Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 901 - 1000

[Gillingham]

973. Sheryl Crow – Members Only: 6.5
974. Maria Bethânia – Carcará: 7

[Rob]

Will today’s Jackson cut make you smile?

975. Faust - Giggy Smile
Year: 1973
Album: Faust IV
Biggest Fan: Jackson (#208)

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[Romain]

963. Younès Mégri – Leïli twil - 7/10
964. Sea Pinks – Dream Happening - 6/10
965. Alex Lloyd - Amazing - 7/10
966. Les Amazones d’Afrique - Power - 7.5/10
967. Cher - Still - 5/10
968. Bootsy’s Rubber Band – I’d Rather Be With You - 9/10
969. Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso I: V. Rondo - As usual, I don't rate classical music
970. Alice in Chains – I Stay Away - 5.5/10
971. Thrice – Image of the Invisible - 4/10
972. fun., featuring Janelle Monáe – We Are Young - 6.5/10
973. Sheryl Crow – Members Only - 4.5/10
974. Maria Bethânia – Carcará - 8/10
975. Faust - Giggy Smile - 7/10

[Brad]

974. Maria Bethânia – Carcará: 7.5

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

975. Faust - Giggy Smile: 8

[Rob]

Faust - Giggy Smile: 7
It should have been called Giggly Smile, because you could almost interpret the instrumental part of the song as giggling. Or is it a belly laugh?

[Rob]

Today’s song is 330 metres (1,083 ft) tall. Has StevieFan13 climbed the Eiffel Tower?

976. Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High
Year: 1986
Album: Candy Apple Grey
Biggest Fan: StevieFan13 (#772)

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[DaveC]

966. Les Amazones d’Afrique - Power: 7
967. Cher - Still: 5
968. Bootsy’s Rubber Band – I’d Rather Be With You: 7
969. Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso I: V. Rondo: 9
970. Alice in Chains – I Stay Away: 5
971. Thrice – Image of the Invisible: 7
972. fun., featuring Janelle Monáe – We Are Young: 6
973. Sheryl Crow – Members Only: 7
974. Maria Bethânia – Carcará: 6.5
975. Faust - Giggy Smile: 7

[StevieFan13]

Well, this’ll probably be my last pick unless I get really lucky before the end of this version of the game. And if this is it, this is a good one to go out on! Great song by a great band that I was introduced to by my dad when I was a little, little kid. I’ve known this song since I was about 2, and while you could argue Hüsker Dü have done better, I still give “Eiffel Tower High” a hearty 10. Thank you for all the work you’ve been doing on this game, Rob! Can’t wait for Round 3!

(And for what it’s worth: I did actually visit the Eiffel Tower on a trip to Paris back in 2012. Does, in fact, go pretty high up, although the guardrails help.)

[Gillingham]

976. Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High: 4

[Live in Phoenix]

Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High

4

Little trivia note: Candy Apple Grey was probably the first album that my daughter ever heard, as she lay in her bassinet as a little baby blob. This was a bit of circumstance as much as anything (I thought the album was disappointing, except for "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely"), but the joke kept up for a while. My younger brother even ordered her an Etsy shirt later, so somewhere in her closet she has a band shirt, around 12-Month size, with the Hüsker Dü logo.

[Rob]

Thank you for all the work you’ve been doing on this game, Rob!

Thanks StevieFan13!

Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High: 6
I'm afraid I'm rather indifferent to it. It kind of works as one of many rockers on an album, but on it's own it doesn't make an impression to me. The actual Eiffel Tower is harder to miss.

[Rob]

The wacky thing about something like Biggest Fan is that an obscure artist can get four entries if they just have one forum user who is a fan. Tom Milsom – or his pseudonym/ side project Gemini Eye – has no critical standing, few plays on Spotify, barely any ratings on RateYourMusic and not even that biggest proof of cultural relevance: a Wikipedia page. But Milsom has the support of starchman46 and they give him his fourth appearance here.

977. Tom Milson – Cable Rat King
Year: 2013
Album: Organs
Biggest Fan: starchman46 (#50)

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[Rob]

Tom Milson – Cable Rat King: 5
I liked some of his songs that appeared here, but this feels a bit non-descript.

[Gillingham]

977. Tom Milson – Cable Rat King: 6

[Rob]

Just like Elder, panam excels in Latin American music recommendations, so here we have an entry from Cuba, by one of the members of the beloved Buena Vista Social Club.

