Pulse Rankdown: 1992 Year-End Alternative Chart (finished)

[Albie]

Oh shit! Im still not done. Guess i better hurry

[House Lannister]

About three fourths done; I suspect this'll be done in time.

[peacebone]

I promised a mass Ballot Update, might as well get it in before I sleep. I had...greater ambitions for this, but not now. I also don't exactly have the energy to flesh out my wording or format this post in typical ballot update fashion, so you'll just have to do with this...Simpsons reference-less assortment of notes.

Participants: peacebone, Butterflies & Hurricanes, singingrulebritannia, @xfer, Red, Doc Indie Party Rock, commerce196, rowellfarm490

-#1 leads by 75 points, the rest of the top 10 is very close (42 point gap between #2 and #10)
-Top 6 are within 100 points of #1
-Two songs have been at #1 - the initial #1 briefly returned to the top for one list after being unseated, then the next list brought the other #1 back
-Four songs have not left the top 10 (with one not having left the top 5); they make up 4 of the current top 5
-Top 10 have at least 600 points, 29 songs with at least 500 points, 83 songs with at least 250 points, everything except for #100 has at least 100 points
-The current #100 is firmly in place there, 71 points behind #99 (which itself is 23 points behind #98) and 164 points away from escaping the bottom 10
-Only the bottom 4 are within 100 points of #100
-The same songs have occupied the bottom two slots for the entire duration so far, but they did switch recently
-Four of the current bottom 5 (as well as #94) have not escaped the bottom 10
-The two highest SDs are back-to-back at #45 and #46 (and are the highest SDs by a pretty decent amount); 3rd highest is at #78
-#100 holds the lowest SD, and it's not close (the next lowest SDs are at #83 and #4)
-Ties: #30, #45 (3-way), #51, #58 (3-way), #78, #81, #94

[peacebone]

~3 days left!

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[newpower]

Sent. I like the variety of this year. Several "dancey" songs which I'm sure will be tanked.

#justiceforenya

[lyhom]

Jul 11, 2019 22:01:17 GMT -5 peacebone said:

48. Concrete Blonde - Ghost of Texas Ladies' Man

I want to meet this man named "Texas Ladies' Man" someday

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Sent this in. A lot of great first time listens and downloads, but like always I'm pretty sure I naturally tanked some favorite among the Alternative Rock year. probably something you all figured I would tank anyway.  :kii:

[peacebone]

Jul 30, 2019 23:37:37 GMT -5 lyhom said:

Jul 11, 2019 22:01:17 GMT -5 peacebone said:

48. Concrete Blonde - Ghost of Texas Ladies' Man

I want to meet this man named "Texas Ladies' Man" someday

Billboard fix your shit, literally everything else says it's "Ghost of a..."

Anyways, ~two days left!

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[Doc Indie Party Rock]

BTW, I upgraded "Nearly Lost You considerably from the Active Rock slot.

[wheatsquares33]

I'll get this in today I've listened to and sorted everything but the youtube songs

[Walking Contradiction]

Don't think I'm going to get to do this one, but I'm definitely interested in the results.

[House Lannister]

This round was alright:

1-4 5/5
5-12 4.5/5
13-21 4/5
22-50 3.5/5
51-77 3/5
78-89 2.5/5
90-95 2/5
96-98 1.5/5
99-100 1/5

Favorite discoveries were 11 and 12.

[peacebone]

One day left! (hey look, I'm tagging on time for once instead of during the early morning hours of the next day)

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[alexcuse]

I’m too unfamiliar with most of the songs to submit a ballot this time, but please tag me (alexcuse) in reveals!

My top ten would’ve been:

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Enya - Caribbean Blue
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike
The Cure - Friday I'm in Love
U2 - Mysterious Ways
The Cure - High
Pearl Jam - Jeremy
The Cure - A Letter to Elise
U2 - One
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

[Albie]

ahh f**k there is no way i'm gonna make it at this point. Don't forget to tag me in results!

[craziaskowboi]

[peacebone]

9 hours left! This will be my second-to-last reminder.

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[peacebone]

In the leadup to reveals, I've got...a survey!

