Interactve Poll: Let RateYourMusic choose the song
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Topic: Interactve Poll: Let RateYourMusic choose the song
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Interactve Poll: Let RateYourMusic choose the song
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 10:12
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Choose the track I mean, it does not have to be a "song" -- the word "track" had one two many characters to fit in the topic line as is. RateYourMusic has a feature which various self-respecting album oriented Proggers might dislike, which is a top songs list feature with rankings and ratings of an artists/bands tracks. Now I am an album person, but i also like to focus on individual tracks and sharing tracks can have some benefits over sharing full albums -- like less time to check out the music. I thought it might be fun to list the top rated track at Rate Your Music of a current (one you are very into now) favourite act of yours, and provide a listening link or embed of it please for a new Interactive Poll. It's simple, just search for a favourite act of yours here https://rateyourmusic.com/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/ and then see a panel for Songs on the left side, then click on See artist song chart below the initial list of songs and choose the top song from that list. The page should say "Top [insert name here] songs of all time". Please provide the link to the page as well, including the song name and rating, and an embed if possible of the track itself. I have been hugely into Sufjan Stevens over the past months, and while I likely would choose "Impossible Soul" as my very favourite (off Age of Adz) because it is over 25 minutes long for a one track desert island pick, I also love the top track (the number two ranked might be my choice of its album, but I love the whole Illinois album). Here is Sufjan Stevens page at rateyourmusic: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sufjan-stevens" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sufjan-stevens And here is the relevant songs chart page for him: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:sufjan%2dstevens/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:sufjan%2dstevens/ The number one Sufjan Stevens song at RYM is "Chicago" with a 4.63 rating. Do this for as many artists as you like, maybe in a week or even two, we can decide on our nominations. How many we each might add to the poll will depend on the number of participants. Later on we might decide if we want to limit the length of songs because the first part of this is the nominations round and then the next part is voting where we are expected to listen through all of the choices in the poll and then choose three of them. So this is the mention stage, then the official nominations stage, then the voting stage. Remember to check what is the top-rated songs at RYM for the act of your choice to be included and provide link to that page. Thanks. |
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 11:39
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Here is another from me. I often talk about Portishead. I love its three studio albums and lives. The number one top ranked song at Rate Your Music is "Glory Box" (off 1994's Dummy) which has a 4.64 rating there. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:portishead/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:portishead/ I more likely would with RYM's number two song choice which is "The Rip" off Third (2008) -- a song that I have done in an earlier Interactive poll. and I adore "Sour Times" off Roseland NYC Live, "Roads" off Dummy, "Over" and "Elysium" off the self-titled, "Silence' off Third etc. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 12:26
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God, managed to stay away completely away from the news for some days, what an absolute gong show... But this is a no politics zone I must remind myself. Speaking of Gong... Actually no, doing Swans. Rate Your Music's number one track for Swans is "Helpless Child" (off Soundtracks for the Blind, 1996) with a 4.73 rating. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:swans/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:swans/ That's a fine choice for me and maybe was the first Swans track that I loved. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 17:48
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OK, I give you this, a great artist I discovered last year. Not sure why this track is the most popular, but it's good at showing what Freitas is about. Amaro Freitas - Uiara (Encantada da Įgua) - Vida e cura https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/amaro-freitas |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2025 at 19:31
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^ I did not know that; it is superb! Thanks. I was going to do a lesser-known one now and then decided to cover an act that I have often mentioned at PA over the past few years. It has been very important to me. That my choices thus far have been well known, especially to those who know my tastes, is okay with me. The act is the Scottish Boards of Canada. My favourite Boards of Canada album is Music Has the Right to Children from 1998. If I were to choose just one track off that, then it would be "Aquarius" at number eight. The number one BoC track at RateYourMusic is "Roygbiv" which I also really like but works less well outside of the context of the album, I feel. It's short. . https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:boards%2dof%2dcanada/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:boards%2dof%2dcanada/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 00:39
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A lot of predictable choices as the most popular songs (for Camel, Threshold, Marillion, a-ha etc) I've chosen a first song from the Swedish band The Amazing. Some more songs a bit later.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 07:34