978. Ibrahim Ferrer - No Tiene Telaraña
Year: 2003
Album: Buenos Hermanos
Biggest Fan: panam (#465)

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[Brad]

975. Faust - Giggy Smile: 6.5
976. Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High: 7
977. Tom Milson – Cable Rat King: 6

Thanks!

[Rob]

Ibrahim Ferrer - No Tiene Telaraña: 7
A spirited celebration, even if it overstays its welcome just a little bit.

[andyd1010]

Tom Milson – Cable Rat King: 6

[Honorio]

975. Faust - Giggy Smile (1973) 6/10
976. Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High (1986) 7/10
977. Tom Milson – Cable Rat King (2013) 5/10
978. Ibrahim Ferrer - No tiene telaraña (2003) 7/10

[Rob]

Here’s another Christian rock song, but this time not from Father2theMan’s list, but from phil’s. It is a rare song of the genre to find crossover appeal and a hit status among mainstream or secular audiences.

979. Jars of Clay - Flood
Year: 1995
Album: Jars of Clay
Biggest Fan: phil (#969)

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[StevieFan13]

I know this one! Good song, I’ll give Flood a 7.

[Brad]

978. Ibrahim Ferrer - No Tiene Telaraña: 7

Thanks!

[Honorio]

979. Jars of Clay - Flood (1995) 7/10

[Rob]

Jars of Clay - Flood: 7
I've complained several times here how Christian rock tends to feel surprisingly fake, insincere and musically poor. I'm glad to hear Jars of Clay making actually good Christian rock. This is actually rousing and uplifting.

[Rob]

fun., featuring Janelle Monáe – We Are Young: 6
I couldn't quite remember Janelle Monáe's role in this and listening to it now I still don't know what it is. Is she a background singer? Otherwise this is fine upbeat pop, but thin and I don't particularly like Antanoff's voice.

The “Carry me home tonight” bit is her.

When you wrote this I had no idea what you were referring to. I listened to it again, trying to find the "Carry me home tonight" moment and it is a very non-descript bridge. Is this the biggest waste of a featured artist ever?
I think Live in Phoenix is onto something when he states he never know this song is playing until the chorus. The chorus is super catchy, but the rest of the song is basically blah.

[Rob]

Most songs on Biggest Fan come from albums, some are singles only, a few originate from compilations or EP’s and classical music does it’s own thing, but I think today is the first song that originates from a mixtape. I’m proud of prosecutorgodot for still being able to find new angles.
Perhaps because of it’s origin it isn’t on Spotify.

980. Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block
Year: 2011
Mixtape: Exmilitary
Biggest Fan: prosecutorgodot (#532)
YouTube-link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lNJamg ... DeathGrips

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[Neil]

946. XTC – Ball and Chain 6
947. Brenton Wood – The Oogum Boogum Song 8
948. Arctic Monkeys – Leave Before the Lights Come On 7
949. Bruce Springsteen – Streets of Fire 7
950. Soul Asylum – Black Gold 7
951. Defunkt – Strangling Me with Your Love 7
952. Roberto Carlos - As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim 7
953. KT Tunstall – Human Being 7
954. The Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon 6.5
955. Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus 6
956. D’Angelo – Smooth 6.5
957. Guster – Satellite 6.5
958. Art of Dying – Die Trying 6
959. That Petrol Emotion - Swamp 6.5

[Gillingham]

978. Ibrahim Ferrer - No Tiene Telaraña: 8
979. Jars of Clay - Flood: 4
980. Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block: 6

[Honorio]

980. Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block (2011) 6/10

[prosecutorgodot]

fun., featuring Janelle Monáe – We Are Young: 6
I couldn't quite remember Janelle Monáe's role in this and listening to it now I still don't know what it is. Is she a background singer? Otherwise this is fine upbeat pop, but thin and I don't particularly like Antanoff's voice.

The “Carry me home tonight” bit is her.

When you wrote this I had no idea what you were referring to. I listened to it again, trying to find the "Carry me home tonight" moment and it is a very non-descript bridge. Is this the biggest waste of a featured artist ever?

I would say yes.

[Rob]

The fifth Prince track to appear in the second edition of Biggest Fan is the second to come from Romain’s list, which actually ties him with Moonbeam, who in comparison to the first edition has underperformed as the world’s biggest Prince fan this time around.

