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Getcha passports ready - the middle-aged dummies are going to the British Isles! Top 31 song countdown. (3 Viewers)

Eephus said:
rockaction said:
Eephus said:
Arctic Monkeys
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I've never sat and tried to get through an Arctic Monkeys record from start to finish (don't flagellate me, NV). I have no idea why. Anyway, that's almost neither here nor there, but I'm impressed that they made it that high on your list of songs. Not very chalky (not that yours are -- it's just not what I'd expect in the top four. That's high praise for the song).
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They're the greatest rock band of this century hands down
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It's obviously very subjective, and if we polled all 45 participants in this thread we'd probably get 20+ different answers, but for my money it's Spoon.
 
scorchy said:
Eephus said:
@ditkaburgers: The King Of Wishful Thinking - Go West
Today it's a 90s Pop song with an 80s Pop song sound. Go West were a duo with a bunch of UK hits but this was their biggest song in the US, aided by a clever video and an appearance on the Pretty Woman soundtrack.

ditkaburgers said she picked a lot of happy sounding songs with sad lyrics but that's just a coincidence. This is another breakup song but the R&B groove and synthesized horns give it a bright feel. The record was produced by Peter Wolf, not the guy from J. Geils but instead an Austrian who used to play with Frank Zappa.
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Add me to the list of folks happy to hear this song again. Pretty Woman had a sneaky good soundtrack.
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It’s a great song - man, I haven’t heard this in a few years I don’t think. And Mrs. AAA absolutely loves Pretty Woman. Any time I want to irritate her on this subject I just deadpan, “honey, she was a whore. Let’s not celebrate it.”
 
The Dreaded Marco said:
Eephus said:
rockaction said:
Eephus said:
Arctic Monkeys
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I've never sat and tried to get through an Arctic Monkeys record from start to finish (don't flagellate me, NV). I have no idea why. Anyway, that's almost neither here nor there, but I'm impressed that they made it that high on your list of songs. Not very chalky (not that yours are -- it's just not what I'd expect in the top four. That's high praise for the song).
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They're the greatest rock band of this century hands down
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It's obviously very subjective, and if we polled all 45 participants in this thread we'd probably get 20+ different answers, but for my money it's Spoon.
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If some of Foo Fighters better songs were late 90’s I would have them #1 pretty easy.
 
AAABatteries said:
Will see where things end up but if the top 5 end up Beatles, Stones, Zep, Kinks and The Who I have it:

Beatles > LZ >> Kinks >> Stones >>>>> Who
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There won't be a top 5, because we have a tie for fifth! :excited: And then the next artist is only four points behind those two. Crazy to me to have three artists within four points of each other when we're talking about >600 points for each of them.
 
krista4 said:
The top 10 artists are checked and re-checked and locked in. #4 is a little further ahead than I had posted last night but it goes like this:

Big Three

[gap >300 points]

Artist #4

[gap < 50 points]

Artists #5-#7 are separated by only four points total, including two of them being tied.

[gap 50-100 points]

Artists #8 and #9 are separated by < 10 points

[gap > 100 points]

Artist #10 and the rest
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Bump as a reminder of how close this will be in #4-7, and #8-9.
 
AAABatteries said:
The Dreaded Marco said:
Eephus said:
rockaction said:
Eephus said:
Arctic Monkeys
Click to expand...

I've never sat and tried to get through an Arctic Monkeys record from start to finish (don't flagellate me, NV). I have no idea why. Anyway, that's almost neither here nor there, but I'm impressed that they made it that high on your list of songs. Not very chalky (not that yours are -- it's just not what I'd expect in the top four. That's high praise for the song).
Click to expand...

They're the greatest rock band of this century hands down
Click to expand...
It's obviously very subjective, and if we polled all 45 participants in this thread we'd probably get 20+ different answers, but for my money it's Spoon.
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If some of Foo Fighters better songs were late 90’s I would have them #1 pretty easy.
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Foos and Spoon (and The White Stripes) all released music in the 20th century making them ineligible under my arbitrary rules
 
Eephus said:
AAABatteries said:
The Dreaded Marco said:
Eephus said:
rockaction said:
Eephus said:
Arctic Monkeys
Click to expand...

I've never sat and tried to get through an Arctic Monkeys record from start to finish (don't flagellate me, NV). I have no idea why. Anyway, that's almost neither here nor there, but I'm impressed that they made it that high on your list of songs. Not very chalky (not that yours are -- it's just not what I'd expect in the top four. That's high praise for the song).
Click to expand...

They're the greatest rock band of this century hands down
Click to expand...
It's obviously very subjective, and if we polled all 45 participants in this thread we'd probably get 20+ different answers, but for my money it's Spoon.
Click to expand...

If some of Foo Fighters better songs were late 90’s I would have them #1 pretty easy.
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Foos and Spoon (and The White Stripes) all released music in the 20th century making them ineligible under my arbitrary rules
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I smell another countdown
 
Uh oh.

Speaking of cable, we did the 14-day free trial of YoutubeTV and like it - thanks for the recommendations here. This morning we set up a new internet service through Verizon, which is also going very well so far. Going with YouTube and Verizon will cost me ~$100 per month as opposed to the $250 per month I was paying Xfinity.
 
krista4 said:
Going to post a little early about tomorrow's picks since most of us are getting ready for The Big Game.

