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mshray

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The Bay Area Top 25 Song List
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2006, 03:50:56 PM »
iPod Music Store made a list, and Aidin Vaziri & Joel Selvin have rebutted it.  I like their list much better (and I smell Joel having a much heavier hand in it than our beloved Aidin).  Both lists follow (or you can check it online along with their article here: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/28/DDGI2IFUCJ1.DTL

The CHRONICLE'S List

1. I WANT TO TAKE YOU HIGHER -- Sly and the Family Stone -- The Woodstock anthem from the psychedelic soul rockers
2. DARK STAR -- Grateful Dead -- Space is their place
3. SLOW DEATH -- Flamin' Groovies -- Every English punk band knew this one
4. MASTER OF PUPPETS -- Metallica -- Don't have to be online to be on our list
5. BALLAD OF YOU AND ME AND POONEIL -- Jefferson Airplane -- Like the band itself, awful and fabulous at the same time
6. CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES -- Dead Kennedys -- San Francisco punk from the Jerry Brown era
7. YOU MAKE ME FEEL (MIGHTY REAL) -- Sylvester -- Cross-dressing disco straight out of pre-AIDS Castro
8. BORN ON THE BAYOU -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- El Cerrito swamp rock heard 'round the world
9. DEAR MAMA -- Tupac Shakur -- Marin City's finest; West Coast hip-hop got soul
10. OMAHA -- Moby Grape -- Being underrated goes to the heart of being from San Francisco
11. AMERICAN IDIOT -- Green Day -- Duh
12. BLACK MAGIC WOMAN/GYPSY QUEEN -- Santana -- The sounds of the Mission District from a band that once mattered
13. SATISFACTION -- The Residents -- Smarty-pants rock deconstructionists, willfully weird, intentionally obscure
14. DOWN TO THE NIGHTCLUB -- Tower of Power -- Keystone Berkeley lives and the lead singer's a killer
15. ROADRUNNER -- Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers -- The hipster's handbook from a faux-naif
16. WHITE PUNKS ON DOPE -- The Tubes -- San Francisco in the '70s
17. WE CARE A LOT -- Faith No More -- "about the food that Live Aid bought"
18. NEVER SAY NEVER -- Romeo Void -- Weird, wonderful, unexpectedly sexy
19. MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD -- DJ Shadow -- A dream built around samples and scratches
20. FREEDOM -- Sons of Champlin -- The real hippies
21. WICKED GAME -- Chris Isaak -- Sex on the beach
22. JOHN THE FISHERMAN -- Primus -- Primus sucks
23. LIVING IN THE U.S.A. -- Steve Miller Band -- Somebody get me a cheeseburger
24. LOAN ME A DIME -- Boz Scaggs -- THE San Francisco blues
25. BALL AND CHAIN -- Big Brother and the Holding Company -- What made Janis Joplin a star

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The  iTunes Song List

1. TRUCKIN’ - Grateful Dead
2. SOMEBODY TO LOVE - Jefferson Airplane
3. PIECE OF MY HEART - Big Brother and the Holding Company
4. THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN) - Sly and the Family Stone
5. FORTUNATE SON - Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. OYE COMO VA - Santana
7. LONGVIEW Green Day
8. WE SHALL OVERCOME - Joan Baez
9. BLACK WATER - Doobie Brothers
10. LIGHTS Journey
11. WHAT IS HIP - Tower of Power
12. CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES Dead Kennedys
13. WICKED GAME - Chris Isaak
14. U CAN’T TOUCH THIS - MC Hammer
15. ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD - Neil Young
16. SUMMERTIME BLUES - Blue Cheer
17. WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE - Kingston Trio
18. WORKING FOR A LIVING - Huey Lewis and the News
19. SYMPHONY OF DESTRUCTION - Megadeth
20. EPIC - Faith No More
21. MR. JONES - Counting Crows
22. PRIDE OF MAN - Quicksilver Messenger Service
23. MIDNIGHT IN A PERFECT WORLD - DJ Shadow
24. LOWDOWN - Boz Scaggs
25. CAN YOU HANDLE THAT? - Graham Central Station
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« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2006, 12:16:00 PM »
Bard Kava in the Merc is looking to compile a list of songs that reference San Jose in the lyrics. Besides, you know, THAT one.

