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- Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:24 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24249
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
What is the massive appeal of Robyn? Am I missing something?
- Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:16 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: How do you listen to Hendrix's Are You Experienced?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4228
Re: How do you listen to Hendrix's Are You Experienced?
I also use the version Jirin gave, but really I love any version of that album. Even the UK version, which is "weak" has some gems like "May This Be Love", "Fire" and "Foxy Lady". Plus "Manic Depression" and the title track. So yeah there's no lack o...
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 6:18 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24249
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
Don't forget to vote!
- Wed Oct 08, 2014 1:10 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 72540
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
Perhaps Brothers?Nick wrote: 7. El Camino- 440
...That's about it, right?
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22789
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
Also of note, it's looking more and more likely that we will not see two McCartney albums in top 500, which would make 14 under.
- Tue Oct 07, 2014 1:50 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 72540
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
I'd happily do it when it comes back around, if I'm still actively here in three years. Is next year artists or songs? I'd be open to either, though I'm not sure about 1000 artists. Also, that was meant as a "we have consistently awesome taste that I'd love to see more" post, not a "...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 10:59 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24249
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
Two Weeks Laura Single Ladies Stay Fly Wow, this is a pretty shitty bracket. The last two are awful, and the first two would be in the cellar of these other brackets. Money With a Little Help From My Friends Lisztomania With Every Heartbeat Pink Floyd is the clear winner here; 2 and 3 are nearly int...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 7:21 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Quarter-Finals
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13114
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Quarter-Finals
My votes go to Talk Talk and Rodriguez.
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22789
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
For those keeping track at home, "Have One On Me" had already appeared. Additionally, we've seen one Stones album so far.
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:38 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Round 4.2
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15769
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Round 4.2
Talk Talk gets my vote
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
- Replies: 36
- Views: 24249
Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 10
Following a week with almost all song from after 1990 (11/16), we get a week with five songs from the 60’s. So here's how the game works: You will be given four brackets with four songs each. Your job is to rank the songs in each bracket from 1-4. You #1 song will be given 4 points, #2 will be given...
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 12:01 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
Here are the weekly results: 85. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (83, 15) 213. Radiohead - There There (62, 6) 44. Kanye West - Black Skinhead (62, 4) 172. The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (53, 1) This one was a runaway from the start. Pink Floyd ended with more than half of the first place votes, a...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 3:59 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
1. Radiohead - There There (2003) 11. Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979) 2. Kanye West - Black Skinhead (2013) 12. The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk (1964) 9. Elvis Presley - Can't Help Falling in Love (1961) 13. Ariel Pink - Round and Round (2010) 14. The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds (1990) 8. Gr...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 3:28 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22789
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll betting game
1. $7 on over 2. $7 on 2 or less (Assuming we're not considering Portishead rap. If so, I'll change this to 3-4) 3. $8 on Ys. 4. $8 on Pet Sounds 5. $6 on over 6. $5 on 90s 7. $6 on over 8. $9 on Astral Weeks 9. $5 on The Rolling Stones 10. $8 on Over 11. $5 on Yoshimi 12. $5 on 25-50 13. $8 on unde...
- Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
The voter turnout so far this week has been pathetically low! We haven't cracked 20 yet! Get those votes in!
- Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:49 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
If everyone was up to Nicki Minaj’s instantly-legendary standard on “Monster,” it would be an easy #1, but for me Gabriel and Iggy are the class of this field, with Gabriel’s wonderful statement of purpose coming out on top. I've never understood why Minaj's verse is so loved. Yes, it's good, relat...
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:03 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Poll - Songs and Albums of 1977
- Replies: 78
- Views: 51515
Re: Poll - Songs and Albums of 1977
I find it interesting that "The Passanger" makes it on to the final poll while "Solsbury Hill" doesn't, because they are in the same bracket this week for bracketology and Gabriel is doing much better than Iggy. Funny how the different polls play out.
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:32 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 72540
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
I really hope some other album somehow manages to win. Don't get me wrong, OK Computer is great, but seeing a different number one would be so cool and exciting.Live in Phoenix wrote:I'm using my extrasensory powers to predict that OK Computer is the #1 album.
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
- Replies: 106
- Views: 72540
Re: 2014 All Time Albums Poll NOT the Results!
