@Alanna82{ 0 Points } [70's] "Lady Stardust" - David Bowie "Baker Street" - Gerry Rafferty "Love To Love" - UFO [80's] "Burning Heart" - Survivor "Easy Lover" - Phil Collins & Philip Bailey "Under The Milky Way" - The Church [90's] "Diamond In The Sky" - TJ Davis "Teardrop" - Massive Attack "No More Tears" - Ozzy Osbourne [00's] "Won't Back Down" - Fuel "Who Let TheDogsOut" - Baha Men "The Ghost Woman And The Hunter" - Lacuna Coil [10's] "Out Of Body" - Gorillaz "Hello, Lakisha" - Kilo Kish "Bloody Tears" - The Megas
@azuarc{ 0 Points } [70's] "Godzilla" - Blue Oyster Cult "Remember" - Harry Nilsson "Green Grass and High Tides" - The Outlaws [80's] "Alone" - I-Ten "Battery" - Metallica "And We Danced" - Hooters [90's] "Old LA Tonight" - Ozzy Osbourne "The Dolphin's Cry" - Live "Gone Away" - The Offspring [00's] "Sway" - lostprophets "Map of the Problematique" - Muse "The Count of Tuscany" - Dream Theater [10's] "Sing" - My Chemical Romance "The Catalyst" - Linkin Park "Iron" - Within Temptation
@Bane_Of_Despair{ +1,285 Points } [70's] "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" - Blue Oyster Cult "Johnny Blade" - Black Sabbath "Aqualung" - Jethro Tull [80's] "Ode To A Centipede" - Buckner & Garcia "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman "Reach Out" - Cheap Trick [90's] {1,285th ][ 257th } "Color Me Blood Red" - Converge "Liberation Frequency" - Refused "To Our Friends In The Great White North" - Botch [00's] "Everyone Looks So Good From Here" - Underoath "The Seduction" - He Is Legend "Memphis Will Be Laid To Rest" - Norma Jean [10's] "Limerant Death" - The Dillinger Escape Plan "Forever" - Code Orange "Idiot" - Every Time I Die
@Chinballz{ -27 Points } [70's] "Supper's Ready" - Genesis "Victim Of Changes" - Judas Priest "Love Reign O'er Me" - The Who [80's] "Steppin' Out" - Joe Jackson "Suite Sister Mary" - Queensryche "Magic Power" - Triumph [90's] "The Battle of Tyr / Odin's Court / Valhalla" - Black Sabbath "Today Was A Good Day" - Ice Cube "Put Your Lights On" - Santana/Everlast [00's] "Better" - Guns N' Roses "I Know You Want Me" - Pitbull "Haunted" - Poe [10's] "My Silver Lining" - First Aid Kit "Mystic Highway" - John Fogerty "Halo On Fire" - Metallica
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
@Dragon66116{ +1,293 Points } [70's] "'39" - Queen "Last Child" - Aerosmith {1,293rd ][ 260th } "Jailbreak" - Thin Lizzy [80's] "Need You Tonight" - INXS "Rosanna" - Toto "I'm Free (Heaven Helps The Man)" - Kenny Loggins [90's] "2000 Light Years Away" - Green Day "The World is Yours" - Nas "All Mixed Up" - 311 [00's] "I Gotcha" - Lupe Fiasco "Earthcrusher" - Mr. Lif "Again" - Flyleaf [10's] "Stutter" - The Veronicas "Here We Go Again" - Michelle Branch "Still Breathing" - Green Day
@Great_Paul{ +2,578 Points } [70's] "My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)" - Neil Young "Landslide" - Fleetwood Mac "I Don't Like Mondays" - The Boomtown Rats [80's] {1,288th ][ 258th } "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" - Jon and Vangelis "Live is Life" - Opus "Purple Rain" - Prince [90's] "1979" - Smashing Pumpkins "Kingdom For A Heart" - Sonata Arctica "Strange Disease" - Prozzak [00's] "A Little Piece of Heaven" - Avenged Sevenfold "Radio/Video" - System Of A Down "Poker Face" - Lady Gaga [10's] "River" - Eminem {1,290th ][ 257th } "Do They Know It's Pizza?" - The Axis of Awesome "Rule The World" - Walk off the Earth
