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John

Can I transfer my folders to a new computer (with R installed) without any data loss?

John

With my list, Judee Sill's "The Kiss" might make the top 200. I don't have it as high as sonofsamiam, but I think it's going to make my top 100 if not top 50.

John

I've already made a playlist of Dan's top 200 :) I haven't worked my way through it very much, but Nature Boy by Nat King Cole was fantastic. Nat King Cole is fantastic in general, when it comes to standards, he's the best. There will be a few of his songs on my list, Mona Lisa should make the top ...

John

Albums: 1. Radiohead - OK Computer 2. Elliott Smith - Either/Or 3. The Jayhawks - Sound of Lies 4. The Dandy Warhols - …The Dandy Warhols Come Down 5. Pavement - Brighten the Corners 6. Wyclef Jean - The Carnival 7. Third Eye Blind - Third Eye Blind 8. Switchfoot - The Legend of Chin 9. Guided by Vo...

John

Songs are more difficult to rank than albums. First, there's probably at least 6000 songs that I consider 4-5 star songs compared to maybe 100-150 albums. Which is the main reason why I limited myself to the two master lists (AM 3000 and RYM 3000). Second, it's a lot more difficult comparing a jazz ...

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nicolas wrote:Since RYM is the ruling source The Eliott Smith aforementioned single shoulf be from 1996. Anybody else forgot it? Please tell me ASAP. If it shows in a signigicant number of 1997 lists I will count it as 97 and retrieve it from the 96 results.

If Angeles is '96 it's my #1.

John

Like the decade polls, I'm basing my list off the AM 3000 to make my vote count, plus it's far less time consuming. I have the 3000 down to 547 songs that I like, now I just need to plug them into Moonbeam's ranker and see how they stack up after a a couple weeks of entering 1's and 2's. It's your ...

John

Going through my rankings for the songs poll, here are a few shrinkers. Michael Jackson solo... still love the Jackson 5 stuff, and that's not to say I'm down on MJ solo, I just don't have Billie Jean anywhere near #1 anymore. Sly and the Family Stone... I was really into them a couple years ago and...

John

Like the decade polls, I'm basing my list off the AM 3000 to make my vote count, plus it's far less time consuming. I have the 3000 down to 547 songs that I like, now I just need to plug them into Moonbeam's ranker and see how they stack up after a a couple weeks of entering 1's and 2's.

John

Sounds good regarding time limit and language barriers. That makes sense. I haven't had a repeat yet, but since others have, you are right that 4, 6 at the most is the way to go.

John

What do you think about 10 questions per game next season? Also, I think you might have been thinking that the time was based on when the game actually started? Ties could be broken by the amount of time taken to answer next season.

John

I keep posting on this, but it's because I make all these new discoveries and I hope people vote for them! If you're a fan of Elliott Smith, then his former band before he went solo is definitely worth a listen. Mic City Sons by Heatmiser on first listen seems to be really decent, and very Smithy i...

John

7:
7. Frederic Chopin (composer) - Etude No. 3 in F
7. The Beatles- Love Me Do
7. Pavement - Range Life

8:
8.Pink Floyd - Lucifer Sam
8- Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
8. The Beatles- Mother Nature's Son

John

Getting to the rounds where I've heard a lot of the albums, so I'll start participating.

1. Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy
3. The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
4. Arvo Pärt - Tabula rasa

Round 2.7 - Electric Light Orchestra - Out of the Blue

John

It has complex elements, but as a story it feels very simple.... and while that might hold up as a nostalgic favorite, when choosing the best of all-time I'd prefer to choose films that told a story in a way that no other could, with images that really stick with a viewer. Not that Citizen Kane's st...

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5. Led Zeppelin -- When The Levee Breaks
5. Donovan - Legend Of A Girl Child Linda
5- Paul Revere and the Raiders - Kicks

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6. The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By
6. The Kinks - "Village Green"
6. The Kinks -- Sunny Afternoon

John

Zorg wrote: I also enjoyed Ween's 12 Golden Country Greats, a mixture between a comedy album in the vein of Zappa (Piss Up A Rope) and genuinely talented country music Powder Blue.

#6 on my list. If you've heard other Ween and didn't like it (like me) give this one a shot.

John

Citizen Kane is a film geek movie, for people who enjoy watching movies and don't get into what the movie actually achieved, it's just a good movie. Plotwise, it edges on slow and boring, but to me it was still decent. Even a casual viewer can appreciate the camera work, but a film geek knows how sp...

John

Intriguing! Good things will come of this, I know it.

John

Well that is not good news. Hopefully it doesn't mean the end of AM updates as well, maybe a fresh start with new ideas/input? Or maybe just a needed break for awhile. Good luck, Henrik.

John

SSD's are great to put an OS on, but for information, SATA is still the way to go. SSD's are much more limited for how many read/writes they can perform.

John

Sure, sounds fun!

John

I very rarely listen with headphones, part of the draw of music for me is that it is an activity that doesn't require your complete attention. So, when I listen it's through speakers and I'm most likely doing something else at the same time. That said, I'm not using music as a background. But, I cou...

John

Prog and classic rock get a huge bump from Guitar Hero and Rock Band as well. I think it's more likely that a person aged 18-30 has heard a classic rock song like Tom Sawyer over the past 5 years than an old Madonna song.