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^ Hadn't heard it, I really love that, thanks, Cristi! Only posting the url in case others miss the brief, which of course you did not, and forget that that RYM song chart chooses the selection. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:the%5famazing%5ff1/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:the%5famazing%5ff1/ Here's one from a band that I often talk about, although I'd rather just focus on The Amazing. It's a humbling experi4ence often in a way in these things, like to hear your and Lewian's great music selections, and it makes me feel like what I've been listening to is not so amazing. Another way to think about it is that there is so much amazing music out there for so many tastes to discover and maybe not to put things on too high a pedestal sometimes as the ultimate shizz as some are wont to do. But as segue, that The Amazing lives up to its name for me. I have a new obsession. :) In this case, it's like both of your choices were made specifically for me. And that The Amazing is as representative as anything of what I so very much love and want to listen to now. Wow. Anyway, I slightly deflatedly (rather like a too soft beach ball, a clue there) shall mention a track from another band that I have been listening to an awful lot over the past two years, and have again mentioned many times at the forum, which is Beach House. It's one my eldest likes music by because a couple of its songs were prominently used by various Tik Tokkers. RYM's top song is "Myth" -- I do love this. It's off 2012's Bloom, which is my favourite Beach house album and I have listed as my number one album of that year. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:beach%2dhouse/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:beach%2dhouse/ Incidentally, I originally wasn't going to this RYM top songs of acts we like topic idea as an Interactive poll. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 07:43
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Nice idea, Greg! My selection is from Ukranian world music quartet Dakhabrakha (ДахаБраха). https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0 https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0%d0%b1%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0%d0%b1%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%85%d0%b0/ Top track is Dostochka. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 08:39
| ^ Thanks so much, George. I also love that with its jazzy folk and ethnic sounds. And and am happy to support music from the Ukraine. It did give me some Charming Hostess vibes. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 10:22
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Okay, another from me, no limits there although I do prefer one per post. and sorry for the long, boring post, easy to skip, but it's helping to put some things in context and place for me (writing can help me to put and fit my thoughts together and remember some things that are meaningful to me. I should do a blog or have a diary). One band that has got huge playtime from me since 2019 is Stereolab. I have done Stereolab in past Interactive Polls. I really got into Stereolab and Portishead and a lot of 90s music due to a radio program called Blue Jam which had been put up as a podcast. It is a surreal and often very dark comedy sketch program that has songs as an integral component to the format (so a music/comedy program). The two complement each-other. You will have a sketch, and then a Bjork song plays. It creates more of a "boozy woozy atmosphere". I already was a big fan of Chris Morris for things like the TV series The Day Today and Brasseye (Phil Collins was featured in it to his chagrin), as well as his comedic take on terrorism with Four Lions. I learned about Blue Jam (well actually, I had looked for it years before but it renewed my interest) thanks to a favourite podcast called The Rule of Three which hasd people who worked in comedy talking aboiut comedy. One person's topic was Blue Jam, and I grew to adore Blue Jam and the music/songs it played. Stereolab was represented with the songs "Cybele's Reverie" and "The Flower Called Nowhere" both of which made a huge impression on me and both of which songs rate highly at rateyourmusic. And I adore the albums those come from. The number one song at rateyourmusic is "Cybele's Reverie", which is the first Stereolab song I really loved, it is played in the first episode of Blue Jam, and it remains my sentimental favourite. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:stereolab/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:stereolab/ Despite being one of my favourite songs I got into over the past ten years, that is the first time I have seen the official video. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 02 2025 at 18:02
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Probably not going to suit most tastes here, and I have posted Brass Against before. They are a brass band that covers hard rock songs (many from the 90s by bands such as Tool and Rage Against the Machine) with a rotating group of vocalists. I am seeing them Friday so have been listening and very much looking forward to it as what they cover is a good bit of the music I listened to in the 90s when I wasn't listening to as much prog. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brass-against" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/brass-against https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:brass%2dagainst/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:brass%2dagainst/ Top song is their cover of Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up. My current favor is their mash up of White Stripes' Seven Nation Army and Curtis Mayfield's Pusherman. And I admit there are intentional political undertones to my selections. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 03 2025 at 01:02
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Some more songs, that were not predictable popular choices |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 12:06
