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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:38:40 GMT -5
of course, when this song comes up, I can't forget to post this
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:41:23 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:42:40 GMT -5
As for this song, I also can't post it without following up with this
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Post by Albie on Mar 8, 2020 21:43:19 GMT -5
I always do this thing where I say things like "oh I have more top 20s that I thought" and then they proceed to go out in sequential order lol
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:45:30 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:49:57 GMT -5
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 8, 2020 21:51:37 GMT -5
As for this song, I also can't post it without following up with this this was so awful, yet I couldn’t turn away
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:53:15 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 21:57:21 GMT -5
you know a band takes guitars seriously when they name themselves after an effects pedal
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Self! Fuzzbox
Overall Year-End Position: #113 Chart Peak: #16 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 66 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:00:35 GMT -5
Another song off New York I just can't get into
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Busload of Faith Lou Reed
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:01:46 GMT -5
and yet more The The
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Kingdom of Rain The The
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:03:16 GMT -5
Obviously a play on the Bob Dylan song title "Positively 4th Street"
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Accidentally 4th Street (Gloria) Figures on a Beach
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:05:29 GMT -5
Two of the last three extras tonight are from bands who made the top 100 in the last 2 years
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I Say Nothing Voice of the Beehive
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:07:16 GMT -5
Unlike the first Saints extra, this song is an original
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Grain of Sand The Saints
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 8, 2020 22:08:16 GMT -5
and here's the second band I mentioned earlier
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Decline and Fall Flesh for Lulu
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 9, 2020 0:21:46 GMT -5
First last night's EXTRAS:He's Got a She - Exene CervenkaAt first I thought this was just an interview. Nice to know it came with song. and a pretty cool at that. Was There Anything I Could Do? - The Go-BetweensFor some reason the music gave me early Dire Straits. This was alright. Not very versatile in melody. and not really my thing. Warrior - Public Image Ltd.This sounded like a bunch of noize. Let's just say this band doesn't entice me. Kiss - The Art of Noise f/ Tom JonesThis was silly as Flying cows, and yet I recall kinda liking it for its charm. Cat-House - Danielle DaxFor some reason I expected housey crap when I read Danielle Dax. I am glad I was wrong. Plus this bangs right up my alley. This is Your Land - Simple MindsThis was was calm and non offensive, and not much more. This band kinda lost me after 'Once Upon a Time' LP. They kinda wanna to sound too Peter Gabriel, and not cool " Shock The Monkey" Gabriel either. Compulsion - Martin L. GoreThis sounded like a first time listen and more uptempo than I expected. 40. Regina - The SugarcubesThis was horrible first listen. Sounded like one of those amateur tapes on "America's worst auditions" segments. Bjork can't sing herself out of a paper bag. LOL! What's worth than one person singing out of melody on purpose? Two people singing out of melody on purpose. I can t handle that. ANyway with this travesty outta the way I believe I've cleared out my bottom tank. 39. Sweet Jane - Cowboy Junkies I always though this was numbly boring. 'nuff said. 38. Charlotte Anne - Julian Cope10 x more boring than "5 O'Clock World", but I should have expect this. 37. Disappointed - Public Image Ltd.The fact that the music gave me Simple Minds vibes, made this guys vocals somewhat more tolerable. 36. Veronica - Elvis CostelloThe Better of the Elvis Costello songs. It sounds alright on this list, but be warned that it kinda sounded corny to me among the Metal jams on the Mainstream Rock RD we are doing next. 35. Fisherman's Blues - The WaterboysThis one sounded kinda "Wilderness" to me with all that Fiddles and Mandolins action. I just didn't like it at all. 34. Come Anytime - Hoodoo GurusThis had some good music moments, but those vocals really held it back on my list. 33. Trouble Me - 10,000 ManiacsI remember this one. I also remember changing the radio dial when it came on. I wasn't into calm music back then. 32. Fine Time - New Order This was pretty weak for New Order. Musically repetitious ,and a bit more noizy than I want them to be. 31. Knock Me Down - Red Hot Chili PeppersThis one felt like a breath of fresh air among this list of songs and I welcomed its Alternative Rock vibe. 30. Love Shack - The B-52'sNice to see this "funbop" make the top 30. 29. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young CannibalsI wasn't a really big fan of this when it was on the airwaves, but it reminds me of when the airwaves still sounded good. 28. Fire Woman - The CultWas this tooooo Hard Rock for our sensitive ears. It never fails. I always hear Jim Morrison singing for a hard rock band when this band's jams come around. 27. Pet Semetary - The RamonesDamn! I lost my #2 song. I love this song, Band and The movie. Guess I won't be hosting a Ramones Rank Down anytime soon. 26. Tears Run Rings - Marc AlmondMy Top 10 took some hard hits tonight. Soft Cell frontman really hit the bullseye with this one. They even had a Hi-NRG extended of the song which sits proudly in my 12's collection.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Mar 9, 2020 9:24:45 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 10:18:19 GMT -5
