Pulse Rankdown: 1998 Year-End Alternative Chart (FINISHED)

[Football]

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1) PM me (Football , as if that part has changed at all over the years) the top 100 Alternative songs of 1998, all ranked to your preference. (e.g. if you like a song the most, rank it the highest and vice versa).
2) The points a song has will be totaled up based on an inverse point system. So if you rank a song #100, it gets 1 point, and if you rank a song #1, it gets 100 points. All the points from the participants will be totaled up.
3) The due date for submission is Saturday, October 27th. The deadline time is 7 PM US Eastern. This deadline will not change again.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid posting with duplicate lines when you PM me, click BBCode below the text box before pasting your list.
6) All your rankings will be posted when I post a song in this thread. Insert "you guys knew the risks" here.
7) You are allowed to make changes to your list, as long as you do so before the deadline.
8) For reference, here are the top 100 Alternative songs of 1998. The top 40 39 is from Billboard ("Fly Away" has been removed due to peaking higher in 1999), the other 61 is compiled by Daryl the Beryl, as always.

1. Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
2. Eve 6 - Inside Out
3. Semisonic - Closing Time
4. Fuel - Shimmer
5. Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
6. The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
7. Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
8. Fastball - The Way
9. Everclear - I Will Buy You a New Life
10. Barenaked Ladies - One Week
11. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
12. Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
13. Pearl Jam - Given to Fly
14. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
15. Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be
16. Creed - My Own Prison
17. Ben Folds Five - Brick
18. Foo Fighters - My Hero
19. The Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect
20. Pearl Jam - Wishlist
21. Garbage - Push It
22. Everclear - Everything to Everyone
23. Matchbox Twenty - 3 am
24. Days of the New - Touch, Peel, and Stand
25. Everclear - Father of Mine
26. The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
27. blink-182 - Dammit
28. Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
29. Hole - Celebrity Skin
30. Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink the Water
31. Creed - What's This Life For
32. Third Eye Blind - Jumper
33. Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
34. Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
35. Matchbox Twenty - Real World
36. Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
37. Marcy Playground - Saint Joe on the School Bus
38. Bush - Mouth
39. The Urge - Jump Right In
40. Radiohead - Karma Police
41. Dave Matthews Band - Stay (Wasting Time)
42. Black Lab - Wash It Away
43. Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself
44. Sprung Monkey - Get 'Em Outta Here
45. The Wallflowers - Heroes
46. Tori Amos - Spark
47. Athenaeum - What I Didn't Know
48. Fastball - Fire Escape
49. Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
50. Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep
51. Foo Fighters - Walking after You
52. Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
53. Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
54. The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive an' Wail
55. Chris Cornell - Sunshower
56. Everything - Hooch
57. Third Eye Blind - Losing a Whole Year
58. Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance
59. Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
60. Grant Lee Buffalo - Truly, Truly
61. Jerry Cantrell - Cut You In
62. 311 - Beautiful Disaster
63. Beck - Deadweight
64. Green Day - Redundant
65. Korn - Got the Life
66. Days of the New - The Down Town
67. God Lives Underwater - From Your Mouth
68. The Verve - Lucky Man
69. Seven Mary Three - Over Your Shoulder
70. Days of the New - Shelf in the Room
71. Local H - All the Kids Are Right
72. Pearl Jam - In Hiding
73. Alanis Morissette - Thank U
74. Dishwalla - Once in a While
75. Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
76. Space Monkeys - Sugar Cane
77. Oasis - All Around the World
78. Feeder - High
79. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Royal Oil
80. Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
81. R.E.M. - Daysleeper
82. Spacehog - Mungo City
83. Finley Quaye - Sunday Shining
84. Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
85. Big Wreck - The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted)
86. Soul Asylum - I Will Still Be Laughing
87. Monster Magnet - Space Lord
88. Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
89. Beck - Tropicalia
90. Mono - Life in Mono
91. Black Lab - Time Ago
92. Live - Rattlesnake
93. Natalie Imbruglia - Wishing I Was There
94. Oasis - Acquiesce
95. Our Lady Peace - 4 AM
96. The Specials - It's You
97. David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
98. Natalie Merchant - Kind & Generous
99. Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends
100. Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter

Spotify playlist, courtesy of Daryl the Beryl :



Well, we WOULD have had every song in the playlist, but SOMEONE just had to pull Our Lady Peace's songs from Spotify...

