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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Jan 23, 2023 22:41:38 GMT -5
Can't believe Want Want is still in... Can't believe you were allowed to send a list. I don’t think people understand. I’m not scared of petty bitches on the internet. I’m from New York. Meet me outside how bout that?!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Jan 23, 2023 22:42:33 GMT -5
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Post by Fire on Jan 23, 2023 22:44:42 GMT -5
so i found enemy terrible the first time i heard it but it grew on me lol i like it now kinda a guilty pleasure but still it deserved to at least beat bones
speaking of which: "My patience is waning/Is this entertaining?" no it's just sad coming from someone who used to love your work
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 22:56:59 GMT -5
Let's see if I can get through extras before falling asleep.
First up, an okay enough song that wouldn't have been unwelcome here.EXTRA Starcrawler RoadkillChart Peak: #40 Chart Weeks: 1Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 22:57:28 GMT -5
I like this! In this slightly less quality year than the last couple of years, this likely would have landed pretty high on my list.EXTRA Yot Club u dont kno meChart Peak: #35 Chart Weeks: 1Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 22:57:40 GMT -5
Here's a song from 2016 randomly showing up for a week. Another pretty solid song.EXTRA Joy Again Looking Out for YouChart Peak: #36 Chart Weeks: 1Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 22:57:56 GMT -5
I've heard better songs from ODESZA, but I've also heard worse, too.EXTRA ODESZA f/ MARO Better NowChart Peak: #33 Chart Weeks: 1Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 22:59:40 GMT -5
You've seen a song from 2016 show up as an extra. Now, here's a song from 2014 showing up for a week! The song's alright.
walt91EXTRA The Walters I Love You SoChart Peak: #35 Chart Weeks: 1Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Red on Jan 23, 2023 23:00:00 GMT -5
And here's the first of, I believe, six Mediabase extras that are going to get a bit of an extra spotlight.
MEDIABASE EXTRA The Weeknd GasolineTotal Spins: 1790 Chart Peak: #38 Chart Weeks: 6Feel free to share your thoughts on this song below!
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Post by Juan Carlos on Jan 23, 2023 23:41:42 GMT -5
Can't believe Want Want is still in... Any disrespect towards "Want Want" is not tolerable in this forum. Be aware of that.
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Jan 23, 2023 23:44:26 GMT -5
If anyone took that Want Want post seriously, I am disappointed in you!
My only grudge against Ms. Maggie Rogers was during March madness like two years ago when her (admittedly good song) beat the perfection that is My Game by Zella Day lol.
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Post by Doc Indie Party Rock on Jan 24, 2023 2:12:45 GMT -5
LOL! watching everyone rag on these crap songs makes up for actually having to sit through them for this RD.
100. Dirty Heads - Life's Been Good - Totally butchered my favorite Joe Walsh jam. Plus I've walys hated this band's music anyway.
99. Oliver Tree - Life Goes On Acts like this guy and others who sound like him is what is wrong with today's Alternative Rock chart.
98. Boy With Uke. - Toxic Self explanatory title. Toxic to the genre. toxic to my ears. he can stick that Uke where the sun don't shine. Let's keep tanking these TIKTOK trvaesties.
97. AJR - I Won't I ranked this travesty higher than almost 30 of you .That is a strong statement about how awfully bad Alt music 2022 was.
96. Machine Gun Kelly anmd Willow - Emo Girl I'm guessing it's a lyrics thing for most of you? Truthfully I would hjave slotted this higher without Willow. I don't like her vocals, but I do like brainless Poppunk jams.
95. Gayle - abcdefu I hate tanking hot chicks, but this was lyrical garbage that even I couldn't give a free pass to. Lieteralaly the first thing she utters is F U C K U well.. F U C K her too. Also maybe someone would like to investigate and see if this is the lowest rank I have ever given a female singer on an RD?
94. Daisy The Great and AJR - Record Player These younger generation gives themselves too much credit. "Daisy The Great"... my ass.
93. Shinedown - Daylight. never thought I'd see the day where PULSE Slots a Shinedown ballad where a Hinder one would usually be.
92. Matt Maeson - Blood Runs Red You know I tanked this for that vocal delivery right?
91. JagWar Twin - Happy Face Don't need to click on this to rimind me why I tanked it. I can tell by the title alone. "Creepy-indie-pop-circus-music-core" or TIK TOK's best of 2022 compilation.
90. girlfriends - High Again Thank goodness 'That 90's Show" revamp didn't decide on this for their opening theme song.
