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

Listening to the radio today they played Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight". I am not a Phil Collins fan. I like a couple of his songs but for the most part I don't really like his stuff. The couple of songs of his I like have been in recent years as opposed to when they were first on the radio. "In The Air Tonight" is included in that. I thought it was unspectacular when it came out and would sometimes even change the channel to see if there was something better on.

But the more I hear it now the more I like it. I particularly like the drums (which makes sense since he is a drummer) which is something I did not even really notice when it first came out.

 
Love "Baker Street"! What a great song. And "Right Down the Line" is cool too.

I saw the name Blue Rodeo and thought... I know that band name.... from where? .... HOW? After some searching I figured it out. I used to own the Navy Seals movie soundtrack. I bought it (used) for the two Mr Big non-album songs, but the last track is from Blue Rodeo (that song is not on IRBS's top 10 though).
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Listening to the radio today they played Phil Collins "In The Air Tonight". I am not a Phil Collins fan. I like a couple of his songs but for the most part I don't really like his stuff. The couple of songs of his I like have been in recent years as opposed to when they were first on the radio. "In The Air Tonight" is included in that. I thought it was unspectacular when it came out and would sometimes even change the channel to see if there was something better on.

But the more I hear it now the more I like it. I particularly like the drums (which makes sense since he is a drummer) which is something I did not even really notice when it first came out.

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Man, that is bittersweet. When I first embarked on putting together a high fidelity audio system (to reside in the living room of my childhood home), my dad went with me to a local audio store. They put us in a room with these huge Polk Audio towers, and played that song. My dad didn't think much of popular music, but he thought that was awesome. It's a memory of him I'll always have.
 
Don't Go Breaking my Heart
Whatever Gets You Through the Night (with John Lennon)
Philadelphia Freedom
Border Song
Rocket Man
I Guess That's Why they Call It The Blues
I Don't Want to Go On With You Like That
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word
Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
 
My feelings about Phil/Genesis is that there's a sweet spot.

Early Genesis (prog) doesn't appeal to me. Most of the peak era of Genesis doesn't appeal to me (too pop or AC). But that sweet spot is "Turn It On Again" "Abacab" "Just A Job To Do" "Paperlate" "Mama" "Illegal Alien" where it's creative but not too far out there for me. They leaned a bit back toward that sweet spot with "No Son Of Mine" and "I Can't Dance" in '91.

Same with Phil solo. I prefer his more ambitious work like "In The Air Tonight" "I Don't Care Anymore" and "Take Me Home" but have no love for "You Can't Hurry Love" "One More Night" or "A Groovy Kind Of Love".
 
Abacab up to Invisible Touch was pretty much peak Genesis for me. Anything after that kind of loses it's appeal (although I thought 'No Son of Mine' was very good).

Phil Collins sort of created for Genesis on a lesser scale what Peter Cetera did for/to Chicago. Chicago during the Terry Kath era was real good, then he died and Cetera was the main force behind the band, and they went to AC-ville.
 
Today another cassette. I remember listening to this one in 1984. I distinctly remember listening to it walking from my home to 7-11 (2-3 miles away) to get a Super Big Gulp. I am looking at the playlist from this cassette and it is the same playlist. But it lacks the markers I put in to separate side 1 & side 2. It also has too much material. So when I transcribed the playlist I added some songs. The interesting thing is I can't find the cassette. I don't think this was done with my latest batch. So I am puzzled. Here is the list as I have it in iTunes. It isn't exactly what was on the tape but pretty close. I think Springsteen starts side 2.

Cassette I
Wasted On The Way - Crosby, Stills & Nash
Southern Cross - Crosby, Stills & Nash
American Dream - Crosby, Stills & Nash
The Logical Song - Supertramp
Goodbye Stranger - Supertramp
Take the Long Way Home - Supertramp
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac
Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Sara - Fleetwood Mac
Gypsy - Fleetwood Mac
Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A - Bruce Springsteen
Hot Blooded - Foreigner
Doubel Vision - Foreigner
Blue Morning, Blue Day - Foreigner
Head Games - Foreigner
Dirty White Boy - Foreigner
Juke Box Hero - Foreigner
Urgent - Foreigner
Enough Is Enough - April Wine
She Controls Me - Strange Advance
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Your Daddy Don't Know - Toronto
 
Today a top 10: John [Cougar] [Mellencamp]. In my library I have rebranded all his songs John Mellencamp in order that they all appear together. Lots of good songs that didn't make the top 10. My wife of course will disagree. The only John Mellencamp song she likes at all is "I Need a Lover" and that is the only one I dislike (the irony). I can only listen to him when I am alone in the car or with headphones. Here is the top 10:

10. Rooty Toot Toot
9. Check It Out
8. Cherry Bomb
7. Paper In Fire
6. Ain't Even Done With the Night
5. Small Town
4. Jack & Diane
3. Rave On
2. Hurts So Good
1. Pink Houses (from Pink Houses which is my favourite album of his even though it has only 1 entry in the top 10)
 
Listening to "Rave On" for the first time as I type this.

My fav JCM album is Whenever We Wanted, followed by Uh-Huh.

1. (coming up on my 333)
2. Again Tonight (in my 500+)
3. I Need A Lover (in my 500+)
4. Crumblin' Down (in my 500+)
5. Get A Leg Up
6. Play Guitar
7. Small Town
8. Key West Intermezzo
9. Warmer Place To Sleep
10. What If I Came Knocking
11. Serious Business
12. Human Wheels
13. Now More Than Ever
14. Pink Houses
15. Hurt So Good
 
From first to last....

1. Rain on the Scarecrow
2. Lonely Ol' Night (can you tell what my favorite album is?)
3. Small Town
4. Pink Houses
5. Authority Song
6. Get a Leg Up
7. Justice and Independence '85
8. I need a Lover
9. Play Guitar
10. Check it Out

Least favorite, by quite a lot, of course is Jack and Diane. The most overplayed one of the lot.
 
My favorite JM songs
I Need a Lover
Pink Houses
Paper in Fire
Crumblin’ Down
Lonely Ol’ Night

He's one of those artists who make anti-American-Dream songs, that stupid flag-waving so-called patriots think are pro-American-Dream. Like Pink Houses - it says that no matter what you dream, you're never gonna get anywhere, you're gonna end up in the same shitty little pink house as everyone else (except for the wealthy elite). But all these boneheads sing along to the chorus and clap:
"Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me".

It's like Born in the USA; it's not a feel-good pro-America song.
 
scotchandcigar said:
My favorite JM songs
I Need a Lover
Pink Houses
Paper in Fire
Crumblin’ Down
Lonely Ol’ Night

He's one of those artists who make anti-American-Dream songs, that stupid flag-waving so-called patriots think are pro-American-Dream. Like Pink Houses - it says that no matter what you dream, you're never gonna get anywhere, you're gonna end up in the same shitty little pink house as everyone else (except for the wealthy elite). But all these boneheads sing along to the chorus and clap:
"Oh but ain't that America, for you and me
Ain't that America, we're something to see baby
Ain't that America, home of the free, yeah
Little pink houses for you and me".

It's like Born in the USA; it's not a feel-good pro-America song.
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Or CCR's Fortunate Son
or The Guess Who's American Woman
 
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