Pip's Invitation
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Favorite 31 Songs by US Artists According to a Bunch of Middle-Aged Dummies (1 Viewer)
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Asked and answered above.
rockaction
Footballguy
I picked "New Slang" as one of my first twenty-three out. That's actually a better playlist than my top thirty-one, IMO.
Not that I expect anybody to notice or listen, but for the curious, it's a better, punk-ier/rap-ier/moodier mix. I'm not sure I hit all the good American vinyl, either.
rockaction's Last 24 American-based artists - Left Out Vinyl Edition
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Manster
Footballguy
I'm glad you like it. Daniel Riddle is essentially King Black Acid, along with different groups of musicians over the years. Love is a Long Song is the most accessible material from KBA, and I agree, it is awesome. Dreamy, melancholy, powerful at times...Sunlit is another one to check outl. Its 3 tracks that are like 20 minutes apiece......good headphone drift away stuff.
The Dreaded Marco
Footballguy
Such Great Heights and Time to Pretend were on my short list.As well as a few Vampire Weekend songs.
I picked "New Slang" as one of my first twenty-three out. That's actually a better playlist than my top thirty-one, IMO.
Not that I expect anybody to notice or listen, but for the curious, it's a better, punk-ier/rap-ier/moodier mix. I'm not sure I hit all the good American vinyl, either.
rockaction's Last 24 American-based artists - Left Out Vinyl Edition
rockaction's Last 24 American-based artists - Left Out Vinyl Edition · Playlist · 24 songs
krista4
Footballguy
Oh, are you on mobile only? I can see that scrolling could be a pain. Pip, maybe if you put in spoiler tags? Easier than a Google doc.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
I thought of that as I was drifting off to sleep last night. I'll see what I can do.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Edited to include spoiler tags.
Hawks64
Footballguy
There is not one, unfortunately, but I will attack the list for the UK with the same absurdity I did with this one.
Made the change, sorry I missed that.
That is a great one as well, I'm a pretty big fan of his catalog for sure.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Top 50 by points playlist, it's actually 51 because the #50 is a tie of 49 points.
Hawks64
Footballguy
I obviously approached this completely differently than most, and I have very different musical tastes than most. @shuke asked why all the John Mayer, well it's pretty simple. I tend to find and stick with certain artists or genres with not much overlap, I actively avoid pop music because 95.753% of the time I hate and to me it sucks. If it was a mainstay on the radio and wasn't a band I was listening to prior to being on the radio, it won't be in my rotation period. I am a bit of against the grain for the sake of it kind of person, so I find something that isn't popular or I actively seek out unique things vs mainstream. I love the fact that no one got into the "I can't believe you listen to that ****ty music," that seems to happen whenever I hear people discuss music.
A little history about when I started cutting my musical teeth so to speak. The first record I ever owned was a 45 single of Mr Roboto by Styx, but that quickly went heavier when I got into Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath etc. That morphed into Hair Metal, with a quick turn to grunge for about a year or two. Dabbled with country for a bit in the early 90s but then found DMB and well that was that pretty much. There was a period of about 10-15 years where I listened to other artists than DMB. That was another dabble with country, discovering JM with Continuum, Jack Johnson, rediscovering early Aerosmith, and a few others. Right about when the pandemic started I got heavily back into DMB again, and I'm not sure that'll change anytime soon. As per my guiding principle for my list, I'd rather listen to a live DMB show than anything else.
I didn't comment on most of my selections but overall those are the artists that made it into the rotation during the last 10-15 years, some have very personal connections, and some don't.
Love on the Weekend is an incredibly important song to me, I traveled regularly for work for a year and only got to see my wife and kids on Friday. That song was on repeat on the flight home Thus night every week and still chokes me up.
Constellations is a great story about the innocence of children and imagination, plus this version with Eddie on it adds more emotion to it.
Colors is a song I heard them perform on the Grammys, my wife wanted to watch it during the pandemic, and I was blown away by these three guys. Really love this entire record but they need some new material soon.
Walt Grace's Submarine Test is just a great story and indicative of JM's storytelling ability.
My Mind is For Sale, can't really talk about as we can't talk about that here anymore but suffice it to say it aligns with my thoughts very well on the subject.
I killed Robert Johnson was my introduction to The Stone Foxes. I'm not sure where I heard this first but when I looked them up I was surprised that this was a modern band. Not many 70s style rock bands around anymore.
