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Let's find out how well the #2000 of our All Time Song List will do:

Neil Young - Cowgirl in the Sand

Just missed my own top 1000, but should be good for a vote from me here.

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Thanks Henrik

Though mostly now I'm ashamed that I didn't know who Gene Clark was. A founding member of The Byrds I read today...

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Most importantly, it's great to see the wide variety of genres in the list, though I wouldn't mind seeing a bit more metal thrown in ! Couldn’t agree more, I’m still surprised iconic songs like Raining Blood have been appearing so low too! It's more a surprise that it's here actually. Metal and cou...

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Weeks don't get as good as this. All are great, even the #8. There are two of my nominations here and they are "only" #2 and #3! And #4 almost beats them too. 1. Sleater-Kinney - The Woods vs. 5. The National - Trouble Will Find Me 4. Julia Holter - Ekstasis vs. 7. Beach House - Depression...

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Today I updated from #854 (Gene Clark's No Other) to #884 (Flamin' Groovies' Teenage Head)! So, this band The Gun Club released an album called Fire of Love in 1981. In the same year they released a song named Fire of Love. This song is not on the album of the same name of the same year! Instead it...

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Time for something else entirely:
Yuka & Chronoship | Argo - The Ship Argos

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A little late to the party, but here I go. Yeasayer is one of those bands I only know by name, not by music. But the band's name is great, so that should be enough to check them out. The band name is also misleading, as it reminds me of grumpy old, sea shanty singers, but that isn't what we get here...

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Today I updated from #821 (R.E.M.'s Green) up and until #853 (Deerhunter's dual release Microcastle & Weird Era, Cont.). No songs of the latter are included however. A bit of odd one that. Weird Era, Cont. was basically a bonus disc for the fans, but it is the only bonus disc ever mentioned spe...

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Two of my top 10 choices close to each other. Once Upon a Time in the West failed last time if I remember correctly, so I'm glad to see it. Old and Wise was in the top 1000 for sure last time, though. It now has only 2 votes, though both very high. Also happily surprised I'm not even the highest vot...

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The version of "The Hills of Katmandu" that is revered is this one: https://open.spotify.com/track/4oY5nwHPmq5NMt5iYtDzYq?si=tBIzkdTfSpCYmdwux3lNgg Thanks, I replaced it with this one. I'm a bit behind on updating this, up to #1741. I'll get back on track tomorrow. Meanwhile Tank! is sadl...

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All right, since nobody picked this up, but I wanted to listen to this list while going through it I made a playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/theonering/playlist/74LeBC4K8bt789HBT0dsoj I worked a bit quickly on it so if someone noticed a mistake or prefers another version of a song please tell ...

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Roxette!!!!! And may God bless the two others who put the best disco song of all time, "The Hills of Katmandu", on their ballot. :happy-partydance: Forgot about it, would have voted for it otherwise :( I was specifically happy about One Beat by Sleater-Kinney. Not an obvious pick, but dam...

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You want a big update? You get a big update! A record 63 albums were added to the playlist today as I went from #758 (Nick Cave's Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus) to #820 (The Kink's Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)). Odd fact: the numbers 798 and 799 are both live albums:...

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Ding dang a dong bong bing bong ticky ticky thought of a gun, every time I try to do it all now baby am I on the run [1948] Ministry | Jesus Built My Hotrod Wait, this thing has words with actual meaning outside of the spoken word intro and outro? I've listened to this song many times and have vote...

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Looking great already. Many bubblers or unranked songs made it, which is fascinating as the AM list is 5 times as long as this one. And it is strange to see something like L.A. Woman show up already. Is anybody making a playlist? I usually would do it, but I'm already busy on the other one based on ...

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So many songs I voted for, that were also voted for by somebody else, that still didn’t make the top 2000!! :cry: Indeed, but it is bittersweet: there are some songs I'm very happy to already see appear as I thought no one else would have voted for them, yet here they are. Other times there are son...

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Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex

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Another very good week, although Cyndi Lauper and Apples in Stereo, while perfectly fine, are not on the same level as the others. 7. Cyndi Lauper - She's so Unusual vs. 3. My Morning Jacket - Z 5. Sufjan Stevens - Michigan vs. 4. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues Very difficult. 6. Sonic Youth - ...

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Updated from #731 (Buzzcock's Another Music in a Different Kitchen) up and until #757 (John Hiatt's Bring the Family). Milestone: We passed album no. 750 today, which means I'm a quarter done! Otherwise a small update, thanks to a rather short album. But hold on, the next one is going to be a lot b...

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Updated from #691 (Public Enemy's Yo! Bum Rush the Show) to #730 (Jeff Beck's Truth). That's quite a big update considering the length of the album I listened to, but sometimes things just go smoothly. Today I listened to Public Enemy's Yo! Bum Rush the Show: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...

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Jerry Reed - Amos Moses

For some reason I feel like including it here.

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Pitchfork rose at a time when the hipster subculture was in its infancy as an alternative-indie rock amateur publication, and catering to the predominantly mid-to-up class American white men, who grown listening to student radios, they were. Twenty years in, the hipster subculture has faded and a n...

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Nice presentation, Dexter! The songfacts are a great addition.

