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Rob

As per usual I tried to avoid personal favoritism, for a more historical view, with the caveat that I should at least like the artist (George Michael when? Never if I could help it). Though I did allow myself Lana Del Rey this time, as she has made enough great work by now to make the favoritism mor...

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Marquee Moon, both album and song, where somewhat important to me in learning to get a deeper appreciation for guitars and instrumental interplay. Beautiful stuff!

Rest in peace.

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Jackson Browne – Rock Me On the Water: 8 I don't know a whole lot of Jackson Browne songs, but his songs have a tendency to be growers, something I learned here to after four listens. Paul Young – Love of the Common People: 7 I perhaps wouldn't like this as much if I heard it for the first time this...

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The new one always starts on January 31.

I don't know why we didn't get one for December though.

Rob

Today we get the third appearance by Arcade Fire here and the first from andy1010’s list. With this third song they join Prince, Jeff Tweedy, Rod Stewart and John Lennon for most appearing artist. Though it should be said that Prince and Arcade Fire are the only ones to get there with just one act, ...

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And now we are ready to give everyone their sixth song on Biggest Fan. Musicman is first and he has one of those songs that, although it’s not a shock it didn’t land on any other lists, I could also have imagined making a few more. It’s one of those tracks I seem to have always known. I never new it...

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We close the fifth round of nominations with this song from Henry’s long list. Saturate before using.

364. Jackson Browne – Rock Me On the Water
Year: 1972
Album: Jackson Browne
Biggest Fan: Henry (#834)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Mariah Carey – If It’s Over: 3 There are few songs that shout as loudly: "LISTEN TO MY VOCAL POWERS AND BE IMPRESSED!" And shout she does. This is vocal acrobatics as empty posturing. There is no sense of Carey ever being part of the song. I can't ease into her emotions. For me this is not...

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We’re almost done with the fifth round of everyone’s picks, but it’s not over yet. For example, we still have an early Mariah Carey song from bonnielaurel’s list. 363. Mariah Carey – If It’s Over Year: 1991 Album: Emotions Biggest Fan: bonnielaurel (#596) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later ...

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Majical Cloudz – Childhood’s End: 6
Oh, it's this one. I would have rated this higher if not for the "On me, me, me" parts, that make it seem mawkish to me.

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BleuPanda’s eligible songs for Biggest Fan at this point have mostly been electronic or ambient pop in nature and today’s pick is no different. The song ranks on AM at #7728. 362. Majical Cloudz – Childhood’s End Year: 2013 Album: Impersonator Biggest Fan: BleuPanda (#781) Don’t forget you can alway...

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Chad & Jeremy – A Summer Song: 7
Even without any lyrics I feel that "A Summer Song" would have been the only logical title. It may not be a work of staggering originality, but it definitely delivers what it promises.

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The irony of the user named stone37 is that they actually had exclusively soft rock. This time however, they support a real Chad. And Jeremy too. The song is bubblin’ under like a stone on AM. 361. Chad & Jeremy – A Summer Song Year: 1964 Album: Yesterday’s Gone Biggest Fan: stone37 (#745) Don’t...

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Gorillaz, featuring Daley – Doncamatic: 8
A bit of a deep cut, I guess, but I find it very enjoyable.

Pablo Milanés – Yo No Te Pido: 7
Good voice indeed.

Listyguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 1:10 pm Don't Ask Me Why - 9

Just to be clear, I don't count votes for your own picks if you didn't vote for anything else in the last 100.

Rob

Otisredding returns to his native language for the second time, though not to his native country, as today’s artist is from Cuba. 360. Pablo Milanés – Yo No Te Pido Year: 1978 Album: No Me Pidas Biggest Fan: Otisredding (#418) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

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Sweepstakes Ron gives us our second Gorillaz track for this edition of Biggest Fan. This specific song is about 10 minutes shorter than their previous entry. 359. Gorillaz, featuring Daley - Doncamatic Year: 2010 Released as a single Biggest Fan: Sweepstakes Ron (#14) Don’t forget you can always vot...

