The List Thread

[Here'sToYa!]

Below are the two lists that, according to Facebook, represent the top coupling and de-coupling songs played by users via the Spotify app.

**WARNING:  They all pretty much suck.

Songs listened to when entering into a relationship:

1. "Don't Wanna Go Home" by Jason Derulo
2. "Love On Top" by Beyoncé
3. "How to Love" by Lil Wayne
4. "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars
5. "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida
6. "It Girl" by Jason Derulo
7. "Stereo Hearts" by Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
8. "Criminal" by Britney Spears
9. "No Sleep" by Wiz Khalifa
10. "Free Fallin'" by John Mayer

Songs listened to after ending a relationship:

1. "The Cave" by Mumford and Sons
2. "Crew Love" by Drake
3. "All of the Lights" by Kanye West
4. "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele
5. "Take Care" by Drake
6. "It Will Rain" by Bruno Mars
7. "We Found Love" by Rihanna & Calvin Harris
8. "Call It What You Want" by Foster the People
9. "Love You Like a Love Song" by Selena Gomez and the Scene
10. "Without You" by David Guetta featuring Usher

From today's 10@10 year, 1972: "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)" by Jim Croce

[radical347]

Some familiar entries are on here:

http://litreactor.com/columns/top-10-words-that-need-to-die-immediately

I don't mind "bromance," but that might be because I leave it to the celebrities and 14-year-olds.

The word "foodie" doesn't annoy me nearly as much as 3/4 of the people who claim to be one do.

I like "nom," as long as it's used judiciously.  "LOL" is okay too.  I even say "LOL" (not "L. O. L.") sometimes.

I haven't heard "totes" being used as an abbreviation for "totally," but if I did, I would agree that it should die.

Haven't heard of "awesomesauce" before either, but that word looks like, sooooo, like, awesomesauce that I'm going to start saying "awesomesauce" now! LOL!

[Tinka Cat]

I haven't heard "totes" being used as an abbreviation for "totally," but if I did, I would agree that it should die.

I use the more formal "totes magotes."  An example of  proper usage can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hojeYoMIv4

Haven't heard of "awesomesauce" before either, but that word looks like, sooooo, like, awesomesauce that I'm going to start saying "awesomesauce" now! LOL!

Don't forget "amazeballs!"

[RGMike]

another handy-dandy website with lists of hit songs by year -- unlike Top40 db, this one goes thru the '00s and '10s

http://www.severing.nu/music/index.html

[RGMike]

You've heard Gaz and I talk about this annual list of favorite "shoulda-beens": the IRS (as in "It Really Shoulda" been a hit) List:

http://www.60s70s.org/HZ-SO-GOOD-April-May-2012.htm

(the criteria was any song that didn't make the Top Ten, tho' many of these didn't even make the Top 40).

[RGMike]

Came across this site (nutsie.com) the other day; I'm working on a SF/NY mix CD and when i googled "songs about___" they came up. Here's the link for "Top 100 SF Songs"

http://www.nutsie.com/top100sradio/Top%20100%20San%20Francisco%20Songs/27080431

But it doesn't give you the whole list, just an endlessly-repeating iPod-on-shuffle presentation of the songs. And they have tons of different lists.  Interesting concept. You could spend a LOT time here.

ETA: Holy flaming mother of Gaz! one of their SF songs is Kantner/Slick's "Million" -- I am gobsmacked!

[urth]

Came across this site (nutsie.com) the other day; I'm working on a SF/NY mix CD and when i googled "songs about___" they came up. Here's the link for "Top 100 SF Songs"

http://www.nutsie.com/top100sradio/Top%20100%20San%20Francisco%20Songs/27080431

But it doesn't give you the whole list, just an endlessly-repeating iPod-on-shuffle presentation of the songs. And they have tons of different lists.  Interesting concept. You could spend a LOT time here.

ETA: Holy flaming mother of Gaz! one of their SF songs is Kantner/Slick's "Million" -- I am gobsmacked!

Wow, they've got Top 100 One Hit Wonders  for the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s. I could def. spend a lot of time here. Probably not a good thing right now.

[Here'sToYa!]

Guitar anti-heroes

The comments spew outrage? No way! "PAT METHENY??? where is he?"

http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time?page=0

[ggould]

Guitar anti-heroes

The comments spew outrage? No way! "PAT METHENY??? where is he?"

http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time?page=0

Another ridiculous list from people who don't know shit about guitar.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Guitar anti-heroes

The comments spew outrage? No way! "PAT METHENY??? where is he?"

http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time?page=0

Another ridiculous list from people who don't know shit about guitar.

That list is pure genius!  Kurt Colbain at #4!  The Onion couldn't have done better.

[Tinka Cat]

Guitar anti-heroes

The comments spew outrage? No way! "PAT METHENY??? where is he?"

http://www.spin.com/articles/spins-100-greatest-guitarists-all-time?page=0

Another ridiculous list from people who don't know shit about guitar.

That list is pure genius!  Kurt Colbain at #4!  The Onion couldn't have done better.

your comments got me to look at the list.  Certainly not the usual stuff ("Let's see, Hendrix, Townshend, Clapton, Yngwie Malmsteen, etc."). 

I must say I'm curious about some of the names.  If Spin wants us to notice how cool they are with their weird picks, that's one thing, but if they are only trying to expand my mind, I suppose they have done that.   

Kurt Cobain wrote some excellent songs, cool hooks, etc.  and since he composed on guitar, you have to say he put his chops to good use in writing them.







 

[Here'sToYa!]

They put a disclaimer on the first page, although perhaps the disclaimer itself was meant to offend. Their greatest blasphemy, though, was simply titling the list "Greatest Guitarists." Adding one word like "Not the Greatest Guitarists" or "The Greatest ALTERNATIVE Guitarists" might have placated the fundamentalists, but probably not. It's just funny the fervor people feel about what is essentially an exercise in meaningless fun. It's as if a publication put out a list of the Ten Greatest Ever Religious Figures and left out Jesus and Mohammed. At least no one has attempted to firebomb (could apply to extremist Muslims or Christians, or Jews for that matter) the Spin offices. Yet.

[ggould]

They put a disclaimer on the first page, although perhaps the disclaimer itself was meant to offend. Their greatest blasphemy, though, was simply titling the list "Greatest Guitarists." Adding one word like "Not the Greatest Guitarists" or "The Greatest ALTERNATIVE Guitarists" might have placated the fundamentalists, but probably not. It's just funny the fervor people feel about what is essentially an exercise in meaningless fun. It's as if a publication put out a list of the Ten Greatest Ever Religious Figures and left out Jesus and Mohammed. At least no one has attempted to firebomb (could apply to extremist Muslims or Christians, or Jews for that matter) the Spin offices. Yet.

While there is plenty of subjective room to judge guitarists, it is not totally without objective reality.  They probably should have just made a list of the "best guitarists that don't make the usual lists" and people like me would just walk on by, no comment.  As a musician myself, I don't consider the talents of guitarists meaningless.

[Big Fingers McGee]

25 worst songs of all time, most of which we'd agree to be LN in a 10@10 context. And nobody has posted in this since May!

http://www.web2carz.com/lifestyle/music/1460/the-25-most-overplayed-songs-of-all-time

[Here'sToYa!]

25 worst songs of all time, most of which we'd agree to be LN in a 10@10 context. And nobody has posted in this since May!

http://www.web2carz.com/lifestyle/music/1460/the-25-most-overplayed-songs-of-all-time

I don't think overplayed is supposed to mean worst. The author says as much. Most of the songs are classic rock and, to a lesser extent, oldies staples.