rowellfarm490
9x Platinum Member
Joined: October 2003
Posts: 9,398 
|
Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 10, 2019 13:26:03 GMT -5
Solid top 20. I do feel that my lowest 4 remaining (47, 55, 68, and 76) are a bit overrated but they are still good songs. I'm really happy with the other 16 songs that made the top 20.
It's interesting that all of the songs that finished at #5, #6, #8, #9 and #10 have been revealed but 4 songs that finished at #7 made the top 20. One other thing that stood out to me was that the best performing song here from 1987 was Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" but it only reached #6 in its year-end rankdown.
|
|
rowellfarm490
9x Platinum Member
Joined: October 2003
Posts: 9,398
|
Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 10, 2019 13:28:18 GMT -5
|
|
samo🦕
Diamond Member
not really a movie person
looking at the big sky
Joined: December 2017
Posts: 15,591
Pronouns: she/they
|
Post by samo🦕 on Jul 10, 2019 13:56:17 GMT -5
I'm missing my top 2 now, but I also lost one of my two bottom 10s, so I'm not too disappointed with this set.
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2019 15:25:29 GMT -5
Update on my list 100-21 1. Human (64) 3. Bad (54) 4. Faith (48) 5. Man in the Mirror (41) 6. Let's Go Crazy (24) 8. Total Eclipse of the Heart (40) 9. The Promise (57) 11. Conga (83) 13. Wanna Be Startin Something (21) 14. I Want Your Sex (100) 15. I Ran (So Far Away) (26) 17. Smooth Operator (78) 19. Land of Confusion (79) 21. Another Brick in The Wall (Part 2) (25) 22. Drive (58) 23. Here Comes the Rain Again (22) 24. Take Me Home Tonight (96) 25. Higher Love (46) 27. Cars (55) 28. Buffalo Stance (94) 29. Love is a Battlefield (63) 30. Heartbreaker (80) 31. (I Just) Died In Your Arms (86) 32. Dancing in the Dark (45) 33. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (30) 36. What's Love Got To Do With It (39) 37. Little Lies (72) 38. Fast Car (29) 39. I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) (77) 40. Edge of Seventeen (28) 41. I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (27) 42. The Boys of Summer (43) 43. She Drives Me Crazy (74) 44. Shout (50) 45. Eye of the Tiger (60) 46. Shattered Dreams (62) 47. How Will I Know (59) 49. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (73) 50. The Winner Takes It All (61) 53. 1999 (33) 55. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic (71) 57. Heaven is A Place on Earth (69) 58. Stop Draggin My Heart Around (99) 60. Bette Davis Eyes (50) 61. Every Breath You Take (23) 62. 9 to 5 (87) 63. Careless Whisper (37) 64. Who Can It Be Now? (89) 65. Hit Me With Your Best Shot (53) 66. Sowing The Seeds of Love (81) 67. Funkytown (52) 68. The Way You Make Me Feel (31) 70. Hungry Like The Wolf (32) 72. Miss You Much (65) 73. So Emotional (95) 74. Rock With You (34) 75. U Got The Look (82) 76. Raspberry Beret (49) 77. Kiss (35) 78. Urgent (98) 79. Out of Touch (75) 80. Everything She Wants (67) 81. Off The Wall (90) 82. Brass In Pocket (88) 83. Father Figure (42) 84. Hurts So Good (97) 85. Rapture (91) 86. Upside Down (85) 87. Open Your Heart (56) 88. Papa Don't Preach (36) 89. Express Yourself (44) 90. Borderline (68) 91. Live to Tell (66) 92. Celebration (70) 93. With or Without You (38) 94. The Look (84) 96. Kiss On My List (92) 97. What Have I Done to Deserve This? (76) 99. I Love Rock N Roll (47) 100. Venus (93) Thoughts on the Top 20 2. Sooooo happy this is still in. I expect it to choke before the Top 10 but I can hope for a Top 10 finish because THIS IS 80S.
