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75 Days, 2 Lists, 1 Giant Waste of Time
Idioteque Stalker: In Spring 2007, after finishing my last favorite songs list, I promised myself I would update it four years later.
quido8_5: Everything in It’s Right Place was #1. Spoiler: It was a good list.
Idioteque Stalker: It was alright.
quido8_5: So good, in fact, that when IS told me about his new list I decided to copy him. This time around, we decided to fully exploit social networking. All our posts will be published on Twitter, Facebook and our website thisisalist.com. This allows you greater flexibility when digesting it and us greater torpidity when creating it. As such, we’ve put restrictions on the commentary.
Idioteque Stalker: Out of respect for our new found allegiance to all things social media, our comments will be tweet-sized, increasing or decreasing by one word with every subsequent song.
quido8_5: The number of words for each of my entries will coincide with the song’s position. For instance, when Shania Twain’s “Man, I Feel Like a Woman” lands at 1, I will write 1 word about it. A difficult, but rewarding experience. Today’s entry will have 75 words.
Idioteque Stalker: And mine will be the opposite: My #1 will have 75 words while today’s entry will have only 1.
quido8_5: ...i.e. the easy way.
Idioteque Stalker: Only if you’re insecure about your #1.
quido8_5: or really confident.
Idioteque Stalker: Anyway, just so you know what you're getting yourself into, I’ve recently found myself drawn to the psychedelic, moody and/or just-plain-odd end of the pop spectrum.
quido8_5: And I seem to dig polar ends of said spectrum, with penchants for sparse works or grandiose themes. Either way, my central tendency is toward honesty, whether it’s lyrical or instrumental.
Idioteque Stalker: Just so you know, I've disqualified any song that made my list last time around. Marcel Duchamp told me to do it:
"I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste." - MD
We hope you enjoy.