The Duality Of: "I guess guessing is lame."

[thedualityofman]

Since I'm bored, I'll do mine. This should be fairly simplistic in a way cause I sort of killed my original personal chart for the time being which I will start a new at the beginning of the year. All the songs should be somewhat easy to guess as I'll make that clear at the end of this.

Clues 100 - 91:

#100: "You're dreams of acting on screen. What do they mean?" The Stills - Still In Love Song

#99: "You know I hate light. To me it looks so pretty burning" The Used - Take It Away

#98: "False election's got me losing my patience." Beastie Boys - Right Right Now Now

#97: "Hold my breath 'til you rupture." Chevelle - Closure

#96: "I don't think you're worth a second glance." Dashboard Confessional - Rapid Hope Loss

#95: "When I sleep, I dream and it gets me by." Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue

#94: "I was lost in the cities. Alone in the hills." Audioslave - I Am the Highway

#93: "She took me to her castle and I just couldn't believe my eyes." Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki

#92: "The medicated state of mind you'll find is overrated." Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune Faded

#91: "We'll wish this never ends." Blink 182 - I Miss You

[halo19]

I think I technically would know half of these, except that my mind is currently blank.

[friday]

94) Audioslave - I Am The Highway

[BlahBlahBlah]

95. "Ocean Avenue," Yellowcard
91. "I Miss You," Blink-182

[thedualityofman]

#91, #94 and #95 are all correct.

[friday]

99) The Used - Take It Away

[thedualityofman]

friday said:

99) The Used - Take It Away

#99 is correct.

[SPro]

#92: "The medicated state of mind you'll find is overrated."

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune Faded

[thedualityofman]

#92 is correct.

[Mega248]

100. Stills- "Still In Love"
96. Dashboard Confessional- "Rapid Hope Loss"

[thedualityofman]

Mega248 said:

100. Stills- "Still In Love"
96. Dashboard Confessional- "Rapid Hope Loss"

Both correct.

I was thinking people would have a tough time with Still In Love Song since the lyric is sort of buried in the song.

[crash46]

97 is "Closure" by Chevelle.

[Night Senses]

#98 is Right Right Now Now by the Beastie Boys. Great track.

[thedualityofman]

Chevelle and Beastie Boys are correct.

I feel that its time for some new clues.

But before that, I'm surprised no one got #93.

Here's hint #2 for #93: It's a b-side for a European single.

[crash46]

oh, phhh. 93 was "Darling Nikki" by The Foo Fighters

[thedualityofman]

crash46 said:

oh, phhh. 93 was "Darling Nikki" by The Foo Fighters

That it is.

Next set of clues:

#90: "Eyes, boring a way through me." Franz Ferdinand - This Fire

#89: "Things were good when we were young." Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

#88: "Cause I'm due for a miracle."

#87: "You leave me numb and I'm not sure why."

#86: "Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell." Switchfoot - Dare You To Move

#85: "Just the other day, making love in stardust."

#84: "Pouring my heart onto these rooftops."Story Of the Year - Anthem Of Our Dying Day

#83: "I wanted heaven in an unknown way."

#82: "Don't erase the part of you that's responsible for your will."

#81: "Light, like the flutter of wings." A.F.I. - Silver and Cold

[The Music Man]

86 Switchfoot--Dare You To Move

[Nicholas2.0]

81. AFI "Silver and Cold"

[friday]

89) The Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon

[thedualityofman]

Those are all correct.

[crash46]

84. Story Of The Year - Anthem Of Our Dying Day

The only other one that I think I'd recognize is 90, but not now.

[crash46]

90. "This Fire" - Franz Ferdinand

[thedualityofman]

Correct and correct.

I'm not sure if I'm going to keep doing lyrical clues but when you take a segment of a lyric and put it as its own, its harder to figure out where it comes from in some cases.

#87 should be uber-easy.

Would other kinds of clues be prefered?

[thedualityofman]

I came to the conclusion that guessing games are bollocks, so here's my top 100 of the year.

