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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:05 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2002; Deadline April 30th, 2024
- Replies: 31
- Views: 906
Re: Albums and Songs of 2002; Deadline April 30th, 2024
Songs: 1 | Coldplay | Clocks 2 | Eminem | Without Me 3 | David Bowie | Slow Burn 4 | Queens of the Stone Age | The Sky Is Fallin' 5 | Eminem | Lose Yourself 6 | David Bowie | I Would Be Your Slave 7 | Queens of the Stone Age | Go with the Flow 8 | Maroon 5 | She Will Be Loved 9 | Iron and Wine | Wea...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2110
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
And thank you, Live in Phoenix, for making sure the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song is stuck in my head for the rest of the night. Thank goodness it's a new day, and that song's out of your head. The parts that stick with me the most are the harmony bits ("They're heroes in a half-shel...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:51 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2110
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
1 | Nirvana | Smells Like Teen Spirit | 1991 2 | Prince and the Revolution | When Doves Cry | 1984 3 | Bruce Springsteen | Tunnel of Love | 1987 4 | Nirvana | Come As You Are | 1991 5 | Sting | Be Still My Beating Heart | 1987 6 | U2 | New Year's Day | 1983 7 | James Taylor | Never Die Young | 1988 ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AM has users in China apparently
- Replies: 20
- Views: 762
Re: AM has users in China apparently
we shouldn't have to vet the politics of everyone coming into this forum That’s to say they even agree with the dictator’s politics. For that matter, though, who knows what quality of information they're even allowed near. Also, even in a democracy, how much would you like to personally answer for ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2110
Re: AMF Favorite Songs of All-Time, 2024! Deadline: September 30th, 2024
After two times around of stripping everything down to the studs, I’ve promised to half-ass my ultimate song list this year. I think that means it’s still going to be pretty exhausting…
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore 6 I was so disappointed by the latter-day offerings of the early '90s alternative rock kings, which certainly includes the Adore album. I thought "Perfect," a rather awful song, was the lead single; no, it was this, an okay-enough song. I'm remembering now tha...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Christopher Cross – Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
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I have yet to see this movie…
If you like this song, it might be because of the assists from Burt Bacharach and his wife.
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I have yet to see this movie…
If you like this song, it might be because of the assists from Burt Bacharach and his wife.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Madonna – I’ll Remember
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‘90s Madonna (except for 1990) was often subpar.
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‘90s Madonna (except for 1990) was often subpar.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2001; Due March 31, 2024
- Replies: 67
- Views: 2596
Re: Albums and Songs of 2001; Due March 31, 2024
Songs: 1 | Gillian Welch | Elvis Presley Blues 2 | The Strokes | Last Nite 3 | System of a Down | Toxicity 4 | Wilco | Jesus, Etc. 5 | The Strokes | Someday 6 | Puddle of Mudd | Blurry 7 | No Doubt | Hella Good 8 | Train | Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) 9 | Gillian Welch | Everything Is Free 10 | R.E.M....
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1629
Re: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
This list will never be to my liking. There is too much great TV out there, especially these days (which practically creates its own problem of focusing on standout episodes). But I'll go ahead and post something. 1. Twin Peaks - "Pilot" 2. 24 - "11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m." [Season ...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Joey Scarbury – Theme from America’s Greatest Hero (Believe It or Not)
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I’m pretty sure this show doesn’t hold up anymore, compared to today’s fare. If we’re just talking theme songs, that’s a whole other matter.
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I’m pretty sure this show doesn’t hold up anymore, compared to today’s fare. If we’re just talking theme songs, that’s a whole other matter.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
Motörhead – (We Are) The Road Crew
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Pretty simple, but pretty effective -- Motörhead, ladies and gentlemen.
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Pretty simple, but pretty effective -- Motörhead, ladies and gentlemen.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1415
Re: 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees
Bad time to not nominate Tracy Chapman (who’s not very rock, though that’s not really a dealbreaker for them).
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
Toby Keith, country singer-songwriter, dies at 62 after stomach cancer diagnosis
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- Tue Feb 06, 2024 2:43 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
The Revenge of the ‘80s that was started by Kate Bush continues: “Fast Car,” the Tracy Chapman version, is currently #1 on iTunes (US Songs Current Top 100). http://www.itunescharts.net/us/charts/songs/current/ Her 1988 debut album is #1 on its album charts (US Albums Current Top 100). http://www.it...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
Guitarist Wayne Kramer, founding member of the MC5, dead at 75 https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/guitarist-wayne-kramer-founding-member-of-the-mc5-dead-at-75/ar-BB1hGVRP Without MC5, there aren't really The Stooges. In the Gimme Danger documentary (which I got to keep once Netflix closed its DVD...
