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- Tue May 12, 2015 2:23 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The AM Top Songs list without geographical bias
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11705
Re: The AM Top Songs list without geographical trends
Actually, the Stan Getz and Astrud Gilberto version (titled as "The Girl from Ipanema") it's the only version that appears in AM. Counted as a Brazilian song, indeed tops the list as the best Brazilian song. I like it this way, so I will edit the list with this change. As do I. It looks l...
- Mon May 11, 2015 4:38 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The AM Top Songs list without geographical bias
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11705
Re: The AM Top Songs list without geographical trends
Only 5 out of the top 30 acclaimed Swedish bands are there mostly based on Scandinavian acclaim (strangely for the highest ranked of them, Håkan Hellström, it's mostly Norwegian and Finnish lists). Sweden just has the benefit of : having lots of artists singing in English and having lots of bands i...
- Mon May 11, 2015 1:50 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The AM Top Songs list without geographical bias
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11705
Re: The AM Top Songs list without geographical trends
I've got a note about your introduction: you say that, judging by AM.net, Sweden and France are among the countries which have less trouble communicating their stuff to the rest of the world. For Sweden, I believe it has more to do with the fact that the webmaster, Henrik, is Swedish himself, there...
- Mon May 11, 2015 11:58 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: The AM Top Songs list without geographical bias
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11705
Re: The AM Top Songs list without geographical trends
Hi Blanco! :greetings-waveyellow: What strikes me the most is that the list looks weird in itself because, precisely, of the "forced bias" to help the rest of the world weigh in. All of the songs from the English-speaking world present in this top are pretty conventional, the order they ar...
- Sun May 10, 2015 7:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Errors in July 2014 update - CLOSED!
- Replies: 229
- Views: 152020
Re: Errors in the July 2014 update v. 2
The page from artist "the passions" is wrong. It's 2 different groups Just checked. To be more clear, the page for the Passions lists two bubbling songs, one from this American doo-wop band (Just to Be with You): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passions_%28American_band%29 And one from t...
- Thu May 07, 2015 4:59 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Chart Week 18 2015
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12446
Re: AMF Chart Week 18 2015
I nominate Yanis - Hypnotized, a great electro-pop track IMO.
- Sat May 02, 2015 7:12 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Recommendation Thread: 1963
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5973
Re: Recommendation Thread: 1963
I'm not gonna participate, as usual, but since I'm here, I'll suggest you some good songs for chanson lovers; I know there are some here. Charles Aznavour - La Mamma The song is about an Italian "Mamma" about to pass away, and the overall mood around her. The subject was quite abstract for...
- Fri May 01, 2015 5:15 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Grooveshark Calls It Quits
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4176
Re: Grooveshark Calls It Quits
Well, I guess it was kind of foreseeable for some time now... We'll just have to resort to more traditional ways of accessing non-streamed music, although I would like a legal way better.
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:33 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Jack Ely (singer of the Kingsmen)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1427
R.I.P. Jack Ely (singer of the Kingsmen)
Media announced today that Jack Ely, former singer of the Kingsmen on their hit "Louie Louie", died on 27th April at the age of 71 from an unknown illness. "Louie Louie" is the 26th most-acclaimed song here on AM, and the best-known song by the Kingsmen (although it is itself a c...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 7:29 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2015 (06) April 15
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7749
Re: MCCh 2015 (06) April 15
Hello Nicky! Welcome to the forum!Nicky wrote:Thanks but I can't see anything below rank #29.
That's because Otisredding usually posts his MCCh stuff by editing his first message several times. You just came on the thread too soon
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:31 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2015
- Replies: 304
- Views: 222417
Re: Albums of 2015
I'm enormously amused by the reaction to Pitchfork awarding a "Best New Track" feature to Carly Rae Jepsen's "All That". I doubt it will be nearly enough to make "E MO TION" the "1989" of 2015 (what a confusing sentence that makes, thank you Taylor Swift), but...
- Wed Apr 08, 2015 11:19 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Halcycon Digest
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5591
Re: Halycon Digest
Hmm... Not quiteletmeintomyzone wrote:Thank you. Changed.Setherex wrote:Um... It's 'Halcyon'
- Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:07 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Tidal
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5898
Re: Tidal
I've pointed at least two artists they seem to have that Spotify doesn't: Taylor Swift (up until Red, no 1989 strangely) and Big Black (try to find artists more different than those two). Still no Beatles or AC/DC though, and I've noticed some oddities (the early Sonic Youth albums are missing, for ...
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 4:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2006-
- Replies: 57
- Views: 48308
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2
That's pleasantly unexpected. Scandinavian games are underratedJimmyJazz wrote:Apologies for forgetting to close the poll, gentlemen, but three votes for Mirror's Edge means that is has won the tie break. We can now move on to the final round of voting.
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 10:01 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Errors in July 2014 update - CLOSED!
- Replies: 229
- Views: 152020
Re: Errors in the July 2014 update v. 2
Curiously, Alex Chilton is listed under "A" with the entry "Alex".
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2006-
- Replies: 57
- Views: 48308
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2
Mirror's Edge.
