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So are the ending refrains to "Don't Stop Believing" and "Hey Jude" going to count as a chorus? Or is a chorus something that repeats throughout the song and is broken up by verses/a bridge?

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acroamor wrote:I was wondering what artist would overperform the most in this department compared to their overall ranking and I think the answer is Oasis.

I can think of at least 2 Oasis songs that have all but guaranteed a spot in my top 10, one of which will probably be my number 1.

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Limiting myself to albums that aren't in the top 30 of their respective year on AM... The Beach Boys- The SMiLE Sessions: Okay, we all know this one. But it's a fantastic album and it definitely deserves a re-listen if you've only heard it once or twice. Will it even count for our EOD poll? Well, wh...

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mileswide wrote:Would anyone be amenable to either a choruses poll or a verses poll? I for one would be on safer ground if no one else as much as I love (what I think are) middle-8s!

I'm absolutely on board with a choruses poll!

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Hymie wrote:
Honorio wrote:I've planned to listen to the whole discography of Elvis for this poll.

I commend you. I could not sit through all those wacky movie songs from the 60s.

“He’s Your Uncle, Not Your Dad” is one of the most hilariously bad songs I’ve ever heard.

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It seems like you’ve missed In a Silent Way on the list of Miles Davis’s most acclaimed albums.

Loving the rollout so far though!

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1. Pulp- Common People ("Rent a flat above a shop..") I'm not a musician, nor am I versed in music theory, but I always thought this section was part of the chorus, not the middle eight (which is synonymous with the bridge, right?). Wouldn't the middle eight of "Common People" b...

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Great rollout so far, TheLastEnemy. I'm really liking your use of the images to convey the artist information.

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1. Suspicious Minds 2. Heartbreak Hotel 3. Hound Dog 4. Don't Be Cruel 5. That's All Right (Mama) 6. Jailhouse Rock 7. Mystery Train 8. Can't Help Falling in Love 9. All Shook Up 10. Burning Love 11. In the Ghetto 12. Blue Moon of Kentucky 13. Kentucky Rain 14. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear 15. Blue C...

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Hymie wrote:
Nick wrote:Thanks for the rollout, Hymie! What's up next? The Beatles??? (please??)

I did the Beatles already. Here are the results:

Wow, I have no idea how I missed that. Great list!

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Henrik wrote:
Nick wrote:Thanks for the rollout, Hymie! What's up next? The Beatles??? (please??)

Tom Waits!?

Swans??

Death Grips???

Merzbow????

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Thanks for the rollout, Hymie! What's up next? The Beatles??? (please??)

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Halfway through the year update: Great: 1. Weyes Blood- Titanic Rising 3. Freddie Gibbs and Madlib- Bandana 3. Jai Paul- Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) Very Good: 4. The National- I Am Easy to Find 5. Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride 6. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 7. Solange- When I Get Home 8....

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Rough list, top 35 songs of the year: 1. Sharon Van Etten- Seventeen 2. Weyes Blood- Andromeda 3. Four Tet- Only Human 4. Weyes Blood- Movies 5. Tame Impala- Patience 6. Lizzo- Juice 7. Charly Bliss- Capacity 8. Lower Dens- Young Republicans 9. Carly Rae Jepsen- Julien 10. Hatchie- Stay With Me 11. ...

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Like a few others on here, "Movies" is my SOTY so far, and I'd be shocked if anything beats it the rest of the year. The more I listen to it, the more I think it might be the best song in several years. The last two minutes are utterly breathtaking - it's like a "God Only Knows"...

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Jirin wrote:That has me hoping there's a band somewhere with a blank space as a name.

If you thought search engine optimization couldn't get any worse than "The The", here comes... " "!

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whuntva wrote:Sorry I've been so busy with my job. Better late than never, right?
31)

Looks like you're missing #31, whuntva.

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Thanks for hosting the poll schaefer.tk! It’s been great following along. All your hard work really gave us a great rollout. Anyway, here are my top 10 movies that I haven’t seen: 58. Amadeus 62. Lost in Translation 71. City of God 73. Unforgiven 75. Wings of Desire 76. La Dolce Vita 86. Paris, Texa...

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Looking great so far, schaefer! It's awesome following along. One thing though: The last couple of posts have the "biggest fan" sections blank.

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Jai Paul's 2013 leaked album has been officially released.

It's...really good.

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Great: 1. Weyes Blood- Titanic Rising 2. Jai Paul- Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) Very Good: 3. The National- I Am Easy to Find 4. Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride 5. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 6. Solange- When I Get Home 7. Flying Lotus- Flamagra 8. The Comet Is Coming- Trust in the Lifeforc...

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5 months in, here we go: Rough top ten list: 1. Sharon Van Etten- Seventeen 2. Four Tet- Only Human 3. Weyes Blood- Movies 4. Lower Dens- Young Republicans 5. Tame Impala- Patience 6. Carly Rae Jepsen- Julien 7. Mannequin Pussy- Drunk II 8. Hatchie- Stay With Me 9. Georgia- About Work the Dancefloor...

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I was pretty uncertain about the new National album going into it, but I ended up liking it a lot. I think the woman vocalists really help the songs out and prevent them from falling into the same old formula that the band dips into, sometimes to their detriment. I haven’t had a lot of time to diges...