7. Easily my pick to win this. I don't know anyone who would tank this.
10. Such an amazing song, so glad it's ducked and dodged and made it this far
12. Not surprised this is still in, I definitely see it hitting top ten.
16. My dark horse for a Top 10 finish. Oh my god keep going!
18. This is gonna choke on the next reveal but I'm happy it got this far
20. Odds are the fan favorite pick to win it all
26. Gonna make the Top 10 for sure
34. In a good way: HOW IS THIS STILL IN?!?
35. I overranked this and now I'm paying for it
48. Meh
51. Kinda burnt on it but it's a classic, deserves it's spot here
52. Used to HATE this song, now it's grown on me. I don't love it, but I can stand it
54. Meh. I see why others like it, but it's a meh song to me
56. Actually shocked this is still in
59. A little annoyed this is still in. I like it but such an overrated piece of their discography
69. I definitely understand why this is still in, and I appreciate it's place in music history, but as a song I usually skip it for better music
71. OH MY GOD. I never thought I'd be rooting for a song I ranked Bottom Half, but honest to god my inner music geek is so happy for this song
95. WHY DO PEOPLE LIKE THIS FUCKING SONG. IT IS NOT ICONIC, IT IS NOT CREATIVE, ITS A PIECE OF TRASH
98. Honestly, I never got this song. Not once. I like other songs from the discography this came from, but this song always bored me to tears |
|
|
|
Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 10, 2019 17:39:29 GMT -5
#25. Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
Easily my favorite Pink Floyd song. I can't even stomach any other of their other songs. Not my preferred vibe to get "high" to. "Run Like Hell" and "Money". Those two are also great, but that's it.
#24. Let's Go Crazy - Prince and the Revolution
I guess the Prince songs are leaving in correct order? This one rocks.
#23. Every Breath You Take - The Police
A Police classic that I thought would outlive the M.J. songs
#22. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
This is a good song, but I wouldn't put it this high.
#21. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
This is a song I ended up appreciating later in life. Good bop, but not in my best of the 80's list.
|
|
|
|
Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 10, 2019 17:41:41 GMT -5
I'm so off on PULSE closeness I'm not even in the top 40, which means my list is an authentic Doc Indie Party Rock list. |
|
craziaskowboi
2x Platinum Member
Joined: September 2015
Posts: 2,680
|
Post by craziaskowboi on Jul 11, 2019 1:29:04 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 7:56:38 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 8:14:51 GMT -5
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 8:16:46 GMT -5
lmao really
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 8:26:18 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 8:35:28 GMT -5
|
|
samo🦕
Diamond Member
not really a movie person
looking at the big sky
Joined: December 2017
Posts: 15,591
Pronouns: she/they
|
Post by samo🦕 on Jul 11, 2019 8:42:45 GMT -5
Ignoring TAT (and I didn’t even think it would make the top 30 initially), this has been an amazing set.
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 8:43:43 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 11, 2019 8:46:39 GMT -5
Revealing 15-11 tomorrow...
The Top 15 (in alphabetical order):
A-Ha - Take On Me
Blondie - Call Me
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Madonna - Like A Prayer
Michael Jackson - Beat It
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Michael Jackson - Smooth Criminal
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Prince - When Doves Cry
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust
Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
The Human League - Don't You Want Me
Toto - Africa
|
|
samo🦕
Diamond Member
not really a movie person
looking at the big sky
Joined: December 2017
Posts: 15,591
Pronouns: she/they
|
Post by samo🦕 on Jul 11, 2019 8:47:51 GMT -5
My remaining ranks:
4, 9
13, 15, 17, 18, 19
25, 27, 28
32
41, 45
59
66
I won’t be too disappointed with any of these winning, but I really hope it’s one of my top 10s.
|
|
charmander78
Platinum Member
Joined: February 2019
Posts: 1,076
|
Post by charmander78 on Jul 11, 2019 10:54:14 GMT -5
Sucks that thriller went out, but it took 3 bottom halves so all good. There’s still 2 better MJ songs anyway.
6 of my top 10s remaining, hopefully I don’t get screwed tomorrow.
|
|
Red
Moderator
Hey, it's that old guy!
I'm Chuck E
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 19,038
Pronouns: he/him
Staff
|
Post by Red on Jul 11, 2019 11:38:31 GMT -5
Took out my last remaining bottom half...also took out my biggest rooting interest.
Really, I've ranked every song here top ten before, and I'd genuinely say that I really like every song remaining about the same, so I don't really care about the potential winner now that The Cure are out.
(As an aside, I'm definitely not complaining, but how the hell is "Africa" still in? I would have thought it would have been tanked out of the top 25 altogether.)
|
|
CF15
9x Platinum Member
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 9,356
|
Post by CF15 on Jul 11, 2019 12:19:41 GMT -5
“Every Breath You Take” having bottom-fives and missing the top 20 is just unacceptable. That would have probably been my #1.
That being said, though, I don’t really have other complaints about this top 15. I recognize and really like most of the songs in it. I’d like for “Beat It”, “Billie Jean”, or “Africa” to win, though.
|
|
Butterflies & Hurricanes
9x Platinum Member
"youve got 2B the best, youve got to change the world & use this chance 2B heard, your time is now"
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 9,814
My Charts
Pronouns: he/him/his
|
Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Jul 11, 2019 12:22:23 GMT -5
Africa & Smooth Criminal don’t belong with this elite list of songs...should be Love Song & either WEG or NYT instead
|
|
House Lannister
6x Platinum Member
Would be Twitcher/YouTuber
Joined: May 2015
Posts: 6,522
|
Post by House Lannister on Jul 11, 2019 13:36:34 GMT -5
The big shock out of today is the departure of Need You Tonight, a strong mix of pop and rock.
