Aug 282009
 

As an homage to The Great 48’s I Wanna Be…the Last Man Standing thread, I present the I Can’t version:

I Can’t Explain – The Who

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  76 Responses to “Last Man Standing: I Can’t”

  1. Mr. Moderator

    I Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down – Elvis Costello & the Attractions (covering Sam and Dave)

  2. I Can’t Get Next To You by The Temptations

  3. 2000 Man

    I Can’t Hide by Flamin’ Groovies.

  4. buddy whelan

    I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)

  5. Mr. Moderator

    (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction – The Rolling Stones

  6. BigSteve

    The immortal I Can’t Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) by James Brown.

  7. buddy whelan

    i can’t stop loving you

  8. Hank Fan

    I Can’t Hold Myself In Line – Merle Haggard. Very “rock” for a country tune (see also John Doe cover version).

  9. I Can’t Take It by Cheap Trick

  10. Mr. Moderator

    I Can’t Reach You – The Who (now taking the lead in bands with multiple “I Can’t” songs)

  11. jeangray

    I Can’t Be Satisfied — Muddy Waters

  12. Mr. Moderator

    Doesn’t Love have a song called “I Can’t Explain”? If so, I am Last Man Standing!

  13. jeangray

    Sorry Mr. Mod…

    I Can’t Make it Alone — The Continental Drifters.

    I believe I downloaded this awesome number right here at this lovely site. Thanx to whoever posted it. It’s in heavy rotation on my iTunes.

  14. I Can’t Stand It by the Velvet Underground.

  15. buddy whelan

    I Can’t Forget (Pixies)

  16. I Can’t Turn You Loose – otis

  17. I Can’t Make It On Time- The Ramones

  18. 2000 Man

    I Can’t Stand It – Eric Clapton. He’s right, I can’t stand that song and now it’s stuck in my head.

  19. I can’t stand losing you-Police

  20. I psyched I beat CDM and HVB on this one:

    I Can’t Drive 55! Hagar.

  21. I Can’t Stand It – Clapton

  22. Well played, CF.

    I Can’t Hold Out. Elmore James

  23. Ooops – sorry 2000 Man.

    how about “I Can’t Quit You Baby” – Led Zepp

  24. I Can’t Help it If I’m Still In Love With You – Hank

  25. buddy whelan

    i can’t find the words to say goodbye
    (bread)
    this can be disqualified because it sucks sooo bad

  26. hrrundivbakshi

    I Can’t Believe Somebody Proposed a Last Man Standing That Probably Has About Ten Million Answers

  27. Mr. Moderator

    I Can’t Tell You Why – The Eagles!

  28. I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) Hall & Oates

    I Can’s Sleep – The La’s

    I Can’t Help Myself (When I Help Myself To You ) Jason & The Scorchers

  29. Mr. Moderator

    Slow down, cowboy: the frequently unwritten rules of a Last Man Standing state that we can only post one entry at a time. Good ones, though, jungleland2!

  30. 2000 Man

    I Can’t Believe How Many of These Songs Are Such Turds.

  31. buddy whelan

    i can’t live if living is without you

  32. mockcarr

    I Can’t Give You Anything – The Ramones

  33. general slocum

    I Can’t Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles (for one.)

  34. I Can’t Dance- Gram Parsons

  35. I Can’t Take It – Badfinger

  36. Mr. Moderator

    I hate to play this card, but it will be worth the sweet smell of (temporary) victory:

    I Can’t Dance – Genesis

  37. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby by many people, but I first heard the Duke Ellington version.

  38. Wilco – I can’t stand it.

  39. Pince Nez: That Wilco song is actually called “Can’t Stand It.”

  40. Mr. Moderator

    Thanks, Oats. While we’re at it, don’t get excited about posting Bad Company’s big hit. That also drops the personal pronoun.

  41. I Can’t Believe We Were Married – Paul Kelly and the Messengers

  42. Ok…. I can’t hold on – Squeeze

  43. mockcarr

    I Can’t Let Go – The Hollies

  44. I Can’t Let Maggie Go- The Honeybus

  45. I can’t own her – XTC

  46. Mr. Moderator

    I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles

  47. I Can’t Smile W/o You – Barry Mannilow

  48. Mr. Moderator

    So that’s the way you want to play, Andyr? How about Bonnie Raitt’s tender, Grammy-winning ballad, “I Can’t Make You Love Me”?

