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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 13, 2018 15:25:20 GMT -5
Hello world, here's a BALLOT UPDATE I'm writing! Come on and get happy for lyhom, American Idiot, Walking Contradiction, and Cody.
Some stats to consider: - How many points does each song have? Well, we must make mention of the pitiful song that hasn't even breached 50 yet. Everything else is now in the triple-digits. #91 and above have at least 300 points. The threshold for the top half is 600 points. 900 points have graced each of the songs in our top 8, and #1 has hit the big 1-triple-0. - Now there are only two songs which have been in the top 10 since the beginning--#1 and #5 (one song, meanwhile, has stormed all the way from barely top 30 to just inside the top 10). Said #1 has not changed, and its lead over the (new) #2 is 78. Again, #2 isn't in nearly as solid a position, as the space from it to #3 is just 13 points. Then, there's another near-40-point drop-off to #4. #10 and #11 are 16 points apart. - No changes to our ever-present bottom 10 crew of 6, nor to our #100. That down-in-the-dumps song, in fact, is trailing in points by the same number as the integer of the song it's behind, #99. That #99, however, is only 10 points behind #98. - The two current highest standard deviations are songs which shot up in that stat over the course of this update, meaning neither of them were close to this designation beforehand. They are at #69 and #43. The lowest SDs are the same two songs, however. First is still at #100, but second moved up a spot to #3. - Ties are fun again, and I'll tell you why.
Because--slam that siren--one has returned to the top 10! #7 is where that can be found. Another of the ties is pretty fun, too, since it's a 3-way at #19. Other ties are seen, at the moment, for #30, #40, #52, #67, and #84
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 19:41:30 GMT -5
Just sent my list in. This was great as I loved every single song in it.
Also, I am going to do really horrible. My 5, 6, and 7 will be bottom 10 for sure, and my 2 and 8 will be low as well. I don't think my 1 will do well based on the artist's previous alt rankdown performances, but I guess I'll find out soon. I like my 100 but it will go far because of how popular it was. I feel like my 99 will stick around as well. So don't be surprised if I'm last in closeness for the entire thing because I won't either.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 19:57:38 GMT -5
Tag me because I may do this. I feel like Steal My Sunshine's gonna get low ranks because of the guys voice but if you ignore the voice, it's a very decent song.
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Post by ur local neighborhood dbender on Sept 13, 2018 20:21:35 GMT -5
Just sent my list in. This was great as I loved every single song in it. Also, I am going to do really horrible. My 5, 6, and 7 will be bottom 10 for sure, and my 2 and 8 will be low as well. I don't think my 1 will do well based on the artist's previous alt rankdown performances, but I guess I'll find out soon. I like my 100 but it will go far because of how popular it was. I feel like my 99 will stick around as well. So don't be surprised if I'm last in closeness for the entire thing because I won't either. Look....
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 13, 2018 23:58:05 GMT -5
Tag me because I may do this. I feel like Steal My Sunshine's gonna get low ranks because of the guys voice but if you ignore the voice, it's a very decent song. The female backups help this song a lot for me. Were they a husband and wife one hit wonder?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 16, 2018 11:37:22 GMT -5
It's not quite one week from the deadline--more like 8 days. I'm tagging a day early because I have not received a list in 3 days! As well, I'm missing plenty of the regulars who usually would've sent in by now. Hustle up and get those ballots in!
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Post by janinho on Sept 16, 2018 17:02:25 GMT -5
horrible year for covers, otherwise great year Two good , two bad ones. (Are there more than four?)
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 19, 2018 20:25:16 GMT -5
Wait, there were four covers?
List submitted: 5/5 #1-2 4.5/5 #3-11 4/5 #12-36 3.5/5 #37-59 3/5 #60-81 2.5/5 #82-95 2/5 #96-98 1/5 #99-100
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 19, 2018 20:35:29 GMT -5
Wait, there were four covers? American Woman, Last Kiss, Blue Monday, and Faith
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:19:05 GMT -5
So for this year's Mediabase extras, I'll be bringing back how I did them in a few past rankdowns - separate posts for each! I'd say this is a pretty stacked list of them (this and 2005 are probably my favorite lists of extras), with two songs among the Mediabase extras that would have competed for my #1. Our first extra brings us an "experimental punk rock" band from Britain, led by The Prodigy's guitarist. MEDIABASE EXTRA
Every Little Thing Counts Janus Stark
Chart Peak: #50 Chart Weeks: 1
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:21:16 GMT -5
Next up...s**t, here's one of the two songs that would have contended for my #1. See, I'd think this would fit in just fine in 1991 alongside songs like these, but I find it so odd (and so ballsy) that Alt radio in 1999 actually gave this enough spins to make the top 50. (btw, the song was originally recorded in the band's native language of Swedish - the version below is the English version, which is the one that received airplay here) MEDIABASE EXTRA
747 (We Ran Out of Time) Kent
Chart Peak: #50 Chart Weeks: 1
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:23:54 GMT -5
Here's a Brooklyn-based "nerdcore" band that have shown up as Mediabase extras before: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Riot NRRRD 2 Skinnee J's
Chart Peak: #50 Chart Weeks: 1
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:27:39 GMT -5
Butch Walker's old band could have had a second song make the cut: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Every Monday Marvelous 3
Chart Peak: #50 Chart Weeks: 1
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:29:55 GMT -5
Rob Zombie could have gotten a third song on this list...but it's okay, this song will be in the Active rankdown anyways: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Superbeast Rob Zombie
Chart Peak: #50 Chart Weeks: 1
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:35:42 GMT -5
A cover? (DVDA is Trey Parker and Matt Stone, aka the show's creators) of a song originally performed on South Park: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Hot Lava Perry Farrell & DVDA
Chart Peak: #49 Chart Weeks: 2
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:37:22 GMT -5
Here's a New Jersey-based punk band; this is also an extra on Active: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Valentine Shades Apart
Chart Peak: #49 Chart Weeks: 2
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:42:25 GMT -5
From their comeback album after a hiatus of 15 years (also a moderate hit on HAC and AAA - and a #1 hit in the UK - so we'll get to rank if it we do rankdowns for those): MEDIABASE EXTRA
Maria Blondie
Chart Peak: #49 Chart Weeks: 3
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:47:10 GMT -5
Boston-based post-hardcore band. Good first listen, would've been in my top 30: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Hum The Sheila Divine
Chart Peak: #49 Chart Weeks: 2
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Post by peacebone on Sept 19, 2018 23:49:14 GMT -5
Last extra for tonight is another Active extra, an Orlando-based alt metal band whose lead singer would go on to join Dark New Day (whom we've ranked before). I like this quite a bit too, not sure about top 30 but it definitely would have been in my top 50: MEDIABASE EXTRA
Gain Virgos Merlot
Chart Peak: #48 Chart Weeks: 3
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 20, 2018 13:45:33 GMT -5
Well, It's a Ballot Update. I can finally do one with surprise newbie @pjscott11, as well as regulars janinho and aerodynamite. House Lannister is also counted here, aaaaaand I guess I'll throw in rgreen0625 for good measure. "Wait, that's five people, not four," you cry. "I do what I want, runt," I reply.
