tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post1300333529199021628..comments2024-03-28T11:03:53.842+00:00Comments on My Top Ten: My Top Ten Paradise SongsRolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-50765049085366808322024-03-05T05:41:47.558+00:002024-03-05T05:41:47.558+00:00The obvious Paradise song was from John Prine. Ind...The obvious Paradise song was from John Prine. Indeed that song was the first Prine song I ever heard from him. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-20245950665661649232023-04-06T14:38:31.392+01:002023-04-06T14:38:31.392+01:00John Prine is my number one - Paradise was an actu...John Prine is my number one - Paradise was an actual town in Kentucky that was bulldozed for strip miningDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06841157762518702215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-455160128881060372019-06-27T09:25:19.730+01:002019-06-27T09:25:19.730+01:00almost paradise ?almost paradise ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-26062691498452800432017-10-16T09:48:16.664+01:002017-10-16T09:48:16.664+01:00Paradise by John Prine. The story of a Paradise lo...Paradise by John Prine. The story of a Paradise lost due to strip mining of coal in Kentucky...<br /><br />"And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County<br />Down by the Green River where Paradise lay<br />Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking<br />Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away..."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240136825771723989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-858442705272439062017-09-03T10:23:37.217+01:002017-09-03T10:23:37.217+01:00Generation X: Paradise West Generation X: Paradise West John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-81117604090131977412014-05-29T00:25:39.435+01:002014-05-29T00:25:39.435+01:00I agree, Run to Paradise by the Choirboys is first...I agree, Run to Paradise by the Choirboys is first in my mind (but I'm Aussie too) :-)Sarah Blincohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552516138512039136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-73306901598988494312013-07-08T14:19:38.655+01:002013-07-08T14:19:38.655+01:00I'll allow you all the 80s rock, but I have to...I'll allow you all the 80s rock, but I have to draw the line at that particular Collins track. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-53277177703598569272013-07-08T13:00:58.638+01:002013-07-08T13:00:58.638+01:00Good choice for number one, I know the Loaf can po...Good choice for number one, I know the Loaf can polarize peoples opinion, but I think that's a great track.<br /><br />Being an Aussie, I can't go past the 80's rock of Choirboys - Run to Paradise, James Reyne's Trouble in Paradise, and Archie Roach's beautiful From Paradise.<br /><br />and, I am ashamed to say but list probably would have the Phil Collins track in it.Deanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02402296752349739844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-14513962613227333832013-03-06T21:11:24.852+00:002013-03-06T21:11:24.852+00:00Thank you for your efforts, as always.Thank you for your efforts, as always.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-32936224244725866742013-03-03T19:43:32.612+00:002013-03-03T19:43:32.612+00:00Charlene has been my only 'dreadful' song ...Charlene has been my only 'dreadful' song to offer you this time, been trying all weekend to come up with something worse but I think it's impossible.AGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-30509551038535671652013-03-01T17:10:59.831+00:002013-03-01T17:10:59.831+00:00Good call, although only the second part is the ac...Good call, although only the second part is the actual title of the song. Still, I should have given it consideration.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-45629745222916656252013-03-01T17:10:10.970+00:002013-03-01T17:10:10.970+00:00Shameful confession time. I did actually buy the a...Shameful confession time. I did actually buy the album with Another Day In Paradise on when I was a teenager. But I came to my senses.<br /><br />Collins has made some good records - particularly with Genesis - but that smug, patronising, hypocritical ditty is not one of them.Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-91251652348186663982013-03-01T17:08:23.024+00:002013-03-01T17:08:23.024+00:00No. And yes. No. And yes. Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-15372824731952896502013-03-01T16:59:24.858+00:002013-03-01T16:59:24.858+00:00I've Been To Paradise But I've Never Been ...I've Been To Paradise But I've Never Been To Me - Charlene. Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-17341403437488725172013-03-01T09:42:54.385+00:002013-03-01T09:42:54.385+00:00OK, I know everyone in the whole world hates Phil ...OK, I know everyone in the whole world hates Phil Collins...but the reasons truly elude me...I am sure that at some stage he will be resurrected...especially when people find his work with Brand X. On the other hand, Coldplay's video for Paradise rates as the worst ever by any band at anytime anywhere...although I quite like the tune.Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7633543688149775322.post-23929831593958328152013-03-01T09:00:21.170+00:002013-03-01T09:00:21.170+00:00Relieved to see Phil Collins' career nadir did...Relieved to see Phil Collins' career nadir did not feature. And I <i>was</i> labouring under the Coolio misapprehension... I should add that Weird Al Yankovic's "Amish Paradise" is exactly what you would expect, but has some funny moments (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg" rel="nofollow">here</a>).Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.com