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bonnielaurel wrote:5. ~~Spoon - Kill The Moonlight~~
6. The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!!

Bonnielaurel, just to clarify, which album are you voting for here? (You have The Sonics bolded, but you have it ranked 6th and Spoon 5th.)

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The Sonics - Here Are the Sonics!!! When I rated these two albums, they came out exactly a tie. "Strychnine" was the tiebreaker. Sisters of Mercy - Floodland "Minimal Nation" is a very good techno album. Unfortunately, anytime a goth album is nominated - especially a longtime fav...

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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Let Love In Fleetwood Mac - Tusk Drake - Nothing Was the Same Have a Nice Life - Deathconsciousness "Let Love In" is probably my favorite Nick Cave album. The last matchup was great for me - two moody, gloomy albums that were certain to appeal to my taste. S...

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I didn't know about that Nina Simone documentary, so thanks for making me aware of it, Honorio. I watched it last night, and oh boy, it certainly elicited a wide range of emotions in me. I knew that she had an isolated childhood because of her dedication to classical music, that she was exhausted b...

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After thinking a lot about it, I've decided to change my vote from Duran Duran to Ofra Haza. I went entirely by my song ratings spreadsheet and "The Reflex" is a childhood favorite (I cling onto some of these like raggedy old stuffed animals); but I've been asking myself, honestly, which ...

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After thinking a lot about it, I've decided to change my vote from Duran Duran to Ofra Haza. I went entirely by my song ratings spreadsheet and "The Reflex" is a childhood favorite (I cling onto some of these like raggedy old stuffed animals); but I've been asking myself, honestly, which w...

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5936. George Harrison - Awaiting on You All 6 vs. 5919. James Ingram - Yah Mo B There 7 5905. The Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun? 7 vs. 5986. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q 7 5985. Beastie Boys - Root Down 5 vs. 5970. Tom Jones - Delilah 7 5889. Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 8 vs...

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Obviously from my ratings, I enjoy all of these at varying levels...

Stevie Wonder - Visions 9
vs.
Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls 10

Talking Heads - The Great Curve 7
vs.
Portishead - Mysterons 8

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I really, really hope Returnal doesn't lose due to song confusion Please, jamieW, DaveC and Henrik, reevaluate your votes if you based it on the first song I posted I found it, and it's definitely not the version I heard before. (I remember wondering at the time what the point was of getting Antony...

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I really, really hope Returnal doesn't lose due to song confusion Please, jamieW, DaveC and Henrik, reevaluate your votes if you based it on the first song I posted I don't use Spotify very often, mainly because I have the free version (with the advertisements) and I do also have Rhapsody. However,...

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Van Halen - 1984 The Pentangle - Basket of Light Aphex Twin - 26 Mixes for Cash DakhaBrakha - Light After reading spiritualized's comment about acid techno vs. hair metal, I was going to make a similar comment as Brad. To be honest, I was never that big into either genre, so any of the other six alb...

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I, too, will be submitting a list, but it'll probably be sometime in the final week. For the sake of easier future list-making, I've finally been streamlining hundreds of handwritten pages of song/album ratings into a single spreadsheet. There's no way I'll be finished with the project in a month. (...

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1. Pearl Jam - Black 10 (I thought "Echoes" would be my favorite in this range. I was wrong.) Number one of all time in the last Belgian poll "De Tijdloze"! http://tijdloze.stijnshome.be/nummer/201 http://tijdloze.stijnshome.be/lijst/2015 I love statistics like this and this is ...

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I was going to start posting my 1-10 ratings last week, and then I realized I only gave 5 of the 16 songs a 7 or higher. This is a much better week for me to start... 8. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm 7 9. Madonna - Die Another Day 7 10. Judy Collins - Amazing Grace 7 13. R.E.M. - Pretty Persua...

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Stevie Wonder - Visions Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls Talking Heads - The Great Curve Portishead - Mysterons Favorite song I couldn't vote for: The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money As for discoveries, I also already knew all of these songs, but there were a handful I had to hear again befo...

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And on a side note: devastated that Ella Fitzgerald lost to Queens of the Stone Age. I can't speak for how others voted, but that Ella Fitzgerald album's 3 hour runtime was an impediment for me. I felt bad voting against it, because it seemed like there was a lot of good stuff in there that I just ...