A little history about when I started cutting my musical teeth so to speak. The first record I ever owned was a 45 single of Mr Roboto by Styx, but that quickly went heavier when I got into Iron Maiden, Metallica, Black Sabbath etc. That morphed into Hair Metal, with a quick turn to grunge for about a year or two. Dabbled with country for a bit in the early 90s but then found DMB and well that was that pretty much. There was a period of about 10-15 years where I listened to other artists than DMB. That was another dabble with country, discovering JM with Continuum, Jack Johnson, rediscovering early Aerosmith, and a few others. Right about when the pandemic started I got heavily back into DMB again, and I'm not sure that'll change anytime soon. As per my guiding principle for my list, I'd rather listen to a live DMB show than anything else.
I didn't comment on most of my selections but overall those are the artists that made it into the rotation during the last 10-15 years, some have very personal connections, and some don't.
Love on the Weekend is an incredibly important song to me, I traveled regularly for work for a year and only got to see my wife and kids on Friday. That song was on repeat on the flight home Thus night every week and still chokes me up.
Constellations is a great story about the innocence of children and imagination, plus this version with Eddie on it adds more emotion to it.
Colors is a song I heard them perform on the Grammys, my wife wanted to watch it during the pandemic, and I was blown away by these three guys. Really love this entire record but they need some new material soon.
Walt Grace's Submarine Test is just a great story and indicative of JM's storytelling ability.
My Mind is For Sale, can't really talk about as we can't talk about that here anymore but suffice it to say it aligns with my thoughts very well on the subject.
I killed Robert Johnson was my introduction to The Stone Foxes. I'm not sure where I heard this first but when I looked them up I was surprised that this was a modern band. Not many 70s style rock bands around anymore.
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Mt. Man
Footballguy
You know, we should do this again sometime! Maybe someone could start setting that up? >.>
#1s
Recognized by title alone: 23
Sounded familiar: 5
Didn't know: 7
Selected Favorites:
Mercy Mercy Me (rockaction)
Straight On (simsarge)
Love and Happiness (Hov34)
Also appreciation to those who chose Petty, Cars, Stevie Wonder, etc etc. I was trying to dig deeper for favorites, but naturally I approved of things that I also like!
Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Sanctuary (Manster)
The Want of a Nail (Binky)
Love on the Weekend (Hawks64)
#1s
Recognized by title alone: 23
Sounded familiar: 5
Didn't know: 7
Selected Favorites:
Mercy Mercy Me (rockaction)
Straight On (simsarge)
Love and Happiness (Hov34)
Also appreciation to those who chose Petty, Cars, Stevie Wonder, etc etc. I was trying to dig deeper for favorites, but naturally I approved of things that I also like!
Songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Sanctuary (Manster)
The Want of a Nail (Binky)
Love on the Weekend (Hawks64)
Thanks again to @krista4 for her dedication to this thing. Also thanks to the Playlist duo. Most importantly thanks to K4, @Val Rannous and @Mrs. Rannous their monetary donations. Hope I didn't miss anyone.
Here are the totals I finally calculated for individual song points. If this isn't 100% correct, it's close and you get what you pay for around here
This total is a sum of all the points for all your songs. @AAABatteries had 21 songs that were selected by at least 1 other person. I believe this makes him Chalkiest. Also had 3 of the 6 highest scoring songs. K4 has to settle for the silver medal this time.
Here are the totals I finally calculated for individual song points. If this isn't 100% correct, it's close and you get what you pay for around here
| AAABatteries | 1656 |
| krista4 | 1510 |
| DrIanMalcolm | 1280 |
| Pip's Invitation | 1246 |
| The Dreaded Marco | 1200 |
| Zegras11 | 1176 |
| Don Quixote | 1171 |
| Chaz McNulty | 1141 |
| simey | 1123 |
| neal cassady | 1094 |
| falguy | 1090 |
| Val Rannous | 1088 |
| Oliver Humanzee | 1031 |
| jwb | 988 |
| landryshat | 982 |
| shuke | 957 |
| Just Win Baby | 955 |
| Hov34 | 941 |
| Ilov80s | 903 |
| Yankee23Fan | 899 |
| Dr. Octopus | 873 |
| New Binky the Doormat | 855 |
| Uruk-Hai | 835 |
| rockaction | 824 |
| MAC_32 | 817 |
| Mrs. Rannous | 731 |
| ditkaburgers | 728 |
| worrierking | 725 |
| Eephus | 687 |
| scorchy | 649 |
| simsarge | 575 |
| Sullie | 567 |
| Doug B | 549 |
| Hawks64 | 528 |
| Manster | 515 |
| KarmaPolice | 473 |
This total is a sum of all the points for all your songs. @AAABatteries had 21 songs that were selected by at least 1 other person. I believe this makes him Chalkiest. Also had 3 of the 6 highest scoring songs. K4 has to settle for the silver medal this time.