{BEEN FEELING SICK, SO I GUESS WE NEED A WORD WALL}#40: I would blame Doc for not giving me a perfecto, but that wouldn't be correct. At any rate, I wish I liked this more, but I think this would have been a significantly better song if Bjork was the only vocalist. Or what peace said. #39: I was going to ask "how many people know that this is a cover", but I feel like that would be giving you guys less credit than you deserve. The last minute makes this song as special as it is. Also, hi, first top 20 loss, I've been expecting you for a little while #38: This would have been closer to my bottom 10 before I re-listened to it for this rankdown. On re-listen, it felt like I was listening to a completely different song. I don't think further listens would improve my opinion of the song much more, but I will admit that my initial hunch was wrong. #37: "PIL took a leap from their prior performances" As it should have. This is miles ahead of their other songs that we've ranked so far and is closer to the Public Image that is more highly regarded. #36: I was actually going to break out of the word wall for this one, because I think ranking this bottom ten, regardless of your vendetta against Elvis, is incredibly harsh, gates...but I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill. All I'll say is that the hook is that this sounds so bright and cheery, but, in all actuality, is completely and utterly devastating. I loved it when I first listened to it for that old Alt #1 review thread, and I love it now. #35: Really glad this made the top 40. I wasn't the biggest fan of "The Return of Pan", but this was more like it. #34: I'm barely one of the bottom five rankings here, and that surprises me greatly. This is one of the re-listens I was really looking forward to, after discovering that Hoodoo Gurus might actually be pretty decent. I didn't get into it as much as I hoped I would, but it would have been much lower without the re-listen. #33: Deservedly their best performance so far, though I still hold true to the belief that "These Are Days" should not be their worst performer whatsoever. #32: Wow, this is MUCH lower than I thought it would be. I figured it would be lower than R&B, but damn. Also, the third highest SD?! DOC RANKING IT BOTTOM 40? TOM RANKING IT BELOW THE TOP 30?! WHAT? #31: In comparison, I expected this to go out much sooner. This is solid, though it's not even one of my favorites of the early Peppers material. #30: It's only fitting that this matched the placement of "Roam". #29: This being in my bottom 30 is the product of different rankdowns and different expectations. In a pop rankdown, especially around this time, "She Drives Me Crazy" would be closer to my top 20, because it sounds so much better within that context. Here, it just doesn't fit as well. #28: This is the big and dumb rock song taken close to its apex. If this was released ten years later, I would probably hate it. It was released at exactly the right time and performed by the right band. #27: And here's where we start killing off some of the more interesting songs. I wasn't really expecting these songs to go far, though. If anything, top 30 is exceeding my expectations. #26: This missing the top 25 is wrong.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 9, 2020 12:13:22 GMT -5
Had to leave, but I wanted to see what havoc you wreaked:
30. Love Shack---This one is just SO MUCH FUN and even Fred's tendency to shout things is easily forgiven. Helluva groove and those female vocals are awesome. Tin roof rusted!
29. She Drives Me Crazy---I liked this one quite a bit, but to be fair this might have slipped a little with another re-listen...I found Good Thing's story to be more compelling. And I agree with Doc in that 1989 radio is more interesting than now mainly because there weren't giant corporations telling us all what we can or can't listen to.
28. Fire Woman---A solid rock song. Not much more to say, frankly.
27. Pet Semetery---Um, interesting song? OK. The Ramones are capable of WAY much more than this. I'm not sure if we'll get to the Rock 'n Roll High School years, but THAT was a great group of songs.
26. Tears Run Rings---I guess you can blame me for this missing out? Fine. The vocals were fine but the instruments were kind of on the weak side.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 9, 2020 14:28:44 GMT -5
#32: Wow, this is MUCH lower than I thought it would be. I figured it would be lower than R&B, but damn. Also, the third highest SD?! DOC RANKING IT BOTTOM 40? TOM RANKING IT BELOW THE TOP 30?! WHAT? ... there's something off-putting about that spoken word part that reduces this from being one of NO's finest, to it being merely "Fine"
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:12:47 GMT -5
Let's narrow this crop of songs down to an even 10.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:17:41 GMT -5
Butterflies & Hurricanes is behind the goverment scheme to kill your dream 25
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:20:34 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:20:46 GMT -5
I know you've been calling for him to leave for a while, but geez, Tom. Conflicting emotions here. On one hand, a perfecto, you can never have too many of those. On the other hand, the wrong one is out first (though not by much). And then the wrong one goes out first at 24 (though, again, not by much).
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:23:44 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:25:00 GMT -5
And here's an instance where the right one is higher, though I suspect that the other one will be tanked more.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:26:45 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:29:18 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:30:00 GMT -5
Geez, no bottom 40s for "I'll Be You". It makes sense, though, as this is a pretty harmless and inoffensive song. It's also not really one of their best songs, either, so it balances out.
Then, "Pictures of Matchstick Men" has a top 20 high SD without having bottom 20s. This rankdown is getting goofy. I like what Camper does with the song. It's not much different from the Status Quo version, but it does enough.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:33:23 GMT -5
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