Interractive Poll #? - Oldies rocking goldies

This was an interesting poll, with many well known artists/bands, some of whom I know not much of their later/recent work. I was pleasantly surprised by Joe Jackson, the jest in his music and the wit in his lyrics that I liked much in the 80s. Billy Joel's take on Leonard Cohen's song is really great too, but in the end, my three preferred dinosaur songs are:

- David Bowie - "Dollar Days"

- Van der Graaf Generator - Manuelle

- Iggy Pop - Loves Missing

1.  George: Pearl Jam “Dance of the Clairvoyants”  Of course I know of the band (and we carried them on our buses all through the ‘90’s), but haven’t heard much since except for some very fine Eddie Vedder acoustic tunes here and there.  Begins with percussion and bass setting the pace.  Eddie Vedder has a very emotive voice, and a riveting stage presence.  As with many Pearl Jam songs there is a feeling of despair expressed with intensity.  In a very different way than the Bobby Plant tune, this would be a contender for me. If you'd chosen Robert Plant's “Carry Fire,"  it would have handily won this for me, but your other choice also ended up as my favourite.  

3.  Cristi:  I have been consistently surprised at how much I like this band outside of their big hit.  A bit of a "straight, almost MOR production," brought it in at 3rd for me, rather than higher.  A-ha “Living At the End of the World”  Another one from a-ha, who I have to say I really enjoy much more than I would have thought from their smash hit, which did suffer from over-exposure, at least for me.  A lovely ballad-type song with pretty orchestration and of course the fabulous singer at the fore.  A song of depth and sadness, despite the feeling of elation in it. 

Honourable Mentions Go To:

Top HM to suitkees:  Nits “The Electric Pond”   

Shadowyzard:  Ajda Pekkan “Ben Yanmisim”  

Logan:  David Bowie “Dollar Days”  

We see that time passes because some bands, which are obviously the favorites of some of us, come back to compete. For example, I have already voted for A-ha, who if I am not mistaken had proposed Cristi himself, and for this I thank him because I had lost sight of them, and instead now I have found two excellent songs, this one here and the previous one that I voted. They are a band that I absolutely have to deepen. Same goes for Keleidoscope, freaks of the Sixties: fantastic band, which I have already voted in a previous Poll. Idem for Iggy Pop, whom I already knew, but only that of the best times, which in fact I voted.

I exclude these three artists from my podium, since I have already voted them, but I reiterate that A-ha are a remarkable band and that Iggy Pop churned out great songs even as an old man. The Keleidoscope then I am absolutely sympathetic.

I went through the songs again. I am not yet ready to vote, but it will most likely be between these tracks:

The Fall - Mountain Energei (2003) (Hiram)

Joe Jackson - Fool (JD)

Nits - The Electric Pond (suitkees)

VDGG - Manuelle (I prophesy disaster)

Kaleidoscope - Ghost Riders in the Sky,"(Nickie)

Iggy Pop - Loves Missing (Nick)

My votes:

The Fall - Mountain Energei (2003) (Hiram)

Friedman and Liebezeit - "182-11" (Lewian)

Nits - The Electric Pond (suitkees)

we stay for two weeks per topic usually. 

You can vote whenever you can. 

I apologize for dropping off the radar once again. I did listen to the songs in the previous poll, but none of them really resonated with me - which doesn't mean they were bad. Just a question of personal taste, I guess .

Today I finally got round to listening to the songs in the current poll, and found a lot to like, though I will need at least another listen before I can vote. I was familiar with two of them besides my own nomination (Deep Purple and Bowie): for this reason, even if I like both songs a lot, I'll probably not vote for either of them. Of the others, I was impressed by the Joe Jackson song - quite progressive, I'd dare say! - and also the one by Iggy Pop.

I’ve just cast my second vote (Pearl Jam).

Still undecided on my third, and vacillating between three.... 🤔

OK, it took me a while to listen and decide, but I've finally made up my mind and voted. It wasn't easy, because I found the runners-up as good as my top three picks. There was truly a lot to like this time around!

As I said in a previous post, I ruled out Deep Purple and Bowie because I was already familiar with both songs. Here are the ones I voted for:

- Joe Jackson - Fool: quite different from his Eighties hits (which were OK to these ears, but never huge favourites), and somehow reminiscent of some of the Cardiacs offshoots. Mind you, I tend to hear the oddest things when I listen to music .

- Iggy Pop - Loves Missing: I can't say I am very familiar with his older stuff, but this relatively sedate yet haunting song really impressed me.

- The Fall - Mountain Energei: another famous band I am not terribly familiar with, but this song hit all the right buttons with its stylish post-punk vibe.

Runners-up:

Friedman & Liebezeit: anything with Jaki on cannot be anything but excellent;
Kaleidoscope: a dark, slo-mo take on a country classic;

Pearl Jam: I just love Eddie Vedder's voice.

Honourable mentions:

VDGG and Nits.

Well done, everyone! Looking forward to the next one.

1. Kaleidoscope - Ghost Riders in the Sky

2. Blue Öyster Cult - The Alchemist

3. Joe Walsh - And The Band Played On