89. Imagine Dragons & JID = Enemy You know I was gonna tank this for that cameo alone. Plus a new worst song ever for the Imagine Dragons file.
88. Imagine Dragons - Bones I mean their is a song in there somewhere.
87. Highly Suspect - Natural Born Killer These vocals deliveries are the worst. Funny thing is I even forget what was thier good song to begin with?
86. Almost Sunday - Sun Keeps Shining I couldn't hate on this the way you guys did. I can almost see Sugar Ray singing it.
Extras.
Starcrawler - Roadkill F U C K yeah! I charted this one.
Yot Club - u dont kno me Not so bad for indie. I like the chorus.
Joy Again - Looking Out for You Same as above. Passable, but I would rather have ranked this than about 60 of the songs from the actual list. True story.
ODESZA f/ MARO - Better Now This usic isn't for me, but a plus for female vocals.
The Walters - I Love You So Not too terrible. I can see the dee jay slipping it into a High Scool Prom Night playlist.
The Weeknd - Gasoline I can't explain it, but I hate this guy's fake 80's retrowave style. 'nuff siad.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Jan 24, 2023 8:07:00 GMT -5
I missed the first set of reveals but I see that nothing of value was lost.
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Post by Lordef†ones on Jan 24, 2023 9:41:38 GMT -5
Roadkill, Better Now, I Love You So, and Gasoline all would've been very high for me. (Gasoline top 3)
But it's an absolute travesty that my #100 is here. I know we got rid of all the memey stuff this song is a 000/10, it needs to go, it's unfair to weezer that their coveted #100 spot on my lists had to be taken from them. (Still a frontrunner for 2023 Alt though)
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Post by wheatsquares33 on Jan 24, 2023 10:05:30 GMT -5
Ngl I was gonna try to be more active in this first set of reveals, but I just played new Fire Emblem instead :}
I'll try to catch up now! Because even if I don't have much to contribute in rankdown reveals usually, I do at least enjoy getting trash on the really bad stuff.
100: Life's Been Good - Correct #100. The thing about the Dirty Heads is that they are capable of making like, decent music. I'd say that I am at least...partially a Dirty Heads defender? I'll stand by Lay Me Down, Visions, Oxygen, probably a couple of other songs of theirs that are okay. It's just that when they're bad they're REALLY bad. I didn't know they'd be able to release something so shit it would give Vacation a run for its money (and then it would be their biggest hit in almost a decade), but they really went out and did it! You really have to go out of your way to bastardize a cover so much! Is it worse than Vacation though, no.
99: Life Goes On - You know, I did really like Hurt. When Oliver Tree first broke through I was really excited to see what would come from him. And it's all just sucked, monsterly. To Life Goes On's credit, I don't think the verses are that bad and I actually kinda like the minimalist instrumentation as well. Too bad it just has the most annoying hook that's ever been set to music.
98: Toxic - On the other hand, I don't mind the chorus so much on Toxic, but it's the shitty rapped verses and awful production that way it down. I do think this is a bad song, but like in such a juvenile and inoffensive way I can't harbor as much animosity towards it as a lot of you here.
97: I Won't - It's whatever, idc. I mean, AJR have done way worse than this, right. It's not my favorite song of theirs, but it's not their worse. Hardly worth commentary.
96: Emo Girl - Like, look, I don't hate Emo Girl. Like, if the lyrics weren't exceedingly dumb and juvenile and MGK wasn't an unlikable creep, would this song really be all that objectionable. I think in terms just of the music itself it's one of his better singles. UNFORTUNATELY, it is still, at the end of the day...Emo Girl by MGK. And that decreases its market value significantly.
95: Abcdefu - I wish I had something more interesting to say about abcdefu other than "girl this fuckin blows" but
94: Record Player - I guess it's a hot take to say I actually kind of love Record Player? Like, the AJR remix, not the original. I think it's really fascinating that this song that's a callout of the insincerity of the "indie culture" of a decade ago making the top 10 on the radio chart that kind of best represents that scene. And then the AJR features is like, weirdly out of place with the lyrical themes? It's such an odd act to feature on song of this sort, and I kind of live for the weirdness. And I like what they bring to the song too, I like the watery production, and even A, J, or R's vocals are like one of the most listenable to come from the band. Record Player is a catchy and self-critical, but also extremely weird in its existence, it's a really interesting song.