A couple of firsts tomorrow:

- Our first Menage FaLaLa Trois of this countdown (a song selected by three different people at the same position). And oddly enough, it's from a song making its countdown debut.

- For the first time in Middle Aged Dummy history, an artist will have an octuple-up. :lmao: And get this, the octuple-up will comprise seven different songs, with only one Deja Vote.
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Time for everbody to drop those Radiohead points on the masses!!
 
rockaction said:
Listening to Converge's Jane Doe.

This is quite a listen. All my hardcore/metal friends were into it and it doesn't disappoint the expectation of being hard and challenging in the least. It's quite awesome, really. One does have to be used to screamed vocals, though.
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I have seen this one come up a lot as far as critically acclaimed metal albums. I can't do it because of the vocals.
There was another band that was popular in our countdowns and drafts that I always dreaded coming up on a playlist for a similar reason. Can't think of their name right now though.
 
KarmaPolice said:
I have seen this one come up a lot as far as critically acclaimed metal albums. I can't do it because of the vocals.
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This is most likely because they had a huge, huge influence on the esoteric and subgenre metal scenes. They're a mathcore, grindcore, post-hardcore outfit that came to the forefront of all those -core styles back around 2001. I can tell you that I remember metal/hardcore through friends from 2001 and Converge was way, way ahead of where it was going. Now it sounds normal to my ears.

The screaming is definitely an acquired taste. I'm used to it. Not to mention that the audible vocals notoriously do not follow the printed lyrics, so you really have no idea what the guy is saying.
 
KarmaPolice said:
There was another band that was popular in our countdowns and drafts that I always dreaded coming up on a playlist for a similar reason
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I can't recall a Converge song getting picked. I knew how into it my friends were -- and I'd heard of and heard bits of Jane Doe -- and I would have given it a listen. Then again, it's amazing what memory does. Maybe I ignored them.
 
Eagles fans showing up at the Super Bowl booing Dak Prescott after winning the highly respected Walter Payton Award :whistle:
 
DeSean Jackson dropping the ball at the one is what I think of when I think of Philly football. Thank God for them they have that Philly Special, or they'd be a punching bag. Silver Linings Playbook was perfect with all the family wearing Jackson jerseys. Truly hilarious.
 
rockaction said:
The Eagles.

Just...smh. I can understand fandom if you grew up rooting for them due to location/television coverage, but to voluntarily choose the Eagles to follow like my brother's now ex-second wife did is just a bridge too far.

And their threads around here are as special as you'd imagine.
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If you hate their threads, then stay out of them. You were basically trolling this week.
 
Pip's Invitation said:
If you hate their threads, then stay out of them. You were basically trolling this week.
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I was intoning they had the easiest schedule ever (eta* for a team in the Super Bowl. According to FO's DVOA measurement). It's true. I thought I was in the game thread at first, but I have every right to post that in there. Sensitive much?

eta* I've been here ten years. Calling me a troll is a bit beyond the pale as far as I'm concerned. I don't troll people. And I never said I hated them; I said they were "special."
 
rockaction said:
Pip's Invitation said:
If you hate their threads, then stay out of them. You were basically trolling this week.
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I was intoning they had the easiest schedule ever. It's true. I thought I was in the game thread at first, but I have every right to post that in there. Sensitive much?

eta* I've been here ten years. Calling me a troll is a bit beyond the pale as far as I'm concerned. I don't troll people. And I never said I hated them; I said they were "special."
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I’m not doing this during the game. Have a nice evening.
 
rockaction said:
KarmaPolice said:
There was another band that was popular in our countdowns and drafts that I always dreaded coming up on a playlist for a similar reason
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I can't recall a Converge song getting picked. I knew how into it my friends were -- and I'd heard of and heard bits of Jane Doe -- and I would have given it a listen. Then again, it's amazing what memory does. Maybe I ignored them.
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No- I was saying there is another band, who's name escapes me, that gets picked and it popular but elicits a similar response from me as Converge.
 
What's the name of that !$%#&^#@$%$# band?? Less metal, more My Bloody Valentine but with screechy vocals, and popular in the last decade or so?
 
Stop marding

Lola

This is an all-time singalong. I've seen Ray and the guys deliver it quite differently. Once in a stadium (Ramones opened) where it was a banging extended jam, and once in the Wiltern where it was almost a folksy love song. It also makes me remember one drunk friend whispering to another, "You know that's a dude, right?" A revelation I preferred remain unknown. Probably had to be there but drunk friend was flirting. Have I mentioned I like humor in music?

And of course I hate the Eagles and find their fans simply the worst (as a generality). Now kick some Chefs booty, ya dirty Birds!
 
Doug B said:
My wife believes there’s no doubt that Rihanna is pregnant again right now — like 5-6 months along.

What does the house here think?
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Yep. The way she just touched her belly, I'm certain she's pregnant.

Is it normal to lip sync at the Super Bowl? I know some do and some don't, but I really don't know if this is expected. A little weird that this was so hyped as "the first performance in years" if she were going to lip sync.
 
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