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

[Pip's Invitation]

I’m sorry, Eagles fans. You really got screwed.

I'm consoling myself by assuming that we wouldn't have stopped them anyway because we didn't stop them the entire second half.

There has been discussion on this board that, because the league is now so heavily tied to the gambling industry, the day will come when some, maybe all, penalties will be reviewable. I wonder if this incident pushes things further in that direction.

the Eagles get the ball with no timeouts and about 1:30 remaining. Odds are that they would have lost in that situation, anyway.

That's not a huge ask in today's NFL from the top offenses, of which the Eagles are one.

I forgot what down it was. If the Chiefs ran another play after the incompletion, there's a good chance it succeeds because almost all of their plays in the second half did.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Are you guys referencing the late defensive holding call on Philly? IMO as someone without a dog in this fight (in fact, as a Chargers fan predisposed to want KC to lose):

• The call was technically correct.
• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called.
• There was a worse call earlier in the game when the refs did not call defensive holding or DPI on a similar play when MVS was held blatantly, leading to a Chiefs 3 and out... it balances out.
• Had it not been called, the Chiefs probably go up 3 points and the Eagles get the ball with no timeouts and about 1:30 remaining. Odds are that they would have lost in that situation, anyway.

I know this isn't the thread for this discussion, just saying...

I know this isn't the thread for this discussion, just saying...

It isn't, but I'm sure it will be addressed more civilly here than in the SP.

 

[Tau837]

Are you guys referencing the late defensive holding call on Philly? IMO as someone without a dog in this fight (in fact, as a Chargers fan predisposed to want KC to lose):

• The call was technically correct.
• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called.
• There was a worse call earlier in the game when the refs did not call defensive holding or DPI on a similar play when MVS was held blatantly, leading to a Chiefs 3 and out... it balances out.
• Had it not been called, the Chiefs probably go up 3 points and the Eagles get the ball with no timeouts and about 1:30 remaining. Odds are that they would have lost in that situation, anyway.

I know this isn't the thread for this discussion, just saying...

Are you guys referencing the late defensive holding call on Philly? Are you in a bizarro world where people are talking about a DIFFERENT late-game call? IMO as someone without a dog in this fight (in fact, as a Chargers fan predisposed to want KC to lose):

• The call was technically correct. Maybe? But see below.
• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called. Please provide stats and video to prove your assertion. I'm not buying it, but open to proof otherwise. Without that, you're talking out of your *** as much as I am!
• There was a worse call earlier in the game when the refs did not call defensive holding or DPI on a similar play when MVS was held blatantly, leading to a Chiefs 3 and out... it balances out. Irrelevant. There were "bad" calls all along, though I feel that officiating overall was good. Calling out one in an entirely different situation as a balance is not relevant.
• Had it not been called, the Chiefs probably go up 3 points and the Eagles get the ball with no timeouts and about 1:30 remaining. Odds are that they would have lost in that situation, anyway. Yowza. I think saying they wouldn't have been able to get in place for a tie or win with 1:30 remaining is a huge stretch. The better argument on this whole thing is what Pip already said, which is that likely the Chiefs score anyway.

I know this isn't the thread for this discussion, just saying...

No, not in Bizarro World. And not invested enough to argue. I will just agree to disagree with much of this.

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I hadn't heard This Time Tomorrow in a long time because I haven't listened to the full Lola album in a long time.

I can totally see the 4 household bopping their heads to this while they cook in the kitchen or commiserate in the living room.

 

[krista4]

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

Well, Greg Olsen was very clear during the broadcast that he believed it shouldn't have been called, so I guess that's one data point for you. Not sure about others, since at least on my feed we went quickly to some Gordon Ramsey show.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

Well, Greg Olsen was very clear during the broadcast that he believed it shouldn't have been called

Which means something because he played a position where he wanted that flagged all the time.

 

[Tau837]

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

Well, Greg Olsen was very clear during the broadcast that he believed it shouldn't have been called, so I guess that's one data point for you. Not sure about others, since at least on my feed we went quickly to some Gordon Ramsey show.

Yep. I watched the game and listened to the announcers. I stand by my take. Let's see what the next 24 hours of media coverage brings.

 

[krista4]

Which means something because he played a position where he wanted to that flagged all the time.

Yeah, I thought the same thing and was surprised he was so vocal about it.

