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jamieW

Some of my favorites took a beating in that last batch. I expressed my surprise about Scott Walker in the songs thread, so the relatively low placement for "Tilt" wasn't shocking. However, I'll now say that I thought there were more Slowdive fans in the forum. (I'm sure my memory's faulty ...

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I calculated this list based upon every song I've given a 7 or above and every album I've given a 6 or above in my spreadsheet. Next time, I'd like to use only my top 200 songs and 50 albums of every year, which I think will be more accurate, but I need to complete those first. The only artists I ex...

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That whole auction part never seems to end. I also can not believe Scott Walker in the role of a farmer. He sounds too much like a posh, elite gentleman. Ha - that's something I'd never considered before. As someone who grew up around many farmers, it's hard to argue that point! (Though, given it's...

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Had much less time for music this past year, but here are my favorites … :music-listening: Great to see you back here Jamie Hear, hear! Thanks, Dave and Moonbeam - it's great to be back! Also, Moonbeam, let me join Henrik in thanking you for your review of "EXORCISM." As a child of the '8...

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So sorry I couldn't get my songs list done in time for this. I would've given a huge boost to "Farmer in the City" and "Would?", which both would've likely been in my top 10. My jaw nearly hit the floor when I saw how low "Farmer in the City" was (I thought there were a...

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Had much less time for music this past year, but here are my favorites … :music-listening: Albums: 1. Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic 2. Tim Hecker – Konoyo 3. Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth 4. Sons of Kemet – Your Queen Is a Reptile 5. Jenny Wilson – EXORCISM 6. Ben Lamar Gay – Downtown Cast...

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Since the eighties was the decade of my youth, I was curious to see just how many of my personal favorites made Pitchfork's 200. Of my top 100, only 34 featured (marked with a *). But then my list is even more "poptimistic," so that's not very surprising. Since I took these directly from m...

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1999 is Prince's best album of the decade. ;) If anything the list could use MORE Prince. Controversy , Parade , and Lovesexy all belong. We'll agree to disagree there. While I've never seen a greater live performer in my lifetime, always been a touch underwhelmed by Prince on album. Wildly creativ...

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Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unusual Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues (Going against my home state here, including a song about my hometown. In fact, Sufjan went to college about a mile from where I lived at the time.) Sonic Youth - Washing Machine Mari Boine - Idjagieđas: In the Hand of the Night I ...

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I think this is the link you're looking for: http://leonid-shevtsov.github.io/monkeysort/ (Taken from the All-Time songs poll thread.) This is It! I actually looked in that thread but didn't find it. Father2TheMan, let me know how this works for you. I took a look at it, but I don't think there's a...

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John Coltrane - My Favorite Things
Sleater-Kinney - One Beat
Nina Simone - In Concert 1964 (About as close as a match gets for me.)
SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH

jamieW

I think this is the link you're looking for:

http://leonid-shevtsov.github.io/monkeysort/

(Taken from the All-Time songs poll thread.)

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Pet Shop Boys - Actually
Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Philip Glass - Akhnaten

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Albums: 1. The Spirits – Drive 2. Lush – Lovelife 3. Hooverphonic – A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular 4. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – Murder Ballads 5. Labradford – Labradford 6. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing… 7. Swans – Soundtracks for the Blind 8. The Cure – Wild Mood Swings 9. Mushroomhead – Sup...

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Obviously, these songs aren't in order of how much I like them. Rather, they're in a rough order of how ashamed I am at just how much I like them. (Example: "Until the End of Time" is so high because it's one of my all-time favorite songs; "Gangnam Style" is so high because I lik...

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Very Good: Songs: Ohia - Didn't it Rain Pixies - Trompe le Monde Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact Good: Soulwax - As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 2 The Knife - Deep Cuts The Black Keys - Brothers Fred Pallem - Le sacre du tympan (Le retour) Okay: New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Let me make a promise I can keep: rollout begins September 6. Izzat cool with everyone?

Sounds good, Sweepstakes Ron. As someone you were very patient with when it came to submitting my list, I'm happy for you to take all the time you need!

jamieW

I'll have my list done by the end of the day Saturday, if it's not too late. (Then again, while scanning the thread again, I noticed I said I'd have it finished in "a few days" on July 19th. Also, given my all-time songs poll debacle, I'm not sure I'm the most reliable source at this point...

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Wow, I am REALLY missing the boat with "All the Young Dudes." I love David Bowie (probably one of my top 10 artists), but this song never connected. (Neither did Mott the Hoople's "original" version. Of course, I know Bowie wrote it for them.) Since tons of people whose opinions...

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Wow, I am REALLY missing the boat with "All the Young Dudes." I love David Bowie (probably one of my top 10 artists), but this song never connected. (Neither did Mott the Hoople's "original" version. Of course, I know Bowie wrote it for them.) Since tons of people whose opinions ...

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Very sad, indeed. Looking at Honorio's thread regarding artists from the sixties, the very youngest are now in their late sixties, with the vast majority well into their seventies. It's hard to imagine a time when they'll all be physically gone, but their music makes them immortal, and Aretha's amaz...

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Very good: Swans - The Seer Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 Good: The National - Trouble Will Find Me Beach House - Depression Cherry Sweet Trip - Velocity: Design: Comfort The Original Soundtrack - O Brother, Where Art Thou? Okay: The Bees - Free The Bees Game Theory - The Big Shot Chronicles

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An example of a personal favorite from this year that was knocked out early was the hyperkinetic "Breadwinner" by Everything Everything. Yay ! I really thought Breadwinner had it in itself to go all the way to the hall of fame. Glad I was not the only one to really appreciate that wonderf...

