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Post by wheatsquares33 on Sept 12, 2019 19:28:15 GMT -5
counting backwards is something we have been doing for awhile now...seems we all liked this one except for Wheat Honestly remember nothing about this song haha. I can guarantee I didn't like it as much as Bright Yellow Gun though which placed way too low in its rankdown
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:32:31 GMT -5
with the reveal at #22, six of us will lose a top 15 on a song by an artist we've seen in previously in future years & will see again in previous years
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:35:17 GMT -5
this particular song is one of the few that i don't remember from back in the day
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:40:19 GMT -5
next up a song with 3 top 10s & a bottom 5
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:42:18 GMT -5
well Doc, your tank stopped this song from reaching the Top20...but i'm guessing you'll be shocked that this was not one of the highest standard deviations as most of us liked this one
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:44:15 GMT -5
another song with three Top10s & one bottom 5 10 (well, almost bottom 5)
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:45:42 GMT -5
sooooooo close, but Elevation remains the highest ranked U2 song (so far) 20
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Year-End Placing: #64 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 12 1303 points Standard Deviation: 25.01newpower - 6 Sambalada - 6 @xfer - 9 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 12 peacebone - 13 Red - 17 wheatsquares33 - 18 Daryl the Beryl - 27 Lordef†ones - 28 Az Paynter - 29 Doc Indie Party Rock - 32 somelikeitwhen - 34 commerce196 - 40 campbellssoup - 43 Alex1901 - 45 House Lannister - 54 rowellfarm490 - 65 American Idiot - 70 singingrulebritannia - 75 @doinktheclown - 94 Performance history:#19 Active 2001 (Elevation) | #21 Active 2001 (Walk On) | #26 Alt 2000 (Beautiful Day) | #29 Active 2002 (Electrical Storm) | #31 Active 1992 (Until the End of the World) | #32 Alt 1992 (One) | #33 Active 1993 (Zooropa) | #34 Alt 2001 (Walk On) | #34 Alt 2009 (Magnificent) | #35 Active 1992 (Mysterious Ways) | #35 Active 1994 (Stay (Faraway, So Close!)) | #35 Active 2009 (Magnificent) | #36 Active 2000 (Beautiful Day) | #37 Active 1992 (One) | #38 Active 1992 (Even Better Than the Real Thing) | #39 Alt 2001 (Elevation) | #41 Active 2005 (Vertigo) | #42 Alt 2002 (Electrical Storm) | #44 Alt 1992 (Mysterious Ways) | #44 Alt 1993 (Zooropa) | #44 Alt 2004 (Verigo) | #54 Alt 1992 (Until the End of the World) | #55 Alt 1993 (Lemon) | #55 Alt 1997 (Staring at the Sun) | #56 Active 1992 (Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses) | #57 Alt 1995 (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) | #57 Active 1995 (Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me) | #58 Alt 1992 (Even Better Than the Real Thing) | #59 Alt 1992 (Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses) | #59 Alt 1994 (Stay (Faraway, So Close!)) | #62 Active 1997 (Staring at the Sun) | #64 Alt 1999 (Sweetest Thing) | #66 Alt 2006 (The Saints Are Coming w/ Green Day) | #68 Alt 2015 (Every Breaking Wave) | #69 2015 AAA (Every Breaking Wave) | #70 Active 2005 (All Because of You) | #73 Alt 1997 (Last Night on Earth) | #74 Alt 2009 (I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight) | #75 Alt 2005 (Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own) | #78 Active 1997 (Last Night on Earth) | #78 Alt 2005 (All Because of You) | #81 Alt 1991 (Night and Day) | #81 Alt 2017 (You're the Best Thing About Me) | #84 AAA 2018 (Get Out of Your Own Way) | #86 Alt 2014 (The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone)) | #87 Alt 1993 (Numb) | #88 Alt 1997 (Discothèque) | #88 AAA 2017 (You're the Best Thing About Me) | #89 Alt 2009 (Get on Your Boots) | #90 Active 2009 (Get on Your Boots) | #92 AAA 2018 (Love Is Bigger Than Anything in Its Way) | #93 2015 AAA (Song for Someone) | #96 Active 1997 (Discothèque) Movements:51 27 12 11 12 13 10 13 13 18 16 18 16 16 20 17 19 19 20 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD @slipperyslope {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Until She Comes Losing My Religion There She Goes I Touch Myself Chorus Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Crazy Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Sunless Saturday Texarkana Pearl Heaven or Las Vegas Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Naked Rain
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:53:11 GMT -5
3rd highest standard deviation is next...EIGHT Top 10s balanced by two bottom 10s...by the way, this is a debut artist
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 19:56:13 GMT -5
i LOVE their 80s output but not as crazy about their offerings from this year...clearly many of you have a different opinion
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 12, 2019 20:38:57 GMT -5
Sunless Saturday was interesting. Didn't always work, but still intriguing.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2019 21:04:26 GMT -5
Sadeness was so close to top 20 damn.
