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Post by lyhom on Jan 25, 2020 23:19:19 GMT -5
yooooo ghost have finally won an active rankdown (even if it's with a song I wished I liked a lot more lol)
cool to see "the jester" go so far too, as I said before I do kind of wish "heroin" had switched places with it (and not just because I would've had another perfect ranking if that happened lol) but it's always cool to see a song nobody sees coming end up in the top two
thank you for hosting, rowell, you do such a good job with these rankdowns!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 23:20:27 GMT -5
#6 2015 #5 2016 #3 2017 #2 2018 So I guess "Dance Macabre" is winning Active next year, then. gg
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Post by Red on Jan 25, 2020 23:21:39 GMT -5
Looking at this top two, there's two things that I wish I did now: Swap "Dance Macabre" and "You'll Never Find Me", and swap "The Jester" and "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish". The latter bothers me because I probably ranked the APC song too high, and the former is more of a case of me likely underrating the Korn song than anything else. There really wasn't that much separating the songs in my top ten beyond my #1, but I still probably ranked "You'll Never Find Me" too low. I would be happier that Ghost won a rankdown finally and that a song in my top five still won, but a) deep down, I think we all knew that this result was inevitable, and b) they won an Active rankdown with their worst charter.Great job hosting yet another Active rankdown, rowellfarm490. You truly are the King of Kings Active Rankdowns.
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Post by LBTrocks on Jan 25, 2020 23:22:38 GMT -5
I knew "Dance Macabre" was going to win this! it was the clear-cut winner from the start IMO, so despite being the lowest ranker, I'm not shocked nor am I really that upset. Honestly, I think Ghost is exceptionally talented and I WANT to like them better than I do... I just don't care for much of their music outside of "Cirice" I'm just still so thrilled that "The Jester" made it to the top 2. I adore Badflower. I adore their vocals.... "The Jester" is absolutely phenomenal, from the vocal arrangement to the delivery to the song's melody/instrumentation and lyrics. Ecstatic this made it to the bitter end! Also, rowellfarm490 thanks for hosting again. You do such an amazing job! This was a lot of fun!
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jan 25, 2020 23:23:04 GMT -5
WE ARE DONE! The 2019 Active Rock Year-End Rankdown is now complete! Once again, thank you to everyone who sent in a ranking and participated in this rankdown. And thanks, as always, to those that followed along and provided commentary throughout. I hope you had a good time and enjoyed finding out what our collective favorites were this year in Active Rock. I know that this format isn't everybody's favorite but I also do hope that you were able to make some good discoveries along the way that you likely wouldn't have come across otherwise. As to the results themselves, I am very pleased that Ghost finally won one of these especially after coming up just short last year. I have had a lot of fun hosting the year-end rankdowns for my favorite radio format these past 3 years. I do feel though that it'd be for the best that somebody else gets the opportunity to host this rankdown in 2020. So I will not be returning to host the annual Active Rock rankdown going forward. I do intend to continue to help out with the remaining retro rankdowns though as we go back into the 1980s. I'll be hosting soon enough again once we get back to the mainstream rock rankdown of 1988. ...But the rock chart rankdowns for 2019 aren't quite over yet. If you haven't already please do not forget to submit for the 2019 Triple A rankdown being hosted by singingrulebritannia and Daryl the Beryl which is due tomorrow! Anyway, hosting too many rankdowns consecutively has taken its toll on me and I'm exhausted. I'm going to have to take a break from hosting right now and I also likely won't even be participating in as many rankdowns as I usually do. {STATS MACABRE}
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jan 25, 2020 23:26:49 GMT -5
Thanks for hosting rowellfarm490 - I swear, the rock year-end RDs are one of my favorite RDs to participate in (even though I'm not as into rock than let's say pop or country) just because of the phenomenal hosting (and discoveries that I have!) on everyone's end (this goes for not just Active but also Alt and AAA). Even though you're taking a break from hosting, you have to come back and host the 2020 Active RD!
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jan 25, 2020 23:30:47 GMT -5
F U C K YEAH The right song (next to "Haunted") wins it all. I was contemplating weather putting this one or "Haunted" at my #1. Both were crown songs on my chart, but I needed to be true with myself and DIAMANTE's song slays. Also I knew this one had its followers, so I put it at #2 and it still payed off right. 1. Ghost - Dance MacabreTo say I'm surprised that this band knows how to create a perfect 80's sounding Metal would be a lie. They are from Sweden. That's where all the best 80's Metal revival currently exports from. This song is so perfect on every levels. The best thing was it's staying power. They literally released this just a few weeks after "Rats". The video is great too. This band knows how to tease at the dark side but have fun with it too. Just like 80's always did. A true crown song and I couldn't be happier with this result. 2. Badflower - The JesterThere is a world of difference between this song and "Dance Macabre" , and this is not my vibe at all. The correct hit should have been "Promise Me". rowellfarm490 Great job with the hosting and suspence. You did this one a little later in the evening which was perfect for me to follow along too. Great job with the vids and charts stats too. So yeah this Rankdown was fun. I'm more inclined to the fierceness of Active and usually the better Alt songs make the list as well.
