Post by H2IZCOOL on Apr 26, 2004 12:32:41 GMT -5
... And finally.... it begins.
250. A Little Bit O’ Soul – The Music Explosion (1967, #2) This is just a happy song! Awesome bass-line. Brings back memories of weekend trips to Bar Harbor (or more accurately, Bah Hahbah. – right Pete?) with the girl I was dating at the time. Not quite one-hit wonders. Wish they had more success.
249. Angel In Your Arms – Hot (1977, #6) I can’t even explain why this made the chart. It’s not my style of music generally, but I think the lyrics are clever and I really love the melody and the harmonies. Probably made the chart for being “stuck in my head” for quite a while back then.
248. Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill (1978, #3) The first of the songs in the Guilty Pleasures Department. It’s sappy, I know, but I like the way Dan pulls it off, and I tend to be partial to songs like this. It’s also a time thing. This peaked just about when we found out we were going to be a family. – and Nancy loved the song. Gotta hear the whole song, not the 45 edit.
247. What Is Love – The Playmates (1959, #15) Aside from Beep Beep (maybe), no one listens to the Playmates. They had a whole string of fine songs. This is my fave by them. It would have been a lot higher on my list except for the unison singing in places.
246. Wolverton Mountain – Claude King (1962, #6) Another strange one. This is real shit-kickin’ country – not the type of music I’m generally partial to, but this one (and a couple of others higher up) just hit me right. I love the fade-out (I don’t CARE ‘bout Clifton Clowers, I’m gonna climb up on his mountain…)
245. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder (1973, #1) Stevie is not on my list of fave performers, but he’s got a few songs that I absolutely love – it’s not a time thing – some are ‘60s some are ‘70s and some are ‘80s. This is one of at least three on my chart. This is just a great tune.
244. Atlantis – Donovan (1969, #7) Donovan is another one of those artists whom I am not crazy about, but had a couple of songs I really like. He had recorded a very mediocre, IMO, protest song called “To Susan On the West Coast, Waiting”, and someone decided to play the “B” side. This is Donovan style rap. (See how strange that is, I’m not crazy about Donovan, and I hate rap.) Love the Irish accent in the spoken part, and then the chorus (some would say repetitive to a fault) to fade out is so damn catchy. I remember hearing it once back in the day, and loving it. Then I didn’t hear it again for a couple of weeks. Finally I remember catching it during a radio-surfing stint in my car. It was on a distant station, and kept fading out, and I kept trying to tweak the dial to get it clearer, and telling my buddy to shut up so I could hear this song!. About a week or two later it hit big.
243 Roses Are Red (My Love) – Bobby Vinton (1962, #1) Another sappy song. For some reason I liked it a lot at the time. Then my father started singing it all the time with his very-off key voice, heavy Yiddish accent, and somewhat inaccurate lyrics. When I hear the song today, in my mind, I hear my dad singing it. It’s one way I remember him. Couldn’t ever keep this out of the Top 250.
242 Love Has Finally Come My Way – Faron Young (1961, unranked) Another country tune that I love for unexplained reasons. Just like the entire arrangement. Used to sing it in the shower all the time (not a mind-picture that you probably want.)
241 Rubber Ball – Bobby Vee (1961, #6) – I always was a Bobby Vee fan – possibly because of his style being so similar to Buddy Holly, and Buddy, unfortunately, wasn’t recording any more. Again, this would have gone much higher on my list if not for that one line “Bouncy-bouncy, bouncy-bouncy, eeee-eee-eee.”
Much more coming later.
So... wadja think?
250. A Little Bit O’ Soul – The Music Explosion (1967, #2) This is just a happy song! Awesome bass-line. Brings back memories of weekend trips to Bar Harbor (or more accurately, Bah Hahbah. – right Pete?) with the girl I was dating at the time. Not quite one-hit wonders. Wish they had more success.
249. Angel In Your Arms – Hot (1977, #6) I can’t even explain why this made the chart. It’s not my style of music generally, but I think the lyrics are clever and I really love the melody and the harmonies. Probably made the chart for being “stuck in my head” for quite a while back then.
248. Sometimes When We Touch – Dan Hill (1978, #3) The first of the songs in the Guilty Pleasures Department. It’s sappy, I know, but I like the way Dan pulls it off, and I tend to be partial to songs like this. It’s also a time thing. This peaked just about when we found out we were going to be a family. – and Nancy loved the song. Gotta hear the whole song, not the 45 edit.
247. What Is Love – The Playmates (1959, #15) Aside from Beep Beep (maybe), no one listens to the Playmates. They had a whole string of fine songs. This is my fave by them. It would have been a lot higher on my list except for the unison singing in places.
246. Wolverton Mountain – Claude King (1962, #6) Another strange one. This is real shit-kickin’ country – not the type of music I’m generally partial to, but this one (and a couple of others higher up) just hit me right. I love the fade-out (I don’t CARE ‘bout Clifton Clowers, I’m gonna climb up on his mountain…)
245. You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder (1973, #1) Stevie is not on my list of fave performers, but he’s got a few songs that I absolutely love – it’s not a time thing – some are ‘60s some are ‘70s and some are ‘80s. This is one of at least three on my chart. This is just a great tune.
244. Atlantis – Donovan (1969, #7) Donovan is another one of those artists whom I am not crazy about, but had a couple of songs I really like. He had recorded a very mediocre, IMO, protest song called “To Susan On the West Coast, Waiting”, and someone decided to play the “B” side. This is Donovan style rap. (See how strange that is, I’m not crazy about Donovan, and I hate rap.) Love the Irish accent in the spoken part, and then the chorus (some would say repetitive to a fault) to fade out is so damn catchy. I remember hearing it once back in the day, and loving it. Then I didn’t hear it again for a couple of weeks. Finally I remember catching it during a radio-surfing stint in my car. It was on a distant station, and kept fading out, and I kept trying to tweak the dial to get it clearer, and telling my buddy to shut up so I could hear this song!. About a week or two later it hit big.
243 Roses Are Red (My Love) – Bobby Vinton (1962, #1) Another sappy song. For some reason I liked it a lot at the time. Then my father started singing it all the time with his very-off key voice, heavy Yiddish accent, and somewhat inaccurate lyrics. When I hear the song today, in my mind, I hear my dad singing it. It’s one way I remember him. Couldn’t ever keep this out of the Top 250.
242 Love Has Finally Come My Way – Faron Young (1961, unranked) Another country tune that I love for unexplained reasons. Just like the entire arrangement. Used to sing it in the shower all the time (not a mind-picture that you probably want.)
241 Rubber Ball – Bobby Vee (1961, #6) – I always was a Bobby Vee fan – possibly because of his style being so similar to Buddy Holly, and Buddy, unfortunately, wasn’t recording any more. Again, this would have gone much higher on my list if not for that one line “Bouncy-bouncy, bouncy-bouncy, eeee-eee-eee.”
Much more coming later.
So... wadja think?
