10 Song Gaps

[Hymie]

What's the first instance where there are 10 consecutive songs on the all time list that you have not heard.

I got to 9 on this one:

449 Tyler, the Creator Yonkers
450 Arcade Fire Reflektor
451 Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence
452 The Shins New Slang
453 Kanye West Ultralight Beam
454 Antony and The Johnsons Hope There's Someone
455 The Damned New Rose
456 R. Kelly Ignition (Remix)
457 The Cure Boys Don't Cry

Haven't found 10 yet.

[Krurze]

Well this took a bit longer than the album one, but I think I found mine:

2745 Purity Ring Fineshrine
2746 Bobby Darin Dream Lover
2747 Squeeze Tempted
2748 The Delfonics Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
2749 Kelela Rewind
2750 Jorge Ben Taj Mahal
2751 Almendra Muchacha (Ojos de papel)
2752 Gary "U.S." Bonds Quarter to Three
2753 Louis Armstrong St. Louis Blues
2754 Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra Moten's Swing

[rumpdoll]

Lets make it 10 Songs I might have heart (certainly for the Beatles ones) but can't remember anything about:

985 Yardbirds - For Your Love
986 Faces - Stay with Me
987 Al Green - Take Me to the River
988 The Beatles - Please Please Me
989 Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
990 Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone
991 The Beatles -Rain
992 The Platters - The Great Pretender
993 Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite
994 Quintette du Hot Club de France avec Alix Combelle - Nuages

[BleuPanda]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

[Nassim]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

Almost, the longest streak of new entries is 8 songs :
9878) Rosemary Clooney - Tenderly
9879) The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool
9880) Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys - Wreck on the Highway
9881) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9882) The Embassy - It Never Entered My Mind
9883) The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9884) Rudy Vallée - Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song)
9885) Steve Winwood - Roll With It

[BleuPanda]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

Almost, the longest streak of new entries is 8 songs :
9878) Rosemary Clooney - Tenderly
9879) The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool
9880) Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys - Wreck on the Highway
9881) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9882) The Embassy - It Never Entered My Mind
9883) The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9884) Rudy Vallée - Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song)
9885) Steve Winwood - Roll With It

And of those, I've at least heard You Ain't Goin' Nowhere due to it featuring on Sweetheart of the Rodeo - I have an odd habit of listening to the higher albums I don't click with multiple times to see if there's something I'm not getting. Through doing so, I've discovered a love for Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen...The Byrds remain an enigma alongside most of the major hard rock acts...

[Jackson]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

I'm surprised that there are multiple people on the forum that have done this! I'm no completionist, but I feel like I listen to a lot of AM-ranked music, and I've still only heard about 40% of the top 10,000. While there are plenty of songs I love in the lower parts of the list, there are also many songs I know I won't like, and there are certainly many more efficient ways I can think of to discover new music.

So I'm curious, did you think it was worth it to complete the top 10,000?

[BleuPanda]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

I'm surprised that there are multiple people on the forum that have done this! I'm no completionist, but I feel like I listen to a lot of AM-ranked music, and I've still only heard about 40% of the top 10,000. While there are plenty of songs I love in the lower parts of the list, there are also many songs I know I won't like, and there are certainly many more efficient ways I can think of to discover new music.

So I'm curious, did you think it was worth it to complete the top 10,000?

I think it was, but I viewed it more as a historical journey. Instead of going straight through the list, I tackled it by year, starting with the most recent and working backwards. But I'm also the type of person who generally likes experiencing music; it's rare for me to view listening to stuff I don't know as wasted time. Even if I don't particularly enjoy the song, I enjoy getting to know more about the specific eras they represent.

That's been my approach with most art; it's not as much for my enjoyment as it about getting a better understanding of culture. If I enjoy it purely for itself, that's a bonus, but I simply enjoy the act of engaging with unfamiliar material.

[andyd1010]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

I'm surprised that there are multiple people on the forum that have done this! I'm no completionist, but I feel like I listen to a lot of AM-ranked music, and I've still only heard about 40% of the top 10,000. While there are plenty of songs I love in the lower parts of the list, there are also many songs I know I won't like, and there are certainly many more efficient ways I can think of to discover new music.

So I'm curious, did you think it was worth it to complete the top 10,000?

It's been worthwhile for me. I actually even went back this year through the 10,000 a second time, although this time I allowed myself to skip songs partway through. The process widened my appreciation for genres I would have dismissed in the past, and I now like a lot of songs whose appeal I could not understand at all when I first discovered this site. Yes, there are diminishing returns toward the end, but I have still found quite a few gems I wouldn't have otherwise discovered. It helped me fill out my own personal top 10,000 this year, and I think it's a lot more diverse than it would have been if I had just listened to songs by my established favorite artists.

[FrankLotion]

It took a while to find but I think this is the first 10 in a row that I hadn’t heard before:

5662. Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me
5663. Buchanan and Goodman - The Flying Saucer
5664. Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. - Black Pearl
5665. Charles Aznavour - Je m’voyais deja
5666. Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite
5667. Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
5668. The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
5669. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
5670. The Everly Brothers - Love Hurts
5671. Duran Duran - Save a Prayer

[Nick]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

Almost, the longest streak of new entries is 8 songs :
9878) Rosemary Clooney - Tenderly
9879) The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool
9880) Roy Acuff and The Smoky Mountain Boys - Wreck on the Highway
9881) Nelly Furtado - Say It Right
9882) The Embassy - It Never Entered My Mind
9883) The Byrds - You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9884) Rudy Vallée - Stein Song (University of Maine Fighting Song)
9885) Steve Winwood - Roll With It

"Say It Right" is one of those songs that I thought I hadn't heard until I heard it. That song was everywhere in the mid-2000s (at least in the USA). They should've called it "Oh You Don't Need Nothing at All From Me" or something.

