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Post by Football on May 11, 2019 18:48:07 GMT -5
RED'S JOURNEY - EXTENDED RED'S CLASSIC ROCK RANKDOWN This has been, I believe, the longest period of time in between me finishing a Journey RD and then posting the next rankdown. I won't lie to you, I was a bit burnt out, especially after running the Rock Tournament over in the rock forum. I needed a slight break, and, now that I have had the break, I'm ready to move forward with the next Extended rankdown, one that has been a long time coming. This was actually one of the first Extended rankdowns I put together, though it has seen changes since I first put the whole thing together. At any rate, this is still a Journey rankdown, so expect quality.
Well, I hope that's the case, anyway.
As always, here's a couple of notes...
- You will send your rankings (1-40, 1 for your favorite song, 40 for your least favorite) to me via PM. As of right now, the deadline is set for Thursday, June 6th. This deadline day is not completely inflexible, as always, but with a near one month deadline, I would hope that should give you all plenty of time to send in a ranking. The deadline time remains the same: 8pm US Eastern.
- Spotify playlist only. Again, for now. I might bring back the YT playlists ANY time now...
- As has been the case with the other Extended rankdowns, there will not be a tag list initially. When it does show up, it will include a mixture of posters who have already submitted for Journeys in the past, as well as some posters that I will continue to try and get on the Journey bandwagon. With this rankdown, as with the last rankdown, I might tag posters who haven't participated in Journeys before that might be interested in the songs involved. And believe me, there's a lot of well-known songs here, so I expect quite a few submissions. Fingers crossed.
- As always, if you would like to be tagged when I eventually do start tagging posters, make sure to let me know! And let me know repeatedly. I forgot to tag posters in the last rankdown. If I have a chance to do it, I'll do it.
Here's the 40 songs that will drive cross country on a motorcycle! (And yes, the 19th song in the order was intentional.)
1) Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song 2) Jethro Tull - Aqualung 3) The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica 4) The Police - Next to You 5) Derek and the Dominos - Layla 6) T.Rex - Children of the Revolution 7) Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) 8) The Guess Who - American Woman 9) Electric Light Orchestra - Turn to Stone 10) The Who - Who Are You 11) Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla 12) Queen - Stone Cold Crazy 13) Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 14) Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 15) Wings - Band on the Run 16) The Doors - Touch Me 17) Steely Dan - Do It Again 18) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend 19) The Rolling Stones - 19th Nervous Breakdown 20) Dio - Holy Diver 21) Grateful Dead - Casey Jones 22) Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue 23) Hawkwind - Master of the Universe 24) Mountain - Mississippi Queen 25) Deep Purple - Highway Star 26) Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein 27) Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 28) Pink Floyd - Money 29) Black Sabbath - Paranoid 30) Iron Maiden - Wrathchild 31) David Bowie - Suffragette City 32) Rush - Working Man 33) The Clash - The Guns of Brixton 34) Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 35) The Doobie Brothers - China Grove 36) Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun 37) The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 38) The Stooges - Search and Destroy 39) Boston - Foreplay/Long Time 40) Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on May 12, 2019 0:02:56 GMT -5
Hell yes I 'm doing this.
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Post by American Idiot on May 12, 2019 14:35:01 GMT -5
Ditto with the post above!
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Post by desperado on May 14, 2019 23:06:15 GMT -5
I really enjoyed your 1980s rankdown, so I will definitely be doing your Classic Rock rankdown. I especially liked being introduced to new artists and new songs by artists I already knew. I need to finish the rankdown for someone I live with, but this rankdown sounds more fun.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 15, 2019 4:01:39 GMT -5
#1 & 2: 4.5/5 #3-12: 4 #13-27: 3.5 #28-37: 3 #38-40: 2.5
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Post by Beno on May 17, 2019 23:54:24 GMT -5
I'm pretty keen for this, Classic Rock is a genre I'm admittedly not too familiar with tbh but one I've always liked, and recently I've been trying to explore more of it so this should be a lot of fun
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Post by Football on May 23, 2019 7:54:46 GMT -5
Early days, so it doesn't surprise me that only one poster besides myself has submitted, but I expect that will change in due time. I also meant to post this yesterday and didn't...welp.
