Top Five: Right Band, Wrong Song – Jukebox Selections
Sep 04
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I have a small group of high school friends that come back into town from time to time. Whenever we all get together, we end up spending countless hours discussing music, movies, and television. We all consider ourselves critics of whatever we’re discussing. There is a bar in Richardson, Tx. that we have always gone to whenever we’re all together. Now in this bar, there is a jukebox. Last time we were together I came up with the idea of picking the right band for a bar, but the wrong song. It was interesting to see peoples reactions to the songs we picked.
5. Counting Crows – Rain King
The Counting Crows are one of those bands that has a ton of older popular songs. And while Rain King is a somewhat popular song, it is no where near as famous as Mr. Jones in any Jukebox Rotation. It’s always fun to walk away from a jukebox after making my selections and when someone asks, “What did you put in?” I just say Counting Crows. They then ask, “Mr. Jones?”. Nope.
4. Oasis – Cast No Shadow
Wonderwall is hands down the most popular song by Oasis. It’s also frequently played on our Jukebox. Not much to say about this one except it was fun to play a pretty good song that didn’t get nearly enough recognition. Another fantastic song by Oasis that doesn’t get enough attention is Live Forever.
3. Journey – Any Way You Want It
I’m just going to throw this out there. I hate Journey. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll jam out from time to time to Don’t Stop Believing. But when you’re at a bar, it’s fun to put this little diddy in and see people jam out to this silly song.
2. Weezer – My Name Is Jonas
Ah Weezer… So many good songs. It’s hard to pick the wrong song with Weezer because almost all of their older songs could be interchangeable on the Jukebox. I chose this one because it’s the song I hear the least, but like the most. I also get to sit there and play Guitar Hero in my mind.
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd – Simple Man
I know… How can Simple Man be the wrong song? Well compared to Sweet Home Alabama, or Free Bird, it is the wrong song. But it’s such a good song, you can rarely go wrong. Shinedown also has a fantastic cover of the song. You can see it on Youtube .
