Rock Madness: The Rankdown Series

[Red]

#24
Beach Bunny - Dream Boy

Chosen By: BlurryKyle
Genre: Indie Pop
Year: 2019

Points: 467
SD: 12.18976932

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BlurryKyle : 1
@chroniclea : 2
Beno : 7
willapted33 : 11
MoD : 14
@bobpatience : 14
maine : 18
Doc Indie Party Rock : 19
rowellfarm490 : 20
janinho : 20
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 21
jamesflame : 23
peacebone : 25
lyhom : 27
American Idiot : 30
singingrulebritannia : 33
Red : 34
Daryl the Beryl : 37
@humanshazam : 40
wheatsquares33 : 41
Geometrical : 41

Movements
35 38 35 35 37 39 33 33 31 27 32 28 29 27 26 25 25 21 24 24

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: Well, shazam covered what I was going to say here.
shazam: really breezy, not a bad song at all

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{Songs Remaining}Mistakes & Regrets
One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Peace
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
O, Porcupine
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Survive
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
The Electrician
Judy French

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[Beno]

This was such a good first listen, I’ve been listening to this one a lot since I sent my rankings

[singingrulebritannia]

Yea so I totally forgot Dream Boy was in this game and thus I didn't realize the irony of me commenting positively on its thread while ranking it almost bottom 10 here until it was too late lmao

[Red]

The Movements For #23
11 9 5 4 6 6 9 12 13 12 13 16 13 16 17 21 23 22 23 23

[Red]

#23
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Mistakes & Regrets

Chosen By: me
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Year: 1999

Points: 474
SD: 10.06266082 (9TH LOWEST)

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Red : 5
janinho : 5
rowellfarm490 : 9
Daryl the Beryl : 12
@humanshazam : 12
wheatsquares33 : 13
peacebone : 19
maine : 20
singingrulebritannia : 20
jamesflame : 21
@bobpatience : 25
BlurryKyle : 27
American Idiot : 27
Geometrical : 27
willapted33 : 28
Doc Indie Party Rock : 28
MoD : 30
@chroniclea : 34
Beno : 35
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 37
lyhom : 37

Movements
11 9 5 4 6 6 9 12 13 12 13 16 13 16 17 21 23 22 23 23

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: When this song was fighting it out in the top ten, I knew it wouldn't last, and it eventually ended up about where I expected it to. I expect that this is how (almost all of) my songs will perform going forward, but I'd love to be proven wrong!
shazam: one of my highest first listens, love the mixing

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Peace
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
O, Porcupine
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Survive
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
The Electrician
Judy French

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[Red]

The Movements For #22
20 24 18 16 18 19 15 19 21 24 19 24 25 26 27 23 22 25 19 22

[Red]

#22
Chon - Peace

Chosen By: lyhom
Genre: Math Rock
Year: 2019

Points: 481
SD: 11.60993007

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lyhom : 3
jamesflame : 4
Geometrical : 4
maine : 10
Beno : 10
@bobpatience : 11
janinho : 12
willapted33 : 22
Red : 24
MoD : 24
@humanshazam : 25
rowellfarm490 : 26
singingrulebritannia : 26
American Idiot : 26
peacebone : 28
BlurryKyle : 30
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 32
wheatsquares33 : 33
Daryl the Beryl : 34
Doc Indie Party Rock : 40
@chroniclea : 40

Movements
20 24 18 16 18 19 15 19 21 24 19 24 25 26 27 23 22 25 19 22

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: I have yet to hear a Chon song that wasn't really good.
shazam: pretty hard to go wrong with Chon

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
O, Porcupine
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Survive
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
The Electrician
Judy French

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[Red]

The Movements For #21
6 6 4 6 4 8 7 10 8 8 9 13 10 10 11 14 16 19 16 21

[BlurryKyle]

Coincidentally, both of my picks are now going for Alternative adds on February 11, 2020. I wonder if either of them will make the 2020 Year-End Alt RD?

