120 Minutes as a Rankdown: 90s Alternative Rock (complete)

[Pale Shelter]

Apr 19, 2018 0:32:37 GMT -5 craziaskowboi said:

These rankdowns have taught me indirectly that everybody thinks my taste in music sucks.

With Gravey, Juggalo, Normi, & indulge (among others)...i don't think you stand a chance of being voted worst music taste on Pulse

[singingrulebritannia]

Ready or not (but I would prefer you to be ready), here comes #50-41! Well, It's starting within the hour for sure, at least.

What to expect:
- We're crossing out 3 more 60s--leaving only 2.
- The last song to occupy #60 is in here, but so are some songs that hit the top ten!
- Half of us put one of these songs in the top half. Why is it down here? You'll find out.
- 4 more top 10s get knocked out in this set, including the first top 5.
- Some lucky f**ker is already clearing their bottom 10.
- Now getting into the highest standard deviations--7th, 12th, and 13th, to be exact. There is also the 7th lowest.

SPOILER: Click to show

singingrulebritannia @humanshazam @jamesflame aerodynamite Pale Shelter rowellfarm490 Red peacebone craziaskowboi Lordef†ones Doc Indie Party Rock YotamTS American Idiot janinho wheatsquares33

[singingrulebritannia]

So, #50 is indeed the song I mentioned in ballot updates as once having only bottom 25 placements. That was broken up late by a top 15 as well as a top 25. If you were following said ballot updates, you can also piece together that this song was a bottom 10 fixture in the gooey center of submissions. However, despite both a bottom 10 and a 5, this song was just able to keep above the deep water.

[singingrulebritannia]

R.I.P Mark Linkous


I want to be a pig
I want to f**k a car
I want a new face right now and I want it bad
I want a new body that's strong, I'm a butchered cow
50

Pig
Sparklehorse
206 Points
Standard Deviation: 12.87719776
Median Rank: 42.5

craziaskowboi : 14
Lordef†ones : 25
peacebone : 37
@humanshazam : 39
singingrulebritannia : 41
Pale Shelter : 44
@jamesflame : 46
rowellfarm490 : 47
Red : 55
aerodynamite : 56

Movement:

@humanshazam : 47
@jamesflame : 49
aerodynamite : 55
Pale Shelter : 58
rowellfarm490 : 57
Red : 58
peacebone : 56
craziaskowboi : 54
Lordef†ones : 50
Edits: 50



Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33



Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
Sonic Bloom
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Oh Messy Life
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Sideshow by the Seashore
Dramamine
Dress
Livräddaren/Lifesavers
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Snow Drums
Nearly Lost You
Lovenest
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

#49 is the last song to have been our 60. It also has a 60 as well as another bottom 10. Most people, though (to the count of 6), felt like putting this song in the 30s, and one person ranked it top 25. As it kept accumulating average ratings, it overcame the dregs of its start.

[singingrulebritannia]

Well, I had to put something in last place.


I can't help thinking back to, well, the way we were
And then I start feeling guilty lying next to her
49

Lovenest
The Wedding Present
222 Points
Standard Deviation: 10.49656028 (7th lowest)
Median Rank: 36

craziaskowboi : 21
peacebone : 33
Red : 35
aerodynamite : 36
@jamesflame : 36
rowellfarm490 : 36
Lordef†ones : 39
Pale Shelter : 41
@humanshazam : 51
singingrulebritannia : 60

Movement:

@humanshazam : 60
@jamesflame : 59
aerodynamite : 56
Pale Shelter : 57
rowellfarm490 : 52
Red : 51
peacebone : 50
craziaskowboi : 45
Lordef†ones : 49
Edits: 49


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
Sonic Bloom
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Oh Messy Life
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Sideshow by the Seashore
Dramamine
Dress
Livräddaren/Lifesavers
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Snow Drums
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

The top 10 ranker of #48 won't be happy where it ended up. In fact, 3 people in total placed this song in their top half. Half of the panel, though, thought bottom 16 was a more appropriate place for it, and a bottom 5 ranking is whisked away here. Other than early appearances in the bottom 10, the song never really budged from this spot.

