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

[Red]

Ugh, I so wanted to rank this top ten. 18 year old me would have slapped his forehead if he saw that I had done this.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

5. Hunger Strike - Temple of the Dog
Now this goes back to the Eddie vedder "crooning" style. Soundgarden didn't impress me much either. How the hell did this beat the stellar "Jeremy"?

[peacebone]

The top 4 are separated by ELEVEN points.

Let's start with #4...which actually doesn't have a #1! All but one of its top 10s are top 5s, however.

[singingrulebritannia]

Aug 7, 2019 17:59:38 GMT -5 Doc Indie Party Rock said:

Aug 7, 2019 17:52:22 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Daddeeeee

^little _f**k

CLEEEEES TUHDEEEEE

HOO HOO HOO HOO

This song is like the aura of sludge rock if you took everything cool about sludge rock out of it and replaced it with absurd melodrama. A shambles of a song

what is "Sludge Rock"? I thought P.J. were Grunge. What other bands are considered "sludge rock"?

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

singingrulebritannia.

First three songs were better than the last one. The middle two had impressive guitar works. "Pink" being my favorite of the four. "Scream Of The Butterfly" sounds like a "Jeremy" inspired song or vice a versa, but Eddie's vocal delivery was much stronger. The fourth song wasn't for me.

[peacebone]

4

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year-End Placing: #11
Chart Peak: #6
Chart Weeks: 17

1994 points

Standard Deviation: 23.29

Geometrical: 2
House Lannister: 3
Doc Indie Party Rock: 3
janinho: 4
campbellssoup: 4
Az Paynter: 4
MoD: 5
Red: 5
Juanca: 5
Leaf: 7
@doinktheclown: 11
lyhom: 11
American Idiot: 11
Lordef†ones: 13
newpower: 18
craziaskowboi: 18
rowellfarm490: 18
Daryl the Beryl: 20
Alex1901: 20
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 31
commerce196: 52
peacebone: 54
singingrulebritannia: 58
wheatsquares33: 77
@xfer: 77

Movements
27 31 50 29 16 20 19 16 12 9 7 7 5 8 6 5 6 5 5 4 3 4 4 4

Past Artist History
#1 Alt 2000 (Otherside) | #2 Active 2000 (Otherside) | #3 Alt 1999 (Scar Tissue) | #3 Alt 2000 (Californication) | #3 AAA 2016 (Dark Necessities) | #5 Alt 2016 (Dark Necessities) | #8 Alt 2003 (Can't Stop) | #8 Alt 2006 (Dani California) | #9 Alt 2002 (By the Way) | #9 Active 2016 (Dark Necessities) | #10 Active 2006 (Dani California) | #11 Active 2002 (The Zephyr Song) | #11 Active 2003 (Can't Stop) | #12 Alt 2007 (Snow ((Hey Oh))) | #13 Active 1999 (Scar Tissue) | #13 Active 2000 (Californication) | #13 Active 2002 (By the Way) | #14 Alt 2002 (The Zephyr Song) | #14 Active 2007 (Snow ((Hey Oh))) | #15 AAA 2016 (Go Robot) | #16 Active 2011 (The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie) | #17 Alt 2011 (The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie) | #20 Alt 2003 (Dosed) | #21 Alt 1993 (Soul to Squeeze) | #21 Active 2012 (Monarchy of Roses) | #24 Active 1993 (Soul to Squeeze) | #26 Active 2004 (Fortune Faded) | #27 Active 2000 (Around the World) | #30 Alt 2000 (Around the World) | #33 Active 2017 (Go Robot) | #34 Alt 2004 (Fortune Faded) | #34 Alt 2012 (Monarchy of Roses) | #35 Alt 2017 (Go Robot) | #39 Alt 2017 (Goodbye Angels) | #40 Alt 2006 (Tell Me Baby) | #42 Alt 2016 (Go Robot) | #45 Active 2012 (Look Around) | #47 AAA 2017 (Go Robot) | #49 Active 2006 (Tell Me Baby) | #53 Alt 2012 (Look Around) | #55 Active 1996 (My Friends) | #58 Alt 1995 (My Friends) | #74 Alt 1992 (Suck My Kiss) | #75 Active 1995 (Warped) | #75 Alt 1996 (Aeroplane) | #81 Alt 1995 (Warped) | #83 Active 1996 (Aeroplane) | #84 Alt 1993 (Behind the Sun) | #84 Alt 1997 (Love Rollercoaster) | #92 Alt 2007 (Hump de Bump) | #93 Active 2007 (Hump de Bump)

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Remaining Songs

SPOILER: Click to show

Come as You Are
Nearly Lost You
Black Metallic

[Daryl the Beryl]

Nearly Lost You or Black Metallic ftw

[Red]

Wait, hold up...no one ranked this at #1? Really?!