Position - Artist(s) - Song - Album

100. The Stills - Still In Love Song - Logic Will Break Your Heart
099. The Used - Take It Away - In Love and Death
098. Beastie Boys - Right Right Now Now - To the Five Boroughs
097. Chevelle - Closure - Wonder What's Next
096. Dashboard Confessional - Rapid Hope Loss - A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar
095. Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue - Ocean Avenue
094. Audioslave - I Am the Highway - Audioslave
093. Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki - UK Have It All single/One By One
092. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fortune Faded - Greatest Hits
091. Blink 182 - I Miss You - Blink 182
090. Franz Ferdinand - This Fire - Franz Ferdinand
089. Von Bondies - C'mon C'mon - Pawn Shoppe Heart
088. Thrice - Stare At the Sun - The Artist In the Ambulance
087. Snow Patrol - Spitting Games - Final Straw
086. Switchfoot - Dare You To Move - The Beautiful Letdown
085. The Kicks - Mir - Hello Hong Kong
084. Story Of the Year - Anthem Of Our Dying Day - Page Avenue
083. Burning Brides - Heart Full Of Black - Leave No Ashes
082. Chronic Future - Time and Time Again - Lines In My Face
081. A.F.I. - Silver and Cold - Sing the Sorrow
080. Iggy Pop - Little Know It All - Skull Ring
079. Unwritten Law - Save Me - Here's To the Mourning
078. Rancid - Red Hot Moon - Indestructable
077. Stone Temple Pilots - All In the Suit That You Wear - Thank You
076. Switchfoot - Meant To Live - The Beautiful Letdown
075. Beastie Boys - Ch-Check It Out - To the Five Boroughs
074. The Living End - Who's Gonna Save Us? - Modern ARTillary
073. The Strokes - 12:51 - Room On Fire
072. Audioslave - What You Are - Audioslave
071. The Killers - Somebody Told Me - Hot Fuss
070. Thornley - So Far So Good - Come Again
069. The Offspring - Hit That - Splinter
068. Beastie Boys - Triple Trouble - To the Five Boroughs
067. Midtown - Give It Up - Forget What You Know
066. Blindside - All Of Us - About a Burning Fire
065. Lostprophets - Wake Up (Make a Move) - Start Something
064. Secret Machines - Nowhere Again - Now Here Is Nowhere
063. Lit - Looks Like They Were Right - Lit
062. Dogs Die In Hot Cars - I Love You Cause I Have To - Please Describe Yourself
061. Morrissey - Irish Blood, English Heart - You Are the Quarry
060. Phantom Planet - Big Brat - Phantom Planet
059. Slipknot - Duality - Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)
058. My Chemical Romance - I'm Not Okay (I Promise) - Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge
057. Lostprophets - I Don't Know - Start Something
056. The Killers - Mr. Brightside - Hot Fuss
055. Finger Eleven - Stay In Shadow - Finger Eleven
054. G Love - Astronaut - The Hustle
053. Cake - No Phone - Pressure Chief
052. Jet - Look What You've Done - Get Born
051. Lostprophets - Last Train Home - Start Something
050. A Perfect Circle - Blue - Thirteenth Step
049. The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk - Tyrannosaurus Hives
048. Coheed and Cambria - Blood Red Summer - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3
047. The Music - Breakin' - Welcome To the North
046. Lazy Boy - Underwear Goes Inside the Pants - Lazy Boy T.V.
045. H.I.M. - Join Me In Death - Razorblade Romance
044. Velvet Revolver - Slither - Contraband
043. Ambulance LTD - Primitive (The Way I Treat You) - Ambulance LTD
042. Bad Religion - Los Angeles Is Burning - The Empire Strikes First
041. The Strokes - Reptilia - Room On Fire
040. Switchfoot - This Is Your Life - The Beautiful Letdown
039. Chevelle - Vitamin R (Leading Us Along) - This Type Of Thinking Could Do Us In
038. The Walkmen - The Rat - Bows and Arrows
037. Green Day - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - American Idiot
036. The Cure - The End Of the World - The Cure
035. The Used - All That I've Got - In Love and Death
034. Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades - Deja Entendu
033. Elefant - Misfit - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
032. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Y Control - Fever To Tell
031. Muse - Time Is Running Out - Absolution
030. Lenny Kravitz - Where Are We Running? - Baptism
029. Taking Back Sunday - A Decade Under the Influence - Where You Want To Be
028. A Perfect Circle - Imagine - Emotive
027. Sum 41 - We're All To Blame - Chuck
026. Incubus - Megalomaniac - A Crow Left Of the Murder
025. U2 - Vertigo - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
024. No Doubt - It's My Life - Greatest Hits
023. Snow Patrol - Run - Final Straw
022. Slipknot - Vermillion - Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses)
021. Interpol - Slow Hands - Antics
020. The Donnas - Fall Behind Me - Gold Medal
019. Green Day - American Idiot - American Idiot
018. Jimmy Eat World - Pain - Futures
017. U2 - All Because Of You - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
016. The Music - Freedom Fighters - Welcome To the North
015. Crystal Method - Born Too Slow - Legion Of Boom
014. Modest Mouse - Float On - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
013. Gary Jules w/ Michael Andrews - Mad World - Trading Snakecoil For Wolftickets
012. A Perfect Circle - The Outsider - Thirteenth Step
011. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
010. Coheed and Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic - In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3
009. The Streets - Dry Your Eyes - A Grand Don't Come For Free
008. Kasabian - Club Foot - Kasabian
007. Auf der Maur - Followed the Waves - Auf der Maur
006. Incubus - Talk Shows On Mute - A Crow Left Of the Murder
005. Muse - Hysteria - Absolution
004. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights - Give Up
003. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps - Fever To Tell
002. Modest Mouse - Ocean Breathes Salty - Good News For People Who Love Bad News

