Pulse Rankdown - Taylor Swift

[chicken077]

#35: Taylor Swift - Crazier
148 Points





#13: chicken077
#13: Mark G.
#21: Narwhals
#23: Raccoon
#29: Zedd
#29: Born in '89
#31: indulge
#31: gravey
#32: bigfan
#34: jtd
#35: ry4n
#36: Sam
#36: Leo
#36: JT
#38: Kanenrake
Average Rank: 29.1333
Standard Deviation: 8.0964

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Change"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Eyes Open"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Ronan"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Should've Said No"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"State Of Grace"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[chicken077]

Mark and I lose our #13s, while Kanenrake loses his #38. This means almost half of everybody has lost their #38 (7/15 players)!

Next up: nobody loses anything big, and one additional player loses their #38. A relatively low standard deviation song.

[Sambalada]

Yay my whole bottom three is eliminated!

[chicken077]

#34. Taylor Swift - State Of Grace
157 Points





#15: ry4n
#23: Narwhals
#23: jtd
#26: Kanenrake
#26: Sam
#26: Mark G.
#26: bigfan
#28: Raccoon
#31: Leo
#32: indulge
#32: Born in '89
#33: gravey
#33: JT
#36: Zedd
#38: chicken077
Average Rank: 28.5333
Standard Deviation: 5.8903

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Change"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Eyes Open"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Ronan"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Should've Said No"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

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[chicken077]

Next up: beating State of Grace by a mere 2 points is a song that nobody ranked at #38, and is the first song since Sweeter Than Fiction (first song out) where nobody ranked at last place AND nobody ranked in the top 15.

[chicken077]

#33. Taylor Swift - Ronan
159 Points





#16: Zedd
#19: Mark G.
#21: Leo
#23: gravey
#26: jtd
#27: JT
#30: Raccoon
#31: chicken077
#31: Born in '89
#31: bigfan
#33: Kanenrake
#33: Sam
#33: Narwhals
#36: indulge
#36: ry4n
Average Rank: 28.4
Standard Deviation: 6.1852

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Change"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Eyes Open"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Should've Said No"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[Leo ✔]

Nothing that I'll miss

[chicken077]

I have to go for now, but I should be back later in 30 mins-1 hour

Also, for some reason when I calculated points Ronan beat out State Of Grace by 2 points, but when I calculated average rank, the two have the same average rank. I may have made a mistake in calculating the points or entering in the ranks, so I'll look into that when I come back.

[chicken077]

I found my mistake for Ronan. ry4n ranked Ronan at #36, not #38, so I miscalculated the average rank. Changed it now :)

I have to leave in like 10 minutes, so no time to post the next song. But just to give some spoilers, next up is a song with a relatively larger point gap with Ronan, but similarly to Ronan, nobody ranked it last or in the top 15 (purely looking at highest/lowest stats as well as standard deviation, it's very similar to Ronan!)

[chicken077]

#32. Taylor Swift - Change
180 Points





#17: Leo
#19: Born in '89
#20: chicken077
#23: ry4n
#23: Mark G.
#24: bigfan
#25: jtd
#26: indulge
#29: gravey
#30: Zedd
#32: Sam
#32: Narwhals
#32: JT
#36: Raccoon
#37: Kanenrake
Average Rank: 27
Standard Deviation: 6.1512

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Eyes Open"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Should've Said No"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[chicken077]

Next up: another relatively larger point gap from Change. 3 players lose a top 15!

[Deleted]

I'm not doing so well this time around haha oh well

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

Based on these eliminations so far it looks like Sambalada and I have similar taste in Taylor Swift songs, lol.