Also, I have updated the first tab on the spreadsheet to include the song total and number of times it was duplicated. I also changed the sort to be top selection (1) ....bottom selection (31). I'm not even gonna try to change that to Binky speak
If you care to check out your totals and how many times your songs were picked by others.
If you care to check out your totals and how many times your songs were picked by others.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Funny how this worked out. I'm in fine company here. though I don't think the three of us had more than a couple of song selections (if any) in common.
krista4
Footballguy
Thanks again to @krista4 for her dedication to this thing. Also thanks to the Playlist duo. Most importantly thanks to K4, @Val Rannous and @Mrs. Rannous their monetary donations. Hope I didn't miss anyone.
Here are the totals I finally calculated for individual song points. If this isn't 100% correct, it's close and you get what you pay for around here
AAABatteries krista4 DrIanMalcolm Pip's Invitation The Dreaded Marco Zegras11 Don Quixote Chaz McNulty simey neal cassady falguy Val Rannous Oliver Humanzee jwb landryshat shuke Just Win Baby Hov34 Ilov80s Yankee23Fan Dr. Octopus New Binky the Doormat Uruk-Hai rockaction MAC_32 Mrs. Rannous ditkaburgers worrierking Eephus scorchy simsarge Sullie Doug B Hawks64 Manster KarmaPolice
This total is a sum of all the points for all your songs. @AAABatteries had 21 songs that were selected by at least 1 other person. I believe this makes him Chalkiest. Also had 3 of the 6 highest scoring songs. K4 has to settle for the silver medal this time.
KP only had 22 songs submitted, so I assigned him a multiplier of approximately 1.41, giving him a total of 667 points.
krista4
Footballguy
I was going to do the "matchmaking" this past weekend, but it seemed like the thread had quickly petered out and people lost interest (or moved to the new thread).
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
That seems like a crapload of work. You made the wise decision, methinks.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Think everyone just went across the pond...working on that list now.
I don't plan on doing any more summaries. Anything else will be lots of work and I'm Excel'ed out.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Thanks again to @krista4 for her dedication to this thing. Also thanks to the Playlist duo. Most importantly thanks to K4, @Val Rannous and @Mrs. Rannous their monetary donations. Hope I didn't miss anyone.
Here are the totals I finally calculated for individual song points. If this isn't 100% correct, it's close and you get what you pay for around here
AAABatteries krista4 DrIanMalcolm Pip's Invitation The Dreaded Marco Zegras11 Don Quixote Chaz McNulty simey neal cassady falguy Val Rannous Oliver Humanzee jwb landryshat shuke Just Win Baby Hov34 Ilov80s Yankee23Fan Dr. Octopus New Binky the Doormat Uruk-Hai rockaction MAC_32 Mrs. Rannous ditkaburgers worrierking Eephus scorchy simsarge Sullie Doug B Hawks64 Manster KarmaPolice
This total is a sum of all the points for all your songs. @AAABatteries had 21 songs that were selected by at least 1 other person. I believe this makes him Chalkiest. Also had 3 of the 6 highest scoring songs. K4 has to settle for the silver medal this time.
That’s Chalky McChalkFace to you, (fal)guy.
rockaction
Footballguy
The rest of your post was great, but I wanted to single this part out. These exercises won't work with that attitude. They just won't. Even if you just conceal that attitude, they won't be fun exercises because you'll be holding something back and everybody will know. So we, in a way, become masters of a certain sort of relativism, loving music for music's sake and understanding that differences in math appreciation happen. We still keep our critical minds sharp and admit appreciation of one thing over another, so it's not total relativism, but a liberal tolerance of others' tastes is something acquired and beneficial to doing stuff like this.
