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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:26:31 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 20:28:01 GMT -5
This wound up being a song that I'm glad I revisited, because it would have been much lower for me before the re-listen. Something about this listen grabbed me, in particular.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:30:17 GMT -5
Only 1 top 10 for #39, but it's this poster's first, and a top 5. They weren't alone in the top 25 area, anyway, as 6 posters accompanied him. Of the 7 bottom 50s, 3 are bottom 20s, and one of those is a bottom 5. This song had trouble gaining real traction; it never reached the top 35, and fell into the bottom 50 early on.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:34:34 GMT -5
I'm always surprised how much lower Pulse is on Jane's than the other tentpole Alt Boom bands 39
Been Caught Stealing Jane's Addiction
Year-End Placing: #37 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 17 1357 points Standard Deviation: 25.89Daryl the Beryl - 3 somelikeitwhen - 12 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 13 lyhom - 21 Red - 22 Albie - 23 Alex1901 - 25 newpower - 26 campbellssoup - 29 Sambalada - 30 American Idiot - 32 singingrulebritannia - 38 rowellfarm490 - 39@humanshazam - 40 peacebone - 44 Juanca - 46 craziaskowboi - 53 Az Paynter - 55 @doinktheclown - 65 @xfer - 80 Geometrical - 84 wheatsquares33 - 88 Doc Indie Party Rock - 98 Performance history:#18 Active 2003 (Just Because) | #25 Irresistible Force (Active 2011) | #37 Just Because (Alt 2003) | #44 Irresistible Force (Alt 2011) | #50 Underground (Active 2012) | #69 Underground (Alt 2012) Movements:47 45 42 37 46 43 52 57 48 47 44 43 41 41 40 38 38 39 39 41 39 39 Spectators: janinhoMoDjamesflamewillapted33{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 Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know 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 lyhom on Nov 12, 2019 20:35:15 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 20:36:07 GMT -5
I thought this might get tanked a bit, but I was not expecting it to be the lower one of the two Jane's Addiction songs.
But it is the right order.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:38:23 GMT -5
#38 has 3 top 10s, though none are top 5s. 5 others gave it top 25s. Also present is a bottom 10, a bottom 20, and 8 other bottom 50s. All top 50s are top 40s. This song never left the top 40, and it had a short stint in the top 20.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:42:01 GMT -5
I imagine Ian is proud to fall within the top 40 for the first time 38
Proud to Fall Ian McCulloch
Year-End Placing: #14 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 15 1358 points Standard Deviation: 25.24campbellssoup - 6 Juanca - 6 @xfer - 10 Geometrical - 11 @doinktheclown - 20 peacebone - 22 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 25 newpower - 25 wheatsquares33 - 32 singingrulebritannia - 32 Daryl the Beryl - 32 Doc Indie Party Rock - 35 Alex1901 - 39 Red - 54 rowellfarm490 - 57 lyhom - 57 Albie - 59 Az Paynter - 59 @humanshazam - 66 somelikeitwhen - 71 American Idiot - 74 Sambalada - 82 craziaskowboi - 91 Performance history:#52 Alt 1990 (Faith and Healing) | #80 Alt 1992 (Lover Lover Lover) | #83 Alt 1992 (Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye) | #89 Alt 1992 (Honey Drip) Movements:19 21 32 39 29 38 36 33 31 38 40 40 36 36 36 33 36 34 36 35 37 38 Spectators: janinhoMoDjamesflamewillapted33{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 Forgotten Years Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Roam Birdhouse in Your Soul Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know 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 12, 2019 20:45:59 GMT -5
This is another one from the Alt reviews thread that a re-listen helped. This would have been significantly lower without the re-listen, but I heard more of what drew me in to Ian's voice in the first place this time.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:46:02 GMT -5
#37 brings us into a 3-song streak of significant SDs. We start with the 16th highest. 4 people lose top 10s on this reveal, and 1 is this poster's first. 4 more rankings are top 25s. On the other end, almost all of this song's 8 bottom 50s are bottom 40. 2 bottom 30s and 2 bottom 10s. This song only spent 9 movements in the top 40 and conversely 2 in the bottom 50.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:49:26 GMT -5
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Stop! Jane's Addiction