I've already reminded him of "Beach Baby".

http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2006/05/do_you_know_the.html
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« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2006, 01:23:47 PM »
Check out Anderson Cooper's playlist:



If this is really reflective of him (and not the iPod ad director), his tastes are REALLY in sync with my own.  I mean, frighteningly so.
“The choir of children sing their song.  They've practiced all year long.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.  Ding dong.”

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« Reply #18 on: May 15, 2006, 01:39:07 PM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Check out Anderson Cooper's playlist:



If this is really reflective of him (and not the iPod ad director), his tastes are REALLY in sync with my own.  I mean, frighteningly so.


Maybe his boyfriend loaded his iPod for him :wink:
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« Reply #19 on: June 06, 2006, 09:06:36 PM »
Have any of you looked at the Google spreadsheet offering?  Its approach to collaborative ss development makes me think we could collectively create quite the archive of lists.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/06/06/BUGD3J8PIV1.DTL

And distant early warning: I'm almost done expanding my 50 Least Favorite Songs of All Time to 100.  Will post when I'm done, along with eventual reposts of my 100 favorites and my Top 100 by Chart Position list.
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SUN SONGS
« Reply #20 on: July 13, 2006, 11:19:17 PM »
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list
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Re: SUN SONGS
« Reply #21 on: July 13, 2006, 11:30:00 PM »
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Fat Old Sun
Although the Sun is Shining

Quote from: "Alicat"
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list
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Re: SUN SONGS
« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2006, 05:01:41 AM »
Quote from: "ggould"
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Fat Old Sun
Although the Sun is Shining

Quote from: "Alicat"
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list


blame it on the sun
someday the sun won´t shine for you
black hole sun
sunny afternoon

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Re: SUN SONGS
« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2006, 09:08:23 AM »
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "ggould"
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Fat Old Sun
Although the Sun is Shining

Quote from: "Alicat"
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list


blame it on the sun
someday the sun won´t shine for you
black hole sun
sunny afternoon

I Wanna Go To The Sun
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Re: SUN SONGS
« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2006, 09:14:58 AM »
Quote from: "Alicat"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "ggould"
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Fat Old Sun
Although the Sun is Shining

Quote from: "Alicat"
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list


blame it on the sun
someday the sun won´t shine for you
black hole sun
sunny afternoon

I Wanna Go To The Sun


Sun Is Shining
Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
Good Day Sunshine
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« Reply #25 on: July 14, 2006, 09:18:24 AM »
can't forget "Sun is Here" by... Sun.

or "Sunshine on my Shoulders" :wink:
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Re: SUN SONGS
« Reply #26 on: July 14, 2006, 09:38:17 AM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
Quote from: "Alicat"
Quote from: "princessofcairo"
Quote from: "ggould"
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
Fat Old Sun
Although the Sun is Shining

Quote from: "Alicat"
Sun Songs (no Katrina)

Paper Sun
Sunshine of Your Love
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
Seasons in the Sun
Here Comes the Sun
A Place in the Sun

... build the list


blame it on the sun
someday the sun won´t shine for you
black hole sun
sunny afternoon

I Wanna Go To The Sun


Sun Is Shining
Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
Good Day Sunshine


Lucky Old Sun
Heart of the Sunrise
Let's get right to it.

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« Reply #27 on: July 14, 2006, 10:28:37 PM »
Fun
·   A Place in the Sun
·   Although the Sun is Shining
·   Black Hole Sun
·   Blame it on the Sun
·   Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me
·   Fat Old Sun
·   Good Day Sunshine
·   Heart of the Sunrise
·   Here Comes the Sun
·   I Wanna Go To The Sun
·   Lucky Old Sun
·   Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon
·   Paper Sun
·   Seasons in the Sun
·   Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun
·   Someday the Sun Won´t Shine For You
·   Sun is Here
·   Sun Is Shining
·   Sunny Afternoon
·   Sunshine (Jonathan Edwards)
·   Sunshine of Your Love
·   Sunshine on My Shoulders
·   Yellow Sun (Raconteurs)

Let's try another
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« Reply #28 on: July 15, 2006, 08:38:54 AM »
Curious as to the size of everyone's music collections.  My rough estimates:

~1,300 CDs
~350 cassettes
~50 LPs
~25 45s
~20 8-tracks (but they're at my mom's)
~2,000 digital files (MP3s, etc)
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« Reply #29 on: July 15, 2006, 10:22:08 AM »
Do you count double CD or CD sets as one or multiple?
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