[singingrulebritannia]

aerodynamite is the first person to lose multiple top 10s.

And all the comfort in words
Provide no comfort
We can all go mad together
That's what friends are for
48

Sideshow by the Seashore
Luna
228 Points
Standard Deviation: 14.45145129
Median Rank: 44.5

aerodynamite : 10
peacebone : 21
Lordef†ones : 30
Pale Shelter : 33
rowellfarm490 : 44
@humanshazam : 45
craziaskowboi : 46
singingrulebritannia : 46
@jamesflame : 50
Red : 57

Movement:

@humanshazam : 52
@jamesflame : 58
aerodynamite : 48
Pale Shelter : 45
rowellfarm490 : 46
Red : 49
peacebone : 46
craziaskowboi : 48
Lordef†ones : 48
Edits: 48


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
Sonic Bloom
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Oh Messy Life
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
Livräddaren/Lifesavers
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Snow Drums
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

Some of you may be wondering where the song behind #47 is, especially the person who ranked it 60, the 2 other bottom 5s, and the one other bottom 10. I suppose you should ask the 3 people who ranked it top 20, the reason it is the 6th highest SD. This song popped into the top half early, but was mostly either in the 40s or in the high bottom 10.

[singingrulebritannia]

Why do you think I put this forgotten-as-hell thing in here if I didn't have some attachment to it


Love gets inside of you
It makes me invisible
And I will continue to hang on super love, a sonic bloom,
A total emotionless excuse
47

Sonic Bloom
Tripping Daisy
231 Points
Standard Deviation: 19.23798326 (6th highest)
Median Rank: 36.5

singingrulebritannia : 11
Lordef†ones : 14
@jamesflame : 18
peacebone : 32
craziaskowboi : 35
Pale Shelter : 38
rowellfarm490 : 54
Red : 58
@humanshazam : 59
aerodynamite : 60

Movement:

@humanshazam : 39
@jamesflame : 27
aerodynamite : 45
Pale Shelter : 46
rowellfarm490 : 49
Red : 52
peacebone : 51
craziaskowboi : 51
Lordef†ones : 47
Edits: 47


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33



Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Oh Messy Life
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
Livräddaren/Lifesavers
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Snow Drums
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

For the first time, someone loses a top 5 at #46! There's also a top 15, meaning this must have a decently high SD to be here, and it does--the 12th highest. A couple others, namely this song's 60 and bottom 5, will like this reveal (especially since one of them didn't have it so great in the last one). This spent three lists in the top 25, before diving into the 30s, lingering there for a while before tumbling here.

[singingrulebritannia]

The tables turned quickly on both @humanshazam and Lordef†ones here.

And you are colder
Than oldness could ever be
And you are bolder
Than buzzing bugs

46

Oh Messy Life
Cap'n Jazz
233 Points
Standard Deviation: 17.82040029 (12th highest)
Median Rank: 37

@humanshazam : 5
@jamesflame : 13
singingrulebritannia : 34
rowellfarm490 : 34
peacebone : 35
Red : 39
Pale Shelter : 49
craziaskowboi : 50
aerodynamite : 57
Lordef†ones : 60

Movement:

@humanshazam : 17
@jamesflame : 10
aerodynamite : 23
Pale Shelter : 33
rowellfarm490 : 34
Red : 37
peacebone : 36
craziaskowboi : 39
Lordef†ones : 46
Edits: 46


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times

The Wagon

Audiowhore

Never Meant

De-Luxe

Shatter

This Is Hardcore

Catch the Breeze

Theresa's Sound-World

Leave Them All Behind

Fell on Black Days

Carry the Zero

Pack Yr Romantic Mind

Instant Street

Alec Eiffel

Iceblink Luck

Caught by the Fuzz

My Finest Hour

She's a Superstar

Losing a Whole Year

Sugarcube

Would?

