# The mmm songs also-ran poll. Here’s your chance to get your forgotten songs some votes. Please see the RULES in the OP {POLLS ADDED} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music, mmm-song-poll\ **Created:** [December 19, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823 "2023-12-19T12:03:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/21 "2023-12-19T18:01:59Z")
Good work, Baal. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/22 "2023-12-19T18:33:57Z")
**Five Picks:** Blackbird — Beatles [I Want You Back](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f88u3ndsIS8) — Jackson 5 [Lake Shore Drive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0saZiLV7-7E) — Aliota Haynes & Jeremiah My Old School — Steely Dan [Levelland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-D824LHti4) — James McMurtry * * * * * * **Regrets, Suggestions:** [Stuck In a Moment You Can’t Get Out Of](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BT2yzXP8w) — U2 Badlands – Bruce Springsteen Beyond Belief — Elvis Costello I Need a Lover — John Mellencamp [Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9Yfls6yj8) — They Might Be Giants [River Kwai March/Colonel Bogey March](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIz7ZAyP_A) – Malcolm Arnold ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/23 "2023-12-19T19:06:40Z")
My additional picks : _Rent_ - **The Pet Shop Boys** _[Caruso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTSZAoi5udM)_ - **Lucio Dalla** _[La Chanson des Vieux Amants](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_0RZ4WzFUg)_ - **Jacques Brel** _[Mais Je T’Aime](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ss-xmvLGFw)_ - **Grand Corps Malade & Camille Lellouche** _Heijra_ - **Joni Mitchell** Suggestions : _Lost on You_ - **LP** _Lights_ - **Ellie Goulding** _Your Latest Trick_ - **Dire Straits** _[I Maschi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9WwhwU6NIc)_ - **Gianna Nannini** ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/24 "2023-12-19T19:09:20Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > My Old School — Steely Dan I can’t believe this one slipped by me. I had to go back and double check to make sure. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/25 "2023-12-19T19:17:21Z")
Thanks a lot @Mean_Mr.Mustard, by the way ! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/26 "2023-12-19T19:19:57Z")
👍 😀 👍 mmm ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/27 "2023-12-19T19:33:31Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Waitin’ For The Bus - ZZ Top Please strike “Waitin’ For The Bus” and take “Lost In Music” by the Sisters Sledge instead. I missed to post it in the L thread, and now I almost forgot it a second time. It’s one of my favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/28 "2023-12-19T19:54:43Z")
Tainted Love - Soft Cell Train In Vain (Stand By Me) - The Clash ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/29 "2023-12-19T20:02:38Z")
My fifth is Noah - the Jubilaires ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/30 "2023-12-19T20:06:23Z")
Days Are Numbers (The Traveller) - The Alan Parsons Project Prime Time - The Alan Parsons Project Silent Running - Mike and the Mechanics ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/31 "2023-12-19T20:16:02Z")
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy Workin’ At the Car Wash Blues - Jim Croce ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/32 "2023-12-19T20:18:52Z")
Harmony Hall - Vampire Weekend Ship to Wreck - Florence + the Machine Lampshades on Fire - Modest Mouse Sedona - Houndmouth broken - lovelytheband ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/33 "2023-12-19T21:14:54Z")
**Other songs that slipped through cracks:** In the “T” Favorites poll, someone nominated _I’ll Never Find Another You_ — Seekers (but was DQ’d for making a mistake with the title) the same thing happened with _The Man Who Sold the World_ — Nirvana (or Bowie?) Also in the “T”s, Gyrate ran a parallel poll of songs that did not get nominated in time for MMM’s poll. Some have already been nominated in this thread. Some of the top vote getters: _Taxman_ — Beatles (nominated in this thread) _Train In Vain (Stand By Me)_ — Clash (nominated here) _Tainted Love_ — Soft Cell (nominated here) _Take It to the Limit_ — Eagles _Tears of a Clown_ — Smokey Robinson & the Miracles _Tequila_ — Champs _Theme From Shaft_ – Isaac Hayes _Time Is On My Side_ — Rolling Stones _Tonight_ — West Side Story _Torn_ — Natalie Imbruglia _Tusk_ — Fleetwood Mac ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/34 "2023-12-19T21:16:02Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Prime Time - The Alan Parsons Project Was already nominated in the P thread\* \*by you mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/35 "2023-12-19T21:22:46Z")
I really like it though. Oh fine… ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/36 "2023-12-19T21:29:24Z")
Harvester of Eyes - Blue Oyster Cult ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/37 "2023-12-19T21:50:57Z")
Blind Willie McTell- Bob Dylan Caribbean Wind- Bob Dylan Busload of Faith- Lou Reed Love in Vain- Robert Johnson You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond- Taj Mahal ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/38 "2023-12-19T22:03:47Z")
[note I missed the noms for the C’s & L’s tho did come along in time to vote for the latter] Constant In Opal - The Church Courtyard Lullaby - Loreena McKennitt Can You Hear Me? - Renaissance Lips Like Sugar - Echo & The Bunnymen Leave Them All Behind - Ride And _please_ someone nom. Albatross by Judy Collins. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mmm-songs-also-ran-poll-here-s-your-chance-to-get-your-forgotten-songs-some-votes-please-see-the-rules-in-the-op-polls-added/994823/39 "2023-12-20T00:00:24Z")
Delete… > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Leave Them All Behind - Ride For… Song of Scheherazade - Renaissance ---
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