10@10: Alternative Takes

[Big Fingers McGee]

2nd visit to 1991:

 1. Michael Jackson - Black Or White
 2. R.E.M. - Near Wild Heaven
 3. A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out
(TV: The Arsenio Hall Show - Valerie Bertinelli)
 4. Material Issue - Valerie Loves Me
 5. Prince and the New Power Generation - Cream
(Commercial: MC Hammer for Pepsi)
 6. Matthew Sweet - Don't Go
 7. Nirvana - Lounge Act
 8. LL Cool J - Around The Way Girl
(Tina Turner interview)
 9. Tina Turner - The Bitch Is Back
10. My Bloody Valentine - Soon

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/125-10-10-1991

Originally, I had planned this set prior to Renee's recent set, and, with Big Finger McGee's request for "10 great songs, 1 great name" set,
I postponed uploading this set until now.  Let me know what you think!

Looking good, and as usual there are 2-3 big hits which would sound great but have escaped 10@10's notice.

[CapnJack]

Inspired by Renee's fab set on Friday, here is my 6th (!) visit to 1970:

 1. Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Calico Girlfriend
 2. Chicago - In The Country
(TV: The Partridge Family) (R.I.P. Dave Madden)
 3. The Partridge Family - Brand New Me
 4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
 5. Bobby Bloom - Fanta
 6. Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace
 7. Al Green - I Can't Get Next To You
(The Beatles - Maggie Mae)
 8. Paul McCartney - Man We Was Lonely
(Commercial: Buc Wheats cereal)
 9. Van Morrison - Everyone
10. James Taylor - Anywhere Like Heaven
11. Bread - Been Too Long On The Road

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/137-10-10-1970

Would this pass the dischead 1970 test? Enjoy!

[CapnJack]

2nd visit to 1985:

 1. Beat Farmers - Reason To Believe
 2. Belouis Some - Imagination
(Commercial: Doublemint gum)
 3. Kirsty MacColl - Annie
 4. Pat Benatar - Invincible
(Movie: Teen Wolf)
 5. Graham Parker and the Shot - Wake Up (Next To You)
 6. Teena Marie - Lovergirl
 7. Tom Waits - Blind Love
 8. The Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl
(TV: ABC Tuesday nights / Cybill Shepherd - I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!)
 9. John Fogerty - I Saw It On T.V.
10. Bob Dylan - Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/123-10-10-1985

Enjoy, and feel free to comment!

[dischead]

Would this pass the dischead 1970 test? Enjoy!

What, pray tell, is the dischead 1970 test?  Is it how much I like the set?  That's great for me, but
no so much for someone whose taste does not align with mine.

I've been thinking about what would be a great set from 1970 or 1971.  To be honest, I'm not
sure if I can assemble a list that would meet my own standards.

[RGMike]

Inspired by Renee's fab set on Friday, here is my 6th (!) visit to 1970:

 1. Michael Nesmith and the First National Band - Calico Girlfriend
 2. Chicago - In The Country
(TV: The Partridge Family) (R.I.P. Dave Madden)
 3. The Partridge Family - Brand New Me
 4. Led Zeppelin - Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
 5. Bobby Bloom - Fanta
 6. Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace
 7. Al Green - I Can't Get Next To You
(The Beatles - Maggie Mae)
 8. Paul McCartney - Man We Was Lonely
(Commercial: Buc Wheats cereal)
 9. Van Morrison - Everyone
10. James Taylor - Anywhere Like Heaven
11. Bread - Been Too Long On The Road

This was delightful. Gems you never hear mixed with a few that were NTM (Partridges, Bobby Bloom).  Love that Van Morrison tune, used effectively in The Royal Tenenbaums. Which makes you the Wes Anderson of 10@10.

[RGMike]

2nd visit to 1985:

 1. Beat Farmers - Reason To Believe
 2. Belouis Some - Imagination
(Commercial: Doublemint gum)
 3. Kirsty MacColl - Annie
 4. Pat Benatar - Invincible
(Movie: Teen Wolf)
 5. Graham Parker and the Shot - Wake Up (Next To You)
 6. Teena Marie - Lovergirl
 7. Tom Waits - Blind Love
 8. The Boogie Boys - A Fly Girl
(TV: ABC Tuesday nights / Cybill Shepherd - I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!)
 9. John Fogerty - I Saw It On T.V.
10. Bob Dylan - Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love)

and another swell collection! I *adored* that Belouis Some song back then; one of the best Bowie imitations evah. "Invincible" is one of my fave Benatar 45s. Mr Parker's sweet hommage to "Just My Imagination" sounds even better 30 years later.

[CapnJack]

At the request of dischead, here's my 10@10 French horn set:

 1. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
(Paul McCartney mouths the French horn section of "For No One")
 2. The Beatles - For No One
(The Monkees mess around with the French horn during the recording of Headquarters)
 3. The Monkees - Shades Of Gray
 4. Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio
 5. Sam Cooke - Cupid
 6. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
(Radio dial: Kanye West - All Of The Lights)
 7. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
 8. The Who - Pictures Of Lily
(TV: How I Met Your Mother - blue French horn)
 9. Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
10. Elvis Costello - Harpies Bizarre
11. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/135-10-10-french-horn

Feel free to comment away!

