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Post by alexcuse on Sept 25, 2018 2:25:22 GMT -5
More from when Metallica charted on Alt. If you want to rank this Bob Seger cover, submit for the 1999 Active Rock rankdown. EXTRA
Turn the Page Metallica
Chart Peak: #39 Chart Weeks: 2 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below! This was my first introduction to Metallica (TRL on MTV), very misleading representation of their music.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 25, 2018 4:10:21 GMT -5
100. Faith - Limp BizkitThis is garbage, but there are still two songs worse than this. 99. Nookie - Limp BizkitLOL! the hate for Limp Bizkit is real. No loss for me here either. 98. Cowboy - Kid RockThis survived my bottom 10, because of the guitars. The rapping is shit but the lyrics are fun. I never rap along tho. 97. Bawitdaba - Kid RockI have a few Kid Rock songs I really like. Besides "So Hott" there is "Jackson Missisippi" , "First Kiss"and "All Night Long" This one is cool for the guitars again. 96. Whatever - GodsmackTanking Godsmack on Alt is an issue Pulse has to rectify. 95. Enemy - Days of the NewI never cared for this band, but I thought you guys did? BTW, this sounds like something Kid Rock would try. Sounds really trailer trash. 94. Let's Make a Deal - DangermanThat vocal delivery is shit worthy. 93. Ends - EverlastDon't expect any favors fro me when it comes to Everlast. I hate the vocal tones with a passion. 92. Higher - CreedPULSE just couldn't find anything worse to tank than Creed? 91. One - CreedGive me a break! 8D Ladies and gents this is what it looks like when PULSE trolls for the hell of it. Either that or we are afriad we will be labeled as uncool if we like a Creed song? For the record this is a great song. 90. When Worlds Collide - Powerman 5000Even the Elektro stuff in this was well, pretty fierce. 89. Jesus or a Gun - FuelThis settles it. PULSE is afraid of Fierce music on an Alt rankdown. ...and why the fuck does someone keep guessing "Ziplock" to appear next? Stop doing that! 8D 8D 8D 88. Meet Virginia - TrainWait a minute. let me fix that. PUlse is afraid of HOT AC songs on an ALternative rankdown. :kii: 87. Cailin - Unwritten LawThis was big on 91x, so it has that "good memory" vibe for me. I bet its here because it says "Little Girl"? It's really about his daughter, not some teen. 86. Come Original - 311This is one of the worst songs by this band. I really wanted to wish that rapper away.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 25, 2018 4:16:57 GMT -5
EXTRAS:L Train - Shootyz GrooveI never liked this style. It sounds like complete garbage to me. You Blew Me Off - Bare Jr.I love songs that have that intro. This guys vocals totally suck tho. Starfuckers, Inc. - Nine Inch Nails Spare me this Elektro noize. Turn the Page - MetallicaThe first extra I can say I really enjoy. History of a Boring Town - Less Than JakeI like to jump around to Ska songs. Rodeo Clowns - G. Love & Special SauceOne smiley can sum this song up for me. You guessed it! RALPH
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 4:39:53 GMT -5
Bitch you tank What Its Like, I tank you
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Post by janinho on Sept 25, 2018 7:16:03 GMT -5
I don't understand what's so wrong about Powerman 5000. (And with that Godsmack song)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 7:43:50 GMT -5
Just to save time I’ll only comment on the songs I really care about.
92. Higher (2) - I knew this would be bottom 10 lol. Just an all-around great song from a great band that I definitely considered for my #1.
91. One (15) - I also expected this bottom 10 so I will not complain.
90. When Worlds Collide (25) - Wow, this is not cool. It was a great discovery that I definitely listened to a lot on my own time after discovering it.
88. Meet Virginia (33) - At least it wasn’t this robbed in the 2000 rankdown. But I kind of expected it here.
86. Come Original (59) - I underranked this one. Deserved better.
Wow, I’m doing so bad lol. Expect this to continue because my taste definitely does not align with a rock poster taste.