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Super Furry Animals - Rings Around The World
Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
Sébastien Tellier - Sexuality
Very close. "Angola Prison Spirituals" is another great discovery.
The Seatbelts/Yoko Kanno - Cowboy Bebop

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9. ScHoolboy Q feat. A$AP Rocky - Hands on the Wheel 12. The Nails - 88 Lines About 44 Women 13. Jackson Browne - These Days 15. Perfect Pussy - Interference Fits 4. Mocedades - Eres Tú 7. Green Velvet - La La Land 11. George Harrison - Awaiting on You All 14. Dwight Twilley Band - I'm on Fire 2. Ch...

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The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit Stevie Wonder - Visions Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls Love - A House is Not a Motel Joy Division - Day of the Lords Radiohead - Videotape Portishead - Mysterons The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Stevie Wonder - Past...

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FYI - I will be a little late posting results tomorrow, as my wife and I just brought home our 4th (& last!) child from the hospital where he was born yesterday morning. Things are quite hectic around here, as you may imagine. Thanks! Congratulations, Brad! You've doubled our output (although I...

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I usually vote in these when I feel my vote might give an all-time favorite a boost. This would be one of those times, since my #1 is likely in my top 10 rap songs of the decade. For me, there's not a bad song on the album, though, and as a narrative it paints a picture like few albums ever. (I stil...

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Looks like a lot of my guilty pleasures are going to fall in this "moderately acclaimed" range. First, Enigma; now "I'd Really Love To See You Tonight." Obviously, I expect it to get beaten within an inch of its soft rock/country-tinged life. (Which is understandable. I can't eve...

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Beach House - Bloom What's odd about this one is I think nearly any other Peter Gabriel album would've beaten "Bloom," and Peter Gabriel III would've beaten any other Beach House album for me. I guess that's how it goes with random matchups... Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe dEUS...

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I just wanted to thank everyone again for all these tremendous lists of recommendations (and also let everyone know that I haven't forgotten about this!). I'm listening to as many songs/albums as I can before the deadline. If nobody posts a list in the submissions thread earlier, I'll probably give ...

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Radiohead - Morning Bell The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit Stevie Wonder - Visions Kraftwerk - Europe Endless Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero?! Love - A House is Not a Motel Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Sonic Youth - C...

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I think I've been around long enough for everyone to know that I'm a very respectful, non-confrontational person. And my post to conspiracykiller was probably the most confrontational post (maybe my only confrontational post) since I've been on the forum. I think it was just the finality of his post...

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1. Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers - Lovesick Blues 6. Cher - Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) 13. Junior M.A.F.I.A. - Player's Anthem 16. Sinéad O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes 3. Free - Wishing Well 5. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Suzie Q 11. Prince - Black Sweat 14. Cameo - Single...

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Robyn - Body Talk It seems like sacrilege to vote against Brian Eno here. I can think of at least 5 of his albums that would've easily won this matchup for me. However, I prefer the more ambient Eno; and Robyn, like Annie, is electropop at its best. (I don't know if the same person nominated both An...

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OutKast - Gasoline Dreams
Joy Division - Day of the Lords
Miles Davis - Freddie Freeloader
Pink Floyd - Brain Damage
Portishead - Mysterons
The Clash - Spanish Bombs
The Beatles - You Never Give Me Your Money
The Stooges - Down on the Street

Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Radiohead - Videotape

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I just got a kick out of how someone who goes by "conspiracykiller" writes a lengthy post about how we "music experts" don't appreciate Taylor Swift for numerous reasons and are purposefully keeping her off our lists. (Which isn't so, as others have pointed out, but it sure sound...

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since I don't want the nominator (whom, I think it's safe to say at this point, is spiritualized) to take it as an insult. But let's just say, to me, it's a very high compliment indeed. Ahaha, you piqued my interest, Jamie, and let me try nonetheless - Pink Floyd ? Porcupine Tree ? These are the mo...

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Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh Bon Iver - Blood Bank Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third Not a very strong week for me personally, I'm afraid. I was familiar with 7 of the 8 albums; and the one I hadn't heard before, Pure Reason Revolution, was easily my fav...

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Henrik wrote:jamieW, the correlation of how we ranked the 16 songs is 0.8!

When I saw your initial post praising the third bracket, I figured we were on the same page!

