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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:14:11 GMT -5
Wade Tomlin, in a 2 star review of Happiness..Is Not A Fish That You Catch, says -- “I can appreciate a band attempting to add new dimensions to their sound but at a certain point a band needs to be rained in. After all on Happiness And The Fish did anyone need to hear the lyric ‘talking is just masturbating without the mess?’ I would argue no.” 58
One Man Army Our Lady Peace
Year-End Placing: #57 Chart Peak: #13 Weeks on Chart: 14 1504 points Standard Deviation: 25.77Cody - 2 craziaskowboi - 5 lyhom - 18 American Idiot - 22 wheatsquares33 - 29 Walking Contradiction - 30 @pjscott11 - 30 Doc Indie Party Rock - 30 Az Paynter - 32 rgreen0625 - 35 Leaf - 37 janinho - 39 MoD - 39 Albie - 50 singingrulebritannia - 52 Daryl the Beryl - 53 somelikeitwhen - 53 Mr. Thonk Eyes - 55 Web - 58 alexcuse - 69 rowellfarm490 - 69 @crapkuki23 - 74 Red - 76 peacebone - 80 aerodynamite - 80 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 81 @humanshazam - 82 Lordef†ones - 82 House Lannister - 83 astorknight - 87 @doinktheclown - 95 Performance history:#28 Active 2002 (Somewhere Out There) | #35 Alt 2002 (Somewhere Out There) | #48 Alt 2002 (Innocent) | #49 Alt 2005 (Where Are You) | #56 Alt 2001 (Life) | #70 Alt 2000 (Is Anybody There?) Movements:84 90 80 84 79 84 76 70 63 59 50 47 47 51 54 51 48 49 54 50 54 53 50 50 53 53 54 60 59 58 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? Never There Blue Monday Praise You Fly Away Heavy Last Kiss Battle Flag Freak on a Leash Malibu The Kids Aren't Alright Crush Slide Leech New Steal My Sunshine The Dolphin's Cry Freak of the Week Special Someday You Get What You Give The Chemicals Between Us My Favorite Game Can't Change Me You Wanted More Circles Dizzy Falls Apart Black Balloon Ana's Song (Open Fire) Awful Pure Morning We're in This Together Get Born Again At the Stars Joining You Welcome to the Fold Promises Down It's All Been Done Army When I Grow Up Beautiful Prisoner of Society Yeah, Whatever Bombshell We Are Dragula Secret Smile Prophecy Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live) Bodyrock Let Me Go Ladyfingers
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Post by lyhom on Sept 26, 2018 22:14:40 GMT -5
through the Bͨ̽ͤLͭ̐ͪAͬ̽ͩZͩͣ͂E̮̺ͬ ̀̍͒҉̩̲̰Iͯͥͧ ̸͍͙K̈́̽̽Ñ̿́Õ̃̚W̫͍͖
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Post by Red on Sept 26, 2018 22:16:40 GMT -5
Honestly, this isn't bad, but they've definitely done better.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 26, 2018 22:18:48 GMT -5
58. One Man Army - Our Lady Peace I feel this band is really underrated on PULSE? Comon guys this song is great. It's perfect balance from all of Alt's good sides.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:19:03 GMT -5
#57 had quite a lot of top 20 rankers, but it had even more bottom 20 rankers! It only had fourteen top half rankers, and its highs and lows came rather far from its final destination. It spent time both inside the top 30 and close to the bottom 25. Quite a few people will be losing their highest ranking yet.
