Supplemental 6@6 Poll #36: Post 6 Jim Croce Faves WITH Top Vote Getters From The Past

First: The Who’s, What’s, Where’s & Why’s of the Supplemental Poll

As per Sunshine’s request and in attempt to squeeze as many bands in the shortest amount of time possible, as a regular feature, The Monday 6 @ 6 Poll, includes a Headliner poll and a Supplemental poll. This Jim Croce poll, like the featured Sheryl Crow and the Chicago headliner poll threads will be closed and tallied 7 days from today, Monday January 27, 2003 at or about 6PM EDT. Results from all 3 polls will be posted a few minutes later on that same day in Week #37’s regularly scheduled Cracker 6@6 Poll.

Second: The Chicago Listener SDM/(Bill) Board Top Vote Getters*

So far, through 59 artists, the results are…
In descending / alphabetical order from 26 Votes down through 5 Votes. (Bold tracks from last week’s polls).
How many songs haven’t you heard from the list & How many did you vote for???

                    • With 26 Votes So Far * * * * * * * * * *
                      Watching The Detectives
                    • ** With 23 Votes So Far** * * * * * * * * * *
                      Alison
                    • ** With 22 Votes So Far** * * * * * * * * * *
                      Folsom Prison Blues
                    • ** With 21 Votes So Far** * * * * * * * * * *
                      Ring Of Fire
                      White Room
                  • *** With 19 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    I Walk The Line
                  • *** With 18 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    London Calling
                    Sunshine Of Your Love
                  • *** With 17 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    Train In Vain
                  • *** With 16 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    Just What I Needed
                    Layla
                    Radio, Radio
                    Red Right Hand
                    Space Oddity
                  • *** With 15 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    Badge
                    Bell Bottom Blues
                    Oliver’s Army
                    Tale Of Brave Ulysses
                  • *** With 14 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    (What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding
                    Call Me
                    Cocaine
                    Good Vibrations
                    Hanging On The Telephone
                    I Fought The Law
                    Lay Down Sally
                    My Best Friend’s Girl
                    Veronica
                    Would?
                  • *** With 13 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    After Midnight
                    Heroes
                    Man in the Box (1 Vote Specified Live)
                    Pump It Up
                    S O S
                    Surrender
                    Suzanne
                  • *** With 12 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    Loser
                    No More Mr. Nice Guy
                    School’s Out
                    Strange Brew
                    Suffragette City
                  • *** With 11 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    Drive
                    Eight Miles High
                    Eleanor Rigby
                    Golden Years
                    Heart Of Glass
                    I Will Survive
                    Little Wing
                    Mr. Tambourine Man
                    No Excuses
                    Rudie Can’t Fail
                    Sweet Jane
                    Take A Chance On Me
                    The Mercy Seat
                    Where It’s At
                    White Riot
                    Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
                    You Might Think
                  • *** With 10 Votes So Far ** * * * * * * * * * *
                    A Pirate Looks at 40
                    Ashes To Ashes
                    Bluebird
                    Changes
                    December
                    Devil’s Haircut
                    For What It’s Worth
                    God Only Knows
                    Good Times Roll
                    Motherless Children
                    Rebel Rebel
                    Rock The Casbah
                    Rooster
                    Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
                    Wonderful Tonight
                    You’re All I Got Tonight
                    • *** With 9 Votes So Far *** * * * * * * * * *
                      Crossroads
                      Dancing Queen
                      Down In a Hole
                      Elected
                      Every Day I Write the Book
                      Fernando
                      Hallelujah (2 specified with the I Know It’s Over segue)
                      I Want You To Want Me
                      I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
                      In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed
                      Key To The Highway (1 Specified Rainbow Concert)
                      Let’s Go
                      Lover, You Should Have Come Over
                      One Way or Another
                      Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag (Part 1)
                      Rapture
                      Running On Empty
                      Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
                      Short Skirt, Long Jacket
                      Silent All These Years
                      Sloop John B
                      Son Of A Son Of A Sailor
                      The Distance
                      The World I Know
                      War Pigs
                    • *** With 8 Votes So Far *** * * * * * * * * *
                      (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea
                      A Boy Named Sue
                      A Common Disaster
                      A Day In The Life
                      Bird On a Wire
                      Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes
                      Doctor My Eyes
                      Goin’ Up the Country
                      Hallelujah
                      Heaven Beside You
                      Hey Jude
                      I Shot The Sheriff
                      I’m Eighteen
                      Layla (Unplugged)
                      Let’s Dance
                      Magic
                      Paranoid
                      Rock & Roll Lifestyle
                      Rock & Roll Woman
                      Shake It Up
                      Shine
                      Sweet Emotion
                      The Ship Song
                      The Weight
