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Post by Red on Mar 5, 2020 20:07:28 GMT -5
Yet another installment of "this exists".
This has been a pretty decent run on band names, though: Guadalcanal Diary, Mary's Danish, the entire state of Texas
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:10:19 GMT -5
this surprised me with how well it was doing for a while 74
She Gives Me Love The Godfathers
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Post by Red on Mar 5, 2020 20:12:24 GMT -5
This was not the first top half I expected to lose, for the record. Not that I expected it to last a long time, anyway.
I really dug the bass and drums on this. shrug
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:14:08 GMT -5
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I Want That Man Deborah Harry
Year-End Placing: #40 Chart Peak: #2 Weeks on Chart: 11 713 points Standard Deviation: 27.33 (12th highest)American Idiot - 9 willapted33 - 23 Doc Indie Party Rock - 24 Juanca - 32 Sambalada - 36 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 47 rowellfarm490 - 57 @humanshazam - 61 House Lannister - 62 campbellssoup - 77 Red - 77 singingrulebritannia - 81 Geometrical - 83 peacebone - 85 Albie - 86 Daryl the Beryl - 89 somelikeitwhen - 89 wheatsquares33 - 91 MoD - 97 Performance history:Debut Movements:64 77 62 59 47 40 36 44 50 54 62 66 70 70 75 70 74 73 Spectators: newpower@slipperyslope Alex1901alexcusecraziaskowboi{Remaining songs} So Alive Fascination Street I'll Be You Stand The Mayor of Simpleton Love Song Good Thing Dirty Blvd. She Drives Me Crazy Veronica Sweet Jane Fisherman's Blues Disappointed Here Comes Your Man Charlotte Anne Come Anytime Nightmares Between Something and Nothing Angel of Harlem Pictures of Matchstick Men Fine Time See a Little Light Love Shack Fire Woman Sold Me Down the River Sowing the Seeds of Love Orange Crush Let the Day Begin Trouble Me Round & Round Madonna of the Wasps The Killing Jar The Great Commandment Monkey Gone to Heaven The Last of the Famous International Playboys Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Regina Pet Semetary Way of the World Personal Jesus Come Out Fighting King for a Day Tears Run Rings Channel Z Call Me Blue Knock Me Down Driven Out Dizzy Sick of It Into the Heart of Love Suboceana Hard Sun In Your Room Way Behind Me She Bangs the Drum Crossroads Radio Silence Turn You Inside-Out Little Miss S Punk Rock Girl Interesting Drug Don't Look Back The Beat(en) Generation Eat for Two Everything Counts A Little Respect Drama! Smoke Rings Obsession Dancing Barefoot Walking Away God is a Bullet
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2020 20:14:43 GMT -5
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:14:51 GMT -5
The vocals did She Gives Me Love in. The weak part of the song.
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Post by Red on Mar 5, 2020 20:15:15 GMT -5
I love Debbie Harry so much, but man, this was a tough pill to swallow. She's above this kind of material. She elevates it to decent territory merely through her personality shining through.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:15:41 GMT -5
The synths on I Want Your Man could have been stronger, but it's still a fine song thanks to her vocals.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:18:49 GMT -5
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Don't Look Back Fine Young Cannibals
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Post by Red on Mar 5, 2020 20:19:20 GMT -5
I don't really like the other two FYC songs, but they're better than this.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:20:27 GMT -5
Don't Look Back is the right Cannibals song to go first, but I hope the other two last WAY longer.