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2006-
- Replies: 57
- Views: 48308
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2
Beyond Good and Evil 2 That's almost the only game I've been waiting for during the last twelve years. However, Michel Ancel has since then co-founded an independent studio, and last week, an Ubisoft employee called Yoan Fanise who worked on BG&E left Ubisoft criticizing their new policy of con...
- Mon Mar 16, 2015 4:53 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Chart Week 11 2015
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11228
Re: AMF Chart Week 11 2015
Angry side note - the newest Spotify desktop update is absolutely dreadful, and makes my job (as well as Henrik's and all of yours, I'm sure) extremely difficult. And yes, I also find the latest Spotify update pretty annoying ... Yes, I hate it too. I can no longer copy playlists to Excel and back ...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: R.I.P. Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4515
R.I.P. Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
Sir Terry Pratchett passed away today at the age of 66 from hospital complications linked to his Alzheimer disease. The author is best-remembered for his prolific series of novels Discworld . I'm extremely saddened by the news. Pratchett was easily one of my very favourite authors. I'll be mourning ...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Copyright Infringement? "Blurred Lines" Decision
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8317
Re: Copyright Infringement? "Blurred Lines" Decision
I must say, the bass lines do sound quite similar... What I don't understand is why Thicke and Williams chose to take it to court. A few years ago, when Coldplay were sued for plagiarism by Joe Satriani, they settled it out-of-court, and don't tell me Williams doesn't have enough money to satisfy Ga...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:14 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums of 2015
- Replies: 304
- Views: 222417
Re: Albums of 2015
The new Grimes song is gorgeous, beautiful melody and never had Grimes showed a calm and serene control of everything in the song. Man, thanks for bringing it to my attention; it's probably my new favourite song of the year so far. To think that it's only a demo and will not be on her next album is...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:25 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: What is the list about?
- Replies: 76
- Views: 49381
Re: What is the list about?
The all-time rank of both songs is equal to their year of release.Nassim wrote: James Brown - Prisoner of Love
Elton John - Philadelphia Freedom
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2006-
- Replies: 57
- Views: 48308
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2
Nassim, you voted twice for PortalNassim wrote: 11) Portal
17) Portal
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2006-
- Replies: 57
- Views: 48308
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 7th/8th Gen and 2
Now I'm totally out of my ground. I'm not even sure I've played fifteen games on those last ten years. Here's the top 5 of the ones I played:
1. Portal 2
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Child of Light
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
5. Portal
1. Portal 2
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Child of Light
4. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
5. Portal
- Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:58 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
- Replies: 158
- Views: 98697
Re: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
I'm not sure what to think. To me as well, the outro is the best part of the song, and the beat is interesting, but overall I don't feel like Kanye is going places he has not visited before. I have not yet listened to Wolves (I'm waiting for an official studio version), but so far I don't feel the s...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Video Games Poll(s): Debate, Discussion, Dates, and Hosts
- Replies: 46
- Views: 29801
Re: Video Games Poll(s): Debate, Discussion, Dates, and Host
So, I am very curious if anyone is fine with Stephan voting for the previous polls? I know they have already run, but he said he would have voted had he noticed it was going, and we, honestly, don't have that many voters, so we need all of the numbers we can get! This is the exception to our usual ...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23401
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
This period is somewhat of interest for me, because from about 2002 until 2005 I was a rather fanatical gamer. Before that I played quite a few games, but mostly things aimed at younger gamers or whatever I got for my birthday or something. Some of these games have become classics, like Rayman 2, P...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23401
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
Shadow Of Amn was, yes, but this is Throne of Bhaal. SoA would have been much higher on the list if it were a 2001 game. :) Ah, I see, I didn't notice it was Throne of Bhaal! There's no rule about it, but I personally chose not to vote for expansion packs when making my lists; in my mind they were ...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23401
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
Welcome in our little sect of gamers, Stephan! It doesn't matter much anyway, since only the first 15 games are taken into account for the vote, but Baldur's Gate II was actually a 2000 releaseStephan wrote: 17. Baldur's Gate II: Throne Of Bhaal (BioWare, 2001)
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:51 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Hall of Acclaim 2015!
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24100
Re: Hall of Acclaim 2015!
Thanks for conducting this poll Jimmy. The inductees were very tightly bunched in terms of votes. I am curious about the vote total for the nominee that finished in 5th place. Great to see Yes in our hall of fame. The top two acts that almost got into the Hall this year were Gorillaz with 34 points...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23401
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
Jimmy, I need to know if I must vote for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey now, as it was released in 2006 on Xbox and on Windows, and the version I'll be voting for is the Windows one. Sure, Pierre. Go right ahead. :) Thanks! Beginning now, my playing time dramatically fell. Not only my family began ...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
- Replies: 25
- Views: 23401
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 6th Gen/2001-2005
Jimmy, I need to know if I must vote for Dreamfall: The Longest Journey now, as it was released in 2006 on Xbox and on Windows, and the version I'll be voting for is the Windows one.
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28959
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
I at least can confirm that I won't vote. I've played none of the four games tiedJirin wrote:This tie is between four games that had one high vote from one person. We may be leading to another four way tie here.
