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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 12:48:38 GMT -5
I forgot to mention, singingrulebritannia lost his final bottom-10 with "Good Girls Don't". Congrats. |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Dec 20, 2023 12:49:24 GMT -5
I wasn't sure how quickly I'd clear my bottom 10 in this rankdown, given there were only 8 lists and some of them could be quite different from mine, but I'm happy to see it didn't take that long. For reference, "Good Girls Don't" was my #64 and "Bad Case of Loving You" was my #90 in 1979 Mainstream Rock, and I'd still call that rankdown better than average, so that tells you how far this list is above everything that came before it.
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:00:46 GMT -5
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Dave Edmonds "Girls Talk"
Points: 277 Standard Deviation: 16.28 Ranking without my list: #75
90 @crapkuki23
Apparently the "living end" reference is from a 50's movie based on Rock n Roll and Elvis Presley. This same reference led to the name of the 90's band The Living End, who did "Prisoner of Society".
Personal rating: 3.5/5
Up next: A song with two rankings in the 30's and two bottom-10's lost. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:09:32 GMT -5
76 The Slits "Typical Girls"
Points: 280 Standard Deviation: 21.99 Ranking without my list: #82
71 @crapkuki23 92 American Idiot
The lead singer Ari Up was 17 when this came out. Neneh Cherry was also a background singer for the record this came from (she later had songs in the late 80s/ early 90s on Alt rankdowns, including one with REM). I also like how the background music sounds a bit like "London Calling" (even though the album came out a few month before the Clash one came out).
Personal ranking: 4.5/5
Up next: Two bottom-10 rankings, and three top-50 rankings also. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:16:52 GMT -5
This one caused alot of controversy more recently due to the n-word being used in the second verse of this song. Anyway, here's the obligatory low-ranking for an Elvis Costello song. Will "Accidents Will Happen" make the top-50? We will see
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Elvis Costello and the Attractions "Oliver's Army"
Points: 284 Standard Deviation: 20.49 Ranking without my list: #68
82 @crapkuki23 97 American IdiotPersonal ranking: 3/5
Up next: Two top-30 rankings out, and two bottom 10's and both are bottom-5. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:25:43 GMT -5
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The Pop Group
"She Is Beyond Good and Evil"
Points: 285 Standard Deviation: 26.87 Ranking without my list: #81
57 @crapkuki23 |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:31:31 GMT -5
I guess the doggie won't be taken for a walk. Sorry @crapkuki23
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Devo "Clock Out"
Points: 290 Standard Deviation: 24.75 Ranking without my list: #72
12 @crapkuki23
These guys were featured on Family Guy once. Personal rating: 4/5
Up next: Two bottom 10's and one top-20 out. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:39:35 GMT -5
Congrats, American Idiot for clearing your #100. You win a trip to the dock of Tiger Bay.
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Ian Dury and the Blockheads "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick"
Points: 292 Standard Deviation: 27.39 Ranking without my list: #66
75 @crapkuki23
Two Fat Persons, Click Click Click. I can appreciate the use of him speaking in other languages at certain points, and listing all these different locations around the world, which is kinda unique. But still, I could only give it a 3/5 (I only put 5 songs below a 3/5). This guy is also older than Paul McCartney.
Up next: Someone loses a top 10 and another loses a bottom 5. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 13:48:57 GMT -5
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The Skids "Into the Valley"
Points: 299 Standard Deviation: 24.28 Ranking without my list: #76
72 @crapkuki23 97 Butterflies & Hurricanes
These are the same guys who would form Big Country.
Personal rating: 4/5
Up next: A top-20 lost. Two bottom 20's also out. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:01:15 GMT -5
The Fabulous Poodles "Mirror Star"
Points: 303 Standard Deviation: 20.37 Ranking without my list: #69
75 @crapkuki23 86 Ernesto This actually did better here than on the 1979 Active rankdown, wow.
I like hearing other songs about introverts like myself.
My rating: 4/5
Up next: Two top-50 rankings, one being a top-40. Two bottom 20's also. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:08:03 GMT -5
funny number
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Generation X "Valley of the Dolls"
Points: 314 Standard Deviation: 15.75 Ranking without my list: #71
37 @crapkuki23 88 singingrulebritannia Valley of the Dolls was also the name of a late-60's film with Sharon Tate, who would be killed by Charles Manson's gang two years later.
Up next: 3 top-40 rankings (2 are top-30) but two bottom 10's (both bottom 5). |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:21:49 GMT -5
68 Public Image, Ltd. "Memories"
Points: 330 Standard Deviation: 27.27 Ranking without my list: #73
67 @crapkuki23
John Lydon actually alluded to Jimmy Savile being a pedo over 30 years before the allegations were made public
Personal rating: 4.5/5
Up next: One top-40 ranking out, and one bottom-20 ranking out. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:32:37 GMT -5
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999 "Homicide"
Points: 337 Standard Deviation: 15.74 Ranking without my list: #70
55 @crapkuki23
In late 1976, Chrissie Hynde actually auditioned for this band and failed. The Pretenders are now far more well-known than 999. The band's namesake is the emergency number in the UK.
Up next: This is the last rank I'm revealing for today. It has only two top-50 ranks and nobody ranked it below 80. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:40:54 GMT -5
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Siouxsie and the Banshees "Playground Twist"
Points: 338 Standard Deviation: 11.16 Ranking without my list: #64
54 @crapkuki23
This is actually the worst performance of any Siouxsie and the Banshees song in a rock rankdown here. Her next lowest was a #57 with "Swimming Horses" in 1984. This band also had the first #1 on an Alt chart when the actual chart first came out in 1988, with "Peak-A-Boo". I'm pretty familiar with their music, since me and my Mom had 5 CD's of theirs when I was young. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 20, 2023 14:41:39 GMT -5
Tomorrow, I plan to get #65 through #51 out of the way. It will probably be around 9 AM that I start reveals.
