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Still on That Island After All these Years

1) "Let There Be Music"

0 votes

2) "Dance With Me"

3 votes

3) "Still the One"

8 votes

4) "Reach"

0 votes

5) "Love Takes Time"

2 votes

6) Write-ins

1 votes

Edgy DC Nov 03 2010 08:22 AM

As John Hall's tenure comes to an end as the only member of his party to represent New York's 19th Congressional District since World War I, we salute the Old Mole buddy and two-term Congressman with this Orleans-flavored Desert Island Poll. Join me, won't you? We're in the back of your parents' car on some pleather upholstry. We're ten years old heading for some summer spot and one of these is coming through the speakers and you CAN'T HELP BUT SING ALONG. Which one will you be singing along to years later on the barren beaches of Pagoluna when you have none to keep you company but your playlist and a pile of coconuts? Less time in DC for Hall means more concerts at Opus 40. There's always an upside. John still has a lame duck session. Let's boost his spirits and let him know our favorite Orleans tracks. 1) "Let There Be Music." (Dig the brief bio.) : #55 in 1975 2) "Dance With Me": #6 in 1975 3) "Still the One": #5 in 1976 4) "Reach": #51 in 1977 (live at Opus 40 in 2003!) 5) "Love Takes Time": #11 in 1979 6) Write in your favorite.

Edgy DC Nov 03 2010 08:59 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

We could do a hefty poll just of songs called "Dance with Me." [list=1][*]"Dance with Me" (112 song)[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me" (Alphaville song)[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me" (Debelah Morgan song)[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me" (Old 97's Song)[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me" (Zoli Ádok song)[/*:m] [*]"Dance wiv Me", by Dizzee Rascal[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Aaron Carter[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Adam Green from Garfield[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Alice in Videoland from Maiden Voyage[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Destiny's Child from Survivor[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Drew Seeley, feat. Belinda, from The Cheetah Girls 2 soundtrack[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by The Drifters[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Jennifer Lopez from J.Lo[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by The Lords of the New Church[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Orleans from Let There Be Music[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Peter Brown from A Fantasy Love Affair[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Petula Clark from My Love[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by The Sounds from Living in America[/*:m] [*]"Dance with Me", by Steeleye Span from All Around My Hat[/*:m][/list:o]

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 03 2010 09:05 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I'd describe them as a 70s vocal rock band with soul and doo-wop influences. 'Still the One' was such a home run, it's really only a race for second place here.

Willets Point Nov 03 2010 09:18 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

This reminds me that I want to put up a Yacht Rock poll.

TransMonk Nov 03 2010 09:23 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Willets Point wrote: This reminds me that I want to put up a Yacht Rock poll. Yes please!

TheOldMole Nov 05 2010 07:35 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I went with "Still the One," still one of the great songs, but I'll also toss in a write-in for this one: http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/sounds/Banks.mp3

Edgy DC Nov 05 2010 08:52 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

That a Richards original?

TheOldMole Nov 05 2010 09:51 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Yep -- it's on John's last album before he ran for Congress.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2010 10:02 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I especially like the video.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2010 10:07 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

TheOldMole wrote: Yep -- it's on John's last album before he ran for Congress. dynamite

Edgy DC Nov 05 2010 10:11 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

They don't write 'em like that anymore.

metirish Nov 05 2010 10:11 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Is it obligatory to put up polls for like the worst possible acts?

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2010 10:29 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

The vocals have more than a small hint of Warren Zevon.

Edgy DC Nov 05 2010 10:42 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

metirish wrote: Is it obligatory to put up polls for like the worst possible acts? Free your mind and your ass will follow. --- George Clinton

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 05 2010 10:57 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

But I don't want my ass to go to there.

TheOldMole Nov 05 2010 11:09 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

But predated Zevon by a little, although they were pretty contemporaneous.

Frayed Knot Nov 05 2010 11:25 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Not suggesting it was a copy job, only that the voices are similar.

Ashie62 Nov 05 2010 11:58 AM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I haven't heard of this band since high school and the memories are still good.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 05 2010 01:08 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I like "Still the One." I covered a Bush rally in 2004 and they blasted it from the speakers when he was shaking hands after speaking. Few things I've experienced match the energy of a political rally with a sitting president. Just a fun memory.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 05 2010 01:31 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I wonder if Hall can sue him.

RealityChuck Nov 05 2010 01:39 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

If it's going to be John Hall, then the choice is Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (No Mo) with Taj Mahal. John's solo is at about 4:00. As a song, it would be "Still the One," but that still has some bad memories for me.

G-Fafif Nov 05 2010 04:44 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

I"m a "Dance With Me" person. Always takes me back to my last Halloween as a trick or treater, 12 years old. Sweet song -- if not as sweet as whatever landed in my plastic pumpkin that night.

Edgy DC Nov 05 2010 04:46 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

The "Dance With Me" bloc adds another member. It can take you where you want to go.

cooby Nov 05 2010 05:29 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Love Takes Time

Edgy DC Nov 05 2010 07:29 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

cooby goes out of her high school years and picks the 1979 song. That's cooby. You expect her to zig and she zags.

cooby Nov 07 2010 01:58 PM Re: Still on That Island After All these Years

Reminds me of my wedding :)