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Preliminary list. The top 20 are pretty firm but the lower 30 could easily shift around. The bubblers are on my radar but I need more listening to see if they will rise or drop out entirely. 1. The Choir* 2. Weezer** 3. Adele 4. Paul Simon*** 5. Kanye West**** 6. Lecrae 7. Lorde$ 8. Stryper$$ 9. Aud...

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I have to go look for this one on YouTube still. I used that "X" as a placeholder until I can make a rating.

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Hymie wrote: ↑
Sat Aug 03, 2019 1:03 pm
The original version of the song was done by Vikki Nelson and the Sounds.[/img]

Never realized it was a remake. Also neat that Boots is playing the honking sax. Have a few of his solo albums.

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Hymie wrote: ↑
Fri Aug 02, 2019 1:01 pm
Song #100 is "Inherit The Wind" from the "From Memphis To Vegas/From Vegas To Memphis" album in 1969.
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The song was written by Eddie Rabbitt of all people.

He also penned "Patch it Up" and "Kentucky Rain".

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Just to play Devil's advocate, Nirvana essentially killed off hair metal Whatever Hair Metal is, it was never alive in my house. A pejorative term. It was a strain of slightly more commercial heavy metal music said to appeal to women more than "real" heavy metal due to the bands' recordings of soft...

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Sat Aug 03, 2019 11:12 pm

In the 1953 poll STARDUST was named as the favorite SONG of all time. Not recordings, just songs.

Ah well that's different then. I don't know if I would land on that one as my final pick but it would be on the short list for sure.

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To be honest I much prefer Nat King Cole's version to Shaw's. Cole's version (1957) did not exist yet when the poll was taken in 1953. Stardust's got quite the legacy then. It was already voted best song of all time in a 1941 Billboard poll amongst Orchestra leaders.(which of course Shaw's might've...

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I'd say that all of these items are all time classics and SHOULD be on any all time top 1000: I would agree that if we're only talking about what music critics fixate on ("importance" and "influence") then all of the below probably have to land on the list although my PERSONAL taste would omit the ...

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In 1953 Billboard polled DJs across the country for their top records of all time and they voted "Stardust" by Artie Shaw as the greatest record of all time. To be honest I much prefer Nat King Cole's version to Shaw's. And Willie Nelson's though I realize that wouldn't be recorded for more than 20...

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Why do you say that? I meant why do you say that it's "too bad?" Do you feel the same way about you only having 19 songs in your top 1000 from before 1960? Why not 190? I'm guessing he's saying it's too bad because you're missing out on some good music. I don't want to limit my listening to music t...

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Here's the number of lonely fan votes, per voter. Hymie | 761 | 76% Zombeels | 634 | 63% I knew it! I won by a country mile! 127 more songs than second place. Not sure if that's good or bad :music-listening: Had I been able to get my list finalized in time, that country mile would be considerably l...

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The Weeknd - Tell Your Friends: 4 I never really know what to do with things like this. It actually sounds very good, but then the lyrics hit and I just hear The Weeknd bragging about his sex life and, curiously, his drugs addiction ("Don't believe the rumors bitch, I'm still a user I'm still rocki...

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I was trying to edit my previous post to update the ones still lacking ratings and instead replied to my own post. I can't delete this so instead I edited it to admit my culpability.

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mileswide wrote: ↑
Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:06 am

Father2TheMan wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 30, 2019 8:41 pm
35 | A Tribe Called Quest | The Low End Theory
Sorry to be a stickler for a poll that I'm not even moderating but was this a very early demo version of the album that was eventually released in 1991?

My mistake. Please omit thus one.

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Change to my ALBUMS
#3 is new
Move 3 to 4
#5 is also new
4 moved to #6
Everything from there down moves down 2 spots

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As a general rule, I like my Elvis uptempo. Sure the King could slay a ballad when he had a good one (that "late night in the graveyard" ambiance to his take on "Blue Moon" comes to mind) but he also had a tendency to embrace overly saccharine ones. ("Old Shep" I'm looking at you). I also favor his ...

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Finally, butterfly is all your fault the Velvet Underground being kicked out of the Top 20. :character-cookiemonster: I accept responsibility for the fact that my absence from this poll probably cost them a top 20 position :mrgreen: :angry-banghead: I bear some of the blame, too. I am still finaliz...

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I've planned to listen to the whole discography of Elvis for this poll. I think that's more than I will find time for but I did take time to listen to the songs others mentioned that I didn't immediately recall. I plan on posting a list tonight or tomorrow but I might do a revision if I find time t...

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I've planned to listen to the whole discography of Elvis for this poll. I think that's more than I will find time for but I did take time to listen to the songs others mentioned that I didn't immediately recall. I plan on posting a list tonight or tomorrow but I might do a revision if I find time t...

