I read the spreadsheet. Kudzudemon is the clear winner (though some disagreements), mrbaseball was good. GBP04 looked okay and then I saw Piano Man.

I present the OFFICIAL LOUNGE TOP 100 SONGS of the Rock era!


1 Echoes Pink Floyd
2 Whipping Post Allman Bros.
3 American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
4 Kazmir Led Zeppelin
5 Heroin Lou Reed
6 All Shook Up Elvis Presley
7 Purple Haze Jimi Hendrix
8 Sympathy For The Devil The Rolling Stones
9 This Magic Moment Lou Reed
10 Seven Nation Army The White Stripes
11 Gimme Shelter The Rolling Stones
12 Communication Breakdown Led Zeppelin
13 Baba o'Riley The Who
14 Duke of Earl Gene Chandler
15 Bohemian Rhapsody Queen
16 I Wanna Be Sedated The Ramones
17 Like A Rolling Stone Bob Dylan
18 Brothers in Arms Dire Straits
19 What's Going On Marvin Gaye
20 Pirates ELP
21 Epic FZ,TB,AB
22 London Calling The Clash
23 Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix
24 Hound Dog Elvis Presley
25 The Weight The Band
26 Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
27 Bang a Gong T. Rex.
28 Johnny B. Goode Chuck Berry
29 Maybellene Chuck Berry
30 Voodoo Chile Jimi Hendrix
31 Rumble Link Wray
32 Heart of Gold Neil Young
33 A Day in the Life The MFin Beatles
34 Smoke On the Water Deep Purple
35 Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd
36 Stairway to Heaven Led Zeppelin
37 Jumpin' Jack Flash Rolling Stones
38 Under Pressure Queen ft. David Bowie
39 "The Night They Drove
Old Dixie Down
" The Band
40 I Love Rock and Roll Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
41 Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
42 Moondance Van Morrison
43 Layla Derek and the Dominoes
44 All Along the Watchtower Jimmy Hendrix
45 Won't Get Fooled Again The Who
46 My Generation The Who
47 Sultans of Swing Dire Straits
48 Surf Epic Frank Black
49 Paradise by the Dashboard Light Meat Loaf (songs by Jim Steinman)
50 The Message Grandmaster Flash
51 Born To Run Bruce Sprinsteen
52 Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan
53 I Want To Hold Your Hand The Beatles
54 Scenes from an Italian Restaurant Billy Joel
55 Big Science Laurie Anderson
56 Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd
57 House of the Rising Sun The Animals
58 Redemption Song Bob Marley
59 Paranoid Black Sabbath
60 You Shook Me All Night Long AC/DC
61 Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana
62 We Gotta Get You a Woman Todd Rundgren
63 Mr. Tambourine Man The Byrds
64 Satisfaction The Rolling Stones
65 Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughn
66 Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkle
67 Respect Aretha Franklin
68 Master Of Puppets Metallica
69 Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin
70 Heart Shaped Box Nirvana
71 Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd
72 Signs Five Man Electrical Band
73 Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
74 Night Moves Bob Seger
75 Cult of Personality In Living Color
76 Fade Into You Mazzy Star
77 Madman Across the Water Elton John
78 Miserlou Dick Dale
79 Jesus Just Left Chicago ZZ Top
80 Endless Boogie John Lee Hooker
81 Suite Judy Blue Eyes Crosby, Stills & Nash
82 After the Goldrush Neil Young
83 With a Little Help From My Friends Joe Cocker
84 Proud Mary Tina Turner
85 A Warm Place Nine Inch Nails
86 Car Crash Tricky
87 It's All over Now, Baby Blue Bob Dylan
88 Sweet Child O Mine Guna and Roses
89 Green Onions Booker T & MGs
90 Maggot Brain Funkadelic
91 Highway Star Deep Purple
92 Comfortably Numb Pink Floyd
93 Gallows Pole Led Zeppelin
94 While My Guitar Gently Weeps George Harrison
95 Thela Hun Ginjeet King Crimson
96 Hotel California The Eagles
97 Swee Home Alabama Lynard Skynard
98 Because the Night Patti Smith
99 I Want You to Want Me Cheap Trick
100 Venus Television

With respect is "Echoes" kind of a trendy #1 pick overall or is this undisputed? I have to be honest, I heard the song before but didn't know it was so highly praised. I grew up listening to Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here so it wouldn't even be my favorite PF song.