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:31 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Recommendation Thread: 1961
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8227
Re: Recommendation Thread: 1961
1961 was the year French rock'n'roll exploded (perhaps taking advantage of the void left by English-speaking artists). That's not to say that it was outright fantastic, but for instance, "Twist à Saint-Tropez" and "Dactylo Rock" are still considered classics as of today. https://...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 2:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
Never mind the fact that he just proved that he is Bruce in the 1960 poll thread. I can't believe that you guys are back to this stuff again. Instead of thanking me for spotting an error in someone's song list you are calling for me to be banned. As if Bruce is the only person in the world who know...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:28 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
Never mind the fact that he just proved that he is Bruce in the 1960 poll thread. I just saw it. That's not the first time Hymie does this, that was included in my #3 in my first answer earlier in this topic. But Hymie sounds like he doesn't even care anymore that everyone think he is Bruce. Theref...
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 6:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1398
R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy
Television iconic actor Leonard Nimoy, best-known as Mr. Spock from Star Trek and the Great Paris in Mission: Impossible , passed away today at the age of 83. I know this should probably be posted in the general discussion or film forums, but I felt like putting it here, on the one hand admittedly o...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 6:26 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
For you Bruce : Claude Nougaro - Armstrong Thank you Romain! :D Here's another: Nino Ferrer - Je voudrais être noir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yG2qU1PYxw 1. Hey hey hey, Mister Wilson Pickett. Hey hey hey, you Mister James Brown, Please tell me how you do it, Mister Charles, Mister King, Mist...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 4:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
Well, I give up on trying to understand why people want to categorize music according to the amount of melanin in the artist's skin. Oh, the humanity...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:15 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
From my point of view it's not that sure that Hymie is Bruce, and he isn't bothering people on the same level as Bruce, so certainly we shouldn't ban him without firm evidence. Edit: But I think I've been the second most sympathetic to Bruce after Hymie, so that's makes my opinion kind of not matte...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:23 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
If you read posts by TheRebel, or look at the layout of this thread I think you'll agree that there are stylistic similarities and even instances of language that would indicate a... closer(?) congruency. So if you accept this theory, it would appear that it is within Bruce's skillset to assume the...
- Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:28 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
- Replies: 158
- Views: 98697
Re: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
So, as we're talking about video games there on the general discussion board, Kanye West announces his own. Funny coincidence. If I understood correctly, it's about helping his mother reaching heaven, and is based on "Only One" (though in which way is anyone's guess). As it stands, it sou...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:26 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
- Replies: 158
- Views: 98697
Re: YEEZY SEASON APPROACHING
So, as we're talking about video games there on the general discussion board, Kanye West announces his own. Funny coincidence. If I understood correctly, it's about helping his mother reaching heaven, and is based on "Only One" (though in which way is anyone's guess). As it stands, it soun...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28959
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
Jirin, are you sure this game is eligible? The Wikipedia page claims it's a port from a 1995 SNES game.Jirin wrote: 14. TacticsOgre
A similar game from the creator of Final Fantasy Tactics, but it had some gameplay issues.
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28959
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
Personally I'm not a fan of FFVII, but I know that for a lot of people it was their first exposure to JRPGs so it has strong emotional meaning. Indeed. I agree with you. But as much as I feel my emotional attachment to it, it actually remains my favourite JRPG, only challenged by the VI, so I don't...
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 5:42 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Interesting Article
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30316
Re: Interesting Article
More Bruce s***. This post should be renamed "Uninteresting article".
- Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
- Replies: 29
- Views: 28959
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 5th Gen/1996-2000
Man, this decade of video gaming was just ridiculously good. Look at the amount of classics and cult games released only in this five year span! However, it was a period where I became more of a full-blown PC gamer, and I only played the console games I stumbled upon, until I finally acquired a Play...
- Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:13 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2010-2014 Poll - Lists Thread
- Replies: 166
- Views: 121569
Re: Albums and Songs of 2010-2014 Poll - Lists Thread
1. Kanye West - Yeezus 2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy PlasticRam, I don't disagree with your top two (after all, both albums are fantastic, although Yeezus is "only" my #3 of 2013 behind Reflektor and RAM), but I would be interested in hearing your rationale for putting...
- Thu Feb 19, 2015 7:00 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums and Songs of 2010-2014 Poll - Lists Thread
- Replies: 166
- Views: 121569
Re: Albums and Songs of 2010-2014 Poll - Lists Thread
1. Kanye West - Yeezus 2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy PlasticRam, I don't disagree with your top two (after all, both albums are fantastic, although Yeezus is "only" my #3 of 2013 behind Reflektor and RAM), but I would be interested in hearing your rationale for putting...
- Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 4th Gen/1991-1995
- Replies: 30
- Views: 34639
Re: Greatest Video Games of All Time Poll: 4th Gen/1991-1995
Well, it seems we are running into the whole Pac Man thing again :mrgreen: I personally don't care what version of DOOM anyone votes for: aside from "plot" changes, they all feel like one and the same game to me all of the time. Same with Mario Kart, same with The Sims, same with Civiliza...