1997-2009 Alt/Rock RD #4 - Cult Favorites (complete)

[Red]

I probably should have ranked this lower. I've never been able to listen to this in full after the allegations against Jesse came out. It just makes me uncomfortable.

[Lordef†ones]

Dec 23, 2019 21:47:45 GMT -5 Red said:

Dec 23, 2019 21:42:22 GMT -5 Lordef†ones said:

Paranoid Android is a bad song even by Radiohead standards. Recent rankdown featuring Radiohead songs were not at the bottom of my list, as you should know since No Surprises was in your rankdown.

This may be true, but, as someone who would say that "No Surprises" is one of my 100 favorite songs ever, what makes "Paranoid Android" so much worse in comparison? I think they're both two of the greatest songs ever made, in much different, but equally effective ways.

Paranoid Android is an absolute mess of a song with a rather grating vocal performance from Thom Yorke. Maybe that was the intention of the song to make you really feel like a "paranoid android" but it's a complete blemish on an otherwise solid record that is hard for me to sit through. (The only Radiohead song I would say is worse would be Everything In Its Right Place)

As for Coffee and TV, this song is the musical equivalent of a cup of coffee and I'm astonished it made it this far.

[Troy]

I like C&TV quite a bit (& love the video) so to rank it as low as 24 says great things about most of the songs here

[nickd]

#6 - Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps

Points: 653

Average: 14.61

Standard Deviation: 9.59
US Alternative: #9
Hot 100: #87

Spotify Streams: 77,887,903

Released: February 10, 2004

ranks:

alexcuse: 1
@humanshazam: 3
@trilogy: 3
samo🦕: 4
Lordef†ones: 5
willapted33: 8
nickd: 9
ampitup98: 9
American Idiot: 10
Troy: 12
singingrulebritannia: 12
peacebone: 12
eidde: 12
Leaf: 14
rowellfarm490: 15
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 17
Daryl the Beryl: 22
MoD: 22
Sambalada: 23
Alex1901: 26
Geometrical: 27
Red: 35
@chroniclea: 35

watching

matteeeb maine @io

[Red]

I have gradually, very, very slowly been getting into this song more in the fifteen years since this song first came out. It's actually kind of amazing that I've gotten to the point where I'm ranking this song this high here in a rankdown this stacked.

Maybe in 2024, I'd actually have this song in my top half.

[Lordef†ones]

Jeez.

[Alex1901]

I'm pretty sure my 31 has the highest bet on winning.

[singingrulebritannia]

Aaaaaand that reveal means the entire top 5 is in my top 10!

[Troy]

I think this is SSPUs to lose...might’ve said Radiohead but not if they get a last place rank

[Deleted]

if i ever do another foat rankdown (unlikely), coffee & tv would absolutely be on it

[nickd]

The #5 song is a bit apart from the pack, with a 41 points gap between it and the #4, whereas there's only a 22 point gap between the #4 and #1 song.

[nickd]

#5 - Interpol - Obstacle 1

Points: 660

Average: 14.30

Standard Deviation: 11.55
UK Singles: #41

Spotify Streams: 51,511,859

Released: November 11, 2002

ranks:

MoD: 1
Geometrical: 2
@humanshazam: 2
Alex1901: 2
@trilogy: 4
Daryl the Beryl: 4
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 5
willapted33: 6
Sambalada: 8
rowellfarm490: 8
singingrulebritannia: 10
eidde: 10
peacebone: 11
Red: 11
ampitup98: 18
American Idiot: 20
Troy: 21
samo🦕: 21
Lordef†ones: 30
alexcuse: 31
@chroniclea: 32
Leaf: 33
nickd: 39

watching

matteeeb maine @io

[nickd]

#4 - Deftones - Change (In the House of Flies)

Points: 701

Average: 12.52

Standard Deviation: 10.19
US Alternative: #3
US Mainstream Rock: #9

Spotify Streams: 82,545,798

Released: May 20, 2000

ranks:

singingrulebritannia: 1
Lordef†ones: 1
Alex1901: 1
nickd: 2
peacebone: 3
Red: 3
Geometrical: 5
@humanshazam: 5
rowellfarm490: 5
MoD: 6
Daryl the Beryl: 7
American Idiot: 9
@chroniclea: 12
ampitup98: 14
willapted33: 19
Troy: 20
alexcuse: 20
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 21
Leaf: 21
samo🦕: 22
eidde: 24
@trilogy: 29
Sambalada: 38

watching

matteeeb maine @io

[Red]

Well, looks like it's coming down to QotSA and "Lazy Eye".

I should be happier with the performance of "Change", but...man, it was so much closer to #1 than I would have expected.

