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- Sat Oct 31, 2020 5:08 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
Are any of the following going to place in the top 100? Yes, all of them. The top 100 albums are going to be the 100 albums listed in Nick's post above. The lowest-ranked album from 2017 on that list was Surfer Rosa , at #177, and there is absolutely no way an album that ranked at #177 or higher la...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:53 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 396084
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
I'm shocked that Carole King's Tapestry had a better ranking among younger voters. I expected an extreme older split for that album. I wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that "Where You Lead" is the theme song to Gilmore Girls , which younger viewers keep discovering via Netf...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:19 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
with Lou Reed's Berlin , at #385, being the lowest-ranked of those albums from last time that has not appeared yet Now, with 190 albums remaining, that title goes to Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Rust Never Sleeps (#283 in 2017). Only two other albums that ranked below #250 last time are still waiti...
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 3:09 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
Which of the following albums will be in the top 200? Which will instead be out of the top 1000? James Brown - 'Live at the Apollo 1963 44 328 Van Halen Van Halen 1978 244 335 These albums have already appeared, at #315 and #689, respectively. And where do you see The Black Parade at #361 on the 20...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 7:20 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
If The Woods is the lowest album left, it is doing very well in comparison to last time, and I am very happy about it. And The Woods it is! Barring any truly unforeseen shocks, the remaining 220 albums should be the 220 remaining from the upper reaches of the 2017 poll (with Lou Reed's Berlin , at ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
I think it's absolutely 100% The Woods. I didn't even realize it placed as low as it did last time. Yeah there’s no way The Woods didn’t make it to the top 1000. It’s in someone’s top 10 and in a bunch of top 100 including mine. Hmm. You both may be right. I just assumed that Computerwelt rising as...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
Another album that finished in the top 600 in 2017 but is nowhere to be found so far on this poll is We're Only in It for the Money by The Mothers of Invention. I have to say that, unless that album took an unexpectedly huge leap, I'm surprised that Zappa/The Mothers will only end up placing one alb...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
I think you are both wrong about Autobahn Well, Holden's newest results post knocks off two of our "outliers" ( The Idler Wheel... and Hatful of Hollow ). Assuming that NFR! and Fetch the Bolt Cutters are yet to come, I'm sticking with Autobahn for that final album not on 2017's top 500. ...
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
I've also got Autobahn, but my other outlier is Hatful of Hollow. Unless a decision was made not to count it this time, and I missed it.prosecutorgodot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:21 am Besides The Idler Wheel..., I'm predicting Autobahn and S-K's The Woods as the outside entries.
- Tue Oct 27, 2020 2:37 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
- Replies: 104
- Views: 64766
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, PREDICTION THREAD (SPOILERS)
There are now 300 albums left to reveal. There are 295 albums from the 2017 poll's top 500 that have not appeared yet (unless I've miscounted somewhere), and it seems highly unlikely that any of them will miss the cut going forward. That leaves five albums that were not in the top 500 last time arou...
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 396084
- Sat Oct 24, 2020 12:56 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 396084
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
I always look forward to seeing what #666 is on any list with 1000 entries or more. This one couldn't have been more perfect for you, Moonbeam!
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
- Replies: 374
- Views: 396084
Re: AMF Top 1000 Albums of All Time, 2020, RESULTS!
Also surprised to see Dua Lipa here. I know the album is beloved, but usually in these polls albums of the same year don't make it. I do expect Fetch the Bolt Cutter to show up still, but as an exception. Wonder if one or two others can slip in. Besides FTBC, I would say the other 2020 albums that ...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Errors in the 2018 update
- Replies: 380
- Views: 694435
Re: Errors in the 2018 update
Beat, The Special Beat Service appears on Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die at Next Stop Flatlanders, The All American Music/More a Legend Than a Band appears both on "Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) " and on "The Rough Guide - Cou...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:05 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (18) October 15
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11762
Re: MCCh 2020 (18) October 30
Thanks, Otisredding - great work as usual! One thing - as much as we'd all undoubtedly like this year to end more quickly, the date in the subject line should be October 15, not October 30. Deftones took a major tumble after debuting in the top 10. Presumably that impressive start was the result of ...
- Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:35 pm
- Forum: 21st century
- Topic: The Current (US) - 893 Essential Songs Since the Year 2000 (2019)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10597
- Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:34 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264937
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
I saw that people have been including their ages at the top of their submission posts - I'm 51. Here's my top 500, the first time I've ever compiled a personal list of this size. Most of the albums near the top (except for the more recent ones, obviously) have been absolute favorites for a very long...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: Lists published later
- Topic: Spin (USA) - The 50 Best Songs of the Year 2000 (2020)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7664
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 3:24 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264937
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
I have made a decision on the deadline: September 31st is the soft deadline So, since September 31st doesn't actually exist, that means there IS no deadline. Sweet! :mrgreen: I wasn't sure I'd be participating this time around, but I think the unveiling of the Rolling Stone list motivated me. I'll ...
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 2:58 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
- Replies: 321
- Views: 264937
Re: AMF Best Albums of All-Time 2020 LIST THREAD
I have made a decision on the deadline: September 31st is the soft deadline So, since September 31st doesn't actually exist, that means there IS no deadline. Sweet! :mrgreen: I wasn't sure I'd be participating this time around, but I think the unveiling of the Rolling Stone list motivated me. I'll ...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
I know six albums that probably didn't make Taylor Swift's list...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
I also forgot that both earlier versions of the song list had entries that were less than a year old (Hey Ya! on the 2004 list, Moment of Surrender on the 2010 list, and I can see one of those songs clearly sticking around and moving up and the other, if they have any sense of musical significance ...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:56 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
MVotC is #328.StevieFan13 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:48 pm I also can't recall if any Vampire Weekend made the cut, which would be bizarre if they didn't given how well-received Modern Vampires of the City was.
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 5:20 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
I'm not sure how old you are, but as someone who was a teenager when they came out, I can confirm that The Black Parade and Man on the Moon... had an enormous impact upon youth culture when they were released. The Black Parade is without a doubt the defining album of the 2000s pop-emo scene, and Ma...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 11:22 am
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 7:51 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
The three 2019 albums have two logical choices and also Kid Cudi. Haven’t listened to it myself but also haven’t seen a lot of critical acclaim for it. As I noted in another post, RS got the date wrong for the Kid Cudi album - it's actually from 2009, not 2019. There are three 2019 albums, though, ...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:29 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
That Kid Cudi album is from 2009, not 2019. That's RS's error, and it's kind of an embarrassing one.
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:00 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Thanks for getting this transcribed so quickly! I did jump straight to the top 50 when I visited the RS website. I'm sure the rest of the list will confirm the initial impression that this is a fascinating and frustrating effort by RS to revamp the canon (I have no doubt they're already receiving ha...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
Obviously, someone will need to transcribe and post.
And, cue the collective apoplectic outrage of internet music geeks (including me, I'm afraid) right off the bat:
#500 is Arcade Fire's Funeral.
And, cue the collective apoplectic outrage of internet music geeks (including me, I'm afraid) right off the bat:
#500 is Arcade Fire's Funeral.
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 3:20 pm
- Forum: ALL TIME
- Topic: ✅ Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition) + 2023 Update (at the end of the post)
- Replies: 141
- Views: 173440
Re: Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 edition)
EiXDVicWsAAzKYw.jpeg This will be the new cover of RS. Anyone have seen the list? I saw that this morning too, and immediately went to their website - the list is not up yet. I don't think the print issue is coming out for a couple of weeks so I wouldn't expect to see the list for a while. I confes...
- Sun Sep 20, 2020 3:12 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Best Moments in Music
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21557
Re: Best Moments in Music
Eddie Jobson's closing electric violin solo on "Out of the Blue" by Roxy Music. Greatest example of tension-and-release that I can think of. The whole track has been building up to something explosive, but that still doesn't prepare you for just how incredibly exciting it is.
- Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: Russia
- Topic: Best Russian Rock Songs of XX Century
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7201
Re: Best Russian Rock Songs of XX Century
Not being able to read Russian, I can't tell if my personal favorite Russian rock song of the 20th century is in here: "Berserker," as sung by Jay's cousin Olaf from Moscow ("Olaf's a metal singer - back home in Moscow he's got his own band, they're called Fuck Your Yankee Bluejeans o...
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:27 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Microphones in 2020
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9487
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:43 pm
- Forum: Specific lists (from broader sources)
- Topic: NME (UK) - The 50 Darkest Albums Ever Made (2011)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6335
Re: NME (UK) - The 50 Darkest Albums Ever Made (2011)
Found here: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/MarilynRoxie/nme__the_50_darkest_albums_ever_made/ Don't know if eligible. Somehow I doubt that lists based on subjective, abstract qualities of music would be eligible. Interesting list, though (even though this is probably the one and only time that Cold...