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 25, 2018 8:15:17 GMT -5
311 is kinda bad all around (as a band). I can't take this comment seriously when you like artists like AJR and Imagine Dragons
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Sept 25, 2018 9:32:00 GMT -5
"When Worlds Collide" is a guilty pleasure and didn't deserve to do worse (albeit barely) than "Nobody's Real". Did not expect or want "Jesus or a Gun" to be that low. Thought that was one of Fuel's best songs. "Meet Virginia" is one of Train's more decent songs, but in a stacked year like this I can't complain too much about its ranking. I agree that "Cailin" isn't as good as it should have been. Never got the hype over Unwritten Law. Disappointed but not surprised by where "Come Original" landed. That song is still a jam. Only extra I'm familiar with is the "Turn the Page" cover, which I could take or leave. Well, I lost a top 5, two other top 50's, and only half of my bottom 10, so not the best set for me. Kinda figured this year wouldn't be that predictable outside of Limp Bizkit doubling down at the bottom 2. By the way, this is probably the last time we're ranking Godsmack on Alt (barring a major future change in direction for the format), so it's a little late to rectify the tanking.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Sept 25, 2018 9:36:54 GMT -5
{Revealed so far:} Rank | Artist - Song | Points 86. 311 - Come Original 1070 87. Unwritten Law - Cailin 1067 88. Train - Meet Virginia 1054 89. Fuel - Jesus or a Gun 992 90. Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide 982 91. Creed - One 938 92. Creed - Higher 932 93. Everlast - Ends 892 94. Dangerman - Let's Make a Deal 890 95. Days of the New - Enemy 876 96. Godsmack - Whatever 648 97. Kid Rock - Bawitdaba 508 98. Kid Rock - Cowboy 341 99. Limp Bizkit - Nookie 324 100. Limp Bizkit - Faith 247
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 25, 2018 9:48:37 GMT -5
{Closeness to Pulse Rankdown:} 32. @pjscott11 : 55.13 {Bottom 10s left:} @pjscott11 : 10 Press F to pay condolences...
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Post by ur local neighborhood dbender on Sept 25, 2018 10:06:41 GMT -5
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Post by alexcuse on Sept 25, 2018 10:44:11 GMT -5
{Revealed so far:} Rank | Artist - Song | Points 86. 311 - Come Original 1070 87. Unwritten Law - Cailin 1067 88. Train - Meet Virginia 1054 89. Fuel - Jesus or a Gun 992 90. Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide 982 91. Creed - One 938 92. Creed - Higher 932 93. Everlast - Ends 892 94. Dangerman - Let's Make a Deal 890 95. Days of the New - Enemy 876 96. Godsmack - Whatever 648 97. Kid Rock - Bawitdaba 508 98. Kid Rock - Cowboy 341 99. Limp Bizkit - Nookie 324 100. Limp Bizkit - Faith 247
"Revealed So Far" is a nice inclusion. my comments below. 86. 311 - Come Original 1070 - way too low, does not deserve to be as lowly ranked as their stuff from last 10 years 87. Unwritten Law - Cailin 1067 - loved this song back in the day, did not hold up as well but still way too low 88. Train - Meet Virginia 1054 - another one too low, based on band name instead of song 89. Fuel - Jesus or a Gun 992 - fair ranking 90. Powerman 5000 - When Worlds Collide 982 - did better than expected, not a bad song 91. Creed - One 938 92. Creed - Higher 932 93. Everlast - Ends 892 - this is actually a very good song, deserved better 94. Dangerman - Let's Make a Deal 890 95. Days of the New - Enemy 876 - catchy and underrated 96. Godsmack - Whatever 648 - still their best song, deserved a lot better 97. Kid Rock - Bawitdaba 508 - overhated, wish it did better 98. Kid Rock - Cowboy 341 - does get annoying 99. Limp Bizkit - Nookie 324 - should've done better than kid rock - cowboy at least 100. Limp Bizkit - Faith 247 - they are much better at their own stuff than covers
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Post by Albie on Sept 25, 2018 10:44:38 GMT -5
Great start so far. Love seeing my bottom 5 gone. Those are the only songs that I really do not like. I wasn't expecting to see "Meet Virginia" go top 50 or anything but I also wasn't expecting it to go out bottom 20 either. I'm with lyhom on this one - for whatever reason I've always been partial to this song and it remains the only Train song I can truly say I like.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 11:08:37 GMT -5
Feel free to tag me in the results as well. Meet Virginia should have been a little higher.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 25, 2018 11:23:42 GMT -5
My favorite Creed song by a mile. I hoped it would escape the bottom ten, but I wasn't optimistic. At least it's higher than the other one. Honestly musically I would've put it way higher, but the whole part about affirmative action kinda sunk it (and I can't take a song about unity seriously when it comes from Scott Stapp of all people). "My Own Prison" is better.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 25, 2018 11:27:52 GMT -5
Never thought I'd see the day when I'm the lowest ranker on a 311 song, but "Come Original" might be my least favorite 311 song. I take it you've never heard "My Stoney Baby".
