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1985 is also the only year of the decade with no AM top 100 song, and has by far the least top 1000 songs (7 vs. next lowest 10 in 1986).

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206. R.E.M. – Wall of Death - 7

Good, but very straightforward.

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Songs 46 | Valerie Dore | Bow and Arrow I thought this was a 1986 song! I'm certainly going to add it to my 1985 list having now discovered it had a 1985 single release. :o Are you sure that it's 1985? I know that RYM lists it as a 1985 single release. But Discogs does not list it at all, while lis...

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In 1953 Billboard polled DJs across the country for their top records of all time and they voted "Stardust" by Artie Shaw as the greatest record of all time. To be honest I much prefer Nat King Cole's version to Shaw's. Cole's version (1957) did not exist yet when the poll was taken in 19...

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205. The National - Ada - 8

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The way the synopsis is written and the fact they state "From Mott The Hoople..." seems to me that they do mean the Mott the Hoople version. If they meant the Bowie version they could've also said 'From (or 'appears on') Best of '69/'74'. But on the other hand, they do mention his '74 live...

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StevieFan13 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:12 pm ..."his"?

She (he) doesn't seem too sure herself (himself):

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Wow! Is this the first time someone gives a 10 to someone else’s nomination? Anybody* ever given a zero? *not thinking of anyone in particular :whistle: I have given both a 10 (to KT Tunstall's 'Suddenly I See') and a 0 (to VRIL - UV), although I believe that the lowest score in the game is officia...

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204. The Easybeats – Land of Make Believe - 8

Honestly not the greatest composition, yet I can't help adoring this kind of music.

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203. Erland & The Carnival – Trouble in Mind - 7 One of the most interesting takes on Indie Folk I've heard, but also one of the most poppy, it's a weird blend. Still a good effort though. There's certainly some great musicianship in there. Will probably listen to the rest of their work tonight,...

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Probably the worst year for my top 25 yet, but the first 8 are awesome. 1) Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over 2) Talk Talk - Living in Another World 3) The Smiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out 4) Genesis - Land of Confusion 5) The Smiths - Panic 6) Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al 7) Bang...

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202. The Colourfield - Take - 7

Great British New Wave, the intro sounds like it could've been in a 60s British Beat song in some form, the verses would've done well in Britpop. The percussion in the last third of the song is a nice touch.

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Besides the 21 Pilots and Strokes headlines, I'd definitely check out Sigrid, Sam Fender and, especially, Jade Bird. They all have their first albums releas this year (although Sam's only due in September), so I'd say give those a 'spin'. Personal top 3 tracks: Jade Bird: Love Has All Been Done Befo...

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2. blink-182 - Enema of the State vs. The Velvet Underground - VU

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201. Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar - 8 Imo one of the most underrated songs of the decade, it did well on some charts (#2 UK et al.) but it didn't even make it in the US or Canada and scored low on others e.g. it hit 53 on Dutchcharts Top 100 and didn't make the Dutch Top 40. Good to know that it's a...

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200. Neil Young – Peaceful Valley Boulevard - 6

At the basis it's a great tune, but it's a bit long-winded and I am not a fan of echo effects, especially on vocals.

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199. Stackbridge - Humiliation - 8

Unsurprisingly produced by George Martin, those strings are great.
I'd give it a 9, but I'm not really a fan of the vocals.

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198. The Magnetic Fields – I Don’t Really Love You Anymore - 6

Classic Indie Pop recipe, fine but nothing more than that.

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luvulongTIM wrote: ↑Fri Jul 26, 2019 10:33 pm Kind of sounds like they’re paying homage to the classic Magnetic Fields album from that year yet.....where the heck are they?

They did not release a single that charted on the Modern Rock Charts in 1999

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I feel like they're taking the songs' quality into account, right? Otherwise, if they're using chart peaks as an influence, the list is ineligible. Yes and no. Yes, because it does not seem like the rankings are based on chart performance, you'd expect way more number 1 or 2 hits at the top instead...

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I commend them for once again putting Fiona Apple at #1, but I'm surprised it's her only song on the list (no "Paper Bag"? Really?), and I'm disappointed "The Great Beyond" by R.E.M. doesn't even show up while both "Nookie" and "Higher" made the cut. The list...

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197. Have a Nice Life – Holy Fucking Shit: 40,000 - 3 The instrumentals are fine in the first half, but the effect on the vocals is too off-putting for me to really like it. The second half might be more horrible than the techno from yesterday. It's sounds like a distortded 'does-it-blend' experimen...

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My (Preliminary) list. I might change it, I might not. 1) The Beatles - For No One 2) MGMT - Little Dark Age 3) Jade Bird - Love Has All Been Done Before 4) The Crickets - That'll Be the Day 5) Agnes Obel - Familiar 6) The Beatles - Fool on the Hill 7) Crystal Fighters - Plage 8) The Smiths - There'...

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mileswide wrote: ↑Thu Jul 25, 2019 7:28 pmhat said, I was weighing up One of Us Must Know as one of my Dylan choices, so I can always use it as a (hopefully?) less dubious selection.

One of Us Must Know definitely has choruses.

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A chorus, imo, has to repeat. In 'Hurricane', of the 11 sections, only one of them repeats one-and-a-half times (second part of verse 1 repeats in 5 and half of it in 11), Choruses are proving trickier to define than I imagined when I opened this thread! I'd say if it's where in a song you'd expect...

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195. The Gaslight Anthem – 1,000 Years - 7 Awesome band, although I prefer their older, punkier stuff. 196. Vril - UV - 0 (is that allowed?) It's don't dislike all techno, but this thing got on my nerves real bad. I couldn't stand more than half a minute of it and then I skipped around some to see i...

