiar with any of those artists or songs. That doesn't mean that the artists / songs aren't brilliant, but it means that I don't think they have the popularity necessary to have a sporting chance in the Song Project.
There are songs that were put into Voter's Choice that some think shouldn't have been and nothing was done about it. But two wrongs don't make a right. Just because someone "got away with" (hard to view putting a Song Project candidate in the Voter's Choice category as a victory), it doesn't mean you should try to do the same. Hopefully, we can resolve to do something about the situation to minimize the damage going forward.
That being said, I think it might be time to either end the Voter's Choice option or find a way to regulate it that everyone can agree to.
When we first came up with the idea, we discussed options for officially disqualifying songs that didn't "belong" in the Voter's Choice category, but then we never did anything to that effect. If we're going to continue the Voter's Choice option in March and beyond, we need to come up with a way of disqualifying songs that don't fit the obscurity concepts.
An alternate idea would to have Voter's Choice be separate from the Song Project voting. Everyone could nominate a Voter's Choice song and it would automatically go into Voter's Choice, but it would be ineligible for the Song Project vote.
There have been several songs that were nominated for Voter's Choice that have been voted into the Song Project and I think a big part of the reason that this happened is because everyone knew that those songs had a "now or never" tag attached to them. "Songs A, B and C are more worthy, but if I don't vote for song X this month, it'll go into Voter's Choice and be ineligible for the Song Project for good. I can always vote vote for songs A, B and C later." is not a fair mentality to inflict on this project. It means that some songs have an advantage over others and voting should be on a "best of the best" basis, where all songs are on a level playing field.
Also, I don't know about anyone else, but I don't consider Voter's Choice songs to be a part of the Hall Of Fame. Putting a song in Voter's Choice because you don't think it can get voted into the Song Project isn't like a consolation prize in my opinion. It's more like "Submitted For Your Consideration" than a free pass to the Hall.
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.1.13 @ 23:59pm
And now that half the board probably hates me (just joking...lol), here are my nominees:
L7 - "Pretend We're Dead" - A great, but overlooked song from one of the best female-driven alt-rock bands of the 90's.
Neutral Milk Hotel - "In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" - I was rather shocked that this song hasn't been voted in yet, especially since several of the voters cite NMH as one of their favorite bands.
I'm not going to nominate a 2012 song this month. There are already 28 songs that I'd like to vote for this month and adding another wouldn't help matters much. I would like to further endorse fun. - "Some Nights", which I will definitely vote for and would have nominated were it not already nominated. I haven't finished listening to all the 2012 albums I want to hear, but "Some Nights" is a strong candidate for my pick of best song of 2012.
I'm not going to nominate a Voter's Choice song this month either. The songs I was considering (for example, "Moth's Wings", "Two Weeks" "Stillness Is The Move") could all easily be described as borderline candidates and I think I would rather they remain as Song Project candidates in case Passion Pit, Grizzly Bear or Dirty Projectors every have a fun.-esque breakthrough and these songs ever have a better chance.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 00:11am
Hey everyone, I'm back home. I guess I didn't miss the nominations period after all, but better safe than sorry.
As for what to do with Voter's Choice long-term? Well, personally I've never once participated in it. I for one agree with everything Darren said; it potentially punishes the other songs when we should be voting on a "best of the best" basis, but there has been more than one song placed there that probably should have been in The Song Project, and more than one bigger song that was penalized from being inducted into The Song Project when people were voting for VC tracks instead.
I've suggested this in the past; especially if we keep it, maybe two or three times a year, we "upgrade" a single song from Voter's Choice to The Song Project. Everyone makes a ballot of the five most worthy from VC, but only the choice with the most votes gets promoted. The only thing being that the song needs to be on at least 50%(?) of ballots cast.
In the past, this idea was dismissed as "once a Voter's Choice song, always a Voter's Choice song". But this "rule" is a very unwritten one, and is just kind of a general attitude; we aren't physically incapable of making the change. This very occasional (and not very generous) change would collectively rectify and mistakes. Besides, what happens if one of the Voter's Choice artists gets a second song, but it is inducted into the actual Song Project? I could see this happening with Camel or Meat Puppets.
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 00:20am
high volume this month. Should make for a close vote.
Nominees:
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog (1958)
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire (1984)
2012:
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Posted by jtrichey on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 01:17am
I say we either separate VC from the song project or stop doing it. I would support upgrading one song from vc to the song project.
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 02:03am
Lax, you wouldn't happen to be a Todd In the Shadows fan, would you?
@Darren: I'd support OhComely and Two headed Boy Pt1/2 before ITAOTS.
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 08:22am
"There have been several songs that were nominated for Voter's Choice that have been voted into the Song Project and I think a big part of the reason that this happened is because everyone knew that those songs had a "now or never" tag attached to them. "Songs A, B and C are more worthy, but if I don't vote for song X this month, it'll go into Voter's Choice and be ineligible for the Song Project for good. I can always vote vote for songs A, B and C later." is not a fair mentality to inflict on this project. It means that some songs have an advantage over others and voting should be on a "best of the best" basis, where all songs are on a level playing field." -Darren
This is spot on, but I'd only quibble with one point. When I've voted for VC nominees I've never thought "A, B and C are more worthy than X". It's been "A, B and C are more mainstream and safe and thank god someone finally nominated the plenty worthy, but until now overlooked, X, but I have to vote for it now or never". I'll be doing that this round with Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane, another song that I really hate to see relegated to VC.
A difference in POV, but your overall point here is completely accurate.
My opinion on VC is that it was a fun experiment, but it's become more problem than payoff. I would support the more radical approach of completely scrapping it, allowing it to remain solely as a graphic where it is on the Song Project page, but allowing all songs relegated to it to be eligible for nomination once again should someone choose to nominate them. In my opinion freeing up those songs is best for the Song Project's integrity. There are quite a few songs in there that while not being mainstream and obvious, have legitimate historic significance and are just as worthy, if not more so than many of the songs that we've inducted that are simply album tracks by acts who just happen to be popular with a large segment of the group, or songs that have little merit or significance beyond having gotten radio play and being recognizable.
Alright, that's my two cents anyway.
Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 10:52am
"I'll be doing that this round with Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane, another song that I really hate to see relegated to VC."
Fair enough Darin, you are right it deserves better than VC.
Replace my Voter's Choice Nomination of Red Krayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane to:
The Rationals - Gave My Love (1965)
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 11:34am
Hurricane Fighter Plane has my guaranteed vote whenever and wherever it's nominated.
Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 11:44am
Allow me to weigh in on the Voter's Choice dilemma here:
First off, I'm the guy who came up w/the idea. When I came up w/it, I was under the impression that we would all act in good faith regarding the songs placed here. Clearly this is not the case.
When I chose my particular tracks, I did so in the knowledge that these songs were not being heard anymore over commercial radio or MTV or old-fashioned, popular, Broadcasted means of communication. I have been roundly criticized for choosing Cashman & West, as a for example. The key diff. between "American City Suite" & something such as Dan Hartman's "I Can Dream About You" or the Meat Puppet's "Plateau" is that one can still hear these songs on radio (in the Puppet's case, in cover form, but nonetheless...).
Clearly, Clearly, this is not the case for Hartman, the Puppets, Glenn Frey, etc. There are a lot of wonderful songs here, & I'd hate to see this disappear. I still believe that this does not need to be "policied" in some form. I believe we can all act on good faith.
"The Curly Shuffle" is an excellent choice for the VC, as is the Rational, LEO, & the Pretty Things. My own choice, Spectre General, is a song off the 1986 "Transformers" soundtrack. In reality, Spectre General is the assumed name of a 1980's Canadian metal act called Kickaxe. It was believed that the name would not be in fitting w/a kids soundtrack, hence the name change. It's this kind of thing I sought to remember/enshrine.
I don't think we have to get rid of this, or change it in any way. If we all act on good faith regarding this, it can be an excellent sideline area. Remember, it's not mandatory. I say let it go a little while longer, O.K.? How bout it guys? :)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 11:57am
c;mon man if you're gonna go transformers go for stan bush or n.r.g. those two are, like, the best.
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 12:05pm
Yeah, Cheese, I remember that it was your baby, and in fairness, I was a big supporter of the experiment when it was proposed.
I suppose that it doesn't matter to me if VC continues or not, my issue is with it being a nail in the coffin for the songs placed there. Many of us have put songs in VC that in hindsight don't belong there. Speaking for myself, it wasn't about trying to get away with something or acting in bad faith, it was more about making misjudgments in feeling out exactly what VC was and what belongs there.
Using myself as an example, I placed songs by Sleeper, Christian Death and Jim Carrol Band in VC. In hindsight none of these are exactly obscure bands and each of their songs that I buried there fall into that category that I was speaking of earlier of being historically significant to their time and place even though they may fall outside of the group's normal scope or areas of strongest familiarity. That's not to mention putting a song by Dead Can Dance, a very significant 80s Alt band in VC. As I look through, I'm also seeing the Fall, Neu!, Meat Puppets, Japandroids, none of whom are exactly bands who should have been stuck in VC.
All I'm looking for the opportunity for some of those mistakes to be corrected should someone want to take the initiative to do so. And I don't mean a special election where one a year gets through or whatever. I don't mind VC sticking around, but now that we've tried it for awhile I just don't like the finality of it. The opportunity to correct mistakes that I feel were mostly made in good faith should be available.
None of those songs will make for easy inductions into the main category, but the opportunity should be there if someone were to want to tackle it. I don't see much downside in allowing VC songs to remain eligible. Worst case scenario, they're rejected in the election and remain in VC. Best case, we discover that there was more support for the song than might have been thought by the person who placed it in VC and the song "graduates". I think that this also eliminates the "gun to the head" scenario that Darren accurately pointed out.
Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 12:42pm
I want to be able to nominate any song from VC that I feel that doesn't belong in there. I'm with Darin on this. If this will be allowed starting I want to try it.
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 17:30pm
Shouldn't the Japanoids song not be in there? It is a 2012 song so it was put there before it became eligible in the first place.
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 17:42pm
can I change my Pavement nom to Laura - Bat For Lashes?
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 18:01pm
GFW - "can I change my Pavement nom to Laura - Bat For Lashes?" - Sure, no rule against changing nominations.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02.2.13 @ 19:20pm
Nominations are now closed.
Here are the nominees for February 2013:
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover
Adele - Skyfall
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Coldplay - Paradise
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Fanny - Butter Boy
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
fun. - Some Nights
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grimes - Oblivion
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Liz Phair - Supernova
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Wanz - Thrift Shop
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Nico - Chelsea Girls (What did we decide about this song's VC nomination?)
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
Randy Newman - Short People
Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Doors - Lover Her Madly
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
The Jam - Start
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High
The Rationals - Gave My Love
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
The Weather Report - Birdland
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris - Yeah
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
As always, let me know if I missed any nominations.
Anyone who is interested in doing so may cast a ballot. A ballot must have exactly 5 songs and can only contain songs that have been nominated. Every voter can make one switch to their ballot if they choose to do so.
Voting closes at 12:01 AM on Friday the 8th.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:12am
Duh, I missed my own nominations...
Here are the nominees:
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover
Adele - Skyfall
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Coldplay - Paradise
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Fanny - Butter Boy
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
fun. - Some Nights
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grimes - Oblivion
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Liz Phair - Supernova
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Wanz - Thrift Shop
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
Randy Newman - Short People
Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Doors - Lover Her Madly
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
The Jam - Start
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High
The Rationals - Gave My Love
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
The Weather Report - Birdland
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris - Yeah
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:20am
My votes for February 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...
Fanny - Butter Boy (1974)
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle (1983)
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return (2012)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:43am
My Ballot:
1. Adele - Skyfall
2. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
3. Nico - Chelsea Girls
4. Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
5. The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Posted by Gassman on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:44am
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris - Yeah!
There were at least ten other songs I would have voted for and will in the future, but I'll talk about those later.
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:49am
My Ballot:
Adele - Skyfall
fun. - Some Nights
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 01:54am
My Ballot:
Adele- "Skyfall"
Frankie Valli- "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You"
Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris - "Yeah!"
Lesley Gore- "You Don't Own Me"
Posted by Zoltan on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 02:12am
I don't have to make an account? I was going to do this last month but I thought I did.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - "The Impression That I Get"
Usher - "Yeah!"
L7 - "Pretend That We're Dead"
Neutral Milk Hotel - "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea"
The Doors - "Love Her Madly"
Posted by Anthony on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 02:17am
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Grimes - Oblivion
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Posted by Alec on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 02:30am
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype
Frank Ocean- Thinkin' Bout You
Usher - Yeah!
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Macklemore - Thrift Shop
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 03:42am
My vote:
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 06:19am
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Grimes - Oblivion
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Just missed out:
NMH - ITAOTS
Genesis - Suppers Ready
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 08:29am
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Doors - Love Her Madly (thought this was already in???)
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 08:46am
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get
Usher-Yeah!
Macklemore- Thrift Shop
Public Enemy- Don't Believe the Hype
The Doors- Love Her Madle
Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 10:40am
*The Doors-Love Her Madly
Posted by Ryan on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 10:44am
Ryan - Thank you for correcting the title of the Public Enemy song. That's been grating on me.
Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 11:04am
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Nico - Chelsea Girls
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 11:15am
Adele - Skyfall
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Posted by akeem on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 11:58am
The Doors - Love Her Madly (thought this was already in???)
Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 08:46am
Haha, so did I! Last month I was comparing my personal Essential Songs playlist to our Song Project, and I was completely shocked. I instantly moved it to the top of my nomination queue. That thing never seems to get any shorter :P
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 16:15pm
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Liz Phair - Supernova
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
The Doors - Love Her Madly
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Again, the Soggy Bottom Boys just miss the cut.
Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 16:25pm
My vote:
Lucinda Williams- Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (1998)
The Weather Report- Birdland (1977)
Liz Phair- Supernova (1996)
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)
Nico- Chelsea Girls (1967)
Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 18:46pm
That halftime show reminded me of another one of our snubs in this project, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 02.3.13 @ 21:14pm
Wow, this was definitely the toughest vote to narrow down in awhile.
Adele - Skyfall
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
I also very much support Love Her Madly, but it looks like it already has plenty of votes.
Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02.4.13 @ 10:49am
after bslo's vote, here's the update:
The Doors - Lover Her Madly 6
Adele - Skyfall 5
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me 5
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris - Yeah 5
Nico - Chelsea Girls 4
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 3
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea 3
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype 3
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio 3
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 3
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get 3
Bat For Lashes - Laura 2
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now 2
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You 2
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 2
Grimes - Oblivion 2
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) 2
L7 - Pretend We're Dead 2
Liz Phair - Supernova 2
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 2
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Wanz - Thrift Shop 2
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait 2
Nina Simone - Sinnerman 2
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel 2
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog 2
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 2
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return 1
Fanny - Butter Boy 1
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You 1
fun. - Some Nights 1
Genesis - Supper's Ready 1
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle 1
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down 1
The Weather Report - Birdland 1
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason 1
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 1
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover 0
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle 0
Coldplay - Paradise 0
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence 0
Randy Newman - Short People 0
Shirley Ellis - The Name Game 0
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way 0
The Jam - Start 0
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High 0
The Rationals - Gave My Love 0
Posted by akeem on Monday, 02.4.13 @ 21:09pm
swimming pools, love her madly, The Impression I get, Pretend that we're dead, and in the aeroplane over the sea
Posted by Nagol on Monday, 02.4.13 @ 23:23pm
Over on the Album Project, Lax proposed the idea of increasing the number of albums each voter could vote for each month, while maintaining the same number of inducted albums each month.
I think this would be a good idea for the album project, but a great idea for the song project.
There were a total of 48 songs nominated this month. Each voter who put in nominations nominated between 2-4 songs. Assuming that everyone voted for their own nominees (and logically, they would), that only leaves 1-3 spaces on their ballot for songs nominated by others.
If we expanded the number of songs each voter could select each month to 7 or 10 or whatever, each voter would be able choose more songs beyond the ones they nominated themselves and we could get more well-defined overall results and better feedback regarding which songs should be re-nominated in the future.
Keep in mind, the number of songs inducted each month would still be 5-10, so this wouldn't dilute the results.
Thoughts?
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.5.13 @ 22:09pm
I fully endorse the idea for both projects.
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02.5.13 @ 22:37pm
I also support the idea of voting more than 5 songs. I would also propose that we should put out video links of the songs we nominated (whether the song is live, studio recording or music videos) for a chance to hear the songs they are voting if one of us don't know what the song is.
Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 00:25am
I don't really mind more votes, but keep in mind that the voter's choice thing may be going by the boards, and there will be just 4 more months to nominate a 2012 song, so nominations per person will be back to 2 not that long from now.
Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 00:30am
We need more "new jack swing" in this project like...
Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day (1988)
Bobby Brown - On Our Own (1989)
8-)
Who would vote for these?
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 00:43am
John R.C. - Good idea, just remember that the spam filters will only let you post one link per post.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 01:02am
Votes for February:
Electric Light Orchestra - "Rock & Roll Is King"
Gordon Lightfoot - "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Abra Moore - "Four Leaf Clover"
Liz Phair - "Supernova"
Spectre General - "Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way"
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 06:14am
If everyone wishes to increase the vote totals for the albums & songs beginning next month, I'm onboard.
I do have a suggestion for the Voter's Choice. After the monthly choices are selected for this round, I suggest we take the VC's and have a special vote, to see which songs we as a group would remove. Make it the same way as the monthly voting (five songs). There are a few obvious choices to be removed, but not as many as it appears at first. This will make them eligible.
Take the process and do it once every six months. I don't think we really need to do it anymore than that.
It's real simple: An optional choice, for either:
1. A novelty hit,
2. A song that you know of personally, but that you know is too obscure for serious consideration into the Song Project
& I'm adding this in as clarification:
3. An artist who you like, but who's in a situation so strange that it doesn't conform to the general norm.
As a for example, I brought up the 30+ yr. instrumental work of Jim Johnston for World Wrestling Entertainment a month ago. Technically, Johnston is one of the great instrumental artists of all-time, but the situation he's in limits his commercial viability.
The same w/Spectre General, who as I noted last week, do not really exist, but who are a pseudonym for a Canadian metal outfit called Kickaxe.
Hopefully, this provides some better clarification as to what I wanted w/ the VC. I still believe in the good faith of this group, & I think it does show w/most of our picks. I don't think we need a massive change.
What do you guys think?
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 06:57am
Here are my picks for the Song Project Class of February 2039. These include both of my nominees and some other important songs that may or may not have a chance this month.
The Jam - Start!
Coldplay - Paradise
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Genesis - Supper's Ready
Adele - Skyfall
There is my ballot for all to see. I am pleased that some fellow posters are interested in my suggestions for the Album and Song Projects. I feel I have done something right this time. If there is one other matter I want to adress, it is regarding the Voter's Choice picks. I agree with the sentiments expressed regarding Voter's Choices. I would add the stipulation that no artist or group inducted into the Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Project be considered for a Voter's Choice pick. Even their deep cuts should not be considered.
Let me know what you think,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 14:21pm
Yep. Fully agree with Darren, increase the number of votes per ballot. I think either 8 or 10 is a good number.
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 15:24pm
I also want to trade in my vote of the very safe "Love Her Madly" for the deserving "Pretend We're Dead".
That said, if and when we do increase the number of votes per ballot, do you think we should still allow vote swaps?
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 15:33pm
Personally, I don't have a problem with vote swaps if they're used to help an album or song get over the hump or maximize the class size. I only object when they're childishly used to block something from getting in, which became something of an issue in Projected, but I don't see much of that in Song or Album.
I wouldn't have a fit if the group wanted to eliminate it, but I haven't seen it being a problem either.
Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 15:45pm
Personally, I don't have a problem with vote swaps if they're used to help an album or song get over the hump or maximize the class size. I only object when they're childishly used to block something from getting in, which became something of an issue in Projected, but I don't see much of that in Song or Album.
I wouldn't have a fit if the group wanted to eliminate it, but I haven't seen it being a problem either.
Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 15:45pm
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Yeah, Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia became a victim of this childish behavior over at The Album Project 2 years ago, it had enough votes to be inducted, then Gassman and others started blocking its induction with vote swaps until they got their own way!
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:36pm
Rick - New jack swing is definitely a genre that needs some representation, but I don't know if those particular songs would have much of a chance. I don't know about Al B. Sure, but I would guess the Bobby Brown song with the best chance would be "My Perogative".
Cheesecrop - Your suggestion would be to have a vote every six months to remove songs from Voter's Choice, but those songs would only be eligible for The Song Project, not voted into The Song Project? If that's the suggestion, I would think we could accomplish the same thing by allowing Voter's Choice "inductees" to be nominated for the Song Project. There's really no reason we couldn't do that. They'd still have to be voted in, after all.
Paul K / DarinRG - If we decided to expand the number of votes per ballot, I wouldn't think we would need to remove the vote-changing option. Every voter would still only have one and so long as they only used their switches constructively, didn't participate in vote-swap deals and generally followed the rule of DBAD (Don't Be A...)., there wouldn't be any reason to get rid of the option.
