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Let's see how ST does on this. LA Weekly has a list of "Five Song Requests Jazz Bands Wish You Would Stop Making." Care to guess what they are?

Posted by con_carne Jul 25 '12, 12:29

In other words, possibly the five most overplayed jazz songs. I'm ranking these in the order they appear on the page.

Go!

Responses:

Current Earworm: Birdland -- nm - Strongbad Jul 25, 12:46
Here's the article, which at least makes suggestions of alternate choices for each of the songs -- (link) - con_carne Jul 25, 12:44 1
- I just found that and read it. - b. Jul 25, 12:49
Does When the Saints Go Marching In count? -- nm - Jim Jul 25, 12:36
that's an odd one. some popular jazz is popular because it's good, so what'd the complaints be? -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:35 5
- "Of the tens of thousands of available standards, the following five songs come up more than any other and there isn't a jazz band in the world that - con_carne Jul 25, 12:40
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- probably just tired of playing it. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 12:36 2
  - I'd get that - I think I was reading more into it, like judgment. :) - -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:43
  - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:37
Stormy Weather. Cry Me A River. -- nm - Diva Jul 25, 12:35
Hints for the rest: One is associated with a beloved cartoon, one with sports, one with South America, and one is more of an old pop song - con_carne Jul 25, 12:34 10
- linus & lucy?? -- nm - b. Jul 25, 12:36 1
  - *DING DING DING* Linus and Lucy is #5. Well played everybody! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:37
- Pink Panther {nm} - Banzai! Jul 25, 12:36
- Mack the Knife? -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:36
- Sweet Georgia Brown, Moondance. -- nm - pmb Jul 25, 12:35 1
  - Sweet Georgia Brown is #1. One song left. -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:36
- blues in the night -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:35
- the merry go round broke down -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:35
- Girl from Ipanema. -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:35 1
  - that song just turned 50 and *the* girl looks damn fine for being almost 70 -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:49
what a wonderful world and the girl from inpenea. -- nm - tRuMaN Jul 25, 12:34 1
- #3 and #4! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:35
anything that Frank sang -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:33
Sentimental Mood? -- nm - ceregon Jul 25, 12:33
my favorite things -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:33
Entertainer? Is that jazz? -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:33 1
- that's ragtime, which is a precursor of jazz -- nm - znufrii Jul 25, 12:33
Freebird! -- nm - prayformojo Jul 25, 12:32
my funny valentine -- nm - peglegpete Jul 25, 12:32
RagTime Girl? - Will Hunting Jul 25, 12:32 1
- *ribbit* -- nm - Warner Bros. froggie Jul 25, 12:42
My Ding a Ling -- nm - Epiphany Jul 25, 12:31 1
- Davy's Dingy (is the only one for me) -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 12:51
I got nothing. -- nm - CQ Jul 25, 12:30 1
- I guarantee you know most of these songs -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:32
Take Five -- nm - mara Jul 25, 12:30 1
- #2! -- nm - con_carne Jul 25, 12:31

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Let's see how ST does on this. LA Weekly has a list of "Five Song Requests Jazz Bands Wish You Would Stop Making." Care to guess what they are?

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