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Counting Down my iTunes Play Count (VANITY) -- Day #22
AC’s iTunes Directory | 9/25/2024 | Alberta's Child

Posted on 09/25/2024 10:09:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child

Day #22 of the Top 50 songs on my iTunes playlist -- ranked in reverse order by play frequency from #50 to #1 and presented here on a series of FR threads. I've been posting them here on a new thread that compiles the growing list one day at a time over the course of several months. I only post them on weekdays and may miss a day or two here and there, so this will probably be done by late October.

And to show my gratitude to the FR management for giving us all a forum to post vanity threads like this, I'll be making a contribution for the current AND next quarterly fundraisers. I would encourage everyone on these threads to do the same! :-)

Have fun with this, folks!


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: itunes; music; vanity
TODAY'S ADDITION TO THE LIST:

#30 -- "In a Big Country" by Big Country ... Click Here (YouTube version)

1 posted on 09/25/2024 10:09:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
List to Date:

#50T -- "Solsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel
#50T -- "Fly Over States" by Jason Aldean
#49 -- "Sara" by Fleetwood Mac
#48 -- Bagpipe Medley by the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band (2009 World Pipe Band Championships)
#47 -- "How I'll Always Be" by Tim McGraw
#46 -- "Midnight On The Interstate" by Trampled By Turtles
#45 -- "Your Love" by The Outfield
#44 -- "Ventura Highway" by America
#43 -- "Like A Rock" by Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
#42 -- "The World I Know" by Collective Soul
#41 -- "Dance the Night Away" by Van Halen
#40 -- "The Gael" from The Last of the Mohicans
#39 -- "Stand Or Fall" by The Fixx
#38 -- "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits
#37 -- "Midnight Rider" by The Allman Brothers Band
#36 -- "A Whiter Shade Of Pale" by Procul Harum
#35 -- "Gathering Crowds" from This Week in Baseball
#34 -- "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle
#33 -- "Suddenly Last Summer" by The Motels
#32 -- "Time Stand Still" by Rush
#31 -- "Nothing Left To Lose" by Mat Kearney
#30 -- "In a Big Country" by Big Country

2 posted on 09/25/2024 10:09:54 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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Pinging to those from the previous threads. Another classic from the 1980s. They must have issued a remix of this one in recent years; the bass track sounds much better than I remembered it from years ago.

Let me know if you'd like to be added or removed from the ping list!

3 posted on 09/25/2024 10:11:33 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child
They must have issued a remix of this one in recent years; the bass track sounds much better than I remembered it from years ago.

Sometimes bands will re-record their own music, because the previous record label takes too big of a cut from streaming. So they license back their own music and lyrics, re-record it and release it themselves - keeping a bigger share of the revenues. Little to no cut goes to the previous label. Just the publisher.

4 posted on 09/25/2024 10:16:08 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Very interesting. I didn't know all those intricacies.

I figured they just made a new digital version with more advanced mixing technologies available these days.

5 posted on 09/25/2024 10:24:14 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: Alberta's Child

I’ve always wanted to compile a collection of favored audio recordings.

I would also like to find a source of contemporary music that is interesting and creative. Something beyond the surface of today’s sound-alike, all written by the same guys crap.


6 posted on 09/25/2024 10:28:39 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Alberta's Child

That is possible too. A remastered version or remixed version. But I’ve heard plenty of songs that seem “off” from what I remembered them - so I looked it up and learned there are re-recordings. There are also re-masters all over Spotify. Or it could be you have a better sound system. :-)

Another thing - the Beats headphones were designed to amplify the bass. It was designed for “hip hop” style and became very popular. Apple paid I think over $1B for the design. Not sure if you use Beats, I don’t, but it is also possible other more contemporary stereo systems followed that trend in audio design.

I miss the days when I could adjust my own stereo system. I suppose software could do it but these days I just listen to Spotify lists. I have to check if there is an App to adjust the audio.


7 posted on 09/25/2024 10:30:29 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: Alberta's Child

That is what Taylor swift did.

I think a lot of the music that has been remixed or re-done sounds a bit different due to the playback method. After a few plays, a cassette is getting stretched out. I know the speakers in my 1970 Maverick sucked….

Today I listen through lossless playback on noise cancelling headphones that sound great.

I am not audiophile…but technology has made SOME things better.


8 posted on 09/25/2024 10:38:04 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Ann Wilson out of chemo. Best female voice in rock and roll.


9 posted on 09/25/2024 5:24:46 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." Jimi Hendrix)
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