I think we should have some official votes after the Song and Album Project votes are done for the month to sort out what everyone wants to do about Voter's Choice and ballot size.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:43pm
My Votes:
fun. - Some Nights
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Liz Phair - Supernova
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Will vote for in future rounds or switch my vote to under the right circumstances this round:
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Adele - Skyfall
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris - Yeah
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Grimes - Oblivion
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Coldplay - Paradise
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Bob Dylan - Duquesne Whistle
Randy Newman - Short People
Shirley Ellis - The Name Game
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:48pm
Yeah, Pac-Man Fever by Buckner & Garcia became a victim of this childish behavior over at The Album Project 2 years ago, it had enough votes to be inducted, then Gassman and others started blocking its induction with vote swaps until they got their own way!
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:36pm
If I remember correctly it did get enough vote for induction in the first place to vote deals you made with five voters. After all that I remember going on several different tangents against vote trades.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:58pm
If I remember correctly it did get enough vote for induction in the first place to vote deals you made with five voters. After all that I remember going on several different tangents against vote trades.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:58pm
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Yeah, everybody made deals here back then, but they didn't block it for that reason, I would never lower myself to their level by outright blocking any albums which I believe should not be in this project!
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:09pm
How about some jazz fusion in the song project like
The Weather Report- Birdland (1977)
Mahavishu Orchestra- The Noonward Race (1971)
The Soft Machine- Slightly All the Time (1970)
Return to Forever- Sorceress (1976)
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:13pm
The Pac Man Fever issue was about people finally having enough of vote trading being used to artificially build ground up support for a song or album. I know that you're still sore about it, but I'm talking about situations where something has enough legitimate votes and someone intentionally uses a vote to snipe it at the last minute.
Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:19pm
Yeah, everybody made deals here back then, but they didn't block it for that reason, I would never lower myself to their level by outright blocking any albums which I believe should not be in this project!
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:09pm
That sounds right. Luckily since the number vote swaps are limited to one vs. three then it would harder to block albums in the album project or songs in the song project. I'm fine with vote swaps as long as they do so to help something go through and expand the class and no blocking or I will go on a tangent again.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:24pm
Bugger, the amount of words given to Pac Man Fever on this site blow my mind.
Posted by rubythursday on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 00:36am
The Pac Man Fever issue was about people finally having enough of vote trading being used to artificially build ground up support for a song or album. I know that you're still sore about it, but I'm talking about situations where something has enough legitimate votes and someone intentionally uses a vote to snipe it at the last minute.
Posted by DarinRG on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 21:19pm
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Indeed I am still sore about it because besides me, at least 2-3 other voters, Tahvo, Cheesecrop along with another one actually supported the album's induction!
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 01:25am
Bugger, the amount of words given to Pac Man Fever on this site blow my mind.
Posted by rubythursday on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 00:36am
Pac Man Fever has taken on legendary status round these parts.
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 03:33am
Update that includes:
+Nagol
+Cheesecrop
+Lax30
+Darren
+my vote swap
Six songs are currently set to get in. If anyone wants to swap one of their songs with only one or two votes for one of the ones with 4 or 3, now's the time to do it.
The Doors - Love Her Madly 7
Adele - Skyfall 6
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me 5
L7 - Pretend We're Dead 5
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea 5
Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris - Yeah! 5
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) 4
Liz Phair - Supernova 4
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get 4
Nico - Chelsea Girls 4
Bruce Springsteen - I'm On Fire 3
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3
Public Enemy - Don't Believe in the Hype 3
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio 3
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 3
Bat For Lashes - Laura 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King 2
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now 2
Frankie Valli - Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You 2
fun. - Some Nights 2
Genesis - Supper's Ready 2
Grimes - Oblivion 2
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road 2
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis/Wanz - Thrift Shop 2
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait 2
Nina Simone - Sinnerman 2
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel 2
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog 2
The Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow 2
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover 1
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe 1
Coldplay - Paradise 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return 1
Fanny - Butter Boy 1
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You 1
The Jam - Start 1
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle 1
The Monks - Love Came Tumblin' Down 1
The Weather Report - Birdland 1
Tracy Chapman - Give Me One Reason 1
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way 1
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) 1
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 05:27am
Aight, switch my Bat For Lashes to Liz Phair.
And it's "Don't Believe the Hype", not "Don't Believe in the Hype" . I think that Ryan is the only one who voted for it under its correct title.
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 05:45am
Aight, switch my Bat For Lashes to Liz Phair.
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 05:45am
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Mucho Appreciato on this one.
In return, I'll do something I rarely do, & ask that one of my votes be switched, please.
Please take Abra Moore's "Four Leaf Clover" vote,
& switch it to Nico's "Chelsea Girls"
after all, we wanted more ladies in the project, & this seems the right thing to do here.
Thanks.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 05:58am
Cheesecrop - Your suggestion would be to have a vote every six months to remove songs from Voter's Choice, but those songs would only be eligible for The Song Project, not voted into The Song Project? If that's the suggestion, I would think we could accomplish the same thing by allowing Voter's Choice "inductees" to be nominated for the Song Project. There's really no reason we couldn't do that. They'd still have to be voted in, after all.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.6.13 @ 20:43pm
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The idea of a vote every six months is a simple safeguard.
At six month intervals, we simply ask the question, "Does anyone believe that there's been a song inducted that has genuine commerical potential?" If someone answers yes, then we find out what it is.
I think a lot of people are trying to add all sorts of junk & excelsior to something that's very simple. Once again, I say that I have faith that everyone knows what kind of material belongs here. If someone tries to sneak something by that's blatantly commercial, we'll eventually get to it.
You have to have some kind of belief in the good faith of the voter's here. After all, why should Any of us bother w/any of these projects if we weren't acting in some kind of good faith? :)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 06:36am
Personally, if you inducted 'Pac Man Fever', why not that Streak song that was a monster novelty hit back in mid 70s?
For about 4 or 5 months, that song was being played everywhere.
Posted by Paul in KY on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 07:51am
FYI - Voting closes at midnight Central tonight.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 08:03am
Pac-Man Fever got almost all it's votes through vote swapping.
Posted by GFW on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 11:20am
I'm switching my vote for The Weather Report- Birdland to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones- The Impression That I Get.
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 02.7.13 @ 23:30pm
Voting is closed.
Here is the class of February 2013:
The Doors - Love Her Madly
Adele - Skyfall
L7 - Pretend We're Dead
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Usher feat. Lil’ Jon and Ludacris - Yeah
Liz Phair - Supernova
Nico - Chelsea Girls
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get
In addition, the following songs were added as Voter's Choice selections:
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High
The Rationals - Gave My Love
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 01:05am
While everyone is still (hopefully) paying attention and before everyone disappears until the start of next month, we have a few matters that need to be resolved.
I've created a few straight-forward polls to hopefully get us started. Depending on how we vote, there may be follow-up questions that will need to be resolved.
1. What should be done regarding the Voter's Choice process?
A. Leave it as is, no additional regulations added.
B. Add official regulations to allow regular voters to disqualify a nominated VC song from VC consideration for appropriate reasons (specifics TBD).
C. Eliminate the Voter's Choice process.
2. Should we expand the number of songs each voter can vote for each month (the number of monthly inductees would remain the same)?
A. Yes (specific # TBD)
B. No
3. Should Voter's Choice songs be allowed to be nominated for the regular Song Project?
A. Yes (specifics TBD)
B. No
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 01:15am
My opinions:
1. B. Add official regulations to allow regular voters to disqualify a nominated VC song from VC consideration for appropriate reasons (specifics TBD).
2. A. Yes (specific # TBD)
3. A. Yes (specifics TBD)
Posted by Darren on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 01:16am
FRL, Here are the years, so the new songs can be added easily:
Lesley Gore - You Don't Own Me (1963)
Nico - Chelsea Girls (1967)
The Doors - Love Her Madly (1971)
L7 - Pretend We're Dead (1992)
Liz Phair - Supernova (1994)
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - The Impression That I Get (1997)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
Usher/Lil Jon/Ludacris - Yeah! (2004)
Adele - Skyfall (2012)
and to Darren's questions:
1. B
2. A
3. A (and I say they should either be automatically eligible or we should vote on having a one-time vote to get a few of them in).
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 01:24am
My answers to Darren's questions:
1. B. Add official regulations to allow regular voters to disqualify a nominated VC song from VC consideration for appropriate reasons (specifics TBD).
2. A. Yes (I suggest 3 votes in album project and 8 votes in song project)
3. A. (We should allow Voter's Choice songs to be nominated every month and they get voted in they move to the song project.)
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 04:11am
1. abstain - don't really care
2. B No
3. B No
Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 09:05am
Paul K -- thanks for adding the dates. Much appreciated.
Posted by FRL on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 09:08am
My answers:
1. B
2. A (I think we can vote for 7)
3. B
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 10:09am
1.C
2.A
3.A
Posted by Ryan on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 12:23pm
B
A
A
Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 15:58pm
To the questions regarding Vote Expansion/Voter's Choice:
1. B
2. A
3. A
Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 16:24pm
darren you know i never dissapear when these are done.
i wish i could ._.
1: B
2: A
3: A
Posted by GFW on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 18:36pm
I want to change my answer on 3 to A.
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 02.8.13 @ 20:21pm
1. B
2. A
3. A
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 02.9.13 @ 02:34am
1. B
2. A
3. A
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Saturday, 02.9.13 @ 09:51am
1. B
2. A
3. A
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Saturday, 02.9.13 @ 09:51am
Oops. Double post.
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Saturday, 02.9.13 @ 09:52am
B, A, A.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 02.10.13 @ 05:48am
The voting for all three polls are nearly unanimous (10-1, 11-1, 11-1), so we can conclude the results and move on to refining the specifics.
1. We've voted to leave Voter's Choice as an option, but add official regulations to allow regular voters to disqualify a nominated VC song from VC consideration for appropriate reasons.
My first proposal would be that after a song has been nominated for VC, any regular voter (any voter who has voted previously, as we don't want some anonymous person showing up just to cause trouble) can "nominate" said song for disqualification from VC. That voter would need to offer an explanation for why that song shouldn't be considered for VC (too popular, too important, etc.). If two more regular voters support removing the song, the song is disqualified from Voter's Choice.
If anyone has an alternative VC regulation method, please post it on this board by 10 PM Central on Monday night. We'll open voting after that deadline.
2. We've voted to expand the number of songs per ballot. The lowest number that's been suggested is 7. The highest number that's been suggested is 10.
How many songs should be on the ballot for the Song Project?
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 10
Vote for one option. If one option doesn't get a majority, we'll have a run-off vote between the top two choices.
3. We've voted that Voter's Choice songs are now eligible to be nominated for the Song Project.
It's also been suggested that we have a vote among songs currently in the Voter's Choice category, with the top vote recipients being inducted into the Song Project.
Should we have a vote to elevate songs from the Voter's Choice category to the Song Project (details regarding song quantity and vote frequency TBD if we vote "Yes")?
A. Yes
B. No
Let's leave these last two polls open until 10 PM Central on Tuesday or whenever an overwhelming majority has been determined.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 02.10.13 @ 14:03pm
1. No alternatives
2. B
3. A
Posted by John R.C. on Sunday, 02.10.13 @ 15:25pm
1. No alternatives
2. B
3. A
Posted by Greg F on Sunday, 02.10.13 @ 22:01pm
1. No alternatives
2. B
3. A
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 01:00am
1. No Alternatives
2. A
3. A
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 05:54am
1. No Alternatives
2. B
3. A
Posted by BSLO on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 09:05am
1. No Alternatives, but we need to figure out a way to streamline this process during the 2 day nomination period.
2. B
3. A
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 21:56pm
My answers to the questions posed regarding the Voter's Choice selections are as follows:
1. I am pleased with the proposal Darren has given. I do not have an alternative, and indeed would be more than welcome to reconsider my own picks if needed.
2. I think 10 songs should be on the ballot every month.
3. We should have a vote to elevate songs that are Voter's Choice selections into the Song Project properly. I can think of quite a few songs that merit this elevation. In a later post, I will examine which of my picks are deserving of elevation.
Well, those are my answers. Let it be known I am well accustomed to adjust to ideas not entirley my own. I do apologize for the length of this post.
Hope this helps,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 22:00pm
There weren't any alternative ideas for the Voter's Choice regulations, so unless there are any objections, that seems like what we want to do.
Regarding the need to review Voter's Choice picks, how about we have 2 days of nominations, followed by one day to allow for review, followed by 5 days of voting?
Posted by Darren on Monday, 02.11.13 @ 23:52pm
Seconded. Adding a day for review could actually open up some more dialogue about our choices. I think that both projects have lacked that lately.
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 01:42am
I have a suggestion to add to what was proposed don't allow voting for ones own choice.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 02:49am
I have a suggestion to add to what was proposed don't allow voting for ones own choice.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 02:49am
I really like this idea!
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 03:51am
Greg F. - That is something that has been brought up in the past, so let's put it to a vote.
1. Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
A. Yes
B. No
This poll will close at 10 PM Central on Thursday.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 07:55am
My opinions on the votes ending tonight at 10 PM:
1. D. 10 votes per ballot
2. A. Yes.
I would favor doing this as a one-time vote because Voter's Choice songs are now eligible for nominations, so a one-time vote would serve as a sort of an adjustment to deal with how Voters Choice functioned prior to this point rather than an alternative path into the Song Project through Voter's Choice in the future.
Specifics on this will be voted on starting tonight if this issue passes, which it looks like it will.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 08:01am
"1. Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
A. Yes
B. No"
Well considering I was always under the impression we couldn't, I'll vote for B. No
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 15:56pm
"1. Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
A. Yes
B. No"
I would say B.
Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 16:00pm
b. no
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 19:36pm
"1. Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
A. Yes
B. No"
I vote B. No
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 21:24pm
Voting update:
Completed Votes:
Q: How many songs should be on the ballot for the Song Project?
A: 8 Songs - 5, 10 Songs - 2, 7 Songs - 1
From now on, each voter will vote for 8 nominated songs per month.
Q: Should we have a vote to elevate songs from the Voter's Choice category to the Song Project?
A: Yes - 8, No - 0
Ongoing Poll (concluding on Thursday at 10):
Q: Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
Follow-up Poll (concluding on Thursday at 10):
How often should we vote to elevate songs directly from the Voter's Choice category to the Song Project (the final follow-up poll will determine the number of songs chosen per vote)?
A. One-Time Only
B. Once A Year
C. Twice A Year (Every 6 Months)
D. More Than Twice A Year (Specify)
Also, if you're interested, don't forget to vote for the expansion of the number of albums on the ballot on the Album Project, which also closes at 10 on Thursday.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.12.13 @ 23:08pm
Q: Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
Nope.
and B. Once a Year
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 00:04am
Once a year
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 00:15am
B, once a year.
Posted by John R.C. on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 00:36am
List typo: Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" is listed as "Don't Stop Me Know".
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 04:28am
Questions being raised:
1. No.
2. As to the second question, I say twice a yr. (every six months). Having been the person who suggested that we work in good faith, & then having seen that faith jumped all over, I'm not sure doing it once a yr. will keep people from blatantly trying to include songs that don't belong.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 06:14am
I vote once a year. Looking through the list of Voter's Choice selections, I can see plenty of worthy songs, but with the new rules put in place, the number of Song Project-worthy songs will quickly dwindle if we go through this process too frequently. Also, since songs in Voter's Choice are now eligible to be nominated for the Song Project, there's no risk of worthy songs having to wait an excessive amount of time if they don't get voted in through this method.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 07:55am
"How often should we vote to elevate songs directly from the Voter's Choice category to the Song Project (the final follow-up poll will determine the number of songs chosen per vote)?
A. One-Time Only
B. Once A Year
C. Twice A Year (Every 6 Months)
D. More Than Twice A Year (Specify)"
I say C., twice a year. Once a year seems too little and more than twice a year seems excessive.
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 08:20am
B. Once a year.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 02.13.13 @ 16:55pm
Vote Results:
Should voters be allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nomination?
By a 7-0 vote, we've decided that from now on, voters are not allowed to vote for their own Voter's Choice nominations.
How often should we vote to elevate songs directly from the Voter's Choice category to the Song Project?
By a 5-2 vote, we've decided that we will have one vote per year to elevate songs from Voter's Choice to the Song Project.
I propose that we have the 2013 vote in March, either at the same time or after the March Song Project vote. From that point on, the annual vote would take place in January. Sound good?
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02.14.13 @ 23:09pm
Final Poll (that I have anyway):
1. We've voted to have a yearly vote to elevate songs from Voter's Choice to the Song Project.
How many songs (an absolute number with tiebreaker votes) should be elevated from Voter's Choice to the Song Project each year?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
E. 5
F. More Than 5
This vote will end at 10 PM Central on Saturday. I won't be able to end the vote myself, but it's a public vote, so someone should be able to tally the votes at that time.
If there isn't an absolute consensus (50% of the votes going to once choice), there will be a run-off vote between the top 2 vote-getters.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02.14.13 @ 23:14pm
Wait, we induct "Skyfall" for being a Shirley Bassey nostalgia piece yet we have no inducted songs from Shirley Bassey herself?
DOES. NOT. COMPUTE.
Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 04:36am
But, it's Adele! She saved teh muzik. She stanz there and singz so pretty.
Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 04:51am
1. We've voted to have a yearly vote to elevate songs from Voter's Choice to the Song Project.
How many songs (an absolute number with tiebreaker votes) should be elevated from Voter's Choice to the Song Project each year?
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 02.14.13 @ 23:14pm
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E. - 5
Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 06:42am
Frankly i'm dissapointed that we still haven't got Insane Clown Posse - Miracles in yet.
Posted by GFW on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 07:20am
For the final poll, I vote for E, 5.
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 10:08am
I vote C. 3 Songs
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 02.16.13 @ 00:53am
Frankly i'm dissapointed that we still haven't got Insane Clown Posse - Miracles in yet.
Posted by GFW on Friday, 02.15.13 @ 07:20am
Get off the interwebz.
and E, 5 songs.
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 02.16.13 @ 02:48am
I vote d,4 songs
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 02.16.13 @ 05:48am
"Get off the interwebz."
b-but... the internets all I got!
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 02.16.13 @ 06:10am
I did not know any voting was going on this week. Oh well. I oppose putting anything from VC into the project, and I would vote for the fewest possible number if it does come to fruition.
With these new rules, why don't we just get it over with and put all the VC songs in the damn project? So now they can be nominated anyway, and we still are going to automatically put 5 of them in the project every year? It just makes no sense.
The songs were not worthy of the project or else they would have had more support. I love the songs I've nominated myself, but not a single one of them belong in the project, and the same goes for every song on that list. They are not worthy and we shouldn't be pretending they are.
Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 02.17.13 @ 00:15am
e jtrichey - I agree with you on one point, I don't see why special VC elections are necessary if VC songs are eligible for nomination.
But, to say that none of them are worthy of induction because they didn't generate support is laughable. We're talking about the Song Project, which has a strong history of superficiality , historical ignorance and intellectual laziness. The problem isn't the importance of the songs, it's the voters who can't do five minutes of research to find out why something off their radar might actually be important.
Posted by DarinRG on Sunday, 02.17.13 @ 01:52am
yep, nothing in voters choice is worthy of standing amongst the giants that are Buckner & garcia, Nickelback and Linkin Park.
jesus christ man, ygsiu.
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 02.17.13 @ 07:21am
FRL,
Voter's Choice from January 2013 was never posted by Darren or you guys, so here they are now...
The Harry Simeone Chorale - "The Little Drummer Boy" (1958)
The Flamin' Groovies - "Shake Some Action" (1976)
Eduard Khil - "I am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home" (1976)
Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!" (2007)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 02.18.13 @ 12:27pm
jtrichey - I understand where you're coming from, but regardless of your individual opinion, we did vote to do this and it wasn't a narrow decision as I recall.
Here are the votes for this poll:
Greg F - 4
Paul K - 5
Darren - 3
Cheesecrop - 5
John R.C. - 5
jtrichey - 1
Since the poll was supposed to end on Saturday and no one's closed it yet, I'll close it now.
By a 3-1-1-1 vote, we've voted to have an annual vote to directly elect 5 songs (a flat five with tiebreakers if necessary, but no extensions beyond 5) from Voter's Choice to the Song Project. For 2012, this will take place in March, and will take place in January going forward.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 02.18.13 @ 15:39pm
I'm planning to nominate a Bassey/Bond song for next month but wondering whether I should plump for Goldfinger or Diamonds are Forever. What do you guys think?
Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 02.25.13 @ 02:58am
Any interest in these potently nominees?
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart
Joan Baez- Diamonds & Rust
Lucinda Williams- Can't Let Go
Tonic- If You Could Only See
Posted by Greg F on Monday, 02.25.13 @ 04:28am
I love 'Can't Let Go' by Lucinda. I'm not sure too many people know it though. Do people know this song?
Posted by jtrichey on Monday, 02.25.13 @ 23:38pm
New rule changes (as determined by popular vote) effective March 2013:
1. Each ballot will have 8 votes (previously 5).
2. Voter's Choice inductees are eligible to be nominated for The Song Project.
3. Voters cannot vote for Voter's Choice songs that they've personally nominated during The Song Project voting.
4. Voter's Choice nominees can be disqualified from Voter's Choice consideration if one voter in good standing (having previously voted in the Song Project) protests the nomination and two other voters in good standing second and third the protest. The intial protest should contain an explanation for why the protest is being lodged. If a song is disqualified prior to the end of the two day nomination period, a replacement nomination can be made prior to the end of nominations.
