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by Live in Phoenix
Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3573204

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Barbra Streisand – Don’t Rain on My Parade

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by Live in Phoenix
Sat Oct 21, 2023 2:38 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

To my surprise, the Rolling Stones have an album out today. The reviews so far are very good.

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by Live in Phoenix
Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3573204

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Rob wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2023 1:49 pm Neneh Cherry – Faster Than the Truth: 6
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Those drums though, that opening sounds so familiar, but I can't place it. It isn't a sample, is it?
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:19 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Hall of Acclaim 2022 (CLOSED)
Replies: 46
Views: 12480

Re: Hall of Acclaim 2022 (CLOSED)

Hi, so as Howlin' Wolf once put it, I have had my fun. For next time, I'd like someone else to take over. It's probably the easiest regular poll (hence why I did it).
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 17, 2023 2:30 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2018
Replies: 61
Views: 74056

Re: Albums and Songs of 2018

Songs: 1 | Ariana Grande | No Tears Left to Cry 2 | Post Malone | Wow 3 | Halsey | Without Me 4 | Shaed | Trampoline 5 | Khalid and Normani | Love Lies 6 | Post Malone and Swae Lee | Sunflower 7 | Kacey Musgraves | Oh, What a World 8 | Idles | Television 9 | Idles | June 10 | Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:22 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Replies: 222
Views: 863461

Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!

That’s probably the best rollout I’ve seen. Thanks Holden. Thanks of course to DaveC as well.

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In other news, what Spider-Verse reality do I live in where Interpol beats Closer?
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Oct 12, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700
Replies: 536
Views: 3573204

Re: Biggest Fan Songs - 2nd Edition: 601 - 700

Buddy Holly – It Doesn’t Matter Anymore

7

I first heard this song through Linda Ronstadt on the Heart Like a Wheel album. Ronstadt has the better version, but anyway, this is one of those songs that transcended its era. (And we can thank Paul Anka, of all people.)
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!
Replies: 222
Views: 863461

Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time (2023) Results!

Always nice to see one of my entries here
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Oct 03, 2023 3:33 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

October is basically Jimmy Savile month, which seems appropriate. He was born on Halloween, 1926; he died in October as well, in 2011. He was originally known as a eccentric, knighted national treasure who did incredible amounts of charity work, amidst rumors that he was messing with little kids. (B...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

Suspect arrested in Tupac Shakur killing from 1996 By Janay Kingsberry and Samantha Chery [The Washington Post] September 29, 2023 at 3:13 p.m. EDT An image of Tupac Shakur for the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in New York on July 4, 2017. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) A man...
by Live in Phoenix
Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Lifehouse – Hanging By a Moment

7

Dopey but pretty memorable.
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Sep 17, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

Rock Hall of Fame ousts Rolling Stone co-founder [Jann Wenner] after inflammatory remarks By Lyric Li / The Washington Post [Photo: Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner discusses his memoir, “Like a Rolling Stone,” at an event last year in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)] Jann Wenner...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Sep 15, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2017
Replies: 71
Views: 171755

Re: Albums and Songs of 2017

Songs: 1 | Harry Styles | Sign of the Times 2 | Cardi B | Bodak Yellow 3 | Elevation Worship | Do It Again 4 | Luis Fonsi feat. Daddy Yankee | Despacito 5 | Bebe Rexha feat. Florida Georgia Line | Meant to Be 6 | St. Vincent | Los Ageless 7 | Future | Mask Off 8 | Ed Sheeran | Perfect 9 | Niall Hora...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:15 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Queen - Flash

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by Live in Phoenix
Tue Sep 12, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Grace Jones – Walking In the Rain

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by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:44 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

Steve Harwell, Smash Mouth Founder and Former Lead Singer, Dies at 56 Harwell had struggled with alcoholism, and died from acute liver failure. Two years prior, he had announced his departure from the band, and his retirement, due to health issues. https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/steve-harwell...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:15 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Replies: 30
Views: 24617

Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections

41 | Enya | Shepherd Moons | 1991 Enya’s Shepherd Moons is like her previous album, Watermark, but even farther. The ethereal songs are practically an out-of-body experience. The severe songs (which even includes a re-arranged 19th-century aria) are like visiting an ice palace. This is well past you...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Replies: 30
Views: 24617

Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections

31 | The Who | Who's Next | 1971 "Baba O'Riley" immediately blows away all previous attempts by the band at a great statement. Then, it's almost outdone by "Bargain." And "The Song Is Over." And "Behind Blue Eyes." And "Won't Get Fooled Again." Get t...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:12 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Replies: 30
Views: 24617

Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections

21 | U2 | Achtung Baby | 1991 U2 was so freaking earnest that I guess even they got sick of it. They turned the car around, and headed straight into the storm. The U2 that emerged dealt in irony, distorted sonics, and post-modern cool. It’s not just the music that’s been cracked open and subjected t...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Replies: 30
Views: 24617

Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections

11 | Pearl Jam | Ten | 1991 '90s rock was defined by a handful of August-September 1991 releases, including Pearl Jam's debut. Amidst the butt rock that had ruled the day, Eddie Vedder's bloodletting was stunning to behold. His elliptical lyrics helped take the edge off of angst overload, though. On...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Sep 04, 2023 6:09 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections
Replies: 30
Views: 24617

Re: Comments regarding All-Time Album Selections

Copy and paste... Hi, so, I'm getting a bit set in my ways. I was only going to turn in 50 albums (which now has to be 100). I thought I’d do something I haven’t done before, which is write about my top 50 selections, in several installments. Some of these albums I’ve written about many times (I’ll ...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Aug 21, 2023 1:00 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Creed – With Arms Wide Open

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Better than Nickelback (although Nickelback didn’t make a career out of Eddie Vedder vocal quirks) or Imagine Dragons, among lowest common denominator bands.
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2016
Replies: 68
Views: 89039

Re: Albums and Songs of 2016

Songs: 1 | Leonard Cohen | Treaty 2 | Bob Dylan | All the Way 3 | David Bowie | Dollar Days 4 | Housefires | Build My Life 5 | Radiohead | Daydreaming 6 | David Bowie | Girl Loves Me 7 | Radiohead | Decks Dark 8 | Justin Timberlake | Can’t Stop the Feeling! 9 | Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj | Side...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Aug 18, 2023 4:14 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

Gary Young, original drummer for indie rock band Pavement, dead at 70: 'A rare breed'

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertai ... 616136007/
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Aug 11, 2023 9:56 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

50 years ago, 18-year-old Clive Campbell, a.k.a. DJ Kool Herc, debuts hip hop music at a party in the Bronx. In the world of hip hop, this moment is the equivalent of the Beatles playing the Ed Sullivan show, or Elvis launching into an uptempo “That’s All Right.” Besides his DJing, Herc is also cred...
by Live in Phoenix
Fri Aug 04, 2023 1:18 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Frank Sinatra – Blues in the Night

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by Live in Phoenix
Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:37 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

Okay, so... I first heard this on the 2-CD compilation, Windham Hill: The First Ten Years. The song is originally from Ackerman's 1976 debut (also the label's debut). And it showed up again on 1981's Passage. And it showed up again on his 1986 album, Conferring with the Moon. Maybe elsewhere, too. (...
by Live in Phoenix
Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:08 pm
Forum: Films, Movies, Motion Pictures...
Topic: Paul Reubens passes away at 70
Replies: 1
Views: 1827

Paul Reubens passes away at 70

Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/paul ... 235683504/

Ugh. His first movie was a classic, and I also loved his TV show and its Christmas special.
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 30, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

The playlist is now reasonably complete (see above). Over time, I will add more quotes and re-evaluate old ones from last time (if you're at all wondering where they went). As always, there's the chance over time that I'll bump into an older song for some of these acts.
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Jul 26, 2023 7:11 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
Replies: 10
Views: 2517

Re: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)

About one year short of how long Prince lived. She was only on top for a few years, though the same could be said of some acts like Nirvana. (In Spin's list, "The 35 Best Albums from the Last 35 Years," in practice a very '80s and '90s list, they placed The Lion and the Cobra ahead of Neve...
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)
Replies: 10
Views: 2517

Re: R.I.P. Sinéad O'Connor (1966-2023)

No cause listed, but suicide is implied:

Sinead O'Connor dead: Irish music legend dies aged 56 after years of mental health battles - and 18 months after her 17-year-old son Shane also passed away
by Live in Phoenix
Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The News of Today
Replies: 198
Views: 154964

Re: The News of Today

I remember sort of freaking out that Mick Jagger had turned 75. Well, now he’s 80.
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 16, 2023 3:42 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums and Songs of 2015
Replies: 77
Views: 109543

