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Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:02 pm
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Re: The Algren Top 50
So you definitely favor album tracks over singles and I'll need a refresher on a few of these. Also about half a dozen artists I've never heard at all.
Notes;
Deer Dance is fricking awesome and is my second favorite System track. They like to push the weak around!! Spiders is pretty damn cool too.
Map of the Problematique was initially my favorite song off the Black Holes album. Still love it.
Clocks and God aren't my favorite Coldplay tracks, but I enjoyed those performances over both of my favorite songs when I saw them live last weekend. Charlie Brown and Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall were really dope too.
Otherside and Aeroplane are my favorite Chili tracks besides Tell Me Baby.
Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:42 pm
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Well, I never really thought about it, but I guess the singles are chosen to appeal to the most amount of people, not necessarily the best songs. But also, I know that I prefer long tracks (probably why I love trance) and they never release long tracks as singles.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:09 am
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Before I get into my Top 25, I am posting this video. I wonder if anyone else liked this at any point.
***Nostalgia Track of the Day***
"Spaceman" - Babylon Zoo
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:29 am
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Right, let's get serious now. This is the business end of The Algren Top 50.
25. "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:32 am
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24. "Bliss" - Muse
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:39 am
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23. "Comeback" - Foo Fighters
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:41 am
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22. "Seven Ways" - Paul van Dyk
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:45 am
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21. "Like a Stone" - Audioslave
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Before I get into my Top 25, I am posting this video. I wonder if anyone else liked this at any point.
***Nostalgia Track of the Day***
"Spaceman" - Babylon Zoo
Interesting, never heard it before, not really my sound either.
Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:09 am
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Ha, Babylon Zoo are a real deep cut from the Britpop/Britpop-adjacent annals. From roughly the same shelf as Menswear and Echobelly.
It is a good song. I understand why it was a relatively huge hit.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:14 am
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Re: The Algren Top 50
Algren wrote:
Here is a great song that if I was doing a list to "represent" my overall taste, this would have been included.
"Feel" - Robbie Williams
Williams is such a mum favourite, but much like Savage Garden, he rubbed off on me. "Old Before I Die" is another great track of his, as is "Angels".
Nice. This is one of three peak Robbie Williams songs from the early 00s I still love - the other two being Come Undone and Supreme.
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Listened to 52 and 51. I admit to being a guy who likes UB40 but really only know them from their "Red Red Wine" type hits and Live 8. "King" was good though!
I feel like I've heard Sinnerman before and the video makes me think it was from the Miami Vice movie. Another good song.
Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:20 am
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I know what I should've done; The Algren Top 50 Rock Songs, because nobody cares about dance music on KJ, and at least that way I could have included many more songs from many more artists. Ah well. Might include a few at the end that would have made the if not for the electronica.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:29 am
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I think next we should do Favourite Debut Albums. I know David would love it.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:30 am
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Flava'd vs The World wrote:
Listened to 52 and 51. I admit to being a guy who likes UB40 but really only know them from their "Red Red Wine" type hits and Live 8. "King" was good though!
I feel like I've heard Sinnerman before and the video makes me think it was from the Miami Vice movie. Another good song.
I thank my Mum for me knowing every UB40 song.
Yeah, "Sinnerman" is a Nina Simone song. Widely known. But I prefer the remix from Miami Vice.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:34 am
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MadGez wrote:
Algren wrote:
Here is a great song that if I was doing a list to "represent" my overall taste, this would have been included.
"Feel" - Robbie Williams
Williams is such a mum favourite, but much like Savage Garden, he rubbed off on me. "Old Before I Die" is another great track of his, as is "Angels".
Nice. This is one of three peak Robbie Williams songs from the early 00s I still love - the other two being Come Undone and Supreme.
I would LOVE to see you partake in this Top 50 Songs malarkey, MadGez.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:35 am
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David wrote:
Ha, Babylon Zoo are a real deep cut from the Britpop/Britpop-adjacent annals. From roughly the same shelf as Menswear and Echobelly.
It is a good song. I understand why it was a relatively huge hit.
Yeah. Most people only really liked the beginning, but as you say it is an underrated song which is unfairly looked back on with embarrassment.
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I know what I should've done; The Algren Top 50 Rock Songs, because nobody cares about dance music on KJ, and at least that way I could have included many more songs from many more artists. Ah well. Might include a few at the end that would have made the if not for the electronica.
I love the new music I'm hearing through these threads, maybe not all my style, but this just gives me some direction to new sounds, as I would not willingly look them up.
Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:04 am
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Well that alone makes it worth it.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 9:27 am
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***The U-Turn Track of the Day***
"Seven Nation Army" - The White Stripes
I used to dislike this track back in 2003, and ever since it has grown on me and I appreciate it very much.
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:06 am
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SNA is still great even though becoming the fight song for every sports team has made it kinda corny. Can someone tell the Warriors that they ARE the seven nation army?
#50 "Dead Souls" is something I haven't heard in many many years, maybe since high school? Still a good track though I obviously think NIN have done alot better.
#49 "Forbidden Love" is ... ok? I've never gotten into Madonna despite the influence shes had on so many modern artists. "Ray Of Light" is the best
Fri Aug 25, 2017 11:54 am
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Flava'd vs The World wrote:
#49 "Forbidden Love" is ... ok? I've never gotten into Madonna despite the influence shes had on so many modern artists.
Beside the fact there's no excuse not to get into Madonna, I don't know which Forbidden Love Algren put as the video doesn't play for me.
Personally I prefer Forbidden Love from Bedtime Stories. It's very simple lyrics wise and I love the chant in the background (Don't go near the fire, don't go in the dark, don't give into your desire, because he's going to break your heart) during verses as they're the polar opposite of what she's doing in the song. It's like a little voice in your head you choose to ignore and you just go and risk everything for lust and desire. That little element give the song a rather unique twist and makes it intriguing.
COADF Forbidden Love is thematically the same, lyrically even more simple. It has a nice tune, but it's not even one of the strongest cuts from COADF IMHO, let alone from all of Madonna's career. I'm not sure if Algren capped one song per artist in his list. If not I hope another Madonna song pops on the list.
Flava'd vs The World wrote:
"Ray Of Light" is the best
Again, not the best Madonna for me, but she does hit covers (and samples too) out of the ballpark nearly every single time.
Fri Aug 25, 2017 1:58 pm
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He cited the 2005 "Forbidden Love."
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Fri Aug 25, 2017 3:20 pm
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20. "We Are Alive" - Paul van Dyk
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