[singingrulebritannia]

Aug 7, 2019 18:27:54 GMT -5 peacebone said:

4

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers

commerce196 : 52
peacebone : 54
singingrulebritannia : 58
wheatsquares33 : 77
@xfer : 77

Well, boys, we are the 30-50 feral hogs, and we are the heroes on this day

[YotamTS]

f**k you

disgusting

[peacebone]

There's a single #1, eight other top 5s, and three other top 10s on #3. Four bottom 50s.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

4. Under the Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Very surprised this didn't win. It's the song that put them on the map,and my highest rank left. Perfect Alternative Rock IMOP.

Please anything but Nirvana. You guys can put Nirvana "Smells Like "Party Rock(impersonating as Grunge) Spirit" song at #1 on the next RD. I won't be mad, but not "Come As You Are"

[peacebone]

My condolences craziaskowboi

3

Nearly Lost You
Screaming Trees

Year-End Placing: #34
Chart Peak: #5
Chart Weeks: 19

1998 points

Standard Deviation: 23.02

craziaskowboi: 1
Lordef†ones: 2
Daryl the Beryl: 2
Red: 3
Geometrical: 4
@doinktheclown: 4
lyhom: 4
singingrulebritannia: 4
American Idiot: 5
wheatsquares33: 6
commerce196: 8
Az Paynter: 9
janinho: 11
Leaf: 16
peacebone: 16
rowellfarm490: 22
Alex1901: 23
newpower: 25
@xfer: 27
MoD: 28
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 37
House Lannister: 60
campbellssoup: 64
Doc Indie Party Rock: 69
Juanca: 77

Movements
8 6 5 3 3 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 3

Past Artist History
#8 Active 1993 (Nearly Lost You) | #25 Active 1996 (All I Know) | #58 Alt 1996 (All I Know)

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Remaining Songs

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Come as You Are
Black Metallic

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

3. Nearly Lost You - Screaming Trees
I elevated this one a lot more from Active to Alt. Good for Alt but not stellar. You guys really like this song huh?


Please anything but "Come As You Are".

[Red]

This could have been one of the great rock chart rankdown stories of all time. The rare song that triumphed on Alt after not making the top five in Active.

Just for this, I really hope Nirvana is #2.

[Daryl the Beryl]

BLACK METALLIC FTW

[lyhom]

1 vs. 61

I'm both fucking ecstatic that my #1 somehow made the top two no matter what happens and kind of sad that the blatant ripoff that is the worst nirvana song we've ranked yet is their best alt performer yet lol

[Albie]

Wait how the fuck did I miss this whole RD??

Great top 10 though! My #1 would have made it! One of: Happiness in Slavery, Jeremy or Come As You Are would have been it.

[MoD]

3 vs 6

Yeah, I love both songs, but it would be fucking legendary if Catherine Wheel could take this home

[Butterflies & Hurricanes]

10 vs 48...I really like my 48, it’s just that I liked 47 others more (like Something Good & Move Any Mountain, so judge away, I don’t care)

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

with all you hoping Catherine Wheel wins and it being my last top 10 song remaining...this just might go our way?

[peacebone]

Just three points separated the top two.

Both have #1s - one has two, the other has one.
One has nine top 5s, the other six.
One has 13 top 10s, the other 12.
And both have three bottom 50s.

[lyhom]

I'm ready for disappointment

[craziaskowboi]

Aug 7, 2019 17:05:26 GMT -5 peacebone said:

10

Pretend We're Dead
L7

craziaskowboi : 8

Perfect "chick rock" song. I also like the name of the album it comes from: Bricks Are Heavy.

Aug 7, 2019 17:25:25 GMT -5 peacebone said:

8

Happiness in Slavery
Nine Inch Nails

craziaskowboi : 27

The song is excellent; the video, quite disturbing.

Aug 7, 2019 17:35:46 GMT -5 peacebone said:

7

Midlife Crisis
Faith No More

craziaskowboi : 7

P-P-P-P-Perfect ranking! That makes four in this rankdown, which has to be a personal record for me.

By the way, I actually don't care for the vocals in the verses of this song, because they're not enunciated well, but everything else about this song kicks so much ass to more than compensate for that minor detail. You can feel the suspense and agony right before the final chorus, and the vocal counterpoint in the final chorus is awesome as the song fades out.

