Pulse Rankdown: 1980 Year-End Mainstream Rock (complete)

[singingrulebritannia]

--#39

Highest Ranking: 9
Top 10s: 1
Top 25s: 5
Top 50s: 10
Bottom 25: 4
Bottom 10s: 1
Bottom 5s: 1

11TH HIGHEST SD

1 bottom 10 cleared

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{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 8
gonecountry: 29
peacebone: 24
razorshark: 33
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 38
Doc Indie Party Rock: 53
rowellfarm490: 49
Gonza'90: 56
aerodynamite: 55
Clode: 55
Red: 57
Daryl the Beryl: 51
DadJokes: 48
wheatsquares33: 43
Mirago: 41
House Lannister: 44
Juanca: 42
thethirdcurry: 39

[singingrulebritannia]

Very proud of you guys for helping this rise 41 spots from its Hot 100 performance. The song sounded even better than it did on my first listen

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39

Romeo's Tune
Steve Forbert

Year-End Position: #39
Peak: #15
Weeks: 20

997 Points
Standard Deviation: 27.24 (11TH HIGHEST)

DJDaveMick69 - 9
Mirago - 11
peacebone - 18
thethirdcurry - 21
singingrulebritannia - 25
Daryl the Beryl - 27
wheatsquares33 - 29
rowellfarm490 - 41
Juanca - 43
DadJokes - 45
Clode - 52
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 56
aerodynamite - 62
Red - 64
razorshark - 69
Gonza'90 - 78
gonecountry - 84
House Lannister - 90
Doc Indie Party Rock - 98

Movements:
8 29 24 33 38 53 49 56 55 55 57 51 48 43 41 44 42 39

Performance history:
Debut

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

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{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
Let My Love Open the Door
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
You Shook Me All Night Long
Even It Up
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
You May Be Right
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
Tempus Fugit
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

I've never particularly liked this song, but it's fine, and I have no issues with it making the top 40.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#38

Highest Ranking: 7
Top 10s: 1
Top 25s: 2
Top 50s: 9
Bottom 25: 1

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{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 37
gonecountry: 43
peacebone: 48
razorshark: 54
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 55
Doc Indie Party Rock: 51
rowellfarm490: 40
Gonza'90: 44
aerodynamite: 41
Clode: 40
Red: 39
Daryl the Beryl: 39
DadJokes: 41
wheatsquares33: 39
Mirago: 38
House Lannister: 38
Juanca: 38
thethirdcurry: 38

[singingrulebritannia]

Was hoping this would beat "Never" but oh well. Stronger year in comparison to 1986

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38

Even It Up
Heart

Year-End Position: #21
Peak: #2
Weeks: 11

1024 Points
Standard Deviation: 19.64

Mirago - 7
rowellfarm490 - 19
aerodynamite - 27
Clode - 29
singingrulebritannia - 30
Red - 30
Juanca - 40
Doc Indie Party Rock - 40
DJDaveMick69 - 50
House Lannister - 53
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 54
gonecountry - 54
Daryl the Beryl - 56
peacebone - 58
wheatsquares33 - 60
razorshark - 66
DadJokes - 67
Gonza'90 - 74
thethirdcurry - 81

Movements:
37 43 48 54 55 51 40 44 41 40 39 39 41 39 38 38 38 38

Performance history:
#13 Active 1987 (Alone) | #17 Active 1990 (Wild Child) | #26 Active 1986 (These Dreams) | #34 Active 1985 (Never) | #38 Active 1986 (Nothin' at All) | #39 Active 1990 (All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You) | #41 Active 1987 (Who Will You Run To) | #41 Active 1993 (Black on Black II) | #59 Active 1987 (How Can I Refuse?) | #64 Active 1985 (What About Love) | #84 Alt 1980 (Even It Up)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

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{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
Let My Love Open the Door
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
You Shook Me All Night Long
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
You May Be Right
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
Tempus Fugit
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

We're getting closer to Heart's peak.

