Careron's #5

Down to New Orleans we go, well let's think about heading down there.  It might be a little rainy down there right now. This next artist is an  African American pop/R&B singer. He was actually a quite successful boxer before he started his music career. Released as a single in 1966...

Cameron's number 5 song is...
Lee Dorsey ~ Workin' in a Coal Mine

"Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down
Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down
Five o'clock in the mornin', I'm all ready up and gone
Lord I am so tired, how long can this go on?
That I'm workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down
Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down
'Cause I make all the money, hauling coal by the ton
But when Saturday goes around I'm too tired for havin' fun (Too tired for having…)
I' just workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoop, about to slip down
Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down, down, down
Workin' in a coal mine, whoops, about to slip down"

Cameron's #6

Califorina here we come (again)! This is where we will find this singer/songwriter.  He has released four solo albums and is a member of the bands The Traditional Fools, Epsilons, Party Fowl, Sic Alps, The Perverts.  Off of his 2010 album Melted...

Cameron's number 6 song is...
Ty Segall ~ Sad Fuzz

 

"Sitting with you, sinking in the shade
Eating while we're sleeping, yeah i'm loosing sleep
You said: "why do you feel so fine?", I said it's lovely
yes it's lovely, yes it's lovely outside.

Please don't be sad my baby no
Please don't be sad my baby no
Please don't be sad you know you're mine
Oh yeah your'e mine"


Cameron's #7

We had another record setting day here at the TTMB, 73 views in one day!  Welcome to all you newcomers, ckeck out the first post it truely find out what this blog is about, and enjoy the music!   

Now let's head to Lincon Park, Michigan, This is where we will find our mext artist.  These guys promising beginning which earned them a cover appearance on Rolling Stone magazine in 1969 even before their debut album was released! Off of Their 1970 ablbum  Back In The U.S.A.. ...

 

Cameron's number 7 song is...

MC5 ~ The American Ruse

 

 

"They told you in school about freedom
But when you try to be free they never let ya
They said "it's easy , nothing to it"
And now the army's out to get ya

Sixty nine America in terminal stasis
The air's so thick it's like drowning in molasses
I'm sick and tired of paying these dues
And i'm finally getting hip to the American ruse"

Cameron's #8

Let's head to Memphis, Tennessee! There is not much to say about this next band, other than the fact that they were a one hit wonder.  Yes this next song is that one hit.  The spoken intro for this song dates to the 1947 novelty recording "Cigareetes, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women" by Red Ingle and His Natural Seven.  Off of their 1965 album with the some name...

Cameron's number 8 song is...

The Hombres ~ Let it out (Let it All Hang Out) 

"No parkin' by the sewer sign

Hot dog, my razors broke

Water drippin' up the spout

But I dont care, let it all hang out

Hangin' from a pine tree by my knees

Sun is shinin' through the shade

Nobody knows what its all about

It's too much, man, let it all hang out"

Cameron's #9

Let's head back to England shall we, it seems to be where all the good rock bands are from.  They were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced front-man.  I am sure that you have heard a song by these guys but you might not have known it.  This song was released as a single in 1965...

Cameron's number 9 song is...

The Animals ~ It's My Life 

"Hear what I say, I'm gonna ride that serpent

No more time spent sweatin' rent

Hear my command, I'm breakin' loose, 'cause I ain't no use

Holdin' me down, girl stick around

And baby, remember

It's my life and I'll do what I want

It's my mind and I'll think like I want

Show me I'm wrong, hurt me sometime

But some day I'll treat you real fine

I'll treat you so fine, dear, you're so real"

Cameron's #10

It's that time again, time for yet another top ten! This one is from my co-worker Cameron. That being said, let head to Minnesota, Duluth to be exact.  This is where we will find our next artist, who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for over five decades.  A singer/ songwriter who's unique voice will give them away.  Off of his 1965 album Highway 61 Revisited...

Cameron's number 10 song is...

Bob Dylan ~ Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 

   

"When you're lost in the rain in Juarez

And it's Eastertime too

And your gravity fails

And negativity don't pull you through

Don't put on any airs

When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue

They got some hungry women there 

And they really make a mess outa you."