Some stats to consider: - Point threshold update time! #100 finally crossed 100 points! Which is...not much to celebrate when everything else already hit 200. #82 and up has at least 600 points, #56 is where 800-point songs start, #35 and up is in quadruple digits, our top 12 is joined by their holding of 1200 points, and the trio leading the pack all have 1300 points. - Nothing kicked either of the top 10 constants out of the top 10 (the #1, well of course not, but the current #7 did get as low as #10). The #1 is not as strong as it once was, only leading #2 by 17 points. What's curious, though, is this #2 is not the same #2 as last update. That song's at #3, and it trails the new #2 by 40. The next two gaps in the top 5 are in the 10s, and then things get even tighter throughout the rest of the top 10, where only single-digit spaces can be detected. #10 and #11 are 9 points apart, but then #11 and #12 are 34 points apart. The current #4 was never top 10 before this update. - 6 songs have still been in every bottom 10, although one is at #91 and can almost taste a graduation, being only 2 points behind #90. #100 is finally a full-ranking value behind #99--142 points, to be specific. - Neither of the two highest SDs are the same as last update; however, the highest SD has held that crown before. The two songs are at #59 and #81. The second lowest SD is the same song, and it's at #2, but the lowest is rand new, and it's at #93. - And it wouldn't be a ballot update without Pulse's Most Rotund Part of the Ballot Update...
We almost had a f**king amazing alarm sounding for a 3-way tie in the top 10 after brian's list. But rgreen broke that up, and so the highest tie is actually very low. Ties can be found at #57 and #81. Yep, that's all of them!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 20, 2018 13:50:29 GMT -5
And with that, we are 4 days from the deadline! Still missing a lot of familiar faces; get those lists in pronto!
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 20, 2018 18:39:52 GMT -5
I should have known that American Woman was a remake. I think it was on one of the Watch Mojo's videos? Kind of embarrassed that I didn't recognize Blue Monday as a redo though, although I can forgive myself because I was a bit young when it charted for the first time.
Nice to see that I just about wreaked some havoc in the top 10 with that tie...we'll see how it goes!
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:16:00 GMT -5
Tonight's set of extras features, among other things, two...particularly notable omissions. There's also a pop hit in here! We won't be starting off with one of those, however. Our first extra of the night...yeah, these guys. We'll also be ranking the song this sampled ("Jack-Ass" by Beck) in 1997 Alt. MEDIABASE EXTRA
Another Love Song Insane Clown Posse
Chart Peak: #47 Chart Weeks: 4
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:20:28 GMT -5
Next up...a short-lived NYC-based indie pop band; this song was used in promos for The WB. It's pretty melodic and catchy, I like it. (I can't find this song on YouTube, but it is on Spotify...) MEDIABASE EXTRA
She Takes This Way
Chart Peak: #49 Chart Weeks: 3
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:26:18 GMT -5
This next band doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. Decent Britpop (?), I guess. (also, this song is only available on YouTube as part of its full album...but Spotify saves the day, again) MEDIABASE EXTRA
(Through With) Excuses Jact
Chart Peak: #47 Chart Weeks: 2
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:29:54 GMT -5
COME ON WE GOTTA KICK THAT KICK THAT KICK THAT MEDIABASE EXTRA
Gangster Trippin Fatboy Slim
Chart Peak: #48 Chart Weeks: 3
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:33:18 GMT -5
Well, didn't take long, but here's the other song in this list of extras that would have contended for my #1. My favorite song by them, hands down. (there's a music video/radio version but I'm not linking to it as it removes one of my favorite parts of the song - the layered drums at the end) MEDIABASE EXTRA
Lucky Denver Mint Jimmy Eat World
Chart Peak: #46 Chart Weeks: 2
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:37:17 GMT -5
And here's the pop hit I teased at earlier. It's also a cover! MEDIABASE EXTRA
There She Goes Sixpence None the Richer
Chart Peak: #47 Chart Weeks: 4
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Post by Az Paynter on Sept 20, 2018 23:39:31 GMT -5
I would have tanked Sixpence None The Richer. That and 'Kiss Me' bug me to no end.
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Post by peacebone on Sept 20, 2018 23:41:04 GMT -5
Here's an artist that we'll be ranking quite often starting in 1997: MEDIABASE EXTRA
What Matters Matthew Sweet
Chart Peak: #46 Chart Weeks: 3
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