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by Live in Phoenix
Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Replies: 323
Views: 11940

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800

Christopher Cross – Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

7

I have yet to see this movie…
If you like this song, it might be because of the assists from Burt Bacharach and his wife.
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Replies: 323
Views: 11940

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800

Madonna – I’ll Remember

5

‘90s Madonna (except for 1990) was often subpar.
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2001; Due March 31, 2024
Replies: 31
Views: 1148

Re: Albums and Songs of 2001; Due March 31, 2024

Songs: 1 | Gillian Welch | Elvis Presley Blues 2 | The Strokes | Last Nite 3 | System of a Down | Toxicity 4 | Wilco | Jesus, Etc. 5 | The Strokes | Someday 6 | Puddle of Mudd | Blurry 7 | No Doubt | Hella Good 8 | Train | Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) 9 | Gillian Welch | Everything Is Free 10 | R.E.M....
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
Replies: 12
Views: 1416

Re: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time

This list will never be to my liking. There is too much great TV out there, especially these days (which practically creates its own problem of focusing on standout episodes). But I'll go ahead and post something. 1. Twin Peaks - "Pilot" 2. 24 - "11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m." [Season ...
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Replies: 323
Views: 11940

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800

Joey Scarbury – Theme from America’s Greatest Hero (Believe It or Not)

8

I’m pretty sure this show doesn’t hold up anymore, compared to today’s fare. If we’re just talking theme songs, that’s a whole other matter.
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Replies: 323
Views: 11940

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800

Motörhead – (We Are) The Road Crew

6

Pretty simple, but pretty effective -- Motörhead, ladies and gentlemen.
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:43 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Replies: 22
Views: 1312

Re: 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Bad time to not nominate Tracy Chapman (who’s not very rock, though that’s not really a dealbreaker for them).
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

Toby Keith, country singer-songwriter, dies at 62 after stomach cancer diagnosis

https://apnews.com/article/toby-keith-c ... 6334f107e6
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:43 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

The Revenge of the ‘80s that was started by Kate Bush continues: “Fast Car,” the Tracy Chapman version, is currently #1 on iTunes (US Songs Current Top 100). http://www.itunescharts.net/us/charts/songs/current/ Her 1988 debut album is #1 on its album charts (US Albums Current Top 100). http://www.it...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

Guitarist Wayne Kramer, founding member of the MC5, dead at 75 https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/guitarist-wayne-kramer-founding-member-of-the-mc5-dead-at-75/ar-BB1hGVRP Without MC5, there aren't really The Stooges. In the Gimme Danger documentary (which I got to keep once Netflix closed its DVD...
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2000; Due February 29, 2024
Replies: 78
Views: 4246

Re: Albums and Songs of 2000

U2’s last great year. Songs: 1 | U2 | Beautiful Day 2 | Radiohead | Morning Bell 3 | Elliott Smith | Can’t Make a Sound 4 | Matchbox Twenty | If You’re Gone 5 | Matchbox Twenty | Bent 6 | Fuel | Hemorrhage (In My Hands) 7 | Radiohead | Optimistic 8 | No Doubt | Simple Kind of Life 9 | Destiny’s Chil...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:06 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
Replies: 27
Views: 1075

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024













…your rendering of #25 :whistle:
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
Replies: 27
Views: 1075

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024

Thanks Rob. I especially liked your #25.
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

To my surprise, a writer from the Arizona Republic weighed in. He seemed to think, in so many words, that Pitchfork could end up how Rolling Stone ended up, where the reviews of big musicians become too important to step on toes. (I remember how Rolling Stone would give, say, five stars to U2’s No L...
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

VARIETY https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/ Pitchfork Is Being Folded Into GQ, as Condé Nast Seeks ‘Best Path Forward’ for Music Publication By Todd Spangler Condé Nast is merging Pitchfork, the digital music publication it bought in 2015, w...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
Replies: 44
Views: 14716

Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000

Incidentally, I think I like better the earlier Lethal Weapon 3 version of “It's Probably Me” Sting did with Eric Clapton, which even got its own video. More earthy (which is not usually the first word to describe a Sting solo track). =================================== All of Colour by Numbers is p...
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:31 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Replies: 323
Views: 11940

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800

American Quartet – Moonlight Bay

7

This is pretty hooky for old-ass music. A short run-through of this song was featured on a #1, 8× platinum album from the '90s (The Beatles' Anthology 1).
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:46 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
Replies: 33
Views: 2314

Re: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!

