Pulse Rankdown: 2006 Year End Active Rock Chart (WINNER)

[Blurry]

Damn. I wish this won out of what's left. Outstanding song and would have been a shoo-in for my Top 3.

[Red]

Pretty predictable top three, all things considered...but will it start predictable at #3? This was a top ten contender from the word go. In fact, it was in the top three for all but three rankings. It spent more time at #3 than it did at #2, but only just.

Only two bottom half rankings will be seen here, but they're pretty low ones for this late in the rankdown. All but six of the rankings are top 20 rankings, and eleven rankings are top ten rankings. At least one poster will get a taste of perfection, but will someone get a taste of a #1 ranking and come up just two spots short?

[Az Paynter]

Prediction/desire:

3. Stone Sour - Through Glass
2. 10 Years - Wasteland
1. Tool - Vicarious

I'll take Stone Sour/10 Years flipping but Tool FTW.

[Red]

Their best performance yet...and it will probably remain that way, unless a minor miracle happens in the 2005 rankdown.

3

Wasteland
10 Years

Year-End Placing: #5
Chart Peak: #2
Chart Weeks: 52

1529 Points

Standard Deviation: 24.084

rowellfarm490: 3
@jamesflame: 3
@humanshazam: 4
peacebone: 4
janinho: 5
Green Baron: 7
Beno: 8
Lordef†ones: 9
Daryl the Beryl: 9
wheatsquares33: 10
Az Paynter: 10
Red: 11
American Idiot: 14
rgreen0625: 27
craziaskowboi: 30
rockmandattebayo: 31
dm2081: 43
Doc Indie Party Rock: 78
Sambalada: 84


TAGS
Blurry
Pale Shelter

MOVEMENTS
11-6-6-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3

Previous Rock Chart Performance
#6 Active 2011 (Fix Me) | #10 Alt 2006 (Wasteland) | #18 Active 2013 (Dancing with the Dead) | #19 Active 2009 (So Long, Good-bye) | #20 Active 2006 (Through the Iris) | #24 Active 2008 (Beautiful) | #25 Active 2006 (Waking Up) | #31 Active 2012 (Backlash) | #36 Active 2015 (Miscellanea) | #62 Alt 2008 (Beautiful) | #62 Active 2010 (Shoot It Out) | #90 Alt 2011 (Shoot It Out)

SPOILER: Click to show

{Still Alive}8. Through Glass
12. Vicarious

[Red]

So, it's Through Glass vs. Vicarious. Stone Sour vs. Tool: Round two. Who won? I won't give you much, but I will say this: The winner won by a lot.

[Blurry]

Ugh is "Through Glass" repeating?

[Lordef†ones]

VIIIIIIIIICARIOOOOOOOOUSLY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

LIVE WHILE THE WHOLE WORLD DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES

Oh who am I kidding, Drindie tanked it enough to keep it from the top. Good job, Stone Sour. You blocked Tool twice.

[Az Paynter]

Mar 17, 2018 21:44:46 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Prediction/desire:

3. Stone Sour - Through Glass
2. 10 Years - Wasteland
1. Tool - Vicarious

I'll take Stone Sour/10 Years flipping but Tool FTW.

[Red]

I'll be damned.

2

Through Glass
Stone Sour

Year-End Placing: #8
Chart Peak: #1
Chart Weeks: 40

1541 Points

Standard Deviation: 14.019 (second-lowest)

rockmandattebayo : 4
wheatsquares33 : 6
rgreen0625 : 6
Beno : 7
craziaskowboi : 7
dm2081 : 8
Doc Indie Party Rock : 12
American Idiot : 16
Lordef†ones : 17
peacebone : 18
@humanshazam : 20
rowellfarm490 : 21
janinho : 24
Red : 26
Sambalada : 26
Green Baron : 28
Az Paynter : 35
Daryl the Beryl : 36
@jamesflame : 61


TAGS
Blurry
Pale Shelter

MOVEMENTS
26-14-9-10-9-5-7-10-7-6-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2

Previous Rock Chart Performance
#1 Active 2007 (Through Glass) | #2 Active 2008 (Zzyzx Rd.) | #5 Active 2010 (Say You'll Haunt Me) | #7 Active 2017 (Song #3) | #7 Active 2011 (Say You'll Haunt Me) | #11 Active 2013 (Tired) | #13 Alt 2006 (Through Glass) | #13 Active 2013 (Absolute Zero) | #14 Active 2012 (Absolute Zero) | #15 Active 2014 (Tired) | #19 Alt 2007 (Through Glass) | #20 Active 2011 (Hesitate) | #27 Active 2007 (Made of Scars) | #31 Active 2011 (Digital (Did You Tell)) | #38 Active 2007 (Sillyworld) | #42 Alt 2010 (Say You'll Haunt Me) | #45 Alt 2011 (Hesitate) | #56 Active 2013 (Do Me a Favor) | #80 Alt 2007 (Sillyworld) | #80 Alt 2012 (Absolute Zero)

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{Still Alive}12. Vicarious

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And that means...poor Doc Indie Party Rock , but hooray for just about all of us! And congrats on your #1 P-P-P-P-PERFECT RANKING, Daryl the Beryl and Az Paynter !

