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by bootsy
Sun Dec 23, 2018 7:52 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Burial's Untrue (2007)
Replies: 14
Views: 29609

Re: Rank the Tracks: Burial's Untrue (2007)

04 | Ghost Hardware
02 | Archangel
08 | Untrue
03 | Near Dark
09 | Shell of Light
06 | Etched Headplate
11 | Homeless
13 | Raver
05 | Endorphin
10 | Dog Shelter
07 | In McDonalds
12 | UK
01 | Untitled
by bootsy
Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:56 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Playlist: A Taste of Acclaimed Albums (Complete!)
Replies: 114
Views: 97612

Re: Playlist: A Taste of Acclaimed Albums (work in progress)

Today I updated from #2190 (Parliament's The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein) to #2222 (Jay-Z's 4:44). Note: Jazz, jazz, jazz albums everywhere! How many can you fit in a space of 32 albums. A lot! But I didn't listen to a jazz album while updating, I listened to, well, this: http://photos1.blogger.com/i...
by bootsy
Wed Dec 19, 2018 3:30 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 71
Views: 147773

Re: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates

Totally agree about Honey. In fact the whole Robyn album seems a bit over-rated to me, but Honey doesn't stand out at all. What are all those music critics seeing in it? Best album and best song. I love that ”Honey” can make the top 10 by just being wonderfully smooth. Perhaps I have expressed too ...
by bootsy
Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:10 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 71
Views: 147773

Re: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates

Still amazed at thank u, next.
by bootsy
Fri Dec 14, 2018 3:36 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: EOY 2018 - Rolling Stone (US)
Replies: 6
Views: 14912

Re: EOY 2018 - Rolling Stone (US)

List is about as Rolling Stone as it gets. Almost no effort.
by bootsy
Thu Dec 13, 2018 5:32 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver (2007)
Replies: 28
Views: 49722

Re: Rank the Tracks: LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver (2007)

01 | Get Innocuous!
03 | North American Scum
04 | Someone Great
05 | All My Friends
02 | Time to Get Away
06 | Us v Them
08 | Sound of Silver
07 | Watch the Tapes
09 | New York, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down
by bootsy
Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:41 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: EOY 2018 - Pitchfork (US)
Replies: 31
Views: 47341

Re: EOY 2018 - Pitchfork (US)

Pitchfork so schizo.
by bootsy
Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:33 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates
Replies: 71
Views: 147773

Re: EOY 2018 Songs Spreadsheet Updates

I really do wish I could understand trap rap more, but even though there are some artists (such as Travis Scott) where I can clearly recognize the talent involved, the entire genre is filled with stuff – the grating synth hi-hats, the constant ad-libs, the drunken, auto-tuned lead vocals – that mak...
by bootsy
Tue Dec 11, 2018 2:38 am
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: Grammy Award Nominations
Replies: 6
Views: 24788

Re: Grammy Award Nominations

Harold wrote:
bootsy wrote:Do Grammy Nominations count for anything on here or just wins?
The Album and Record of the Year nominees are all entered into the spreadsheets. Points are added for the winners after the awards.
Thanks Harold, you da man.
by bootsy
Sun Dec 09, 2018 11:09 pm
Forum: EOY 2018
Topic: Grammy Award Nominations
Replies: 6
Views: 24788

Re: Grammy Award Nominations

Do Grammy Nominations count for anything on here or just wins?
by bootsy
Thu Dec 06, 2018 3:50 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 479789

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

Thanks Sweepstakes Ron. Had a great time and journey through all of this. See you in a couple of years

(Damn I gotta do this all over again)

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by bootsy
Thu Nov 29, 2018 2:46 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!
Replies: 53
Views: 55397

Re: Best Moderately Acclaimed Album Of 2018: Nominations!

