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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 18, 2021 0:08:34 GMT -5
We reached 21 lists today, so I think my goal of at least 24 is reasonable at this point. 24 hours to submit.
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Post by razorshark on Mar 18, 2021 2:07:26 GMT -5
First listens on all of these, althought I've heard parts of the Herbie Hancock song before.
Kraftwerk - Tour De France 5/10. Wpuld be a nice dance track, I could see this being fun at a club but the breathing knocked serious points off. This would be a bottom 10 here just because of how good this list is.
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away 9/10. Fantastic post punk song. High energy with big hooks and the instrumentation to back it up. Hell of a song here.
Freur - Doot Doot 7/10 Nice relaxing song, I could see this growing on me a lot
Comsat Angels - Will You Stay Tonight 8/10. Nice sounding song, I could see this growing on me too.
Tom Waits - Frank's Wild Years 2/10. This got played on radio huh, like this sounds like it would be great in the context of an album but here alone it's just not enough to even give a full ranking tbh. This would have been my 99 btw.
Split Enz - Message To My Girl 7/10. Nice relaxing song, love the driving Piano here.
Herbie Hancock - Rockit 8/10 This is pretty banging, great dance track. Probably not bad for cardio either.
Altered Images - Don't Talk To Me About Love 6/10 Not a fan of the vocals but the guitar raises this quite a bit for me.
Pete Shelley - Telephone Operator 8/10 This bangs really hard, I could see this being a hit in the dance clubs, on mainstream rock, and in gyms. It just hits on every level.
Cybotron - Clear 6/10 OMG Timbaland sampled this song on Lose Control by Missy Elliott, I have always wondered where he found that sample. Other than that good dance song.
Fad Gadget - Collapsing New People 7/10. Decent song, may have to take more listens but nothing jumped out as great or bad. Perfectly fine.
SSQ - Synthicide 8/10. Great high energy song with some really catchy synths. Love the vocals here.
Fiction Factory - (Feels Like) Human 9/10. Cool song, probably a grower though. Took a relisten to write this mini review and I can confirm as I originally had this as an 8.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 18, 2021 21:28:14 GMT -5
or not?? lol no one has sent yet today and there are 3 hours to submit.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 18, 2021 21:38:34 GMT -5
... Freur - Doot Doot 7/10 Nice relaxing song, I could see this growing on me a lot ... not sure if everyone is aware...both Karl Hyde & Rick Smith were in this band...you may know them better from their work in the band Underworld
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Post by Juanca on Mar 18, 2021 22:47:09 GMT -5
or not?? lol no one has sent yet today and there are 3 hours to submit. Hi there! I sent you my list last night (I know, me? Almost one day earlier?! Trying to be a bit better this year ) This is one of the best list of songs I’ve ranked! I also found a few great discoveries that managed to end higher than more familiar songs. It’s gonna be a blood battle but I can say that there are at least 70 strong songs in this rankdown, and I don’t dislike any in my bottom 10.
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Post by Mirago on Mar 18, 2021 23:13:13 GMT -5
I forgot how great The Hurting album is. I wonder if Suffer the Children appears in '82?
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 18, 2021 23:46:32 GMT -5
or not?? lol no one has sent yet today and there are 3 hours to submit. Hi there! I sent you my list last night (I know, me? Almost one day earlier?! Trying to be a bit better this year ) oh, yea, I was aware of this, no worries. You were in the OP participants list when I made that post, I just forgot to take you out of the reminder tags. "Today" meant more the period from 9am-9pm CT, not overnight
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Post by razorshark on Mar 18, 2021 23:58:13 GMT -5
I know Tanooki and Ramona both said they were submitting too. 25 is already a hell of a number though, this is going to be fun.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Mar 19, 2021 0:14:17 GMT -5
Stacey Q's humble beginnings before she broke out as a pop star with "Two of Hearts". EXTRA
Synthicide SSQ
Estimated chart points: n/a Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below! I would have easily found a way to squeeze this Hi-NRG synthastic wonderjam into my top 10. She was already working with Jon St. James who also produced the songs on "Better Than Heaven". She was also on T he Return Of The Living Dead soundtrack with "Tonight Make Love Till We Die"...and ready for it? Last year she released new material under her old SSQ band . The album is 'Jet Town Je t'aime' and was produced by Damon St. James. The first single is an ode to Italo Disco tiled "AirPods". Seems like the perfect time to bring back Stacey to my charts.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 0:17:50 GMT -5
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Post by Juanca on Mar 19, 2021 1:12:07 GMT -5
By the way, thanks for sharing so many extras! I’m gonna be busy listening to new stuff these next few days. 1982-86 is my favorite period of music and I’m always eager to discovering stuff. (I didn’t know Stacey Q’s past for example)
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 19, 2021 12:30:07 GMT -5
I am so committed to my #1 that I'm going to break some serious shit if my #1 doesn't make the top 10.
