Pulse Rankdown: 1987 Modern Rock Chart Rankdown (finished)
May 26, 2020 14:07:22 GMT -5
Post by peacebone on May 26, 2020 14:07:22 GMT -5
1) PM me (peacebone) the top 100 Alternative songs of 1987, all ranked to your preference. (e.g. if you like a song the most, rank it the highest and vice versa).
2) The points a song has will be totaled up based on an inverse point system. So if you rank a song #100, it gets 1 point, and if you rank a song #1, it gets 100 points. All the points from the participants will be totaled up.
3) The due date for submission is Tuesday, June 30th. The deadline time is 7 PM US Eastern.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid posting with duplicate lines when you PM me, click BBCode below the text box before pasting your list.
6) While not a requirement, it would be appreciated if you sent your list in the Artist - Song format and kept the artist and song names as they are here (e.g. put The Cure, not Cure; or Hoodoo Gurus, not The Hoodoo Gurus). I'd also like to note that I intentionally removed the periods from R.E.M., Public Image Ltd., and "V. Thirteen" as including them makes it a little more inconvenient to enter lists properly; please leave the periods out.
7) All your rankings will be posted when I post a song in this thread.
8) You are allowed to make changes to your list, as long as you do so before the deadline.
9) For reference, here are the top 100 Modern Rock (aka Alternative) songs of 1987, as compiled from Troy's research (see the 1988 Alt OP for more info, except the Billboard Modern Rock/Alternative chart didn't exist in 1987):
1. REM - The One I Love
2. U2 - With or Without You
3. The Beat Farmers - Dark Light
4. Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
5. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
6. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
7. Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times
8. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
9. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
10. The Silencers - Painted Moon
11. Suzanne Vega - Luka
12. U2 - Spanish Eyes
13. XTC - Dear God
14. X - 4th of July
15. The The - Infected
16. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
17. Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha
18. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - If You Were a Priest
19. The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
20. The Cars - You Are the Girl
21. David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
22. Echo & The Bunnymen - New Direction
23. INXS - Need You Tonight
24. Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
25. Kate Bush - Experiment IV
26. Squeeze - Hourglass
27. Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
28. Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's on Fire
29. The Stranglers - Always the Sun
30. The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite
31. BoDeans - Only Love
32. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
33. The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
34. The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man
35. Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
36. The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
37. Julian Cope - Trampolene
38. REM - Ages of You
39. The Call - I Don't Wanna
40. China Crisis - Arizona Sky
41. Cruzados - Bed of Lies
42. The Dave Edmunds Band - The Wanderer
43. The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
44. Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
45. John Hiatt - Thank You Girl
46. Love and Rockets - All in My Mind
47. Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Darling It Hurts
48. The Replacements - The Ledge
49. Robbie Robertson - Showdown at Big Sky
50. Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
51. The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
52. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
53. Icehouse - Crazy
54. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
55. New Order - True Faith
56. Public Image Ltd - Seattle
57. REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
58. Squeeze - Trust Me to Open My Mouth
59. Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
60. The Fixx - Don't Be Scared
61. Peter Gabriel - Big Time
62. Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
63. World Party - Ship of Fools
64. John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
65. Mick Jagger - Let's Work
66. Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors
67. Pseudo Echo - Living in a Dream
68. Concrete Blonde - True
69. Wire Train - She Comes On
70. The Brandos - Gettysburg
71. The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
72. Rock and Hyde - Dirty Water
73. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
74. Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
75. XTC - Earn Enough for Us
76. The Del Fuegos - Long Slide (For an Out)
77. Big Audio Dynamite - V Thirteen
78. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
79. Hipsway - The Honeythief
80. The Lucy Show - New Message
81. Roger Waters - Radio Waves
82. The Other Ones - We Are What We Are
83. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
84. Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
85. Bob Geldof - This Is the World Calling
86. The dB's - I Lie
87. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
88. Shriekback - Black Light Trap
89. The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
90. Steve Jones - Mercy
91. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
92. Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
93. The Mission - Wasteland
94. The Go-Betweens - Right Here
95. The Lucy Show - A Million Things
96. The Bears - Fear Is Never Boring
97. The Bolshoi - Please
98. Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts
99. Los Lobos - La Bamba
100. The Psychedelic Furs - Shock
Spotify playlist:
The following seven songs are unavailable on Spotify, so here are YouTube links for them:
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
Numberless list:
REM - The One I Love
U2 - With or Without You
The Beat Farmers - Dark Light
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
The Cult - Love Removal Machine
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
The Silencers - Painted Moon
Suzanne Vega - Luka
U2 - Spanish Eyes
XTC - Dear God
X - 4th of July
The The - Infected
