The List Thread

[urth]

Just read this in Vanity Fair...The Preppy Mix Tape:

1.  Rock Lobster - B-52's
2.  Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
3.  My Girl - The Four Tops
4.  Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations
5.  Don't You Want Me Baby - The Human League
6.  I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
7.  Is She Really Going Out With Him? - Joe Jackson
8.  Superstition - Stevie Wonder
9.  Black Coffee In Bed - Squeeze
10. Call Me - Blondie
11. Oxford Comma - Vampire Weekend
12. Rich Girl - Hall & Oates
13. Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran
14. Jump - Van Halen
15. Borderline - Madonna
16. Smooth Operator - Sade
17. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer
18. Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough - Michael Jackson
19. How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths
20. Everything Counts - Depeche Mode

I would add Genius Of Love - Tom Tom Club.  This would actually make a great Summer playlist. 

Funny that the three oldest songs on that list are sequential at nos. 2, 3, and 4.

[sundaygal]

Pitchfork has named (with great controversy) their list of the Top 100 songs of the 90s.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Pavement, but even I find this list a little ridiculous.  Here are songs 20 - 01:

http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7853-the-top-200-tracks-of-the-1990s-20-01/

[RGMike]

latest batch of RnRHOF possibilities:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/28/entertainment/e073409D81.DTL&tsp=1

[sundaygal]

Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. tops poll of songs that make men cry the most...

http://www.nme.com/news/michael-stipe/53245

[RGMike]

Everybody Hurts by R.E.M. tops poll of songs that make men cry the most...

http://www.nme.com/news/michael-stipe/53245

straight men? gay men? Seriously, I love "Hallelujah" (overexposed tho' it is) but I can't imagine it making a guy cry. I'll give 'em "Tears in Heaven", however.

[RGMike]

In today's column, Jon Carroll is looking for songs about teeth/dentistry.

Steely Dan, "Your Gold Teeth"
Wilco, "Summer Teeth"
Death cab for Cutie, "Crooked Teeth"
Steve Martin "Dentist" (from Little Shop of Horrors)

[Tinka Cat]

In today's column, Jon Carroll is looking for songs about teeth/dentistry.

Steely Dan, "Your Gold Teeth"
Wilco, "Summer Teeth"
Death cab for Cutie, "Crooked Teeth"
Steve Martin "Dentist" (from Little Shop of Horrors)

eels - novocaine for the soul
standard: all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
ll cool j - mama said knock you out (used for extractions)
anything by the The Roots

[Lightnin' Rod]

In today's column, Jon Carroll is looking for songs about teeth/dentistry.

Steely Dan, "Your Gold Teeth"
Wilco, "Summer Teeth"
Death cab for Cutie, "Crooked Teeth"
Steve Martin "Dentist" (from Little Shop of Horrors)

eels - novocaine for the soul
standard: all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
ll cool j - mama said knock you out (used for extractions)
anything by the The Roots

Mike, I saw your comments on SFGate, and came right over.  I can't remember my login there, so can't post my favorite dentist song:

Dinah Washington, "Long John Blues".  Somewhat risque:  "you thrill me, when you drill me."

[RGMike]

Mike, I saw your comments on SFGate, and came right over.  I can't remember my login there, so can't post my favorite dentist song:

Dinah Washington, "Long John Blues".  Somewhat risque:  "you thrill me, when you drill me."

I love that one -- the "dirty blues" lady on KPOO plays it all the time.

[Gazoo]

Owl City had a song this year called "Dental Care," with the immortal line "I've been to the dentist a thousand times, so I know the drill."

[Tinka Cat]

In today's column, Jon Carroll is looking for songs about teeth/dentistry.

Steely Dan, "Your Gold Teeth"
Wilco, "Summer Teeth"
Death cab for Cutie, "Crooked Teeth"
Steve Martin "Dentist" (from Little Shop of Horrors)

eels - novocaine for the soul
standard: all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth
ll cool j - mama said knock you out (used for extractions)
anything by the The Roots

Mike, I saw your comments on SFGate, and came right over.  I can't remember my login there, so can't post my favorite dentist song:

Dinah Washington, "Long John Blues".  Somewhat risque:  "you thrill me, when you drill me."

Rod, go here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/webreg/user/reset_init

...and enter your email address.  You will be sent a login reminder thing. 

[sundaygal]

In the Rolling Stone playlist issue, artists pick their personal top 10s.  Here's a sampling...

Chris Martin:  80s Pop (not a fan of Coldplay, but not a bad list...)
1.  Hunting High And Low - A-ha
2.  Running Up That Hill - Kate Bush
3.  A Sort Of Homecoming - U2
4.  Buffalo Stance - Neneh Cherry
5.  Sally Cinnamon - The Stone Roses
6.  Bad - Michael Jackson
7.  Mr. Brownstone - Guns n' Roses
8.  Back To Life - Soul II Soul
9.  Orange Crush -  R.E.M.
10. Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen

Yoko Ono:  John Lennon
1.  Oh My Love
2.  Gimme Some Truth
3.  Give Peace A Chance
4.  God
5.  Grow Old With Me
6.  Imagine
7.  Scared
8.  Jealous Guy
9.  I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier
10. Mother

Patti Smith:  Bob Dylan's Love Songs
1.  One Too Many Mornings
2.  Boots Of Spanish Leather
3.  Ballad In Plain D
4.  Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
5.  Love Minus Zero/No Limit
6.  Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
7.  Wedding Song
8.  Dark Eyes
9.  Like A Rolling Stone (this doesn't really strike me as a love song, but OK Patti)
10. Not Dark Yet
11. Isis
12. Dirge
13. She Belongs To Me
14. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
15. Visions Of Johanna
16. Nettie Moore

Annie Lennox:  Women With Soul
1.  I Say A Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
2.  I Close My Eyes And Count To Ten - Dusty Springfield
3.  Close To You - The Carpenters
4.  Do You Know The Way To San Jose - Dionne Warwick
5.  Baby Love - The Supremes
6.  Dancing In The Streets - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
7.  Farewell To Tarwathie - Judy Collins
8.  Downtown - Petula Clark
9.  Anyone Who Had A Heart - Cilla Black
10. (There's) Always Something There To Remind Me - Sandie Shaw

[Wayback]

Slideshow: 15 Most Eco-Friendly Rockers (according to Rolling Stone):
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/the-15-most-eco-friendly-rockers-20101216

[RGMike]

A list of best rock Xmas songs from the WashPost. I don't agree with all of it (and I hope I'm never subjected to DCFC's Darlene Love cover) but the guy loves him some "Fairytale of NY":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121003008.html

[Tinka Cat]

A list of best rock Xmas songs from the WashPost. I don't agree with all of it (and I hope I'm never subjected to DCFC's Darlene Love cover) but the guy loves him some "Fairytale of NY":

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/10/AR2010121003008.html

yeah, I think people on this board could write a better list... and points off for that headline ("Yes, virginia...") the lead ("It's that magical time of the year...") and for calling Burl Ives a fogey, too!