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[*]Henry, I'm not sure Henrik said that just about Björk. (Portishead maybe ?) i can speak for Björk. I'm not fond of electronic music, but this one is above genres. She's very original AND a great songwriter in the classical sense. Incredible voice, incredible athmospheres. She's got a world of her...

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Led Zeppelin yes, it hurts, but it would be a false vote to pick Satchmo
John Coltrane easy
AC/DC pretty easy, because their music is simple and I like it
Miles Davis sooo easy
Bob Marley ridiculously easy
Frank Sinatra it must have hurt, Greg
Ramones same as ACDC
The Clash more consistent

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Ridiculous win by Guns.
Have you forgotten how great Chuck was ? Even better than the king IMO. He was a fantastiv songwriter

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Stones
Wilco
Beck
Creedence
Doors
Pass
Bjork
Hendrix

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Basie
Folk singer
Aux armes
Jackson C Frank

The latest is my favorite of the lot

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Stephan, I agree on both counts; my fave rock'n'roll artist is not Elvis but Chuck
And yes Marley rules for his incredible string of albums and hits

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How the hell do you know Chantal Goya ??? She was my little sister's idol

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Yeah it's interesting to see that 50's rnr matters less for the new generations. For my generation it was a sort of fascinating golden age, even if it lasted like 4 or 5 years.It's still a golden age for the classic rock lovers and early punks, but less for the indie/rap/electro generation. As I sai...

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The problem with Elvis is that he was only excellent for a couple of years, around his 1956 peak. At that time he was just divine, musically and for what he stood for : think about how many singers told in interviews how seeing him on TV changed their lives (the Beatles, Springsteen and many others)...

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I was not accusing anybody, I'm no judge, I was just saying that the singer songwriter doesn't apply in the 50's
The rest is personal opinion. To my ears «That's all right Mama» sounds as fresh as a peach in summer, and some cheap jazz can sound stale

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But Nicolas, I don't think one needs to suspend disbelief the last fifty years of musical history did or did not happen in order to judge old music. If music doesn't sound as good after time pages, that's not 'viewing with modern eyes', that's music not aging well. Your tendancy to overgeneralize t...

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By saying that you don't put yourself in a 50's perspective. The notion of singer/songwriter became of importance in the 60's with Dylan, so applied to the 50's it is anachronistic. No, Elvis was not a songwriter but in country/blues/early rnr this notion is not relevant. If you take Robert Johnson'...

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Here's my list in progress . So far only 10 albums. I have a lot of listening to do, and tough choices to make between albums I've heard long ago (Human Touch, Tostaky, Arthur H,P Weller, N Young...) and those I've never properly listened to (RATM, Lucinda Williams, Les Innocents, Arrested Dev and m...

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Yes, Jackson, Wu-Tang Clan's "Protect Ya Neck" is eligible for 1992. According to RYM and Wikipedia, it was originally released in 1992 as part of the "Protect Ya Neck"/"After The Laughter Comes Tears" single by Wu-Tang Records. Please amend your lists accordingly if yo...

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Please think before you say that Elvis (or Eminem) stole from black music. This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Did anybody ever say that Chuck Berry (who was a huge country fan), Miles or Stevie (or the TVOR singer) stole from white music ? Absurd to oppose black vs white like this. P...

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David Bowie (in one of the most ridiculous match-ups !) Ray Charles (what is Kanye West compared to the Genius ? not even a dwarf) Queen (alas) Outkast (so much more colorful and it's not a bad racist joke) Arcaed Fire (tough choice, they're more consistent I would say) Chuck B (who dared voting for...

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Lurking... I love that word... So expressive

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Please provide a top 5 (or more) of your favorite albums of 2012, even if you've just heard 5 records :D Mine (I've heard 7 albums) 1. Bhi Bhiman - Bhiman (thanks Rocky R, it's a great record) folk 4.5 2. The El Gusto Orchestra of Algiers - El Gusto OST (Algerian Buena Vista) 4 3. Carolina Chocolate...

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Yes, you're right and I have to apologise myself for reacting so swiftly. I'm having hard times (the job mainly) and I misunderstood Rocky's friendly bluntness. So Rocky please keep on being blunt and direct. And yes the Bad Livers rule. And I'm surprised by the lacks of Jayhawks on your lists, gent...

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Well, it depends My parents and grandparents were very fond of Georges Brassens, and at 3 or 4 I used to sing his songs by hearts, bad words and all, without understanding most of it. and now he's still one of my very favorites. Then from that age to 11 or 12 I wasn't much intersted in music -but in...

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And to understand the very first question (why no conversations anymore) maybe it has to do with the fact that we old regulars are more busy than before and have less time ???

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Brits and Americans don't have a second language like we do Henrik I don't understand this sentence. Do we have a second language ? I don't think so. I forgot you are French! :lol: :lol: yes I am, and from a country where the teaching of English is kinda bad. It's changing now, though : my daughter...

