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Post by willapted33 on Nov 15, 2019 21:15:03 GMT -5
who's joey
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Post by Red on Nov 15, 2019 21:20:12 GMT -5
This song stings. It would sting if I didn't know what it's actually about, but it especially hits hard when you do know. This song is about being in love with an alcoholic, and it's specifically about someone very close to Johnette (specifically, Marc Moreland, Wall of Voodoo guitarist). You feel every single word she sings, because she feels them all too much. It's one of the most powerful vocal performances of its era.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:20:56 GMT -5
#9 spent just 3 lists outside the top 10. It also spent 8 lists in the top 5 before falling back to its final place. There are 6 top 10s with this one. Also 3 bottom 50s, including a bottom 15.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:25:31 GMT -5
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Nov 15, 2019 21:25:33 GMT -5
I love Concrete Blonde but they have many other songs I would've rather have been the massive hit
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Post by Red on Nov 15, 2019 21:28:51 GMT -5
Figuring out what to do with my #10 spot was, easily, one of the toughest decisions I had in this rankdown. I waffled between this, the two Kate songs, and "Joey". Funnily enough, I went with this, because I thought it might need the most help out of the four. It winds up being the highest of the four.
Okay.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:31:16 GMT -5
#8 is the 13 lowest SD. It fell out of the top 10 at around the midpoint, dropped as low as #25, and then worked its way back in. 3 bottom 50s here but nothing lower than bottom 30. Only 3 top 10s.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:35:30 GMT -5
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 15, 2019 21:38:12 GMT -5
I still hear this at stores occasionally and have to check what song it is, but the song itself I've never really forgotten. I thought I ranked this higher but I guess I just liked my top 20 a whole lot.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 15, 2019 21:39:22 GMT -5
I like how this song so brazenly references both Love My Way and Blasphemous Rumours lol
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Post by Red on Nov 15, 2019 21:40:26 GMT -5
To me, this is one of the most complicated songs we've ever ranked. I like Bernard Sumner, I like Johnny Marr, and I usually never have a problem with Neil Tennant. For some reason, though, on this song, it doesn't work. I think it mainly has to do with Neil's vocals. They never bother me normally, but they bothered me here. You would think that Neil Tennant's voice with the talent surrounding him would be a match made in heaven, but it just feels off to me every time I listen to it.
I hate that I don't really care for this.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:40:55 GMT -5
#7 spent two non-consecutive lists outside the top 10. And it spent 7 lists inside the top 5, as high as #3. 8 people ranked it top 10 and 3 people ranked it bottom 50.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:46:07 GMT -5
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 15, 2019 21:48:01 GMT -5
To me, this is one of the most complicated songs we've ever ranked. I like Bernard Sumner, I like Johnny Marr, and I usually never have a problem with Neil Tennant. For some reason, though, on this song, it doesn't work. I think it mainly has to do with Neil's vocals. They never bother me normally, but they bothered me here. You would think that Neil Tennant's voice with the talent surrounding him would be a match made in heaven, but it just feels off to me every time I listen to it. I hate that I don't really care for this. I get what you mean...for me to put anything NO-related lower than top 20 is a red flag...this album was so good but I never understood why this was the hit...although I do still like it, just less than GtM & TU & FEB & most of the album tracks
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 21:48:40 GMT -5
I can see WHY Doc tanked it....but 99? Out of 100?
Also thanks to Red, I'm gonna have to listen to Joey when I get drunk tonight.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:50:05 GMT -5
I can see WHY Doc tanked it....but 99? Out of 100? Also thanks to Red, I'm gonna have to listen to Joey when I get drunk tonight. i cannot see it
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Post by Red on Nov 15, 2019 21:52:14 GMT -5
The most interesting part about this whole project is going back to listening to the original "Tom's Diner" after listening to the D.N.A. version. It's not just that they sound so much different. They genuinely feel like much different songs altogether, that is how radical this version sounds in comparison.
Remixes are not foolproof, to be sure, but this is a case of what happens when a remix hits every note correctly.
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:53:03 GMT -5
#6 spent just one list outside the top 10 and that was at #11. It also spent 4 lists inside the top 5 as high as #3. 4 of you placed this in the bottom 50. 8 others ranked it top 10, half of which are top 5s.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 15, 2019 21:54:12 GMT -5
I bought an album of interpolations of the song ... it’s called Tom’s Album ... & “Jeannie” was the best of the bunch...definitely better than REM’s version where they segue into EMF’s Unbelievable ... it was so bad they had to use the pseudonym Bingo Handjob for the credits
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 21:57:41 GMT -5
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 15, 2019 21:58:44 GMT -5
And here's another song I'd heard at stores for years until I found out what it was.
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Post by Red on Nov 15, 2019 21:59:51 GMT -5
I'd like to thank the rest of the Sundays songs that we ranked in previous Alt rankdowns for giving me a much greater appreciation of this song. This is probably my second-least favorite of the four, but that's only because "Summertime" has grown on me hard from 1997, and "Goodbye" is just really, really good.
I'm just glad they got to this point at least once.
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Post by peacebone on Nov 15, 2019 22:00:17 GMT -5
The story ends here, motherf**ker
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Post by lyhom on Nov 15, 2019 22:02:31 GMT -5
The story ends here, motherf**ker
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Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2019 22:02:56 GMT -5
I can see WHY Doc tanked it....but 99? Out of 100? Also thanks to Red, I'm gonna have to listen to Joey when I get drunk tonight. i cannot see it If I'm thinking with Doc logic, excluding anything about women because as a gay man I can't speak on that, the song is "boring", "drones on for too long", "do do dos are repetitive", and or "she's not singing she's just speaking" Again, trying to figure Indie out
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Post by Albie on Nov 15, 2019 22:02:57 GMT -5
oh hey top 5! And here at #5 we have the 18th highest SD. This spent 7 lists outside the top 10 as low as #46. It has 4 bottom 50 rankings. It has 13 top 10 rankings, of which 4 are #1s.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 15, 2019 22:04:04 GMT -5
The story ends here, motherf**ker it does for Harriet Wheeler
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Post by somelikeitwhen on Nov 15, 2019 22:04:40 GMT -5
If I'm thinking with Doc logic, excluding anything about women because as a gay man I can't speak on that, the song is "boring", "drones on for too long", "do do dos are repetitive", and or "she's not singing she's just speaking" Again, trying to figure Indie out Also it's "not melodic"
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 15, 2019 22:05:49 GMT -5
If I'm thinking with Doc logic, excluding anything about women because as a gay man I can't speak on that, the song is "boring", "drones on for too long", "do do dos are repetitive", and or "she's not singing she's just speaking" Again, trying to figure Indie out Also it's "not melodic" not “fierce” enough
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