 

[krista4]

Well, thank god we've decided that "talking heads" should determine whether something was legit or not!

Edit to add link.

 

[Tau837]

Well, thank god we've decided that "talking heads" should determine whether something was legit or not!

Edit to add link.

Should have known better than to weigh in on this, though I stand by my take, Moving on.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

There were only three new-to-me songs at #5. Words was another winner from Doves. The Def Leppard and One Direction songs aren't my thing.

 

[Zegras11]

Well, thank god we've decided that "talking heads" should determine whether something was legit or not!

Edit to add link.

Should have known better than to weigh in on this, though I stand by my take, Moving on.

Like this guy did?

 

[Chaos34]

Heck, last year's halftime show was much, much better than this one. And, of course, Prince's. And Petty. And I'm sure many others.

But, admittedly, I totally do not get the love for Rihanna. I watched the halftime show with my wife and didn't think any of her music was particularly good or interesting.

I liked your take on the call and fwiw, James Bradbury has owned it, admitted he grabbed and pulled JuJu's jersey. If the refs miss that then we have Chiefs fans losing it too (depending on outcome, I s'pose).

However, for this nonsense in your quote above:

I QUIT

 

[Tau837]

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

Well, Greg Olsen was very clear during the broadcast that he believed it shouldn't have been called, so I guess that's one data point for you. Not sure about others, since at least on my feed we went quickly to some Gordon Ramsey show.

Yep. I watched the game and listened to the announcers. I stand by my take. Let's see what the next 24 hours of media coverage brings.

The Eagles defensive player admitted he held him in the postgame. Case closed.

 

[Hov34]

I’m sorry, Eagles fans. You really got screwed.

I'm consoling myself by assuming that we wouldn't have stopped them anyway because we didn't stop them the entire second half.

There has been discussion on this board that, because the league is now so heavily tied to the gambling industry, the day will come when some, maybe all, penalties will be reviewable. I wonder if this incident pushes things further in that direction.

Are you guys referencing the late defensive holding call on Philly? IMO as someone without a dog in this fight (in fact, as a Chargers fan predisposed to want KC to lose):

• The call was technically correct.
• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called.
• There was a worse call earlier in the game when the refs did not call defensive holding or DPI on a similar play when MVS was held blatantly, leading to a Chiefs 3 and out... it balances out.
• Had it not been called, the Chiefs probably go up 3 points and the Eagles get the ball with no timeouts and about 1:30 remaining. Odds are that they would have lost in that situation, anyway.

I know this isn't the thread for this discussion, just saying...

They may make that call 50% of the time in the first 50 minutes, but less than 5% in the final few minutes

Which is a whole other problem. Either it is a penalty or it is not.

The time of the game shouldn't matter. You shouldn't be able to cheat in the last 5 minutes of the game.

 

[krista4]

The Eagles defensive player admitted he held him in the postgame. Case closed.

Nah, it's not. Like Chaos said above, you could be right in terms of the ultimate outcome, but statements like this are ludicrous:

• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called. Obviously you can't back this up in any way, since quite clearly the number of times it has happened and NOT been called isn't something you can access or point to.

 

[rockaction]

I thought it was a poor call, but you can't put the refs in a position to make that call. It's 3rd and 8. Softer coverage there might be in order. And it's a banged up Juju. He's probably not going to beat you deep.

But what I think is really irrelevant. Ref made the call. Chiefs won. Anti-climactic? Yes.

 

[krista4]

Anti-climactic? Yes.

That was the bummer of it, for sure, though that's not on the "bad" or not call.

Happy for Mahomes in any case. I'd love to think we're witnessing the GOAT.

 

[Mt. Man]

I just want to throw out appreciation for some of the stories thrown out today about song choices. Well, in general really, but I’m choosing today to bring it up, so yeah. Anyway, long as they may be sometimes, I read every bit. I mean, my choice has some significance obviously, but in comparison it feels mostly like a song rooted in my brain.

#4
Recognized by title alone: 32
Sounded familiar: 2
Knew from this countdown: 2
Didn't know: 7

Selected Favorites:
Love Vigilantes (scorchy)
Mr. Blue Sky (falguy)
Bus Stop (zamboni)
A Well Respected Man (AAABatteries)
The King of Wishful Thinking (ditkaburgers)

Some songs I didn't know that I ended up liking:
Another Nail in My Heart (simey)
Make This Go On Forever (MAC_32)
A Certain Romance (Eephus)

 

[Hov34]

If you guys are right, I fully expect to see an outcry among the talking heads over the next 24 hours. Will be interested to see if they back you.