I vow to make a better choice than last year. Although I still liked that album. :D
by bootsy
Wed Nov 28, 2018 3:16 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
Replies: 22
Views: 37514

Re: Rank the Tracks: Vampire Weekend's Modern Vampires of the City (2013)

02 | Unbelievers
03 | Step
10 | Ya Hey
06 | Hannah Hunt
05 | Don't Lie
07 | Everlasting Arms
09 | Worship You
04 | Diane Young
08 | Finger Back
01 | Obvious Bicycle
11 | Hudson
12 | Young Lion
by bootsy
Thu Nov 22, 2018 5:59 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 479789

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

Henrik wrote:Sweeptakes Ron, I like the way you have set up this is poll. Keep up the good work!
Romain wrote:
I'm here just to see if new songs appears and listen to them.
Agree with both of these assessments. Let's keep it rolling baby.
by bootsy
Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:50 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: The War on Drugs' Lost in the Dream (2014)
Replies: 15
Views: 22558

Re: Rank the Tracks: The War on Drugs' Lost in the Dream (2014)

02 | Red Eyes
01 | Under the Pressure
05 | Disappearing
08 | Burning
04 | An Ocean in Between the Waves
06 | Eyes to the Wind
09 | Lost in the Dream
07 | The Haunting Idle
10 | In Reverse
03 | Suffering
by bootsy
Sun Nov 18, 2018 3:37 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: PJ Harvey's Let England Shake (2011)
Replies: 18
Views: 27731

Re: Rank the Tracks: PJ Harvey's Let England Shake (2011)

03 | The Glorious Land
01 | Let England Shake
02 | The Last Living Rose
05 | All and Everyone
07 | England
06 | On Battleship Hill
08 | In the Dark Places
04 | The Words That Maketh Murder
09 | Bitter Branches
10 | Hanging in the Wire
12 | The Colour of the Earth
11 | Written on the Forehead
by bootsy
Wed Nov 14, 2018 2:41 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Radiohead's Kid A
Replies: 40
Views: 56809

Re: Rank the Tracks: Radiohead's Kid A

3. The National Anthem
1. Everything In Its Right Place
6. Optimistic
7. In Limbo
8. Idioteque
2. Kid A
4. How to Disappear Completely
9. Morning Bell
10. Motion Picture Soundtrack
5. Treefingers
by bootsy
Sun Nov 11, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Strokes Is this It?
Replies: 24
Views: 29945

Re: Rank the Tracks: Strokes Is this It?

1. "Is This It" 8. "Hard to Explain" 7. "Last Nite" 2. "The Modern Age" 4. "Barely Legal" 9. "New York City Cops" 3. "Soma" 11. "Take It or Leave It" 10. "Trying Your Luck" 5. "Someday" 6. "Alone...
by bootsy
Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:24 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007)
Replies: 36
Views: 44302

Re: Rank the Tracks: Radiohead's In Rainbows (2007)

02 | Bodysnatchers
07 | Reckoner
08 | House of Cards
05 | All I Need
06 | Faust Arp
01 | 15 Step
03 | Nude
04 | Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
09 | Jigsaw Falling Into Place
10 | Videotape
by bootsy
Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:08 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Sufjan Stevens' Illinois (2005)
Replies: 25
Views: 27320

Re: Rank the Tracks: Sufjan Stevens' Illinois (2005)

09 | Chicago 03 | Come On! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) 04 | John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 10 | Casimir Pulaski Day 01 | Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois 13 | Prairie Fire That Wanders About 07 | Decatur, or, R...
by bootsy
Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:44 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton
Replies: 14
Views: 15136

Re: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton

So I've been listening to Quadrophenia for the next album discussion, and it made me think about both my previous post and bootsy's comment on it. Specifically, the fact that I felt unwilling to comment on this album and willing to comment on Quadrophenia despite not being able to relate to the con...
by bootsy
Fri Nov 02, 2018 4:16 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
Replies: 23
Views: 33278

Re: Rank the Tracks: Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

09 | Swimming Pools (Drank) 03 | Backseat Freestyle 02 | Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe 04 | The Art of Peer Pressure 10 | Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst 05 | Money Trees 06 | Poetic Justice 11 | Real 01 | Sherane a.k.a. Master Splinter's Daughter 08 | m.A.A.d city 07 | good kid 12 | Compton Not a ba...
by bootsy
Fri Nov 02, 2018 1:16 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton
Replies: 14
Views: 15136

Re: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton

I really don't get this album (but I wish I did!). On paper, I understand why it's important, but when I listen to it I end up getting bored. I guess that's true of a lot of 80's and early 90's hip hip. It doesn't engage me like Kendrick, Kanye, Vince Staples or countless other rap albums from the ...
by bootsy
Wed Oct 31, 2018 3:16 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Arcade Fire's Funeral
Replies: 42
Views: 81321