@IhatethisCPU{ +1,278 Points } [70's] "Lorelai" - Styx "Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot "Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles" - Captain Beefheart [80's] "Shot Through the Heart" - Bon Jovi "Cool Runnings" - Bunny Wailer "Hard Habit to Break" - Chicago [90's] {1,282nd ][ 256th } "Phantasma Del Mar" - The Aquabats "Amnesia" - Chumbawumba "Hurt" - Nine Inch Nails [00's] "Point/Counterpoint" - Streetlight Manifesto "The Concept of Love" - Hideki Naganuma "Creepy Doll" - Jonathan Coulton [10's] "More" - Usher "Thinking 'Bout Somethin'" - Hanson "It Ain't My Fault" - Brothers Osbourne
@Johnbobb{ -9 Points } [70's] "Welcome to the Machine" - Pink Floyd "Hey You" - Pink Floyd "Riders on the Storm" - The Doors [80's] "I Don't Care Anymore" - Phil Collins "On The Turning Away" - Pink Floyd "Standing On The Corner of the Third World" - Tears For Fears [90's] "Blow Up The Outside World" - Soundgarden "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" - Pearl Jam "Butterfly" - Screaming Trees [00's] "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head" - Gorillaz "Miss Murder" - AFI "Droppin' Plates" - Disturbed [10's] "Custer (Live)" - Slipknot "Sound of a Woman" - Kiesza "Saturnz barz" - Gorillaz
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
@linkhatesganon{ +5,139 Points } [70's] "The Robots" - Kraftwerk "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" - Baccara "Killer Queen" - Queen [80's] "Teenage Riot" - Sonic Youth "Plainsong" - The Cure {1,276th ][ 255th } "Babooshka" - Kate Bush [90's] "Without You I'm Nothing" - Placebo/David Bowie "Enjoy" - Bjork {1,279th ][ 255th } "The Private Psychedelic Reel" - The Chemical Brothers [00's] {1,297th ][ 260th } "Silence" - Portishead "Breathe Me" - Sia "Forever More" - Moloko [10's] "212" - Azealia Banks "Wild Frontier" - The Prodigy {1,287th ][ 256th } "Shades of Cool" - Lana Del Rey
@Mega_Mana{ +1,300 Points } [70's] "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green "Ventura Highway" - America "Going the Distance" - Bill Conti [80's] "Friends" - Dragon Sound "Harborcoat" - R.E.M. "Police Academy March" - Robert Folk [90's] "Motorcycle Drive-By" - Third Eye Blind "#41" - Dave Matthews Band "Fantasy" - Mariah Carey [00's] "Delicate" - Damien Rice "Light and Day" - Polyphonic Spree "This Fire Burns" - Killswitch Engage [10's] {1,300th ][ 260th } "T.I.M.E." - Neil Cicierega "The Night Begins to Shine" - B.E.R. "Roundtable Rival" - Lindsay Stirling
@MycroProcessor{ +1,286 Points } [70's] "Carrying No Cross" - UK "Neat Neat Neat" - The Damned "Here We Go Again" - Dave Mason and Cass Elliot [80's] "The Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts 1 and 2)" - Vince DiCola "Sacrifice" - Venom "Lip Service" - Jimmy Buffet [90's] "A Planet's Death" - Hayato Matsuo "Born To Raise Hell" - Motorhead "Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods [00's] "Snow (Hey Oh)" - Red Hot Chili Peppers "Lost In You" - Three Days Grace "Rescue" - Eve 6 [10's] {1,286th ][ 255th } "Cosmic Joke" - Blitz Lunar "Safari Song" - Greta Van Fleet "No Roots" - Alice Merton