Well, Greg Olsen was very clear during the broadcast that he believed it shouldn't have been called

Which means something because he played a position where he wanted that flagged all the time.

Dean Blandino quickly corrected Olsen and said it was a penalty.

I think Greg, just wanted the great ending we all wanted.

 

[krista4]

Dean Blandino quickly corrected Olsen and said it was a penalty.

I think Greg, just wanted the great ending we all wanted.

Fair assessment.

 

[rockaction]

That was the bummer of it, for sure, though that's not on the "bad" or not call.

Sure it did. They would have had to kick the field goal with a minute and a half left as opposed to ten seconds. Philly would have gotten the ball with enough time to drive and kick a field goal.

Either way, it's no big deal to me. I'm not disposed to like Philadelphia anyway, as you might have guessed from my prior posting, so I'm not in tears over it.

 

[rockaction]

Not sure what the best Rolling Stones song of the day is. Normally, I'd pick "Miss You" hands down over most of their others, but "Gimme Shelter" and the backing vocal by Merry Clayton is just so fully throated that it's hard to decide between disco cool and rock n' roll gospel swagger.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Very happy for Mahomes, though. If you don't like that kid, you're the *******.

Bullocks?

 

[Pip's Invitation]

As I did with the US countdown, I've been ranking all of your rankings. This may convey a sense of whose tastes are most similar to mine so far. I'll post this every time we get to a number that ends in 0 or 5. I'm behind thanks to being out most of yesterday and the Super Bowl being today, so I didn't finish the #5 playlist until just now.

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 10 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Don Quixote: 5
DrIanMalcolm: 5
Binky: 4
Shuke: 4
Simey: 3
AAABatteries: 2
Andy: 2
Chaos34: 2
Doc Oc: 2
Doug B: 2
Falguy: 2
Ilov80s: 2
jwb: 2
Just Win Baby: 2
MAC 32: 2
Mister CIA: 2
Mrs. Eephus: 2
Scorchy: 2
Simsarge: 2
Yankee23Fan: 2
Zegras11: 2
Eephus: 1
Hov34: 1
Krista4: 1
Landryshat: 1
Marco: 1
Mt. Man: 1
OH: 1
Rockaction: 1
Titusbramble: 1
Val Rannous: 1
Westerberg: 1
Zamboni: 1

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 25 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Don Quixote: 7
Binky: 6
Zegras11: 6
DrIanMalcolm: 5
Yankee23Fan: 5
Shuke: 5
Falguy: 4
Hov34: 4
Ilov80s: 4
Simey: 4
AAABatteries: 3
Doc Oc: 3
Doug B: 3
MAC 32: 3
Andy: 2
Chaos34: 2
jwb: 2
Just Win Baby: 2
Mister CIA: 2
Mrs. Eephus: 2
Scorchy: 2
Simsarge: 2
Cosjobs: 2
Krista4: 2
Mrs. Rannous: 2
Rockaction: 2
Val Rannous: 2
Westerberg: 2
Eephus: 1
Hawks64: 1
Landryshat: 1
Marco: 1
Mt. Man: 1
OH: 1
Sullie: 1
Tim: 1
Titusbramble: 1
Worrierking: 1
Zamboni: 1

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 50 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Zegras11: 11
Don Quixote: 8
Binky: 8
Yankee23Fan: 7
Shuke: 6
Hov34: 6
DrIanMalcolm: 5
Ilov80s: 5
Simey: 5
AAABatteries: 4
Chaz: 4
Doug B: 4
Falguy: 4
Cosjobs: 3
Chaos34: 3
Doc Oc: 3
jwb: 3
Just Win Baby: 3
Krista4: 3
MAC 32: 3
Mister CIA: 3
Mrs. Eephus: 3
Mrs. Rannous: 3
Mt. Man: 3
Rockaction: 3
Scorchy: 3
Sullie: 3
Tim: 3
Val Rannous: 3
Westerberg: 3
Andy: 2
Hawks64: 2
Landryshat: 2
Marco: 2
Simsarge: 2
Titusbramble: 2
Worrierking: 2
Zamboni: 2
Eephus: 1
OH: 1