5. To accomodate the changes to Voter's Choice nominations, we will now be operating on the following schedule:
2 days of nominations (the 1st and 2nd of each month)
1 day of review (the 3rd of the month)
5 days of voting (the 4th through 8th of the month)
Voting will end at 12:01 AM Central on the 9th of each month.
All non-Voter's Choice nominations are final at the end of the two-day nomination period. The day of review is in place to allow for the disqualification of Voter's Choice nominees deemed Song Project worthy.
7. We will have an annual vote to elevate 5 songs from the Voter's Choice category to be inducted into the Song Project. This vote will be conducted using the same schedule and rules as The Song Project with the following exceptions:
a. Exactly 5 songs will be elevated, with tiebreakers taking place if necessary.
b. Two days of nominations (2 per voter) will take place, beginning immediately after the final voting in the Song Project has concluded. This will be followed by 5 days of voting.
The 2012 vote will take place in March immediately following the March Song Project inductions. March 2012 Voter's Choice songs will be eligible for this process.
In future years, this elevation process will take place immediately following the January Song Project inductions.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.26.13 @ 22:57pm
rockstar23 - Either Shirley Bassey James Bond song would have a decent chance of getting my vote this month. I'll probably be nominating a "strike while the iron is hot" Oscar song myself this month, as well as an album.
Greg F. - Toni Braxton - "Unbreak My Heart" would be an excellent choice for this project and I think it would have the best chance of the list you posted.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 02.26.13 @ 23:03pm
Un-Break My Heart will get a nomination from me this month. To me this is a huge snub for 90's R&B.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 02.27.13 @ 00:39am
I'm planning to nominate a Bassey/Bond song for next month but wondering whether I should plump for Goldfinger or Diamonds are Forever. What do you guys think?
Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 02.25.13 @ 02:58am
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Goldfinger
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 02.27.13 @ 01:09am
Which songs should I nominate? I can't really decide.
Deep Purple- Child In Time
Neil Young- Old Man
Harry Belafonte- Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
Beastie Boys- Brass Monkey
Stevie Wonder- For Once In My Life
Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 02.28.13 @ 15:44pm
Ryan,
I'd vote for "Child in Time", "Old Man", and "Brass Monkey", but as always depending on what else is nominated.
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 02.28.13 @ 15:56pm
Nominations for March 2013:
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II) (1995)
2012 Track: Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 01:21am
My Nominations:
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (2004)
2012 song:
Emmylou - First Aid Kit
If you haven't heard this song, go check it out. A modern day take on the old school Country feel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC57z-oDPLs
Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 02:51am
nominations:
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
2012 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 03:44am
Gassman, you just introduced me to the best new song I've heard in at least a month. I'm most likely not going to get around to voting for it this month, but it's definitely on my radar. Good suggestion, man!
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 04:36am
Nominations for March:
Son Volt - Drown (1995)
Split Enz - I Got You (1980)
Voter's Choice:
Stray Dog - Chevrolet (1973)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 05:58am
nominations:
The Who - Magic Bus
The Spinners - Rubberband Man
2012:
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 09:30am
My Nominations:
Madonna- Express Yourself
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River
2012 nomination:
Usher- Climax
Posted by Zoltan on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 09:39am
My Nominations:
Joni Mitchell - California (1971)
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express (1969)
2012 pick:
Phillip Phillips - Home
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 10:14am
My Nomiations:
Bee Gees- Night Fever(1978)
Neil Young- Old Man(1972)
2012 Pick:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Posted by Ryan on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 10:55am
Nominations for March:
PJ Harvey- Down By The Water
Janet Jackson- Love Will Never Do (Without You)
2012 nomination:
Pink- Try
Posted by Mike on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 11:34am
jtrichey, "Rubberband Man" is already inducted. Choose another!
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 11:59am
nominations:
Blur - Coffee & TV
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Posted by akeem on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 12:23pm
Nominations:
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 12:31pm
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Pavement - Gold Soundz
2012:
Grimes - Oblivion
Posted by GFW on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 13:17pm
Nominations:
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart (1996)
Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby (1954)
2012 Pick:
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 17:38pm
My nominations:
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - "Falling Slowly" - The Oscar-winning song from the movie "Once":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8mtXwtapX4
Stephen Stills - "Love The One You're With"
2012 Nominee:
fun. - "Some Nights"
Posted by Darren on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 20:55pm
Here are my nominations for the Song Project Class of March 2039. One of these songs relates to what I have nominated in the Album Project this month. The other is one of the more influential guitar performances I have heard.
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
And now for my 2012 pick. I do believe this song liste dherein was completed in 2012, as opposed to becoming a hit in 2012. Yet, I was floored when I first heard this and consider it more deep than most hits out there today.
Drake and Rihanna - Take Care
If you have not heard this collaboration, I suggest ffellow posters hear it. As an aside, although a month late in response: GFW, I am indeed a fan of Todd Nathanson aka Todd In The Shadows. Interesting how a web series can alter one's opinion of the current pop scene as it has mine.
No Voter's Choice from me for this month,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 22:13pm
Lax30 - Sorry, but the album that song is on, "Take Care", was released on November 15th, 2011, so it's not eligible to be nominated as a 2012 song.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_Care_%28album%29
Posted by Darren on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 23:00pm
My nominations for March 2013/2038 induction into The Song Project...
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Fanny - Butter Boy (1974)
2012
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Voter's Choice
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle (1985)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 03.2.13 @ 00:16am
Ah, I thought as such, given your comment on Lights and aliens.
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 03.2.13 @ 08:58am
Stephen Stills - "Love The One You're With"
Posted by Darren on Friday, 03.1.13 @ 20:55pm
This song hasn't been inducted yet? Huge omission!
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03.2.13 @ 17:10pm
Nominations for March 2013 are now closed. Here are the nominees:
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Blur - Coffee & TV
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
Drake feat. Rihanna - Take Care
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Fanny - Butter Boy
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
fun. - Some Nights
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grimes - Oblivion
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Joni Mitchell - California
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Madonna - Express Yourself
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Mobb Depp - Shook Ones (Part II)
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait
Neil Young - Old Man
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Phillip Phillips - Home
Pink - Try
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Son Volt - Drown
Split Enz - I Got You
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Who - Magic Bus
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Usher - Climax
The following songs are under consideration as Voter's Choice nominees:
Stray Dog - Chevrolet
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
The next day will be for reviewing the Voter's Choice nominees (even though there are only two this month...), so if anyone feels that either song shouldn't be a Voter's Choice candidate, please point it out and give an explanation.
Voting will start on Monday.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 03:07am
Grimes - Oblivion
Drake Ft. Rihanna - Take Care
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Pavement - Gold Soundz
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
I'll be more than willing to switch one of these out for Kendrick Lamar or Usher.
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 08:41am
Gah, missed the nominations! OK here goes, my vote:
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 09:55am
Don't forget, you guys get eight nominations!
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 11:02am
>8 votes
AWWWYEAAHHH
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Usher - Climax
Blur - Coffee And TV
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 11:16am
Technically we don't start voting until tomorrow. We have one day after nominations to make sure we have time to review the Voter's Choice nominations. I realize that this seems pointless since there are only two nominees this month, but we voted to keep and regulate the Voter's Choice category and obviously we expected to have more than two per month.
That being said, any votes already posted will be counted. Just remember, everyone gets 8 votes from now on and you can't vote for your own Voter's Choice nomination. Also, voting will end at 12:01 AM on the 9th instead of the 8th from now on.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 12:49pm
Also, I mistakenly included "Take Care" by Drake feat. Rihanna. It was nominated as a 2012 song, but it was released in 2011. I notified Lax30 of this, but I didn't remove it from my list of eligible songs.
GFW, please choose a replacement song from the ballot.
Tahvo, you have 3 more votes to use as a result of the expansion of the ballot.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 12:57pm
oh poo.
Replace that with a vote for Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 13:27pm
I'm voting early, please and thank you:
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Joni Mitchell - California
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Neil Young - Old Man
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Who - Magic Bus
Posted by Darrin A on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 13:36pm
After the conclusion of the artist re-ranking project on the Rankings messageboard (http://www.futurerocklegends.com/Revisited_Projected_Rankings.php) and the ranking of the artists that were voted into the Blind Ballot project that aren't in the Projected project yet, we'll be attempting a project to rank the songs that have been voted into the Song Project.
We're currently gathering opinions on the methods and specific details for how this project will be conducted (hence the purpose of this post).
First of all, in an effort to compare apples to apples and make song comparisons easier, the inducted songs will be separated chronologically into the following groups:
Pre-1960 (211 Eligible Songs, including Early Influence inductees)
1960-1969 (404 Songs)
1970-1979 (529 Songs)
1980-1989 (377 Songs)
1990-1999 (259 Songs)
2000-2012 (152 Songs)
New songs will be added to the eligible lists as they're inducted.
The inducted songs and the year that they were released is at the top of this page. If you see an error that could change what decade a song is supposed to be in, please point it out.
We'll be using the nomination / voting / final voting method that's worked so well (in my opinion) in the artist re-ranking project.
The number of nominations per category and the number of songs voted in per round has yet to be determined. We also need to determine how many of the songs we'll rank from each category and whether or not we'll do one category per week or multiple categories per week.
My initial opinion is to have 50 nominations for the 3 smallest categories and 100 nominations for the 3 largest categories. The number of songs per round would depend on the number of songs being ranked total. If we decide to stop after ranking the top 100 songs from each category, I would recommend 10 rounds of ranking 10 songs at a time. If we rank more than 100 songs, I would still stick with 10 songs per round for the first 10 rounds, expanding to 25 per round after that point. I have no preference for how many categories we rank per week, but I wouldn't want to do all 6 at the same time.
After the decade rankings are complete, an overall top 100 list would be created by having a one or two day vote (with tiebreakers) involving the top-ranked song in each category (the first vote would feature the #1 song in each of the 6 categories).
I'm available to tally the votes and post the results, but no matter how we decide to do this project, it will be conducted over a significant period of time. Living in South Dakota, I travel significantly more in the spring, summer and fall than in the winter, when the artist re-ranking project has taken place. When I'm away from my home computer, I'm unable to keep track of or post results, so I'll need several of the regular contributors to the site who are interested in this project to help keep things on the weekly schedule that has worked so well. The score-keeping will be done in an Excel spreadsheet that I'll send out every week to participants who want to help (or just keep track of the progress).
Let me know what you guys think would be the best way to run this project and if you'd be interested in helping out with the management of the project along with myself and Gassman.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 20:45pm
There weren't any objections to the Voter's Choice nominees this month.
Here are the nominees for March 2013:
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Blur - Coffee & TV
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Fanny - Butter Boy
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
fun. - Some Nights
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Grimes - Oblivion
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Joni Mitchell - California
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Madonna - Express Yourself
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Mobb Depp - Shook Ones (Part II)
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait
Neil Young - Old Man
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Phillip Phillips - Home
Pink - Try
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Son Volt - Drown
Split Enz - I Got You
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
Stray Dog - Chevrolet
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Who - Magic Bus
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Usher - Climax
Voting is now open.
The ballot has been expanded, so now each voter can vote for 8 songs each month.
Voters can't vote for their own Voter's Choice nominations.
Any votes that have already been cast will be counted.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 01:07am
Voting will end at 12:01 AM on the 9th.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 01:10am
Fanny- Butter Boy (1974)
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart (1996)
Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby (1954)
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)
Stephen Stills- Love the One You're With (1970)
Split Enz- I Got You (1980)
Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel (2004)
Pavement- Gold Soundz (1994)
Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 01:27am
My votes:
Madonna- Express Yourself
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River
Usher- Climax
Mumford and Sons- I Will Wait
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe
The Who- Magic Bus
Neil Young- Old Man
Shirley Bassey- Diamonds Are Forever
Posted by Zoltan on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 01:47am
Decided to go 2012 heavy:
1. First Aid Kit - Emmylou
2. Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
3. Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
4. Grimes - Oblivion
5. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
6. Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
7. Pavement - Gold Soundz
8. Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 01:47am
Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Joni Mitchell - California
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II)
Neil Young - Old Man
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 02:06am
Song Votes for March:
Blur - Coffee & TV
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Son Volt - Drown
Split Enz - I Got You
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Who - Magic Bus
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 06:01am
We're currently gathering opinions on the methods and specific details for how this project will be conducted (hence the purpose of this post).
First of all, in an effort to compare apples to apples and make song comparisons easier, the inducted songs will be separated chronologically into the following groups:
Pre-1960 (211 Eligible Songs, including Early Influence inductees)
1960-1969 (404 Songs)
1970-1979 (529 Songs)
1980-1989 (377 Songs)
1990-1999 (259 Songs)
2000-2012 (152 Songs)
New songs will be added to the eligible lists as they're inducted.
The inducted songs and the year that they were released is at the top of this page. If you see an error that could change what decade a song is supposed to be in, please point it out.
We'll be using the nomination / voting / final voting method that's worked so well (in my opinion) in the artist re-ranking project.
The number of nominations per category and the number of songs voted in per round has yet to be determined. We also need to determine how many of the songs we'll rank from each category and whether or not we'll do one category per week or multiple categories per week.
My initial opinion is to have 50 nominations for the 3 smallest categories and 100 nominations for the 3 largest categories. The number of songs per round would depend on the number of songs being ranked total. If we decide to stop after ranking the top 100 songs from each category, I would recommend 10 rounds of ranking 10 songs at a time. If we rank more than 100 songs, I would still stick with 10 songs per round for the first 10 rounds, expanding to 25 per round after that point. I have no preference for how many categories we rank per week, but I wouldn't want to do all 6 at the same time.
After the decade rankings are complete, an overall top 100 list would be created by having a one or two day vote (with tiebreakers) involving the top-ranked song in each category (the first vote would feature the #1 song in each of the 6 categories).
etc., etc., on down
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.3.13 @ 20:45pm
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Several months ago, when this was first brought up, I suggested we rank the top 100 in each decade. I say that each decade should be given equal status. Not only is it fair, but you have no clue how many more songs will be added to each decade before these rankings begin. Please think about it.
If you want to go about doing it right, may I make a suggestion. Since there has to be a cut-off point for a project this size, I'd temporarily suspend the monthly voting. No matter how many songs are being ranked, this is a Large Scale, Long Term Project - even using your own calculations :)
I'd like to suggest breaking it down into little bits. If you recall, when we first did the Song Project, we were voting in 25 Songs per Month, out of 35. If you were to take each decade, break it down to 25 songs each wk., in a months time you'd have 100 songs. Do this for 6 months, and you'll have 600 songs, 100 for each decade.
Do not attempt to complete every last ranking at the end of the month. Rather, after you have the 100 songs for each decade, Then go back and rank them. The Project would take a full year to complete, but you'd be saving yourself a lot of chaos in the process.
No matter what option you choose, this is going to take a Long time. However, I'm up for it. Pleas think about what I wrote here. It Is a viable way of doing this. I do ask that you even out the project (100 songs for each decade - please). :)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 06:46am
My votes:
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water
Pink - Try
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Split Enz - I Got You
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by Mike on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 09:08am
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
fun. - Some Nights
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Neil Young - Old Man
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Who - Magic Bus
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Lots of good nominations this round, so I skipped both of mine. I agree that Love the One You're With is a snub. I nominated it a long way back (I think in one of the last rounds of the original project), and totally forgot that it hadn't been inducted. Good job at noticing the omission Darren!
Posted by BSLO on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 09:55am
My Votes:
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrekesh Express
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Eurythmics - Would I Ever Lie to You
fun. - Some Nights
Joni Mitchell - California
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Neil Young - Old Man
The Who - Magic Bus
Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 10:04am
Paul & Darren, thanks guys.
Darren, in that case my complete ballot is as follows:
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Who - Magic Bus
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 13:18pm
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Frank Ocean -Thinkin' Bout You
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Macklemore - Thrift Shop
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Madonna - Express Yourself
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 14:39pm
Bee Gees- Night Fever
Neil Young- Old Man
Macklemore- Thrift Shop
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
The Who - Magic Bus
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by Ryan on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 18:58pm
Here is my ballot for the Song Project class of March 2039. I must say this is one of the better months for nominees, and I am pleased my two main picks have been given the consideration most deserved. Here then is my ballot for all to see.
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Neil Young - Old Man
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock And Roll Is King
The Who - Magic Bus
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Split Enz - I Got You
It is a bit different in voting than I usually take. The first six are quite obvious in my approach to nominees. Regarding Carly Rae Jepsen: sure, the lyrics are basic love story fodder, not to mention Call Me Maybe sounds a bit like the English Beat's I Confess (do a hearing comparison). Yet, it is better than I Confess, Jepsen has a good ear for hooks and emotions, and I do happen to like the tinge of uncertainty in the outcome.
Regarding Split Enz: I have mentioned in the Projected Rock Hall page an idea of possibly inducting Neil Finn for the Revisited/Projected Rock Hall Class of 2029. As it stands, I am likely to include Finn on my ballot in a few months time. What better way to get the ball rolling than to induct Neil Finn's second biggest hit song in the US at least.
Wosh eht ot emoclew (and again...),
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 21:05pm
Cheesecrop: Thanks for giving your views on doing Song rankings.
Does anyone else have any thoughts on the post that Darren made yesterday? We've been working on this behind the scenes for a while and we want to know what the voting body's thoughts are in the matter.
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03.4.13 @ 22:29pm
Cheesecrop:
I agree with you on the matter of the top 100 songs from each decade. Not only does it keep all things equal between the decades (or extended decades, to include material prior to 1950 and after 2009), but it would help to keep interest levels high by "keeping it elite", so to speak.
I don't like the idea of stopping the Song Project, though. The project currently has a forward momentum going for it and we've still have more than enough eligible songs to keep the quality of the induction classes from slipping for a long time. If it were to stop for a year and then try to restart, I think some of the participants who aren't interested in the ranking project would lose interest in the Song Project. Also, it wouldn't be fair to songs from 2012, which wouldn't get a full opportunity to get voted in during the first 6 months of the new year.
Your suggestion of having the Top 100 be determined as an unranked list of "qualified songs" has caused me to re-think the methodology of the project.
Instead of coming up with a ranked list for each decade and then coming up with the overall list, why not figure out what the 100 (unranked) songs are for each decade, rank the top 100 songs overall based on that pool of qualified songs and then rank the remaining songs from each decade?
Here's how that would work:
From the list of inducted songs from each decade, everyone could nominate 5 songs. We would then vote original Song Project style for the first group of 25 songs to be qualified from that decade. I would say that we have tiebreakers to keep it at a hard 25 per vote. Repeat this process 4 times and you have your 100 for the decade.
Since there are 6 decades total, this would take approx. 6 months if we did one decade at at time, 3 months if we did 2 decades at a time or 2 months if we did 3 decades at a time.
With the 600 qualified songs determined, we could set about ranking the top 100 songs overall. I would recommend that we use the nominations method from the album ranking and performer re-ranking project to get a list of nominees and then rank those nominations in 10 weekly rounds of 10 songs at a time. I would choose 10 at a time because I think keeping the rankings at a low number would lead to the best results.
With 100 of the 600 songs already ranked, we would then rank the remaining 500 songs in their respective decade and have a Top 100 overall and a Top 100 for each decade.
2, 3 or 6 months to determine the songs that comprise the top 100 from each decade.
10 weeks to rank the top 100 overall.
500 remaining songs to rank. We could do more than one decade per week or more than 10 songs per round to increase the speed if we decided to do that.
I think that would work better than my previously stated method.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 00:00am
Song Project housekeeping:
GFW - You still have a replacement vote for "Take Care" by Drake, which wasn't eligible because it was nominated as a 2012 song, but was released in 2011. Just wanted to make sure that didn't get buried on the board.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 00:02am
Darren's battle plan for the Song Rankings project sounds good.
-Postponing the Song Project for ANY period of time is an absolute no-go. Evolving this hall should always be priority; ranking them should come second, as much as I support the idea.
I say make it a six-month project (one month per decade) to ensure quality control and to keep it from being overwhelming. I think the numbers (100 per decade, 25 at a time) is good.
Speaking of overwhelming, I think the most important thing to me, and I can't stress this enough, is having a separate page for the Song Ranking Project from this page. I think having all of that activity combined with our regular monthly addition of songs is not only too convoluted for us regulars, but might scare away any potential confused new voters we could pick up over the course of the year. But definitely a separate page. It makes sense anyway, as everyone can keep this project open in one tab to view all of the eligible songs, and have the Ranking Discussion page open in another to post their comments.
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 01:23am
Paul K - The Song Ranking Project will be conducted on the Rankings page where the Artist Re-Ranking is currently taking place. The only reason I posted these posts here when I did was to maximize the audience and let people know what we had in the works.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 01:51am
Darren's battle plan for the Song Rankings project sounds good.
-Postponing the Song Project for ANY period of time is an absolute no-go. Evolving this hall should always be priority; ranking them should come second, as much as I support the idea.
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 01:23am
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I have no problem w/continuing the basic monthly inductions whatsoever. My only concern was that we might vote on a song while the project was going on, & it would be ineligible if we passed the decade in question. An example:
Right now, "Night Fever" is up for song induction. Let's say it doesn't make the cut this round, & we continue on. We start the project, roll through the decades, & zoom past the 70's. Then, while we're in the mid-80's portion, the basic monthly voting comes up - & "Night Fever" gets in. There's no way to go back, presumably, if a group here thinks it's one of the best songs from the 70's.