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 11:16 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2000; Due February 29, 2024
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4649
Re: Albums and Songs of 2000
U2’s last great year. Songs: 1 | U2 | Beautiful Day 2 | Radiohead | Morning Bell 3 | Elliott Smith | Can’t Make a Sound 4 | Matchbox Twenty | If You’re Gone 5 | Matchbox Twenty | Bent 6 | Fuel | Hemorrhage (In My Hands) 7 | Radiohead | Optimistic 8 | No Doubt | Simple Kind of Life 9 | Destiny’s Chil...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1278
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
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- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:21 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1278
Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: Results January 2024
Thanks Rob. I especially liked your #25.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:05 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
To my surprise, a writer from the Arizona Republic weighed in. He seemed to think, in so many words, that Pitchfork could end up how Rolling Stone ended up, where the reviews of big musicians become too important to step on toes. (I remember how Rolling Stone would give, say, five stars to U2’s No L...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:28 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
VARIETY https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/pitchfork-layoffs-folded-into-gq-conde-nast-1235875585/ Pitchfork Is Being Folded Into GQ, as Condé Nast Seeks ‘Best Path Forward’ for Music Publication By Todd Spangler Condé Nast is merging Pitchfork, the digital music publication it bought in 2015, w...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:32 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18131
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
Incidentally, I think I like better the earlier Lethal Weapon 3 version of “It's Probably Me” Sting did with Eric Clapton, which even got its own video. More earthy (which is not usually the first word to describe a Sting solo track). =================================== All of Colour by Numbers is p...
- Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
- Replies: 491
- Views: 17546
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 701 - 800
American Quartet – Moonlight Bay
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This is pretty hooky for old-ass music. A short run-through of this song was featured on a #1, 8× platinum album from the '90s (The Beatles' Anthology 1).
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This is pretty hooky for old-ass music. A short run-through of this song was featured on a #1, 8× platinum album from the '90s (The Beatles' Anthology 1).
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2687
Re: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
Just bumped into the information that George Winston passed away last year, on June 4th (one calendar day before my dad's death). All his nominations here are from December , a triple-platinum album that easily made him the biggest artist on the wonderful new age Windham Hill label. Through an odd s...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1629
Re: AMF's Top TV Episodes of All Time
In progress... 20+ episodes so far. This is from quickly going through my all-time TV show list. 1. The Simpsons --Trash of the Titans, Itchy & Scratchy Land, Radioactive Man, The Otto Show, Little Big Mom 2. Naruto: Shippuden --Forbidden Secret Technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal! 3. Star Trek...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: 70 Years of Billboard Charts - Most Successful Artists from 1954 to 2023
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7719
Re: 70 Years of Billboard Charts - Most Successful Artists from 1954 to 2023
I can’t help but wonder how album-statement musicians like the Beatles or Led Zeppelin would have done if the streaming age had been around in their heyday. It’s hard for me to just declare Drake the all-time winner with him benefiting the most from a new system.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Help me out, Live in Phoenix, as I have a hard time to figure out if Bob Marley ever played in Phoenix. Google is not my friend here, because searches only find countless Bob Marley tribute acts and remembrance concerts being held in the city (seriously, do you have a daily Bob Marley program over ...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 4:14 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 1077601
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
234. 749. R.E.M. / Out of Time / 1991 / 350 Wezzo (#5), mileswide (#11), Live in Phoenix (#44), stone37 (#73), Out of Time is a weird entry in R.E.M.’s discography, although in fairness the same can be said of almost every album R.E.M. released during that stretch. Numb from a year on the road, the...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 4:11 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18131
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 5:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
- Replies: 44
- Views: 18131
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 2001-4000
I don't know if this totally satisfies what you want, but I did a write-up for Shepherd Moons as part of my All-Time Album Selections submission. I had to tuck it away after people started complaining about all the album comments everywhere, but here is my write-up, with some song titles this time: ...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 9:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
- Replies: 222
- Views: 1077601
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Merry Christmas. I assume or hope “The Crunge” was sort of a joke.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 12:06 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2687
Re: AMF Top 200 Christmas Songs ❄ 2023 Edition ❄ THE RESULTS!
My guessHumphrey12 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:56 am How is it that posters with multiple banned accounts [...] are still allowed to have their lists be used in such a glorious survey on our holy grounds?
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:57 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Inner Circle – Bad Boys 8 In America, this song immediately brings to mind the opening of the (still-running!) reality show Cops . The show was on for four years, and then someone decided to release the song as a single — and this song that had been around seemingly forever was now a top 10 hit, in ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:24 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Big Star – She’s a Mover
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Doesn’t disturb the flow of a very good album.