Our Lady Peace - Clumsy


Our Lady Peace - 4 AM


Preference-revealer friendly list:

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Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Eve 6 - Inside Out
Semisonic - Closing Time
Fuel - Shimmer
Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sitta
Fastball - The Way
Everclear - I Will Buy You a New Life
Barenaked Ladies - One Week
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy
Pearl Jam - Given to Fly
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be
Creed - My Own Prison
Ben Folds Five - Brick
Foo Fighters - My Hero
Smashing Pumpkins - Perfect
Pearl Jam - Wishlist
Garbage - Push It
Everclear - Everything to Everyone
Matchbox Twenty - 3 am
Days of the New - Touch, Peel, and Stand
Everclear - Father of Mine
Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore
blink-182 - Dammit
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Hole - Celebrity Skin
Dave Matthews Band - Don't Drink the Water
Creed - What's This Life For
Third Eye Blind - Jumper
Eagle-Eye Cherry - Save Tonight
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn
Matchbox Twenty - Real World
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot
Marcy Playground - Saint Joe on the School Bus
Bush - Mouth
The Urge - Jump Right In
Radiohead - Karma Police
Dave Matthews Band - Stay (Wasting Time)
Black Lab - Wash It Away
Stabbing Westward - Save Yourself
Sprung Monkey - Get 'Em Outta Here
The Wallflowers - Heroes
Tori Amos - Spark
Athenaeum - What I Didn't Know
Fastball - Fire Escape
Cornershop - Brimful of Asha
Semisonic - Singing in My Sleep
Foo Fighters - Walking after You
Shawn Mullins - Lullaby
Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Jump Jive an' Wail
Chris Cornell - Sunshower
Everything - Hooch
Third Eye Blind - Losing a Whole Year
Loreena McKennitt - The Mummers' Dance
Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
Grant Lee Buffalo - Truly, Truly
Jerry Cantrell - Cut You In
311 - Beautiful Disaster
Beck - Deadweight
Green Day - Redundant
Korn - Got the Life
Days of the New - The Down Town
God Lives Underwater - From Your Mouth
The Verve - Lucky Man
Seven Mary Three - Over Your Shoulder
Days of the New - Shelf in the Room
Local H - All the Kids Are Right
Pearl Jam - In Hiding
Alanis Morissette - Thank U
Dishwalla - Once in a While
Barenaked Ladies - Brian Wilson
Spacemonkeyz - Sugar Cane
Oasis - All Around the World
Feeder - High
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Royal Oil
Alanis Morissette - Uninvited
R.E.M. - Daysleeper
Spacehog - Mungo City
Finley Quaye - Sunday Shining
Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped
Big Wreck - The Oaf (My Luck is Wasted)
Soul Asylum - I Will Still Be Laughing
Monster Magnet - Space Lord
Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Beck - Tropicalia
Mono - Life in Mono
Black Lab - Time Ago
Live - Rattlesnake
Natalie Imbruglia - Wishing I Was There
Oasis - Acquiesce
Our Lady Peace - 4 AM
The Specials - It's You
David Bowie - I'm Afraid of Americans
Natalie Merchant - Kind & Generous
Smash Mouth - Why Can't We Be Friends
Rage Against the Machine - No Shelter

Participants
Football
astorknight
Butterflies & Hurricanes
rgreen0625
peacebone
alexcuse
Beno
Cody
@xfer
singingrulebritannia
janinho
CF15
@pjscott11
Mr. Thonk Eyes
@crapkuki23
wheatsquares33
American Idiot
@walker9
Daryl the Beryl
Sambalada
lyhom
somelikeitwhen
rowellfarm490
@humanshazam
Doc Indie Party Rock
@levitation
Walking Contradiction
Albie
@doinktheclown
Alex1901
Leaf
Az Paynter
MoD
House Lannister
@carseatlegrest
craziaskowboi
YotamTS
Lordef†ones

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Daryl the Beryl peacebone singingrulebritannia lyhom Walking Contradiction Web Butterflies & Hurricanes dm2081 Pipa wheatsquares33 maine Lordef†ones Doc Indie Party Rock American Idiot Leaf aerodynamite janinho Sambalada YotamTS rgreen0625 rowellfarm490 @jamesflame Beno alexcuse Albie @crapkuki23 @humanshazam @carseatlegrest @doinktheclown Cody singingrulebritannia Geometrical MoD astorknight somelikeitwhen Mr. Thonk Eyes Az Paynter

[Football]

Well, I wasn't expecting to be in this position again so quickly, and certainly not before the big kahuna that is the 2018 Alt rankdown, but there was a demand for a host, especially right now, and someone had to fill it. I'm kind of a utility player, really. The last couple of years of the 1990's are among the most interesting of any Alt years, and 1998 is no exception. There's a lot of interesting songs and oddities. I mean, look at the swing revival songs that made the top 100. Look at the multiple songs by artists that would not matter just a few years later. Look at THE MUMMERS' DANCE (or insert a bunch of songs here). I'm looking forward to 1997 more, personally, but 1998 is a lot of fun, too, and I hope you guys have as much fun with the rankdown as I did.

The year is 1998. TRL began. Judah and the Lion was just a gleam in John Judah's eye. And it was in 1998 that I really started to fall in love with music in earnest. I'm ready. I think.

[Deleted]

Great list, although there could be a chance I could have some popular songs low but Idk, maybe I will be wrong. The result could be unexpected but I will definitely have this one before the deadline.

