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996. Madonna – One More Chance: 2
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Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide

7

"Get this garbage out of here! Here's a much better song about sanitation, by Muddy Waters."
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Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide: 7
I just love the drive behind the songs on this album. This isn't even one of the best tracks, but it still comes on strong.
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Live in Phoenix wrote: Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:40 pm Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide

7

"Get this garbage out of here! Here's a much better song about sanitation, by Muddy Waters."
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997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide - 6
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The second appearance by Rush. Their first was already two and a half years ago. How time flies by like the night. Anyway, the song is bubblin’ under on AM.

998. Rush – Fly by Night
Year: 1975
Album: Fly by Night
Biggest Fan: slick (#348)

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998. Rush – Fly by Night - (6) decent song by a band I don't generally like. The album was on the Biggest Fan album thread, maybe I'm getting used to them !
997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide (10) Just listened to this song this weekend. I just love Shirley Manson's voice in this (she goes really low !), the bass and rhythm are fantastic. Lyrically, creepy as hell (if flesh could crawl, my skin would fall from off my bones...) and Butch Vig's production is beyond this world. The break at 4:00 is simply heavenly. Perfect song.
996. Madonna – One More Chance: (2) What a letdown after Garbage creepy masterwork.
995. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Good Year for the Roses: (6)
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Fly by Night is a 7
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spiritualized wrote: Mon Oct 04, 2021 10:18 amThe album was on the Biggest Fan album thread, maybe I'm getting used to them !
yeah - go back and re-rate that one, would ya? :D

998. Rush – Fly by Night: 7.5

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Rush – Fly by Night: 7
Almost conventional hard rock, considering these guys standards, but that is not necessarily a bad thing. The song simply rocks.
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992. Toby Keith – A Little Too late: 3
993. The Beach Boys - Forever: 5
994. Amber Arcades – Fading Lines: 7
995. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Good Year for the Roses: 9
996.  Madonna – One More Chance: 3
997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide: 7
998. Rush – Fly by Night: 4
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997. Garbage | "As Heaven Is Wide": 8/10
998. Rush | "Fly by Night": 6/10
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Based on the title I would have loved for this to be the last pick, but I don’t dare to overrule the Random Gods. It has been a journey after all these years, though, hasn’t it?

999. Journey – After All These Years
Year: 2008
Album: Revelation
Biggest Fan: prosecutorgodot (#839)

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996. Madonna – One More Chance - 5
997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide - 5
998. Rush – Fly by Night - 7
999. Journey – After All These Years - 7
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999. Journey | "After All These Years": 4/10
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Journey – After All These Years: 4
Schmaltz in its purest form and not in a good way. It tries way too hard to be grand and emotional, without adding anything to set it apart.
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Who will be the final song? Waiting here with bated breath
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It’s been over two and a half years since Muddy Waters brought us Good News and Biggest Fan started. We now finally have reached the last song, at least until Holden finishes the new song list and we reboot this thing. The first edition will end with a wistful question: will this be the end of the good times? We’ll see. We do at least finish with an acclaimed song, as this one ranks at #6570 on our main website. It is also the fifth appearance by The Kinks.

1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone
Year: 1965
Album: The Kink Kontroversy
Biggest Fan: Brad (#658)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

The final results will probably be presented in the weekend of the 16th and the 17th of October (a week and half from now). If you have to catch up, now is the time!
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1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone - 6.5

Rob - are you able to easily tell which songs I haven't rated? I think I'm missing the first three months or so (plus the Lostprophets song)
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1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone

This one gets a big, fat
9.25

(now #871 on my all-time list)

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The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone

