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You gave a song a 10. Why?
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Cynaera

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Feb 13, 2011 - 12:24pm |
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romeotuma wrote: I don't rate songs that I think are less than 10... I don't have room for them... so many 10's on RP...
I like your thinking, Romeotuma. Anything less than a 5 isn't even worth commenting about, unless Bill decides to start playing Carl Douglas's "Kung Fu Fighting," in which case I WILL rate it in the negative numbers, just because sometimes, one must make one's opinions known in order to balance the scales. And yes - so many 10's here. What a wealth of good (and abyssmal) music we have here in our paradise! I'm wondering if the whole "scale of 1 to 10" should be streamlined to maybe five numbers instead of ten. Would that level the playing field, or create more 10's because of the limitations? Me? I think the scale should be from 1 to, say, 30. Lots of range for those songs that aren't horrible, but aren't iconic. Oh, it's all just music anyway, right? People will always disagree on why they love or hate or dismiss a song. Thank goodness it's not one of "THE FORBIDDEN TOPICS" at the dinner table yet. (Um, to you young whippersnappers, there've always been three topics that polite society has dictated people should NEVER discuss at the dinner table: Sex, religion, and politics. Weird - in my family, the dinner table was the only time we COULD discuss that stuff, and it never erupted into a lawsuit or a custody battle, although we did end up in a few really great food-fights.)
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justlistening

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Feb 13, 2011 - 12:20pm |
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ScottFromWyoming wrote: That's 9. There's still room to wonder whether it might just be me. 10 is for songs that will make all humans cry. If you do not cry, well...
Kings of Leon songs make me cry  - and they're definitely not a 10 for me  . But I guess that doesn't meet the "make all humans cry" criteria either
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Cynaera

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Feb 13, 2011 - 12:11pm |
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kurtster wrote:Because its probably a song I could hear anytime and still want to hear it regardless of where I was or what I was doing.
Ooo - good point, too. It's not always about the emotional component, per se - sometimes, if a song makes me dance, I'll give it a 10. Case in point: I'd been through months of joylessness. I used to sing to the radio. I used to dance. I used to laugh out loud. Depression is an ugly thing, but one day, I was dinking around on the computer, and KINK.FM (which I was listening to on the computer at the time) played this little ditty by Marc Broussard, called "Home." I don't know what happened, exactly, but it had me on my feet and dancing. No alcohol involved. And I still love the song, even when I'm already in a good mood. I hear the beginning of it, and I just have to crank it up.
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Cynaera

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Feb 13, 2011 - 12:00pm |
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aflanigan wrote: I'm sorry I haven't revisited this thread since its inception (I am a bad, bad RPeep.) Still wading through the comments, but there are quite a few good points made. Thank you all for posting your opinions and observations. I still haven't really figured out why I rate songs as 10. It sometimes depends on my mood at the time - if I'm in a not-so-happy place and a song puts me in a better space, I might rate it a 10. However, if it fails to deliver the next time I hear it, I'm not above demoting it a notch or two to compensate for my prior temporary euphoria.  And then there are the icons: Joni Mitchell's "Down to You" is so breathtakingly beautiful and well-produced that there's no way I could give it anything less than 10. Silly things, like Zep's "Stairway to Heaven" (although I much prefer "The Rain Song," also a 10), and Pink Floyd... I love that there are as many reasons to give a 10 as there are RP denizens who choose to rate and comment. aflanigan, I agree with all your "10" choices except Richard Thompson. Oh, he's a definite 10, but IMO, he's done some better work than "1952 Vincent..." He's a wonderful storyteller, and an excellent musician with a compelling voice and an absolutely wicked sense of humor. (Maybe my personal prejudice, if there is one, is that "1952 Vincent...." ends tragically, and I have a slight aversion to death.) I'm off to finish reading the comments here - I expect to get a solid, well-rounded education, and possibly some lectures and wrist-slapping. I'm okay with that. After all, I'm the fool who started this topic, so if I can't take the heat, I shouldn't set the kitchen on fire, right?
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HazzeSwede

Location: Hammerdal Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 11:51pm |
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HazzeSwede wrote:Ask Romeo. romeotuma wrote: I don't rate songs that I think are less than 10... I don't have room for them... so many 10's on RP... Cynaera, I have given a few songs a 10,
So..Romeo,, 3408, many or just a few ?
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kurtster

Location: where fear is not a virtue Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 10:47pm |
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Because its probably a song I could hear anytime and still want to hear it regardless of where I was or what I was doing.
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MsJudi

Location: Houston, TX Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:59pm |
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winter wrote: I occasionally try to be a little humorous.
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winter

Location: in exile, as always Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:58pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote: Which is not helpful in this context.  
One does one's best.
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winter

Location: in exile, as always Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:58pm |
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MsJudi wrote: You?
I occasionally try to be a little humorous.
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ScottFromWyoming

Location: Powell Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:57pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote: That's my 7, or 8. 10 means it brought me to my knees in tears of joy.
That's 9. There's still room to wonder whether it might just be me. 10 is for songs that will make all humans cry. If you do not cry, well...
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MsJudi

Location: Houston, TX Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:54pm |
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winter wrote: Once in a very great while, I permit myself a wee bit of understatement.
You?
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BlueHeronDruid

Location: Заебани сме луѓе 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:53pm |
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winter wrote: Once in a very great while, I permit myself a wee bit of understatement.
Which is not helpful in this context. 
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winter

Location: in exile, as always Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:52pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote: That's my 7, or 8. 10 means it brought me to my knees in tears of joy.
Once in a very great while, I permit myself a wee bit of understatement.
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BlueHeronDruid

Location: Заебани сме луѓе 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:50pm |
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winter wrote:Because I really liked it.
That's my 7, or 8. 10 means it brought me to my knees in tears of joy.
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winter

Location: in exile, as always Gender:  
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:49pm |
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Because I really liked it.
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BlueHeronDruid

Location: Заебани сме луѓе 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:39pm |
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oldslabsides wrote: fine, I'm a zombie.
I'm picking out underwear for my next visit...
 Cannot WAIT!
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Red_Dragon

Location: Gilead 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:38pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote:No. You're not human. You're dead to me.  fine, I'm a zombie. I'm picking out underwear for my next visit...
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Red_Dragon

Location: Gilead 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:37pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote:No. You're not human. You're dead to me.  fine, I'm a zombie. I'm picking out underwear for my next visit...
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BlueHeronDruid

Location: Заебани сме луѓе 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:35pm |
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oldslabsides wrote: cool - I'm bulletproof. No. You're not human. You're dead to me.
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Red_Dragon

Location: Gilead 
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Feb 12, 2011 - 8:32pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote:My 1s will doom humanity, which as far as I'm concerned does not include Johnny Cash or Neko Case lovers anyway.   cool - I'm bulletproof.
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