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John

Give me an album cover that looks like a comic strip that isn't Cheap Thrills.

John

And for man dressed like woman:

John

Here's a sunset, right when I read it I thought "Pablo freakin' Cruise:

John

Albums- 1. Weezer - Weezer [Blue Album] 2. Pavement - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 3. Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York 4. Tom Petty - Wildflowers 5. Meat Puppets - Too High to Die 6. Sugar - File Under: Easy Listening 7. Madonna - Bedtime Stories 8. Elliott Smith - Roman Candle 9. PFR - Great Lengt...

John

New St. Etienne and Japandroids?

Can't wait to check those out.

John

Give me a cover where at least two people, and no more than 6 people are walking across the street that isn't Abbey Road or a band imitating the Abbey Road cover.

John

Nevermind, I thought of one with only a black and white photo:

John

Only, or can the artist name and album title be on it?

John

Top 5 Warped Tour Acts:

1. Beck
2. Jurassic 5
3. The Specials
4. Weezer
5. Bjork

John

Top 5 guitars based on looks alone: A couple traditionals. 5. Gibson Les Paul http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/18/001/666/100/DV016_Jpg_Large_H78032.003_heritage_cherry_sunburst.jpg 4. Epiphone Casino http://www.great-bargain.com/ekmps/shops/rightclickshop/images/epiphone-casino-semi-acou...

John

Next hunt: An album that has a Epiphone Casino located somewhere on the front cover.

John

I hate to bash your favorite album, but that Grimes album is the one that made me throw my hands in the air and say "I give up 2012"

There were a lot of albums that got me to that point, but that one specifically put me over the edge.

John

Fair enough, this is my first time playing, I'm just along for the ride.

John

I'm hoping this year the lists we declare now will just work as placeholders in case somebody disappears or something, so we don't have to sit and wait for everyone to make a pick. This year I'm thinking matches will be announced one day before they start and we can declare any changes privately to...

John

The only nice thing about stereo remasters is that it sounds normal next to modern music when shuffling or making playlists. However it isn't how it was intended to be heard. Same thing goes for MFSL releases or other orignal masters releases. They sound better but sound out of place next to modern ...

John

The best part about Donovan's Atlantis is the chorus at the end, but the majority of the song is spoken word.

It's not a song but Harry Nilsson's soundtrack for The Point is fantastic with about 6-7 songs and narration between.

John

So, the lists now really mean nothing or do we have to have an initial list and can change what song we choose from that list up until the matchup. This is how I'm reading it: Initial lists already posted: set in stone once the tournament starts, but you can choose any song from that list for each m...

John

I'm somewhat of a mono enthusiast if that's the way it was recorded, but I've always questioned something people say about Beach Boys records. They say that you should listen to Beach Boys records in mono because that's the way Wilson heard the records. That can't be true can it? He could only hear ...

John

I'm still not grasping everything about this game, but I think I'll catch on. When are we starting?

John

Didn't see this game until now- I'll just give Jirin another recommendation since he was the last one to post.

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My RYM profile

John

It's probably going to stay weak until the end of August for music, you don't see many albums that aren't top 40 released in the summer. Usually, when college radio gets back into full swing is when you see good music start to get released again. So, minus maybe a couple albums, there's 4 months to ...

John

Recommendations for those who have posted: Nick: Doggystyle Stephan: Calypso Gillingham: Fear of Music but there are a lot of good ones in that stretch. Nassim: New Day Rising Jirin: Steamin' but that's the only one I've heard. That's my favorite Miles era though. Kingoftonga: Frank Sinatra Sings Fo...

John

Can songs repeat? Maybe songs should be private then until the matchups start...

John

I'm trying to decide if I just hate the music trends right now or if I'm losing touch. I really hope I'm not losing touch with music, I swore that would never happen, and usually that only happens if you stop paying attention. But, this year is a big pile of garbage. Just awful, like 100X worse than...

John

OK, so I just read this thread, and the prep one and I'm a little confused on how this works since I've never played before. Can someone fill me in on the concept? I want to play and I grabbed the two bands I wanted but I'm not sure if I chose the songs right.

John

Beatles: 1. Yesterday 2. Strawberry Fields Forever 3. Hey Jude 4. A Day In the Life 5. Happiness is a Warm Gun 6. Tomorrow Never Knows 7. Something 8. In My Life Pixies: 1. Monkey Gone to Heaven 2. Debaser 3. Where Is My Mind 4. Here Comes Your Man 5. Gigantic 6. Wave of Mutilation 7. Mr. Grieves 8....

