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Rob

Another song with an aggressive title today (to say nothing of the album title). It used to be so peaceful here. Despite tendencies towards violence this song has over 200 million streams on Spotify, ranks at #3149 on AM and most importantly made it to Arsalan’s list. 776. Metallica – Seek & Des...

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Brand New – Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t: 7
Emo always sounds kind of weird to me; it's a genre that to feels somewhat inaccessible to my mind. But I can't deny that this song has some great build-up and development.

Rob

Today’s andy1010 pick should come with a trigger warning. It is the second appearance by Brand New at Biggest Fan. 775. Brand New – Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don’t Year: 2003 Album: Deja Entendu Biggest Fan: andy1010 (#512) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your...

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Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz – Midnight Gold: 7 If I'd heard this without being given information in advance I may have guessed that it was a lost Oasis track from the nineties. That's not a bad thing, but it just mistifies me that this is something Georgia would go for in twenty years...

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We come to one of those inevitable moments, comparable to Henry getting a Todd Rundgren song: StevieFan13 gifts us with a EuroVision song. It’s the 2016 entry for Georgia. It would end up at the 20th place during the event. Will we place it higher? Curiously, the song is not available on Spotify in ...

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The Waterboys – Destinies Entwined: 4 I have a soft spot for earlier work of The Waterboys, but never went as far into their career as 2015. What happened? Surely they coined the term "The Big Sound", but here the big emotions feel forced and fake. It's a song that really doesn't work in a...

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If you’re sleeping under the bushes under the stars one night you might just hear today’s CupOfDreams song of choice. 773. Guided by Voices – Cut-Out Witch Year: 1996 Album: Under the Bushes Under the Stars Biggest Fan: CupOfDreams (#258) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change ...

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Here's the updated highlights playlist. There are songs on it.

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Destiny brought us a late-career Waterboys song from Akhenaten’s list today. It is their second appearance here.

772. The Waterboys – Destinies Entwined
Year: 2015
Album: Modern Blues
Biggest Fan: Akhenaten (#258)

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Rob

Naturally, this list might not qualify for inclusion on Acclaimed Music (although I wish they would!), but I find it intriguing and worth sharing. Well, since it is by and large a list of classical music it is ineligible by default and it doesn't help that these are compositions without a stated re...

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Suzanna Hoffs – Unconditional Love: 7 In many way a very typical soft pop ballad of the nineties (although I'd have guessed it would be more late nineties, so props for being ahead of the curve); the type that makes for easy radio play, but doesn't dig deep emotionally. It's just content to be an un...

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A change of plans. Turns out that David Thomas & The Pedestrians’ The Sound of Sand and Other Songs of the Pedestrian is only available on YouTube in The Netherlands with most songs missing. I’ve tried looking elsewhere online, but no luck. The are a few websites in The Netherlands that do have ...

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Spring is in the air and on Easter day Frezzie confesses their unconditional love to today’s Cyndi Lauper cover.

771. Suzanna Hoffs – Unconditional Love
Year: 1991
Album: When You’re a Boy
Biggest Fan: frezzie (#138)

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Rob

Low – Point of Disgust: 9 When Mimi Parker passed away the album I listened to over and over was actually Trust. I can't quite explain why, because many of their albums seem to be rated higher. Maybe because that one encapsulates their various sounds the best. Point of Disgust is one of the best tra...

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4. Baltimore – Living in the Background With apologies to the nominator, but this one to me sounds like it consists almost exclusively out of my least favorite cliches of the 1980’s. The only thing I can say in its defense is that at least the band seems to have put their heart in it, but this is ab...

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If you remove the dash between the artist and song title below you get Low Point of Disgust, but that’s not what is intended here, especially by Nassim. 770. Low – Point of Disgust Year: 2002 Album: Trust Biggest Fan: Nassim (#694) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your ra...

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George Harrison – Breath Away from Heaven: 4 Adding "world music" to your rock and pop tracks was a big thing in the eighties. Harrison had long been influences by the music of India, so expanding this to what sounds to other parts of Asia might not be the biggest surprise. Breath Away fro...