93: Daylight - I don't know how a song this boring was allowed to smash on the rock charts, honestly. Like, maybe on AAA in 2008, but girl I don't get it here. I can't act like Shinedown has been making great music for the past decade, but somehow they've just gotten so much worse in this new album era.
92: Blood Runs Red - Man, I can't believe that rock superstar MATT MAESON landed in the bottom 10?? What?? No but fr I do stay confused that this guy has two #1 alternative hits under his belt and I guess is, like, a radio staple now? It's 3 (4?) years after Cringe and I'm still like. Who tf is Matt Maeson. I don't hate this song, but it is probably his worst single.
91: Happy Face - Yeah, this is very much a Tik Tok sleeper hit. Has a big, catchy, faux edgy chorus that you can play in...30 second loops or whatever and not much else. I don't really mind it though? Faux edgy circus clownery is what the song is going for, and you know what, it succeeds at doing just that, I give it a gold star. Does it make for a great song outside of that, not really, but it's fun enough for me to say that I don't dislike it.
90: High Again - Maybe if this had actually come out in 2008 and wasn't trying to sound like 2008 via 2022 it would be more likable. It does have a lot of good emo-pop vibes and I don't think that the chorus is too bad, but it just has that stink of early 2020s pop punk revival (late 2020s pop punk revival) to it that makes it a little harder to stomach.
89: Enemy - I never want to hear this song again in my life, but at least it's .01 points better than Bones.
88: Bones - I never want to hear this song again in my life, but at least I've heard it fewer times than Enemy.
87: Natural Born Killer - This is a step above a lot of their stuff on their MCID era, but I think the most disappointing thing about it is how BORING it is. It's still very bad, but not even to a degree I can get mad about it. Sounds about 5 years after its time and is just so...misguided in its attempt to fuse rock, electronic, pop. So interesting to see how quickly this group completely sabotaged their career (and yet this still did go #1 on active and top 20 on alt so...guess it's not total sabotage).
86: Sun Keeps on Shining - Broken People and Live Forever were both more likable than this one and established a pretty distinct sound for this random band I've never heard anyone talk about outside of the context of alt radio charts. This one has some pretty annoying vocals at times, but I actually really dig the baggy-revival here? Lorde kinda did that with Solar Power (was that in 2021?? Feels like 2 or 3 years ago), but they REALLY pull it off here. I'm not a huge fan of baggy/madchester, but if there was a revival on the alt chart I'd kinda live for it I think
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Post by DadJokes on Jan 24, 2023 11:30:55 GMT -5
Making the live reveals probably won't happen, so here's my Red-style word wall. My rank in ()
100: Life's Been Good (99) - Life may be good, but this song isn't.
99: Life Goes On (94) - Stupid lyrics and an annoying chorus are not the key to my ears.
98: Toxic (95) - The ukulele can be a great instrument in the right hands (see Eddie Vedder). These are not those hands.
97: I Won't (88) - At least the title was accurate.
96: Emo Girl (72) - Pop Punk typically gets at least a cursory listen from me, and this wasn't offensively bad. But it also didn't have anything that made me stick around.
95: Abcdefu (74) - Maybe not the WORST song pulse has piled on, but still not getting out of the bottom 25.
94: Record Player (51) - The closest I came to losing a top half song. I don't hate it. But it also tends to just fade into the background, which keeps it in my bottom half.
93: Daylight (89) - Boring.
92: Blood Runs Red (83) - I like "Hallucinogenics," but I keep getting diminishing returns with each new song I hear from him.
91: Happy Face (96) - a fake Happy face is what I have to make when someone I know wants to listen to this song around me.
90: High Again (100) - Alt radio is really trying to challenge my guilty pleasure love of pop punk, aren't they?
89: Enemy (81)- It gets a tiny point for being the theme to a great TV show (Arcane), but that only gets you to 81.
88: Bones (70)- More coherent than Enemy, but not by much. What happened to the creativity and lyricism they brought pre-Thunder (which is when they started to crash and burn for me)?
87: Natural Born Killer (90) - Lydia and Human were great songs. This? It's worse than the movie that it's named after.
86: Sun Keeps on Shining (92) - Annoying.
In the extras, I really liked "Roadkill." That's how to tap into the scuzzy 90s vibe and still sound fresh.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Jan 24, 2023 12:46:11 GMT -5
thank you Red for taking out the trash although "Happy Face" & "Sun Keeps Shining" aren't really that bad (not great either)
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Post by Walking Contradiction on Jan 24, 2023 14:35:07 GMT -5
100. Dirty Heads - Life's Been Good - As I said previously, I’ve thought their older stuff (mostly pre-2016) was overhated on here. But this is a complete desecration of a great rock classic.