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Post by Albie on Mar 5, 2020 20:20:50 GMT -5
U2's cover of "Everlasting Love" was just no good
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:23:04 GMT -5
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Way of the World Max Q
Year-End Placing: #47 Chart Peak: #6 Weeks on Chart: 10 734 points Standard Deviation: 25.44 (19th highest)wheatsquares33 - 8 somelikeitwhen - 16 campbellssoup - 29 American Idiot - 30 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 57 MoD - 60 Juanca - 61 Red - 62 Geometrical - 63 rowellfarm490 - 63 willapted33 - 68 @humanshazam - 68 peacebone - 69 Doc Indie Party Rock - 83 singingrulebritannia - 85 Daryl the Beryl - 87 Sambalada - 88 Albie - 90 House Lannister - 98 Performance history:Debut Movements:78 74 76 72 68 71 78 80 80 76 77 77 74 77 71 71 72 71 Spectators: newpower@slipperyslope Alex1901janinhoalexcusecraziaskowboi{Remaining songs} So Alive Fascination Street I'll Be You Stand The Mayor of Simpleton Love Song Good Thing Dirty Blvd. She Drives Me Crazy Veronica Sweet Jane Fisherman's Blues Disappointed Here Comes Your Man Charlotte Anne Come Anytime Nightmares Between Something and Nothing Angel of Harlem Pictures of Matchstick Men Fine Time See a Little Light Love Shack Fire Woman Sold Me Down the River Sowing the Seeds of Love Orange Crush Let the Day Begin Trouble Me Round & Round Madonna of the Wasps The Killing Jar The Great Commandment Monkey Gone to Heaven The Last of the Famous International Playboys Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) Regina Pet Semetary Personal Jesus Come Out Fighting King for a Day Tears Run Rings Channel Z Call Me Blue Knock Me Down Driven Out Dizzy Sick of It Into the Heart of Love Suboceana Hard Sun In Your Room Way Behind Me She Bangs the Drum Crossroads Radio Silence Turn You Inside-Out Little Miss S Punk Rock Girl Interesting Drug The Beat(en) Generation Eat for Two Everything Counts A Little Respect Drama! Smoke Rings Obsession Dancing Barefoot Walking Away God is a Bullet
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:23:05 GMT -5
U2's cover of "Everlasting Love" was just no good Hot Take: Discotheque>Everlasting Love
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Post by Red on Mar 5, 2020 20:24:13 GMT -5
I wonder how many people realize that's Michael Hutchence.
This is okay.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:26:08 GMT -5
I wonder how many people realize that's Michael Hutchence.This is okay. Huh, didn't know that. The vocals were the best part of the song. I could never shake past the bad beginning or whatever that thing was in a loop in the background.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:26:21 GMT -5
They were later forced by legal action to change their name to The Sand Rubies
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Witchdoctor Sidewinders
Overall Year-End Position: #134 Chart Peak: #18 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 46 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:27:21 GMT -5
lol
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Overall Year-End Position: #133 Chart Peak: #18 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 46 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:30:23 GMT -5
Karl Wallinger left The Waterboys to form World Party, and then The Waterboys made a song called "World Party". As The World Turns.
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World Party The Waterboys
Overall Year-End Position: #132 Chart Peak: #19 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 50 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Albie on Mar 5, 2020 20:31:32 GMT -5
That was legit anger that drove the ranking that I gave "Way of the World". Mostly because every time I saw the title I wanted it to be KMFDM's "Naive" and it only made me more upset that it wasn't lol
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:31:54 GMT -5
The band Butch Vig drummed for before becoming one of rock's more prolific producers.
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The Good Life Fire Town
Overall Year-End Position: #131 Chart Peak: #18 Chart Weeks: 6 Total Chart Points: 51 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:33:40 GMT -5
The Wonder Stuff was not able to make the top 100 for a third year in a row
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Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More The Wonder Stuff
Overall Year-End Position: #130 Chart Peak: #17 Chart Weeks: 7 Total Chart Points: 51 Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:35:38 GMT -5
s2g some of these song names
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 5, 2020 20:40:19 GMT -5
This is pretty good, but his best 80s single was "If I Had A Rocket Launcher", so I want to see if that manages to make an Alt list
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If a Tree Falls Bruce Cockburn
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 20:41:32 GMT -5
Wait, Batdance charted in Alternative? Well, I would have liked to see the ranks of that one.
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Post by House Lannister on Mar 5, 2020 22:00:31 GMT -5
Since I don't feel like doing 25-26 songs, let's hit some highlights instead:
100. I'm an Adult Now---That post chorus guitar really was something, huh? Something horrible.
99. Oh Daddy---It was a bit too cutesy for its own good.
98. James Brown---I liked Rush, but good lord this was horrible. Everything about this was weak, and then came that rapping that would NOT END.
97. Cruella Deville---This reminded me of the Stray Cats for some reason. I wish the vocals were stronger.
96. Make Believe Mambo---I didn't mind Byrne's vocals, but the lyrics on the other hand...
93. Look Who's Dancing---Not a fan of the rapping. But did anyone else get the vibes of this song, particularly close to the end?
This was in my second rankdown. Go participate in my rockdown now, you have plenty of time!
91. Shake That Cosmic Thing---Yeah, the David bothered me a tad here, but those female harmonies made it spacey fun! I was thinking you would have pulled the plug on their other one and not the one involving a tin roof rusted...
88. Shakin' the Tree---Had no idea that was Peter Gabriel in the song. The instrumentation kept me interested to the last note.
82. Everlasting Love---I hate to break it to you, but I ranked at least one U2 song lower than this. Maybe it was unnecessary, but those instruments were solidly done. If the vocals had kept pace...
