Interactive Poll # 15: Yes, I did say catchy

Since you had a prog one, is the non-PA rule in effect?

This one should be fun!  

My first nomination (if I choose to add others) is:

Thinking out of the box, and damn catchy tunes from various folks that otherwise would not be mentioned on this uptight, constipated prog site. Here is your enema....

The Anders wrote: Cristi wrote: Here it is poll # 15!  I was thinking what rules to have here but I'll just have one: NO BIG HITS please.  Have fun with this, this is a tap your foot, dance in the living room round.  I'll post some songs later today, I haven' even finished my morning coffee!  What does no big hits mean? That they must not have been on the charts anywhere? Or can a song participate if it for instance was a hit in its home country but not elsewhere?

There are so many that I could post here, but I picked some that I didn't think would fit in other categories that might come up.  I was all ready to post one by Yello ("Angel No"), but I noticed that I Prophesy Disaster already posted one, so that took care of on of my many options.  In the end, I had 6 left that I just didn't have the heart to not post, so, here are mine:

Cristi wrote: have fun, and give me feedback.

We have different notions of catchy or very different taste. Possibly both

It’s Catchy! Notes  This one, for me, means I haven’t heard it before, and I find my mind wandering to something about in later on, whether a hooky chorus, vibe or instrumental hook.  Initial thoughts follow.

Cristi:  Sonata Arctica “Cold” Straight ahead-type accessible metal band, decent singer band looks right for this visually.   A-ha “Don’t Do Me Any Favours” Has that a-ha sound, certainly, tight pop outfit, with some musical hooks, classic “song” structure.  Kingdom Come “Mad Queen” Metal/hard rock band here, another classic structure-type song, but dressed in metal clothes this time.  Testament “The Legacy”  Starts off darkly heavy, bluesy ballad style song, then grows into harder-edged and some guitar pyrotechnics.  Diary of Dreams “Dream of a Ghost” Spooky start, then speeds up with some waves of synth sounds and synth vocals.  Feeling of hopelessness in the lyrics, kind of a sci-fi vibe.  IRIS “Ploaia de Vise”  Straight-ahead rock here from Eastern Europe, sounds like…Hits all the straight-ahead rock notes.

Rosu si Negru “Cu fiecare vis”  Straight ahead again, Eastern Europe again? but with a lighter, yet more produced sound than IRIS.

Lorenzo:  Modena City Ramblers “Il ritorno di Paddy Garcia” A bit of a romp, makes me think of “Poncho & Lefty,” for some reason. RAF “Oggi un Dio Non ho”  Pretty ballad-type song, very smooth vocals, nice arrangement.  Paola Turci “Volo Cosi” Another ballad, but of a different type, at least to my ear.  Builds nicely, very passionate vocal.

I prophesy disaster: Yello “Domingo” Heavy electronic sound, pretty ominous sounding to my ear.  The repetitive hook of the keys is pretty catchy.

Suitkees: De Staat “All is Dull” Liked this beginning, those kinda wonky guitars…these guys are just terminally bored and it’s quite funny.  Then “Blues Is Dead” These guys do make me laugh, pretty good novelty stuff.  Fay Lovsky “The the Middle, In the Middle”  sounds kind of like Doris Day on speed.  😊  Calogero “Je joue de la musique”  They are obsessed!  This one I like the best of these, although Fay Lovsky was fun, for the novelty aspect.

The Dark Elf:  The Waterboys “Be My Enemy”  Oh, I love The Waterboys.  Great song and great band.  Young Dubliners “Rocky Road to Dublin”  Trad song done as a rocker, another great choice for catchy.  This is a great version.  Gogol Bordello “Start Wearing Purple”  These guys are fun, too.  Novelty can certainly be catchy. 

The Anders:  Shugo Tokumaru “Kitachi”  Don’t know what they’re singing about, but cute, poppy song. And engaging video.  Jarboli “Nista”  Again, no idea what the song is about, but there’s a feeling of futility in it to me, the treadmill of daily life, perhaps.

TCat:  Glassmoon “You Turn My World Around”  Enjoyed this one, I agree, in it’s time, should have been a hit song.  Eye to Eye “Mermaid Man”  Yep, definitely that Steely Dan vibe….and definitely also catchy.  Gorillaz “19-2000 (Soulchild Remix).  You’ve definitely got an ear for what I think of as catchy, very poppy-catchy, this one.  My Morning Jacket “Holding On To Black Metal” Has some cool punctuation by the horns and the verbal choruses are very hooky.  Status Quo “Slow Train”  Here’s a band I actually saw live!  Video link didn’t work for me (odd) but I found an HQ version on YT.  I remember this one from back in the day.  Geggy Tah “Go” Love the cover.  This one just might win for the sheer quirkiness. 

Edited by Snicolette - August 06 2020 at 16:41