Sorry for the Interruption (20) but...

Sorry for the Interruption but the TTMB would like to bring you some artist you should know.  This time I decided to pick some of my favorite  lesser known Rock/ Alternative bands.  

This first artist is an American singer/songwriter,  this trck is by far his most well know song, yet not to many people have heard it.   

Mike Doughtry ~ Looking at the World From the Bottom of a Well (2005)

   
This second track is by a Canadian post grunge band.  (Can anyone tell me what post grunge means?) 

Thornley ~ So Far So Good (2004)

This third track is by an American alternative band, I'll be honest this song is probably in my top twenty.

Sponge ~ Plowed (1994)

 

  
Look for a new top ten starting on Sunday!  

Joe's #1

This will be the TTMB's 25th number one song! Let us recap Joe's list thus far,

10. Phillip Phillips ~ Home

9. Phil Collins ~ In The Air Tonight

8. Dave Matthews Band ~ Two Step (Live at Central Park)

7. Damien Rice ~ Volcano

6. Seven Mary Three ~ Lucky

5. Ben Harper and The Blind boys of Alabama ~ I Shall Not Walk Alone

4. Metallica S&M ~ No Leaf Clover

3. The Verve Pipe ~ Freshman

2. Pink Floyd ~ Wish You Were Here


Let's travel back to one of my favorite cities, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  This is where we will find this alternative rock artist.  This next song was by far their biggest hit.  Off of their 1997 album Whatever and Ever Amen...

(drum roll please)

Joe's number one song is ...  
Ben Fold's Five  ~ Brick

"Up the stairs to the apartment

She is balled up on the couch

Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte

They're not home to find us out

And we drive

Now that I have found someone

I'm feeling more alone

Than I ever have before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly

Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly"

There you have it, our 25th number one song!  Be on the look out for something new coming on Friday! 

Joe's #2

Let's head to England, where we will find this legendary rock band.  They have been around since 1965, and have produced numerous memorable hits. et they are only making their second appearance in a top ten! This is the title track off of their 1975 album...

Joe's number 2 song is...
Pink Floyd ~ Wish You Were Here

"So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell,
blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? 
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground. 
What have we found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here"

Joe's #3

We are heading from sunny California to East Lansing, Michigan? Why yer we are because this is where we will find this post-grunge band.  While they are well known in their home state of Michigan, I wold put these guys in the one hit wonder category.  This dark and depressing song is off of their 1996 album Villains...

Joe's number 3 song is...

The Verve Pipe ~ Freshman 

  

"Can't be held responsible
She was touchin' her face
I won't be held responsible
She fell in love in the first place
For the life of me
I can not remember
What made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise
For the life of me
I can not believe we'd ever die
For these sins
We were merely freshmen"

Joe's #4

California is so nice let's not leave just yet/ Actually let's head down to LA, where we will find this band, one of the original four heavy metal bands.  This track is off of their live album with the San Francisco Symphony! Need I say anything else? Making their 4th appearance in a top ten and off of their 1999 S&M album... 

Joe's number 4 song is...

Metallica ~ No Leaf Clover

"Says it feels right this time
Turned it 'round and found the right line
Good day to be alive Sir
Good day to be alive, he said.....
Then it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel
Is just a freight train coming your way"

Joe's #5

We are half my through our 25th top ten! Let's head back to California, I'm beginning to notice a trend here. This singer/ songwriter is a two time Grammy winner who plays an eclectic mix of blues,folk, soul, reggae and rock music. For this next song he collaborated with The Blind Boys of Alabama, off of the 1997 album Will to Live...

Joe's number 5 song is... 

Ben Harper ~ I Will Not Walk Alone 

"Battered and torn

still I can see the light

tattered and worn

but I must kneel to fight

Friend of mine

what can't you spare

I know some times

it gets cold in there

When my legs no longer carry

and the warm wind chills my bones

I reach for Mother Mary

and I shall not walk alone"

Joe's #6

New let's head back to Virginia, this time to Williamsburg.  This Alternative rock band formed in 1992 when Jason Ross and Jason Pollock met while attending The College of William & Mary.  They actually got their name from watching the TV show CHiPs.  Off of their 1997 album RockCrown....

