Rate the songs! Jan. 26

[Dawn]

5.0 - A song you absolutely love, one of your absolute favorites
4.0 - While not quite top-tier, a song you enjoy a lot
3.0 - Not a favorite, but you basically like it
2.0 - A "meh" song, you could take it or leave it
1.0 - Yikes! Turn that song off!

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 4.0
(I remember this from way, way back in my childhood. Always liked it.)

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.25

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.5
(probably my favorite of the pre-Michael McDonald era hits.)

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3.5

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 4.5

Twilight Time - Platters 3.25

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.25
(I had the cassette this is on back in the day, as I really liked their song Mr. Telephone Man at the time. I didn't care as much for this one, though - and these days, even less so - it just seems too "cutesy")

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.0
(fantastic vocal by Grace Slick)

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 5.0

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 4.0

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.0

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 2.0
(one of my lesser faves by him)

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 5.0
(love, love, love this! Definitely in my top '60s songs)

[55dodger]

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.0

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.0

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 5.0
Awesome song

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3.0

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.5

Twilight Time - Platters 3.75
A few others by the Platters I like better, but still a good song.

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.25

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 5.0
Great vocals, one of the top songs from the 60s

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 4.5

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 3.0

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.0
I've always kinda liked this one. A fun song

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.0
Not as good as some of his other stuff

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 3.5
Not a huge Cowsills fan

[H2IZCOOL]

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.5
Not a bad song at all

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.1
When I first heard this back in the day, I just said What IS this? Has music gotten this bad? Don't hate it quite as much now, but still far from a fave.

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.0
What I'd like to say is, I'm not familiar with that song, but aren't these the same guys who sang "Without Love Where Would You Be Now?" Now that's a GOOD song.

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.1
I didn't appreciate how sophisticated this song was back in the day.

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.0
It's okay. Not a big fan of theirs.

Twilight Time - Platters 4.7
All time song #96. I really love the Platters They are my favorite '50s act, and this is my second-favorite by them.

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.7
A really good one by my favorite group of all time. But the song itself doesn't reach the top dozen of their songs.


Cool It Now - New Edition 0.7
Ugh!!

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.2
Wonderful memories of that summer.

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.6
Fine song, but only my third favorite song titled Gloria

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 3.5
Not a fave of mine by Stevie, but if I hear it on the radio, I'm humming it for the rest of the day.

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 4.2
This is a beautiful song. Top 500.
Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.0

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 2.2
There is very little solo Paul that I like.

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 4.4
By far, the best song ever by the Cowsills. Too bad it was their first. This was their only song ever that was three dimensional (all their other stuff was barely two dimentional, if that makes any sense.)

[edehl]

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 2.0
(Never heard the song until today. TGFUT---(Thank God for YouTube.)

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.0

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.0

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.0 (Good catchy song.. A now-defunct local oldies station used to play this one quite a bit.)

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.0 (I always liked Hall and Oates, but this isn't one of my faves from them.)

Twilight Time - Platters 3.0

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 4.0

Cool It Now - New Edition 0.2
(Equal to the sound of nails down a chalkboard....maybe a tad bit better.)

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.5
(Good song from a wonderful time period.)

Gloria - Laura Branigan 2.0 (Reminds me of being in the 7th grade. Nuff said.)

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 5.0 (Love me some Stevie!)

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 5.0

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.0

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.0

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 5.0
(A happy and innocent song----a bit bubble-gumish, yet I like bubble gum. The Cowsills were all about that! I love the flower girllllllll....)

[Ken]

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 4.0
One of many songs I heard courtesy of the fine people at K-tel

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 3.0
They were from Montreal.


Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.5
More early childhood memories!

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.8

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 4.2
I was listening to some Hall and Oates tracks a couple of days ago.

Twilight Time - Platters 4.0

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 4.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.0

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 5.0
Terrific!

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 5.0

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 5.0
An amazing ballad sung perfectly by Gerry.I remember seeing an interview with him where he mentioned that he wrote this for his girlfriend at the time.

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.8
Highschool memories.

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.85

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 5.0
Excellent tune. I've always liked them.

[Dawn]

Jan 26, 2009 14:01:28 GMT -5 55dodger said:

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.0

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.0

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 5.0
Awesome song

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3.0

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.5

Twilight Time - Platters 3.75
A few others by the Platters I like better, but still a good song.

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.25

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 5.0
Great vocals, one of the top songs from the 60s

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 4.5

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 3.0

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.0
I've always kinda liked this one. A fun song

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.0
Not as good as some of his other stuff

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 3.5
Not a huge Cowsills fan

Long Train Runnin' is a great song. There's so much going on instrumentally in the track, but it all fits together so well, like pieces of a puzzle.

Agree about Me and Julio. I like some of his other hits, like Slip Slidin' Away and 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, but this one never appealed as much.

[Dawn]

Jan 26, 2009 17:36:13 GMT -5 H2IZCOOL said:

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.5
Not a bad song at all

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.1
When I first heard this back in the day, I just said What IS this? Has music gotten this bad? Don't hate it quite as much now, but still far from a fave.

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.0
What I'd like to say is, I'm not familiar with that song, but aren't these the same guys who sang "Without Love Where Would You Be Now?" Now that's a GOOD song.

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.1
I didn't appreciate how sophisticated this song was back in the day.

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.0
It's okay. Not a big fan of theirs.

