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Post by wheatsquares33 on Sept 8, 2019 19:31:59 GMT -5
Aw why are you guys so mean to Reach the Rock! I've liked this song for a good few years now, always thought it was a pretty cool, standout rocker from the early 90s alt chart.
I have never heard another song by Havana 3AM.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:32:34 GMT -5
conspiracy theorists suggest that i purposefully revealed this song earlier to coincide with the exxtra X in the band name...when in reality, i simply fuxxed up...anyway, at least this song escaped the bottom quarter of the rankdown 75
How Much is Enough The Fixx
Year-End Placing: #82 Chart Peak: #10 Weeks on Chart: 7 818 points Standard Deviation: 21.82Az Paynter - 18 Doc Indie Party Rock - 22 American Idiot - 29 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 34 @xfer - 42 campbellssoup - 53 Alex1901 - 55 Lordef†ones - 55 House Lannister - 57 @doinktheclown - 59 commerce196 - 64 singingrulebritannia - 72 newpower - 73 Red - 74 rowellfarm490 - 74 wheatsquares33 - 77 Sambalada - 82 peacebone - 85 somelikeitwhen - 85 Daryl the Beryl - 92 Performance history:Debut Movements:79 69 65 73 59 64 68 71 63 68 72 75 74 77 75 74 72 73 75 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Get the Message Until She Comes Right Here, Right Now More See the Lights Losing My Religion There She Goes So You Think You're in Love American Music I Touch Myself Then Satisfied All This Time Unbelievable Walking Down Madison The Other Side of Summer Chorus Chocolate Cake Give It Away Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Sexuality Crazy Piccadilly Palare Valerie Loves Me There's No Other Way When It Began Shiny Happy People Our Frank Marble One Shot Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Stone Cold Yesterday It's Only Natural Only Tongue Can Tell Top of the Pops Disappear Enlighten Me Sadeness Part 1 Sunless Saturday Take Five Monsters and Angels Bitter Tears Wild Hearted Son Caught in My Shadow The Fly Submarine Song Sing Your Life Celebrate Love Rears Its Ugly Head Texarkana Always on the Run Pearl Happy Heaven or Las Vegas Hands Across the Ocean 3 Strange Days Backlash Flowers in the Rain Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Sit Down Love to Hate You Like a Drug Counting Backwards Timeless Melody That is Why Alive and Living Now Sam Naked Rain The Soul Cages
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Post by Red on Sept 8, 2019 19:33:24 GMT -5
Well, I guess Tom's choice of pun gives me room to say "This is enough, thanks." Something else to add: I've liked everything else I've heard from The Fixx.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 8, 2019 19:33:37 GMT -5
That artist name and song title combined sound like the title of an anti-drug scare film from the 50s.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 19:33:57 GMT -5
hmmm...i wonder what song is next? <shrug> The suspense is killing me
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 8, 2019 19:35:07 GMT -5
Well as they say, "One Thing Leads to Another"
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:37:19 GMT -5
no bottom 10s for this next one...but someone loses a Top 20
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:39:11 GMT -5
yes i've said this before (& i'll probably say it again as we get deeper into the rankdown)...this artist has better songs for us to rank in the 80s 74
Satisfied Squeeze
Year-End Placing: #16 Chart Peak: #3 Weeks on Chart: 11 822 points Standard Deviation: 18.99 (15th lowest)Az Paynter - 16 singingrulebritannia - 34 peacebone - 38 Lordef†ones - 46 @xfer - 47 @doinktheclown - 51 wheatsquares33 - 52 Doc Indie Party Rock - 53 campbellssoup - 56 Sambalada - 59 Red - 60 House Lannister - 66 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 67 Daryl the Beryl - 68 commerce196 - 69 rowellfarm490 - 69 newpower - 85 somelikeitwhen - 86 American Idiot - 88 Alex1901 - 88 Performance history:#94 Alt 1993 (Everything in the World) Movements:40 48 47 50 52 61 74 73 80 77 78 77 77 73 74 70 73 72 74 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Get the Message Until She Comes Right Here, Right Now More See the Lights Losing My Religion There She Goes So You Think You're in Love American Music I Touch Myself Then All This Time Unbelievable Walking Down Madison The Other Side of Summer Chorus Chocolate Cake Give It Away Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Sexuality Crazy Piccadilly Palare Valerie Loves Me There's No Other Way When It Began Shiny Happy People Our Frank Marble One Shot Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Stone Cold Yesterday It's Only Natural Only Tongue Can Tell Top of the Pops Disappear Enlighten Me Sadeness Part 1 Sunless Saturday Take Five Monsters and Angels Bitter Tears Wild Hearted Son Caught in My Shadow The Fly Submarine Song Sing Your Life Celebrate Love Rears Its Ugly Head Texarkana Always on the Run Pearl Happy Heaven or Las Vegas Hands Across the Ocean 3 Strange Days Backlash Flowers in the Rain Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Sit Down Love to Hate You Like a Drug Counting Backwards Timeless Melody That is Why Alive and Living Now Sam Naked Rain The Soul Cages
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Post by Red on Sept 8, 2019 19:40:01 GMT -5