John

641 Wayne Shorter- Speak No Evil 1965 642 The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- Will the Circle Be Unbroken 1972 643 Little Feat- Dixie Chicken 1973 644 Deerhunter- Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. 2008 645 Ry Cooder- Paradise and Lunch- 1974 646 Billie Holiday- Lady in Satin 1958 647 Miles Davis- Porgy & Be...

John

I'd like to know where on earth people hear Careless Whisper all the time.

John

I've always been a casual White Stripes fan but of the few songs I've heard off the solo album I'm not too interested. Love Interrupted is pretty boring.

John

Yep, just move them all up, thanks!

John

Actually, I'm pretty sure Beavis and Butthead wouldn't headbang to any of those songs. But, seeing as they debuted in '93 and the smilie was there, I couldn't resist. They might have given their trademark giggle to that Liz Phair title.

John

This is where "90's music" begins in my opinion. The singles from this year are :character-beavisbutthead: Albums: 1. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream 2. Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville 3. Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 4. Nirvana - In Utero 5. Janet Jackson - janet. 6. ...

John

I've never even heard the first 3 so I'm going not a classic on those :) , Graceland is a deep track at best so not a classic there as well. I debated between moderate classic and classic for U2, but I ended up going moderate. I bet it's probably played on classic rock radio a bit, but I haven't hea...

John

Here's how dirt cheap cd's are: I sold my entire collection back in college to pay for "activities" and bought it back at like a quarter of what I sold it for over the years. There's a chain in America called Half Price Books and they have racks upon racks of clearance CD's priced at 1-2 d...

John

I was in college when Napster hit it big so the digital revolution is my era. I liked music more than most of my friends before Napster, but downloading files made me want to seek out and listen to all I could find. That progressed to "collecting" music, but collecting digital files didn't...

John

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John

Guardian exclusive streaming right? :D Listening to this too and kinda agree with the verdict so far. It's an interesting sound but it lacks a certain sense of dynamism to truly flesh it out. Ah well, they're also streaming 'Heartbreaker' by the Walkmen. No, they are local for me, out of Minnesota....

John

Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)": Ultimate Depeche Mode - "Just Can't Get Enough": Ultimate Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock - "It Takes Two": Classic R.E.M. - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)": Moderate 5 years ago I think I w...

John

Here's how I voted or would have voted for the others.

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This): Moderate
Madonna - Material Girl: Moderate
George Clinton - Atomic Dog: Not
Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough: Not
Prince and the Revolution - When Doves Cry- Ultimate

John

Here's how I voted Michael Jackson - Billie Jean- Ultimate Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock - It Takes Two- Not Talking Heads - Burning Down the House- Ultimate The Clash - Rock the Casbah- Ultimate R.E.M. - It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)- Ultimate ABBA - The Winner Takes It A...

John

Oh, I haven't been paying attention. Can you just bump it when you add something? I missed out on a lot.

John

US vs. the world sounds interesting but I think it might run into the same problem as going by genres where good bands exit early and some bands have easy matchups until the round of 64, maybe even round of 32. Also, is the US the powerhouse when it comes to rock and pop music? My suggestion would b...

John

I'm warming up to the idea that The Stones legitimately defeated The Beatles. I appreciate the comments from those who voted for them.

John

Finally heard a 2012 album I really enjoyed tonight, Polica- Give Up the Ghost. The only drawback to the album is that it doesn't have much variety to the sound and her voice is completely autotuned but it's the first time I've heard autotune used purely for effect where it works for me and I can de...

John

Bob Dylan I don't care too much that the Beatles aren't in the championship, it's an internet poll of 50 or so people after all. It's not valid though, all through the tournament people were itching to find a way to vote the Beatles out. Congrats, you swayed the tournament in the favor of the 2nd an...

John

Bob Dylan- A very tough decision, both have inconsistent catalogs but both have so many singles that you could take 10 successful, critically acclaimed bands and stack their hits up against either Prince or Dylan and those 10 bands would fall short. It's just impossible to decide between these two b...

John

Bob Dylan
Prince
David Bowie
The Beatles

John

I don't look at the RYM boards too often so when you post another poll could you link to it here?

John

I'm out of things to say about most of these bands.

Bob Dylan- If Radiohead didn't beat U2, I'm not crossing my fingers that Dylan will.
Bruce Springsteen
R.E.M.
Prince
David Bowie
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Beatles

John

I haven't heard anything great so far this year, but I've only been able to listen to about 10 new albums so far this year so here they are... Nada Surf- The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy 7/10 Django Django- S/T 7/10 Bruce Springsteen- Wrecking Ball 6/10 M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion 5/10 AIR...

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