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 75 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Zegras11: 13
Binky: 10
Yankee23Fan: 9
Don Quixote: 8
Shuke: 8
Hov34: 6
Simey: 6
Worrierking: 6
AAABatteries: 5
Chaos34: 5
Doc Oc: 5
DrIanMalcolm: 5
Ilov80s: 5
Sullie: 5
Andy: 4
Chaz: 4
Doug B: 4
Falguy: 4
Krista4: 4
MAC 32: 4
Simsarge: 4
Val Rannous: 4
Westerberg: 4
Cosjobs: 3
Eephus: 3
jwb: 3
Just Win Baby: 3
Landryshat: 3
Manster: 3
Marco: 3
Mister CIA: 3
Mrs. Eephus: 3
Mrs. Rannous: 3
Mt. Man: 3
Rockaction: 3
Scorchy: 3
Tim: 3
Titusbramble: 3
Zamboni: 3
Hawks64: 2
OH: 2
Higgins: 1

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 100 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Yankee23Fan: 13
Zegras11: 13
Binky: 12
Don Quixote: 11
Shuke: 10
AAABatteries: 8
Chaos34: 8
Worrierking: 8
Hov34: 7
Simey: 7
Sullie: 7
Doc Oc: 6
Eephus: 6
jwb: 6
Simsarge: 6
Westerberg: 6
Chaz: 5
DrIanMalcolm: 5
Hawks64: 5
Ilov80s: 5
Just Win Baby: 5
Krista4: 5
Rockaction: 5
Scorchy: 5
Andy: 4
Doug B: 4
Falguy: 4
MAC 32: 4
Marco: 4
Mister CIA: 4
Mt. Man: 4
Val Rannous: 4
Zamboni: 4
Cosjobs: 3
Landryshat: 3
Manster: 3
Mrs. Eephus: 3
Mrs. Rannous: 3
Tim: 3
Titusbramble: 3
OH: 2
Higgins: 1

Number of songs by participant that are on my list or in the top 150 of songs not on my list:

Spoiler

Binky: 16
Zegras11: 15
Yankee23Fan: 14
Don Quixote: 13
Chaos34: 11
Shuke: 11
Doc Oc: 9
Hawks64: 9
jwb: 9
Mister CIA: 9
Simey: 9
Worrierking: 9
AAABatteries: 8
DrIanMalcolm: 8
Simsarge: 8
Westerberg: 8
Eephus: 7
Falguy: 7
Hov34: 7
Manster: 7
Mt. Man: 7
Rockaction: 7
Sullie: 7
Tim: 7
Chaz: 6
Doug B: 6
Just Win Baby: 6
Krista4: 6
Scorchy: 6
Val Rannous: 6
Zamboni: 6
Cosjobs: 5
Landryshat: 5
Ilov80s: 5
Marco: 5
Andy: 4
Higgins: 4
MAC 32: 4
Mrs. Eephus: 4
KarmaPolice: 3
Mrs. Rannous: 3
Titusbramble: 3
OH: 2

There are 47 instances of someone selecting a song on my list. No one has selected my top 3 yet. Four are Gimme Shelter (round 4 isn't reflected in the similarity scores above, but you all know it was my pick that round). Three are Where the Streets Have No Name. Four are Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding. One is Town Called Malice. Three are Baby Blue. Three are London Calling. Four are How Soon Is Now? One is Empty Pages. One is Yours Is No Disgrace. One is Showdown. Five are Son of a Preacher Man. Three are Rolling in the Deep. Seven are Valerie. Three are Every Picture Tells a Story. Two are Cruel to Be Kind. One is Pump It Up. Two are Suspect Device.

 

[krista4]

So true - sigh.

 

[rockaction]

So true - sigh.

All those scrolling headlines in the pop-up video screen on that page were LOL.

Sorry about Mitch. Were you a Bears fan at one point? Are you a Bears fan still? I know you go to Seahawks events, but I'm not sure who your team is.

 

[rockaction]

Things to never say to an Eagles fan.

#17

LOL. Love her facial expression.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

So true - sigh.

It's rare enough when a top-flight quarterback comes along. When two come along in one draft, and you could have taken either of them, but instead you trade up to take one who flopped? You and your fans will be kicking yourselves for decades.

