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Okay, this is really crazy... Schoolhouse Rock! is really something from my parents' time, but I owned the DVD when I was little and used to watch it all the time. Tonight, I decided to take a nostalgia trip and marathon all the shorts, and when I finished, I found this news... Bob Dorough composed ...

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1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Good Son vs. Portishead - Portishead 2. Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Shiny Beast vs. The Darkness - Permission to Land 3. The Coral - Magic & Medicine vs. Snog - Beyond the Valley of the Proles 4. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (Moscow Philh...

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1. Deep Purple - Made In Japan vs. Lily Allen - Alright Still 2. Tubeway Army - Replicas vs. John Talabot - Fin 3. Blanck Mass - World Eater vs. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans 4. Space - Spiders vs. SEXWITCH - SEXWITCH Again, I really feel like I could go either way with #3... Voting for either of the...

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I hope there aren't duplicates or other kinds of mistakes... Well, I suppose we should get this out of the way sooner than later: 147. The Beach Boys - You Still Believe in Me 364. The Beach Boys - You Still Believe in Me 515. The Lion King - Hakuna Matata 687. The Lion King - Hakuna Matata 392. We...

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I just started making my list, and the first combination case that came up for me is Brain Damage / Eclipse. I see that Brain Damage is listed separately on AM while Eclipse is nowhere to be seen. I would much rather rank them together, since I think the whole is much better than the sum of its par...

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1. The Police - Zenyatta Mondata vs. Perfume Genius - Too Bright 2. Carly Rae Jepsen - E*MO*TION vs. Sleater Kinney - One Beat 3. Weekend - La Varieté vs. Djeli Moussa Diawara - Yasimika 4. Dr. Dog - We All Belong vs. Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi - Rome I almost feel like I could go either way w...

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Nick wrote:298| James Brown- Fire and Rain

That's an understandable, but still hilarious, confusion to make.

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No! How did I break my perfect attendance on the final, of all rounds? How am I such a lazy asshole?

I was going to vote Arcade Fire, I don’t think it makes a difference...

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Zombeels wrote:I left off Brain Damage /Eclipse because I only like them together. I will be adding it to my list.

Thanks for letting me know. If I may ask, what song did you remove for it?

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I just started making my list, and the first combination case that came up for me is Brain Damage / Eclipse. I see that Brain Damage is listed separately on AM while Eclipse is nowhere to be seen. I would much rather rank them together, since I think the whole is much better than the sum of its par...

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Rdwdbob wrote:Vampire Weekend - 'Hey Ya'

I take it you mean "Ya Hey".

I will nominate "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot.

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1. Johnny Cash - American III: Solitary Man vs. Underworld - Dubnobasswithmyheadman 2. Tindersticks - Tindersticks (II) vs. Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit 3. Nina Simone - In Concert 1964 vs. Panda Bear - Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper 4. Pescado Rabioso - Artaud vs. The Blue Aeroplanes - ...

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The Clean song "Tally Ho" Appears on the clash page! As a consequence, there's no entry for this group This is not an AM error. The Clean was actually The Clash under a different name, a response to the early Clash fans who thought London Calling’s sound was too clean. It doesn’t stop the...

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Has anyone suggested the possibility of songs higher on the AM list taking less time to enter the hall of fame? I don't know how much that would effect, but I think it's something to consider.

My nomination: Madonna - Cherish

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Also of note, the Easybeats have a song that has been titled both Gonna Have A Good Time and Good Times . It's the same song. Thanks for letting me know. As for the songs above, I think they can all be counted together, though if anyone has a second opinion, they should speak up (I'm not particular...

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I'd have to go with a list of songs that don't seem to have been "acclaimed" by the music industry, and thus don't seem to appear in the 10000 song list on this website (or indeed even the longer list including those primed for future inclusion). 37 ¦ Edgar Winter ¦ Frankenstein You may w...

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Life in a Northern Town
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight

Look's like Neil and I are the only ones going full underdog. I've been backing these two pretty strong the whole game, so the choice was easy.

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I suppose my comment may have come off as slightly too derisive: I do enjoy Britney Spears songs (mostly the same two that everyone does, but there's room in my heart for numerous others), although I figure Britney herself can't really take credit for how great most of them are. It's no secret that ...

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137. Britney Spears Score: 225.68 (Votes: 4) Ranked Albums: none Ranked Songs: Toxic (#40), Baby One More Time (#233) Biggest Fan(s): Neil (#7), Bruno (#22) I'm sorry, but I find it beyond offensive that this hack is ranked higher than an all time great like Dinah Washington! What's wrong with you ...

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1. John Coltrane - My Favorite Things vs. Small Faces - Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake 2. Townes Van Zandt - The Late Great Townes Van Zandt vs. CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye 3. Weyes Blood - Front Row Seat to Earth vs. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of... 4. M. Ward - Hold Time vs. Yehuda Poliker ...

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What the hell am I supposed to include on this? I think that, among most of the people I know, Kate Bush could be considered a guilty pleasure...

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Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) (could probably go either way tbh)
Life in a Northern Town
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Driver's Seat

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I will nominate "The Bottle" by Gil Scott-Heron. Bizarrely, although it appears that only live versions are on Spotify (at least in the US), the original studio version actually is there – under the name "Gill Scott".

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1. Levon
2. Queen Jane Approximately
3. Angel
4. Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop

Thanks for hosting this, Bang Jan!

