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[IdRatherBeSkiing]

SXM Town Hall with Bob Seger is on now. It's been on before. Will likely be on again. Pretty good (if you are a Seger Fan). Classic Rewind if not obvious.

 

[Aaron]

I listened to the last 15 minutes of it. I'll try to catch the beginning part later.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

This weekend they are counting down the top 40 cassettes of 1981 (listener voted).

A couple observations:
1. Parallel Lines by Blondie came out in 1979. They played "One Way Or Another" as an entry.
2. The Game by Queen came out in 1980. They played "Another One Bites The Dust".

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

They are doing the top 100 party songs countdown today and tomorrow (I think). Would nice if someone (@Channel98 hint hint) could come up with one.

 

[goreds2]

“ Placement of a saxophone solo in a recorded song or on a concert stage is a real crowd pleaser. With Valentine’s Day weekend on the way, everyone needs some sax!! Please have a look at the short list of sax solos in cassette-era Classic Rock, from the mid-70s into the ’80s. Vote for your favorite 10 below so we can count down the best of the best beginning Friday, February 11 on Classic Rewind (Ch. 25), encoring through Monday, February 14.
Instructions: Vote once between now and Sunday, February 6 at 11:59pm ET.

Classic Rewind’s Valentine's Weekend Sax | SiriusXM

Click here to vote for your 10 favorite '70s and '80s songs featuring a saxophone solo — then hear Classic Rewind's fan-voted countdown beginning February 11.

blog.siriusxm.com

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I voted. All the songs were great sax. My favourite of those listed is Baker Street. The sax on that one is absolutely amazing.

 

[sadchild]

 

[goreds2]

I voted. All the songs were great sax. My favourite of those listed is Baker Street. The sax on that one is absolutely amazing.

Urgent by Foreigner is my favorite.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Urgent by Foreigner is my favorite.

One of my choices.

Love the Springsteen ones (Clarence Clemons) as well. Only voted for one to cut my votes down to 10.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

I heard the top 4. Maybe if someone else has the rest, they can be added.

SXM Listener order:
4. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
3. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen & The E. Street Band
2. Urgent - Foreigner
1. Turn the Page - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band


My order of the same songs:
4. Urgent - Foreigner
3. Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen & The E. Street Band
2. Turn the Page - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
1. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Each of those 4 was in my 10 choices.

 

[Channel98]

Here are the top 19. (I said that in my very best Casey Kasem voice.)

1. Turn The Page - Bob Seger
2. Urgent - Foreigner
3. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
4. Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
5. Scenes From An Italian Restaurant - Billy Joel
6. You Belong To The City - Glenn Frey
7. Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
8. The Logical Song - Supertramp
9. Deacon Blues - Steely Dan
10. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out - Bruce Springsteen
11. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
12. It's Still Rock & Roll To Me - Billy Joel
13. Modern Love - David Bowie
14. Waiting On A Friend - Rolling Stones
15. One More Night - Phil Collins
16. On The Dark Side - John Cafferty
17. Same Old Song & Dance - Aerosmith
18. The Sad Café - Eagles
19. Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen

 

[Aaron]

I like this saxophone sound a lot.
I guess it wasn't "rock" enough to make the list. Also until watching the video just now, I didn't realize the singer was also the saxophone player.

Edit: this song rocks more than the Phil Collins song.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

My wife heard a bit of the countdown. Her comment was "There is no other saxophone player in the same league as Clarence Clemons". I see he is represented by 3 songs on the countdown (maybe more in the bottom 6).

 

[scotchandcigar]

Where is Who Can it Be Now? By Men at Work? And do prominent sax solos count, like Steely Dan's Aja, or just sax melodies?

 

[goreds2]

I did not know about this show. It is On Demand:

Wolfgang Van Halen's album "Mammoth WVH" just got a Grammy nomination, so Wolf celebrates by playing music from other artists at the point where they got their first nomination.