Re: Rank the Tracks: Arcade Fire's Funeral

7. Wake Up
1. Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
9. Rebellion (Lies)
4. Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
3. Une année sans lumière
8. Haiti
2. Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
6. Crown of Love
5. Neighborhood #4 (7 Kettles)
10. In the Backseat
by bootsy
Tue Oct 30, 2018 8:02 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Prince Album Poll 2018: #1 Purple Rain
Replies: 33
Views: 26682

Re: Prince Album Poll 2018

No problem Moonbeam. Glad to do it.
by bootsy
Tue Oct 30, 2018 7:59 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton
Replies: 14
Views: 15136

Re: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton

I really don't get this album (but I wish I did!). On paper, I understand why it's important, but when I listen to it I end up getting bored. I guess that's true of a lot of 80's and early 90's hip hip. It doesn't engage me like Kendrick, Kanye, Vince Staples or countless other rap albums from the ...
by bootsy
Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:56 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton
Replies: 14
Views: 15136

Re: Album Club Discussion #6: N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton

I don't feel like I can comment on a lot of this album as a non-black, non-American and highly-privileged New Zealander. Fuck Tha Police is the only song that really feels relevant to my world, and that's mainly because of how applicable it is to the treatment of Maori and Pacific Islanders here (i...
by bootsy
Sat Oct 27, 2018 9:07 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: End of the decade is coming, predictions for top 5 EOD toppers?
Replies: 17
Views: 19502

Re: End of the decade is coming, predictions for top 5 EOD toppers?

Wow already close to the end of the decade. Damn this decade went by fast.
by bootsy
Fri Oct 26, 2018 2:20 am
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: The White Stripes' Elephant (2003)
Replies: 17
Views: 19425

Re: Rank the Tracks: The White Stripes' Elephant (2003)

01 | Seven Nation Army 08 | Ball and Biscuit 09 | The Hardest Button to Button 02 | Black Math 03 | There's No Home for You Here 05 | In the Cold, Cold Night 10 | Little Acorns 06 | I Want to Be the Boy to Warm Your Mother's Heart 11 | Hypnotize 04 | I Just Don't Know What to Do With Myself 13 | Gir...
by bootsy
Sat Oct 20, 2018 5:41 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)
Replies: 17
Views: 21210

Re: Rank the Tracks: Amy Winehouse's Back to Black (2006)

02 | You Know I'm No Good
01 | Rehab
05 | Back to Black
03 | Me & Mr Jones
06 | Love Is a Losing Game
04 | Just Friends
10 | He Can Only Hold Her
07 | Tears Dry on Their Own
09 | Some Unholy War
11 | Addicted
08 | Wake Up Alone
by bootsy
Sat Oct 20, 2018 5:36 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Frank Ocean's Channel Orange
Replies: 34
Views: 69619

Re: Rank the Tracks: Frank Ocean's Channel Orange

10. Pyramids
2. Thinkin Bout You
7. Super Rich Kids
5. Sweet Life
11. Lost
4. Sierra Leone
13. Monks
15. Pink Matter
16. Forrest Gump
9. Crack Rock
8. Pilot Jones
14. Bad Religion
12. White
17. End
1. Start
3. Fertilizer
6. Not Just Money
by bootsy
Sat Oct 20, 2018 5:31 pm
Forum: Rank the tracks
Topic: Rank the Tracks: Kanye West's The College Dropout (2004)
Replies: 22
Views: 49042

Re: Rank the Tracks: Kanye West's The College Dropout (2004)

07 | Jesus Walks 04 | All Falls Down 19 | Through the Wire 12 | Slow Jamz 09 | Get Em High 06 | Spaceship 18 | Two Words 21 | Last Call 20 | Family Business 02 | We Don't Care 15 | School Spirit 08 | Never Let Me Down 13 | Breathe In Breathe Out 05 | I'll Fly Away 10 | Workout Plan 11 | The New Work...
by bootsy
Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:54 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 479789

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

Jirin wrote:
Am I the biggest non-Kanye rap fan on this forum? Surprised nobody else listed Don't Believe The Hype. I've never had a rap album in my top 10 but have them in my top 20...
I had it at 1234 on my extended list. It's a good song just not one of my favorite PE songs.
by bootsy
Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:13 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Replies: 77
Views: 68666

Re: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Are the votes for Stevie Nicks not based a little too much on Fleetwood Mac? I mean, she had solo success sure, but I doubt that was enough to even be considered if Fleetwood Mac never existed. And she is already in for that act. Personally, this group doesn't do much for me. Only one act I genuine...
by bootsy
Thu Oct 11, 2018 4:21 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Replies: 77
Views: 68666

Re: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Are the votes for Stevie Nicks not based a little too much on Fleetwood Mac? I mean, she had solo success sure, but I doubt that was enough to even be considered if Fleetwood Mac never existed. And she is already in for that act. Personally, this group doesn't do much for me. Only one act I genuine...
by bootsy
Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:52 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: What Will Top AM's Albums and Songs lists for 2018?
Replies: 12
Views: 13725

Re: What Will Top AM's Albums and Songs lists for 2018?

