Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 901 - 1000

[Rob]

Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door: 4
Continuing on yesterday's theme of rockers falling off: how did Pete Townshend go from Baba O'Riley to this tacky pseudo-reggae in the span of 10 years? And why on earth is this of all songs the one he wanted to evoke Jesus with?
I mean, I guess in contrast with Van Halen it is somewhat catchy, but to me in a annoying way.

[Live in Phoenix]

Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door

7

[Schüttelbirne]

910. Nujabes ft. Cise Starr & Akin from CYNE | "Feather": 4/10
911. Elliott Smith | "2:45 AM": 6/10
912. The Manhattans | "Shining Star": 5/10
913. Civil Twilight | "Letters from the Sky": 6/10
914. John Lennon | "I Found Out": 6/10
915. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl ft. MNDR | "Bang Bang Bang": 4/10
916. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | "Rattlesnake": 6/10
917. Natasha Bedingfield | "Soulmate": 6/10
918. Ariana Grande | "Dangerous Woman": 5/10
919. Dean Martin | "A Hundred Years from Today": 6/10
920. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye | "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)": 5/10
921. Ne-Yo | "Miss Independent": 5/10
922. A.R. Rahman, Chinmayi, Murtuza Khan & Qadir Khan | "Tere Bina": 7/10
923. Bright Eyes | "I Must Belong Somewhere": 8/10
924. Gabrielle | "Dreams": 5/10
925. Claudio Abbado & Berliner Philharmoniker | "Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major: IV. Stürmisch bewegt": 8/10
926. The Turtles | "It Ain't Me Babe": 5/10
927. Ralph Tresvant | "Sensitivity": 5/10
928. The National | "Squalor Victoria": 7/10
929. Minor Threat | "Betray": 5/10
930. Alice Cooper | "No More Mr. Nice Guy": 6/10
931. Apollo 440 | "Stop the Rock": 5/10
932. The Millennium | "It's You": 6/10
933. Charlie Peacock | "In the Light": 7/10
934. Ed Harcourt | "The Storm Is Coming": 6/10
933. Yeah Yeah Yeahs | "Dull Life": 6/10
934. Pink Floyd | "Any Colour You Like": 6/10
935. Selena | "No Me Queda Más": 5/10
936. Van Halen | "Can't Stop Lovin' You": 5/10
937. Pete Townshend | "Let My Love Open the Door": 5/10

[Henry]

Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door: 9.58 (My 1223rd AT favorite)

[Gillingham]

937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door: 4.5
Not a fan of The Who, rather that than this though. 4.5 seems to be my favorite score this past week, unfortunately.

[Rob]

Hey, today’s artist’s name alliterates with the song title. Anyway, Sweepstakes Ron keeps things small. He has support with critics who rank this track at 4057 on AM.

938. Lykke Li – Little Bit
Year: 2007
Album: Youth Novels
Biggest Fan: Sweepstakes Ron (#468)

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[Neil]

908. Nujabes, featuring Cise Starr & Akin – Feather 6
909. Elliott Smith – 2:45AM 6
910. The Manhattans – Shining Star 6.5
911. Civil Twilight – Letters from the Sky 7
912. John Lennon – I Found Out 6.5
913. Mark Ronson & The Business Intl, featuring Q-Tip & MNDR – Bang Bang Bang 6

[Gillingham]

938. Lykke Li – Little Bit: 6

[Honorio]

937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door (1980) 5/10
938. Lykke Li – Little Bit (2007) 8/10

[Rob]

Lykke Li – Little Bit: 6
It has some charm, but it also overstays its welcome at only four and a half minutes.

[Gillingham]

Lykke Li – Little Bit: 8
It has some charm, but it also overstays its welcome at only four and a half minutes.

High score for you with that commentary!

[Rob]

Lykke Li – Little Bit: 8
It has some charm, but it also overstays its welcome at only four and a half minutes.

High score for you with that commentary!

It was supposed to be a 6. Fixed it.

[Rob]

For the second day in a row Acclaimed Music users prove they can appreciate the little things. Styrofoamboots is the second person here to give us a song by The Beths.
Also, I want to put this out here: going hiking on Styrofoam boots is not a particularly good idea.

939. The Beths – Little Death
Year: 2018
Album: Future Me Hates Me
Biggest Fan: Styrofoamboots (#833)

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[Wezzo]

937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door - 7
938. Lykke Li – Little Bit - 6.5
939. The Beths – Little Death - 7.5

[StevieFan13]

Little Death is an 8

[Brad]

935. Selena – No Me Queda Más: 6
936. Van Halen – Can’t Stop Lovin’ You: 3
937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door: 8.25 (#4174 on my AT list)
938. Lykke Li – Little Bit: 6

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

939. The Beths – Little Death: 6

[Rob]

The Beths – Little Death: 9
I considered this one for my top 1000 this time around. Now I'm sorry I didn't put it in there. Great interplay between dead pan and despair in the vocals and the drums near the end are just great.

[andyd1010]

The Beths – Little Death: 7

[Romain]

933. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life 8.5/10
934. Pink Floyd – Any Colour You Like 6.5/10
935. Selena – No Me Queda Más 5.5/10
936. Van Halen – Can't Stop Lovin' You 5/10
937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door 7/10
938. Lykke Li – Little Bit 6/10
939. The Beths – Little Death 7.5/10

[Honorio]

939. The Beths – Little Death (2018) 9/10

[Rob]

Holden opened up his eyes and saw the sign.
If I remember correctly this song was once the last ranking entry in the AM top 10,000 (or 6,000). It is now bubblin’ under.