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And now thanks to starchman46 we have three of four Beatles with a solo song in Biggest Fan. Will Ringo get in before we hit #1000? He only has one eligible song, so chances are slim. 769. George Harrison – Breath Away from Heaven Year: 1987 Album: Cloud Nine Biggest Fan: starchman46 (#72) Don’t for...

Rob

Spoon – Rhthm & Soul: 7
Spoon are incredibly dependable. This is far from my favorite song of theirs, but it is still very nice to have.

Rob

No, I didn’t spell today’s title wrong; that was the actual spelling on the original release. On Spotify the song is now spelled correctly, but who cares? Certainly not acr0320 who used the original spelling on their list. 768. Spoon – Rhthm & Soul Year: 2007 Album: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Biggest Fan: a...

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U.S. Girls – M.A.H.: 9 I was kind of surprised to see this one pop up. I mean, I think it is a great song, but didn't think of it as top 1000 anymore. I had it on rotation when I made the top 1000 so it was on the top of my mind, so that's why it is here. In contrast to the 10 that is Pearly Gates I...

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Let’s hope jamieW gets it right this time. The critics think he did, as they put today’s song at #7678 on AM.

767. Climax Blues Band – Couldn’t Get It Right
Year: 1976
Album: Gold Plated
Biggest Fan: jamieW (#66)

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Rob

I’m as mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore! So have a song from my list and vote!

766. U.S. Girls – M.A.H.
Year: 2017
Album: In a Poem Unlimited
Biggest Fan: Rob (#801)

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Rob

GZA, featuring Killah Priest & RES – Beneath the Surface: 6
Sounds nice, but once again I feel like I don't get what these people are talking about.

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Cool concept!

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Let’s see what Gillingham has dug up this time.

765. GZA, featuring Killah Priest & RES – Beneath the Surface
Year: 1999
Album: Beneath the Surface
Biggest Fan: Gillingham (#958)

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Rob

https://writteninmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Bobby-Gentry.jpg Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete (1968) / Country Soul Vs. https://e.snmc.io/i/600/w/efac3844ad0e1dd61717c1c89e546599/6210749/sun-ra-and-his-astro-infinity-arkestra-atlantis-Cover-Art.jpg Sun-Ra and His Astro Infinity Arkestra –...

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Cymande – The Message: 6
I know Cymande has some big fans on this forum. I'm barely familiar with their work, but this didn't particularly grab me. It's just nice.

Rob

Today’s Message comes to you not from Grandmaster Flash (or The Furious Five), but by Cymande. Thanks to nicolas for giving him the stage spread his word. 764. Cymande – The Message Year: 1972 Album: Cymande Biggest Fan: nicolas (#479) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change you...

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4. The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads This is the type of band I can enjoy but in small doses, instead of a whole album, especially one as long as this. After hearing two albums by The Lemonheads I just feel their songs are a bit too interchangeable to me. They have a pleasant sound, but ...

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Young Disciples – Apparently Nothin’ (Soul River): 7 Sometimes neo-soul like this bores me, but this changes things up just enough at the right time to keep my interest. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore: 7 A fairly decent Smashing Pumpkins song to me. Waxahatchee - Bathtub: 7 I frequently feel these ty...

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Time to run a bath for a relaxing weekend. It’s the second appearance of Waxahatchee here.

763. Waxahatchee - Bathtub
Year: 2012
Album: American Weekend
Biggest Fan: acroamor (#310)

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Rob

The second song in a row ranking on AM, this time at #7335. M24 also adores it.

762. Smashing Pumpkins – Ava Adore
Year: 1998
Album: Adore
Biggest Fan: M24 (#716)

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Rob

What do you find on the main AM list ranked at #6522? Apparently somethin’ Otisredding likes.