Just bumped into the information that George Winston passed away last year, on June 4th (one calendar day before my dad's death). All his nominations here are from December , a triple-platinum album that easily made him the biggest artist on the wonderful new age Windham Hill label. Through an odd s...
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
Replies: 12
Views: 1416

Re: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time

In progress... 20+ episodes so far. This is from quickly going through my all-time TV show list. 1. The Simpsons --Trash of the Titans, Itchy & Scratchy Land, Radioactive Man, The Otto Show, Little Big Mom 2. Naruto: Shippuden --Forbidden Secret Technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal! 3. Star Trek...
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:54 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: 70 Years of Billboard Charts - Most Successful Artists from 1954 to 2023
Replies: 55
Views: 7134

Re: 70 Years of Billboard Charts - Most Successful Artists from 1954 to 2023

I can’t help but wonder how album-statement musicians like the Beatles or Led Zeppelin would have done if the streaming age had been around in their heyday. It’s hard for me to just declare Drake the all-time winner with him benefiting the most from a new system.
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Help me out, Live in Phoenix, as I have a hard time to figure out if Bob Marley ever played in Phoenix. Google is not my friend here, because searches only find countless Bob Marley tribute acts and remembrance concerts being held in the city (seriously, do you have a daily Bob Marley program over ...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:14 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Replies: 222
Views: 781240

Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!

234. 749. R.E.M. / Out of Time / 1991 / 350 Wezzo (#5), mileswide (#11), Live in Phoenix (#44), stone37 (#73), Out of Time is a weird entry in R.E.M.’s discography, although in fairness the same can be said of almost every album R.E.M. released during that stretch. Numb from a year on the road, the...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:11 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
Replies: 44
Views: 14716

Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000

Henry wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:13 pm
I would also like to know what you mean by "severe" songs.
There’s something both beautiful and harsh about some of Enya’s songs.
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:19 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
Replies: 44
Views: 14716

Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000

I don't know if this totally satisfies what you want, but I did a write-up for Shepherd Moons as part of my All-Time Album Selections submission. I had to tuck it away after people started complaining about all the album comments everywhere, but here is my write-up, with some song titles this time: ...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Replies: 222
Views: 781240

Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!

Merry Christmas. I assume or hope “The Crunge” was sort of a joke.
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
Replies: 33
Views: 2314

Re: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!

Humphrey12 wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:56 am How is it that posters with multiple banned accounts [...] are still allowed to have their lists be used in such a glorious survey on our holy grounds?
My guess

by Live in Phoenix
Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:57 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Inner Circle – Bad Boys 8 In America, this song immediately brings to mind the opening of the (still-running!) reality show Cops . The show was on for four years, and then someone decided to release the song as a single — and this song that had been around seemingly forever was now a top 10 hit, in ...
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Big Star – She’s a Mover

7

Doesn’t disturb the flow of a very good album.
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Suzanne Vega – Blood Makes Noise

7

Who would have thought, considering her folk beginnings, and after 1990’s Days of Open Hand went nowhere, that Vega would have a Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart-topper that sounds something like a folk-industrial hybrid?
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:47 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
Replies: 26
Views: 6475

Re: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20

With some quick updates 1. [No artist specified] - Silent Night 2. Pretenders - 2000 Miles 3. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 4. Bing Crosby - White Christmas 5. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers 6. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 7. Joni Mitchell - River 8. [No artist specified] - ...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:22 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
Replies: 26
Views: 6475

Re: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20

I forgot a few tracks, but the one I had to go back and edit my list for was Carnie & Wendy Wilson's "Hey Santa!" from 1993 (I squeezed it in at #24). I seem to forget about it every year until the holiday season rolls around, but it's one of the few on the radio that I want to hear a...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Incubus – Pardon Me 6 I once said, erroneously, that metal had, at most, gotten faster since the days of Black Sabbath, with no other variation. I must have been trying to forget nu metal. “Theoretically, we are the worst band ever” — vintage Incubus singer quote. Okay, they’re not THAT bad. Passable.
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
Replies: 26
Views: 6475