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They got this one right |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 14:05
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Thanks for the entries. The Sieges Even is a good album; listened to it years ago. I enjoyed that Rage Against the Machine cover; good one to play when I find myself in some alternate virtual reality (instead of the usual Matrix). One local, as in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, act that I quite recently have been playing is Destroyer. I got into it first not very long ago with the album Destroyer's Rubies from 2006, and earlier today I decided to play 2015's Destroyer Season. I looked up the rateyourmusic song chart, https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:destroyer/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:destroyer/ , and the top two songs are "Kaputt" (2011) described as sophisti-pop off the same-named album, and "Rubies" off Destroyer's Rubies which is Indie Rock and probably my favourite Destroyer track of what quite little I know. I had not heard "Kaputt" before, at least that I recall, and just played it. Quite the music video. |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 20:40
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/emerson-lake-and-palmer" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/emerson-lake-and-palmer
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 20:41
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IQ - Sacred Sound http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/iq" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/iq
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 20:43
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Rush - Tom Sawyer http://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rush" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rush
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 04 2025 at 23:43
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There is a list of songs on the front page of the artist/band page at RYM but also a link on that page under those Songs called See artist song chart, that leads you to "Top Rush songs of all time" and it is from that chart that I wish to use the top result. For ELP it still is "Tarkus" https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:emerson%2dlake%2dand%2dpalmer/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:emerson%2dlake%2dand%2dpalmer/ For IQ is still is "Sacred Sound" https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:iq/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:iq/ But for Rush it becomes "Spirit of the Radio" with a 4.49. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rush/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rush/ Maybe my favourite, "Subdivisions", is in second place with a 4.49. "Tom Sawyer" there is in third place with 4.44. There are some changes to the algorithm and I prefer to use the "Top [whoever] songs of all time" lists overall. So instead of this: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rush" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rush I want to use this: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rush/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rush/ |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 05 2025 at 00:06
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Here's a band that does not get much attention at PA. I have mentioned the band before. It's the Neofolk, Post-Punk and Darkwave band Death in June. The first album I heard of theirs was 1992's But, What Ends When the Symbols Shatter? within the past few years. That remains my favourite Death in June album. The top song is the same on both the main band page and the artist song chart you can click on from there. It's "Little Black angel" with a 4.24 from 363 raters. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:death%2din%2djune/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:death%2din%2djune/ Ultimately for my nominations I will go for less-known ones, like this, but again I almost made this as a general topic without consideration for a poll. But I do like how Interactive Polls can get us listening to and considering music suggested by people instead of so many topics where it's just people mentioning music without anyone checking it out or commenting on it and without discussion of the music in many cases. Thanks for all of the input thus far. It is appreciated. :) |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 06 2025 at 11:16
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Now I feel like Doing Richard Dawson (not the Family Feud guy who played Killian in The Running Man -- loved that character) but the English Avant-Folk/ Progressive Folk artist. I have enjoyed several of his albums very much, especially The Ruby Chord (2022), Peasant (2017), Henki with Circle (2021) and 2020 from (2019), and his End of the Middle released last month is one of only three albums from this year that I have listened to in full thus far. I have not given it enough time in the right setting yet. The number one song at https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:richard%2ddawson/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:richard%2ddawson/ with a 4.39 and 476 is "Ogre" and I do love this, and it is one where I also appreciate the music video. I do think that would be my number one choice for this poll. "The Hermit" which is second on that list off The Ruby Chord is a monster opening track at 41 minutes, and I love it. Bit long for suggesting for an Interactive Poll methinks. Here is "Ogre" which I have shared in another tropic before. Love it. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 07 2025 at 12:32