I was under the impression that there should be some sort of cutoff. If nobody has a problem w/this, though, then I've no problem w/it either. I'll roll w/the punches here. :)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 06:19am
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Blur - Coffee & TV
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Madonna - Express Yourself
Posted by akeem on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 08:24am
I thought i said Cliffs OF Dover as a replacement vote?
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 11:03am
GFW - Yep, you did. I missed it. Sorry about that.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 13:19pm
I think you guys are on the right track as far as making it decade specific. I know that I've been critical and confrontational more than usual lately, but I'm really irritated by the demographic tilt that the artists rankings are taking this year. The 50s and 80s did happen. So did R&B.
It's also really unmanageable otherwise. I like the shape that it's taking. I had zero interest in this project, but if we go decade specific you have my attention.
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 13:45pm
Blur - Coffee & TV
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do Without You
Joni Mitchell - California
Macklemore - Thrift Shop
Son Volt - Drown
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Posted by Scott Banks on Tuesday, 03.5.13 @ 14:16pm
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
The Who - Magic Bus
Posted by jtrichey on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 00:01am
My Votes:
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
fun. - Some Nights
Madonna - Express Yourself
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Just Missed:
Didn't need my vote (I assume):
The Who - Magic Bus
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Neil Young - Old Man
Would have my vote with more support:
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water
Son Volt - Drown
2012 Nominees I would support:
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Phillip Phillips - Home - Dave Matthews Band rules! lol A great song, but that whole album sounds like a DMB cover band...
Grimes - Oblivion
Blur - Coffee & TV
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - Kind of borderline, though. The horns and the chorus are excellent, but I'm not sure this will be a song we'll consider Hall-worthy a year from now.
Misc.:
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) - A great song, but we're getting a little over the top with all the Janet Jackson songs. 8 so far, this would be 9. In my opinion, "Express Yourself" is a better song than all 9.
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King
Billy Squier - The Stroke - Trashy, but solid. Billy Squier is under-rated.
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You?
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 00:57am
Cheesecrop - I get what you're saying about songs being inducted down the road that belong in the Top 100, but I think that 2000-2012 is the only decade where this will be an issue and we could re-do that list on a regular basis if we thought it was needed.
Having done favorite songs lists of my own in the past, I know that the top 100 fills up faster than you'd think. #100 the last two times I made my own list were The Cure - "Just Like Heaven" and Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust", so any song that cracks the top 100 would have to be better than those standards. How many new songs have came out in the last 5 years that you think would belong in the top 100 of all-time? "Rollin' In The Deep", maybe.
As for the decade by decade, I think we've done a pretty thorough job of getting the absolute best songs from each decade in already. Look at the best songs from this month. You mentioned "Night Fever", for starters. It's definitely an oversight, but I don't think it makes the top 100 for the 70's. The same goes for "Love The One You're With", which should come close in the 70's and "Magic Bus", which faces a lot of competition in the 60's. Each individual voter might have a few songs that haven't been voted in yet that belong in a top 100 for a decade, but it's not like that there are many consensus picks still waiting. After all, if we all agreed a song was that good, we'd have voted it in by now, right?
DarinRG - Splitting songs up by decade was a good solution to a problem that we rank into with the album ranking project where there were simply too many options to select from, a problem that is multiplied several times over with songs.
The results of the artists rankings are a reflection of who's participating and how much they participate in nominations and voting. If we had a sample of 1000 random music fans from a variety of demographics, the results would probably be more representative of an overall consensus, but that's not an accurate reflection of our participants. Other than a few hip hop artists being under-rated and the second tier of 80's alternative getting the shaft (although as someone once pointed out, Husker Du was always great, but they were never popular), I think the overall results were pretty solid.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 01:33am
Couple points I'd like to make on the song ranking project:
- I would prefer to keep songs from 2010 to the present out of the 2000's group. I would like to think that in 2020 we could go about and do a top 100 for the 2010's.
- Does anyone else think that 100 is not enough songs for some decades? I'm thinking that especially for the 60's and 70's it will be tough to narrow it down to 100 songs.
- I would at the end like to use our decade lists to come up with an overall list. We still need to figure out a way to do this so that all are lists are consistent.
Thoughts?
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 04:11am
Two things:
First, Darren - In relation to everything you said - Groovy. :)
Second -
Couple points I'd like to make on the song ranking project:
- I would prefer to keep songs from 2010 to the present out of the 2000's group. I would like to think that in 2020 we could go about and do a top 100 for the 2010's.
- Does anyone else think that 100 is not enough songs for some decades? I'm thinking that especially for the 60's and 70's it will be tough to narrow it down to 100 songs.
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 04:11am
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If you wish to cut off at 2009, that's cool.
I'd suggest holding the line at 100 songs for each decade. In a way, the post above yours says it all. Darren spelled it out when he responded to me regarding "Night Fever". Outside of the 50's, 90's, and 00's, where were still running into those "how did we miss that one!"-type songs (on occasion) most of the potentil 100 are probably sitting there already. It'll be tough to narrow, but I'm willing to bet (suprisingly enough) that we'll have the same issues w/All of the decades, at least around the fringes.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 07:00am
I'm going to echo Cheesecrop's thoughts here. Keep it at 100 per decade and cutoff at 2009.
It will definitely be tough to narrow down the 60's and 70's, but I think it makes sense to keep things consistent.
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 11:28am
Madonna - Express Yourself
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
The Who - Magic Bus
Joni Mitchell - California
Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe
Pink - Try
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Posted by Mel on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 14:32pm
The Who- Magic Bus 10
Bee Gees - Night Fever 10
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald 8
Neil Young- Old Man 7
Stephen Stills- Love the One You're With (1970) 7
Shirley Bassey- Diamonds Are Forever 6
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover 6
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River 6
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells 6
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart (1996) 5
Mumford and Sons- I Will Wait 5
Pavement- Gold Soundz (1994) 5
Madonna- Express Yourself 5
Joni Mitchell - California 5
Split Enz- I Got You (1980) 4
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) 4
Blur - Coffee & TV 4
Old Crow Medicine Show- Wagon Wheel (2004) 4
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) 4
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You 3
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now 3
fun. - Some Nights 3
Carly Rae Jepsen- Call Me Maybe 3
Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby (1954) 2
Eurythmics - Would I Ever Lie to You 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King 2
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack 2
Son Volt - Drown 2
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly 2
Usher- Climax 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou 2
Grimes - Oblivion 2
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais 2
Pink - Try 2
Fanny- Butter Boy (1974)
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio (2012)
Split Enz- I Got You (1980)
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II)
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrekesh Express
Billy Squier - The Stroke
I honestly don't get why Magic Bus has so many votes but whatevs.
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 15:56pm
For the monthly Song Project voting:
Is there a tabulation mistake here? The song "I Got You" from Split Enz is listed as having 4 votes.
At the same time, it is listed a second time, along w/a bunch of songs that appear to only have one vote.
Does the song have 4 votes, or 5? I would appreciate a recount, if possible. :)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 16:49pm
4 votes (why I do these when i'm the worst one at it I don't know)
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 17:16pm
Cheesecrop/Gassman - I agree with cutting off the 2000's songs at 2009. If we spread this out over six months, that's plenty of time to get in any potential stragglers from that decade that deserve to get in the Top 100. In general though, I agree with Cheese; most of the potential Top 100 songs are probably already inducted. Maybe we wait until May and squeeze in one more month of eligible songs for good measure? That way if anyone wants to squeeze in any great 50's and 60's tracks just to feel comfortable, they have a proper chance to do so. :)
Conversely, we could have a "special vote" after our regular class each month, but before we start the Rankings, where only songs from the decade we are about to rank our eligible. That way we could squeeze in an extra flat five?
Also, please swap my vote from "Shook Ones (Part II)" to "Cry Me a River".
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 19:12pm
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Joni Mitchell - California
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Pavement - Gold Soundz
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Posted by Alec on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 19:25pm
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll is King
Usher - Climax
Martha & the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio
Joni Mitchell - California
Spilt Enz - I Got You
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' About You
Billy Squier - The Stroke
Posted by Robert on Wednesday, 03.6.13 @ 23:35pm
Gassman - We could exclude the (so far) 12 songs inducted from 2010-2012, leaving 140 for 2000-2009. The positive aspect of doing this would be that it would eliminate the concerns that recent songs are over-rated due to lack of perspective. The negative aspect of doing this is that we'd have to wait 6 years to find out where those songs rank in our opinions.
In my opinion, 2010-2012 songs, if they're not lumped with 2000-2009 songs, should be eligible for the overall rankings. In order to get ranked, these songs would still have to go through the nomination process, but if someone thinks "Rollin' In The Deep" or "F*** You" belong in the top 100 songs of all time, they should have the chance to vote for it.
I'll be posting an updated version of the project plan that will address how to keep the lists consistent.
Paul K - If we want to have special decade-specific classes to make sure we don't miss any songs, that would be fine by me.
Alec - You have three more votes. The ballot was expanded from 5 to 8.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 00:35am
Here is my current vote count, updated through Paul's vote switch and Robert's vote:
The Who - Magic Bus - 10
The Bee Gees - Night Fever - 9
Joni Mitchell - California - 7
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With - 7
Neil Young - Old Man - 7
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 7
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Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover - 6
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River - 6
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever - 6
Pavement - Gold Soundz - 6
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait - 6
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells - 6
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart - 6
Madonna - Express Yourself - 5
Split Enz - I Got You - 5
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe - 4
Blur - Coffee & TV - 4
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) - 4
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - 4
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - 4
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - 3
Usher - Climax - 3
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack - 3
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King - 3
fun. - Some Nights - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - 3
Son Volt - Drown - 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - 2
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly - 2
Grimes - Oblivion - 2
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby - 2
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio - 2
Billy Squier - The Stroke - 2
Pink - Try - 2
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? - 2
Fanny - Butter Boy - 1
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water - 1
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express - 1
Stray Dog - Chevrolet - 0
Phillip Phillips - Home - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return - 0
Mobb Depp - Shook Ones (Part II) - 0
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle - 0
Let me know if my count is off on any songs.
Voting closes at 12:01 AM on the 9th.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 00:40am
Here's an updated version of how we might conduct the song rankings project:
Phase 1 - Determine the top 100 songs for each group.
Eligible songs are divided into the following chronological groups:
Pre-1960
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009 (or 2012, end date TBD)
Voters would nominate 5 songs from the group currently under evaluation (going in chronological order).
From the list of nominees, each voter would be allowed to vote for 25 nominated songs.
The 25 songs that get the most votes are qualified for the decade top 100 and the overall top 100. Tiebreakers will be conducted if necessary.
This process will be repeated 4 times until the top 100 for the group is determined. This would be an unranked list for the time being, but will eventually be ranked.
This overall process will be completed for all 6 groups. If we stick with a weekly schedule, this will take 24 weeks.
Phase 2 - Determine the Overall Top 100 Songs.
From the pool of 600 qualified songs (I think songs from 2010 on should also be considered for the top 100 overall if they aren't included in the final group), each voter would submit a list of 100 nominees (we may want more than 100 nominees).
The songs that are nominated the most will be placed on a ballot. Each voter will then vote for the top 15/20/25 songs on the ballot (ballot size is yet to be determined), ranked in desecending order, in the same manner as the artist re-ranking project.
The top 10 highest-ranking songs (after tiebreakers if necessary) will advance to a final ranking process where voters will rank those 10 songs. The results of this final ranking will be the overall rankings.
This process will be repeated 10 times over the course of 10 weeks to get the overall top 100 songs.
Phase 3 - Filling out the group rankings.
Based on the logic that if one song ranks higher than another in the overall rankings they must rank higher in the group rankings as well, once the overall rankings are complete, 100 songs are already ranked in their respective groups. If, for example, "Pac-Man Fever" is voted the #1 song of all-time, it's also the #1 song for 1980-1989.
The remainder of the project would involve ranking the remaining 500 songs in their respective groups, which we could do a number of ways. Since the songs have already been qualified as members of the top 100 for their group, we could probably skip any nomination process and just rank the remaining eligible songs 10 (or 15 or 20 or 25) at a time until all songs are ranked. If we decide not to include the 2010-12 songs with the 2000-2009 songs, we could also have a vote to rank these songs.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 00:49am
Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With (1970)
Fanny - Butter Boy (1974)
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
Bee Gees - Night Fever (1977)
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? (1985)
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (1990)
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return(2012)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 02:19am
FYI - After the completion of the March Song Project voting / tiebreaking (if necessary), we'll be conducting the vote to elevate 5 songs from Voter's Choice to the Song Project. This will start with 2 days of nominations (current Voter's Choice songs only, including the two songs added this month), followed by 5 days of voting with a tiebreaker following if necessary.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 13:34pm
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
Neil Young - Old Man
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
Pavement - Gold Soundz
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Blur - Coffee & TV
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Posted by DarinRG on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 22:45pm
Voting update as of Rick and DarinRG... look how many songs need one vote swap to push them over the edge. Strategize, guys! :D
Bee Gees - Night Fever - 11
The Who - Magic Bus - 10
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 8
Neil Young - Old Man - 8
Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With - 8
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Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - 7
Joni Mitchell - California - 7
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells - 7
Pavement - Gold Soundz - 7
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever - 7
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Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River - 6
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait - 6
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart - 6
Blur - Coffee & TV - 5
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - 5
Madonna - Express Yourself - 5
Split Enz - I Got You - 5
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - 4
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock 'n' Roll Is King - 4
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe - 4
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You) - 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) - 4
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - 4
Usher - Climax - 3
Martha and the Vandellas - Jimmy Mack - 3
Fatboy Slim - Right Here, Right Now - 3
fun. - Some Nights - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - 3
Eurythmics - Would I Lie To You? - 3
Fanny - Butter Boy - 2
Son Volt - Drown - 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - 2
Glen Hansard And Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly - 2
Grimes - Oblivion - 2
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby - 2
The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio - 2
Billy Squier - The Stroke - 2
Pink - Try - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Point of No Return - 1
P.J. Harvey - Down By The Water - 1
Crosby, Stills & Nash - Marrakesh Express - 1
Stray Dog - Chevrolet - 0
Phillip Phillips - Home - 0
Mobb Depp - Shook Ones (Part II) - 0
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle - 0
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 03.7.13 @ 23:36pm
I'm changing my vote for "Falling Slowly" to Joni Mitchell - "California".
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 00:37am
Voting is closed.
Here is the class of March 2013:
The Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Who - Magic Bus
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Neil Young - Old Man
Joni Mitchell - California
In addition, the following songs have been added to the Voter's Choice category:
Stray Dog - Chevrolet
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 01:01am
Nominations are now open for the 5 Voter's Choice songs that will be elevated to the Song Project for 2012.
Each user can nominate 2 Voter's Choice songs from the following list:
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
Andrew Jackson Jihad - American Tune
Angelfish - Suffocate Me
Back Street Band - This Ain't The Road
Baltimora - Tarzan Boy
Barclay James Harvest - Hymn
Basement Jaxx - Do Your Thing
Be Your Own Pet - Becky
Big Audio Dynamite - Mr. Walker Said
Billy Hall - Headin' For The River
Black Lab - Wash It Away
Brad - Circle and Line
Bruce Haack - Super Nova
Buffalo - I'm a Skirt Lifter, Not a Shirt Raiser
Camel - Lady Fantasy
Candy Graham - Cry a Little Tear (For Me)
Cashman & West - American City Suite
Chris De Burgh - Don't Pay the Ferryman
Christian Death - Spiritual Cramp
Crowbar - Oh What A Feeling
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming
Eat - Tranquillliser
Eduard Khil - I am So Glad Because I Am Finally Returning Home
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Home
Elis - Der Lutzke Tag
Eric Anderson - Violets of Dawn
Eugenio Lo Gullo - Country Banjo Show
Fishcherspooner - Emerge
Flinch - Faking
Frank Black - Headache
Gary Burton - Vibrafinger
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Guitar Wolf - U.F.O. Romantics
Hello Saferide - Anna
I Mother Earth - One More Astronaut
Idlewild - You Held The World In Your Arms
I'm from Barcelona - The Painter
Japandroids - Younger Us
Jellyfish - Baby's Coming Back
Jump 'N the Saddle Band - The Curly Shuffle
Kim Mitchell - Go for a Soda
King's X - Out of the Silent Planet
k-os feat. Saukrates & Nelly Furtado - I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman
L.E.O. - Goodbye Innocence
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Maxi, Dick and Twink - Things You Hear About Me
Mazinga Phaser - Diamond In Shrink Wrap
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Metric - Help I'm Alive
Mike Doughty - Looking At The World From The Bottom Of A Well
Murray Attaway - Allegory
Najee - Sweet Love
Nebula - The Dagger
Neu! - Hero
Parts & Labor - Nowheres Nigh
Pat Travers Band - Boom Boom (Out Go the Lights)
Penny and the Quarters - You and Me
Peter Hammill - Imperial Zeppelin
Phil Ochs - There But for Fortune
Poe - Walk The Walk
Ra Ra Riot - Ghost Under Rocks
Railroad Jerk - Bang the Drum
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
Shonen Knife - Tomato Head
Sia - Breathe Me
Sleeper - Bedhead
Southwest F.O.B. - Smell of Incense
Spectre General - Nothing's Gonna Stand In Our Way
Starflyer 59 - Sled
Stray Dog - Chevrolet
The Action - Something To Say
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle
The Chills - Pink Frost
The Chocolate Watch Band - I Ain't No Miracle Worker
The E-Types - Put The Clock Back On The Wall
The Fall - The Classical
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
The Flying Lizards - Money
The Glass Bottle - I Ain't Got Time Anymore
The Grouch and Eligh - All In
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
The Headstones - Smile and Wave
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
The Knockouts - Darling Lorraine
The Knux - Bang! Bang!
The Lemonheads - It's About Time
The Muffs - Sad Tomorrow
The Pilfers - Climbing
The Pretty Things - The Good Mr. Square/She Was Tall, She Was High
The Rationals - Gave My Love
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
The System - Don't Disturb This Groove
The Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time To Lose
The Vulcanes - Twilight City
Tito & Tarantula - When You Cry
Tomorrow - My White Bicycle
Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)
Velvet Babies - Tears
White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
White Wizzard - High Speed GTO
This list is from the bottom of this page and includes the 2 songs added in March. If any are missing, please point out the missing songs ASAP.
Nominations will end at 12:01 AM on Monday the 11th. Voters can nominate songs that they've previously nominated for the Voter's Choice project. Voters can vote for their own nominations in this vote.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 01:03am
nominations:
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 02:50am
Nominations:
Neu!- Hero
Sleeper- Bedhead
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 04:19am
Here are the years for the songs we inducted:
The Who - Magic Bus (1968)
Stephen Stills - Love The One You're With (1970)
Joni Mitchell - California (1971)
Neil Young - Old Man (1972)
Gordon Lightfoot - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (1976)
The Bee Gees - Night Fever (1978)
I love all of these songs and they are all substantial oversights, but could we try to induct some songs from the past few years the next time around ?
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 04:23am
My 2 VC choices:
Wait So Long (2010) - Trampled By Turtles
Younger Us (2012) - Japandroids
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 04:30am
I love all of these songs and they are all substantial oversights, but could we try to induct some songs from the past few years the next time around ?
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This. There's plenty to choose so why on earth are nearly all of our songs from the 70's? We don't have this problem in the Album Project.
Also, my noms:
Le Tigre - Deceeptacon
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 06:55am
vc vote nominations:
Frank Black - Headache
Flying Lizards - Money
Posted by Darrin A on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 09:20am
Voters Choice Nomination:
Back Street Band: This Aint't the Road
Guitar Wolf: U.F.O. Romantics
Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 13:17pm
To be honest, why aren't ALL of the VC songs just automatically nominated for this round? There are so few, I'm sure we will collectively come up with a top five. There are only marginally more choices than we usually get as nominees in our monthly routine.
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 13:51pm
Paul K - There are 104 songs eligible in Voter's Choice. Our March ballot in The Song Project had 45 songs. Without nominations, the voting gets spread too thin.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 16:06pm
VC Noms:
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming
Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03.9.13 @ 17:47pm
nominations:
You and Me - Penny and the Quarters
Help, I'm Alive - Metric
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:28am
I've been trying to make a comment here but somehow FRL thinks it's too much like spam. This is a test post of sorts.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:37am
As for inducting newer songs, I'd like to make a strong case for Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. I think it's easily one of the best songs
to hit the mainstream in recent memory and the best number one since Somebody that I Used to Know.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:41am
Not only is the production really fresh and amazing.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:50am
It also works as a sly commentary on the consumerist impulse at the heart of pop and hip hop.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:50am
As well as the way they establish hierarchies
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:52am
through m a t e r i a l i s m while coming across as a catchy and clever song.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:54am
Sorry about that. I had to break down my argument because the FRL server was being a dick. Apparently the "m" word I spelt out triggered a spam filter or something and now my argument just looks less effective because of the execution.
Nevertheless, here it is a again in full:
As for inducting newer songs, I'd like to make a strong case for Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. I think it's easily one of the best songs
to hit the mainstream in recent memory and the best number one since Somebody that I Used to Know.
Not only is the production really fresh and amazing.it also works as a sly commentary on the consumerist impulse at the heart of pop and hip hop and the way they establish hierarchies through m a t e r i a l i s m while coming across as a catchy and clever song.
