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Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

6

Of all the Christmas songs that l'll have to start listening to soon, this fits into the tolerable range. Co-writer Bob Geldof, in his typical manner: "I am responsible for two of the worst songs in history. The other one is 'We Are the World' [i.e., through his activism]. Any day soon, I will go to the supermarket, head to the meat counter and it will be playing. Every f ... ing Christmas."
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Live in Phoenix wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:40 pmBand Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?

6

Of all the Christmas songs that l'll have to start listening to soon, this fits into the tolerable range.
I agree, but for me tolerable range is a 4, which stands for OKAY.
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Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 1

I guess it had to happen one time, but I finally arrived at my first 1 here. Ironically it comes from BonnieLaurel, who is also responsible for my only 10 (not counting my own nomination, To Ramona).

Look, this song was made for charity so that's something of a redeeming factor, but since 1984 is long gone and the profits of the song are no longer going to Ethiopia there is no reason anymore to listen to this. Even at a young age I felt the question "Do they know it's Christmas time at all?" was completely wrong and the rest of the lyrics are equally embarrassing. Not quite as embarrassing as the self-aggrandizing We Are the World, but close enough. And this one has worse music. It feels like production was done in five minutes. Before you get to the bells in the chorus there is a lot of mud to wade through. It just doesn't sound all that well-executed. That in tandem with the abhorrent lyrics make me wish that this is on my surprisingly short lists of songs that should be removed from the planet. It served it's function 35 years ago, now go along please.

A few weeks ago I saw the musical The Book of Mormon. That one has a great satire on songs like this:
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Rob wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:16 pm this is on my surprisingly short lists of songs that should be removed from the planet.
The others being...?
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Henrik wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:53 pm
Rob wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:16 pm this is on my surprisingly short lists of songs that should be removed from the planet.
The others being...?
I do not have a literal one ;)
But it certainly would contain the complete "works" of Dutch "singer" Jan smit.
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Let’s have another round of Hymie:

283. The Flares – Foot Stomping
Year: 1961
Released as a single
Biggest Fan: Hymie (#146)

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Rob wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:47 am283. The Flares – Food Stompin’
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Sorry Rob but there are two typos. The name of the singer of "Fotos y Recuerdos" is Selena and not Selenas. And the name of the Flares song is "Foot Stompin'" and not "Food Stompin'"
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Honorio wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:44 pm the name of the Flares song is "Foot Stompin'" and not "Food Stompin'"
Thanks, I did not even notice. It's also "Foot Stomping" with a g at the end. I probably spelled it wrong on my list.


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Honorio wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:44 pm Sorry Rob but there are two typos. The name of the singer of "Fotos y Recuerdos" is Selena and not Selenas. And the name of the Flares song is "Foot Stompin'" and not "Food Stompin'"
I knew both, so that is embarrassing. Fixed both and also added a G to the end of "Food Stomping". It is written as "Stompin'" in quite a few sources though, including Spotify, so it is an easy mistake to make.

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The Flares - Food Stompin': 7

I don't usually go in for doo-wop, but this one is really good. The interplay between the harmony singers and the heavy voice is a lot of fun and it also lives up to it's title.
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Rob wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:07 pm The interplay between the harmony singers and the heavy voice is a lot of fun and it also lives up to it's title.
The bass singer.
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Rob wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2019 8:45 am
Henrik wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:53 pm
Rob wrote: Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:16 pm this is on my surprisingly short lists of songs that should be removed from the planet.
The others being...?
I do not have a literal one ;)
But it certainly would contain the complete "works" of Dutch "singer" Jan smit.
I don't know his music, but is was nice seeing him and Cornald Maas flip shit when Duncan Laurence won Eurovision.