And don't you all do White Lines dirty either, that is a major JAM! I forgot how good the song is.
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Post by campbellssoup on Mar 19, 2021 18:02:33 GMT -5
I could see this RD being super divided compared to previous ones. It really hurt having to put some of these songs in my bottom 50 and I’m sure plenty of them will be top 10s for many people.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:12:30 GMT -5
--#100 Multiple Song Artist? Y Highest Ranking: 42 Lowest Ranking: 100 Top 50s: 2 Bottom 25: 23 Bottom 10s: 17 Bottom 5s: 15 2nd Lowest SD
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:15:34 GMT -5
I could see this RD being super divided compared to previous ones. As compared to the rest of the 80s rock chart rankdowns so far, your intuition is correct. There were: 16 unique #1s 49 unique top 5s 63 unique top 10s 93 unique top 25s And every song has at least 1 top 50
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:17:17 GMT -5
Donkeh 100
Puss 'n Boots Adam Ant Year-End Position: #69 294 Points Standard Deviation: 16.38 (2ND LOWEST) Doc Indie Party Rock - 42 campbellssoup - 50 craziaskowboi - 54 jamesflame - 78 gonecountry - 83 Juanca - 86 DadJokes - 87 chanman - 88 Mirago - 90 aerodynamite - 93 American Idiot - 95 tanooki - 96 alexcuse - 97 wheatsquares33 - 98 razorshark - 98 Daryl the Beryl - 99 Geometrical - 99 @trilogy - 99 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 100 rowellfarm490 - 100 willapted33 - 100 Football - 100 peacebone - 100 Sambalada - 100 singingrulebritannia - 100 lyhom - 100 Performance History: #83 Alt 1995 (Wonderful) Movements: 100 99 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Spectators: wrip MoD {Remaining songs} The Lovecats In A Big Country 99 Luftballoons Burning Down The House Oblivious Major Tom Karma Chameleon Church Of The Poison Mind One Thing Leads To Another Union Of The Snake King Of Pain Synchronicity II Red Red Wine Everyday I Write The Book The Safety Dance Strip Rebel Yell Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Year's Day Send Me An Angel Let's Dance Every Breath You Take Mad World Talking In Your Sleep Save It For Later Modern Love Let's Go To Bed Dear Prudence Power And The Passion Girls Just Want to Have Fun Our House The New World Pale Shelter Blue Monday The Cutter Never Stop Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) I Confess Change Love My Way Sunday Bloody Sunday This Is Not A Love Song Institutionalized Wrapped Around Your Finger The One Thing China Girl Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me Get The Balance Right! Fields Of Fire She Blinded Me With Science Love Is A Stranger She's Sexy + 17 Legal Tender Numbers With Wings White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Too Shy Save A Prayer Is There Something I Should Know? The Stand She's In Parties I'll Tumble 4 Ya The Walk Der Kommissar Long Hot Summer I Melt With You This Is The Day Radio Free Europe Whammy Kiss Don't Change Age Of Consent The Politics Of Dancing Saved By Zero Nellie The Elephant Rainy Season Blister In The Sun Living On The Ceiling Just Got Lucky Nobody's Diary Confusion True Love Pt #2 Love Is The Law Nowhere Girl The Metro (Keep Feeling) Fascination Lifeline Stand Or Fall Making Flippy Floppy Red Skies Let Me Go Let Them All Talk Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Room With A View Is It Love Your Silent Face Every Word Means No Reap The Wild Wind Add It Up 2000 Miles This Charming Man
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2021 20:19:09 GMT -5
Meeow
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Post by Football on Mar 19, 2021 20:19:50 GMT -5
Mainstream Rock gets "Goody Two Shoes". Modern Rock gets this.
