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Post by barny on Feb 6, 2020 14:59:38 GMT
Ok, different thread cos I don't feel like flooding the lists one. Hopefully this will go on slowly but surely for a few weeks, even if I release the whole list soon. I'd like to show a bit more of gratitude towards all these records that stayed with me, through all kinds of moments, during what was a defining decade if my life. More of an internal useless process than an outwards vanity one, if it makes sense... 100. Phoenix - Ti Amo (2017, #23) From its original 23rd position on my 2017 list, I've been slowly seduced by this unworried, serenely uplifting work and found myself coming back to it. A satin gloved punch as response to Brexit and the Bataclan terror. Wine-smelling, icecream-naming, it can be seen as too hedonistic, superficial, aristocratish. But I prefer to look at it as the soft ode to an idealized country, a celebration of a way of life (Italian/Mediterranean/European) or just a toast to life. Lively it is, and livelier live. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2020 16:17:02 GMT
Wow, I appreciate you going all in. Mines just a list, no pics or comments. Might post it in a minute actually
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Post by monkeytennis on Feb 6, 2020 16:47:23 GMT
ah excellent barny, looking forward to this thread unfolding
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Post by jp on Feb 6, 2020 17:07:43 GMT
I reckon he will get to about 85 before thinking fuck this and just posting the list in full without comment.
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Post by forever on Feb 6, 2020 22:12:58 GMT
I reckon he will get to about 85 before thinking fuck this and just posting the list in full without comment. Probably when SRK will start going to his gigs #amirite |
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Post by barny on Feb 11, 2020 12:31:22 GMT
Yep, looks promising  I was trying to write something for my #99 pick, then realized I might prefer another record I discarded, my brain short-circuited and here we are. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 12:38:27 GMT
I reckon he will get to about 85 before thinking fuck this and just posting the list in full without comment. Probably when SRK will start going to his gigs #amirite Full disclosure, this gig went over my head the first time I read it |
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Post by Tuckerman on Feb 11, 2020 13:30:32 GMT
This reminds me of The Daily Pollard.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 13:49:23 GMT
At least I kept it up like 3 days
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Post by jp on Feb 11, 2020 13:51:38 GMT
Also reminds me of Tucker's Travel Diaries. It should be a great read but fuck all has happened.
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Post by srk on Feb 11, 2020 14:17:14 GMT
Probably when SRK will start going to his gigs #amirite Full disclosure, this gig went over my head the first time I read it Correct usage of grammar was never your strong suit, so I can understand how that might happen. |
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Post by Tuckerman on Feb 11, 2020 14:31:49 GMT
Also reminds me of Tucker's Travel Diaries. It should be a great read but fuck all has happened. Ouch. And people wonder why I give consideration to retiring that thread |
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Post by barny on Feb 11, 2020 14:44:34 GMT
I might come back to this tbh (I won't)
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Post by krburg on Feb 11, 2020 17:15:32 GMT
This is like the Soapbox version of the Fyre Festival
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Post by barny on Feb 11, 2020 19:42:46 GMT
New strategy to save it: no order. I'll write about whatever, whenever, we're meant to be together Shakira would not make my 200xs list 49 .- Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp (2016, #7)  The only thing against this I can say is the length, it’s simply too short to gain a higher spot on my list, but it’s one of those records I genuinely love every time it’s on. The production is amazing for a lofi record, specially the way it suits the needs of each song. The initial lyrics of 'In Heaven' are devastating, it breaks my heart everytime I hear it. Then 'Everybody Wants To Love You' sounds so cheery. Truth is the record is at least as sad as this thread (before this surprising resumption) |
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Post by barny on Feb 18, 2020 19:40:38 GMT
15 .- Crocodiles - Sleep Forever (2010, #3) Ah… if Crocodiles were British this would be considered a classic. Krautrock + surf + shoegaze with Suicide undertones and taking from Britpop brilliant ideas like having some songs bigger than life (Mirrors, title track, Hearts of Love). I’ll never forgive them not making the coda of ..Hexes.. something bigger though.
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Post by jp on Feb 18, 2020 19:51:08 GMT
Yeah big fan of that Crocodiles lp Barny. First couple of albums were amazing but they've gone a bit forgettable with the last ones.
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Post by para on Feb 21, 2020 8:26:09 GMT
yeah it depressed me and slowly crushed my soul; i like it
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Post by Tuckerman on Feb 21, 2020 15:57:07 GMT
Never got into Crocodiles much. Spent a bit of time with their debut over the last few days and really like it.
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Post by barny on Feb 21, 2020 16:09:24 GMT
I really enjoy them obviously, all their albums have at least 2 or 3 jewels.
The highlight of my short-lived, terrible band was when jp (in 2010?) told a song of ours sounded like early Crocodiles
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