[CF15]

I already know what my top 3 will be (not sure yet about the order, though). Based on their previous appearances, I expect them to do very well.

[Cody]

Sept 30, 2018 21:56:50 GMT -5 Football said:

Well, we WOULD have had every song in the playlist, but SOMEONE just had to pull Our Lady Peace's songs from Spotify...

This was utterly heartbreaking for me.

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

I expect to do VERY poorly here as I’ll be heavily supporting some lesser known songs

[peacebone]

There's no way in hell my #1 for this is making it out of the bottom half. (please tell me some miracle will happen anyways)

I'm also expecting to lose a top 5 in the bottom 20 (moreso if the pop turnout is as high as I'm fearing).

[Az Paynter]

Wait Natalie Imbruglia charted on Alt?!

EDIT: WITH MORE THAN JUST 'TORN'?!?!?!

[Deleted]

PLEASE DO NOT SCREW OVER ONE WEEK

That is All

[Mr. Thonk Eyes]

:( at not being tagged despite my 1999 participation.

I'll still play though.

[Az Paynter]

Sept 30, 2018 23:49:08 GMT -5 Mr. Thonk Eyes said:

:( at not being tagged despite my 1999 participation.

I'll still play though.

I seem to be missing from the tag list too, despite being a staple of both Alt and Active rankdowns since the beginning of this year. :sip2:

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Massive year. I'll be honest and say that about 50 of those will be first time listens for me, so that already makes for a fun list.
So where are the list of extras. I bet I charted a lot of those?

[Daryl the Beryl]

Sept 30, 2018 23:45:34 GMT -5 @doinktheclown said:

PLEASE DO NOT SCREW OVER KARMA POLICE

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2018 2:04:46 GMT -5 Daryl the Beryl said:

Sept 30, 2018 23:45:34 GMT -5 @doinktheclown said:

PLEASE DO NOT SCREW OVER KARMA POLICE

Karma Police almost Won Now #1, I'm sure it'll do fine

[craziaskowboi]

I DO DIS!

[craziaskowboi]

I'm already more than halfway done.

By the way, here's a remix of "Life In Mono" called the Sweat Band Mix. It sounds nothing like the original song, but it has a rapid pace and a nice, throbbing bass line that I enjoy very much:

[Deleted]

Hmm, I actually know more songs on this RD than I expected. 1998 must've been extremely ace. I'll try to do this but don't expect a decent list.

[Deleted]

IN! This list looks way better than the 99 list tbh, but it will be EXTREMELY hard to rank. I might have to put all-time favorites outside of my top 10 in this one lol.

[Football]

Sept 30, 2018 23:51:05 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

Sept 30, 2018 23:49:08 GMT -5 Mr. Thonk Eyes said:

:( at not being tagged despite my 1999 participation.

I'll still play though.

I seem to be missing from the tag list too, despite being a staple of both Alt and Active rankdowns since the beginning of this year. :sip2:

I copied the tag list from gates' first post in 1999, so it's not all my fault.

There. You're now both retroactively tagged. :kii:

[American Idiot]

Wow. I forgot so many of these songs existed. Only a few that I don't know, but damn... this is going to be a nostalgic trip for sure. It might be really tough to rank too as there's not much on here that really sticks out as a high or low ranker for me at this point.

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2018 9:44:31 GMT -5 Football said:

Sept 30, 2018 23:51:05 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

I seem to be missing from the tag list too, despite being a staple of both Alt and Active rankdowns since the beginning of this year.

I copied the tag list from gates' first post in 1999, so it's not all my fault.

There. You're now both retroactively tagged.

I'd like to be tagged for these as well because I plan on doing them for now on.

[astorknight]

I’m just surprised there’s so much pop fluff on this list. I don’t think stuff like Matchbox 20, “Iris”, “Torn” etc belong on an alternative rock list.

[Alex1901]

I actually want to try this. Never done a rock rankdown before so I don't know how well I will do, but hopefully I will get a list in soon.

[Deleted]

I'm doing this one. This list is stacked.

[Az Paynter]

This house party is getting to be a little bit crowded...

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2018 17:02:45 GMT -5 astorknight said:

I’m just surprised there’s so much pop fluff on this list. I don’t think stuff like Matchbox 20, “Iris”, “Torn” etc belong on an alternative rock list.

I guess we won't be getting along very much again :/

[Deleted]

Oct 1, 2018 19:13:06 GMT -5 Az Paynter said:

This house party is getting to be a little bit crowded...

THEY DON'T EVEN GO HERE

[House Lannister]

Well, this party is becoming crowded. Just like my dance card.

But I should have a list ready in time and submitted.

Deep year. Maybe I should cue up Cruel Intentions as I'm doing this?

[Deleted]

Right up my alley, I am doing this you can bet!

[Daryl the Beryl]

The Our Lady Peace songs are back on Spotify, at least for me.