Year-End Placing: #49 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 9 1375 points Standard Deviation: 27.43 (16TH HIGHEST)Red - 6 American Idiot - 8 somelikeitwhen - 9 Daryl the Beryl - 10 Albie - 17 Sambalada - 21 Alex1901 - 21 @doinktheclown - 22 rowellfarm490 - 26 lyhom - 29 @humanshazam - 30 Juanca - 34 craziaskowboi - 37singingrulebritannia - 40 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 48 Geometrical - 60 peacebone - 64 @xfer - 65 newpower - 66 wheatsquares33 - 72 campbellssoup - 73 Doc Indie Party Rock - 94 Az Paynter - 96 Performance history:#18 Active 2003 (Just Because) | #25 Irresistible Force (Active 2011) | #37 Just Because (Alt 2003) | #39 Alt 1990 (Been Caught Stealing) | #44 Irresistible Force (Alt 2011) | #50 Underground (Active 2012) | #69 Underground (Alt 2012) Movements:61 54 47 38 42 32 45 44 42 39 34 38 40 43 42 45 42 41 41 40 38 37 Spectators: janinhoMoDjamesflamewillapted33{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 Forgotten Years Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Roam Birdhouse in Your Soul Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Iceblink Luck Getting Away with It Dreamtime Kool Thing 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 somelikeitwhen on Nov 12, 2019 20:50:26 GMT -5
wait what
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 12, 2019 20:52:09 GMT -5
How is my random ass #4 outlasting all of these big name songs
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 20:52:59 GMT -5
1990 is a pretty good year for the Alt chart, but what really makes it shine are the moments where it just loses inhibition and slings itself into a wall repeatedly. Nowhere is that more pronounced than it is on "Stop!" This song is ferocious, and pretty easily my second-favorite Jane's song.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:54:46 GMT -5
#36 is significant in the other direction--it's the 20th lowest SD. No bottom 25s are lost among this song's 6 bottom 50s. 5 people ranked this song top 25 and 2 are top 10s, but this is the last song you'll see without a top 5 for a while. It started out just barely scraping by in the top 50, rose quickly to top 25, then coasted in the 30s for the rest of the rankdown.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 20:58:26 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 21:00:29 GMT -5
Perfectly cromulent and effective little early-90's Alt song. Feels like it's just about the right spot for this song here.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:02:20 GMT -5
#35 is the 7th highest SD. All of its 7 bottom 50s are bottom 40. You'll find a bottom 10 and 2 bottom 20s in that bunch. for the positives, there are 2 top 5s, 3 more top 10s, and 4 more top 25s.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:08:14 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 21:09:35 GMT -5
lol, this couldn't even beat "Love Spreads".
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:11:55 GMT -5
#34 is not a top 20 high SD, but it feels like one, since we're getting rid of 2 people's last bottom 10s. However, those ranks are the only bottom 20s. 8 bottom 50s in total. There's also only 1 top 10, but 7 top 20s to make up for that. This song never left the top 40, and threatened for top 20 reasonably late.
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 12, 2019 21:12:22 GMT -5
I remembered this song from somewhere and had no idea where. Turns out it was from the funding credits for an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy. They also played bits of "Good Stuff" and "Mr. Wendal" on those.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2019 21:14:15 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:15:43 GMT -5
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 12, 2019 21:17:26 GMT -5
This just felt really overproduced to me
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 21:18:13 GMT -5
A solid song that I probably would have ranked higher if the ending provided anything more than what it gave us.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:20:43 GMT -5
#33 didn't stabilize in the top 50 for quite a while, and it finished at its highest point. You'd think, then, there'd be more bottom 50s, but nope, there's only 7. No bottom 20s, but one rank comes close. One top 10 backed up by 7 top 25s.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 12, 2019 21:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Nov 12, 2019 21:27:01 GMT -5
Similar in quality to "Top of the Pops", but in a better rankdown = 10 or more spots lower in my ranking than "Top of the Pops".
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