Re: Albums and Songs of 2015

Songs: 1 | Grimes | REALiTI (demo/music video version) 2 | Julia Holter | Feel You 3 | The Weeknd | The Hills 4 | Adele | Hello 5 | Tame Impala | Let It Happen 6 | Kendrick Lamar | King Kunta 7 | Adele | Send My Love (To Your New Lover) 8 | Neil Young and Promise of the Real | Big Box 9 | Florence a...
by Live in Phoenix
Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600
Replies: 556
Views: 893837

Re: Biggest Fan - 2nd Edition: 501 to 600

The Replacements – Answering Machine

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by Live in Phoenix
Mon Jul 03, 2023 12:04 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Welcome to the 2023 "My Happiness" playlist project (documenting, in honor of Elvis's first recorded song in July 1953, the earliest song of any kind I could find by the main site's Top 100 Artists). As before, "It’s open season on cameos, collaborations, and old band names." It ...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Neil Young --> The Squires – “The Sultan" b/w "Aurora” (1963) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Extra : Neil Young's Elektra audition, e.g. "I Ain't Got the Blues" (recorded ca. 1965) ( YouTube link ) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/dd/The_Archive...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Stevie Wonder --> Little Stevie Wonder - "I Call It Pretty Music, But The Old People Call It The Blues (Part 1)" (summer 1962) (YouTube link) ... Part 2: (YouTube link)

by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Wilco --> Uncle Tupelo - "Before I Break" Colorblind & Rhymeless demo (rec. 1987) ( YouTube link ) Another one posted by me. Other demo songs include: I Got Drunk / Screen Door / Blues Die Hard / Pickle River. Wilco retained all of the Uncle Tupelo band, minus Jay Farrar (Jeff Tweedy,...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

The Who - "Zoot Suit" b/w "I'm the Face" (as The High Numbers) (3 July 1964) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Written (sort of) by the manager, tailored to the mod audience (borrowing the tunes from "County Fool" by The Showmen and Slim Harpo's &qu...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

The White Stripes - "Let's Shake Hands" b/w "Look Me Over Closely" (February 1998) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Included on The White Stripes (1999), Japanese edition. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2b/The_White_Stripes_-_The_White_Stripes.j...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:37 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Kanye West Grav feat. Kanye West - "Line For Line" (1996) ( YouTube link ) Extra: "Kanye West, Al Tariq, Butter Lee & Black Attack @ Fat Beats Aug 96" ( YouTube link ) https://i.discogs.com/1ikhE45wrvIHFOBxlun8Gdz4V7uFbhUZSFSF0NXFjB0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNj...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Tom Waits - "Goin' Down Slow" (rec. late 1971) (YouTube link)
Track #1 from The Early Years, Vol. 1, which consists of demos issued on the record label owned by Waits’ ex-manager.

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by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

The Velvet Underground --> The Falling Spikes – demo tape (rec. July 1965) Track #1, "Venus in Furs": ( YouTube link ) Demo tape contents: Venus in Furs / Prominent Men / Heroin / I’m Waiting for the Man / Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams / All Tomorrow’s Parties The band became “The Velvet U...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:36 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Vampire Weekend - "Mansard Roof" b/w "Ladies of Cambridge" (23 October 2007) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) "Mansard Roof" is also track #1 on their 2008 self-titled album. "Ladies of Cambridge" only made it on the album as a Japanese e...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:35 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

U2 --> The Hype - "Street Mission" from the TV show Youngline (2 March 1978) ( YouTube link ) The band became U2 mid-concert on March 4th, after the Edge's older brother Dik Evans bade farewell. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/VHS-Video-Tape-Top-Flat.jpg/320px-VH...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

Talking Heads - "Sugar on My Tongue" demo (rec. November 1975) ( YouTube link ) "I Want to Live" is also from this period. "Sugar on My Tongue" is on the 2005 reissue of Talking Heads: 77 . https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Talking_Heads_77.jpg/...
by Live in Phoenix
Sun Jul 02, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)
Replies: 102
Views: 7618

Re: The “My Happiness” playlist (2023 version)

The Stooges - "I Wanna Be Your Dog" b/w "1969" (July, or 5 August, 1969) A-side: ( YouTube link ) ... B-side: ( YouTube link ) Supposedly, "Ron's Jam" and "What's You Gonna Do?" were recorded in 1968, in Wampler's Lake, Michigan, when the band was known as Th...

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