Biggest Fan Songs - May 2021

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Welcome to the May 2021 edition of Biggest Fan. Let me explain for those who only join now. It's about those songs that only got one vote in our recent All-Time Best Song Poll. There were over 13.000 of them! That's too much to get collectively into, but through this series we are going to introduce you to one of them every day. A randomly selected song, so you never know what you're gonna get.

There is also a game element, to make things more interactive. You can give a grade to each song, from 1 (for the worst of them) to 10 (the masterpieces). A 0 will be counted as a 1. Every 100 days I will calculate the average grades and post the current top 100. At the end of each year I'll post the whole list as is.

Some points of note:
- A topic for each song would be a little much, but all songs in one topic too. That's why I make monthly new topics for the entries of that month.
- There will be links to old topics in each new one, so you can easily go back. Once we have collected a decent amount of songs, I will also post a topic with all the songs listed and a link to their initial appearance.
- There is gonna be a Spotify playlist (see below). Each new song will be put atop of the playlist! If songs aren't on Spotify there will be a link to YouTube or any platform it's available on. I will contact the biggest fan through a message if I can't find the song anywhere.
- You can always still vote for each song, even months later. Just go to the right topic.
- You can always change your grade. Again, place it in the right topic.
- You don't have to vote for each song if you don't want to.
- I think this goes without saying but still: always name the artist and title of the song you vote for. I'm not going to guess for which song you vote.
- Comments on the song are more than welcome. Nobody is probably going to review them all, but if you have something to say, please do.
- I know some wanted to go faster. Two songs a day, 10 songs a week, something like that. I'm decided against this, because I wanted to keep it small. We can't deal with over 13.000 songs, so I'm not trying. I just want to give you all one small discovery (or re-discovery) for the day. We'll never get all these songs done before the next All Time Song poll rolls along, but we can have fun getting there.
- I'll try to get each new song up soon after awakening, so in most cases it should be here relatively early.
- Feel free to ask questions or make general comments about this poll if you think it could be better.

You can still vote for the songs of earlier months, but please so do that in it's own topic.

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January 2020
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January 2021
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It’s less than a month ago that Lou Reed brought down the house with his Metal Machine Music and he’s already back for more. He even brought his hold frenemy John Cale, for an arguably more accessible song. It is also the second pick by antonius in a row.

842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House
Year: 1990
Album: Songs for Drella
Biggest Fan: antonius (#473)

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Rob wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 7:13 am It’s less than a month ago that Lou Reed brought down the house with his Metal Machine Music and he’s already back for more. He even brought his hold frenemy John Cale, for an arguably more accessible song. It is also the second pick by antonius in a row.

842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House
Year: 1990
Album: Songs for Drella
Biggest Fan: antonius (#473)

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I was considering to include the songs of the album in the Velvet Underground poll, but since nobody else made the connection I didn't.
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House - 8

Haven't revisited this album since it appeared in a poll, still really like it. This song especially.
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House - 5
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Rob wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 7:13 am842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House
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antonius wrote: Sat May 01, 2021 7:32 am
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I was considering to include the songs of the album in the Velvet Underground poll, but since nobody else made the connection I didn't.
You reckon you could have. I’m pretty sure people included some Reed/Cale written tracks from Nick’s ‘Chelsea Girl’.
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House: 7
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale - Open House: 7/10
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Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House: 7

It works better in context of the incredible album and on there this isn't an obvious stand-out to me, but even so there is some great storytelling going on here and the understated approach still manages to draw me in.
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Today the second appearance by Eminem, even if he is only ‘featuring’ here.

843. Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II)
Year: 2010
Album: Loud
Biggest Fan: prosecutorgodot (#992)

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Rob wrote: Sun May 02, 2021 9:09 am843. Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II)
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843. Rihanna ft. Eminem | Love the Way You Lie (Pt. II): 7/10

I like the first part a lot.
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844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce
Year: 1992
Album: What’s the 411?
Biggest Fan: bootsy (#203)

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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House: 7.25
843. Rihanna ft. Eminem | Love the Way You Lie (Pt. II): 4

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Rob wrote: Mon May 03, 2021 7:23 am844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce
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843. Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II): 5
844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce: 6.5
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844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce: 5/10
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Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II): 6
Thought I voted for this yesterday. A rare pop song were I think the verses are quite good, but the chorus almost comes as a let-down. On the other hand the Eminem feature works well.