1

Vicarious
Tool

Year-End Placing: #12
Chart Peak: #2
Chart Weeks: 21

1680 Points

Standard Deviation: 21.399

Daryl the Beryl : 1
Az Paynter : 1
Lordef†ones : 2
rgreen0625 : 2
rowellfarm490 : 2
Red : 3
@humanshazam : 3
Green Baron : 3
dm2081 : 3
wheatsquares33 : 5
peacebone : 8
American Idiot : 10
@jamesflame : 10
rockmandattebayo : 12
Sambalada : 12
janinho : 16
craziaskowboi : 21
Beno : 30

...

Doc Indie Party Rock : 95


TAGS
Blurry
Pale Shelter

MOVEMENTS
3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1

Previous Rock Chart Performance
#2 Active 2007 (The Pot) | #5 Alt 2007 (Vicarious) | #6 Active 2007 (The Pot) | #8 Active 2007 (Jambi) | #9 Alt 2007 (The Pot) | #30 Alt 2007 (Jambi)

[Blurry]

I think Doc puts Tool bottom 10 just to be a troll now.

[peacebone]

Mar 17, 2018 21:59:05 GMT -5 Red said:

1

Vicarious
Tool

Year-End Placing: #12
Chart Peak: #2
Chart Weeks: 21

1680 Points

Standard Deviation: 21.399

Doc Indie Party Rock : 95

There has never been a more appropriate time to use this gif:

[Daryl the Beryl]

Okay, NOW is a good time to repost this meme.

Mar 17, 2018 21:59:05 GMT -5 Red said:

1

Vicarious
Tool

Year-End Placing: #12
Chart Peak: #2
Chart Weeks: 21

1680 Points

Standard Deviation: 21.399

Doc Indie Party Rock : 95

EDIT: Damn someone beat me to it

[lyhom]

"Doc Indie Party Rock : 95"

[Lordef†ones]

Mar 17, 2018 22:03:42 GMT -5 Blurry said:

I think Doc puts Tool bottom 10 just to be a troll now.

Troll be damned, Tool did him dirty. Contrary to Drindie, THIS is my definition of fierce guitar rock.

I can't imagine Red's excitement sitting on the rankdown that Tool won this whole time.

[Red]

TOP TWENTY HIGHEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS

1) Rapture (34.326)
2) Lips of an Angel (33.953)
3) Animals (33.623)
4) On an Island (33.576)
5) Crazy Bitch (33.234)
6) The Suffering (32.575)
7) Rockstar (32.535)
8) Savin' Me (32.420)
9) Bullet with a Name (32.137)
10) Over (29.836)
11) Welcome Home (29.731)
12) Waking Up (29.609)
13) Hypnotize (29.513)
14) The Pot (29.173)
15) The Diary of Jane (28.403)
16) ...To Be Loved (28.318)
17) Image of the Invisible (28.217)
18) Remedy (27.913)
19) Lonely Day (27.910)
20) Move (27.720)

TOP TWENTY LOWEST STANDARD DEVIATIONS
1) Take It All Away (12.561)
2) Through Glass (14.019)
3) King of All Excuses (15.003)
4) Miss Murder (16.405)
5) No Way Back (16.873)
6) Slowburn (17.173)
7) Land of Confusion (17.344)
8) Falling (17.661)
9) Original Fire (17.668)
10) Just Stop (17.784)
11) Everything Changes (17.805)
12) Dani California (18.120)
13) Tell Me Baby (18.176)
14) Shine Down (18.336)
15) Life Wasted (18.353)
16) DOA (18.358)
17) Pieces (18.553)
18) Out of Exile (18.560)
19) Heroes (18.635)
20) Truth (18.787)

TOP TWENTY BIGGEST DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RANKDOWN AND YEAR-END CHART
1) Crazy Bitch (-89)
2) Joker and the Thief (87)
3) Lips of an Angel (-82)
4) Animals (-79)
5) Get Stoned (-78)
6) When You Were Young (77)
7) Waking Up (73)
8) Rockstar (-70)
9) Image of the Invisible (69)
10) The Suffering (68)
11) Welcome Home (65)
12) Speak (-62)
13) Hole in the Earth (61)
14) Coming Undone (-60)
15) Twisted Transistor (-60)
16) Shine Down (-59)
17) Steady, As She Goes (56)
18) On an Island (53)
19) Wings of a Butterfly (52)
20) Fall Into Sleep (-47)