And now, my number one song of the year...

The Cure - Alt.End - The Cure

[crash46]

Ah well...I was hoping it wouldn't have come down to this. I think with yours it was a little harder because you didn't have a personal chart every week and for the ones we can't figure out right away, the only way we'd know what they might be is from the comments in the alt forum and what not. I mean, I wouldn't have guessed "Alt.End" as your #1 if I had a 1000 guesses.

The list still owns (or "pwns"...however you wanna spell it), though. Hopefully for 2005 you'll have the time to keep it up for the whole year.

[thedualityofman]

The first week of January, I'm going to start it up again with the hope that I can keep it going.

I was also of the belief that since I started it so late in the year, it wouldn't really be able to represent the whole year and that I might as well start with a fresh chart history and whatnot in a new year.

If I did keep my personal chart the entire year. #1 would have probably been between Metric - Combat Baby and Hope Of the States - Nehemiah. Two awesome songs.

But still, The Cure - Alt.End was in my opinion the best single to be released this year and one of the best songs a band like The Cure have ever written.

By the way, if anyone was wondering, I didn't kill the whole guessing game thingamabobber on the belief that no one was involved. I just killed it cause I didn't think I'd have the patience to keep thinking up clues. Sort of became bored with it.

[Matt4319]

You must have ranked them based on peak favorability, regardless of longevity. Otherwise, I can't see how Kasabian made the top 10 and The Cure are #1.

Lenny Kravitz at #30 is a bit surprising, just judging by the rest of the stuff on there. The only ones I haven't heard are "Astronaut" at #54 and "Mir" at #85.

How did "Nehemiah" and "Combat Baby" miss the top 100 though?

[thedualityofman]

Nehemiah from Hope Of the States was a 4th single from their Lost Riots cd in the UK. Wasn't released here but its too good to deny.

There's no excuse for Combat Baby missing the top 100 though. Unfortunately no one caught on except for KNDD. I expect that this won't be the case as Metric will 1. release Dead Disco as a single soon with a video (the fifth made for a song on their album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?) and 2. Should have new material by the end of 2005 or early 2006.

And yes, my list was compiled by what I like over longevity. A good single is a good single and deserves to do well regardless. Hell, while its definitely too hard to tell, Club Foot could be in my top 5 for the end of the year next year. It probably won't be, but you never know.