M10 show week #17

 

 

 

Well, didja find it?

Did you have any doubts?

Lessee... three weeks ago, drunk at the time... yeah, I suppose I did...

I told you it was in the little notebook, and here it... oh, hi folks!  We were just discussing that feature I would have run last week had the other one not come up...

An' ya knew where ya put it...

 

I knew where I put it, and it's right where I found it!  Anyway, what 'it' is came up when Laurie and I were playing music a few weeks back and discussing those darn click bait lists, and I brought up that there's a difference between the songs you really really love, and those you respect as well-put together!  Kinda like I think Titanic was the best put-together movie ever, but it isn't really my favorite.  And so I made a list of songs I consider the best put-together in the Martin Era, and I'd like to see what you all think- agree, disagree, have your own choices.  But before we get there, I have one debut on this week's M10 chart, and it comes in at #10- brand new Maddie and Tae...

 

 

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First, I'd like to say that is the basement bar I want! Second, yes, Tae was pregnant at the time- and the pregnancy had two-month's bed rest worth of complications- but  Leighton Grace Kerr, all 2 pounds 5 oz of her, was born on January 17th- 3 months early.  So far as I can find out, all seems well.  God bless her!

Lemme see ifn' I can rent that bar out fer a M10 party sometime...

Let me know how that goes!  So anyway, as I thought on the subject of... well, I'm tired of typing it out, so here on, it's WPTS.  Anyhow, I had 5 come to mind right off the bat as my best ones...several more followed as the beer, er, night wore on.  So let me give you the bottom half first and see what you think, and then after the M10, we'll reveal my top 5.

10- Hotel California, the Eagles.  The first time I heard this song, all I got was the closing guitars.  Me and a friend looked at each other and knew it was going to the top.

9- Blinded By The Light, Manfred Mann's Earth Band.  You must listen to the full version, not the radio cut, to get this one.

8- Soul And Inspiration, The Righteous Brothers.  Possibly the only time I really liked a spoken-word section in a song.

7- Scarborough Fair/Canticle, Simon and Garfunkel. Listen again to the third stanza and tell me I'm wrong.

6- Wouldn't It Be Nice, the Beach Boys.  I had a real battle with this and Good Vibrations.  But this was the one we (almost) all LIVED.

I'm not seeing me on this list...

You can't be everywhere, buddy!  In fact, where you're supposed to be is giving the rest of the M10!

Oh, yeah...

9- Scorpions hold with Peacemaker...

8- Best Coast down another 4 with Leading...

7- Melody's Echo Chamber up 3 with Looking Backward...

6- Sweet n' Hoffs stuck here with Run To Me...

5- Beach House stuck here with Only You Know...

4- Duran Duran up 3 with Laughing Boy...

3- out o' the top spot fer Envy Of None an' Liar...

2- stuck here is Tears For Fears an' Break The Man...

 

An' the new top doggie...

"Hey, I'm the only top doggie here..."

 Oh, now, settle down, Misty, the song at #1 this week is...

 

 ...the Cactus Blossoms an' Is It Over?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay Boss, the floor is yours...

All right, here are my top five WPTSs.....

5- Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen.  I know a lot of you would put this higher- maybe at the top- but it is MY list...

4- A Day In The Life, Beatles.  Now you know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall...

3- Take Me Home Tonight, Eddie Money.  How better to make this list than to really reset a classic that could have gone there on its own....

2- Nights In White Satin, the Moody Blues.  Again, you must splurge and listen to the complete version- including Late Lament.

And here's where you can all get you pitchforks ready, because my #1 WPTS of all time...

Richard Harris and McArthur Park!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What about you?  Any comments? And which song do I think (if I ever got screaming hate comments) I would get the most screaming hate comments for leaving off?