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Post by Red on Nov 11, 2019 22:16:46 GMT -5
The chorus lets this song down pretty badly.
I was unsure about how either song of his would do here, but I'm glad that the other one is higher.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 11, 2019 22:16:58 GMT -5
good, the Morrissey songs are going out in the correct order
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:17:38 GMT -5
So, we're doing 2 things here with #43: clearing a multiple-song artist from the game and clearing someone's #1. This song is the 11th highest SD and has only 4 bottom 20s - one of which is bottom 10. 8 top 25s though including that #1.
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:23:17 GMT -5
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No Myth Michael Penn
Year-End Placing: #7 Chart Peak: #4 Weeks on Chart: 17 1256 points Standard Deviation: 28.56 (11TH HIGHEST)somelikeitwhen - 1 Juanca - 9 newpower - 10 singingrulebritannia - 14 campbellssoup - 14 wheatsquares33 - 17 Daryl the Beryl - 25 lyhom - 25 Az Paynter - 35 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 41 peacebone - 46 craziaskowboi - 48 rowellfarm490 - 49 Red - 53 Alex1901 - 54 @doinktheclown - 62 Albie - 65 American Idiot - 70 Doc Indie Party Rock - 79 Geometrical - 85 @xfer - 86 Sambalada - 86 @humanshazam - 93 Performance history:#79 Alt 1993 (Long Way Down) | #86 Alt 1992 (Seen the Doctor) | #73 Alt 1990 (This and That) Movements:20 12 21 35 44 50 55 59 56 60 59 58 53 51 51 46 46 46 46 43 41 43 Spectators: MoD janinho jamesflame {Remaining songs} Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis Nothing Compares 2 U Head On Love and Anger Joey Proud to Fall Forgotten Years I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Blues from a Gun Roam Birdhouse in Your Soul Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck Getting Away with It Dreamtime Kool Thing Stop! A Girl Like You Velouria The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Crystal Clear November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling The Sensual World Ball and Chain Down In It Higher Ground Let It Be Me
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Post by Red on Nov 11, 2019 22:25:45 GMT -5
Given his songs in previous years, this was a pleasant surprise. Obviously, I have it bottom half, but I really did enjoy it quite a bit. I could only fit 50 songs into my top half, after all.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 22:26:21 GMT -5
This is another song I associate with the Exploding Boy episode of Shallow Rewards ("A Girl Like You" too)
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:28:03 GMT -5
A number of artists still remain that have multiple songs on the list and which have not appeared yet. [2]
One of them is at #42 and it's the song with the 14th lowest SD. There are no bottom 20s for this. And while there are a whole 16 top 50s for it, there are no top 10s. (yes I was able to basically copy a preview from 2 songs ago lol)
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:32:53 GMT -5
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Blues from a Gun The Jesus & Mary Chain
Year-End Placing: #24 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 11 1297 points Standard Deviation: 18.54 (14TH LOWEST)Sambalada - 15 Geometrical - 17 craziaskowboi - 23 Red - 24 Az Paynter - 28 peacebone - 30 Albie - 32 Juanca - 37 newpower - 38 @humanshazam - 39 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 43 singingrulebritannia - 43 Daryl the Beryl - 43 somelikeitwhen - 45 rowellfarm490 - 47 @doinktheclown - 50 Doc Indie Party Rock - 51 Alex1901 - 61 campbellssoup - 65 wheatsquares33 - 67 @xfer - 73 lyhom - 75 American Idiot - 80 Performance history:#45 Alt 1992 (Far Gone and Out) | #46 Alt 1994 (Sometimes Always) Movements:54 52 50 48 52 58 57 50 47 43 43 39 38 38 41 42 44 44 42 42 42 42 Spectators: MoD janinho jamesflame {Remaining songs}Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis Nothing Compares 2 U Head On Love and Anger Joey Proud to Fall Forgotten Years I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Roam Birdhouse in Your Soul Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck Getting Away with It Dreamtime Kool Thing Stop! A Girl Like You Velouria The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Crystal Clear November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling The Sensual World Ball and Chain Down In It Higher Ground Let It Be Me
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Post by Red on Nov 11, 2019 22:35:11 GMT -5
Bet you expected me to rank this top 20, eh?
