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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 21:59:48 GMT -5
only 2 of us failed to put this next song in the top 55...but those two were VERY low ranks which blocked the next song from hitting the Top 10
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:05:02 GMT -5
the band claims this song is not a drug allegory...ummmm, i'm not so sure i can buy that
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 22:06:28 GMT -5
We found a way to make, arguably, the least offensive song in this rankdown into a somewhat divisive one.
Pulse, everyone.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:07:59 GMT -5
what song will fall just short of a coveted top ten placement?
well, it's got EIGHT Top 10 ranks & no bottom 20s ... it's by a debut artist
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:11:02 GMT -5
this song surpassed all expectations i had...quite an impressive placement
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Post by Red on Sept 12, 2019 22:12:29 GMT -5
Not that I'm happy to lose another top ten (and I'm down to four in the top ten, which is, I believe, the lowest I've had in an Alt top ten in a while), nor am I happy to lose this song, in particular...but I'm mostly just relieved to see what this isn't.
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Post by campbellssoup on Sept 12, 2019 22:15:18 GMT -5
Well I’m pretty satisfied with this top 10. My #90 is still in but I know my opinion towards that song is unpopular.
I think for once my number one might actually win a rankdown.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:17:43 GMT -5
This song was so robbed...the Screamadelica album is a masterpiece EXTRA
Come Together Primal Scream
Overall Year-End Position: #109 Chart Peak: #13 Chart Weeks: 9 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:20:24 GMT -5
I always forget which is the song title & which is the artist EXTRA [/div] Julie's Blanket Mary's Danish
Overall Year-End Position: #108 Chart Peak: #14 Chart Weeks: 9 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:24:59 GMT -5
this guy will get more chances...can't remember if he'll be ranked or relegated to extras but we will see him again EXTRA
I Feel So Good Richard Thompson [/b][/font][/div] Overall Year-End Position: #107 Chart Peak: #15 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:30:00 GMT -5
i like ATN, but I always liked this one even more...shame it couldn't have made the cut EXTRA
Groovy Train The Farm Overall Year-End Position: #106 Chart Peak: #15 Chart Weeks: 10 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 12, 2019 22:35:58 GMT -5
Obscurity Knocked last night...Obscurity Answers right here...from their one & only album, here's a british band (not even sure what town they're from) EXTRA
Shoot You Down Birdland
Overall Year-End Position: #105 Chart Peak: #12 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 12, 2019 22:57:02 GMT -5
The earlier I log on the earlier this RD starts. 25. 3 Strange Days - School of FishA pretty boring song that guitars can't even save. Sounds like something I would gave the lowest ranking to,and I did. This returns again on Active. You can only guess where it lands on my list? 24. Counting Backwards - Throwing MusesI like this band and this is easy top 40 material for me, but they have even better songs than this. 23. So You Think You're in Love - Robyn Hitchcock & the EgyptiansIts really cool how modern rock of the early 90's was bringing back he sound of Paul Revere and The Raiders, The Monkees and to some extent The Beatles. I doubt anything but Hi-NRG Eurobeat could have pulled me away from Hair Metal, but these songs were realllllllly good, and part of the reason I enjoyed listening to them. 22. Sam - Meat PuppetsI know PULSE kinda gives this band a free pass, but this was ear shattering awful. I don't mean the music but that Ho-down country jamboree vocal delivery in the verses. What the actual hell was that? 21. Sadeness Part 1 - Enigma Its about time! What saving grace does this church of lucifer music have? The only reason it's not my 100 is because #100 has to be epically bad. " Big Audio Clash of sounds" took that award with flying colours. This new age elektro catastrophe was bland and lifeless. How the hell this crossed into Alternative is about as mind boggling as how EDM crosses into Alternative territory these days. This just sounds evil to me. A million times more than Black Sabbath ever did. 20. The Fly - U2This sounded good on this list of songs. I don't know what kinda of chart run it had on alt, but on Mainstream this song's chart run was pretty weird. 