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!
(slightly under) TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on May 27, 2019 1:20:14 GMT -5
Just sent this in. Do yourselves a favor and listen to the full album versions. Don't cheat yourselves out of an epic experience.
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Post by Football on May 30, 2019 15:37:09 GMT -5
Alright, things started to pick up...and then fell off a cliff after a couple of days. But hey, we're getting closer to the deadline, so that should change.
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!
ONE WEEK UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
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Post by Lordef†ones on May 30, 2019 18:33:48 GMT -5
Uh I only have like 7 songs to listen to so this should be a quick list to whip up but if I don't get it in by the 12th dont wait up on me
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jun 3, 2019 7:12:39 GMT -5
Tag me for the results.
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Post by Football on Jun 3, 2019 16:24:50 GMT -5
We're nearing the home stretch. If you're going to submit, I hope you do so soon.
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!
THREE DAYS UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
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Post by newpower on Jun 3, 2019 17:01:52 GMT -5
I started with this. Will submit before deadline. Nice list.
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Post by Football on Jun 4, 2019 15:52:52 GMT -5
Here we go, the home stretch. I hope you guys are working on this!
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!
(a little over) TWO DAYS UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
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Post by Football on Jun 5, 2019 19:11:05 GMT -5
No new submissions since the last update. Just saying. :kii:
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know! Also, and this is very important, even though the deadline day is tomorrow, there's a real chance that reveals won't start until Friday at the earliest, so if you submit, say, Friday morning, I'll likely still accept your submission. Consider the currently deadline "flexible".
24 HOURS UNTIL THE DEADLINE.
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Post by Football on Jun 6, 2019 16:07:58 GMT -5
Well, that lack of submissions didn't last long.
As always, I'm probably forgetting a few of you, so you can still submit, even if you're not tagged. Of course, if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know! And it's now looking like I may not get started on reveals until Saturday now, so you'll have even more time to submit, even if you're a little late.
(less than) THREE HOURS UNTIL THE (technical) DEADLINE.
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Post by Football on Jun 7, 2019 16:34:09 GMT -5
Alright, here's the deal. We're past the deadline, but I'm waiting on at least one more submission. There's a real chance we won't be starting until Saturday now, but I would like to start fairly early on Saturday, so do not hesitate to submit, if you still plan to.
WE ARE IN THE LATE SUBMISSION PERIOD.
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 8:52:28 GMT -5
While I am doing this now, just keep in mind that I'm still accepting submissions, even though the main person I was waiting on has submitted. I'll be starting reveals later today, though we'll likely have to do two sets of 15 over the next two days. At any rate, it's time for the S-S-S-S-SURVEY (that no one responds to)!What songs do you think could be in the top ten? You can also make a #1 prediction here, if you'd like. What songs do you think could be in the bottom ten/ You can also make a #40 prediction here, if you'd like. What songs stand out as potential high SD candidates? What about the songs that stand out as low SD candidates? Of these 40 songs that I greatly appreciate, which one did I decide to go the full monty with and rank #1? Likewise, which song did I like the "least" and placed at #40? Which of the previous Journey artists (Led Zeppelin/The Who/Queen/The Rolling Stones/Dio/Pink Floyd/Black Sabbath/Iron Maiden/David Bowie/Rush/The Clash/Jimi Hendrix) will finish the lowest? Which of the Journey debutants (everyone else) will finish the highest? Any other predictions?
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 15:21:59 GMT -5
I haven't gotten even the slightest inclination that someone else is going to submit for this, so we might as well close submissions. The first set, which will be 40-26 because of the Alt deadline, should begin not too long from now.
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 16:45:20 GMT -5
Pretty, pretty decent turnout, if I may say so myself. Anywho, let us begin. Also, I lied...we're doing ten today . We'll do twenty tomorrow, though, to make up for it.
