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I cannot play any instruments, but I helped write, record, and produce an album with a friend. Would that be eligible?

Probably not, but just wondering.

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Of the remaining 27 songs, a grand total of SEVEN of them have been released post-1969

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1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There 29 - The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter 30 - The Kinks - You Really Got Me 31 - Elvis Presley - Hound Dog 32 - The Beatles - A Day in...

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This album is going to go diamond, but will it save the music industry? If by that you mean "will it reverse year after year after year of declining sales?" Absolutely not. One mega blockbuster will kick some life in a dying industry, but the effects will be very short lived.

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I've seen speculation about this on Reddit, and it seems entirely possible given the improbability of four 9.3 scores. However it is important to note that Pitchfork's AOTY isn't necessarily the album with the highest score that year. 2002: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (10) and Source Tags & Codes (10)...

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There is only 1 song left that was released post-1979.

I wonder why games like these tend to favor pre-1980 songs SO strongly (much more strongly than our polls), as I've noticed in past games of this nature the same trend.

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Bold prediction time: Pitchfork will give their AOTY 2015 to Black Messiah. Think about it. Black Messiah is a highly critically acclaimed album by an artist beloved by the critical community. Not only that, but it's the first album by D'Angelo in 14 years, AND it also touches on topics relevant to ...

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Sad to see the only pre-50s song go, but it's my least favorite of the songs remaining (still a great song though). 72. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 8. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Foreve...

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5. Radiohead- In Rainbows 6. The Clash- The Clash 11. The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground 13. The Smiths- The Smiths 1. Radiohead- OK computer 7. Simon and Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water 8. Johnny Cash- At Folsom Prison 15. Rod Stewart- Every Picture Tells a Story 2. Pixies- Doolit...

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Also, because they're monster pop songs by critically acclaimed artists, both "Hello" and "Hotline Bling" should have no trouble racking up the critical acclaim.

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I've spent about five minutes trying to come up with a punny way to send this song off, but I've got nothing. 98. Chuck Berry - Maybellene 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 8. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 9. Aretha ...

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RickMayer wrote:10 out of 16... impressive!

What can I say? I spend an inordinate amount of my life looking at album covers.

Also it looks like I screwed up the Kings of Leon album title. It should be "Come Around Sundown", not "Come AFTER Sundown". Oh well.

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1. Alice Cooper- Hey Stoopid 3. Pearl Jam- Lighting Bolt 7. Sonic Youth- Daydream Nation 8. Marvin Gaye- What's Going On 10. Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come 11. Kings of Leon- Come After Sundown 12. Muse- The 2nd Law 13. The Rolling Stones- Voodoo Lounge 14. David Bowie- Reality 15. Eminem- Curtai...

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Nassim wrote:
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That'd be a surprise for me. Loud Places on the other hand.

Call it a crazy hunch about "Gosh". Come to think of it, "Loud Places" should place very highly as well...

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120. The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais It feels oh so wrong to be deleting a Clash song from this list, but everything left is great, and The Clash have a couple songs that beat "Hammersmith" any day. 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. T...

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1. Kendrick Lamar 2. Sufjan Stevens There is no doubt in my mind that these will be the top 2. The rest of the list is a bit harder to guess, but here goes nothing... 3. Tame Impala 4. Courtney Barnett 5. Jamie xx 6. Father John Misty 7. Joanna Newsom 8. Bjork 9. Dr. Dre 10. Grimes Honorable mention...

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I'd like to vote, but of these movies I've seen...

A Trip to the Moon/Le Voyage dans la Lune
Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Duck Soup
Fantasia
Modern Times
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
The Wizard of Oz

...so I'm going to abstain. Sorry, folks.

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I would say that every song left in the game from this point on is "great", but some songs are greater than others. With that being said... 183. Bo Diddley - Bo Diddley 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 8. The Beatle...

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Eh, Kraftwerk have better songs... 154. Kraftwerk - Autobahn 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 8. The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 9. Aretha Franklin - Respect 11. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 12. Chuck Berry ...

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7. Death Cab for Cutie- We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes

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Really not sure what to say during something like this, other than to stay safe Parisian AMers. It's times like these that test my faith in humanity, but the overwhelming camaraderie that has come forth since the attacks is more than enough to restore it.

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Is there anyone who actually agrees this is among the top 100 and change songs of all time? It's a good song, but you won't find another song that has such a disproportionate amount of acclaim when compared to the amount that the song is actually talked about. 112. Underworld - Born Slippy 2. Nirvan...

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4. George Micheal- Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1
6. Jellyfish- Bellybutton
7. Public Enemy- Fear of a Black Planet

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11. Loverboy- Get Lucky

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This should be the up to date list. I've removed "When Doves Cry" (as it was spiritualized's pick) and my pick for removal is........ 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 7. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 8. The Beatles - St...

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Looks like I took all the super obvious covers. Good luck with the other ones, forumers. I don't have a clue.

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2. Eagles- Hotel California
3. Smashing Pumpkins- Adore
7. Death Cab for Cutie- Transatlanticism
10. The Smiths- Meat is Murder
11. James Brown- Live at the Apollo 1963

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Goodness gracious 151. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire Eliminated: 68. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 24. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message 178. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My Head 139. Gene Vincent - Be-Bop-a-Lula 199. Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers - Why Do Fools...