Will be interesting to see if something similar happens in this year's draft.

 

[krista4]

So true - sigh.

All those scrolling headlines in the pop-up video screen on that page were LOL.

Sorry about Mitch. Were you a Bears fan at one point? Are you a Bears fan still? I know you go to Seahawks events, but I'm not sure who your team is.

Always a Bears fan, but don't care so much.

 

[rockaction]

Always a Bears fan, but don't care so much.

They're at least good every so often, which is more than I can say for my Jets these days. Both franchises have had bad quarterbacking for a long, long time.

 

[krista4]

Always a Bears fan, but don't care so much.

They're at least good every so often, which is more than I can say for my Jets these days. Both franchises have had bad quarterbacking for a long, long time.

You guys had Geno Smith!

 

[rockaction]

You guys had Geno Smith!

Geeeeeeeeno!

"They wrote me off; I ain't write back though!"

 

[krista4]

You guys had Geno Smith!

Geeeeeeeeno!

"They wrote me off; I ain't write back though!"

Love that line. People were probably correct to write him off at the time, but still a great line.

 

[rockaction]

I'm getting the sense there's a lot of alcohol flowing tonight on the board. I'mma pack it in soon.

I'm trying to tell somebody that the sentence fragment "your ill-considered, indefensible opinion" contains the correct use of "your/you're" and that it shouldn't be "you're ill-considered, indefensible opinion." I'm being met with resistance on that front.

I give up.

Before anyone thinks I'm being a grammar Nazi, dude was correcting the guy that used "your" by putting a snarky "*you're" in response.

SMH.

 

[rockaction]

And it was resolved. Good. I'm glad we can come around on these things.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I'm getting the sense there's a lot of alcohol flowing tonight on the board. I'mma pack it in soon.

I'm trying to tell somebody that the sentence fragment "your ill-considered, indefensible opinion" contains the correct use of "your/you're" and that it shouldn't be "you're ill-considered, indefensible opinion." I'm being met with resistance on that front.

I give up.

Before anyone thinks I'm being a grammar Nazi, dude was correcting the guy that used "your" by putting a snarky "*you're" in response.

SMH.

Oh heavens. Best to disengage with someone like that.

The day after the Super Bowl really should be a federal holiday. It's been pushed back far enough in to February now that maybe the day after can just coincide with Presidents Day every year.

 

[krista4]

I'm getting the sense there's a lot of alcohol flowing tonight on the board. I'mma pack it in soon.

I'm trying to tell somebody that the sentence fragment "your ill-considered, indefensible opinion" contains the correct use of "your/you're" and that it shouldn't be "you're ill-considered, indefensible opinion." I'm being met with resistance on that front.

I give up.

Before anyone thinks I'm being a grammar Nazi, dude was correcting the guy that used "your" by putting a snarky "*you're" in response.

SMH.

Oh heavens. Best to disengage with someone like that.

The day after the Super Bowl really should be a federal holiday. It's been pushed back far enough in to February now that maybe the day after can just coincide with Presidents Day every year.

Yeah, I didn't see anything bad at all, but I'm not in the Shark Pool. As you said, good to disengage.

I'm excited that we have our top 3s starting tomorrow!

 

[rockaction]

Yeah, I didn't see anything bad at all, but I'm not in the Shark Pool. As you said, good to disengage.

It ended well. He said, "I can see that." So I probably shouldn't have written in this thread.

Yeah, top three should be exciting. I'm interested to see the logjams for the various bands each day. I wonder what the record is for band with most songs picked in a particular slot.

 

[krista4]

Yeah, I didn't see anything bad at all, but I'm not in the Shark Pool. As you said, good to disengage.

It ended well. He said, "I can see that." So I probably shouldn't have written in this thread.

Yeah, top three should be exciting. I'm interested to see the logjams for the various bands each day. I wonder what the record is for band with most songs picked in a particular slot.

Well...the octuple tomorrow would be it.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #4:

Funny thing is, this round I knew the song from Ditkaburgers but not the one from either of her parents!