It's really good, but there wasn't much separating the songs just inside my top 20 and just outside of it, and I wanted to give a few songs in particular some love. (I'm a little surprised that one keeps chugging along, by the way.)
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:37:07 GMT -5
We'll wrap things up today with the 13th highest SD. This one's got 4 bottom 20s and one of them clears a bottom 10. There's also a very large gap in rankings somewhere as well as a perfect ranking. Oh, but no top 10s.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 11, 2019 22:39:22 GMT -5
the J&MC songs are also going out in the correct order...pleasantly surprised this song did so well
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2019 22:39:31 GMT -5
Urgh, so many low blows in these reveals :'(
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:41:22 GMT -5
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I Don't Know Why I Love You The House of Love
Year-End Placing: #17 Chart Peak: #2 Weeks on Chart: 14 1316 points Standard Deviation: 28.14 (13TH HIGHEST)American Idiot - 13 @doinktheclown - 15 peacebone - 16 @humanshazam - 16 lyhom - 18 Albie - 19 wheatsquares33 - 26 Juanca - 27 Doc Indie Party Rock - 28 Alex1901 - 30 Red - 35 Geometrical - 36 Sambalada - 37 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 38 rowellfarm490 - 41Az Paynter - 42 singingrulebritannia - 47 MIND THE GAP campbellssoup - 80 craziaskowboi - 80 @xfer - 83 somelikeitwhen - 90 Daryl the Beryl - 93 newpower - 97 Performance history:#44 Alt 1991 (Marble) | #77 Alt 1992 (You Don’t Understand) Movements:25 32 34 29 39 29 30 29 39 41 38 36 42 39 37 39 39 38 40 39 43 41 Spectators: MoD janinho jamesflame {Remaining songs}Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis Nothing Compares 2 U Head On Love and Anger Joey Proud to Fall Forgotten Years Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Roam Birdhouse in Your Soul Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck Getting Away with It Dreamtime Kool Thing Stop! A Girl Like You Velouria The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Crystal Clear November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling The Sensual World Ball and Chain Down In It Higher Ground Let It Be Me
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 11, 2019 22:42:05 GMT -5
there’s a particularly boring song that’s still standing & I suspect it’s the song that Red is rooting for
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Post by Red on Nov 11, 2019 22:44:05 GMT -5
I really liked "Marble", and now I really liked this.
Quite the jump in quality from the first song we ranked from House of Love.
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Post by Albie on Nov 11, 2019 22:45:17 GMT -5
That's it for me tonight, folks. I'll turn you over to singingrulebritannia for Extras while I go stuff my face. Actually, I'll turn you over to him for the next few sets, too.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 22:46:16 GMT -5
A little Danny Elfman to begin this set of extras. This was the last Oingo Boingo album to released under the actual name "Oingo Boingo"
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When the Lights Go Out Oingo Boingo
Overall Year-End Position: #121 Chart Peak: #15 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 64 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 22:47:33 GMT -5
NME keeps knocking those stardom predictions out of the park!
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Heavy Weather Traffic Katydids
Overall Year-End Position: #120 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: 69 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 22:49:29 GMT -5
The only Behaviour song to chart on Modern Rock for some reason
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So Hard Pet Shop Boys
Overall Year-End Position: #119 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 71 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 22:54:02 GMT -5
Their last charter on a rock chart, but not their last Hot 100 top 40 (that would be "Tell Me When")
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Heart Like a Wheel The Human League
Overall Year-End Position: #118 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 75 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Nov 11, 2019 22:55:08 GMT -5
there’s a particularly boring song that’s still standing & I suspect it’s the song that Red is rooting for I would be inclined to say that it is not the same song, because I wouldn't think that you'd rank that song low. If you want to, you can PM me with the song you're thinking of.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 23:03:33 GMT -5
Depeche Mode were in such high demand that even their B-sides got radio buzz
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Dangerous Depeche Mode
Overall Year-End Position: #117 Chart Peak: #13 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 76 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 23:04:41 GMT -5
Ultra Vivid Scene charted not once, but two times this year without making the rankdown! Poor fellas.