@NBIceman{ -2 Points } [70's] "Jungleland" - Bruce Springsteen "Astronomy" - Blue Oyster Cult "2112" - Rush [80's] "Gutter Ballet" - Savatage "Perfect Strangers" - Deep Purple "Hallowed Be Thy Name" - Iron Maiden [90's] "The Show Must Go On" - Queen "Don't Look Back In Anger" - Oasis "The Kids Aren't Alright" - The Offspring [00's] "The Scarecrow" - Avantasia "The Haunting (Somewhere in Time)" - Kamelot "The Poet and the Pendulum" - Nightwish [10's] "The Moon/Awake" - The Dear hunter "Gravity's Union" - Coheed and Cambria "The Greener Grass" - Fair to Midland
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
@NFUN{ +6,461 Points } [70's] "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John "L.A. Woman" - The Doors "Average Man" - Backman Turner Overdrive [80's] "Once In A Lifetime" - Talking Heads "Electric Eye" - Judas Priest {1,289th ][ 259th } "Sexy Robot" - Hitomi "Penny" Tohyama [90's] "Sober" - Tool "You" - Mustard Plug {1,298th ][ 260th } "I Feel Better Than James Brown" - Was (Not Was) [00's] "Violent Pornography" - System Of A Down {1,283rd ][ 258th } "In Passing" - Company of Thieves "Shooting Stars" - Cauterize [10's] {1,299th ][ 259th } "Crocodile Chop" - Neil Cicierega {1,292nd ][ 258th } "Hair Trigger" - Protest The Hero "Meadow" - Stone Temple Pilots
@Phoenix-Smasher{ +1,277 Points } [70's] "The Tower" - Angel "The Revenge of Vera Gemini" - Blue Oyster Cult "Someday Never Comes" - Creedence Clearwater Revival [80's] "That's All" - Genesis "Children Of The Sea" - Black Sabbath "Under The Rose" - Kiss [90's] "The Day I Tried to Live" - Soundgarden "Fatal Tragedy" - Dream Theater "Long Way Down" - Goo Goo Dolls [00's] "Chou" - Tsukiko Amano {1,277th ][ 257th } "Hidden Retreat" - Keiichi Okabe "And Then There Was Silence" - Blind Guardian [10's] "Cut To The Feeling" - Carly Rae Jepson "Want You Back" - Haim "Just A Ride" - Rishloo
@Raetsel_Lapin{ -10 Points } [70's] "Doctor My Eyes" - Jackson Browne "Starman" - David Bowie "The Chain" - Fleetwood Mac [80's] "Just Like Jesse James" - Cher "Tarzan Boy" - Baltimora "This Woman's Work" - Kate Bush [90's] "Objects in the Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer than They Are" - Meat Loaf "Why" - Annie Lennox "Stranger In Moscow" - Michael Jackson [00's] "Breaking Out" - The Protomen "The Stand (Man or Machine)" - The Protomen "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay [10's] "Where Are We Now?" - David Bowie "This City Made Us" - The Protomen "Change The World" - Stan Bush
@Raka_Putra{ +1,296 Points } [70's] "Everything's Alright" - Jesus Christ Superstar "You Make Me Crazy" - Utopia "Kings & Queens" - Aerosmith [80's] "Super Trouper" - ABBA "Gamma" - Name Four Horsemen "Scars" - Rush [90's] {1,296th ][ 259th } "Another Day" - Rent "Piggy" - Nine Inch Nails "Shitlist" - L7 [00's] "White Horse" - Taylor Swift "Snuff" - Slipknot "I Got A Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas [10's] "Flashlight" - Jessie J "Doc Holiday" - Volbeat "Rock Bottom" - Jack and the Weatherman
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
@RySenkari{ 0 Points } [70's] "Portrait (He Knew)" - Kansas "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart "Child Of Innocence" - Kansas [80's] "Every Little Step" - Bobby Brown "Invincible" - Pat Benatar "Together Forever" - Rick Astley [90's] "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai "Spiderwebs" - No Doubt "Rebel Girl" - Bikini Kill [00's] "I Am Not Your Gameboy" - Freezepop "Panic Switch" - Silversun Pickups "Unhearted" - Automatic Loveletter [10's] "Imperfection" - Evanescence "Sorry Not Sorry" - Demi Lovato "Stay" - Zedd and Alessia Cara
