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Classic pop/r&b/country triple crossover. A rarity, like early Elvis or Old Town Road 10/10

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Love hearing Prince deep in the mix but still completely noticable. 10/10

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Didn't mean that in a mean way, love nerd joy.

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The best. I wonder if he preferred rotary or push-button?

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Nerds fist pumping, when Crash Bandicoot is introduced to Mario Party, or when a $3 billion marvel lands on Mars.

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I'm partial to Hey Diddle Diddle, that cow's jump more impressive than jumping over a tiny flame.

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Added a favorite "Jump" song but removed it as, spoiler, we'll hear it from Tahlvin in due time.

Want to tailor a song for the youth? Make it about something they can relate to.
Both these Jump songs were huge, because we could relate, we like to jump!

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Fun to play on piano, and that's what it's all about 10/10

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One thing I found surprising about this year's acclaimed albums is a lack of rap and hip hop albums, especially by women of color. Megan Thee Stallion had a great year, singles-wise, but usually there's a few great albums on these lists. I assume it's just an anomaly, and women did great overall thi...

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<turned myself around>
This for a long time was my favorite by Mr. Duran, but it was already seemed like an awkward mesh of three disparate song ideas, but feels doubly awkward here. I blame the video.

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And another extra, a semi-live version of Man From the Magazine, the awesome Joni pastiche, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

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This takes me back to college. Listening to sad sack music, emo but not just lyrically but musically. It's exciting to see her do well, rock out on SNL, and anger the boomers, but it's still a bit like hearing a modern take on Elliot Smith and Bright Eyes. I mean, done really really well, but still....

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When I was 14, Rush told me: those other people are lying to you, I'm telling you the truth. It took college for me to snap-out-of-it, but I still see that simple trick used everywhere, and am weary/cautious when it's used by people I support. Thanks for the life lesson, I guess.

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In appreciation of Jason, a beautiful chamber pop song, fun bass and harpsichord throughout, a humorous yet very touching song about a one-night-stand (apparently with a straight man working out a lot of issues), that ends with a stunning lol admission: I Stole Twen Ty From His Blue Jeans I'm Pret T...

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Since it's made it this far, another fun video, and accurate portrayal of what I do at a Rock n Bowl. Maybe the most flamboyant I am apart from a wedding reception or karaoke.

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How old was Wilford Bromley when he was in Cocoon? Nice song... I'm new to Jessie Ware but feel at home with her nostalgic dance jams via production by James Ford, who I've been a fan of since Simian. There's not one mediocre song here, which I can't say the same for Dua Lipa, but Dua moves on becau...

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Four albums remain in the loser's bracket, from Moses Sumney, Bob Dylan, Waxahatche and SAULT. Here's the ranking of the 13 songs that are out of the competition... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: 13. Evermore by Taylor Swift* 14. Heaven to a Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor 15. SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama 16. Roisin ...

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SAULT is unlucky to come up against Folklore, as I think it could have beaten some of the albums that have moved on. I enjoy it. Comparing with the Black Pumas, this is throwback stuff that still feels modern and vital. Or at the very least dirtier. Rawer. Many of these songs feel like ones you'd pl...

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At least this album, which has the Black Pumas distinction of being neither critically or commercially successful, is fun! Fun vocals, fun structures, and a really really fun bass. Collier is inspired by Stevie Wonder (and you hear it everywhere on here) and mentored by Quincy Jones (his "Back ...

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I like soul a lot and throwback soul a lot. These two are really good at it. But I get nothing beyond the performance here. I thought it'd capture me at some point but hasn't after five listens. Maybe everything around it is poisoning my mood on it. The fact that the album was thirty minutes and Gra...

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Fontaines DC (for Dublin not Washington) is a very tight very cool band. I tend to eat this stuff up, very much the music I ate up in college. Their sound reminds me a lot of Interpol, and were probably inspired by them or whoever Interpol was inspired by -- The Fall or Television or Joy Division or...

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I'll be slightly optimistic. Since November Nth, it was clear Biden will be president. We went through some tense issues and one incredibly scary moment, but it didn't really change the facts on the ground. A few days after that moment, it's been pretty clear that Trump was going to give up power bu...

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I'll try to be nice, first. Post Malone knows how to write a good tune, like melody, he's good at it. He can craft a song. I don't think all these featured guests are on here just because Post sells really well. Emphasis on all. Ozzy's cameo works really well. But it feels nearly every song is about...

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It wasn't a blow out, but Perfume Genius moves on and is a good addition to the new top 8. I get why Coldplay was nominated, even apart from what I assume was craven lobbying and lazy nominating. It's good! Look, I was a big fan of Coldplay, or at least a fan enough to get their first four albums. F...