Why don't we kick things off with a nice, shiny low standard deviation reveal at #40? The song with the eighth-lowest standard deviation is one that was never outside of the bottom five. It also spent more time at #40 than any other song.
Despite those facts, three people will still be losing a top half ranking immediately. One poster is dangerously close to losing their first top ten already. Eight bottom tens combatted this song, and while that may not seem like a lot, this song is actually in a big tie for most bottom tens. Five are in the bottom five somewhere, with one poster getting a very lucky #40 perfecto.
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 16:50:22 GMT -5
The lucky recipient of the #40 perfecto? Why, it's Beno!
I did not expect this song to be last, but...here we are.
40The Police - Next to YouPoints: 190 Standard Deviation: 8.921 (EIGHTH LOWEST)Rankingsnewpower: 11 commerce196: 13 rowellfarm490: 17 Lordef†ones: 22 singingrulebritannia: 28 craziaskowboi: 29 Mirago: 30 Geometrical: 30 American Idiot: 31 Doc Indie Party Rock: 34 desperado: 34 Football: 36 peacebone: 36 @humanshazam: 37 willapted33: 38 Beno: 40TAGS (if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know)Daryl the BerylMovements38 40 40 40 40 39 39 40 40 40 40 39 39 40 40
Journey History N/A
{Songs Remaining}Immigrant Song Aqualung Jessica Layla Children of the Revolution Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) American Woman Turn to Stone Who Are You Godzilla Stone Cold Crazy Dreams Psycho Killer Band on the Run Touch Me Do It Again Up Around the Bend 19th Nervous Breakdown Holy Diver Casey Jones Tangled Up in Blue Master of the Universe Mississippi Queen Highway Star Frankenstein Sweet Emotion Money Paranoid Wrathchild Suffragette City Working Man The Guns of Brixton Bela Lugosi's Dead China Grove Holidays in the Sun Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Search and Destroy Foreplay/Long Time Baker Street
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 16:54:30 GMT -5
#39 takes us away from the monumental standard deviations for a moment. This was another song that spent the entirety of the rankdown in the bottom ten, and it spent almost the entire rankdown in the bottom five. When "Next to You" wasn't #40, this song almost always was in its place instead.
Four top half rankings will be pushed to the side, and, unlike with the first reveal, we will see our first top ten loss here! Actually, strike that, we'll see our first two top ten losses! The opposition? Try eight bottom tens and five bottom fives.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jun 8, 2019 16:56:57 GMT -5
The members of The Police were all experienced session musicians with background in like prog and jazz, and they formed the band because they wanted to make punk music. I always found that evolution and the way it showed up in their unique sound fascinating
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 16:59:37 GMT -5
This song, I absolutely expected to be low. Funnily enough, had this song actually finished at #40 like it threatened to, it would have marked the second Journey in a row where my #21 would have finished last.
39T.Rex - Children of the RevolutionPoints: 212 Standard Deviation: 10.389RankingsLordef†ones: 7 desperado: 9 craziaskowboi: 15 Doc Indie Party Rock: 20 Football: 21 Mirago: 27 newpower: 29 willapted33: 30 Geometrical: 31 American Idiot: 33 Beno: 35 @humanshazam: 36 commerce196: 37 singingrulebritannia: 37 peacebone: 38 rowellfarm490: 39TAGS (if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know)Daryl the BerylMovements34 37 37 38 39 40 40 39 39 39 39 40 40 39 39
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{Songs Remaining}Immigrant Song Aqualung Jessica Layla Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) American Woman Turn to Stone Who Are You Godzilla Stone Cold Crazy Dreams Psycho Killer Band on the Run Touch Me Do It Again Up Around the Bend 19th Nervous Breakdown Holy Diver Casey Jones Tangled Up in Blue Master of the Universe Mississippi Queen Highway Star Frankenstein Sweet Emotion Money Paranoid Wrathchild Suffragette City Working Man The Guns of Brixton Bela Lugosi's Dead China Grove Holidays in the Sun Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Search and Destroy Foreplay/Long Time Baker Street
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 17:00:58 GMT -5
“Message in a Bottle” and “Life is Strange” would’ve ranked much higher for me, respectively, but neither of the selected songs were bad
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 17:03:12 GMT -5
Okay, back to the big standard deviations...kind of. #38 gives us the third lowest standard deviation, and it's another song that spent the entire rankdown in the bottom ten. In fact, it spent the entire rankdown in a tiny five spot range. Despite that fact, it never once dropped to #40.