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3. Massive Attack- Blue Lines 5. Kanye West- The College Dropout 7. Queen- A Night at the Opera 11. Daft Punk- Homework 4. Love- Forever Changes 6. David Bowie- Hunky Dory 14. Husker Du- Zen Arcade 15. Bob Marley and The Wailers- Natty Dread 1. LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver 12. Joni Mitchell- Blu...

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We can eliminate a song once a day, right? Well since I eliminated "Be-Bop-a-Lula" last night, I figure it's time for another elimination... Eliminated: 68. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 24. Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five - The Message 178. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You Out of My ...

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4. Nirvana- Incesticide

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1. Blur- Parklife
3. Cyndi Lauper- She's So Unusual
5. Beck-Odelay
7. Prince- Sign O the Times
8. Arctic Monkeys- Whatever People Say I Am...
9. Portishead- Dummy
11. Bruce Springsteen- The Ghost of Tom Joad
12. NWA- Straight Outta Compton
13. Led Zeppelin- Presence
14. REM- Reckoning

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2. Yes- Tormato
5. Billy Joel- Glass Houses
8. Journey- Escape
12. Kiss- Love Gun
14. Scorpions- Animal Magnetism

Fun game!

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1. Bob Dylan - Like a Rolling Stone 2. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit 3. The Beatles - A Day in the Life 4. The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations 5. The Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 6. Marvin Gaye - I Heard It Through the Grapevine 7. The Ronettes - Be My Baby 8. The Beatles - Strawb...

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Loveless
The Low End Theory
At Fillmore East
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs

Fun House
Appetite for Destruction
Agaetis Byrjun
The Marshall Mathers LP

Stankonia
Modern Vampires of the City
Daydream Nation
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

Born to Run
Illinois
Catch a Fire
Silent Shout

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Ok, Art Angels is jumping straight to my top 10 of the year, probably #3 if it stands the test of the next 2 months. And based on how awesome it is and first reviews, I'm calling "Kill v Maim" critics EOY top 10. Just got done listening to it. Based off "Realiti" and "Flesh...

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It's tough call. Some years of note-

Every year between 1965-1973

1975

1977

1991

1994

2000

2007

2010

...what can I say? I'm a sucker for classic rock.

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I'd really like to participate, but I'm not sure if I've seen enough to contribute a worthwhile list. Is there a minimum number of films to have seen that's recommended for voting?

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Okay, so far everything I've heard off of the new Grimes album has been sounding really, really good. I loved "Realiti", and now "Flesh Without Blood" is another dose of Grime's avant garde take on pop music. Logically I should be super excited about this album, but... ...the cov...

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Not a clue. Punk, if you count proto-punk, post-punk, and some various other offshoots of the genre, might be my favorite though. You've got... Proto-Punk: The Velvet Underground MC5 The Stooges Patti Smith The Modern Lovers New York Dolls Punk: Ramones Sex Pistols The Clash Post-Punk: Elvis Costell...

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In a slightly similar vein to this, who would you guys consider the Top Artist right now? I guess this all comes down to what we define as "right now". I'd like to say Kanye, but "Yeezus" cane out 2 and a half years ago. So if we define "right now" as anything from the...

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No Tame Impala or Arcade Fire? Only glaring thing about this list, besides the absence of those bands, is Paramore at number 9. I like Deerhunter, but even though they're not my number one they're still a good choice. And I enjoy Sleater-Kinney, but i can't see how they'd warrant such a high positio...

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Oh yeah, and I've also seen How to Train Your Dragon 2. That one was decent.

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I really need to start watching more movies... 1. Boyhood (absolutely fantastic movie, one of the most unconventionally beautiful movies I've ever seen) 2. It Follows (one of my most original horror films I've seen. I typically hate horror, but this was flat out amazing) 3. The Grand Budapest Hotel ...

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I'm going to see Blur in NYC on Friday!!!!! With Courtney Barnett opening!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

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After reading all the negative posts I knew I had to listen to this. My thoughts. I actually liked this song a lot better than most of the other posters here. I like the (early) Scott Walker-esque singing, the melody is great, and I also really enjoyed the instrumentation, particularly the strings, ...

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- I actually love the art for Flying Lotus's "You're Dead"! - That being said I hate the art for the new Grimes album - Excited to hear the newest by Joanna Newsom, Deerhunter, and Neon Indian - Julia Holter's newest album is really good, even better than "Loud City Song". Really...

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Re-done top almost 50 songs... 1. Tame Impala- Let it Happen 2. Courtney Barnett- Pedestrian at Best 3. Jamie xx- Gosh 4. Grimes- Realiti 5. Jamie xx (featuring Young Thug and Popcaan)- I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Times) 6. Kendrick Lamar- The Blacker the Berry 7. Miguel (featuring Wale)- Coffee 8...

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Going to have to add "Ch-Ching" by Chairlift, "Energy" and "Hotline Bling" by Drake, and "Run Away With Me" by Carly Rae Jepsen (I'm beyond judgement) to my list. Lots of enjoyable pop music.

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Sorry for the somewhat irrelevant post, but it's pretty crazy to see Pauline Oliveros's name here as she's currently a professor at my school. I haven't had a class with her, but my best friend has, and I got to meet her after I saw her perform on campus. She seems like a very nice lady. Really all ...

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