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Post by janinho on Jan 26, 2020 5:35:21 GMT -5
Second year in a row that my #1 wins. Deathwish and Dance Macabre. Two songs that deserve it so much.
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Jan 26, 2020 6:54:44 GMT -5
Average ranks update: The following artists have been added to the database: The Black Moods The Blue Stones BRKN LOVE Bruno Mars Dani Filth Dirty Honey The Dirty Nil The Dose Ice Nine Kills Mark Morton Memphis May Fire New Years Day Saul The following artists have their average ranks lowered: All That Remains -0.148 Asking Alexandria -4.107 Badflower -8.333 Beartooth -10.6 The Black Keys -1.478 Blacktop Mojo -14.333 Cage the Elephant -0.973 Chester Bennington -3.75 Chevelle -0.137 The Conspirators -3.196 DIAMANTE -12 Dorothy -9.167 Ed Sheeran -11.333 FEVER 333 -3.333 Gary Clark Jr. -6.5 Ghost -1.167 The Glorious Sons -8 Godsmack -1.067 grandson -0.25 Halestorm -1.916 Hellyeah -1.641 Korn -0.869 Like a Storm -4.15 Metallica -0.391 Motionless in White -1.433 Myles Kennedy -2.411 Palaye Royale -20.5 A Perfect Circle -0.379 Rival Sons -16.333 Royal Bliss -7.833 Scott Stapp -8 Shim -6 Slash -2.473 Slipknot -1.822 Sum 41 -5.014 Tool -0.1 Weezer -1.308 The following artists have their average ranks raised: Alice in Chains 0.153 Alter Bridge 0.705 Atreyu 1.475 Avenged Sevenfold 0.374 Bad Wolves 1.25 blink-182 2.027 Breaking Benjamin 0.643 Bring Me the Horizon 1.349 Bush 0.52 Chris Stapleton 15 A Day to Remember 3.822 Dinosaur Pile-Up 30 Disturbed 0.19 Five Finger Death Punch 0.497 From Ashes to New 0.2 Green Day 0.172 Greta Van Fleet 5.657 Highly Suspect 5.467 I Prevail 0.917 Killswitch Engage 0.278 Messer 2.5 Mötley Crüe 0.932 Muse 0.008 Nothing More 5.214 P.O.D. 0.106 Papa Roach 1.08 Pop Evil 0.584 Puddle of Mudd 0.808 Shinedown 1.524 Skillet 1.805 Three Days Grace 1.135 Thrice 7.9 Through Fire 5.083 Underoath 7.5 Volbeat 0.324 View the average ranks of all the artists, including the updated averages, here!
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Post by craziaskowboi on Jan 26, 2020 14:06:29 GMT -5
Shit, if not for the flu, then my #1 would have been the #1. :(
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Post by House Lannister on Jan 26, 2020 17:06:54 GMT -5
Unlike a lot of people, I never presumed Ghost was going to be victorious. These rankdowns have a lot of moving parts and groups you'd think would dominate (Nirvana, Pearl Jam) get shut out. In all honesty, when it came down to my number one, it was a tough call between Dance Macabre and Blow. Went with the latter because it looked like it needed more help. But although I was nervous about Dance winning, I felt like there'd be enough support for it to make the top 10. As for the other two songs, The Jester and Faith didn't make my top 20. But both tunes were pretty good (gave both a 4/5) and I'm fine with them ending up where they did. Was surprised that Badflower made it as far as it did with The Jester. I kind of thought it'd either be Black Holes or So Long and Thanks for All the Fish in the other slot. But that's what makes rankdowns interesting (and occasionally frustrating). You never know what's going to happen. Thanks rowellfarm490 for doing this rankdown and for all those stats. Hopefully, one day you'll get your due at the PMAs.
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Post by bkeysfan on Feb 29, 2020 23:18:12 GMT -5
Dude, I'm sorry. I didn't get this earlier. I was seeing 12 notifications on my dashboard and wondering WTF?! I would have participated, sorry.
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Post by MoD on May 11, 2020 23:07:58 GMT -5
Who knows Ghost - Dance Macabre doe??? 🤔🤔🤔
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