Joe's number 6 song is...

Seven Mary Three ~ Lucky

"And if I stay Lucky then my tongue will stay tied, and I won't betray the things that I hide.

There's not enough years underneath this belt, for me to admit the way that I felt.

Mean Mr. Mustard says don't be the wave that crashes

From a sea of discontent, he says he's wrestled with that blanket...

It leaves you cold and wet any way you stretch it

Divine apathy! Disease of my youth

watch that you don't catch it." 

Joe's #7

I think it's time to head to Ireland, where we will find this next artist.  his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper. After leaving the band he worked as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning to Ireland in 2001 and beginning a solo musical career. Off of his 2002 album O...

Joe's number 7 song is... 

Damien Rice ~ Volcano

"What I am to you is not real

What I am to you you do not need

What I am to you is not what you mean to me

You give me miles and miles of mountains

And I'll ask for the sea"

Joe's #8

Let's head to Charlottesville, Virginia, where this next band was formed.  This band is making their 5th appearance in a top ten, with their 5th different song! Making them and The Beatles the most played artist on this blog!  An interesting fact about his next band is that they sold more tickets than any act from 2000-2010.  Off of their 2003 Live album The Central Park Concert...

Joe's number 8 song is...

Dave Matthews Band ~ Two Step 

Settle in this song is almost 20 minutes long!        

"Celebrate we will

Because life is short but sweet for 

certain

We're climbing two by two

To be sure these days continue

These things we cannot change"

Joe's #9

Even though the Olympics are over, let's head across the pond to England.  This is where we will find our next artist.  I'm trying to figure out what I can say about this artist that won't give away who it is right away. The only thing I can say is that he  is one of only three recording artists (along with Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson) who have sold over 100 million albums worldwide both as solo artists and (separately) as principal members of a band.  Off of his 1981 album Face Value... 

Joe's number 9 song is...

Phil Collins ~ In The Air Tonight       

"Well if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I've seen your face before, my friend
But I don't know if you know who I am?
Well I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin
Know where you've been
It's all been a pack of lies

And I can feel it comin' in the air tonight, oh Lord
I've been waitin' for this moment, all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it, in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord
And I've been waitin' for this moment all of my life, oh Lord
Oh Lord"

Joe's #10

Well everyone, after a wonderful  one year anniversary celebration, let's get back to business.  Okay not totally, we do have another reason to celebrate. because  my good friend Joe has the honor of being the TTMB's 25th top ten!  Let's head down to Georgia, (no we're not looking for a soul to steal) this is where we'll find this next artist.  He's a singer/ songwriter, who won it all on the eleventh season of American Idol.  Off of his upcoming yet to be named album, that should be out later this year...

Joe's number 10 song is...

 Phillip Phillips ~ Home          

"Hold on, to me as we go
As we roll down this unfamiliar road
And although this wave is stringing us along
Just know you’re not alone
Cause i’m going to make this place your home"

Sorry for the Interruption but one year ago...

Hey all... this is Jim and I have decided to confiscate the Sorry for the interruption this time,  After all, this makes the one year anniversary of the music blog which is quite an occasion.  I would like to thank Doug for providing us this vehicle to share and learn new music!  My eyes and ears have been opened to new performers, songs, and styles of music thanks to Doug and all of his efforts in putting this together.  So Once again... thank you Doug!!! For this interruption, I have asked Doug to list his three favorite songs that have appeared on the blog -- that he had not heard before.  So here you go... let the music take control!!!

From John's list his number 8 song...
Oasis ~ The Masterplan

From Ryan's list, his number 3 song ...

Fitz and the Tantrums ~ Moneygrabber 

and last but not least, 

From Jim's list, his number 2 song...

 Gov't Mule ~ Soulshine 

  

Thanks Jim!  What started out as an idea from my Sister in law, has turned into this! We've seen 24 top tens, had almost 4,000 views and seen some great music! Here's to another year and some more great music!  Thank you all for making this such a success! 

What's going on here?

Only 1 more day until a very special post! 