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Post by Red on Sept 26, 2018 22:23:14 GMT -5
...is this it?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:24:25 GMT -5
Ah, here it is -- my (and @humanshazam 's) last bottom 10 gets away. Anonymous, in a 5 star review of 5, says -- “His musical range and talent are DELICOUS AND DELIGHTFUL. His voice is very sexy. I love the way he belts out his lyrics. I love his guitar skills. I can go on forever but I think you get the idea! Idea!” 57
Fly Away Lenny Kravitz
Year-End Placing: #11 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 32 1505 points Standard Deviation: 35.29 (highest)House Lannister - 2 Albie - 6 janinho - 7 craziaskowboi - 7 Doc Indie Party Rock - 8 Az Paynter - 10 Cody - 13 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 14 @crapkuki23 - 14 Web - 18 rowellfarm490 - 26 Daryl the Beryl - 29 Red - 36 @pjscott11 - 43 American Idiot - 57 wheatsquares33 - 62 lyhom - 65 peacebone - 68 Leaf - 73 somelikeitwhen - 75 rgreen0625 - 83 MoD - 83 @doinktheclown - 87 aerodynamite - 88 astorknight - 90 Mr. Thonk Eyes - 90 singingrulebritannia - 91 @humanshazam - 92 Lordef†ones - 93 Walking Contradiction - 97 alexcuse - 99 Performance history:#29 Active 2001 (Dig In) | #29 Alt 2001 (Again) | #33 Active 2004 (Where Are We Runnin'?) | #43 Alt 2001 (Dig In) | #72 Active 2008 (Bring It On) | #83 Alt 1999 (American Woman) Movements:51 36 28 44 56 63 66 66 69 74 67 64 59 60 56 59 56 54 51 47 52 54 56 53 58 54 50 52 57 57 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? Never There Blue Monday Praise You Heavy Last Kiss Battle Flag Freak on a Leash Malibu The Kids Aren't Alright Crush Slide Leech New Steal My Sunshine The Dolphin's Cry Freak of the Week Special Someday You Get What You Give The Chemicals Between Us My Favorite Game Can't Change Me You Wanted More Circles Dizzy Falls Apart Black Balloon Ana's Song (Open Fire) Awful Pure Morning We're in This Together Get Born Again At the Stars Joining You Welcome to the Fold Promises Down It's All Been Done Army When I Grow Up Beautiful Prisoner of Society Yeah, Whatever Bombshell We Are Dragula Secret Smile Prophecy Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live) Bodyrock Let Me Go Ladyfingers
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Post by American Idiot on Sept 26, 2018 22:25:55 GMT -5
60. Why I'm Here - OleanderNot an Oleander fan. Maybe we can do an Oleander rank down in the future, so I can dive into their discography and find something that makes me wanna rock or bop? I would suggest checking out their album "February Son" which includes those two singles. It's very rocking post-grunge. I didn't care much for the album that was released after it.
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Post by aerodynamite on Sept 26, 2018 22:26:34 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:28:00 GMT -5
It's a joke video; I'm pretty sure this frame was intentionally picked
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Post by Red on Sept 26, 2018 22:28:10 GMT -5
I get why others dislike this, but this is one of those songs that just makes me incredibly nostalgic for 1999. I will always have a soft spot for this song.
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Post by peacebone on Sept 26, 2018 22:28:32 GMT -5
4. And which will we agree on the most? (lowest SDs) Fly Away lol do I have to post a certain song again
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:29:36 GMT -5
To contrast that, we’ll end the night at #56, which has the seventh-lowest standard deviation. This song only has one top 20, but there were a few more top 30s to help out. Sixteen people slapped a top half ranking on this. Sure, no one ranked this bottom 10, but there were four bottom 20 rankers, and one of them offers reprieve for a person who just lost big.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Sept 26, 2018 22:30:40 GMT -5
I legitimately can not listen to Fly Away seriously any more. I have no idea what my opinion on the actual song is because I've watched that Neil video an embarrassing amount of times over the last 4 years, it's fucked up my cognition so much.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 26, 2018 22:30:58 GMT -5
57. Fly Away - Lenny KravitzThis rank has to be about the fear of loud guitars? Either than ,or we are back in the alternate version earth. I'm gonna need a Psychologist after this reveal. ???