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:12:17 GMT -5
{SO I HAVE TO DO A MINI-WORD WALL}At least I only missed half of the reveals?
#25: This was good, and I think it was better than their last song. Despite not caring for 1991 as much as the last couple of Alt rankdowns, I feel like I've been saying that a lot here. #24: Case in point, Throwing Muses! At least quite a few artists are improving as we go further back. #23: This was my lowest remaining, but given that it was in my top half, it's still good enough. It kind of grew on me a little bit from the Alt review thread. Not a lot, but a bit. #22: I thought this would, at the very least, miss the top 25, so I'm glad to see it nearly get into the top 20. Easily one of the most interesting songs in this rankdown. #21: This being 30+ spots higher than "Return to Innocence" is impressive. And now, every song in the RD top 20 is in my top 40 or higher. #20: I know that I treated "Elevation" well back in 2001...but I would have liked for this to be their new best performer. Damn. #19: Before the reveal...I'm going to guess that this is Fishbone. And indeed, it is. Speaking of songs that I did not think would reach the top 25, hello, "Sunless Saturday"! I've never been the biggest fan of Fishbone, to be honest, so this surprised me greatly. This was really good.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:26:22 GMT -5
i'm surprised this song did this well, but as you can see from my ranking, i'm not upset
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:29:48 GMT -5
There's always been more to this song than its subject matter. The guitar in this song...yes.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:31:38 GMT -5
with only one top 10 & only one bottom 10, the song at #17 is the artists best performance in a Pulse rankdown so far, but they will get more opportunities to try for even greater heights
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:32:41 GMT -5
i'm not surprised that i'm the top ranker for this one...one of their best songs imo
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:34:57 GMT -5
It's a good one, to be sure, though I think that I prefer "Always"...not to mention at least one of their upcoming songs.
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 12, 2019 21:35:16 GMT -5
There's always been more to this song than its subject matter. The guitar in this song...yes. It's a nice package where everything (the vocals, lyrics, instruments) comes together. Good song.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:36:44 GMT -5
the debut artist makes a big splash at #16 with SEVEN top 10s...a bottom 10 & a few other bottom half rankings make this the 20th highest SD
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:39:12 GMT -5
condolences to Commerce & Peace as they lose their #1s here
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:40:43 GMT -5
I felt more sure about this top ten doing well than half of my other top tens. I have no idea how it's one of the first to go.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:43:07 GMT -5
next up, 3 #3s & 3 more top 10s...along with another bottom 10 results in the 12th highest standard deviation
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:45:33 GMT -5
this band sounds better and better the more you listen to them...i suppose i haven't listened to them enough, but i'll give them some more spins soon
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:49:06 GMT -5
It would be around this time where I'd proclaim "Why is (insert song here) still in", if I had a song to root against, at this point. Given that (I think) my lowest remaining is in the top 25, that's not really going to happen.
Honestly, I probably would have ranked "De-Luxe" higher than this, but this is still an absolutely titanic song. It just so happened that two personal favorite songs were also in this RD.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:49:14 GMT -5
six top 10s fall next...the artist hits a new high mark for its rankdown showing
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:50:56 GMT -5
it's been quite awhile since we got to rank the Pixies, but we'll get many more chances VERY soon...can they surpass this peak? i suspect so
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:52:12 GMT -5
Honestly, given the songs that are upcoming for them...I'd be surprised if at least one Pixies song doesn't make the top ten in the near future. This got close to the top ten, and I did not expect it to get all that close.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:52:21 GMT -5
up next...another debut artist w/ another six top 10 rankings
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:57:25 GMT -5
this band only released two albums, but they sure made a splash with this song
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 21:59:36 GMT -5
Honestly, I cannot say that I was expecting a lot from this song, but I'll be damned if it did not grab my attention. This has to be among my favorite surprises of this rankdown. I was not expecting to like this as much as I did.
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