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Bob Dylan -

 

'Masters of War'

'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'

'Mr. Tambourine Man'

'Queen Jane Approximately'

'Visions of Johanna'

'I Am a Lonesome Hobo'

 

One per album, but I'm ignoring the self-titled debut and Nashville Skyline because they're subpar.

 

- :headbang:

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Guest C*Z*E*C*H

The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk

The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy

Booker T. and the MGs - Green Onions

Blood, Sweat, & Tears - God Bless the Child

Jan and Dean - Surf City

Beach Boys - I Get Around

Beatles - She Loves You

 

I'm excited for this. Casual recommendation for YNA: one per artist?

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So, play-in rounds for Dylan and The Beatles?

 

 

Eight Days a Week, by the way.

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Bob Dylan -

 

'Masters of War'

'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll'

'Mr. Tambourine Man'

'Queen Jane Approximately'

'Visions of Johanna'

'I Am a Lonesome Hobo'

 

One per album, but I'm ignoring the self-titled debut and Nashville Skyline because they're subpar.

 

- :headbang:

 

You missed Another Side of..., so I'll go ahead and nominate "It Ain't Me Babe."

 

 

Also:

 

Desmond Dekker - "Israelites"

The Shangri Las - "Out in the Streets"

Francoisie Hardy - "Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles"

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Since I unwittingly only seconded "The Witch" (which is awesome since I didn't think anyone else would nominate it), I'll nominate "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding instead.

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Ok, I took out some of the Dylan myself, some of the lesser known ones. I'm not going to tell someone their pick doesn't belong, but if anyone wants to disput then feel free, if a few people don't feel like a song belongs then it probably doesn't.

 

105 songs (I added 5 more at the end myself that I don't think will be disputed). We can go ahead and do 128, but one that big will take me a little while to count up the first couple rounds, so you'll have to be patiant with me.

 

I also plan on doing 100% random match ups, set up a bracket and then stick with it. I don't really want to take the time for a British one, and an R&B one. I think random is the way to go. There are going to be great songs at both ends. I have no agenda to set up song vs song.

 

I don't want to take the time of doing play ins for the Beatles and Dylan and artists like that. Truth be told they have a ton more songs that deserve to be in, but are not. Since it's going to be 128 there's room for that.

 

PLEASE let me know if I've repeated a song

 

 

 

 

Arnold Layne -- Pink Floyd

 

God Only Knows -- The Beach Boys

 

A Day in the Life -- The Beatles

 

Like a Rolling Stone -- Bob Dylan

 

Heroin -- The Velvete Underground

 

Are You Lonesome Tonight? -- Elvis Presley

 

Only The Lonely -- Roy Orbison

 

Runaway -- Del Shannon

 

Can't Help Falling In Love -- Elvis Presley

 

Sealed With A Kiss -- Brian Hyland

 

Ring Of Fire -- Johnny Cash

 

Viva Las Vegas -- Elvis Presley

 

Oh, Pretty Woman -- Roy Orbison

 

The House Of The Rising Sun -- the Animals

 

Unchained Melody -- Righteous Brothers

 

California Dreamin' -- Mamas and the Papas

 

Sounds of Silence -- Simon and Garfunkle

 

My Way -- Frank Sinatra

 

Suspicious Minds -- Elvis Presley

 

Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In -- the 5th Dimension

 

In The Year 2525 -- Zager and Evans

 

Stand By Me -- Ben E. King

 

Crimson and Clover -- Tommy James and the Shondells

 

I Heard it Through the Grapevine -- Marvin Gaye

 

I Want You Back -- the Jackson 5

 

Waterloo Sunset -- The Kinks

 

You Really Got Me -- The Kinks

 

I Can't Explain -- The Who

 

Walk Away Renee -- The Left Bank

 

Street Fighting Man -- The Rolling Stones

 

The Witch and Psycho -- The Sonics

 

You Can't Hurry Love -- The Supremes

 

A Change Is Gonna Come -- Sam Cooke

 

Sure Nuff 'N Yes I Do -- Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band

 

Be My Baby -- The Ronettes

 

The Weight -- The Band

 

Bonnie and Clyde --Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot

 

Reach Out, I'll Be There -- The Four Tops

 

(I Know) I'm Losing You -- The Temptations

 

Hurdy Gurdy Man -- Donovan

 

Catch The Wind -- Donovan

 

Hey Jude -- The Beatles

 

Gimme Shelter -- Rolling Stones

 

Good Vibrations -- Beach Boys

 

Reflections -- The Supremes

 

Suite/Judy Blue Eyes -- Crosby, Stills, and Nash

 

All Along the Watchtower -- Bob Dylan

 

Dazed and Confused -- Led Zeppelin

 

Hello Goodbye -- The Beatles

 

Monkey Man -- The Rolling Stones

 

21st Century Schizoid Man -- King Crimson

 

Spanish Flea -- Herb Alpert

 

In Dreams -- Roy Orbison

 

8 Miles High -- the Byrds

 

Turn Turn Turn -- The Birds

 

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -- The Band

 

Jumpin Jack Flash -- The Rolling Stones

 

