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The fact that Hymie goes through the list in order and probably eliminates songs as he hears them most likely for the first time, while quite sad, also adds an unpredictable edge to the songs near the end of the list

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Is it bad I am suppressing the urge to eliminate everyone's #1 songs even if I like the song myself? This is a silly game that would probably be more fun if everyone's completely aghast at the results. Might have been easier to process with less than 1,000 tracks, as I am sure there is some song here I really can't stand that I'm not thinking of - as such, I'm just going through the back end of the list and cutting the songs that have never hit me as all-time greats, even if they are fine enough. Which itself is my own way of confronting what this game could possibly result in - what is the most inoffensive song to make our top 1000, a piece not hyped enough for anyone to outright hate? "So Far Away" could probably have survived a long time.
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Nassim wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:10 pm The fact that Hymie goes through the list in order and probably eliminates songs as he hears them most likely for the first time, while quite sad, also adds an unpredictable edge to the songs near the end of the list
So far every song I have gotten rid of, I have heard. I make it a point to check out any song that is really high on any all time lists. Depending upon how long this thing lasts, I could get to songs that I haven't heard yet.

Let's see which songs end up still being there at the end. It's sort of a "least offensive to anybody" contest, or a "most likeable to the most people" contest, which I think is a far better indicator of a great record than a system where it doesn't matter how many people dislike or hate the record, but only how many people think the record is great.

In a perfect world, when we vote on our favorites of each year, rather than east voter just ranking THEIR favorites, each voter should have to rate each record on the ballot from 0 (or 1) to 10. That would be much more accurate.
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We are already considering strategy when there are still so many song left that stand no chance whatsoever?
Whatever the case, I prefer to vote out songs I honestly don't care for.
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Rob wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:05 pm We are already considering strategy when there are still so many song left that stand no chance whatsoever?
Whatever the case, I prefer to vote out songs I honestly don't care for.
Me too. I'd never vote out a song that I like unless we're down near the end and there's no other choice. And I still may not have that problem given that there's probably more songs that I don't like here than there will be for any other forum member.
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Hymie wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 4:59 pm Let's see which songs end up still being there at the end. It's sort of a "least offensive to anybody" contest, or a "most likeable to the most people" contest, which I think is a far better indicator of a great record than a system where it doesn't matter how many people dislike or hate the record, but only how many people think the record is great.
Yeah usually when we do this kind of game, we end up with the one that no one really dislikes.
So we already know the winner will not be rap, jazz, prog or metal, not much experimental, not overplayed on radio and not by a divisive artists.
If I had to bet, I'd guess the winner will be a Motown or Stax track.
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Rob wrote: Sun Sep 12, 2021 6:05 pm We are already considering strategy when there are still so many song left that stand no chance whatsoever?
Whatever the case, I prefer to vote out songs I honestly don't care for.
Yeah any kind of strategy when there are 950 songs left is a bit ridiculous, you still have probably at least 3 months to eliminate songs so good luck with finding a way to make your pick make it to the end !
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Y'all have me rolling in this thread. My favorites keep getting kicked out left and right!

I'm having a hard time finding songs i don't like, so I'll wait till later to pick a song.
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There are quite some songs I don't like that I don't want to eliminate yet (because there already aren't that many rap or reggae songs for instance), fortunately there are some more stuff I dislike to get rid off first. Let my disdain for Eric Clapton's music, especially his solo music, shine :
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Hymie wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:57 pm I'm tearing this thing out of here - 23 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980
You already voted it out yesterday, you can move on to 26.
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Nassim wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:11 pm
Hymie wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:57 pm I'm tearing this thing out of here - 23 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980
You already voted it out yesterday, you can move on to 26.
LOL, I did not see a line through it. Number 26 is on my list of favorites in 1969. Bowie is very hit or miss for me. I only like about 10 songs by him, and the ones I don't like I REALLY don't like, including several that are very high in the site's song list.

So, this will go out - 27 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997
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Hymie wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:16 pm
Nassim wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:11 pm
Hymie wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 1:57 pm I'm tearing this thing out of here - 23 Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart 1980
You already voted it out yesterday, you can move on to 26.
LOL, I did not see a line through it. Number 26 is on my list of favorites in 1969. Bowie is very hit or miss for me. I only like about 10 songs by him, and the ones I don't like I REALLY don't like, including several that are very high in the site's song list.

So, this will go out - 27 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997
I was going to say you can move to somewhere between 26 and 28 but I got cocky.
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Nassim wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 5:07 pm
Hymie wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 3:16 pm
Nassim wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 2:11 pm

You already voted it out yesterday, you can move on to 26.
LOL, I did not see a line through it. Number 26 is on my list of favorites in 1969. Bowie is very hit or miss for me. I only like about 10 songs by him, and the ones I don't like I REALLY don't like, including several that are very high in the site's song list.

So, this will go out - 27 The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony 1997
I was going to say you can move to somewhere between 26 and 28 but I got cocky.
28 will be gone tomorrow, I hate that fucking thing.
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