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A chorus, imo, has to repeat. In 'Hurricane', of the 11 sections, only one of them repeats one-and-a-half times (second part of verse 1 repeats in 5 and half of it in 11), and then not even exact. Now 2 (or 2.5) choruses isn't unheard of, but in this case it's 2.5 out of 11 sections. It's also very ...

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mileswide wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:32 pm I just don't want a situation where a song like Hurricane by Dylan is taking up the list just because different people have different preferences for its 11 (very distinct) choruses!

Interesting, I've never seen someone refer to 'Hurricane's' verses as choruses.

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It may be that they've always looked like this and I'm just noticing this now, but the icons to the left of topic titles look very fuzzy.

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[quote="mileswide"][quote="BobPatience"]Most of his stuff is more folky and less spacey than this song, but it's certainly not bad. [/quote] Some of the links sadly aren't available in my country but that's really kind of you to recommend all these, cheers man! Meester Prikkebeen...

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[quote="Henrik"]BobPatience, can you see the images?[/quote]

No, but if you 'quote' a post you can see the comment's content, and I just copied the image's URL to my browser.

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[quote="Moonbeam"]I can't see the results for #2 and #1 because of the forum bug. :( Thank you so much for hosting, TheLastEnemy! You did a superlative job![/quote] It's probably an easy guess, but here they are anyway: #2: David Bowie (last year 2, AM 4) 52 votes - 3359.44 points - 2 #1 v...

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[quote="mileswide"] Would be up for hearing more in the same vein[/quote] Most of his stuff is more folky and less spacey than this song, but it's certainly not bad. I'd say try these two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuzURu2pAIk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT1oOQuT8rg And if you st...

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194. They Might Be Giant – Man, It’s So Loud in Here - 6

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R.E.M. got their acclaim in the Springsteen and Talking Heads mold, in which they’re all acts who started out as critics’ darlings, and eventually found mass commercial success as well to balance out that critical acclaim. And let me tell you, music history has shown that a marriage between the rec...

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I did not participate in the poll, but the thing I like about R.E.M. is how they evolved their music over 15+ years while staying relevant, but not necessarily doing what their contemporaries were doing, and having an arguably more 'accesible' sound. They were never a big part of the new wave in the...

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Best decades for records: 1 | 1960s | 4,2 | Pet Sounds | Like a Rolling Stone 2 | 1970s | 12,7 | London Calling 3 | 1980s | 24,9 | Love Will Tear Us Apart 4 | 1990s | 34 | Smells Like Teen Spirit 5 | 2000s | 44,4 | Funeral | Hey Ya! You'd almost come to think that music is just getting worse by the...

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193. Boudewijn de Groot – Als de rook om je hoofd is verdwenen - 8 Pretty decent as far as Boudewijn de Groot goes, especially compared to his work after the 60's. Much more memorable than it's A-side. The biggest thing I miss are some more backing vocals in the chorus, although the bass is doing a ...

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Methinks that you are being very selective as to which books you are reading. Barbra Streisand has ten Grammy Awards including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and the Grammy Legend Award. There seem to be a lot of music industry people who deem her as being very important. Does the Velvet Und...

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My first post would be "The E Street Band and the Revolution are backing bands, not 'bands. I definitely think they both are bands. Bobby Z agrees about the revolution: I'd go out to rehearsals and see how he runs rehearsals with other bands, and my opinion is, he spent hours with us as a memb...

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There also are music groups that are neither individual artists nor bands. Rap groups, vocal groups, partial bands (Steely Dan)

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I know they're not credited on the studio albums, but the E Street Band deserves a mention. (Which I've hereby done

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The 16th and 14th century pick both have '#80'

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Some obvious album omissions, but that seems to kind of be the point of this list.

Also some interesting artist omissions like U2, Police, Coldplay, Green Day or Smashing Pumpkins

Were there any special requirements to be added to the list?

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So we’re talking bridges in songs with no chorus, or choruses in songs with two verses before the chorus like Lightning Crashes? No, a chorus in a song that starts with two verses is still a chorus. The 'bridge' part of "Lightning Crashes" would be the instrumental break and the 'Oh, why'...

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TL;DR: Writer don't always write songs conventionally. People on the internet call the same thing different names (or different things the same name). And music is awesome because works in the most interesting of ways. I personally think it's kind of silly to single out bridges/middle eights. A song...

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I see, thanks. Good to know that there are two Misterioso albums by Monk, even if one is a posthumous compilation. There's even a third: https://open.spotify.com/album/4BnZkjlhEK36wyyYZZvTmK?si=PFhnvQiBRsGtpL7mrliQ1Q :D 192. Lightnin’ Hopkins – Mojo Hand - 7 Great Texan Blues, he's getting some wil...

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The two versions are close in sound, with the older one oddly sounding more crisp. They sound the same, because they are the same, the 'crispness' might be due to the other version being a remaster. The version currently on the playlist is from a 2002 compilation album of (mainly blue note) recordi...

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191. Thelonious Monk – In Walked Bud - 8 Great Jazz from a great composer. For me it really hits the speed 'sweet spot', whereas I find the 40s bebop is generally a bit too 'rushed' for my taste. I also want to add that I'm really digging the music 'choices' these last few weeks Rob, keep up the goo...

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190. Magazine – You Never Knew Me - 9 I could totally see this becoming a 10 in some time. I love new wave, and especially the kind of 'low energy', very progressive stuff. If we did the 1980 poll again, it'd probably end at #4 (which honestly still seems low, but 1980 was a very good year). I'd hon...

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