The List Thread

[RGMike]

EW, as is their wont, has listed "the 5 most awesome Beatle covers":

Esther Phillips, "And I Love Him"
Nancy Sinatra, "Run For Your Life"
Aretha, "Eleanor Rigby"
Stevie, "We Can Work it Out"
Rosanne Cash, "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party"

I'm familiar with 4 of these (TANC: JJ on KPOO just played the Esther Phillips last week); the only one I don't think I've heard is the Nancy S, though it sure sounds like something Little Steven would just LURVE.

[Gazoo]

This exchange has gone on in the KFOG '72 thread:

BTW, Geoff, where should I mail the spreadsheet so that you can link it permanently?

geoff(at)ggould.com

I just sent it.

this should be it:

http://10at10club.com/10at10_Club_Archives.xls

Gah!  I just wasted 15 minutes.  Like I don't play with data enough!

I'll end up loading this into Sql server and really start playing...

Rod, is there some way we could put this up on the site as a database?

I wanted to reroute it here (unless there's a Chart thread that I missed).

If we want to post the chart here, I'd like to give at least some of it a proofread for accuracy (not OCD stuff, just correcting some titles and such; I saw there was an entry for Sir Paul performing "Another World," which would be fascinating but unlikely).  If others are geeky enough maybe we can split up the DB?  Let me know your thoughts, as I think this proves to be a very interesting archive not only of Dave and 10@10 but of pop/R&B/rock of the '60s-'90s.

[urth]

This exchange has gone on in the KFOG '72 thread:

BTW, Geoff, where should I mail the spreadsheet so that you can link it permanently?

geoff(at)ggould.com

I just sent it.

this should be it:

http://10at10club.com/10at10_Club_Archives.xls

Gah!  I just wasted 15 minutes.  Like I don't play with data enough!

I'll end up loading this into Sql server and really start playing...

Rod, is there some way we could put this up on the site as a database?

I wanted to reroute it here (unless there's a Chart thread that I missed).

If we want to post the chart here, I'd like to give at least some of it a proofread for accuracy (not OCD stuff, just correcting some titles and such; I saw there was an entry for Sir Paul performing "Another World," which would be fascinating but unlikely).  If others are geeky enough maybe we can split up the DB?  Let me know your thoughts, as I think this proves to be a very interesting archive not only of Dave and 10@10 but of pop/R&B/rock of the '60s-'90s.

Geoff, could we add a link to the DB on either the Message board main page or the links page? Many thanks!

[RGMike]

The headline on this story is guaranteed to make you say, "Well... DUH!"

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/09/28/entertainment/e130907D49.DTL&tsp=1&type=entertainment

[RGMike]

The BBC's Best and Worst Duets list: Macca has 2 in the top ten worst.

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=114&sid=1263789

[princessofcairo]

The BBC's Best and Worst Duets list: Macca has 2 in the top ten worst.

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=114&sid=1263789

i'm surprised they didn't include the patrick duffy and mireille mathieu duet "together we're strong". i bought this 45 at a flea market in angoulême five years ago, and hadn't the opportunity to listen to it until today. yikes!!!

[Gazoo]

Chart geeks, rejoice!

The Billboard Hot 100, as well as other countries' weekly charts.

[RGMike]

Chart geeks, rejoice!

The Billboard Hot 100, as well as other countries' weekly charts.

So... they're doing this with or without Billboard's permission? And are they planning to go back further than 2003?

[Gazoo]

Chart geeks, rejoice!

The Billboard Hot 100, as well as other countries' weekly charts.

So... they're doing this with or without Billboard's permission? And are they planning to go back further than 2003?

I would bet without - Billboard's very possessive of its data, and shut down a service that provided this info back on USENET in the early '90s.  Haven't talked to the people behind it, though - just found out about it via the I Love Music message board.

[urth]

http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12036

(DM, take note.)

[RGMike]

The Onion's weekly lists are always worth a look, and this week it's the Most Overblown Charity Singles Besides "We Are The World". Lotsa cheeze here.

http://www.avclub.com/inventory

[mshray]

Here's another good list from the AV CLub: 29 Terrific Instrumentals by Bands That Usually Sing

I'm sure y'all have many others to add also.

I can add several of my own:

Joe Jackson - Acropolis Now
Simon & Garfunkel - Anji
Duran DUran - Tel Aviv
The Beatles - Flying
Yes - The Clap
UB40 - Zero Zero Seven Charlie
Mark Knopfler - Two Brothers and a Stranger
Chris Isaak - The Kids In The Hall

[Gazoo]

The only ones on their list I know I've heard are Rush's "YYZ" and the Commodores' "Machine Gun."  (Barry Scott of the Lost 45s uses the latter as his bumper music.)  I would suggest Jefferson Airplane's "Embryonic Journey" and or Jefferson Starship's "Git Fiddler," but wow - I can barely think of any good instrumentals from predominantly vocal bands.

[urth]

Here's another good list from the AV CLub: 29 Terrific Instrumentals by Bands That Usually Sing

I'm sure y'all have many others to add also.

I can add several of my own:

Joe Jackson - Acropolis Now
Simon & Garfunkel - Anji
Duran DUran - Tel Aviv
The Beatles - Flying
Yes - The Clap
UB40 - Zero Zero Seven Charlie
Mark Knopfler - Two Brothers and a Stranger
Chris Isaak - The Kids In The Hall

Yes' The Clap is an instrumental piece, but it's essentially one of Steve Howe's solo guitar pieces; the rest of the band doesn't play on it (not that that disqualifies it, just thought it was worth mentioning). I'd also nominate Journey's (when they were good) Topaz and Roxy Music's India. I'd be tempted to add Sheltering Sky by King Crimson, but they've got boatloads of instrumental pieces, so they'd probably be disqualified by the "bands with too many instrumentals in their catalog" rule (although Pink Floyd got in there regardless, which more than a few readers chose to kvetch about in the comments section).

Btw, big ups to the list makers for the inclusion of Uncle Tupelo's Sandusky. I was all set to add that one til I read thru the whole list and there it was.

[RGMike]

Here's another good list from the AV CLub: 29 Terrific Instrumentals by Bands That Usually Sing

I'm sure y'all have many others to add also.

I can add several of my own:

Joe Jackson - Acropolis Now
Simon & Garfunkel - Anji
Duran DUran - Tel Aviv
The Beatles - Flying
Yes - The Clap
UB40 - Zero Zero Seven Charlie
Mark Knopfler - Two Brothers and a Stranger
Chris Isaak - The Kids In The Hall

Yes' The Clap is an instrumental piece, but it's essentially one of Steve Howe's solo guitar pieces; the rest of the band doesn't play on it (not that that disqualifies it, just thought it was worth mentioning). I'd also nominate Journey's (when they were good) Topaz and Roxy Music's India. I'd be tempted to add Sheltering Sky by King Crimson, but they've got boatloads of instrumental pieces, so they'd probably be disqualified by the "bands with too many instrumentals in their catalog" rule (although Pink Floyd got in there regardless, which more than a few readers chose to kvetch about in the comments section).

Btw, big ups to the list makers for the inclusion of Uncle Tupelo's Sandusky. I was all set to add that one til I read thru the whole list and there it was.

What, no Beatles' "Flying"?  I'd suggest "Sylvia" by Focus -- one of my fave instumentals of all time -- but I'm not sure what the rest of their catalog (besides "Hocus Pocus") is like.