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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 22:54:02 GMT -5
Drops 22 from Lost Hits, hopefully the remaining "live" song is able to last a while longer 75
Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live) Billy Joel
581 points Standard Deviation: 14.235 (5th lowest) Average Rank: 64.688 Year-End Rank: 100 | Peak: #11 | Weeks: 10singingrulebritannia : 45 DJDaveMick69 : 49 aerodynamite : 50 Clode : 52 gonecountry : 54 Daryl the Beryl : 54 House Lannister : 55 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 65 thethirdcurry : 66 razorshark : 67 rowellfarm490 : 69 peacebone : 74 Mirago : 74 tanooki : 84 Doc Indie Party Rock : 88 wheatsquares33 : 89 Movements:48 68 69 70 69 80 79 75 74 71 72 74 71 73 75 Artist performance history:#43 Active 1982 (Pressure) | #74 Active 1990 (I Go to Extremes) | #82 Active 1986 (A Matter of Trust) {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Let Him Go Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Find Your Way Back Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hang Fire Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn and Walk Away Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 22:56:33 GMT -5
#74 STATSSD Rank: 30th highest Total points: 584 Points ahead of #75: 3 Points behind #73: 3 Perfect rankings: 0 Multiple songs in rankdown?: N Ranked song before?: N
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:00:53 GMT -5
This was John Waite's old band before he went solo 74
Turn and Walk Away The Babys
584 points Standard Deviation: 25.905 Average Rank: 64.500 Year-End Rank: 96 | Peak: #9 | Weeks: 13DJDaveMick69 : 3 tanooki : 23 wheatsquares33 : 45 thethirdcurry : 47 razorshark : 54 Clode : 56 Doc Indie Party Rock : 61 peacebone : 69 rowellfarm490 : 75 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 77 House Lannister : 79 singingrulebritannia : 80 Mirago : 80 aerodynamite : 90 gonecountry : 95 Daryl the Beryl : 98 Movements:94 77 70 72 70 73 76 80 71 75 75 72 74 72 74 Artist performance history:Debut {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Let Him Go Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Find Your Way Back Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hang Fire Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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Post by razorshark on Jul 18, 2021 23:03:10 GMT -5
Naomi's high ranks keep scaring me
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:03:22 GMT -5
#73 STATSSD Rank: 39th lowest Total points: 587 Points ahead of #74: 3 Points behind #72: 0 Perfect rankings: 0 Multiple songs in rankdown?: Y Ranked song before?: N
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:07:28 GMT -5
This song was a top 20 hit on the Hot 100 73
Hang Fire The Rolling Stones
587 points Standard Deviation: 20.713 Average Rank: 64.313 Year-End Rank: 55 | Peak: #2 | Weeks: 17thethirdcurry : 20 Clode : 35 Doc Indie Party Rock : 40 gonecountry : 41 DJDaveMick69 : 46 Mirago : 68 peacebone : 71 House Lannister : 71 wheatsquares33 : 75 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 76 aerodynamite : 76 singingrulebritannia : 77 Daryl the Beryl : 79 rowellfarm490 : 81 razorshark : 84 tanooki : 89 Movements:63 81 84 87 87 81 81 83 80 82 79 79 80 75 73 Artist performance history:#40 Active 1989 (Mixed Emotions) | #43 Active 1989 (Rock and a Hard Place) | #45 Active 2002 (Don't Stop) | #60 Alt 1981 (Start Me Up) | #65 Active 1982 (Waiting on a Friend) | #65 Active 2005 (Rough Justice) | #71 Active 1991 (Highwire) | #73 Active 1990 (Almost Hear You Sigh) | #75 Active 1990 (Terrifying) | #76 AAA 2020 (Living in a Ghost Town) | #78 Active 1998 (Saint of Me) | #82 Active 1995 (Out of Tears) | #85 Active 1998 (Flip the Switch) | #85 Active 1986 (One Hit (To the Body)) | #86 Active 1994 (Love Is Strong) | #88 Active 1997 (Anybody Seen My Baby?) | #89 Alt 1981 (Waiting on a Friend) | #91 Active 1986 (Harlem Shuffle) | #91 AAA 2017 (Just Your Fool) | #93 Active 1984 (Undercover of the Night) | #95 Active 1995 (I Go Wild) | #97 Active 1986 (Winning Ugly) | #98 Active 1982 (Going to a Go-Go) | #99 Alt 1981 (Neighbors) | #99 Alt 1982 (Going to a Go-Go) | #99 Active 1994 (You Got Me Rocking) | #100 Active 1981 (Little T&A) | #100 Active 1984 (She Was Hot) {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Let Him Go Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Find Your Way Back Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:10:31 GMT -5
#72 STATSSD Rank: 7th highestTotal points: 587 Points ahead of #73: 0 Points behind #71: 5 Perfect rankings: 0 Multiple songs in rankdown?: N Ranked song before?: N
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Post by razorshark on Jul 18, 2021 23:11:21 GMT -5
Already????