1. Predict what the top 10 will consist of (and #1, if you'd like).

2. Predict what the bottom 10 will consist of (and #100, if you'd like).

3. Which songs do you think will be the most divisive?

4. Which songs do you think will be the least divisive?

5. What do you think your first top 10 loss will be?

6. What do you think your first bottom 10 loss will be?

7. Where did you rank your favorite first listen?

8. Predict which song from each of the multiple-song artists will do best.
Concrete Blonde: "Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man" or "Someday"
David Byrne/Talking Heads: "Lifetime Piling Up", "Sax and Violins", or "She's Mad"
Dramarama: "Haven't Got a Clue" or "What Are We Gonna Do"
Faith No More: "A Small Victory" or "Midlife Crisis"
Ian McCulloch: "Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye", "Honey Drip", or "Lover Lover Lover"
INXS: "Heaven Sent", "Not Enough Time", or "Shining Star"
Morrissey: "Glamorous Glue", "Tomorrow", or "We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful"
Red Hot Chili Peppers: "Suck My Kiss" or "Under the Bridge"
Siouxsie and the Banshees: "Face to Face" or "Fear (Of the Unknown)"
Social Distortion: "Bad Luck" or "Cold Feelings"
Teenage Fanclub: "Star Sign" or "The Concept"
The B-52's: "Good Stuff" or "Tell It Like It T-I-Is"
The Cure: "A Letter to Elise", "Friday I'm in Love", or "High"
U2: "Even Better Than the Real Thing", "Mysterious Ways", "One", "Until the End of the World", or "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses"

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[campbellssoup]

I've got about 20 songs left to rank, I'll probably be submitting right before the deadline

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

I’m guessing half of the Top Ten will consist of: Come As You Are, Drive, Girlfriend, Jeremy, One

Black Metallic, Digging In The Dirt & Hunger Strike are possibilities

& ummm...if I have to guess on 2 more I’ll go with Friday, I’m In Love & Under The Bridge

...we’re past the point of favorite discoveries as I’ve heard all 100 of these many times before

[peacebone]

One last reminder. The deadline's in 53 minutes...please let me know if I can still expect a list from you.

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[peacebone]

So...with the exception of MoD (who I know is submitting by 7:30), submissions are closed.

[somelikeitwhen]

Yeah I knew I wouldn't make the deadline for this one, it was bound to happen eventually. I just hope some of the surprises in my top ten make it far (and I don't see too many clear bottom tens but I do see a clear #100).

[peacebone]

The battle for #100 wasn't even close. #100 was almost two entire lists behind #99. It was in the bottom 2 for the entire submission process, starting off at #99, dropping to #100 early on and permanently staying there.

Only one person even dared to rank this song in their top half...but it's a top 20. 80% of participants ranked this in their bottom 10 - the most of any song here - with all but six of those translating to bottom 5s, and five people starting off with perfect rankings.

[lyhom]

midge ure?

[peacebone]

I can handle plenty of Madchester stuff just fine...but this song was just fuckin' dumb.

100

Fabulous
Happyhead

Year-End Placing: #69
Chart Peak: #7
Chart Weeks: 9

269 points

Standard Deviation: 17.45 (8th lowest)

House Lannister: 19











craziaskowboi: 59
campbellssoup: 76
Az Paynter: 84
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 86
Daryl the Beryl: 91
singingrulebritannia: 91
American Idiot: 91
@doinktheclown: 93
@xfer: 94
commerce196: 95
Leaf: 96
wheatsquares33: 96
janinho: 97
lyhom: 97
Doc Indie Party Rock: 97
Juanca: 98
newpower: 98
Lordef†ones: 99
Red: 99
Geometrical: 100
MoD: 100
rowellfarm490: 100
peacebone: 100
Alex1901: 100

Movements
99 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Past Artist History
Debut

Tags (If you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!)
Walking Contradiction
alexcuse
Albie

