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January 4, 2008
~~~ NOTE FROM CHRIS: ~~~
Big-collar-and-poofy-sleeve-wearing Neil Diamond
said recently that JFK's young daughter was the
inspiration for his 1970 hit "Sweet Caroline."
The Top 16 Inspirations Behind Hit Songs
- Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie": Neil's right hand
- The Beatles' "Nowhere Man": Steve Fosset
- Styx's "Babe": that friggin' pig
- Devo's "Whip It": the Marquis de Sade
- Chuck Berry's "Maybellene": Tammy Faye Bakker
- R.E.M.'s "The One I Love": R.E.M.
- Dire Straits' "Money for Nothing": a viewing of "Ishtar"
- Bob Seger's "Turn the Page": Congressman Mark Foley
- MC Hammer's "Can't Touch This": Edward Scissorhands
- U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For": the American voter
- Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida": a sixth-grade education
- The Four Seasons' "Walk Like a Man": Frankie Valli, after the angry-mule incident that allowed him to hit those high notes on "Sherry Baby"
- Tony Orlando's "Knock Three Times": Senator Larry Craig
- America's "Horse With No Name": some seriously bad weed
- Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff": Dick Cheney
and the Number 1 Inspiration Behind a Hit Song...
- The Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love": Sergeant Andrea MacElroy, Undercover Vice Squad, Liverpool Police Department
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Selected from 88 submissions from 32 contributors.
Today's Top Five List authors were:
- Carl Knorr, Devo City, OH -- 1, 5 (49th #1) Website / Hall of Famer
- David Kass, Queens, NY -- 2, 15 Hall of Famer
- David Zechiel, Lake Forest, CA -- 3
- Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA -- 4
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA -- 6 Hall of Famer
- Josh Sinnett, Bellingham, WA -- 7
- Gretchen Koch, Brookfield, IL -- 8
- Bob Mader, Knoxville, TN -- 9
- J.J. Gertler, Alexandria, VA -- 10
- Tom Stoudt, Fort Washington, PA -- 11 Hall of Famer
- Curtis Stoddard, Cedar Hills, UT -- 12
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA -- 13 Hall of Famer
- Brad Hamer, Austin, TX -- 14
- Mark D. Sabien, What Cheer, IA -- 16 Website / Hall of Famer
- Donald Junter, New Haven, CT -- Banner Tag
- Chris White, Los Angeles, CA -- List owner/editor Hall of Famer
- The Righteous Brothers, Orange County, CA -- Ambience (explanation)
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