Anyhoo, Do They Know It's Christmas is a 5 from me and Fotos y Recuerdos is an 8.
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The Flares - Food Stompin': 6
Band Aid -Do They Know It's Christmas : 5
Leon Else : What I Won't Do : 2
Selena - Fotos Y Recuerdos : 3
Jimmy Cliff - You can get it if you really want : 7
Wayne Shorter : Speak No Evil : 6
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Before Prince and before Harry Styles, there were The Belle Stars:

284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times
Year: 1982
Album: The Belle Stars
Biggest Fan: JohnnyBGoode (#837)

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Rob wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2019 6:35 am284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times
5

Played this a few times back then when I was a club DJ.
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272. Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing 2/10 Nothing to say.
273. The Association – Along Comes Mary 7/10 I like this music and I continue to discovering little wonders like this.
274. The Gun Club – Fire Spirit 6/10
275. Fucked Up – Running On Nothing In a genre I don't understand, this one looks pretty good to me. I like the infinite loop of energy. 6.5/10
276. Tricky – Pumpkin 7.5/10 An excellent song by Tricky, as usual.
277. Jellyfish – The Ghost At Number One Funny mix between Queen and a teenage american rock F.M. band. I don't know if I like the song a lot or hate it. 6/10
278. Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil Some classical jzz is always welcomed. 6.5/10
279. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want I didn't know that version. It's nice, of course. Maybe a little too much sweet. 6/10
280. Selena – Fotos y Recuerdos nice, completely dated pop music. 4/10
281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do Catchy catchy catchy... but I'm missing a little development. 6/10
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? Nope! 3/10
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping Es usual. 5/10
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times never heard of them and I must admit it's pretty cool. 7/10
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281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do - 7
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? - 6
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping - 6
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times - 7
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The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times: 7

I didn't know it when I posted it this morning, but turns out I have known this song all my life. It pops up on radio every now and then, but never knew it was called Sign of the Times. In fact, I never knew they sang "This is a sign of the times", I always heard "This is silent times", which - incorrect grammar aside - actually fits even better with "Time to be alone". This is pop as I like it, both catchy, but also a lit idiosyncratic. Perhaps it would get annoying if I was confronted too much with it, but the way I heard it over the years, only sporadically, is just right.
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1 | Wayne Shorter | Speak No Evil | 7
2 | Jimmy Cliff | You Can Get It If You Really Want |7
3 | Band Aid | Do They Know It's Christmas? | 7
4 | The Flares | Foot Stompin' | 6
5 | Selena | Fotos y Recuerdos | 6
6 | Leon Else | What I Won't Do | 5
7 | The Belle Stars | Sign of the Times | 4
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Too much familiar this week (far too much in one case)

279. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want: 5
280. Selena – Fotos y Recuerdos: 4
281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do: 5
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?: 2
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping: 4
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times: 5
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One from the category “Extreme obscure picks”:

285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car)
Year: 2009
Album: Lovebites
Biggest Fan: Rumpdoll (#401)

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285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car) - 7
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281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do
6 - I find the style appealing even though it's overdone as hell. All early-2010s music sold over Bandcamp sounded like this
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas?
2 - Why this
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping
7 - You know what? This is a foot stomping good time.
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times
4 - Kinda catchy but the vocals really grated on me.
285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car)
7 - This is not the song I expected based on that name/title. Could be a grower.
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Rob wrote: Tue Oct 22, 2019 6:43 am285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car)
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Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car): 8
A very nice surprise. The convoluted title didn't promise much, but what I got is a strong melody, appealing vocals and on first glance interesting lyrics. Cool song.
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286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg
Year: 2001
Album: The World Won’t End
Biggest Fan: Fred (#319)

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Rob wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2019 6:51 am286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg
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The singer's voice is hideous.
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286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg: 5
Fine, but doesn't immediately stand out to me in the singer/songwriter genre.
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272. Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing 2 (not a fan of the rap/hip hop genre)
273. The Association – Along Comes Mary 9 (just missed my list)
274. The Gun Club – Fire Spirit 6
275. Fucked Up – Running On Nothing 2
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287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers
Year: 1995
Album: Elliott Smith
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#59)

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Rob wrote: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:33 am287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers
4 (okay).
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Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers

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(R.I.P. 1969 - Oct 21, 2003) Because Smith was in an early '90s alternative rock band, his shift to quieter music felt like a more natural post-grunge style than all the things being hyped and thrown in my face during the rest of the '90s -- ska, electronica, swing music, Limp Bizkit.
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Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers: 6