981. Prince – We Can Funk
Year: 1986 (technically unreleased, so no release year)
Unreleased, you're listening to an illegal version
Biggest Fan: Romain (#54)

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[Wezzo]

973. Sheryl Crow – Members Only - 7.5
974. Maria Bethânia – Carcará - 6
975. Faust - Giggy Smile - 6
976. Hüsker Dü – Eiffel Tower High - 7
977. Tom Milson – Cable Rat King - 7
978. Ibrahim Ferrer - No tiene telaraña - 5.5
979. Jars of Clay - Flood - 6
980. Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block - 6.5
981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk - 6

[Romain]

981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk
Year: 1990
Album: Graffiti Bridge
Biggest Fan: Romain (#54)

Hello Rob, this song have so many version, but it's not The Graffiti Bridge one that I like. more the 1986 version.

[Brad]

979. Jars of Clay - Flood: 5.5
980. Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block: 6

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk: 6

[Honorio]

981. Prince feat. George Clinton – We Can Funk (1990) 7/10

[Rob]

981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk
Year: 1990
Album: Graffiti Bridge
Biggest Fan: Romain (#54)

Hello Rob, this song have so many version, but it's not The Graffiti Bridge one that I like. more the 1986 version.

I fixed the info, including the removal of George Clinton as performer. It seems though that this version was never officially released and is a bootleg, am I right? That's a first, just a day after the unique mixtape song. What would Prince day.

[Rob]

Death Grips – Spread Eagle Cross the Block: 8
I'm not sure if I ever listened to anything by them except I've Seen Footage, but damn, this hits like a truck. Never thought a surf rock instrumental from the fifties would be used as the prime sample for a particularly furious sounding hip hop song, but it works as if it is made for it. Cool discovery!

Prince – We Can Funk: 5
Sorry Romain, but I don't really care for this version. It seems interminably slow after a while, which is strange for a song with that title.

[Romain]

981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk
Year: 1990
Album: Graffiti Bridge
Biggest Fan: Romain (#54)

Hello Rob, this song have so many version, but it's not The Graffiti Bridge one that I like. more the 1986 version.

I fixed the info, including the removal of George Clinton as performer. It seems though that this version was never officially released and is a bootleg, am I right? That's a first, just a day after the unique mixtape song. What would Prince day.

Thank you!

[Rob]

Oh dear, it’s already yesterday! Nonetheless, Honorio’s newest will be presented today.

982. The Church – Already Yesterday
Year: 1985
Album: Heyday
Biggest Fan: Honorio (#192)

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[Brad]

981. Prince, featuring George Clinton – We Can Funk: 5.5

Thanks!

[Cadavaca]

951. Defunkt – Strangling Me with Your Love: 5
952. Roberto Carlos - As Canções Que Você Fez Pra Mim: 5
953. KT Tunstall – Human Being: 6
954. The Neville Brothers – Yellow Moon: 7
955. Charles Mingus – Fables of Faubus: 7.5
956. D’Angelo - Smooth: 8
957. Guster – Satellite: 5
958. Art of Dying – Die Trying: 5
959. That Petrol Emotion - Swamp: 5.5
960. Cassandra Jenkins - Michelangelo: 7
961. Gorillaz – Re-Hash: 5
962. She & Him – Sentimental Heart: 7
963. Younès Mégri – Leïli twil: 5.5

[Gillingham]

982. The Church – Already Yesterday: 6

[Rob]

The Church – Already Yesterday: 6
It's light and likable, but also doesn't stick around in the mind a minute after it stopped playing.

[Wezzo]

982. The Church – Already Yesterday - 8

[Honorio]

982. The Church – Already Yesterday (1985) 10/10

I am a sucker for Pachelbel chord progression (I even wrote a song using it when I was a teenager). And many songs on my all time list feature Pachelbel's recipe, with titles as short as "Step" and as long as "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space." But one of my favourite uses of the famous chord sequence is The Church's "Already Yesterday," even if it's only used in the luminous chorus, carried by a web of jangly guitars, while the verses use reverb-laden voices and guitars with shimmering melodies too.

[Rob]

Stevejazz gets Patti Smith on stage for an optimistic political message. The song ranks on AM at #5595.

983. Patti Smith – People Have the Power
Year: 1988
Album: Dream of Life
Biggest Fan: stevejazz (#582)

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[StevieFan13]

People Have the Power is an 8.

[Gillingham]

983. Patti Smith – People Have the Power: 6