Okay, this time, I DEFINITELY agree that this artist has better songs. This is fine, but nowhere close to their best.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:42:59 GMT -5
TWO top 10s depart next, along with six bottom 10s (strangely enough, none of those 6 are the same ranking)...it's the SIXTH highest standard deviation
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:47:19 GMT -5
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Chocolate Cake Crowded House
Year-End Placing: #23 Chart Peak: #2 Weeks on Chart: 11 844 points Standard Deviation: 33.86 (6th highest)newpower - 2 House Lannister - 7 Az Paynter - 13 somelikeitwhen - 24 Lordef†ones - 31 @doinktheclown - 36 Doc Indie Party Rock - 39 campbellssoup - 41 wheatsquares33 - 45 Sambalada - 49 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 60 singingrulebritannia - 83 Red - 85 commerce196 - 86 @xfer - 92 peacebone - 93 American Idiot - 96 rowellfarm490 - 97 Alex1901 - 98 Daryl the Beryl - 99 Performance history:#68 Alt 1994 (Locked Out) Movements:71 73 89 87 83 72 53 65 74 78 76 80 80 79 78 75 78 76 73 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Get the Message Until She Comes Right Here, Right Now More See the Lights Losing My Religion There She Goes So You Think You're in Love American Music I Touch Myself Then All This Time Unbelievable Walking Down Madison The Other Side of Summer Chorus Give It Away Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Sexuality Crazy Piccadilly Palare Valerie Loves Me There's No Other Way When It Began Shiny Happy People Our Frank Marble One Shot Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Stone Cold Yesterday It's Only Natural Only Tongue Can Tell Top of the Pops Disappear Enlighten Me Sadeness Part 1 Sunless Saturday Take Five Monsters and Angels Bitter Tears Wild Hearted Son Caught in My Shadow The Fly Submarine Song Sing Your Life Celebrate Love Rears Its Ugly Head Texarkana Always on the Run Pearl Happy Heaven or Las Vegas Hands Across the Ocean 3 Strange Days Backlash Flowers in the Rain Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Sit Down Love to Hate You Like a Drug Counting Backwards Timeless Melody That is Why Alive and Living Now Sam Naked Rain The Soul Cages
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Post by Red on Sept 8, 2019 19:48:25 GMT -5
Well...this is not the song I had in mind when I thought of a high standard deviation.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:50:48 GMT -5
i figured the image of Tammy Faye Bakker (w/ Marilyn Manson) would've given this away, so i kept it for the actual reveal
next up, two top 30s go down, but not a single bottom 10
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 19:56:21 GMT -5
this song showcases this artist as simply an echo of their former selves...wait until we get to their 80s material where they were top notch (i guess i can say the same thing over & over again if i just change up the words a bit so it won't sound like such an...ok, enough of the bad puns Tom) 72
Enlighten Me Echo & the Bunnymen
Year-End Placing: #51 Chart Peak: #8 Weeks on Chart: 10 852 points Standard Deviation: 18.11 (11th lowest)Sambalada - 22 House Lannister - 26 @xfer - 40 Lordef†ones - 41 somelikeitwhen - 44 campbellssoup - 51 Red - 56 rowellfarm490 - 56 peacebone - 56 singingrulebritannia - 57 Doc Indie Party Rock - 59 commerce196 - 59 American Idiot - 64 @doinktheclown - 64 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 68 newpower - 71 wheatsquares33 - 76 Daryl the Beryl - 83 Az Paynter - 85 Alex1901 - 90 Performance history:Debut Movements:73 78 74 70 70 65 69 67 73 70 67 70 67 67 68 73 75 74 72 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Get the Message Until She Comes Right Here, Right Now More See the Lights Losing My Religion There She Goes So You Think You're in Love American Music I Touch Myself Then All This Time Unbelievable Walking Down Madison The Other Side of Summer Chorus Give It Away Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Sexuality Crazy Piccadilly Palare Valerie Loves Me There's No Other Way When It Began Shiny Happy People Our Frank Marble One Shot Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Stone Cold Yesterday It's Only Natural Only Tongue Can Tell Top of the Pops Disappear Sadeness Part 1 Sunless Saturday Take Five Monsters and Angels Bitter Tears Wild Hearted Son Caught in My Shadow The Fly Submarine Song Sing Your Life Celebrate Love Rears Its Ugly Head Texarkana Always on the Run Pearl Happy Heaven or Las Vegas Hands Across the Ocean 3 Strange Days Backlash Flowers in the Rain Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Sit Down Love to Hate You Like a Drug Counting Backwards Timeless Melody That is Why Alive and Living Now Sam Naked Rain The Soul Cages
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Post by Red on Sept 8, 2019 19:58:35 GMT -5
I...was not expecting to rank Echo bottom half going into this rankdown. Sadly, this is not one of their better efforts.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:00:00 GMT -5
ending the reveals for tonight...TWO more bottom 10s & TWO more TOP 10s...but oddly not a significantly high standard deviation
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 8, 2019 20:00:33 GMT -5
Well if this is one of their worse efforts, then I suspect I'll be ranking them top 10 sooner rather than later.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:03:16 GMT -5