Posted by rockstar23 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 03:01am
Voter's Choice songs:
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 12:13pm
Cheesecrop - "Plateau" has already been nominated. You can nominate another song if you like.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 14:54pm
Cheesecrop - "Plateau" has already been nominated. You can nominate another song if you like.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 14:54pm
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O.K.
I'll go for Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
Posted by Cheesecrop on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 17:02pm
I am rather pleased that we are now about to vote for which Voter's Choice songs we put forward will now be elevated to our main Song Project. As many of you know, I have nameed a handful of songs for Voter's Choice; several of which have been familiar to quite a number of fellow posters. In picking which two would be nominated on my part, I essentially decided to nominate the two Voter's Choice selections that received a lot of flak due to their noteriety. Thus, I find it best to see if these can be elevated into our main Song Project.
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
Well, there you are then. Quite correctly, these two songs possibly should have been considered for the main Song Project rather than being a Voter's Choice. I tend to feel the same regarding Perfect Way. I thank Cheesecrop for nominating that hidden gem. In a later post, I will go back and look at my Voter's Choice selections and see which ones deserve an elevation.
All the seats are occupied,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 21:07pm
As tacky as it may seem to nominate two of my own VC picks, every other song I was considering has been nominated, so here we go:
Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!" - One of my favorite under-the-radar bands, this is perhaps their best and definitely their best-known (the classic indie rock guitar riff has been featured in commercials) song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj6SO_yKMe8
Admiral Fallow - "Squealing Pigs" - A convergence of two of the best trends in indie rock at the moment, folk revival (Mumford and Sons, Blitzen Trapper, Avett Brothers) and Scottish bands (Frightened Rabbit, Glasvegas, The Twilight Sad) and again, a song that you've heard before, but might not know the name of.
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 22:55pm
Here's the link for "Squealing Pigs":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKy6MWS2iws
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 22:56pm
Since Cheesecrop already took one of my nominations I will return the favor by choosing his as a pick, here are 2 Voter's Choice inductees...
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Cashmen & West - American City Suite (1972)
8-)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Sunday, 03.10.13 @ 23:47pm
Here are the nominees for the 2012 Voter's Choice elevation vote:
Admiral Fallow - "Squealing Pigs"
Back Street Band - "This Ain't the Road"
Cashmen & West - "American City Suite"
Dan Hartman - "I Can Dream About You"
Dead Can Dance - "American Dreaming"
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home"
Flying Lizards - "Money"
Frank Black - "Headache"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Guitar Wolf - "U.F.O. Romantics"
Japandroids - "Younger Us"
Le Tigre - "Deceptacon"
Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
Metric - "Help, I'm Alive"
Neu! - "Hero"
Penny And The Quarters - "You and Me"
Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
Sleeper - "Bedhead"
The Harry Simeone Chorale - "The Little Drummer Boy"
The Jim Carroll Band - "People Who Died"
The Streets - "Weak Become Heroes"
Trampled By Turtles - "Wait So Long"
Vangelis - "Blade Runner (End Titles)"
Voting is now open.
Voting rules are the same as for the regular Song Project (8 votes per ballot, one vote change per voter, no vote-swapping deals, etc.). The top 5 vote-getters will be inducted into the Song Project. There will be a tiebreaker if necessary if there are more than 5 songs tied at the end of voting, unlike the Song Project where the number of songs voted in is 5-10.
Voting will end after 5 days, at 12:01 AM on Saturday the 16th.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 01:11am
Regarding the lack of 2012 inductees in the Song Project so far ("Skyfall" is the only 2012 song so far), the best solution would be to organize around a couple songs a month and focus on getting those songs in. That's what has worked so far in the Album Project.
I have noticed that there's been a major drop-off in the number of songs we've inducted from the last few years. We were averaging about 10 a year until 2008, 8 in 2009, 6 in 2010, 5 in 2011 and 1 so far in 2012. It makes sense, really. It's hard to tell if a song that's only been a few years old is a modern classic or a flavor of the month.
We could consider making the 2012 nominations year-round rather than just for the first 6 months. That would keep current songs on the radar all year long.
Alternatively, after the 2012 nominations end in June, some of us could agree to use one of our nominations on a 2012 song each month (how that would be accomplished is another matter), increasing the odds of those songs getting voted in with the smaller ballot size.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 01:58am
VC Votes:
Sleeper- Bedhead (1995)
Neu!- Hero (1975)
Japandroids- Younger Us (2012)
Meat Puppets- Plateau (1979)
Metric- Help I'm Alive (2008)
Dan Hartman- I Can Dream About You (1984)
Glen Fray- The Heat is On (1985)
The Flying Lizards- Money (1979)
Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 04:27am
We should have 2012 nominations year round.
Posted by Greg F on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 04:29am
Voters Choice Songs:
Dan Hartman - "I Can Dream About You"
Dead Can Dance - "American Dreaming"
Flying Lizards - "Money"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
Scritti Politti - "Perfect Way"
The Streets - "Weak Become Heroes"
Vangelis - "Blade Runner (End Titles)"
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 05:20am
I think it'd be good if we made lists of the 2012 songs that we'd support.
Willis Earl Beal - Swing On Low
Grimes - Genesis/Oblivion
Florence And The Machine - Spectrum (Calvin Harris remix)
The Killers - Runaways
Death Grips - Hacker/I've Seen Footage
Bob Dylan - Tempest
Carly Rae Jepsen - Tonight I'm Getting Over You/ Good Time (Ft. Owl City) (Call Me Maybe is 2011)
Beach House - Myth
Kendrick Lamar - Backseat Freestyle/M.a.a.D City
Regina Spektor - Don't Leave Me [Ne Me Quitte Pas]
Fiona Apple - Valentine/Werewolf
Ke$ha - Die Young
Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In
Bat For Lashes - Laura
Japandroids - The House That Heaven Built
Alabama Shakes - Hold On
Chromatics - Kill For Love
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Frank Ocean - Pyramids
Usher - Climax
Miguel - Adorn
Posted by GFW on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 15:44pm
My 8 VC songs:
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - "Home"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Japandroids - "Younger Us"
Los Campesinos! - "You! Me! Dancing!"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
Metric - "Help, I'm Alive"
Neu! - "Hero"
Trampled By Turtles - "Wait So Long"
If you haven't heard the song, please go listen to "Wait So Long" by Trampled By Turtles. It is my 3rd favorite song of the new decade and one of the best bluegrass songs I've ever heard!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjdkc14-zwQ
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 16:35pm
VC rescue songs:
Dead Can Dance - "American Dreaming"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Guitar Wolf - "U.F.O. Romantics"
Japandroids - "Younger Us"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
Neu! - "Hero"
Sleeper - "Bedhead"
Jim Carroll Band - "People Who Died"
Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 19:18pm
VC Songs:
Neu! - Heroes
Japanoids - Younger Us
Flying Lizards - Money
Guitar Wolf - U.F.O Romantics
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 03.11.13 @ 19:31pm
My votes:
Frank Black - Headache - The most successful solo song from the career of the highly consistent and highly prolific former lead singer of Pixies.
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Home - Two popular indie rock songs that could have been contenders in the Song Project.
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died - A classic from the NYC punk scene of the late 70's. Also, Jim Carroll's autobiographical one-man show was turned into the movie "The Basketball Diaries".
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On - This was actually a highly successful song. Just saying...
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Japandroids - Younger Us - I had know idea that anyone had ever heard of this band and then they started showing up on EVERY year-end best-of list. lol
In summary:
Frank Black - Headache
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros - Home
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Japandroids - Younger Us
Top vote switch candidates:
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
Flying Lizards - Money
Meat Puppets - Plateau
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.12.13 @ 00:01am
2012 songs I support:
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio
The Explorers Club- Run Run Run/ It's No Use
Kelly Clarkson- Stronger/ Dark Side
Imagine Dragons- It's Time/ Radioactive
Beach House- Myth
Alabama Shakes- Hold On
Passion Pit- Take a Walk or Carried Away
Amanda Mair- Sense/ Doubt/ House
Fiona Apple- Every Single Night
Metric- Youth Without Youth
Migel- Adorn
Frank Ocean- Thinkin' About You/ Pyramids
Cat Power- Nothin' But Time
Sharon Van Etton- Give Out
The Men- Open Your Heart
The Shins- Simple Song
Titus Andronicus – Still Life with Hot Deuce on Silver Platter
First Aid Kit- Emmylou
Japandroids- The House That Heaven Built
John K. Samson – When I Write My Master’s Thesis
The Lumineers- Ho Hey
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03.12.13 @ 05:19am
Frank Black - Headache
Japandroids - Younger Us
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Neu! - Hero
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes
The Flaming Lizards - Money
The Fall - The Classical
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03.12.13 @ 14:15pm
I haven't finished reviewing all my 2012 music, so these are mostly no-brainer picks. These are the 2012 songs I would consider voting for (so far...):
Alabama Shakes - "Hold On"
Alex Clare - "Too Clos"
Alicia Keys - "Girl On Fire"
Benjamin Gibbard feat. Aimee Mann - "Bigger Than Love"
Bob Dylan - "Duquesne Whistle"
Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band - "Death To My Hometown", "We Take Care Of Our Own"
Cat Power - "3.6.9."
Death Grips - "I've Seen Footage"
First Aid Kit - "Emmylou"
Frank Ocean - "Bad Religion", "Thinkin' 'Bout You"
Frightened Rabbit - "State Hospital"
fun. - "Some Nights", "Carry On", "We Are Young"
Garbage - "Blood For Poppies"
Grimes - "Oblivion"
Icona Pop - "I Love It"
Imagine Dragons - "It's Time", "Radioactive"
Jack White - "Blunderbuss", "Freedom At 21", "Love Interruption", "Sixteen Saltines"
Japandroids - "The House That Heaven Built", "Younger Us"
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T And 2 Chainz - "Mercy"
Kanye West, Jay-Z And Big Sean - "Clique"
Kanye West, Pusha T And Ghostface Killah - "New God Flow"
Karmin - "Brokenhearted"
Kendrick Lamar - "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Killer Mike - "Reagan"
Lana Del Rey - "Blue Jeans" ("Video Games" was released in 2011)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - "Thrift Shop"
Miguel - "Adorn"
Mumford And Sons - "I Will Wait", "Lover Of The Light"
Muse - "Madness
Nicki Minaj - "Starships"
Passion Pit - "Take A Walk"
Phillip Phillips - "Home"
Purity Ring - "Fineshrine"
Ryan Bingham - "Beg For Broken Legs"
Soundgarden - "Been Away Too Long", "Bones Of Birds"
Taylor Swift - "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
The Beach Boys - "That's Why God Made The Radio"
The Lumineers - "Ho Hey"
The Shins - "Simple Song"
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 00:48am
GFW - "The Fall - The Classical" wasn't nominated, so you have one more vote.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 00:51am
Here are 2012 songs I would be willing to support, if you see anything you think I'm missing, let me know:
Aerosmith – Legendary Child / Lover Alot
Alabama Shakes – Hold On / You Ain’t Alone
Fiona Apple – Hot Butter
The Avett Brothers – I Never Knew You / Life / Live and Die / Pretty Girl From Michigan / The Once and Future Carpenter
Band Of Horses – Knock Knock / Slow Cruel Hands of Time
The Beach Boys – Summer’s Gone / That’s Why God Made The Radio
David Byrne & St. Vincent – Who
Chromatics – Into The Black / Kill For Love
Johnny Cash – One Too Many Mornings (Feat. The Avett Brothers)
Gary Clark Jr. – Ain’t Messin’ Round / Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say / Travis County / When My Train Pulls In
Dawes – Fire Away
Dr. Dog – That Old Black Hole / Warrior Man
Bob Dylan – Duquesne Whistle / Long And Wasted Years
The Gaslight Anthem – Here Comes My Man /National Anthem
Green Day – Nuclear Family / Oh Love
Grimes – Oblivion / Genesis
First Aid Kit – Emmylou
fun. – Some Nights / We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monáe)
Icona Pop – I Don’t Care (Feat. Charli XCX)
Japandroids – Younger Us
Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire
Killer Mike – Reagan
The Killers – Runaways
Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
The Lumineers – Ho Hey
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love (Feat. Mary Lambert) / Thrift Shop (Feat. Wanz) / Can’t Hold Us (Feat. Can’t Hold Us)
Dave Matthews Band – Mercy
Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear – Cut Me Some Slack
Miguel – Adorn
The Mountain Goats – Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1
Mumford & Sons – I Will Wait
Muse – Madness / Survival
Frank Ocean – Thinkin’ Bout You
Passion Pit – Take A Walk
Propagandhi – Note To Self
The Rolling Stones – Doom And Gloom
Rush - Caravan
Smashing Pumpkins – Pinwheels / Qusar
Soundgarden – Been Away Too Long / Live To Rise
Bruce Springsteen – Death To My Hometown / We Take Care Of Our Own / Wrecking Ball
Tame Impala – Elephant / Mind Mischief
Trampled My Turtles – Alone
Van Halen – China Town / She’s The Woman
Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T And 2 Chainz – Mercy
Jack White – Love Interruption / Sixteen Saltines
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Driftin’ Back
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 04:36am
I haven't given any thought to my own list for 2012, but from what I see here, here is a combination of songs from the lists immediately above mine that I'd toss a vote in for:
Alabama Shakes- Hold On
The Lumineers- Ho Hey
Jack White - "Blunderbuss", "Love Interruption", "Sixteen Saltines"
Soundgarden - "Been Away Too Long", "Bones Of Birds"
Gary Clark Jr. – Ain’t Messin’ Round / Third Stone From The Sun/If You Love Me Like You Say / Travis County / When My Train Pulls In
I need to hear more of his songs...
Dawes – Fire Away
Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Pat Smear – Cut Me Some Slack
The Rolling Stones – Doom And Gloom
Tame Impala – Elephant / Mind Mischief
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 12:05pm
Voter's Choice Songs:
Dan Hartman - "I Can Dream About You"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Japandroids - "Younger Us"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
Metric - "Help, I'm Alive"
Neu! - "Hero"
The Jim Carroll Band - "People Who Died"
Trampled By Turtles - "Wait So Long"
Damn, I totally missed the voter's choice nominations. Would've definitely nominated "The Classical". Oh well, I'll get em next year!
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 13:46pm
As for 2012 songs, I'll be completely honest and say that my knowledge is pretty lacking. My ballots likely won't exceed one 2012 song per month, and my priority right now is probably getting something inducted by fun..
If something else from 2012 gains traction, I'll give it a listen and vote accordingly, but I'm not likely to personally push for anything specific from 2012.
Posted by BSLO on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 14:02pm
Here, at last, is my ballot for Voter's Choice selections to be elevated into the main Song Project. This is after hearing all of the nominated songs; most especially those I had not heard of prior to doing this project. In any matter, here they are.
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles)
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Neu! - Hero
Jim Carroll - People Who Died
The Fall - The Classical
Charles Thompson/Black Francis/Frank Black - Headache
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way
Admittedly, these eight songs on my ballot are the ones I feel were more in need of being in the main Song Project all along. Three of which I already had made to be personal Voter's Choice selections. Now hopefully this can be rectified.
Will post some 2012 picks later,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Wednesday, 03.13.13 @ 22:04pm
Lax30 - "The Fall - The Classical" wasn't nominated. You can post a replacement vote if you like.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 00:44am
Current Standings:
Meat Puppets - Plateau - 7
Japandroids - Younger Us - 7
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On - 7
Neu! - Hero - 7
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 5
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died - 5
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Flying Lizards - Money - 4
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You - 4
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes - 3
Frank Black - Headache - 3
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming - 2
Sleeper - Bedhead - 2
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home - 2
Guitar Wolf - U.F.O. Romantics - 2
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! - 2
Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long - 2
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) - 2
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way - 2
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs - 1
Le Tigre - Deceptacon - 1
Cashmen & West - American City Suite - 0
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy - 0
Back Street Band - This Ain't the Road - 0
Penny And The Quarters - You and Me - 0
GFW and Lax30 have one more vote each.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 00:47am
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On (1984)
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You (1984)
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) (1982)
Cashmen & West - American City Suite (1972)
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 02:23am
Metric - Help, I'm Alive!
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes - Home
Neu! - Hero
Glenn Frey - The Heat is On
Penny and the Quarters - You and Me
Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 03:01am
Rick Vendl II, rockstar23 - You each get 8 votes.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 08:04am
Songs I'm considering for nomination next month
Pre-2012:
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart
Dan Hartman- Relight My Fire
Jim Croce- I Got a Name
America- Tin Man
The Black Keys- Lonely Boy
Arcade Fire- Ready to Start
Blitzen Trapper- Heaven and Earth
Melissa Ethridge- Come to My Window
Melenie- Beautiful People
Joan Baez- Diamonds and Rust
Fleet Foxes- Helplessness Blues
2012:
The Beach Boys- That's Why God Made the Radio
Lana Del Ray- Blue Jeans
The Explorers Club- Run Run Run
Imagine Dragons- It's Time
Soundgarden- Live to Rise
Kelly Clarkson- Stronger
Fiona Apple- Every Single Night
Alabama Shakes- Hold On
Metric- Youth Without Youth
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 08:18am
Since I have one more vote, let that go to The Flying Lizards and their cover of Money.
Hope this helps,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 11:13am
Damn, I wanted to vote for "The Classical" too. I can't believe nobody nominated it.
My votes go to:
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The Flying Lizards
Meat Puppets
Metric
Neu!
I know I get three more, but I'm still deciding and want to get these guys in just in case I don't post them.
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 03.14.13 @ 21:37pm
Greg F. - Kelly Clarkson - "Stronger" is a 2011 song. The single came out in 2012, but the album it's on came out in 2011.
I would vote for "Un-Break My Heart", "I Got A Name" and "Lonely Boy" under the right circumstances.
I've also noticed that we don't have any Melissa Etheridge songs in the Song Project. I was thinking of nominating "I'm The Only One" sometime in the next few months. I'd vote for both, so does anyone else have a preference to help determine which should be nominated first?
Same deal with Arcade Fire. I was planning to nominate "Month Of May" in May (get it?), but "Ready To Start" is an equally great song, so does anyone else have a preference? "The Suburbs" is filled with too many great songs for none of them to be inducted.
I would absolutely vote for Blitzen Trapper - "Heaven And Earth". They haven't cashed in on the indie folk craze like Mumford and Sons or The Lumineers, but they've been cranking out great music for a decade now and this is probably their best song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI6jrdnUIv8
From your 2012 song, my most likely votes would be for "That's Why God Made The Radio", "Blue Jeans", "Youth Without Youth" or "It's Time".
Posted by Darren on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 00:24am
I have a couple songs I'm looking into nominating as voter's choice. Let me know if any of these are not a good fit.
Paul Varney- Open the Door to Your Heart (1995)
Kaleidoscope- Egyptian Candy
The Common People- Oh My My
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 02:11am
With a very good comeback album out, I really want to vote for something by Justin Timberlake next month.
I think both "Cry Me a River" and "SexyBack" are huge snubs. I'm also thinking of nominating either Justified or Futuresex/Lovesounds in the album project (leaning towards the latter). What do you guys think?
I think we've done pretty poorly with 21st century pop and R&B in general. Because there are stellar records out there yet to be inducted.
Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 05:02am
I have a couple songs I'm looking into nominating as voter's choice. Let me know if any of these are not a good fit.
Paul Varney- Open the Door to Your Heart (1995)
Kaleidoscope- Egyptian Candy
The Common People- Oh My My
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 02:11am
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Note - Be aware that there are two bands from right around the same period that both call themselves Kaleidoscope. Two yrs. ago I recommended a song called "Colours" (1968) from the one I'd already known about.
The one you suggested has more of a folkish-style, while the one I mentioned prior has more of a psychedelic bent. Just a little note here.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 06:29am
Here are some of my picks:
After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
Lucky Man by Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Blackbird by The Beatles
Johnny's Garden by Stephen Stills
You Love The Thunder by Jackson Browne
Try And Love Again by The Eagles
Learning to Fy by Tom Petty & The Heartbeakers
Posted by Andrew on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 12:01pm
my 8 votes for VC elevation:
Flying Lizards - "Money"
Frank Black - "Headache"
Glenn Frey - "The Heat Is On"
Meat Puppets - "Plateau"
The Harry Simeone Chorale - "The Little Drummer Boy"
Admiral Fallow - "Squealing Pigs"
Back Street Band - "This Ain't the Road"
Cashmen & West - "American City Suite"
Posted by Darrin A on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 12:27pm
FYI - Voting in the Voter's Choice elevation vote ends at Midnight Central tonight, so you have until then to vote, fill out the rest of your ballot (if you cast fewer than 8 eligible votes), or switch one of your votes.
If necessary, the tiebreaker vote will start at Midnight and conclude 48 hours later.
Posted by Darren on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 14:41pm
With a very good comeback album out, I really want to vote for something by Justin Timberlake next month.
I think both "Cry Me a River" and "SexyBack" are huge snubs. I'm also thinking of nominating either Justified or Futuresex/Lovesounds in the album project (leaning towards the latter). What do you guys think?
I think we've done pretty poorly with 21st century pop and R&B in general. Because there are stellar records out there yet to be inducted.
Posted by rockstar23 on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 05:02am
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Since I nominated "Cry Me A River" for March I would definitely support it again in April. I'd also be interested in supporting "Sexyback" down the line as well.
Posted by Zoltan on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 15:16pm
I'd vote for "Blackbird" by The Beatles.