                      Them Bones
                      Waterloo
                      Where The Wild Roses Grow
                      Whipping Post (1 Vote Specifies Studio Version)
                      Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
                    • *** With 7 Votes So Far *** * * * * * * * * *
                      (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
                      Candy-O (1 vote specified w/the Shoo Be Doo Intro)
                      China Girl
                      Cocaine
                      Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
                      Do You Love Me?
                      Dream Police
                      Everybody Knows
                      Everything Zen
                      First We Take Manhattan
                      God
                      I Feel Free
                      I Got You (I Feel Good)
                      I Want You
                      Iron Man
                      Jimmy Jazz
                      Knowing Me, Knowing You
                      Last Goodbye
                      Let’s Work Together
                      Little Things
                      Livin’ On A Prayer
                      Mr. Soul
                      On The Road Again
                      One Way Out
                      Orange Blossom Special
                      Remedy
                      Sabotage
                      Sheep Go To Heaven
                      Shipbuilding
                      So You Want To Be A Rock & Roll Star
                      Statesboro Blues
                      SWLABR (She Walks Like A Bearded Rainbow)
                      Tears In Heaven
                      Tell The Truth (1 Specified Rainbow Concert Version)
                      The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down
                      Turn! Turn! Turn!
                      White Man In Hammersmith Palais
                    • *** With 6 Votes So Far *** * * * * * * * * *
                      Accidents Will Happen
                      After Midnight
                      Amphetamine Annie
                      Anyone For Tennis
                      Atomic (1 Specifed the Diddy Remix)
                      Born Under A Bad Sign
                      California Girls
                      Caroline
                      Cheeseburger In Paradise
                      Coffee & TV
                      Cold Sweat (Part 1)
                      Cornflake Girl
                      Crucify (1 Vote specifies the single remix)
                      Death Or Glory
                      Debra
                      Dream On
                      Gel
                      Girls And Boys
                      Glycerine
                      Guns Of Brixton
                      Hateful
                      Here Comes the Sun
                      I Get Around
                      I Stay Away
                      I’m So Glad
                      Italian Leather Sofa
                      Jessica
                      Let It Grow
                      Let It Rain
                      Margaritaville
                      Memphis Tennessee
                      Minnie The Moocher
                      Misguided Angel
                      More Than A Feeling
                      Moving in Stereo
                      N.I.B. (Nativity In Black a.k.a. Now I Believe)
                      Nobody’s Fault But My Own
                      Papa Won’t Leave You Henry
                      Since You’re Gone
                      Strawberry Fields Forever
                      Sunday Morning Coming Down
                      The Load Out / Stay
                      The Winner Takes It All
                      Ticket to Ride
                      Tupelo
                      You Give Love A Bad Name
                    • *** With 5 Votes So Far *** * * * * * * * * *
                      (Ghost) Riders in the Sky
                      (All The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes
                      All I Really Want to Do
                      Angel Mine
                      Back In Black
                      Beercan
                      Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
                      Boulevard
                      Brand New Cadillac
                      Broken Arrow
                      Call Me The Breeze
                      Comedown
                      Country House
                      Cruel Summer
                      Dammit
                      Dance This Mess Around
                      Don’t Look Back
                      Dreaming
                      Famous Blue Raincoat
                      Go And Say Goodbye
                      Good
                      Got Me Wrong
                      Hard to Handle
                      He Went To Paris
                      Heavy
                      Here, There & Everywhere
                      Hey Bulldog
                      Hey Ladies
                      I Am the Walrus
                      I Looked Away
                      In My Life
                      It’s A Man’s World
                      Ivo
                      Jackson
                      Janie Jones
                      Joey
                      Johnny B. Goode
                      Keep On Growing
                      Lawyers In Love
                      Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
                      Machinehead
                      Man In Black
                      Maria
                      Maybellene
                      Midnight Rider
                      My Back Pages
                      Mystery Dance
                      Only Women Bleed
                      Parklife
                      Pay No Mind
                      Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps (from Dream for an Insomniac & Fashion Nugget)
                      Rip Her To Shreds
                      Robert DeNiro’s Waiting
                      Rock Lobster
                      Running On Faith
                      Running Up That Hill
                      Satan is My Motor
                      St. James Infirmary
                      Swallowed
                      Sweet Leaf
                      The Man Who Sold The World
                      The Shape I’m In
                      The Tide Is High
                      This Is Radio Clash
                      Tomorrow, Wendy
                      Tommy Gun
                      Tramp the Dirt Down
                      Up On Cripple Creek
                      Walking After Midnight
                      Wax And Wane (1 Specified Live Version)
                      Welcome to My Nightmare
                      Who By Fire
                      Winter
                      Young Americans

