Lordeftones' Starred Rankdown (Revealing)

[maine]

I swear if I lose my #1 after my #30 goes, I'll be pissed, lol.

But I expect my #1 to make it pretty far.

[Lordef†ones]

17.
Swimming In The Moonlight
Bad Suns

148 pts
Avg. Rank: 16
SD: 7.5

maine : #1
Daryl the Beryl : #8
Red : #8
Green Baron : #12
willapted33 : #15
Butterflies & Hurricanes : #18
Web : #22
peacebone : #24
Lordef†ones : #24
aerodynamite : #30

rainie
Leo ✔
YotamTS

Thought this song was a lock for bottom 10 until James rescued it from the scrap heap.

[peacebone]

Shocked at J-Boy being out already...my #1 is still here too, to my surprise

[maine]

you fucking pieces of shit

[Lordef†ones]

For the final reveal before I go to work, we have what I think to be one of the more surprising performances. Was top 5 for the longest time, only appearing outside of the top ten on one ranking....until the final rankings dropped it.

[maine]

Oct 19, 2017 12:34:12 GMT -5 Lordef†ones said:

18.
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Soft Cell

maine : #30

Oct 19, 2017 12:49:03 GMT -5 Lordef†ones said:

17.
Swimming In The Moonlight
Bad Suns

maine : #1

[Lordef†ones]

Also the highest SD so far.

[Lordef†ones]

16.
Rebirth of Slick
Digable Planets

150 pts
Avg. Rank: 15
SD: 9.2

aerodynamite: #3
peacebone: #4
Red: #6
willapted33: #7
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #9
maine: #21
Web: #23
Daryl the Beryl: #23
Green Baron: #26
Lordef†ones: #28

rainie 
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

Half of us put this top ten and the other half put this bottom ten. No in between. I really like this song, it's just a little long and I prefer just about everything else.

[Lordef†ones]

We're at the halfway point! Next set we tackle another three-way tie and see some artists lose their final songs.

Amsterdam
Diving Woman
DNA.
DLZ
ELEMENT.
Feet Don't Fail Me
Helena Beat
Hurricane
It's a Trip! 
Keep On
Noise Pollution
Pools
Shutdown
Take My Head
The Louvre

[Red]

I don't know what I expected from that Bad Suns song and where it was going to end up, but I thought that "Rebirth of Slick" would go top ten, even with some of the top competition.

...people are going to hate me for my ranking of "Pools", aren't they?

[Lordef†ones]

Oct 19, 2017 17:14:16 GMT -5 Red said:

I don't know what I expected from that Bad Suns song and where it was going to end up, but I thought that "Rebirth of Slick" would go top ten, even with some of the top competition.

...people are going to hate me for my ranking of "Pools", aren't they?

>_>

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Noise Pollution by Portugal. The Man ft. Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Zoe Manville

so what part does Mary sing. In the MV ,she does the spoken part. That other chick gets most of the vocal action. At least that's what I saw?

[Daryl the Beryl]

Oct 19, 2017 22:58:45 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Noise Pollution by Portugal. The Man ft. Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Zoe Manville

so what part does Mary sing. In the MV ,she does the spoken part. That other chick gets most of the vocal action. At least that's what I saw?

Yes she sings the bridge on the song

[Lordef†ones]

Oct 19, 2017 22:58:45 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Noise Pollution by Portugal. The Man ft. Mary Elizabeth Winstead & Zoe Manville

so what part does Mary sing. In the MV ,she does the spoken part. That other chick gets most of the vocal action. At least that's what I saw?

The french parts are her. She does backing vocals in the chorus as well.

