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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:05:22 GMT -5
Heh, my #63 and #64 out back to back. Anyway, go listen to Duran Duran's "The Chauffeur" it's one of their best songs 89
I'll Be Your Chauffeur David J
Year-End Placing: #26 Chart Peak: #1 Weeks on Chart: 11 633 points Standard Deviation: 16.23 (8TH LOWEST)@xfer - 32 Juanca - 45 Alex1901 - 56 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 63 singingrulebritannia - 64 Geometrical - 64 campbellssoup - 66 @doinktheclown - 68 Doc Indie Party Rock - 69 Albie - 70 newpower - 70 Az Paynter - 72 peacebone - 73 Sambalada - 75 Daryl the Beryl - 80 wheatsquares33 - 82 rowellfarm490 - 85 craziaskowboi - 85 lyhom - 92 Red - 94 American Idiot - 95 somelikeitwhen - 95 @humanshazam - 95 Performance history:Debut Movements:84 79 83 84 71 80 83 82 83 87 86 90 89 88 88 88 87 86 87 87 87 89 Spectators: MoDjaninhojamesflame{Remaining songs} Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis The Emperor's New Clothes Nothing Compares 2 U No Myth Head On Love and Anger Way Down Now Joey Standing There Proud to Fall Forgotten Years Jealous I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Blues from a Gun Roam Never Enough Birdhouse in Your Soul The Crying Scene Type Merry Go Round Candy Hello Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck When the River Runs Dry Downtown Pretty Pink Rose Getting Away with It Dreamtime Ouija Board, Ouija Board Let Love Rule Never Do That Kool Thing King of the Mountain Stop! Cradle of Love A Girl Like You Velouria Step On The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Hey Venus Crystal Clear Book of Dreams Put the Message in the Box This and That It's Too Late Sweet Smell of Success November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Post Post-Modern Man Drifting, Falling Pineapple Face All I Want Hello I Love You The Sensual World World in Motion One Love Respectfully King of Rain Ball and Chain Jealous of Youth Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning Secrets Don't Let Me Down, Gently Down In It Show Me Your Soul Higher Ground Time and Space Faith and Healing Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello... Devolution Workin Man Blues Kiss This Thing Goodbye Razor Blades of Love Let It Be Me Life in Detail God Tonight
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Post by Red on Nov 9, 2019 1:06:23 GMT -5
This is such a nothing song that other nothing songs look at it and think that they're actually doing something with their song in comparison.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 1:09:02 GMT -5
89. I'll Be Your Chauffeur - David J This was actually quite simple yet melodic with some Morrissey vibes. I can see why it may send some listeners to boredom city tho.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:10:02 GMT -5
#88 sees the first reveal with 4 top 50 losses. One is a top 20, and at least one other is their first top 50. This song, though, also had 5 bottom 5s and 1 more bottom 10. It started out in the bottom 10, broke free for a few lists around the middle, plunged back into the bottom 10, then rose back out close to the final bell.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2019 1:11:00 GMT -5
Oh come one! Laurie deserved better! :(
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:14:10 GMT -5
"Year Written: 19xx" good to know this song wasn't written in the 1800s or 2000s, I was unsure. 88
Post Post-Modern Man Devo
Year-End Placing: #69 Chart Peak: #7 Weeks on Chart: 9 642 points Standard Deviation: 22.85craziaskowboi - 20 Doc Indie Party Rock - 32 somelikeitwhen - 37 Geometrical - 50 Sambalada - 51 American Idiot - 54 @humanshazam - 65 campbellssoup - 69 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 71 Az Paynter - 75 Alex1901 - 75 rowellfarm490 - 77 Red - 80 Daryl the Beryl - 82 Albie - 84 singingrulebritannia - 88Juanca - 90 @xfer - 91 wheatsquares33 - 96 peacebone - 98 lyhom - 98 newpower - 99 @doinktheclown - 99 Performance history:Debut Movements:95 98 96 93 97 95 86 85 87 85 84 85 90 91 91 92 92 92 90 91 89 88 Spectators: MoDjaninhojamesflame{Remaining songs} Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis The Emperor's New Clothes Nothing Compares 2 U No Myth Head On Love and Anger Way Down Now Joey Standing There Proud to Fall Forgotten Years Jealous I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Blues from a Gun Roam Never Enough Birdhouse in Your Soul The Crying Scene Type Merry Go Round Candy Hello Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck When the River Runs Dry Downtown Pretty Pink Rose Getting Away with It Dreamtime Ouija Board, Ouija Board Let Love Rule Never Do That Kool Thing King of the Mountain Stop! Cradle of Love A Girl Like You Velouria Step On The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Hey Venus Crystal Clear Book of Dreams Put the Message in the Box This and That It's Too Late Sweet Smell of Success November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling Pineapple Face All I Want Hello I Love You The Sensual World World in Motion One Love Respectfully King of Rain Ball and Chain Jealous of Youth Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning Secrets Don't Let Me Down, Gently Down In It Show Me Your Soul Higher Ground Time and Space Faith and Healing Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello... Devolution Workin Man Blues Kiss This Thing Goodbye Razor Blades of Love Let It Be Me Life in Detail God Tonight
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Nov 9, 2019 1:15:17 GMT -5
There is a local lawyer named David J Maloney. He has these very aggressive commercials about drunk driving, he made his whole name on being a prosecuting attorney in drunk driving cases. Then he got arrested for a DUI a few years ago.