Twilight Time - Platters 4.7
All time song #96. I really love the Platters They are my favorite '50s act, and this is my second-favorite by them.

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.7
A really good one by my favorite group of all time. But the song itself doesn't reach the top dozen of their songs.


Cool It Now - New Edition 0.7
Ugh!!

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.2
Wonderful memories of that summer.

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.6
Fine song, but only my third favorite song titled Gloria

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 3.5
Not a fave of mine by Stevie, but if I hear it on the radio, I'm humming it for the rest of the day.

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 4.2
This is a beautiful song. Top 500.
Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.0

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 2.2
There is very little solo Paul that I like.

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 4.4
By far, the best song ever by the Cowsills. Too bad it was their first. This was their only song ever that was three dimensional (all their other stuff was barely two dimentional, if that makes any sense.)

LOL about The Safety Dance! Mark actually had the Men Without Hats cassette when we first met. He bought it for that song, but said the rest of the tape was lousy!

The melody to Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying is really beautiful, I agree. Nice vocal by Gerry, too.

[Dawn]

Jan 26, 2009 18:57:30 GMT -5 edehl said:

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 2.0
(Never heard the song until today. TGFUT---(Thank God for YouTube.)

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.0

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.0

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.0 (Good catchy song.. A now-defunct local oldies station used to play this one quite a bit.)

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.0 (I always liked Hall and Oates, but this isn't one of my faves from them.)

Twilight Time - Platters 3.0

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 4.0

Cool It Now - New Edition 0.2
(Equal to the sound of nails down a chalkboard....maybe a tad bit better.)

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.5
(Good song from a wonderful time period.)

Gloria - Laura Branigan 2.0 (Reminds me of being in the 7th grade. Nuff said.)

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 5.0 (Love me some Stevie!)

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 5.0

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.0

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.0

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 5.0
(A happy and innocent song----a bit bubble-gumish, yet I like bubble gum. The Cowsills were all about that! I love the flower girllllllll....)

I used to hear Five O'Clock World on the oldies stations a lot as well. Now, though, it seems they're going more and more in the direction of late '60s through '80s music, and not playing it nearly as much.

I must admit to having a soft spot for the bubblegum/sunshine pop groups of the day myself!

[Dawn]

Jan 26, 2009 19:18:43 GMT -5 Ken said:

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 4.0
One of many songs I heard courtesy of the fine people at K-tel

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 3.0
They were from Montreal.


Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.5
More early childhood memories!

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 4.8

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 4.2
I was listening to some Hall and Oates tracks a couple of days ago.

Twilight Time - Platters 4.0

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 4.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.0

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 5.0
Terrific!

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 5.0

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 5.0
An amazing ballad sung perfectly by Gerry.I remember seeing an interview with him where he mentioned that he wrote this for his girlfriend at the time.

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 4.8
Highschool memories.

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 3.85

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 5.0
Excellent tune. I've always liked them.

Long Train Runnin' brings back childhood memories for me, too.

That's interesting about Gerry writing Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying for his girlfriend - I hadn't known that. It's a great song, beautifully done.

[Dawn]

Ok, time to tally up our ratings:

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.3

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 2.27

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 4.4

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3.88

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.64

Twilight Time - Platters 3.74

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.84

Cool It Now - New Edition 0.88

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.54

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.37

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 4.6

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 4.24

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.76

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon 2.81

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 4.58

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Our top three: Sir Duke, The Rain, the Park and Other Things, Somebody to Love

Our bottom three: Cool It Now, The Safety Dance, Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard

Thanks for playing! The next batch will be up soon!

[smittykins--70s pop RULES!]

It's the weekend, I'm bored, so I'm replying to earlier posts in this thread(since you said it was OK!) ;D

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.5
Very haunting quality to this one. When the whistling comes in at the end, I always think, "There he goes...and we never hear from him again."

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 3
Catchy melody; weird video(IMHO, of course)

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 3.5

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.5

Twilight Time - Platters 2.5

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.0
Check please.

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.0
(fantastic vocal by Grace Slick)

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 4.5

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 3

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.0
Always liked the "milk in the drum" part of the video.

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
What did Mama saw anyway?

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 2.5
Can take or leave this one.

[Dawn]

Mar 7, 2009 10:57:42 GMT -5 smittykins--70s pop RULES! said:

It's the weekend, I'm bored, so I'm replying to earlier posts in this thread(since you said it was OK!) ;D

Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - Danny O'Keefe 3.5
Very haunting quality to this one. When the whistling comes in at the end, I always think, "There he goes...and we never hear from him again."

The Safety Dance - Men Without Hats 3
Catchy melody; weird video(IMHO, of course)

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers 3.5

Five O'Clock World - Vogues 3

I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates 3.5

Twilight Time - Platters 2.5

Heartache Tonight - Eagles 3.5

Cool It Now - New Edition 1.0
Check please.

Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane 4.0
(fantastic vocal by Grace Slick)

Gloria - Laura Branigan 3.75

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder 4.5

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers 3

Centerfold - J. Geils Band 3.0
Always liked the "milk in the drum" part of the video.

Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
What did Mama saw anyway?

The Rain, the Park and Other Things - Cowsills 2.5
Can take or leave this one.

That Safety Dance video is kind of odd, I agree. I remember seeing it on VH-1 Classic for the first time several years ago.