Considering the last couple of days, I knew that there was a chance that a song like Thriller would depart.
West End Girls is a fine song. But their time was up.
I liked Lovesong and Time After Time to certain extents, but insert "This rankdown is stacked" gif here.
At least my bottom 40 is clear, even though I'm only down to 3 top 10s now...
|
|
Deleted
Joined: January 1970
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2019 14:00:43 GMT -5
Quick thoughts
Thank GOD West End Girls is gone. Now get rid of my 95 soon
I really do love LoveSong, but it wasn't gonna win. It made it as far as it did in my Discord tournament
Time After Time is an ok song. I feel the nostalgia and I sing it on Singstar but I often don't listen to it on its own
I'm SO happy Need You Tonight made it as far as it did. Yes I'm a lower half ranker, and I regret it 100 percent
Finally surprised and happy that Thriller missed. As a video it's amazing but as a song it's just a song
And for the person who says Smooth Criminal and Africa shouldn't be here....well I politely disagree with you
|
|
cedric
Gold Member
Joined: December 2017
Posts: 566
|
Post by cedric on Jul 11, 2019 15:31:24 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised that INXS didn't make top ten! Never Tear Us Apart >>>
Also FINALLY at West End Girls!
Only two bottom half songs, but one is making top 5 for sure
|
|
|
|
Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 11, 2019 23:46:47 GMT -5
#20. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Strong song. I gonna start charting a new Pet Shop Boys song in the weeks to come.
#19. Lovesong - The Cure
Man Cure have an impressive discography. I like this song, but did you know I like about 15 other songs of theirs' more than this one. Songs like "Love Cats" and "In Between Days"
#18. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
This is here most Aesthetic Pop ballad. Beautiful melody with that "gonna make you tear up" vibe.
#17. Need You Tonight - INXS
This is an alright song . A bit too simple in production, and I really disliked that music video version where they go on and on rhyming about nothing. I like songs like "Don't Change" and "Original Sin" ,and earlier INXS before you guys were even born.
#16. Thriller - Michael Jackson
I forgot if I ranked this higher than "Beat It", but both are in my top 10 MJ favs ever. "Thriller" is what I like to call "Epic Pop". Not a big fan of 'Billie Jean", but "Smooth Criminal" is fierce.
|
|
gonecountry
3x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2014
Posts: 3,436
|
Post by gonecountry on Jul 12, 2019 5:51:27 GMT -5
#19. Lovesong - The CureMan Cure have an impressive discography. I like this song, but did you know I like about 15 other songs of theirs' more than this one. Songs like "Love Cats" and "In Between Days" #17. Need You Tonight - INXSThis is an alright song . A bit too simple in production, and I really disliked that music video version where they go on and on rhyming about nothing. I like songs like "Don't Change" and " Original Sin" ,and earlier INXS before you guys were even born. #19 - the Cure have at least 20 songs that I like SO much better than this one. It's always bored me to tears. See "Mint Car" if you want an undiscovered gem. And all their old stuff is incredible #17 - Overplay almost killed this song for me - but What You Need holds that honor. Everything on Shabooh Shabaah, The Swing and Listen Like Thieves (minus WYN) are so much higher on my list. Three incredible albums... |
|
gonecountry
3x Platinum Member
Joined: February 2014
Posts: 3,436
|
Post by gonecountry on Jul 12, 2019 5:55:08 GMT -5
“Every Breath You Take” having bottom-fives and missing the top 20 is just unacceptable. That would have probably been my #1. That being said, though, I don’t really have other complaints about this top 15. I recognize and really like most of the songs in it. I’d like for “Beat It”, “Billie Jean”, or “Africa” to win, though. Artistically, I agree EBYT is an incredible song. That said, I get blood draining from my ears when I hear it. IMO this is the most overplayed song of the 80's. Relentlessly overplayed. I love their entire catalogue, but I'd prefer to hear Synchronicity II 100x over before EBYT. Radio can make a song, but they can also kill it too IMO. |
|
singingrulebritannia
Diamond Member
source: https://twitter.com/spookyfoxinc/status/1832168743704596972
Joined: January 2010
Posts: 25,932
My Charts
Pronouns: he/him
|
Post by singingrulebritannia on Jul 12, 2019 6:01:11 GMT -5
If "Smooth Criminal" and "Africa" can both crawl in a hole and expire painfully before the top 10 that'd be fantastic
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 12, 2019 7:42:00 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 12, 2019 8:00:16 GMT -5
|
|
Unhinged
7x Platinum Member
I'd rather hold onto hope than fear
Joined: January 2015
Posts: 7,792
|
Post by Unhinged on Jul 12, 2019 8:08:58 GMT -5
|
|
