As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, January 20, 2023

David Crosby

https://variety.com/2023/music/news/david-crosby-dead-dies-byrds-crosby-stills-nash-1235495467/

 

Quick summary from the front page of today’s Washington Post: “The Woodstock-era star fueled the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and he overcame drug abuse.”

 

I was somewhat amused to learn (from the Post’s full obituary) that Crosby eventually “became an unlikely advice columnist for Rolling Stone, dispensing guidance about relationships, addiction and music, like a counterculture Santa Claus.”

 

While he was more known musically for his singing than his songwriting, he did come up with a handful of great songs for CS&N/Y:

 

Wooden Ships (co-written with Stills and Paul Kantner)

Guinnevere

The Lee Shore

Long Time Gone

Almost Cut My Hair

 

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2023 at 7:59 PM

    Sirius XM top 1000 from last weekend.
    First reaction: this listener poll illustrates to me that the average listener is about 75 years old.
    10.Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
    9. Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel
    8. Cathy's Clown - Everly Brothers
    7. California Girls - Beach Boys
    6. Downtown - Petula Clark
    5. Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
    4. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
    3. Summer Place - Percy Faith
    2. Runaway - Del Shannon
    1. Only the Lonely - Roy Orbison

    If you're curious, the bottom 10:
    1000. What Does It Take - Jr. Walker and the All Stars
    999. You're My World - Cilla Black
    998. Return of the Red Baron - Royal Guardsmen
    997. Tell It to the Rain - 4 Seasons
    996. Cloud Nine - Temptations
    995. Because They're Young - Duane Eddy and the Rebels
    994. My Cup Runneth Over - Ed Ames
    993. Marlena - 4 Seasons
    992. Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Johnny Rivers
    991. Summertime Blues - Blue Cheer

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    1. Mike RhoadsJanuary 28, 2023 at 10:14 AM

      Yeah. Even though it was apparently a list of Top 60s songs, it skews early, at least at the top. (Percy Faith at #3???)
      I'm a little surprised that Marlena made it. Certainly not a bad song, but not one of the first of theirs that immediately comes to mind.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2023 at 12:09 PM

    Trust me, although I dislike Marlena, there are songs on this list much, much worse.

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