[Red]

#21
Rise Against - Survive

Chosen By: janinho
Genre: Melodic Hardcore
Year: 2006

Points: 486
SD: 11.71872738

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janinho : 1
American Idiot : 2
maine : 6
Daryl the Beryl : 9
rowellfarm490 : 13
wheatsquares33 : 15
Doc Indie Party Rock : 15
jamesflame : 19
@humanshazam : 20
BlurryKyle : 21
Beno : 22
Red : 23
MoD : 23
willapted33 : 26
@bobpatience : 28
lyhom : 30
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 35
@chroniclea : 36
singingrulebritannia : 37
peacebone : 38
Geometrical : 40

Movements
6 6 4 6 4 8 7 10 8 8 9 13 10 10 11 14 16 19 16 21

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: Rise Against has ever so slowly been wearing off of me over the last couple of years, but I can't deny that "Survive" is a good song still. (And hey, I'll always have a super soft spot for Siren Song.)
shazam: one of my favorites from Rise Against back when they were one of my favorite bands, and this one still holds up

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
O, Porcupine
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
The Electrician
Judy French

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[singingrulebritannia]

I've never liked Rise Against because their refusal to pick a lane annoys me. Either be raw chaotic hardcore or be hard-hitting but poppy and finely produced. I don't need this wishy-washy crap

[janinho]

Jan 22, 2020 20:19:28 GMT -5 Red said:

#21
Rise Against - Survive

BlurryKyle : 21
Beno : 22
Red : 23
MoD : 23
willapted33 : 26
@bobpatience : 28
lyhom : 30
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 35
@chroniclea : 36
singingrulebritannia : 37
peacebone : 38
Geometrical : 40



Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: Rise Against has ever so slowly been wearing off of me over the last couple of years, but I can't deny that "Survive" is a good song still. (And hey, I'll always have a super soft spot for Siren Song.)

We can't be friends anymore. This is my favorite song.

Oh and Red this song is on The Sufferer & The Wittness.

[janinho]

About the Hamburger Schule songs: I am only familiar with Tocotronic to be honest. I know other bands like Die Sterne only by name.
But Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert was probably one of the best German Indie Rock songs I heard in a long time. Great pick.

[rowellfarm490]

"Mistakes & Regrets" was awesome. The only other song I had heard from ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead was "Relative Ways" from RFS 1. I will definitely have to check out more by this band.

Also I had considered picking songs for this but not having been a part of previous RoTos I didn't want to choose some crap that would just be a waste of everyone's time.

[Doc Indie Party Rock]

"Detroit Rock City". A Platinum Kiss Rock classic not too mention my #1 song out at #40 way before some random guitar playing thingie titled "Peace". Why do I even try? 

[Red]

Jan 23, 2020 0:22:27 GMT -5 janinho said:

Oh and Red this song is on The Sufferer & The Wittness.

I know, lol. I specifically brought up Siren Song because it's my favorite Rise Against album, and I will always love it, despite me weaning off of Rise Against a bit.

stats, I guess

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{CLOSENESS}rowellfarm490 : 6
lyhom : 7.75
peacebone : 8.33
@humanshazam : 8.75
Daryl the Beryl : 9.375
Red : 9.54
MoD : 9.54
maine : 9.625
@bobpatience : 9.79
willapted33 : 10.21
American Idiot : 10.42
Beno : 10.54
janinho : 10.92
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 11.25
wheatsquares33 : 11.42
BlurryKyle : 11.75
jamesflame : 11.83
Geometrical : 11.96
singingrulebritannia : 12.75
@chroniclea : 13.5
Doc Indie Party Rock : 13.79

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{TOP TENS REMAINING}@humanshazam : 10
Daryl the Beryl : 9
rowellfarm490 : 9
peacebone : 8
@bobpatience : 7
Doc Indie Party Rock : 7
singingrulebritannia : 7
janinho : 7
lyhom : 7
Red : 7
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 7
willapted33 : 7
American Idiot : 6
Beno : 6
Geometrical : 6
MoD : 6
BlurryKyle : 5
@chroniclea : 5
maine : 5
jamesflame : 5
wheatsquares33 : 4

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{TOP HALF RANKINGS REMAINING}Red : 16
rowellfarm490 : 16
American Idiot : 15
Daryl the Beryl : 15
Beno : 15
lyhom : 15
@bobpatience : 14
singingrulebritannia : 14
Geometrical : 14
@humanshazam : 14
peacebone : 14
BlurryKyle : 13
maine : 13
willapted33 : 13
jamesflame : 12
MoD : 12
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 12
wheatsquares33 : 12
@chroniclea : 11
janinho : 11
Doc Indie Party Rock : 10

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{BOTTOM TENS REMAINING}Red : 0
rowellfarm490 : 0
willapted33 : 0
maine : 1
lyhom : 1
wheatsquares33 : 1
American Idiot : 2
Daryl the Beryl : 2
@chroniclea : 2
singingrulebritannia : 2
Geometrical : 2
@humanshazam : 2
janinho : 2
MoD : 2
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 2
Beno : 3
@bobpatience : 3
BlurryKyle : 4
jamesflame : 4
peacebone : 4
Doc Indie Party Rock : 5

