The you-like-THAT-song-by-that-artist game

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:16 am

A new game designed to generate different songs in a different way, namely by having the artist picked first and then seeing what comes up. After a song is picked, so is the next artist for the next poster. If flow of the game becomes endangered because some artist is too obscure or appears to have no song that is special to anyone, we just pick a new artist or do what we have to do to justify a song choice - any excuse will do. Let's keep it going!!

Ok, to start I'll just pick an artist.

Rockpile

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:27 am

Love their version of Wrong Again, though if you consider the albums they recorded that were credited to either Edmunds or Lowe, I think What Looks The Best On You Is Me as their finest moment.

Next up:

Richard Marx

(Go on, he did do some some decent tunes)

Fishfinger king · Post by **Fishfinger king** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 1:12 pm

Who?

Shucks, stuck already.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Mon Jul 09, 2007 4:16 pm

I love all the movies he made with his brothers, especially Duck Soup.

Next Up: Ronnie Biggs

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:08 am

this could be going better.

lostdog · Post by **lostdog** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:53 am

martinfoyle wrote:Next up:

Richard Marx

(Go on, he did do some some decent tunes)

OK, I'll risk ridicule and say 'Hazard', in the spirit of getting things rolling.

Next up:
Depeche Mode

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:17 am

People Are People

Next artist: The Style Council

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:23 am

My Ever Changing Moods

Never was a big S.C. or Jam fan but I always enjoyed hearing this on the radio, back in the days I actually tuned in. Nice jaunty, swinging number that stood out from the dregs of "new wave" at the time of its release.

Next up:
John Hiatt

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:25 am

Perfectly Good Guitar

the Spice Girls...

(just so I can say that my youngest son, the Austinator, was - and possibly still is - absolutely fascinated by them when he was 4 or 5. He would watch their movie over and over and over - I'm sure it will come back to haunt him (or me!) later.)

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:07 am

Wannabe

Ziggy-Zig-Ah .... whatever

Next Artist : The Cure

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:07 pm

Just Like Heaven

what a swingin' tune.

Psychedelic Furs

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:18 pm

Pretty In Pink - yeah it's obvious I know, but it's a cute, song, enough for Elvis to cover it. I was really into them when they first came out, got the first LP, heard them on Peel, but nothing is lodged in my memory from it, really.

Womack and Womack

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:32 pm

Find Yourself Another Girl

Heard this on a cruise ship this past January and vaguely remembered it. Nice melody.

Next Up:
Graham Parker

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:10 pm

Protection - I only have ad know Squeezing Out Sparks, and haven't played it for decades, literally, but love that song. Must dig it out.

White Stripes

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:26 pm

7 Nation Army. Their finest tune, amazing riff, though my favourite version is a performance by The Flaming Lips at a festival when they were last minute rplacements for the Stripes.

Next up:

Foreigner.

-Midnight Blue doesn't count since it was a solo tune by Lou Gramm. btw, did anyone here the fairground version of that tune by Lou that popped up recently on Dime? Painful.
- Here's an excellent performance of Pretty In Pink by The National

http://www.daytrotter.com/file_download/595

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 7:57 pm

Feels Like the First Time

A true slice of late 70's/early 80's power schlock!

Next up:
The Allman Brothers Band

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:44 am

migdd wrote:The Allman Brothers Band

One Way Out

Next band: Erasure

Chrille · Post by **Chrille** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 7:21 am

Ship Of Fools

Next up:
Cocteau Twins

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:52 am

Pearly Dew Drops Drop

I could never get into the Cocteau Twins though. Liz Frazer's warbling just irritated me.

Next artist: The Stranglers

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:25 am

Strange Little Girl

I know most people prefer their earlier output, but I've always liked this song.

Next up : The Housemartins

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 3:13 pm

I Can't Put my Finger on it - great lyrics:

"As Paul said to Fifi
As they eyed each other up,
You may have better plimpsoles
But you can't pee standing up."

Next; Boomtown Rats

cosmos · Post by **cosmos** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:13 pm

I Don't Like Mondays

Played a lot, but a very interesting song anyway

Next: The Bangles

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:46 pm

Manic Monday

Next: Glen Campbell

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:24 pm

Witchita Lineman

Next: The Grass Roots

oily slick · Post by **oily slick** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:41 pm

temptation eyes. no. sooner or later. no. temptation eyes. no. sooner or later.

Steve Earle