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Not even close. This was a choke job of EPIC proportions by GB. Horrific coaching by McCarthy going ultraconservative and not utilizing his resources on MULTIPLE drives down the stretch, Bostick losing his fucking mind and forgetting that his job on the on-sides kick team was to BLOCK not catch. GB had that game locked and bazookabarfed it up.

And as exciting as the first game was, the second is the epitome of anticlimactic... what a snoozefest. Never in doubt from the first snap.

Wow. That was a game and a half. First half all Green Bay. Second Half all Seattle. I'm disappointed in the outcome... not that I'm a Green Bay fan, but I just despise Seattle. Outside of Wilson, a bunch of cocky douchebags. I don't like the personas that comprise the team, or the coach.

From the sound of the vocals, I'd wager it's Marc Storace from Krokus.

Dasfunny, I don't recall accepting a bet... Akshually, you're both correct. In this case, you're right. It's White Widdow, although it provokes the same reaction as Vega did earlier this year. Repeated listenings just don't "click" for some reason. There's no logical reason for it, as the execution is well done and the production is good, but 5 minutes after I get done listening, I've forgotten the album. I don't find myself absently humming or re-hearing in my mind; there's no staying power... Same thing with the In Faith album. I can't point to anything wrong with it at all. Yet it doesn't provoke the reaction I expect or want when an album resonates with me. If I can't get songs out of my head or I find myself relistening to songs or the entire album repeatedly, that's how I know an album has "it". The albums albums in question, while technically execellent, don't provoke "it" for me. We all have our listening preferences and/or idiosyncracies. You dislike anything with strongly accented vocals or lyrics in another language, whereas I don't find those to be immediate disqualifiers. As incomprehensible as my not loving White Widdow or Vega seems to you, there's a particular album that (IMO) craps all over both of those from an ear candy perspective, yet you and others have it in the mid 70s and have barely discussed it, which I don't understand. The answer: We don't all hear the same things or focus on the same aspects of the music, and certain things resonate more strongly than others with each of us. In all fairness, if an album doesn't appear anywhere in my lists, it says nothing about the quality of the album, but rather that I didn't get to hear it that year. One last thing... regarding artists that release similar/identical albums over and over, i.e., "The AC/DC Effect". Why is that considered a positive for some artists but a negative for others? Geoff, earlier you said the following in my response to Amaranthe being in my top 20 or so for the year: Presumably that was meant as a negative... so why does Harem Scarem - Thirteen get as much love as it does? Let's be honest: the HS album is nothing new from them. It's the same damned stuff they release every album... ... but it's GOOD. I love the album. It's in my top 10 for the year, as it seems to be for most here. So why does "saminess" (for lack of a better word) not penalize Harem Scarem, but is portrayed as a negative for Amaranthe? Is it the length of the discography, i.e., Harem Scarem has so many albums that being similar isn't a bad thing, whereas Amaranthe has a small discography so you're expecting still innovation and/or evolution?

Song is ok, but uber-formulaic. With the guest lineup on the album, it will be interesting to hear how other songs compare...

I'm hating this. I have 6 albums for my top 5 and for the life of me I absolutely CANNOT decide which one to boot. But I'm going to be fair and cut it to 5 at some point, since I've insisted that other participants in the HH Top 5 process keep it to 5. My top 5 is looking NOTHING like the lists I posted in this thread earlier in the year. The second half of the year was very strong as far as my acquisitions are concerned. A couple that will make my list are surprisingly (to me) not ranked that highly on some of the lists here or are missing entirely. There's one in particular that is top notch melodic ear candy that I'm baffled isn't getting more acclaim. Then again, there's at least one that people are ranking high across the board that gets a resounding "meh" from me. There's just no accounting for the filtering that one's ears provide... P.S. Lest anyone assume I'm sticking with a predictable or previously revealed formula, shockingly neither Within Temptation nor Babymetal are in my top 5.

Better than I expected. Nice.

Video not available in the U.S. Fuckers.

You live by the refs, you die by the refs... reversal of last week's karma.

No doubt. Arguments over what is or is not "Autograph" notwithstanding, that song is much better than I expected when clicking the link. This shows some promise.

Livin' It Up is one of my alltime faves.

Off work for a few weeks and got used to staying up late and sleeping late. Up at 5 AM this morning to go to work. 2 degrees with a -17 wind chill. Fuck Monday mornings.

And DOWN go the Steelers! Woot!

You got that right.

Happy New Year... I think... it's freaking cold here...

You put a fuckload of effort into that, Geoff. Impressive! Question: Is it unusual for you that not a single album will reach 90% for the year?

Merry Christmas to all you numbnuts!

Site comes up just fine for me: http://www.metalsludge.tv/

Well the last 3 weeks have been fucking pathetic. Losing to the Deadskins? Seriously? It's like Chip Kelly is being haunted by the ghost of Andy Reid and completely loses his coaching mind down the stretch. Only 4 carries for Sproles? WTF! A kicker that can't be relied upon under ANY circumstances, a nonexistent secondary, no quarterback play. Another year, another promising season down the shitter.

It's not a bad idea but, (1) there are plenty of lyric websites alrady out there and (2) do you have any idea how much labor would be involved in inputting the lyrics?... that would be in addition to coming up with a suitable mechanism for storing, accessing, and searching the lyrics. Most importantly, posting an artist's lyrics involves far more copyright entanglements than I'm willing to get into. It's akin to posting music samples from musicians, a road I've already gone down with ASCAP and BMI, which is why I only post samples on the main site from bands and labels that submit material directly. In a word: nope. Sorry.

No shit. Mangled? Try classic.

I'll wait until I hear the album in its entirety. My first recation to this particular track is "meh". Bores me.

I'm not Geoff, but I dig it.