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19 March 2005By the numbersMichele's been looking for songs with numbers in their titles. Two years ago I put together a CD-R, a foreshortened version (with some songs shuffled) of an earlier mix tape. The track list follows:
Incidentally, "Forty Days" is the same song as Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days." The tape version substituted Boyd Bennett's "Seventeen" and Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen," the Clovers' version of "Love Potion No. 9," and added Nena's "99 Luftballons" and the Drifters' "Three Thirty Three." TrackBack: 9:50 PM, 12 September 2005 » By the Numbers from wendex.net This was a revision of an old mix tape. CD-Rs don’t hold as much as C-90s, so four tracks were cut at the extremes; if you’re curious, they were “Saved by Zero” (the Fixx), “99 Luftballons” (Nena), “Three Thir......[read more] No, no, no, Charles! For the number 25, you should have chosen Edwin Starr! Posted by: David at 9:59 AM on 19 March 2005I did, in fact, consider that; however, the tipping point came when I asked myself, "Do I really want 'Twenty-Five Miles' to be followed by '26 Miles'?" I decided I didn't. Actually, there are plenty of reasonable options for some of these numbers, plus a few that were left off by dint of being instrumentals that would give no clue to the listener: "7-11" (the Gone All-Stars), "20-75" and "30-60-90" (Willie Mitchell). I could, I suppose, have worked in "C30, C60, C90, Go" by Bow Wow Wow, or even "2-4-6-8 Motorway" by the Tom Robinson Band, but those seemed a little too 80s. Then again, I might have made an exception for Paul Hardcastle's "19," had I not already had a song in that slot. Ditto for Stray Cats' "(She's) Sexy + 17." Posted by: CGHill at 10:27 AM on 19 March 2005Another alternate - The Kentucky Headhunters - "(She's) 16 and Single" For a number you missed, there's "76 Trombones". Posted by: triticale at 10:41 AM on 19 March 2005I know you probably know all these, Chaz, but I like listing things too much not to contribute ... "I'm One," The Who Nothing wrong with that. I never claimed that my particular list was in any way definitive, or that it set the standard for such things. And I have no doubt that someone out there has the ability to put together an 80-minute program that duplicates nothing in mine yet is at least as good, maybe quite a bit better. Besides, if I ever put out a By the Numbers 2, you guys will have done the dirty work for me. :) Hey, you missed the best one! (Well, that's arguable, but...) '39, by Queen. Posted by: Jennifer at 1:19 PM on 19 March 2005I love a bunch of your choices! Posted by: Jay at 2:14 PM on 19 March 2005Eight Miles High by The Byrds is another good one. One is the Lonliest Number-? 3000 Miles, The Pretenders 1-2 Crush on You, 48 Hours, Four Horsemen, Capital Radio One, Capital Radio Two, One Emotion, all by The Clash Two of Us, The Beatles Posted by: Craig Ceely at 12:22 AM on 20 March 2005 |
