DRC Madness #23 - DRC All-Time Songs

IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Is it Sound or Sounds?
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I've seen both on official releases

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Paul Simon's lyrics say "the sound of silence." Simon & Garfunkel, accompanied by bassist Bill Lee and guitarist Barry Kornfield, recorded The Sound Of Silence on March 10 1964 at Columbia Recording Studio in New York City. The song appeared – mistitled The Sounds Of Silence – on their debut album, Wednesday Morning 3 A.M. Dick Summer, late-night DJ at WBZ in Boston, began playing the song in spring of 1965. It gained in popularity as other stations started playing it. Executives at Columbia thought the song could be a hit single if, as Fred Bronson wrote in The Billboard Book Of Number One Hits, "they could electrify it." Tom Wilson, who produced the original recording, was in the studio with Bob Dylan on June 15 1965 to record Like A Rolling Stone. After that song was completed, Wilson had the drummer, bassist and electric guitarist record a new backing track for The Sound Of Silence. The song went to number one in the last week of 1965.

A remake by Disturbed reached #42 on the Hot 100 in April 2016 – and they got the title correct.

 
We interrupt this madness to give a top 100 countdown of the top Canadian songs of all time. Presumably voted on by the listeners of the FM station that played it this weekend. I thought it was interesting.

1. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
2. Takin’ Care Of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
3. Tom Sawyer – Rush
4. Sunglasses At Night – Corey Hart
5. Life Is A Highway – Tom Cochrane
6. Working For The Weekend – Loverboy
7. Bobcaygeon – The Tragically Hip
8. If I Had A Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies
9. American Woman – The Guess Who
10. New Orleans Is Sinking – The Tragically Hip
11. Try – Blue Rodeo
12. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
13. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams
14. Turn Me Loose – Loverboy
15. Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
16. Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
17. The Weight – The Band
18. Run To You – Bryan Adams
19. If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
20. We’re Here For A Good Time – Trooper
21. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
22. The Spirit Of Radio – Rush
23. Never Surrender – Corey Hart
24. These Eyes – The Guess Who
25. The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
26. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
27. Wheat Kings – The Tragically Hip
28. Go For Soda – Kim Mitchell
29. Heaven – Bryan Adams
30. Closer To The Heart – Rush
31. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
32. This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide – The Kings
33. Sweet City Woman – The Stampeders
34. Home For A Rest – Spirit Of The West
35. Patio Lanterns – Kim Mitchell
36. Nova Heart – The Spoons
37. A Criminal Mind – Gowan
38. Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) – Glass Tiger
39. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
40. Eyes Of A Stranger – Payolas
41. Lost Together – Blue Rodeo
42. Raise A Little Hell - Trooper
43. Echo Beach – Martha and The Muffins
44. Ahead By A Century – The Tragically Hip
45. Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
46. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
47. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet – Bachman Turner Overdrive
48. Ironic – Alanis Morissette
49. The Kid Is Hot Tonight – Loverboy
50. 5 Days In May – Blue Rodeo
51. Oowatanite – April Wine
52. Somebody – Bryan Adams
53. The Hockey Song – Stompin’ Tom Connors
54. Lovers In A Dangerous Time – Barenaked Ladies
55. New Girl Now – Honeymoon Suite
56. (Make Me Do) Anything You Want – A Foot In Cold Water
57. Magic Power – Triumph
58. Cuts Like A Knife – Bryan Adams
59. Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
60. Limelight – Rush
61. Lovin’ Every Minute – Loverboy
62. Dream Come True – Frozen Ghost
63. You Could Have Been A Lady – April Wine
64. Courage – The Tragically Hip
65. Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
66. Big League – Tom Cochrane
67. Old Man – Neil Young
68. High School Confidential – Rough Trade
69. Fifty Mission Cap – The Tragically Hip
70. Angel Eyes – The Jeff Healey Band
71. Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
72. I Go Blind – 54-40
73. Five Long Years – Colin James
74. Sunny Days – Lighthouse
75. Spaceship Superstar – Prism
76. Everything In My Heart – Corey Hart
77. Somebody’s Out There – Triumph
78. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim
79. One Night Love Affair – Bryan Adams
80. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
81. Rise Up – The Parachute Club
82. Luantic Fringe – Red Rider
83. You Learn – Alanis Morissette
84. Hasn’t Hit Me Yet – Blue Rodeo
85. Could I Be Your Girl – Jann Arden
86. We Run – Strange Advance
87. The Boys In The Bright White Sports Car – Trooper
88. Possesion – Sarah McLachlan
89. Share The Land – The Guess Who
90. Lay It On The Line – Triumph
91. Helpless – Neil Young
92. You’re A Strange Animal – Gowan
93. Stand Tall – Burton Cummings
94. My Girl (Gone Gone Gone) – Chilliwack
95. Stay In The Light – Honeymoon Suite
96. Clumsy – Our Lady Peace
97. Oh What A Feeling – Crowbar
98. When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down) – Great Big Sea
99. Heaven In Your Eyes – Loverboy
100. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature – The Guess Who
 
Interesting list, although I would have had more Joni, more Cohen, and more Lightfoot.

