Theme 354 - Vocal Hero - Songs from bands with a new singer (not just a guest) who wasn't the one they first recorded with - Brass Neck VOTING - closed MIDNIGHT Sunday September 25th

[Val]

Brass is after bands who have changed singers. I raised a query in the last theme as it reads to me as though the nomination has to be with the new singer? e.g. Queen after Freddie, AC/DC after Bon, etc. Tim responded saying he thought the same, "so Deep Purple with Gillan (Mk II) or Coverdale (Mk III), but not Rod Evans (Mk I), etc."

Hopefully Brass may add some clarification.

The next FIVE themes are:

Theme 355 - Your favourite track (or two tracks) from a best-selling studio album (if 2, can be from 2 different albums) - Val
Theme 356 - Mr. Men - song titles containing one of the Mr. Men eg. The word(s) Happy, Snow, Small, Lazy, Funny, Quiet etc. Doesn't need to contain the word Mr, obvs (or Men). - Helen
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Men
Theme 357 - Songs with Metaphors - Jemma
Theme 358 - 1-2-3-4 - Studio tracks that start with a count in - KJS
Theme 359 - You're So Vain - Songs that name check the artist singing. TheFoe

And if you have any more ideas for further themes, post them here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Val]

Hope these pass muster:

In the first, Mike d'Abo replaced Paul Jones from 1966 on and Rod Stewart replaced Steve Marriott in 1969.

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K13hH...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcYa...

[Collette]

Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qcQ3...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwR7J...

[Val]

Tidy:

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC

[Val]

Already I can see that tech is going to hate this!

[Jemma]

After Collette

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)


https://youtu.be/t--UjUinCHI

https://youtu.be/QnsJN_8DfxM

[Craig White]

"tech is going to hate this!"

it's not going well so far! 😁

[Craig White]

Efterjemma,

Prilly Hamilton out, Bunny Rugs in - Howard DeVoto out, Pete Shelley in.

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks

https://youtu.be/UwlUY3AQd2Q
https://youtu.be/9dR_9ss9x2w

[Tim]

after tech

Malcolm Mooney departs, Damo Suzuki comes in
Greg Lake and others out, John Wetton in

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjF4...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA27I...

[KJS]

after Tim

Ian Gillan out, David Coverdale in.
Ozzy out, Ronnie James Dio in.

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGB8T...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pXLQ...

[Craig White]

You're all conspiring, ain't yez?

It's a 10 way tie for woodenspoonville so far! 😁

[Helen The Melon]

After KJS

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Rise Above - Black Flag

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U8b88US...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xHR-rzU...

[Fishy_Jim]

After Helen:

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Rise Above - Black Flag
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCO89...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL68V...

[theDuke]

Okay..i think this one qualifies, just depends on how one refers to this iconic band. Peter Green out, Lindsey/Nicks in. I assume 2 vocalists is okay?

And the 2nd choice might stir up controversy as well; Paul Day (who?) out, Di'Anno in. Yep, Di'Anno wasn't the first, followed by Bruce Dickinson in 1981. That honour goes to the long-forgotten Paul Day, who left the band in 1976. Their 1980 self titled debut album has always been my favourite; so it's Di'Anno for me, and for those who don't favour the heavy stuff, I've picked a softer track from the album:


The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Rise Above - Black Flag
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmuBO...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPoj...

[Tim]

theDuke wrote: "Okay..i think this one qualifies, just depends on how one refers to this iconic band. Peter Green out, Lindsey/Nicks in. I assume 2 vocalists is okay?

And the 2nd choice might stir up controversy..."

It's down to Brass of course, but the theme does specify the vocalist on noms should not be "the first one a band recorded with", and Paul Di'Anno was the first singer Maiden went into the studio with, for the famous Soundhouse Tapes demos in 1978. Paul Day was gone two years before that time, having been allegedly fired for lack of stage charisma.

[theDuke]

Tim wrote: "theDuke wrote: "It's down to Brass of course, but the theme does specify the vocalist on noms should not be "the first one a band recorded with", and Paul Di'Anno was the first singer Maiden went into the studio with, for the famous Soundhouse Tapes demos in 1978. Paul Day was gone two years before that time, having been allegedly fired for lack of stage charisma.."

Ah..i didn't see that bit Tim, maybe i'll change the song for one from the Dickinson era..but let's see what Brass Neck says.

[SussexWelsh]

After Duke

Phil Collins took over as lead vocalist for A Trick Of The Tail, the first studio album after Peter Gabriel departed.

Guitarist Huw Lloyd-Langton was not known for his lead vocals but stepped up to the mic on this track.

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Rise Above - Black Flag
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden
Ripples - Genesis
Moonglum - Hawkwind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAMBK...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnRqD...

[Craig White]

Helen,

Don't fear the spoon!

Everyone else,

FFS! 😁

[TheFoe]

After Sussex

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner (Kelly Hansen)
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company (Brian Howe)
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More
Rise Above - Black Flag
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden
Ripples - Genesis
Moonglum - Hawkwind
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48PJG...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u58IH...

[Helen The Melon]

Tech XXIII wrote: "Helen,

Don't fear the spoon!

Everyone else,

FFS! 😁"

Ummmm yes, the list is looking pretty torturous for me too, old bean.

[Val]

It looks like classic and prog rock bands are most likely to lose/replace their singers. We have 22 nominations this week and I'm capping the votes at SIX as any more might constitute cruel and unusual punishment for some voters. Brass hasn't provided any rulings on the nominations, so I'm accepting them as given.

Here's the playlist and, as usual, all votes to be in by midnight Sunday please.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

[Val]

Well someone has to gird their loins and go first.