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:16:23 GMT -5
We also got to rank Meat Loaf's version of this song in the Billboard 1994 rankdown (#67 finish) 72
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Jim Steinman
587 points Standard Deviation: 30.657 (7th highest) Average Rank: 64.313 Year-End Rank: 75 | Peak: #14 | Weeks: 12gonecountry : 3 thethirdcurry : 11 razorshark : 27 Clode : 32 tanooki : 51 singingrulebritannia : 62 DJDaveMick69 : 68 aerodynamite : 71 wheatsquares33 : 79 Daryl the Beryl : 81 peacebone : 84 rowellfarm490 : 85 Mirago : 90 Doc Indie Party Rock : 93 House Lannister : 93 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 99 Movements:28 32 25 42 49 61 70 71 73 74 76 76 81 76 72 Artist performance history:Debut {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Let Him Go Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Find Your Way Back Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:19:38 GMT -5
#71 STATSSD Rank: 17th lowest Total points: 592 Points ahead of #72: 5 Points behind #70: 29 Perfect rankings: 0 Multiple songs in rankdown?: Y Ranked song before?: N
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jul 18, 2021 23:20:29 GMT -5
See, I didn't think I would be losing big here despite the first movement, but I couldn't figure out what random song in my 50s-60s Gone would boost lol
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:25:42 GMT -5
I wound up liking this much more than I thought I would 71
Don't Let Him Go REO Speedwagon
592 points Standard Deviation: 17.996 Average Rank: 64.000 Year-End Rank: 62 | Peak: #11 | Weeks: 26razorshark : 26 gonecountry : 47 Doc Indie Party Rock : 47 peacebone : 49 DJDaveMick69 : 50 rowellfarm490 : 55 tanooki : 59 Daryl the Beryl : 60 House Lannister : 67 Clode : 72 aerodynamite : 73 singingrulebritannia : 75 thethirdcurry : 81 Mirago : 82 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 90 wheatsquares33 : 91 Movements:67 66 52 52 48 47 56 64 59 59 65 69 69 71 71 Artist performance history:#69 Active 1987 (That Ain't Love) | #86 Active 1982 (Keep the Fire Burnin') | #88 Active 1985 (Can't Fight This Feeling) | #89 Active 1990 (Live It Up) {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Find Your Way Back Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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Post by peacebone on Jul 18, 2021 23:28:23 GMT -5
Way to eliminate their best song here by far first you goofballs
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 18, 2021 23:30:20 GMT -5
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 18, 2021 23:48:45 GMT -5
Looking for Clues - Robert Palmer Groovy little tune. I remember from MTV later years.
Automatic - Off Broadway USA Favorite first time listen of the night. Maybe even the whole RD? Thumbs up for the intro alone. I love songs with guitar hook intros. Never heard this, nor of this band ,but it doesn't matter cuz it hooks me like a shark. I gave it a download/ check. Definitely gonna look for the rest of the album tracks online.
Up All Night - The Boomtown Rats Still my favorite Boomtown Ratts jam.
Cruise Control - Dixie Dregs Pretty decent guitar oriented instrumental. The instrumentals I like are the big hits like "Axel Folly" "Wake Up", maybe a handful of 80's Italo NRG hits, but I have never gone out of my way to discover Instrumentals.
Tunnel of Love - Dire Straits The hook reminds me of "Sultans Of Swing". Basically the same melody, but that is just fine with me.
Breakfast in America (Live) - Supertramp I like maybe two Supertramp songs that we won't get to rank.
Musta Notta Gotta Lotta - Joe Ely I like this style more than most people, because it is NRGetic and upbeat. Feels like Jerry Lee Lewis in 80's mode.
Shoot to Thrill - AC/DC This one would have shaken up my top 30. In my "what if" charts of 1981 that I created in the 90's I charted this one.
Explorer Suite - New England I call them like I hear them , and this feels way toooooooooooooooooooooo mature for me. Then and now. It lost me before the first minute was up..