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 11:49:12 GMT -5
Time to get back to the rankdown. I am getting #65 all the way to #41 out of the way today.
#65 has the third highest SD in the rankdown.
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 11:57:51 GMT -5
The Damned "Love Song"
Points: 342 Standard Deviation: 31.45 (Third Highest) Ranking without my list: #62
53 @crapkuki23 92 Doc Indie Party Rock
"I'll Be the Luggage, You'll be the porter"
A British magazine once described their lead singer as a runaway from the Addams Family.
#64 has two bottom 5 ranks, but also a top 20 rank. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 12:04:46 GMT -5
64 The Boomtown Rats "I Don't Like Mondays"
Points: 344 Standard Deviation: 27.44 Ranking without my list: #59
97 @crapkuki23
"Silicon chip inside her head has switched to overload"
Here, we have the second most iconic song about a school shooting from the 70s, besides "Ohio" Personal rating: 4/5
Up next: 3 top-40 rankings out, and one bottom 10. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 12:12:23 GMT -5
63 Shoes "Too Late"
Points: 349 Standard Deviation: 20.20 Ranking without my list: #67
64 @crapkuki23
This group's members later began a record company, which Local H would sign to. Personal rating: 4.5/5 (Solid power pop)
Up next: Another top-20 loss and another bottom 10 loss. |
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Dec 23, 2023 12:16:05 GMT -5
oh fuck you guys
you seriously don't like The Damned of all bands? Machine Gun Etiquette is one of the best punk albums of the 70s, bar none. Frankly not much tops it in any other era either
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 12:33:11 GMT -5
62 Buzzcocks "Harmony in My Head"
Points: 354 Standard Deviation: 27.94 Ranking without my list: #57
19 @crapkuki23
Henry Rollins of Blag Flag had a radio show named after this song.
Personal rating: 4/5
Up next: This one and #61 were tied. Two top-20 rankings exist for this one, but also two bottom-20's. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 12:42:15 GMT -5
61 The Kinks "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman"
Points: 354 Standard Deviation: 26.65 Ranking without my list: #54
46 @crapkuki23
"I'd like to fly but I can't even swim"
The Kinks were once banned from the US in the mid-60's due to their chaotic concerts. Personal ranking: 4/5 (This one is the lowest I ranked to have at least a 4/5, meaning I ranked 76 songs on here a 4/5 or higher)
Up next: Two top-30 rankings go out the window, and one person ranked it almost bottom-10. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 12:59:00 GMT -5
60 The Clash "English Civil War"
Points: 355 Standard Deviation: 24.66 Ranking without my list: #58
22 @crapkuki23
HURRAH TALAH
The Clash had a song in the bottom 50 on the 1980 Alt Year End and the same thing happens here. For these guys, I don't know if I can give any fun facts here - there are so much out there about them. I would absolutely recommend anyone on here to look at the documentary "The Future is Unwritten". These guys were also instrumental in forming the Rock Against Racism festival in the late-70s. Personal rating: 4/5
Up next: One top-20 gone, and one bottom-20 gone. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 23, 2023 13:03:56 GMT -5
I will be taking a break from revealing, but I should certainly be back for more reveals before I need to start work (5 PM ET). Otherwise, I'll be back to reveals tonight.
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 24, 2023 11:59:26 GMT -5
I also will plan on posting more reveals later this evening. Merry Christmas.
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Post by gonecountry on Dec 24, 2023 20:32:27 GMT -5
Merry Christmas!
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 27, 2023 1:16:52 GMT -5
59 The Pretenders "Stop Your Sobbing"
Points: 360 Standard Deviation: 19.25 Ranking without my list: #60
78 @crapkuki23
This is also a Kinks cover. Chrissie Hynde started dating one of their members in 1979. I also remember this going on a Lost Hits rankdown. Personal rating: 4.5/5
Up next: Someone loses a top 10, another almost loses a bottom 10. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 27, 2023 1:27:40 GMT -5
58 The Specials "Concrete Jungle"
Points: 363 Standard Deviation: 27.01 Ranking without my list: #65
39 @crapkuki23
Sadly, one of the lead singers of The Specials passed away last year at 63 years old. RIP Terry Hall
Personal rating: 4.5/5
Up next: Only one top-30 ranking, but also only one bottom-20 ranking. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 27, 2023 1:37:24 GMT -5
gonecountry has been waiting so long for this bottom 20 to be removed.  57
David Bowie "Look Back in Anger"
Points: 372 Standard Deviation: 16.22 Ranking without my list: #61
62 @crapkuki23 82 gonecountry
David Bowie's original stage name was Davey Jones, but he changed it to avoid confusion with the Monkees band member.
Personal rating: 4.5/5
Up next: Someone almost loses a top 20 and someone almost loses a bottom 20. |
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Post by Optical Apex on Dec 27, 2023 1:44:36 GMT -5
56 Grace Jones "On Your Knees"
Points: 376 Standard Deviation: 18.93 Ranking without my list: #63
74 @crapkuki23
Grace Jones was also an actress and had a major role in the James Bond film "A View to A Kill" as a bodyguard to the main antagonist. Personal rating: 5/5
Up next: A top 20 loss but also a bottom 10. Someone else nearly loses a top 20 also. |
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