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Special One Ultra Vivid Scene
Overall Year-End Position: #116 Chart Peak: #14 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 77 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 11, 2019 23:05:23 GMT -5
The Devil in Me John Wesley Harding
Overall Year-End Position: #115 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 10 Total Chart Points: 79 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 12, 2019 0:03:05 GMT -5
EXTRAS:
Growing Old: we were spinning "Set Sails Free" instead of this on my college station...never heard this until a few years ago - it's good but i prefer SSF (probably nostalgia talking)
Pictures Of You: another WTF...this song is a stone-cold classic
Big Man On Paper: the poor man's Elvis Costello? i agree about the "ooh la las" being annoying...this is so-so...but he's got some really good stuff coming up in the 80s
Hammer & Nail: Indigo Girls were always solid but they'd never match “Closer To Fine"
Been There Done That: good song but i'm more partial to the Eno portion of this collab
Heavenly Pop Hit: i remember really liking this a lot back then...now i think it's ok at best
Down On The Riverbed: not the type of song i'd have listened to back then but now i appreciate it more...LL should've been known for more than just the La Bamba cover
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When The Lights Go Out: their last hurrah...i like this as i do all OB, but never cared as much for the later "Boingo" material
Heavy Weather Traffic: meh (& that's being generous)
So Hard: i like all things Pet Shop Boys & this is no exception
Heart Like A Wheel: glad they abandoned the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis sound and got back on track with this one
Dangerous: i love all things Depeche Mode & this is no exception
Special One: this is decent i guess <shrug>
Devil In Me: nothing special...never trust anyone who goes by 3 names (especially if their Middle Name is the same as yours)
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 12, 2019 1:05:56 GMT -5
Damn! So many good reveals out in one night and I lose more top 10's, and my top half is pretty much wiped out. The first thought is? What travesties are you all upgrading here? 55. The Emperor's New Clothes - Sinead O'ConnorI don't like her at all. This song was barely salvageable, but really goes nowhere melodically. The wrong travesty is still in here for some unexplained reason that probably only the rest of you know? 54. Merry Go Round - The ReplacementsIt's right about here that these next 20 songs were tuff to rank. All had aspects I really enjoyed. This one gave me Matchbox Twenty vibes. 53. Never Do That - Pretenders"Back On The Chain Gang " Part II. If it remotely resembles 80's new wave vibes I'll take it. 52. Faith and Healing - Ian McCullochHell yeah! 80's left over New Wave. Gimmi More of this vibe. 51. Downtown - Lloyd ColeLloyd without his Commotions. I thought his vocals sounded really good here. Great melody too. 50. Never Enough - The CureI wasn't expecting to give this particular Cure song the highest vote, but it stood out like a masterpiece among this list of songs. 49. All I Want - Lightning SeedsI think they had two songs on this RD? This was clearly the better one. AT least I thought so. 48. King of the Mountain - Midnight OilAll three of the Midnight Oil songs made my top half. This one was one of my highest ones. That chorus was super uptempo. I felt like John Cougar Mellencamp could of sang this too. 47. The Crying Scene - Aztec CameraClearly a favorite of mine. Could have been from '87. I did quite a bit of Download? Checks from some first time listens that sounded like leftover 80's. 46. Book of Dreams - Suzanne VegaVery Aesthetic. A Pleasant little discovery. 45. Type - Living Colour It's no joke that I don't care for this band's sound with that singer's vocals, but hey I promise to do a lot better with "Glamour Boys". 44. Ouija Board, Ouija Board - MorrisseyBoth of these were good. I think I ranked this one higher because of the Ouija Board theme. 43. No Myth - Michael PennI really dislike this song, but I just couldn't put it any lower. 42. Blues from a Gun - The Jesus & Mary ChainYou'd think I would have upgraded this because of the fierce vibe, but it let me down with a very uneventful chorus. 41. I Don't Know Why But I Love You - The House of LoveFirst time listen. This one had a melody from another song I really like. Easy chorus to follow. I'm guessing it sounded too 80's to the tankers?