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jul 19, 2021 1:08:52 GMT -5
85. Almost Saturday Night - Dave EdmundsNot a bad song. Had some Nick Lowe vibes, but prefer Jeff Lynne producing music for Dave Edmunds. 84. Giving It Up for Your Love - Delbert McClintonTo me this kinda felt like it could have cruised over to the disco roller rink. The guitars sound like Bee Gees "Jive Talkin". pretty good. Just not what I expect to hear sandwiched in between AC/DC and Loverboy in Rock radio 1981. 83. Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride) - Don FelderI knew I would be one of the heaviest rankers, but damn has anyone here seen the animated Heavy Metal flick? This was the movie's theme song for crying out loud. Perfect Rock n Roll lyrics The guitar arrangements feel like "Life In The Fastlane" My favorite Eagles song ever. or maybe it's just because the Heavy Metal ride is a cloak word for sex? Something I didn't know when I was a kid. It was the song in the Zombies segment. 82. Teacher Teacher - RockpileThis is alright. More Nick Lowe vibes. I prefer .38 Special's song of the same name. 81. Stone in Love - JourneyA classic Rock radio staple. Vocally commanding from start to finish. No autotune, no echo effix. Just real singing. Real power This actually one of the songs that makes me 80's jealous when I listen to the lyrics. Would have loved to be a teen in the 80's. Them Journey haters can once again pucker up. 80. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) - Christopher CrossI can't say screw Chris Cross, because I loved "Ride Like The Wind", "Sailing" and "It's Allright", but screw this song. Especially on the RD, and especially having inexplicably beaten out two classic Journey songs. 79. Night Life - ForeignerThis song would have sounded a bit fiercer without the continuous bass. I think the speed it provides works against the song's melody, and at times goes into Southern Rock territory. which Foreigner are not. I still love it tho. The intro and hook have a lot of "Double Vision" in them. 78. This Little Girl - Gary U.S. BondsThis song is allright. Not the one I would spin on KLOS. I probably would have gone more for Hall & Oates Blue eyed soul instead. This one feels like it belongs on "Streets Of Fire" soundtrack. 77. The Best of Times - StyxI remember this was monstrous on the radio. My cousins used it for their H.S graduation. It's epic ,and yet corny. Any Glam Metal ballad totally crushes this. Still better than anything I ranked below my top 50. 76. Breaking All the Rules - Peter Frampton My fondest memories of Peter are him playing the part of Billy on The Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band movie, so hearing him all heavy kinda blows my mind. I don't think his vocals fit this harder edged AOR style. He sounds like Jack Blades with a cold. 75. Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live) - Billy JoelNot really needing live version of songs when I can listen to the studio perfected ones. I liked other songs off the album tho. 74. Turn and Walk Away - The Babys John is another of those perfect vocals tones for me. The chorus is the best part of the song. The pianos are classic John Waite like he used on Bad English. If we dive back any further into Rock history we might get to run into my favorite Baby's songs. 73. Hang Fire - The Rolling StonesThis one blows 'tits and ass" away. Gotta love those performance mvs. Mick doing his best Danny Elfman impression. A little outlandishly wannabe sexy, but kinda creepy all the while. 72. Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through - Jim SteinmanI definitely would have gone for Meatloaf's version. This one sounds like a bad Broadway Rock opera ballet. 71. Don't Let Him Go - REO SpeedwagonThis was always one of the best tracks off the album. The chorus was magic. I opted to chart "Tough Guys" instead. Not bad. I still have two floating fish in my tank. Comon guys let's get these out by tomorrow night. Tho they are not the ones I tanked I can't belive you guys like these two April Whine songs better than "Enough is Enough"
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:18:55 GMT -5
Kicking off today's extras is a duet between Mick Jones and his then-girlfriend Ellen Foley. EXTRA
Hitsville U.K. The Clash
Year-End Rank: 246 | Peak: #24 | Weeks: 4 Album: Sandinista!
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:21:14 GMT -5
Up next is some Def Leppard from their pre- Pyromania days. EXTRA
Let It Go Def Leppard
Year-End Rank: 240 | Peak: #34 | Weeks: 6 Album: High 'n' Dry
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:23:28 GMT -5
This next extra is about the actress who had passed away 4 years before the song's release. Its music video notably got banned from MTV for having a sexually suggestive scene. EXTRA
Joan Crawford Blue Öyster Cult
Year-End Rank: 238 | Peak: #49 | Weeks: 6 Album: Fire of Unknown Origin
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:25:25 GMT -5
Here's the title track from Jackson's 3rd studio album. It's a song he dedicated to "drug-crazed teenagers all over the world". EXTRA
Beat Crazy Joe Jackson Band
Year-End Rank: 233 | Peak: #27 | Weeks: 4 Album: Beat Crazy
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:29:13 GMT -5
Up next is one of Iron Maiden's shortest songs. On the album, the instrumental The Ides of March serves as an intro to this song. EXTRA
Wrathchild Iron Maiden
Year-End Rank: 230 | Peak: #31 | Weeks: 5 Album: Killers
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:31:33 GMT -5
And now we have a patriotic anthem about the Statue of Liberty. The song features a couple of artists that are in the actual rankdown this year: Joe Walsh and Don Felder. EXTRA
Lady on the Rock Joe Vitale
Year-End Rank: 225 | Peak: #47 | Weeks: 9 Album: Plantation Harbor
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:36:54 GMT -5
The following extra was the opening track to Squeeze's 4th studio album. It was produced by Dave Edmunds unlike the rest of the album which Elvis Costello had produced. EXTRA
In Quintessence Squeeze
Year-End Rank: 221 | Peak: #39 | Weeks: 8 Album: East Side Story
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:40:28 GMT -5
This next song got its name from a sculpture in Amarillo, TX that is made up of 10 Cadillac automobiles which have their hoods buried in the ground. EXTRA
Cadillac Ranch Bruce Springsteen
Year-End Rank: 219 | Peak: #2 | Weeks: 3 Album: The River
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 9:42:56 GMT -5
Wrapping up this group of extras is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver. After the band Ironhorse broke up in 1980, its remaining members went and formed Union. EXTRA
Mainstreet U.S.A. Union
Year-End Rank: 212 | Peak: #38 | Weeks: 6 Album: On Strike
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Post by DJDaveMick69 on Jul 19, 2021 15:25:24 GMT -5
Wow, some tough losses. But who am I to judge, I'm not over-complaining.
