Believe it or not, I did begin looking through the list and scribbled some thoughts. You have an interestingly eclectic mix there and i will comment on the ones I know of and like. The problem is, every time I look at the list I have to page down a thousand lines, and as I've pointed out already that is an annoyance.
As to the spoilers tag, here's how you do it:
See the icons above your post when you post or quote? The last says Show/Hide. Just highlight the entire post (or ctrl-A) and hit that icon, then it will give you a dialogue box into which you can write a brief explanation of what people can find beyond the spoiler (like "my big-ass list" or whatever) and once you submit it it will show a button people who want to can click to see the list, but to everyone else it will be hidden.
I commend your dedication and ambition, but as I said, myself I'm taking on the discographies of Marillion, Genesis, Asia, Robbie Williams, Eagles, The Divine Comedy and others (have just recently completed the Tom Waits one) and this is taking a long time. Given that I have ten journals in all, post here a lot and also keep other things going, and that I want to write proper reviews, not just one-liners/paragraphs, the Waits discog took me just shy of three months to complete. So my own project is ambitious enough for me to know how big this is, and how likely, if at all, it is to succeed.
I cite the experience of another poster here, young guy who decided to do a whole year devoted to heavy metal. Now I had done, and am continuing to do, a month of Heavy Metal each October, and warned him that to try to devote a year of your life to a project like that was no small thing, and he had better be ready to accept that. Surprise, surprise, within less than a month he had lost interest and focus, and it fell apart.
I'm not saying yours will, but even as a longstanding member here, someone whom people know can dedicate himself to what might seem to others to be a large or even impossible project (recently finished Star Trek Month, Crime Month yet to come and Metal Month III in the works), were I to come up with an idea like yours people would be skeptical. As nobody knows you, and your very first post was this idea and your huge list, well I don't think you should be surprised that it received a lot of derision. But there were some helpful comments as you say, and some general chat too. Yes, some people seem only to want to put the idea down (and I was one but am sort of changing from that stance now) but others have offered advice and even a few I see have taken part, though I note nobody --- and I mean nobody --- who has posted has committed to your idea of listening to a full discography every week. I would be amazed if anyone did, since as I said already it's hard enough to get people interested in smaller projects, and everyone has a life.
Anyway I wish you well with it, and will be back with some comments as soon as I can find the time in between my own various projects. I realise we came across as a little unfriendly; we're not, but you must admit that your first post was not the sort of thing we expect and once you get to know us better you'll probably realise we're just a bunch of dicks I mean quite nice people. Maybe.
Note: try heading into the Lounge, where the discussions are a lot looser and less formal.
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