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Prince
Coldplay
Elvis Costello
Michael Jackson
The Police
Joy Division
Peter Gabriel
The Cure

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Henrik wrote:Brits and Americans don't have a second language like we do

Henrik I don't understand this sentence. Do we have a second language ? I don't think so.

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I'm only somewhat familiar with the artists listed above (what little I have heard of Kuti though was great) so maybe my opinion isn't the most well informed, but a possible reason for why the artists listed above pale in comparison to the classic Beatles/Radiohead/Dylan/Rolling Stones echelon we h...

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no, no, I was talking about Somalia in fact. Zanzibar is Ok, maybe a little unsecure at night (according to the French ministry of foreign affairs , but if you follow their advice by the letter , you don't go anywhere :lol: ) except maybe to Switzerland (you won't get assaulted by bankers) This site...

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Bracket 1.3.1 Richard Bona - Ekwa Mwato 4.25 Mahmoud Ahmed - Ere Mela Mela 5 "Ekwa Wato" is an excellent song, greatly performed and arranged, but cannot do anything against one of my very favorite songs of all time (and my cell ringtone) Bracket 1.3.2 Master Musicians of Tanzania - Nhongo...

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Dan wrote:"True friends stab you in the front."
- Oscar Wilde

Now that we (nearly) lost nj, it's Dan's turn to be cryptic (in a more litterary way)

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R.E.M.
Blur
The Beastie Boys
The Smiths
Nirvana
Willie Nelson
Sonic Youth
Johnny Cash

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Apologies accepted, I might have overreacted just a little bit.

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Listyguy wrote:Sure, what's your email?

And I would just like to admit that my list is R.E.M. overkill (as a few people have pointed out), but that album just towers above everything else from the year.

Can you just post it here again ? That's what I actually meant. Thank you !

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Rocky thanks for your opinion, I got it even if I could have done without personal remarks (and it's not the first time). What did I do to you that you always need to pick on me ? :D I'm usually a nice guy, and only fools don't change their minds. So if you don't think we should put a limit, let's n...

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Top 15's with 5, 6, even 11 R.E.M. songs? WTF?!?! Sorry for being so acidic people, and I don't wanna question anybody's music taste, but this is a serious offence to all the other great music released in 1992. And the funny thing about it is that Automic For The People ain't so fantastic at all. I...

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Well, I missed the songs last month, so I'm gonna get it out of the way now. 1- Nightswimming - R.E.M. 2- Drive - R.E.M. Listyguy, sorry to bother but could you please send me your list according to the following format (as specified in the rules above) :?: 1. artist - song Thank you, you can't ima...

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Don't forget that Radiohead's "Creep" is eligible as 1992.

even if the single was out in '93, it was releazsed in a compilation in 1992 so it's rightfully from 1992.

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I guess Jeremy and Enter Sandman were victims of the new point scale : Magnetic Fields qualifies with only two votes, but two #1; and Bonnie Raitt had only 3 or 4 votes.

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Another great French rock group was Les Innocents. They're not on Youtube

"L'Autre Finistère"

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Noir Désir's Tostaky is the most acclaimed (and excellent) French record of 1992. I really love the title song

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Bob Dylan
Tom Waits
Pink Floyd
Neil Young
Leonard Cohen
The Velvet Underground
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Nick Drake

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Episode 3 : 1992 Please submit at least your favorite 5 songs and/or albums of the year 1992. Lists must be ranked. Only the top 15 songs/albums will be given points. The deadline is midnight (Pacific Time) on the 30th of April . For the scoring, rules and other details check here . 15 albums/songs ...

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Can't say I'm unhappy for the Sheller nominations (1st and 2nd respectively in my lists). I hope people will play the game and actually listen to those foreign songs in december for the final.

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At least there was a significant gap between the last one in and the first one out

Songs to follow in a couple hours

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songs 1 . R.E.M. - Losing My Religion 2 . William Sheller - Un homme heureux 3 . Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 4 . U2 - One 5 . Cesária Evora - Cize 6 . Cesária Evora - Mar azul 7 . Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell 8 . Pearl Jam - Alive 9 . Robert Wyatt - The Sight Of The Wind 10 . Nirvana - Come...

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Ferus Mustafov - Orient cocek 4.25 Marta Sebestyen - Harom Arva 3.5 Great infectious mix of funk and Gypsy music against a New Age tainted folk song. No match. Marta SEbestyen has a nice voice, but I don’t buy the arrangement. Bracket 4.2.6 Korni - S dnem rozhdeniya Vika 2 Romica Puceanu & Flor...

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1. The Beatles
2. The Beach Boys
3. Simon & Garfunkel
4. The Kinks
5. James Brown
6. Curtis Mayfield
7. Sly & The Family stone
8. Funkadelic
9. The Zombies
10.Sigur Ros

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