19. Sunless Saturday - FishboneHere is a band I don't care for, but this had some proper hard rock vibes scattered here and there. There is a Kiss song that carries this melody too. 18. I Touch Myself - DivinylsStill one of my favorite Pop crossovers of the 90's. I thought this might have been a super high deviation songs Popsters loving it and Rocksters hating ,but I guess not. LOL at me giving it the highest ranking. Must be her sound effix? 17. Chorus - ErasureI wouldn't say this is one of their best but it's 100% 80's style Synthpop and 80's syntyhpop automatically places itself at the top of my charts. 16. Pearl - ChapterhouseI thought I would like this more? It was good, but needed more. I also thought the vocals were too low or too soft, too something because they didn't grip at me at all. 15. Sweetness and Light - LushI feel like this and the last song have a lot in common as far as music style, but these vocals are much more soothing to my ears. Soothing is the keyword word, cuz I normally like over the top loudness. This was nice tho. 14. Letter to Memphis - PixiesFrom all the songs I have previewed from this band this would be the one I enjoyed the most. Most of their songs have an unwelcome Nirvana vibe to them, but this one breaks that mold. I got more of a Social Distortion vibe from this one. Hence my favorite from this band. 13. Naked Rain- This PictureI ended up liking this one more than I thought I could, but that is only because I didn't lose my cool during those uneventful 35 seconds of intro. Once that was over this song becomes a jam. Turns into an British version of Caifanes. One of those songs I would also put really high on Active Rds. 12. There She Goes - The La'sThis song is o.k. Innofensive or offensive is no big deal to me as long as it does something to me musically. This had a nice Beatlesesque Britpop melody, but its really too simple for top 50 on my list. 11. Drive That Fast - Kitchens of DistinctionI could say this was one of my favorite first time listens, but this list was full of so many first time listens. I will say I dug that Cure vibe. I would have rather this made the top 10 then a couple of the songs that did. "Party Rock" Nirvana isn't top 10 worthy. Not on this list of songs.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 13, 2019 0:05:47 GMT -5
I bought this album (Crawdaddy) when i was in college, i't preety good...we'll see them with another track from this album in Alt 1990, but hopefully we get to rank it EXTRA
It Makes No Difference Darling Buds
Overall Year-End Position: #104 Chart Peak: #13 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 13, 2019 0:09:52 GMT -5
now this is a bizarre chart run! all it had to do was stick around the charts for another week & it probably would've made the EOY cut EXTRA
Stand by Love Simple Minds
Overall Year-End Position: #103 Chart Peak: #4 Chart Weeks: 5 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 13, 2019 0:12:45 GMT -5
here's another band that almost had a 2nd song ranked this year EXTRA
Talkin' Loud and Sayin' Living Colour
Overall Year-End Position: #102 Chart Peak: #12 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 13, 2019 0:15:40 GMT -5
& the song that was right on the cusp of making the cut is ... by a band none of us have probably ever heard of EXTRA
Which Way Should I Jump? Milltown Brothers
Overall Year-End Position: #101 Chart Peak: #10 Chart Weeks: 9 Total Chart Points: Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 13, 2019 0:17:59 GMT -5
& now, let me introduce you to ... THE TOP TENChris Isaak - Wicked Game Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas Electronic - Tighten Up Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Primal Scream - Movin' on Up R.E.M. - Losing My Religion R.E.M. - Texarkana Seal - Crazy Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me The Psychedelic Furs - Until She Comes- What surprised you by either making or missing the top 10? - Care to predict the order these songs leave in?
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Sept 13, 2019 0:37:31 GMT -5
Too may extras have gone by. I need to catch up. I also find these extras way more interesting than the song in that actual Rd, that is why my reviews are more about the aspects I like and less about what I don't like.
Psych Out - The Seers This wasn't too terrible. Had some Psychedelic vibes but also some Grungy ones. Kinda a love/hate situation. The tie breaker would be the "wan bam thank You mam" line, that makes it more accessible and surely more fun for me.
Fly Me Courageous - Drivin' n' Cryin' THis is more my style. This band had a pretty good guitar driven album I found in a 50 cent per CD bin. I got it for this song and "Build A Fire".