Abbey Road Medley -- The Beatles (Westerberg)
A Day in the Life -- The Beatles (Worrierking)
Sympathy for the Devil -- The Rolling Stones (Yankee23Fan)
In the Light -- Led Zeppelin (DrIanMalcolm)
Won't Get Fooled Again -- The Who (Just Win Baby)
Get Back -- The Beatles (Zegras11). In the Beatles countdown I ranked this number nine... number nine... number nine... (sorry Simey)
A Whiter Shade of Pale -- Procol Harum (Mister CIA)
The Real Me -- The Who (KarmaPolice)
Love Will Tear Us Apart -- Joy Division (Marco)
War Pigs -- Black Sabbath (Manster)
Lola -- The Kinks (Chaos34). I took this in the first round of our Rolling Stone Garbage List draft. For scarcity reasons, as I didn't have many favorites in the group it was part of.
Miss You -- The Rolling Stones (Mt. Man)
Life on Mars? -- David Bowie (Don Quixote)
Tales of Brave Ulysses -- Cream (Sullie)
The Bends -- Radiohead (Shuke)
Locomotive Breath -- Jethro Tull (Binky)
Black Dog -- Led Zeppelin (OH)
Misty Mountain Hop -- Led Zeppelin (Hawks64). As with Black Dog, this did not make my top 25 Zep. My friend ranked it #22.
Moondance -- Van Morrison (jwb)
The Kids Are Alright -- The Who (Rockaction)
A Well Respected Man -- The Kinks (AAABatteries)
Head Over Heels/Broken -- Tears for Fears (Hov34). The FM stations I listened to in the 80s included the Broken coda when they played this track, so I was glad to see that recognized.
Solsbury Hill -- Peter Gabriel (Andy)

Most of my favorites from this round had already been picked, which I guess is to be expected when we get this late (Binky: early) into it.

 

[rockaction]

Well...the octuple tomorrow would be it.

Does that make you the Octomom of tomorrow's music?

 

[rockaction]

Trying to scour the innerwebs for an avatar tomorrow. Harder than it should be given the band.

 

[Tau837]

The Eagles defensive player admitted he held him in the postgame. Case closed.

Nah, it's not. Like Chaos said above, you could be right in terms of the ultimate outcome, but statements like this are ludicrous:

• It was a call that is probably made ~50% of the time, so not crazy it was called. Obviously you can't back this up in any way, since quite clearly the number of times it has happened and NOT been called isn't something you can access or point to.

OK. I will agree to disagree with you. Again.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Arctic Monkeys

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).

They're the greatest rock band of this century hands down

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.

If some of Foo Fighters better songs were late 90’s I would have them #1 pretty easy.

Foos and Spoon (and The White Stripes) all released music in the 20th century making them ineligible under my arbitrary rules

OK. Adhering to those rules, I also prefer LCD Soundsystem, McLusky/Future of the Left, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio.

But I’ll still take Spoon’s output since 2000 over all of them.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Chik Fil A making me hate them less with these Jesus commercials

I think that's Hobby Lobby amongst many fine Jesus freaks. I suspect He would be appalled.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

greatest halftime show there ever was or ever will be

Prince has entered the chat.

Heck, last year's halftime show was much, much better than this one. And, of course, Prince's. And Petty. And I'm sure many others.

But, admittedly, I totally do not get the love for Rihanna. I watched the halftime show with my wife and didn't think any of her music was particularly good or interesting.

I dislike U2, but their halftime show after 9/11 was a standout. Very much grace.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

Guys! I have a top 36 for the catch-all countdown!

Subject to revisions, of course. But I actually started working on it not long after finishing my British list.

Most shouldn't cause consternation if I end up being listed first on the playlists again -- but not all.

Piker. I had mine about done about three weeks ago.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

So true - sigh.

It's rare enough when a top-flight quarterback comes along. When two come along in one draft, and you could have taken either of them, but instead you trade up to take one who flopped? You and your fans will be kicking yourselves for decades.

Will be interesting to see if something similar happens in this year's draft.

Sam Bowie, for the win?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I'm getting the sense there's a lot of alcohol flowing tonight on the board. I'mma pack it in soon.

I'm trying to tell somebody that the sentence fragment "your ill-considered, indefensible opinion" contains the correct use of "your/you're" and that it shouldn't be "you're ill-considered, indefensible opinion." I'm being met with resistance on that front.

I give up.

Before anyone thinks I'm being a grammar Nazi, dude was correcting the guy that used "your" by putting a snarky "*you're" in response.

SMH.

Do you need grammarian backup? Just call my name, and I'll be there.