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Rob

Listyguy wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:54 pm
Maybe for future versions of this, submitting lists of 10 won't be necessary. 6 or 8 would do the trick, it seems.

My #9, Horse Rotorvator is in, but perhaps it would have gotten in without my nomination, depending on were it ranked on the other person's list.

Rob

Great roll-out! So much I still have to catch up with. I never made a prediction, because my predictions tend to be wrong, but in this case I saw Seventeen as the #1 coming. Deserved! That discrepancy between our placement of Sisyphus and that of the critics is enormous. Did the Moderately Acclaimed...

Rob

Hymie wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 19, 2020 4:46 pm
What happened to the song links on Spotify?

Weird, I have no clue. Maybe Henrik knows?

Here is the unformatted url link, for now:
http://open.spotify.com/user/theonering ... vdWngypYa5

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406. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – Technically Missing
Year: 2014
Album: Gone Girl
Biggest Fan: Depeche Mode (#231)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

404. Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 3: 7 Pretty much the same reaction as yesterday. 405. Future, featuring Pharrell Williams, Pusha T & Casino – Move That Dope: 6 Shouldn't be my taste, but although I'm not gripped by it, I find it fun enough for three listens. A rare case were the revolving door of guest...

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madzong wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 19, 2020 9:58 am
1. Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd)
2. Suede - Coming Up

Taking "a head start" very seriously, are we?

Rob

As can be seen in the Results topic I have taken over this poll from Edre Peraza. There will be a new deadline, which will be after the song and album poll as I want to incorporate their results in my presentation. I want the new deadline to be a week after the song and poll one, so people have all ...

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Allright, you basically get two songs today, because of my stupid mix-up of yesterday. Here is the actual 404th song: 404. Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 3 Year: 2015 Released as a single Biggest Fan: Acroamor (#384) Note that I only count votes for this version, obviously, so please re-vote if you already...

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acroamor wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:42 pm

Also, I don't have Spotify myself, so if someone else would like to take over the playlist-making duties, that would be amazing!

If no one else does it before that I will make one in the weekend.

Rob

404. Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 2 Year: 2001 Released as a single Biggest Fan: Acroamor (#384) Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote! I quite enjoy this track as well, but I had actually listed Luv(Sic) Part 3 on my list! Sorry for the confusion - they're very easy tra...

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mileswide wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:39 pm
Should have done this long ago but all the more so now it's officially in my top 50 of the last decade- permission to bump Shark Smile from 9 to 10?

Yes!

Rob

Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 2: 7

This just has a very dreamy vice that seems to agree with this very day for me.

Rob

Moonbeam wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:31 am

A jumped-up pantry boy who never knew his place:

Rob (287/300)

I always thought he said "country boy". If it would, that quote be oddly fitting for me.
It's one of those classics I don't particularly dislike, but never understood what made it great either.

Rob

Do you still want to do this, Edre Peraza? I get the feeling your heart isn't in it. I would be happy to take over from you, with the request to post-pone the deadline until after the album and song poll, so I can incorporate these results in the final presentation. I feel that the deadline for this...

Rob

My number 1, That's Just the Way That I Feel, is not in the top 100, but I didn't expect it to be. Glad to see it rank nonetheless. I haven't even voted for all that many of the songs that have yet appeared, but I really have to hear them for the first time yet, so I'm also looking forward to the pl...

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404. Nujabes – Luv(Sic) Part 2
Year: 2001
Released as a single
Biggest Fan: Acroamor (#384)

See below for the actual song.

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Lorde - Team: 8 Ah, yes the follow-up single to Royals. It was a success of course, but it's acclaim was far less and it seems in hindsight some other songs from Pure Heroine were preferred. I was really into Royals myself at the time and Team came along with it, as it is close in theme (being proud...

Rob

With over 300 million plays on Spotify, this is one of the less obscure picks here:

403. Lorde - Team
Year: 2013
Album: Pure Heroine
Biggest Fan: BonnieLaurel (#269)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Last minute post from me. 2017 and 2018 were the first two years I really, consciously kept up with new releases, but this year it floundered a bit due to several reasons, so there are a lot of albums I would normally probably have listened to or that needed a second listen, but I never quite made i...

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William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover: 7 Literally begins like the later Have I Told You Lately by Van Morrison. It's a good soul song that's sung with feeling and subtlety. Zoot Woman – Living In a Magazine: 5 A fine, but unremarkable indie pop song. Franz Ferdinand - Outsiders: 7 Not as great a...

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I’ll be away in the weekend, so I already post the songs for Saturday and Sunday already along with today’s entry: Friday A bubbler becomes the 400th song! 400. William Bell – I Forgot to Be Your Lover Year: 1968 Album: Bound to Happen Biggest Fan: Henrik (#555) Don’t forget you can always vote for ...

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I know this is a weird case, but I don't count multiple votes per user, so I will count the isolation votes here, even if I'm not quite sure that is fair. Should I make an average for people who give more votes? Pink Floyd - The Trial: 7 Yes, it works better in context and it helps I know the contex...

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Any hope of the song highlights appearing before the new list hits? I would really like to start the playlist.

Rob

399. Pink Floyd – The Trial
Year: 1979
Album: The Wall
Biggest Fan: Ordinaryperson (#352)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Dionne Warwick – A House Is Not a Home: 7

A good example of going all-out with your voice for drama, without overselling it. You feel the pain of love lost here. Not the most original song in the Warwick discography, but affecting.

