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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 27, 2017 8:40:25 GMT -5
Welcome to the Arcade Fire rankdown!So after I finish the National rankdown (next week or at the end of this week), I plan to do a rankdown of another indie rock band I love. Who are the Arcade Fire?From Wikipedia: Here's the list of songs to rank. It includes their most popular tracks, as well as some of their more-acclaimed tracks. Don't worry, we won't be doing 50 songs this time round, we're sticking to 40. List breakdown: 9 songs from Funeral8 songs from Neon Bible10 songs from The Suburbs7 songs from Reflektor5 songs from Everything Now1 non-album single Afterlife (Antichrist Television Blues) Black Mirror Black Wave/Bad Vibrations Creature Comfort Crown of Love Electric Blue Empty Room Everything Now Haiti Half Light II (No Celebration) Here Comes the Night Time I Give You Power In the Backseat Intervention Joan of Arc Keep the Car Running Modern Man Month of May My Body Is a Cage Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels) Neighborhood #2 (Laika) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) No Cars Go Normal Person Put Your Money on Me Ready to Start Rebellion (Lies) Reflektor Rococo Signs of Life Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) The Suburbs Suburban War Supersymmetry Une année sans lumière Wake Up We Exist We Used to Wait The Well & the Lighthouse Spotify playlist: Preference revealerDue date: December 27 Participants: Myself, Daryl the Beryl Red Troy newpower Albie @humanshazam recordyear wheatsquares33 alexcuse DistrictTwelve Green Baron peacebone Juanca Leaf
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 27, 2017 8:41:53 GMT -5
So yes, double post. This post is to discuss about the list. Is the list mostly fine? What songs can we add in? What songs can we remove if necessary? Note that if a song is well-received enough, I won't be removing it. So don't talk about removing "Wake Up" or "Sprawl II".
Edit: I added Supersymmetry to the list.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 11:03:12 GMT -5
Idk about others, but I'd like to see Month of May here.
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Post by Troy on Nov 27, 2017 12:34:49 GMT -5
I think you need to include "Normal Person" & "Put Your Money On Me"
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Post by Troy on Nov 27, 2017 12:36:34 GMT -5
potential songs to remove: Crown Backseat Haiti Rococo
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Post by Red on Nov 27, 2017 12:45:47 GMT -5
We better not remove any of the Funeral songs. That's heresy.
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Post by Troy on Nov 27, 2017 15:09:06 GMT -5
well then that leaves Roccoco from my list above
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Post by Mylo13 💜 on Nov 27, 2017 15:55:02 GMT -5
Lol, the only song I know by them is "Abrahams Daughter".
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Post by peacebone on Nov 27, 2017 17:16:17 GMT -5
Agree with the "Month of May" suggestion..."The Well & the Lighthouse", "Suburban War", "Empty Room", and "Black Wave/Bad Vibrations" are a few more I'd add myself.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 27, 2017 20:14:33 GMT -5
Added all your suggestions to the list so far, which leaves us with a whopping 10 songs from The Suburbs. However, I want Funeral to be the most (or tie to be the most) represented here since it's highly regarded as their best album. So if you guys are fine with removing "Roccoco" from the list, I can do that, and if there's any other song from that album that you guys are fine with me removing, feel free to do so. (the only other tracks from Funeral I can add are "Neighborhood 4" and "Une année sans lumière")
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 27, 2017 20:24:59 GMT -5
Or just add all of Funeral while you're at it
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 28, 2017 0:04:16 GMT -5
I had no idea they had so many songs? I didn't get into them until.... you guessed it "Reflektor". I do this one to discover their new "old" music. I just hope they were not all folky and stuff before?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 28, 2017 2:56:16 GMT -5
Added all your suggestions to the list so far, which leaves us with a whopping 10 songs from The Suburbs. Actually it's only 9 songs, upon calculating again. So we can just remove Roccoco which would leave us with 37 songs.
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Post by newpower on Nov 28, 2017 22:04:22 GMT -5
One of my favorite bands. Une Annee Sans Lumiere from Funeral is in my top 10 songs from them. That’s the only song I would add.
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Post by Troy on Nov 28, 2017 23:50:12 GMT -5
not going to include "Put Your Money On Me"?
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 28, 2017 23:53:27 GMT -5
^ Added. Going to add "We Don't Deserve Love" so we have exactly 40 songs now. (including the song newpower suggested and without including Roccoco) I can now finalize the list, but is the list fine with you guys in the first place?
