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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Jun 9, 2019 10:05:54 GMT -5
I would’ve boosted Police, T-Rex & especially Clash as Guns Of Brixton is one of my favorites from them
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 17:46:26 GMT -5
Took a little longer than I expected, but let's cut straight to the top ten chase.
#30 escaped the bottom ten by a single point. Meanwhile, #30 is also our first song to spend time in the top ten! It also spent at least one movement in the bottom ten, so this song was all over the place. It spent most of the rankdown in the twenties.
Just three posters ranked the first song of this huge set in their top half, but all are high in the top half. Two posters will also lose top tens--er, fives. Five more bottom tens will also be dealt with, including two bottom fives...and perhaps another #40?
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 17:50:47 GMT -5
This is the only song in the lowest reaches of my ranking that I kind of, sort of regret ranking this low. This is a song I could have easily put in my twenties.
Oh well.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 17:53:26 GMT -5
#29 did not spend time in the top ten, though it did spend time in the top half for a couple of movements. It also only spent two movements in the bottom ten, both spread out during the ranking process. This song, like "Sweet Emotion" before it, spent most of its movements in the twenties.
Five top half rankings will feel the sting, while two posters will feel a slightly more painful top ten sting. Fittingly, five bottom ten rankings will also be dealt with, and though just one bottom five is among them, it's a LOW bottom five.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 17:57:38 GMT -5
Out of all of the Guitar Hero discoveries in this rankdown, this is one of the songs that left the biggest impression on me when I heard it for the first time. This song is wild, and I love every damn second of its winding road. That drum solo, my GOD.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:00:39 GMT -5
The song at #28 also spent time in the top half early, but, more importantly, it's our first song not to spend time in the bottom ten. It was definitely close to entering the bottom ten, especially earlier on in the rankdown, but it spent most of the rankdown fairly safely in the twenties until the end.
Six top half rankings will need to get out of here, with two more top tens being pushed out a little more forcefully. Five more bottom tens will also be shown the door, with two bottom fives following closely. Is there another #40 lurking? Maybe?
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:05:06 GMT -5
Going in, I thought I knew what Doc Indie Party Rock would rank at #40. I did not...though, really, I should have.
I would genuinely argue that this is Bob Dylan's best performance of one of his own songs.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:07:57 GMT -5
The next song, #27...you guessed it...spent time in the top half! Actually, this spent significant time in the top half, including at least one movement in the top ten. Sadly, it did not last, but it put up a hell of a fight for a while.
Yet again, six top half rankings will move forward with their lives, all but one residing in the top 15. Two top tens will also be lost, but BOTH are top fives. Bottom tens? This song has them, with six in total. All but two are bottom fives.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:11:46 GMT -5
I was rooting for this hard when it entered the top ten. I'm, honestly, a little sad that it didn't stick around.
I adore Dave Anderson's bass playing on this song. So damn groovy.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:14:35 GMT -5
Ready for a blitzkrieg of monumental standard deviations? #26 has the fourth highest standard deviation, and it definitely looks the part. It only has five top half rankings, but ALL of them are top tens, with one going a step further into the top five. We will also find out who has the last top ten standing after this reveal. A whopping seven bottom tens will also be pushed away, including four bottom fives.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:18:08 GMT -5
The opening of (the main part of) this song alone justifies its placement in this rankdown.
Congrats on having the last top ten standing, rowellfarm490. Surprise.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:20:42 GMT -5
Oh, don't think we're done with high SDs just yet! #25 has the fifth highest standard deviation, and it comes packed with seven top half rankings and three top tens. Not a lot of top tens, right? Well, at least one poster will lose a ranking higher than the highest ranking on "American Woman". Six bottom tens also join this song in death, almost all in the bottom five. Oh, and there's at least one #40 loss.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:25:00 GMT -5
It's probably sacrilege to say that this is my favorite Doors song, right? Not the best, sure, but my favorite.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2019 18:27:43 GMT -5
love me some Riders on the Storm, but this? not so much
also a bit of space rock is too much for some of you as well? bleh
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:28:18 GMT -5
Hey, did you enjoy the last reveal? Well, for some of you, #24 is going to be a sharp slap in the face. The song with the tenth lowest standard deviation spent a handful of movements inside the top half (barely), and it also spent a little time in the bottom ten.
