Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
789. Billie Holiday – Blue Moon - 7
790. Eric Matthews – Everything So Real - 4
791. Arcade Fire – Deep Blue - 7
792. The Fratellis – Lupe Brown - 8
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears - 6
790. Eric Matthews – Everything So Real - 4
791. Arcade Fire – Deep Blue - 7
792. The Fratellis – Lupe Brown - 8
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears - 6
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
It’s a Hymie!
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong
Year: 1954
Released as a single
Biggest Fan: Hymie (#195)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong
Year: 1954
Released as a single
Biggest Fan: Hymie (#195)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
- Schüttelbirne
- Into the Groove
- Posts: 2382
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:50 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
793. 2Pac - So Many Tears: 6/10
794. The Five Keys - Ling Ting Tong: 5/10
794. The Five Keys - Ling Ting Tong: 5/10
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
792. The Fratellis – Lupe Brown: 7
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears: 6
Thanks!
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears: 6
Thanks!
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
It is definitely incorrect, although not particularly malicious. That's the best I can say about it. I know you don't care about it, but for me it contains on of the most stupid lines I have heard in this game yet: "I went to Chinatown/ Way back in old Hong Kong." A Chinatown in Hong Kong, really?
I get that the whole song isn't meant to be taken serious, but there is a line between appealing silliness and embarassing silliness, but this song, through its lyrics crosses over in the bad side. The rhythm and vocals aren't bad at all, but I can't shut out the words.
The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong: 3
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Someone who knew little about China looking for rhymes I guess. Hong Kong, Egg Foo Yung.Rob wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:19 pmIt is definitely incorrect, although not particularly malicious. That's the best I can say about it. I know you don't care about it, but for me it contains on of the most stupid lines I have heard in this game yet: "I went to Chinatown/ Way back in old Hong Kong." A Chinatown in Hong Kong, really?
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
What about something like this, where she says "I'd rather my man would hit me, then for him to jump up and quit me." "I swear I won't call no copper, if I'm beat up by my papa."Rob wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:19 pm I get that the whole song isn't meant to be taken serious, but there is a line between appealing silliness and embarassing silliness, but this song, through its lyrics crosses over in the bad side. The rhythm and vocals aren't bad at all, but I can't shut out the words.
https://youtu.be/G0AIdxGPVYs?t=136
Would that make you drop the rating of this record?
Last edited by Hymie on Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days
Year: 2004
Album: Bubblegum
Biggest Fan: Fred (#73)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
Year: 2004
Album: Bubblegum
Biggest Fan: Fred (#73)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
- Wezzo
- Rust Never Sleeps
- Posts: 744
- Joined: Thu Apr 27, 2017 1:38 pm
- Location: Trowbridge, UK
- Contact:
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears - 7
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong - 5
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 6
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong - 5
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 6
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days: 6
Damn, I love this man's voice. The song itself is not even all that special, but I can't deny it is pleasant to bask in the warmth of Lanegan's tones for a few minutes.
Damn, I love this man's voice. The song itself is not even all that special, but I can't deny it is pleasant to bask in the warmth of Lanegan's tones for a few minutes.
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
The lyrics make me uneasy, yes. It's very weird too, as the 'Ain't nobody's business if I do' is of course of an expression of individual freedom and inthe first half the lyrics reflect this. Then all of a sudden she uses it to declare that she doesn't mind having an abuse partner and father, as well as that she apparently gets strength out of giving all her money to the man of the house. It's odd and that the song is written by men for women to sing makes it creepy. It makes you wonder how performers like Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith felt about these lines.Hymie wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 10:54 pmWhat about something like this, where she says "I'd rather my man would hit me, then for him to jump up and quite me." "I swear I won't call no copper, if I'm beat up by my papa."Rob wrote: ↑Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:19 pm I get that the whole song isn't meant to be taken serious, but there is a line between appealing silliness and embarassing silliness, but this song, through its lyrics crosses over in the bad side. The rhythm and vocals aren't bad at all, but I can't shut out the words.
https://youtu.be/G0AIdxGPVYs?t=136
Would that make you drop the rating of this record?
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Unfortunately in these eras some women thought that they deserved to be hit if they did something wrong.Rob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:02 pm The lyrics make me uneasy, yes. It's very weird too, as the 'Ain't nobody's business if I do' is of course of an expression of individual freedom and inthe first half the lyrics reflect this. Then all of a sudden she uses it to declare that she doesn't mind having an abuse partner and father, as well as that she apparently gets strength out of giving all her money to the man of the house. It's odd and that the song is written by men for women to sing makes it creepy. It makes you wonder how performers like Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith felt about these lines.
