Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 901 - 1000

[Rob]

Finally at the finals!

For those new here, the rules are simple. Every day I post a single random song from all the entries to the 2021 Best Songs of All Time Poll from this very forum. What makes these songs unique is that they only got one vote. That's right, according to the poll, these songs have only one fan. Perhaps we can change that? We also alternate among people whose songs are used. Although the persons are as random as the songs, everybody who participated in the poll gets a song here until everyone had their turn. Then we start over.

After I post a song you can grade it on a scale from 1 to 10 (0 is not an option and I will count it as a 1). After every 100 songs I'll reveal the current top 100 based on voting averages. If you missed a day, month or year, don't worry: you can always catch up or even change your grade later. There is no real deadline as long as this game is alive. I do change topic after every 100 to keep the topics a bit more manageable, but you can always go back to the older ones. See here below:

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[Rob]

Today we start with the last batch of 100 for this edition of Biggest Fan, and it’s going to be a party kicked off by fasbjd.

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party
Year: 1969
Album: Har-You Percussion Group
Biggest Fan: fasbjd (#580)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

[Wezzo]

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party - 5

[Gillingham]

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 8.5
Hadn't heard of this group before, so thanks for nominating this fasbjd. Listening to the album now, sounds great!

[Rob]

Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 8
Very cool indeed. Not just the percussion, but the piano as well.

[Schüttelbirne]

901. Har-You Percussion Group | "Welcome to the Party": 8/10

[Rob]

The planets align so that Honorio can take us back to his home country once again.

902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio
Year: 1998
Album: Una semana en el motor de un autobús
Biggest Fan: Honorio (#124)

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[fasbjd]

Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 8
Very cool indeed. Not just the percussion, but the piano as well.

Funny you say that. This was the song I had in mind for the up coming “Piano” round in our Music League. Now that it’s showed up here, I’ll have to think of something else…luckily, lots of options

[Gillingham]

902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio: 6

[Honorio]

The planets align so that Honorio can take us back to his home country once again.

902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio
Year: 1998
Album: Una semana en el motor de un autobús
Biggest Fan: Honorio (#124)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Funny how this song shows up while I'm participating in a Congress right now in Granada (the hometown of Los Planetas). I just gave my lecture this morning but still I won’t be able to write some comments and cast my votes until tomorrow (or even Monday).

[Rob]

Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 8
Very cool indeed. Not just the percussion, but the piano as well.

Funny you say that. This was the song I had in mind for the up coming “Piano” round in our Music League. Now that it’s showed up here, I’ll have to think of something else…luckily, lots of options

I don't know if that's a big deal, as I think the overlap between both games isn't as huge as you'd think. Although I might be mistaken because of different user names.

Los Planetas – Segundo Premio: 7
No idea what it is all about, but it rocks.

[Rob]

Who better to learn us how live than sonofsamiam, with the help of Townes Van Zandt? The song is bubblin’ under on AM.

903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly
Year: 1971
Album: High, Low and Between
Biggest Fan: sonofsamiam (#745)

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[Gillingham]

903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly: 8

[andyd1010]

903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly: 7

[Rob]

Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly: 8
Proof again that I really should be listening to Townes Van Zandt more.

[Honorio]

902. Los Planetas – Segundo premio (1998) 10/10

Los Planetas were (are) the Spanish Indie Rock heroes par excellence, even with a recent biopic named precisely "Segundo Premio" ("Saturn Return"). Their third album, with a loose concept about a boy who immerses himself into a week of chemical excess after a loving disappointment, opened with this hate song (à la "Idiot Wind") built on a powerful drum beat (played by the immense Erik Jiménez), the usual wall of guitars, a subdued but imaginative string arrangement and an angry vocal delivery by J.

Full review here.

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party (1969) 8/10
902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio (1998) 10/10
903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly (1971) 9/10

[Rob]

Now here’s a song I’m surprised got only one vote, but am even more surprised to find is not on AM. Sinatra has been live in Phoenix many times, so maybe Live in Phoenix once saw him there.
It’s already the fourth appearance by Sinatra here and also marks the second song on flying in a row.

904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me
Year: 1958
Album: Come Fly With Me
Biggest Fan: Live in Phoenix (#757)

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[Gillingham]

904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me: 6.5

[StevieFan13]

Huh! A couple of Sinatra songs were close to making my list, but none quite managed to get there. This is a pretty classic song, though. I'll give it a 7.

[Rob]

Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me: 7
The things with this song is that is iconic in a way that works a bit against it. Of course he made a lot of these light, romantic swingers, but perhaps because this is arguably the lightest of his hits it has been all to easy to use in adds, films and especially romantic reality tv programming, which is the first thing I think about when I hear this. But really, my mind becomes a swirl of cliches of such tv, romantic comedies and a slew of airline and vacation commercials. That may not be the fault of the song itself, but something like the similar I've Got You Under My Skin has a more exciting instrumentation and a richer vocal approach by Sinatra which pries it lose from its overuse in so much media. The slighter Come fly With Me stands no such chance, though at least it is easy to like.

[Live in Phoenix]

Sinatra has been live in Phoenix many times, so maybe Live in Phoenix once saw him there.