[dischead]

At the request of dischead, here's my 10@10 French horn set:

 1. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
(Paul McCartney mouths the French horn section of "For No One")
 2. The Beatles - For No One
(The Monkees mess around with the French horn during the recording of Headquarters)
 3. The Monkees - Shades Of Gray
 4. Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio
 5. Sam Cooke - Cupid
 6. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
(Radio dial: Kanye West - All Of The Lights)
 7. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
 8. The Who - Pictures Of Lily
(TV: How I Met Your Mother - blue French horn)
 9. Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
10. Elvis Costello - Harpies Bizarre
11. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/135-10-10-french-horn

Feel free to comment away!

Wow.  That looks very interesting.  And clips -- you have clips!  Excellent.

The Rod Stewart song is on my oboe list -- I missed the horn.  I would have gone with the
Who's Overture from Tommy.  I also have The Rascals' (I've Been) Lonely Too Long on
my list, although the horn isn't that prominent.  I'll have to make the effort to listen to this one.

Well, if that was so easy, how about pop tuba?  Pop bassoon?

[RGMike]

Well, if that was so easy, how about pop tuba? 

here's hoping Cap'n has a copy of Martin Mull's "Dueling Tubas"....

[Lightnin' Rod]

At the request of dischead, here's my 10@10 French horn set:

 1. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
(Paul McCartney mouths the French horn section of "For No One")
 2. The Beatles - For No One
(The Monkees mess around with the French horn during the recording of Headquarters)
 3. The Monkees - Shades Of Gray
 4. Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio
 5. Sam Cooke - Cupid
 6. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
(Radio dial: Kanye West - All Of The Lights)
 7. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
 8. The Who - Pictures Of Lily
(TV: How I Met Your Mother - blue French horn)
 9. Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
10. Elvis Costello - Harpies Bizarre
11. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/135-10-10-french-horn

Feel free to comment away!

Very cool.  I played French Horn back in high school orchestra.

[RGMike]

At the request of dischead, here's my 10@10 French horn set:

 1. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
(Paul McCartney mouths the French horn section of "For No One")
 2. The Beatles - For No One
(The Monkees mess around with the French horn during the recording of Headquarters)
 3. The Monkees - Shades Of Gray
 4. Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio
 5. Sam Cooke - Cupid
 6. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
(Radio dial: Kanye West - All Of The Lights)
 7. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
 8. The Who - Pictures Of Lily
(TV: How I Met Your Mother - blue French horn)
 9. Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
10. Elvis Costello - Harpies Bizarre
11. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/135-10-10-french-horn

Feel free to comment away!

Very cool.  I played French Horn back in high school orchestra.

Old Imus line: "you blow a regular horn, but you suck a French one"

[CapnJack]

Well, if that was so easy, how about pop tuba? 

here's hoping Cap'n has a copy of Martin Mull's "Dueling Tubas"....

Frightening that I came up with more than ten songs with tuba. 

I may blow, er, knock this one out tonight!

ETA: Here is the resulting tuba set...

 1. Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
 2. James Ray - If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody
(Radio dial: Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer)
 3. Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
 4. Peter & Gordon - Lady Godiva
(Martin Mull - Dueling Tubas)
 5. The Kinks - Alcohol
 6. The Rolling Stones - Something Happened To Me Yesterday
(TV: Freaks And Geeks - the marching band plays Chicago's "25 Or 6 To 4")
 7. Leon Redbone - Seduced
(Radio dial: Mary Hopkin - Those Were The Days)
 8. The Band - Rag Mama Rag
 9. Pink Floyd - Jugband Blues
(Movie: American Pie: Band Camp)
10. The Beatles - Martha My Dear
11. Tom Jones - With One Exception

https://soundcloud.com/retrocapnjack/140-10-10-tuba

Have fun listening to this, and feel free to comment!

[urth]

(TV: ABC Tuesday nights / Cybill Shepherd - I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!)

Enjoy, and feel free to comment!

Was that the recently departed Dave Madden doing the voiceover in the ABC Tuesday night promo?

[urth]

At the request of dischead, here's my 10@10 French horn set:

 1. The Marketts - Out Of Limits
(Paul McCartney mouths the French horn section of "For No One")
 2. The Beatles - For No One
(The Monkees mess around with the French horn during the recording of Headquarters)
 3. The Monkees - Shades Of Gray
 4. Nilsson - Turn On Your Radio
 5. Sam Cooke - Cupid
 6. The Beach Boys - God Only Knows
(Radio dial: Kanye West - All Of The Lights)
 7. Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
 8. The Who - Pictures Of Lily
(TV: How I Met Your Mother - blue French horn)
 9. Rod Stewart - Handbags And Gladrags
10. Elvis Costello - Harpies Bizarre
11. The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want

https://soundcloud.com/capnjack-1/135-10-10-french-horn

Feel free to comment away!

This was brilliant. I knew a number of these, but didn't recognize the french horn in their arrangements. The Nilsson, Pretenders, and EC tunes were probably my faves of the bunch, but all great.  And you had all four of the great British Invasion bands represented, more or less (Beatles, Stones, Who & Kinks).

So you pulled off the French horn? How about the bassoon? Or oboe? Or perhaps all double-reed woodwinds?  Tears of a Clown is a must, but there are lots of others that use one or more of these, so you could really have some fun. A couple of the songs from the above set would qualify here too, but I'd suggest they be disqualified just for diversity's sake.

ETA: I just read thru a few of the other posts commenting on this set and see that dischead also called out for a bassoon/oboe set. I'd call that a groundswell of demand!

[RGMike]

(TV: ABC Tuesday nights / Cybill Shepherd - I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!)

Enjoy, and feel free to comment!

Was that the recently departed Dave Madden doing the voiceover in the ABC Tuesday night promo?

Yup.