It's not.

The person who got to pick first, picked it as his first pick.
And he picked 3 more Pink Floyd songs. He's obviously a big fan.

If it was voted on it wouldn't make the top 100.

There are a dozen better Pink Floyd songs.

Yeah, it's just a personal favorite of mine, but I disagree I think in the circle of Floyd fans it's pretty much regarded as the best song that they ever did. Looking at it from a mainstream perspective though, it's obviously not going to be in the top 100 of a rolling stone list or whatever since they had many more radio friendly songs.

OK, I was wondering if this was the case. I know that some of my favorite bands most beloved songs, by devout fans, are hardly ever the popular ones.

Nice work on that post. Great wrap up of the draft.

Overall a great list but if I was in the worst song draft a couple of the songs in the list would be selected by me for that draft.

Had a good time reading through this, randomly listening to the picks along the way. Great draft.

I should visit The Lounge more regularly so I don't miss these drafts.

Couple songs I'd like to mention that didn't get picked.



Everybody loves Hallelujah. I've sort of got bored with it already. Man with one of the greatest tones ever. Beautiful, painful voice.

Not enough chills yet. How about now?



How about another cover that ****s all over the original, which is also great?

Thoroughly enjoyable thread with some great songs that I didn't know.

Man, i wish I could have participated tho; I could easily reel off 15 songs that didn't get picked. Heck, I could come up with 15 Australian songs if I gave it some thought.

Child in time You will see
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvatwJCG2vo
You ask do we play heavy music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7bQ1SI3wk
only go if you got a 10 on the head phones!
I'm sorry i missed this thread

whenever I fire up the motorcycle to go for a ride Meatloaf's 'Bat out of Hell' always comes on in my head.

When he was in his prime he could belt them out.

I heard once it's still one of the top ten selling albums of all time.

Wrong thread.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/63...draft-1353012/

Don't click the link! It's a trap!

Bat Out Of Hell (Songs by Jim Steinman) is one of the greatest albums of all-time!

Leave Marvin Lee Aday alone!!!

HE’S A HUMAN! What you don’t realize is that Marvin is making you all this money and all you do is write a bunch of crap about him.

He hasn’t performed on stage in years. His song is called Bat Out Of Hell for a reason because all you people want is HELL! HELL-HELL, HELL: HELL!

LEAVE HIM ALONE! You are lucky he even performed for you BASTARDS!
LEAVE MARVIN ALONE! Please.

In his biography he left home at 18 after his mom died and his alcoholic/cop father tried to stab him. Got a gig in the musical 'Hair' and the rest is history.

The album got so many rejections he said people would start new record companies just to reject him.

from wiki

Bat Out of Hell has sold more than 43 million copies worldwide.[1] After 35 years, it still sells an estimated 200,000 copies annually and stayed on the charts for over nine years, making it one of the best selling albums of all time.[2][3]

Watching American Masters on PBS - the Troubadours. About the singer/songwriter era and The Troubafour Club in L.A. in the late 60s/early 70s. So amazing.

And I can't believe no one selected a song by Carol King, James Taylor, or Jackson Brown. For shame.

At least I picked some Warren Zevon and Carly Simon songs!

I had all 3 of tem penciled in but never quite pulled the trigger.

I picked Laura Nyro, who trumps Carol King. In my mind anyway.

Sugar Pie Honey Bunch -- Fourr Tops

Summer of 64

What can I say? I love wine! ahahah. Such a sexy song!

My #11

Eric Burdon and War.

Spill the Wine




1 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia
2 Carole King - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
3 The Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood
4 10cc - I'm Not In Love
5 Frank Sinatra - Fly Me To The Moon
6 Leonard Cohen - Dance Me to the End of Love
7 John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
8 ELO - Telephone Line
9 Carly Simon - You're So Vain
10 Van Morrison - Wavelength
11 Eric Burdon and War - Spill The Wine


Live

You guys are in the wrong thread

lol. blame it on the wine.

lolz