Tower of Song

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Tue May 18, 2004 2:01 pm

Chris Martin must be the flukiest singer in the history of music.

I switched on some dodgy Sky satellite music channel the other day and 'Trouble' was in their top 50 songs ever. Did I laugh.....

'Trouble' would definitely make my most boring top 10 and I wouldn't cross the street to see Coldplay

PS. Whilsrt I'm all for personal taste...being into nu-metal and Coldplay and hating Squeeze is very telling methinks

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Tue May 18, 2004 2:51 pm

BlueChair wrote:
bambooneedle wrote:It'd be hotter if the Blueches could just appreciate Fumbled Priest.
Despite not having heard of this group, I am not denying anything about whether or not they are a great band with great songs. But.... you can only expect songs by groups few of us have even heard of to last on the tower. It's just the way it is.
...
Don't take it personally, it's just how it is.
...
And I don't recall removing Fumbled Priest more than once, despite there having been several songs by them on the Tower thus far.

One Bleuch, two Blueches -- Blue and Red.

You needn't read so much into it Blue. Fumbled Priest never even existed.

Out: Led Zep
In: Hoodoo Gurus - A Thousand Miles Away

Specials - Do Nothing
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Tom Waits - Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
Van Morrison - Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie: Blowin' Down The Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This way)
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Hoodoo Gurus - A Thousand Miles Away
Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet

norman brain · Post by **norman brain** » Tue May 18, 2004 3:27 pm

This is my first go at this thing ever, so here it is:

IN: The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
OUT: Al Green- Love and Happiness

The Specials- Do Nothing
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Hoodoo Gurus- A Thousand Miles Away
Bob Dylan- Not Dark Yet

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 18, 2004 3:38 pm

To attone for an earlier sin:

Out: Van Morrison, I love him/this dearly, but...
In: hero of the week, Ray and the Kinks, obvious choice, but what else?

The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Specials - Do Nothing
David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Tom Waits - Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
The Clash - Lost In The Supermarket
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down The Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This way)
Al Green - Love and Happiness
Hoodoo Gurus - A Thousand Miles Away
Bob Dylan - Not Dark Yet

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 18, 2004 4:40 pm

Hah! Me and Norman buggering up the TOS not only by posting simultaneously, but the same band. How simultaneous can you get on a message board? As this is NB's first on the TOS, and my 97th, and as he was much more original with his choice than I (which of course is unknown to me), and as it was my fault for having a 5 minute gap before clicking submit, could the next person use the NB version of it, copied below, not mine? Thanks.

So Van stays and Al goes. I think the rules are you can't have two songs by the same artist in it, so it's the only way.

The Specials- Do Nothing
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Hoodoo Gurus- A Thousand Miles Away
Bob Dylan- Not Dark Yet

norman brain · Post by **norman brain** » Tue May 18, 2004 4:55 pm

Otis, my friend, that is wild! I've been on a Kinks Kick lately, and I also love "Waterloo Sunset," so I'm fine with either choice as well.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 18, 2004 5:05 pm

Good to see you again, Norman. Check out the Ray Davies thread I started after a very good documentary here on Sunday.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Wed May 19, 2004 3:28 am

It wasn't that funny, eh Doof?

And it would only have got less funny. Lucky I just brought the 'game' to an end before going on with it. You know, the one where 'we' would "keep inventing Fumbled Priest songs until everyone thinks they're a real band", and oh yeah "Perhaps we can really cut loose with this and invent album names/tour dates etc

"... And Otis, I don't know what to say since I don't know to what extent you may have been complicit or victim in Doof's scheming.

Signed,
Doof's friendly marionette

.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed May 19, 2004 8:24 am

Is it only El Vez who's limited to three picks? We might want to make it a rule for everybody...

Out-Bob Dylan!
In-Jarvis Cocker!

The Specials- Do Nothing
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Hoodoo Gurus- A Thousand Miles Away
Pulp- Razzmatazz

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed May 19, 2004 9:16 am

Out: The Specials- Do Nothing
In: Etta James - Tell Mama

Etta James - Tell Mama
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Hoodoo Gurus- A Thousand Miles Away
Pulp- Razzmatazz

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 19, 2004 10:14 am

I heard this last night and forgot how wonderful it is.....