[Red]

And that is that! A pretty successful rankdown, with hindsight being 20/20 and all. I was so surprised that "Vicarious" won in the fashion that it did. I thought that it might have a chance to win, but to blow past the rest of the competition, even the defending champion in "Through Glass"...that was crazy to watch as it happened. Personally, I made a few mistakes early, but beyond that, this went about as smoothly as any rock chart rankdown ever has for me. As always, I'd like to thank everyone who submitted and/or followed along as we went on this crazy ride, and I'd especially like to thank @humanshazam, who would sometimes nearly single-handedly keep this thread moving with posts along my own posts until his unfortunate injury. Again, get better soon!

Now, all of that having been said, 2005 Active is next. rowellfarm490, welcome back to the fold (or, at least, I thought you were hosting next. My apologies if I'm wrong). Batter up!

[rowellfarm490]

Great to see Tool get a well deserved victory!

Closeness to Pulse Rankdown:

LR	Rk	Poster	CR	PR
1.	1.	Daryl the Beryl	11.86	4
2.	2.	Red	13.26	4
3.	3.	Green Baron	13.7	2
4.	4.	Beno	15.12	3
5.	5.	@humanshazam	15.3	1
6.	6.	Lordef†ones	16.56	4
7.	7.	wheatsquares33	16.6	1
8.	8.	rowellfarm490	17.26	4
9.	9.	American Idiot	18.68	3
10.	10.	peacebone	18.94	3
13.	11.	janinho	19.38	1
11.	12.	rockmandattebayo	19.4	3
11.	13.	@jamesflame	19.48	2
15.	14.	Az Paynter	22.86	2
14.	15.	rgreen0625	22.92	0
16.	16.	dm2081	24.42	3
19.	17.	craziaskowboi	27.7	1
18.	18.	Year-End List	27.72	0
17.	19.	Doc Indie Party Rock	28.14	1
20.	20.	Sambalada	31.96	1

Legend:
LR = Previous rank, Rk = Final rank, CR = Closeness to Pulse Rankdown, PR = Number of P-P-Perfect Rankings


Closeness to Year-End List:

LR	Rk	Poster	CY
1.	1.	rgreen0625	16.98
2.	2.	janinho	23.88
3.	3.	rockmandattebayo	24.6
4.	4.	dm2081	26
7.	5.	craziaskowboi	26.82
6.	6.	rowellfarm490	26.86
8.	7.	Pulse Rankdown	27.72
5.	8.	Doc Indie Party Rock	28.3
9.	9.	American Idiot	30.22
11.	10.	Lordef†ones	30.92
10.	11.	Daryl the Beryl	31.32
13.	12.	wheatsquares33	31.42
12.	13.	Red	31.48
15.	14.	Beno	32.08
14.	15.	Az Paynter	32.5
18.	16.	peacebone	33.1
17.	17.	@jamesflame	33.42
16.	18.	Sambalada	34.08
19.	19.	Green Baron	34.28
20.	20.	@humanshazam	35.58

Legend:
LR = Previous rank, Rk = Final rank, CY = Closeness to Year-End List

[Az Paynter]

This makes the second time my #1 has won an Active Rock rankdown #KillingIt

[dm2081]

Okay I can definitely live with "Vicarious" at #1. This was the song that got me into Tool actually. The drums are so kickass on this. Also, a perfect workout song too!

Also, thanks to Red for hosting this. Wish people would comment more but I understand that it can be hard to keep up on here.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

10. Dani California - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Great song. falls short on the "fierce" value for me tho.

9. Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold
The scream, the last note and everything inbetween. This song is f**king great. never a dull at the gym, when this one comes around.

8. Woman - Wolfmother
f**k yeah, This is some fierce Heavy Metal. Sings about my favorite past time too.

7. Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria
I didn't like this half as mush as that other melodic wonder of their's

6. The Pot - Tool
good. now to get that other one out. for a perfect payback for "Lips Of An Angel" and "Animals" 

5. Wings of a Butterfly - HIM
Great showing for such a deserving song. You guys even did better than me. Not complaining tho.

4. Joker and the Thief - Wolfmother
Awesome! I'm really glad a lot of you put both this band's songs in the top 10. I can almost forgive you for Hinder and Nickelback's harsh treatment, but not quite. 

3. Wasteland - 10 Years
I should have out this lower, but it isn't that terrible.

2. Through Glass - Stone Sour
Great song, but it's time to retire it.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Mar 17, 2018 22:07:32 GMT -5 Lordef†ones said:

Mar 17, 2018 22:03:42 GMT -5 Blurry said:

I think Doc puts Tool bottom 10 just to be a troll now.

