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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:35:18 GMT -5
A good song, definitely, but "What's on Your Mind" is more memorable.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:36:25 GMT -5
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The Last of the Famous International Playboys Morrissey
Year-End Placing: #42 Chart Peak: #3 Weeks on Chart: 9 1292 points Standard Deviation: 22.73willapted33 - 7 Juanca - 7 MoD - 7 Sambalada - 9 Albie - 15 singingrulebritannia - 19@humanshazam - 20 American Idiot - 25 rowellfarm490 - 26 campbellssoup - 28 Daryl the Beryl - 29 Geometrical - 32 Red - 32 Doc Indie Party Rock - 46 peacebone - 51 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 54 House Lannister - 70 wheatsquares33 - 72 somelikeitwhen - 78 Performance history:#25 Alt 1989 (Interesting Drug) | #26 Alt 1990 (November Spawned a Monster) | #34 Alt 1991 (Piccadilly Palare) | #36 Alt 1992 (Tomorrow) | #42 Alt 1992 (We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful) | #44 Alt 1990 (Ouija Board, Ouija Board) | #50 Alt 1992 (Glamorous Glue) | #52 Alt 1991 (Our Frank) | #53 AAA 2018 (Spent the Day in Bed) | #54 Alt 1991 (Sing Your Life) | #73 Alt 1994 (The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get) Movements:31 25 20 20 19 20 18 15 13 14 17 18 19 23 24 20 20 19 Spectators: newpower@slipperyslope Alex1901alexcusecraziaskowboijaninho{Remaining songs} So Alive Fascination Street The Mayor of Simpleton Love Song Here Comes Your Man Between Something and Nothing Sowing the Seeds of Love Orange Crush Round & Round The Killing Jar The Great Commandment Monkey Gone to Heaven Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Personal Jesus She Bangs the Drum Everything Counts A Little Respect Obsession
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:38:04 GMT -5
I mean, both of Morrissey's songs here were his best performers, so I suppose I'm content with that.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:40:30 GMT -5
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Post by peacebone on Mar 9, 2020 18:41:36 GMT -5
this sounds like overworld music for an early 3D movie-licensed PC video game
Doesn't sound like a bad thing to me
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:42:00 GMT -5
On one hand, I'm second-lowest, and it's outside of the bottom 40. I don't care for this particular Enya song the way quite a few of you do, but it's fine.
On the other hand, this clears my bottom checks notes 72.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:44:53 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:46:14 GMT -5
Okay, real talk, I don't get why this is so divisive.
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Post by Albie on Mar 9, 2020 18:47:29 GMT -5
This Morrissey purge is most unfortunate.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:49:06 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:50:24 GMT -5
Why have you guys done this? :(
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Post by Albie on Mar 9, 2020 18:51:57 GMT -5
Oh good I feel better about continuing on in this rankdown with only one bottom 20 remaining now lol
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:52:25 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:54:27 GMT -5
This grooves, and I'm not complaining about this being in the top 15 in the slightest, but that clears my bottom 75, so...yeah.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:56:18 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 18:57:31 GMT -5
The best Ocean Blue song I've heard. This was a pretty cool discovery, and I'm glad it's their best performer.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 18:58:49 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 19:00:54 GMT -5
This is so 80's that I can't help but enjoy it. I was kind of hoping it would make the top ten, despite it being one of my lowest remaining rankings.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:02:34 GMT -5
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 19:04:22 GMT -5
It was probably asking too much for Siouxsie to make back to back top tens.
They probably won't make it in 1988, either...but I can hope.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:06:23 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:09:09 GMT -5
This song title eventually became the name of their 1997 compilation
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Should God Forget The Psychedelic Furs
Overall Year-End Position: #106 Chart Peak: #8 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: 71 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Mar 9, 2020 19:09:14 GMT -5
So, out of the three top tens I lost here, precisely one of them was one I absolutely expected to lose before the top ten. This one, in particular, is shocking.
At any rate, I'm glad to see Pixies double up in the top ten. More than (just about) any other year, they 100% deserved to make the top ten this year.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:10:55 GMT -5
Daughter of actor Jack Straw and former member of 1991 Alt band the Golden Palominos, among various other notable connections
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Future 40's (String of Pearls) Syd Straw
Overall Year-End Position: #105 Chart Peak: #16 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 72 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:12:18 GMT -5
Speaking of Michael Stipe, here's him dancing half-naked
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Pop Song 89 R.E.M.
Overall Year-End Position: #104 Chart Peak: #16 Chart Weeks: 8 Total Chart Points: 73 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:14:55 GMT -5
3 misses for Simple Minds, and we have to wait 3-4 years to see their next studio album
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Overall Year-End Position: #103 Chart Peak: #14 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 76 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:16:07 GMT -5
Presumably named after Lee Harvey Oswald's assasin
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Be with You The Jack Rubies
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:19:04 GMT -5
The lyrics to this song date back to the 17th century. A #1 hit in 4 countries
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I'm Nin'Alu Ofra Haza
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 9, 2020 19:19:47 GMT -5
THE TOP TENThe Cure - Fascination Street XTC - The Mayor of Simpleton The Cure - Lovesong Pixies - Here Comes Your Man Tears for Fears - Sowing the Seeds of Love R.E.M. - Orange Crush New Order - Round & Round Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus Erasure - A Little Respect- What surprised you by either making or missing the top 10? - Care to predict the order these songs leave in?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2020 21:09:31 GMT -5
I'm pretty disappointed "Obsession" missed the top 10, to be honest I thought it would make it with a low SD - not the case at all. But I'm especially baffled as this to why this was so polarizing.
Had we ranked "Imagination" from that same album that would've likely been my #1 on this list. Hopefully we can rank some of their older material as Clan of Xymox.
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