That being said, the fact that there is a song called I'll Be Your Chauffeur by an artist named David J is very funny to me
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 1:16:15 GMT -5
88. Post Post-Modern Man - Devo LOL. silly as Devo can be, but I mean it's Devo. How low could I actually put it?
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Post by Alex1901 on Nov 9, 2019 1:18:12 GMT -5
This is indeed a Devo song
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:19:37 GMT -5
Response for #87, the 3rd lowest SD, was a big fat "meh". The sole top 50 might as well not count as one. There are only 3 bottom 10s (none bottom 5); in fact, there are only 9 bottom 20s. The highest position it occupied was 85, and 91 the lowest. This song is not from a debut artist.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:23:30 GMT -5
Same ranking in consecutive years! 87
Devolution Workin Man Blues The Alarm
Year-End Placing: #94 Chart Peak: #11 Weeks on Chart: 8 667 points Standard Deviation: 14.12 (3RD LOWEST)@xfer - 48 craziaskowboi - 52 @humanshazam - 54 Doc Indie Party Rock - 61 somelikeitwhen - 61 Sambalada - 62 Geometrical - 63 peacebone - 63 @doinktheclown - 63 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 64 Az Paynter - 64 lyhom - 64 Juanca - 74 Alex1901 - 78 wheatsquares33 - 81 singingrulebritannia - 82 campbellssoup - 83 Red - 86 Albie - 87rowellfarm490 - 88 newpower - 91 American Idiot - 92 Daryl the Beryl - 95 Performance history:#87 Alt 1991 (The Road) Movements:85 88 90 91 89 91 91 89 90 91 91 91 91 90 90 91 90 88 88 88 88 87 Spectators: MoDjaninhojamesflame{Remaining songs} Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis The Emperor's New Clothes Nothing Compares 2 U No Myth Head On Love and Anger Way Down Now Joey Standing There Proud to Fall Forgotten Years Jealous I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Blues from a Gun Roam Never Enough Birdhouse in Your Soul The Crying Scene Type Merry Go Round Candy Hello Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck When the River Runs Dry Downtown Pretty Pink Rose Getting Away with It Dreamtime Ouija Board, Ouija Board Let Love Rule Never Do That Kool Thing King of the Mountain Stop! Cradle of Love A Girl Like You Velouria Step On The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Hey Venus Crystal Clear Book of Dreams Put the Message in the Box This and That It's Too Late Sweet Smell of Success November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling Pineapple Face All I Want Hello I Love You The Sensual World World in Motion One Love Respectfully King of Rain Ball and Chain Jealous of Youth Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning Secrets Don't Let Me Down, Gently Down In It Show Me Your Soul Higher Ground Time and Space Faith and Healing Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello... Kiss This Thing Goodbye Razor Blades of Love Let It Be Me Life in Detail God Tonight
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:27:09 GMT -5
A bottom 15 song with no bottom 10s? In a 100-song rankdown? It's more likely than you think. #86 is only the 16th lowest SD, though, because it has multiple top 30s among its 4 top 50s. This song kind of just chilled out in the bottom 20 most of the rankdown, sometimes getting into the top 80, but a few times the bottom fell out and it dipped into the bottom 10.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 1:27:27 GMT -5
87. Devolution Workin Man Blues - The Alarm The Alarm have done better. I'm pretty sure you all will upgrade this considerably on Active 90? I will probably have it around the same slot.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:31:12 GMT -5
In the battle of Petrols, "Hey Venus" loses to Something Happens 86
Hey Venus That Petrol Emotion