This looks like a regular gig for him.
Fri12 am and 3 pm
Sat9 am and 9 pm
Sun 6 pm est.

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

Classic Rewind airing a top 400 for 4th of July. Presumably listener voted.

If someone got the countdown playlist that would be great (hint: @Channel98 ).

 

[Channel98]

You begged for an '80s list. I posted it. Then you begged for a '90s list. I posted it. Now you're begging for another list. Oh.....it's you, IRBS. I'm sorry. I thought it was somebody else. Here are the top 40 songs:

1. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (--/1980)
2. Back In Black - AC/DC (37/1980)
3. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Öyster Cult (12/1976)
4. Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (9/1981)
5. American Girl - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (--/1977, 109/1994)
6. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne (106/1981)
7. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (1/1980)
8. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas (11/1976)
9. In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins (19/1981, 102/1984)
10. Barracuda - Heart (11/1977)
11. Come Sail Away - Styx (8/1977)
12. Tom Sawyer - Rush (44/1981)
13. More Than A Feeling - Boston (5/1976)
14. Another One Bites The Dust - Queen (1/1980)
15. Paradise By The Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf/Ellen Foley (39/1978)
16. Long Time - Boston (22/1977)
17. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (--/1990)
18. The Long Run - Eagles (8/1979)
19. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits/Sting (1/1985)
20. The Boys Of Summer - Don Henley (5/1984)
21. Turn The Page - Bob Seger (LP/1973)
22. You Really Got Me - Van Halen (36/1978)
23. Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen (9/1984)
24. Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh (12/1978)
25. Every Breath You Take - Police (1/1983)
26. Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1/1976)
27. Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard (2/1988)
28. Dust In The Wind - Kansas (6/1978)
29. Night Moves - Bob Seger (4/1976)
30. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (7/1989)
31. Juke Box Hero - Foreigner (26/1982)
32. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC (35/1980)
33. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (4/1979)
34. Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi (1/1986)
35. Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon (21/1978)
36. All My Love - Led Zeppelin (LP/1979)
37. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (1/1988)
38. Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (1/1977)
39. Under Pressure - Queen/David Bowie (29/1981)
40. Centerfield - John Fogerty (44/1985)

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

If there was ever a demonstration of how irrelevant chart positions on the hot 100 are to rock song popularity this list is a good example. The #1 song never charted. And only 2 of the top 10 broke the top 10.

 

[Channel98]

Billboard did not launch a mainstream rock chart until March 1981. Comfortably Numb would likely have been a top-ten hit if the chart had existed in 1980. Two other Pink Floyd songs, On The Turning Away in 1987 and Keep Talking in 1994, went to number one on the rock chart but never appeared on the Hot 100. Here are songs #41 through #50:

41. Summer Of '69 - Bryan Adams (5/1985)
42. Limelight - Rush (55/1981)
43. Fat Bottomed Girls - Queen (24/1978)
44. We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions - Queen (4/1977)
45. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac (LP/1977)
46. Don't You Forget About Me - Simple Minds (1/1985)
47. Layla (Live) - Eric Clapton (12/1992)
48. Highway To Hell - AC/DC (47/1979)
49. Renegade - Styx (16/1979)
50. Faithfully - Journey (12/1983)

We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions should have counted as two songs – which, of course, they are.

 

[Channel98]

We've seen the top ten. Here are the bottom ten:

391. Right Now - Van Halen (55/1992)
392. Second Hand News - Fleetwood Mac (LP/1977)
393. Forever Man - Eric Clapton (26/1985)
394. Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend (9/1980)
395. Long Long Way From Home - Foreigner (20/1977)
396. London Calling - The Clash (--/1980)
397. Rag Doll - Aerosmith (17/1988)
398. Straight On - Heart (15/1978)
399. Rock'n Me - Steve Miller Band (1/1976)
400. Turn It On Again - Genesis (58/1980)