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Doesn’t disturb the flow of a very good album.
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:34 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Suzanne Vega – Blood Makes Noise
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Who would have thought, considering her folk beginnings, and after 1990’s Days of Open Hand went nowhere, that Vega would have a Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart-topper that sounds something like a folk-industrial hybrid?
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Who would have thought, considering her folk beginnings, and after 1990’s Days of Open Hand went nowhere, that Vega would have a Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart-topper that sounds something like a folk-industrial hybrid?
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7072
Re: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
With some quick updates 1. [No artist specified] - Silent Night 2. Pretenders - 2000 Miles 3. Bobby Helms - Jingle Bell Rock 4. Bing Crosby - White Christmas 5. Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers 6. Darlene Love - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 7. Joni Mitchell - River 8. [No artist specified] - ...
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7072
Re: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
I forgot a few tracks, but the one I had to go back and edit my list for was Carnie & Wendy Wilson's "Hey Santa!" from 1993 (I squeezed it in at #24). I seem to forget about it every year until the holiday season rolls around, but it's one of the few on the radio that I want to hear a...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:11 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Incubus – Pardon Me 6 I once said, erroneously, that metal had, at most, gotten faster since the days of Black Sabbath, with no other variation. I must have been trying to forget nu metal. “Theoretically, we are the worst band ever” — vintage Incubus singer quote. Okay, they’re not THAT bad. Passable.
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Survey ❄ TOP CHRISTMAS SONGS OF ALL TIME (2023 update) - Ballots due Dec. 20
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7072
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26430
Re: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
Re: Luck of the Draw, I wasn’t asked, and I’m not the best person to ask (though I think the 3 singles were classics), but you could try the title track or “One Part Be My Lover.”
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 3:43 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The News of Today
- Replies: 199
- Views: 157231
Re: The News of Today
Taylor Swift is Time magazine's Person of the Year, a recognition (originally Man of the Year) that goes back to 1927. It's the first time that a musician has been individually selected, and in fact, she is the first Person of the Year to be recognized for their "achievement in the arts." ...
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 2:25 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Bryan Adams – Please Forgive Me
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Painfully inoffensive. It wasn’t any better back in ‘93, either.
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Painfully inoffensive. It wasn’t any better back in ‘93, either.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 12:15 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best worst song of an album
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6722
Re: Best worst song of an album
Joy Division's Closer - Heart and Soul This is a wild pick for the worst song off Closer! I have it as the second best song from the album, after Decades. I once did a Rank the Tracks for this album. Keep in mind it's my all-time #3, so finding the "worst" track is a bit of hair-splitting...
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:42 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best worst song of an album
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6722
Re: Best worst song of an album
Nirvana's Nevermind - Lounge Act (or you could put Endless, Nameless, but it wasn't on any copy of the album I heard for years, so I don't even think of it as part of the album) Joy Division's Closer - Heart and Soul Sting's The Soul Cages - Mad About You (maybe not the worst song, but it doesn't fi...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:53 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
DeBarge – Rhythm of the Night
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Charming. I used to think their high point, as such, was "A Dream" (due to the song's beat being used for 2 hits at about the same time, almost 15 years later -- Blackstreet's "Don't Leave Me," and 2Pac's "I Ain't Mad At Cha").
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Charming. I used to think their high point, as such, was "A Dream" (due to the song's beat being used for 2 hits at about the same time, almost 15 years later -- Blackstreet's "Don't Leave Me," and 2Pac's "I Ain't Mad At Cha").
- Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Meat Puppets – Magic Toy Missing
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Except for the vocals (I think I read somewhere that it was an act of self-sabotage), this is a pretty great album. Though not because of this instrumental.
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Except for the vocals (I think I read somewhere that it was an act of self-sabotage), this is a pretty great album. Though not because of this instrumental.
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
- Replies: 537
- Views: 4526844
Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Cosi fan tutte, K. 588 / Act. 1: “Soave sia il vento” 4 Classical music can sound generic to me. We're coming up to Tchaikovsky season again -- he's always been my favorite, for not having that problem, for embodying everything glorious about the genre. Mozart...he isn't al...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF All-Time Album Poll Results: 4001-end (8724)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 26430
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:40 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2019
- Replies: 68
- Views: 77915
Re: Albums and Songs of 2019
This probably isn't a very interesting observation but it just feels weird to see Blinding Lights at #12 of 2019 after 17 votes. My brain says that's a 2020 song! It’s that kind of year. I didn’t think I’d be ranking Taylor Swift’s “Cruel Summer.” Chris Brown’s “Under the Influence” similarly becam...