Acclaimed Music Forums

The Rug Rat

Henry wrote:9. Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield

You do realize that the 1966 edition of the album did not include "For What It's Worth."

The song was added to later pressings of the album after the single became a hit in 1967.

The Rug Rat

This album

Jerry Butler - The Ice Man Cometh 1968

should be on the Philly Soul genre page.

The Rug Rat

The Physicist Who's Saving the Music Carl Haber is working to scan information off the surfaces of antique recordings so computers can allow them to be heard By Hannah Bloch Aug. 21, 2015 11:04 a.m. ET Fifteen years ago, while languishing in traffic between Berkeley, Calif., and Silicon Valley, Carl...

The Rug Rat

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/ ... m-the-past

The Rug Rat

These two albums are missing from the genre list for New Orleans R&B. They should both be in the top 10.

Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino 1956 15 65 1793
This Is Fats Domino! 1956 23 136 2852

The Rug Rat

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-physici ... 1440169464

The Rug Rat

These two Fred Neil songs are both on the same album, which is listed as 1966.

Everybody's Talkin' 1966
The Dolphins 1967

The Rug Rat

If lyrics were the main component of songwriting you would have a lot more hits that were acapella, and there would not be so many instrumentals that have been big hits. An excellent counterargument to this would be that there have been almost no instrumental hits in the past 40 years, Did you miss...

The Rug Rat

If lyrics were the main component of songwriting you would have a lot more hits that were acapella, and there would not be so many instrumentals that have been big hits.

The Rug Rat

Whatever the case, I don't think songwriting in a broad sense is an interesting basis for a list. I mean, bar very, very few exceptions, every major acclaimed artist since the mid-sixties has written their own songs both lyrically and musically. Lots of huge acts do not write much (or any) of their...

The Rug Rat

Rob wrote:[I think Robinson comes up very short. He doesn't have a particular great vocabulary and a very obvious sense of rhyme.

Are you sure you are familiar with his catalog beyond the 5 or 6 biggest hits?

Who else would rhyme camouflage with mirage?

The Rug Rat

Now, about that one writer here I think is bad: it's going to be a controversial choice I suspect, but really it is #5 Smokey Robinson. I actively dislike his lyrics. He writes poetry for beginners, by which I mean high school stuff at best, but mostly grade school texts. BOB DYLAN said "Smoke...

The Rug Rat

Musically, Chuck Berry was very innovative, but his words never seemed to mean more than something to sing along to the tunes to. As a lyricist I think he is hard to defend with a fourth position. In fact, I wouldn't let him anywhere near the top 100 You're missing a lot if you don't think that Chu...

The Rug Rat

Watchtower

The Rug Rat

Here are the songs on the Day playlist, which total 1 hour and 32 minutes in time: "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by The Temptations "Live It Up" by Isley Brothers "Memories Live" by Talib Kweli and Hi Tek "Tombstone Blues" by Bob Dylan "So Much Trouble in the ...

The Rug Rat

I think most people seeing the list will mentally revise the title to something like "Greatest Songwriters Since the Generally-Accepted Advent of Rock Music in the Mid-1950s," but "All Time," to quote one of the writers on the list, means forever and that's a mighty long time. H...

The Rug Rat

Where are people like Irving Berlin?

The Rug Rat

DocBrown wrote:
JR wrote: Anyone of note missing?

Glenn Campbell

What did he write of note?

All his big hits were written by other people.

The Rug Rat

Stevie Wonder (Sir Duke)
The Beatles (Hey Jude)

The Rug Rat

bonnielaurel wrote:The problem with Nancy Sinatra is I can't go back to 1965 and vote for it there, so maybe I should just leave it?

Even this site lists it as 1965. If nobody voted for it in 1965 it's because nobody here thinks it's all that great, apparently.

The Rug Rat

bonnielaurel wrote:
Nancy Sinatra: Wikipedia says it was released on February 22, 1966;

Wikipedia is a joke. The record was on the Billboard charts already in January of 1966.

The Rug Rat

The back of the original album cover says 1966. http://img.inkfrog.com/click_enlarge1.php?image=DSCF9709.JPG&username=caseyyb&aid=326526982 Print reads: Reprinted by Permission. 1966 Coconut Grove Music c/o Third Story Music, B.M.I. 5465 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles 36, Calif. Was it released ...

The Rug Rat

Brad wrote:I would trust the comprehensive Capital discography Honorio contributed over RYM or Billboard.