@Simoun{ +7,709 Points } [70's] "Sunny" - Boney M "Raging River of Fear" - Captain Beyond {1,281st ][ 259th } "Sad Road to the Sea" - Leaf Hound [80's] {1,280th ][ 256th } "Black Stations/White Stations" - Martha and the Muffins {1,284th ][ 257th } "Chip on My Shoulder" -The Rangehoods "The Lebanon" - The Human League [90's] {1,278th ][ 254th } "93 Til Infinity" - Souls of Mischief {1,295th ][ 258th } "Passin' Me By" - The Pharcyde "Concrete Schoolyard" - Jurassic 5 [00's] {1,291st ][ 259th } "Damascus" - Nerina Pallot "Last Hour" - Extreme "So Much Love" - The Rocket Summer [10's] "Stoop Sale" - MC Frontalot "Electric Girl" / Chinese Football "We Opened for Weezer" - Nerf Herder
@Snake5555555555{ -15 Points } [70's] "Death or Glory" - The Clash "The Vibrators" - War Zone "Trouble" - Little Feat [80's] "Slip It In" - Black Flag "Hip to Be Square" - Huey Lewis and the News "Hangin' Tree" - Green River [90's] "The Vitamin" - Incubus "N.W.O." - Ministry "Vote With a Bullet" - Corrosion of Conformity [00's] "Nth Degree" - Morningwood "Cyanide" - Metallica "White Liar" - Miranda Lambert [10's] "All You Had To Do Was Stay" - Taylor Swift "New Years Resolution" - Handguns "1955" - Hilltop Hoods
Nominator Bot #3{ +1,294 Points } [70's] "Hanging On The Telephone" - The Nerves "Silent Passage" - Bob Carpenter "D.O.A." - Bloodrock [80's] "Fight The Good Fight" - Triumph "Danger Zone" - Kenny Loggins {1,294th ][ 260th } "I Love You So" - Junko Ohashi [90's] "Cemetary Gates" - Pantera "Disarm" - Smashing Pumpkins "Hell" - Squirrel Nut Zippers [00's] "Knights Of Cydonia" - Muse "Revolution Roulette" - Poets Of The Fall "Vermillion Part 2" - Slipknot [10's] "Hold Back The Night" - The Protomen "Do You Feel It?" - Chaos Chaos "Lazarus" - David Bowie
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
are you going to do those huge updates every 25 entries for 1300 songs?
I had thought about it but I may either Edit them to be smaller or move to every 50 rankings instead.
I may also edit out the P'ing if that is what you were getting at. Once everyone tags the topic (hopefully) then they shouldn't need notifications other than when one of their songs is ranked. ---
"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
You don't get pings anyway when they're in quotes, I think what John is getting at is that it breaks up the pacing a bit too much.
Anyway, I love the storyline in Babooshka, it's tragically ironic. Kate's great performance and pronunciation really drives the point home too as it builds up tension in the verses. Gotta love the glass break effect too. ---
I think what John is getting at is that it breaks up the pacing a bit too much.
It's something I'm deciding on atm.
I think smaller updates could be less distracting but I do prefer steady statistical updates because I like to see how the numbers change over time.
For this ranking in particular I think it's fun to try and predict which decade or year will come out on top. It's one thing I have no idea about atm since I didn't run those type of calculations during the stacking process.
