Same name / different song - No. 34 Spaceman

[VelvetGuru9]

A while ago we had another musical showdown that featured songs with the same name but different writers/performers. They were one-offs and not done in conjunction with the Rock Wars. Please listen to all the songs, even the ones that you haven't necessarily heard before and then pick your favorites. Some songs may only have two competitors and some may have as many as four or five or even six. I'll try to weed out the pretenders from the contenders.

Our 33rd match-up is SPACEMAN – thanks to Magnito for this one

As usual, there are a lot of songs on this one, but this will make for a nice time killer while you're working or blogging or whatever it is you do. Just sit back and listen. Give each song a chance, then decide.

Foghat pulled out a very surprise win in the last match-up, but it wasn’t the biggest surprise to me. Easy Money had the highest showing yet by a country artist, Brad Paisley, who missed out on the top spot by 1 vote. And he did it while only grabbing one first place vote in the competition.

4 Non Blondes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSWKw15rCoI)
vs.
Babylon Zoo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_9MI2ymN6s)
vs.
Bif Naked (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPNZ64enQWk)
Vs
Journey (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GKiqzgDEKs)
vs.
The Killers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc16Y9fiCvQ)
vs.
Dave Matthews Band (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiYRrOtpHzw)
Vs
Harry Nilsson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8LDZreZ7M)

In the immortal words of DTM - "So what say you all." Who will be the winner in this latest match-up of Same Name/Different Song? Rank the songs from favorite to least favorite as there'll be a points system to decide winners & losers. Also, if you like, put in comments about the songs - good or bad, it's all cool.

As always, if you have suggestions for future match-ups please list those in your reply.

upcoming titles so far:
Heroes
Smile
Cry
Phoenix
Daydream
Get It On
Rambling Man
Jessica
I Believe
Gypsy Woman
She
Hurt
Today
Yesterday
Tomorrow
The Best of Times
I Am
You Are
My Love
Love of My Life
Black and White
The End
One More Time
In Your Eyes
In My Life
Close to the Edge
Up
Down
If
Carnival

To see the winners of the first 20 matches CLICK HERE (http://www.hcrealms.com/forum/showthread.php?t=266922)

Match # 21 Alive – Pearl Jam (44) beat P.O.D. (32), Black Eyed Peas (29), Jennifer Lopez (26), Beastie Boys (22), Korn (20)

Match #22 Aqualung - Jethro Tull 21 beat Morcheeba (18), Spooky (9)

Match #23 Good Time(s) - Sam Cooke (29) beat Hoodoo Gurus (26), Love (23), Chic (19), Willie Nelson (17), Ziggy Marley (12)

Match #24 Bad Time(s) - Scotty McKay (26) beat Tygers of Pan Tang (23), Grand Funk Railroad (22), Joan Jett (22), The Roulettes (19), Tavares (14)

Match # 25 Good Times Bad Times – Led Zeppelin beat the Rolling Stones 4 1st place votes to 1

Match #26 Turn to Stone - Joe Walsh (35) beat Electric Light Orchestra (32) Siouxsie and the Banshees (29) Ingrid Michaelson (23) Dio (19), Girls Aloud (15), Becca (15)

Match #27 I Only Want to Be with You – Dusty Springfield (20) beat Barry White (16), Curtis Stigers (11).

Match #28 Drive - R.E.M. (53) beat The Cars (44), Client (29), Incubus (26) Alan Jackson and Bic Runga (tied 25 each), Bobby McFerrin (22).

Match #29 Love Hurts – Nazareth (44) beat Suzi Quatro (33), Mae McKenna (32), Incubus (20), Minnie Riperton (18)

Match #30 Woman – Wolfmother (54) beat John Lennon (50), Pure Prairie League (34), Peter and Gordon (30), James Brown, Neneh Cherry and James Gang (28)

Match #31 Family Tree – Belle and Sebastian (46) beat Megadeth (45), Ben Kweller (40), TV on the Radio (38) Darryl Worley (33), Venice (26), Bone Thugs & Harmony (24)

Match #32 Solitaire - Carpenters (33) beat Notwist (29), 3 Tied with 28 Deep Purple, Laura Branigan and Wilco, Tony Bennett (22)

Match #33 Easy Money – Foghat (37) beat Brad Paisley (36), 2 tied for 3rd place - Dee Dee Sharp (31) and King Crimson (31), Nick Cave (30), Billy Joel (24)

[VelvetGuru9]

Harry Nilsson - this is a sweet pop tune. Nilsson always seems to be able to meld fun lyrics with a sing-along melody, laid over cool chords.
Journey - I was feeling this one and Neal Schon's guitar work was outstanding.
Dave Matthews Band - Whoa! Best percussion I think I've heard in a song in a while. Carter Beauford (DMB's drummer) plays beats like no one's business and then he doesn't play a beat when you're expecting one and it makes the song better. Not many people can do that and were it not for DM's voice this would have been #1.
Killers - I started with them ranked 1 or 2, but then I listened to all the songs and they fell to 4.
4 Non-Blondes - I liked this song better the first time I heard it when it was called What's Up. I love Linda Perry, but she channeled herself too much on this one...still it wasn't the worst.
Babylon Zoo - I liked the chorus but the rest of the song was too electronic for my tastes.
Bif Naked - uh, errrrr, um...not my usual type of song. Too trendy and nothing to make me think I'd listen to it a second time.