John

Albums: 1. Beck - Odelay 2. Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister 3. Nerf Herder - Nerf Herder 4. Cake - Fashion Nugget 5. Weezer - Pinkerton 6. Ween - 12 Golden Country Greats 7. Jonathan Larson - Rent 8. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Thank God for Mental Illness 9. The Refreshments - F...

John

Sorry, no. I haven't been over to RYM in a few weeks.

John

5 of my favorite guitar riffs: 1. Marmalade- I See the Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8pUuIEoRcc 2. Guided By Voices- I Am a Tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV1fPyh53Ik 3. T-Rex- 20th Century Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6WZu8IAZg 4. Wire- Three Girl Rhumba http://www.youtube.com/w...

John

I have a hard time explaining why I can't get into the Tindersticks but I'll try: The arrangements are fantastic, it's baroque pop at it's best, I also like his voice but the singing just doesn't change with the music. There is obvious structure to all of their songs but every one I've heard, the si...

John

Evan wrote:I'm not surprised Pavement will (probably) get two representatives, but I am surprised they're Filmore Jive and Range Life instead of Cut Your Hair and Gold Soundz.

Fillmore Jive is very surprising. Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is one of my favorite albums and I don't like that song very much...

John

Top 5 Artists You are Most Likely to Hear at Your Local Supermarket/ On Your Local "Soft Rock" Radio Station- 5. Paul McCartney 4. Fleetwood Mac 3. Hall and Oates 2. Elton John 1. Billy Joel That's a fun one! I think I'd put Fleetwood Mac #1 I'd go: 1. Fleetwood Mac 2. Billy Joel 3. Chica...

John

Albums: 1. Elliott Smith - Elliott Smith 2. The Jayhawks - Tomorrow the Green Grass 3. Wilco - A.M. 4. Johnny Q. Public - Extra-Ordinary 5. Elastica - Elastica 6. Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid 7. Joan Osborne - Relish 8. Ben Lee - Grandpaw Would 9. Radiohead - The Bends 10. Alanis Morissette - Jagged...

John

Pavement - Range Life

John

I thought you'd like it. Right when I heard those strings.. they sound like synths to me though, I immediately thought of Walking on Broken Glass.

John

It's like an early Whitney song with Walking on Broken Glass synths. I gotta hear Moonbeam's opinion on this.

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John

It would be one thing if the album actually felt like a finished product but it doesn't.... and I don't think even Brian Wilson would claim it is if he's being honest. It would have came out when it was supposed to if it were finished. They released it to give fans an official version of how it was ...

John

It sounds like a lost pop classic from the early-mid 90's. It definitely doesn't sound like any other pop coming out right now.

John

It's hooked me. I hated it at first, but I think I've listened to it like 10 times in the past week.

John

I disagree wholeheartedly. Every critic has their favorite, but those favorites--especially at the very top--have been consistent throughout critic lists. The very top, including Hey Ya!, Paper Planes, Funeral, Is This It, Kid A, etc., are going to be there forever. That's the mainstream stuff I'm ...

John

There's so much music coming out now, and every critic has their own favorite. So, I don't think we have unanimous classics anymore because there's so much to choose from. I really feel like 80% of today's modern classics are going to be nowhere to be found on lists in 20 years. The 10% that had mai...

John

3. I've Told Every Little Star (from Mulholland Drive) There's not many like Lynch who can take innocent songs like In Dreams and put an image in your head every time you hear the song that's miles away from where the song goes. It's like his scenes are creating a brand new song. I think I've Told ...

John

It's too bad you are in Brazil HRS at least in a record buying sense. I'm sure it's a fantastic place to live. It's crazy how cheap records are in some areas of the states. I'm sure they aren't that cheap in New York, and I've heard Ameoba has a ton of selection but the prices aren't fantastic. But,...

John

I grew up with 60's rock and modern rock and pop music wasn't allowed too much in my house unless it was a Christian crossover act. So, I could say it was Sgt. Peppers since that was the first album I really listened to the whole thing and loved, but I grew up with The Beatles so it wasn't anything ...

John

I have a confession to make. I am Justin Bieber, and yes I mentioned the AM Forums in a Teen Beat interview. My secret is out.

John

Bad is my favorite MJ album by a wide margin. Thriller has the best songs, but I think Bad is his most consistent album. I think it gets underrated because of the title song, which does sound dated and even at the time seemed ludicrous with Michael Jackson singing about being "bad" and the...

John

It's a product of the 60's- US releases and UK releases were different in the case of many bands because they were on different labels in each country. It's not a compilation because that's the album that American's were able to buy.

John

Mine's still open. By firearm safety, I mean I want to see someone wearing googles and earplugs while holding a gun.

John

64 teams is going to be tough in this small community. Is it possible to cut the field to 32?

John

This is definitely something...

How about a proper music album with somebody shooting a gun but doing so with firearm safety in mind?

This might be a tough one, I have no idea if such a thing exists.

John

If the consensus is that this is the fully realized version of Smile, I don't see how it couldn't be eligible in 2011. That's when it was released, making the year the recording year would be silly, nobody had heard it yet then. But, I feel that it's an album pieced together with finished and unfini...

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