761. Young Disciples – Apparently Nothin’ (Soul River)
Year: 1991
Album: Road to Freedom
Biggest Fan: Otisredding (#428)

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Rob

https://writteninmusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Bobby-Gentry.jpg Bobbie Gentry – The Delta Sweete (1968) / Country Soul Vs. https://i.discogs.com/9gAHQGWgDAltqA8Cxcxf4MUqsTEkF3w1ClmcdVuApdA/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:593/w:593/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk1MjE0/OS0xMzI1NDkzMzc1/LmpwZW...

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Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys – Orange Blossom Special: 7
You don't have to understand what the title refers to to get that this is a train song. It is a very enjoyable one.

Rob

Stevejazz is on the take, which frequently means something old and special. 760. Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys – Orange Blossom Special Year: 1942 Released as a single (B-side to The Coupon Song) Biggest Fan: stevejazz (#488) Don’t forget you can always vote at a later moment or change your ra...

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Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right But It’s Okay: 4
It's not even really okay. There's just something about Whitney Houston's music that consistently bores me to tears.

Rob

I haven't looked too deeply into this, but I do think there is something to be said to exclude (most/ many) lists from such sources. Lists have been popular clickbait for ages, but as time passes it becomes more and more over-the-top, perhaps because websites find it increasingly hard to come up wit...

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It’s always dangerous to pick a song whose title could be read as the response to the song itself, especially if said title isn’t particularly positive. Still, this song has the favor of the critics, who rank it at #5280 on AM and of Elder of course. 759. Whitney Houston – It’s Not Right But It’s Ok...

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Gillingham wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:48 am Best That You Can Do

It seems you missed Fall to Pieces.

Rob

A bit delayed (sorry, but hosting a film festival takes a lot of time), but here is the updated playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5zW1BHIOLXDtlaCC0HShw1 We now have an album named Letter to Yu and one named Letter to Self on still a reasonably short list. Didn't know so many letters were s...

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Madonna – I’ll Remember: 6 In contrast to Live in Phoenix, the 90's are the only decade Madonna clicked for me, but really only with the Ray of Light album. As for I'll Remember, it's a fairly basic nineties type movie song. Doesn't even sound particularly Madonna to me. It's fine for what it is, bu...

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Is today’s song the first one to appear in Biggest Fan to win the Oscar for Best Original Song? I think so. It also found some favor with critics, who put it at #8431 on AM. And as per usual with Luiza’s picks it was a big hit and still has many streams on Spotify. 758. Christopher Cross – Arthur’s ...

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Today Wezzo tries to lure me into giving a 10 by picking a song title that sounds very much like my #1 of all time. It’s just missing “The” in front. Will this song measure up in the ring? 757. The Gaslight Anthem – Boxer Year: 2010 Album: American Slang Biggest Fan: Wezzo (#356) Don’t forget you ca...

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BryanBehar will have us fall for a power ballad today.

756. Velvet Revolver – Fall to Pieces
Year: 2004
Album: Contraband
Biggest Fan: BryanBehar (#776)

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Rob

It will come as no shock that 80’s fanatic Moonbeam remembers Madonna, but what is shocking that he went for a song from the 90’s! It is the second appearance by Madonna here. 755. Madonna – I’ll Remember Year: 1994 Album: With Honors (Music from the Motion Picture) Biggest Fan: Moonbeam (#243) Don’...

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Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem, Op 45: VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt: 6
Men, these German requiems go hard. I'm used to more sombre affairs.
I'm not sure what to make of it yet. Maybe it needs even more than three listens, but for now I might find it a bit too much bombast.

Rob

4. The Roches – The Roches This is one of those albums I’m almost bound to like, so why don’t I really? Ultra-clear female voices, singing folk songs in harmony is about as close to my general taste as you can get, but there is something about The Roches that just doesn’t work for me. Obviously it ...

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We haven’t had a classical piece here since November (which is a very long time for this game), usually the most dependable genre here. Connoisseur Geoffrey gifts us another one, a requiem from Germany. As per usual the version in the playlist is just the one that comes up first on Spotify. 754. Joh...

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