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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:20:39 GMT -5
#14 PREVIEW
Stats High: 4 (x2) Low: 40
Top Fives: 3 Top Tens: 8 Top Halves: 12 Bottom Tens: 5 Bottom Fives: 2
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:25:26 GMT -5
I thought this song was a lock for the top ten here, even in a RD as loaded as this one was. Whew, you guys had other plans.
Songs in the Key of Life is as good as everyone says it is, and this, at least to me, is the peak of the album, a song that goes from a really nice, lovely ballad into an extended banger.
Congrats on clearing your bottom ten, Troy.
#14 Stevie Wonder As
Points: 439 Standard Deviation: 12.27 (8th highest) Where I'd Rank It: #28 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #14
Rankings singingrulebritannia - 4 BB🌕 - 4 valleyghost01 - 5 alexcuse - 8 io - 9 rowellfarm490 - 9 Trilogy - 10 ccarter1023 - 10 willapted33 - 11 wheatsquares33 - 13 Geometrical - 14 samo🦕 - 15 MoD - 25 Lordef†ones - 27 Troy - 32 American Idiot - 33 Leaf - 33 aerodynamite - 38 janinho - 40
Movements 21 13 19 31 24 19 16 12 11 9 8 10 12 12 13 13 13 14 14
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun Future Me Hates Me The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman Dot in the Sky True Faith Street Spirit (Fade Out) Paint It Black Be My Baby Dazzle Uncertain Smile
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:29:22 GMT -5
#13 PREVIEW
Stats High: 3 Low: 38
Top Fives: 2 Top Tens: 6 Top Halves: 11 Bottom Tens: 2 Bottom Fives: 1
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:34:01 GMT -5
The big pleasant surprise of the rankdown for me. I thought this would get buried somewhere in the bottom half, only for it to make a serious push for the top ten a decent chunk of the rankdown instead. For a song that is, arguably, not one of the generally-considered tippy top songs for Siouxsie Sioux, that's pretty cool.
Congrats on clearing your bottom ten, ccarter1023.
#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees Dazzle
Points: 442 Standard Deviation: 9.69 (9th lowest) Where I'd Rank It: #30 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #12
Rankings aerodynamite - 3 BB🌕 - 5 American Idiot - 8 samo🦕 - 8 alexcuse - 9 valleyghost01 - 9 wheatsquares33 - 11 Geometrical - 15 MoD - 16 willapted33 - 17 Trilogy - 19 Troy - 22 Lordef†ones - 23 Leaf - 24 singingrulebritannia - 25 io - 25 rowellfarm490 - 28 ccarter1023 - 32 janinho - 38
Movements 39 34 23 15 16 25 20 14 14 16 15 13 15 14 12 14 14 13 13
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun Future Me Hates Me The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman Dot in the Sky True Faith Street Spirit (Fade Out) Paint It Black Be My Baby Uncertain Smile
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:37:46 GMT -5
#12 PREVIEW
Stats High: 3 (x2) Low: 37
Top Fives: 3 Top Tens: 4 Top Halves: 10 Bottom Tens: 1 Bottom Fives: 1
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:42:11 GMT -5
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:46:22 GMT -5
#11 PREVIEW
Stats High: 2 Low: 39
Top Fives: 5 Top Tens: 8 Top Halves: 11 Bottom Tens: 3 Bottom Fives: 2
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:51:37 GMT -5
Radiohead have created four albums with songs that I would say are among the very best I have ever heard, and at least two albums with multiple. That is insane to me. The Bends probably isn't as strong from top to bottom as OK Computer, but its peaks are fairly comparable, and none moreso than here.
Congrats on clearing your bottom ten just in time, American Idiot.
#11 Radiohead Street Spirit (Fade Out)
Points: 449 Standard Deviation: 12.49 (7th highest) Where I'd Rank It: #9 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #11
Rankings willapted33 - 2 io - 3 Geometrical - 4 Troy - 4 wheatsquares33 - 4 rowellfarm490 - 6 Trilogy - 8 valleyghost01 - 10 Leaf - 11 BB🌕 - 19 ccarter1023 - 20 alexcuse - 23 samo🦕 - 25 singingrulebritannia - 26 janinho - 26 aerodynamite - 30 Lordef†ones - 32 MoD - 38 American Idiot - 39
Movements 30 18 27 32 22 24 13 17 16 14 13 11 10 11 14 12 12 12 11
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman Dot in the Sky True Faith Paint It Black Be My Baby Uncertain Smile
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Post by Red on May 23, 2022 20:53:44 GMT -5
THE TOP TEN The Beatles - Here Comes the Sun The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights The Cure - Lullaby Daft Punk - One More Time David Bowie - Starman Drab Majesty - Dot in the Sky New Order - True Faith The Rolling Stones - Paint It Black The Ronettes - Be My Baby The The - Uncertain Smile
Have any predictions? Any surprises or disappointments with this top ten? Let me (and everyone) else know with a post or two about it!
This thread gets lonely sometimes, it could use the support.