[born]

Poor "Change" :(

Actually I feel sad about every song (other than PTB) being "eliminated" here, the struggle of being a stan

[born]

Tbh, I kinda regret putting a certain song in my top 15 because even though it's a great song, I don't like it that much right now, so I don't care if that's the Top 15 song I lose

[chicken077]

#31. Taylor Swift - Should've Said No
209 Points





#12: Raccoon
#13: Born in '89
#13: bigfan
#16: indulge
#19: Narwhals
#22: Mark G.
#23: Kanenrake
#27: ry4n
#27: jtd
#30: JT
#34: chicken077
#34: Sam
#34: Leo
#35: gravey
#37: Zedd
Average Rank: 25.0667
Standard Deviation: 8.8919

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Eyes Open"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[born]

Aww :( Hopefully I won't lose any Top 15s before my 31-38 songs

[chicken077]

Dec 28, 2016 2:35:22 GMT -5 born said:

Poor "Change" :(

Actually I feel sad about every song (other than PTB) being "eliminated" here, the struggle of being a stan

yeah haha, there's only I believe 4 songs in this rankdown I dislike... especially "Crazier" and "Change" (seems like Mark and I and maybe Narwhals/Raccoon depending are pretty much the only ppl that kinda like Crazier haha, never knew it was so disliked)

[chicken077]

Next up: one of the larger standard deviation songs! We have two top 10 loses next round (our second and third top 10 loses in the entire game) and another player loses a top 15! On the other end of the spectrum, one player loses their #38 and another loses their #37.

This is probably the last song I'm posting tonight because my parents are yelling at me to go to bed again haha - they don't like me staying up too late

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

I'm thinking this could be my #38 here.

[chicken077]

#30. Taylor Swift - Eyes Open
213 Points





#6: Leo
#7: Kanenrake
#12: Mark G.
#18: ry4n
#20: gravey
#25: Zedd
#26: Narwhals
#26: JT
#27: Born in '89
#30: chicken077
#30: indulge
#35: Sam
#35: bigfan
#37: jtd
#38: Raccoon
Average Rank: 24.8
Standard Deviation: 10.3386

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Sparks Fly"
"Speak Now"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

I guess not lol. My #38 is a song by her that seems to be well received, but obviously I don't agree with the praise.

[chicken077]

...and that's all for today! I wanted to make a spreadsheet of who's left with what, but my parents are yelling at me too much so I gotta go to sleep like RIGHT NOW Depending on how much studying I'm gonna have to do tomorrow as well as how much I'm gonna work on my 2016 YE personal chart video, I may or may not post the spreadsheet. But remember to tune in tomorrow night for more results! So far:

Position - Song Name - Points

30 "Eyes Open" 213

31 "Should've Said No" 209
32 "Change" 180
33 "Ronan" 159
34 "State Of Grace" 157
35 "Crazier" 148

36 "Picture To Burn" 147
37 "Today Was A Fairytale" 141
38 "Sweeter Than Fiction" 109

Just a teaser for tomorrow: next up: The song with just under half the amount of points as #1! Although nobody loses a top 10, three people lose a top 15! This is also the first elimination where nobody loses a bottom 3!

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

Shameless plug but while you wait for chicken to come back to post the next song, come participate in this thread I made yay: pulsemusic.proboards.com/thread/163910/rank-2016s-chr-1-hits

[bboat11]

"Crazier" - This might be the best song we have had on the countdown thus far! I am not sure if I had heard it before or not, but it is very good. I am shocked to see how many people dislike it! This is a perfect song for Taylor's voice. As with all of these songs it would be much better with a more mature-sounding vocalist, but I literally have no complaints about this song as a song.

"State Of Grace" - Probably my least favorite song on the countdown so far. The melody is boring! The beat leads you to think that the whole song is supposed to be uptempo and catchy, so when the chorus is just a couple lines drawn out with all kinds of unnecessary melisma, it just completely goes against the feel of the rest of the song. Of course, that would have been salvageable, if the song's production rolled with it. Carrie Underwood's "Something In The Water" would be a perfect example. In that song the verses are all uptempo and driven, but all of a sudden when the sustained notes in the chorus hit, the instruments back off and almost disappear before building back up again at the end of the chorus in tandem with Carrie's voice. But of course, that is something that this song just does not pull off. It is nothing short of lazy songwriting. "I have all these beats to fill, but don't know what to say. I guess I'll just sustain notes with a bunch of different pitches!" The one thing I will give credit for is the strong C#5 that Taylor hits near the end. Very impressive note for her!