Year-End Placing: #58 Chart Peak: #9 Weeks on Chart: 10 722 points Standard Deviation: 18.78 (16TH LOWEST)somelikeitwhen - 28 Az Paynter - 30 newpower - 36 Sambalada - 50 campbellssoup - 57 wheatsquares33 - 59 Alex1901 - 62 rowellfarm490 - 63 American Idiot - 68 @xfer - 71 peacebone - 72 @doinktheclown - 75 singingrulebritannia - 81 Juanca - 81 @humanshazam - 82 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 83 Red - 83 Doc Indie Party Rock - 84 craziaskowboi - 86Geometrical - 87 Daryl the Beryl - 87 lyhom - 87 Albie - 89 Performance history:Debut Movements:80 84 79 88 87 86 88 91 91 90 90 87 83 84 83 85 84 85 86 86 85 86 Spectators: MoDjaninho{Remaining songs} Cuts You Up Policy of Truth Here's Where the Story Ends Metropolis The Emperor's New Clothes Nothing Compares 2 U No Myth Head On Love and Anger Way Down Now Joey Standing There Proud to Fall Forgotten Years Jealous I Don't Know Why But I Love You Enjoy the Silence House Blue Sky Mine Deliverance Fools Gold Blues from a Gun Roam Never Enough Birdhouse in Your Soul The Crying Scene Type Merry Go Round Candy Hello Every Beat of the Heart Suicide Blonde The Only One I Know Been Caught Stealing Iceblink Luck When the River Runs Dry Downtown Pretty Pink Rose Getting Away with It Dreamtime Ouija Board, Ouija Board Let Love Rule Never Do That Kool Thing King of the Mountain Stop! Cradle of Love A Girl Like You Velouria Step On The Downtown Lights Pure Tom's Diner Crystal Clear Book of Dreams Put the Message in the Box This and That It's Too Late Sweet Smell of Success November Spawned a Monster Where Do We Go from Heaven Drifting, Falling Pineapple Face All I Want Hello I Love You The Sensual World World in Motion One Love Respectfully King of Rain Ball and Chain Jealous of Youth Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning Secrets Don't Let Me Down, Gently Down In It Show Me Your Soul Higher Ground Time and Space Faith and Healing Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello... Kiss This Thing Goodbye Razor Blades of Love Let It Be Me Life in Detail God Tonight
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:34:56 GMT -5
Hi it's me. I'm Albie. And I'll be bringing you the extras tonight. And this is one of them.
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All for Love and Love for All The Lilac Time
Overall Year-End Position: #142 Chart Peak: #22 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 39 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 1:35:02 GMT -5
86. Hey Venus - That Petrol Emotion I knew this wasn't gonna clear the bottom 20. The vocal delivery was piss poor,and that guitar riff was as simple as they come.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 1:37:40 GMT -5
I'll stick these thoughts in here. Glad to see a couple of these travesties make quick exits.
100. Home - Iggy Pop This song wasn't very good. The chorus uses another song in mind and it just sounds wrong. Sounds like he is saying "Homeboy". I hated that phrase. I bet the song's highest ranker is surprised right about now.
99. Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - UB40 I vaguely remember this song. I thought it was going to be an Air Supply cover before I clicked on it.
98. Dirty Old Town - David Byrne I have no idea what David was trying for here, but this tropical bull is about as interesting as clipping my toenails.
97. I'm Free - The Soup Dragons Truth be told I really only liked about 40 songs on this entire thing, so this falls into the "will not be going back to this song anytime soon" pile.
96. Biting My Nails - Renegade Soundwave I wish I could have put this travesty even lower, but there were even worst songs on this list.
95. Hippychick - Soho This is one of those songs I was talking about. Jeez this was awful.
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:39:03 GMT -5
This song, like the one before it, is an extra.
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You Keep It All In The Beautiful South
Overall Year-End Position: #141 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 40 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:41:11 GMT -5
This I would have certainly done something good with had it been rankable. Probably something in my top 10. EXTRA
World In My Eyes Depeche Mode
Overall Year-End Position: #140 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 4 Total Chart Points: 40 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:46:01 GMT -5
Oh look here's another one that would have likely been in my top 10.