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign
Year: 1998
EP: EP3
Biggest Fan: Holden (#293)

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

[DaveC]

931. Charlie Peacock – In the Light: 3
932. Ed Harcourt – The Storm Is Coming: 7
933. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Dull Life: 8
934. Pink Floyd – Any Colour You Like: 8
935. Selena – No Me Queda Más: 4
936. Van Halen – Can’t Stop Lovin’ You: 4
937. Pete Townshend – Let My Love Open the Door: 3
938. Lykke Li – Little Bit: 7.5
939. The Beths – Little Death: 7.5

[Brad]

939. The Beths – Little Death: 7.25

Thanks!

[andyd1010]

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign: 7.5

[Rob]

Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign: 7
A placement in the top 10,000 doesn't feel necessary, but it is a pleasant song.

[Gillingham]

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign: 7

[Rob]

Here’s metereologist Listyguy providing a local weather forecast, as hosted by Tom Petty and his team chorus of co-presenters.

941. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain
Year: 1979
Album: Damn the Torpedoes
Biggest Fan: Listyguy (#437)

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[Gillingham]

941. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain: 7
I'm a bit surprised by the first minute of this song, especially the first couple of seconds. There's no natural progression from that bit to the rest of the song. Which I don't mind, but didn't see that coming with the music Petty makes. It might make more sense in the context of the album?

[Listyguy]

Louisiana Rain - 9

[Rob]

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain: 7
Yeah, that first minute is baffling, especially since it seems like a separate song (or more a strangely space-like interlude) with an actual pause before the song proper begins. I don't really count it in my rating. This is one of those many Tom Petty songs that I find very easy to like, but lacks just that little something to carry it over the edge into greatness.

[Rob]

As we are nearing the end of the second edition of Biggest Fan it is only right that we reserve one last dance for Krurze.

942. Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure
Year: 2008
Album: Berlin Calling
Biggest Fan: Krurze (#278)

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[Brad]

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign: 7.25
941. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain: 7.25

Thanks!

[Gillingham]

942. Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure: 5.5
Not bad, but a tad boring.

[Rob]

Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure: 8
There's not much too it yet still I find the atmosphere irresistible. Not the most danceable house either, but that's not an issue for me.

[Rob]

Acroamor is early to the party this time, despite what Kacey Musgraves says.

943. Kacey Musgraves – Late to the Party
Year: 2015
Album: Pageant Material
Biggest Fan: acroamor (#267)

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[Wezzo]

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign - 7.5
941. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain - 7
942. Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure - 6
943. Kacey Musgraves – Late to the Party - 7.5

[Gillingham]

943. Kacey Musgraves – Late to the Party: 5

[Honorio]

940. Badly Drawn Boy – I Need a Sign (1998) 6/10
941. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – Louisiana Rain (1979) 7/10
942. Paul Kalkbrenner - Azure (2008) 6/10
943. Kacey Musgraves – Late to the Party (2015) 7/10

[Rob]

Here we find ourselves working out the trust issues between stone37 and Eurythmics.
The critics put this one at #5811 on AM. It marks the third appearance by this group in Biggest Fan.

944. Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You?
Year: 1985
Album: Be Yourself Tonight
Biggest Fan: stone37 (#319)

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[Live in Phoenix]

Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You?

6

This album wasn’t bad, but the problem was Eurythmics weren’t quite great anymore (except for maybe the song that sounded like it was based off the “Tears of a Clown” riff, “It's Alright [Baby's Coming Back]).”

[Gillingham]

944. Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You?: 4

[Honorio]

944. Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You? (1985) 7/10

[Rob]

I’ll avoid the easy and stupid joke on today’s song title and instead note that this is third time Michael Jackson appears on Biggest Fan 2nd Edition. All entries came from Renan’s list.

945. Michael Jackson – In the Closet
Year: 1991
Album: Dangerous
Biggest Fan: Renan (#175)

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[Neil]

914. King Gizzard & the Wizard Lizard - Rattlesnake: 6
915. Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate: 7
916. Arianne Grande – Dangerous Woman: 6.5
917. Dean Martin – A Hundred Years from Today: 6
918. Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye – Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart): 6
919. Ne-Yo – Miss Independent: 6
920. A. R. Rahman featuring Murtuza Khan, Quadir Khan & Chinmayi – Tere Bina: 6.5
921. Bright Eyes – I Must Belong Somewhere: 6.5
922. Gabrielle - Dreams: 6.5
923. Gustav Mahler – Synfonie No. 1 in D-Dur: IV. Stürmisch bewegt - Energisch: 6.5
924. The Turtles – It Ain’t Me Babe: 7

[Honorio]

945. Michael Jackson – In the Closet (1991) 6/10

[Gillingham]

945. Michael Jackson – In the Closet: 6.5

[Henry]

944. Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You?: 8.25

[Rob]

Kacey Musgraves – Late to the Party: 7
A light 7. I don't find Kacey Musgraves too compelling most of the time, but this love song is quite cute.

Eurythmics – Would I Lie to You?: 6
Kind of memorable chorus, but not their most engaging song otherwise.

Michael Jackson – In the Closet: 6
The best of Renan's Michael Jackson picks. Far from great, but I can actually sit this one out without agony. It helps that it is not a ballad.

[Live in Phoenix]

Michael Jackson – In the Closet

7

I didn’t listen to all of Dangerous until MJ passed. It didn’t hold up for album listening, but it had several singles like this that were pretty cool.