"catchiest songs of all-time?" Not to me!

[Fire-medic]

I have to say, this is a big crock of ****.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...e-catchiest-song_n_6112266.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

1. Spice Girls, "Wannabe"
2. Lou Bega, "Mambo No. 5"
3. Survivor, "Eye Of The Tiger"
4. Lady Gaga, "Just Dance"
5. ABBA, "SOS"
6. Roy Orbison, "Pretty Woman"
7. Michael Jackson, "Beat It"
8. Whitney Houston, "I Will Always Love You"
9. The Human League, "Don't You Want Me"
10. Aerosmith, "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"
11. Lady Gaga, "Poker Face"
12. Hanson, "Mmmmbop
13. Elvis Presley, "It's Now Or Never
14. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"
15. Michael Jackson, "Billie Jean"
16. Culture Club, "Karma Chameleon
17. Britney Spears, "Baby One More Time"
18. Elvis Presley, "Devil in Disguise
19. Boney M., "Rivers of Babylon"
20. Elton John, "Candle in the Wind"

Seven of them I don't even recognize by name. I guess I might recognize the melody, but I don't even care about these.

For 'catchy tunes,' what about Debbie Harry and "Rapper's Delight?" Or Vanilla Ice and "Ice-Ice Baby?"

They pretty-much ignored most of the 1960's & '70's. "Hey Jude," "A Day in the Life," "Satisfaction," "Summertime Blues," your choice, The Who or Eddie Cochran; "American Pie," "Born to be Wild," they all are deserving of making the list, and you can add your own choices.

I'll prime the pump: "Brown-Eyed Girl," by Van Morrison. And to choose what they did for ABBA, instead of "Dancing Queen," I dunno, these choices are stinkers.

 

[johnpclynch]

Let's see what R2D2 thinks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HUgzYPm9g

 

[Born2Ride]

personally, scientists shouldn't waist their time and money on this.
There are more useful and important things for the community and environment.

Music in this case, it s 50% matter of taste. I don t like this new commercial music of these days and still radios try to inject it in my head wherever I go.
But still I don t end up reminding them without noticing that I m doing it.
I these makes any sense :biglaugh:

 

[alorio1]

Hitler agrees with Firemedic, I think ?; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOsK537mAqc

 

[Miles Long]

I'll prime the pump: "Brown-Eyed Girl," by Van Morrison. And to choose what they did for ABBA, instead of "Dancing Queen," I dunno, these choices are stinkers.[/QUOTE]

FM, I could never understand why Jimmy Buffet's "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
never made any top ten list. In fact, I don't think it received any commercial airplay at all.
Certainly a catchy tune, with romantic, thought provoking, inspiring lyrics, which lovers of all ages can relate to.
Cheers!

 

[ga_max]

What ???? No Pink Floyd or Talking Heads ?

 

[Born2Ride]

What ???? No Pink Floyd or Talking Heads ?

Psycho killer is memorable one^^

 

[jfeagins]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tcXblWojdM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG9z61JaAtE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83I9El6C47A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo

And that ain't even scratching the surface...........................

 

[old timer]

Let's see what R2D2 thinks...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-HUgzYPm9g

Finish this..." You've been Rick ----- "...:biglaugh:

 

[invalidsession]

"Come on Eileen", Dexy's Midnight Runners should be there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q



Chris.

 

[invalidsession]

Or, Chumbawamba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1rJ-0Sm7ng




Chris.

 

[Lew L]

"I just bought me a water bed filled up with Elmers glue"

That is the live verson-----He changed it for recording purposes. Jimmy has some GREAT songs-- catchy rock-a-billy Southern drink'ng songs.

Lew
PS: But I do like those dirty old car songs from the likes of Jan&Dean and the Bach Boys

 

[jfeagins]

Or, Chumbawamba.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1rJ-0Sm7ng
Chris.

For some reason, I find this song to be one of the MOST OBNOXIOUS songs of all time. Sounds like a f'king broken record at times, and it makes me want to find the record player and throw it across the room !! And that is saying something, because I like KC & the Sunshine Band - and they can be very repetitious at times.

 

[Fire-medic]

Yeah, I don't mind this one, but I could see where someone might-not like it. The songs of the 1980's had a lot of good 'hooks,' where you just got caught-up in the vibe of the moments it's on the radio. I think mTV had something to do w/that. The addition of videos to accompany the music wasn't new to mTV, but it certainly helped to push the popular musical format to prominence in the civilized world, and possibly beyond.

Who can think of the Talking Heads and David Byrne's singing, Burning Down the House? Or, Psycho Killer? Much-more intriguing than that list. And as-far as blending film and a catchy tune, is there anything to top Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel? I think it could be considered better than Michael Jackson's Thriller, which was also a very catchy tune (w/a lot of expensive special effects makeup). Somehow I vote for the plasticine figures of Sledgehammer over Thriller.

As-to Jimmy Buffet, can anyone tell me why the Jamaican Defense Force decided to try to shoot-down Jimmy's amphibious plane? Were they afraid that he was becoming more-popular than Bob Marley? I started attending Jimmy Buffet concerts in Miami FL & thereabouts in the mid 1970's and "A White Sport Coat and A Pink Crustacean" has to rate right up-there with Frank Zappa's "Weasels Ripped my Flesh" as one of the all-time most-inventive albums' names. Might as-well throw in Don Van Vilet, friend of F Zappa's, for his bizarre "Trout Mask Replica." And if you've never heard "Dynamo Hum," well, time you did!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4hzVpYAP-U&feature=player_detailpage

And for bonus points, who can tell me without googling(!) who sings, "I got a spot that gets me hot, and you ain't been to it!" (from Dinah-Moe Hummm) It's a famous vocalist.

For some reason, I find this song to be one of the MOST OBNOXIOUS songs of all time. Sounds like a f'king broken record at times, and it makes me want to find the record player and throw it across the room !! And that is saying something, because I like KC & the Sunshine Band - and they can be very repetitious at times.

 

[Redbone]

Rock gods at work in '73....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOemwDVBlqE

 

[invalidsession]

For some reason, I find this song to be one of the MOST OBNOXIOUS songs of all time. Sounds like a f'king broken record at times, and it makes me want to find the record player and throw it across the room !! And that is saying something, because I like KC & the Sunshine Band - and they can be very repetitious at times.

A what now ? I might have carbs on my bike but "record players" are just a reference to the past, along with steam valves and radial engines lol.



Chris

 

[likembikem]

Radial engines....much better sound than "Karma Chameleon"! Especially on start up!

 

[Fire-medic]

While CD sales continued to slide last year, continuing a multi-year trend, last year they sold more records than the prior year!

The Rolling Stones release their music on LP format-still. That's "long-playing" phonograph format for you young whippersnappers. LP's have outlasted 4-tracks, 8-tracks, cassettes, reel-to-reels, and will probably outlast CD's as they have a near-40 year head start.

Next thing, you'll be criticizing the Druid fork, which isn't a Stonehenge eating implement. Go choke on a debris-packed parallel-twin gudgeon pin.:rofl_200:

A what now ? I might have carbs on my bike but "record players" are just a reference to the past, along with steam valves and radial engines lol.



Chris

 

[jfeagins]

A what now ? I might have carbs on my bike but "record players" are just a reference to the past, along with steam valves and radial engines lol.
Chris

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[invalidsession]

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