Out: Hoodoogurus
In: Marvin and Tammi

Etta James - Tell Mama
David Bowie- Sound and Vision
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Pulp- Razzmatazz
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing

P.S. I agree with Miss Buenos Aires....we should have a limit of some sort per poster.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Wed May 19, 2004 12:44 pm

OUT odbt
IN Marley

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Pulp- Razzmatazz
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Wed May 19, 2004 12:50 pm

Out: Pulp - Razzmatazz
In: The Band - The Weight

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
Tom Waits- Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers- Pablo Picasso
The Clash- Lost in the Supermarket
Van Morrison- Sweet Thing
Woody Guthrie- Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks- I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
The Band - The Weight

P.S. I agree with Miss Buenos Aires and cosmos....we should have a limit of some sort per poster. BUT WE DON´T!!!

John · Post by **John** » Wed May 19, 2004 1:01 pm

Are there any rules besides replacing one song with another and not having two songs by the same artist and no EC?

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Wed May 19, 2004 1:06 pm

as far as i know.... those are the rules!
and imho, thats enough

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 19, 2004 4:42 pm

bambooneedle wrote:And Otis, I don't know what to say since I don't know to what extent you may have been complicit or victim in Doof's scheming

And to think I spent over two hours scouring the shops looking hopefully under 'FU' in the CD racks.

Good job no-one (other than Tower scourges MBA and Poppet) is keen on the three picks rule. So, today's selection:

Out: Van the Man, seeing as I failed to evict him yesterday (though he is one of my heroes, honest)
In: Moz at his finest

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
Tom Waits - Time
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
The Band - The Weight

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:18 pm

*I* like the post three and you're done rule.

just adding it in - MBA ain't the only one.

no big, i'll play when the mood strikes me anyway.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 19, 2004 5:23 pm

OK, have edited accordingly! Quick, get me off this thread before the temptation to make a second pick of the day strikes...

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu May 20, 2004 1:36 am

Otis - please confirm you weren't saying 'FU' to me.

And if you were, FU back and up your arse with a coconut.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:13 am

Out - Tom Waits
In - The Small Faces (the most underated English band of the 60's )

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
The Small Faces - If I Were A Carpenter
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
The Clash - Lost in the Supermarket
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
The Band - The Weight

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu May 20, 2004 7:34 am

Poppet wrote:

i'll play when the mood strikes me anyway

did someone say my name? have stick, will travel. I feel so determiner-empowered.

ok, that was stupid. carry on.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Thu May 20, 2004 8:48 am

out: the clash
back in: bowie

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
The Small Faces - If I Were A Carpenter
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
David Bowie - Because You're Young
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Ain't Nothin' Like the Real Thing
The Band - The Weight

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu May 20, 2004 12:57 pm

BBN: ouch! (Though some people would love that prospect.) As 'Fumbled' begins 'FU', I was saying the first two letters of that, cos that's what you search under.

Oily: love that. Nice to see a less obvious choice, and that's a great one from a great LP. Less obvious choices can often be your favourites, e.g. I Won't Share You, which I chose. I'm enjoying the fact that this time round there's more of a tendency for an ODBS than an OBDS!

Mr Boom: I know even loss of The Small Faces than I do of The Kinks. will ask the same question I asked of the latter: any recommended compilations, or perhaps starting straight in with an original LP?

For some reason, when I was 16/17 I was much more interested in the American 60s bands that had influenced my fave contemporaries, e.g. Velvets, Doors, than the Brits. I knew The Who, Kinks and Small Faces were cool, but I just never got my hands on it all.

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:19 pm

Out :Marvin

In :The legendary Who

Etta James - Tell Mama
Bob Marley - Stir It Up
The Small Faces - If I Were A Carpenter
Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Pablo Picasso
David Bowie - Because You're Young
The Smiths - I Won't Share You
Woody Guthrie - Blowin' Down the Road (I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way)
The Kinks - I'm Not Like Everybody Else
The Band - The Weight
The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Thu May 20, 2004 3:21 pm

bambooneedle wrote:Otis - please confirm you weren't saying 'FU' to me.

And if you were, FU back and up your arse with a coconut.

Fantastic!!