"Ronan" - In doing a little research on this song, I absolutely love what Taylor did with it. The backstory is amazing. We really need more celebrities that do things like this. That being said, the live performance of this song was just not impressive. The abundance of low notes is atypical for a tear-jerker ballad, which is very cool! The only problem is that it makes it painfully obvious just how limited Taylor's range is. Her voice was practically a whisper struggling to project F3s. Which I realize is difficult for many women in the real world. BUT, in the world of professional vocalists, an F3 is small potatoes. I can think of numerous women with similar voice types who consistently go much lower than that. This song needs a vocalist who can not only hit all the notes, but milk them for every ounce of emotional value that they have in their souls. I think Reba McEntire would be a perfect vocalist for this song. Sara Evans would be excellent too! Unfortunately, this is yet another song that Taylor holds back.

"Change" - Where do I start with this song? How about with that fiddle player who is prominently rocking out as hard as she can throughout a song that very obviously has no fiddle on it? But about the song itself, this may be one of the very worst vocal performances I have ever heard. And it is a STUDIO RECORDING!!!! Taylor's pitch bounces all over the place in this song. Like, just listen to 1:40-1:55... How does that even happen when you are in a studio for days on end recording every little thing until it is perfect??? Vocal imperfections aside, this song is actually very catchy :) The "We'll sing hallelujah" part is very solid. I would probably love this song if it were sang by almost anyone else... Even modern Taylor could probably do this song much better now than she did originally.

"Should've Said No" - I have always liked this song. Taylor's vocal once again sounds super weak, but the song is still pretty good in spite of that. It also sounds every bit as dated as "Picture To Burn" did. I cannot believe how poorly her debut album has held up! But overall despite this song's shortcomings I can't help but enjoy it. Maybe it's because it has nostalgia on its side.

"Eyes Open" - By far the best production of any songs we have heard on the countdown thus far. Taylor's vocal is also much stronger than it was in any of the above songs! Maybe it is because she was transitioning towards pop which sounds more natural for her. That being said, this song is just kinda boring. Despite the stronger production, there is nothing about the melody to keep me interested. I like it, but I know that much stronger songs lie ahead!

[Leo ✔]

I really like Eyes Open :'(

[chicken077]

Welcome back! With the 2014 Rankdown results being revealed at the same time, I'm pretty sure this will go unwatched until like tomorrow morning, but oh well... I'll try to plan my time over the next few days so my result reveal for this will not be at the same time as 2014 Rankdown. So here we go!

(recap from yesterday) next up: The song with just under half the amount of points as #1! Although nobody loses a top 10, three people lose a top 15! This is also the first elimination where nobody loses a bottom 3!

[chicken077]

#29. Taylor Swift - Speak Now
230 Points





#11: jtd
#13: ry4n
#14: Kanenrake
#17: Sam
#20: Born in '89
#21: Raccoon
#22: Narwhals
#27: chicken077
#27: Zedd
#29: Leo
#29: JT
#30: gravey
#30: Mark G.
#30: bigfan
#35: indulge
Average Rank: 23.6667
Standard Deviation: 7.3840

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still On The Running}"22"
"Back To December"
"Bad Blood"
"Begin Again"
"Blank Space"
"Everything Has Changed"
"Fearless"
"Fifteen"
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
"Love Story"
"Mean"
"Mine"
"New Romantics"
"Our Song"
"Ours"
"Out Of The Woods"
"Red"
"Safe & Sound"
"Shake It Off"
"Sparks Fly"
"Style"
"Teardrops On My Guitar"
"The Story Of Us"
"Tim McGraw"
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"
"White Horse"
"Wildest Dreams"
"You Belong With Me"

chicken077 matteeeb Kanenrá:ke .indulgecountry ry4n born Raccoon Sambalada awesomecharts Leo ✔ @walker9 @markg94 jtd Thee Stallion bigfan101 Mr. Thonk Eyes bboat11
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[chicken077]

Up next: the song with the largest standard deviation in the whole game! 2 players lose a #38 and 2 others lose a #37! On the other end of the spectrum, 3 players lose a top 10, two of which losing a top 5 (our first two players to lose a top 5 in this rankdown)

[.indulgecountry]

I guess I drug that one down. I've never cared for it. Least favorite track on that album along w/ "Never Grow Up."