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Sept 26, 2018 22:31:34 GMT -5
Not quite a bottom 10, but finally. lol
I had no idea my #98 was this liked... but I knew my #92 was a controversial pick.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 26, 2018 22:33:30 GMT -5
Who the hell is Neil and how can he screw up a classic like "Fly Away"?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:36:05 GMT -5
Sandra Y. Johnson, in a 5 star review of Hello Vertigo, says -- “Hello Vertigo made a little splash and not much more, a loss to music. But remember that Britney Spears came out the same time, so maybe it was just bad timing.”56
Bombshell Papa Vegas
Year-End Placing: #85 Chart Peak: #20 Weeks on Chart: 9 1524 points Standard Deviation: 18.76 (7th lowest)Az Paynter - 19 MoD - 21 peacebone - 25 @humanshazam - 25 Leaf - 27 singingrulebritannia - 39 House Lannister - 39 alexcuse - 40 Daryl the Beryl - 41 Red - 43 astorknight - 43 @crapkuki23 - 46 Cody - 49 @pjscott11 - 49 Mr. Thonk Eyes - 49 wheatsquares33 - 50 janinho - 52 Albie - 52 rowellfarm490 - 56 Web - 57 lyhom - 57 Lordef†ones - 57 @doinktheclown - 58 American Idiot - 60 craziaskowboi - 67 rgreen0625 - 73 Walking Contradiction - 78 somelikeitwhen - 81 aerodynamite - 82 Doc Indie Party Rock - 84 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 88 Performance history:Debut Movements:36 56 58 56 51 50 48 50 49 55 55 55 57 58 58 58 61 61 61 61 61 58 57 56 57 57 57 58 55 56 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? Never There Blue Monday Praise You Heavy Last Kiss Battle Flag Freak on a Leash Malibu The Kids Aren't Alright Crush Slide Leech New Steal My Sunshine The Dolphin's Cry Freak of the Week Special Someday You Get What You Give The Chemicals Between Us My Favorite Game Can't Change Me You Wanted More Circles Dizzy Falls Apart Black Balloon Ana's Song (Open Fire) Awful Pure Morning We're in This Together Get Born Again At the Stars Joining You Welcome to the Fold Promises Down It's All Been Done Army When I Grow Up Beautiful Prisoner of Society Yeah, Whatever We Are Dragula Secret Smile Prophecy Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Live) Bodyrock Let Me Go Ladyfingers
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Post by Red on Sept 26, 2018 22:38:34 GMT -5
Good song, this. Was rooting for it to do better than this, despite my ranking.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:39:26 GMT -5
This band notched two top 10s hits in their native Australia, one of them being this song. EXTRA
Get Set Taxiride
Chart Peak: #36 Chart Weeks: 5 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:40:32 GMT -5
Production by John Goldfinger and signed to Madonna's label. EXTRA
Falling Star Showoff
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 26, 2018 22:40:55 GMT -5
56. Bombshell - Papa Vegas A first time useless listen for me. This song didn't fool me with that wanna be uptempo catchy chorus one bit. This must have been a big hit on your side of the border, cuz 91x steered clear from it.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:41:45 GMT -5
Yes, the "Stacy's Mom" guys had other charting singles. We'll even get to finally rank them on Alt in 1997. EXTRA
Denise Fountains of Wayne
Chart Peak: #34 Chart Weeks: 4 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:43:04 GMT -5
Out of Pennywise's 3 charting songs, we only got to rank one of them. EXTRA
Alien Pennywise
Chart Peak: #36 Chart Weeks: 4 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:44:21 GMT -5
Ugh. UGH. If you know where my display name comes from, you know I would have had this high. Luckily, it got enough play on Active to make its rankdown. EXTRA
I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me) Marilyn Manson
Chart Peak: #36 Chart Weeks: 5 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 26, 2018 22:45:56 GMT -5
Another song you can rank on Active but not Alt. We'll get back to ranking SW on Alt in 1998. EXTRA
Haunting Me Stabbing Westward
Chart Peak: #34 Chart Weeks: 4 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Sept 26, 2018 22:48:00 GMT -5
A bunch of good extras tonight. I would have had "Alien" and "I Don't Like the Drugs" quite high, especially.
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Sept 26, 2018 23:33:47 GMT -5
Taxiride! I've always dug Get Set and Creepin Up Slowly
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Post by craziaskowboi on Sept 27, 2018 0:44:35 GMT -5
"One Man Army" and "Fly Away" were done dirty. Neither one belonged in the bottom half.
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Post by Az Paynter on Sept 27, 2018 1:33:21 GMT -5
Admittedly never been super into Taxiride, but there's another band I didn't know had done anything Stateside.
Also random anecdote; I don't actually remember the details too clearly but I could've been in one of their music videos once, or at least I remember something about an opportunity. I didn't wind up doing it though.
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