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Just disappointed that we can't do better than that... To be honest, most of my favorites rarely advance (unless it happens to be by a well-established artist), and I'm not a big fan of Weezer's version of Africa, either. (It's okay. But I'm a big fan of the original, and it's so similar that I don...

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My final contribution to this thread... Not an actual nomination (though probably eligible) (but wouldn't win anyway unless the weezer brand somehow attached their name to it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuiwIFLKa2I Have fun! Ha, ha - hilarious, Brad! I'd seen this guy before, as my kids have ...

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Great
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fôrdlandia

Very Good
Camel - Mirage

Good
Sigur Rós - Kveikur
Julia Holter - Ekstasis
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Elliott Smith - Figure 8

Okay
The New Pornographers - Electric Version
Francesco De Gregori - Rimmel

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Great game, Toni! Thanks for putting this together - I really enjoyed it. I also got an idea for a new game (somewhere in time). How about a world cup style game with artists as teams and only allowing songs not on AM? Seems to me that there would be no clear favourite. Yes!! This would not only be ...

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Great Mari Boine - Idjagieđas: In the Hand of the Night Very Good Jean-Michel jarre - Oxygène John Fahey - Volume II: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes Good Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues My Morning Jacket - Z Jon Hassell and Brian Eno - Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics Midni...

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Well, sorry about that, Steviefan13, I was too pedantic. It's the same version. "Luke the Drifter" was a pseudonym that Hank Williams used for his spoken word material (you can find mor information in https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams_as_Luke_the_Drifter). "Ramblin' Man&q...

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Here Comes the Sun
Rebellion (Lies) (Very close, though!)

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Albums: 1. Garbage – Garbage 2. Slowdive – Pygmalion Whatever I'll vote albums too, maybe Pygmalion will get in by some chance: I'm happy to say that both of these albums have enough points to make the decade poll now. These are two albums that I find very dependant upon what mood I am in at the ti...

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Had nothing to do today so I got this idea to collect the top songs (all 20 of them) from every user and this is what I came up with after I deducted (minused) every top 500 single (AM) and every song from a top 100 album (AM of course): Awesome job with this, Fred! Tons of great "moderately a...

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StevieFan13 wrote:Uh, Jamie...is this a different Selena Gomez?

Yes! The late Mexican-American singer, not Bieber's ex & current pop star. (Not even sure she was born in '95!) Thanks, Stevie - corrected.

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Albums: 1. Garbage – Garbage 2. Slowdive – Pygmalion 3. Long Fin Killie – Houdini 4. Scott Walker -Tilt 5. Goran Bregović – Music Inspired and Taken from Underground 6. Labradford – A Stable Reference 7. Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords 8. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love 9. Pulp – Different Class 10. Mer...

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Funeral (Wake Up) Illinois (John Wayne Gacy, Jr.) Wow! Three songs I give a 10 and "Glory Box" (which I give an 8). Regarding the albums themselves, it's a split: I prefer "Funeral" to "Dummy," but "Abbey Road" to "Illinois." (However, all four album...

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An all-time personal favorite: Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (Moscow Philharmonic) Very good: Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unusual Portishead - Portishead The Coral - Magic & Medicine Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Shiny Beast Good: Sufjan Stevens - Michigan Aimee Mann - Music from the...

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Great list, Dan - well worth the wait! Lots of intriguing songs I'm not familiar with yet that I can't wait to give a listen. :music-listening: And thanks again for your patience with the late entrants, Sweepstakes Ron (which included me). I look forward to the results whenever they're ready. I cert...

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That would be amazing! I'm with StevieFan - amazing! Great list, Romain (as always)! I'm really glad you posted one. Thanks dear Jamie. I take my list by 2015 and put on some obvious miss songs. Although I realize I forgot to put Disco Duck by Rick Dees :mrgreen: No worries, Romain- there's always ...

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I'll be getting a list together in the next few days, as well. Since "guilty pleasure" is as beloved (and populated) a genre as any other to me personally, I have a lot to consider ...

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StevieFan13 wrote:
Romain wrote:I will give you my list tomorrow. (maybe).

That would be amazing!

I'm with StevieFan - amazing! Great list, Romain (as always)! I'm really glad you posted one.

jamieW

I wasn't around yet for damosuzuki's first go-round, but if the above list is any indication - pretty glorious, indeed!! One of the nicest and most knowledgeable people I've ever met. Even if he's wrong about the best Can singer. :P i'm so nice, i'm willing to forgive moonbeam's tragic & inexpl...

jamieW

Now that I've put that rushed all-time songs list behind me, I'll jump back in here (especially since this is a week that my favorite song in each pairing actually matches the album I prefer).

Portishead (Roads)
Funeral (Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels))
Ok Computer (Let Down)
Abbey Road (Come Together)

jamieW

Perfume Genius - Too Bright
Tubeway Army - Replicas
Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (Very close.)
SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH

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Woooooo hooooooooooooooooooo! The glorious return of damosuzuki! :happy-partydance: haha, well, i'll leave it up to everyone to decide how glorious it is to have me back, but thanks! it was fun making a list again. just like old times. I wasn't around yet for damosuzuki's first go-round, but if the...

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