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by babydoll
Fri Aug 11, 2017 3:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cold War II
Replies: 6
Views: 12849

Re: Cold War II

North Korea tends to be more the subject of jokes than anything over here, and so does Donald Trump for that matter. A lot of people here treat both Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump to be a joke. Of course, there are people who don't treat Trump like a joke, but that's a different story. I'm just getti...
by babydoll
Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cold War II
Replies: 6
Views: 12849

Cold War II

I'm sure that we all know that in the chaos of Trump's presidency, North Korea has gained a frightening amount of nuclear power rather rapidly. One missile can even reach Chicago. I'm a little freaked about it. I'm just curious on the global thoughts on this Cold War II. Henrik, if you feel this is ...
by babydoll
Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:20 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Upcoming Albums: August 2017
Replies: 16
Views: 13811

Re: Upcoming Albums: August 2017

BleuPanda wrote:I featured Kesha's Rainbow largely due to the cultural importance of the record being released, but the early reviews are actually really positive.
Who would've figured that Kesha would be the one to release the Lemonade of 2017?
by babydoll
Wed Aug 09, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Review Blurbs for Top 500 Albums
Replies: 52
Views: 34639

Re: Review Blurbs for Top 500 Albums

StevieFan13 wrote:Maybe I'll try a few? How many are left? And are any of them from 2016?
There's a link. Just sign up for the ones you want to do. And none of them are from 2016.
by babydoll
Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:50 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Advertising in the forum
Replies: 7
Views: 6025

Re: Advertising in the forum

DocBrown wrote:Send them an invoice, then delete the post. Why should you provide anyone with free online advertising?
I agree 100% with this.
by babydoll
Wed Aug 09, 2017 4:47 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:
panam wrote:No problem, but i'm worried the date for the release of results won't be close.
I can promise nothing, but I can assure you that progress is being made.
Do you two need additional help?
by babydoll
Sun Aug 06, 2017 1:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Women in film music composition: recommendations?
Replies: 4
Views: 3703

Re: Women in film music composition: recommendations?

Rachel Portman scored both The Cider House Rules and Chocolat, both of which she received a lot of praise for.
by babydoll
Sat Aug 05, 2017 7:17 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

It's not fair to continue to tabulate or switch up ratings WAY after their due date.
by babydoll
Sat Aug 05, 2017 6:03 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

Still working, I apologize for the delay. I wasn't expecting as much of a turnout as we had, as many revisions as we had, and the limits of my own schedule with a new job. Like i said before, I'll update this when i've completed tabulating as a 24-hour advance warning for any last minute updates, a...
by babydoll
Fri Aug 04, 2017 12:12 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Jirin's Listening Music Discovery Game
Replies: 116
Views: 62714

Re: Thinking of listening project for 2017

Only big mark against the album is that In The Ghetto is on it. This is the most condescending god damn song I’ve ever heard. It paints a picture that every poor person spends their day brawling, starving, reproducing and cursing their circumstances. I can’t listen to this song. I offer up "Al...
by babydoll
Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:18 pm
Forum: Female artists
Topic: NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women
Replies: 19
Views: 21674

Re: NPR: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women

A lot of modern artists took the shaft: Grimes, Julia Holter, Angel Olsen, Warpaint, and in older ones, Cat Power or Neko Case... While writing the list down, I almost thought Joanna Newsom wouldn't make it, until she popped up at #141. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift, Miranda Lambert and Adele are here. T...
by babydoll
Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:42 am
Forum: Artists’ favourites
Topic: Favorite albums or songs by acclaimed artists
Replies: 78
Views: 162216

Re: Favorite albums or songs by acclaimed artists

Prince's "Starfish & Coffee"? I like this man.
by babydoll
Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:54 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs Recently Added To Spotify
Replies: 77
Views: 49857

Re: Albums and Songs Recently Added To Spotify

Damn about that Joanna Newsom. "Emily" would be a great addition to my playlist featuring only my absolute favorite songs.

