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Post by Lordef†ones on Aug 6, 2017 18:03:58 GMT -5
Honestly, Alternative was pretty weak this year and 2010.
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Post by Red on Aug 6, 2017 21:23:47 GMT -5
Any list that has the Neon Trees, is saved, as far as I'm concerned. A heads up. "Rope" is my second favorite Foos song, after "Everlong" and my favorite Alternative Rock song on this list. That excludes Nickelback, but belive ot or not ,"Bottums Up" is not one of my favorite NB songs.
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Post by rainie on Aug 6, 2017 21:24:58 GMT -5
Just looking at this list I agree with everyone else, this is a super great, diverse list.
That being said there's some...very unalternative songs on here as well. I'm not talking about Seether or 3DG as they're both fringe alternative -- I'm talking about My Darkest Days and Nickelback. On the last few active rankdowns I've docked a few alt crossovers for not fitting the format (Heathens, Cigarette Daydreams, and Madness, among others) but I think I'm gonna start having to do this with a few of the active crossovers too.
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Post by maine on Aug 6, 2017 21:28:47 GMT -5
Can we please make an exception for "f**k You"? That would easily make my top 5. By who?
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Aug 6, 2017 21:30:37 GMT -5
Any list that has the Neon Trees, is saved, as far as I'm concerned. A heads up. "Rope" is my second favorite Foos song, after "Everlong" and my favorite Alternative Rock song on this list. That excludes Nickelback, but belive ot or not ,"Bottums Up" is not one of my favorite NB songs.LOL! If the title of the song had actually been about bottoms with a hot MV to go along, then you could say that. I'm also referring to the Alt list. All bets are off for the next Active rankdown we do tho.
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Post by rainie on Aug 6, 2017 21:30:46 GMT -5
Damn, two songs and I've already heard an old favorite and a great new discovery that could easily make my top 10. Yeah, this seems like a really good year for alt.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 6, 2017 22:29:03 GMT -5
Can we please make an exception for "f**k You"? That would easily make my top 5. By who? Cee Lo
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Post by maine on Aug 6, 2017 22:31:57 GMT -5
I didn't even know that charted on Alt, lol. I wish it made it too. It would have been an easy #100 for me. Oh well.
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Post by rainie on Aug 7, 2017 0:14:20 GMT -5
Holy crap, I just realized how much of a ripoff Sick by Adelita's Way is of Sick of You. I suppose it's not the most origina phrase, but the "I'm so sick of me, being sick of you" line is ripped straight from the chorus of the Cake song.
Also guys, I have a confession. I fucking love Porn Star Dancing. It's gonna take all my will power not to rank it top 10, even though it's not remotely alt and I feel obliged to rank it lower based off that.
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Post by peacebone on Aug 7, 2017 0:35:34 GMT -5
I thought for sure I would put Kornstep at #100 again, but having Hollywood Undead and Porn Star Dancing won't make that easy.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Aug 7, 2017 7:58:31 GMT -5
Porn Star Dancing has a good shot at my #100.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 7, 2017 8:01:51 GMT -5
Porn Star Dancing won't be my #100, but I'll still be ranking it low. It's at least catchy, compared to some of the other active songs here.
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Post by rainie on Aug 8, 2017 4:06:38 GMT -5
So, I just heard The Sex is Good for the first time and I actually like that a decent amount too. The instrumentation is pretty cool and the lyrics are actually surprisingly deep for a cock rock song. Fuck, maybe I should do the active rankdown instead
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Post by American Idiot on Aug 8, 2017 22:12:17 GMT -5
I'm probably going to finish this tomorrow, but it has been a lot of fun to do. So many good songs I haven't heard probably since 2011 or so. Amazing how different the two charts were back then. My coworkers that sit near me probably were laughing at me rocking out to this all today.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Aug 10, 2017 9:40:31 GMT -5
Honestly I prefer "Porn Star Dancing" and "The Sex Is Good" over some of the tuneless, over-the-top angsty stuff on here. At least they're kinda catchy and fun to listen to. That said, I agree that they had no place on Alternative.
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 13, 2017 1:47:00 GMT -5
I just realized "Sick Sick Sick" by Bayside didn't make it on this list. God damn it.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 13, 2017 20:52:11 GMT -5
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Post by Troy on Aug 14, 2017 12:53:44 GMT -5
my top 20 are easy, my bottom 40 are easy, but it's that tricky middle that will be difficult to decide on
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Post by Red on Aug 16, 2017 18:25:24 GMT -5
Going through some of the songs, I got to "New Low", and I thought to myself while listening to it, "Wait a minute, where have I heard this song before? It wasn't through the radio"...and then, I realized. Holy crap, "New Low" was on the NBA 2K12 soundtrack.
It always comes back to video games.
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Aug 17, 2017 15:45:47 GMT -5
Submitted my list. Wasn't a very good year for me. Great stuff in my top 20, but the songs start getting mediocre in the 40s, and descend into below-average territory about two thirds of the way in. "Variety" isn't always a good thing.
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Post by dm2081 on Aug 18, 2017 12:22:29 GMT -5
Going through some of the songs, I got to "New Low", and I thought to myself while listening to it, "Wait a minute, where have I heard this song before? It wasn't through the radio"...and then, I realized. Holy crap, "New Low" was on the NBA 2K12 soundtrack. It always comes back to video games. Interesting. "Busy Bein' Born" was on the NHL '13 soundtrack, and that's where I grew to love that one. Maybe these guys can have a second career in making sports anthems for video games?
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Post by Troy on Aug 19, 2017 12:56:29 GMT -5
this ranking took me much longer than usual to put together...there were a lot of 1st time listens on this list...some good but most not so good
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 20, 2017 5:27:26 GMT -5
Just added Bangwave's and zaclord's list, and here are some notable things about the overall list (as of this post):
The number one song has changed but is only separated by 1 point for the #2 for now so it could change again later.
One song fell from the top 10 to the top 25.
3 artists now have 2 songs in the top 10, again this will likely change as I receive more lists, so avoid guessing yet.
One song that previously fell enough to be bottom 10 has escaped that dreaded area.
Another song however, has fallen a few spots and is nearing bottom 10 now, and even the song in the previous point passed this.
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Post by Beno on Aug 20, 2017 6:26:27 GMT -5
I'll have my list in before the deadline, but not gonna lie, this year was rough. Heaps of crap here.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 20, 2017 7:23:16 GMT -5
There were like 10 songs I wanted to put as my #1 and many others I loved here. I think overall it was a pretty great year for Alt
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 20, 2017 10:04:09 GMT -5
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Bullet Soul Switchfoot
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Aug 20, 2017 10:04:37 GMT -5
EXTRA
April Fool Manchester Orchestra
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 20, 2017 10:49:43 GMT -5
April Fool would have easily been my #1.
It's flopping still makes me sad.
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Post by matteeeb on Aug 20, 2017 11:13:17 GMT -5
"April Fool" was my favorite song on NHL12. Top 5 for sure.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Aug 20, 2017 15:28:45 GMT -5
April Fool would be at least top 10 for me.
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