- Sun Aug 16, 2020 9:15 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (14) August 15
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10300
Re: MCCh 2020 (14) August 15
Welcome back, Otis! Great work as always.
Highlights section should be pretty easy for Microphones in 2020...
Highlights section should be pretty easy for Microphones in 2020...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:02 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums Acclaimed Based on Only a Few Songs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16842
Re: Albums Acclaimed Based on Only a Few Songs
Which is the third, for you? I'm guessing "Wanna Be Startin' Something," but some people might say "Human Nature." (Not the title track, presumably, which would be nothing without Vincent Price and John Landis.)
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12356
Re: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
I find it hilarious that you criticize my English abilities in such a poorly formed sentence. Thanks for the laughs. Henry, while I agree that Wisna's comment was uncalled for (it's basically "NO! I SAID 'SAVAGE,' NOT 'SAVAGES'! CAN'T YOU REEEAAADDD???!!!???"), it's pretty obvious that En...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:51 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12356
Re: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
"Real savage-like!" -- Lindsey Buckingham, "Tusk" It's by Lindsey Buckingham but "Tusk" but doesn't including "Savage" in the title song. Are you find another song by Lindsey Buckingham or his band, Fleetwood Mac, with "Savage" in the title? I was j...
- Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:22 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Albums Acclaimed Based on Only a Few Songs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 16842
Re: Albums Acclaimed Based on Only a Few Songs
Remain in Light: I prefer The Great Curve over Once in a Lifetime. What's Going On is my go-to example ( the three acclaimed songs are waaay better than the others), though I appreciate that the album flows smoothly from song to song. These would be the exact two I would think of (particularly sinc...
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 4:57 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Mega Critic Chart 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 90701
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28427
Re: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
Perhaps they are still coving corona because here in America, just about everyone i know has been infected or knows someones who has been in the past month or two Wow. Where do you live? I do know a few individuals who have been infected. Most notably my own Mother (81 years of age), my Aunt and Un...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 8:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
- Replies: 15
- Views: 12356
Re: Songs with "Savage" in the Title - a poll
"Real savage-like!"
-- Lindsey Buckingham, "Tusk"
-- Lindsey Buckingham, "Tusk"
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 12:46 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28427
Re: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
Yes, Wisnu Tirta Aji, that was an unnecessarily rude comment. Hopefully Otis would be enjoying a well deserved holidays and he will be back with an update when he can. There is not such a hurry, is there? I actually don't think Wisna was trying to be rude, or sarcastic - I believe he was being comp...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:36 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28427
Re: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
I can't really speak on behalf of Otisredding, but every year in July and August there seems to be a "lost" update of some sorts. Maybe he's worried about being attacked by angry Taylor Swift fans if folklore 's ranking isn't high enough. :mrgreen: Or maybe he get ill, remember that some ...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:39 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28427
Re: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
The update is taking longer than usual - everything OK, Otisredding? I can't really speak on behalf of Otisredding, but every year in July and August there seems to be a "lost" update of some sorts. I always expect a Summer holiday of some sort plays a part in it. Maybe he's worried about...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28427
Re: MCCh 2020 (12) July 15
The update is taking longer than usual - everything OK, Otisredding?
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 5:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kanye is having issues
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13321
Re: Kanye is having issues
I really feel bad for the guy and I hope he gets the help he needs. I hope that the "Kanye West story" has a happy ending... +1 It feels like he's in danger now. Edit: Or maybe that's hyperbole. Let's just hope everything works out. His marriage is in shambles tho. Kim just posted a plea ...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm not well
- Replies: 7
- Views: 17992
Re: I'm not well
Hey, I just wanted to say that the long post I made on the Kanye thread was partly psychotic rambling and now I'm in a mental hospital cos of those psychotic thoughts. These thoughts started way before that post so it's completely on me to bring up those thoughts. It's like I was trying to find an ...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 9:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coronavirus
- Replies: 65
- Views: 95649
Re: Coronavirus
I don't understand why my country is so dense about wearing masks. Unfortunately America's been cultivating an anti-science, anti-education culture for years now, and this is the result of that. Large swaths of the population don't believe scientists, the "mainstream" media, or public off...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:58 pm
- Forum: Music, Music, Music...
- Topic: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
- Replies: 18
- Views: 13262
Re: Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie shreds Trump campaign for playing 'High Hopes'
OK, we've moved beyond music in this Music forum thread to politics, links to propaganda videos, etc. Let's end this thread gracefully and re-establish it, perhaps, in a more appropriate area of the forum.