Until then here are some fun music videos and songs to hold you over! 

Your Favorite Martian ~ Jupiter 

                                               fun. ~ Some Nights

Alter Bridge ~ Blackbird (Live at Wembley) 

                                         This song has one of the best guitar solos ever in it!

Pete's #1

Its time again for a new number one song. I can't believe that this will be the completion of the TTMB's 24th list! But before I reveal Pete's number one song let us recap his top ten thus far... 10) Refused ~ The Deadly Rhythm 9) Parliament ~ Flash Light 8) Between the Buried and Me ~ Ants of the Sky 7) Cake ~ Friend is a Four Letter Word 6) Sublime ~ Seed 5) Queens Of The Stone Age ~ A Song for the Dead 4) Bob Marley ~ Concrete Jungle 3) Bad Religion ~ Henchmen 2) Muse ~ New Born This next artist is a New Jersey ska punk band with jazz and eastern European influences. Off of their 2007 album "Somewhere in the Between"... Pete's number one song is... Streetlight Manifesto ~ We Will Fall Together

"And we know not what we do (Can you hear them call?) Will we ever make it through? As they watch us fall from the sky to the ground to the see Woe is me, woe is me, no one will save you now We can only look away (away!) We'll not be victims there'll be no victims of to speak And only then will we be free And up will rise the meek And when we fall we will fall together No one will catch us so we'll catch ourselves And where we roam we will roam forever No one will understand what we meant" Keep an eye out for some special stuff this week!

Pete's #2

Let's head across the pond to England shall we, fitting I now. This where we'll find this rock band. When Bono from U2 personally calls you to ask you to open for them, you know you made it! Off if their 2001 album " Origin Of Symmetry"... Pete's number 2 song is... Muse ~ New Born

" Hopeless time to roam The distance to your home Fades away to nowhere How much are you worth You can't come down to earth You're swelling up, you're unstoppable"

Pete's #3

From Jamaica back to LA. This is where we'll find this legendary punk band. They are considered to be one of the most successful independent punk bands of all time, selling over 5 million albums. Off if their 1989 album "No Control"... Pete's number 3 song is... Bad Religion ~ Henchmen

" Stranded In a life in which your struggle for acceptance Is a never-ending chore, Upbraided For your actions past and present and rewarded for the ideas Of the future's bright open door. The henchman Is the human analogue of the suffering multitudes Who like good dogs sit and lick for their reward. So what good advice have I got for you To insure against your likely metamorphosis into this reprobate? Don't be a henchman, Stand on your laurels, Do what no one else does and praise the good of other men For good man's sake. And when everyone else in the world follows your lead (Although a cold day in hell it will surely be) That's when the entire world shall live in harmony."

Pete's #4

Let's head the the Caribbean, I think Jamaica sounds great about now. That where we would have found this last artist. If that wasn't a huge hint, off if his 1973 album "Catch a Fire" Pete's number 4 song is... Bob Marley ~ Concrete Jungle

" No sun will shine in my day today; (no sun will shine) The high yellow moon won't come out to play: (that high yellow moon won't come out to play) I said (darkness) darkness has covered my light, (and the stage) And the stage my day into night, yeah. Where is the love to be found? (oo-ooh-ooh) Won't someone tell me? 'Cause my (sweet life) life must be somewhere to be found -(must be somewhere for me) Instead of concrete jungle (la la-la!), Where the living is harder (la-la!)."

Pete's #5

I guess we're going to stay in sunny California. Where we'll find this hard rock band. Some think the this is a concept album, like you're driving from LA to Joshua tree listing to the different radio stations. A fun fact about the this band is on the album this song is on, the amazing Dave Grohl was their guest drummer. Off of their 2002 album "Songs for the Deaf" Pete's number 5 song is .. Queens Of The Stone Age ~ A Song for the Dead

" It's late enough to go drivin And see what's mine That's a study of dying How to do it right You're a holy roller Get your bed in the loose If you're hanging around I'm holdin the noose Come a little bit closer And get on tight In a hurse rollin over Just a track in the line Fuck it Come on, let's go drivin Come on, let's take a little ride That's the study of dying How to do it right"