[Henry]

My first six song gap could be the following:

6410. Royal Blood - Figure It Out 2014
6411. New Orleans Rhythm Kings - Tin Roof Blues 1923
6412. Orchestra Baobab - Coumba 1982
6413. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus 1985
6414. Kurt Vile - Baby's Arms 2011
6415. Kanye West - Father Stretch My Hands 2016

But, I suspect that I likely have heard the Falco song and was not impressed.

[Rob]

It took a while to find but I think this is the first 10 in a row that I hadn’t heard before:

5662. Magazine - The Light Pours Out of Me
5663. Buchanan and Goodman - The Flying Saucer
5664. Sonny Charles & The Checkmates Ltd. - Black Pearl
5665. Charles Aznavour - Je m’voyais deja
5666. Charlie Parker - Yardbird Suite
5667. Billy Joel - New York State of Mind
5668. The Weather Girls - It’s Raining Men
5669. Aretha Franklin - Until You Come Back to Me
5670. The Everly Brothers - Love Hurts
5671. Duran Duran - Save a Prayer

Interesting, as Save a Prayer and It's Raining Men are both songs that I feel are impossible to miss even if I wanted to. These two are everywhere. Maybe it's one of those cultural things were one song gets overplayed in one country and not at all in another, but I thought these two were universal.

[Edre Depeche Head]

What's the first instance where there are 10 consecutive songs on the all time list that you have not heard.

I got to 9 on this one:

449 Tyler, the Creator Yonkers
450 Arcade Fire Reflektor
451 Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence
452 The Shins New Slang
453 Kanye West Ultralight Beam
454 Antony and The Johnsons Hope There's Someone
455 The Damned New Rose
456 R. Kelly Ignition (Remix)
457 The Cure Boys Don't Cry

Haven't found 10 yet.

WHATTTTTT

Enjoy The Silence is my favorite song of all time! And the Kanye, Shins, Damned, and The Cure songs are excellent!!!

[Hymie]

What's the first instance where there are 10 consecutive songs on the all time list that you have not heard.

I got to 9 on this one:

449 Tyler, the Creator Yonkers
450 Arcade Fire Reflektor
451 Depeche Mode Enjoy the Silence
452 The Shins New Slang
453 Kanye West Ultralight Beam
454 Antony and The Johnsons Hope There's Someone
455 The Damned New Rose
456 R. Kelly Ignition (Remix)
457 The Cure Boys Don't Cry

Haven't found 10 yet.

WHATTTTTT

Enjoy The Silence is my favorite song of all time! And the Kanye, Shins, Damned, and The Cure songs are excellent!!!

I would guess that I have socks older than you!

Once you pass around 1982 or so I don't like too much of anything from after that.

[poorpete]

Love these lists and the fact that I've heard of at least one from each of them, but not many more. Since all of them I like* I should check out the rest.

* Except for "Tempted" by Squeeze. All the rest of their hits are great, tho.

[Henry]

Finally found my first ten song gap:

8766. Jacques Brel / Mathilde
8767. Wilson Pickett / Don't Knock My Love
8768. Dinah Washington / Baby Get Lost
8769. The Staple Singers / Let's Do It Again
8770. Limp Bizkit / Break Stuff
8771. France Gall / Poupée de cire, poupée de son
8772. D Train / You're the One for Me
8773. War / Summer
8774. James Brown / King Heroin
8775. Los Auténticos Decadentes / Loco (Tu forma de ser)

[Henry]

I would guess that I have socks older than you!

You must not wear those socks. I suggest that you clear out your drawers every ten years or so

[andyd1010]

Since I listened to the full top 10,000 from the previous update, doubtful I have a streak unless ten new songs somehow entered all in a row.

I'm surprised that there are multiple people on the forum that have done this! I'm no completionist, but I feel like I listen to a lot of AM-ranked music, and I've still only heard about 40% of the top 10,000. While there are plenty of songs I love in the lower parts of the list, there are also many songs I know I won't like, and there are certainly many more efficient ways I can think of to discover new music.

So I'm curious, did you think it was worth it to complete the top 10,000?

It's been worthwhile for me. I actually even went back this year through the 10,000 a second time, although this time I allowed myself to skip songs partway through. The process widened my appreciation for genres I would have dismissed in the past, and I now like a lot of songs whose appeal I could not understand at all when I first discovered this site. Yes, there are diminishing returns toward the end, but I have still found quite a few gems I wouldn't have otherwise discovered. It helped me fill out my own personal top 10,000 this year, and I think it's a lot more diverse than it would have been if I had just listened to songs by my established favorite artists.

Following up... There were 246 songs I didn't have in my library, and I added 30 of them to my top 10,000. I added 32 more to my top 10,000 that I had in my library but had never heard or hadn't heard in years. I'd say 30/246 is a lower hit rate than for a usual update because this update tilted so heavily to very old songs, but I did add two pre-1950 songs: Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) by The Mills Brothers and Don't Get Around Much Anymore by The Ink Spots.