I wouldn't be surprised if it cracked the top 30. It was 74 in 2011 only a year after its release. For some reason I thought we had one of these polls in 2012. Am I wrong?Nick wrote:who's ready for "MBDTF" to crack the top 50???
- Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
Get those votes in!!
- Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:27 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Poll - Songs and Albums of 1977
- Replies: 78
- Views: 51515
Re: Poll - Songs and Albums of 1977
I really didn't put any time into new listening, which is unfortunate. Also I realize Go Your Own Way already qualified, so you can just bump everything up. Songs: 1 Bob Marley One Love 2 David Bowie Sound and Vision 3 Bob Marley Three Little Birds 4 Elvis Costello Alison 5 Fleetwood Mac The Chain 6...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Recommendations for the 2014 alltime album poll
- Replies: 75
- Views: 60179
Re: Recommendations for the 2014 alltime album poll
Here's my list. As usual I think it was too rushed so it's not as accurate as it should be. The decade with the most entries is the 80s, with 67 (totally a result of the poll last year). The top 10 albums that weren't on my list in 2012 are bolded. 1. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV 2. The Beatles - ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 1:09 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
Comfortably Numb Black Skinhead There There Under The Boardwalk Wow, this is a great bracket. I give Pink Floyd a slight edge to Kanye because I've known the song longer, but both are damn good. The Radiohead track is also great, and Under the Boardwalk is a quintessential SH2B4. American Idiot Can'...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18306
Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 9
The first round is now halfway through. And to kick off the second half, this week is even more post-2000 heavy than the tournament as a whole, with two brackets being exclusively form the current era of music. So here's how the game works: You will be given four brackets with four songs each. Your ...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 12:01 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
78. Simon and Garfunkel - America (72, 10) 206. Julie London - Cry Me a River (65, 7) 179. Weezer - Say It Ain't So (62, 3) 51. Big Boi - Shutterbugg (61, 6) Despite a strong push by Julie London in the last few days, Simon and Garfunkel live to see another round. They will face “Do I Wanna Know?” a...
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
I feel like like a few people voted "Piano Man" lower than they felt because of shame. I hope they were joking...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:29 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
Don't forget to vote!
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:17 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
Listyguy, why!?! Two exceptional Arcade Fire tracks in one bracket? Well, it's a virtual tie here. The tie breaker was the fact that "Sprawl II" is my favorite track from The Suburbs , while "Neighborhood #1" is only my fourth favorite from Funeral . It is unfortunate, Dylan las...
- Thu Sep 25, 2014 4:01 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 Top 500 Albums of All Time Poll
- Replies: 142
- Views: 84364
Re: 2014 Top 500 Albums of All Time Poll
Expect my list on September 30th, around midnight
Ok, I'll try and get it in earlier that day than that.
Ok, I'll try and get it in earlier that day than that.
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 2:15 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
America Say It Ain't So Shutterbugg Cry Me a River I love the Simon and Garfunkel song, easy pick. Piano Man The Wilhelm Scream Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground Bad Girls Nothing amazing here. Little Wing Chicago Superfly We Found Love In my opinion, the two best songs this week (with only &q...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 1:57 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Round 4.1
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11636
Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 5 - Round 4.1
Reckoning - Both are great, but my pick is better (and not just because it's my pick).
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 12:14 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
This poll will close next Sunday at midnight forum time. You closed Early, I think! I don't know, but maybe this comment comes from that there isn't really a "forum time". If the settings are not changed then forum time = UTC 0, but everyone can change this in User control panel > Board P...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:41 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
- Replies: 37
- Views: 151030
Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 8
Once again this week, we have a bracket with multiple songs by one artist. This week the lucky (or cursed) artist is Arcade Fire. So here's how the game works: You will be given four brackets with four songs each. Your job is to rank the songs in each bracket from 1-4. You #1 song will be given 4 po...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 11:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
1. The Black Keys - Lonely Boy (85, 14) 2. Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind (70, 4) 3. The Beatles - Please Please Me (67, 6) 4. The Streets - Let's Push Things Forward (58, 4) Early in the week it looked like the Keys would completely annihilate everyone, but they ended up “only” winning by 15 points. ...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
It's Alright, Ma isn't doing particularly well here and that surprises me. I guess I just projected my own taste on everyone here when I thought that song would walk over the competition like it's nothing. If Like a Rolling Stone is the Dylan masterpiece in which his singing and music finds his gre...