Troll be damned, Tool did him dirty. Contrary to Drindie, THIS is my definition of fierce guitar rock.

I can't imagine Red's excitement sitting on the rankdown that Tool won this whole time.

Now that I think about it, I over ranked it? 

Actually it's better than "The Pot", so I put it higher, but It still does absolutely nothing for me. It's about as fierce as a kitten and it doesn't inspire me to do much but wait for it to end, but at least you guys are happy with your #1 song. 


I'm probably more happy to see 2 Wolfmother songs, and "Bat Country" make the top 10. That's enough for me.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Mar 17, 2018 22:03:42 GMT -5 Blurry said:

I think Doc puts Tool bottom 10 just to be a troll now.

LOL! if that were true those two songs would be #100 and #99 respectively.

Anyway, it be interesting to know how some of you compile your lists.


For me; It's all about the process of elimination of what I like and don't like in music. and I work from the bottom -up. never form the top- down.

[craziaskowboi]

Tool is hit-or-miss with me. "The Pot" was OK, but I like "Vicarious" more. My favorite part of Vicarious was the odd 5/4 time in the middle of the song. It makes bobbing your head from left to right a bit more awkward.

"Wings Of A Butterfly" is f**king epic.

[Lordef†ones]

Vicarious is just an incredible musical composition. I honestly should have put it at #1, I do like it better than 'Hole in the Earth' but just put that at #1 because it's Deftones.

I remember when the song first came out and I thought the radio said it was Fuel so I was astonished at the musical direction Fuel went in. Haha they played the song every hour on the hour and I eventually figured out the difference, but great introduction to an amazing band

[Lordef†ones]

But Drindie calling Tool 'fierce as a kitten' made me laugh. We need to put his ears in a museum, study how and why he hears completely different things

[Deleted]

Apologies on missing out on the last two nights of reveals. My stupid self got injured. Anyways, here's my thoughts on the last 25!

25. Waking Up (#18) - Glad this did as well as it did. Loved every single from 10 Years on this rankdown.
24. Rapture (#6) - Hurt was just been consistently great. Not my absolute favorite from them, but this was still awesome.
23. Every Day is Exactly the Same (#14) - Love the piano on this one. Great song from NIN.
22. I Dare You (#60) - The weakest song from them on this rankdown. How it got so far is beyond me.
21. Tears Don't Fall (#43) - One of the best I've heard from BFMV. Great song.
20. Through the Iris (#9) - Incredible vocals. Another great one from 10 Years.
19. Beast and the Harlot (#45) - One of the better ones I've heard from A7X.
18. No Way Back (#32) - Kinda meh for the Foo's, but not bad.
17. DOA (#37) - See #18, but not quite as good.
16. When You Were Young (#19) - Awesome song, but not active in the slightest.
15. Miss Murder (#44) - I'm just kinda tired of this one. Good song, but not AFI's best.
14. The Diary of Jane (#62) - One I'm sick to death of. Overplay killed this one for me.
13. Hole in the Earth (#5) - I'm baffled this didn't make top 10. That riff is killer.
12. Image of the Invisible (#2) - Ouch. So close to the top 10. Incredible song, such driving instrumentation. Such an energetic anthem.
11. Hypnotize (#23) - Never been one of my favorites from SOAD, but still great. I thought this would make top 10. Here's to 2005, I guess.
10. Dani California (#49) - Always enjoyed this, but Wet Sand should've been the lead single this was.
9. Bat Country (#39) - Probably one of my favorite 2 songs from A7X. That opening scream, and that chorus is too damn catchy.
8. Woman (#13) - Killer song. Channels their inner Led Zeppelin. Glad to see it made top 10.
7. Welcome Home (#1) - Sigh. Such an incredible, incredible song. Extremely epic, feels like I'm going into war. You just can't beat that guitar. Glad it at least made top 10, which is farther than I expected.
6. The Pot (#11) - Knocked this one down a bit from 2007. Still awesome, but the other Tool song here is far superior.
5. Wings of a Butterfly (#15) - Very surprised this made top 5, but not complaining. Epic gothic rock song.
4. Joker and the Thief (#8) - VERY glad this made top 5. Such an epic song. The riffs here are just fantastic.
3. Wasteland (#4) - WOW. I'm so glad this made top 3, higher than I could ever hope for. The vocals on here are just out of this world. Great job, guys.
2. Through Glass (#20) - Incredibly emotional song, but I'm a tad tired of it.
1. Vicarious (#3) - YES! Such an awesome winner. The song that got me into Tool, it builds in such a perfect way. That climax is simply epic. Well deserved winner.

Well Red, sorry I couldn't be here for the end, but it was a lot of fun guessing the first 75! Amazing rankdown, glad you got to host it. Very well done. Looking forward to Active 2005!