Either of those JT songs have my support as well, although I think "Cry Me a River" is a better song and the bigger snub.
I'm going to nominate "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" again, and "Swimming Pools (Drank)" as my 2012 song, they just need that final extra vote or two to make it in. I'm probably going to nominate "Do You Believe in Love" by Huey Lewis and the News as my other pick.
Not April, but in the future, I'd like to nominate another rap snub. Which would you guys support the most?
Nas - It Ain't Hard to Tell
Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M.
Mobb Deep - Shook Ones (Part II)
Lil Wayne - A Milli
50 Cent - In da Club
T.I. - What You Know
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 17:36pm
We haven't inducted C.R.E.A.M.?!?!?
Posted by Gassman on Friday, 03.15.13 @ 21:17pm
Current Standings (voting ends at 12:01 AM tonight):
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On - 10
Meat Puppets - Plateau - 9
Neu! - Hero - 9
Flying Lizards - Money - 7
Japandroids - Younger Us - 7
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 7
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Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You - 5
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died - 5
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home - 4
Frank Black - Headache - 4
The Streets - Weak Become Heroes - 3
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) - 3
Admiral Fallow - Squealing Pigs - 2
Cashmen & West - American City Suite - 2
Dead Can Dance - American Dreaming - 2
Guitar Wolf - U.F.O. Romantics - 2
Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing! - 2
Scritti Politti - Perfect Way - 2
Sleeper - Bedhead - 2
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy - 2
Trampled By Turtles - Wait So Long - 2
Back Street Band - This Ain't the Road - 1
Le Tigre - Deceptacon - 1
Penny And The Quarters - You and Me - 1
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 00:22am
Voting is closed.
These 3 songs have been elevated from Voter's Choice to the Song Project:
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On (1984)
Meat Puppets - Plateau (1984)
Neu! - Hero (1975)
These three songs are now involved in a tiebreaker vote:
Flying Lizards - Money
Japandroids - Younger Us
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Rank all 3 songs. The top two will be elevated to the Song Project.
Voting will end at 12:01 AM Central on Monday 3/18.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 01:07am
Metric- Help, I'm Alive- 3
Japandroids- Younger Us- 2
Flying Lizards- Money- 1
Posted by Greg F on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 02:16am
Japadroids - Younger Us - 3
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 2
Flying Lizards - Money - 1
Posted by John R.C. on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 02:39am
Help, I'm Alive - 3 points
Money
Younger Us
Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 05:48am
Paul K, I would support Blackbird. In fact I was the one who kept nominating it a few months back. I dunno why I gave up on it honestly. I guess I just forgot.
I would also support ALL of those rap classics. I've been nominating a couple rap classics myself these past couple of months but both have come close without making it. Public Enemy's Don't Believe the Hype as well as LL Cool J's Rock the Bells. I'd also like LL's I Need Love to get in eventually (he perfected the rap ballad with this).
I still want to get something by Shirley Bassey in and I'm sticking with Diamonds are Forever for next month. I would continue my support for other big female snubs as well (Madonna's Express Yourself, Beyonce's Single Ladies, Alicia Keys' If I Ain't Got You, Aretha's Think and I Say A Little Prayer, Lesley Gore's It's My Party, Shirley's Goldfinger, etc.)
With all the 2012 songs we will be inducting in the next few months, I hope we don't forget the gems from 2011 which impacted in 2012. (Black Keys' Lonely Boy, Drake's Take Care, Lana del Rey's Video Games, etc.)
Posted by rockstar23 on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 05:56am
Metric - Help I'm Alive 3
Japandroids - Younger Us 2
Flying Lizards - Money 1
Posted by GFW on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 09:32am
Japadroids - Younger Us - 3
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 2
Flying Lizards - Money - 1
I forgot, how often are we going to vote to move up VC songs?
Posted by Gassman on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 11:56am
I'm so happy "The Heat Is On" by Glenn Frey solo from Beverly Hills Cop finally got into The Song Project after presenting my case for it many times since 1984/2009 with no other support except Cheesecrop along with maybe another, that I had to use Voter's Choice, Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 80's from March 16th, 1985 was on today with it at #2!
8-)
Hope these will make the cut next time as they do not belong either...
Dan Hartman - I Can Dream About You (1984)
Vangelis - Blade Runner (End Titles) (1982)
Cashmen & West - American City Suite (1972)
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy (1958)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 12:15pm
rockstar23 - I support almost all of the songs you mentioned as well. I'm especially supportive of "If I Ain't Got You". I'd also like to see another Usher track. Maybe "U Got It Bad" or "Burn" or his duet with Alicia, "My Boo".
Metric - 3
Flying Lizards - 2
Japandroids - 1
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 20:12pm
Japadroids - Younger Us
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Flying Lizards - Money
Posted by DarinRG on Saturday, 03.16.13 @ 20:30pm
My tiebreaking vote is as follows:
Flying Lizards - Money - 3
Japandroids - Younger Us - 2
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 1
Hope this was on time,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 03.17.13 @ 21:35pm
Younger Us
Help, I'm Alive
Money
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 03.17.13 @ 22:50pm
Final Tiebreaker Results:
Metric - Help, I'm Alive - 21
Japandroids - Younger Us - 20
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Flying Lizards - Money - 13
The following songs have been elevated from Voter's Choice to the Song Project for 2013:
Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Meat Puppets - Plateau
Neu! - Hero
Japandroids - Younger Us
Metric - Help, I'm Alive
Gassman - We voted to elevate 5 songs from Voter's Choice to the Song Project per year. This vote was for 2013. The 2014 vote will take place in January 2014.
Posted by Darren on Monday, 03.18.13 @ 01:13am
Darren: Thanks
Would anyone be interested in inducting a song by The Mountain Goats? "No Children" (2002) is a great track.
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 03.18.13 @ 01:54am
I thought (but maybe I'm wrong?) that chart success made a song ineligible for "voter's choice". If so, then why did "The Heat is On" become a VC song despite being a chart hit? Just wondering... it was probably discussed at the time but I forget.
Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 03.18.13 @ 17:36pm
I thought (but maybe I'm wrong?) that chart success made a song ineligible for "voter's choice". If so, then why did "The Heat is On" become a VC song despite being a chart hit? Just wondering... it was probably discussed at the time but I forget.
Posted by Darrin A on Monday, 03.18.13 @ 17:36pm
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That's where this project went astray. I was always convinced that everyone would avoid blatantly commercial songs, w/out us having to say so. In some cases, a song had success on the charts, but it was minimal, & also by & large forgotten. Those songs may have been placed in there, but at least there was a reason why they would fit in.
There are several songs out there that clearly shouldn't have been placed there in the first place. They're all quality songs, & personally I believe they would've been inducted into the regular Song Project no matter what. I've no issue w/Glenn Frey having something in the Song Project. As it so happens, the song just took a rather roundabout method to reach the Song Project.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 03.18.13 @ 21:35pm
Nice batch of songs elevated this year. I wasn't really familiar with Metric until I started researching the nominees, but I'm really liking what I've heard so far.
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 03.19.13 @ 03:09am
So Glenn Frey's eligible for VC but Nico ain't?
Calling shenanigans on this one.
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03.19.13 @ 13:23pm
So Glenn Frey's eligible for VC but Nico ain't?
Calling shenanigans on this one.
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03.19.13 @ 13:23pm
It was a mistake and it is the reason why we now have the VC review day/the yearly vote up.
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 03.19.13 @ 16:24pm
FRL - When the Voter's Choice songs were added to the Song Project list, they were added under 2013. Could you change that to the current induction year, 2038, to avoid confusion?
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 00:26am
Andrew - I would eventually vote for "After The Gold Rush", "Blackbird" and "Learning To Fly".
"Lucky Man" has already been inducted.
Paul K. - I would eventually vote for "C.R.E.A.M." and "Shook Ones (Part II)"
Darrin A. / GFW - Songs like "The Heat Is On" were nominated for Voter's Choice before we had an official method for disqualifying songs from that category. We have regulations now to prevent this sort of thing from happening again.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 00:40am
While compling my latest favorite all-time songs list, I've determined that these are my top 50 songs (in alphabetical order by artist name, as I plan to re-order the list soon) that haven't been inducted into the Song Project as of yet:
A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
Aretha Franklin - Think
At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band - Roosevelt Room
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Everlast - What It's Like
Florence And The Machine - Kiss With A Fist
Frightened Rabbit - Keep Yourself Warm
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town
Kanye West feat. Pusha T. - Runaway
Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver - Monster
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change
Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One
Nirvana - Breed
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
P.J. Harvey - This Is Love
Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
Pearl Jam - I Am Mine
Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
Pearl Jam - Dissident
Queens Of The Stone Age - Someone's In The Wolf
Queens Of The Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick
R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious
Radiohead - Bodysnatchers
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
Sly And The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime
Sting - Fields Of Gold
T.V. On The Radio - DLZ
The Arcade Fire - Keep The Car Running
The Arcade Fire - Month Of May
The Arcade Fire - Ready To Start
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
The Clash - The Magnificent Seven
The Clash - Career Opportunities
The Clash - Janie Jones
The Clash - London's Burning
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
The Shins - New Slang
The Talking Heads - And She Was
The Whigs - Right Hand On My Heart
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - You Don't Know How It Feels
Velvet Revolver - Set Me Free
This list is based entirely on my own personal taste, so my nominees in the future won't necessarily come from this list, but I would absolutely vote for anything on this list (obviously...). Let me know if there are any songs on the list that you'd support in the future.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 01:01am
Darren, you have my support on "One Armed Scissor", "What It's Like", "New Slang", "Ready to Start", "Runaway", and "I Can Change", in that order.
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 12:37pm
I'd also vote for Blackbird, After the Gold Rush and Learning to Fly.
Darren, in terms of your list, there's a lot of great stuff on there. I'd support the following songs immediately:
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves - This and Hollywood Nights absolutely deserve induction. This project is pretty light on Seger.
Eric Clapton - After Midnight - One of the top songs on my queue. Was actually thinking about nominating it next round.
Everlast - What It's Like - One of several one-hit wonder 90's songs I'd support. I've had bad luck pushing songs like this in the past, but would support it if it was nominated.
Jay-Z feat. Rihanna and Kanye West - Run This Town - Not a huge Jay-Z fan, but this song is great.
Sly And The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime - The most deserving Sly song not yet inducted.
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye - Even though we've inducted a crapload of songs by the Beatles, there are still a number of songs I'd support. At the top of the list is this and Blackbird, but I'd also support Drive My Car, I Saw Her Standing There, Paperback Writer and Lady Madonna.
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - I've nominated this before and it always seems to get about 3-4 votes. We could use some more southern rock, and I'd also support Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster, and Gimme Three Steps/What's Your Name/Call Me The Breeze/Tuesday's Gone/That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd
With regards to some other stuff on your list, here's my comments:
A Perfect Circle - Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums - Absolutely awesome song, and I think that this supergroup deserves a song inducted. Would also support Judith.
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole - This might be my favourite band, so I'd support pretty much anything by them. Personally though, this song falls into #5 on my queue for the band behind Them Bones, I Stay Away, Again and Angry Chair.
Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One - Great song, but I'd support Come to My Window before any other ME song.
Nirvana - Breed - I think we've inducted every song by Nirvana that is a no-brainer. Personally I'd support Breed eventually but would prefer The Man Who Sold The World and Dumb ahead of it.
We could definitely use more P.J. Harvey
Given their stature, we could definitely use more by Pearl Jam. I think we've inducted all of the essentials, but would certainly consider anything additional that was nominated.
I think we've done a near-perfect job on R.E.M. and The Clash. I doubt I would support anymore of their songs.
The only other song by Radiohead that I would support is My Iron Lung
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy - Both awesome songs by Rage. Would support these, though they would fall behind Bullet in the Head and Wake Up on my queue.
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown - One of 4 Rolling Stones songs I'd support. The others being The Last Time, Mother's Little Helper and Undercover of the Night.
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - You Don't Know How It Feels - This is very high on my queue, but is still third behind Breakdown and The Waiting, which are in my top 10. Even though we've inducted a lot of Tom Petty, I'd also still support Don't Do Me Like That, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (with Stevie Nicks) and the aforementioned Learning To Fly
Velvet Revolver - Set Me Free - If we induct anything by VR, it's gotta be Slither.
Posted by BSLO on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 12:40pm
Darren: You asked about potential support for songs. At some point or another, I'd send a vote in your direction on these songs:
Alice In Chains - Down In A Hole
Aretha Franklin - Think
At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Night Moves
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Eric Clapton - After Midnight
Melissa Etheridge - I'm The Only One
Nirvana - Breed
Pearl Jam - Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town
Pearl Jam - I Am Mine
Pearl Jam - Given To Fly
Pearl Jam - Dissident
Queens Of The Stone Age - Someone's In The Wolf
Queens Of The Stone Age - Sick, Sick, Sick
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Rage Against The Machine - Know Your Enemy
Sly And The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime
The Beatles - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
The Beatles - Hello Goodbye
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait
The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers - You Don't Know How It Feels
Velvet Revolver - Set Me Free
Posted by Cheesecrop on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 22:14pm
I'm might do a Hip-hop or a Genesis solo works ballot for April. Here are the songs i will put in
Hip Hop:
Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump
Public Enemy featuring Stephen Stills - He Got Game
Genesis solo:
Peter Gabriel featuring Kate Bush - Don't Give Up
Phil Collins - You'll Be in My Heart
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 23:25pm
Edit: I might actually do a 2013 inductee ballot ever since the induction ceremony is on April. Here are some song i might put on the ballot:
Albert King - Crossaw Cut
Heart - What About Love
Randy Newman - I Love L.A.
Public Enemy - Can't Truss It or He Got Game
Rush - Subdivisions or Roll the Bones
Donna Summer - Heaven Knows
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 23:34pm
My mistake, it's actually "Crosscut Saw" for Albert King, I got confused on the title.
Posted by John R.C. on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 00:05am
Edit: I might actually do a 2013 inductee ballot ever since the induction ceremony is on April. Here are some song i might put on the ballot:
Randy Newman - I Love L.A.
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 03.21.13 @ 23:34pm
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I'd vote for this one as it is one of my pet projects in the queue!
8-)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 00:23am
John R.C. - Good call on "Crosscut Saw", that's actually a pretty significant oversight. It's got my vote.
Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 00:56am
songs from 2012 inductees I would consider and recommend:
Albert King: Crosscut Saw, I'll Play The Blues For You, Breaking Up Somebody's Home
Heart: Alone, Straight On, Never, All I Wanna Do is Make Love to You
Donna Summer: Love to Love You Baby, The Wanderer, On the Radio, State of Independence, This Time I Know It's For Real
Public Enemy: 911 is a Joke, Don't Believe the Hype
Randy Newman: I Think It's Going to Rain Today, Political Science, Short People, It's a Jungle Out There
Rush: Xanadu, La Villa Strangiato, Anthem, The Trees
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 04:13am
Any interest for Insensitive by Jann Arden?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nrGWwHalCU
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 06:12am
A few major ones from my queue that are past-due in my opinion:
Ann Peebles - I Can't Stand the Rain
Audioslave - Like a Stone
The Barracudas - I Wish It Could Be 1965 Again
Boston - Foreplay/A Long Time
Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It for You
Cinderella - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone)
Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
Dream Theater - Pull Me Under
Eddie Rabbitt - I Love a Rainy Night
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name
Journey - Who's Crying Now
Linkin Park - Breaking the Habit
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters
Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' with Disaster
Mötley Crüe - Dr. Feelgood
Nirvana - Dumb
The Outfield - Your Love
Ratt - Round and Round
Sigur Rós - Starálfur
Slayer - Angel of Death
The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
The Smiths - The Boy with the Thorn in His Side
Television - See No Evil
Whitesnake - Is This Love
The Who - Eminence Front
Posted by Paul K on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 12:17pm
Greg F - I'd definitely support Insensitive. Great song, by a great Canadian singer-songwriter. I'd also support getting inducted by Sarah McLachlan, though like many Canadian artists who get a lot of radioplay in Canada, I don't know how much she made it in other countries.
On a side note, another female Canadian singer-songwriter I'd support is Alannah Myles. Again, not sure what kind of impact she had elsewhere, but Black Velvet, Lover of Mine and Love Is get huge radioplay in Canada on a variety of stations.
Paul K - I'd honestly support about 80% of your list. Since we've really dropped the ball on country, I would support Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man and I Love a Rainy Night immediately. Both songs are permanently stuck in my head after hours upon hours of playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!
The only song I'd possibly have a quip with is Who's Crying Now. I won't say that it's not worthy, but I personally think we have to induct Wheel In The Sky before any other Journey song. It was the song that put them on the map, and in my opinion is their 2nd or 3rd most relevant song behind Don't Stop Believin' and possibly Any Way You Want It.
Posted by BSLO on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 13:08pm
The only Alannah Myles songs that would have a chance is Black Velvet. As for Sarah McLachlan I would support Building a Mystery, Angel, or Sweet Surrender.
Posted by Greg F on Friday, 03.22.13 @ 15:15pm
BSLO - There is absolutely nothing I dislike about GTA: San Andreas. The Oscar-caliber dialogue and voice acting, the AAA masterpiece gameplay, the utter realism, the infinitely brilliant and clever satire, the vehicles, the weapons, the missions, the supporting characters, the humongous sandbox world itself. and, man, that soundtrack... I feel the same way about GTA IV, only I connected less with the soundtrack. I can't wait for GTA V <3. Watch_Dogs looks like it will be in the same vein also.
but anyways, I'm glad you support most of my list. I'll be nominating from it over the course of the year, but if you ever run out of material on your own queue (and I don't think any of us will for many months to come), feel free to nominate them yourself! :P
I completely agree that we've dropped the ball on country as a whole. When it comes to country, there are holes everywhere from the 50's to 2010's "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum. Also, how about Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"?
Posted by Paul K on Saturday, 03.23.13 @ 01:30am
I would eventually support these previously mentioned songs:
John R.C. - "I Love L.A.", "What About Love".
Greg F. - "Straight On", "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You", "911 Is A Joke", "Political Science", and "Short People".
Paul K. - "Foreplay / Long Time", "Nothing Else Matters", "Dr. Feelgood", "Dumb", "Round And Round", "Bigmouth Strikes Again", "See No Evil".
BSLO - Sarah McLachlan was extremely popular in America in the mid-to-late 90's. I'd support "Building A Mystery", "Angel" and "Adia".
As far as I'm aware, Alannah Myles was a one-hit wonder in America, though that one hit, "Black Velvet" was one of the biggest hits of the late 80's, early 90's. It definitely belongs in the Song Project.
You guys are definitely onto something about the radio stations in GTA: San Andreas. That's actually where I first heard "All My Exes Live In Texas", which got voted in during the genre votes.
I would also think "Wheel In The Sky" should be voted in prior to "Who's Crying Now", but neither is a high priority for me.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 03.26.13 @ 01:18am
just thought id say that if we dont induct a single 2012 song next round we officially suck kthxbai
Posted by GFW on Tuesday, 03.26.13 @ 12:18pm
Agreed I would like to see more recent songs inducted this time like from the 90's to now would be nice.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 03.26.13 @ 13:33pm
The Vapors - Turning Japanese
Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 03.26.13 @ 14:52pm
Roy, we already have that song inducted!
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 03.27.13 @ 01:49am
Sorry for the double post, but I was just enlightened; "Suit & Tie" by JT and Jay-Z is an easy early pick for a 2013 track next year.
Posted by Paul K on Wednesday, 03.27.13 @ 02:15am
My Nominations:
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart (1996)
Melissa Etheridge- Come to My Window (1993)
2012 Pick:
Imagine Dragons- It's Time
Voter's Choice:
Paul Varney- Open the Door to Your Heart (1995)
Posted by Greg F on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 01:23am
Songs for April:
Split Enz - "I Got You" (1980)
The Coral - "1000 Years" (2010) - I believe
2012 Song:
Tame Impala - "Elephant"
Voter's Choice:
Loud Lucy - "Tickling" (1995)
Posted by Cheesecrop on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 06:31am
Nominations:
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
2012 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:25am
Nominations:
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds are Forever
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
2012 pick: Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Posted by rockstar23 on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:26am
Noms:
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
2012: Grimes - Oblivion
VC: Yuck - Get Away
Posted by GFW on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:32am
sarah mclachlan - adia
aretha franklin - rescue me
Posted by akeem on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:45am
sarah mclachlan - adia
aretha franklin - rescue me
Posted by akeem on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:45am
it should have been fontella bass not aretha franklin
Posted by akeem on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 07:50am
Hope everyone had a fine Easter and/or Passover. Now that we are in another month, I have now compiled my nominations list for the Song Project Class of April 2038. Here then is my ballot for all to see.
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
I will keep nominating Cliffs of Dover until it gets inducted. Considering its near induction last month, it should not be too long for that to happen. As for ABBA, their last song recorded is one of the more haunting and minimalist songs they would ever record. Not to mention The Day Before You Came is ripe to interpretation ad infinitum. Now then, here is my 2012 pick.
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
I was initially weary of nominating this, considering it sounds uncannily like The Police. Yet, seeing Sting perform this in some capacity has obviously warmed me up to this throwback. And now, here is my Voter's Choice selection; likely a song few are aware of.
