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2021 #9:

Hells yeah

2021 #8:

Excellent song. Viva pop women singer songwriters who write great songs to indie rock instrumentation!

I don't know what Tahlvin has planned next, but copying from him, I'm going to try a music video thing, I think.

2021 #7:

poorpete wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:32 pm Better Betty Hutton

Pete- thanks so much for posting this. Even though I heard the Bjork version, I like this one a bit more. More importantly, this has been the soundtrack in my head since you posted it. And it’s great.

Same here before this year. Kinda surprised how faithful Bjork's version is. Do like Hutton's performance about the same, but of course Bjork has the better video...



Silk Sonic 10/10

Yeah, that’s an epic video.

2021 #6:

poorpete wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 4:42 am Positions in the bedroom sure, but positions in the kitchen? Is she saying she's willing to switch from sous chef to dish washer?

(Insert sardonic laughter... I loathe this woman and her voice)

poorpete wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 2:24 pm Oh no I really didn't want to like this, feels like country Drake and the wild metaphor and visuals, but dang it it's kinda fun!

Same thing happened to me. The first time I heard it I was like, blah, Drakeish, blah. Then it would be on in the car and I found myself boppin.

2021 #5:

I support this for the youths but I just can't get into it. My only reactions to it are uncharitable, like get some real problems girl. He owes you nothing. But then I realize everybody else is singing about butts and reducing all of human life and femininity to the butt, and I figure her music is fine the way it is. Good.

2021 #4:

I’ve never heard almost all of the songs for this year.

2021 #3:

This song was recently named the biggest hit of all time. With a little luck it could've landed the yearly number one twice in a row. Impressive. 9/10

poorpete wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 12:50 pm This song was recently named the biggest hit of all time. With a little luck it could've landed the yearly number one twice in a row. Impressive. 9/10

Ahh, it's catchy but is it that great? Isn't it basically Take On Me, reconstituted in a new direction? But I don't mind it, I listen to it on the radio. The other song of his that I actually liked better, Save Your Tears, was a go-to on the pop radio dial in the car until they remixed it with the loathed-one's dry, pinched, breathy voice. Now you can't leave it on because there's a 50/50 chance you will get an unwanted dose of Ariana Grande.

You know who else above has a truly loathesome voice? Doja Cat. WTF is that all about? How did this person ever get a job as a "singer" or "rapper" or whatever when her voice is like nails on a chalkboard? It makes a terrible rasping sound, like when a piece of lava rock gets stuck under my fence gate as you're trying to open it. JUST LIKE THAT SOUND. It shivers the place inside where your flesh joins to the bone. Very unpleasant.

Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:28 am I’ve never heard almost all of the songs for this year.

If you have heard Butter plus all the songs on that album from Lil Nas X, you have heard what you need to hear. I tell you, I did not expect to be a lady of this Mature Age, becoming a fangirl for someone named Lil Nas X, but here we are. It's a happy thing.

OK also listen to Super Tuna. Good luck.

2021 #2:

The Weeknd with our final Double-Up!

Now onto the song that surprisingly was my #2 most played song of 2021 (as I like a few of her other tracks more)

here btw, was my most played song of 2021

2021 #1:

Phoebe wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 2:33 pm

Kyle wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:28 am I’ve never heard almost all of the songs for this year.

If you have heard Butter plus all the songs on that album from Lil Nas X, you have heard what you need to hear. I tell you, I did not expect to be a lady of this Mature Age, becoming a fangirl for someone named Lil Nas X, but here we are. It's a happy thing.

OK also listen to Super Tuna. Good luck.

Nah. I’m good not knowing. Part of the freedom of becoming an old man is that I don’t feel the need to keep up with everything.

Congrats Tahlvin!!

Yeah- you’re the best.

So Spotify has given me my personalized "Top 100 Songs of 2021". I don't know what algorithm they use, but I suspect it's mostly number of listens, with weight given to songs I consciously selected (as opposed to ones that just come up in a playlist) and weight given to songs I specifically searched for and added new this year. They appear to be ranked in order. So I'm going to start at 100 and count down. If you're actually going to listen to these, I say listen first and then read my commentary that follows. Warning: there's a LOT of profanity in my top 100, and there are many humorous songs (I wouldn't call them novelty songs, but tomato-tomato), so skip ahead if that's not for you.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #100


Far Cry 5 is one of my son Elijah's favorite games. This song is in it. So when it came up on one of my "new discovery" playlists or whatever, Eli said, "HEY! I know that one!", and so it stuck with me. Appropriate for #100.

AFI top 100 films, #100:

(I’ll post trailers or clips, not the full movie.)
Seen it.

Kyle’s Top 100 Numbers Between 1 and 100; #100:

35

Ben Hur 8/10, solid spectacle

35 7/10, times 50

Never seen Ben Hur.

I agree, 35 is the worst. It's the laziest composite number on the list... can barely pretend to be the pseudoprime that it is. The poor man's 33-and-a-third. Good riddance.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #99



The first of several grandson songs. I love grandson. The first of even more cover songs.

AFI top 100 films, #99:

Seen it.

As much as people always list Toy Story 2 as their favorite in the franchise, I don't agree. The first Toy Story has always had my heart.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #98



I don't get this one. I found it and added it to my current playlist, and then found out I didn't care much for it and removed it. But it must have been there long enough to make the countdown.

AFI top 100 films, #98:

Don't think I've seen it (might have watched part of it on TV when I was a kid).

Yankee Doodle what? I can't keep up with current Gen Z culture. I feel like I've been living in a bubble the last couple years.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #97



Another cover. Nice.

AFI top 100 films, #97:

Seen it.

Toy Story 8/10 -- my ranking is probably 3,2,4,1 but liking the original more and more as I get older and appreciate the world it built
Yankee Doodle - 10/10 -- though i haven't rewatched it in decades, partly in fear that it might not hold up but the times I did watch it I adored it
Blade Runner - 8/10 -- another solid one I haven't rewatched since high school

I've watched (and tried to watch) Blade Runner a bunch of times. It has normally bored me. I don't know what version I watched this last time, but I got a lot more out of it. Good movie.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #96



This was fun for a bit, but I'm over it now.

AFI top 100 films, #96:

I have not seen this one, want to, need to make time.

Been a while, but pretty confident it's still a 10/10

AFI top 100 files, #95:

Seen snippets, but not the whole thing.

Tough one, have only seen once two decades ago. There's a lot to like -- the cinematography, the performances (Cloris Leachman forever!), but thought the story of late teens trying to figure out their lives in a dying town is done better elsewhere, like in Breaking Away. 7/10

AFI top 100 films, #94:

Seen it.

I saw Do the Right Thing in Japan in 1993. Good, but I was too young and unwoke to appreciate it fully. I should watch it again.

Never seen The Last Picture Show.

Pulp Fiction is a solid fave of mine. Seen it at least 7or 8 times.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #95



More grandson!

AFI top 100 movies, #93:

Never seen it.

Been a while but solid action thriller 9/10

Pulp Fiction 10/10 -- though wonder how the language holds up, especially quinten's role

AFI top 100 movies #92:

Haven't seen it yet.

French Connection: not seen.

Goodfellas: seen once, loved, want to see again.

Mike's Top 100 Songs of 2021 According to Spotify, #94



I love Eminem's rhymes. This one has his overcompensating ego completely off the chain. Not my favorite from him, but it's solid. I like it.

AFI top 100 movies, #91:

Never seen, want to.