Nice! I love that song. Have not listened to it for years tho'...Originally Posted by MrCinatit
Nice! I love that song. Have not listened to it for years tho'...Originally Posted by MrCinatit
"I'm virtually free to do whatever I want, but I try to remember so is everybody else..." - Todd Snider
Originally Posted by bucksfan
listened to it a couple of days ago, actually.
that song actually caused me many nights of unrest. anyone who has seen Twister knows the song from when the gang first went out to chase some tornadoes...a character named Rusty played the song.
at the time, i couldn't place my finger on the song, but knew it from somewhere. missed it in the credits. went home, went through almost my entire record collection. even looked at Deep Purples Fireball album...looked right at the title of the song, and went "nah." i think it was literally two years later before i actually figured it out!
All time? Can't be done..... here's my favorite songs from 1985-1990
Rubber Ring - The Smiths
Eye of Fatima - Camper Van Beethoven
Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
Can't Hardly Wait - The Replacements
Good Advices - R.E.M.
Its hard to narrow it down to 5 but here we go:
Creep - Radiohead
Dont let me down - The Beatles
What is life - George Harrison
Baba O'reilly - The Who
Things - Paul Westerberg
Things - Paul Westerberg
Good song, saw Westerberg last saturday, it reaffirmed my faith in music.
I wish he would come to indy.
Not really possible to list a top 5, as it changes constantly, but here are five that would be in the running...
1. Seasons of Wither - Aerosmith
2. Backstreets - Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
3. Everybody's Girl - Rick Springfield
4. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits
5. Hyacinth House - The Doors
"...You just have a wider lens than one game."
--Former Reds GM Wayne Krivsky, on why he didn't fly Josh Hamilton to Colorado for one game.
"...its money well-spent. Don't screw around with your freedom."
--Roy Tucker, on why you need to lawyer up when you find yourself swimming with sharks.
I've been pickin' through my thoughts. It's a shame my judgement rots.Green Mind - Dinosaur Jr.
"I prefer books and movies where the conflict isn't of the extreme cannibal apocalypse variety I guess." Redsfaithful
Ok, here goes:
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven
The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five
Ludwig van Beethoven - Choral Symphony no.9 in d Minor
Patsy Cline - Your Cheatin' Heart
Giuseppe Verdi - La Donna e Mobile
Those are the 5 best ever, now don't argue with me 'cause you know I'm right. :RedinDC:
"This field, this game, is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and what could be again." -- Terence Mann
And you can stand on the arms of the Williamsburg BridgeOriginally Posted by Johnny Footstool
Crying, "Hey man, well this is Babylon."
There'll always be a place in my heart for that band, as I met my wife at one of their concerts. M's white-boy-quasi-rap persona got a little old after 3 albums, but what a great sound they had.
Stick to your guns.
They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng
Phish - Rift
Electric Light Orchestra - The Diary of Horace Wimp
Ben Folds Five - Selfless Cold and Composed (or One Angry Dwarf - Tie)
Yes - Yours is No Disgrace
Stick to your guns.
Eyes of Satan - Pagans
Sister Ann - MC5
Shake Appeal - Stooges
Psychotic Reaction - The Count Five
96 Tears - ? and the Mysterians
Car and Driver - Rock A Teens
American Funeral - Starvations
Can I get a Witness? - Marvin Gaye
Bring it on Home - Sam Cooke
Keep on Pushin' - Curtis Mayfield
Born to Lose - Ray Price
Trouble is a Lonesome Town - Lee Hazelwood
Born Toulose Lautrec - New Bomb Turks
High Street - Thomas Jefferson Slave Appartments
Rutherford B Hayes - Great Plains
Virtually Happy - Holly Golightly
New Dark Ages - Dan Melchior
Youngblood - Thee Headcoats
Nine Pound Hammer - Dick Curliss
"Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?" ~ Jim Bouton
Here's my top 10 list of post 1968 rock n' roll songs (OK - the Hank Williams is sort of cheating) that run the gamut from recognition of the divine to a sense of longing.
1. Beach Boys - God only knows
2. Velvet Underground - What goes on / Beginning to see the light
3. Al Green - Still in love with you
4. Ace Frehley/Red House Painters - Shock Me
5. Gibb Brothers / Gram Parsons /whoever else covered this - To love somebody
6. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just Like Honey
7. Hank Williams/Mekons/whoever else covered this - Lost Highway
8. Jonathan Richman - Roadrunner
9. The Stooges - Down in the Street
Best baseball related song: Jonathan Richman - Walter Johnson
Well I knew you for a whileJonathan Richman
and I thought that I could bring out
the nicer and the smarter things
that you have inside
but you walk by the computer centre
with this kid whose not up to your level at all
you should have me
walking by your side
now he's a hippie
old hippie Ernie
meanwhile, I'm straight
and I'd like to take his place
he's not so deep
hippie Ernie
I'm straight and I want to take his place
dear I'm straight
I'm straight
I'm
I'm straight and I could easily take his place
Dinosaur (never got used to the jr.) - blowing it
"I been thinking through the night Everybody's so uptight People hurt and that's their right Cut 'em all loose, think I might"
Thanks for reminding me of "Green Mind"
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