Flame war (note: EXTREME earworm warning)

[Bossy Monkey]

If I may be serious for just an instant, I wanted to put on "What Made America Famous?" by Harry Chapin, but as it doesn't have flame or fire in the title, I decided against. If you don't know it though, most definitely check it out; you might be the first person not to cry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIvQQXGyr3A

Edit: "Light My Fire" replaces "I'm On Fire." You're already on here once, Bruce.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How could you have left out the Doors' "Light My Fire"?

In a similar vein, but without fire in the title, there's Peggy Lee's "Fever."

[Bossy Monkey]

2. I knew I was forgetting something!

Considering the cascade of votes, I think I can get it on. Never liked "I'm On Fire" that much anyway.

[Bossy Monkey]

3. Hot, Sexy & Dead can win this thng; just one vote will take it!

:P

[Moondog]

4. Fire - Arthur Brown

Always liked that one.

[gbate]

21. That one gets my vote.

[Bossy Monkey]

23. Loved it when I was little tiny; still do, mind you, but it was awesome when I was 6 or so n/t

[Iggo]

5. Ohio Players.

Yow!

[Bossy Monkey]

9. Really thought this (or maybe Elmer Fudd) would run away with it.

I guess a lot of people have forgotten the Ohio Players. Ah well.

[qnr]

17. I'm more of a "Honey" fan, heheheh n/t

[Iggo]

19. The funk folks are finally showing up.

(She's so on) Fire! (Woo, woo, woo, woo) Fire!

[Tikki]

6. Other...."Burning House of Love"....X

http://www.myvideo.de/watch/5108177/X_Burning_House_Of_Love
"Burning House of Love"....X


Tikki

[Bossy Monkey]

24. If I got started on all the "burning" numbers, I'd need 100 slots

eg hunka hunka "Burnin' Love"

Much as I love X and like "Burning House of Love," I'd probably go with either of the songs called "Burn" by Dream Syndicate or John Wesley Harding. Some kinda psycho, me.

[unsavedtrash]

7. Talking Heads- Burning Down the House

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM

[Bossy Monkey]

25. As at #24 n/t

[Mike 03]

36. That's the first one that I thought of, but I decided not to vote. There are a lot of good

songs in the poll itself. I'm staying out of this one.

[RagAss]

8. Bob Seger...."Fire Down Below"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHS0RYV_Ed0

[Bossy Monkey]

27. Another good one; we need bigger polls and longer editing windows n/t

[qnr]

10. I always preferred the José Feliciano cover of Light My Fire n/t

[qnr]

11. Self-delete - replied to wrong post. n/t

[qnr]

12. Another one - James Taylor: FIre and Rain n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

13. Great one; would have put it on if I'd thought of it n/t

[GReedDiamond]

14. "We Didn't Put Out The Fire"...

...by Benedict Arnold & The Traitors.

Hear it:
http://www.jango.com/music/Benedict+Arnold+And+The+Traitors

BTW, the song is about the many Bush Administration crimes and misdeeds.

On edit: added the BTW

[Bossy Monkey]

29. Thanks, never heard of it. Parody of Billy Joel as well?

I'm on dial-up; I can post links but pretty much can't follow them unless I feel like waiting a half hour.:)

[GReedDiamond]

30. You are correct...

...besides the BushCrimes, it was "inspired" by Mr. Joel.

(Full disclosure: it's my band.)

I haven't used dial-up for years, are sites that stream audio still difficult to use when on dial-up?

[Bossy Monkey]

31. Difficult, verging on impossible

A buddy from Seattle keeps sending links of songs from a college or NPR station (maybe both) that I need to hear. I haven't been to successful at that. I'll try to listen to yours, though; I'll just read a book while it's compiling... compiling... compiling.:)

[Bossy Monkey]

33. Unfortunately, there was no way to pause while the whole thing downloaded

and going back and starting again after at least some of the song had played didn't help. But what I could hear of it sounded AWESOME. Next time I'm someplace with free wireless, I'll be sure to listen to the rest. (By the way, the word I was looking for was "buffering... buffering... buffering," but of course Jango doesn't have that kind of display.)

[GReedDiamond]

34. Sorry that didn't work for ya...

...you are correct, "buffering" is the word - on dsl or cable modem, Jango streams nicely without the friggin buffering.

But thanks for trying and especially thanks for the "AWESOME" on what did play for you! Hope you get to hear the whole tune some time soon...

[kentauros]

15. Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

and the Wall of Voodoo version - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JegJYlZ7UQE

Elvis Hitler - Black Babies Dancing on Fire
(If you don't recognize them, here's a live version of "Hotrod to Hell" :D)

Brian Eno - Baby's on Fire - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=draua97qH1Y

Nick Cave - Babe, I'm on Fire
Pt-1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYH8AILcqmk
Pt-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuUuKKAWoeg&feature=related

[Bossy Monkey]

16. Oh man, how am I not remembering these?

Well, I'm only embarrassed about the Johnny Cash one. Oh shit! The Eno reminded me of one of my favorites: Building On Fire by Talking Heads. YouTube alas does not come through on that one.

[kentauros]

18. You remembered quite a few of the others ;)

"Baby's on Fire" was the first one I thought of, then "Ring of Fire". I still prefer Wall of Voodoo's version, though I love Johnny Cash :)

I had to look up the others from my collection and stumbled onto the Nick Cave title on YouTube.

Oh, found "Building on Fire" for you - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rekw4N8W2aE

[southpaw]

20. "Fire Woman" - The Cult

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV8o1VmRftM

[Bossy Monkey]

22. Dangit! Another one I can't believe I didn't remember

Of course with only 10 slots, I'd have had some hard choices to make if I had remembered them all. Regardless, good suggestion!:toast:

[Tikki]

26. Where there's smoke, there's fire and where there's fire..there's...

Hot Stuff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwtiPwW3npo




Tikki

[Bossy Monkey]

28. And now you've gone and reminded me of "Smoke From a Distant Fire," dangit

Sanford-Townsend, major contenders for ultimate one-hit wonder status.

Edit: translated subject line to English:)

[gbate]

32. Oh, man, I love that song!

[Jamastiene]

35. Other: Jump In The Fire by Metallica n/t

[Bossy Monkey]

37. Or Jump Into the Fire by Nilsson

People are always reminding me how dang old I am. Then again, being reminded of Herbie Flowers' prowess on the bass is worth it in this case.:)