Smoke

Just

Novacaine for the Soul

Dramamine

Dress

Livräddaren/Lifesavers

When You Sleep

Tilted

Grounded

Siva

You Are Invited

Over the Electric Grapevine

She Don't Use Jelly

Pillars

Railwayed

Chill Blown

Disassociative

Jeremy Parker

Wish

Snow Drums

Nearly Lost You

Pearl

Drain You

[Red]

I've had a decent start so far, though there's a very good chance now that my bottom two will be my last two bottom tens. I'd be looking forward to that if I didn't want both of them out.

[Deleted]

shit
this was like the perfect mix of that 90s emo sound i love and a frantic nature, can't believe this was my first top 10 loss. i'll definitely have to check out more cap'n jazz

[singingrulebritannia]

The top 10 hits don't stop coming at #45. This song also has two more top 25s, but that wasn't enough to combat a bottom 5 and a bottom 10. Despite a fairly high SD, this song's path wasn't very wild--just two leaps into the 30s surrounded by a steady residence in the 40s.

[singingrulebritannia]

At least Lordef†ones will have to share some of the pain with @humanshazam this time.


Magic Trees share the dashboard with a Playdoh Jesus
Grapelli and Reinhardt lock horns on the radio
I draw a black skull on my jeans, not thinking, through to the skin
45

Snow Drums
Piano Magic
235 Points
Standard Deviation: 16.64164789
Median Rank: 43

@humanshazam : 8
aerodynamite : 15
Lordef†ones : 22
peacebone : 39
rowellfarm490 : 41
craziaskowboi : 45
Red : 47
@jamesflame : 49
Pale Shelter : 53
singingrulebritannia : 56

Movement:

@humanshazam : 31
@jamesflame : 43
aerodynamite : 33
Pale Shelter : 44
rowellfarm490 : 45
Red : 45
peacebone : 45
craziaskowboi : 47
Lordef†ones : 45
Edits: 45


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33



Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
Livräddaren/Lifesavers
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[Deleted]

this is fun

in all seriousness, though, this was the perfect atmospheric song, right up my alley. very hypnotic, almost had a wintery feel to it. never heard of these guys before, but i will DEFINITELY be checking out their stuff

[singingrulebritannia]

A decent amount of you (4 ballots) liked the 20s region for #44. This mostly back-half support helped it out of the bottom 10. However, almost as many people would have rather seen this in the bottom 10 (2) or even bottom 5 (1)

[singingrulebritannia]

My rankdown-tradition non-English track doesn't go as far here as "H-bomb" did in 80s Metal (though that's fine with me)

Ge mig en chans
Att drömma om ibland
Någonstans i nästa liv
44

Livräddaren/Lifesavers
Kent
237 Points
Standard Deviation: 13.66300764
Median Rank: 34.5

Pale Shelter : 21
@jamesflame : 24
Lordef†ones : 24
Red : 28
craziaskowboi : 33
peacebone : 36
rowellfarm490 : 43
singingrulebritannia : 53
@humanshazam : 53
aerodynamite : 58

Movement:

@humanshazam : 58
@jamesflame : 51
aerodynamite : 57
Pale Shelter : 51
rowellfarm490 : 51
Red : 47
peacebone : 48
craziaskowboi : 46
Lordef†ones : 44
Edits: 44


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Audiowhore
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

#43 is that song I mentioned as having a 5:5 ratio of top half to bottom half, and also the 13th highest SD. Three people went so far as to put it in their top 20. In the end, though, the fact that every bottom half rank was a bottom 16, and three of those were bottom 5s, was an effective counterpoint. This song can actually say it was in the top 30 for half the process, and as late as 3 movements from the finish line.

[Red]

About time for shazam.

I wish this didn't go out early, but I expected it to go out even earlier than it did.

