DRC Madness #23 - DRC All-Time Songs

I understand Bruce has already written two new songs to show his appreciation:

"Oh honey, my song was not top-ten
But it's the favorite of many men.
DRC Madness just came to an end.
Baby, it was born to win."

"My song won on the DRC.
It won on the DRC.
I'm as happy as I can be.
My song won on the DRC."
 
This is all kind of a crapshoot ranking them, but here goes. Leaning more towards favorites than 'best', but a hybrid vote really.

1. Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
2. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
3. So Far Away - Carole King
4. The Tracks of My Tears - Smokey Robinson
5. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
6. A Day in the Life - Beatles
7. All Along the Watchtower - Hendrix
8. Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
9. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
10. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
11. Turn, Turn, Turn - Byrds
12. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
13. In My Life - Beatles
14. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
15. Bridge over Troubled Waters - S&G
16. Under the Milky Way - The Church
17. Born to Run - Springsteen
18. Both Sides Now - Joni
19. California Dreamin - Mamas & Papas
20. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
21. Leader of the Band - Fogelberg
22. What about Me - Moving Pictures
23. What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
24. Good Times - Chic
25. Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
26. Heart of Glass - Blondie
27. Imagine - John Lennon
28. Time Passages - Al Stewart
29. The Weight - The Band
30. Superstition - Stevie Wonder
31. Roundabout - Yes
32. Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
33. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
34. Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
35. Reelin in the Years - Steely Dan
36. Let It Be - Beatles
37. Against the Wind - Bob Seger
38. God Only Knows - Beach Boys
39. I Want You Back - Jackson 5
40. House of the Rising Sun - Animals
41. Landslide - Fleetwood Mac
42. Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
43. My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
44. Aquarius - 5th Dimension
45. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
46. Stand By Me - Ben E. King
47. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
48. Handle with Care - Traveling Wilburys
49. In the Air Tonight
50. Ride Like the Wind - Christopher Cross
 
01 John Lennon "Imagine"
02 Fleetwood Mac "Landslide"
03 James Taylor "Fire And Rain"
04 Nine Inch Nails "Hurt"
05 Carole King "So Far Away"
06 Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill"
07 Cat Stevens "Father And Son"
08 Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World"
09 REM "Losing My Religion"
10 Tori Amos "China"
11 Cure "Fascination Street"
12 Boston "More Than A Feeling"
13 Rage Against The Machine "Freedom"
14 Cat Stevens "Moonshadow"
15 Korn "Clown"
16 Billy Falcon "Power Windows"
17 Mudvayne "Dig"
18 Led Zeppelin "Stairway To Heaven"
19 Indigo Girls "Closer To Fine"
20 Tool "Prison Sex"
21 Williams Brothers "Can't Cry Hard Enough"
22 Type O Negative "Black #1"
23 Tori Amos "Winter"
24 Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Right To Party"
25 Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax"
26 Quiet Riot "Cum On Feel The Noize"
27 Faith No More "Epic"
28 Van Halen "Unchained"
29 Peter Gabriel "Red Rain"
30 Type O Negative "Christian Woman"
31 Primus "Tommy The Cat"
32 Beastie Boys "Shadrach"
33 Dan Fogelberg "Leader of the Band"
34 Queen & David Bowie "Under Pressure"
35 Harry Chapin "Cat's In The Cradle"
36 Moving Pictures "What About Me"
37 Van Halen "Jump"
38 John Cougar/Mellencamp "Jack And Diane"
39 Living Colour "Cult Of Personality"
40 Gary Numan "Cars"
41 Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes"
42 Depeche Mode "Personal Jesus"
43 Young MC "Bust A Move"
44 Aerosmith "Dream On"
45 Depeche Mode "Walking In My Shoes"
46 Billy Idol "Dancing With Myself"
47 Marc Cohn "Walking in Memphis"
48 Cure "Pictures Of You"
49 Goo Goo Dolls "Name"
50 Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody" (all in my top 84)

Nobody asked, but here are my ten least favorite of the bunch (in case we decide to allow for negative points, maybe 3 people love a song but 5 hate it...)

"It's The End of The World As We Know It" R.E.M.
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day
"Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits
"Bye Bye Bye" Nsync
"When Doves Cry" Prince
"Tempted" Squeeze
"High Hopes" Panic! At The Disco
"The Phoenix" Fall Out Boy
"Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys
"So Much To Say" Dave Matthews Band
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Are all those bad songs on the list?
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Yep. We can keep it just positive, that's cool.

But I was thinking -- just because I like to hear "Closer To Fine" by Indigo Girls while I drive my middle age lesbian ass around in my Subaru, and then there's that rare Depeche Mode b-side, and also that song from that band from my hometown that never got signed -- doesn't mean everyone else does. Allowing a veto list might keep a few "one or two people like it but three or four people hate it" songs out of the top 50.
 
sadchild said:
Yep. We can keep it just positive, that's cool.

