14 April 2015: it's... 1989

[urth]

eeek: uber-uber LN Mr. Aimee Mann.

Seriously, this is "No Myth"s 15th or 16th appearance -- just from a search of this board; that's not counting plays in the shrayabase that predate this forum.

Another member of the Twenty Plus club.

What song holds the record for most original spins (for which we can keep track of, anyway)?

Dunno.  While it's trivial to discern the number of spins for any particular song, discovering
the one with the most theoretically requires counting the number of appearances for every
song.  I recently started keeping a list of the Twenty Plus club, and while I add songs that
come to my attention, I have not sought them out.   Anyone who thinks they have a
potential candidate can PM me and I'll check it out.


Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well [26]
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me [25]
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye [24]
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing [24]  (hat tip to RGMike)
Raspberries - Go All the Way [23]
Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime  [23]
Michael Penn - No Myth [22]
Hugh Masekela - Grazin' in the Grass [20]

Hmmm, an interesting challenge. I have a couple in mind, but want to check some stats of my own before I go public.

[Big Fingers McGee]

eeek: uber-uber LN Mr. Aimee Mann.

Seriously, this is "No Myth"s 15th or 16th appearance -- just from a search of this board; that's not counting plays in the shrayabase that predate this forum.

Another member of the Twenty Plus club.

What song holds the record for most original spins (for which we can keep track of, anyway)?

Dunno.  While it's trivial to discern the number of spins for any particular song, discovering
the one with the most theoretically requires counting the number of appearances for every
song.  I recently started keeping a list of the Twenty Plus club, and while I add songs that
come to my attention, I have not sought them out.   Anyone who thinks they have a
potential candidate can PM me and I'll check it out.


Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well [26]
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me [25]
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye [24]
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing [24]  (hat tip to RGMike)
Raspberries - Go All the Way [23]
Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime  [23]
Michael Penn - No Myth [22]
Hugh Masekela - Grazin' in the Grass [20]

If "Wishing Well" indeed holds the record, I don't know that it would surprise anybody. How about Squeeze's "Hourglass"? That was very much a DM go-to, PM not so much.

[RGMike]

Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well [26]
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me [25]
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye [24]
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing [24]  (hat tip to RGMike)
Raspberries - Go All the Way [23]
Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime  [23]
Michael Penn - No Myth [22]
Hugh Masekela - Grazin' in the Grass [20]

interesting how (except for "Hold Me" and the 'berries)  these songs cluster around late '80s and late '60s.  Late '80s makes sense, as DM in particular had a very limited pallette in '87/'88/'89 sets -- BFMcG's "Hourglass" guess is dead-on, I'm thinking.

The late '60s thing OTOH -- we all think of those years as having SOOOO many choices. Steam and Sly aren't really surprising (popular with both DM and AL) and Masekela appeared in not only '68 sets but in Dave's "Strictly Instrumental"s and the famous "Cowbell" set.

[dischead]

eeek: uber-uber LN Mr. Aimee Mann.

Seriously, this is "No Myth"s 15th or 16th appearance -- just from a search of this board; that's not counting plays in the shrayabase that predate this forum.

Another member of the Twenty Plus club.

What song holds the record for most original spins (for which we can keep track of, anyway)?

Dunno.  While it's trivial to discern the number of spins for any particular song, discovering
the one with the most theoretically requires counting the number of appearances for every
song.  I recently started keeping a list of the Twenty Plus club, and while I add songs that
come to my attention, I have not sought them out.   Anyone who thinks they have a
potential candidate can PM me and I'll check it out.

Terence Trent D'Arby - Wishing Well [26]
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me [25]
Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye [24]
Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing [24]  (hat tip to RGMike)
Raspberries - Go All the Way [23]
Sly & The Family Stone - Hot Fun In The Summertime  [23]
Michael Penn - No Myth [22]
Hugh Masekela - Grazin' in the Grass [20]

If "Wishing Well" indeed holds the record, I don't know that it would surprise anybody. How about Squeeze's "Hourglass"? That was very much a DM go-to, PM not so much.

Good call.  Hourglass ties Wishing Well with 26.  I should note that I am not counting
bonus tracks, and I am not making any effort to weed out encore sets in my counts.

[CapnJack]

4/14/15  TUESDAY!!  BACK TO THE SOUNDS OF...1989!!

 1.  THE REPLACEMENTS- I'LL BE YOU
 2.  THE HOO DOO GURUS- COME ANYTIME
 3.  REM- STAND
(NEWS: CALL BOY RING AT THE WHITE HOUSE)
 4.  LYLE LOVETT- STAND BY YOUR MAN
(MOVIE: BATMAN)
 5.  MORRISSEY- THE LAST OF THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOYS
 6.  THE CURE FASCINATION STREET
(MOVIE: DEAD POETS SOCIETY)
 7.  STONE ROSES- I WANNA BE ADORED
 8.  MICHAEL PENN- NO MYTH
(MOVIE: DEAD POETS SOCIETY)
 9.  STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN- CROSSFIRE
10.  WAS (NOT WAS) -WALK THE DINOSAUR (B.O.S!)