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Avenged Sevenfold - Fiction: 9.5
Nick Drake – Saturday Sun: 9.5
Middle Kids - Edge of Town: 9.5
KT Tunstall – Suddenly I See: 9
Blink-182 - Stay Together for the Kids: 9
Empire of the Sun – Walking on a Dream: 8.5
Two Door Cinema Club – What You Know: 8.5
Ray Charles - (The Night Time) Is the Right Time: 8.5
Prince - Free: 8.5
Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue: 8
Big Thief – Shark Smile: 8
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar: 8
The Heavy – How You Like Me Now: 8
Elvis Costello – Hand in Hand: 8
Belle and Sebastian – I Want the World to Stop: 7.5
Big Thief – Mythological Beauty: 7.5
Radiohead - The Numbers: 7.5
Dusty Springfield - Goin' Back: 7.5
The Libertines – Up the Bracket: 7.5
The Coral – In the Morning: 7.5
Beyoncé – Pray You Catch Me: 7.5
The Band – King Harvest (Has Surely Come): 7
The National - Ada: 7
Sarah McLachlan - Adia: 7
Blurry - Puddle of Mudd: 7
Rush - YYZ: 7
The Rolling Stones – Soul Survivor: 7
Rickie Lee Jones - Chuck E.'s in Love: 6.5
Bob Dylan – To Ramona: 6.5
Orelsan – Suicide social: 6.5
Gillian Welch – Elvis Presley Blues: 6.5
Eminem - Drug Ballad: 6.5
Belle and Sebastian – The Act of the Apostle (I): 6.5
My Chemical Romance - Famous Last Words: 6.5
Green Day – In the End: 6
The Notorious B.I.G. – Suicidal Thoughts: 6
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love: 6
Adele – Hometown Glory: 6
Otis Redding – Rock Me Baby: 6
Vampire Weekend – I Think Ur A Contra: 5.5
Muddy Waters - Good News: 5.5
JJ Cale - Magnolia: 5.5
Fiona Apple - Limp: 5
David Axelrod - Holy Thursday: 5
Traffic – The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys: 4.5
Fleet Foxes - Kept Woman: 4.5
Simple Plan – Welcome to My Life: 4.5
The Jam – English Rose: 4.5
Tom Waits – Johnsburg, Illinois: 4.5
Elton John - Your Sister Can't Twist (But She Can Rock & Roll): 4
The Spaniels - Baby It's You: 4
AC/DC – Who Made Who: 4
Daniel Ceasar, featuring Kali Uchis – Get You: 4
Slick Rick – Hey Young World: 4
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Hardware Store: 3.5
Los Saicos - Demolición: 3.5
R.E.M. – Little America: 3.5
Janet Jackson - If: 3.5
Chainsmokers & Coldplay - Something Just Like This: 3
Queen - Good Company: 3
The Stooges - Fun House: 3
Fergie, featuring Ludacris - Glamorous: 3
Aphex Twin - On: 2
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Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers: 5

"So Rob, you listen to all these famous and acclaimed singer/songwriters, so obviously Elliott Smith should be one of your favorite artists, shouldn't he? So why do you never mention him in your list of personal, musical heroes?"

A fine question I have asked myself frequently in the last years, ever since, based on his outstanding reputation, I eagerly dove deeply into his discography, only to emerge mostly as dry as I came in. Sure, this helplessly depressed loner with a sweet voice should be able to touch me. He never did and I think I stated as much every now and then on this forum. This happens some times, that an acclaimed act just doesn't cut it for you, but never has it seemed so unlikely to happen as with Smith. Heck, Spotify recommends him to me on a weekly basis. This should be my guy by any normal standard.

But no. I heard most of his stuff some years ago. He is a frequent part of the Moderately Acclaimed Albums game on this very forum, which made me re-listen to the albums a few more time, hoping against hope that this missing connection would finally come. No luck. I recently heard Heatmiser's Mic City Sons four times for Moderately Acclaimed and I couldn't tell you a damn thing about any song on there afterwards.

