The Definitive 1000 Songs Of All Time 1955 to 2005
Counting down to the Number 1 Song Of All Time! On screen is the latest song added to the Top 1000.
This is a "Work in Progress" so be patient.. please! (Ok.. Moan, what the hell)
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Number 837 - Randy Travis
Number 837 Randy Travis "Forever & Ever" (1987) . .
Genre:Country
I Love Country Music!
There i said it.
Actually most "classic country" music makes want to reach, but "modern country" is such a fantastic genre. One day (if ever) you peruse my Mellow Mix Volumes on the right under the links (one day they will be completed too, the Top 1000 at the moment stops me from doing it) you will see tons of modern country music.
Why i love it? God knows. I mean i shouldn't, i am not from the "South" of America, nor do i live in Gore (NZ). Some of the best songs written with real substance have been country.
Now Randy Travis almost fits into the "Classic Country" genre, but this song is very quaint and you will find yourself singing the chorus (whether you hate it or like it).
"Like the Beatles in rock, Randy Travis marks a generational shift in country music. When his Storms of Life came out in 1986, country music was still wallowing in the post-urban cowboy recession, chasing elusive crossover dreams. Travis brought the music back to its basics, sounding like nothing so much as a perfect blend of George Jones and Merle Haggard. He became the dominant male voice in country until the rise of "hat acts" like Garth Brooks and Clint Black, releasing seven consecutive number one singles during one stretch. He won the CMA's Horizon Award in 1986 and was the association's Male Vocalist of the Year in 1987 and 1988. "
Number 836 Barbra Streisand "Way We Were" (1974) . .
Genre:Vocal
Barbra is damn sexy!
Whoa there Crowbarred you say, have you completely lost your marbles?
Not even Mr & Mrs Stranger, im very sane. (Kaff)
Now, Miss Streisand had a strange sex appeal, yes. She wasn't, say, Barbra Bach, no.
But Barbra had her own very unique appeal, maybe it was her eyes, maybe even her nose, maybe even just the way she sang. Hell .... it was all 3.
"Barbra Streisand's" status as one of the most successful singers of her generation is all the more remarkable not only because her popularity has been achieved in the face of a dominant musical trend -- rock & roll -- which she did not follow; but also because, despite an amazing singing voice that has enthralled practically anyone who has heard it, she has always used singing as a mere stepping stone to other careers, as a stage and film actress and as a film director. "
"In the 1970s, Streisand successfully married her musical and film acting interests, first in The Way We Were, a hit film with a theme song that became her first number one single; and then with A Star Is Born, which featured her second number one single, "Evergreen," a song she co-wrote. From that point on, every album she released sold at least a million copies. In the late '70s, she found recording success in collaboration: her duet with Neil Diamond, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," hit number one; as did "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)," a dance record sung with Donna Summer. She had her biggest selling album in 1980 with Guilty, which was written and produced by Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees and contained the number one hit "Woman in Love." In 1983, Streisand's first directorial effort, Yentl, became a successful film with a Top Ten soundtrack album. In 1985, The Broadway Album returned her to the top of the charts. 1991 saw the release of Just for the Record..., a boxed set retrospective, and her second film as a director, The Prince of Tides. Streisandreturned to the concert stage in 1994, resulting in the Top Ten, million-selling album The Concert. In 1996, she directed her third film, The Mirror Has Two Faces; and in 1999 she released A Love Like Ours."
Och da ayes and a Nooos, its Scottish Born Edwyn Collins Och Aye. Whaddya mean you haven't heard of him? Oh for petes sake.
"Best known for his tenure fronting the Scottish pop Revivalists
Orange Juice as well as his international solo hit "A Girl Like You," singer Edwyn Collins was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1959. In 1976, he formed the Nu-Sonics, which resurfaced three years later asOrange Juice; the leading proponent of the Glasgow neo-pop scene, the band earned a devoted cult following but little commercial success, and by the early 1980s Collinswas the only remaining founding member. After a self-titled 1984 release failed to chart, Orange Juice disbanded, andCollinswas freed from his contract with the group's label, Polydor.."