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 12, 2019 5:04:30 GMT -5
Extras:Growing Old - The OriginIt has some uptempo vibes, but not something I usually find that exciting. Pictures of You - The CureA bit over rated, and a tad too mellow, but its the Cure, so I still get a tad enticed. So Alt did the same thing Active rock did by keeping the big pop hits below the year end top 100. Now you know how Warrant's "Cherry Pie" felt? Big Man on Paper - Graham ParkerThe only time I ever charted Graham was 1983's "Life Gets Better". This particular song did absolutely nothing for me. Hammer and a Nail - Indigo GirlsI don't recall liking anything from Indigo Girls. This sounds like Friends soundtrack music. Passable I guess? Been There Done That - Eno/CaleNone of these extras are inspiring any party vibes for me. Heavenly Pop Hit - The ChillsThis is the most 60's inspired so far. Not bad at all, and The music fits the song's title just fine. Down on the Riverbed - Los Loboshere is a band I didn't care for at all unless they were releasing Richie Valens' covers. *That first set of extras was rather uneventful. let's see how pumped tonight's set gets me?When the Lights Go Out - Oingo BoingoAlready much better. Oingo Boingo was one of my favorite New Wave bands of the early 80's. It was tuff for 80's icons to ease into the 90's without losing some charm to their music. I kept liking Oingo Boingo mainly for Danny Elfman's vocals works. Up until they started calling themselves Boingo. That's were they kinda lost me. Heavy Weather Traffic - KatydidsNow this is melodic. very aesthetic. For some reason The vocals sound familiar. A little like what Susana Hoffs and Bangles might sound like in the 90's.. So Hard - Pet Shop BoysPet Shop Boys in the 90's wasn't winning any awards with me. This song was o.k. Their sound was way too 90's clubby for my ears. Heart Like a Wheel - The Human LeagueA certified 80's goodie. Out of all the 80's bands making 2019 comebacks why can't Human League be one of those? This epic wonder was a Huge top 5 on my personal chart and would have made my top 3 on this list.. I loved Susan's look in this video. Looks like she could have been in Whitesnake's music videos. Dangerous - Depeche ModeDepeche Mode didn't really hit bulls eyes with me in the 90's. The song's we are ranking are good, and this one does have melody, but some of that later stuff lost me completely. Special One - Ultra Vivid Scene..and we are back to the bubblegum modern poprock sound I like. This one would have made my top 30 at least. The Devil in Me - John Wesley HardingThis song was trying too hard to entice the wrong crowd. This sounds like 90's "Dad Rock". Butterflies & Hurricanes doesn't trust 3 name persons. I go by four names so I guess I'm totally screwed?
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Post by Az Paynter on Nov 12, 2019 5:18:53 GMT -5
Az Paynter - is your whole top 10 exclusively Aussie artists? I mean no, but this question was already answered before you asked it when my #7 (Standing There) got kicked out. FTR only half of my top 10 is #teamAUSSIE
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Nov 12, 2019 9:26:40 GMT -5
{BOOK OF STATS}
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:22:55 GMT -5
#40 is the first song to spend time in the top 10! Yep, we're already doing this. In fact, it was there for multiple lists, not at the very beginning, and was still top 30 pretty close to the finish line. We'll be taking out a top 5, top 10, and 2 top 15s. What caused this song to slump was the 9 bottom 50s, most being bottom 40s. There's only 1 bottom 20, but it's a bottom 10.
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