However, recently I have at least noticed one thing in him that doesn't work: his vocals. Not so much the musical quality of it, as that is pretty good, but his phrasing doesn't work for me. He end every line, and I mean every quite literally, the same way. Always he slows down during the last word (or sometimes few words) and most of the time he draws out that last word. It makes his singing very repetitive. What's worse, it doesn't fit the genre, at least not the appeal the genre holds for me. Great singer/songwriters to me are basically storytellers and the greats know that every sentence deserves its own reading. It's the main gift of Bob Dylan's vocals and a quality that makes Jacques Brel a compelling orator even if you don't speak his language. You find it in everyone from old masters like Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, to modern names like Laura Marling and Sufjan Stevens. No such luck with Smith; it's one vocal trick only.

I hoped that maybe his great lyrics would pull me through in the end as I am a sucker for such things, but again no luck. I just can't seem to focus on his lyrics. I listened to Christian Brothers just now with complete attention, but halfway through the song I noticed my concentration had completely vanished and I was thinking about something different; something that never happens with above mentioned singers. To be fair, what I do get from Smith's lyrics isn't my favorite type of lyrics either. It's more about describing feelings with some table setting, but with little compelling poetry, word play or interesting characterization. It doesn't help his case for me.

What usually stands is his nice playing and the quality of his voice. So goes with Christian Brothers. His songs tend to blend into each other for me and this is no exception. I'm glad he was able to touch many, many people before his untimely end, but I'm sad I can't say he did the same for me. Finally, I feel that I have hit a dead end with listening to him.
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281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do 4
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? 5.5
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping 7.25
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times 7.5
285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car) 7.5
286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg 7.25
287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers 9.5 (#596 all-time)

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This song ranks on AM at #4914:

288. Bad Company – Ready for Love
Year: 1974
Album: Bad Company
Biggest Fan: Henry (#302)

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264. T-Bone Walker – Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) - 8
265. Joni Mitchell – My Old Man - 7
266. Ben Folds Five - Underground - 7.5
267. Derek & The Dominos - Anyday - 5
268. Vonda Shepard – Rainy Days - 5
269. The White Stripes – Why Can’t You Be Nicer to Me - 6
270. Strangelove – The Sea of Black - 8.5
271. Opeth – Epilogue - 6.5
272. Q-Tip – Vivrant Thing - 5
273. The Association – Along Comes Mary - 8
274. The Gun Club – Fire Spirit - 4
275. Fucked Up – Running On Nothing - 3
276. Tricky – Pumpkin - 9
277. Jellyfish – The Ghost At Number One - 8
278. Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil - 2
279. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want - 9.5
280. Selena – Fotos y Recuerdos - 5
281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do - 4
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? - 8
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping - 7.5
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times - 8.5
285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car) - 8
286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg - 6.5
287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers - 6
288. Bad Company – Ready for Love - 3
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Rob wrote: Fri Oct 25, 2019 8:48 am288. Bad Company – Ready for Love
5

"Can't Get Enough" is a 10.
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Bad Company – Ready for Love: 6

The album this comes from is of course a classic rock classic of the type that has become very unfashionable, but I still like it. However, that is more because of the actual hard rock on it and less for this ballad, even if as these things goes it is still pretty good.
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288. Bad Company – Ready for Love - 9

1974 was a key year for me (I was 18 that year). So, faves from that year almost always touch me more than most others.
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289. James – She’s a Star
Year: 1997
Album: Whiplash
Biggest Fan: JohnnyBGoode (#511)

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Rob wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2019 8:15 am289. James – She’s a Star
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James – She’s a Star: 7
I only know this band for Laid (the song, not the album), but that is a great one. She's a Star sounds a lot like that one, but I'll be damned if it doesn't work.
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276. Tricky – Pumpkin 5
277. Jellyfish – The Ghost At Number One 7
278. Wayne Shorter – Speak No Evil 4
279. Jimmy Cliff – You Can Get It If You Really Want 7
280. Selena – Fotos y Recuerdos 4
281. Leon Else – What I Won’t Do 2
282. Band Aid – Do They Know It’s Christmas? 2
283. The Flares – Foot Stomping 7.5
284. The Belle Stars – Sign of the Times 5
285. Super700 – S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car) 4
286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg 8
287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers 6
288. Bad Company – Ready for Love 8
289. James – She’s a Star 8
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Selena - Fotos y Recuerdos 5 Passionately sung but Romain's quite right, time's not treated this track kindly.