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:17 pm
- Forum: Rank the tracks
- Topic: Rank the Tracks: Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fant
- Replies: 51
- Views: 99584
Re: Rank the Tracks: Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted
3. Power
5. All of the Lights
9. Runaway
6. Monster
1. Dark Fantasy
13. Who Will Survive in America
2. Gorgeous
8. Devil in a New Dress
11. Blame Game
10. Hell of a Life
12. Lost in the World
7. So Appalled
4. All of the Lights (Interlude)
5. All of the Lights
9. Runaway
6. Monster
1. Dark Fantasy
13. Who Will Survive in America
2. Gorgeous
8. Devil in a New Dress
11. Blame Game
10. Hell of a Life
12. Lost in the World
7. So Appalled
4. All of the Lights (Interlude)
- Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:59 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
68. Big Star - Thirteen (1972) 61. Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man (1965) 189. LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change (2010) 196. Bob Dylan - It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (1965) The worst bracket since the begining. Three songs I deeply dislike and one acceptable. Haha I love how so many people can...
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Books
- Replies: 160
- Views: 203978
Re: Favorite Books
classical music You're involved in the making of a site like this for classical music? That's pretty awesome as I've been looking for such a thing for a quite a while now. Link? Oh, it's still in the making. Unlike the games, TV, and comics lists, where I'm helping out a guy, this site is my own pr...
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 4:24 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2014 Top 500 Albums of All Time Poll
- Replies: 142
- Views: 84364
Re: 2014 Top 500 Albums of All Time Poll
My ballot is coming, I swear...probably on September 30, but it's coming.
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
I like LCD, but "I Can Change" is one of my least favorite songs by them (along with "Someone Great," which is in the next bracket...). I don't know why, but this made me laugh. Unfortunately these are the only two LCD songs in the tournament, so you won't see any you like this ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 10:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
Thanks, I love it as much as you do. Plus it forces me to explore the new updateLuke JR68 wrote: I'll be sure to do that, thank you again for hosting this fantastic little game
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:53 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
Haha definitely not, doubly so because it's DylanLuke JR68 wrote:Is there any chance I can take Dylan's last place point and give it to Big Star Listyguy ?
But please post again if you change your vote, I may not notice otherwise.
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 9:10 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
I realize we're not dealing with "Like a Rolling Stone" here, but I'm shocked by the overall lack of love for some of these Dylan tracks. This goes back to last week as well. He was what, the forum's second favorite artist? And these songs are off some of his best albums.
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:33 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
Lonely Boy Empire State of Mind Please Please Me Let's Push Things Forward Yeah the Keys are the clear winner here in my opinion...although "Empire State of Mind" has grown on me since when it first came out and I hated it due to overplaying (and being from NY). The Streets may the first b...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
- Replies: 41
- Views: 25407
Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 7
For the first time in the tournament, we have two songs by the same artist appearing in the same week. We also have it twice in one week. The artists are LCD Soundsystem and Bob Dylan. One more thing: both Dylan songs are in the same bracket. So here's how the game works: You will be given four brac...
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 12:02 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29354
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
Here are the results this week. None are really close enough that I made a critical error, but feel free to double check my adding anyway. 1. Portishead - Glory Box (78, 14) 2. John Lennon - Working Class Hero (62, 6) 3. Coldplay - Clocks (62, 4) 4. The Killers - All These Things That I've Done (48,...
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29354
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
The clock is ticking! Get those votes in!
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 4:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29354
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
"Working Class Hero" is the only Lennon solo career song that I genuinely love. Why? It has something to do with the great melody and all, but it's also in part because of the lyrics. Are they a bit cynical? Yes, but I think that song has a much better message than "Imagine". Als...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 11:24 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29354
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
And with Sonofsamiam's vote for "Adorn", the greatest threat of not getting a first place vote so far was extinguished.
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 1:03 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
- Replies: 50
- Views: 29354
Re: Bracketology 3: Round 1, Week 6
Where are all the votes? We're about 10 votes off the number we got last week.