For once, Modern Rock got the short end of the stick.
(I am prepared for this statement to bite me in the ass if "Goody Two Shoes" is in 1982 Modern Rock.)
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:21:20 GMT -5
--#99 Multiple Song Artist? N Highest Ranking: 17 Lowest Ranking: 99 Top 25s: 1 Top 50s: 3 Bottom 25: 21 Bottom 10s: 14 Bottom 5s: 10
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:24:40 GMT -5
Buffalo 99
She's Sexy + 17 Stray Cats Year-End Position: #52 433 Points Standard Deviation: 21.41 razorshark - 17 jamesflame - 29 craziaskowboi - 50 Doc Indie Party Rock - 67 chanman - 74 Juanca - 80 DadJokes - 82 willapted33 - 87 gonecountry - 88 @trilogy - 88 Geometrical - 89 Sambalada - 90 alexcuse - 93 singingrulebritannia - 93 campbellssoup - 94 Mirago - 94 aerodynamite - 96 peacebone - 96 Daryl the Beryl - 97 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 97 lyhom - 97 American Idiot - 99 tanooki - 99 wheatsquares33 - 99 rowellfarm490 - 99 Football - 99 Performance History: Debut Movements: 98 98 85 73 79 86 88 90 92 92 93 94 96 96 96 98 98 98 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 Spectators: wrip MoD {Remaining songs} The Lovecats In A Big Country 99 Luftballoons Burning Down The House Oblivious Major Tom Karma Chameleon Church Of The Poison Mind One Thing Leads To Another Union Of The Snake King Of Pain Synchronicity II Red Red Wine Everyday I Write The Book The Safety Dance Strip Rebel Yell Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Year's Day Send Me An Angel Let's Dance Every Breath You Take Mad World Talking In Your Sleep Save It For Later Modern Love Let's Go To Bed Dear Prudence Power And The Passion Girls Just Want to Have Fun Our House The New World Pale Shelter Blue Monday The Cutter Never Stop Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) I Confess Change Love My Way Sunday Bloody Sunday This Is Not A Love Song Institutionalized Wrapped Around Your Finger The One Thing China Girl Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me Get The Balance Right! Fields Of Fire She Blinded Me With Science Love Is A Stranger Legal Tender Numbers With Wings White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Too Shy Save A Prayer Is There Something I Should Know? The Stand She's In Parties I'll Tumble 4 Ya The Walk Der Kommissar Long Hot Summer I Melt With You This Is The Day Radio Free Europe Whammy Kiss Don't Change Age Of Consent The Politics Of Dancing Saved By Zero Nellie The Elephant Rainy Season Blister In The Sun Living On The Ceiling Just Got Lucky Nobody's Diary Confusion True Love Pt #2 Love Is The Law Nowhere Girl The Metro (Keep Feeling) Fascination Lifeline Stand Or Fall Making Flippy Floppy Red Skies Let Me Go Let Them All Talk Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Room With A View Is It Love Your Silent Face Every Word Means No Reap The Wild Wind Add It Up 2000 Miles This Charming Man
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Post by campbellssoup on Mar 19, 2021 20:25:00 GMT -5
Haha I genuinely liked Puss n Boots and it didn’t even cross my mind once that it was going to get absolutely tanked by most people. Not sure why I was so blind to that.
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Post by tanooki on Mar 19, 2021 20:25:27 GMT -5
the gravey theme song
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Post by Football on Mar 19, 2021 20:27:00 GMT -5
The song that gave losers who counted down the days until celebrities turned 18 a rallying cry.
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Post by Sambalada on Mar 19, 2021 20:28:34 GMT -5
Adam Ant more like Adam Cant
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:28:40 GMT -5
--#98 Multiple Song Artist? N Highest Ranking: 47 Lowest Ranking: 100 Top 50s: 1 Bottom 25: 20 Bottom 10s: 7 Bottom 5s: 3 Lowest SD
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Mar 19, 2021 20:29:12 GMT -5
Mainstream Rock gets "Goody Two Shoes". Modern Rock gets this. For once, Modern Rock got the short end of the stick. (I am prepared for this statement to bite me in the ass if "Goody Two Shoes" is in 1982 Modern Rock.) your ass is gonna have so many gnaw marks!
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Mar 19, 2021 20:32:35 GMT -5
Both Adam Ant songs here were pretty un-good. I've put off listening to the song called She's Sexy + 17 as long as I could, ~24 years is a decent run, I suppose, but guess it ends here. Like, it doesn't sound bad, I don't mind Stray Cats, but still it's like uh gross and just about every other Stray Cats/Brian Setzer song I've heard is better.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:33:42 GMT -5
At least their debut wasn't one of the Mall songs 98
Is It Love Gang Of Four Year-End Position: #94 501 Points Standard Deviation: 12.17 (LOWEST) wheatsquares33 - 47 razorshark - 63 lyhom - 64 @trilogy - 66 Sambalada - 74 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 74 jamesflame - 76 chanman - 76 tanooki - 78 Doc Indie Party Rock - 79 Geometrical - 81 willapted33 - 82 peacebone - 82 Football - 83 Mirago - 86 Daryl the Beryl - 87 singingrulebritannia - 88 alexcuse - 89 rowellfarm490 - 89 aerodynamite - 91 American Idiot - 92 craziaskowboi - 93 campbellssoup - 93 DadJokes - 96 gonecountry - 96 Juanca - 100 Performance History: Debut Movements: 88 95 93 93 92 94 95 96 97 98 98 95 94 91 91 91 93 93 95 96 97 97 96 97 98 Spectators: wrip MoD {Remaining songs} The Lovecats In A Big Country 99 Luftballoons Burning Down The House Oblivious Major Tom Karma Chameleon Church Of The Poison Mind One Thing Leads To Another Union Of The Snake King Of Pain Synchronicity II Red Red Wine Everyday I Write The Book The Safety Dance Strip Rebel Yell Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) New Year's Day Send Me An Angel Let's Dance Every Breath You Take Mad World Talking In Your Sleep Save It For Later Modern Love Let's Go To Bed Dear Prudence Power And The Passion Girls Just Want to Have Fun Our House The New World Pale Shelter Blue Monday The Cutter Never Stop Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) I Confess Change Love My Way Sunday Bloody Sunday This Is Not A Love Song Institutionalized Wrapped Around Your Finger The One Thing China Girl Nothing Bad Ever Happens to Me Get The Balance Right! Fields Of Fire She Blinded Me With Science Love Is A Stranger Legal Tender Numbers With Wings White Lines (Don't Don't Do It) Too Shy Save A Prayer Is There Something I Should Know? The Stand She's In Parties I'll Tumble 4 Ya The Walk Der Kommissar Long Hot Summer I Melt With You This Is The Day Radio Free Europe Whammy Kiss Don't Change Age Of Consent The Politics Of Dancing Saved By Zero Nellie The Elephant Rainy Season Blister In The Sun Living On The Ceiling Just Got Lucky Nobody's Diary Confusion True Love Pt #2 Love Is The Law Nowhere Girl The Metro (Keep Feeling) Fascination Lifeline Stand Or Fall Making Flippy Floppy Red Skies Let Me Go Let Them All Talk Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Room With A View Your Silent Face Every Word Means No Reap The Wild Wind Add It Up 2000 Miles This Charming Man
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Mar 19, 2021 20:36:41 GMT -5
Hm, I actually quite liked this one. I should familiarize myself with Gang of Four's more classic work, I suppose
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 19, 2021 20:37:13 GMT -5
--#97 Multiple Song Artist? Y Highest Ranking: 7 Lowest Ranking: 100 Top 10s: 1 Top 25s: 2 Top 50s: 5 Bottom 25: 18 Bottom 10s: 17 Bottom 5s: 14 11th Highest SD
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