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Post by gonecountry on Jul 19, 2021 16:16:25 GMT -5
We also got to rank Meat Loaf's version of this song in the Billboard 1994 rankdown (#67 finish) 72
Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through Jim Steinman
587 points Standard Deviation: 30.657 (7th highest) Average Rank: 64.313 Year-End Rank: 75 | Peak: #14 | Weeks: 12gonecountry : 3 thethirdcurry : 11 razorshark : 27 Clode : 32 This song is pure artistry. Pretty much I love everything that Steinman has done. The man knew how to get the most out of 5+ minute songs. If you listened to the 4:38 version, you missed another 109 minutes of Steinman splendor that was found in the 6:27 version. RIP to a composer for his times. I'm now officially worried about my #2. Not composed by Steinman, but there are some similarities, IMO.
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Post by gonecountry on Jul 19, 2021 16:25:45 GMT -5
Looking for Clues - Robert PalmerGroovy little tune. I remember from MTV later years. Automatic - Off Broadway USAFavorite first time listen of the night. Maybe even the whole RD? Thumbs up for the intro alone. I love songs with guitar hook intros. Never heard this, nor of this band ,but it doesn't matter cuz it hooks me like a shark. I gave it a download/ check. Definitely gonna look for the rest of the album tracks online. Love Robert Palmer's early stuff. "Stay in Time" for Off Broadway USA's first album from 1979 is also worth a listen. Hit #51 on the Top 100. Pretty catchy.
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 21:29:56 GMT -5
#70 STATSSD Rank: 15th lowest Total Points: 621 Points ahead of #71: 29 Points behind #69: 11 Perfect Rankings: 1 Multiple songs in rankdown?: Y Ranked song before?: N
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Post by rowellfarm490 on Jul 19, 2021 21:36:28 GMT -5
Of their 2 songs here, I slightly preferred this one 70
Find Your Way Back Jefferson Starship
621 points Standard Deviation: 17.713 Average Rank: 62.188 Year-End Rank: 46 | Peak: #3 | Weeks: 15Doc Indie Party Rock : 26 tanooki : 34 Butterflies & Hurricanes : 41 Clode : 43 razorshark : 59 thethirdcurry : 60 DJDaveMick69 : 64 gonecountry : 66 rowellfarm490 : 66 peacebone : 67 House Lannister : 70Mirago : 73 singingrulebritannia : 78 Daryl the Beryl : 80 aerodynamite : 81 wheatsquares33 : 87 Movements:73 61 62 66 68 58 55 63 62 67 68 70 70 70 70 Artist performance history:#72 Active 1984 (No Way Out) | #83 Active 1984 (Layin' It on the Line) {Remaining songs} (Ghost) Riders in the Sky A Life of Illusion A Woman in Love (It's Not Me) Ah! Leah! Another Tricky Day Arc of a Diver Back in Black Bette Davis Eyes Better Things Burnin' for You Chinatown Crazy Train Destroyer Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Don't Stand So Close to Me Don't Stop Believin' Edge of Seventeen Fade Away Fire and Ice Fireflies (Live) For You Games People Play Gemini Dream Hey Nineteen Hold on Loosely Hold on Tight I Missed Again In the Air Tonight In the Dark Jessie's Girl Juke Box Hero Just Between You and Me Just Like Me Keep on Loving You Limelight Mean Street Meanwhile Message of Love Nightwatchman No Reply at All Our Lips Are Sealed People Who Died Promises in the Dark Really Wanna Know You Sausalito Summernight Sign of the Gypsy Queen Skateaway Start Me Up Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stranger Take It on the Run Talk to Ya Later Tempted The Adultress The Break-Up Song The Night Owls The Stroke The Voice The Waiting Tom Sawyer Too Much Time on My Hands Turn Me Loose Unchained Urgent While You See a Chance Who's Crying Now Winning Woman You Better You Bet
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