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- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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
Who would've figured that Kesha would be the one to release the Lemonade of 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.
- 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
There's a link. Just sign up for the ones you want to do. And none of them are from 2016.StevieFan13 wrote:Maybe I'll try a few? How many are left? And are any of them from 2016?
- 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
I agree 100% with this.DocBrown wrote:Send them an invoice, then delete the post. Why should you provide anyone with free online advertising?
- 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
Do you two need additional help?Sweepstakes Ron wrote:I can promise nothing, but I can assure you that progress is being made.panam wrote:No problem, but i'm worried the date for the release of results won't be close.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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
"Sorry" is also on Spotify. It's part of Now That's What I Call Music! Vol. 73. (Yes, it is streamable there.)StevieFan13 wrote:Added. Thanks!panam wrote:"Daddy Lessons" is on Spotify
- 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
Which tracks from Lemonade made it? "Formation", "Freedom", "All Night", "Hold Up" and "Sorry"? Is there any more or did I get anything wrong?StevieFan13 wrote:- All of the Beyonce tracks
- 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...
- 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
I thought he was done after posting the #66-126.Dealy_Stan wrote:Otisredding usually goes through multiple edits before the post is complete - I think we just have to be patient.babydoll wrote:I can't see anything past #63.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.)
Selena Gomez - Fetish (This one will not do well, but I really like it anyway.)
- 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
Seriously doubt Moonbeam would like it.Depeche Mode wrote: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.Moonbeam wrote: List
- 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
I'll second this.StevieFan13 wrote:Gonna try and get Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut to the Feeling back in as well
- 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)
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...)Henrik wrote:Ok, thanks! And what about the 31 songs in the playlist above?RB wrote:It's chronological order in the magazine.
- 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?).
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
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
- 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.
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.
- 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.
And Paul Newman died in 2008.
- 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...
- 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'...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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?
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.bootsy wrote:Film: The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca
- 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
There's a good chance he actually might not place.Nick wrote:Oh yeah, and Laurence Olivier. Excited to see where he places.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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?
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 ...