Aug 7, 2019 17:49:33 GMT -5 peacebone said:

6

Jeremy
Pearl Jam

craziaskowboi : 22

Does anybody else think Eddie Vedder makes a lot of weird faces in the music video?

Aug 7, 2019 18:03:10 GMT -5 peacebone said:

5

Hunger Strike
Temple of the Dog

craziaskowboi : 17

I love hearing Chris Cornell hit the high notes in this song.

Aug 7, 2019 18:27:54 GMT -5 peacebone said:

4

Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers

craziaskowboi : 18

I like other Red Hot Chili Peppers songs even better, but this is no doubt a classic, and a very worthy signature song, crossing over to the pop charts and peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 6, 1992. It's a damn shame that Kris Kross couldn't step down from #1 a week or two earlier than they did.

This song makes me feel relaxed when I hear it. It's a perfect easy-listener.

[craziaskowboi]

Aug 7, 2019 18:43:49 GMT -5 peacebone said:

3

Nearly Lost You
Screaming Trees

craziaskowboi : 1

So close, but so far away.

At least this rankdown is proof that I have generally good taste in music after all.

[peacebone]

Yes. This is really happening.

2

Come as You Are
Nirvana

Year-End Placing: #4
Chart Peak: #3
Chart Weeks: 18

2002 points

Standard Deviation: 22.87

Geometrical: 1
janinho: 3
Lordef†ones: 4
Juanca: 4
@doinktheclown: 5
newpower: 5
Daryl the Beryl: 6
Leaf: 6
MoD: 6
House Lannister: 6
Red: 10
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 10
rowellfarm490: 11
craziaskowboi: 13
campbellssoup: 13
wheatsquares33: 15
singingrulebritannia: 19
Az Paynter: 23
American Idiot: 24
peacebone: 37
Alex1901: 39
@xfer: 46
lyhom: 61
Doc Indie Party Rock: 76
commerce196: 80

Movements
3 2 6 4 12 18 16 17 9 7 11 9 6 4 4 4 4 3 4 5 4 3 3 2

Past Artist History
#3 Active 1993 (In Bloom) | #4 Alt 1993 (Heart-Shaped Box) | #5 Active 1995 (The Man Who Sold the World) | #6 Active 1993 (Heart-Shaped Box) | #8 Alt 1995 (The Man Who Sold the World) | #8 Active 1995 (About a Girl) | #10 Alt 1994 (All Apologies) | #13 Active 1994 (All Apologies) | #18 Alt 1995 (About a Girl) | #24 Active 2003 (You Know You're Right) | #26 Active 1995 (Lake of Fire) | #31 Alt 2003 (You Know You're Right) | #34 Active 1996 (Aneurysm [Live]) | #45 Alt 1996 (Aneurysm [Live])

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1

Black Metallic
The Catherine Wheel

Year-End Placing: #58
Chart Peak: #9
Chart Weeks: 11

2005 points

Standard Deviation: 22.70

rowellfarm490: 1
lyhom: 1
peacebone: 2
Geometrical: 3
Daryl the Beryl: 3
MoD: 3
Alex1901: 3
commerce196: 4
Doc Indie Party Rock: 5
@doinktheclown: 6
wheatsquares33: 7
@xfer: 7
singingrulebritannia: 9
Red: 12
American Idiot: 16
craziaskowboi: 20
Az Paynter: 20
Lordef†ones: 29
janinho: 34
Juanca: 41
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 48
House Lannister: 49
campbellssoup: 53
Leaf: 64
newpower: 80

Movements
9 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1

Past Artist History
#13 Alt 1993 (Crank) | #80 Alt 1995 (Waydown)

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[Doc Indie Party Rock]

Kriss Kross keeping The Red Hot Chili Peppers out of #1 is the WTF of the week.

edit; F U C K Kriss Kross.



2. Come as You Are
- Nirvana
Ha! in your face. 'nuff said.


1. Black Metallic
- The Catherine Wheel

Nice. Wasn't quite sure this would get all those top 10, but why complain. This song easily rolled into my top 10 the moment I saw it on the list. Very soothing with the shogaze vibe and Rob's vocals but also extremely satisfying with the guitars and ,melody. 

[singingrulebritannia]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[lyhom]

AHIUFBKASDFBFSABKJFASFSDKAJ OH MY FUCKING GOD

I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FUCK IT DID IT BUT IT DID

I THINK THIS IS THE HAPPIEST I'VE EVER BEEN AT A #1 HOLY SHIT

[Red]

I don't even care that I ranked Nirvana higher. This makes me oh, so happy.