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by HRS
Thu Oct 31, 2013 10:47 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Lou Reed
Replies: 35
Views: 25356

Re: R.I.P. Lou Reed

From Laurie: To our neighbors: What a beautiful fall! Everything shimmering and golden and all that incredible soft light. Water surrounding us. Lou and I have spent a lot of time here in the past few years, and even though we’re city people this is our spiritual home. Last week I promised Lou to ge...
by HRS
Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:49 am
Forum: EOY 2013
Topic: 2013 MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEES
Replies: 6
Views: 5604

Re: 2013 MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEES

And the winner is James Blake Overblown . The misspelling is deliberate, I presume... Maybe as deliberate as the presenter who reportedly misspelled James Blake as James Blunt! Thought Bowie would win this, not only because his was such a long-awaited comeback, but, also, after the MP received a go...
by HRS
Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:13 pm
Forum: Other magazines/websites
Topic: Uncut Top 50 Singer/Songwriter Albums of All Time
Replies: 2
Views: 6192

Uncut Top 50 Singer/Songwriter Albums of All Time

A list of the 50 singer/songwriters of all time is part of their new Joni Mitchell cover story. It's not available on their website, so I'm opening this thread with hopes that someone might have it. :mrgreen:
by HRS
Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:18 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Our favorite youtube videos
Replies: 24
Views: 15161

Re: Our favorite youtube videos

Piano and voice were all this song ever needed.

A recent live reinvention of a highlight from Ekstasis.

Because Lou Reed had an awesome wife.
by HRS
Sun Oct 27, 2013 10:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Lou Reed
Replies: 35
Views: 25356

Re: R.I.P. Lou Reed

http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/526d73f16bb3f74363114111-618-157/cale.png John Cale reacted on Facebook. On the other hand, he and Andy Warhol must be having the greatest reunion of all time! Great thought! :mrgreen: And somewhere in the garden Nico is being chased by Jim Morrison all over...
by HRS
Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: R.I.P. Lou Reed
Replies: 35
Views: 25356

Re: R.I.P. Lou Reed

Some friends of mine didn't think it was a sudden death because he was already old, but like JimmyJazz pointed, news I had heard were of recovery. The first song I ever heard him sing, and I believe the majority of people, was Sunday Morning. Glad he picked one of those beautiful dawnings to leave u...
by HRS
Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:38 pm
Forum: ALL TIME
Topic: ✅ 1001 Albums...: New UK Edition
Replies: 16
Views: 23176

Re: 1001 Albums...: New UK Edition

Seems like they have no idea of what they are doing with contemporary music. Picking rather safe choices while eliminating those that people no longer speak as often about as in their respective years. That's the problem with creating real-time art canons; they pretend they are Cassandra and judge f...
by HRS
Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:54 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

Do you Tom Waits haters like Captain Beefheart? Even as an admirer of Tom Waits, I must say that I just enjoy the Beef better. I understand where people come from comparing them, but I find them two great experimental voices that approached things with strong differences. Anyway, the Cap was a more...
by HRS
Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:02 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Random Rules October - Elimination!
Replies: 88
Views: 44801

Re: Random Rules October - Elimination!

HRS, are you sure that "Toward The Within" is a song by Dead Can Dance? To me it's an album title, not a song. :?: I thought the same thing, but it's available on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD1ltk3Xpbo ...at least i'm assuming that's it! Pardon for not seeing it before, nicol...
by HRS
Mon Oct 14, 2013 7:27 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Songs of 2013
Replies: 37
Views: 27849

Re: Songs of 2013

Also, and maybe this is a subject for a topic unto itself ... Loud City Song marks 3 straight years with great albums for her (I consider 2011's Tragedy to be excellent as well -- "The Falling Age" may be her single greatest track). Sonofsamiam, I am glad that Maxim's II is someone else's...
by HRS
Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:33 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!
Replies: 30
Views: 17057

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!