Didn't see him. I remember Sinatra coming through Phoenix not all that long before his passing (America West Arena, Dec. 10, 1993). The way I remember the Arizona Republic concert review is that the show was kind of sad, because of course by then he had lost a step, though the fans were happy. I didn't go to a lot of concerts in high school, and I got to see Nirvana that year, so I was happy, I was good. My attitude toward missing concerts has changed by now to where I if I have any notion of seeing a legend, whether or not their best years are behind them or their new album sucks, etc., you better go see 'em, because bands break up / people pass away sooner than you think. (Even allowing for inflation, tickets probably wouldn't have been that bad compared to nowadays.)

[Honorio]

904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me (1958) 8/10

[Rob]

Let’s add another Cadavaca pick.

905. Okkervil River – Plus Ones
Year: 2007
Album: The Stage Names
Biggest Fan: Cadavaca (#92)

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[Brad]

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 7
902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio: 7.5
903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly: 7.5
904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me: 7.75

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

905. Okkervil River – Plus One: 7.5

[Rob]

Okkervil River – Plus Ones: 8
The plus one seems to refer to how the song refers several songs with numbers, but adds one to it. Sure. It's captivating and features a couple of good melodies in a short time.

[Honorio]

905. Okkervil River – Plus Ones (2007) 9/10

Yeah, great lyrics. But Rob. I think the title is "Plus Ones" with a "s."

[Rob]

Here’s a song written for a Welsh thriller series, that acr0320 may have watched.

906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song
Year: 2019
EP: Keeping Faith: Series 2
Biggest Fan: acr0320 (#901)

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[Rob]

But Rob. I think the title is "Plus Ones" with a "s."

You're correct. I added plus one letter to the post.

[Brad]

905. Okkervil River – Plus One: 7.5

Thanks!

[Rob]

Time for another big hit, from candyman’s list.

907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life
Year: 1997
Album: Love Always
Biggest Fan: candyman (#100)

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[Brad]

906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song: 4

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song: 3
907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life: 4

This last batch of 100 started off pretty well, but that's over now...

[Rob]

Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song: 4
Has indeed strong "written-for-an-emotional-tv-scene" vibes, but not in a good way.

K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life: 4
A hit song I'd forgotten existed and I don't particular care to be reminded of. I wondered if the world at large had remembered it, as I don't remember hearing this after the 1990's, but it has quite a lot of Spotify plays, so people seem to remember.

[Wezzo]

902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio - 6
903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly - 7
904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me - 7.5
905. Okkervil River – Plus One - 7.5
906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song - 5.5
907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life - 5

[Schüttelbirne]

902. Los Planetas | "Segundo Premio": 6/10
903. Townes Van Zandt | "To Live Is to Fly": 7/10
904. Frank Sinatra | "Come Fly with Me": 6/10
905. Okkervil River | "Plus Ones": 5/10
906. Amy Wadge | "Steve's Song": 4/10
907. K-Ci &B JoJo | "All My Life": 4/10

[DaveC]

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party: 5
902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio: 7
903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly: 6
904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me: 5
905. Okkervil River – Plus Ones: 5
906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song: 3
907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life: 5

[Honorio]

906. Amy Wadge – Steve's Song (2019) 4/10
907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life (1997) 5/10

[Rob]

“Why not have some jazz-rap from Japan?”, styrofoamboots rightfully asks.

908. Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin - Feather
Year: 2005
Album: Modal Soul
Biggest Fan: styrofoamboots (#465)

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[StevieFan13]

Feather actually was in the running for my list! It’s a 10.

[Gillingham]

908. Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin - Feathers: 8.5
Close to getting into my list as well.

[Rob]

Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin - Feather: 8
This jazz-rap from Japan sounds very American in the end. It's as good in music as in rap.

[andyd1010]

This will be on my list as well. Also, it's just called Feather (singular).

Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin - Feather: 10

[Brad]

907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life: 3

Thanks!

[jamieW]

901. Har-You Percussion Group – Welcome to the Party 8 (Yep, this one’s a definite keeper! I’d never heard of them before, either.)
902. Los Planetas – Segundo Premio 7
903. Townes Van Zandt – To Live Is to Fly 7
904. Frank Sinatra – Come Fly With Me 7
905. Okkervil River – Plus Ones 7
906. Amy Wadge – Steve’s Song 4
907. K-Ci & JoJo – All My Life 7
908. Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin – Feather 6

[Rob]

Like hell I will get up at 2:45AM just to upload this song at the appropriate time. I bet even Michel wouldn’t.
It marks the second appearance by Elliott Smith.

909. Elliott Smith – 2:45AM
Year: 1997
Album: Either/Or
Biggest Fan: Michel (#198)

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[Honorio]

908. Nujabes featuring Cise Starr & Akin from CYNE - Feather (2005) 7/10
909. Elliott Smith – 2:45 AM (1997) 8/10

[Rob]

Also, it's just called Feather (singular).

Fixed it.

[Gillingham]

909. Elliott Smith – 2:45AM: 6.5

[Rob]

Elliott Smith – 2:45AM: 7
I suffer from a very rare condition that makes me chronically unimpressed with Elliott Smith, as the only person in the world. So why do I like this? I think it's the bass.