I have no plans to slow down the pacing of the ranking as far as how often new rankings are delivered so hopefully that keeps the topic moving along nicely either way. ---
"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
*skipping ahead a bit, will listen to other songs when time permits*
Someone besides me nominated a Kate Bush song? That's amazing! I've only heard her work on The Sensual World album & the Director's Cut EP--the latter only because she was finally able to release the original lyrics to The Sensual World's title track--so I'm grateful for an excuse to check out some of her other work.
*listens*
That's Kate Bush alright. I like it (current top four songs that were new to me: TIME > Babooshka > Damascus > Mr. Cairo), but... well, let's just say I'm not surprised by the reaction. She's a bit of an acquired taste, which is why I didn't push my luck by nominating multiple songs by her. ---
"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl
==================================== { 1,275th Place } [80's][ 254th Place]@Snake5555555555 Song: "Slip It In" Band: Black Flag Album: Slip It In ---{ 1984 }--- Genre: Hardcore Punk Score:[3.2][2.2][3.2][0.3][3.1][2.2][2.3] = [17.5] = [2.5] Video:
Write-Up: Um... Not a song I am comfortable listening to at home for sure with kids around. Hell this one even makes me uncomfortable when I'm by myself. I honestly can't say I've even listened to a whole lot of Hardcore Punk and if this song is an indicator of how brash it is then maybe that's why I've avoided it most of my life. I warn you all that this song is a little explicit by the end. I mean, I'm no prude but this is kinda over the top and in your face with the sexual overtones. It's got a beat but it isn't too redeeming for the other issues I have with the song unfortunately. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
==================================== { 1,274th Place } [10's][ 254th Place]@Bane_Of_Despair Song: "Idiot" Band: Every Time I Die Album: From Parts Unknown ---{ 2014 }--- Genre: Metalcore Score:[4.2][2.2][1.1][0.3][2.1][1.1][7.2] = [18.2] = [2.6] Video:
Write-Up: Damn Bane. I totally get your demeanor now if this is what you are listening to all the time. I don't really know what the song is about but do I really need to know since it's clear the artists' main intention isn't to be understood? (I know that is a foolish statement based on a personal feeling but...) This is such an angry song and it's not only raised my blood pressure since I've been listening to it but I'm starting to feel kinda anxious. Under all the incomprehensible screaming there is a pretty serious drumbeat that I don't mind here though. The band also has a fair amount of praise from it's fanbase so that's a plus too I suppose. Anyway, moving on... ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: Totally the polar opposite from the last song but here is a fun bouncy ditty. It's a simple song where the artist explains the origin and history of her name as she makes her way through life. It isn't something I would listen to on a regular basis but the video improves the experience a little bit. I couldn't help but bounce my head whimsically after listening to this song several times in a row and now I'm embarrassed that I've admitted that to you all.lol ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: Some parts of this song make me feel like maybe I didn't have it high enough on the list but then I factor in the whole song and I feel like ranking it sooner than later is appropriate. Once again though, it isn't so much that these songs are terrible but that I had spent so much time building a list based on a set of personally objective factors. It is however, a song that I can see rising on the list if I were to ever do a music ranking like this again (which I won't). It's funny because I can recall in the 90's hearing some praise over a band called "Bjork" but I don't think I ever actually heard any of their music... or maybe there is a more popular tune of theirs I've heard that actually became popular on the radio? ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: One of my old high school friends that I haven't seen in awhile used to listen to Hip Hop a lot back in the 90's and I think this would be right up his alley this day and age. Last time I saw him he was still listening to this sort of music anyway. I actually think the beat and vocals set a decent tone for the song but I had trouble finding very many positive reviews for it online. I have heard of the band before but this is the first time I've ever listened to one of their tracks tbh. I've only recently been more open to Hip Hop in my life and it really all comes down to the beat and rhythm of the song. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: So... we are moving in the right direction I guess. This song is better than the previous Metalcore songs for a couple reasons but the main one being that there isn't an overwhelming amount of vocal content this time and we actually get to jam to the beat for a minute. I still have no idea what they are saying but I'm guessing that might be the point of this brand of song? Kind of a brutal video though. Code Orange seems to be a trending band atm on the Metalcore scene though so that's something. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
==================================== { 1,269th Place } [10's][ 251st Place]@Phoenix-Smasher Song: "Cut to the Feeling" Band: Carly Rae Jepson Album: Emotion: Side B+ ---{ 2016 }--- Genre: Power Pop Score:[2.2][1.3][3.1][0.3][4.1][2.1][5.2] = [18.3] = [2.614] Video:
Write-Up: Meh. There are much better Pop songs really. I don't think this is a bad tune but it doesn't excite me very much. It's nothing I'd sing to on a normal basis though. I can see it's potential now that I'm throwing it up officially but I don't think there is enough to justify bumping it in this ranking. I might be launching a little bias there against Carly because of that f***ing "call me maybe" song that drove me nuts when it became popular. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: The last ranking I'm gonna do tonight and coincidentally the first to fall from the list of songs that I made. Let me get this right out of the way though... I'm not much of a Rush fan. I got friends that swore by this band back in the day but it isn't one that ever caught on with me. The song here is indisputably a classic but it doesn't sound like enough to me. It feels like it's missing a catchy riff or two but who am I to judge really. I've never made and published a full song before. There are some more Rush songs to come your way for sure but out of the ones I selected, this one is my least favorite. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
==================================== { 1,267th Place } [70's][ 257th Place]@Alanna82 Song: "Lady Stardust" Band: David Bowie Album: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ---{ 1972 }--- Genre: Glam Rock Score:[3.3][2.2][5.2][0.2][3.2][2.2][2.2] = [18.5] = [2.642] Video:
Write-Up: Well, in the words of David Bowie.. "It's alright". Not as great as "Ziggy Stardust" but it's got a classic beat and those famous Bowie vocals of course. This tune is a bit on the slow side that I don't care for but I do like the piano play. I'm a bit surprised that I had never heard of this song before this ranking though since I'm quite familiar with Ziggy Stardust. If you really listen to the song you'll discover that it's not about a lady at all. The internet says that the song alludes to one of his good friends Marc Bolan who died at the age of 29. Marc was considered one of the pioneers to Glam Rock and was in the band T-Rex. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
I really didn't get the Ziggy Stardust album the first time I tried listening to it. I'm not even entirely sure why I decided to get into the album; I don't think I'd ever listened to a complete album that wasn't either a soundtrack to something, a greatest hits compilation, or some novelty album before this one. But somehow, I decided to make this my first true album.
Wasn't a fan, not at first. I couldn't follow what the story was supposed to be (and I'm no longer convinced that there even is a story) and it just wasn't working for me... until this song. This was the moment that I fell in love with the album and became a fan of David Bowie--well sorta; I love his greatest hits, this album, and The Next Day... never heard anything else. I should probably do something about that, but I'm getting off topic.
Really, I'm rather drawn to androgynous or gender flipped characters and have been for my entire life. This song fully embraces it. It had me from the first verse. I had to go back and relisten to the entire album, scouring the internet for theories on what it all meant and symbolized. I was completely drawn in.
...of course the write-up for "Starman" soured me on the entire experience (in the likely event that song hasn't had its write-up posted at the time this one has, then just know I'll get into that later), but listening to this song again...*contented sigh*
Possibly my favorite track that I nominated. It's between this and "The Stand (Man or Machine)", depending on what I feel like listening to at the time.