Loretta Lynn's magnum opus, Van Lear Rose, as well as the song "Portland, Oregon", is now featured on the U.S. Spotify. Yes! I'm so happy.
by babydoll
Sat Jul 22, 2017 8:24 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Review Blurbs for Top 500 Albums
Replies: 52
Views: 34639

Re: Review Blurbs for Top 500 Albums

Oh, right. Personal crisis made me forget this. Sorry, Henrik. I'll get to this. I do have to say that it is a bit difficult especially when an album isn't as widely written about as, say, The White Album or Pet Sounds.
by babydoll
Sat Jul 22, 2017 7:30 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Overlooked Songs 2 planning
Replies: 14
Views: 8405

Re: Overlooked Songs 2 planning

23. Foals - Spanish Sahara 69. Bikini Kill - Rebel Girl 99. Brian Eno - Needles in the Camel's Eye 103. Le Tigre - Deceptacon 120. The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends 189. Mercury Rev - Holes 246. The Horrors - Still Life 253. Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong 379. Les Rita Mitsouko - Marcia Bai...
by babydoll
Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:15 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Classic albums with questionable lead singles
Replies: 10
Views: 9046

Re: Classic albums with questionable lead singles

I like The Girl Is Mine. But is it really a good lead single on an album with "Billie Jean", "Beat It" and "Thriller"? I think not. I also think that for Bad , MJ should have had the title track as the lead single instead of "I Just Can't Stop Loving You". I ...
by babydoll
Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:05 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Overlooked Songs 2 planning
Replies: 14
Views: 8405

Re: Overlooked Songs 2 planning

Can I still say I'm shocked that Dusty Springfield's "The Windmills of Your Mind" made it all the way to the finals? It's well-deserved...
by babydoll
Wed Jul 19, 2017 3:44 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: List of songs to be added to AM 2017
Replies: 196
Views: 114684

Re: List of songs to be added to AM 2017

StevieFan13 wrote:
panam wrote:"Daddy Lessons" is on Spotify
Added. Thanks!
"Sorry" is also on Spotify. It's part of Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 73. (Yes, it is streamable there.)
by babydoll
Mon Jul 17, 2017 9:00 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: List of songs to be added to AM 2017
Replies: 196
Views: 114684

Re: List of songs to be added to AM 2017

StevieFan13 wrote:- All of the Beyonce tracks
Which tracks from Lemonade made it? "Formation", "Freedom", "All Night", "Hold Up" and "Sorry"? Is there any more or did I get anything wrong?
by babydoll
Sun Jul 16, 2017 3:04 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

Well, if I have anything to say about it, Carole will rocket up, out of the bottom 10! Also, limiting spoilers, I placed Back in Black in my top 100, so Steviefan is not alone. Should we start a predictions thread? First, may God have mercy on yours and Stevie's souls. [I seriously dislike AC/DC (a...
by babydoll
Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:32 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: MCCh 2017 (12) July 15
Replies: 11
Views: 11256

Re: MCCh 2017 (12) July 15

Dealy_Stan wrote:
babydoll wrote:I can't see anything past #63.
Otisredding usually goes through multiple edits before the post is complete - I think we just have to be patient.
I thought he was done after posting the #66-126.
by babydoll
Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: MCCh 2017 (12) July 15
Replies: 11
Views: 11256

Re: MCCh 2017 (12) July 15

I can't see anything past #63.
by babydoll
Sat Jul 15, 2017 1:52 am
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties
Replies: 4
Views: 7313

Re: Rolling Stone: 100 Greatest Movies of the Nineties

Surprised but not exactly disappointed at the lack of American Beauty, Saving Private Ryan, Sixth Sense, or the original Babe (but the sequel oddly enough is included). I think the Babe sequel is actually having a resurgence. It's one of the cult classics where people say it was horrible on its rel...
by babydoll
Sat Jul 15, 2017 12:57 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Weekly Chart 17.26
Replies: 4
Views: 4488

Re: AMF Weekly Chart 17.26

Lana Del Rey - Summer Bummer
Selena Gomez - Fetish (This one will not do well, but I really like it anyway.)
by babydoll
Fri Jul 14, 2017 8:54 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

Depeche Mode wrote:
Moonbeam wrote: List
Hi Moonbeam, have you ever listened to Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz? It should probably be in my top 10, I can't ever get tired of it, I'm wondering if you'd like it.
Seriously doubt Moonbeam would like it.
by babydoll
Fri Jul 07, 2017 1:38 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Weekly Chart 17.25
Replies: 9
Views: 8655

