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Post by DadJokes on Mar 24, 2021 16:54:47 GMT -5
Wow. I was the second lowest rater for Muse and still had it in my top 10. Fun RD. Thanks for hosting AI!
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Post by wrip on Mar 24, 2021 16:54:48 GMT -5
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Thanks for hosting AI!
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Post by American Idiot on Mar 24, 2021 16:56:50 GMT -5
Finally, we end this rankdown four months after it was originally announced. Thank you all for participating and for your patience with me taking forever with some of these reveals.
I do plan on doing an Forgotten Alternative Songs Part 4 Rankdown at some point, but it won’t be in the near future unfortunately.
The New Synthpop / Darkwave Rankdown (Which I hope to reveal #31-40 either tomorrow or on Friday. I might as well be honest. Probably Friday.) will be the last one that I host for a while. At least until I have more time to work on another one.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this rankdown. Maybe you found some new songs from the past or recalled them for the first time in long while. Thank you all again!
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Post by Red on Mar 24, 2021 16:58:26 GMT -5
"Condolences", like I didn't agonize constantly over which song to rank #1 here. I would have made my top two a tie, if I could have. They're both songs I love dearly, for different reasons. In the end, "Somewhere Only We Know" hits me on a more personal, emotional level, which gave it the very, very slight edge, but I would have been very happy with the result either way. Now, American Idiot, on to the next RD reveals, where there's sure to be no chaos whatsoever!
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Post by macattack on Mar 24, 2021 21:16:23 GMT -5
Why is it always my taste that gets attacked on these rankdowns? I actually have had my #1s win a couple of these, and my #3 won this one. Baffles the hell out of me, lmao. Uh, mac, are you sure you listened to the right song? This doesn't seem like the kind of song you'd rank low. To be absolutely clear, there were only three songs I absolutely detested on this rankdown. One was the bad cover of one of my favorite 80's songs. The others were New Order and Lenny doing uncharacteristic bungling. "Crawl" was okay-ish, but it didn't feel completely "finished" if it makes any sense, and it ultimately didn't stand out well against its competition. Trust me, I listened to it, fully. In another rankdown this might have fared much better than it did here, because I thought this particular list was stacked. Wow mac it sure is ironic that you whine all the time about Alt not playing harder legacy bands and less accessible new bands while in this top 10 you're so far 0/2 on ranking 80s bands and grungier songs high I like harder alternative bands, sure. Again, the New Order song was a misfire to my ears and the Meat Puppets song, while decent, wasn't good enough against its competition, a lot of which are songs I genuinely do love. "Detachable Penis" is a song I enjoy a lot too, it just was up against surprisingly great competition and ultimately wasn't going to place well. Anyway, thanks for hosting AI! No worries on when you start the next one, these have been a lot of fun and I'll be ready and waiting when you're able to start again.
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