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Siouxsie and The Banshees has been one of the most significant acts to me over the past few years. The number one track choice in the "Top Siouxsie and The Banshees songs of all time" chart is "Cities in Dust" (off the album Tinderbox) with a 4.54 rating and 661 ratings. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:siouxsie%2dand%2dthe%2dbanshees/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:siouxsie%2dand%2dthe%2dbanshees/ On a general note: feel free to mention choices even if you don't plan to participate in the actual nominating, listening and voting part of the process. Again, to mention ones please visit the artist page at rateyourmusic. As an example, The Monkees: https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-monkees" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-monkees Then look to "Songs" on the left-hand side of the page. Instead of automatically choosing the top song you see there (in The Monkees case it is "I'm a Believer" under Songs), scroll down to the end of the "Songs" list and under it you will find a "See artist song chart" hyperlink that take you to the, in the case of The Monkees, "Top Monkees songs of all time". Here is that link: https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:the%2dmonkees/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:the%2dmonkees/ There the top song listed is "Daydream Believer" and that should be the choice for The Monkees. One quick way to navigate to the song chart is to copy and paste this url in your browser's address bar, bookmark if looking up many, https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a: ,and then manually type in the name of the band or artist after a: (the a: asks for artists name). Please try to provide a youtube video or other listening link to go with your track. I guess if you think it's super well-known it's not as useful. Yo manually add a video from youtube is easy. Search youtube for the track, then copy the unique identifier (letters, numbers) in the url after v= in the youtube url. Using that... Banshees example, the full url is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOHvP1XnRg but it is only wsOHvP1XnRg that you need to copy. Then add tube tags around it. I am using spaces to break the embed, but without spaces it works. By quoting posts with such BBcode you can see how it works. [tube ]wsOHvP1XnRg[ /tube] |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 06:52
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Been listening to some PJ Harvey lately. Got into her to first few albums back in the 90s and didn't continue in the 2000s Top song on RYM is "A Perfect Day Eliae" and one my favorites. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:pj%2dharvey/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:pj%2dharvey/ |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 07:03
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Saw the Brass Against show that I referenced earlier and it was fantastic. Some great covers of Rage Against the Machine, Tool, and others. Thought I would check on the bands covered. https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:tool/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:tool/ Parabola is a great song but not one of the ones covered. "Forty-Six and 2", "stinkfist", and "The Pot" were. Ranked 4, 5, and 10 on RYM. |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 07:14
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Brass Against did cover the top ranked Rage Against the Machine song, "Killing in the Name Of." https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rage%2dagainst%2dthe%2dmachine/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:rage%2dagainst%2dthe%2dmachine/ |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 10:13
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^ Nice to see PJ Harvey mentioned even if that is not one of preferred songs by her. I have been very into music of hers for some years, with Let England Shake and White Chalk being the album I have played the most. Just to mention one of my favourites, and as there has been talk of Canada becoming the 51st state... |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 11:45
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The problem with this topic is, what if I'd like to play somebody, but I don't like the rym-picked song that much? Would've hoped for something different from Mick Karn, but this is what we get: I mean, it's OK, not that I hate it, and the bass is nice as always. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mick-karn" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/mick-karn
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 08 2025 at 13:06
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^ That potential problem is one of the things I thought would be most interesting about the topic. For instance, I love music by PJ Harvey, but I'm not keen on the RYM top song. I'm happy for people to share both what they like as well as the RYM pick. That contrast is interesting to me. When it comes to the actual nominations, then we might want to suggest the RYM picks we actually like. Originally I did not conceive of this is an Interactive Poll topic and was going to ask for people to share their favourite song and the RYM song choice. Actually, I now favour nominating both of those (RYMs fave and your fave), unless your fave is RYMs fave (or once mention one's second fave then), then let others decide to vote on which they prefer. I do like those kinds of duos, although this time I would give each track its own space (poll option). |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 09 2025 at 21:43
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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill ( A Deal With God) http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:kate%2dbush/" rel="nofollow - https://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/song/all-time/a:kate%2dbush/ |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 09 2025 at 21:47
I've always liked them. Israel is my favourite but they are one of the few goth/punk bands I could do a Top Ten quite comfortably.
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Logan wrote: