1026 Gudby to Jane Slade
1027 Band of Gold Freda Payne
1028 My Name Is..... Eminem
1029 Machine Head Bush
1030 Baba O'Reilly Who
1031 Come on Down to My Boat Every Mothers Son
1032 Good Thing Paul Revere and the Raiders
1033 Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
1034 Hot in Here Nellie
1035 Eight Days a Week Beatles
1036 Mexico James Taylor
1037 Opportunities Pet Shop Boys
1038 Walk Away from Love David Ruffin
1039 I Am I Said Neil Diamond
1040 Home At Last Steely Dan
1041 Opus 17 Four Seasons
1042 I Saw Her Again The Mamas and the Papas
1043 Hotel California Eagles
1044 New York New York Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
1045 Stop Moody Blues
1046 Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
1047 Ohio Crosby Stills Nash & Young
1048 King for a Day Thompson Twins
1049 The Other Woman Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio
1050 I Can See for Miles Who
This is the first entry for my favorite band of all time--Steely Dan--who has an incredible 30 songs in my countdown--far more than any other musical act. I consider Donald Fagen a musical genius and saw him recently in NYC where Steely Dan was as good as ever. Home at Last is from their CD Aja--which is one of my favorite Steely Dan CDs.
I loved Paul Revere and the Raiders since the mid-1960s was on the TV every day. Good Thing is the first of four from this band in the countdown. The band is still on tour today with the legendary Paul Revere still the frontman--two other Raiders have been in the band for over 30 years. Mark Lindsey, original lead singer is still alive and well.
Many think of Every Mothers Son as a one hit wonder with their #6 smash in 1967 Come On Down to My Boat. However they did have 5 other songs which quickly hit the top 100. However the band was done in 1968. The band was led by the Larden Brothers out of New York City and Dennios Larden went on to play with Ricky Nelson's Stone Canyon Band.
Who can forget Rick Astley's famous video of Never Gonna Give You Up.....or the parody of the video--very funny.
The Pet Shop Boys and the Thompson Twins were two of my favorite bands to come out of the 1980s.and this represents the first of 4 songs in my countdown for the Pet Shop Boys led by the very talented and innovative Neil Tennant and the first of five by the Thompson Twins led by Tom Bailey.
Eminem with "My Name Is" above The Eagles' "Hotel California"...? Really, Dad???
ReplyDeleteOther than that, can't wait to see more Steely Dan on the list. You've converted me.
haha well i'm psyched to see Eminem on the list, hopefully there is more to come!
ReplyDeleteLet's hope "Chopper" never comes out with a Top 100. It would be the most egregious list ever.
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