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - If You Were a Priest
The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
The Cars - You Are the Girl
David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
Echo & The Bunnymen - New Direction
INXS - Need You Tonight
Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Squeeze - Hourglass
Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's on Fire
The Stranglers - Always the Sun
The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite
BoDeans - Only Love
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man
Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
Julian Cope - Trampolene
REM - Ages of You
The Call - I Don't Wanna
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
Cruzados - Bed of Lies
The Dave Edmunds Band - The Wanderer
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
John Hiatt - Thank You Girl
Love and Rockets - All in My Mind
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Darling It Hurts
The Replacements - The Ledge
Robbie Robertson - Showdown at Big Sky
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Icehouse - Crazy
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
New Order - True Faith
Public Image Ltd - Seattle
REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Squeeze - Trust Me to Open My Mouth
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
The Fixx - Don't Be Scared
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
World Party - Ship of Fools
John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
Mick Jagger - Let's Work
Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors
Pseudo Echo - Living in a Dream
Concrete Blonde - True
Wire Train - She Comes On
The Brandos - Gettysburg
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
Rock and Hyde - Dirty Water
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
XTC - Earn Enough for Us
The Del Fuegos - Long Slide (For an Out)
Big Audio Dynamite - V Thirteen
David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
Hipsway - The Honeythief
The Lucy Show - New Message
Roger Waters - Radio Waves
The Other Ones - We Are What We Are
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
Bob Geldof - This Is the World Calling
The dB's - I Lie
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
Shriekback - Black Light Trap
The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
Steve Jones - Mercy
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
The Mission - Wasteland
The Go-Betweens - Right Here
The Lucy Show - A Million Things
The Bears - Fear Is Never Boring
The Bolshoi - Please
Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts
Los Lobos - La Bamba
The Psychedelic Furs - Shock
Participants:
peacebone
singingrulebritannia
Troy
American Idiot
rowellfarm490
Geometrical
aerodynamite
gonecountry
Doc Indie Party Rock
Daryl the Beryl
wheatsquares33
campbellssoup
craziaskowboi
Tags:
Geometrical wheatsquares33 American Idiot rowellfarm490 Troy Alex1901 Mirago singingrulebritannia gonecountry Doc Indie Party Rock campbellssoup Daryl the Beryl newpower Juanca House Lannister Verisimilitude janinho MoD Red somelikeitwhen alexcuse @humanshazam willapted33 Sambalada Albie craziaskowboi
2) The points a song has will be totaled up based on an inverse point system. So if you rank a song #100, it gets 1 point, and if you rank a song #1, it gets 100 points. All the points from the participants will be totaled up.
3) The due date for submission is Tuesday, June 30th. The deadline time is 7 PM US Eastern.
4) ALL songs must be ranked.
5) To avoid posting with duplicate lines when you PM me, click BBCode below the text box before pasting your list.
6) While not a requirement, it would be appreciated if you sent your list in the Artist - Song format and kept the artist and song names as they are here (e.g. put The Cure, not Cure; or Hoodoo Gurus, not The Hoodoo Gurus). I'd also like to note that I intentionally removed the periods from R.E.M., Public Image Ltd., and "V. Thirteen" as including them makes it a little more inconvenient to enter lists properly; please leave the periods out.
7) All your rankings will be posted when I post a song in this thread.
8) You are allowed to make changes to your list, as long as you do so before the deadline.
9) For reference, here are the top 100 Modern Rock (aka Alternative) songs of 1987, as compiled from Troy's research (see the 1988 Alt OP for more info, except the Billboard Modern Rock/Alternative chart didn't exist in 1987):
1. REM - The One I Love
2. U2 - With or Without You
3. The Beat Farmers - Dark Light
4. Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
5. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
6. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
7. Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times
8. Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
9. The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
10. The Silencers - Painted Moon
11. Suzanne Vega - Luka
12. U2 - Spanish Eyes
13. XTC - Dear God
14. X - 4th of July
15. The The - Infected
16. The Replacements - Alex Chilton
17. Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha
18. Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - If You Were a Priest
19. The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
20. The Cars - You Are the Girl
21. David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
22. Echo & The Bunnymen - New Direction
23. INXS - Need You Tonight
24. Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
25. Kate Bush - Experiment IV
26. Squeeze - Hourglass
27. Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
28. Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's on Fire
29. The Stranglers - Always the Sun
30. The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite
31. BoDeans - Only Love
32. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
33. The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
34. The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man
35. Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
36. The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
37. Julian Cope - Trampolene
38. REM - Ages of You
39. The Call - I Don't Wanna
40. China Crisis - Arizona Sky
41. Cruzados - Bed of Lies
42. The Dave Edmunds Band - The Wanderer
43. The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
44. Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
45. John Hiatt - Thank You Girl
46. Love and Rockets - All in My Mind
47. Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Darling It Hurts
48. The Replacements - The Ledge
49. Robbie Robertson - Showdown at Big Sky
50. Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
51. The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
52. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
53. Icehouse - Crazy
54. Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
55. New Order - True Faith
56. Public Image Ltd - Seattle
57. REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
58. Squeeze - Trust Me to Open My Mouth
59. Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
60. The Fixx - Don't Be Scared
61. Peter Gabriel - Big Time
62. Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
63. World Party - Ship of Fools
64. John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
65. Mick Jagger - Let's Work
66. Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors
67. Pseudo Echo - Living in a Dream
68. Concrete Blonde - True
69. Wire Train - She Comes On
70. The Brandos - Gettysburg
71. The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
72. Rock and Hyde - Dirty Water
73. Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
74. Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
75. XTC - Earn Enough for Us
76. The Del Fuegos - Long Slide (For an Out)
77. Big Audio Dynamite - V Thirteen
78. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
79. Hipsway - The Honeythief
80. The Lucy Show - New Message
81. Roger Waters - Radio Waves
82. The Other Ones - We Are What We Are
83. Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
84. Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
85. Bob Geldof - This Is the World Calling
86. The dB's - I Lie
87. Depeche Mode - Strangelove
88. Shriekback - Black Light Trap
89. The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
90. Steve Jones - Mercy
91. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
92. Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
93. The Mission - Wasteland
94. The Go-Betweens - Right Here
95. The Lucy Show - A Million Things
96. The Bears - Fear Is Never Boring
97. The Bolshoi - Please
98. Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts
99. Los Lobos - La Bamba
100. The Psychedelic Furs - Shock
Spotify playlist:
The following seven songs are unavailable on Spotify, so here are YouTube links for them:
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
Numberless list:
REM - The One I Love
U2 - With or Without You
The Beat Farmers - Dark Light
Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
The Cult - Love Removal Machine
The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
Hoodoo Gurus - Good Times
Julian Cope - World Shut Your Mouth
The Psychedelic Furs - Heartbreak Beat
The Silencers - Painted Moon
Suzanne Vega - Luka
U2 - Spanish Eyes
XTC - Dear God
X - 4th of July
The The - Infected
The Replacements - Alex Chilton
Shriekback - Gunning for the Buddha
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians - If You Were a Priest
The Alarm - Rain in the Summertime
The Cars - You Are the Girl
David Bowie - Day-In Day-Out
Echo & The Bunnymen - New Direction
INXS - Need You Tonight
Jon Astley - Jane's Getting Serious
Kate Bush - Experiment IV
Squeeze - Hourglass
Los Lobos - Shakin' Shakin' Shakes
Siouxsie & The Banshees - This Wheel's on Fire
The Stranglers - Always the Sun
The Smiths - Shoplifters of the World Unite
BoDeans - Only Love
Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
The Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies
The Long Ryders - Gunslinger Man
Robert Cray - Smoking Gun
The Screaming Blue Messiahs - I Wanna Be a Flintstone
Julian Cope - Trampolene
REM - Ages of You
The Call - I Don't Wanna
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
Cruzados - Bed of Lies
The Dave Edmunds Band - The Wanderer
The Dukes of Stratosphear - Vanishing Girl
Gene Loves Jezebel - The Motion of Love
John Hiatt - Thank You Girl
Love and Rockets - All in My Mind
Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls - Darling It Hurts
The Replacements - The Ledge
Robbie Robertson - Showdown at Big Sky
Thrashing Doves - Beautiful Imbalance
The Saints - Just Like Fire Would
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
Icehouse - Crazy
Iggy Pop - Real Wild Child (Wild One)
New Order - True Faith
Public Image Ltd - Seattle
REM - It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Squeeze - Trust Me to Open My Mouth
Warren Zevon - Sentimental Hygiene
The Fixx - Don't Be Scared
Peter Gabriel - Big Time
Pink Floyd - Learning to Fly
World Party - Ship of Fools
John Mellencamp - Paper in Fire
Mick Jagger - Let's Work
Pretenders - Room Full of Mirrors
Pseudo Echo - Living in a Dream
Concrete Blonde - True
Wire Train - She Comes On
The Brandos - Gettysburg
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
Rock and Hyde - Dirty Water
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms
Pretenders - Where Has Everybody Gone?
XTC - Earn Enough for Us
The Del Fuegos - Long Slide (For an Out)
Big Audio Dynamite - V Thirteen
David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
Hipsway - The Honeythief
The Lucy Show - New Message
Roger Waters - Radio Waves
The Other Ones - We Are What We Are
Suzanne Vega - Solitude Standing
Alison Moyet - Is This Love?
Bob Geldof - This Is the World Calling
The dB's - I Lie
Depeche Mode - Strangelove
Shriekback - Black Light Trap
The Smiths - Girlfriend in a Coma
Steve Jones - Mercy
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Jammin' Me
Peter Wolf - Come as You Are
The Mission - Wasteland
The Go-Betweens - Right Here
The Lucy Show - A Million Things
The Bears - Fear Is Never Boring
The Bolshoi - Please
Gene Loves Jezebel - Twenty Killer Hurts
Los Lobos - La Bamba
The Psychedelic Furs - Shock
Participants:
peacebone
singingrulebritannia
Troy
American Idiot
rowellfarm490
Geometrical
aerodynamite
gonecountry
Doc Indie Party Rock
Daryl the Beryl
wheatsquares33
campbellssoup
craziaskowboi
Tags:
Geometrical wheatsquares33 American Idiot rowellfarm490 Troy Alex1901 Mirago singingrulebritannia gonecountry Doc Indie Party Rock campbellssoup Daryl the Beryl newpower Juanca House Lannister Verisimilitude janinho MoD Red somelikeitwhen alexcuse @humanshazam willapted33 Sambalada Albie craziaskowboi