But I was thinking -- just because I like to hear "Closer To Fine" by Indigo Girls while I drive my middle age lesbian ass around in my Subaru, and then there's that rare Depeche Mode b-side, and also that song from that band from my hometown that never got signed -- doesn't mean everyone else does. Allowing a veto list might keep a few "one or two people like it but three or four people hate it" songs out of the top 50.
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Interesting. I will allow anybody a 10 worst list ranked 1-10 (1=worst, max 10 but any number). I will do a second list (for fun) using the first calculations but considering these negatives in it as well. Should a #1 negative have the same negative weight as a #1 positive? I am thinking making it maybe (11-neg.rank)*2. The first list will be positive only.
 
IdRatherBeSkiing said:
Interesting. I will allow anybody a 10 worst list ranked 1-10 (1=worst, max 10 but any number). I will do a second list (for fun) using the first calculations but considering these negatives in it as well. Should a #1 negative have the same negative weight as a #1 positive? I am thinking making it maybe (11-neg.rank)*2. The first list will be positive only.
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I have a problem doing a "worst" list. There are songs on the list I dislike, but also songs I just don't know, or songs from a genre I'm just not into. So what exactly would I be listing? Every week, on the 70's countdown, Sadchild has a number of songs that are "don't know if I know". It's like that.

On the other hand, these are all songs I really like, but they didn't make my cutoff:

Sitting on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
So Far Away - Carole King
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Peter Gabriel "Solsbury Hill"
Living Colour "Cult Of Personality"
Gary Numan "Cars"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood "Relax"
Peter Gabriel "In Your Eyes"
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day
Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World"
Cure "Fascination Street"
Cat Stevens "Moonshadow"
Nine Inch Nails "Hurt"
In My Life - Beatles
Bridge over Troubled Waters - S&G
Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
California Dreamin - Mamas & Papas
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Leader of the Band - Fogelberg
Good Vibrations - Beach Boys
Heart of Glass - Blondie
Time Passages - Al Stewart
Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
My Sweet Lord - George Harrison
Aquarius - 5th Dimension
Fire and Rain - James Taylor
In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins
"Blue Sky Mine" Midnight Oil
"Burning Down The House" Talking Heads
"Gold Dust Woman" Fleetwood Mac
"I Melt With You" Modern English
"Just What I Needed" The Cars
"I'm The Only One" Melissa Etheridge
"Let's Go Crazy" Prince and The Revolution
"Middle of The Road" The Pretenders
 
If I had more time, I would put more work into my list. I'm going to make my list a bit simple and I do have my 50 now. I'm trying to rank them. There are a several that are my all-time favorite.
 
If we do a second ranking that includes negative points, here are my bottom 10 ranked in order (#1 my worst)

1. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day
2. "Bye Bye Bye" Nsync
3. "Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys
4. "High Hopes" Panic! At The Disco
5. "The Phoenix" Fall Out Boy
6. "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits
7. "Tempted" Squeeze
8. "So Much To Say" Dave Matthews Band
9. "When Doves Cry" Prince
10. "It's The End of The World As We Know It" R.E.M.
 
sadchild said:
If we do a second ranking that includes negative points, here are my bottom 10 ranked in order (#1 my worst)

1. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day
2. "Bye Bye Bye" Nsync
3. "Larger Than Life" Backstreet Boys
4. "High Hopes" Panic! At The Disco
5. "The Phoenix" Fall Out Boy
6. "Sultans of Swing" Dire Straits
7. "Tempted" Squeeze
8. "So Much To Say" Dave Matthews Band
9. "When Doves Cry" Prince
10. "It's The End of The World As We Know It" R.E.M.
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While I'd still like a ruling on how to categorize "worst", let me ask;

- You prefer "Tragedy" by The Bee Gees over "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day or "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits?
- You prefer "Old Time Rock 'N Roll" by Bob Seger to "Tempted" by Squeeze or "When Doves Cry" by Prince?
- You prefer "Copacabana" by Barry Manilow to "So Much To Say" by Dave Matthews Band?
- You prefer "Islands In The Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers or "Too Much Heaven" by The Bee Gees to any of those 10 songs?
 
Here are what I consider to be the worst songs on that list. And this reminds me of a bad joke: Of all the foods I ever ate, I like the liver worst.

1. Shadrach - Beastie Boys
2. Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
3.. Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
4. Evenflow - Pearl Jam
5. Prison Sex - Tool
6. Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins
7. Burning Down The House - Talking Heads
8. Psychosocial - Slipknot
9. Roll Me Away - Bob Seger
10. Sweating Bullets - Megadeth
 
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