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I agree with your verdict, Ware moves on, but mainly because Aiko didn't put up a fight. I had Ware defeat Dylan in the first round, and I'm still not 100% sure that was the best decision, especially because I didn't give Dylan a "read along with lyrics" I gave the others, and have since a...

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I'm cooling putting in my opinions, but maybe I'll just look on for now as I feel back that I can't chip in currently. For charity, a potential questions to ruminate on: who has had a hard pandemic? Who will need a big influx as things open up? When Trump was elected I wondered who'd need the most h...

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"deep dive." I use deep-dive when talking films and music and probably overuse it, like recently, I heard the 1932 song "Jig Time" by The Three Keys on a podcast ( Centuries of Sound ), and loved it, so told the podcast maker that I was totally going to deep-dive on The Three Ke...

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I'll be moving on Dua Lipa but this was an extreme close one. I was tempted to mess around with the tourney to allow these two not to face each other so soon. Was tempted to kick out Dua Lipa and have it destroy all others in the loser bracket (yup, I have a loser bracket) https://challonge.com/83z3...

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Pet Peeve, and maybe I mentioned this before. In an uninterrupted editable written piece, someone makes a pun and then writes, "no pun intended." J'ACCUSE! You intended that pun! If you didn't, you can edit out the pun. Are you sending us your first draft? Are you writing out this prose in...

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He played with fire, he burned others. Now he wants the ability to own matches in the future. Nah.

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Can a pet peeve be an anti-pet peeve, like say double negatives are perfectly fine in speech. Intonation and context should be enough to clue you into the intent, and plus double negatives never sounded bad.

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Final four remaining rock songs moved on (though wikipedia called Folsom Prison Blues a rock song, but pfffffff--- fine, i guess) but I'm happy after Buddy Holiday and Gene Vincent, we're now guaranteed a black artist will be the winner this year (apt, says a user on Twitter, as it's Black History M...

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In "Long Story Short" she sings, "past me, I want to tell you not to get lost in these petty things" -- and I think her moving on has made her better, and why I like her more now. I mean she's an adult like us now. That said I should take her advice too. Moses is new to me and is...

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Gotta check out these radio stations. World music is a big blindspot for me, and I know how quickly I'll be taken in, but kinda want to finish my pre-Grammys project which I'd at least want to get to 1939 (Over The Rainbow vs Strange Fruit) which'll be 16 months from now.

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No doubt she asked her parents if she could audition and they were like "$$$$$$$$$$$$ yes please"

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Eight remain https://twitter.com/justrewarding/status/1358788608698822661 The choices are pretty solid. Surprised Louis got so far. Happy Fats got so far. There's a good chance the top 4 on acclaimed music / rate your music will move on (tutti, folsom, maybelene, and bo). But seems there's an even g...

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Sometimes this setup is awkward: having two songs or albums fight it out and then I write about the one I like least. But I think it's nice to point out a bit of why I liked an album, even though I may like another better. This one is awkward in a few ways, as they are both Taylor Swift albums, they...

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There quite a few artists I liked in my youth and I thought were well regarded only to learn that lots of people including critics don't like them. Steve Miller is one. I can't separate the previous joy in Space Cowboy and Fly Like and Eagle to hear it freshly. But I can hear the annoyance in Abraca...

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3. Frankenweenie

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Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:44 pm Bangers. Front to back, fucking bangers.

Missed a few years, so I'll go based on this, 10/10

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great song sung by living saint 9/5

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I'm sick of GOP relying on the Dem caucus to punish their members. They think they're so smart. Have the Dems punish a bad GOP member while keeping their hands clean, and be ready to blame cancel culture if there's blowback. In the end, bad members are punished and and cheap points against your poli...

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Electronic pop with an experimental edge. Lots of fun stuff in here, though I had another difficult time finding a song that I enjoyed the verses and choruses equally. In the end, one that is a little less experimental but still has a fun vibe. And I'm a sucker for any NY song... https://music.youtu...

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Celebrate 10/10. A foundational song in my life and soundtrack throughout November, I played everytime Biden won the election (like eight times)

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best Rod Stewart song 10/10

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Hard to beat RTJ, especially when it's in the round where lyrics count. Still this has a lot of great stuff. Minor quibble with Tame Impala is I feel they like sticking with a sound and repeating it a dozen times, which goes well with the psychedelic hypnotic music they play, but as someone not high...

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Via wikipedia It is perhaps notable that the video for "Cars" depicts no images of actual cars. I was worried I was feeling the Mandela Effect, but it seems I was thinking of this version with Gary Newman and cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lERqGULWxs "Perhaps notable" got...

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Cut it down to 24 songs and starting twitterness

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I was playing catchup as my listening habits were getting haphazard. This reminded me of the Sawayawa vs. Perfume Genius competition, where I was clearly a favorite of Fontaines DC but upon listening while reading the lryics Fleet Foxes roses and Fontaines DC faltered. I keep going back and forth bu...

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