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This is quite an improvement over some juvenilia I heard yesterday by the Kinks (or, "The Ravens"), "I Believed You."
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981. The Drifters | Warm Your Heart - 6
982. Dean Blunt | Papi - 4
983. Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder | Ai Du - 5
984. Chicago | Hard Habit to Break - 2.5. [I haven't heard this for years and years, it was on the radio tons when I was a kid, and is entrenched in my head, but I don't want it there!]
985. Deacon Blue | Shifting Sand - 4 [Deacon Blue are fantastic, but this one doesn't do them justice]
986. Utopia | Utopia Theme - 5.5
987. Nickelback | Far Away - 4
988. The Knickerbockers | Lies - 7.5 [#8159 AT]
989. Franz Ferdinand | Eleanor Put Your Boots On - 6
990. The Impressions – Woman’s Got Soul - 5.5
991. Yello – Oh Yeah - 6
992. Toby Keith – A Little Too late - 3
993. The Beach Boys - Forever - 6
994. Amber Arcades – Fading Lines - 6
995. Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Good Year for the Roses - 8 [#4961 AT]
996. Madonna – One More Chance - 7.5 [#8383 AT - I like mellow Madonna, even if nobody else much seems to! I love the Evita soundtrack too, which I know she gets flack about which is from about the same time]
997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide - 7.5 [#7181 AT]
998. Rush – Fly by Night - 4.5
999. Journey – After All These Years - 2
1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone - 7.5 [#8203 AT]
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Wezzo wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:59 am 1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone - 6.5

Rob - are you able to easily tell which songs I haven't rated? I think I'm missing the first three months or so (plus the Lostprophets song)
Yes, I'll check in the weekend and pass it onto you.
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The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone: 7
So the first edition of Biggest Fan doesn't go out with a bang, but also not with a wimper. At least it is a good song, with some fine riffage from Davies.
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Almost forgot (or tried to...)
999. Journey – After All These Years: 1.5

Thanks!
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1000. The Kinks | "Where Have All the Good Times Gone": 5/10

Thanks for running this entire thing, Rob!

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Thanks Rob!

Hopefully, there will be a second round of the game based on our 2021 lists.
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Weird, waking up and not having to post a new song.
Henry wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:21 pmHopefully, there will be a second round of the game based on our 2021 lists.
That is the plan.
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997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide: 7.5
998. Rush – Fly by Night: 7
1000. The Kinks - Where Gave All The Good Times Gone: 9
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998. Rush – Fly by Night - 8
Much more speed than the following two songs!
999. Journey – After All These Years - 3
It's a bit much
1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone - 5
These guys never quite do it for me after the first album, but no judgement or Kinks-shaming for those who enjoy them.

I reckon any of these three could have been a good final track, sentiment-wise. It's been an excellent journey, Rob, thanks for running this! Looking forward to season 2.
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999. Journey – After All These Years: 4
1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone: 5

Thanks Rob, for the last 1000 days!
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Rob wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:27 am The final results will probably be presented in the weekend of the 16th and the 17th of October (a week and half from now). If you have to catch up, now is the time!
Thanks for running this Rob! I will try to catch up in the coming days.
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999. Journey – After All These Years: 2
1000. The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone: 8

Thanks Rob for running this, can't wait for season 2 !
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965 The All-American Rejects – Swing, Swing 4
966 Broken Bells – October 7
967 Alannah Myles – Black Velvet 5
968 Elvis Presley – Old Shep 6
969 Plastikman – Krakpot 7
970 Allman Brothers Band – One Way Out 6
971 Sharon Van Etten – One Day 6
972 Ming Flute Ensemble – The Song of the Four Seasons 7
973 Robbie Williams – Radio 6
974 The Temptations – Don’t Look Back 6
975 James Brown – Out of Sight 6
976 U2 – So Cruel 5
977 Avenged Sevenfold – Seize the Day 5
978 Steve Earle – Fearless Heart 5
979 Carly Rae Jepsen – All That 6
980 Modest Mouse – Bury Me With It 6
981 The Drifters, featuring Clyde McPhatter – Warm Your Heart 7
982 Dean Blunt – Papi 7
983 Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder – Ai Du 7
984 Chicago – Hard Habit to Break 8 (Nostalgia)
985 Deacon Blue – Shifting Sand 5
986 Utopia – Utopia Theme 6
987 Nickelback – Far Away 7 (No good excuse)
988 The Knickerbockers – Lies 6
989 Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On 6
990 The Impressions – Woman’s Got Soul 5
991 Yello – Oh Yeah 3 This song always annoyed me to no end, so I avoided the album. But when “Stella” ranked high on Mindrocker’s list, I checked it out and loved it. (Very haunting and eerie at times.) If you don’t like this song, you might want to give the album a listen. If you do and are looking for more of the same, probably not so much.
992 Toby Keith – A Little Too late 4
993 The Beach Boys – Forever 6
994 Amber Arcades – Fading Lines 6
995 Elvis Costello & the Attractions – Good Year for the Roses 5
996 Madonna – One More Chance 4
997 Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide 4 (Two of my favorite artists in a row with two of my least favorite songs by them. Both generous 4s for me.)
998 Rush – Fly by Night 6
999 Journey – After All These Years 4
1000 The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone 5