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Tracey Thorn should also have "Protection" in her ranked songs.

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Also need a verdict on "Eruption/You Really Got Me"- Van Halen...1 track or two? They're listed separately on AM, so I'd probably list them as two tracks here. Though, I do find it interesting how "Eruption" is played as the instrumental intro to "You Really Got Me", b...

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Bleu, should the song list in this thread be considered as your entry for the all-time poll? Or do you plan on changing it before the poll closes?

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Cowgirl in the Sand
California
Life in a Northern Town
Bad Reputation (pretty weak matchup tbh)
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Cold Little Heart
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
Driver's Seat

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My thoughts: Maybe I can make a top 1000, although it would be a lot of work. What format would be best? Would a Google sheet be good? Last time I didn't include classical music, because it's too different to compare. Maybe now I would include one track of my ten favorite composers or so. A Google ...

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Um... The Jam song isn't in the poll...

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What’s the purpose of these obvious nominations? I never vote for them. I was hoping there'd be, like, one top 100 (or even 500) song at a time. I think setting specific limits on the higher tier of the acclaimed music list would help this out. Having songs like God Only Knows and How Soon is Now a...

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Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and their ilk are eligible? and you can vote by movement? This will radically change my list :o ; probably more than half of my top 100 will be classical pieces. Coming up with one will definitely take me longer than I planned. Ah, I should have mentioned this in the plannin...

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rumpdoll wrote:One question regarding classical music, is it ok to post one movement of a symphony or only the complete one?

Symphonies can and should be voted for by movement.

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Unlike AM, however, this poll allows for sections of classical pieces as well; for those, you can simply list the composer rather than a recording artist. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and their ilk are eligible? and you can vote by movement? This will radically change my list :o ; probably more than hal...

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Also, in exception to the "single track" rule, "Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End" will be counted as a singular track, as is the case on AM, though this will not apply to any other tracks on Abbey Road . If you can think of any other "medley" tracks that could...

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1. Levon 2. The House that Jack Built 3. Crucify Your Mind 4. The Bells 1. Untitled / Untitled 03 | 05.28.2013 2. Hercules 3. Angel 4. Violently Happy 1. Ramble Tamble 2. Female Vampire 3. Bird of Paradise 4. Vertigo Prelude and Rooftop 1. The Facts of Life 2. Queen Jane Approximately 3. (The Lament...

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It's been three years, and it's once again time for our forum's very own all-time songs poll! In 2015, "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles took the #1 spot. Since then, we've had many new users join, and made many new discoveries as a forum. So let's all pitch in to create an amazing select...

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Well, looks like it's about time to start... thanks for the support and suggestions, everyone!

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TheLastEnemy wrote:I would be very happy to help out with the poll - I don't mind missing the suspense, as for me, watching the results take place would be just as much fun!

Thank you so much! Once everything is set up, I'll PM you a link to the Google Sheet.

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That is a crazy high placement for Rolling in the Deep. I like the song well enough but is it really the #1 song on the list from the 2010s? And above Unfinished Sympathy, Heartbeats, and Glory Box? One of the stories of this poll is the Adele and Amy Winehouse re-appreciation movement. That defini...

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Of course, the 1000 maximum is not an obligation, or even a recommendation. You only need to put in as many songs as you think is feasible or necessary. For me, 500 is the perfect number right now, but I hope that will increase as the years go on. If you can only come up with 250 songs that you cons...

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Thanks for giving a detailed explanation, BleuPanda. I definitely agree with you that the formula ought to be less steep, for pretty much the same reasons. However, I had noticed that many forumers seemed to prefer the steeper curves, probably because the results are more "interesting" tha...

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This is the formula I plan to use if we do lists of 1000. I think this would be enough to get 2000+ songs with enough points. It's using the 500-point scale so it can be compared to previous formulas used. 500*(1+75)/([placement]+75) 1: 500.0 2: 493.5 3: 487.2 4: 481.0 5: 475.0 10: 447.1 50: 304.0 1...

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So, question for all of you: how long do you plan on making your individual lists? I myself don't plan on going farther than 500, but that would still be the most I've ever done.

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Well, I'm certainly faced with a tough decision here. I'll admit, I've sort of cheated by starting to add BleuPanda's list to the spreadsheet (I assume it's not going to change this year). That way, I can get a head start in knowing what's ahead. I could start out by entering top 1000s, then if it p...

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And just for the record, for the formula I planned to use for the max 1000 version of the poll (the same as the one actually used in the 2012 poll), a #1000 song would receive more points than a #500 album did in last year's poll.

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Well, Bleu, now that you mention it... For quite a while, I had been focusing on this messy looking formula proposed by Sonofsamiam back in 2012, before he abandoned it two weeks later. ((500*(1+100)/([placement]+100))+(501-[placement]))/2 The point spread would be: 1: 500.0 2: 497.0 3: 494.1 4: 491...

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No worries about the off-topicness. Anything that sprouts new ideas is fine by me! So, since there seems to be plenty of support for the starting date, I think it's time to move on to the bigger topic at hand. I think we're plenty capable of producing a top 2000 results, and we can do this by expand...

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I'd be on board with the guilty pleasure poll, however difficult it may be to define. If you're going to continue with it, I'd suggest moving it into another thread so we can keep this about the all-time poll.

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