[singingrulebritannia]

Running on and on about nothing
Sucking from a pump, but it fails to draw
43

Audiowhore
Archers of Loaf
241 Points
Standard Deviation: 17.79169594 (13th highest)
Median Rank: 36.5

singingrulebritannia : 13
Red : 17
@humanshazam : 19
@jamesflame : 28
peacebone : 28
aerodynamite : 45
Pale Shelter : 48
Lordef†ones : 56
craziaskowboi : 57
rowellfarm490 : 58

Movement:

@humanshazam : 8
@jamesflame : 11
aerodynamite : 22
Pale Shelter : 29
rowellfarm490 : 42
Red : 35
peacebone : 30
craziaskowboi : 37
Lordef†ones : 43
Edits: 43

Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
Caught by the Fuzz
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[Deleted]

this is not getting easier, is it

anyways, loved the noisiness and harshness of this, very rough around the edges

[Red]

Yeah, um, this wasn't the first top 20 I expected to lose...

[singingrulebritannia]

#42 brings the last top 10 loss of the night. This generally showed itself to the panel as a mid-tier offering in terms of this list. There were two harsher rankings--a bottom 5 and a near-bottom 5. The track floated in the 30s and 40s the whole game.

[singingrulebritannia]

Locked in the cell, feeling unwell
I talked to a man, he said, "It's better to tell
Who sold you the blow"
Well, it was no one I know
42

Caught by the Fuzz
Supergrass
242 Points
Standard Deviation: 13.95866915
Median Rank: 37

Pale Shelter : 9
Red : 26
craziaskowboi : 29
@humanshazam : 34
singingrulebritannia : 37
rowellfarm490 : 37
aerodynamite : 41
@jamesflame : 43
Lordef†ones : 55
peacebone : 57

Movement:

@humanshazam : 40
@jamesflame : 44
aerodynamite : 49
Pale Shelter : 37
rowellfarm490 : 37
Red : 33
peacebone : 40
craziaskowboi : 36
Lordef†ones : 42
Edits: 42

Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
Over the Electric Grapevine
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[singingrulebritannia]

As a change of pace, I'll give a little artist hint for #41: it's a milestone placement for them. Though, early on, it looked headed for even better things. A top 15 and two more top half ranks were kind of cancelled out by two bottom 10s, one which is the first bottom 10 clearer.

[aerodynamite]

Oh wow, I thought Supergrass would do a lot better.

[singingrulebritannia]

The milestone is Primus escaping the bottom 5. And who is it clearing their bottom 10? None other than the Voodoo Priest of Closeness himself, rowellfarm490 .


They drove a Datsun, an automatic
The radio blaring static
Made a face into the light
Burst out laughing at the sight
The hysteria ensuing would dominate the night
41

Over the Electric Grapevine
Primus
245 Points
Standard Deviation: 12.509996
Median Rank: 37

@humanshazam : 11
singingrulebritannia : 28
Pale Shelter : 30
@jamesflame : 31
aerodynamite : 33
Red : 41
Lordef†ones : 43
craziaskowboi : 44
rowellfarm490 : 51
peacebone : 53

Movement:

@humanshazam : 13
@jamesflame : 19
aerodynamite : 20
Pale Shelter : 20
rowellfarm490 : 27
Red : 32
peacebone : 38
craziaskowboi : 41
Lordef†ones : 41
Edits: 41


Spectators:
Doc Indie Party Rock
YotamTS
American Idiot
janinho
wheatsquares33


Remaining Songs:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Behind the Scenes of the Sounds & the Times
The Wagon
Never Meant
De-Luxe
Shatter
This Is Hardcore
Catch the Breeze
Theresa's Sound-World
Leave Them All Behind
Fell on Black Days
Carry the Zero
Pack Yr Romantic Mind
Instant Street
Alec Eiffel
Iceblink Luck
My Finest Hour
She's a Superstar
Losing a Whole Year
Sugarcube
Would?
Smoke
Just
Novacaine for the Soul
Dramamine
Dress
When You Sleep
Tilted
Grounded
Siva
You Are Invited
She Don't Use Jelly
Pillars
Railwayed
Chill Blown
Disassociative
Jeremy Parker
Wish
Nearly Lost You
Pearl
Drain You

[Red]

Pleasantly surprised that there are only two bottom tens for this song, and they're both high. One of the better Primus songs I've heard.