Thanks, Rob! Really appreciate all the work you put into this, and looking forward to the next incarnation. (For better or worse, I should have more songs next time since I completed a full top 1,000 for the latest poll.)
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Brad wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:07 pm Almost forgot (or tried to...)
999. Journey – After All These Years: 1.5
That's great, but you still forgot about the Garbage song!
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Rob wrote: Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:26 pm
Brad wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:07 pm Almost forgot (or tried to...)
999. Journey – After All These Years: 1.5
That's great, but you still forgot about the Garbage song!
997. Garbage – As Heaven Is Wide: 6

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Journey – After All These Years - 2
Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide - 5
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When are you closing voting, Rob?
All I got inside is vacancy!
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mileswide wrote: Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:05 pm When are you closing voting, Rob?
I want to roll out the results on Saturday, so try to finish by Friday.
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I should be able to catch up on everything on Thursday, cheers!
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Starting to catch up :

1000) The Kinks - Where Have All the Good Times Gone : 8
999) Journey - After All These Years : 4
998) Rush - Fly by Night : 6.5
997) Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide : 8
996) Madonna - One More Chance : 4 (at the start I thought it was a Clapton song, which is really not a compliment from me…)
995) Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Good Year for the Roses : 6
994) Amber Arcades - Fading Lines : 7,5
993) The Beach Boys - Forever : 6,5
992) Toby Keith - A Little Too Late : 4,5
991) Yello - Oh Yeah : 6
990) The Impressions - Woman's Got Soul : 7,5
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My favourites of this month
The Kinks – Where Have All the Good Times Gone - 7
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Good Year for the Roses - 6
Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder – Ai Du - 7
U2 – So Cruel -7
James Brown – Out of Sight - 6
The Temptations – Don’t Look Back - 6
Alannah Myles – Black Velvet - 7
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Just a reminder that today and tomorrow is the last chance you have to vote or change your ratings. I probably want to start revealing the results on Saturday at noon CET.
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989) Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots On : 7,5
988) The Knickerboxers - Lies : 7
987) Nickelback - Far Away : 4 (it was heading toward a 5 but the climax actually makes the song worse)
986) Utopia - Utopia Theme : 6,5
985) Deacon Blue - Shifting Sand : 3
984) Chicago - Hard Habit to Break : 6 (hard one to grade, some pretty bad stuff mixed with some pretty cool moments)
980) Modest Mouse - Bury Me With It : 9,5
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This last batch of songs sums up what Biggest Fan is all about. What exactly that is, I'm not sure but I've liked almost every inch of the journey, if not the Journey:

Chicago - Hard Habit to Break 2
Deacon Blue - Shifting Sand 4

Utopia - Utopia Theme 9 Would've made my AT list if I'd heard it before MAA

Nickelback - Far away 4
The Knickerbockers - Lies 6
Franz Ferdinand - Eleanor Put Your Boots on 5
The Impressions - Woman's Got Soul 6
Yello - Oh Yeah 4
Toby Keith - A Little Too Late 3
The Beach Boys - Forever 6
Amber Arcades - Fading Lines 7

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - Good Year for the Roses 8 Likely to rank medium-high in my ballot for this month's artist poll!

Madonna - One More Chance 2

Garbage - As Heaven Is Wide 8 Breakbeats and arresting songwriting make for a winning combination!

Rush - Fly by Night 6

Journey - After All These Years 1 Loath as I am to slap another 1 so soon after my last, this has everything I'd flee from in a song.

The Kinks - Where Have All the Good Times Gone 5
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Okay, that's it. Voting is closed. I'm going to calculate the final scores and will be back swiftly with results.
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