[Captain Beyond]

1. Journey - I was not expecting to put Journey at number one, but this being pre Steve Perry made it a lot easier.

2. Harry Nilsson - Always love this guy's work. I wonder if there's more then one song named "coconut"?

3. Babylon Zoo - nothing special here.

4. Bif Naked - She gets points because of her ties to Naked News.

5. Dave Matthews Band

6. The Killers

7. 4 Non-Blondes

[Drunky]

1. Journey
2. Bif Naked
3. Babylon Zoo
4. Dave Matthews Band
5. The Killers
6. Harry Nilsson
7. 4 Non-Blondes

[lensnart]

1. The Killers - I know as an aging hipster I am supposed to hate this band, but they are a talented group and I love this track.

2. 4 Non-Blondes - This song was a bit of a surprise for me. It is way better than I remember it being. Typical Linda Perry, but I typically like her so it all works out.

3. Babylon Zoo - This really isn't that good of a song, but it brings back fond memories of a drunker, sexier time.

4. Bif Naked - Had this been the album version it would have ranked higher. Give me the guitars of the original, this dance remix is okay but a bit too generic for my tastes. She would probably score even lower if she wasn't crazy cool and crazy hot.

5. Harry Nilsson - THis is a great song, that in most of these would have made the top two. I love the happy, hopeful feel to it.

6. Journey - Not one of Journey's best, but still a solid track. Probably the best song I have ever ranked so low.

7. Dave Matthews Band - The only one in the bunch that I don't like. I have always found their music grating and this song is no exception.

[Surfer13]

1) Killers

2) Babylon Zoo

3) Harry Nilsson

4) Journey

5) Bif Naked

6) 4 Non Blondes

7) Dave Matthews Band

I had the usual assortments of comments and commentary, but when I posted the response my internet decided to stop working for a moment, so suffice it to say that I like what I like. :cool:

[markrochip]

Before I get to ranking these Spacemen, just want to mention some accompanying listening tidbits:

"Spaceship" by Angie Aparo - one of my all time favorite songs. Is it rock? Is it pop? Don't know, but that guys lyrics and vocal range are both "out of this world"!

"Spaceboy" by Smashing Pumpkins - Off of Siamese Dream... love it or hate it, there's no in-between. 'Nuff said.

"Starman" by David Bowie - When Glam was God!

[VelvetGuru9]

Before I get to ranking these Spacemen, just want to mention some accompanying listening tidbits:

"Spaceship" by Angie Aparo - one of my all time favorite songs. Is it rock? Is it pop? Don't know, but that guys lyrics and vocal range are both "out of this world"!

"Spaceboy" by Smashing Pumpkins - Off of Siamese Dream... love it or hate it, there's no in-between. 'Nuff said.

"Starman" by David Bowie - When Glam was God!

The first "cool" album I ever bought with my own money - Ziggy Stardust. I'm sure my older sister hated it because I began to raid her closet for Bowie-esque shirts.

[Magnito]

1) The Killers

2) Bif Naked

3) 4 Non Blondes

4) Harry Nilsson

5) Journey

6) Babylon Zoo

7) Dave Matthews Band

[AlienFlanders]

1. Babylon Zoo
2. Harry Nilsson
3. 4 Non Blondes
4. Journey
5. The Killers
6. Bif naked
7. Dave Matthews Band

[markrochip]

Spaceman... Calling Dr. Leo Spaceman...

1 - Harry Nilsson - I don't think I've heard a Harry Nilsson song that I didn't like... yet. As sad as it may seem, this is the kind of music I really enjoy blasting in my car and singing on the top of my lungs. And I probably will! "Now that I am a spaceman, nobody cares about me." Nice!

2 - Dave Matthews Band - I like when DMB songs aren't "we have so much talent OVERKILL". I thought this was pretty good - quick, catchy, and giftedly crafted. I was surprised that I liked this song as much as I did.

3 - Journey - I'm not familiar with much pre-Perry Journey, but I thought this song was pretty darn cool sounding. Dug the guitar solo.

4 - The Killers - Not their best song, but not a terrible tune by any means. The song is fun, but predictable.