i wasn't into this David Bowie side project (but some of you were)...i just thought he was trying too hard to prove he could rock out after his lighter fare throughout the 80s <shrug> but damn he looks good in a tux! 71
One Shot Tin Machine
Year-End Placing: #41 Chart Peak: #3 Weeks on Chart: 9 858 points Standard Deviation: 24.35Az Paynter - 7 Doc Indie Party Rock - 9 Daryl the Beryl - 32 @doinktheclown - 35 Lordef†ones - 42 American Idiot - 46 campbellssoup - 49 Red - 54 commerce196 - 57 singingrulebritannia - 60 Alex1901 - 63 @xfer - 67 House Lannister - 69 newpower - 69 Sambalada - 76 wheatsquares33 - 79 rowellfarm490 - 82 peacebone - 83 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 91 somelikeitwhen - 92 Performance history:Debut Movements:74 91 91 86 73 77 78 78 75 76 80 74 73 75 73 69 68 68 71 Spectators: alexcuse janinho Geometrical MoD {Remaining songs}Kiss Them for Me Get the Message Until She Comes Right Here, Right Now More See the Lights Losing My Religion There She Goes So You Think You're in Love American Music I Touch Myself Then All This Time Unbelievable Walking Down Madison The Other Side of Summer Chorus Give It Away Wicked Game Smells Like Teen Spirit Sexuality Crazy Piccadilly Palare Valerie Loves Me There's No Other Way When It Began Shiny Happy People Our Frank Marble Movin' on Up Tighten Up Sweetness and Light Stone Cold Yesterday It's Only Natural Only Tongue Can Tell Top of the Pops Disappear Sadeness Part 1 Sunless Saturday Take Five Monsters and Angels Bitter Tears Wild Hearted Son Caught in My Shadow The Fly Submarine Song Sing Your Life Celebrate Love Rears Its Ugly Head Texarkana Always on the Run Pearl Happy Heaven or Las Vegas Hands Across the Ocean 3 Strange Days Backlash Flowers in the Rain Drive That Fast Letter to Memphis Sit Down Love to Hate You Like a Drug Counting Backwards Timeless Melody That is Why Alive and Living Now Sam Naked Rain The Soul Cages
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Post by Red on Sept 8, 2019 20:04:42 GMT -5
Given the bad reputation Tin Machine tends to have, especially around this point...this wasn't as bad as I was expecting. It's fine.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Sept 8, 2019 20:07:37 GMT -5
I wonder how many people had no idea this was a Bowie side project. This one would've been higher if my expectations for Bowie weren't so high.
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Post by House Lannister on Sept 8, 2019 20:09:36 GMT -5
I wonder how many people had no idea this was a Bowie side project. This one would've been higher if my expectations for Bowie weren't so high. I didn't realize that was Bowie until partway through the song.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:17:33 GMT -5
we've never heard of them before & never will again EXTRA
Man Scared The Fat Lady Sings
Overall Year-End Position: #145 Chart Peak: #20 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 48 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:28:11 GMT -5
ever confuse Candy Flip with Candy Skins or even Candyland? all three are actual bands that had songs played on Alt radio in 1991...to distinguish, Candy Flip is a drug reference <feigned shock> that's never happened in the music world before EXTRA
Red Hills Road Candy Flip
Overall Year-End Position: #144 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 48 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:36:09 GMT -5
ever confuse Blue Rodeo, Blue Train, & Blue Aeroplanes...well guess what, all 3 had songs played on Alt radio in 1991 (also, Blue Nile had a "hit" in 1990) EXTRA
Til I Am Myself Again Blue Rodeo
Overall Year-End Position: #143 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 5 Total Chart Points: 48 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:42:15 GMT -5
this guy is from St Louis Park, Minnesota (where i lived in the late 90s & early 00s) EXTRA
Woman With the Strength of 10,000 Men Peter Himmelman
Overall Year-End Position: #142 Chart Peak: #18 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 48 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2019 20:42:30 GMT -5
"Til I Am Myself Again" still gets played a ton on Canadian 80s/90s stations. I admittedly have a big soft spot for this song in particular.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:46:45 GMT -5
this band was sued by Bozo The Clown over the use of a sample EXTRA
Crush Story Too Much Joy
Overall Year-End Position: #141 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 53 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:51:00 GMT -5
this band is from Scotland...Phoenix is from France...makes sense EXTRA
In My Heart Texas
Overall Year-End Position: #140 Chart Peak: #14 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 54 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:55:22 GMT -5
here's one I have very fond memories of...I'm a sucker for xylophone, what can I say? EXTRA
Cloud 8 Frazier Chorus
Overall Year-End Position: #139 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 55 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Sept 8, 2019 20:59:58 GMT -5
we could've ranked a second song by this Welsh band this year EXTRA
Raw The Alarm
Overall Year-End Position: #138 Chart Peak: #15 Chart Weeks: 5 Total Chart Points: 55 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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