Third World - 6
Van Halen - 5
Hawkwind - 4
Foreigner - 3
Buzzcocks - 2
Faith No More - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 5
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 3
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 2
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 1
Rise Above - Black Flag
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden
Ripples - Genesis
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 4
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse

[Craig White]

Could've done with much less points!

3 - b.flag
2 - c.corpse
1 - f.n.more

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 5
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 3
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 2
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 3
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden
Ripples - Genesis
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 4
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Val]

Tech really has it in for Gong - omitted entirely!

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 5
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 3
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 2
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 3
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden
Ripples - Genesis
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 4
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Jemma]

After Craig


Manfred - 6
Iron - 5
Van - 4
Faces - 3
Yes - 2
Genesis - 1


The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 6
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 3
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 3
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 2
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 3
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 2
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 5
Ripples - Genesis - 1
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 4
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Craig White]

"Tech really has it in for Gong"

Sorry, Val I had downloaded a 'You've got to be f****** kidding, no hippy s*** shall break through the filters of sufferation' programme on the lappy! 😁

[Helen The Melon]

After Gemma

Buzz - 2
Mann - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 7
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 3
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 3
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 4
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 3
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 2
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 5
Ripples - Genesis - 1
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 4
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Collette]

After Helen


Bad Company - 6
Foreigner - 5
Hawkwind - 4
Black Sabbath - 3
Manfred Mann - 2
Black Flag - 1


The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 9
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 3
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 8
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company - 6
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 4
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath -3
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 4
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 2
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 5
Ripples - Genesis - 1
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 8
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Tim]

after C

Genesis - 6
Pink Floyd - 5
Iron Maiden - 4
Manfred Mann - 3
Fleetwood Mac - 2
Buzzcocks - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 12
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 3
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 8
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company - 6
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 5
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath -3
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 4
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 2
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac - 2
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 9
Ripples - Genesis - 7
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 8
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd - 5
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[KJS]

after Tim

Faces - 6
P Floyd - 5
F Mac - 4
M Mann - 3
AC/CD - 2
B Flag - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 15
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 9
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC - 2
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 8
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company - 6
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 5
Paperhouse - Can
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath -3
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 5
Rejoice! - Gong
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 2
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac - 6
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 9
Ripples - Genesis - 7
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 8
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd - 10
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Helen The Melon]

Apols for interrupting the voting but I have a question for Val...

Val, re: Theme 355 - Your favourite track (or two tracks) from a best-selling studio album (if 2, can be from 2 different albums).

What constitutes a "best-selling" album? Top 10 in the UK album charts? Or number of copies sold, gold disc? Etc etc

[theDuke]

A classic and prog rocker's dream playlist! I could've voted for most of this lot, so apologies to those that didn't make my six, like King Crimson, Genesis, Hawkwind etc..so here's mine:

After KJS:

One Of These Days - 6
The Mighty Quinn - 5
Ballbreaker - 4
Paperhouse - 3
Rejoice! - 2
Does It Really Happen? - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 20
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 9
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 9
Ballbreaker - AC/DC - 6
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 8
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company - 6
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 6
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 5
Paperhouse - Can - 3
Starless - King Crimson
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath - 3
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 5
Rejoice! - Gong - 2
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 3
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac - 6
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 9
Ripples - Genesis - 7
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 8
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd - 16
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Val]

Helen The Melon wrote: "Apols for interrupting the voting but I have a question for Val...

Val, re: Theme 355 - Your favourite track (or two tracks) from a best-selling studio album (if 2, can be from 2 different albums)..."

I would say Top 20 charts somewhere in the world and I hope that's not too restrictive.

[Helen The Melon]

Thanks Val.

[TheFoe]

After TheDuke

King Crimson - 6 (How this has no votes is a mystery!)
Black Flag - 5
Foreigner - 4
Buzzcocks - 3
Third World - 2
Van Halen - 1

The Mighty Quinn - Manfred Mann - 20
Cindy Incidentally - The Faces - 9
Love Walks In - Van Halen - 10
Ballbreaker - AC/DC - 6
I Want To Know What Love Is - Foreigner - 12
No Smoke Without Fire - Bad Company - 6
96 Degrees In The Shade - Third World - 8
Fiction Romance - Buzzcocks - 8
Paperhouse - Can - 3
Starless - King Crimson - 6
Burn - Deep Purple
Neon Knights - Black Sabbath - 3
Midlife Crisis - Faith No More - 2
Rise Above - Black Flag - 10
Rejoice! - Gong - 2
Does It Really Happen? - Yes - 3
Tusk - Fleetwood Mac - 6
Strange World - Iron Maiden - 9
Ripples - Genesis - 7
Moonglum - Hawkwind - 8
One Of These Days - Pink Floyd - 16
Devoured By Vermin - Cannibal Corpse - 2

[Val]

A nice clear result this week and "Look who it is", to copy the mighty Helen Shapiro, - we all remember this one, don't we?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw0N9...

So I take out the top gong with The Manfred's Mighty Quinn (20 votes). Didn't expect this at all as even though they were always a likeable band, I thought voters might not go for their take on Dylan and that maybe Pretty Flamingo might have been a safer bet. But I like Quinn and it seems you do to. Foe's Pink Floyd track (16 votes) was also a winner and third place went to Jemma and Foreigner (12 votes) - I think I almost preferred Kelly Hansen to Lou Gramm on this. Anyway, well done all and a wooden spoon wings its way to KJS for Deep Purple who missed out in a strong field of classic/prog rock tracks.