That's my two cents. You gave me a nice jumping off point to remind myself of that.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I'm probably the one in these threads who pushes harshest on what he/she/they doesn't like. I'll rail against the artist. But I never hold it against the poster who chooses those records (well, I goose tim every once in a while.....but it doesn't make me think any less of his opinions). I'm also self-aware enough to know that my opinions are "me" problems - the artists I don't care for are beloved by millions of people, but are just blind spots for me. And some of it is semi-shtick - like with Browne or Eagles. Well, maybe not Browne.....but hopefully you get my point.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Oh, I do the same, there are some artists that are really popular that I just can't stand. But my whole point was I loved that this never devolved into a negative thing.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Gotcha. This group of posters is awesome and fun.
rockaction
Footballguy
Not really. I don't have any problem with you disliking Joel or the Dead or any of it, really. wikkid sometimes did that, too, and it just made the threads better, anyway. Single grooves and all that. But personalizing taste is what I think we're talking about and you never call somebody's tastes ****ty or anything like that. You're pretty darn cool about it while still maintaining what you like and don't.
rockaction
Footballguy
An unfettered relativism destroys the faculties and reasons for loving something so. It curtails our reasoning and respect for the excellent and sublime. A punitive eye towards someone's tastes as a mark against them destroys the faculties, too. It makes us lesser people in doing so.
That's my two cents again, really.
That's my two cents again, really.
krista4
Footballguy
They have so many great songs, and most people limited themselves to one by artist. It's certainly a worthy selection along with those that did get picked.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I could have done 31 Temptations records and died a happy man. This would be included.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Because the Temptations catalog is ridiculously deep?
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
It’s shtick? So you’re… The Pretender?
Zegras11
Footballguy
I read that word the first time as facilities and started to laugh thinking Rock just had a blow out.
MAC_32
Footballguy
Outside of objectively terrible music I listen to like Papa Roach (laughing at yourself is a healthy thing) there's good reason I generally only express negative sentiment when it comes to the renowned and extremely talented. I may not be able to stand Dylan and Corgan's vocals and listening to The Eagles is akin to watching paint dry, but I appreciate their contributions to music and why they're revered by others. That's why I laugh whenever Billy Joel comes up and the peanut gallery chimes in. I totally get why he elicits disgust from some, and he does with me at times (Uptown GIrl and River Of Dreams immediately come to mind), but ultimately it's all in good fun and different strokes for different folks. No upside to that sorta dialogue if they don't fit inside those 2 boxes though.
simsarge
Footballguy
Total mostly hijack here. Over the weekend I came across this in a newspaper article. I'd (<- key word here) never knew it was a thing, was totally blown away by the historical significance and thought it was worth sharing.
(sorry about the formatting. stupid hard to fix)
The Million Dollar Quartet
"Million Dollar Quartet" is a recording of an impromptu jam session involving Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash made on December 4, 1956, at the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
Million Dollar Quartet - Wikipedia
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
I assume this is directed at me.
I said pretty much the exact same thing you just did a day or two ago. My digs are in no way pointing at his millions of fans, including those here. When someone sells that many records, I have to admit that the problem is with me - not the record buyers. Just because I think his music is pretentious dreck doesn't mean that my opinion should matter any more than someone else's.
If my posts come across as holier-than-thou, I apologize - because that's not my intent.
MAC_32
Footballguy
You're good, I'm just drawing a parallel cause I do the exact same thing with the eagles!
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Westerberg
Footballguy
Would’ve been top ten for me.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Manster
Footballguy
The Sword was on my list. They didn't quite make the cut. I never vetted them. I think they are a buncha Texas boys.
Tau837
Footballguy
Never heard of Rick Beato before this thread, but started slowly working through his list and got to this one: What Makes This Song Great? Ep.14 Rage Against The Machine
Very cool breakdown, and just makes me like the song even more.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Are you sure? Have you ever heard of Up With People?
simey
Footballguy
* Until the Night, Piano Man, Scenes from An Italian Restaurant, and MIami 2017 have already been listed in this exercise, so you had your opportunity to comment on those.
Here are 12 Billy Joel songs. The first 6 songs were picked by JWB, and 7-12 are my picks.
1. New York State of Mind
2. Just the Way You Are
3. She's Got A Way - this is the live version from Songs in the Attic
4. Pressure
5. Goodnight Saigon
6. Baby Grand
7. Vienna
8. Captain Jack
9. Summer, Highland Falls
10. Say Goodbye to Hollywood - this is the live version from Songs in the Attic
11. The Stranger
12. All For Leyna
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Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
JWB cheated with #6, and I suspect he knew that. Honestly, I was expecting you to pick that one as a middle finger to me because you know how much I love Ray Charles. There's some really low-hanging fruit here and some omissions I was hoping would be included.
As Ahnold said in 1984, I'll be back.
As Ahnold said in 1984, I'll be back.
simey
Footballguy
JWB threw out his list first, so I didn't want to repeat anything, but I stick my middle finger up to you often, and didn't need a song to do it.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Who are your British/Irish equivalents of Billy Joel and Jackson Browne, so we can needle you about them in that countdown?
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