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My first year in college we just sat & listened to one of these on the old KRock for way too long, capturing the top 50 on cassette. It was there (in the 400s) that I heard one of the most interesting songs I've ever heard - Hocus Pocus by Focus.

 

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I guess these countdowns aren't just a thing of the past.

A quick Google search that any modern-day, lazy college student could do [/crossthread] revealed these:





And of course, those of you from Chicago-land might remember these:

 

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That WLS chart reminded me of the old CHUM chart that was always available in your local record store (RIP) every - I think - Friday. I suspect JR and Friend O' the Friendless might remember these too.

 

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"The Only Living Boy in New York" - Simon and Garfunkel

Understood on your point of view, Shot. But it said something to me ... think the passage about the father, not the little one. And that it was that group with a certain member was a near-coincidence.

It can certainly be perceived as preachy. But Mike Rutherford has never come across with that tone in any of his interviews.

 

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Here's a preliminary count of votes ...

Top bands/artists: Pearl Jam 9, Beatles 8, Led Zeppelin 8, U2 8, Rolling Stones 7, Bruce Springsteen 6, Van Halen 5, Prince 4, Guns n Roses 4, The Who 4, Nirvana 4, REM 4

There's a whole lot of bands with 3 songs.

Top songs SO FAR: "Santa Monica," Everclear; "Better Man," Pearl Jam and (of course ) "Stairway to Heaven," Led Zeppelin — all have 3 votes

Again, there are several more songs with 2 votes each.

Overall, we have votes for 398 songs. I'll cut things off Friday and start countin' em down.

Thanks for all the votes!

 

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Some thoughts..

Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
Twenty Five Miles - Edwin Starr
Long Distance Runaround - Yes
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones
Can't You See - The Marshall Tucker Band
Summer Rain - Johnny Rivers
Ma - Rare Earth
Sail on, Sailor - The Beach Boys
Roll on Down the Highway - BTO
Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner
House Party - J. Geils Band

Be back with more later.

 

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Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana
Gotta get away - The Offspring
Never too late - Three Days Grace
Down in a hole - Alice in Chains
I need to know - Tom Petty
I will not bow - Breaking Benjamin
The chemicals between us - Bush
You - Candlebox
Times like these - Foo Fighters
Re-Align - Godsmack
Welcome to Paradise - Green Day
Until it Sleeps - Metallica

 

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Just a few off the top of my head, no particular order

Thunder Road - Springsteen
Racing in the Street - Springsteen
Desolation Row - Dylan
Positively 4th Street - Dylan
It Came From Out of the Sky - CCR
Fortunate Son - CCR
Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones
Let It Bleed - Rolling Stones
It Makes No Difference - The Band
Promised Land - Chuck Berry
Burning Love - Elvis Presley
Around the Dial - The Kinks
Celluloid Heroes - The Kinks
Banditos - The Refreshments
Windfall - Son Volt
Big Brown Eyes - Old 97s
Beautiful Disaster - Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers

 

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For the "top songs so far list" -- I've never seen Pearl Jam live, but I have seen "Better Man" live in a killer version:

 

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I guess I'll throw my picks in. How about 30 from the past 30 years:

Comfortably Numb -- Pink Floyd London Calling -- The Clash
Gypsy -- Fleetwood Mac Spirit of Radio -- RUSH
Rockin' in the Free World -- Neil Young One -- Metallica
Pride (In the Name of Love) -- U2 Beat It -- Michael Jackson
Runnin' Down a Dream -- Tom Petty & the Hearbreakers Today -- Smashing Pumpkins
Money for Nothin' -- Dire Straits Girlfriend -- Matthew Sweet
I'm the Ocean -- Neil Young & Pearl Jam Holiday -- Green Day
Surrender -- Cheap Trick Cannonball -- The Breeders
Sugar Kane -- Sonic Youth Synchronicity II -- The Police
When Doves Cry -- Prince & the Revolution Sweet Child O'Mine -- GNR
Impossible Germany -- Wilco Divorce Song -- Liz Phair
I Will Possess Your Heart -- Death Cab for Cutie Cowboy Song -- Kid Rock
Orange Blossoms -- JJ Grey and Mofro Seven Nation Army -- White Stripes
Subterranean Homesick Alien -- Radiohead Loser -- Beck
Courderoy -- Pearl Jam Drown -- Son Volt

 

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"Loser" is such a gimme, I'm ashamed I forgot it.

 

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Infrequent poster with 10...

Norwegian Wood/Beatles

Crossfire/Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Willie The Wimp/Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Surfer Girl/Beach Boys

Centerfold/J Geils Band

Tell Her No/Zombies

Cinnamon Girl/Neil Young

Folsom Prison Blues/Johnny Cash

Bang a Gong (Get It On)/ T. Rex

San Francisco Girls (Return Of The Native) Fever Tree