Rob

I will take Henrik's suggestion and start the countdown not from 300 for songs and 200 for albums, but from a smaller number, to add suspense to the poll in terms of which albums and songs made the final presentation. I'm thinking of presenting the top 200 songs and 150 albums, but let me know what...

Rob

Today one of AM’s official under-bubblers:

398. Dionne Warwick – A House Is Not a Home
Year: 1964
Album: Make Way for Dionne Warwick
Biggest Fan: Damosuzuki (#407)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Luna – That’s What You Always Say: 6
Pretty typical 90's alternative rock. Not bad at all, but like yesterday's song it doesn't stand out enough for a really good score.

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Albums 5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid 9. Velvet Underground - Loaded 10. Jimi Hendrix - Bank of Gypsys 14. Led Zeppelin - III 17. Frank Sinatra - Watertown 20. The Stooges - Fun House Frank is rolling over in his grave from being on the same list with all of these acts, :mrgreen: A shame really, becau...

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397. Luna – That’s What You Always Say
Year: 1993
EP: Slide
Biggest Fan: Spiritualized (# Unranked)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Great to see Jim Europe's 369th Infantry "Hellfighters" Band on here!

Rob

Freddie King – Takin’ Care of Business: 6
It's a fine song, but doesn't stand out all that much to me.

Rob

PlasticRam wrote: ↑
Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:43 pm
I sent a private message containing my album list to Moonbeam, but it's stuck in my outbox

Moonbeam put his e-mail address in the instructions.

Rob

Hymie takes care of business:

396. Freddie King – Takin’ Care of Business
Year: 1961
Album: Freddy King Sings
Biggest Fan: Hymie (#827)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Moby - Flower: 8
Get up and get dancing!

Rob

('semi' in that the Bonnie "Prince" Billy album will be added to Spotify on the 20th of January and I'll add it's three tracks than here): It took a little longer for the album to appear on Spotify, but it is there now and the playlist is complete. Just in time before I can start the 2020 playlist ...

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395. Moby - Flower
Year: 1999
Released as a single (B-side to Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?) and a year later on the album Play – The B Sides
Biggest Fan: Gillingham (#75)

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Rob

This piece is the famous cry of the oppressed - the lament of better times and call for strength to carry on. The piece perfectly conveys this, even if you do not know the meanings of the words. I'd say it does. I went into the song blind this morning and was immediately moved by it (it seemed only...

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Another classical piece. Again, if the nominator has a specific, preferred recording I’d like to hear it. 394. Guiseppe Verdi – Nabucco, Act 3: Va, pensiero, sull’ali dorate (A.K.A. Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves) Year: 1842 Opera: Nabucodonosor (more commonly known as Nabucco) Biggest Fan: Dexter (#22...

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Sandi Thom – What If I’m Right: 4

Nothing special, this pseudo-country pop. Nothing stands out here for me, except perhaps the clunky way Thom arrives at the title during the chorus.

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This song comes from an album with one of the great titles:

393. Sandi Thom – What If I’m Right
Year: 2006
Album: Smile… It Confuses People
Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#195)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Prince - Partyup: 6 We will know every Prince song by heart once this game is over. This one is somewhere in the middle of his discography, quality-wise. It is a fun funk song, that doesn't quite set itself apart and in retrospect feels like an early attempt at a sound he would perfect later. The co...

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You’ll never guess who is coming to the party, nor who invited him:

392. Prince - Partyup
Year: 1980
Album: Dirty Mind
Biggest Fan: Moonbeam (#997)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

Rob wrote: ↑
Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:34 pm
I hope I didn't forget anyone in my haste, but this sounds about right.

Well, I was right. I already had to edit my list, to put in the artist of my number 1 song of the decade: Lady Lamb

And FKA Twigs as well.

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Almost forgot about this. Here is a top 30, based on the rule that I should have both heard and loved at least two albums by each included artist: 1. Lana Del Rey 2. Laura Marling 3. Joana Newsom 4. Angel Olsen 5. Colin Stetson 6. Julia Holter 7. Mount Eerie 8. Lorde 9. Ty Segall 10. Mitski 11. Jóha...

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Huh, somehow this whole game, including nomination process and first round went completely past me. I think I somehow confused it with the Overlooked game somehow. Oh well.

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The Decemberists – When the War Came: 7 A good song. I hadn't heard it before today, but wondered if I heard him really here the name "Vasilov" in the lyrics. Yes, turns out he did. That was a botanist who protected rare seeds during the years-long siege of Stalingrad in WOII. I saw a movie about th...

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It'll come as no shock but the Floyd bootleg's not available to stream, the Wheel of Random might need another spin... Yeah, I figured something like that would be the case, but perhaps this forum might house someone who collects Pink Floyd bootlegs? Well, if so, he or she can review this album lat...

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391. The Decemberists – When the War Came
Year: 2006
Album: The Crane Wife
Biggest Fan: SafetyCat (#unranked)

Don’t forget you can always vote for earlier songs or change your vote!

Rob

bonnielaurel wrote: ↑
Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:51 pm
It's hard to believe that the era of popular music videos on television is gone.

Yes, but that area has moved to YouTube and other video sharing sites. It can still make a hit. Perhaps not as frequently, but acclaimed hits like This Is America sometimes still get recognition through video first.

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