Yr Own World - The Blue Aeroplanes More Britpop. I can sink my teeth into this pretty easy. These songs are extremely melodic and almost all have great sounding accents.
Grey Matter - An Emotional Fish A mighty catchy bass guitar. I like it.
Don't Be A Girl - The Psychedelic Furs The Furs rarely disappoint. Don't know what the lyrics are trying to convey, the vocals, melody and production sounded super. The added brass gave it a Bowie vibe too.
Someone Take the Wheel - The Replacements thumbs up for the pleasant vibe, but the melody and vocals are not too strong.
13th Disciple - Five Thirty Definitely has that 60's Psychedelic vibe. They sound like a British Lenny Kravitz band. I love that groove. A sure top 40 song on my list.
Don't Fix What Ain't Broke - Gang Of Four I only recall " I Love A Man In Uniform" from this band. That one got big airplay on KROQ. This is an excellent first time listen. What the hell was all that back round talking about?
(I Just Wanna) B with U - Transvision Vamp "Tell That Girl to Shut Up" was one of my favs of 1988. This one sounds like a lot of fun to perform.
Crying In My Sleep - Squeeze Enjoyful for the britpop vibe, Squeeze have soooooo many hits, but I love this one for uptempo vibe it relays.
Shadowtime - Siouxsie & the Banshees This band isn't all hits for me. This was a first time listen. I give it a pass for good vocals , but the song itself was kinda too easy for this band. I expect and do get more from the band.
Cerulean - The Ocean Blue I love every song I have previewed for this band. Very ealry 80's. They have a Icicle Works vibe in some of their songs too. This one is no exception the melody flows perfectly like a cool breeze on a nice hot summer day.
Tragedy (For You) - Front 242 I really couldn't find much use for this industrial noize. next?
Detonation Boulevard - Sisters of Mercy Not as theatrical as my epic #1 song you guys didn't flip over for, but this is still a song I would rank sooooo much higher than 80% of the songs on this RD. I can almost feel that Billy Idol -like guitar vibe coursing through my veins right into my heart.
Phoenix of My Heart - Xymox What the F U C K happned to Clan of Xymox? THis is the same band? Sounds like they visited Enigma's church of satan. They never would use this shit percussion sounds in the 80's. This band inspired Moenia for Synthpop sake. Please don't let this song tune you away from this band. Here are a few of my favs. One early 80's Clan of Xymox(Darkwave) and one 1989 (synthpop Xymox) where you can hear where Moenia got their sound from.
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Sooner or Later - The Feelies This has a serious Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers vibe to it. early Petty like "Damn The Torpedoes" That's actually why I like it. This feels like a shoe-in for AAA too.
Obscurity Knocks - The Trash Can Sinatras Not bad. I like the vocals. The vocals delivery is very Beatles-like. The British always had a perfect Pop sense to their music. I would rather this sound return to Alternative than what we have now a days.
November Comes - The Hollow Men So this adds some weird sounds in the intro, but it takes off nicely after that. If we ever get to rank just extras this year in Alt would be one of the hardest to compile. Almost every song I preview has nice aspects to it. This one for instance has a very catchy riff, but I also think i hear strings. Not sure but they make for a great addition to the guitars.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 13, 2019 4:02:03 GMT -5
Hmm, you know, I must interject here because I seem to recall this is what the post looked like when I sent it to you 🤔
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Post by Lordef†ones on Sept 13, 2019 7:16:41 GMT -5
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Sept 13, 2019 9:18:00 GMT -5
Solid top ten. Nice to see so many artists that haven't been in a top ten before make their first appearance here. That being said, it would have been even better if Chapterhouse, Lush, or Kitchens of Distinction had been able to make it.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Sept 13, 2019 9:28:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2019 12:37:20 GMT -5
Ahhhh Chris Isaak better be in the top 5! ♥
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 13, 2019 12:44:54 GMT -5
Why my ears are made out of cartilage, muscles and fluid just like everyone else:
25. 3 Strange Days---Another song where everything was solid enough.
24. Counting Backwards---See #25.
23. So You Think You're in Love---The lyrics were the good kind of clever. Vocals were solid and the guitar was nicely played.