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 25, 2018 11:57:03 GMT -5
My top 10 is intact AND I'm not in the bottom 5 in Pulse Rankdown? Score!: 100. Faith---It's not quite their worst song, but it's plenty bad. 99. Nookie---Honestly, this was worse. I don't want to know where they want to place the cookie, but it doesn't sound pleasant. Can't believe I saw them in concert once. 98. Cowboy---I kinda expected to be one of the higher scorers here. You can't hate a song that incorporates the whistle from The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly and has good/bad lines like a yacht called Chillin the Most and starting an escort service for all the right reasons. Still, one line hasn't worn well at all. Wait until you find out what song it beat! 97. Bawitdaba---Younger me would be cheesed off at the rankings of Limp and Kid Rock. Older me totally gets it as they haven't worn well at all. Callouts don't work for songs unless you're good/talented. Also, Perfecto! 96. Whatever---This was OK. But in a year packed like this, OK isn't going to be enough to survive the tide. 95. Enemy---Fairly good first listen, but I knew the writing was on the wall from the previews. 94. Let's Make a Deal---It sounded like a Cake clone, but there was nothing wrong with that. Pretty good first listen, bummed that it went so soon but again the previews kinda warned us about this one. 93. Ends---Everlast already had a very similar song to this called What It's Like. Maybe you've heard of it? It was OK, but I'm fine with it here. Also, Perfecto (x2)! 92. Higher---Bug off with this Creed hate. This may well have been their best song and it doesn't need to go in the bottom 10. I swear if it was any other band, this might have ended up in the 60s. 91. One---No complaints with this ranking. It was OK, but in a packed year as this was, it ended up in my bottom 10. 90. When Worlds Collide---The one good Powerman 5000 song and it barely avoided bottom 10? OK, next! 89. Jesus or a Gun---Pretty good first listen. Disappointed that it showed up this soon. 88. Meet Virginia---Decent song, but I had 81 of them with that rank or higher. 81! The lyrics are fine, the singing isn't cloying. But if you think this got a bad rank from me, wait until I do the 2012 list. One of their songs get a zero from me! 87. Cailin---OK first listen, but I had 95 songs rated OK or higher. 95! Of course this wouldn't survive the first day of reveals. The bigger surprise is that it avoided the bottom 10 altogether. The lyrics weren't bad at all, it's just an unmemorable song to me. 86. Come Original---Hey, Dbender. Check out Flowing or Amber if you want to see what 311 is like when they're good. They're OK here so I guess I can shrug the low rank. Turn the Page---Or you can, you know, rate it in my Unranked Songs rankdown happening later next month. (Cheap plug) ;)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 15:29:28 GMT -5
Well I’m glad to hear that I have a very unique taste that’s not copying everyone else’s! Also as long as my 1 stays for a decent amount of time I’m fine, because I’m kind of rooting for it.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 25, 2018 15:56:30 GMT -5
Well I’m glad to hear that I have a very unique taste that’s not copying everyone else’s! Eh, I don't know how true that is when you're second-closest to the Year-End Chart instead ;) Oh, I just realized I’m skipping this one. I really didn’t have the will to do it a lot of the time and I’ve been really really busy lately Sorry, hopefully I’ll be able to do 1998. I completely forgot to ask you if you wanted to be tagged in reveals
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Sept 25, 2018 18:30:39 GMT -5
An unsurprising bottom 4 overall.
Ends should've done a bit better, but can't say I should be too surprise it's out, considering his past rankdown history.
I simply can't get into Powerman 5000.
Cailin was my top 50 loss - I actually thought it was quite good.
I know my 99 has its fans, but can it please get out in this next set?
