Counting Down my iTunes Play Count (VANITY) -- Day #38

AC’s iTunes Directory | 10/21/2024 | Alberta's Child

[Alberta's Child]

Day #38 of the Top 50 songs on my iTunes playlist -- ranked in reverse order by play frequency from #50 to #1 and presented here on a series of FR threads. I've been posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the course of several months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so we are getting down to the last few weeks here.

And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post vanity threads like this, I'll be making contributions for both the 3rd and 4th quarter fundraisers. I would encourage everyone on these threads to do the same! :-)

Have fun with this, folks!

[Alberta's Child]

TODAY'S ADDITION TO THE LIST:

#14 -- "Sullivan Street" by the Counting Crows ... Click Here (YouTube version)

[Alberta's Child]

List to Date:

#50T -- "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel
#50T -- "Fly Over States" by Jason Aldean
#49 -- "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac
#48 -- Bagpipe Medley by the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (2009 World Pipe Band Championships)
#47 -- "How I'll Always Be" by Tim McGraw
#46 -- "Midnight On The Interstate" by Trampled By Turtles
#45 -- "Your Love" by The Outfield
#44 -- "Ventura Highway" by America
#43 -- "Like A Rock" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
#42 -- "The World I Know" by Collective Soul
#41 -- "Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
#40 -- "The Gael" from The Last of the Mohicans
#39 -- "Stand Or Fall" by The Fixx
#38 -- "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
#37 -- "Midnight Rider" by The Allman Brothers Band
#36 -- "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procul Harum
#35 -- "Gathering Crowds" from This Week in Baseball
#34 -- "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
#33 -- "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels
#32 -- "Time Stand Still" by Rush
#31 -- "Nothing Left To Lose" by Mat Kearney
#30 -- "In a Big Country" by Big Country
#29 -- "New York City Serenade" by Bruce Springsteen
#28 -- "Who'll Stop the Rain?" by Creedence Clearwater Revival
#27 -- "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)" by John Mellencamp
#26 -- "It's All I Can Do" by The Cars
#25 -- "Talk Of The Town" by The Pretenders
#24 -- "Going To California" by Led Zeppelin
#23 -- "Into The Mystic" by Van Morrison
#22 -- "The Fire Inside" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
#21 -- "Heard It In A Love Song" by The Marshall Tucker Band
#20 -- "Find Your Way Back" by Jefferson Starship
#19 -- "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)" by Grand Funk Railroad
#18 -- "Take It Back" by Pink Floyd
#17 -- "Mandolin Rain" by Bruce Hornsby & The Range
#16 -- "More Than A Feeling" by Boston
#15 -- "Tuesday's Gone" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
#14 -- "Sullivan Street" by the Counting Crows

[Alberta's Child]

Pinging to those from the previous threads. This one seemingly came out of nowhere to appear so high on this list among some all-time classics. There's a story behind it, as it was part of a regular rotation of slow, mellow tunes I used to play while driving home trying to unwind after late-night hockey games. Seems like I still can remember every small town I drove through on my way home in the wee hours of the morning in the early 2000s.

"Take the way home that leads back to Sullivan Street ... where I'm just another rider burned to the ground."

Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed from the ping list!

[MtnClimber]

That one is a pretty good song. I like many Counting Crows songs. Long December and Mr Jones are pretty good too.

[Lou L]

Really enjoying this list, thank you!

What I like about "Sullivan Street" are the background vocals by Maria McKee, solo artist and former lead singer of Lone Justice. She can also be heard again on "A Murder Of One," also on August and Everything After.

McKee had a few hits in the 80s and early 90s--very promising voice, but perhaps a little too artistic, a little too angst-y to really break out into the mainstream.

[ShadowAce]

I always liked Maria McKee after hearing Lone Justice at Rock Am Ring in 1985.

[Alberta's Child]

"A Murder Of One" is probably my second-best song on August and Everything After.

It's got a clever title, too -- considering the band's name:

murder (noun): a flock of crows.

[MtnClimber]

A flock of one crow!

[MtnClimber]

Counting Crows - Event Tickets

Nov 29

Upcoming event · Morrison, CO

Fri 7:00 PM · Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre

It figures. Just when I don't live there any more. A group I would like to see. And Red Rocks is a GREAT venue.

[Alberta's Child]

That looks like a good show!

[Alberta's Child]

Very interesting. That’s the first I’ve ever heard of Maria McKee!