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{HIGHEST LOSS}maine : 1
janinho : 1
Doc Indie Party Rock : 1
MoD : 1
@bobpatience : 1
lyhom : 1
BlurryKyle : 1
jamesflame : 1
American Idiot : 2
singingrulebritannia : 2
Geometrical : 2
@chroniclea : 2
wheatsquares33 : 3
peacebone : 3
Beno : 4
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 4
willapted33 : 4
Red : 5
rowellfarm490 : 9
Daryl the Beryl : 9
@humanshazam : 11

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{LOWEST REMAINING}rowellfarm490 : 32
Red : 33
willapted33 : 34
wheatsquares33 : 36
maine : 36
janinho : 36
Geometrical : 36
@bobpatience : 38
Daryl the Beryl : 39
American Idiot : 40
MoD : 40
@chroniclea : 41
@humanshazam : 42
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 42
lyhom : 42
BlurryKyle : 42
jamesflame : 42
Beno : 43
Doc Indie Party Rock : 43
peacebone : 43
singingrulebritannia : 44

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{P-P-P-P-PERFECT RANKINGS}American Idiot : 4
BlurryKyle : 2
maine : 2
wheatsquares33 : 2
Beno : 1
@bobpatience : 1
@chroniclea : 1
Geometrical : 1
jamesflame : 1
janinho : 1
peacebone : 1
lyhom : 1
MoD : 1
Red : 1
rowellfarm490 : 1
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 1
willapted33 : 1

[Red]

The Movements For #20
8 8 10 7 10 11 12 14 17 16 17 18 17 14 16 15 17 20 21 20

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{TAGS}wheatsquares33 maine @humanshazam janinho Red American Idiot singingrulebritannia Beno Butterflies & Hurricanes Doc Indie Party Rock rowellfarm490 Geometrical @chroniclea Daryl the Beryl MoD willapted33 @bobpatience lyhom BlurryKyle jamesflame peacebone

[Red]

#20
mewithoutYou - O, Porcupine

Chosen By: me
Genre: Post-Hardcore
Year: 2006

Points: 487
SD: 9.190315814 (4TH LOWEST)

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Red : 7
Daryl the Beryl : 7
wheatsquares33 : 7
peacebone : 11
MoD : 11
rowellfarm490 : 16
maine : 17
janinho : 21
@bobpatience : 21
@humanshazam : 21
lyhom : 22
American Idiot : 24
Beno : 25
singingrulebritannia : 27
@chroniclea : 27
Geometrical : 31
Doc Indie Party Rock : 31
BlurryKyle : 33
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 33
jamesflame : 33
willapted33 : 33

Movements
8 8 10 7 10 11 12 14 17 16 17 18 17 14 16 15 17 20 21 20

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: Really surprised that this was higher than "Mistakes & Regrets", tbh. I've been meaning to get into more of mwY's discography after falling in love with "Julia", and this was a pretty good start.
shazam: mwY haven't clicked with me yet, but this is solid

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
The Electrician
Judy French

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{Posters With Songs Remaining}Butterflies & Hurricanes
American Idiot
rainie (x2)
Beno
@bobpatience
@chroniclea (x2)
Daryl the Beryl (x2)
Doc Indie Party Rock
Geometrical
Lordef†ones (x2)
peacebone
maine
@humanshazam (x2)
willapted33

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[singingrulebritannia]

I like how it kicks in with the drums and you're not sure if you're listening to mewithoutYou or "My Sharona" lmao

[Red]

The Movements For #19
28 17 25 19 25 21 22 23 27 21 18 22 21 21 23 22 21 24 22 19

[Red]

#19
The Walker Brothers - The Electrician

Chosen By: peacebone
Genre: Art Rock
Year: 1978

Points: 490
SD: 12.40295664

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rowellfarm490 : 1
peacebone : 7
Daryl the Beryl : 8
@humanshazam : 8
lyhom : 9
@bobpatience : 12
Geometrical : 12
Red : 16
jamesflame : 16
singingrulebritannia : 17
Beno : 21
wheatsquares33 : 25
maine : 25
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 26
willapted33 : 30
MoD : 31
@chroniclea : 33
janinho : 35
American Idiot : 40
Doc Indie Party Rock : 41
BlurryKyle : 42