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 25, 2018 19:09:41 GMT -5
everything was going along so nicely until the ENDS dropped out, but <shrug> not a major loss for me...then WHAM! Come Original gets kicked in the teeth?!?!?!? smh
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 25, 2018 20:03:18 GMT -5
#85 comes courtesy of a multi-song artist. It's got bottom 10s -- 3 of them -- and one of those is bottom 5. On the top end, you'll notice 7 top half rankings. All but one is top 40, and 3 are top 20, including one poster who shot straight for a top 10. After a brief bottom 10 stint near the beginning, this coasted in the 80s, with stray appearances outside the bottom 20.
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Post by Leaf on Sept 25, 2018 20:04:54 GMT -5
I'd be okay with this being Zip-Lock
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 25, 2018 20:10:21 GMT -5
I thought this was better than MOWE *shrug* Max Ricci, in a 3 star review of Place In The Sun, says -- “Good but the part that holds the cd was broke” 85
Zip-Lock Lit
Year-End Placing: #52 Chart Peak: #11 Weeks on Chart: 15 1086 points Standard Deviation: 24.05Doc Indie Party Rock - 9 @pjscott11 - 16 MoD - 19 American Idiot - 31 @doinktheclown - 35 alexcuse - 38 House Lannister - 46 singingrulebritannia - 53 astorknight - 58 @humanshazam - 58 Walking Contradiction - 63 Az Paynter - 66 rowellfarm490 - 71 Cody - 72 wheatsquares33 - 73 Mr. Thonk Eyes - 73 peacebone - 74 Red - 77 rgreen0625 - 77 Web - 80 lyhom - 81 craziaskowboi - 81 Leaf - 84 janinho - 85 somelikeitwhen - 85 aerodynamite - 86 Daryl the Beryl - 86 Albie - 87 Lordef†ones - 91 @crapkuki23 - 92 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 98 Performance history:#79 Alt 2001 (Lipstick and Bruises) | #86 Alt 2000 (Miserable) | #88 Alt 2000 (Over My Head) | #97 Alt 2002 (Addicted) Movements:79 91 92 87 81 77 81 81 78 77 79 77 80 82 81 82 78 81 80 81 81 81 83 82 83 85 87 85 82 85 Spectators: Beno crazyb CF15 @jamesflame ur local neighborhood dbender {Remaining songs}My Own Worst Enemy What It's Like Scar Tissue What's My Age Again? Every Morning Never There Blue Monday All Star Praise You Fly Away Heavy Why Don't You Get a Job? Last Kiss Better Days (And the Bottom Drops Out) Battle Flag Freak on a Leash Malibu The Kids Aren't Alright Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) Crush Slide American Woman Leech New Steal My Sunshine Got You (Where I Want You) The Dolphin's Cry Freak of the Week Special Someday You Get What You Give The Chemicals Between Us My Favorite Game Why I'm Here Can't Change Me You Wanted More Sweetest Thing Circles Dizzy Falls Apart Black Balloon Head Ana's Song (Open Fire) Awful Anthem for the Year 2000 One Man Army One Hit Wonder Pure Morning We're in This Together Do Right Sheep Go to Heaven Living Dead Girl Level on the Inside Get Born Again At the Stars Joining You Welcome to the Fold Promises Body Movin' Down It's All Been Done Bittersweet Hero Army Stitches When I Grow Up Beautiful Prisoner of Society Put Your Lights On Yeah, Whatever For the Movies Bombshell We Are Dragula Secret Smile Prophecy Open Road Song Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live) Bodyrock Denial All That You Are (x3) Let Me Go Ladyfingers Then the Morning Comes
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2018 20:11:42 GMT -5
As long as their other song sticks around then I'm fine. But still, this song is something.
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Post by Leaf on Sept 25, 2018 20:13:03 GMT -5
I'd be okay with this being Zip-Lock ...even if it meant narrowly missing out on a perfect ranking. {Spoiler}and I also thought this was better than MOWE
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 25, 2018 20:14:02 GMT -5
85. Zip-Lock - Lit This is what I logged on early to see? You all suck. This is such a banging song.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 25, 2018 20:15:18 GMT -5
plus it's an ode to twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" another classic I'm sure you would all tank.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 25, 2018 20:17:10 GMT -5
#84 is the 13th highest standard deviation. It got that designation by getting a top 5 and 4 more top 25s. 9 top 50s in total. The dissent comes in the form of 8 bottom 10s, 5 being bottom 5 (how appropriate). This song took a while to exit the bottom 10 for good, and it never left the bottom 20.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 25, 2018 20:20:40 GMT -5
the suspense is killing me.
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