If nothing else, I'm hopeful that "Barracuda" will finally displace "Alone" when the time comes.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#37

Highest Ranking: 6
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 8
Top 50s: 11
Bottom 25: 3

5TH HIGHEST SD

High point: 26
Low point: 53

[singingrulebritannia]

I was pleasantly surprised we still saw legit classic-sounding Yes this late

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37

Tempus Fugit
Yes

Year-End Position: #48
Peak: #7
Weeks: 11

1125 Points
Standard Deviation: 29.71 (5TH HIGHEST)

Gonza'90 - 6
razorshark - 9
singingrulebritannia - 13
wheatsquares33 - 14
thethirdcurry - 16
rowellfarm490 - 17
Red - 17
peacebone - 22
Daryl the Beryl - 29
Juanca - 31
aerodynamite - 32
gonecountry - 52
House Lannister - 60
DadJokes - 70
Doc Indie Party Rock - 71
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 75
DJDaveMick69 - 82
Mirago - 88
Clode - 90

Movements:
46 53 38 26 36 39 34 29 30 36 33 33 34 34 36 36 37 37

Performance history:
#9 Active 1984 (Owner of a Lonely Heart) | #35 Active 1987 (Love Will Find a Way) | #38 Active 1991 (Lift Me Up) | #43 Active 1984 (It Can Happen) | #45 Active 1984 (Leave It) | #48 Active 1984 (Changes) | #60 Active 1994 (The Calling) | #62 Active 1988 (Rhythm of Love) | #65 Active 1988 (Shoot High, Aim Low)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
Let My Love Open the Door
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
You Shook Me All Night Long
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
You May Be Right
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[wheatsquares33]

No idea who Steve Forbert is, had literally never heard of this song, but what a nice sounding piece of pop rock. Not often I get a cool discovery like this off a retro mainstream rock rankdown

[Red]

Yeah, this one shocked me. I thought the constant usage of "yes" was a little goofy, but this was about as close to prime Yes as I could have possibly expected from them in 1980.

[singingrulebritannia]

right that's enough of this then

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36

You Shook Me All Night Long
AC/DC

Year-End Position: #15
Peak: #6
Weeks: 15

1148 Points
Standard Deviation: 33.84 (HIGHEST)

Juanca - 2
gonecountry - 2
Doc Indie Party Rock - 3
Clode - 4
thethirdcurry - 5
House Lannister - 11
DadJokes - 13
Mirago - 24
Daryl the Beryl - 26
Gonza'90 - 31
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 40
Red - 56
rowellfarm490 - 69
aerodynamite - 69
razorshark - 73
DJDaveMick69 - 75
wheatsquares33 - 80
singingrulebritannia - 89
peacebone - 99

Movements:
93 60 74 74 67 63 62 57 57 45 45 42 39 41 39 37 36 36

Performance history:
#10 Active 1990 (Thunderstruck) | #12 Active 1981 (Back in Black) | #37 Active 1981 (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap) | #41 Active 2009 (Rock N Roll Train) | #48 Active 1982 (For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)) | #56 Active 1991 (Moneytalks) | #61 Active 2008 (Rock N Roll Train) | #64 Active 1982 (Let's Get It Up) | #64 Active 2009 (Big Jack) | #73 Active 2001 (Safe in New York City) | #73 Active 2015 (Rock or Bust) | #74 Active 2000 (Satellite Blues) | #76 Active 2000 (Stiff Upper Lip) | #79 Alt 1980 (You Shook Me All Night Long) | #80 Active 2014 (Play Ball) | #82 Active 2000 (Meltdown) | #85 Alt 2008 (Rock N Roll Train) | #90 Active 2008 (Dirty Eyes) | #92 Active 1993 (Big Gun) | #92 Active 1995 (Hard as a Rock) | #93 Alt 1980 (What Do You Do for Money Honey) | #97 Active 1996 (Cover You in Oil)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

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{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
Let My Love Open the Door
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
You May Be Right
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[razorshark]

Forbert has grown on me since I submitted but I forgot to edit. Good song. Sad at Yes going out :(

[Red]

"#37 Active 1981 (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap)"

Well, if I didn't regret not doing 1981 before, this finishing ahead of Bon Scott-era AC/DC did the trick.