  49. I Can’t Read by the mighty Tin Machine

  50. mockcarr

    I Can’t Help Falling In Love With You by Elvis

  51. I Can’t Believe it’s not Butter – Parkay Spread.

  52. I Can’t Quit Her – Blood, Sweat, & Tears

  53. mockcarr

    I. Kant

    He must have stopping thinking.

  54. hrrundivbakshi

    Hey, Mod — maybe I’m just being a crusty old turd, but this “I Can’t” thread is already bugging the hell out of me, in an oxygen-choking, kudzu-spreading, algae-bloom-fish-killing kind of way. If somebody doesn’t weigh in with some kind of further qualifier — like, “songs that start with ‘I Can’t’ that also feature singers with facial hair” or something — it’s going to go on *forever* in an orgy of nerdy meat-spankery. I promise to post a new thread concept to take its place, so I’m doing more than just complaining, but for now I’m just complaining.

  55. I can’t stop crying – sam philips.

  56. How is this “Last man standing” more meat-spankin’ than any of the others?

  57. Mr. Moderator

    Hrrundi, first of all, complain to the author of the thread, your man and mine, cdm.

    Second, what cherguevarra said. Have you ever launched a Last Man Standing thread? I know it sometimes skirts with my longtime warnings about posting lists for the sake of posting lists (eg, My 83 Top 5 Rolling Stones Albums!), but there is a thrill in seeing the numbers pile up. Every once in a while we break 100 posts. We’ve even broken 200 posts a few times. It’s exciting, and it’s an opportunity for newcomers and more thin-skinned Townspeople to join in. It’s good that you feel above the fray, really, but think of those beneath you once in a while.

    Finally, you’ve already done THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A TOWNSPERSON CAN DO: launch a new thread and rearrange the pillows on the couch the way YOU want them ordered. Thanks!

    P.S. – I’ll be writing you offlist shortly to pass along a request from a fellow Townsman – good stuff, don’t worry!

  58. Discuss navel gazing if you wish, but I am still the Last Stan Manding!

  59. I Can’t Make It Without You by Fred Hughes

  60. Mr. Moderator

    Welcome aboard, chuckflack! What a way to enter the Halls of Rock – as the Last Man Standing! At least to date…

  61. BigSteve

    Charlie Rich’s I Can’t Go On.

    I’ve actually been surprised how many fine songs have turned up on this list. It sounds like it might be a worthwhile songwriting exercise to dream up an I Can’t… title and try to join the tradition.

  62. Oh shit, I’m actually gonna win one of these things?

    “I Can’t Forget” by Leonard Cohen

  63. BigSteve

    Sadly no. There’s a song on the Genuine Basement Tapes bootleg called I Can’t Come In With a Broken Heart.

  64. Mr. Moderator

    UB40 used a parenthetical “I Can’t” when they covered Elvis Presley’s – as UB40 listed it – “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You.” Cheap? Yes, but I’m last man standing.

  65. BigSteve

    Prince covered that Mike Reid song made famous by Bonnie Raitt, but he called it I Can’t Make U Love Me. He took a co-writing credit too. Is that all it takes?

    Ok I know that doesn’t count. I can’t believe the collective RTH knowledge base hasn’t yet come up with Liza Minelli’s I Can’t Say Goodnight, a Lowe/Tennant song from her album produced by the Pet Shop Boys.

  66. Ricky Nelson – I can’t help it.

  67. Mr. Moderator

    No funny stuff: Radiohead, “I Can’t.” Standing tall!

  68. buddy whelan

    i cant get enough of your lovin’
    bad co

  69. Mr. Moderator

    Nope, buddy! I wanted to verify the title, and they drop the personal pronoun. I wish that one would have stuck – it would have been much more satisfying with some of the entries I’ve put forth.

  70. buddy whelan

    i can’t go fot that
    hall & oats

  71. Mr. Moderator

    Good one, Buddy, but taken much earlier by jungleland2. Keep trying!

  72. BigSteve

    The Magnetic Fields have a song on 69 Love Songs called I Can’t Touch You Anymore.

  73. Hrrundi,
    Point well taken but ultimately ignored. I’m going for volume, not quality. All I care about is hitting 100 posts. Syndication baby!

  74. Another song entitled, “I can’t stand it”, by the Soul Sisters.

    That’s right!

  75. buddy whelan

    I Can’t Get You Off My Mind
    Hank Williams

  76. I Can’t Believe It’s not Butter!!… I WIN! (oh, that’s not a song…)

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