[nickd]

#3 - Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Points: 703

Average: 12.43

Standard Deviation: 11.91
UK Singles: #3

Spotify Streams: 85,976,032

Released: May 26, 1997

ranks:

Troy: 1
@trilogy: 1
Daryl the Beryl: 1
willapted33: 1
Sambalada: 2
@chroniclea: 3
eidde: 4
rowellfarm490: 4
alexcuse: 4
Red: 4
Geometrical: 4
singingrulebritannia: 8
Leaf: 10
@humanshazam: 12
peacebone: 16
American Idiot: 17
MoD: 19
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 20
nickd: 22
Alex1901: 24
samo🦕: 29
ampitup98: 38
Lordef†ones: 42

watching

matteeeb maine @io

[singingrulebritannia]

3 v 5

Lost Art already hit its shot so go Lazy Eye

[nickd]

#2 - Queens of the Stone Age - The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret

Points: 717

Average: 11.83

Standard Deviation: 7.12 (lowest)
US Mainstream Rock: #21
US Alternative: #36

Spotify Streams: 21,615,554

Released: August 7, 2000

ranks:

ampitup98: 3
Troy: 3
peacebone: 4
Alex1901: 5
singingrulebritannia: 5
Lordef†ones: 7
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 7
eidde: 8
@trilogy: 9
Leaf: 9
Red: 9
@chroniclea: 11
willapted33: 12
rowellfarm490: 12
Daryl the Beryl: 12
Geometrical: 14
MoD: 14
alexcuse: 15
Sambalada: 18
nickd: 19
@humanshazam: 20
American Idiot: 22
samo🦕: 34

watching

matteeeb maine @io

#1 - Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye

Points: 723

Average: 11.57

Standard Deviation: 9.38
US Alternative: #5

Spotify Streams: 64,422,271

Released: September 16, 2007

ranks:

@humanshazam: 1
eidde: 2
rowellfarm490: 2
peacebone: 2
singingrulebritannia: 3
Troy: 4
alexcuse: 5
nickd: 5
Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 6
Geometrical: 7
MoD: 7
Red: 8
Leaf: 8
Lordef†ones: 10
American Idiot: 14
willapted33: 14
samo🦕: 15
Daryl the Beryl: 19
ampitup98: 20
@trilogy: 25
@chroniclea: 28
Sambalada: 30
Alex1901: 31

watching

matteeeb maine @io

[nickd]

[nickd]

Closeness Ranking

1. rowellfarm490: 7.51
2. singingrulebritannia: 7.63
3. willapted33: 7.68
4. MoD: 7.69
5. Geometrical: 7.72
6. peacebone: 8.29
7. @trilogy: 8.29
8. alexcuse: 8.38
9. eidde: 8.39
10. @humanshazam: 8.41
11. Daryl the Beryl: 8.54
12. Red: 8.55
13. Leaf: 8.72
14. Lordef†ones: 9.05
15. Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast: 9.15
16. American Idiot: 9.47
17. Sambalada: 9.71
18. nickd: 9.80
19. ampitup98: 9.81
20. Alex1901: 9.99
21. Troy: 10.08
22. @chroniclea: 10.74
23. samo🦕: 11.01

[Deleted]

i was the only person to put Lazy Eye at #1...?

[Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast]

This grew on me a LOT after the 2007 RD. Great winner.

[Alex1901]

I did bad in a rankdown for once.

I like Lazy Eye but there were better songs in this RD I would perfer to see win. Great rankdown regardless.

[Lordef†ones]

Well at least paradroid andrew didnt win

[Red]

Sorry about the lack of response to the top two, I must have just forgot to do it. Once "Paranoid Android" went out, I didn't really have a preference for the winner, other than what gates said about "Lazy Eye" not winning a rankdown and deserving to win one. "Lazy Eye" is great. I'm pretty sure I would rank it top five in just about any rankdown it's in. This just happened to be the one rankdown where I couldn't rank it top five.

Great rankdown, nickd, as per usual. Interested to see what the next one holds...will it be the other one you hinted at hosting before going with this RD?

[nickd]

Dec 27, 2019 12:33:50 GMT -5 Red said:

Sorry about the lack of response to the top two, I must have just forgot to do it. Once "Paranoid Android" went out, I didn't really have a preference for the winner, other than what gates said about "Lazy Eye" not winning a rankdown and deserving to win one. "Lazy Eye" is great. I'm pretty sure I would rank it top five in just about any rankdown it's in. This just happened to be the one rankdown where I couldn't rank it top five.

Great rankdown, nickd , as per usual. Interested to see what the next one holds...will it be the other one you hinted at hosting before going with this RD?

Yeah, that'll be the next one. After that I'll probably do some personal favorites from the same time period.