Biggest Fan Songs - August 2020

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It’s been a while, but here is a song that actually ranks on AM, at #2351:

590. Bomb the Bass – Beat Dis
Year: 1987
Album: Into the Dragon
Biggest Fan: Otisredding (#272)

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Rob wrote: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:53 am590. Bomb the Bass – Beat Dis
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Great groove, but it should just be an instrumental without all of the dopey interjections of spoken words and shit.
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579. The Weeknd – King of the Fall: 6
580. Marlena Shaw – Woman of the Ghetto: 7
581. “Weird Al” Yankovic – Frank’s 2000” TV: 4
582. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us: 6
583. Alicia Myers - Appreciation: 4
584. DD Smash - Whaling: 6.5
585. Chilliwack – Baby Blue: 6.5
586. Taraf de Haïdouks – Dragoste de la Clejani: 7
587. Grave Digger – Night Drifter: 4
588. Jorge Ben - País Tropical: 7.25
589. Billy Joel – Prelude/ Angry Young Man: 4.5
590. Bomb the Bass – Beat Dis: 5

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And here’s another one that ranks on AM, at #3983:

591. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin
Year: 1993
Album: Where You Been
Biggest Fan: 9 (#726)

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Rob wrote: Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:43 am591. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin
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589. Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man: 5/10
590. Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis: 5/10
591. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin': 6/10
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Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis: 7
Have to disagree with Hymie about the samples. They make the song for me. They keep the whole thing humorous and entertaining, whereas I think as a pure instrumental it might have gotten stale for me before the end. The use of samples makes it seem like a precursor to Frontier Psychiatrist by The Avalanches, even if it isn't as radical.

Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin: 6
Solid alt-rock from the nineties. I generally like Dinosaur Jr., but I also do always tend to forget how their songs go. This is no exception.
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And yet another one that ranks on AM, at #6254:

592. Blondie - Maria
Year: 1999
Album: No Exit
Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#815)

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590. Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis - 4
591. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin' - 6.5
592. Blondie - Maria - 9.5 [from my list]
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Rob wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:49 am592. Blondie - Maria
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569. Alex Cornish – Don’t Hold Me Back - 6
570. Toby Fox - Bonetrousle - 3
571. Gene Loves Jezebel – Desire (Come and Get It) - 7.5 [New #6451 AT]
572. Gordon Lightfoot - Don Quixote - 5.5
573. Pink Floyd - If - 8 [#4953 AT]
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575. The Clash - The Street Parade - 6
576. The Flaming Lips - Powerless - 3.5
577. Against Me! - Black Me Out - 6
578. Mac Miller – Donald Trump - 1
579. The Weeknd – King of the Fall - 3
580. Marlena Shaw – Woman of the Ghetto - 8 [New #4070 AT]
581. “Weird Al” Yankovic – Frank’s 2000” TV - 4
582. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, featuring Ray Dalton – Can’t Hold Us - 3
583. Alicia Myers - Appreciation - 5
584. DD Smash - Whaling - 5.5
585. Chilliwack – Baby Blue - 4
586. Taraf de Haïdouks – Dragoste de la Clejani - 5
587. Grave Digger – Night Drifter - 4
588. Jorge Ben - País Tropical - 3.5
589. Billy Joel – Prelude/ Angry Young Man - 7.5 [#6305 AT]
590. Bomb the Bass – Beat Dis - 7.5 [#7139 AT]
591. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin' - 3
592. Blondie - Maria - 9 [#1163 AT]
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591. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin': 8.25 (#4600 on my all-time list)

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592. Blondie - Maria: 8/10
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Blondie - Maria: 7
I remember that this was a hit when I was younger, but hadn't heard it in ages. Never knew it was a Blondie song. A pretty good one too, making the best of those Debbie Harry vocals.
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593. Turbo – W sobie
Year: 1983
Album: Dorosłe dzieci
Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#381)

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592. Blondie - Maria: 6

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Rob wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:25 am593. Turbo – W sobie
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593. Turbo – W sobie - 6
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Turbo – W sobie: 7
Apparently they are a metal band, but this is something more mellow, a gentle yet sweeping instrumental. Goes down easy.
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594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love
Year: 1989
Album: Bebop Moptop
Biggest Fan: JohnnyBGoode (#754)

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594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love - 7.5
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594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love - 5
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Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love: 6
Not the most remarkable pop song ever, but it goes down as easy as the title promises.
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Here’s one that ranks on AM at #5503:

595. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
Year: 1974
Album: Dancing Machine
Biggest Fan: Renan (#492)

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Dancing Machine gets a 7 from me
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Rob wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:35 am594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love
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Rob wrote: Thu Aug 27, 2020 7:54 am595. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine
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595. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine - 5
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Billy Joel - Prelude/Angry Young Man 3
Bomb the Bass - Beat Dis 7
Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin' 8
Blondie - Maria 5
Turbo - W sobie 4
Danny Wilson - The Second Summer of Love 6 Better than Mary's Prayer!
The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine 6
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596. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny
Year: 1979
Album: Tusk
Biggest Fan: Zombeels (#559)

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596. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny - 6
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593. Turbo – W sobie: 6
594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love: 4.5
595. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine: 7.5

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Rob wrote: Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:50 am596. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny
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The beat is very annoying.
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Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny: 4.5
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The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine: 6
Just a fine dance song from the quintet.

Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny: 4
Almost hard to believe this is a Fleetwood Mac song. It doesn't sound like one. Usually the thing that stands out in their songs is an ear for easy melody, but that is absent here. What we get is a rhythm-based song that doesn't really lift off and even comes across as horribly fake to me.
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597. Kanye West – 30 Hours
Year: 2016
Album: The Life of Pablo
Biggest Fan: rumpdoll (#430)

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Rob wrote: Sat Aug 29, 2020 7:29 am597. Kanye West – 30 Hours
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Kanye West - 30 Hours: 5
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593. Turbo - W sobie: 7/10
594. Danny Wilson - The Second Summer of Love: 6/10
595. The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine: 5/10
596. Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny: 5/10
597. Kanye West - 30 Hours: 5/10
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Kanye West - 30 Hours: 3

Yeah, a song from The Life of Pablo. I never heard this one before. I've never been able to put myself to listening to that album because all the apparent highlights seemed terrible to me (yes, even Ultralight Beam) and this is another one that will probably keep me away from that album for all eternity. I don't really get it. I never was big on Kanye but his redeeming quality was that the songs would pretty much always be very well produced, but these songs, including 30 Hours, just sound tacky to me. Almost unfinished. And Kanye was never a great rapper to me, but here he sounds like he is barely paying attention to his own song. 30 Hours feels very hollow to me. I thought that The Life of Pablo and its songs would fade away after a time, but I'm feeling that they have only become more popular. What is the appeal?
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598. Joe Satriani – The Crush of Love
Year: 1988
EP: Dreaming #11
Biggest Fan: Henry (#483)

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Rob wrote: Sun Aug 30, 2020 8:45 am598. Joe Satriani – The Crush of Love
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598. Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love: 7/10
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Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love: 6
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596. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny: 7.25

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Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love: 7
A friend of mine had this phase were he was obsessed with all these guitar wizards and that included a heavy addiction to Joe Satriani at one point. I remember having a discussion with him about Satriani, in which I argued that he is a guitar player looking for a band, because most of his songs are mostly virtuosity without any soul, purpose or urgency and frequently without shape. I usually get the feeling that he is playing these long guitar instrumentals because he can, not because he has found any reason to. Of all the great guitar heroes Satriani always seemed the most shallow to me.

But The Crush of Love is one of the few exceptions. This is a very cool song. No, it is not deep or anything, but it just feels grand and it has a lot of entertainment value.
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598. Joe Satriani - The Crush of Love: 8
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591. Dinosaur Jr. - Start Choppin': 7
592. Blondie - Maria: 7.5
593. Turbo - W sobie: 6
594. Danny Wilson - The Second Summer of Love: 4
595. The Jackson 5 - Dancing Machine: 7
596. Fleetwood Mac - Not That Funny: 5
597. Kanye West - 30 Hours: 5.5
598. Joe Satriani – The Crush of Love: 6
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590. Bomb the Bass – Beat Dis: 6
591. Dinosaur Jr. – Start Choppin: 6.5
592. Blondie - Maria: 8.5
593. Turbo – W sobie: 8.5
594. Danny Wilson – The Second Summer of Love: 4.5
595. The Jackson 5 – Dancing Machine: 4
596. Fleetwood Mac – Not That Funny: 6
597. Kanye West – 30 Hours: 4.5
598. Joe Satriani – The Crush of Love: 6.5
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599. Clifford T. Ward – The Best Is Yet to Come
Year: 1981
Album: Both of Us
Biggest Fan: Red Ant (#378)

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