99. Oliver Tree - Life Goes On Not good, though maybe not quite #99 bad.
98. Boy With Uke. - Toxic See above.
97. AJR - I Won't And see above once again. AJR haven’t been the worst thing on these rankdowns for a few years now.
96. Machine Gun Kelly and Willow - Emo Girl Now this on the other hand is a dumpster fire.
95. Gayle - abcdefu Honestly, after hearing it a few more times, I don’t hate this. The melody and vocals are actually kinda nice, and the lyrics are too ridiculous to take seriously. Didn’t belong on Alternative, though.
94. Daisy The Great and AJR - Record Player Not a fan of this one either, but again, there’s worse stuff on the rankdown.
93. Shinedown - Daylight. Maybe my tolerance for adult contemporary balladry is increasing as I get older, but I thought this was inoffensive enough.
92. Matt Maeson - Blood Runs Red About as annoying as “Cringe”, which is to say very annoying.
91. Jagwar Twin - Happy Face It’s dumb and generic, but I can at least kind of appreciate what it was going for?
90. girlfriends - High Again This was pretty terrible, and should’ve been in the bottom 10.
89. Imagine Dragons & JID = Enemy 88. Imagine Dragons - Bones I had these back to back in the same order, albeit a bit higher. Both are about equally meh for me.
87. Highly Suspect - Natural Born Killer It’s at least not as cringey as some of their other stuff, but entirely generic and forgettable.
86. Almost Sunday - Sun Keeps Shining I kind of liked this on first listen for its late ‘90s alt-pop vibes, but it burned VERY fast. It’s certainly no “Steal My Sunshine”.
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Post by Red on Jan 24, 2023 15:02:16 GMT -5
It's stats time! I do believe Razor will be revealing 85-71 tonight, so stay tuned!
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Post by ilikemilk on Jan 24, 2023 17:40:13 GMT -5
If I did this Rankdown, Keep It Up by Rex Orange County would have been my number 1. Is that projected to go far?
Life Goes On would have been my last as well.
Also, CountryLineDancer is unfortunately struggling on alt rankdowns too.
And rowellfarm is number 1 again.
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Post by CarnoTorrential on Jan 24, 2023 20:16:58 GMT -5
Imagine Dragons have definitely fallen into the "so bad it's fun" territory for me. Like they're obviously bad, but I don't think I've ever switched the radio station on "Enemy" before. And AYAYAYA will always makes me laugh.
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Post by MoD on Jan 24, 2023 20:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by Optical Apex on Jan 24, 2023 20:39:29 GMT -5
I'm so confused. Dirty is from last year.
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Jan 24, 2023 20:40:42 GMT -5
LOVE this song, anyways Original me ftw!
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Post by Beno on Jan 24, 2023 20:40:45 GMT -5
this reveal actually fooled me for a second when i got the tag lmaoooo
i was sure that MoD was hosting aaa instead of alt but i then thought that the hosts might have recruited someone new last minute oops
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Post by Red on Jan 24, 2023 20:49:32 GMT -5
Oh, you guys didn't know? Not only did we switch rankdown hosts during reveals, we also switched out some poster's lists for others. We are truly innovating rankdowns here.
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on Jan 24, 2023 22:02:11 GMT -5
wnere is my #100??? and also, where is YUNGBLUD? one of his (or both) needs to leave soon
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Post by razorshark on Jan 24, 2023 23:05:30 GMT -5
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Post by HamedM1 💔 on Jan 24, 2023 23:11:11 GMT -5
Um I think you mean #84?
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Post by razorshark on Jan 24, 2023 23:11:19 GMT -5
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Points: 1321 Standard Deviation: 23.138 24th highest
Year-End Position: 20 Peak: 3 Weeks: 30 Movements 87 83 83 83 85 87 84 85 79 83 85 87 83 84 86 86 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 87 86 86 87 87 86 86 83 83 84 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 85 Artist History: #49 Alt 2015 (Stolen Dance) | #54 Alt 2014 (Stolen Dance) | #63 AAA 2014 (Stolen Dance) | #85 Alt 2017 (Cocoon) | #88 Alt 2020 (Don't Let Me Down w/ Jack Johnson) | #93 Alt 2015 (Flashed Junk Mind) | #94 AAA 2021 (Colorado) | #96 AAA 2020 (Don't Let Me Down w/ Jack Johnson)
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