[wheatsquares33]

SHE WAS A FAST MACHINE APPLE BOTTOM JEANS

[peacebone]

SHE WAS ARGH FERST MUHCHEEN SHE KEP MUH MOHTUH CLEAR

[singingrulebritannia]

--#35

Highest Ranking: 6
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 5
Top 50s: 14
Bottom 25: 2
Bottom 10s: 1

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{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 17
gonecountry: 13
peacebone: 15
razorshark: 31
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 25
Doc Indie Party Rock: 24
rowellfarm490: 27
Gonza'90: 32
aerodynamite: 33
Clode: 34
Red: 36
Daryl the Beryl: 35
DadJokes: 32
wheatsquares33: 32
Mirago: 32
House Lannister: 32
Juanca: 34
thethirdcurry: 35

[singingrulebritannia]

drops 9 from the Hot 100 rankdown

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35

Let My Love Open the Door
Pete Townshend

Year-End Position: #9
Peak: #1
Weeks: 14

1164 Points
Standard Deviation: 23.89

DJDaveMick69 - 6
DadJokes - 8
gonecountry - 17
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 17
Doc Indie Party Rock - 21
Mirago - 29
Daryl the Beryl - 31
aerodynamite - 31
rowellfarm490 - 33
peacebone - 37
House Lannister - 41
thethirdcurry - 43
singingrulebritannia - 45
wheatsquares33 - 47
Juanca - 51
Red - 51
Clode - 62
Gonza'90 - 90
razorshark - 95

Movements:
17 13 15 31 25 24 27 32 33 34 36 35 32 32 32 32 34 35

Performance history:
#34 Active 1986 (Face the Face) | #37 Active 1986 (Give Blood) | #50 Active 1980 (Rough Boys) | #91 Alt 1980 (Rough Boys) | #99 Active 1989 (A Friend Is a Friend)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
You May Be Right
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

Pleasant little song, but, really, there's not much more to it than that.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#34

Highest Ranking: 8
Top 10s: 1
Top 25s: 5
Top 50s: 15
Bottom 25: 1

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{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 57
gonecountry: 33
peacebone: 56
razorshark: 44
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 41
Doc Indie Party Rock: 33
rowellfarm490: 36
Gonza'90: 36
aerodynamite: 35
Clode: 32
Red: 34
Daryl the Beryl: 38
DadJokes: 37
wheatsquares33: 35
Mirago: 34
House Lannister: 34
Juanca: 33
thethirdcurry: 34

[singingrulebritannia]

Cleared of the rankdown, but not before posting 2 new career highs (unfortunately)
The song also gains 11 from the Hot 100 rankdown

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34

You May Be Right
Billy Joel

Year-End Position: #37
Peak: #2
Weeks: 9

1171 Points
Standard Deviation: 20.76

Juanca - 8
wheatsquares33 - 15
Clode - 16
razorshark - 17
gonecountry - 19
Gonza'90 - 27
Doc Indie Party Rock - 32
House Lannister - 32
Mirago - 33
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 38
DadJokes - 40
DJDaveMick69 - 46
rowellfarm490 - 47
thethirdcurry - 48
aerodynamite - 50
Red - 61
singingrulebritannia - 62
Daryl the Beryl - 72
peacebone - 85

Movements:
57 33 56 44 41 33 36 36 35 32 34 38 37 35 34 34 33 34

Performance history:
#40 Active 1980 (It's Still Rock and Roll to Me) | #43 Active 1982 (Pressure) | #74 Active 1990 (I Go to Extremes) | #75 Active 1981 (Say Goodbye to Hollywood (Live)) | #82 Active 1986 (A Matter of Trust)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
Jane
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

Yeah, not particularly a big fan of either of his songs here topping "Pressure", but, at least in this case, he can definitely do worse.

[singingrulebritannia]

--#33

Highest Ranking: 5
Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 7
Top 50s: 13
Bottom 25: 3

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{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 40
gonecountry: 32
peacebone: 32
razorshark: 20
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 20
Doc Indie Party Rock: 18
rowellfarm490: 16
Gonza'90: 25
aerodynamite: 26
Clode: 27
Red: 26
Daryl the Beryl: 30
DadJokes: 31
wheatsquares33: 26
Mirago: 30
House Lannister: 29
Juanca: 29
thethirdcurry: 33

[gonecountry]

I don't see how Linda Ronstadt is still in this. And really surprised Christopher Cross is still in this too..

[singingrulebritannia]

Falls 15 short of its Lost Hits performance

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33

Jane
Jefferson Starship

Year-End Position: #82
Peak: #3
Weeks: 11

1178 Points
Standard Deviation: 25.37

wheatsquares33 - 5
razorshark - 7
rowellfarm490 - 13
Clode - 18
Doc Indie Party Rock - 24
House Lannister - 24
peacebone - 25
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 26
singingrulebritannia - 26
DadJokes - 27
Juanca - 35
Red - 35
gonecountry - 45
DJDaveMick69 - 55
aerodynamite - 63
Mirago - 70
Gonza'90 - 80
Daryl the Beryl - 80
thethirdcurry - 83

Movements:
40 32 32 20 20 18 16 25 26 27 26 30 31 26 30 29 29 33

Performance history:
#70 Active 1981 (Find Your Way Back) | #72 Active 1984 (No Way Out) | #83 Active 1984 (Layin' It on the Line)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Play the Game
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

Doesn't reinvent the wheel, just checks notes nice late-70's AOR.