Gentle Giant - Proclamation
There are numerous songs and compositions for this undervalued art rock group that I could have chosen. The one I chose starts their 1974 album The Power And The Glory. In addition, if you type Gentle Giant into a Google and/or Youtube search, Proclamation is usually the song that pops up first. Gentle Giant's influence, while not obvious to all, is found in recordings of later art rock acts.
Happy April Fools' Day, if celebrating,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 09:25am
My Nomination:
Albert King - Crosscut Saw (1966)
Laura Nyro - Stoney End (1967)
2012 Pick: Rush - The Wreckers
Voters Choice: Robin Gibb - Boys Do Fall in Love (1984)
Posted by John R.C. on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 09:49am
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe in Love (1982)
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Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (2012)
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 12:49pm
My Nominations:
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River
Madonna- Express Yourself
2012 Nomination
Alicia Keys- Girl On Fire
Posted by Zoltan on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 13:12pm
Nominations:
PJ Harvey- Good Fortune
Janet Jackson- Love Will Never Do (Without You)
2012 nomination
Pink- Just Give Me a Reason
Posted by Mike on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 13:39pm
Nominations:
Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
2012:
fun. - Some Nights
VC:
Head East - Never Been Any Reason (1975)
This one might be a bit too mainstream for VC, but I thought I'd give it a shot.
Posted by BSLO on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 16:08pm
Here are some more songs I think should be nominated:
Chicago [We Can Change The World] by Graham Nash
Bluebird by Buffalo Springfield
Only The Young by Journey
The Waiting by Tom Petty & The Heartbeakers
Keeping the Faith by Billy Joel
Beautiful Boy by John Lennon
Empty Garden by Elton John
Posted by Andrew on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 18:56pm
My Nominations:
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born On The Bayou (1969) (How wasn't this inducted yet?)
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (2004)
2012 song:
Emmylou - First Aid Kit
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 20:23pm
You guys don't have Buffalo Springfield's "Bluebird" in your list yet? Really?
Posted by Dezmond on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:10pm
Nominations:
Stevie Wonder- For Once In My Life
2Pac- Keep Ya Head Up
2012:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
I think this is one of the biggest songs of the year and it would be a shame to not induct it.
Posted by Ryan on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:18pm
Sorry I almost forgot the years of the songs
Stevie Wonder- For Once In My Life(1967)
2Pac- Keep Ya Head Up(1993)
Posted by Ryan on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:21pm
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe in Love (1982)
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 12:49pm
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I think that its writer Mutt Lange's inspiration/influence for it, "Sweet Talkin' Woman" by Electric Light Orchestra in 1977 should be inducted first.
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:23pm
My April 2013/2038 Song Project nominations...
Electric Light Orchestra - "Sweet Talkin' Woman" (1977)
E.L.O. - "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" (1983) for Cheesecrop
Voter's Choice
Joe Dolce -"Shaddap You Face" (1980)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:42pm
nominations:
"Flowers On the Wall" - The Statler Brothers (1966)
"These Are Days" - 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
2012:
"I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 00:02am
nominations:
"Flowers On the Wall" - The Statler Brothers (1966)
"These Are Days" - 10,000 Maniacs (1992)
2012:
"I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 00:06am
Head East - "Never Been Any Reason" is too mainstream (I don't know about other classic rock stations, but it's a staple on all the classic rock stations in my area) for the Voter's Choice project and would have a decent chance of being inducted into the Song Project if it was nominated. I'd definitely vote for it eventually.
According to the rule changes we voted in earlier this month, if two other regular voters agree, the song will be disqualified from Voter's Choice contention. BSLO can also change or drop his nomination if he chooses to do so.
"4. Voter's Choice nominees can be disqualified from Voter's Choice consideration if one voter in good standing (having previously voted in the Song Project) protests the nomination and two other voters in good standing second and third the protest. The intial protest should contain an explanation for why the protest is being lodged. If a song is disqualified prior to the end of the two day nomination period, a replacement nomination can be made prior to the end of nominations."
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 02:43am
My April 2013/2038 Song Project nominations...
Electric Light Orchestra - "Sweet Talkin' Woman" (1977)
E.L.O. - "Rock 'n' Roll Is King" (1983) for Cheesecrop
etc.,
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04.1.13 @ 21:42pm
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I just caught that. I feel bad now for taking up one of your spots, in essence.
If you want, I'll drop one of my songs & replace it w/ELO, so you can use that second spot for something else. If not, I'll make sure next month that I put it down myself. Let me know when you have a minute.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 06:20am
I just caught that. I feel bad now for taking up one of your spots, in essence.
If you want, I'll drop one of my songs & replace it w/ELO, so you can use that second spot for something else. If not, I'll make sure next month that I put it down myself. Let me know when you have a minute.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 06:20am
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That's alright, while I usually do not mind, just wanted to make sure voters knew because of my last minute Sweet Talkin' Woman nomination, so as long as you nominate it this month only right now I'll switch out mine for Fanny - "Butter Boy" (1974)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 09:16am
Head East - "Never Been Any Reason" is too mainstream (I don't know about other classic rock stations, but it's a staple on all the classic rock stations in my area) for the Voter's Choice project and would have a decent chance of being inducted into the Song Project if it was nominated. I'd definitely vote for it eventually.
According to the rule changes we voted in earlier this month, if two other regular voters agree, the song will be disqualified from Voter's Choice contention. BSLO can also change or drop his nomination if he chooses to do so.
"4. Voter's Choice nominees can be disqualified from Voter's Choice consideration if one voter in good standing (having previously voted in the Song Project) protests the nomination and two other voters in good standing second and third the protest. The intial protest should contain an explanation for why the protest is being lodged. If a song is disqualified prior to the end of the two day nomination period, a replacement nomination can be made prior to the end of nominations."
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 02:43am
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I second.
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 09:18am
Nominee:
Closer - Tegan & Sara (2012)
Posted by DarinRG on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 14:02pm
Robin Gibb's Boys Do Fall in Love was a Top 40 hit. So I don't it should qualify for voter's choice. It reached up to #37 on the charts in 1984.
Also Gentle Giant are too influential to have a song in voter's choice.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 14:21pm
Head East - "Never Been Any Reason" is too mainstream (I don't know about other classic rock stations, but it's a staple on all the classic rock stations in my area) for the Voter's Choice project and would have a decent chance of being inducted into the Song Project if it was nominated. I'd definitely vote for it eventually.
According to the rule changes we voted in earlier this month, if two other regular voters agree, the song will be disqualified from Voter's Choice contention. BSLO can also change or drop his nomination if he chooses to do so.
"4. Voter's Choice nominees can be disqualified from Voter's Choice consideration if one voter in good standing (having previously voted in the Song Project) protests the nomination and two other voters in good standing second and third the protest. The intial protest should contain an explanation for why the protest is being lodged. If a song is disqualified prior to the end of the two day nomination period, a replacement nomination can be made prior to the end of nominations."
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 02:43am
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I third.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 14:28pm
Sounds good. Well at least I know that Never Been Any Reason might have some support in the main project for the future!
You can replace my nomination with Harlequin - Innocence (1980)
Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 16:21pm
Sounds good. Well at least I know that Never Been Any Reason might have some support in the main project for the future!
You can replace my nomination with Harlequin - Innocence (1980)
Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 16:23pm
Robin Gibb's Boys Do Fall in Love was a Top 40 hit. So I don't it should qualify for voter's choice. It reached up to #37 on the charts in 1984.
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 14:21pm
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Okay Greg, I can replace "Boys Do Fall in Love" with Andy Gibb's "Arrow Through the Heart" (2010).
Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 19:20pm
First a little bookkeeping...
Rick / Cheesecrop - Have either of you officially changed your previous nominations or just discussing at this point?
There is currently one active Voter's Choice protest noted against Gentle Giant - Proclamation. The VC nominations for Robin Gibb and Head East have been resolved.
Andrew - Did you want to nominate any of those songs? You can nominate two songs from before 2012, one song from 2012 and one song for the Voter's Choice category if you like.
My nominations:
Everlast - "What It's Like" (1998) - The last song you'd expect from the former lead singer of House Of Pain, "What It's Like" is a socially-conscious folk rock song and (in my opinion), one of the best songs of the late-90's.
Deftones - "Change (In The House Of Flies)" (2000) - Heavy metal from the past two decades is under-represented in this project to date. "Change" is perhaps the best song by Deftones, a band that critics have referred to as the "Radiohead of metal".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPpDyIJdasg
I'll pass on a 2012 song this month, as there are already several great 2012 songs to vote for, but I have a few in mind for future months.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 21:55pm
I can also verify that "Closer" by Tegan and Sara was released as a single in 2012 and is eligible for the category. I had to check because the album came out in 2013.
There have been a couple suggestions that we should discuss / vote on:
A. Making the new song / album nomination rules year-round instead of only for the first 6 months. With the expanded ballots, this is a more practical option than it was before the ballots were expanded. 2012 songs / albums would be eligible for nominations under the 2012 category through December, with the category becoming 2013-only in January.
B. With the Song Ranking project beginning soon on the Rock Rankings message board, it's been suggested that we should have a special decade-specific "last chance" classes to try to ensure that we don't miss any important songs in the rankings. These votes would be conducted after the conclusion of the Song Project each month (one per month), starting with "Pre-1960" and then going decade specific until the final "2000-2012" class. We could also have a "2010-2012" class of it's own if we liked. Should we do these "last chance" classes?
I vote yes on both counts.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 22:06pm
Darren - yes to both. Although I think the final "last chance" class should just be 2000-2012, as opposed to separating those last three years, especially with 2012 getting extra attention all year anyway.
So, if things work out in the extra classes favor, this would be our schedule, after each monthly voting session:
April - Pre-1960
May - 1960-1969
June - 1970-1979
July - 1980-1989
Aug - 1990-1999
Sept - 2000-2012
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 22:29pm
I vote yes to both, but I only want the last group of voting to be 2000-2009. I am already not a huge fan of having the 50's mixed in with the pre-rock period, but I understand that is really the only way to do that. We can have a 2010-2019 vote in 2020.
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 00:08am
Paul K - Yes, that would be the schedule if we decided to do it.
Gassman - What do you have against 2010, 2011 and 2012? lol
The difference between those years and 2008-2009 seems arbitrary to me when the alternative is waiting 7 years before they can be considered.
Nominations are now closed. The next 24 hours is designated for review of the Voter's Choice nominees. The list of nominated songs will be posted at Midnight tomorrow. Here are the Voter's Choice nominees under consideration:
Andy Gibb - Arrow Through The Heart
Gentle Giant - Proclamation
Harlequin - Innocence
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
Loud Lucy - Tickling
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart
Yuck - Get Away
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 01:37am
Nomination
Deee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 09:55am
"Shaddap You Face" went to number 1 in 13 countries and has sold over 6 million copies, I hardly think it's VC material.
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 16:07pm
I second the above protest on Shaddap You Face.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 16:51pm
First a little bookkeeping...
Rick / Cheesecrop - Have either of you officially changed your previous nominations or just discussing at this point?
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.2.13 @ 21:55pm
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I had only offered to change a song because he had to nominate "Rock & Roll is King". If he simply wants to leave well enough alone for this month, I 'll start nominating it next month. I just simply felt a little bad when I saw he'd taken a spot of his own & used it, that's all.
Otherwise, I assume everything's cool.
Posted by Cheesecrop on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 17:10pm
I think Yuck might too well known for VC. I'm not sure how well the album or the song did. I guess it's borderline since I haven't Get Away or any other Yuck song on the radio in my area.
Posted by Greg F on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 17:21pm
Considering some of the bands in VC, i'm sure Yuck would fall under it as well.
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 18:06pm
Darren: I have nothing against the songs that have come out with this decade. I just think that they should be ranked with the other songs of this current decade. I think having clear decade splits is the best way to go.
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 18:29pm
"Nomination
Deee Lite - Groove is in the Heart
Posted by Scott Banks on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 09:55am"
Scott Banks - We'll add the nomination this time, but in the future, please get your nominations in on the 1st or the 2nd of each month.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04.3.13 @ 23:13pm
There weren't any more Voter's Choice songs removed from consideration.
Here are the nominees for April 2013:
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire
Andy Gibb - Arrow Through The Heart
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies)
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Emmylou - First Aid Kit
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Everlast - What It's Like
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
fun. - Some Nights
Gentle Giant - Proclamation
Grimes - Oblivion
Harlequin - Innocence
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Laura Nyro - Stoney End
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Loud Lucy - Tickling
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Madonna - Express Yourself
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart
Pink - Just Give Me A Reason
Rush - The Wreckers
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Split Enz - I Got You
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Tame Impala - Elephant
Tegan And Sara - Closer
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
The Coral - 1000 Years
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
Yuck - Get Away
Each voter gets 8 votes. The only restriction is that you can't vote for your own Voter's Choice nominee.
Voting will close at 12:01 AM on Tuesday, April 9th.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 01:17am
My votes:
Imagine Dragons- It's Time
Melissa Etheridge- Come to My Window
Toni Braxton- Un-Break My Heart
The Marshall Tucker Band- Can't You See
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis- Thrift Shop
Albert King- Crosscut Saw
Laura Nyro- Stoney End
Dee-lite- Groove is in the Heart
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 01:38am
My ballot:
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Everlast - What It's Like
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe in Love
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Posted by Paul K on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 01:54am
My Votes:
Justin Timberlake- Cry Me A River
Madonna- Express Yourself
Alicia Keys- Girl On Fire
Mumford and Sons- I Will Wait
Creedence Clearwater Revival- Born On The Bayou
Stevie Wonder- For Once In My Life
LL Cool J- Rock The Bells
Melissa Etheridge- Come To My Window
Posted by Zoltan on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 03:07am
My Vote:
1. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
2. Emmylou - First Aid Kit
3. Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
4. Grimes - Oblivion
5. Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
6. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
7. Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
8. Tame Impala - Elephant
Will consider in the future
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies)
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Everlast - What It's Like
fun. - Some Nights
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Madonna - Express Yourself
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Tegan And Sara - Closer
Yuck - Get Away
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 03:39am
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Madonna - Express Yourself
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 08:18am
Votes:
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
Pink - Just Give Me A Reason
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by Mike on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 08:39am
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Ft. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Grimes - Oblivion
Posted by GFW on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 08:45am
2Pac- Keep Ya Head Up
ABBA - The Day You Came
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
fun. - Some Nights
Justin Timerblake - Cry Me a River
Laura Nyro - Stoney End
Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 10:30am
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Posted by Scott Banks on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 14:46pm
My vote:
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Harlequin - Innocence
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Posted by Tahvo Parvianen on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 17:22pm
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Madonna - Express Yourself
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by rockstar23 on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 18:54pm
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Madonna - Express Yourself
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Posted by Ryan on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 23:10pm
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank)
Creedence Clearwater Revival – Born on the Bayou
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
Posted by Logan on Thursday, 04.4.13 @ 23:41pm
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Tegan And Sara - Closer
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
Posted by jtrichey on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 00:26am
Here are some songs I'd like to bring to people's attention for these 50's songs for the last chance vote that will be coming up. I personally don't think that all of these songs should/need to be inducted before we start ranking, but I'd like to get as much out there as possible. Please let me know if I missed anything. I'll be doing a pre-50's list too this weekend.
Sixty Minute Man (1951) - The Dominos
Gee (1953) - The Crows
Crying In The Chapel (1953) - The Orioles
White Christmas (1954) - The Drifters
Goodnite, Sweetheart, Goodnite (1954) - The Spaniels
Pledging My Love (1955) - Johnny Ace
Speedoo (1955) - The Cadillacs
At My Front Door (1955) - At My Front Door
Story Untold (1955) - The Nutmegs
My Babe (1955) - Little Walter
Oh What A Nite (1956) - The Dells
Honky Tonk (1956) - Bill Doggett
Blue Monday (1956) - Fats Domino
Susie Q (1956) - Dale Hawkins
Fever (1956) - Little Whillie John
Honey Don't (1956) - Carl Perkins
Rip It Up (1956) - Little Richard
Let The Good Times Roll (1956) - Shirley & Lee
Searchin' (1957) - The Coasters
Little Darlin' (1957) - The Diamonds
I'm Walkin' (1957) - Fats Domino
Matchbox (1957) - Carl Perkins
Rocking Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu (1957) - Huey "Piano" Simth & The Clowns
Keep A 'Knockin' (1957) - Little Richard
Send Me Some Lovin' (1957) - LIttle Richard
C.C. Rider (1957) - Chuck Willis
Reelin' And Rockin (1958) - Chuck Berry
For Your Precious Love (1958) - Jerry Butler & The Impressions
Sixteen Candles (1958) - The Crests
Rockin' Robin (1958) - Bobby Day
Do You Want To Dance (1958) - Bobby Freeman
Book Of Love (1958) - The Monotones
Willie And The Hand Jive (1958) - Johnny Otis
Since I Don't Have You (1958) - The Skylines
It's Only Make Believe (1958) - Conway Twitty
Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes (1958) - Chuck Willis
Almost Grown (1959) - Almost Grown
Fannie Mae (1959) - Buster Brown
Poison Ivy (1959) - The Coasters
Sea Cruise (1959) - Frankie Ford
Kansas City (1959) - Wilbert Harrison
Posted by Gassman on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 04:01am
Songs for April:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Split Enz - I Got You
Tame Impala - Elephant
The Coral - 1000 Years
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Posted by Cheesecrop on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 06:50am
My vote:
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
Everlast - What It's Like
fun. - Some Nights
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Tough vote this time around. There were a couple of no-brainers, and then a whole bunch of songs I considered for the rest of my ballot. If necessary, I'll switch a vote for Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou, but my guess is that it doesn't need my help.
Posted by BSLO on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 07:53am
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Madonna - Express Yourself
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
Posted by Darrin A on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 16:26pm
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Tegan and Sara - Closer
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
I've been supportive of Frank Ocean in the past but had 8 other picks that I felt strongly about this round. I will check in on it toward the end.
Posted by DarinRG on Friday, 04.5.13 @ 19:44pm
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
fun. - Some Nights
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
Tegan And Sara - Closer
Posted by Mike 1 on Saturday, 04.6.13 @ 04:42am
Here's my current vote count:
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - 9
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River - 8
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells - 8
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou - 7
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 7
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart - 6
Albert King - Crosscut Saw - 5
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover - 5
Madonna - Express Yourself - 5
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window - 5
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - 5
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - 4
Imagine Dragons - It's Time - 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) - 4
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait - 4
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune - 4
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever - 4
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up - 3
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart - 3
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me - 3
fun. - Some Nights - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - 3
Sarah McLachlan - Adia - 3
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop - 3
Tegan And Sara - Closer - 3
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - 3
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days - 2
ABBA - The Day Before You Came - 2
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet - 2
Everlast - What It's Like - 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - 2
Grimes - Oblivion - 2
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love - 2
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You - 2
Laura Nyro - Stoney End - 2
Tame Impala - Elephant - 2
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall - 2
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire - 1
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King - 1
Harlequin - Innocence - 1
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face - 1
Pink - Just Give Me A Reason - 1
Split Enz - I Got You - 1
The Coral - 1000 Years - 1
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You) - 1
Andy Gibb - Arrow Through The Heart - 0
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies) - 0
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman - 0
Gentle Giant - Proclamation - 0
Loud Lucy - Tickling - 0
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart - 0
Rush - The Wreckers - 0
Yuck - Get Away - 0
Voting closes at 12:01 AM on Tuesday.
Posted by Darren on Saturday, 04.6.13 @ 23:27pm
Here are a list of songs that I would preform at a 3 day rock concert:
Day 1:
1. Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix
2. White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane
3. Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
4. Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream
5. Break On Through To The Other Side by The Doors
6. Walk Like A Man by The Four Seasons
7. I Saw Her Standing There by The Beatles
8. Land Of 1000 Dances by Wilson Picket
9. Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
10. San Francisco [Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair] by Scott Mackenzie
11. Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
12. My Generation by The Who
13. Piece Of My Heart by Janis Joplin
14. Ain’t Too Proud To Beg by The Temptations
15. All Along The Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix
16. Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
17. A Day In The Life by The Beatles
18. Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones
19. Sugar Pie Honey Bunch by The Four Tops
20. Pinball Wizard by The Who
21. I Feel Like I Fixin’ To Die Rag by Country Joe And The Fish
22. I Heard It Through The Grapevine by Marvin Gaye
23. White Room by Cream
24. Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
25. Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf
26. Kicks by Paul Revere and The Riders
27. Hey Jude by The Beatles
28. Dancing In The Streets by Martha And The Vandellas
29. Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane
30. Sympathy For The Devil by The Rolling Stones
31. Voodoo Child by Jimi Hendrix
32. Mississippi Queen by Mountain
33. Revolution by The Beatles
34. Commutations Breakdown by Led Zeppelin
35. Same Old Song by The Four Tops
36. Paint It Black by The Rolling Stones
37. Soul Kitchen by The Doors
38. Volunteers by Jefferson Airplane
39. Can I Get A Witness by Marvin Gaye
40. Across The Universe by The Beatles
41. Wild Thing by Jimi Hendrix ending with me pouring lighter fluid on my guitar and lighting it on fire then smashing it.