Movements
28 17 25 19 25 21 22 23 27 21 18 22 21 21 23 22 21 24 22 19

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: I LOVED this. The way this song begins makes my skin crawl, but in a good way, and when the rest of the song kicks in...mmm, that's the good stuff. I wish I could have ranked it a little higher.
shazam: my highest first listen, weird in such a good way

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Bloom
Judy French

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{Posters With Songs Remaining}Butterflies & Hurricanes
American Idiot
rainie (x2)
Beno
@bobpatience
@chroniclea (x2)
Daryl the Beryl (x2)
Doc Indie Party Rock
Geometrical
Lordef†ones (x2)
maine
@humanshazam (x2)
willapted33

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[singingrulebritannia]

I'm just amazed this did so well in a reasonably big participant pool

[Red]

The Movements For #18
5 13 19 23 17 24 18 17 22 25 23 26 24 22 20 18 20 18 13 18

[Red]

#18
The Paper Kites - Bloom

Chosen By: Beno
Genre: Indie Folk
Year: 2011

Points: 494
SD: 12.8942586 (9TH HIGHEST)

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Beno : 2
maine : 4
jamesflame : 7
@bobpatience : 8
MoD : 10
BlurryKyle : 12
Geometrical : 13
American Idiot : 14
wheatsquares33 : 17
willapted33 : 17
Daryl the Beryl : 18
lyhom : 23
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 24
@humanshazam : 29
@chroniclea : 29
rowellfarm490 : 31
janinho : 31
Red : 32
peacebone : 43
Doc Indie Party Rock : 43
singingrulebritannia : 44

Movements
5 13 19 23 17 24 18 17 22 25 23 26 24 22 20 18 20 18 13 18

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: This song having a high standard deviation just feels wrong.
shazam: i really enjoyed both of beno's picks, this was quite good

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
You Didn't Love Me Then
Judy French

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{Posters With Songs Remaining}Butterflies & Hurricanes
American Idiot
rainie (x2)
bobpatience
@chroniclea (x2)
Daryl the Beryl (x2)
Doc Indie Party Rock
Geometrical
Lordef†ones (x2)
maine
@humanshazam (x2)
willapted33

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[maine]

I've heard two songs from The Paper Kites, and both of them were really solid. I should probably check out more of them.

[singingrulebritannia]

Sorry Beno but this song was hilariously lame

It's exactly in that Bon Iver/Fleet Foxes lane I've never had any use for but with even less personality

[Red]

The Movements For #17
14 22 23 18 16 14 16 15 14 17 15 10 14 15 15 20 18 17 20 17

[Red]

#17
The Hit Parade - You Didn't Love Me Then

Chosen By: @chroniclea
Genre: Jangle Pop
Year: 1985

Points: 495
SD: 9.599851189 (7TH LOWEST)

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@chroniclea : 5
Geometrical : 7
maine : 11
American Idiot : 12
peacebone : 14
lyhom : 16
Butterflies & Hurricanes : 16
singingrulebritannia : 16
BlurryKyle : 17
Red : 20
Doc Indie Party Rock : 20
willapted33 : 21
janinho : 23
MoD : 25
wheatsquares33 : 26
@humanshazam : 27
Beno : 31
rowellfarm490 : 32
@bobpatience : 36
jamesflame : 37
Daryl the Beryl : 38

Movements
14 22 23 18 16 14 16 15 14 17 15 10 14 15 15 20 18 17 20 17

Thoughts from the Hosts
Red: I did not expect this song to be in my top 20 by the end of the rankdown, but this just kept wearing me down as this seed went along.
shazam: i love this type of jangle pop

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{Songs Remaining}One Armed Scissor
Neon Knights
Banquet
Limousine
Paperhouse
Lies
Wax and Wane
Heroes
Holland, 1945
Vanishing Point
Enola Gay
Gold Soundz
Tear You Apart
Twentytwo
Ballroom Blitz
Judy French

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{Posters With Songs Remaining}Butterflies & Hurricanes
American Idiot
rainie (x2)
bobpatience
@chroniclea
Daryl the Beryl (x2)
Doc Indie Party Rock
Geometrical
Lordef†ones (x2)
maine
@humanshazam (x2)
willapted33

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{People with a Most Likely Reasonable Excuse for Not Sending}rainie
Albie
trilogy

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{Lord}Lordef†ones

[Red]

The Movements For #16
37 37 32 29 19 23 24 16 16 13 16 14 11 11 9 12 12 10 11 16

[singingrulebritannia]

this song has such a pretty melodic progression