22. Sam---Although it took some getting used to on the verses, once it clicked, it clicked.
21. Sadeness Part 1---The mix of chants and dance music is pretty odd indeed, but it manages to work anyway.
20. The Fly---The overuse of the electronic effects was the biggest thing holding me back from liking this more. The guitar playing was solid, though.
19. Sunless Saturday---The mix between the groovy mix and rock music was kind of odd and didn't mesh the way it should have. But there were things about both sides that did click. So stay tuned for future rankings and we'll see if they can get it right!
18. I Touch Myself---It deserves to be appreciated as more as just a controversial sounding song due to its subject matter. It's a solidly well played and sung pop/rock number.
17. Chorus---The song never recovered from an annoying beginning that kind of put it behind the eight ball. The nice vocals from the lead singer did help out some.
16. Pearl---The reason I ranked this so low? Doc kinda touched on this in his listing, but I never truly cared for those vocals. They felt very meh-sounding. And it's something like that which can determine whether a song with a solid set of drums and a decent guitar can hang out in the 50s-60s or become my last bottom 10. In a weaker year, this would have ended up in my high 70s or 80s. I did argue the top was kind of thin, but there were a lot of fairly good tunes in those middle spots.
15. Sweetness and Light---Even with a threatened change mid-song, this held true to its title and the end result was pretty good.
14. Letter to Memphis---I wish those vocals were a bit stronger to keep up with those guitars.
13. Naked Rain---The violins were a nice surprise. The vocals could have been stronger.
12. There She Goes---A solid pop rock song that makes good use of its time. Finding out what it could be about did make me smile at the Sixpence None the Richer version (I bet they have no idea!).
11. Drive That Fast---This one manages to gain some velocity due to its tempo and solid instrument playing.
Looking at the 10 remaining, not half bad with one song that's kind of a surprise and 2-3 that I'm disappointed are gone already.
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Post by Red on Sept 13, 2019 15:22:19 GMT -5
It's TOP TEN P-P-P-P-PREVIEW TIME! (Why build it up? You already know what's coming.) As always, if I make a mistake or leave a piece of information out, I assume I will be contacted about it shortly.
- Well, this is interesting. Most of the top ten are making their first top ten appearance. Let's run through them...Cocteau Twins and The Psychedelic Furs are making their first top ten in their first ever appearances. Primal Scream are making the top ten in their second appearance (and their first was a bottom 15, so...quite the jump). Chris Isaak is in the top ten in his second appearance (finished bottom 40 the first time), as is Seal (barely finished in the top half in 1994). Siouxsie and the Banshees are in the top ten for the first time after hanging out in the bottom part of the top half with two different songs in 1992. Finally, Electronic are making their first top ten. They came closest to making the top ten previously out of all of these acts, finishing in the top 25 in 1992 Alt. Phew. - That leaves a whopping *two* acts that have been in a rock chart rankdown previously. Of those acts, one has made just one top ten previously. Incredibly, that band, R.E.M., are guaranteed to top their previous best performance, given that "The Great Beyond" finished at #10 in 2000 Alt. Of course, one of their songs is a heavy favorite to win. With the best odds to win of the top ten, can R.E.M. break through? - Finally, Nirvana. They have appeared in the top ten as much as any other artist in this rankdown combined, with this being their eleventh top ten appearance. I have a hunch that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is not a favorite to win, like many may think it is...but if there is any song that can overcome trials and tribulations, it's "Teen Spirit".
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 13, 2019 19:04:13 GMT -5
#10Highest point: 7 Lowest point: 20 Top 10s: 6 Bottom 50s: 3
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 13, 2019 19:09:08 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Sept 13, 2019 19:10:47 GMT -5
A 75+ spot jump over their previous performance. Granted, the two songs could not be any more different, but geez.
This is my "least favorite" song in the top ten, but I really like every song in this top ten, and this song is no exception.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Sept 13, 2019 19:13:03 GMT -5
#9 Number 1s: 1 Bottom 25s: 1 Number of lists spent in top 10: 18
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