IdRatherBeSkiing's Top 20 (Sunday, June 21st, 2020 version)

Today's Top 10 -- another jump ahead: Styx

10. Lady
9. The Grand Illusion
8. Too Much Time on My Hands
7. Why Me
6. Rockin' the Paradise
5. Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
4. Renegade
3. Mr. Roboto
2. Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
1. Come Sail Away
 
Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Roboto and Too Much Time!

Wherever I said earlier that I only listen to Come Sail Away, I was a big fat liar.

1. Mr Roboto
2. Come Sail Away
3. Too Much Time On My Hands
 
12 year old me loved Mr Roboto. If I'd made a top 333 list in 1983, it would've been on there. Not on my list today, probably wouldn't have been on it if I'd made a list as far back as 1990 either. But I can still enjoy it now in all its cheesy nostalgic glory. Plus, early use of vocoder!
 
sadchild said:
12 year old me loved Mr Roboto. If I'd made a top 333 list in 1983, it would've been on there. Not on my list today, probably wouldn't have been on it if I'd made a list as far back as 1990 either. But I can still enjoy it now in all its cheesy nostalgic glory. Plus, early use of vocoder!
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I was slightly older when I heard it and I still liked it. I didn't think the whole concept worked as good on the album as Paradise Theatre but I liked the song. Still do.
 
As promised. Here is my top 10 songs from the Talking Heads:

10. Radio Head
9. Road to Nowhere
8. Love For Sale
7. People Like Us
6. And She Was
5. Psycho Killer
4. Once In A Lifetime
3. Wild Wild Life
2. Burning Down the House


1. Life During Wartime
 
Aaron said:
Good stuff.

My favorites:

Pyscho Killer
Take Me to the River
And She Was
Wild Wild Life
Once in a Lifetime
This Must be the Place
Road to Nowhere
Heaven
Life During Wartime
Girlfriend is Better
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I am embarrassed. When I made this top 10 I completely neglected "Take Me To The River". A glaring oversight/omission. I have remidied this by inserting it @ #7 in my list behind "And She Was". Sorry "Radio Head", you are no longer top 10 worthy.
 
So today I am going to give you top 10 from 3 Canadian bands of which I think you will have only heard of one. I have pretty much abandoned the alphabetical approach since I have been adding top 10 playlists as I have been sharing. These 3 are presented in alphabetical order however.

#1 April Wine
10. You Could Have Been a Lady
9. I Like To Rock
8. Bad Side of the Moon
7. Say Hello
6. Just Between You and Me
5. Roller
4. Rock 'N Roll Is a Vicious Game
3. Oowatanite
2. Sign of the Gypsy Queen
1. Enough is Enough

#2 Prism
10. Night to Remember
9. You Walked Away Again
8. Virginia
7. Spaceship Superstar
6. Take Me to the Kaptain
5. Young and Restless
4. Flying
3. Take Me Away
2. See Forever Eyes
1. Armageddon


The intro and closing is courtesy of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. When they do it live they have the intro pre-recorded and play it and jump into the guitar intro.

#3 Trooper
10. Baby Woncha Please Come Home
9. Ready
8. General Hand Grenade
7. Janine
6. 3 Dressed Up As a 9
5. Santa Maria


4. Real Canadians
( a song about their fans. The cold night in a hot town is Vancouver, BC, the hot night in a cold town is Saskatoon, SK, and the naval town is Halifax, NS)
3. Raise a Little Hell


2. We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)


1. The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car
 
Before I check out some of those songs... yeah, April Wine is the only one of those I've heard of. But I know the song Raise a Little Hell, just didn't know who sang that one.
 
The Skynyrd song among my favorites (that hasn't been burnt out by Classic Radio) - Don't ask me no questions.

 
April Wine is pretty well known down here.

I think I know of Trooper through some connection to Rush.
But I don't know any of their music.

I think a couple guys I went to high school with were in Prism.
In retrospect, it might not have been the same band though. I can't be sure.
 
HecticArt said:
April Wine is pretty well known down here.

I think I know of Trooper through some connection to Rush.
But I don't know any of their music.

I think a couple guys I went to high school with were in Prism.
In retrospect, it might not have been the same band though. I can't be sure.
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Did you go to high school in Vancouver?
 
I'd heard of April Wine as a kid, but don't think I ever actually heard them. I only know "Between You And Me", and that's only because it pops up on the VJ Big 40 once in a while. And I only learned of Prism over the past few years thanks to the VJ playing their top 40 hit Don't Let Him Know. Never had heard of Trooper.

Armageddon is good. Definitely has that turn-of-the-decade-rock sound that I don't normally get into, but I definitely do dig this one. If I can try to be a lil funny-yet-honest, the chorus bass line sounds like something from a Donkey Kong/Mario video game though. And if I can be curious, I wonder what the line "Ain't got time to lose U-boats off New England" is about? Me, being a New Englandah an all.
 
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