Mary J. Blige - Reminisce: 4
I'm sorry Bootsy, but I am completely immune to this type of momentum-less neo-soul.
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Time for a classical piece. Once again a preferred recording was not stated. In this case I went for the first one, which shouldn’t be too controversial considering it was a recorded in the same year as composition was made. True sci-fi fans should know this one.

845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères
Year: 1961
Stand-alone work
Biggest Fan: sonofsamiam (#305)

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845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères - 6 (from the compilation : Scary Classical Music ??) :D :D
844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce - 4 - not a big fan either, she's done much better
843. Rihanna ft. Eminem | Love the Way You Lie (Pt. II): 7 - Rather good song from an artist I don't usually rate very highly.
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spiritualized wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 10:05 am (from the compilation : Scary Classical Music ??) :D :D
Sorry, I couldn't resist :twisted:
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House - 5.5
843. Rihanna ft. Eminem - Love the Way You Lie (Pt. II) - 8 - pt. 1 ranks around 1500 AT for me
844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce - 5
845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères - 5
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844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce: 4

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Rob wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 7:46 am845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères
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845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 5.5
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845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 8/10
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György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 6

I see for many people here this is indeed too scary, based on the many low ratings.
In all honesty it is a bit of a disappointing for me as a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey as well. The use of this piece there is iconic and enormously effective. Somehow I managed to never hear it on it's own though. The composition is not use in full in the film and some parts are not that engaging. It's the eerie parts, the ones that set the scene, that stick out, for better and for worse.
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Rob wrote: Tue May 04, 2021 9:55 pm György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 6

I see for many people here this is indeed too scary, based on the many low ratings.
It's not scary at all to me, it's just shitty.
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843. Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II) - 4
844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce - 6
845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères - 7
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846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux
Year: 1997
Album: L’École du Micro d’Argent
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#101)

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845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 5

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846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux - 5
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Rob wrote: Wed May 05, 2021 7:54 am846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux
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The funky beat saved it from getting a one from me. It's incredibly fucking annoyingly repetitive.
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IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux: 6

I didn't look up a translation of the lyrics so no comment on that. As it is, it is a bit too repetitive for me too love, although what is repeats sounds definitely cool.
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IAM ft. Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux: 6/10
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The second sonofsamiam pick this week. No classical music this time.

847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship
Year: 1970
Album: …Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop
Biggest Fan: sonofsamiam (#565)

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846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux: 5.5

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Rob wrote: Thu May 06, 2021 7:37 am847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship
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847. The Stark Reality - Rocket Ship: 6/10
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The Stark Reality - Rocket Ship: 7

I compared this one to the Hoagy Carmichael original and it helped build appreciation. The original is only 40 seconds long and pretty much a children's song. The Stark Reality turned it into a freaky psychedelic track that turns out magical in the end. It's hard to recognize the original in it besides the lyrics, but somehow it works.
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846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux: 5.5
847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship: 6
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Lou Reed & John Cale - Open House 7
Rihanna & Eminem - Love the Way You Lie (Part II) 3 Part I's a 4
Mary J. Blige - Reminisce 4 Could've been a lot higher if it let its New Jill Swing rhythm breathe
György Ligeti - Atmospheres 5
IAM feat. Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux 5
The Stark Reality - Rocket Ship 8.5 Brilliantly bonkers, sounding typical of its time yet visionary, the album's getting downloaded!
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Today the second appearance by Four Tet. Also the second pick by Nassim this week. It’s a week of recurring nominators I guess.

848. Four Tet – She Moves She
Year: 2003
Album: Rounds
Biggest Fan: Nassim (#787)

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847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship - 3
848. Four Tet – She Moves She - 6.5
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Rob wrote: Fri May 07, 2021 9:25 am848. Four Tet – She Moves She
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847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship: 7.25

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848. Four Tet – She Moves She: 7
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842. Lou Reed & John Cale – Open House: 4
843. Rihanna, featuring Eminem – Love the Way You Lie (Part II): 6
844. Mary J. Blige - Reminisce: 6
845. György Ligeti - Atmosphères: 5
846. IAM, featuring Bruizza & Rahzel - Dangereux: 5
847. The Stark Reality – Rocket Ship: 7
848. Four Tet – She Moves She: 7
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Four Tet – She Moves She: 8

One of his best. Takes an almost lounge feeling and turns it into something more funky and joyful. Even the glitches don't feel forced. Might make my top 1000 next time around.
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