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Post by aerodynamite on May 23, 2022 21:04:17 GMT -5
how did you do in PE today
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Post by valleyghost01 on May 23, 2022 22:13:13 GMT -5
I think I might have underranked "Future Me Hates Me". Also, "Wake Up" sounded a little bit like "Middle Fingers" by Missio but much, much better.
Didn't really expect "Be My Baby" to be this high, but I'm glad it is. The song is easily one of the best from 1963 - and probably could even win a rankdown for that year, if we ever end up making one (that or Surfin USA).
Impressive that "Court of the Crimson King" is from 1969, and still sounds like it could have been made in the last 20 years.
It would be interesting to see if people on Pulse prefer Fake Plastic Trees or this Radiohead song. It might be a tough one for me, but I think I liked this one even more.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 23, 2022 22:17:50 GMT -5
Considering "The Man With The Child In His Eyes" and "As" made the top 10 in competitive rankdowns recently anyway, I'm not really upset that they fell short here. I assume my remaining ranks will be in your next stats post so I won't paste all of mine here, but suffice it to say, I'm quite happy with 8 top 10s and nothing below my high 4-star range. Especially pleased to see "Uncertain Smile" here after top 10 was stolen from it in its Alt rankdown.
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Post by Red on May 24, 2022 5:21:46 GMT -5
Early in the morning...STATS
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:26:34 GMT -5
Hey! Sorry about the long wait, but I've been pretty busy with work and working a new shift, so I haven't really had enough time to be around Pulse too much. That said, we have business to take care of.
You may already know how top ten previews work with me, but, if you don't, I will be posting three stats along with a fact that may or may not only interest me.
#10 PREVIEW
#1s: 2 Top Half Rankings: 12 Bottom Tens: 3
Seven points separate #10 from #11.
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:30:33 GMT -5
You may think this song is overrated, but the influence this song wound up having on popular music as a whole cannot be overstated. You could argue that fucking Pet Sounds doesn't exist without this song as an influence on Brian Wilson. Even without the influence, this is a stunningly gorgeous and bittersweet song that will stand the test of time for as long as popular music is a thing.
Sorry, BB🌕 and samo🦕...but hey, at least aerodynamite's albatross has been lifted.
#10 The Ronettes Be My Baby
Points: 456 Standard Deviation: 11.25 Where I'd Rank It: #13 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #10
Rankings BB🌕 - 1 samo🦕 - 1 willapted33 - 5 valleyghost01 - 6 singingrulebritannia - 7 Trilogy - 7 io - 14 alexcuse - 14 Leaf - 14 ccarter1023 - 16 Geometrical - 17 American Idiot - 18 Troy - 21 rowellfarm490 - 23 wheatsquares33 - 24 MoD - 30 Lordef†ones - 31 janinho - 35 aerodynamite - 39
Movements 20 10 13 18 17 15 12 9 9 11 10 12 11 9 10 9 9 11 10
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman Dot in the Sky True Faith Paint It Black Uncertain Smile
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 28, 2022 18:31:43 GMT -5
cannot count how many times I've heard this drum beat in other songs
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:35:17 GMT -5
cannot count how many times I've heard this drum beat in other songs
#9 PREVIEW
Movements Spent in Top Ten: 9 Standard Deviation: 10th Lowest Top Fives: 3
Not a lot separates #9 from #6. In fact, less than ten points separate all four.
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Post by Geometrical on May 28, 2022 18:35:22 GMT -5
You could argue that fucking Pet Sounds doesn't exist without this song as an influence on Brian Wilson. Web is now looking for a way to time travel and prevent the Ronettes from coming into existence
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:40:48 GMT -5
"Dazzle" being a top ten threat was the biggest surprise of the rankdown to me, but this making the top ten has to be second.
This is a pretty damn good song for the first couple of minutes, but then Jools Holland comes in with one of the greatest solos in any song, regardless of instrument, and the song elevates itself to another level entirely.
#9 The The Uncertain Smile
Points: 474 Standard Deviation: 9.74 (10th lowest) Where I'd Rank It: #29 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #9
Rankings singingrulebritannia - 3 Troy - 3 Geometrical - 5 Leaf - 6 valleyghost01 - 7 MoD - 9 American Idiot - 12 aerodynamite - 12 rowellfarm490 - 13 willapted33 - 15 samo🦕 - 17 BB🌕 - 18 alexcuse - 19 Lordef†ones - 22 Trilogy - 24 io - 24 ccarter1023 - 28 wheatsquares33 - 32 janinho - 36
Movements 15 21 15 11 14 17 10 11 13 13 11 8 8 8 6 7 6 6 9
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman Dot in the Sky True Faith Paint It Black
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 28, 2022 18:43:47 GMT -5
BUT IF THE SWEAT POURS OUT, JUST SHOUT
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:44:54 GMT -5
#8 PREVIEW
Highest Point: #5 #1s: 2 Bottom Tens: 2
After a few slight stumbles early, this song entrenched itself in the top ten and never looked back.