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Burning Inside Ministry
Overall Year-End Position: #139 Chart Peak: #23 Chart Weeks: 9 Total Chart Points: 42 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:48:08 GMT -5
ok wow haven't heard this since I was a kid. And never seen this video lol
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Room At The Top Adam Ant
Overall Year-End Position: #138 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 45 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:48:35 GMT -5
Oh look here's another one that would have likely been in my top 10.
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Burning Inside Ministry
Overall Year-End Position: #139 Chart Peak: #23 Chart Weeks: 9 Total Chart Points: 42 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below! this sgong sucskit wouldev benn mjy 100000
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:52:12 GMT -5
I legit don't even know this song. But here you go.
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Love Barge Big Dipper
Overall Year-End Position: #137 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 49 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Nov 9, 2019 1:56:17 GMT -5
I'm a huge Big Dipper fan, so "Love Barge" would've been pretty high for me, probably top 20
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 1:58:26 GMT -5
Her s**t, like, doesn't work so umm...here is the link if you care to see her video.
EXTRA On the Greener Side Michelle Shocked
Overall Year-End Position: #136 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 50 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Albie on Nov 9, 2019 2:00:02 GMT -5
That does it for extras! I'm giving singingrulebritannia a reveals break tomorrow night so umm, yeah.
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Post by craziaskowboi on Nov 9, 2019 2:16:40 GMT -5
I disliked that David Byrne song because it reminded me of the horribly obnoxious "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter.
By the way, stop fucking with my top half, bitches! >:(
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Post by craziaskowboi on Nov 9, 2019 2:19:55 GMT -5
Oh yeah, and "Room At The Top" would have been in my top 10, and possibly even my top five.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Nov 9, 2019 3:03:39 GMT -5
EXTRAS:All for Love and Love for All - The Lilac TimeThis gave me 85-87 vibes. Easily something I would upgrade into my top half. I fear the rest of you would tank it tho? You Keep It All In - The Beautiful SouthI couldn't squeeze more cheeze out of this song even if I tried. Even the female vocals fail. strong contender for my bottom 15. World In My Eyes - Depeche ModeNot a fan of this Depeche Mode song. They really struggled with the uptempo vibe on this song. It's not even cool and dark it's just too "clubby" for me. Burning Inside - MinistryScary noizy club sounds I find no use for except sticking at my #100 on this RD. I never knew what possessed them to change their sound. This is the Ministry I remember. Room At The Top - Adam AntEasily one of my favorite Adam Ant jams, and an easy top 5 for this RD. I swear I used to think he and Billy Crystal were the damn pirate when I was little. Love Barge - Big Dippernever heard of them, but this was mighty enticing. Great vocals for Modern Rock Alt. On the Greener Side - Michelle ShockedI certainly didn't hate it. I don't even know what genre this fall into but it felt easy to sway to. I didn't need that fruit of the loom action tho.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Nov 9, 2019 7:12:27 GMT -5
Extras: AFL&LFA: always loved this one, it had a Dream Academy sound to it. I never knew until a few years ago that Stephen Duffy is the singer here...also loved his early 80s new wave classic “Kiss Me” but the songs sound nothing alike “You Keep It All In”: this band had very subversive lyrics considering their innocent sounding instrumentation ... another “you’d never guess it” fact: these guys started off in a band (Housemartins) with Fatboy Slim “World In My Eyes”: how the hell did this miss the cutoff for the rankdown?!? another amazing track from the flawless Violator “Burning Inside”: Ministry pissed me off when they changed their sound so I hated this back then, but it’s really not bad...”Stigmata” was a much better effort from this era though “Room At The Top”: unlike the song above I’ve cooled to this over time - I LOVED it back then but it hasn’t aged well, but it’s still a guilty pleasure “Love Barge”: I don’t remember this one so it suffers from the lack of nostalgia, but...it’s OK “On The Greener Side”: this is very kd lang ... I had always hated country music but it was around this time that I started slowly opening up to the alt-country sound...sadly Michelle got caught up in a Christian cult & dissed all her lesbian fan base with homophobic remarks... Doc Indie Party Rock, don’t hate on the beefcake, we all know you’d be all about “fruit of the loom action” if they were on a bunch of 20-something women
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