One possible thought for a future Moderately Acclaimed (and this would have no bearing on Donovan's inclusion) -- should we consider not allowing albums by artists in the AM Top 50? I'd support this, although I understand where one might come from with the argument that some of the all-time AM top ...
by HRS
Fri Oct 11, 2013 9:50 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

Anyway if it weren't for Siouxsie there wouldn't be no Cocteau Twins and without the Cocteau Twins there wouldn't be an MBV so their influence is quite monumental. That's like saying that without Nico there wouldn't be no Siouxsie. or without Patti Smith no Siouxsie, for the way of singing. or I'd ...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

408 : Television I guess this was the lowest placement of any artist with an album inside AM Top 50/100? Expected Television to perform better. I'll try to do a list of the artists with a sole highly acclaimed album inside AM that made the top 500 artists, but not the top 100. EDIT: Carole King is ...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:14 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

I don't have anything more to say. I believe I said what I wanted to. The more you defend yourself, the more I know you're a product of your time and social influences, perhaps forces -- like all of us, really. The grandfather's record label, the view of what music might mean, the conclusion that if...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 5:30 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

It's funny, Bruce should care more about philosophy. I'm pretty sure he watches american movies from the 40s and don't think about the implications it had politically to the country. Did you know that those movies were used as soft power to promote american standards? Otherwise, the movies wouldn't ...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

But not "most artists" in the history of recorded music, not even close. There's no way of knowing this. Especially because there's a lot of recorded music that we won't ever hear. Think of everyone that plays in restaurants, shopping malls, record on their bedrooms, release the music thr...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 4:39 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh It's kinda hard to agree with that. I'm sure a lot of artists don't put too much thought into their lyrics, but to claim all artists don't put any thought into their lyrics whatsoever is real stretch. Most artists lyrics have a strong emphasis on their own personal experiences...
by HRS
Thu Oct 10, 2013 10:15 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full list
Replies: 193
Views: 157955

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : top 20 and full

I'm being perfectly pleasant especially after seeing how ridiculously and horrifically high Tom Waits rose in this particular poll where as all the cool kids all of a sudden gave up on Belle and Sebastian and people think they scored too high and shouldn't even be placed at #100. Why? Because someb...
by HRS
Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:48 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!
Replies: 30
Views: 17057

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!

I listened this afternoon "Emily" three times in a row (and it lasts for 12 minutes) while reading the lyrics and your comments, situation that ignited some hostile reactions from part of my family, haha Thank you, Honorio. You're such a sweetheart haha And I understand where your family ...
by HRS
Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:04 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!
Replies: 30
Views: 17057

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!

Honorio, I personally want to congratulate you for your comments. They were beyond great throughout the competion. I must say, If I admire Donovan's Sunshine Superman more these days, it was because of your first comment on it when it eliminated Jorge Ben's Africa-Brasil -- an otherwise then-favorit...
by HRS
Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:57 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Quotes from lyrics
Replies: 32
Views: 19770

Re: Quotes from lyrics

EDIT: I should note that I'm mentioning this as a lyric I like. HRS's post is all about dislikes, so I just wanted to clarify. Thought it was all about the ones we hate. Now I feel bad, Harold! Maybe we should focus on the good part of things and our favorite lyrics rather than the terrible ones we...
by HRS
Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:07 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Random Rules October - Submissions
Replies: 18
Views: 11469

Re: Random Rules October - Submissions

Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me
Dead Can Dance - Towards the Within
Grizzly Bear - Sleeping Ute
PJ Harvey - When Under Ether
Neko Case - Ragtime
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
Jacques Brel - Les Marquises
Joni Mitchell - Barangrill
Laura Nyro - Mercy on Broadway
Joy Division - I Remember Nothing
by HRS
Tue Oct 08, 2013 9:03 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Quotes from lyrics
Replies: 32
Views: 19770

Re: Quotes from lyrics

1. Most of mainstream pop music -- honorable mention of the moment to Miley's "we run things, things don't run we." 2. Most of the lyrics of Yeezus are what hold me back from fully appreciate the album. 3. James Blake's "my brother and my sister don't speak to me; but I don't blame th...
by HRS
Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:48 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Concerts you have coming up
Replies: 372
Views: 685740

Re: Concerts you have coming up

Putting my hipster customs on to go see Tame Impala and the xx in a week.
by HRS
Tue Oct 08, 2013 8:47 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!
Replies: 30
Views: 17057

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Semi-finals!

1. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' vs. Donovan - Sunshine Superman 2. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind vs. Jacques Brel - Olympia 1964 Last match shouldn't be allowed to exist. There were so many great unheralded classics in the competition, that I have to admit some disappointment over havi...
by HRS
Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:06 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results
Replies: 159
Views: 128121

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results

Love the way you describe your feelings about music. :P Thanks, Dan! We haven't spoken about it for quite a while! Miss speaking to you! - Surprised to see Elton John around the top 100. Not an artist people express much lover around here. It's double surprising when you check his performance in ot...
by HRS
Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:38 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Quarterfinals!
Replies: 16
Views: 10101

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Quarterfinals!

1. Bob Dylan - The Times They Are A-Changin' vs. Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson 2. Donovan - Sunshine Superman vs. Nico - Desertshore 3. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues vs. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind 4. Anais Mitchell - Hadestown vs. Jacques Brel - Olympia 1964 Number #4 wasn't easy. So, Had...
by HRS
Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:04 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results
Replies: 159
Views: 128121

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results

New Order) The moment I listened to Age of Consent for the first time, I was converted. Still think Power Corruption and Lies is their greatest achievement, but they did kept going consistently throughout the years. That leads me to Wilco. Few artists that arrived during the 90s kept recording great...
by HRS
Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:38 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results
Replies: 159
Views: 128121

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results

http://pitchfork.com/news/52536-kevin-shields-has-a-britpop-conspiracy-theory/ I guess AMF found out too! Saw it this morning. Nice theory haha If Blur's reminded me of my teenager years, Oasis music sounds so childish these days - basic pop hyped to extremes never seen before by the british media....
by HRS
Thu Oct 03, 2013 10:43 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results
Replies: 159
Views: 128121

Re: The Acclaimed Music Artists Poll 2013 : Results

Belle and Sebastian) I have mixed feelings when it comes to wish they would've been placed a little bit higher. Sometimes I wonder what would've been of their legacy had they broken up after The Boy with the Arab Strap . Their first three records contain plenty of my favorite music of all time and t...
by HRS
Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:03 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Women of 2013
Replies: 8
Views: 7896

Re: Women of 2013

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Had to ruin my favorite thread of the year. :mrgreen:
by HRS
Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:53 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 4.2
Replies: 24
Views: 14239

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 4.2

1. The United States Of America - The United States Of America vs. Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson 2. Camarón - La Leyenda del Tiempo vs. Nico - Desertshore 3. Nina Simone - Wild Is The Wind vs. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt 4. Jacques Brel - Olympia 1964 vs. The Divine Comedy - Prome...
by HRS
Sat Sep 28, 2013 3:51 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2013
Replies: 336
Views: 230382

Re: Albums of 2013

Ah! things Rolling Stone Magazine do to artists that they already consider veterans and established with their audience. All this writer did was namedrop other people and quote lyrics. The hype for this is already building. In my opinion, The Suburbs was an uneven record. The album had its fair shar...
by HRS
Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:19 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Songs of 2013?
Replies: 21
Views: 14813

Re: Songs of 2013?

It's a good song and more adventurous than anything on The Suburbs . The interactive video is also really good. Having said that, It brought the Talking Heads back to my mind a little too much for its own sake. I already had notice some Remain in Light similarities after they deliver the first promo...
by HRS
Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:28 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2013
Replies: 336
Views: 230382

Re: Albums of 2013

There's a lot of love at Pitchfork for the new Holter. Yeah, didn't think they'd give such a high grade. They weren't hyping her at all - Julianna Barwick, also. She released three songs and their reception was a little ambivalent, though rather warm. I would expect a John Grant's Pale Green Ghosts...
by HRS
Thu Aug 15, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2013
Replies: 336
Views: 230382

Re: Albums of 2013

Oh, my. Oh, My. Julia Holter, album of the year. It's been three years since I listened to a record in such an awe. This is pop. This is avant-garde. This is jazz. This is Modern Classical. There's even field recordings. This is free. Should Julia promote herself as Kanye, she would outdo him in cri...
by HRS
Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:28 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Greatest Really Long Rock Songs
Replies: 74
Views: 49432

Re: Greatest Really Long Rock Songs

Plenty of jazz pieces, but the ones that I always come back to as if they were 3 minutes singles are Joanna Newsom's Only Skin and Pharoah Sanders' The Creator has a Masterplan.
by HRS
Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:16 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 2.7
Replies: 21
Views: 11903