5 - 4 Non Blondes - Are all of their songs about getting high? This song was kind of weak for grunge, kind of weak for psychedelia, and kind of weak for spacemen. Meh.

6 - Babylon Zoo - It lost me 40 seconds in when it went all San Jacinto-meets-whatever used distortion in the '90s. There's not much about this song that I found enjoyable. My favorite parts were the Chipmunks guest vocals. Meh.

7 - Bif Naked - Substandard dance song with substandard vocals. The singer to this group is super hot. I don't know if that is sufficient enough to boost the song in my list. My life was fuller before hearing this song. Meh.

[markrochip]

Harry Nilsson - this is a sweet pop tune. Nilsson always seems to be able to meld fun lyrics with a sing-along melody, laid over cool chords.
Journey - I was feeling this one and Neal Schon's guitar work was outstanding.
Dave Matthews Band - Whoa! Best percussion I think I've heard in a song in a while. Carter Beauford (DMB's drummer) plays beats like no one's business and then he doesn't play a beat when you're expecting one and it makes the song better. Not many people can do that and were it not for DM's voice this would have been #1.
Killers - I started with them ranked 1 or 2, but then I listened to all the songs and they fell to 4.
4 Non-Blondes - I liked this song better the first time I heard it when it was called What's Up. I love Linda Perry, but she channeled herself too much on this one...still it wasn't the worst.
Babylon Zoo - I liked the chorus but the rest of the song was too electronic for my tastes.
Bif Naked - uh, errrrr, um...not my usual type of song. Too trendy and nothing to make me think I'd listen to it a second time.


Our choices were off by just one song this time!

[VelvetGuru9]

Our choices were off by just one song this time!

What can I say; your musical tastes have gotten much better since meeting me :laugh:

[DTM]

1. Dave Matthews Band (probably the most enjoyable song so far)
2. The Killers (not bad, I kinda liked it)
3. 4 Non Blondes (new song for me, and while I didnt love it, I did find it somewhat enjoyable)
4. Journey (another OK, so so song for me)
5. Bif Naked (eh, it was OK, middle of the road so far I guess)
6. Harry Nilsson (another nothing special song)
7. Babylon Zoo (not horrible, but not really that good to me)

[hail_eris]

Let's rank 'em!


The Killers (I have to admit, I was prepared for this album to be entirely forgettable. The label of "next big thing" has spelled doom for so very many bands. But I actually enjoyed it quite a lot.)

Harry Nilsson (I feel that this song could only be properly appreciated by listening to it on 8-track in this van (http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2008/07/Space%20Van.jpg).)

Bif Naked (This sounded exactly like the opening to Season Two of the Venture Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRWQGlVe6E). And that's actually getting this song a bit of a bump, because that *still* cracks me up.)

Dave Matthews Band (Meh. There are some Dave Matthews tracks that I grudgingly admit to enjoying. This wasn't one of them.)

Journey (Sorry, but Journey is defined by the Steve Perry era for me.)

4 Non Blondes (I'm sorry - I can't get past this video. "You got your Concrete Blonde in my Blind Melon." "You got your Blind Melon in my Concrete Blonde." Why they're two great tastes - okay, they're not. They're one awfully good taste and one mediocre taste that happened to score *huge* with a video with a bee girl in it. So, yeah. I'm expecting this to not do so well.)

Babylon Zoo (Somewhere right now, this song is playing in a Hot Topic.)

[Captain Beyond]

Let's rank 'em!


The Killers (I have to admit, I was prepared for this album to be entirely forgettable. The label of "next big thing" has spelled doom for so very many bands. But I actually enjoyed it quite a lot.)

Harry Nilsson (I feel that this song could only be properly appreciated by listening to it on 8-track in this van (http://www.bestweekever.tv/bwe/images/2008/07/Space%20Van.jpg).)

Bif Naked (This sounded exactly like the opening to Season Two of the Venture Brothers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDRWQGlVe6E). And that's actually getting this song a bit of a bump, because that *still* cracks me up.)

Dave Matthews Band (Meh. There are some Dave Matthews tracks that I grudgingly admit to enjoying. This wasn't one of them.)

Journey (Sorry, but Journey is defined by the Steve Perry era for me.)

4 Non Blondes (I'm sorry - I can't get past this video. "You got your Concrete Blonde in my Blind Melon." "You got your Blind Melon in my Concrete Blonde." Why they're two great tastes - okay, they're not. They're one awfully good taste and one mediocre taste that happened to score *huge* with a video with a bee girl in it. So, yeah. I'm expecting this to not do so well.)

Babylon Zoo (Somewhere right now, this song is playing in a Hot Topic.)


Sometimes I think you might be who they need to replace Simon Cowell.

[hail_eris]

I will take that comment as the highest form of praise.

[Captain Beyond]

I will take that comment as the highest form of praise.

As it was meant to be.;)