78. Eardrum Buzz---The endless repetition did this one in for me. Didn't help that it kinda sounded annoying when it repeated either.
77. When Love Comes to Town---I'm always gonna have a soft spot for bluesy rockers like this one. It helped that they got BB King in fine form here. And unlike the other revealed U2 song, Bono was able to keep up with him.
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I suspect Batdance would have had some high SD action and some tankers at least. It wouldn't have been my number one like it was in another rankdown we did, but it would have threatened to end up in my top 10.
I like the Thompson Twins just fine, but that thumbnail looks like a nope to me.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 6, 2020 1:03:00 GMT -5
88. Shakin' the Tree - Youssou N'DourToo much tropical island silliness here. WTF? were those actual Island natives on vocals? Would you find it to be an issue if they were Are such people not allowed to record music in your estimation None of that went through my mind. They can record music all they want. I just didn't like it, it sounded corny, and I found no use for it. Sorry.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 6, 2020 1:33:56 GMT -5
85. 5 O'Clock World - J ulian CopeI was hooked from the intro. That bassline and then the guitar strums, add the horn section. I swear this could have been an edgier Wham! song. 84. Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah - The PoguesVery similar sounding in melody. I really like that style. You could hear that same style in songs from Culture Club, Wham!, "Mirror Man" from Human League. In fact I get lost in the good uptempo music so much that I didn't realize that his vocals were not the best in town. 83. Dear God - Midge UreNormally not something I would dig, but it had some Peter Gabriel vibes and I guess you could blame it on radio overplay. My rank on Active 89' will not be this high. 82. Everlasting Love - U2I've come to realize that U2 is not exactly a PULSE "hard-On" band. I thought this was a great example of a cover song done right. 81. Under the God - Tin MachineIs this David Bowie song just tooooooooo loud for some of you. Geez This bangs on all levels. 80. I Don't Want a Lover - TexasTook a while to get the feel for this song. Once I got that 80's beat in my head it shot up my list. 79. Always Saturday - Guadalcanal DiaryThis was stupid, corny and cheesy on every level, and it still swam out of my tank. That's how bad I found this year's songs to be. 78. Eardrum Buzz - Wirenever remember hearing this on any radio station nor MTV, but there is that mid-80's melody style again. I was addicted to this uptempo beat pretty bad. 77. When Love Comes to Town - U2I didn't care for this at all. Here nor on ACtive. I don't find B.B. King's vocals that inviting either. 76. Something to Say - The ConnellsThis song was kinda just hanging around my list in the mid section. I didn't find anything bad, nor particularly good about it. 75. Don't Crash the Car Tonight - Mary's DanishThis one started off in my 20's, but it lost a little of it's charm as I came across better songs. I still think it should have been at least Top 40 on a list of songs this unmemorable. 74. She Gives Me Love - The GodfathersThis song on the other hand started off in my 70's and pushed its way up my list. It sounded like a heavier version of Paul Revere and the Raiders song. Especially that chorus. 73. I Want That Man - Deborah HarryI didn't even know this song existed, but it sounded really 80's to me. That easily pushes your song up my list. 72. Don't Look Back - Fine Young CannibalsMuch more up my alley than the song that will probably get the highest ranking. Wrong Fine Young Cannibals song out first. 71. Way of the World - Max QI know Micheal did vocals on this song, but his tones were off, and the song itself was just ugly.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 6, 2020 2:08:46 GMT -5
EXTRAS: Witchdoctor - SidewindersThis gave me early R.E.M vibes. The guitar melody was enticing enough for me to give it a high rank. Good song. Batdance - PrinceThis was some serious WTF Prince that I didn't like at all. I think Prince had a boatload of songs ready for the movie soundtrack and when he couldn't fit them all in the disc he decided to mesh them up all together and this was born. World Party - The WaterboysI enjoyed the music in this song. The Good Life - Fire TownThis song had that 80's modern rock growing into 90's modern rock sound. I liked the leftover 80's vibes it had. Give, Give, Give Me More, More, More - The Wonder StuffWho uploads this MV's with about a year's worth of dead silence before the song starts? Not worth the wait at all. This was hokey as hell. Sugar Daddy - Thompson TwinsSomehow I like this just because they are a New Wave band I grew up with. Now If I were to put this side by side with "Lies" I'd say this is a silly ass song, and nothing more. If a Tree Falls - Bruce Cockburn This sounded like borderline "wilderness" cheese. What the hell were those vocals in the verses anyway.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Mar 6, 2020 9:37:04 GMT -5
{I WANT THAT STAT}
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