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Post by phil on Jan 17, 2006 22:03:01 GMT -5
Not those pesky Beatles again ... !! That band's so over rated  |
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Post by strat-0 on Jan 18, 2006 15:43:33 GMT -5
Trouble with WGFA is that chopping it down for a single was sacrilegious, thus one of my favorite tunes of all time will not get the nod from me as a greatest single for that reason.
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Post by Galactus on Jan 18, 2006 17:59:13 GMT -5
I didn't even consider the single version...oops...I may have to change that. Can I still cahnge that?
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 18, 2006 18:22:24 GMT -5
Yeah, you can still change that. Personally, my list will include "I Can See For Miles" rather than WGFA.
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Post by Galactus on Jan 18, 2006 20:34:00 GMT -5
Ok I changed WGFA to Good Golly Miss Molly...a song I'm almost ashamed I left off the first time.
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Post by rockysigman on Jan 19, 2006 2:35:25 GMT -5
"Won't Get Fooled Again" is an all time great song, but yeah, as a single it wasn't as great. That's some tricky territory to tread in.
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Post by melon1 on Jan 20, 2006 15:24:02 GMT -5
I've never heard a better Who song, or even a song that better defined the sound of rock, than "Amazing Journey/Sparks" off of Live At Leeds. It's not a single as far as I know so I dunno why I'm bringing it up. But, it rox, man. Really.
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Post by melon1 on Jan 25, 2006 10:29:07 GMT -5
Have we given up on this thing altogether?
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2006 17:04:13 GMT -5
No, but that damn "Create a Concept Album" tag board is sucking up everyone's time! (Myself included).
I'm going to extend this thing two more weeks ... and I'll post my own list this weekend. Even if it isn't in final form at that point, it might get some debate going ... and I can assure you of this, "Louie Louie" is NOT my pick for the greatest single in rock and roll.
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Post by melon1 on Jan 26, 2006 17:13:57 GMT -5
That's good to hear. What's so great about it anyway?
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Post by Galactus on Jan 26, 2006 21:51:48 GMT -5
What's not great about it?
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Post by JACkory on Jan 26, 2006 22:10:09 GMT -5
It's too repetitious and can only be properly appreciated while inebriated.
Although I suppose that would be exactly what makes it so great to a lot of folks...
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Post by tuneschick on Jan 27, 2006 9:19:19 GMT -5
OK, so I'm NOT the only one who doesn't love that song? Good. I've never much cared for it, and still have vicious flashbacks of my grade seven music teacher writing out the music for a bunch of 12-year-olds to play every day in class.
Perhaps that explains my disinterest in it...
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Post by Paul on Jan 27, 2006 10:22:52 GMT -5
"Louie, Louie" is not one of my favorites by a long shot, but it's impact on rock n' roll was huge; therefore it will make my top ten.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 27, 2006 10:41:34 GMT -5
IMO "Louie Louie" is NOT one of the most significant rock songs. There were plenty of other simple, easy to play, garage rock tunes cut around the same time. This was just the one that got picked up by the FBI and a bunch of influential rock critics (or maybe I should say, a bunch of the original rock critics, since there really wasn't such a thing prior to people like Greil Marcus, Jon Landau, Christgau and the rest started waxing intellectual musings about our beloved style) as the exemplar of the form. "Louie Louie" isn't the best of the lot by any means, and if you remove it from rock and roll history, all we lose is a bunch of (sporadically funny) jokes about the lyrics, or lack thereof. Now "Wooly Bully" there's a classic! Seriously ...  |
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