Oh! "Into the Unknown" --- I have to add that. Of all these songs, that one will be sung a century from now.

Should I have it fight WAP?

More and more listening to 2020 hits to prep for rating them before the Grammys on Jan 31st. So here's my current listening mix 8 Nominees: Black Parade - Beyoncé Colors - Black Pumas Rockstar - DaBaby (feat. Roddy Ricch) Say So - Doja cat Everything I Wanted - Billie Eilish Don't Start Now - Dua Li...

Agreed. This pandemic has shown flaws in our system and I'm worried once it's over those flaws will still exist. Like how essential sick leave is, for people's health and also to stymie a pandemic like this. Forcing people to choose between health and safety vs. a paycheck is awful... and that liabi...

Hehe-- well looks like Lucille is beating out "America" too -- I'm okay with that, America is still getting an alright number of votes, and was my biggest swing, so glad some approve. 1957 should finish up next week, with the 8 nominees facing off Friday to Monday, Final four over on Wedne...

Down to 16 songs. Vote here:

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Fun fact, I agreed with like two of the eight matches in round one. Oye

Rock and Roll Music taken down by Lucille. Tough competition, maybe unfair but I want the competitions to be interesting. Anyways I eulogize it here https://justrewarding.wordpress.com/ So my goal of getting votes, thanks to generous retweets from an album competititon tweeter, has succeded and my p...

That's why it worked for me at least. I try to tell myself "it's just a number, it doesn't have any higher significance than any other year or day, I'm one day older not one year or one decade" and then to get a relatively low-key dinner at home, felt like the universe agreed.

In a disappointment to my family (especially my daughter) and two friends on Facebook, “Everyday,” was ousted in the first Twitter poll, with 62% going to "That'll be the Day." In good news, losing means it can still be considered an underrated gem, Holly’s most twee song, the nicest rolle...

Is it possible to get it on Stitcher, I didn't see it when I searched. Had my 40th in quarantine and it was weird, i mean not a celebration, but it was kinda good that way. I both am excited and scared at marking these passages of time, and it was kinda relaxing to it getting a big shrug. ::cheers e...

20 votes in and Rock and Roll Music is falling behind
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So is Reet Petite too and my fav Louis and Ella collab, the punishment for bringing this to the masses

Put the matches up as polls on Twitter. We'll see if I can parlay some votes.

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Cutting the list to 24, here are some that were hard to eliminate: I’m A King Bee by Slim Harpo – dirty swampy blues. Lots of fun. At the Hop by Danny & The Juniors – everything that makes up this song is perfectly ok. It sounds like they got 30 minutes of studio time and this was take 2. That i...

Chuck Berry's Rock and Roll Music. Simply iconic - something that sounds like it always existed, but it didn't exist until then. I wrote out a huge idea of narrowing down to 16 songs and each one pick an opponent, but I'm instead now thinking I'm going narrow down to 24 songs. The additional 16, in...

There hasn't been a podcast. I did record one with my daughter, more of a radio show, but I never finished editing it and plus found out later that a few of the songs were from 56 and one was from 55. I've since tripple-checked the dates. I will probably record something, but not sure yet. I need a ...

Will be thinking of all of you and your loved ones. My sister got a positive test last week but it didn't get too bad and she's been feeling better the last few weeks. I hope we can get through this phase soon.

One of the fun parts of my project isn't just listening to acclaimed songs, but also going on a deep-dive on the artists included. And one I'm really enjoying is the Mississippi Sheiks. Fiddle-filled but more bluesy than bluegrass, they are soulful and fun and the low-fidelity works so well with the...

BTS Dynamite song I've heard a bunch of times on the radio. I think it's pretty good, except it is blatantly copying Bruno Mars' vocal work on Uptown Funk.

Animaniacs - Hulu - I'm loving this. If you were a fan of the original Animaniacs, the new season is very true to the original. One thing keeping me from showing my kids the original and say Who Framed Roger Rabbit, is there's quite a bit of cat-calling in them from what I remember. Is that toned d...

The Tick As a fan of the podcast, Blank Check, I was a little cautious to visit this, worried that Griffin, who I know is hillarious, maybe miss the mark on his big acting debut. I Was Wrong. He's great in this. Like, really, perfect as Arthur. Not just that, but I'm also a big fan of The Peter Ser...

Good pick! His Johnny B Goode would definitely be a finalist in 1958, which might be why I skipped on his song this year. Same deal with "Lucille" as I envision Little Richard doing well in 1955. But tough! Even picking the best West Side Story song is tough. And this is clearly the best y...

My sister got it this week. She's been very safe since March, home with her kids doing remote schooling and still. She currently only has mild symptoms, but still. This covid is a big jerk

Nominee #5 https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AIoWEhrP1jo&feature=share A sensation that started her career and set the template for the female solo country artist. Her slow walk, mimicked in percussion, is romantic and sorrowful, self-pitying and resolute, weak and strong, all at once. It’s an a...

Justice for Tahlvin
I mean

Kyle!

Nominee #4: “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” is often more acclaimed by critics (and props to it’s use of apostrophes) but “Great Balls of Fire” is a better encapsulation of what made Jerry Lee Lewis a sensation. It’s tight and manic all at once, both technically impressive and exuding emotion. It eit...

Agree, originally my list was only about 10 songs, and then it kept growing because it's a really solid year and a good omen for this project, because maaaaybe every year is worthy of celebration.

[cheers emoji]

How do we get the pagination to not be 10?

Ah the Spotify one is from Acclaimed Music, which I only found out exists a week ago even though I've been building out my spreadsheet of nominees for a year now

Winners so far 1957 - That'll Be the Day by Buddy Holly and the Crickets 1956 - Be-Bop-a-Lula by Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Best Record of 1957 During the lost month, having nowhere to wax about music, led me create a little blog for my Just Rewards project. https://justrewarding.wordpress.com/ ...

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