"After spending much of the decade's first half in the producer's seat, overseeing sessions from artists including longtime pal Paul Quinn, the Rockingbirds, A Houseand the Frank & Walters, Collinsfinally earned another shot as a performer: after signing with the tiny U.K. indie Setanta, he recorded 1994's Gorgeous George, a scathing, shimmering set of retro-pop highlighted by the single"A Girl Like You."Slowly, the song became a massive hit throughout Europe as well as the U.S. and returned Collinsto the charts for the first time since the 1983 Orange Juicesmash "Rip It Up," finally establishing the long-standing cult hero as something of a household name"
"In a BBC 6 Music radio interview on February 18, 2005Collins had said he felt unwell, but ascribed the nausea and vertigo to food poisoning. Two days later he was admitted to intensive care in London's Royal Free Hospital after apparently suffering a major cerebral haemorrhage. On February 25, he underwent an operation, reportedly after suffering a second haemorrhage. The procedure was successful, and Collins began a lengthy programme of neurological rehabilitation."
[23.8.07] Update: It was announced in June 2007 that Collins would be releasing his sixth solo album in September 2007 on Heavenly Records entitled Home Again. The album was recorded before his accident but mixed after his discharge from hospital.
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Why even ask?) and the Album ranked at Number (Maybe i should start a magazine called Tumbling Boulder)
Oh and do please enjoy the video, its Angelina Jolie trying to be sexy.
This song has a crowbarred rating of 62 out of 108
Number 575 Dr Hook "Sharing The Night Together" (1978) . .
Genre:SoftRock
Pic by Narrelle Well, another weekend all gone and dusted. How can 72 hours disappear faster than a 72 hrs in the week? Who invented work? and working for money? Who invented money as well? I don't want to hear it was the Romans, that's to generic, i want to know the individuals name and next of kin, living. Who decided that Monday was the day we start work? Who decided it should be at a certain time? Why(since we have to work) is wages only once a week/month? Why is it not every day or every hour? Why do we normally work 5 and only rest 2? Should it not be the other way around? Who was the person who decided this crap? I want names, dear readers and preferably before 9.00am Monday morning. Clock in ... clock off, wipe on ... wipe off. Now i remember why i like Dr Hook, soothes the unrest.
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's sardonic, country-flavored pop/rock made them one of the most fondly remembered acts of AM pop radio's heyday in the '70s. Although the band had a reputation as a mouthpiece for humorist Shel Silverstein, who supplied several of their biggest hits (including "The Cover of Rolling Stone"), they didn't rely exclusively on his material by any means. And, during their peak years, they were just as famed for their crazed stage antics, which ranged from surreal banter to impersonating their own opening acts.
The band was formed in Union City, NJ, in 1968, when a young singer/songwriter named Dennis Locorriere teamed up with Alabama-born country-rocker Ray Sawyer. Sawyer's distinctive stage presence stemmed from his enormous cowboy hat and an eye patch that hid injuries from a serious car accident in 1967. Sharing the spotlight on guitar and lead vocals, the duo teamed up with Sawyer's bandmates from a group called the Chocolate Papers: George Cummings (lead and steel guitars), Billy Francis (keyboards), and Popeye Phillips (drums). Phillips soon moved home to Alabama and was replaced by local drummer John "Jay" David.Sawyer's eye patch inspired the nickname Dr. Hook, after the Captain Hook character in Peter Pan; with the rest of the band christened the Medicine Show (a possible drug reference), they began playing some of the roughest bars in the Union City area, concentrating mostly on country music out of sheer necessity.
Anxious to find a more hospitable environment, the band recorded some demos, and in early 1970 their manager played the tapes for Ron Haffkine, who was working as musical director for the film Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Haffkine had been looking for bands to perform the songs written for the soundtrack by Shel Silverstein, an ex-folkie, Playboy cartoonist, and children's author who'd penned Johnny Cash's hit "A Boy Named Sue." He took an instant liking to Locorriere's voice, and became the group's manager and producer, signing them to record "Last Morning" for the film soundtrack and also landing a deal with CBS.