A whopping eight posters will lose a top half ranking with the reveal of #24, but only one will lose a top ten, hence the low standard deviation. Six more bottom tens will also get shown the door, but none are in the bottom five.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:32:01 GMT -5
Remember the "common theme" involving me that I mentioned earlier? This isn't it, but this is basically a "lesser" version of that theme. I have not been kind to some of @humanshazam's favorites. :kii:
Oh, by the way, rowellfarm490 is now not only the last person with their entire top ten still alive, he's also the first to clear their bottom ten. How DOES he do it?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2019 18:33:00 GMT -5
Creedence fucking rules
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:35:11 GMT -5
One more low SD? Sure, why not? #23 gives us the seventh lowest standard deviation, and it accompanies a song that spent the majority of the rankdown somewhere in the twenties. It did spend quite a few movements in the top half late, though...
Only five top half rankings are on their way out, but two are in the top ten, with one poster losing a low top five. Just two bottom tens are also lost, but one is a very low bottom five.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:38:32 GMT -5
When this song shifts gears past the two minute mark, this song goes from being a solid classic rock song to one of my favorites of the era. It pained me to rank it bottom ten here, but that's what happens when I make my own rankdowns.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:41:59 GMT -5
IIIIIIIIIIIIT'S TIIIIIIIIME! We're not QUITE at highest standard deviation territory, but SECOND HIGHEST SD territory? You bet! Let's start at the bottom with #22. This song has six bottom tens, with all but two residing in the bottom five. At least one #40 will be shed. Meanwhile, this song also has seven top half rankings, but all of them are in the top 15, and all but two are in the top ten. Doesn't seem all that crazy yet, right? Well, it's here where we'll see our first #1 loss...and there's more than one.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:46:31 GMT -5
Going in, I had pegged two songs as immediate high SD candidates. We'll see another later on, but this one was doomed the moment I included it, since it always seems to carry some hate with it. And yet, when that sax and that guitar solo kicks in, I melt. It's simply unavoidable.
My condolences, Beno and craziaskowboi.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:50:12 GMT -5
ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD! #21 takes us from the second highest SD all the way down to the THIRD highest standard deviation. Seven top half rankings will be pushing their way past the others, while four top tens will push a little harder. Actually, they'll push much harder, because they're all top fives, and at least one poster will lose a #1. While this song also has six bottom tens and three bottom fives, none of them are bottom three, which probably explains why the SD for this song isn't even higher.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:53:45 GMT -5
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Post by craziaskowboi on Jun 9, 2019 18:56:55 GMT -5
I don't know what to think of 21-30. I dumped a lot of my bottom 10, including my #40, but my top 10 got murdered in the process, including my #1. :(
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 18:57:26 GMT -5
Let's get to the top half, and we start with a song that was in the twenties for almost the entire rankdown. Literally. It had never entered the bottom ten, nor did it ever enter the top half...only to surprise me by making the top half at the very end.
Six top half rankings will take a trip out of the rankdown, with two top tens taking the express lane. Well, actually, it's more like two top fives. Only two bottom tens will be lost, on the other hand, but both are decently low. One is a bottom five.
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Post by craziaskowboi on Jun 9, 2019 19:00:59 GMT -5
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Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion
When I first saw the music video for this, I spent the next hour in my bedroom with the lights out. The girl in the see-through was HOT! 22
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 19:01:10 GMT -5
This is one of this rankdown's best examples of how difficult it could be to rank for yours truly. I thought this would be in my top half, but it was closer to bottom ten than top half.
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Post by lyhom on Jun 9, 2019 19:03:50 GMT -5
When I first saw the music video for this, I spent the next hour in my bedroom with the lights out.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 19:04:48 GMT -5
Enjoy that reprieve from high and low standard deviations? Well, it's time to get right back on the roller coaster, as #19 hands us the ninth highest SD. A new rankdown high nine top half rankings will have to go on and get, with five top tens also on their way out the door. Just one is a top five, however, hence why the SD is not higher. That doesn't prevent this song from having four bottom tens and two bottom fives.
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Post by Football on Jun 9, 2019 19:09:13 GMT -5
You may have noticed that I'm not having a bad reveal so far.
Yeah, uh, that's about to change.
Congrats on clearing your bottom ten, peacebone. I didn't say that you were history's greatest monster, it was another guy in the crowd.
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