Leon Else - What I Won't Do 4 Comes across like Sam Sparro fronting the 1975, it gets too cosy in its linear groove to have an impact on me.

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas? 4 We Care a Lot, Slag Aid, They Aren't the World and now I Am Africa, this & We Are the World lend themselves to parodies that are more listenable than the originals. Production-wise, it reminds me there's little that sounds more hollow than when the 80s tried to churn out stately ballads with cavernous drums (see Broken Wings, The Lady in Red, so many others). According to accounts of the time, it sucked any energy the labels had for promoting new artists, making them secondary to reissues of the established acts featured in Band/Live Aid. The sole musical redeeming aspect is the extraordinary vocals of the leads (save Simon LeBon), doing all they can to wring meaning out of the well-intentioned gaucheness of the lyrics.

The Flairs - Woo! Stomping 5 Could make me move in the right company and in the right level of intoxication but doesn't transcend its era or genre.

The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times 6 The band are most famous for chant-like ditties whereby I'm unsure whether I know their version better or the original (The Clapping Song and Iko Iko). This is one of their own and isn't as memorable but still fun while it's spinning. I like the contrast in mood of this song with what their former bandmate in The Bodysnatchers released the same year, namely The Boiler.

Super700 - S.t.t.s.m.c. (Somebody Tried to Steal My Car) 5 Crisp-sounding and with an uncommon subject matter but never gets going for me.

Pernice Brothers - The Ballad of Bjorn Borg 7 This, on the other hand, barely leaves a trace for me lyrically but the mix of chiming guitars and creeping strings pulls me in.

Elliott Smith - Christian Brothers 5 As much as I may look like I'm riding the coattails of Rob, I too haven't yet found anything remarkable about Smith through hearing enough of his songs as part of Heatmiser and solo for something to stand out. I imagine ES is fine once you get to know his music, it's just moving past pleasantries that I'm having trouble with.

Bad Company - Ready for Love 5 Intriguing missing link between Stairway to Heaven and power ballads, edging closer to the directness of message of the latter but still with a light funkiness in the guitar licks. There isn't the outlet of a guitar solo that a similar song made 10 years later would invariably have, which would make it cornier but more guiltily satisfying.

James - She's a Star 8 This doesn't cross my mind too much but the occasional times it's on the radio, I do turn it up. Tim Booth slides in pitch for the hook in an appealing and unforced way, adding to the contentment the song basks in.
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One of those curious moments of unlikeliness, but here we are, with the second song in a row from an album with ‘Whiplash’ in it’s title. It also marks the second appearance here of Billy Idol:

290. Billy Idol – To Be a Lover
Year: 1986
Album: Whiplash Smile
Biggest Fan: Live in Phoenix (#161)

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Billy Idol – To Be a Lover: 7

Is it just me or is Billy Idol trying to be Elvis here. His voice isn't exactly up to Mr. Presley, but I feel like he is trying. It sounds like in some place in time Elvis might have considered doing this track, but of course he didn't live long enough to hear this one. Only the eighties sound of the backing vocals ruin the suggestion that this is an older track. Regardless, this is a lot of fun.
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Rob wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:10 am290. Billy Idol – To Be a Lover
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An embarrassment compared to the William Bell original.

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291. Feist – Caught a Long Wind
Year: 2011
Album: Metals
Biggest Fan: Frezzie (#22)

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286. Pernice Brothers – The Ballad of Bjorn Borg - 5.5
287. Elliott Smith – Christian Brothers - 7
288. Bad Company – Ready for Love - 6
289. James – She’s a Star - 7.5
290. Billy Idol – To Be a Lover - 6
291. Feist – Caught a Long Wind - 6
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