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- Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:40 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
- Replies: 68
- Views: 82669
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...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 1:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4944016
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Yupit only had three great songs
Marvin Gaye - Wholy Holy: 5
- Sat Nov 04, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
Not to be outdone by new Stones and Beatles output, the surviving Monkee has a new release.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
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...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 5:50 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
- Replies: 68
- Views: 82669
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...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 4:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
I suppose it depends on how we measure backlash.
- Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
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...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4944016
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Barbra Streisand – Don’t Rain on My Parade
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- Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:38 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
To my surprise, the Rolling Stones have an album out today. The reviews so far are very good.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4944016
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:19 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Hall of Acclaim 2022 (CLOSED)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 12811
Re: Hall of Acclaim 2022 (CLOSED)
Hi, so as Howlin' Wolf once put it, I have had my fun. For next time, I'd like someone else to take over. It's probably the easiest regular poll (hence why I did it).
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:30 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2018
- Replies: 61
- Views: 94836
Re: Albums and Songs of 2018
Songs: 1 | Ariana Grande | No Tears Left to Cry 2 | Post Malone | Wow 3 | Halsey | Without Me 4 | Shaed | Trampoline 5 | Khalid and Normani | Love Lies 6 | Post Malone and Swae Lee | Sunflower 7 | Kacey Musgraves | Oh, What a World 8 | Idles | Television 9 | Idles | June 10 | Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny...
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:22 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 1172533
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
That’s probably the best rollout I’ve seen. Thanks Holden. Thanks of course to DaveC as well.
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In other news, what Spider-Verse reality do I live in where Interpol beats Closer?
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In other news, what Spider-Verse reality do I live in where Interpol beats Closer?
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4944016
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Buddy Holly – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
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I first heard this song through Linda Ronstadt on the Heart Like a Wheel album. Ronstadt has the better version, but anyway, this is one of those songs that transcended its era. (And we can thank Paul Anka, of all people.)
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I first heard this song through Linda Ronstadt on the Heart Like a Wheel album. Ronstadt has the better version, but anyway, this is one of those songs that transcended its era. (And we can thank Paul Anka, of all people.)
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 1172533
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Always nice to see one of my entries here
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:33 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
October is basically Jimmy Savile month, which seems appropriate. He was born on Halloween, 1926; he died in October as well, in 2011. He was originally known as a eccentric, knighted national treasure who did incredible amounts of charity work, amidst rumors that he was messing with little kids. (B...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
Suspect arrested in Tupac Shakur killing from 1996 By Janay Kingsberry and Samantha Chery [The Washington Post] September 29, 2023 at 3:13 p.m. EDT An image of Tupac Shakur for the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on July 4, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) A man...
- Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Lifehouse – Hanging By a Moment
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Dopey but pretty memorable.
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Dopey but pretty memorable.
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
Rock Hall of Fame ousts Rolling Stone co-founder [Jann Wenner] after inflammatory remarks By Lyric Li / The Washington Post [Photo: Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner discusses his memoir, “Like a Rolling Stone,” at an event last year in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)] Jann Wenner...
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2017
- Replies: 71
- Views: 231497
Re: Albums and Songs of 2017
Songs: 1 | Harry Styles | Sign of the Times 2 | Cardi B | Bodak Yellow 3 | Elevation Worship | Do It Again 4 | Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee | Despacito 5 | Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line | Meant to Be 6 | St. Vincent | Los Ageless 7 | Future | Mask Off 8 | Ed Sheeran | Perfect 9 | Niall Hora...
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:15 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Queen - Flash
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- Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Grace Jones – Walking In the Rain
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- Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:44 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth Founder and Former Lead Singer, Dies at 56 Harwell had struggled with alcoholism, and died from acute liver failure. Two years prior, he had announced his departure from the band, and his retirement, due to health issues. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/steve-harwell...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:15 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30108
Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
41 | Enya | Shepherd Moons | 1991 Enya’s Shepherd Moons is like her previous album, Watermark, but even farther. The ethereal songs are practically an out-of-body experience. The severe songs (which even includes a re-arranged 19th-century aria) are like visiting an ice palace. This is well past you...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30108
Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
31 | The Who | Who's Next | 1971 "Baba O'Riley" immediately blows away all previous attempts by the band at a great statement. Then, it's almost outdone by "Bargain." And "The Song Is Over." And "Behind Blue Eyes." And "Won't Get Fooled Again." Get t...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:12 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30108
Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
21 | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 U2 was so freaking earnest that I guess even they got sick of it. They turned the car around, and headed straight into the storm. The U2 that emerged dealt in irony, distorted sonics, and post-modern cool. It’s not just the music that’s been cracked open and subjected t...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30108
Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
11 | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 '90s rock was defined by a handful of August-September 1991 releases, including Pearl Jam's debut. Amidst the butt rock that had ruled the day, Eddie Vedder's bloodletting was stunning to behold. His elliptical lyrics helped take the edge off of angst overload, though. On...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
- Replies: 30
- Views: 30108
Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Copy and paste... Hi, so, I'm getting a bit set in my ways. I was only going to turn in 50 albums (which now has to be 100). I thought I’d do something I haven’t done before, which is write about my top 50 selections, in several installments. Some of these albums I’ve written about many times (I’ll ...