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Billy Joel – Don't Ask Me Why: 4
Billy Joel is equally capable of great songs and of bad ones. This one, with it's vague tropical element is especially tacky.

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Billy Joel appeared no less than five time during the first edition of Biggest Fan, but this time we have only found him in the lyrics of deja vu by Olivia Rodrigo. That all changes today, thanks to Listyguy. 358. Billy Joel – Don’t Ask Me Why Year: 1980 Album: Glass Houses Biggest Fan: listyguy (#6...

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New York Dolls - Trash: 8
I have serenaded this song to a lot of women I have fallen in love with over the years.

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After yesterday’s obscure pick we go back to something more classic, a bubblin’ under song from a highly acclaimed album. Leave it to fasbjd to go glam in the most trashy way possible. 357. New York Dolls - Trash Year: 1973 Album: New York Dolls Biggest Fan: fasbjd (#650) Don’t forget you can always...

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Sun Dial – Easy for You: 6
Pleasant to the ears, but never quite went farther than background music for me.

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After a string of acclaimed or popular songs it is time to get back something more obscure, like today’s pick from CupOfDreams’ list.

356. Sun Dial – Easy for You
Year: 2010
Album: Reflector
Biggest Fan: CupOfDreams (#852)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Vampire Weekend - Cousins: 7
A very typical Vampire Weekend song. The good thing about that is that is fun. The downside is that this is not one I would personally chose for a list, but to each their own.

Rob

What's Going On is a bizarre number one here. All the other ones here draw on big concepts, while Gaye only goes for vague dissatisfaction. There are hundreds of great albums in that mold, but they are justly not here. Otherwise, it's a fun list. Surprised they went with Dirty Computer over The Arch...

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After two songs by Twenty One Pilots Arsalan abandons his avian ambitions for a weekend with his cousins of the dark. The song ranks on AM at #5698. 355. Vampire Weekend - Cousins Year: 2009 Album: Contra Biggest Fan: Arsalan (#329) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your r...

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King Krule – Dum Surfer: 8
I must have heard it back then, but I don't remember it. Strange, as it is a very cool sounding song with it's own sound.

Shania Twain – Any Man of Mine: 5
Inoffensive in a conservative way, but hardly something that grabs me.

Rob

After all that art pop and Egyptian music, I guess it was inevitable we would now get a country #1 song. It’s just the way this game works. The song is bubblin’ under on AM. At least Toni is a man of hers. 354. Shania Twain – Any Man of Mine Year: 1995 Album: The Woman in Me Biggest Fan: Toni (#966)...

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Today we actually get a song that was one of the most acclaimed songs of it’s year. It ranks as #6 of 2017, with an all-time placement of #1098. On this forum though, did it only really click with Holden? 353. King Krule – Dum Surfer Year: 2017 Album: The Ooz Biggest Fan: Holden (#429) Don’t forget ...

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Abdel Halim Hafez – Ala Haseb Widad: 7
The recording of the live show is rough, but despite this and the big length it is consistently a captivating. I know too little about this type of music to put it into any kind of context, but hey, I liked it.

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Today’s song is a bit of an enigma to me. Apparently very popular in Egypt, but not very known outside of it, there is very little I can find about it in a language I speak. Discogs is the only place that has any form of date, so I went with that. I can’t tell you if it was only a single or was also...

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The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See: 8 It seems that my vote for this was missing for some reason. Great playing on this one. Electric Light Orchestra – Do Ya: 10 There is no need to be philosophical about this one, as the reason I love this one is very straightforward. This song gives me great...

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Back from Rome and what better way to celebrate the end of this short hiatus than with a song from yours truly’s list. I would perhaps have been too much to ask for one of the very few songs by an Italian artist from my list, so instead we get one of my favorite classic rock tracks. 351. Electric Li...

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Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 13, Op. 113: I. Babi Yar. Adagio: 7 It sure sounds massive. I sometimes struggle with this type of operatic singing. Still, there is something here, but truly I will probably need to hear it more than my usual 3 times. For now it feels like a 7 though. In other new...