For the second and final time in this rankdown, no one loses a top ten with the next reveal. One poster comes fairly close to losing their first, though. Eight more bottom tens are also wiped off, with three bottom fives chief among them.
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 17:07:05 GMT -5
Here's another song that I expected to see finish fairly low, though I thought there'd be maybe a LITTLE more support for this. I wonder how some of the similar songs I left on the cutting room floor would have done instead...
38Mountain - Mississippi QueenPoints: 216 Standard Deviation: 7.651 (THIRD LOWEST)Rankingscraziaskowboi: 12 Beno: 19 Lordef†ones: 21 American Idiot: 21 Doc Indie Party Rock: 22 commerce196: 22 desperado: 24 newpower: 27 Football: 31 Mirago: 31 @humanshazam: 31 peacebone: 32 singingrulebritannia: 35 rowellfarm490: 36 Geometrical: 37 willapted33: 39TAGS (if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know)Daryl the BerylMovements39 35 35 36 36 37 37 38 38 38 38 38 38 38 38
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{Songs Remaining}Immigrant Song Aqualung Jessica Layla Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) American Woman Turn to Stone Who Are You Godzilla Stone Cold Crazy Dreams Psycho Killer Band on the Run Touch Me Do It Again Up Around the Bend 19th Nervous Breakdown Holy Diver Casey Jones Tangled Up in Blue Master of the Universe Highway Star Frankenstein Sweet Emotion Money Paranoid Wrathchild Suffragette City Working Man The Guns of Brixton Bela Lugosi's Dead China Grove Holidays in the Sun Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Search and Destroy Foreplay/Long Time Baker Street
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 17:11:40 GMT -5
I'm actually a little surprised that #37 is as low as it is. For a while, it wasn't this low. It spent the first half of the rankdown outside the bottom ten. In fact, it's our first song to spend time in the top half, spending multiple non-consecutive movements there. Then, the fall came. And it hit this song HARD.
We'll see five top half rankings find their way out of the rankdown, and though just one poster will be losing a top ten, it's their first top ten loss. Seven bottom tens will oppose that decision greatly, more than half residing in the bottom five. Hey, we'll even see a #40 get revealed!
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Post by Football on Jun 8, 2019 17:15:46 GMT -5
I have to imagine that, if I had chosen "Anarchy in the UK" or "God Save the Queen" instead, they would have been at least a little higher, right?
37Sex Pistols - Holidays in the SunPoints: 225 Standard Deviation: 9.902Rankings@humanshazam: 8 American Idiot: 13 peacebone: 18 singingrulebritannia: 19 willapted33: 19 Beno: 21 Football: 24 commerce196: 27 craziaskowboi: 28 Doc Indie Party Rock: 31 Lordef†ones: 35 newpower: 35 Mirago: 36 Geometrical: 38 desperado: 39 rowellfarm490: 40TAGS (if you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know)Daryl the BerylMovements20 18 22 26 15 26 22 22 30 33 32 33 37 36 37
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{Songs Remaining}Immigrant Song Aqualung Jessica Layla Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've) American Woman Turn to Stone Who Are You Godzilla Stone Cold Crazy Dreams Psycho Killer Band on the Run Touch Me Do It Again Up Around the Bend 19th Nervous Breakdown Holy Diver Casey Jones Tangled Up in Blue Master of the Universe Highway Star Frankenstein Sweet Emotion Money Paranoid Wrathchild Suffragette City Working Man The Guns of Brixton Bela Lugosi's Dead China Grove Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Search and Destroy Foreplay/Long Time Baker Street
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2019 17:16:58 GMT -5
a little punk is apparently too much for some of ya?
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