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Post by Troy on Nov 28, 2017 23:55:11 GMT -5
it has all of the essential songs imo
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 28, 2017 23:58:32 GMT -5
If you guys are alright with the list of 40 songs, I can open submissions now. (hope to hear from a few other posters on their thoughts on the list first)
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Post by Green Baron on Nov 29, 2017 0:06:02 GMT -5
you should add "Chemistry" just so we have an easy #40 choice
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 29, 2017 0:08:29 GMT -5
you should add "Chemistry" just so we have an easy #40 choice (don't ask about "Peter Pan" either)
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 29, 2017 4:38:51 GMT -5
Updated the Spotify playlist with exactly 40 songs now. We don't need to add "We Don't Deserve Love" already as we have 40 songs to rank already. Also, even though The Suburbs has the most songs at 10, Funeral has a higher % of songs taken (90%, as compared to The Suburbs 63%, since the latter has 16 songs in total) I can open submissions on Thursday night, if no one else disagrees with the list.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 29, 2017 21:14:54 GMT -5
Since no one has any complaints about the list, I will be opening submissions now. (note: I removed the tags for some of those who will likely not be interested in the rankdown) I'm setting a deadline of December 27, 10PM ET for this, after Christmas and Boxing Day. {Tags!} Walking Contradiction Web Troy Devin Red Pipa wheatsquares33 Green Baron Lordef†ones Doc Indie Party Rock peacebone timmierz rainie rockmandattebayo Leaf aerodynamite Leo ✔ .indulgecountry lyhom Sambalada YotamTS willapted33 rgreen0625 rowellfarm490 @jamesflame morneaumispelled Beno zaclord 🌈 matteeeb aerodynamite , YotamTS , .indulgecountry , Mr. Thonk Eyes , Leo ✔ , Sambalada , Kanenrá:ke , bboat11 , Au$tin , Az Paynter , MTSChart21 , Disco🌶️📖 , willapted33 , trustypepper , rgreen0625 , someguy , zaclord 🌈 , castleoblivion26 , edph1 , Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast , Golden Bluebird , ry4n , jtd Thee Stallion , matteeeb , Normi , CF15 , Choco , woods , Beno , @jamesflame , zjames , james518 , Devil Marlena Nylund , nick64 , Raccoon , toomuchboy , bat1990 , Snowbeast , lyhom , frenchfry , †ealsünset , Leaf , Harx , chicken077 , Daniel Collins , Libra , Juan Carlos , Albie , koolthing , Juanca , when the pawn... , Ky , @antigonerising , Zeebz , Myeahhh. , Ginger Spice , think pink. , kmbgs , karatekid
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Post by alexcuse on Nov 30, 2017 2:44:10 GMT -5
Will participate, they were so awesome live in concert last month!
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Post by Red on Nov 30, 2017 15:29:41 GMT -5
you should add "Chemistry" just so we have an easy #40 choice Oh, there's still an easy #40 choice here. I have't sent my ranking in yet, but I'm almost done. #1 was surprisingly easy, even with some of the songs in my top five being among my favorite songs of their respective years, and it will also surprise no one. My #2 might surprise people, I guess? My #40 is just awful, and I really wanted to like it. Only some of the songs that didn't make the cut from Everything Now are worse.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Nov 30, 2017 20:47:05 GMT -5
It's still very early, but we already got a second list! Thanks to Red and his ranking...it's time for a(n early) B-B-B-B-BALLOT UPDATE!
More stats to consider: - First, let's start with Pulse's favorite segment,
- As with first ballot updates, we have many ties. At #4, #8, #12, #14 (3-way), #20, and #31. The ties at #8, #12 and #20 are exact. - Each song in the top 11 has at least one top 10. - Each song in the bottom 8 has at least 1 bottom 10. - Six songs passed the 70 point mark. - The top half of the list has every song having at least 40 points. - The bottom five songs have 10 points or less. - Me and Red have agreed with ranking 3 songs.
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Post by Troy on Dec 1, 2017 9:27:44 GMT -5
working on this...my top 5 were fairly easy, but after that not so much...I haven't found a song I dislike yet, but there are a few songs I haven't listened to yet
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Post by YotamTS on Dec 1, 2017 12:00:40 GMT -5
Bookmarked, I liked what I've heard by them, so hopefully I would have time for this.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Dec 3, 2017 20:23:52 GMT -5
Thanks to Bangwave and his ranking...it's time for a(nother early) B-B-B-B-BALLOT UPDATE!
More stats to consider: - First, let's start with Pulse's favorite segment,
- It's only one tie, surprisingly. That tie is at #19. - Each song in the top 13 has at least one top 10. - Each song in the bottom 18 has at least 1 bottom 10. - Ten songs passed the 80 point mark. - The top half of the list has every song having at least 59 points. - Every song has passed the 20-point mark. - The bottom six songs have 30 points or less. - Bangwave's rankings shaked things up quite a fair bit, as we have both a new #1 and a new #40. We also see 3 songs move at least 10 spots. Despite this, no new songs enter the top 10. That said, we see 3 songs escape the bottom 10 too.
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Post by matteeeb on Dec 3, 2017 21:41:23 GMT -5
I will try to get this in. I've liked everything I've heard from them so far.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Dec 5, 2017 20:51:27 GMT -5
Thanks to newpoweR and his ranking...it's time for a(nother early) B-B-B-B-BALLOT UPDATE!
More stats to consider: - First, let's start with Pulse's favorite segment,
- We got more ties this time round, at #2, #3, #6, #14, #17, #22 (4-way), #29 (3-way) and #36. - Each song in the top 12 has at least one top 10. - Each song in the bottom 19 has at least 1 bottom 10. - Thirteen songs passed the 100 point mark. - The top half of the list has every song having at least 78 points. - Only one song has less than 30 points. - The bottom three songs have 40 points or less. - With newpoweR's list, again, no new songs enter the top 10, but the #1 has changed again. A song formerly in the bottom 10 on the first ballot update (i.e. when I got Red's rankings) also moves into the top 20. As for bottom 10s, 3 songs enter the bottom 10 for the first time, and 2 songs escape it for the first time. (the other song to leave the bottom 10 was a re-entry out of it)
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