I didn’t include the artist name. With the exception of a few covers, most are self-explanatory. I’ll try to post the whole database up on fathom.org and link it sometime in the future.

Third: The Poll & How it Works

It’s simple enough, post your 6 favorite songs by the artist. Personal observations, opinions, liner notes, comments and the like are always welcome but are in no means required. You May include Cover Versions. If you specify Live version, it will be noted, but tallied together with the studio version of the same title.

Fourth: This Week’s Supplemental Poll Artist’s Discography

Here’s a reader digest list with sound clips & lyrics to Jim Croce’s discography:

1966 Facets  1969 Croce  1972 You Don’t Mess Around with Jim  I Got a Name  1975 The Faces I’ve Been  1975 Down the Highway  1980 Live: The Final Tour  1996 Bombs over Puerto Rico Garlands

For more info, Go to AMG’s website and type in the artist’s name on the search box.
The All Music Guide service is meant to refresh your “101 knowledge” of the artist. Please refrain from voting for tracks based solely on the 15 second sound clip. If you have the time, perhaps you’d like to add your 2 cents to their Music Expert Check

Lastly: The Supplemental Poll Artist of the Week

Without further ado, for Sunshine: Jim Croce.

Here are my 6 JIM CROCE selections:

Stop! Once again, as with The Cocteau Twins, Belle & Sebastian, The Bonzo Dog Band & Neko Case, my knowledge (or in this case taste) of Mr. Croce is too limited to vote in this poll. In order to keep the template clean, I’m leaving my selections blank.

So tell us…Do you have 6 favorite tracks?

Thanking you all in advance I hope to see you over @ the Sheryl Crow & Chicago polls. Have a great week!

Ooh. I love Jim Croce. IMO, he has one of the smoothest voices ever. And he is one of the few that can almost make me cry.