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 2.7

It's all okay, Honorio! Shed some light on these girls was what mattered the most. :D 1. Yes - The Yes Album vs. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising 2. Echo And The Bunnymen - Porcupine vs. Nico - Desertshore 3. Marisa Monte - Verde, Anil, Amarelo, Cor-de-Rosa e Carvão vs. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Z...
by HRS
Thu Aug 08, 2013 10:56 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2013
Replies: 336
Views: 230382

Re: Albums of 2013

Two females on constant spin: Alela Diane and Jenny Hval. Both very different, both spellbinding. And I'm waiting for the new releases of both Julianna Barwick and Julia Holter. I really feel 2011 was the last year I really wanted to listen to every record being hyped or well received. I don't do to...
by HRS
Mon Jul 29, 2013 10:48 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Surprises in the AM?
Replies: 4
Views: 4030

Re: Surprises in the AM?

I looked inside my head and I failed in fulfilling my task of finding records I was shocked at in composing the top 3000. Instead, I found plenty of examples of records whose placements I was/am shocked. Albums whose placements I was shocked [Top 500] 1. Michael Jackson - Thriller [thought it would ...
by HRS
Wed Jun 26, 2013 9:54 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.16
Replies: 20
Views: 12673

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.16

Looks like they all won anyway HRS... hope you're feeling better! Now that they have won, I do feel better! :-P Joking aside, I'm glad it was only a flu and not pneumonia like a doctor suspected -- the very same sickness that took the life of Trish Keenan of Broadcast. Yes, of course, I enjoyed you...
by HRS
Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.16
Replies: 20
Views: 12673

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.16

Can't believe I was sick enough to miss out the week I had 3 out of 8 albums competing!!

Hope you've enjoyed those ladies, Honorio! :D I could even say that I added Tom Zé randomly to cheer up a little hahaha Gloomy girls, those were. :whistle:
by HRS
Tue Jun 25, 2013 9:52 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: June update
Replies: 134
Views: 100798

Re: June update

Great job, Henrik! Thanks for the continuous effort :D
by HRS
Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:31 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Quick Poll: AMF Greatest Artists of the 2010s (So Far)
Replies: 38
Views: 24097

Re: Quick Poll: AMF Greatest Artists of the 2010s (So Far)

1. Joanna Newsom
2. PJ Harvey
3. Swans
4. TUNE YARDS
5. Fiona Apple

No big surprises here, just the artists I've connected most with.
by HRS
Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:25 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: What song do you have on repeat right now?
Replies: 82
Views: 58232

Re: Which song do you have on repeat right now?

Since Friday I have Vashti Bunyan's Train Song on repeat - - there is also Neko Case' s Star Witness. Right net I feel like I'm falling for Bert Jansch playing once more :mrgreen:
by HRS
Sun Jun 09, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.14
Replies: 25
Views: 15670

Re: Moderately Acclaimed Albums 4 - Round 1.14

Glad that I can play this game again! :D 1. Bruce Springsteen - The Rising vs. Fugazi - The Argument 2. Nico - Desertshore vs. Chet Baker - Chet Baker Sings 3. Townes Van Zandt - Townes Van Zandt vs. Drive By Truckers - Brighter Than Creation's Dark 4. Zero Boys - Vicious Circle vs. Vinícius de Mora...
by HRS
Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Okay
Replies: 82
Views: 59979

Re: Okay

To add a more positive note, this week has been a happy one for Moonbeam (who's a father now) and me (I'm an official teacher now : I have passed my exams with a good ranking (#21 out of 1200!!) that allows me to chose a good teaching position in a school not too far from my home. !!!!! I even got ...
by HRS
Sat Jun 08, 2013 3:53 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: EXTINCTION - 200 Greatest Artists
Replies: 84
Views: 65585

Re: EXTINCTION - 200 Greatest Artists

I'm with Honorio! :D Moreover: Where does the internet gets into this conversation? All I've been reading for quite a while is something like "artist x never had a platinum record, never was a big seller." I've known people who spent most of the 80s and 90s feeding their ears with mixtapes...
by HRS
Mon May 27, 2013 5:34 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Top 100 albums survivor game
Replies: 304
Views: 196086

Re: Top 100 albums survivor game

Can't complain of the winner! This was such a great quickie game! Thanks, Henrik!

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