Edit: it seems criminal that more of their songs were not included.

I guess it depends on the crowd that voted.
 
No songs by Anne Murray either.

Four of the five members of Steppenwolf had been members of the Sparrows. I'm surprised no Sparrows songs are on the list. If You Don't Want My Love, their first single, reached #3 in Canada in 1964. It should have been a hit in the US too, but it never charted. Future Steppenwolf lead singer John Kay joined the group in 1965. They changed their name to Sparrow in 1966 and broke up in 1967.

 
Aaron said:
Interesting list, although I would have had more Joni, more Cohen, and more Lightfoot.

Edit: it seems criminal that more of their songs were not included.

I guess it depends on the crowd that voted.
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I suspect that the choices were limited in the most part to songs on the stations playlist. There are lots of songs by Prism (an artist really big here in the late 70s) for example not included since the station restricts the Prism songs they play. They have added a few. They never play "Halleluja" for example.

The principle is similar to the madness we are counting. We were limited to 256 songs to choose from. If you could have chosen any music would you choose the same 50?
 
Channel98 said:
No songs by Anne Murray either.

Four of the five members of Steppenwolf had been members of the Sparrows. I'm surprised no Sparrows songs are on the list. If You Don't Want My Love, their first single, reached #3 in Canada in 1964. It should have been a hit in the US too, but it never charted. Future Steppenwolf lead singer John Kay joined the group in 1965. They changed their name to Sparrow in 1966 and broke up in 1967.

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The station focused on music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. While they said top 100 of all time, the listeners voting would be listeners who preferred music later than the 60s.
 
The list has four 1960s songs but they're all from 1968 or 1969. And Rough Trade's High School Confidential will never be confused with the 1958 Jerry Lee Lewis hit with the same title!

 
Presumably a classic rock station. No rap, no country, no r&b, no EDM and no rock past about 1995...?

Solid list from what I skimmed. But I was waiting to see if "Informer" or "Let Your Backbone Slide" showed up.
 
sadchild said:
Presumably a classic rock station. No rap, no country, no r&b, no EDM and no rock past about 1995...?

Solid list from what I skimmed. But I was waiting to see if "Informer" or "Let Your Backbone Slide" showed up.
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Pop but no rap and limited crappy hits. They do play the namless horse song though.
 
In another quirk of the countdown, tonight's entries will include 3 more of our #1 songs. If you are keeping track this means all but 2 #1s will have been counted down and we are not yet into the top 20.

#29: 66 POINTS (1 song)
No tiebreakers necessary

Reelin' In The Years by Steely Dan
Nominated by: @scotchandcigar
#1: @scotchandcigar
#35: @Aaron



#28: 69 POINTS (1 song)
No tiebreakers necessary.

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) by Bruce Springsteen
Nominated by: @Jon
#12: @Jon
#21: @scotchandcigar



#27: 70 POINTS (1 song)
No tiebreakers necessary.

Down Under by Men At Work
Nominated by: @Channel98
#1: @Channel98
#33: @WolFyre
#49: @IdRatherBeSkiing
 
#26: 71 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Turn, Turn, Turn by The Byrds
Nominated by: @Aaron
#11: @Aaron
#20: @Channel98



#25: 71 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Nominated by: @sadchild
#8: @sadchild
#23: @Aaron



#24: 71 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting by Elton John
Nominated by: @scotchandcigar
#7: @WolFyre
#24: @scotchandcigar
In a horrifying discovery -- there is a remake of this song by Nickelback.



#23: 71 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Take It Easy by Eagles
Nominated by: @IdRatherBeSkiing
#1: @IdRatherBeSkiing
#30: @WolFyre
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
We interrupt this madness to give a top 100 countdown of the top Canadian songs of all time. Presumably voted on by the listeners of the FM station that played it this weekend. I thought it was interesting.

1. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
2. Takin’ Care Of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive
3. Tom Sawyer – Rush
4. Sunglasses At Night – Corey Hart
5. Life Is A Highway – Tom Cochrane
6. Working For The Weekend – Loverboy
7. Bobcaygeon – The Tragically Hip
8. If I Had A Million Dollars – Barenaked Ladies
9. American Woman – The Guess Who
10. New Orleans Is Sinking – The Tragically Hip
11. Try – Blue Rodeo
12. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald – Gordon Lightfoot
13. Everything I Do (I Do It For You) – Bryan Adams
14. Turn Me Loose – Loverboy
15. Heart Of Gold – Neil Young
16. Black Velvet – Alannah Myles
17. The Weight – The Band
18. Run To You – Bryan Adams
19. If You Could Read My Mind – Gordon Lightfoot
20. We’re Here For A Good Time – Trooper
21. Born To Be Wild – Steppenwolf
22. The Spirit Of Radio – Rush
23. Never Surrender – Corey Hart
24. These Eyes – The Guess Who
25. The Safety Dance – Men Without Hats
26. Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen
27. Wheat Kings – The Tragically Hip
28. Go For Soda – Kim Mitchell
29. Heaven – Bryan Adams
30. Closer To The Heart – Rush
31. Sundown – Gordon Lightfoot
32. This Beat Goes On/Switchin’ To Glide – The Kings
33. Sweet City Woman – The Stampeders
34. Home For A Rest – Spirit Of The West
35. Patio Lanterns – Kim Mitchell
36. Nova Heart – The Spoons
37. A Criminal Mind – Gowan
38. Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) – Glass Tiger
39. You Oughta Know – Alanis Morissette
40. Eyes Of A Stranger – Payolas
41. Lost Together – Blue Rodeo
42. Raise A Little Hell - Trooper
43. Echo Beach – Martha and The Muffins
44. Ahead By A Century – The Tragically Hip
45. Rockin’ In The Free World – Neil Young
46. One Week – Barenaked Ladies
47. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet – Bachman Turner Overdrive
48. Ironic – Alanis Morissette
49. The Kid Is Hot Tonight – Loverboy
50. 5 Days In May – Blue Rodeo
51. Oowatanite – April Wine
52. Somebody – Bryan Adams
53. The Hockey Song – Stompin’ Tom Connors
54. Lovers In A Dangerous Time – Barenaked Ladies
55. New Girl Now – Honeymoon Suite
56. (Make Me Do) Anything You Want – A Foot In Cold Water
57. Magic Power – Triumph
58. Cuts Like A Knife – Bryan Adams
59. Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
60. Limelight – Rush
61. Lovin’ Every Minute – Loverboy
62. Dream Come True – Frozen Ghost
63. You Could Have Been A Lady – April Wine
64. Courage – The Tragically Hip
65. Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies
66. Big League – Tom Cochrane
67. Old Man – Neil Young
68. High School Confidential – Rough Trade
69. Fifty Mission Cap – The Tragically Hip
70. Angel Eyes – The Jeff Healey Band
71. Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf
72. I Go Blind – 54-40
73. Five Long Years – Colin James
74. Sunny Days – Lighthouse
75. Spaceship Superstar – Prism
76. Everything In My Heart – Corey Hart
77. Somebody’s Out There – Triumph
78. Rock Me Gently – Andy Kim
79. One Night Love Affair – Bryan Adams
80. Cinnamon Girl – Neil Young
81. Rise Up – The Parachute Club
82. Luantic Fringe – Red Rider
83. You Learn – Alanis Morissette
84. Hasn’t Hit Me Yet – Blue Rodeo
85. Could I Be Your Girl – Jann Arden
86. We Run – Strange Advance
87. The Boys In The Bright White Sports Car – Trooper
88. Possesion – Sarah McLachlan
89. Share The Land – The Guess Who
90. Lay It On The Line – Triumph
91. Helpless – Neil Young
92. You’re A Strange Animal – Gowan
93. Stand Tall – Burton Cummings
94. My Girl (Gone Gone Gone) – Chilliwack
95. Stay In The Light – Honeymoon Suite
96. Clumsy – Our Lady Peace
97. Oh What A Feeling – Crowbar
98. When I’m Up (I Can’t Get Down) – Great Big Sea
99. Heaven In Your Eyes – Loverboy
100. No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature – The Guess Who
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There's a lotta good songs on that list.
I thought some should have been higher on the list, and didn't know a couple were Canadian. (Our Lady Peace, Blue Rodeo, & Our Lady Peace)
 
HecticArt said:
There's a lotta good songs on that list.
I thought some should have been higher on the list, and didn't know a couple were Canadian. (Our Lady Peace, Blue Rodeo, & Our Lady Peace)
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Our Lady Peace must have really surprised you to list them twice. :)

Our Lady Peace and 54-40 surprised me.
 
#22: 72 POINTS (1 song)
No tiebreakers necessary

More Than A Feeling by Boston
Nominated by: @sadchild
#12: @sadchild
#31: @scotchandcigar
#38: @WolFyre
Madness Position: #5



#21: 73 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
Nominated by: @IdRatherBeSkiing
#5: @IdRatherBeSkiing
#24: @Channel98



#20: 73 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys
Nominated by: @Aaron
#4: @Channel98
#25: @Aaron



#19: 77 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Nominated by: @Aaron
#12: @Aaron
#13: @scotchandcigar



#18: 77 POINTS (1 song)
Ordered by tiebreaker #1

The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Nominated by: @Aaron
#4: @Aaron
#21: @Channel98
 
scotchandcigar said:
I can't wrap my head around this. Of all the classic songs of the 50s, 60s, or 70s, from Beatles to the Beach Boys, this is your #1?
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It's a good song. One could argue the same about "Reeling in the Years" as #1 as well. Or "Take It Easy". All 3 good songs but obviously heavily influenced by personal taste.
 
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