Whiter Shade of Pale -- Procol Harum

 

Build me up Buttercup -- The Foundations

 

For What It's Worth -- Buffalo Springfield

 

Crying -- Roy Orbison

 

Come See About Me -- The Supremes

 

Respect -- Aretha Franklin

 

Unchain My Heart -- Ray Charles

 

Ain't No Mountain High Enough -- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

 

My Generation -- The Who

 

Mr. Tambourine Man -- Bob Dylan

 

Visions of Johanna -- Bob Dylan

 

Don't Worry Baby -- The Beach Boys

 

She's Not There -- The Zombies

 

Time of The Season -- The Zombies

 

In The Midnight Hour -- Wilson Pickett

 

MacArthur Park -- Richard Harris

 

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye -- Steam

 

Venus -- Shocking Blue

 

Remember (Walkin' In The Sand) -- The Shangri-Las

 

Sold To The Highest Bidder -- Electric Prunes

 

Space Oddity -- David Bowie

 

It Ain't Me Babe -- Bob Dylan

 

Under the Boardwalk -- The Drifters

 

Hang On Sloopy -- The McCoys

 

Green Onions -- Booker T. and the MGs

 

Eight Days A Week -- The Beatles

 

Israelites -- Desmond Dekker

 

Out in the Streets -- The Shangri Las

 

Tous Les Garcons et Les Filles -- Francoisie Hardy

 

God Bless the Child -- Blood, Sweat, & Tears

 

Surf City -- Jan and Dean

 

I Get Around -- The Beach Boys

 

She Loves You -- The Beatles

 

(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay -- Otis Redding

 

Down In The Boondocks -- Billy Joe Royal

 

Itchycoo Park --The Small Faces

 

Natural Born Boogie -- Humble Pie

 

Purple Haze -- The Jimi Hendriz Expierence

 

Sunshine Of Your Love -- Cream

 

Norwegian Wood -- Beatles

 

Sloop John B -- Beach Boys

 

Break on Through -- The Doors

 

Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In -- The First Edition

 

Then He Kissed Me -- The Crystals

 

Fortunate Son --Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

Folsom Prison Blues -- Johnny Cash

 

Daydream Believer -- The Monkees

 

Georgia on My Mind -- Ray Charles

 

Happy Together -- The Turtles

 

Handy Man -- Jimmy Jones

 

Incense and Peppermints -- Strawberry Alarm Clock

 

My Girl -- The Temptations

 

Hair -- The Cowsills

 

Get Together -- The Youngbloods

 

Cupid -- Sam Cooke

 

Return to Sender -- Elvis Presley

 

Scarborough Fair -- Simon & Garfunkel

 

Dance to the Music -- Sly & the Family Stone

 

Alone Again Or -- Love

 

The Witch -- The Sonics

 

dark end of the street -- james carr

 

try a little tenderness -- otis redding

 

tears of a clown -- smokey robinson & the miracles

 

venus in furs -- velvet underground

 

I Was Made To Love Her -- Stevie Wonder

 

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag -- James Brown

 

Gloria -- Them

 

Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison

 

Bad Moon Rising -- Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong

 

I Fought The Law --The Bobby Fuller Four

 

128

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The Witch and Psycho -- The Sonics

 

This is two different songs. If pressed, I would choose The Witch out of the two, and since someone else nominated it as well, presumably they agree.

 

Also, I second Alone Again Or.

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dark end of the street - james carr

try a little tenderness - otis redding

tears of a clown - smokey robinson & the miracles

venus in furs - velvet underground

 

 

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Happy Together - The Turtles

Handy Man - Jimmy Jones

Incense and Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock

My Girl - The Temptations

Hair - The Cowsills

Get Together - The Youngbloods

Cupid - Sam Cooke

Return to Sender - Elvis Presley

Scarborough Fair - Simon & Garfunkel

Dance to the Music - Sly & the Family Stone

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Finished the list on my own with 128, added what other people suggested, as well as

 

 

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag -- James Brown

 

Gloria -- Them

 

Brown Eyed Girl -- Van Morrison

 

Bad Moon Rising -- Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

What a Wonderful World -- Louis Armstrong

 

I Fought The Law --The Bobby Fuller Four

 

 

 

 

I'll try and get this going either late today or Wednesday

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"I am a Lonesome Hobo" being the song to represent John Wesley Harding doesn't sit quite right with me. There might be five songs on that album that I like better. "As I Went Out One Morning" or "All Along the Watchtower" or "Dear Landlord." Even "I Pity the Poor Immigrant" or "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."

 

And "Masters of War" over, say, "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." Don't know about that. From that album, I'd say either that one or "Blowin' in the Wind" or "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright."

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Frank Zappa -

 

'Son of Mr. Green Genes'

'You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here'

 

Led Zeppelin -

 

'How Many More Times'

 

Pink Floyd -

 

'Arnold Layne'

 

Donovan -

 

'Catch the Wind'

 

The Velvet Underground -

 

'Lady Godiva's Operation'

 

The Kinks -

 

'Dandy'

 

I'm out, I promise.

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