"Match Game" host Gene Rayburn dies at age 81: http://www.ultimatetv.com/news/TVNewsDaily.html?5428 Greg...
Greg Sorenson
gregs70@...
Dec 3, 1999 7:14 pm
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<<Re: [qb-chat] Mourners are asked to send <blanks>.>> Anyone else catch Weekend Update plagiarizing me on this weekend's SNL? They also ripped off The Onion...
Greg Sorenson
gregs70@...
Dec 6, 1999 3:52 pm
174
... Uh, I think I was otherwise occupied watching something else which was...interesting and doing other....interesting stuff. What happened exactly?...
Anthony de Jesus
ard@...
Dec 7, 1999 12:44 am
175
I thought everyone at Trashmasters this past weekend would really appreciate this... ... Joe Wright, 2nd year graduate student, Southern Cal Department of...
The Margarine of Evil
jwright@...
Dec 7, 1999 3:25 am
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anthony de jesus <ar-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/qb-chat/?start=174 ... SNL? ... He cribbed the (admittedly obvious)...
Greg Sorenson
gregs70@...
Dec 7, 1999 3:19 pm
177
Oh, what mighty games are born of innocent mentions in the chat room. So, Mr. Showbiz is at it again, but the QB community is hopefully far more pop culture...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 16, 1999 8:04 pm
178
Hey everyone, Ok, I'll go ahead and dive in with my 1990s list. I'm not necessarily choosing my favorite songs; I'm choosing songs that I thought were good,...
Kristin Hamlin
hamlin_k@...
Dec 16, 1999 8:37 pm
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Oops, I guess I need to make a few more points: a). You vote for your top ten songs or less, per "decade", meaning your ballot will have up to 40 songs total....
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 16, 1999 8:40 pm
180
Ok, I'm in. The following are in no particular order. I took care, mostly, to avoid those choices that are likely going to be cliche so that other worthy songs...
Terpstra, Richard M.
RT329194@...
Dec 16, 1999 9:31 pm
181
QB-Chat "Singles of the Half-Century" Poll: Ballot for Craig Barker 1950s and 1960s: "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys - 1966 "Hey Jude" by The Beatles -...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 16, 1999 9:40 pm
182
Haven't looked at the polls yet, but here would be my votes for my own favorites (I'll try to restrict this to putative singles, since most of my favorite...
Julie K. Stahlhut
julie.stahlhut@...
Dec 17, 1999 1:50 am
183
The "printer-friendly" tables cut off the years, so they're largely omitted..sorry, Craig. And yes, I understand Craig didn't pick the included songs, but that...
gregs70@...
Dec 17, 1999 2:33 am
184
Everyone, Thanks to Craig for bringing this list to the group's attention (since I don't peruse Mr.Showbiz.com), even though I'm probably the last person you'd...
Brian M. Hight
brio99@...
Dec 17, 1999 3:08 am
185
By the way, does anyone know what happened to Mike Hipps, the guy who founded this list? Actually, I notice the half-century is only 45 years. Oh well, not bad...
S. Pickrell
spickrel@...
Dec 17, 1999 4:32 am
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... Don't know how I could have forgotten this one. Every budding guitarist learns to pick it out at some time or another. The Ventures also recorded lots...
Julie K. Stahlhut
julie.stahlhut@...
Dec 17, 1999 3:15 pm
187
... Gregg Allman re-recorded this one solo a few years later, and it's a completely different take on the song -- melancholy, almost dirge-like, and at the...
Julie K. Stahlhut
julie.stahlhut@...
Dec 17, 1999 3:18 pm
188
... omitted..sorry, Craig. << If you print the tables in landscape, the years will print. In Netscape for Windows, you have to select File:Print (or hit the...
darrell.frye@...
Dec 17, 1999 3:55 pm
189
... Worth noting, I prefer the "Tim version" of Can't Hardly Wait that can be found on the "Nothing for All" disc of the "All for Nothing/Nothing for All" ...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 17, 1999 4:31 pm
190
... Sir Cliff Richard's rendition of the Lord's Prayer to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, entitled Millenial Prayer. It has been #1 in the UK for the past 3 weeks....
darrell.frye@...
Dec 17, 1999 5:39 pm
191
This looks interesting, and since I am now done with finals, I have time to do this. I still can not believe some of the songs left off in this group,...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 18, 1999 12:12 am
192
And now, the reasons behind my selections. * Beastie Boys, "Intergalactic". This was such a sonic experiment, with classic riffs and hooks from the Beastie...
Kristin Hamlin
hamlin_k@...
Dec 18, 1999 1:01 am
193
For those who have followed the music thread with interest, I thought you might also be interested in NPR's list of the 100 most important songs of the 20th...
The Margarine of Evil
jwright@...
Dec 18, 1999 2:35 am
194
Inspired by Kris' critical analysis of her 90s choices, I thought it only apropos to take a longer look at my 90s picks. "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies - 1998 ...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 18, 1999 2:46 am
195
Because even had I used them, I only had three write-in votes. :-) * Third Eye Blind, "Semi-Charmed Life". Within four minutes, we have the tale of someone...
Kristin Hamlin
hamlin_k@...
Dec 18, 1999 3:23 am
196
(Kristin wrote an insightful analysis of 90s lyrics, especially by women writers) I don't listen to much 90s music (it's not that I don't like it; it's just ...
Julie K. Stahlhut
julie.stahlhut@...
Dec 18, 1999 5:05 pm
197
Since everyone else is I figured I'd write a bit on some of my write-ins and look at why I picked a few things I did. Rick 50s-60s "Purple Haze" by Jimi...
Terpstra, Richard M.
RT329194@...
Dec 19, 1999 6:03 am
198
After absorbing a week of discussion of the Singles of the Half-Century, I've realized why it's confused me even while I've participated. If I had to pick,...
Julie K. Stahlhut
julie.stahlhut@...
Dec 19, 1999 3:16 pm
199
In no particular order 50's and 60's a) "Hey Jude" - Beatles 1968 b) "Mack the Knife" - Bobby Darin (and just about every other popular singer that year) 1959 ...
darrell.frye@...
Dec 22, 1999 9:37 pm
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Mr. Showbiz has posted their results: Read, enjoy. http://wallofsound.go.com/features/centurama/singles.html ...
Craig D. Barker
cdbarker@...
Dec 24, 1999 2:32 am
201
Top Vote-Getters by Decade 90's 1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana 2. "Losing My Religion" - R.E.M. 3. "Tears in Heaven" - Eric Clapton 4. "One" - U2 5....