Re: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20

Thanks for bringing this back, Daniel
Fred wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:28 am The Beatles - Revolution 9 / Good Night
Did you grow up with "Good Night" as a Christmas song, Fred?
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:54 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
Replies: 45
Views: 21441

Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)

Re: Luck of the Draw, I wasn’t asked, and I’m not the best person to ask (though I think the 3 singles were classics), but you could try the title track or “One Part Be My Lover.”
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:43 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

Taylor Swift is Time magazine's Person of the Year, a recognition (originally Man of the Year) that goes back to 1927. It's the first time that a musician has been individually selected, and in fact, she is the first Person of the Year to be recognized for their "achievement in the arts." ...
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:25 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Bryan Adams – Please Forgive Me

1

Painfully inoffensive. It wasn’t any better back in ‘93, either.
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:15 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Best worst song of an album
Replies: 21
Views: 6503

Re: Best worst song of an album

Joy Division's Closer - Heart and Soul This is a wild pick for the worst song off Closer! I have it as the second best song from the album, after Decades. I once did a Rank the Tracks for this album. Keep in mind it's my all-time #3, so finding the "worst" track is a bit of hair-splitting...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Best worst song of an album
Replies: 21
Views: 6503

Re: Best worst song of an album

Nirvana's Nevermind - Lounge Act (or you could put Endless, Nameless, but it wasn't on any copy of the album I heard for years, so I don't even think of it as part of the album) Joy Division's Closer - Heart and Soul Sting's The Soul Cages - Mad About You (maybe not the worst song, but it doesn't fi...
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:53 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night

8

Charming. I used to think their high point, as such, was "A Dream" (due to the song's beat being used for 2 hits at about the same time, almost 15 years later -- Blackstreet's "Don't Leave Me," and 2Pac's "I Ain't Mad At Cha").
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:01 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Meat Puppets – Magic Toy Missing

5

Except for the vocals (I think I read somewhere that it was an act of self-sabotage), this is a pretty great album. Though not because of this instrumental.
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:23 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 / Act. 1: “Soave sia il vento” 4 Classical music can sound generic to me. We're coming up to Tchaikovsky season again -- he's always been my favorite, for not having that problem, for embodying everything glorious about the genre. Mozart...he isn't al...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
Replies: 45
Views: 21441

Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)

andyd1010 wrote: Wed Nov 15, 2023 6:02 am I'd recommend Elvis Presley Blues and Everything Is Free
I concur, especially "Elvis Presley Blues." I liked hearing old-timey music that's about newer topics, without breaking its integrity.
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:40 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
Replies: 68
Views: 62987

Re: Albums and Songs of 2019

This probably isn't a very interesting observation but it just feels weird to see Blinding Lights at #12 of 2019 after 17 votes. My brain says that's a 2020 song! It’s that kind of year. I didn’t think I’d be ranking Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” similarly becam...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:19 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

it only had three great songs
Yup

Marvin Gaye - Wholy Holy: 5
by Live in Phoenix
Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:40 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

Not to be outdone by new Stones and Beatles output, the surviving Monkee has a new release.

by Live in Phoenix
Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:57 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 153709

Re: The News of Today

The remaining Beatles’ latest (I guess last) arts & crafts project: The Beatles’ ‘last’ song ‘Now and Then’ is released https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/02/entertainment/beatles-now-then-song-release-intl-scli/index.html En español: https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2023/11/02/beatles-now-and-then-ultima-ca...
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:50 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
Replies: 68
Views: 62987

Re: Albums and Songs of 2019

Songs: 1 | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | Bright Horses 2 | Sharon Van Etten | Seventeen 3 | Harry Styles | Adore You 4 | Saint Jhn | Roses (Imanbek Remix) 5 | Selena Gomez | Lose You to Love Me 6 | Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus | Old Town Road (Remix) 7 | The Weeknd | Blinding Lights 8 | Chris Bro...
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:42 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 809894

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

I suppose it depends on how we measure backlash.
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:49 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 809894

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Creed – With Arms Wide Open 6 Better than Nickelback (although Nickelback didn’t make a career out of Eddie Vedder vocal quirks) or Imagine Dragons, among lowest common denominator bands. Says a lot about Imagine Dragons that they're pretty much the only big name act that's not on the main site whe...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3216394

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Barbra Streisand – Don’t Rain on My Parade

7

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