Remaining Songs

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One
Weirdo
Friday I'm in Love
Come as You Are
Far Gone and Out
Hit
Mysterious Ways
Tomorrow
Digging in the Dirt
Into the Fire
Under the Bridge
Caribbean Blue
Blood Makes Noise
Not Enough Time
Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Born of Frustration
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Divine Thing
Bad Luck
Midlife Crisis
Star Sign
Sax and Violins
The Sweetest Drop
High
The Life of Riley
Even Better Than the Real Thing
These Are Days
Helpless
100%
Drive
What's Good
Dyslexic Heart
Good Stuff
Nearly Lost You
Seen the Doctor
Poison Heart
Ballerina Out of Control
Jeremy
What Girls Want
A Letter to Elise
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Spiritual High
She's Mad
Hunger Strike
Ripple
Pretend We're Dead
For Love
Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man
Girlfriend
It's a Shame About Ray
You Don't Understand
Until the End of the World
Honey Drip
Someday
Somebody to Shove
A Girl Like You
Love
Black Metallic
Planet Love
Lover Lover Lover
Galileo
We Are Each Other
Move Any Mountain
Haven't Got a Clue
Shining Star
Operation Spirit
Laid so Low
Why
Heaven Sent
Something Good
One Way
Hello Cruel World
Always the Last to Know
A Small Victory
Face to Face
Tell Your Sister
Visions of You
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Disappointed
Covered
Window Pane
Sheela-Na-Gig
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong
Twisterella
Lifetime Piling Up
Glamorous Glue
Suck My Kiss
What Are We Gonna Do
Happiness in Slavery
Through an Open Window
The Concept
NWO
Popular Creeps
Cold, Cold Heart
Tell It Like It T-I-Is
Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Fear (Of the Unknown)
Cold Feelings

[lyhom]

I'll take this, too, this was bad

[peacebone]

I'll be more exact: #99 is 187 points ahead of #100. Its highest rank is just a top 30 instead of a top 20...but two more people joined its highest ranker in the top half. 19 bottom 25s - 12 of those are bottom 10s, seven of those are bottom 5s, and three are #100s.

[peacebone]

*over laughably dated and cheap production*
COME STAND BUH-SIDE MEH

(I swear the host getting the only perfect bottom 2 is pure coincidence)

99

Cold, Cold Heart
Midge Ure

Year-End Placing: #96
Chart Peak: #12
Chart Weeks: 7

456 points

Standard Deviation: 20.12 (16th lowest)

House Lannister: 28
campbellssoup: 37
Doc Indie Party Rock: 49
@doinktheclown: 61
Juanca: 64
Lordef†ones: 74
@xfer: 76
commerce196: 83
craziaskowboi: 86
rowellfarm490: 86
newpower: 87
Alex1901: 88
wheatsquares33: 90
Az Paynter: 92
janinho: 92
American Idiot: 95
Leaf: 95
MoD: 95
Daryl the Beryl: 97
Geometrical: 97
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 98
peacebone: 99
singingrulebritannia: 100
lyhom: 100
Red: 100

Movements
100 100 100 100 99 99 99 99 99 97 98 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 99 99 99 98 98 99

Past Artist History
Debut

Tags (If you want to be tagged, make sure to let me know!)
Walking Contradiction
alexcuse
Albie

Remaining Songs

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One
Weirdo
Friday I'm in Love
Come as You Are
Far Gone and Out
Hit
Mysterious Ways
Tomorrow
Digging in the Dirt
Into the Fire
Under the Bridge
Caribbean Blue
Blood Makes Noise
Not Enough Time
Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)
Born of Frustration
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Divine Thing
Bad Luck
Midlife Crisis
Star Sign
Sax and Violins
The Sweetest Drop
High
The Life of Riley
Even Better Than the Real Thing
These Are Days
Helpless
100%
Drive
What's Good
Dyslexic Heart
Good Stuff
Nearly Lost You
Seen the Doctor
Poison Heart
Ballerina Out of Control
Jeremy
What Girls Want
A Letter to Elise
We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful
Spiritual High
She's Mad
Hunger Strike
Ripple
Pretend We're Dead
For Love
Ghost of a Texas Ladies' Man
Girlfriend
It's a Shame About Ray
You Don't Understand
Until the End of the World
Honey Drip
Someday
Somebody to Shove
A Girl Like You
Love
Black Metallic
Planet Love
Lover Lover Lover
Galileo
We Are Each Other
Move Any Mountain
Haven't Got a Clue
Shining Star
Operation Spirit
Laid so Low
Why
Heaven Sent
Something Good
One Way
Hello Cruel World
Always the Last to Know
A Small Victory
Face to Face
Tell Your Sister
Visions of You
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Disappointed
Covered
Window Pane
Sheela-Na-Gig
Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong
Twisterella
Lifetime Piling Up
Glamorous Glue
Suck My Kiss
What Are We Gonna Do
Happiness in Slavery
Through an Open Window
The Concept
NWO
Popular Creeps
Tell It Like It T-I-Is
Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye
Fear (Of the Unknown)
Cold Feelings

[lyhom]

"(I swear the host getting the only perfect bottom 2 is pure coincidence)"

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