Re: AMF Weekly Chart 17.25

StevieFan13 wrote:Gonna try and get Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling back in as well
I'll second this.
by babydoll
Fri Jul 07, 2017 12:21 am
Forum: Radiohead
Topic: ✅ Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)
Replies: 11
Views: 16611

Re: Uncut (UK) - Radiohead’s top 30 songs (2017)

Henrik wrote:
RB wrote:It's chronological order in the magazine.
Ok, thanks! And what about the 31 songs in the playlist above?
I would just go with the chronological order, especially considering that it's what it says on the link you provided. (Was the Spotify playlist there, because it's not there anymore...)
by babydoll
Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:47 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)
Replies: 17
Views: 21162

Re: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)

It's amazing how "Rehab" did great during the last AMF Song poll, but here, "Back to Black" is kicking its ass (did it even make the top 1000 last time?).
by babydoll
Tue Jul 04, 2017 4:16 am
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

113 Rue McLanahan 73.01700544 Wait, Rue McClanahan almost made the top 100? As a Golden Girls fanatic, I am seriously freaking out right now. Who voted for her? (I'm too lazy to look it up.) She was amazing in Maude , too. Even though, it doesn't seem Estelle Getty even received a vote, because I t...
by babydoll
Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:04 am
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

23. Louis de Funès I know Louis de Funès is an icon, but I have never ever heard the title of any one of his movies. Can you recommend some? I would certainly like to see some of his work. And these are mine of my meager 30: 09 | Setsuko Hara 12 | Jeanne Moreau 24 | Vivien Leigh 29 | Lillian Gish 3...
by babydoll
Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: Lists published later
Topic: Billboard - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997: Critic's Picks
Replies: 8
Views: 5878

Re: Billboard - The 100 Greatest Pop Songs of 1997: Critic's Picks

It is eligible, but I don't think it will ever be added, because then someone would have to find out what songs on AM that were considered eligible for the list, which seems rather complicated. It would also have to be decided for all future 1997 song additions on AM. I'm confused. Do you mean as i...
by babydoll
Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:12 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)
Replies: 17
Views: 21162

Re: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)

01 | Back to Black
02 | Rehab
03 | Love Is a Losing Game
04 | Some Unholy War
05 | He Can Only Hold Her
06 | Tears Dry on Their Own
07 | You Know I'm No Good
08 | Me & Mr. Jones
09 | Addicted
10 | Just Friends
11 | Wake Up Alone
by babydoll
Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:11 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Delmer Daves directed Broken Arrow, not Anthony Mann.

And I say Jack Nicholson is runner-up with Robert De Niro being crowned supreme. Dear Lord, I have gotta watch Taxi Driver and Raging Bull one of these days.
by babydoll
Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:40 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Anastasia was released in 1956. However, I am a bit surprised and pleased that Ingrid Bergman ended up being this high. I honestly expected Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep and Bette Davis to rank higher than her.

And Paul Newman died in 2008.
by babydoll
Fri Jun 30, 2017 9:49 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Also, just saying: unless I missed her, Katherine Hepburn doesn't seem to have shown up yet... Good! Because I watching Suddenly, Last Summer with both Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn. I used to think Katharine Hepburn was nothing compared to Elizabeth Taylor in this movie, but watching this...
by babydoll
Thu Jun 29, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Embarrassing fact: Cranston earned high marks on my list not just for Breaking Bad and All the Way (which I had the great privilege of seeing on Broadway), but also for his role as Vitaly the tiger in the highly underrated Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. Malcolm in the Middle is on Netflix; he'...
by babydoll
Tue Jun 27, 2017 11:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you agree that these are the most acclaimed works of their respective mediums?
Replies: 17
Views: 16561

Re: Do you agree that these are the most acclaimed works of their respective mediums?

