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Where in the world are the middle-aged dummies? Worldwide top 31 song countdown. (2 Viewers)
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krista4
Footballguy
This is funny, for sure. But I like She's Got a Way, Piano Man, and Allentown. Not saying any of them are top songs of genre or anything like that, but I like them.
Billy Joel is not one of my top 100 favorite artists, but I find your hate for him / his music bizarre. I've seen him in concert, and I thought he was quite good. Again,
I kinda like She's Got a Way, too. I know Uruk doesn't like Billy Joel, but the over-the-top stuff seems like shtick to me, which I enjoy. The thread needed a little energy and excitement.
Eephus
Footballguy
Pop music history is full of artists who made it primarily because of their good looks
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Oh sure. This is classified as "energy and excitement" but when I tried the same thing I'm labeled a negative, insensitive jerk!This is funny, for sure. But I like She's Got a Way, Piano Man, and Allentown. Not saying any of them are top songs of genre or anything like that, but I like them.
Billy Joel is not one of my top 100 favorite artists, but I find your hate for him / his music bizarre. I've seen him in concert, and I thought he was quite good. Again,
I kinda like She's Got a Way, too. I know Uruk doesn't like Billy Joel, but the over-the-top stuff seems like shtick to me, which I enjoy. The thread needed a little energy and excitement.
Edit: That's not to say that I'm not insensitive.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
sweet - I see that a lot of you guys focused more on a broader path of countries
I tried mostly to capture those bands I really like that fell between the cracks in the US and UK drafts - so a ton of UK - US combos and the obvious alternatives of Canada and Australia.
krista4
Footballguy
Oh sure. This is classified as "energy and excitement" but when I tried the same thing I'm labeled a negative, insensitive jerk!
Edit: That's not to say that I'm not insensitive.
I know you're joking, or at least you ******* better be, but for the uninitiated, I'd like to remind everyone that we try in these countdowns to employ The Thumper Rule. These threads aren't about criticizing other people's picks but for people to enjoy the listening and the discussion and to pick up some new tunes. I predict we're all going to end up with even more "new-to-us" songs we love in this countdown, given the lists I've seen so far!
krista4
Footballguy
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
I promise not to criticize the picks I think are garbage.Oh sure. This is classified as "energy and excitement" but when I tried the same thing I'm labeled a negative, insensitive jerk!
Edit: That's not to say that I'm not insensitive.
I know you're joking, or at least you ******* better be, but for the uninitiated, I'd like to remind everyone that we try in these countdowns to employ The Thumper Rule. These threads aren't about criticizing other people's picks but for people to enjoy the listening and the discussion and to pick up some new tunes. I predict we're all going to end up with even more "new-to-us" songs we love in this countdown, given the lists I've seen so far!
titusbramble
Footballguy
Just did a quick decades check:
70's - 2
80's - 5
90's - 8
00's - 12
10's - 4
70's - 2
80's - 5
90's - 8
00's - 12
10's - 4
titusbramble
Footballguy
Also for whoever was going on a trip to Scandi and was asking for Copenhagen tips, most people I know that have been there suggest the best thing to see is Malmo instead, but take that with a pinch of salt
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I think Allentown is awful, but love the other two. Sure Piano Man is over-played.
This is funny, for sure. But I like She's Got a Way, Piano Man, and Allentown. Not saying any of them are top songs of genre or anything like that, but I like them.
Billy Joel is not one of my top 100 favorite artists, but I find your hate for him / his music bizarre. I've seen him in concert, and I thought he was quite good. Again,
Billy Joel is probably borderline Top 50 for me - I haven’t really made a list. I grew up on Long Island so I’m supposed to like him, and I do
I don’t get the hate necessarily but can see why some may not like him. He’s more “show-tunes” than “rock-star”. He has a great voice and his band is more than capable.
I’ve always figured me liking some band isn’t really affected by some one else hating that band. Plus while it’s sincere I’m sure, at this point it’s also schtick for @Uruk-Hai
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Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Mine alone is.
rockaction
Footballguy
Updated the avatar for the new draft...can't wait
you’ve got to ****ing be kidding me
lololololololololololol double
krista4
Footballguy
I continue to be very concerned about falguy, who hasn't visited since Feb. 16. I've done some Googling with his first name and city he lives in, but I'm unable to figure out his last name. Hopefully he will show up again.
In the event he's not here in time for the countdown, is there anyone good with spreadsheets (or merely adequate with them) who can take over that aspect? I'll have my own data, but it will be cumulative to the end, so not very fun if we can't get a snapshot of the standings at various times along the way.
In the event he's not here in time for the countdown, is there anyone good with spreadsheets (or merely adequate with them) who can take over that aspect? I'll have my own data, but it will be cumulative to the end, so not very fun if we can't get a snapshot of the standings at various times along the way.
rockaction
Footballguy
Let’s hope for the best. Like a vacation or something he didn’t want advertised.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I was going to post in the Missing FBGs thread, but it looks like that thread got locked.
