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January 2023 Fan Favorites POLL

  • Anekdoten - Shooting Star 25
  • Pat Benatar - Hell Is For Children (Live) 55
  • Big Big Train - Summoned by Bells 53
  • Diabolo Swing Orchestra - War Painted Valentine 17
  • Gentle Giant - Schooldays 104
  • Hagelslag/The Hirsch Effekt - Kollaps 7
  • Antonio Carlos Jobim - Corcovado 21
  • Leprous - The Flood (Live) 41
  • Liquid Tension Experiment - Key to the Imagination 91
  • Joni Mitchell - Hejira 77
  • Renaissance - Can You Hear Me? 73
  • Riverside - River Down Below 58
  • Sigur Ros - Olsen Olsen 39
  • Styx - Crystal Ball 64
  • Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime 114
  • Thank You Scientist - Blood on the Radio 41
  • The Alan Parsons Project - Old and Wise 98
  • Wobbler - Foxlight 59
  • 2023-01-07
  • —2023-01-12
  • 1037 votes
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Content

I'm starting out our 2023 Fan Favorites series by turning to our Master List for songs that have been waiting patiently for me to listen to them. I've assembled 18 songs from a wide variety of bands, styles, and eras. 

Vote for your 5 most-preferred choices!

I'll include the top vote-getters in the video later this month. This poll ends on January 11. Happy voting!

If you'd like to sample these songs, I have prepared this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO0n3LrUjxKptkx3gK37W3mOGofckIebs

Comments

Gary Thobaben

That Joni Mitchell tune is amazing and the Jaco bass parts will blow your mind!

Asmodeus

I am surprised someone got The Hirsch Effekt on here. That would be interesting for you to see.

Ole Martin

I don't mean to sound negative, but I'm surprised to see only new LTE material on here. To me, LTE 3 was not by any means bad, but 1 and 2 are clearly superior. Paradigm Shift, Kindred Spirits, Universal Mind, Acid Rain, Biaxident and Another Dimension are all superior to any of the tracks on their latest release, in my ears, because they're more dynamic/innovative pieces than any of the tracks on LTE 3; I actually find LTE 3 predictable more often than not. But hey, that's me!

Estefanía Sucre

Dear Doug, "Three Friends" from Gentle Giant deserves an Extended Play Episode!!! Schooldays is the second song of that album

Jean-Michel LaFontaine

Anekdoten likely won't make it but I hope Doug does a reaction to one of their songs. Very good swedish band. And I will be seeing them live in May!

Matthew Hackbert

I have my first 2 as ez picks for Styx and APP, but I'll have to listen to the playlist to determine my 3-5.

Jeff Norman

Perhaps unrelated to this but...it would be nice to do a Bowie song on his birthday, January 8

StefNewtown

Renaissance Can You Hear Me is a fantastic suggestion 🙏👍

Ray Sincere

Gentle Giant is doing exceedingly well. That album, actually, could be a good extended play. It has a concept, and a story; three boys, three school friends, grow up and take jobs that put them in different socioeconomic classes. They become three adults who live in different worlds and would no longer see eye to eye... yet the fact remains that they used to be friends.

doughelvering

Thanks for your voting: I'll be including Renaissance, Joni Mitchell, LTE, Alan Parsons Project, Gentle Giant, and Talking Heads. Look for the episode sometime in the next week. Cheers!

Don Mal 1

Riverside and Wobbler would get more play...dk