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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 20:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 20:58:15 GMT -5
I have a hard time taking this song seriously, but it's pretty good. Wonder if he got any payola for the Pepsi placement? I mean...you're not supposed to take it seriously lol. It's obviously meant to be comedic
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 20:59:48 GMT -5
We keep getting rid of my other lowest remaining songs, and not the one I actually want to see go out. This is really good 80's synthpop, just not quite up to the level of the best synthpop this list has to offer.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:02:14 GMT -5
--#30 Top 5s: 1 Top 10s: 1 Top 25s: 7 Top 50s: 20 Bottom 25: 1
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:07:58 GMT -5
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 21:10:01 GMT -5
I thought this would be top 20, even in this stacked as hell RD. Wow.
God, I love that chorus so much.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:12:50 GMT -5
--#29
#1 loss alert
Top 10s: 7 Top 25s: 11 Top 50s: 18 Bottom 25: 4 Bottom 10s: 1 Bottom 5s: 1
6th Highest SD 1 bottom 10 cleared
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:18:53 GMT -5
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 23, 2021 21:21:03 GMT -5
it will feel somewhat sacrilegious if we don't get to rank Ultravox's Vienna in 1981....
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Post by campbellssoup on Mar 23, 2021 21:21:31 GMT -5
Wow, wasn’t expecting that. My top 10 is getting massacred today
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 21:21:40 GMT -5
One of the most overrated songs of all time.
(It's still good, just not all-time good.)
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:23:01 GMT -5
--#28 Top 10s: 1 Top 25s: 9 Top 50s: 16 Bottom 25: 1
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 23, 2021 21:24:08 GMT -5
One of the most overrated songs of all time. (It's still good, just not all-time good.) pretty much every other Police song is better, IMO. I could never hear this song again and I'd be more than fine. #overplayed #overrated
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:28:20 GMT -5
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 21:30:42 GMT -5
Just a cool as hell song, in every way.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:33:12 GMT -5
--#27 Top 10s: 3 Top 25s: 7 Top 50s: 20 Bottom 25: 2
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:37:31 GMT -5
I've had a big turnaround on this whole album lately 27
Change Tears For Fears Year-End Position: #39 1669 Points Standard Deviation: 20.17 lyhom - 4 aerodynamite - 4 Geometrical - 8 rowellfarm490 - 11 Daryl the Beryl - 22 Football - 24 chanman - 25 Doc Indie Party Rock - 26 @trilogy - 29 jamesflame - 31 willapted33 - 32 Sambalada - 33 Juanca - 33 Mirago - 34 American Idiot - 35 singingrulebritannia - 40 craziaskowboi - 45 gonecountry - 45 peacebone - 46 wheatsquares33 - 46 DadJokes - 53 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 53 tanooki - 53 alexcuse - 63 razorshark - 77 campbellssoup - 85 Performance History: #1 Active 1989 (Sowing the Seeds of Love) | #2 Alt 1985 (Everybody Wants to Rule the World) | #3 Active 1985 (Everybody Wants to Rule the World) | #3 Alt 1985 (Head Over Heels) | #4 Active 1985 (Head Over Heels) | #6 Alt 1985 (Shout) | #6 Active 1985 (Shout) | #9 Alt 1989 (Sowing the Seeds of Love) | #20 Alt 1993 (Break It Down Again) | #27 Alt 1992 (Laid So Low (Tears Roll Down)) Movements: 45 48 59 52 45 40 37 35 31 29 25 26 24 21 18 23 23 22 21 26 24 25 27 27 27 Spectators: wrip MoD BB🌕 {Remaining songs} In A Big Country 99 Luftballoons Burning Down The House Major Tom King Of Pain Synchronicity II Rebel Yell Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Year's Day Let's Dance Mad World Pale Shelter Blue Monday Love My Way Sunday Bloody Sunday Save A Prayer I Melt With You This Is The Day Radio Free Europe Don't Change Age Of Consent Blister In The Sun The Metro Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Your Silent Face This Charming Man
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 21:39:09 GMT -5
My "least favorite" of the three TFF songs, technically, but oh my god, this is so good, and I was rooting for it to go further.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:41:03 GMT -5
--#26 Top 10s: 2 Top 25s: 9 Top 50s: 20 Bottom 25: 1
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:45:09 GMT -5
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Post by razorshark on Mar 23, 2021 21:46:08 GMT -5
Oof. I really tanked this.....
Space Age Love Song would be really high for me I promise.
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Post by Football on Mar 23, 2021 21:48:08 GMT -5
This is the big comedown after "I Ran", and it's just gorgeous and sad and beautiful.
God, so many of these remaining reveals are going to hurt. This is "only" my 16, and I'm still feeling pained.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 23, 2021 21:52:41 GMT -5
there are a few bloody painful songs that have overstayed
and perhaps some blisteringly charming songs as well
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:52:53 GMT -5
a UK top 20. One of the bands Malcolm McLaren managed EXTRA
Tantalise (Wo Wo Ee Yeh Yeh) Jimmy The Hoover
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Post by DadJokes on Mar 23, 2021 21:54:40 GMT -5
I get why a lot of folks dislike Every Breath You Take, but I still love it. I actually like it better interpreting it as a stalkerish song wrapped as a love song...the dichotomy works for me.
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Post by razorshark on Mar 23, 2021 21:54:50 GMT -5
Tomorrow is going to kick my ass. I can feel it
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:55:00 GMT -5
Not the Weezer drummer. And I'm sure he's glad to not be responsible for this garbage EXTRA
Bop Girl Pat Wilson
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 23, 2021 21:56:06 GMT -5
you really did save the obscurest of the obscure extras to reveal during the rankdown didn’t you? LOL
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 23, 2021 21:57:32 GMT -5
Oof. I really tanked this..... Space Age Love Song would be really high for me I promise. LOVE Space Age Love Song. Ever see the version they do with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra? It starts off like the original song, but ends beautifully.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 23, 2021 21:58:30 GMT -5
Peter is best known for being the frontman of Metro, whose controversial 1977 song "Criminal World" was covered by Bowie on (coincidentally for this rankdown's purposes) his Let's Dance album. I'm happy he is known for something because otherwise I would've made a cheap "Godwin's Law" joke here EXTRA
Images Of Heaven Peter Godwin
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