Billboard is from that time. That Capitol discography is not. What would make you feel that the Capitol discography is more trustworthy than actual evidence from the time?

The Rug Rat

stone37 wrote: 13- Otis Redding- I Can't Turn You Loose
93- Temptations- You'll Lose a Precious Love

These two are 1965.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/singl ... re_day_f1/

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album ... ng_smokey/

The Rug Rat

the earliest Billboard mention of the album appears in the "new release" section in the February 11, 1967 issue That's pretty conclusive for me. If it's in that issue but not ever mentioned in any 1966 issue I'm going with 1967. I gotta go with the contemporary evidence rather than a few ...

The Rug Rat

Zombeels wrote: Spencer Davis Group - Dust My Blues

Never heard this before. IMO it's a weak copy of the classic version below.

The Rug Rat

[ OK but if you read the conversation earlier in this thread, you may see that Andre's found 3 other sources that show the release year as 1966. Unless we have something more definitive than RYM opposing that, I think we should stick with 1966 (which is where AM has it listed). The catalog number o...

The Rug Rat

Zombeels wrote: Lovin' Spoonful - You Didn't Have To Be So Nice

This is 1965, the single was on the Billboard charts already in Nov 1965.

The Rug Rat

5. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ 42. Fred Neil - Everybody’s Talkin’ 47. The Equals - Baby Come Back Fred Neil is 1967. Per above conversation, do you have a source for this? Most sources referenced site 1966 for Fred Neil. Thanks! It's on this album, which was released in Feb 19...

The Rug Rat

Stevie Wonder (Living For the City) vs. David Bowie (Starman) Leonard Cohen (Sisters of Mercy) vs. Radiohead (Fake Plastic Trees) Neil Young (Cowgirl in the Sand) vs. Jimi Hendrix (Voodoo Child (Slight Return)) The Beatles (A Day in the Life) vs. Bruce Springsteen (Jungleland) Abstain on the second...

The Rug Rat

bonnielaurel wrote: 5. Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
42. Fred Neil - Everybody’s Talkin’
47. The Equals - Baby Come Back

Nancy is 1965.
Fred Neil is 1967.
Equals is 1967.

The Rug Rat

SONGS 55. The Who - I Can't Explain Believe it or not, this was released first in America on a single. The title was "Can't Explain" and it came out in December of 1964. The UK release was January of 1965. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the_who/cant_explain___bald_headed_woman/

The Rug Rat

Charlie Driggs wrote:[
35 │ Prince Busters All Stars │ One Step Beyond

I think this is 1964.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/singl ... beyond_f5/

The Rug Rat

Stevie Wonder (Uptight) vs. Prince (It’s Gonna Be a Beautiful Night) David Bowie (Lady Grinning Soul) vs. Kate Bush (The Sensual World) Bob Dylan (I Shall Be Released) vs. Leonard Cohen (Dance Me to the End of Love) Arcade Fire (Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)) vs. Radiohead (Karma Police) N...

The Rug Rat

I feel sorry for you when you hear something that you did not know before and it makes your top 500. A lot of work adjusting the list.

The Rug Rat

notbrianeno wrote:Welcome to the forum!

Thank you.

The Rug Rat

Monks
Not Just Money
Sweet Life
Pyramids
Forrest Gump
Sierra Leone
White
Thinkin Bout You
Crack Rock
Bad Religion
Pink Matter
Lost
Pilot Jones
Fertilizer
Super Rich Kids
Start
End

The Rug Rat

I'd have to go with "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" by Elvis Presley.

The Rug Rat

Songs 16 | Frank Wilson | Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) Northers Soul royalty...I'm impressed. 52 | Maxine Brown | Oh No Not My Baby This is 1964. It was on the Billboard pop charts already in Oct. 1964. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/maxine_brown/oh_no_not_my_baby___you_upset_my_soul_f1/

The Rug Rat

stone37 wrote:Songs:

86. Searchers- Love Potion #9

Definitely released in 1964.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/singl ... _sneakers/

The Rug Rat

Here are my favourite songs from 1965 32. The Who - I Can't Explain 89. Herman's Hermits - I'm Into Something Good These two are from 1964. https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/the_who/cant_explain___bald_headed_woman/ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/hermans_hermits/im_into_something_g...

The Rug Rat

Fred wrote:Good year, 1965!

25. Them – Gloria

Pretty sure this was out already in 1964.

RYM says Nov, 1964.

https://rateyourmusic.com/release/singl ... ___gloria/

Search found 42 matches