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Creed – With Arms Wide Open
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Better than Nickelback (although Nickelback didn’t make a career out of Eddie Vedder vocal quirks) or Imagine Dragons, among lowest common denominator bands.
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Better than Nickelback (although Nickelback didn’t make a career out of Eddie Vedder vocal quirks) or Imagine Dragons, among lowest common denominator bands.
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2016
- Replies: 68
- Views: 115862
Re: Albums and Songs of 2016
Songs: 1 | Leonard Cohen | Treaty 2 | Bob Dylan | All the Way 3 | David Bowie | Dollar Days 4 | Housefires | Build My Life 5 | Radiohead | Daydreaming 6 | David Bowie | Girl Loves Me 7 | Radiohead | Decks Dark 8 | Justin Timberlake | Can’t Stop the Feeling! 9 | Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj | Side...
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:14 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
Gary Young, original drummer for indie rock band Pavement, dead at 70: 'A rare breed'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 616136007/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 616136007/
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:56 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
50 years ago, 18-year-old Clive Campbell, a.k.a. DJ Kool Herc, debuts hip hop music at a party in the Bronx. In the world of hip hop, this moment is the equivalent of the Beatles playing the Ed Sullivan show, or Elvis launching into an uptempo “That’s All Right.” Besides his DJing, Herc is also cred...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:18 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Frank Sinatra – Blues in the Night
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- Thu Aug 03, 2023 10:01 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 223
- Views: 1008053
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
Thanks Humphreys
- Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Okay, so... I first heard this on the 2-CD compilation, Windham Hill: The First Ten Years. The song is originally from Ackerman's 1976 debut (also the label's debut). And it showed up again on 1981's Passage. And it showed up again on his 1986 album, Conferring with the Moon. Maybe elsewhere, too. (...
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
- Topic: Paul Reubens passes away at 70
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1854
Paul Reubens passes away at 70
Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul ... 235683504/
Ugh. His first movie was a classic, and I also loved his TV show and its Christmas special.
https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul ... 235683504/
Ugh. His first movie was a classic, and I also loved his TV show and its Christmas special.
- Mon Jul 31, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 223
- Views: 1008053
- Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:14 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
The playlist is now reasonably complete (see above). Over time, I will add more quotes and re-evaluate old ones from last time (if you're at all wondering where they went). As always, there's the chance over time that I'll bump into an older song for some of these acts.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2560
Re: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
About one year short of how long Prince lived. She was only on top for a few years, though the same could be said of some acts like Nirvana. (In Spin's list, "The 35 Best Albums from the Last 35 Years," in practice a very '80s and '90s list, they placed The Lion and the Cobra ahead of Neve...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2560
Re: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
No cause listed, but suicide is implied:
Sinead O'Connor dead: Irish music legend dies aged 56 after years of mental health battles - and 18 months after her 17-year-old son Shane also passed away
Sinead O'Connor dead: Irish music legend dies aged 56 after years of mental health battles - and 18 months after her 17-year-old son Shane also passed away
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 202
- Views: 158335
Re: The News of Today
I remember sort of freaking out that Mick Jagger had turned 75. Well, now he’s 80.
- Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:42 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2015
- Replies: 77
- Views: 141313
Re: Albums and Songs of 2015
Songs: 1 | Grimes | REALiTI (demo/music video version) 2 | Julia Holter | Feel You 3 | The Weeknd | The Hills 4 | Adele | Hello 5 | Tame Impala | Let It Happen 6 | Kendrick Lamar | King Kunta 7 | Adele | Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 8 | Neil Young and Promise of the Real | Big Box 9 | Florence a...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2023 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 223
- Views: 1008053
- Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:44 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
- Replies: 560
- Views: 1212312
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
The Replacements – Answering Machine
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- Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:04 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Welcome to the 2023 "My Happiness" playlist project (documenting, in honor of Elvis's first recorded song in July 1953, the earliest song of any kind I could find by the main site's Top 100 Artists). As before, "It’s open season on cameos, collaborations, and old band names." It ...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Neil Young --> The Squires – “The Sultan" b/w "Aurora” (1963) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Extra : Neil Young's Elektra audition, e.g. "I Ain't Got the Blues" (recorded ca. 1965) ( YouTube link ) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Archive...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Stevie Wonder --> Little Stevie Wonder - "I Call It Pretty Music, But The Old People Call It The Blues (Part 1)" (summer 1962) (YouTube link) ... Part 2: (YouTube link)
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Wilco --> Uncle Tupelo - "Before I Break" Colorblind & Rhymeless demo (rec. 1987) ( YouTube link ) Another one posted by me. Other demo songs include: I Got Drunk / Screen Door / Blues Die Hard / Pickle River. Wilco retained all of the Uncle Tupelo band, minus Jay Farrar (Jeff Tweedy,...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:37 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
The Who - "Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" (as The High Numbers) (3 July 1964) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Written (sort of) by the manager, tailored to the mod audience (borrowing the tunes from "County Fool" by The Showmen and Slim Harpo's &qu...
- Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:37 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
- Replies: 102
- Views: 7803
Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
The White Stripes - "Let's Shake Hands" b/w "Look Me Over Closely" (February 1998) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Included on The White Stripes (1999), Japanese edition. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/The_White_Stripes_-_The_White_Stripes.j...