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9. Seal - Kiss from a Rose 10. Jacques Brel - Orly 11. Yothu Yindi - Treaty 13. Air - Radio No. 1 3. Simon and Garfunkel - A Hazy Shade of Winter 7. Michel Fugain - Une belle histoire 8. Renaud - Mistral Gagnant 16. Joe Cocker - Delta Lady 1. Enigma - Sadeness Part I 2. Rockwell - Somebody's Watchin...

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The Beatles - Love You To Radiohead - Climbing Up the Walls Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise My Bloody Valentine - Sometimes Public Enemy - She Watch Channel Zero?! Carole King - Beautiful Love - A House is Not a Motel Favorite song I couldn't vote for: Miles Davis - Sa...

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1. Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do? 3. Rod Stewart - Sailing 9. Bob Dylan - I Threw It All Away 14. Modest Mouse - The World at Large 8. Bee Gees - I Started a Joke 10. Big Boi feat. Gucci Mane - Shine Blockas 12. Bush Tetras - You Can't Be Funky 15. Beastie Boys - Root Down 2. Khaled - Aïcha 5...

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The Beach Boys - I’m Waiting for the Day Massive Attack - One Love The White Stripes - Ball and Biscuit Bob Dylan - Queen Jane Approximately Sonic Youth - Candle Stevie Wonder - Visions Sly and the Family Stone - Thank You for Talking to Me, Africa Sex Pistols - Bodies Favorite song I couldn't vote ...

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Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns Amon Düül II - Yeti Julee Cruise - Floating into the Night Kevin Coyne - Millionaires and Teddy Bears Exuma is one of those artists who I don't personally enjoy, but I find morbidly fascinating somehow. The clear winner for me this week is Julee Cruise's i...

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This is actually pretty good for Rolling Stone. The top 3 are just unmatchable in terms of impact and popularity. I am L'ingOL at 'Cars With Go Boom' at number 100. That song got requested so many times when the video come out on this jukebox video station we use to get here in the States called 'T...

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It has been a miserable year for the deaths of legendary musicians, but this one hits me the hardest personally. I grew up with Prince, and "Purple Rain" was one of the first cassette tapes (remember those?) I ever bought when I was 13. I then went out and bought "1999," which I ...

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hi everybody ! Great thread ! I won't be able to participate in these polls the way I did a few years ago, because I'm waaaaaaay more busy than back then. But of course you can use my 1900-49 list, that hasn't changed much since. Maybe I'll post new lists, especially for the 50's , as I've been dis...

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Outstanding recommendations, everyone! I'm looking forward to getting through as many unfamiliar selections as possible (and I'm thrilled to see there are plenty of them). I'm especially excited about re-familiarizing myself with Mahler's work, since he's my dad's all-time favorite composer, and it ...

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Glad to hear it, sonofsamiam! Funny how I can have two different interpretations of a question from night to morning. (This afternoon, I made myself a cup of coffee before checking into the forum, just to make sure I'm alert.)

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Sonofsamiam - after rereading your question this morning, I'm not sure I even answered it, since it sounds like your asking about how to handle posting your recommendations and not how to vote for the songs themselves. Since the recommendations thread is all-encompassing, you can post as many versio...

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Jamie, I've got a question about this -- I was getting all psyched up to throw down a big list in the recommendations thread, and realized a weird loophole -- we talked about counting votes for songs together, even if there were multiple performers. Here is my problem -- in many cases I have favori...

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Romain wrote:Echoes can be a good winner for me !

Me, too! I haven't explored the entire list, but I'd be surprised if there's another song near my all-time top 100 like "Echoes."

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Does anyone else see a possible favorite to win this competition emerging?

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Welcome, everyone, to our celebration of the first half of the 20th century! I’m looking forward to discovering as much great music from this era as possible based upon the lists and recommendations from our knowledgeable forum members. I’m really enthused and encouraged by the responses I’ve receiv...

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Thanks for starting the recommendation thread, babydoll! You indeed have "La Règle du jeu" correct (in my tribute to Renoir - seriously, I really should've participated in BleuPanda's films poll). As I said, I will create the list submissions thread on Sunday. But I would really encourage...

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Thanks for starting the recommendation thread, babydoll! You indeed have "La Règle du jeu" correct (in my tribute to Renoir - seriously, I really should've participated in BleuPanda's films poll). As I said, I will create the list submissions thread on Sunday. But I would really encourage ...

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