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Thank you for sharing, Henrik. I have to admit that I'd never heard of Hans Rosling before, but now that I've watched the presentation you posted, I'm keen to learn more about him and his work. Sorry to hear that he has passed away, but I hope the positivity he exuded about social development and he...

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This made me happy too. (And I'm even happier now that I'm listening to "Julia" while typing this.) Fun album cover! I'm glad to hear you guys enjoyed meeting up. You've both had a big influence on me (not only musically) and I hope to meet both of you in person too, sooner rather than lat...

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Thank you for your entertaining presentations of these albums and songs polls, notboring notbrianeno. Bowie at #1 in both polls feels right to me. And although I sometimes struggle a little bit to get into it, I'm pleased that R&B is getting a turn at being perceived as the most creative and inn...

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Pierre, the fatigue you express at creating and fine-tuning your list is something I can relate to (and I'm sure many others here can too). I've grappled with many an end-of-year list before, to the point of wondering what the point of it all is. Fortunately, I've learned by now to allow myself some...

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2016 songs added. Please let me know if you think I've missed a song that really needed to be added.

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To 2016: fuck you and goodbye! I'm usually an optimistic person who looks for the good in people, but I'm not very hopeful that 2017 will be much better than 2016. Deaths of beloved musicians will continue to happen, and on an international political level it will likely take another couple of years...

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Oh no. He was an iconic performer from the 80s and beyond, and probably the first famous person I had a crush on as a boy in the late 80s / early 90s. :cry: 5 classic George Michael songs that will stay with me for the rest of my life: 1. Kissing a Fool These lyrics helped me tremendously as a teena...

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Thanks once again, DaveC, for the wonderful presentation and quote selection. And jeez, jamieW, congratulations on keeping track of who performed what which is actually the same song as what performed by another who. What? Who sang what too? Job well done. We ended up with an amazing selection of so...

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Recommending a few albums that are not mentioned here and that have been mostly absent from critics’ lists so far: M.A.K.U. SoundSystem – Mezcla They’re an eight-member group who are based in New York but whose music is anchored in Colombia. Mixed with the Colombian rhythms are touches of Afrobeat, ...

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Splendid work. I'm pleased to see "Johnny B. Goode" retain its title as our #1 song of the 1950s. Go, Johnny, go!

And thanks, DaveC, for saving the best for last. I'm sure the 1900-1949 songs results will be fab.

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Thanks for sharing, Moonbeam. After reading what you wrote, a new dimension was added to my appreciation of the song, and I will never listen to it the same way again.

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And away we go! This is gonna be good.

Very sexy presentation.

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Hopefully, Honorio's emails will be the start of an actual physical meeting between all of us (and Nicolas of course, as well as anyone else who wants to meet). Yes, that would be lovely. Life’s too short for that not to happen. Thanks for all the kind comments – they really are very much appreciat...

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Very sad news, even if it isn't entirely unexpected. I've just listened to his new album. What a poet he was. I'm looking forward to (re)exploring his music in next month's artist poll. Speaking of participating in another forum poll, I would just like to say that I'm grateful for the distractions t...

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Songs 9. Phoenix - If I Ever Feel Better vs. 11. Air - Playground Love 15. Sugababes - Overload vs. 3. Bob Dylan - Things Have Changed 5. M.O.P. - Ante Up vs. 12. Destiny's Child - Independent Women, Pt. 1 7. The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You vs. 13. D'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) 16. P...

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I've heard Trump is similar to Boris Johnson in the UK, I wonder if any British members of the forum have any thoughts on that? I have both British and South African citizenship and have lived in the UK for most of my adult life, so I guess I’m partially eligible to answer that question. I can see ...

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Over the past couple of days I’ve been revisiting all the lists posted in this thread. I’ve already said thank you to DaveC, Honorio, nicolas, and Romain for discoveries made through their lists. But just because I feel like it, below are a few more thank-you’s to people who posted songs I really en...

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ALBUMS 2. Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP vs. 8. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele 7. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica vs. 6. Primal Scream - XTRMNTR 1. OutKast - Stankonia vs. 4. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump 3. D'Angelo - Voodoo vs. 5. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fi...

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I used to think that Springsteen's classic 70s albums had too much testosterone and not enough charm, but I'm changing my mind about them. Born to Run in particular keeps growing on me with each listen. But I still think that two of his 80s classics are his best. And I obviously feel that We Shall O...

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Albums 1. Blonde on Blonde 2. Bringing It All Back Home 3. Highway 61 Revisited 4. The Times They Are A-Changin' 5. Love and Theft 6. Blood on the Tracks 7. The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 8. Desire 9. Modern Times 10. Time Out of Mind Songs 1. Subterranean Homesick Blues 2. I Want You 3. Like a Rolling...

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On the subject of "Wake Up Little Susie," I always got a kick out of how the song was controversial when it came out in 1957 simply because of what the couple's lateness implied in the eyes of others. In fact, I've seen it on the infamous "banned in Boston" list from the early p...

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Enjoyed listening to this!