Last edited by Hymie on Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:52 pm, edited 1 time in total.
- Schüttelbirne
- Into the Groove
- Posts: 2382
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:50 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
795. Mark Lanegan - One Hundred Days: 6/10
Regarding the discussion above: In my search for 1962 songs I happened upon The Crystals' "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)", written by Carole King. The title already states pretty well what the entire song is about; my face when I saw it looked a bit like this:
Regarding the discussion above: In my search for 1962 songs I happened upon The Crystals' "He Hit Me (And It Felt Like a Kiss)", written by Carole King. The title already states pretty well what the entire song is about; my face when I saw it looked a bit like this:
-
- Different Class
- Posts: 410
- Joined: Wed May 06, 2020 12:28 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong: 5
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days: 6.5
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days: 6.5
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Oh I know and I sadly also know that some still do. And it's fine that music tries to deal with these themes, but I don't think Ain't Nobody's Business does a good job of it.Hymie wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:49 pmUnfortunately in these eras some women thought that they deserved to be hit if they did something wrong.Rob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:02 pm The lyrics make me uneasy, yes. It's very weird too, as the 'Ain't nobody's business if I do' is of course of an expression of individual freedom and inthe first half the lyrics reflect this. Then all of a sudden she uses it to declare that she doesn't mind having an abuse partner and father, as well as that she apparently gets strength out of giving all her money to the man of the house. It's odd and that the song is written by men for women to sing makes it creepy. It makes you wonder how performers like Billie Holiday and Bessie Smith felt about these lines.
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
When she says "Papa" she's not talking about her father, she's talking about her man. In those days black women referred to their man as "Daddy" or "Papa."Rob wrote: ↑Mon Mar 15, 2021 3:02 pm The lyrics make me uneasy, yes. It's very weird too, as the 'Ain't nobody's business if I do' is of course of an expression of individual freedom and in the first half the lyrics reflect this. Then all of a sudden she uses it to declare that she doesn't mind having an abuse partner and father,
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
James Brown's "Papa Don't Take No Mess." In it he sings:
Papa didn't cuss
He didn't make a whole lot of fuss
But when we did wrong
Papa beat the hell out of us
Papa didn't cuss
He didn't make a whole lot of fuss
But when we did wrong
Papa beat the hell out of us
- StevieFan13
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7009
- Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:00 pm
- Location: New York, New York
- Contact:
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Ling Ting Tong is a 1 from me
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
LOL
The record was a big hit, by the way. Top 30 on the Billboard pop chart at a time before R&B records were making that chart much, and it peaked at #5 on the Billboard R&B chart.
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong: 6
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days: 7.5
Thanks!
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days: 7.5
Thanks!
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong - 3
Maybe if I liked it I'd think more about how it's kind of ignorant and not aged well, but luckily I don't!
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 8
Maybe if I liked it I'd think more about how it's kind of ignorant and not aged well, but luckily I don't!
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 8
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
The third Black Sabbath entry.
796. Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky
Year: 1975
Album: Sabotage
Biggest Fan: Brad (#953)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
796. Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky
Year: 1975
Album: Sabotage
Biggest Fan: Brad (#953)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
- Live in Phoenix
- Full of Fire
- Posts: 2510
- Joined: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:50 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky
8
I remember this as being the only good song from the album. It's the first song.
8
I remember this as being the only good song from the album. It's the first song.
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
796. Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky: 9.25 (now #993 on my AT list)
Thanks!
Thanks!
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky: 8
Some big, clean riffs and Ozzy Osbourne wailing: the type of Black Sabbath I like the most. Too bad about the abrupt ending, but I guess this was never meant as a standalone song.
Some big, clean riffs and Ozzy Osbourne wailing: the type of Black Sabbath I like the most. Too bad about the abrupt ending, but I guess this was never meant as a standalone song.
-
- Different Class
- Posts: 410
- Joined: Wed May 06, 2020 12:28 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
796. Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky: 7.5
- StevieFan13
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7009
- Joined: Mon Jan 02, 2017 5:00 pm
- Location: New York, New York
- Contact:
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Usually I'm the one giving a 10 and you give a 1! Funny how things can flip.
Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand - Sir Duke (1976)
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
If you guys don't like "Ling Ting Tong" I can imagine what you'll think of this!
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
796. Black Sabbath – Hole in the Sky - 8
- Henrik
- Site Admin
- Posts: 6440
- Joined: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:09 am
- Location: Älvsjö, Stockholm, Sweden
- Contact:
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Hymie, we don’t need more of these.
Everyone you meet fights a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
The next song ranks on AM at #5521. It is the second appearance by Johnny Cash, but the first time without Bob Dylan.
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
Year: 2002
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#778)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around
Year: 2002
Album: American IV: The Man Comes Around
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#778)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around: 8.5 (#2836 on my AT list)
Thanks!
Thanks!
-
- Different Class
- Posts: 410
- Joined: Wed May 06, 2020 12:28 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around: 7.5
- Schüttelbirne
- Into the Groove
- Posts: 2382
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:50 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
796. Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky: 7/10
797. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around: 8/10
797. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around: 8/10
- spiritualized
- Full of Fire
- Posts: 2848
- Joined: Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:45 pm
- Location: Near Montpellier, France
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
793. 2Pac – So Many Tears - 4
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong - 6
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 7
796. Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky: 7
797. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around: 8
794. The Five Keys – Ling Ting Tong - 6
795. Mark Lanegan – One Hundred Days - 7
796. Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky: 7
797. Johnny Cash - The Man Comes Around: 8
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around: 8
As much as I don't want to be into Godfearing Biblical songs, I can't deny the dark delight of Johnny Cash announcing the end of time. Even though the effect of his age on his voice is more than clear, it still sounds awesome.
As much as I don't want to be into Godfearing Biblical songs, I can't deny the dark delight of Johnny Cash announcing the end of time. Even though the effect of his age on his voice is more than clear, it still sounds awesome.
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around - 9
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
Dang Johnny Cash might be our new #1 in a few weeks...
"The better a singer's voice, the harder it is to believe what they're saying."
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
797. Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around: 3.6
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
798. The Blue Nile – Let’s Go Out Tonight
Year: 1989
Album: Hats
Biggest Fan: Henrik (#284)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
Year: 1989
Album: Hats
Biggest Fan: Henrik (#284)
Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!
- Rob
- Die Mensch Maschine
- Posts: 7422
- Joined: Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:53 pm
- Location: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
You know that just saying this has doomed any chance of this happening, as Henry immediately proved?
The Blue Nile – Let’s Go Out Tonight: 5
Not really my thing. Too languid and the eighties production doesn't help.
-
- Different Class
- Posts: 410
- Joined: Wed May 06, 2020 12:28 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
798. The Blue Nile – Let’s Go Out Tonight: 7
- Schüttelbirne
- Into the Groove
- Posts: 2382
- Joined: Tue Oct 29, 2019 9:50 am
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
798. The Blue Nile - Let's Go Out Tonight: 6/10
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - March 2021
The Fratellis - Lupe Brown 7
2Pac - So Many Tears 5
The Five Keys - Ling Tong Song 5 Not to stir the pot but is there really any difference between this and Hong Kong Garden from a time when Siouxsie Sioux really should have known better, regardless of intended shock value? Yes, there is- The Five Keys song would never trouble my all-time songs list
Mark Lanegan - One Hundred Days 6
Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky 6 Symptom of the Universe and The Writ from the same album are cast-iron 8s
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes around 10 A song as beautiful as you was never meant for this thread, oh AT#215 as of my last full update (albeit likely to drop somewhat when I submit my ballot this year).
The Blue Nile - Let's Go out Tonight 3
2Pac - So Many Tears 5
The Five Keys - Ling Tong Song 5 Not to stir the pot but is there really any difference between this and Hong Kong Garden from a time when Siouxsie Sioux really should have known better, regardless of intended shock value? Yes, there is- The Five Keys song would never trouble my all-time songs list
Many still do in current rap/R&B- having not listened to the song you linked, I'd imagine that's its least jarring aspect for a modern audience!
Mark Lanegan - One Hundred Days 6
Black Sabbath - Hole in the Sky 6 Symptom of the Universe and The Writ from the same album are cast-iron 8s
Johnny Cash - The Man Comes around 10 A song as beautiful as you was never meant for this thread, oh AT#215 as of my last full update (albeit likely to drop somewhat when I submit my ballot this year).
The Blue Nile - Let's Go out Tonight 3
All I got inside is vacancy!