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TheLastEnemy wrote: 295 (NEW) Kacey Musgraves[/b]

TheLastEnemy wrote: 284 (343) The Everly Brothers
281 (499) Electric Light Orchestra
276 (423) Dionne Warwick
257 (RE) Nat 'King' Cole

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TheLastEnemy wrote:350 - 301
346 (NEW) Erasure
329 (NEW) Keane
313 (RE) The Drifters
311 (RE) Jerry Lee Lewis
304 (RE) Devo

More pleasant surprises and welcome returns

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399 (NEW) Lorde She will probably be on my list largely on the strength of her latest outing. 392 (NEW) Isaac Hayes 389 (RE) 2pac Shakur 379 (RE) The Gang of Four 376 (RE) Neko Case 370 (RE) Jefferson Airplane 368 (RE) Barenaked Ladies 363 (NEW) First Aid Kit Surprised to see most of these had drop...

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TheLastEnemy wrote: 427 (NEW) Simply Red

The STARS album is a favourite so I would have given them a bump.

TheLastEnemy wrote: 424 (NEW) The Spice Girls
421 (NEW) R Kelly
413 (RE) "Weird Al" Yankovic
403 (RE) Sinéad O'Connor

Nice to see these debuts/returns.

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483 (NEW) Katy Perry 479 (NEW) Waterboys 470 (NEW) Larry Norman 467 (RE) Annie Lennox 459 (RE) Carl Perkins 458 (NEW) Ben Folds Five These will all probably land on my (too late to make it this time) list. The most pleasant surprise is Larry Norman, a decided favourite of mine. 482 (206) The Monkee...

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Option 4

Songs expanded only.

Honestly I am MUCH more song oriented than album oriented: In any given year, it is hard for me to find 50-100 "great" albums but I can easily name 50 even in years I'm less conversant with.

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I couldn't quite get finished so I'll probably post mine once final results are all posted. At least I'll have a baseline for next time AMF does this.

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BobPatience wrote:
Father2TheMan wrote:It's a starting point but still wish I could have done more sampling. Here goes though:

44 | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass |Whipped Cream
62 | Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass | Whipped Cream | 1965
Dupe?

Good catch, Bob. Fixed it.

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Moonbeam wrote: [69] Prince and the Revolution - Love and Sex

I realize this is a bit juvenile of me but this placing seems like kismet.

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282 | Steve Archer | Safe 315 | Neil Young and Willie Nelson | Are There Any More Real Cowboys? As far as I can see, these are both from 1985. Do you have a source for 1983? If not, keep them for 1985! I will save those for 1985. There were also a few songs (e.g. MJ ones and "The Look of Love", amo...

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[youtube-https]https://youtu.be/6NnzcKKE7zs[/youtube-https] [spotifytrack]https://open.spotify.com/track/4VG7MuQGigsfRvClI3ro2Z?si=2PU8yfpoRCud49UZZZg3hg[/spotifytrack] I love this track for the pounding drums of Aaron "A-Train" Smith, slightly jangly guitars of Michael Roe and lyrics like this open...

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I like, at least somewhat, 62 of the forum's Top 100 songs for 1981 vs. only 24 when it comes to albums. (Although a lot of that is due to unfamiliarity at this point)

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No problem with noisey audiences during the song at all but if the introduction speech lasts more than 10% of all the recording I think it couldn't be eligible. Sorry but I disagree with that. These dialogs in those cases are not part of the song, they're just interactions between the artists and t...

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Here are some of the performers for which I provided the only vote in the 2016 poll. {Snip} The Doobie Brothers The Rascals Jim Croce Blood, Sweat & Tears Squeeze Still getting my list together but odds are decent of the above 5 appearing.... Here are few other performers where there was one or mor...

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After adding some songs I'd forgotten that aren't on Spotify in the upper parts of my list and tunes I liked from others list in the bottom and "bubbling under" section (and a lot of reordering based on this month's listening), I'm going to call this my final list: SONGS 1 | Rush | Tom Sawyer 2 | Bi...

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Question for anyone participating: It’s fairly easy for me to compare my favorite songs/albums, is there a metric any of you like use for ranking your favorite artists? I don’t even know where to start here! :| Here's my method: 1 pt per song in ANY Spotify playlist that is NOT in my Library so as ...

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Question for anyone participating: It’s fairly easy for me to compare my favorite songs/albums, is there a metric any of you like use for ranking your favorite artists? I don’t even know where to start here! :| Here's my method: 1 pt per song in ANY Spotify playlist that is NOT in my Library so as ...

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