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jamieW, I don't know if you've added my 1950-1959 songs list to your spreadsheet yet, but I just wanted to let you know that I've made a minor change to it. I forgot "Wake Up Little Susie," so it's now added to my list at #72 and everything else has moved down one place. I hope to also sub...

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Excellent lists so far! Love yours, Dan! Thank you, my friend. Since joining the forum, I’ve felt that our ears are on a similar musical wavelength. And I’m very happy on that wavelength. :D So naturally I love your list too! In fact, when I first delved into pre-1960s music, your lists were some o...

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Mercury Rev - Holes
Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind

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1900-1949 Songs/Pieces Contrary to what I said in the recommendations thread, I have decided to include all of my favourite classical works that are eligible for this 1900-1949 songs poll. I realized that I was overthinking things. All music released within this period should be eligible, right? So...

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My wife and I fall in love this year of a incredible and marvelous piece of classical music by Lili Boulanger - Vieille prière bouddhique (1917), a "coup de coeur" like we have once every ten years. Lili Boulanger is the sister of the famous Nadia Boulanger and have a incredible and terri...

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I’m glad you liked my post, jamieW. I really enjoyed putting together that Spotify playlist, even though it made me realize again how difficult it is to compare most classical works with popular music. Thanks for explaining that you pushed to include classical music in our poll because you prefer th...

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CLASSICAL MUSIC: 1900-1959 Below is a summary of developments in classical music during the first 60 years or so of the 1900s. I thought it might be useful for people who are not familiar with classical music of the 20th century. Such a brief summary is naturally an over-simplification, especially ...

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Taking a break from a classical music listening marathon for the 1900-1959 polls. Most of my favourite songs in this game have gone, but such is life. There are certainly enough songs left to please my subjective ears. I don’t think any of these songs are bad. 15. Metallica - Master of Puppets vs. 1...

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Not ashamed to admit that I'm a little bit in love with all 3 lists submitted so far. :D I have a question about classical music, though (especially about classical works that do not have more than 3 or 4 movements/sections). Will votes be counted for a movement/section of a work or for a work in it...

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Thanks Henrik! And take it easy. Work at a pace that feels healthy.

Merry early Listmas indeed!

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I'll definitely submit a list as well. I've been participating in all the decade/period polls since the 2000s poll 5 years ago, and I don't intend to stop now! In fact, I've done a lot of listening for these 1900-1959 polls and have enjoyed it immensely. The average age of forum members might be get...

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A friend who doesn't like the flute being used in pop music made me listen to this today. Made me laugh, and I had to post it somewhere, so I'm posting it here. Personally I don't mind the flute. I don't even mind one of my favourite songs from the 80s being shittyfluted like this... https://www.you...

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The Byrds - Everybody's Been Burned vs. Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy Vince Guaraldi - Linus and Lucy vs. Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye Radiohead - You and Whose Army? vs. Dusty Springfield - The Windmills of Your Mind Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger vs. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down Tow...

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Blur - Coffee and TV vs. Pet Shop Boys - Left to My Own Devices Tom Waits - In the Neighborhood vs. Air - All I Need The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends vs. Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd. Tindersticks - City Sickness vs. Muse - Knights of Cydonia Fiona Apple - Criminal vs. The Jacksons - Shake Your B...

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As a teenager, I got into the Beatles by listening to their biggest hits, and many of those hits were from the early part of their existence as a band when Beatlemania took the world by storm. Their later songs (and albums) were more sophisticated and artistic, and discovering how innovative and ima...

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Storm

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Too much of a struggle to rank them this week. Nine Inch Nails - Hurt vs. Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill a Man Metallica - Master of Puppets vs. Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Something Van Morrison - Sweet Thing vs. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Brian Eno - Needle in the Camel's Ey...

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14. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow 1982 forever? :( Haha. Sorry! I love how unique Kate Bush’s music is. She’s clearly quite eccentric. Being eccentric is certainly not a requirement for me to appreciate an artist’s music, but her eccentric personality comes across so naturally and feels so genui...

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To start off with, I've added my name to the albums in the top 150 that haven't been claimed by anyone else yet. I'm not necessarily the world's biggest fan of all of those albums, but it's not difficult for me to grasp what it is that critics who rate those albums highly love about them. I pledge t...

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Henrik wrote:Just work on what feels most, eh..., "fun" for you.

Well, that's the kind of instruction I'd like to hear more often in my life. OK then.

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I'll have plenty of free time next week and will be housebound for most of it, so I'm happy to help. But I'm not sure what the priorities are, so Henrik, please let me know what you would like me to do.

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
Pearl Jam - Black

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2. The Verve - Lucky Man vs. 1. Townes Van Zandt - Waitin' Around to Die 11. Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube vs. 13. The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight 9. Super Furry Animals - Slow Life vs. 14. Kate Bush - Night of the Swallow 8. Lana Del Rey - Ride vs. 5. Nico - The Fairest of Seasons 4. LCD Soundsystem...

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If you had to introduce the band to a total novice and had only one song to do it, which one would it be ? For me, it would also be “Venus in Furs”. I feel that a song from the Velvet Underground’s debut album would have to be a point of introduction to anyone who hasn’t heard the band before, and ...

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