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« Reply #105 on: December 31, 2008, 11:08:20 AM »
Wayback, I think you sent a note re this Top 77 poll?  Most of the results are in:

http://www.tunemagic.net/VoteTop77/Updates/index.htm

Way heavy on Beatles (yay); my votes for the Mamas & Papas and Orpheus helped them to place in the outer reaches of the Top 100.
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #106 on: December 31, 2008, 11:29:46 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on December 31, 2008, 11:08:20 AM
Wayback, I think you sent a note re this Top 77 poll?  Most of the results are in:

http://www.tunemagic.net/VoteTop77/Updates/index.htm

Way heavy on Beatles (yay); my votes for the Mamas & Papas and Orpheus helped them to place in the outer reaches of the Top 100.
this list says The Left Banke's Walk Away Reneé makes them a one-hit wonder.  Out here, Pretty Ballerina was played a lot on the radio.  Do those of you from elsewhere remember this?
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #107 on: December 31, 2008, 11:36:02 AM »
Quote from: ggould on December 31, 2008, 11:29:46 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on December 31, 2008, 11:08:20 AM
Wayback, I think you sent a note re this Top 77 poll?  Most of the results are in:

http://www.tunemagic.net/VoteTop77/Updates/index.htm

Way heavy on Beatles (yay); my votes for the Mamas & Papas and Orpheus helped them to place in the outer reaches of the Top 100.
this list says The Left Banke's Walk Away Reneé makes them a one-hit wonder.  Out here, Pretty Ballerina was played a lot on the radio.  Do those of you from elsewhere remember this?

I remember "PB", and it reached #15 nationally ("WAR" got to #5) so they are def NOT a OHW by any reasonable standard.  (and -- of all people -- the chart geeks who do that survey every year should certainly know better)
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #108 on: December 31, 2008, 11:58:43 AM »
Quote from: ggould on December 31, 2008, 11:29:46 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on December 31, 2008, 11:08:20 AM
Wayback, I think you sent a note re this Top 77 poll?  Most of the results are in:

http://www.tunemagic.net/VoteTop77/Updates/index.htm

Way heavy on Beatles (yay); my votes for the Mamas & Papas and Orpheus helped them to place in the outer reaches of the Top 100.
this list says The Left Banke's Walk Away Reneé makes them a one-hit wonder.  Out here, Pretty Ballerina was played a lot on the radio.  Do those of you from elsewhere remember this?

 i don't remember it when it was being played, but I heard Etienne de Rocher cover that spng on solo piano at the Cafe Du Nord one night a few years back.  not sure if any of you know Etienne's stuff, but he's great.  He was based in Oakland, but moved back to the deep south last year.
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #109 on: January 04, 2009, 11:46:26 AM »
Rob Harvilla of the Village Voice recaps the year's worst lyrics in tourney format:

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/pdf/villagevoice-robharvilla-worstlyrics2008.pdf
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #110 on: January 05, 2009, 09:30:07 AM »
KPIG's listener poll: the ten favorite albums of 2008...

1. Hayes Carll - Trouble in Mind 

2. James McMurtry - Just Us Kids 

3. Jackson Browne - Time the Conqueror 

4. Railroad Earth - Amen Corner 

5. Waybacks - Loaded 

6. Waifs - SunDirtWater 

7. Richie Havens - Nobody Left to Crown 

8. Ry Cooder - The Ry Cooder Anthology

9. Levon Helm Band - Merle Fest Ramble 

10. Charlie Haden w family & friends - Rambling Boy

Now I must say, I listen to KPIG fairly regularly, and maybe 3 or 4 of those stick out as "oh yeah.. I heard that on KPIG". The rest are NTM -- didn't even know Richie Havens had an album out.
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« Reply #111 on: January 14, 2009, 07:58:41 PM »
Artists most heavily represented in my CD collection:

Jefferson Airplane/Starship and related side projects: 33 CDs
Monkees: 11
Elton John: 10
Beatles: 9
David Bowie: 8
Cher: 8
Bruce Springsteen: 7
Stevie Wonder: 7
Joni Mitchell: 6
Prince: 6
Nina Simone: 6
Aimee Mann: 4
Polyphonic Spree: 4
Dusty Springfield: 4
Wilco: 4
Robbie Williams: 4
Barry Manilow: 3 plus a box set

[ETA the Stevie Wonder, unintentional omission]
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #112 on: January 15, 2009, 07:48:13 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on January 14, 2009, 07:58:41 PM
Artists most heavily represented in my CD collection:

Cher: 8


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« Reply #113 on: January 17, 2009, 01:02:31 PM »
If you ever thought you were overly consumed by listmaking, take heart: you got nothing on this guy.

http://fbenario.wordpress.com/

He must have LOVED High Fidelity.
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #114 on: January 17, 2009, 04:49:57 PM »
Quote from: urth on January 17, 2009, 01:02:31 PM
If you ever thought you were overly consumed by listmaking, take heart: you got nothing on this guy.

http://fbenario.wordpress.com/

He must have LOVED High Fidelity.

My head hurts.
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #115 on: January 23, 2009, 07:38:02 AM »
It's that time again: Village Voice Pazz& Jop Poll:

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/albums/2008/

am I the only one who's baffled by the love for Vampire Weekend?
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« Reply #116 on: January 26, 2009, 08:43:15 PM »
"Poll: Which Springsteen album is your favorite?"  Interesting to see results:
http://www.nj.com/springsteen/index.ssf/2009/01/poll_tell_us_your_favorite_spr.html
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #117 on: March 23, 2009, 08:35:35 AM »
One of Mick LaSalle's better topics (which is why it's not in the "LaSalle... Idiot" thread):  awful lines in otherwise good songs:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/mlasalle/detail?blogid=38&entry_id=37299
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« Reply #118 on: March 23, 2009, 09:16:38 AM »
our band is playing in April, and we were talking about themes, and tax day came up.  We're going to do Money (Beatles, etc.) and I also looked at the Shraytabase for other suggestions!
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Re: The List Thread
« Reply #119 on: April 15, 2009, 03:41:15 PM »
an interesting list of the arranger/producer Charles Calello's charted singles -- the 4 Seasons were his bread-and-butter but lots of other surprises here:

http://www.charlescalello.com/Hit_Records.htm
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