Zedd's Last FM Rankdown: Winner Revealed!

[Leo ✔]

awww I expected Pray To God in the top 5

[born]

The top 5 is better than I expected. Rooting for Lorde, Alvvays & Metric.

[Red]

C-C-C-C-CO-CAIIIIIIINE

Really, REALLY glad that "Feel Good Hit" made the top ten. I thought it would crash out much sooner due to tankers.

The fact that "Mountain Sound" was only my 5 here speaks volumes about the quality of the rankdown as a whole. It's still my favorite OMAM song.

NOT KANYE, NOOOOOOOOOOOO

May 23, 2020 22:28:47 GMT -5 willapted33 said:

MGMT and Metric have got to go

That's a funny way of saying Alvvays.

Oops, let the cat out of the bag.

[matteeeb]

Time to reveal the top 5!

#5 sees us lose 9 top 10s. No perfect ranks, and this song has the 6th lowest SD.

[matteeeb]

#5

Metric
Speed The Collapse
Points: 133
Average Rank: 10.23
Standard Deviation: 6.35

Ranks:

American Idiot : 2
@humanshazam : 4
Red : 6
Sambalada : 7
DistrictTwelve : 8
Leo ✔ : 8
alexcuse : 8
Daryl the Beryl : 9
born : 10
peacebone : 11
singingrulebritannia : 14
willapted33 : 19
@trilogy : 27

Tags:
MoD
maine
Zach

[matteeeb]

#4 sees us lose 6 top 10s, 3 of which are #1 ranks. No perfect ranks

[matteeeb]

My condolences, Sambalada , @trilogy and born
#4

Lorde
Supercut
Points: 131
Average Rank: 10.07
Standard Deviation: 6.28

Ranks:

@trilogy : 1
Sambalada : 1
born : 1
DistrictTwelve : 6
alexcuse : 6
willapted33 : 10
American Idiot : 11
Leo ✔ : 12
Red : 14
singingrulebritannia : 16
peacebone : 16
Daryl the Beryl : 18
@humanshazam : 19

Tags:
MoD
maine
Zach

[singingrulebritannia]

The top 3 are 3 of my top 4 :)

[matteeeb]

#3 sees us lose 9 top 10 ranks, one of which is a #1. One perfect rank as well. 

[born]

May 24, 2020 3:09:44 GMT -5 born said:

Rooting for Lorde, Alvvays & Metric.

Thanks I guess

[matteeeb]

My condolences, DistrictTwelve
#3

Alvvays
Plimsoll Punks
Points: 126
Average Rank: 9.69
Standard Deviation: 7.4

Ranks:

DistrictTwelve : 1
peacebone : 2
singingrulebritannia : 3
Leo ✔ : 4
@humanshazam : 5
willapted33 : 7
Daryl the Beryl : 8
@trilogy : 8
born : 9
Sambalada : 16
alexcuse : 17
American Idiot : 20
...
Red : 26

Tags:
MoD
Zach
maine

[matteeeb]

She Works Out Too Much vs Let It Happen!

No hints for the top 2. 

[DistrictTwelve]

plimsoll punks <3
at least it made it very far!

Red tho...

[born]

I knew this was going suspiciously well... 18 vs 24 so I don't care who wins at this point.

[matteeeb]

My condolences, singingrulebritannia
#2

MGMT
She Works Out Too Much
Points: 124
Average Rank: 9.53
Standard Deviation: 6.62

Ranks:

singingrulebritannia : 1
alexcuse : 2
DistrictTwelve : 3
@humanshazam : 3
peacebone : 4
@trilogy : 7
Red : 10
willapted33 : 12
Daryl the Beryl : 13
American Idiot : 14
Sambalada : 15
Leo ✔ : 16
born : 24

Tags:
MoD
Zach
maine

[matteeeb]

Congrats on your #1 perfect rank Red , @humanshazam and peacebone !

#1

Tame Impala
Let It Happen
Points: 97
Average Rank: 7.46
Standard Deviation: 6.51

Ranks:

Red : 1
@humanshazam : 1
peacebone : 1
@trilogy : 2
willapted33 : 2
singingrulebritannia : 4
Daryl the Beryl : 5
DistrictTwelve : 9
Leo ✔ : 9
alexcuse : 9
American Idiot : 16
  born : 18
Sambalada : 20

Tags:
MoD
Zach
maine

[singingrulebritannia]

I saw the winner coming, but MGMT advanced way father than I expected.

Thanks for hosting matteeeb!

[matteeeb]

After each set of 5 reveals, I am going to reveal the other song I considered picking for this rankdown. Consider it a part two maybe?

The 1975 - It's Not Living (If It's Not With You)
A$AP Rocky - Sundress
Alvvays - Lollipop (Ode To Jim)
Anderson .Paak - Come Down
Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown
Cage The Elephant - Shake Me Down
Calvin Harris f/ Migos & Frank Ocean - Slide
CHVRCHES - Recover
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Posses Your Heart
Drake - Portland
Goo Goo Dolls - Name
Kanye West - Ultralight Beam
Kid Cudi - Surfin'
Lord Huron - Ends Of The Earth
Lorde - 400 Lux
Manchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
Metric - Monster Hospital
MGMT - Electric Feel
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
Of Monsters And Men - Alligator
Queens Of The Stone Age - 3's & 7's
Tame Impala - Elephant
The National - Bloodbuzz Ohio
Rex Orange County - Corduroy Dreams
Travis Scott f/ Young Thug & Quavo - Pick Up The Phone
Tyler, The Creator - EARFQUAKE
Vampire Weekend - Oxford Comma
White Reaper - Judy French

[matteeeb]

I want to thank everyone for participating in my rankdown! Whether you sent in a list or watched from the sideline, I greatly appreciate you following along!

[willapted33]

great winner!

thanks for hosting zedd

[Red]

Despite what I ranked at #1, I was rooting for "Speed the Collapse". It has made the top five in multiple rankdowns now, but it can't buy a win.

My relationship with Lorde is well documented here. Zedd just happened to pick one of the Lorde songs I like a lot.

May 27, 2020 16:11:19 GMT -5 DistrictTwelve said:

plimsoll punks <3
at least it made it very far!

Red tho...

I've just never really cared for Alvvays the way Alt/Rock Pulse, as a whole, does. I didn't hear anything particularly special in "Plimsoll Punks". It's not like I don't care for ANY songs they have made, but it pales in comparison to "Archie, Marry Me" or "In Undertow".

"She Works Out Too Much" is one of the highlights of Little Dark Age. Most of the album feels like it pales in comparison to the title track, but that's one of the few songs that doesn't feel too far off in quality on the album.

"Let It Happen" has suddenly become one of the most successful songs in Alt/Rock Pulse rankdowns out of nowhere, but I am certainly not complaining.

Whenever I take part in your rankdowns, matteeeb, we always get interesting results, and this was yet another interesting rankdown from you. As always, you did a great job hosting, too.

[Deleted]

thanks for hosting!