[singingrulebritannia]

Sept 6, 2021 20:05:16 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

I don't see how Linda Ronstadt is still in this. And really surprised Christopher Cross is still in this too..

When you have the 3rd worst closeness you're going to find yourself out of lockstep with people on many songs--just accept you were built different


--#32

Highest Ranking: 7
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 6
Top 50s: 14
Bottom 25: 1
Bottom 10s: 1

SPOILER: Click to show

{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 49
gonecountry: 62
peacebone: 59
razorshark: 50
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 52
Doc Indie Party Rock: 41
rowellfarm490: 42
Gonza'90: 38
aerodynamite: 42
Clode: 39
Red: 38
Daryl the Beryl: 37
DadJokes: 36
wheatsquares33: 36
Mirago: 35
House Lannister: 35
Juanca: 35
thethirdcurry: 32

[singingrulebritannia]

the titans take their first blow

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32

Play the Game
Queen

Year-End Position: #76
Peak: #4
Weeks: 8

1193 Points
Standard Deviation: 22.32

thethirdcurry - 7
Juanca - 9
Clode - 12
Gonza'90 - 12
Doc Indie Party Rock - 19
razorshark - 20
Mirago - 30
wheatsquares33 - 32
DadJokes - 38
House Lannister - 40
Red - 40
Daryl the Beryl - 43
rowellfarm490 - 46
singingrulebritannia - 49
DJDaveMick69 - 51
peacebone - 56
Butterflies & Hurricanes - 65
gonecountry - 66
aerodynamite - 91

Movements:
49 62 59 50 52 41 42 38 42 39 38 37 36 36 35 35 35 32

Performance history:
#14 Active 1989 (I Want It All) | #16 Active 1982 (Under Pressure w/ David Bowie) | #29 Alt 1980 (Another One Bites The Dust) | #29 Active 1991 (Headlong) | #30 Alt 1981 (Under Pressure w/ David Bowie) | #58 Active 1986 (One Vision)

Spectators:
tanooki
Optical Apex

SPOILER: Click to show

{Remaining Songs}
Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2
And the Cradle Will Rock...
Brass in Pocket
Refugee
Misunderstanding
The Spirit of Radio
Train in Vain
Sara
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Fool In the Rain
Another One Bites the Dust
Touch and Go
Ashes to Ashes
Games Without Frontiers
Cars
How Do I Make You
Heartbreaker
You Better Run
Ride Like the Wind
I Got You
Living After Midnight
Turn It On Again
Run Like Hell
Against the Wind
Comfortably Numb
Hungry Heart
I Don't Like Mondays
Don't Do Me Like That
Whip It
Heaven and Hell

[Red]

For a Queen ballad, it's definitely not too shabby...but, barring a few songs, I've always felt that they were at their least interesting when they performed ballads.

Also, what on earth is that video

[gonecountry]

Sept 6, 2021 20:12:38 GMT -5 singingrulebritannia said:

Sept 6, 2021 20:05:16 GMT -5 gonecountry said:

I don't see how Linda Ronstadt is still in this. And really surprised Christopher Cross is still in this too..

When you have the 3rd worst closeness you're going to find yourself out of lockstep with people on many songs--just accept you were built different

SPOILER: Click to show

It may be the 1st worst by the time we get to the end....    

[singingrulebritannia]

--#31

Highest Ranking: 2
Top 5s: 1
Top 10s: 2
Top 25s: 5
Top 50s: 14

SPOILER: Click to show

{Movements}
singingrulebritannia + DJDaveMick69: 25
gonecountry: 22
peacebone: 20
razorshark: 29
Butterflies & Hurricanes: 28
Doc Indie Party Rock: 20
rowellfarm490: 22
Gonza'90: 24
aerodynamite: 21
Clode: 22
Red: 25
Daryl the Beryl: 25
DadJokes: 28
wheatsquares33: 31
Mirago: 31
House Lannister: 31
Juanca: 31
thethirdcurry: 31