Furthermore you point out that Vertigo, 2001, Tokyo Story are on top of theyshootpictures list. You are missing the point here and I think you are missing the OP's point and that is those movies are not on or at the top of MANY lists and not just a few here and there. I think the OP is looking for ...
by babydoll
Mon Jun 26, 2017 9:56 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Wow, I just realized we potentially have some serious amount of women coming up. Katharine Hepburn, Ingrid Bergman, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Joan Crawford, and Barbara Stanwyck are just some who could make it in the top thirty-five. That's impressive. Okay, I know a couple of them ...
by babydoll
Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you agree that these are the most acclaimed works of their respective mediums?
Replies: 17
Views: 16561

Re: Do you agree that these are the most acclaimed works of their respective mediums?

bootsy wrote:Film: The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca
You included both The Shawshank Redemption and Casablanca over Vertigo, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Tokyo Story? Gotta say, I'm shaking my head over here.
by babydoll
Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Nick wrote:Oh yeah, and Laurence Olivier. Excited to see where he places.
There's a good chance he actually might not place.
by babydoll
Sun Jun 25, 2017 1:59 am
Forum: Other magazines/websites
Topic: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)
Replies: 21
Views: 15531

Re: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)

Since then, I've seen the rise of others, including Taylor and (gasp) even Bieber. (Who is now, suddenly, acclaimed, when the only difference I hear in his music is better production values. Some of this might be that everyone loves a good redemption story.) His voice is also tolerably listenable n...
by babydoll
Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:21 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Bummer about the lack of women in the top 10 (or half the top 50). I feel like I have at least a decent idea of who some of them are, and if I know my film history, I have a pretty good idea which woman is going to at least crack the top 20 (and she's good at singing ABBA songs). I am sincerely pra...
by babydoll
Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

Bummer about the lack of women in the top 10 (or half the top 50). I feel like I have at least a decent idea of who some of them are, and if I know my film history, I have a pretty good idea which woman is going to at least crack the top 20 (and she's good at singing ABBA songs). I am sincerely pra...
by babydoll
Fri Jun 23, 2017 10:32 pm
Forum: 1990s
Topic: Slant Magazine - The 10 Best Albums of Each Year (1990-1999)
Replies: 15
Views: 18139

Re: Slant Magazine - The 10 Best Albums of Each Year (1990-1999)

I'm actually kinda offended that Madonna's I'm Breathless is supposedly the "fifth best album released in 1990." There's a reason why most Madonna fans consider that one of her worst, excluding "Vogue" and "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)", of course.
by babydoll
Thu Jun 22, 2017 3:41 am
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

I just looked it up. Scarlett Johansson has NEVER been nominated for an Oscar. I'm surprised. She seems like someone who has just been nominated so many times. In my opinion, and BonnieLaurel's, she is the best actress of the new millennium so far.
by babydoll
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:58 pm
Forum: Other magazines/websites
Topic: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)
Replies: 21
Views: 15531

Re: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)

But shouldn't it not count considering it's metal and Rolling Stone is most definitely not a metal list? As I mentioned, this list is currently ineligible. I'm just posting it for posterity's sake and put the link in the "Album genre lists from non-genre sources" thread. If Henrik changes...
by babydoll
Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:45 pm
Forum: Other magazines/websites
Topic: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)
Replies: 21
Views: 15531

Re: Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time (2017)

But shouldn't it not count considering it's metal and Rolling Stone is most definitely not a metal list?
by babydoll
Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread
Replies: 361
Views: 265443

Re: AMF Favorite Albums of All-Time -- List Thread

Why don't you just put your entire list in one post? It can obviously handle 500+ albums.
by babydoll
Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:49 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

The hype machine definitely put more scrutiny on Jennifer Lawrence than anyone (let alone her) could handle, but I don't know if I'd say she has an ego. If anything, she's her own harshest critic, and her laid-back demeanor can sometimes make you forget how completely lost she can get in a role. Fo...
by babydoll
Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:57 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results
Replies: 109
Views: 86522

Re: AMF's 100 Greatest TV and Film Actors and Actresses of All Time (2017): Results

That said, Dexter, I highly recommend The Band Wagon with Fred and Cyd. It's to Broadway what Singin' In The Rain is to movies and just as good. The only downside is that Cyd Charisse can't act her way out of the paper bag, but still dances quite well. Yeah, I was shocked when I checked again that ...

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