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Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Maybe @Eephus will post @ditkaburgers revised One Direction rankings in this thread.
Wow. People must really be working hard on their lists, to have NO posts here in, like, 14 hours.
Pip's Invitation
Footballguy
Speaking of which, DrIanMalcolm and I have three songs (one of which gets an asterisk, which will be explained when it is revealed) and 13 artists in common on our lists for this countdown. No bingoes.
krista4
Footballguy
There are so many fewer bingoes in this. I know of one Deja Vote at a very high point value, and there are some song duplicates, but nothing like the last one. My daily listening parties are going to take a lot longer since I so many of these songs are new to me!
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
I call JML_alter ego.
krista4
Footballguy
I just started working on putting together all the lists and collating data in earnest this evening. I should have started a lot earlier.
I'm still hoping to get some contests up this weekend based on whatever I've input by Sunday, so that people will have a week to get their entries together. But I'd somehow put out of my mind how much time this takes.
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DrIanMalcolm
Footballguy
Same here. I think he's talented, has written at least one perfect pop tune ("New York State of Mind") and quite a few enjoyable ones. The more "deep" he tries to be, the more he strains, but a lot of what's off The Stranger and 52nd St and Glass Houses is very good, as is An Innocent Man.
As we figured. But I really did think the UK list was going to be very narrowly cast and quite chalky and it was. Whereas this one, you could just concentrate on bands that slipped through the cracks and ended up with an entirely different list than someone who concentrates all on Latino-flavored music.
That part I don't understand. Bruce is an immense talent. Billy Joel is a fine artist, but not in the same league.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Perhaps sir would care for a saucer of cream with that?
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I'm not seeing an umlaut there, sister.
krista4
Footballguy
That reminds me that I wanted to mention that I have limitations on my keyboard abilities, and carets and umlauts and all the rest in this international countdown will sorely test me. Therefore I won't be using any of them unless they were in the original list sent to me.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
While I truly do not like any of his songs, it's mostly this. I rag on him mainly for my own amusement.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You can always do what I do. I copy the word from Wikipedia and paste it here. All those cute umlauts come along with.
That reminds me that I wanted to mention that I have limitations on my keyboard abilities, and carets and umlauts and all the rest in this international countdown will sorely test me. Therefore I won't be using any of them unless they were in the original list sent to me.
otb2huffing
Footballguy
You can always do what I do. I copy the word from Wikipedia and paste it here. All those cute umlauts come along with.
That reminds me that I wanted to mention that I have limitations on my keyboard abilities, and carets and umlauts and all the rest in this international countdown will sorely test me. Therefore I won't be using any of them unless they were in the original list sent to me.
Cyrillic alphabet gonna hit hard in this one, tho ... that's alotta Wiki work.
Raging weasel
Footballguy
My list is in!
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You can always do what I do. I copy the word from Wikipedia and paste it here. All those cute umlauts come along with.
That reminds me that I wanted to mention that I have limitations on my keyboard abilities, and carets and umlauts and all the rest in this international countdown will sorely test me. Therefore I won't be using any of them unless they were in the original list sent to me.
Cyrillic alphabet gonna hit hard in this one, tho ... that's alotta Wiki work.
Wait and see.
MAC_32
Footballguy
I enjoy Billy Joel, but he has a few hits that I absolutely cannot stand. These two, Matter of Trust, and River of Dreams. The latter of which may be the worst piece of music ever made.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Is "River Of Dreams" the "In the middle of the night" thing? Ain't no way I'm going to check on my own. It's bad, but still not worse than "Piano Man", though - at least it moves where "Piano Man" just sits there dying like a fish on a beach (Coney Island, maybe).
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
No, but I'd welcome a shot of Xtabentun.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
The playlist in Hell's lobby assuredly contains We Didn't Start The Fire.
It's there with Starship's We Built This City.
It's there with Starship's We Built This City.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I just found out Billy Joel was actually born in Canada, so the good news is that he is eligible for this countdown.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Cliff Richard says, "Not necessarily good enough."
Mt. Man
Footballguy
Just remember that the albums from 2013 aren't technically eligible here.
Because, you know, those are the ones people would be looking at >.>.
MAC_32
Footballguy
This is one of those songs that I know isn't any good and there was a couple decade period of my life in which I probably didn't listen to it a single time, but our kids enjoy it immensely and it's worn on me over the last few years. It'll probably revert back to the pile as they age never to be heard from again to me, but for now...it's fine.
Don Quixote
Footballguy
He does sometimes seem to be trying too hard to prove his New York credentials.
I do think Billy Joel is good live though — as Ted Lasso said “Ice cream's the best. It's kinda like seeing Billy Joel perform live, you know? It never disappoints. It does give me the toots though. The ice cream, not Billy Joel.”
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Ya think?
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
Someday I hope you will find some joy in your life.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Seems like a silly thread to get
Hawks64
Footballguy
But is it really Queensryche without Geoff??
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