Silverstein wrote all the songs for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show's self-titled debut album, which was released in 1971. The single "Sylvia's Mother," a subtle parody of teen-heartbreak weepers, flopped on first release, but with some more promotional muscle became the band's first million-seller and hit the Top Five in the summer of 1972 (even if many listeners took it as sincere). That year, the band added a full-time bassist in Jance Garfat, as well as another lead guitarist, Rik Elswit. Their second album, Sloppy Seconds, was again written by Silverstein, and featured more risqué material, perhaps in response to the success of "Sylvia's Mother." "The Cover of Rolling Stone," written specifically to get the band featured on same, became another Top Ten smash in early 1973, and Rolling Stone soon granted the band's wish. However, following it up proved difficult. Drummer David left the group in 1973, to be replaced by John Wolters; the title of their next album, Belly Up, was unfortunately prophetic, and the band filed for bankruptcy in 1974 (partly as a way to get out of their contract with CBS).
Now known simply as Dr. Hook, they signed with Capitol in 1975, debuting with Bankrupt, which began to feature more group originals. A cover of Sam Cooke's "Only Sixteen" returned them to the Top Ten in 1976 and revitalized their career; although Cummings left the band that year, further hits followed over the next few years in "A Little Bit More," "Sharing the Night Together," "When You're in Love With a Woman," and "Sexy Eyes." 1979's Pleasure & Pain became their first gold album, cementing the band's transition into disco-tinged balladeers. However, Elswit had to leave the band for a year after developing cancer; he was replaced by Bob "Willard" Henke, who remained in the lineup after Elswit's return. Ray Sawyer, however, did not; dissatisfied with their newly commercial direction, he departed in 1980, robbing Dr. Hook of, well, Dr. Hook. With Rod Smarr replacing Henke, the remainder of the band switched from Capitol to Casablanca, with very little success; after a few bill-paying tours, they finally gave up the ghost in 1985. Locorriere became a session and touring vocalist, backing Randy Travis in 1989, and in 1996 recorded the solo LP Running With Scissors. Sawyer still tours under the Dr. Hook name, though he licenses it from Locorriere. Drummer Wolters died of cancer in 1997. ~ [Steve Huey, All Music Guide]
What does Rolling Stone think about Dr Hook?
With smart-aleck hits and stage antics that included dressing up as their own opening acts, Dr. Hook and the Medecine Show gladly assumed the role of the clown princes of Seventies pop. Their off-center, sardonic approach to music making kept Hook and his cronies on the charts for over ten years, netting them thirty-five gold and platinum records.
The Cover of Rolling Stone," put Dr. Hook back in the Top Ten, and by March the band was on the cover of the magazine. "The only thing I regret is that when we got on the cover," says Locorriere, "we were a bunch of assholes and we had nothing to say." [RS 1987]
Covers made by other bands...
Buck Owens and the Buckarooshad a hit with "Cover of the Music City News", their "countrified" version of "Cover of the Rolling Stone".
Poisoncovered "Cover of the Rolling Stone" on their 2000 album Crack a Smile.
Bon Jovi covered "Sylvia's Mother" on their 2003 live album/DVD.
Elliott Yamin (of American Idol fame) covered "Sharing the Night Together" in 2007, which is available as a bonus track recorded during the same time as his debut CD.
John Schneider and Ray Sawyer recorded "The Cover Of The eBay Motor News" in 2007, a parody of "The Cover Of Rolling Stone" recalling the events of a failed auction of the The General Lee from Dukes Of Hazzard on the auction site.
Rolling Stone Top 500 Songs ranked this song at Number (Dr John? Dr Who? Dr Roberts?) and the Album ranked at Number (Yes, they were on the cover... so?)
This song has a crowbarred rating of 72.7 out of 108 pts
Welcome to "The Definitive 1000 Songs of All Time 1955 to 2005" & the Mellow Mix Volumes.This site is merely to question Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 500 Songs. Everyone has songs they
like and everyone has dislikes. Remember music is like clothing.. there are many styles,
so why on earth would all people want to wear jockey "Y" fronts???
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