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The important version would be by Kirill Kondrashin since he premiered it after the original conductor left because Khruchev was not too happy about this piece of music, mostly because the lyrics are based on poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. In his poem "Babiyy Yar" (the basis of this moveme...

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Woohoo! One year of this edition of Biggest Fan! Let’s celebrate with an extra long track, the second classical piece from Schüttelbirne in a row. The version on the playlist is now the first that came up, but if Schüttelbirne has a favorite performance, please let me know. 350. Dmitri Shostakovich ...

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Paramore – Told You So: 5
Good I think, but I also admit to having already forgotten about it, despite listening to it just now.

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Everyone’s favorite poptimist, StevieFan13, starts his 2023 with, well, a pop song.

349. Paramore – Told You So
Year: 2017
Album: After Laughter
Biggest Fan: StevieFan13 (#742)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Flour – Fish or Cut Bait: 7
Now here is a song that keeps to it's own rhythm, no matter what anyone thinks. I can respect that.

Rob

Albums: 1. Die Nerven - Die Nerven 2. Nilüfer Yanya - Painless 3. The Smile - A Light for Attracting Attention 4. Fjørt - Nichts 5. Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia 6. Beach House - Once Twice Melody 7. Viagra Boys - Cave world 8. Birds In Row - Gris Klein 9. Tocotronic - Nie wieder Krieg 10. Rosalía - M...

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Look, having a hit song like yesterday is all well and good, but we are here for the obscure songs. Today we get one that has less than 1000 streams on Spotify and seems really unknown. Thanks to spiritualized, who I have sadly not seen around anymore in a while. 348. Flour – Fish or Cut Bait Year: ...

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The honor for the first ranked song on AM for this year of Biggest Fan goes to Dexter, with this southern rock classic. You can find it at #7904. 347. The Marshall Tucker Band – Can’t You See Year: 1973 Album: The Marshall Tucker Band Biggest Fan: Dexter (#726) Don’t forget you can always vote at a ...

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Elvis Presley - Trouble: 9 I didn't actually know this one before the Elvis movie; it doesn't seem to be picked regularly as a stand-out. Based on the votes here, excluding Honorio, it seems that few here want to revive it. But it is a massive song, with a lot of swagger. I do think the proto-punk a...

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2022 was a big year for Elvis, thanks to the biopic that revitalized streams of his songs. Honorio knows he’s trouble though, but don’t we love the danger? It’s The King’s second appearance here and the first bubblin’ under track of the year. 346. Elvis Presley - Trouble Year: 1958 Album: King Creol...

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Chris Isaak – Go Walking Down There: 6 The Roy Orbison-like croon seemed to have vanished by this time of his career (I only know his famous eighties cuts), but he still has a more powerful voice than your average rocker. The song itself isn't too remarkable, though I might have rated it a little hi...

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It’s probably cold outside in most places were our forum users reside, but let’s take a walk outside with Phil anyway.

345. Chris Isaak – Go Walking Down There
Year: 1995
Album: Forever Blue
Biggest Fan: Phil (#620)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

Hole – Northern Star: 8 A sort of alternative rock song that even reaches towards Nick Cave territory in it's lyrics. Not something I expected from hole and all the better for it. Broken Bells – Holding on for Life: 7 As if someone mixed an eighties pop song with a BeeGees disco track of the seventi...

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So it’s January 2nd. All the festivities and the Christmas bells are broken. Still we dance on with jamieW while holding on for life. 344. Broken Bells – Holding on for Life Year: 2013 Album: After the Disco Biggest Fan: jamieW (#374) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your...

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And it is 2023! Happy New Year! Let the Northern Star guide you and share some champagne with our first Biggest Fan of the year, acr0320!

343. Hole – Northern Star
Year: 1998
Album: Celebity Skin
Biggest Fan: acr0320 (#436)

Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating.

Rob

And it is 2023! Happy New Year! Let the Northern Star guide you and share some champagne with our first Biggest Fan of the year, acr0320! 343. Hole – Northern Star Year: 1998 Album: Celebity Skin Biggest Fan: ac0320 (#436) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your rating. wr...

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