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy vs To Pimp A Butterfly will be interesting for this decade. Blueprint is a classic Sadly I think Kanye's general stupidity over the past few years will slightly hurt MBDTF come EOD time. In a perfect world the moronic things Kanye says and does would have zero effe...

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The year is (roughly) 1/3rd of the way over. Here's where we stand... Great: 1. Weyes Blood- Titanic Rising Very Good: 2. Vampire Weekend- Father of the Bride 3. Solange- When I Get Home 4. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 5. The Comet Is Coming- Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery 6. Big...

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I am not liking the new Vampire Weekend LP at all...It just feels overblown and all over the place, compared to their past releases. I can't find any consistency in Father Of The Bride whatsoever, and their sound have become dumbed down and flawed on this album. The intellect that made Vampire Week...

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Just from reading two words and the name of a record label alone in this bands description on Metacritic I already know who’s gonna do incredibly well next month: INDIE, BROOKLYN & 4AD. Than I saw the rating. It’s gonna break the 90s I’m sure. And I’m rooting for Sharkjump Brooklyn’s finest Vam...

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112. Human League - Sound Of The Crowd This is a favorite of mine - 9 Definitely not the sort of song I’d have expected you to like! I’d give it a 7. It’s a solid song, but I always felt like Dare! was a really back-loaded album (“Seconds” and “Love Action” are an 8 and 8.5 respectively, and “Don’t...

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Thanks for running the poll, Hymie! It's been a blast following along.

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Speaking of songs that are overperforming, there's a certain marimba based song that I'm REALLY surprised hasn't shown up yet. But I expect it to show up at #6.

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Time to enter the top 10. Song #10 is the highest ranking song on the list that was not written nor originally done by the Rolling Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFLJFl7ws_0 Is this the correct link? Afaik Wild Horses is in fact a Jagger-Richards composition The Flying Burrito Brothers ver...

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The new Weyes Blood album is as good as people are saying. Believe the hype. My new AOTY so far. If you like Julia Holter you'll probably like this.

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Cold Butterfly wrote:unpopular opinion - old town road goes fucking hard

I'd never call it a great song, but it's definitely funny and I appreciate the fact that it exists. I'm happy for Lil Nas X.

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I’m also shocked that “She’s a Rainbow” ended up at #15. If you’d asked me to guess before this poll where I thought it’d end up, I’d have said around #30 to #40 or so.

Good song though, although I’m more partial to “2000 Light Years from Home”.

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It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

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I live just outside scenic Albany, NY.

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It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc Bumping "Patience" down to my number 3 song of the year so far. My number 2 is "Only Human" by Four Tet. My number 1 is "Seventeen" by Sharon Van ...

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If there's ever an AM meet up in the US (particularly the east coast), count me in. I'm a little surprised you guys have never attempted to organise something similar on the American side of the Atlantic. Perhaps it's our brusque American nature that has prevented such a meet up from ever taking pl...

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So far, Moonbeam, Henrik, Honorio and I have confirmed that we will be meeting up in Montpellier during the weekend of 11-13 October. Nicolas hasn’t confirmed yet, but might also be attending. Will this be the largest AM meet up yet? Someone who's an expert on AM meet ups will have to fill me in he...

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My "best of 2019" playlist is only 3 songs long so far, but since it hasn't been shared yet : Four Tet did it again ! Favorite song to dance to since his own Planet 2 years ago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peHvj5TedFI I’m only a casual fan of Four Tet, but I think this is the best thi...

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Glad to see someone give Malibu Ken some respect on this thread. It's already one of 2019's most underrated releases already, and probably one of the best experimental hip hop albums of the decade. I had never heard any of Aesop Rock’s stuff before this album, other than the stray song here or ther...

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The year is roughly 1/4 of the way over. How does Q1 stack up? Great: 1. Solange- When I Get Home Very Good: 2. Sharon Van Etten- Remind Me Tomorrow 3. Little Simz- Grey Area 4. Malibu Ken- Malibu Ken Good: 5. Helado Negro- This Is How You Smile 6. Ariana Grande- Thank U, Next 7. CHAI- PUNK 8. Deerh...

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To me, Exile is the perfect synthesis of the band’s various influences, from rock to blues to country to gospel. It’s astounding that a British band holed up in a recording studio in France could sound so American.

Plus, how can you deny songs like “Rocks Off” and “Happy” and “Tumbling Dice”?

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It’s only been out for 6 hours, but this new Tame Impala song is my SOTY so far:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rUmV-MorIKc

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Songs list rankings:

1. Runaway
2. Get Lucky
3. Seasons (Waiting On You)
4. Let It Happen
5. Pyramids
6. Lazarus
7. Two Weeks
8. Make Me Feel
9. Lonely Boy
10. White Winter Hymnal
11. HUMBLE.

I like all these songs. The top 4 songs are also my SOTYs for those respective years.

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Really enjoying “101 FM” off of that Little Simz album. Great rapping, and a vaguely... traditional Japanese (?) sounding instrumental.

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I only know a few songs by him, but he's certainly a legend of surf rock and deserves to be honored here. "Misirlou" is one of the most badass songs ever recorded. R.I.P.

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The Green Day song "Brain Stew" is listed on AM as a 1996 song, when it was released a year earlier, in 1995.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomniac ... _Day_album)

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