Also, can someone explain the appeal of the song "This is America"? The popularity of it's music video doesn't make it a better song. As for songs, I agree with anyone else who said that "This Is America" and "Make Me Feel" will nab the top 2 spots. I think "This ...
by bootsy
Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:49 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Replies: 77
Views: 68666

Re: 2019 Nominees - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Kraftwerk better get in.
by bootsy
Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:52 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 479789

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

StevieFan13 wrote:I did not expect We Are the World to finish there!
Higher? Lower?
by bootsy
Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:54 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Prince Album Poll 2018: #1 Purple Rain
Replies: 33
Views: 26682

Re: Prince Album Poll 2018

Count me in of course. i already work on it. I'm in, I already send you the mail. I hope there are more polls about the discography of artists. Thank you so both much for your lists! I'll participate as well. I'm not proclaiming to be the biggest Prince fan so no way I've listened to all or most of...
by bootsy
Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:58 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Prince Album Poll 2018: #1 Purple Rain
Replies: 33
Views: 26682

Re: Prince Album Poll 2018

Wow already got em riled up. This is going to be good.
by bootsy
Thu Sep 27, 2018 4:03 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Prince Album Poll 2018: #1 Purple Rain
Replies: 33
Views: 26682

Re: Prince Album Poll 2018

Purple Rain v. 1999 v. Sign O' The Times.

Who will come out on top?

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by bootsy
Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:39 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results
Replies: 613
Views: 479789

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition: Results

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:I’ve been going pretty slow lately, but I’ll try to pick things up for the next couple of days.
This is fine. You're doing great. Just giving us a little tease. I think it works great like this. Keeps us in suspense.
by bootsy
Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:37 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s
Replies: 43
Views: 60733

Re: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s

Michael's sister at #8 alone invalidates this list. yikes So where should it be? It's a great album. Are you saying it shouldn't be on the list at all or further down? Based on his previous posts, he's not a fan of anyone in particular named Jackson (Samuel L., maybe). Given that and the "yike...
by bootsy
Thu Sep 13, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s
Replies: 43
Views: 60733

Re: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s

filmman wrote:Michael's sister at #8 alone invalidates this list. yikes
So where should it be? It's a great album. Are you saying it shouldn't be on the list at all or further down?
by bootsy
Tue Sep 11, 2018 7:25 pm
Forum: 1980s
Topic: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s
Replies: 43
Views: 60733

Re: Pitchfork - The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s

1999 is Prince's best album of the decade. ;) If anything the list could use MORE Prince. Controversy , Parade , and Lovesexy all belong. We'll agree to disagree there. While I've never seen a greater live performer in my lifetime, always been a touch underwhelmed by Prince on album. Wildly creativ...
by bootsy
Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:13 pm
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Rest in Peace Mac Miller
Replies: 2
Views: 3467

Re: Rest in Peace Mac Miller

A fan of The Divine Feminine. Another one way too young: XXXTenacion, Avicii, and now Mac.
by bootsy
Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:22 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition
Replies: 516
Views: 386220

Re: The AMF Top Songs of All Time 2018 Edition

Sweepstakes Ron wrote:You know what, looking at spreadsheets hurts my eyes too much to get this done when I promised. September 15 is the day, and no takebacks. And who knows, maybe it will be ready even sooner.
Take your time man. Nothing is more important than your health. We'll be fine until you are ready.
by bootsy
Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:56 am
Forum: Music, Music, Music...
Topic: Albums of 2018
Replies: 228
Views: 285674

Re: Albums of 2018

Janelle Monae - Dirty Computer 6,5 A lack of madness. Some great parts on good songs (the choruses especially), but I don't know why, I waited for the songs to go wild all through the album without it coming, a little bit frustrating. Had similar feelings about that album. It's my least favorite of...

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