  1. Tomorrow’s Gonna Be A Brighter Day
  2. Lovers Cross
  3. Chain Gang Medley
  4. I Got A Name
  5. Operator
  6. Hard Way Every Time

#6- You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
#5- Working at the Car Wash Blues
#4- Lover’s Cross
#3- Operator
#2- These Dreams
#1- Photographs and Memories

  1. Lover’s Cross
  2. Box #10
  3. Which Way Are You Going?
  4. Working At The Car Wash Blues
  5. Roller Derby Queen
  6. One Less Set Of Footsteps

Jim Croce is awesome. Difficult to limit it to six:

  1. These dreams
  2. I got a name
  3. Operator
  4. Lovers cross
  5. It doesn’t have to be that way
  6. Time in a bottle
  1. I got a name
  2. Operator
  3. It doesn’t have to be that way
  4. Time in a bottle.
  5. I got a name
  6. Bad, bad Leroy Brown

I love Croce, it’s hard to pick just 6:

  1. Hard Time Losing Man
  2. Operator
  3. New York’s Not My Home
  4. Tomorrow’s Gonna Be a Brighter Day
  5. Walking Back to Georgia
  6. Box #10

Croce’s best career movie was to die. Most of his songs leave me bored, but I’d select:

  1. I Have to Say I Love You in a Song.
  2. You Don’t Mess Around with Jim.
  3. Big Bad Leroy Brown (since it’s really the same song as #2)
  4. Operator (redeemed only by “You can keep the dime.”)

The rest is garbage.

  1. Operator
  2. I got a name
  3. Carwash blues
  4. Time in a bottle
  5. These dreams
  6. lovers cross
  1. Time in a Bottle
  2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  3. You Don’t Mess Around with Jim
  4. Operator
  5. I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
  6. I Got a Name
  1. I Got A Name
  2. Operator
  3. Lover’s Cross
  4. One Less Set of Footsteps
  5. Working at the Car Wash Blues
  6. You Don’t Mess Around with Jim
  1. Time in a Bottle
  2. Operator
  3. I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
  4. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

That’s all I got…

Well I guess we’ll find out who the old people are on this board. :wink:

6 - These Dreams
5 - It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way
4 - Box #10
3 - Operator
2 - I Have To Say I Love You in a Song
1 - I Got a Name (I believe the only song he didn’t write)

6 - Operator
5 - I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
4 - I Got a Name
3 - Working at the Car Wash Blues
2 - Roller Derby Queen
1 - Don’t Mess Around With Jim

Yay! Jim Croce! Thanks, JohnBckWLD!

I’m listening to Lover’s Cross right now. But that’s not one of my faves.

Here they are, in particular order:
6 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (just for the singin’ along)
5 - Operator
4 - You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
3 - I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
2 - One Less Set of Footsteps
1 - I Got a Name

All of which happen to be on Photographs & Memories, His Greatest Hits. So you can believe I was extraordinarily pleased to get the CD. I listen to it every day at work to get me going. It’s really hard not to bust out singing when track #8 comes on…
Like the pine trees lining the winding road…I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name…like the singing bird and the croaking toad…I’ve got a name, I’ve got a name. And I carry it with me like my daddy did, but I’m living the dream that he kept his…

Ah, yes. It always perks me right up. Don’t know what it is but the man makes me feel good. Best career move was to die…bah, RealityChuck! By the way, Big Cheese, I’m only 29. :slight_smile:

Like the fool that I am and I’ll always be, I’ve got a dream…

Bad Bad Leroy Brown
You don’t mess around with jim
Operator
I got a name
Photographs and memories
time in a bottle

  1. I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
  2. Time in a Bottle
  3. I Got a Name
  4. Operator
  5. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  6. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
  1. You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
  2. I Got A Name
  3. Photographs & Memories
  4. Lover’s Cross
  5. Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy)
  6. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  1. Lover’s Cross
  2. I Got A Name
  3. Bad Bad Leroy Brown
  4. Operator
  5. Time in a Bottle
  6. Photographs and Memories
  1. These Dreams
  2. Time in a Bottle
  3. I’ll Have to Say I Love You In A Song
  4. Operator
  5. Dreamin’ Again
  6. Alabama Rain

(How depressing it is to realize that Croce died seven years before I was born …)