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Identify the signature song for each artist/group.



Chicago
Pearl Jam
Aretha Franklin
The Cars
Bob Dylan
Steve Miller
ZZ Top
ABBA
Johnny Cash
Styx

I can’t comment on most but here is my take on two of them:

ZZTOP: Sharped Dressed Man

Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues

Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
Pearl Jam - don’t know
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Bob Dylan - Rainy Day Women (most probably will say Blowin in the Wind)
Steve Miller - Space Cowboy or Living in the USA
ZZ Top - La Grange
ABBA - don’t know
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Styx - Come Sail Away


Steve Miller is an interesting call. Could be different songs for “pre” and “post” Joker. It’s all good but I personally prefer the “pre”.

Chicago - Hard to Say I’m Sorry
Pearl Jam - I Got Id ( / Shit)
Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
The Cars - You Might Think
Bob Dylan - The Man In Me
Steve Miller - Take the Money and Run
ZZ Top - I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Johnny Cash - Jackson
Styx - Grand Illusion

Left Seater wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 12:10 pm I can’t comment on most but here is my take on two of them:

ZZTOP: Sharped Dressed Man

Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues

BrokenPsyche: Trtr to my people

Chicago: Saturday in the Park
Pearl Jam: Even Flow
Aretha Franklin: R-E-S-P-E-K
The Cars: Just What I Needed
Bob Dylan: Like a Rolling Stone
Steve Miller: Fly Like an Eagle
ZZ Top: Gimme all Your Lovin
ABBA: Dancing Queen
Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues
Styx: Babe

Softball Bat wrote:Identify the signature song for each artist/group.



Chicago
Pearl Jam
Aretha Franklin
The Cars
Bob Dylan
Steve Miller
ZZ Top
ABBA
Johnny Cash
Styx

Chicago. Anything off CTA, 25 or 6 to 4 would be my pick. If you went with post Kath love ballad faggotry, kindly hand your testicles to someone who can you them. They’re of no use to you.
Pearl Jam. Jeremy
Aretha - Natural Woman
The Cars- Beat friend’s girl
Bob Dylan - Blowin’ in the Wind
Steve Miller - Big Ole Jet Airliner
ZZ Top- La Grange or anything off Tres Hombres. For those of you that picked 80s pop ZZ, please kill yourselves. Especially you, LS. You should lose your Texas citizenship for that pick.
ABBA- take a chance on me.
Johnny Cash - Boy named Sue
Styx- Blue Collar Man


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Chicago - Make Me Smile
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
Aretha Franklin - Respect
The Cars - Just What I Needed
Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind
Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle
ZZ Top - La Grange
ABBA - Dancing Queen
Johnny Cash - I Walk the Line
Styx - Lady

I never make any.....never mind.

Dude! 80's ZZ Top is right in my wheelhouse. Remember, I am not as old as most of you.

Just dumber.

Left Seater wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 8:47 pm Dude! 80's ZZ Top is right in my wheelhouse. Remember, I am not as old as most of you.

I understand that being a bit younger than I, 80s ZZ is in your wheelhouse, whatever that means. I ain't quite mikey old, so Eliminator ZZ was also my first exposure to them.

Doesn't change the fact that the early, more bluesy, less pop, 70s ZZ is a million times better.

But since "signature song" pretty much means "most popular", and Eliminator undoubtedly sold more than Tres Hombres, in its day, thanks to around the clock MTV videos, perhaps Sharp Dressed Man or Legs is a better pick.

Same goes for 80s love ballad Chicago. It sold more than CTA. Still, if you picked it, yer a fag.

smackaholic wrote:"signature song" pretty much means "most popular"

"Signature song" might mean, the first song that comes to your mind when you hear the artist's name.

Or, the one song that is most representative of the artist's body of work.

Or, most popular, as you said.


It is quite subjective, and that is why the responses are always interesting to read.

Agreed.

But can we agree that picking any post Terry Kath love ballad from Chicago makes you a fag?

I don’t care how many albums it sold.


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smackaholic wrote:But can we agree that picking any post Terry Kath love ballad from Chicago makes you a fag?

:)

smackaholic wrote:But can we agree that picking any post Terry Kath love ballad from Chicago makes you a fag?

Men who listen to Chicago are as queer as the day is long.

Early Chicago is some of the best rock and roll ever made.

Then sometime around 1980, someone figured out that chics buy albums too.

Chicago, Journey, Reo, Styx and others started churning out love ballads and made bank!!!!!


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25 or 6 to 4

What does this mean? There's an entire Wikipedia page devoted to the subject. I read it, and I still don't get it. I hate listening to songs when I don't understand the lyrics. Yet I do it all the time. :brad:

To be fair, there isn’t much you do understand, so there is that.

ML@Coyote wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 9:00 am 25 or 6 to 4

What does this mean? There's an entire Wikipedia page devoted to the subject. I read it, and I still don't get it. I hate listening to songs when I don't understand the lyrics. Yet I do it all the time. :brad:

(Song)Writer’s block while sitting around at 25 or 26 minutes before 4:00 am.

If you can’t come up with something to write then write about whatever’s happening.

There’s a similar story behind this song (and probably a lot of others).

Speaking of signature songs, was watching Heart do Stairway to Heaven again the other night at the Kennedy honors show and was wondering when Jimmy Page turned into an old Asian man.

Mikey wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 1:43 pm There’s a similar story behind this song (and probably a lot of others).

Something to do with lays, I'm guessing.

L45B wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 1:17 pmStyx - Grand Illusion

Was their signature album.

This message board’s signature topic

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 6:41 pm Something to do with lays, I'm guessing.

Anyone remember this ad?

https://youtu.be/RuHscMe8dK8

ML@Coyote wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 4:45 pm

Smackie Chan wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 6:41 pm Something to do with lays, I'm guessing.

Anyone remember this ad?

https://youtu.be/RuHscMe8dK8

You mean anyone other than Wolfman?

No.

Whippersnapper.

Chicago: 25 or 6 to 4
Pearl Jam: Jeremy
Aretha Franklin: Respect
The Cars: My Best Friend's Girlfriend
Bob Dylan: Blowing in the Wind
Steve Miller: The Joker
ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin
ABBA: Dancing Queen
Johnny Cash: Folsom Prison Blues
Styx: Renegade