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Haha, it seems that every time you (have to) write about George Michael, he is becoming less and less likable to you. You weren’t that negative about him when we met. I suppose you didn’t want to ruin our evening. ;) Haha, maybe. Or I just hadn't listened to him recently. He strikes me as a likeabl...

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Today I went from #654 (George Michael's Faith) to #690 (Garbage's Garbage). Milestone: we passed 2.000 songs! Only about 7000 to go! Rarely an update had gone by without some madness and today is no different. Roni Size/ Reprazent's album New Forms is on Spotify. That is a rather long album, runni...

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Brad wrote:
PlasticRam wrote:
acroamor wrote:3. Nina Simone - In Concert 1964 vs. ~~Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans~~

Brad wrote:Thanks acroamor!

But hey, I voted before acroamor in the other thread

you got it... Sufjan wins!

And so my predicted winner loses. Never bet against Sufjan Stevens...

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I have to say this week was particularly strong. I had difficulty voting, because many more than 10 were deserving. It is also a varied list in genre and style. If you want to get into this game, this is the moment! Especially as quite a lot of songs are vying for 10th place still.

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At last I made a list. I never knew if I would make it. I kept putting it off because 1. I didn’t have any list resembling this ready, nor an overview of songs I consider guilty pleasure; and 2. I wanted to write something for each entry and never found the time. I pulled through today though, even ...

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The third round and thing are getting painful. I truly like all of these. That my own nomination end up at place 6 says something about my appreciation of the one above it and the two below it are very worth my wile too. 5. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things vs. 3. Deep Purple - Made In Japan 4. Bel...

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I can't keep track of it, but I don't think Janelle Monea's most shameless song Screwed, featuring Zoë Kravits, has been nominated before or has it? If not, I want to nominate it here.

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I forced a long song on you, so let me make some amends by nominating a great short song:

Napalm Death - You Suffer

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I notice Dig Me Out on a lot of album lists, which is great, but I'm surprised hardly any its songs make an appearance, as that is specifically a great song album to me. Words and Guitar is a hidden gem and there are the title track, One More Hour, Little Babies and Dance Song 97, among others. Of c...

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Today I updated from #621 (Wire's Chairs Missing) to #653 (Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Lynx...) I have to admit that I took an easy way out with the Woodstock soundtrack album. It isn't on Spotify and outside of Star Spangled Banner by Jimi Hendrix (which I included here) no songs of it are specif...

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Today I updated from #593 (Roxy Music's Avalon) to #620 (Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians). Now Music for 18 Musicians is interesting here, not just because it is very different musically to what we usually find here, but also because it is the first album I add to this playlist that consists o...

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Otisredding wrote:Hello, Rob

Changes in Serpentwithfeet highlights

Thanks, I changed them.

Here is the playlist:

Is Kill the Lights by Tony Molina the shortest MegaCritic addition ever? It's an album of only 14 minutes.

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72. Duran Duran - The Reflex Arguably, Duran Duran's whole career was a guilty pleasure, and they were just a boy band unusually influenced by the likes of Bowie and Roxy Music. I know what you think. You think I'm a corporate asshole, that I don't appreciate pop culture. Man, that's not true -- wh...

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Today I went from #560 (Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do) until #592 (The Beatles' Help!). And if you, like me, would like to have seen a larger update, blame Phil Spector for getting a Various Artist ...

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72. Duran Duran - The Reflex Arguably, Duran Duran's whole career was a guilty pleasure, and they were just a boy band unusually influenced by the likes of Bowie and Roxy Music. I know what you think. You think I'm a corporate asshole, that I don't appreciate pop culture. Man, that's not true -- wh...

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He said that it could be delayed. Perhaps he is on vacation or something.

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Today I updated from #535 (The Undertones' self-titled album) to #559 (Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices). Yes, after the big one of yesterday this was only a small update, but The Undertones' debut lasts less than half an hour, so there you go. Plus I had great difficulty with Thelonius Monk's Geni...

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With Firestarter missing the cut, is this the first time an AM #1 of a year has missed making the poll?

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A big update today, easily the biggest yet! I went from #469 (Thin Lizzy's Live and Dangerous) to #534 (Moby Grape's self-titled album). That Thin Lizzy live album is long so that made it possible to get a lot done. We also hit another milestone, as we passed the 500 albums border. One sixth done! A...

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Just wanted to go out on a limb and say this is my favorite thread on this forum right now, thanks for the insightful (and funny) journaling you’ve been doing along with the playlist! Thanks, FrankLotion! I also write this stuff to keep myself entertained through this big task, but I'm glad others ...

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Solid year, but lacking a bit in truly amazing songs. But here you go: 1. 16 Horsepower | Black Soul Choir (the only one here I consider a real masterpiece) 2. Cake | I Will Survive 3. Fiona Apple | Sleep to Dream 4. Sleater-Kinney | I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone 5. Fiona Apple | Criminal 6. The Cardi...

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Had a lot of music time this week, so I can vote early this time: 3. Erykah Badu - Baduizm vs. 4. Pet Shop Boys - Actually 1. Ennio Morricone - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly vs. 8. Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 5. Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista vs. 6. Meade ‘Lux’ Le...

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Sweepstakes Ron wrote:Actually, I've just realized of a much more efficient way to do the double-checking, so the results may be ready sooner than you think!

Today!

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