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Subject: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as well
Written By: Bobby on 07/24/03 at 05:25 p.m.
Hello folks. Here are some songs I have randomly plucked from my collection. I was wondering if you would rate them for me. :)
Apologies for any songs that have been on other similar threads.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow
'We built this city' - Starship
'To be with you' - Mr Big
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann
'You win again' - Bee Gees
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants
'Money' - Flying lizards
'Michael Caine' - Madness
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: boris66au on 07/24/03 at 05:32 p.m.
Best Friends Girl - Excellent!
Olivers Army - Great
the rest i could take or leave
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Rice_Cube on 07/24/03 at 05:32 p.m.
Hey Bobby, nifty selection :) They repeat songs all the time so don't trip about it ;D
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 4
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 3
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen 4
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars 3
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow 2
'We built this city' - Starship 3
'To be with you' - Mr Big 4 <-- I actually like this song :P
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello 4
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 4...5 if sung by the cast of "Stripes" ;D
'You win again' - Bee Gees 2
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet ???
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads ???
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants 5
'Money' - Flying lizards ???
'Michael Caine' - Madness ???
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: APS on 07/24/03 at 05:47 p.m.
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 3
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars 3
'We built this city' - Starship 1
'To be with you' - Mr Big 3
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello 3
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 3
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads 4
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants 3
'Money' - Flying Lizards 3
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: lebeiw15 on 07/24/03 at 06:11 p.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 4
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 4.5
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen 4.5
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars ?
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow ?
'We built this city' - Starship 2
'To be with you' - Mr Big 2
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello ?
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 3
'You win again' - Bee Gees ?
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet ?
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads ?
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants ?
'Money' - Flying lizards 3
'Michael Caine' - Madness ?
Sorry, I didn't know a lot of these. :-[
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: My_name_is_Kenny on 07/24/03 at 06:28 p.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 4
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA and most of the songs on it are terribly overrated. 2
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars Ha ha... I've actually been in this situation. 5
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow 4.5
'We built this city' - Starship BIG FAT ZERO.
'To be with you' - Mr Big 2
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello 4
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 2
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads Eh. Not their best. 3
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants A highly overrated band. 2
'Money' - Flying lizards Cheap novelty. 2.5
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/24/03 at 11:36 p.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 2
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 3.5
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen ?
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars 3
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow ?
'We built this city' - Starship 0
'To be with you' - Mr Big 3
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello ?
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 4
'You win again' - Bee Gees ?
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet ?
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads 3
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants ?
'Money' - Flying lizards 2
'Michael Caine' - Madness ?
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Billy_Florio on 07/25/03 at 01:46 a.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys: 4 (ah, early Rick Derringer lol)
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood: 3.75 (he has better)
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen: 3
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars: 3.75
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow: 4.5 (great song)
'We built this city' - Starship: 3.75
'To be with you' - Mr Big: 4.5 ( i love this song)
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello: 4.25 (another great one)
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann: 4
'You win again' - Bee Gees: ???
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet: ???
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads: ???
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants: ???
'Money' - Flying lizards: ???
'Michael Caine' - Madness : ???
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Bobby on 07/25/03 at 03:43 a.m.
I suggest the people that don't know certain songs should download them from Kazaa.
You may or may not like them but at least you can get an opinion on them. You can always delete them from your computer later on. LOL. ;)
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: boris66au on 07/25/03 at 03:45 a.m.
I take it you're not dial up?
Do you know how long it would take to download all those? They'd all be golden oldies by the time I got them
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Bobby on 07/25/03 at 03:51 a.m.
Quoting:
I take it you're not dial up?
Do you know how long it would take to download all those? They'd all be golden oldies by the time I got them
End Quote
I think that the extra money paid out for broadband is worth it. You can download a song in about 5 to 10 minutes. You would only need to download the songs you haven't heard of.
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Criz on 07/25/03 at 05:35 a.m.
Like Very Much -
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello
Like -
'To be with you' - Mr Big
OK -
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann
'You win again' - Bee Gees
'Michael Caine' - Madness
'Money' - Flying lizards
Dislike -
'We built this city' - Starship
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Paul_UK on 07/25/03 at 06:13 a.m.
Hi Bobby - these things are proving popular aren't they?
Okay, from the top...
Hang On Sloopy - McCoys - 4 - great slab of garage-rock, which was still being played at every party I got dragged along to in the 70's/early 80's...ripped from the Vibrations' "My Girl Sloopy" from some years previous...
Higher Love - Stevie Winwood - 4 - not Stevie's best (I prefer "Valerie"), but good...
I'm Going Down - Bruce Springsteen - 2 - pretty weak, I'm afraid to say - almost Bruce-by-numbers...
My Best Friends' Girl - Cars - 4 - bigger here than in the US, partly due to the fact it was promoted via a picture disc (one of the first) - doesn't detract from the fact that it's good...
Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow - 4 - haven't heard this in ages (just running the thing through my head!), good piece of commercial hard rock from Ritch and Co...
We Built This City - Starship - 4 - quite a few people give this short shrift, which is a bit unfair...miles better than "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" which was unforgivable...!
To Be With You - Mr Big - 2 - no, couldn't quite get into this at all - okay as a piece of background music in the pub, I suppose...!
Oliver's Army - 4 - highly commercial and successful, and one of his better efforts...extremely clever lyrics...
Do Wah Diddy - Manfred Mann - 4 - okay, played to death but almost full marks for cleverly nicking someone else's song and making it their own...the original by the Exciters ain't bad either...
You Win Again - Bee Gees - 2 - a little too turgid for my liking - could probably sit through it without too much damage!
Teenage Rampage - Sweet - 4 - when the Sweet were well into "rocking" mode - good solid rhythm with ultra-commercial melody
Wild Wild Life - Talking Heads - 2 - vaguely remember this, but not immediately attention-grabbing...
Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants - 4 - completely off-the-wall piece of fluff - album ("Flood") wasn't bad either...
Money - Flying Lizards - 3 - er, well....it's different! For those unaware, this is the Barratt Strong classic treated to a "minimalist" arrangement for banjo and Sloane voice...oh, just download it if curious - it'll be easier!)
Michael Caine - Madness - 3 - when they went all "serious" on us...okay, but not as good as the earlier stuff...
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: mandamoo on 07/25/03 at 06:37 a.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 3
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 1
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen ???
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars 4
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow ???
'We built this city' - Starship 0....can't stand it ! :P
'To be with you' - Mr Big ???
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello 5....love it !
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 3
'You win again' - Bee Gees 3
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet 5
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads 4
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants ???
'Money' - Flying lizards 4....different ! 8)
'Michael Caine' - Madness ???
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Bobby on 07/26/03 at 10:04 a.m.
Quoting:Higher Love - Stevie Winwood - 4 - not Stevie's best (I prefer "Valerie"), but good...End Quote
Valerie from 1987 was excellent as well.
Quoting:We Built This City - Starship - 4 - quite a few people give this short shrift, which is a bit unfair...miles better than "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" which was unforgivable...!End Quote
The trend with this thread is that 'Oliver's Army' and 'My best friends girl' are popular (which is great since I love them songs to death) and 'We built this city' by Starship gets a right bashing . . . I'm trying to work out why. It's not that bad is it? Confession time though Paul, I've got 'Nothing's gonna stop us now' as well.
Quoting:Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants - 4 - completely off-the-wall piece of fluff - album ("Flood") wasn't bad either...End Quote
The 1990 classic is a memory of mine that will never die. I will look for the album 'Flood'.
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: Lanie on 03/01/04 at 06:20 a.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys 3
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood 5
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen 5
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars 5
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow 3
'We built this city' - Starship 4
'To be with you' - Mr Big 4
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello 3
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann 2
'You win again' - Bee Gees 2
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet 2
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads 2
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants 2
'Money' - Flying lizards 1
'Michael Caine' - Madness ???
Subject: Re: Let's see if I can do a song rating thread as
Written By: zcrito on 03/03/04 at 10:34 p.m.
'Hang on Sloopy' - The Mccoys...1 (I never cared for this one or that other '60s favorite "Louie Louie")
'Higher love' - Steve Winwood...1 (Hate it. I always liked his "While You See a Chance")
'I'm going down' - Bruce Springsteen...2 (I was never a Bruce fan)
'My best friend's girl' - The Cars...2 (I'll go with "Let's Go")
'Since you've been gone' - Rainbow...4 (Hey, thanks for the reminder of an obscure song!)
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&ean=731453768727
'We built this city' - Starship...2 (Their last good stuff was in the '70s. For the '80s I'll go with "Sara")
'To be with you' - Mr Big...2
'Oliver's Army' - Elvis Costello...2 (I always liked "Green Shirt" on that album)
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&WRK=7029699
'Doo wah diddy' - Manfred Mann...2
'You win again' - Bee Gees...2 (c'mon, did anyone like the Bee Gees before 1975 - jive talkin' ??)
'Teenage Rampage' - The Sweet...2 (I'll stick with Ballroom Blitz and Fox on the Run)
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&ean=724381941522
'Wild wild life' - Talking Heads...2
'Birdhouse in your soul' - They might be giants...3
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&ean=75596090728
'Money' - Flying lizards...5 (A clever remake of a '60s song. And hey, check out "Ca Plane Pour Moi". A couple of great obscure songs from '78 and '80.)
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&ean=81227169428
'Michael Caine' - Madness...2 (I always liked "Our House")
http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/product.asp?userid=3TK5QF5IVM&ean=720642514528
Thanks for sharing. I like the obscure stuff.