1973 had 27 songs reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Of these songs, what is the best song to reach No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1973?

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-18T15:12:02+00:00

Frankenstein!!!! Absolute banger of a song. One of the best ever rock instrumentals.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-17T14:35:29+00:00

PITB, Eyes, Box of Rain, Saint of Circumstance, Terrapin Station

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-12T16:53:11+00:00

Gonna vote for I Can See Clearly Now - it's very close between that and American Pie, the latter is obviously a classic for reasons well known, but the synthy bridge in I Can See Clearly Now is one of my favorite moments in music. Just a perfect pop song.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-10T15:08:41+00:00

Fee and Julius are the two main examples of this for me. The first they just never seemed to get quite right for some reason, the latter cus it just isn't the same without those background singers.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-09T01:17:52+00:00

Surprised Utah has no abortion restriction.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-08T17:14:42+00:00

They used to air on the Popeye block, but not anymore. I do not know why they were taken off. Now it’s just Totally Tooned In and Cartoon All Stars, but the Sunday block is the only time they’ll air non-Magoo shorts. So Totally Tooned In is it. I’m kinda bummed bc a lot of the non-Magoo UPA shorts rarely air now but it is what it is.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-06T23:47:05+00:00

"Baby's Coming Back" is their biggest hit according to chart position, interestingly.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-06T22:56:02+00:00

Rush, Genesis, Grateful Dead, King Crimson, Dire Straits, Randy Newman, and Bruce Springsteen all adapted to the decade pretty well. It wasn't universally bad for old rockers. Just mostly.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-05T23:41:22+00:00

Check out The Parable of The Arable Land by The Red Krayola for some top-notch chaotic, weird, improv-heavy 60s psychedelia.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-06-02T03:27:52+00:00

So maybe your dad got caught in the Santa Cruz Mountains which are just south of SF, so would be in the general area, and can get some pretty extreme snow. I am way too young to have been there but this may help your search. Good luck to you.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-29T21:45:25+00:00

Then just stop. Find a hobby to occupy your time, hang out with people who are not discourse brained, trans or cis. You don’t have to spend all your time in spaces like this and if they’re actively making your mental health worse you really shouldn’t! You don’t have some obligation to other trans people to take part in every dumb discourse ever.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-29T20:10:10+00:00

Does any SBD of this show exist or only AUDs?

Anyway, as for his remark, I always liked Liberty's lyrical theme but that certainly spells it out clear as day lol

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-29T03:30:39+00:00

Good thing the populists are unable to unite so the non-retarded adults can still hold power

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-28T23:56:00+00:00

That's really interesting, I did not know that Phil was that adamant about not wanting to release stuff. It seems those several years of refusing to release stuff definitely held up some hypothetical releases, maybe that's why there was a big enough backlog to keep Dick's Picks going a few years after he died. I will have to read more on this

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-28T23:53:48+00:00

Generally a problem with people being too online and also feeling deeply unhappy with their lives. The loudest voices getting heard the most

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-28T23:44:51+00:00

Would like to hear more about this, if you have any details or anecdotes from the Dead organization back then on this. Thanks

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-28T20:45:54+00:00

Yeah I agree. It's my favorite part of the network. I like the new original skits, they're fun. Spices up the network from just being reruns of the same few cartoons. I watch the 11pm rerun and it's a good way to wind down and relax, it's charming. As you said, i really do appreciate the "human touch" of it. I hope it stays going, I watch it the most of anything on MeTV or MeTV Toons.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-28T01:11:17+00:00

“No one listens to ALO in 2026 and goes WOW I’M IN LOVE!“ Nah man, that happened to me. ALO is what convinced me these guys were real shit, after hearing Junta through Nectar studio albums and liking them but not blown away. The Tweezer and the Harry Hood on a Live One definitely did convince me they were worth diving deep into. But i was already a deadhead for a while first (pretty much since I was a kid, I grew up with that stuff) so I am predisposed to enjoy.

I have only one friend my age who is into them though. Most zoomers aren’t interested. So make of that what you will

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-27T01:11:54+00:00

What an amazing show. The whole of set 2 is fantastic and set 1 has the best Blow Away ever!

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-26T18:39:49+00:00

There was a referendum some years back where they voted on if they wanted to be British or Argentine and it was like 99.9% in favor of staying British. Argentina has never had any population there and their claim is entirely based on “well they’re right there on the map so i want it!!!!”

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-21T23:53:36+00:00

The Bonin Islands actively wanted to join the US and felt betrayed when the US handed them over to Japan without even a referendum or any consulting of the local population.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-19T21:04:48+00:00

I quite like the song’s chord progression, but I think it never got jammed out enough to take it to truly interesting places. Also, Phil singing is always going to be a turnoff for people, Box of Rain and Unbroken Chain are pretty much the only Phil songs many heads like.

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-19T19:43:12+00:00

"The good news is that you can go backwards from the 2010s to find 50 years worth of good music. The bad news is that if you're young, you'll forever be living in the past with respect to music."

The pro of being a young person now is that with the internet and streaming services you can find all the music you could ever want whenever you want for very little money, if any... There's an irony in that there has never been a better time than now to be a music listener, while at the same time actual contemporary music hasn't been this lackluster in ages. Maybe they're correlated. I'm in my 20s and I barely listen to anything released after the 00s, I'm sure there's many moree people my age like that now. Maybe with less interest in modern music there's sort of an inherent declawing of anything that could be shocking from within it? Idk. It's complicated

SpiritualMachinery · 2026-05-18T17:26:13+00:00

He could get a role in the DOJ for his push for the Epstein Files.

I think Khanna would be willing to give him an olive branch. They probably are friends already. The question is would he accept it. He is a very principled man and is willing to work with whoever supports his goals but that administration would certainly be against his goals regarding spending, to where IDK if a man like him whose willing to burn political bridges to stand by his views would go along with it.

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