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Post by Geometrical on May 28, 2022 18:45:41 GMT -5
Honestly I think I love this song more with every listen
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:49:49 GMT -5
Those of you who know your rankdown history may remember this song's performance in the first edition of Rock Madness, where it made the top ten in the final, despite going up against similarly strong competition. That's why I wasn't surprised about this song's performance. It has navigated shark-infested waters before.
There's just something intoxicating about this song that I can't properly explain, a catchiness that just sticks with you for days, months, or, in my case, years.
Congrats on clearing your bottom tens, willapted33 and io, wherever you are...and sorry, American Idiot and especially Geometrical, but I'm sure you're happy that your favorite song made the top ten once again.
#8 Drab Majesty Dot in the Sky
Points: 477 Standard Deviation: 10.63 Where I'd Rank It: #12 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #7
Rankings American Idiot - 1 Geometrical - 1 rowellfarm490 - 4 Leaf - 5 aerodynamite - 6 MoD - 8 valleyghost01 - 12 Troy - 12 alexcuse - 13 samo🦕 - 14 singingrulebritannia - 17 BB🌕 - 20 Trilogy - 21 janinho - 22 wheatsquares33 - 23 ccarter1023 - 26 Lordef†ones - 26 willapted33 - 32 io - 39
Movements 14 19 7 7 10 12 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 5 8 7 8 8
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun The Downtown Lights Lullaby One More Time Starman True Faith Paint It Black
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Post by Geometrical on May 28, 2022 18:53:14 GMT -5
Considering all the behemoths this was up against, I will certainly say I am satisfied with a top 10 placement for what is one of my favourite songs of all-time, if not my favourite on several days!
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 18:55:08 GMT -5
#7 PREVIEW
Movements Spent Outside of the Top Ten: 3 Top Fives: 3 Bottom Fives: 1
Most of the remaining songs have a notable standard deviation. This is one of the few that doesn't.
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 19:00:00 GMT -5
This song just wore me down. At first, I really liked it. Over time, I grew to love it. At some point in the last couple of years, though, this went from being a song that I appreciated a lot to one of my favorite songs, a stunner that just does not lose any of its shine after hundreds of listens. 5:25, in particular, is one of my favorite moments in any song. I'M TIRED OF CRYING ON THE STAIIIIRRRRRSSSSS
Congrats on clearing your bottom ten, janinho...and sorry, wheatsquares33.
#7 The Blue Nile The Downtown Lights
Points: 482 Standard Deviation: 10.53 Where I'd Rank It: #16 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #6
Rankings wheatsquares33 - 1 singingrulebritannia - 2 aerodynamite - 4 rowellfarm490 - 7 Leaf - 7 Geometrical - 9 MoD - 10 American Idiot - 11 io - 12 BB🌕 - 12 Trilogy - 15 samo🦕 - 16 ccarter1023 - 19 willapted33 - 24 Lordef†ones - 24 valleyghost01 - 27 Troy - 28 alexcuse - 30 janinho - 39
Movements 17 15 12 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 10 9 10 10 9 7
{Songs Remaining}Here Comes the Sun Lullaby One More Time Starman True Faith Paint It Black
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Post by singingrulebritannia on May 28, 2022 19:02:20 GMT -5
So...this was my #1 until I switched it on the final day
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 19:04:16 GMT -5
#6 PREVIEW
Top Fives: 2 Top Half Rankings: 14 Bottom Tens: 0
This is the only song remaining that doesn't have a #1 attached to it.
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 19:08:35 GMT -5
The Rolling Stones heard The Beatles implementing the sitar into their music and thought, "It's time for us to ruin these guys' whole careers." But really, it's not the sitar that continues to stick out for me with this song. That distinction goes to the impeccable, forceful drumming from the late, great Charlie Watts.
And now, we wait to see if it improves its performance in the 1966 RD...
#6 The Rolling Stones Paint It Black
Points: 483 Standard Deviation: 7.54 (2nd lowest) Where I'd Rank It: #19 Where It Would Have Finished: w/ My Rank: #8
Rankings valleyghost01 - 4 alexcuse - 5 ccarter1023 - 7 Troy - 7 aerodynamite - 8 io - 8 willapted33 - 12 janinho - 15 rowellfarm490 - 15 Leaf - 15 samo🦕 - 19 MoD - 19 Lordef†ones - 19 wheatsquares33 - 20 Trilogy - 22 Geometrical - 23 singingrulebritannia - 24 BB🌕 - 24 American Idiot - 30
Movements 10 14 18 13 9 7 8 10 7 8 6 6 7 7 7 6 8 7 6
{The Top Five}Here Comes the Sun Lullaby One More Time Starman True Faith
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Post by Red on May 28, 2022 19:13:07 GMT -5
#5 PREVIEW
#1s: 1 Movements Spent in Top Ten: All Bottom Tens: 3
Hey, remember when I mentioned how "The Downtown Lights" was one of the last songs without a notable standard deviation? Here's the last song without a top ten high or low SD.
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