Tower of Song

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Tue May 11, 2004 12:56 pm

Out: The wailing mad viking
In: Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (with a headache)

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (without aspirin)
Dusty Springfield -- The Windmills of Your Mind
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:12 pm

pophead2k wrote:OUT: Counting Crows (with apologies to T-Bone Burnett)
IN: The Delfonics: Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time?

I didn't know you liked The Delfonics.

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:16 pm

out: Pet Shop what?

in: Don Dixon - Renaissance Eyes

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (without aspirin)
Dusty Springfield -- The Windmills of Your Mind
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Don Dixon - Renaissance Eyes

because i want to. it's way to busy today, the weather is lovely, and i am stuck inside processing contracts. counting down the minutes until i leave and go to my new fav bar for the evening.

go ahead, pull don off the tower. go on.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:39 pm

bambooneedle wrote:So I don't know what's gotten into you.

The horror, the horror.

Jackson: rare slip of standards in taste from you, my man, and lapse into Sun-style cliche. Brilliant innovator with a fantastic voice and loads of great songs to her name.

Poppet: I love the Pet Shop Boys, the 80s era version, anyway.

Out: Don Dixon
In: a masterpiece

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (without aspirin)
Dusty Springfield -- The Windmills of Your Mind
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Rent

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:40 pm

Out: Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent
In: Big Star - Thirteen

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (without aspirin)
Dusty Springfield -- The Windmills of Your Mind
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Big Star - Thirteen

Uncomplicated · Post by **Uncomplicated** » Tue May 11, 2004 9:41 pm

I seem to remember Gilli entering "The Power of Love" into the first tower. And I wanted to say then that I love that song! My favourite from FGTH.....very "powerful". Also really like Weezers "Hash Pipe". Easy come, easy go on the tower though.

DrJ · Post by **DrJ** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:24 pm

Well I'd been trying to avoid the Tower because it does become obsessive, but here goes...

OUT: Fumbled Priest - In the Middle of your Minefield (without aspirin)

It not a good idea to kick out songs that one doesn't know, but I'll make an exception.

IN: The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Dusty Springfield -- The Windmills of Your Mind
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow

That seems fine...

DrJ

Gillibeanz · Post by **Gillibeanz** » Wed May 12, 2004 4:42 am

UNCOMPLICATED: Frankie got booted again!! Yep its one of my all time fav songs as well!!

I cant believe Dusty Springfield is in here - who voted her in - my granny??

Only kidding!

Out: Old panda eyes

IN: Alex and co

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Pet Shop Boys - Rent
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Boston Tea Party

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:10 am

Out: Pet Shop Boys - Rent
In: Beck - Devil´s Haircut

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Boston Tea Party
Beck - Devil´s Haircut

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:24 am

Pophead....very impressed with the Delfonics pick! That tune is one of my faves!! So, keeping on with the Philly artists.....

In: Todd Rundgren
Out: The Stones

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band: Boston Tea Party
Beck - Devil´s Haircut
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You

DrJ · Post by **DrJ** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:34 am

Christ I love that Todd song. I have to go listen to it NOW!!!!

(Ahhhh, god bless iTunes)

DrJ

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:40 am

That song is on the edge....such a sense of urgency. Sounds like it could fall apart at any time, but it doesn't. Gives me chills!!

Have you heard his new "electronica" cd?

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:11 am

out: alex harvey
in: Mcfadden and Whitehead (rip)

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
Mcfadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Beck - Devil´s Haircut

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:23 am

oily slick: you just mess the tower

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:32 am

oops, let me fix that

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:34 am

out: alex harvey
in: Mcfadden and whitehead (rip)

The Clash - Straight To Hell
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
Mcfadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Beck - Devil´s Haircut
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:38 am

oops again. i thought there was some way to delete these things

is everyone feeling alright?

Poppet · Post by **Poppet** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:52 am

oily, i woulda put Backstabbers in instead of Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now. AND, it's available by EC on the Punch The Clock bonus disk.

but, that's just me.

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:55 am

Was this your reason for adding it?

R&B's John Whitehead shot dead
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- John Whitehead, a prominent R&B artist best known for the 1979 hit song Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now, was shot dead Tuesday, police said.

Whitehead, 55, and another man were working on a vehicle when they were shot by two gunmen, police said. The assailants fled.

Whitehead was shot in the neck and collapsed. Ohmed Johnson, who was shot in the buttocks, was in good condition early Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said.

Police said the gunmen fired a series of bullets; a young neighbourhood girl said she heard about a dozen shots.

"Why did they do this to my dad?" Dawn Whitehead, 33, asked at the scene. "I just talked to him yesterday ... He was a fun person. Who would want to kill him?"

Police had no immediate suspects or motive.

Gene McFadden, who was Whitehead's partner in the singing group McFadden & Whitehead, went to the scene in the city's West Oak Lane neighbourhood and stood there trembling, WPVI-TV reported.

The two men formed a group called the Epsilons in their youth and were discovered by Otis Redding, touring with the legendary performer in the 1960s, according to their website.

The duo wrote several hit songs performed by others in the 1970s, including Back Stabbers, For the Love of Money, I'll Always Love My Mamma, Bad Luck, Wake Up Everybody, Where Are All My Friends, The More I Want, and Cold, Cold World.

Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now went to No. 1 on the R&B chart and reached No. 13 on the pop chart. The song became an unofficial anthem for the Philadelphia Phillies as they charged to a World Series championship in 1980 and the Philadelphia Eagles at they reached the Super Bowl in 1981.

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:41 am

Poppet wrote:oily, i woulda put Backstabbers in instead of Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now. AND, it's available by EC on the Punch The Clock bonus disk.

but, that's just me.

i woulda, but that is one of my secret submissions for may 29!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:15 pm

The OTCS factor has gone on too long. Time for the ODBS.

Out: Clash
In: Dave, with thanks to Stormwarning for reminding of the brilliance of this song, as witnessed recently by the lucky fans in Kansas

David Bowie - Station To Station
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Big Star - Thirteen
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
Mcfadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Beck - Devil´s Haircut
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:52 pm

Otis - I like quite a lot of Bjork although I hate to say the cliche " I prefer the early stuff". However she is very definitely a currant short of a rock cake!

Out: Big Star - Thirteen
In: Bjork - Violently Happy

David Bowie - Station To Station
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Bjork - Violently Happy
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
Mcfadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Beck - Devil´s Haircut
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:57 pm

OUT Mcfadden and Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
IN The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice

David Bowie - Station To Station
Joni Mitchell - This Flight Tonight
The Jam - When You're Young
Delfonics - Didn't I Blow Your Mind this Time?
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Bjork - Violently Happy
The Kinks - This Time Tomorrow
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Beck - Devil´s Haircut
Todd Rundgren - Couldn't I Just Tell You

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:43 pm

jeez, you could have at least let the guy get cold, sola. seems like we gave celia cruz a day or so.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:46 pm

The Doof redeems himself (on this thread, at least

).