Day 2:
1. Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell
2. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town by Johnny Cash
3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band
4. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
5. You Love The Thunder by Jackson Browne
6. The Waiting by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
7. Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
8. After The Gold Rush by Neil Young
9. Born On The Bayou by Creedence Clearwater Reveal
10. Ohio by Crosby, Stills and Nash And Young
11. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
12. How Long by The Eagles
13. Free Fallin’ by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
14. Old Time Rock And Roll by Bob Seger
15. Bad Moon Rising by Creedence Clearwater Reveal
16. Take It Easy by The Eagles
17. R.O.C.K In The USA by John Mellencamp
18. For What It’s Worth by Buffalo Springfield
19. Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
20. Green River by Creedence Clearwater Reveal
21. No More Cloudy Days by The Eagles
22. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby, Stills and Nash
23. China Grove by The Doobie Brothers
24. Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Reveal
25. Hotel California by The Eagles
26. Galveston by Glen Campbell
27. Turn, Turn, Turn by The Byrds
28. Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World by Neil Young
29. Up Around The Bend by Creedence Clearwater Reveal
30. Rocky Mountain High by John Denver
31. Learning To Fly by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers
32. Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills and Nash
33. The Wight by The Band
34. Try And Love Again by The Eagles
35. Rock And Roll Never Forgets by Bob Seger
36. Woodstock by Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young
37. New Kid In Town by The Eagles
38. Running On Empty by Jackson Browne
39. Born In The USA by Bruce Springsteen
40. Summer Of 69 by Bryan Adams
41. Teach Your Children by Crosby, Stills & Nash
Day 3:
1. School’s Out by Alice Copper
2. Immigrate Song by Led Zeppelin
3. Live Wire by Motley Crew
4. Won’t Get Fooled Again by The Who
5. Paranoid by Black Sabbath
6. Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
7. Back In The Saddle Again by Aerosmith
8. Give Peace A Chance by John Lennon
9. Young Turks by Rod Stewart
10. Don’t Stand So Close To Me by The Police
11. I Got My Mind Set On You by George Harrison
12. Limelight by Rush
13. Teenage Wasteland by The Who
14. I Wanna Rock And Roll All Night by Kiss
15. Rock And Roll by Led Zeppelin
16. It’s A Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock And Roll by AC/DC
17. Levon by Elton John
18. Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
19. Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac
20. Loving, Touching, Squeezing by Journey
21. You Give Love A Bad Name by Bon Jovi
22. Tom Sawyer by Rush
23. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
24. Thunderstruck by AC/DC
25. Nothin’ But A Good Time by Poison
26. Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ Roses
27. Panama by Van Halen
28. Pour Some Sugar On Me by Def Leppard
29. Iron Man by Black Sabbath
30. Flat Bottomed Girls by Queen
31. When The Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin
32. Rag Doll by Aerosmith
33. Candle In The Wind by Elton John
34. Keeping The Faith by Billy Joel
35. The Kid is Hot Tonight by Loverboy
36. Faithfully by Journey
37. Cold As Ice by Foreigner
38. Have A Drink On Me by AC/DC
39. Rock You Like A Hurricane by The Scorpions
40. Power Of Love by Huey Lewis and The News
41. Only The Young by Journey
42. Here I Go Again by Whitesnake
43. You Make My Dreams by Hall And Oates
44. Band On The Run by Paul McCartney
45. Don’t Bring Me Down by Eclectic Light Orchestra
46. Start Me Up by The Rolling Stones
47. I’m Still Standing by Elton John
48. We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel
49. It’s Only Rock And Roll by The Rolling Stones
50. Enter Sandman by Metallica
51. Dude, Look Like A Lady by Aerosmith
52. Money Talks by AC/DC
53. Beautiful Boy by John Lennon
54. Sweet Child Of Mine by Guns And Roses
55. She’s Always A Women by Billy Joel
56. Empty Garden by Elton John
57. Jukebox Hero by Foreigner
58. Don’t Stop Believing by Journey
Posted by Andrew on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 01:17am
To add to gassman's thoughts on songs to consider from the 50s:
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
Pat Boone - Love Letters in the Sand
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Frankie Avalon - Venus
Posted by jtrichey on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 01:41am
Change my "Do You Believe in Love" vote to "Cliffs of Dover", please and thanks.
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 13:11pm
Grimes - Oblivion
Alicia Keys - Girl on Fire
Bruno Mars - Locked Out of Heaven
fun. - Some Nights
Madonna - Express Yourself
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Albert King - Crosscut Saw
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Posted by Mel on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 18:31pm
"Grimes - Oblivion"
<3 u mel
Posted by GFW on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 18:46pm
My Votes:
Madonna - Express Yourself
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window
fun. - Some Nights
Mumford And Sons - I Will Wait
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See
Everlast - What It's Like
Top Vote-Switch Priorities:
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou - Currently, it would be in, but I would switch if that was no longer the case.
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - It needs at least one more vote for a switch to work, so hopefully it'll get it.
Songs I'd vote for eventually:
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You
Imagine Dragons - It's Time
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pool (Drank)
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me
Grimes - Oblivion
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Sarah McLachlan - Adia
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire
First Aid Kit - Emmylou
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You)
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
ELO - Rock N Roll Is King
ELO - Sweet Talkin' Woman
Huey Lewis And The News - Do You Believe In Love
UGK ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You)
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies)
Posted by Darren on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 19:58pm
My monthly Song Project ballot is as follows:
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover
ABBA - The Day Before You Came
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life
Split Enz - I Got You
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin Woman
Anxious to rank the songs inducted by decade:),
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 21:09pm
Here's an update! There's plenty of room for "Express Yourself" and "Un-Break My Heart" if anyone wants to commit a vote swap!
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells - 9
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - 9
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou - 8
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River - 8
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - 8
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life - 8
Madonna - Express Yourself - 7
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart - 7
Albert King - Crosscut Saw - 6
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window - 6
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - 5
fun. - Some Nights - 5
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait - 5
P.J. Harvey - Good Fortune - 5
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - 4
Imagine Dragons - It's Time - 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) - 4
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - 4
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever - 4
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up - 3
ABBA - The Day Before You Came - 3
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven - 3
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart - 3
Everlast - What It's Like - 3
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me - 3
Grimes - Oblivion - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - 3
Sarah McLachlan - Adia - 3
Split Enz - I Got You - 2
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop - 3
Tegan And Sara - Closer - 3
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days - 2
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet - 2
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman - 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - 2
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You - 2
Laura Nyro - Stoney End - 2
Tame Impala - Elephant - 2
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall - 2
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love - 1
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King - 1
Harlequin - Innocence - 1
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face - 1
Pink - Just Give Me A Reason - 1
The Coral - 1000 Years - 1
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You) - 1
Andy Gibb - Arrow Through The Heart - 0
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies) - 0
Gentle Giant - Proclamation - 0
Loud Lucy - Tickling - 0
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart - 0
Rush - The Wreckers - 0
Yuck - Get Away - 0
Posted by Paul K on Sunday, 04.7.13 @ 23:09pm
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou (1969)
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (1968)
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman (1977)
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love (1982)
E.L.O. - Rock 'n' Roll Is King (1983)
Madonna - Express Yourself (1989)
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (1990)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 02:20am
switch my vote for I Choose You to White Man (In Hammersmith Palais)
Posted by GFW on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 09:44am
So this whole time I've been voting for 5 when I could have voted for 8 or is there something special I have to do before I can vote for 8? Well here's my Top 8, and if I am not able to vote 8 please take the first 5.
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait
The Clash - White Man in Hammersmith Palais
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
CCR - Born On the Bayou
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River
Fun - Some Nights
Madonna - Express Yourself
Posted by Alec on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 12:44pm
Alec - we voted to change the rules about a month and a half ago. Sometimes we get bored or annoyed by the rules and change them. Your ballot is solid, though.
Posted by DarinRG on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 13:45pm
I am switching out my vote for "Elephant" by Tame Impala for "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" by The Clash.
Seriously though, people need to check out Tame Impala!
Posted by Gassman on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 15:33pm
Update as of Gassman's vote swap (thanks everyone who has been pushing to get "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais" inducted! It just needs one more and it'll be golden :D
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born on the Bayou - 10
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover - 10
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me a River - 9
LL Cool J - Rock the Bells - 9
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop - 9
Madonna - Express Yourself - 9
Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life - 9
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais - 8
Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart - 7
Albert King - Crosscut Saw - 6
fun. - Some Nights - 6
Melissa Etheridge - Come To My Window - 6
Mumford & Sons - I Will Wait - 6
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune - 5
Shirley Bassey - Diamonds Are Forever - 5
Frank Ocean - Thinkin' Bout You - 4
Imagine Dragons - It's Time - 4
Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) - 4
The Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See - 4
Suicide - Frankie Teardrop - 4
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up - 3
ABBA - The Day Before You Came - 3
Bruno Mars - Locked Out Of Heaven - 3
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart - 3
Electric Light Orchestra - Sweet Talkin' Woman - 3
Everlast - What It's Like - 3
Fontella Bass - Rescue Me - 3
Grimes - Oblivion - 3
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel - 3
Sarah McLachlan - Adia - 3
Split Enz - I Got You - 2
Tegan And Sara - Closer - 3
10,000 Maniacs - These Are Days - 2
Alannah Myles - Black Velvet - 2
Alicia Keys - Girl On Fire - 2
Electric Light Orchestra - Rock N Roll Is King - 2
First Aid Kit - Emmylou - 2
Huey Lewis and the News - Do You Believe In Love - 2
Janet Jackson - Love Will Never Do (Without You - 2
Laura Nyro - Stoney End - 2
The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall - 2
Harlequin - Innocence - 1
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face - 1
Pink - Just Give Me A Reason - 1
The Coral - 1000 Years - 1
Tame Impala - Elephant - 1
UGK Ft. Outkast - International Players Anthem (I Choose You) - 0
Andy Gibb - Arrow Through The Heart - 0
Deftones - Change (In The House Of Flies) - 0
Gentle Giant - Proclamation - 0
Loud Lucy - Tickling - 0
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart - 0
Rush - The Wreckers - 0
Yuck - Get Away - 0
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 15:49pm
Switch my vote for "Everlast - What It's Like" to "The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais".
Posted by Darren on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 20:39pm
Thanks, Darren! :D
Posted by Paul K on Monday, 04.8.13 @ 22:39pm
Voting is now closed.
Here is the Class of April 2013:
Stevie Wonder - For Once In My Life (1968)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou (1969)
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
LL Cool J - Rock The Bells (1986)
Madonna - Express Yourself (1989)
Eric Johnson - Cliffs Of Dover (1990)
Justin Timberlake - Cry Me A River (2002)
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz - Thrift Shop (2012)
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 06:00am
Now that the April Song Project voting is over (sorry for the delay in posting the results), nominations are now open for the "last chance" Song Project class for songs released prior to 1960.
This is the first in a series of "decade-specific last chance" votes designed to fill in any remaining gaps in the Song Project prior to the start of the Song Ranking Project.
The first round will be limited to songs released prior to 1960. Voting will work the same as a standard Song Project class. Each participant can nominated 2 eligible songs if they choose to do so. After 2 days of nominations, each voter can vote for 8 nominated songs. After 5 days of voting, the top 5-10 vote-getters are inducted.
Nomations for the Pre-1960 class will close at 12:01 AM on Wednesday the 11th. Voting will end at 12:01 AM on Tuesday the 16th.
The second round of "last chance" voting for the 1960s will begin after the conclusion of the May 2013 Song Project.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 06:13am
Great class this month. Very diverse.
Shame "Un-Break My Heart" couldn't break in. I'm thinking of nominating Boyz II Men's End of the Road next month. Maybe I should hold off till the Toni Braxton song gets in so the 90s R&B vote (an area we are shamefully lacking in) won't get split.
Posted by rockstar23 on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 08:03am
No complaints about this class. Glad to see Cliffs of Dover finally got in.
Took a look at Gassman's 50's snubs list and man there are some glaring omissions! Since I can unfortunately only nominate 2 of them, my choices are 2 huge snubs from 1957:
Searchin' (1957) - The Coasters
I'm Walkin' (1957) - Fats Domino
I was strongly considering Susie Q, but I figured that was one of the most likely songs on the list to get nominated by someone else.
Posted by BSLO on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 12:25pm
I nominate:
Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby (1954)
Guitar Slim- The Things I Used to Do (1953)
Posted by Greg F on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 14:06pm
My Nominations for pre-1960s songs:
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy! (1957)
Ritchie Valens - Donna (1958)
Posted by John R.C. on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 15:42pm
Darren: When are we planning on starting to rank songs from the decades?
Posted by Gassman on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 16:44pm
Gassman - Here's what the current schedule looks like:
Nominations for the "Last Chance" 1950s vote end on tomorrow night at midnight. The voting will end at 12:01 on Tuesday, the 16th.
The Blind Ballot ranking project ends on Friday at 10 PM.
The "Snub Madness" battle of the bands starts on Friday at 10 PM. I estimate that this will take 20 days (each round of voting is 24 hours and ties will be broken by seeding, so there won't be any tiebreakers), ending on approx. May 2nd.
After the battle of the bands is complete (alternatively, we could start this part after "Last Chance" voting is complete), we'll have two days of nominations and five days of voting to determine the first 25 songs from the pre-1960 era that are qualified for overall ranking. We will repeat this process 3 additional times, so that we have 100 songs from pre-1960 qualified for overall ranking.
After conclusion of the Song Project in May, we'll have a "Last Chance" class for the 60s. Timed correctly, this will be completed while we're still voting on songs from the pre-60s group so that we can begin qualifing voting for the 60's as soon as we're done with all four rounds of the pre-60's. The timing doesn't quite work out if we don't wait until after the tournament, but the delay wouldn't be long.
After 100 songs have been qualified from the pre-60s, the 60s, the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, the 00s and whatever we decide to do with the 2010-2012 songs, we'll have a list of (600 +/- songs from the last three years) qualified songs for the overall ranking. At that point, we'll submit nominating lists. The most nominated songs will be voted on using the system that we used for the Performers Re-Ranking project. We'll rank 10 songs at a time until the top 100 overall songs have been ranked.
The remaining qualified songs (that didn't make the top 100) from each group would then be ranked. Songs in the top 100 would already be ranked according to how they did overall and the remaining songs (should be 80-90 from each group) would then be ranked 15-20 at a time, starting with pre-60's.
When it's all said and done, we'll have an overall Top 100 Songs list and a separate top 100 list for each decade of the rock n roll era.
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 20:27pm
One thing I'd like to bring up while we're still nominating songs from before 1960. Do we want to change it from "pre-1960" to "1950-1959"?
We currently have 124 songs from 1950-1959 to choose from (including songs from the Song Project and the Early Influence songs from the 50's) and doing so would limit the songs we vote for to the "Rock n roll era", while excluding the songs from the pre-rock n roll era.
There are 87 early influence songs from before 1950 (211 from before 1960 total) that could also be included if we decided to stick with "pre-1960" instead of "1950-1959".
What do you guys think?
Posted by Darren on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 20:33pm
My nominations for the "Last Chance" 1950s vote...
Reelin' And Rockin' (1958) - Chuck Berry
The Little Drummer Boy (1958) - The Harry Simeone Chorale
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 21:19pm
1950s nominations (I would say that we should not include pre-rock era songs in our rankings)
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Posted by jtrichey on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 21:33pm
Here are my last chance nominees of the 1950s that I have nominated. Hopefully I will not be the last to present a post for these nominess, pun intended. In any matter, here they are.
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know
I am pretty certain we have only inducted one Lloyd Price song, when there should be others. In addition, we should have at least one Wanda Jackson song on this list. I Gotta Know is a start.
Thank you to those that voted for one of my April nominees,
Lax30
Posted by Lax30 on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 21:40pm
My last chance nominees for the Pre-60's:
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You (1956)
Frank Sinatra - I Get a Kick Out of You (1953)
I'm very happy with April's inductees, and I thank everyone for the last minute push for The Clash.
Also, rockstar23. I've been wanting to nominate a Boyz II Men song for awhile now. It wouldn't split the vote for me personally, I'd probably squeeze both in on the same ballot, depending on what else is nominated, but that might be different for others. I would vote for "End of the Road" before "Un-Break My Heart" though. "I'll Make Love to You" would have my vote in the future also.
Posted by Paul K on Tuesday, 04.9.13 @ 23:27pm
My nominees:
Huey "Piano" Smith - Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (1957)
Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive (1958)
I would also potentially vote for these songs off of the lists of suggestions that have been posted here so far (in this ballot or if nominated in a later vote):
Carl Perkins - Matchbox
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
The Skylines - Since I Don't Have You
The Crests - Sixteen Candles
The Dominos - Sixty Minute Man
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 00:08am
These songs were voted into the Voter's Choice category in April:
Gentle Giant - Proclamation (1974)
Harlequin - Innocence (1980)
Joe Dolce - Shaddap You Face (1980)
Loud Lucy - Tickling (1995)
Paul Varney - Open The Door To Your Heart (1995)
Yuck - Get Away (2011)
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 00:12am
FRL,
And these songs were voted into the Voter's Choice category in March...
Stray Dog - Chevrolet (1973)
The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew - The Super Bowl Shuffle (1985)
Posted by Rick Vendl II on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 00:58am
prior to 1960's nominees:
These Foolish Things (Reminds Me Of You)- Billie Holiday
I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday
Posted by akeem on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 04:57am
Is it strictly 1950s songs? Because I really want to nominate Summertime and Someone to Watch Over Me.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 06:58am
How on earth is Joe Dolce VC eligible?
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 07:09am
"Is it strictly 1950s songs? Because I really want to nominate Summertime and Someone to Watch Over Me."
Good question. Put in the nominations and hopefully we'll get some more opinions before nominations close at midnight. If most people want to change it to 1950-1959, we'll go with that, but otherwise we'll keep it as pre-1960.
"How on earth is Joe Dolce VC eligible?"
There were two protests lodged, but it takes 3 to remove a song from VC.
Posted by Darren on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 14:25pm
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
The Dominos - Sixty Minute Man
Posted by GFW on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 14:56pm
Someone to Watch Over Me (1950)- Ella Fitzgerald
Summertime (1936) - Billie Holiday
If we are sticking to 1950-1959, then just replace Billie Holiday with Louis Armstong and Ella Fitzgerald's version of Summertime in 1957.
Posted by rockstar23 on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 15:30pm
My nominations:
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Posted by Gassman on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 15:48pm
My Nominations:
Little Richard- Ready Teddy (1956)
Judy Garland- Get Happy (1950)
Posted by Zoltan on Wednesday, 04.10.13 @ 23:43pm
Here are the nominees for the "last chance before song ranking" vote for songs released prior to 1960:
Tennessee Ernie Ford - 16 Tons
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Ritchie Valens - Donna
Judy Garland - Get Happy
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
Frank Sinatra - I Get A Kick Out Of You
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Little Richard - Ready Teddy
Lowell Fulson - Reconsider Baby
Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin'
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Huey "Piano" Smith - Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
The Coasters - Searchin'
The Dominos - Sixy Minute Man
Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Billie Holiday - Summertime
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
The Harry Simeone Chorale - The Little Drummer Boy
Guitar Slim - The Things I Used To Do
Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things (Reminds Me Of You)
Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive
Each voter gets 8 votes. The usual rules regarding vote swapping and vote switching apply. The top 5-10 vote-getters will be inducted into the Song Project.
Voting ends at 12:01 on Tuesday, the 16th.
Posted by Darren on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 01:04am
My Ballot:
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Huey "Piano" Smith - Rocking Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
The Dominos - Sixy Minute Man
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Johnny Otis - Willie And The Hand Jive
Posted by Gassman on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 02:41am
My Votes:
Little Richard- Ready Teddy
Judy Garland- Get Happy
Elvis Presley- I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Buddy Holly- Oh Boy!
Ella Fitzgerald- Someone To Watch Over Me
Billie Holiday- Summertime
Frank Sinatra- I Get A Kick Out Of You
Carl Perkins- Honey Don't
Posted by Zoltan on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 02:58am
My Vote:
Guitar Slim- The Things I Used to Do (1953)
Lowell Fulson- Reconsider Baby (1954)
Dale Hawkins- Susie Q
Huey "Piano" Smith- Rocking Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu
Bobby Day- Rockin' Robin
Johnny Otis- Willie and the Hand Jive
Wanda Jackson- I Gotta Know
Lloyd Price- Stagger Lee
Posted by Greg F on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 03:57am
Billie Holiday - I'll Be Seeing You
Billie Holiday - These Foolish Things (Reminds Me Of You)
Billie Holiday - Summertime
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Fats Domino - I'm Walkin'
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Ella Fitzgerald - Someone To Watch Over Me
Posted by akeem on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 07:30am
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The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Carl Perkins - Honey Don't
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Little Richard - Ready Teddy
Chuck Berry - Reelin' And Rockin'
Lloyd Price - Stagger Lee
Dale Hawkins - Susie Q
Posted by Darrin A on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 10:17am
Tenesse Ernie Ford - 16 Ton
Ritchie Valens - Donna
Frank Sinatra - I Got a Kick Out of You
Wanda Jackson - I Gotta Know
Buddy Holly - Oh Boy!
Little Richard - Ready Teddy
Chuck Berry - Reeling Rockin'
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Posted by John R.C. on Thursday, 04.11.13 @ 10:19am
Bobby Day - Rockin' Robin
Buddy Holly- Oh Boy!
The Dominos - Sixty Minute Man
Elvis Presley - I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
The Everly Brothers - Bird Dog
Frank Sinatra - I Get a Kick Out of You
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