[Lordef†ones]

Web Butterflies & Hurricanes Red maine Green Baron peacebone Daryl the Beryl Leo ✔ aerodynamite willapted33 rainie

Start things off again with a threeway tie! Highest rankings decided the order with 15 peaking at #8, 14 peaking at #5, and 13 peaking at #2

[Web]

Pools is the best song on ZABA and one of Glass Animals' overall best tracks, so depending on where you ranked it Red yes, there may be some slight judgement there 

[Lordef†ones]

15.
Keep On
Portugal. The Man

151 pts
Avg. Rank: 16
SD: 6.1

Lordef†ones: #8
maine: #8
willapted33: #10
Web: #11
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #12
peacebone: #17
Green Baron: #18
Red: #23
aerodynamite: #25
Daryl the Beryl: #27

rainie 
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

Was hovering near the bottom half for most of the rankdown until inching up at the end. Only one PTM song remains..

[Lordef†ones]

Next up for #14 we have one of the most polarizing songs in the game and one of the highest SDs! I lose a top 5 here and a couple others lose bottom fives.

[Lordef†ones]

14.
Pools
Glass Animals

151 pts
Avg. Rank: 15
SD: 8.2

peacebone: #3
Lordef†ones: #5
Web: #6
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #6
aerodynamite: #11
Green Baron: #14
maine: #26
Red: #27
willapted33: #27
Daryl the Beryl: #29

rainie
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

Guess Glass Animals are just one of those love em or hate em bands. Fun fact about this song, when I saw them live this past weekend the singer completely forgot the lyrics to the first verse. He tried multiple times to get them right but then just skipped to the chorus.

[Lordef†ones]

And for the final song of the threeway tie we lose a top two and a bottom five. 

[Web]

well at least Red has a two poster shield from the wrath of the Top 10 rankers!

[Lordef†ones]

13.
ELEMENT.
Kendrick Lamar

151 pts
Avg. Rank: 16
SD: 7.5

willapted33: #2
aerodynamite: #7
Green Baron: #9
Red: #13
Daryl the Beryl: #16
Web: #19
maine: #19
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #24
peacebone: #25
Lordef†ones: #27


rainie 
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

I'm surprised this didn't go top ten. First of Kendricks songs to fall.

[Lordef†ones]

This next song had two top 3 ranks and no bottom five ranks.

[Lordef†ones]

12.
Take My Head
Turnover

155 pts
Avg. Rank: 13
SD: 6.0

Green Baron: #2
Daryl the Beryl: #3
peacebone: #10
maine: #11
Web: #14
aerodynamite: #14
willapted33: #18
Lordef†ones: #19
Red: #19
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #25

rainie 
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

[Green Baron]

Goddamn you people are ruthless. So close to Top 10 too.

[Lordef†ones]

Now for the biggie. The song that misses the top ten. Someone loses a #1!

[Lordef†ones]

11.
Diving Woman
Japanese Breakfast

162 pts
Avg. Rank: 12
SD: 5.0

peacebone: #1
Green Baron: #8
Web: #9
Butterflies & Hurricanes: #10
maine: #12
aerodynamite: #13
Red: #14
Lordef†ones: #17
Daryl the Beryl: #22
willapted33: #23

rainie 
Leo ✔
YotamTS 

Honestly the most pleasantly surprising performance of the rankdown. Probably the least known song on the list, I hoped I could turn some people on to this incredible artist.

[Lordef†ones]

Here's your top ten!

Amsterdam
DNA.
DLZ
Feet Don't Fail Me
Helena Beat
Hurricane
It's a Trip!
Noise Pollution
Shutdown
The Louvre

Top Ten Songs Remaining

Red: 7 (Top 5 untouched)
maine: 7
Web: 6 (Top 5 untouched)
Green Baron: 6
Lordef†ones: 5
aerodynamite: 5
Daryl the Beryl: 5
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 4
peacebone: 4
willapted33: 3

Surpises? Predictions? Personally I'm surprised Joywave doubled up in the top tem after Rumors fell bottom ten.

[maine]

Surprises? You heathens leaving "Swimming in the Moonlight" out of the Top 10.

I'm not too surprised with Joywave. Both "It's a Trip!" and "Shutdown" are really good, and are much better than "Rumors" (which I do like in its own right).

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

11.
Diving Woman
Japanese Breakfast

This band is really good. I remember them from out last indie tournaments too. I should check out some more of their music.