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"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl
Write-Up: Never heard this one before but it's rather underwhelming for a 12 minute progressive rock song. It sort of sounds like it meanders along the way with no idea where it wants to end up. Progressive music is usually one of my favorite genres because I like how multiple parts of a song can come together and tell a story melodically but here it isn't until around 10:30 in where I feel the song culminates into anything worthwhile. Overall this song is quite forgettable tbh. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: I kinda dig the beat & rhythm here and the vocals aren't too bad either. The instrumentation of the main riff is a little catchy but sharp in contrast to the rest of the song imo. It still works to get the message through and I'm just super picky about how a whole song comes together anyway so it's probably fine. I really don't have much else to say here though. On to the next one... ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: You know, if you took the vocals out of this song it almosts sounds like something Metallica would have come up with in their early days. It's a bit too satanic for my taste though but the beat is steady and I can certainly understand how Trash fans can appreciate this song. I don't feel like the vocals are on par with the tune and the whole song has a "garage" feel to it as though this is perhaps the bands early work? *Checks internet... hmm, it's their 2nd album but about half way through their career. Oh cool this is interesting, apparently the album this song is on was so influential to the Thrash community that it spawned the sub-genre "Black Metal". Neato. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
I kinda wonder what you would have thought about Countess Bathory instead.
Just took a listen and that's some cool guitar play. I did like it better than Sacrifice tbh. When I hear the lead singer though it makes me think of another band that I can't recall atm. ---
"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: Was there supposed to be a significant difference between the Live and Album versions of this song? I couldn't tell much difference personally other than the album version lasting a little bit longer. Anyway, this is the first song from the Heavy Metal genre to take a nosedive. I unfortunately already knew it'd land pretty low on the overall ranking when it was nominated since I'm not the greatest Slipknot fan. I do like myself some certain kinds of heavy metal so it isn't that but there is something about this band that usually turns me off; oh yeah, they're scary as f*** lol. I had a buddy in high school though that used to carry around a cd case that was peppered with stuff like this. He was actually responsible for some of the earliest exposure I had to heavy metal as a kid. Some good and some bad. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
I nominated the Live version because that is one of the handful of Slipknot songs that's really meant to be heard live. It's supposed to feel really heavy and overwhelming and kind of make you want to smash shit.
Fun fact: Whenever I steel my knives at work, I find myself doing it to the exact tempo of CUT CUT CUT ME UP AND FUCK FUCK FUCK ME UP
Edit: Also, seen Slipknot twice now and they definitely put on a hell of a live show pretty unlike any other metal band I've seen ---
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I'm shocked, but I actually kinda like Sacrifice. Partly because the person who uploaded the video got the lyrics hilariously wrong:
sacrifice to Lucifer my master bring the calico raise the knife
And the concept of him ordering his followers bring him a cat to oversee the ritual is objectively amazing and I think we should all take a moment to think of how much better the universe would be if those were the correct lyrics.
Also, I just like over-the-top villain songs. Satanic cults aren't really my first choice for villains, but it's catchy enough that I have a generally positive view of the song. ---
"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl
Write-Up: I used to think I knew who Genesis was but now I know I had no idea. I've never heard this song before but holy hell... 23 minutes!!! This is quite the story that appears to cover some sort of religous message up until 11 minutes in and then I don't know what the hell it's about. Maybe that's when the acid kicked in while the band was jamming out this tune? I thought the illustrated video for this song would shed some light but that ends up weird too. The song has received mostly mixed reviews from what I can see but the album itself appears to have a higher approval rate. I'm just glad that I'll never have to listen to this one again. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
==================================== { 1,261st Place } [70's][ 254th Place] Song: "Breadfan" Band: Budgie Album: Never Turn Your Back On A Friend ---{ 1973 }--- Genre: Heavy Metal Score:[4.1][2.3][1.3][2.2][1.3][2.2][5.2] = [18.6] = [2.657] Video:
Write-Up: Hey, another one of the songs I selected finally falls. I originally selected the Metallica version of this before realizing that the original would qualify for the ranking. I really like the main guitar riff though and the song remains consistent to the end. This would have scored a bit higher had I been ranking the Metallica version tbh even though technically they should score close to the same overall. Here in the ranking though we will have our first sort of "honorable mention" via an entry I call the "Best Version IMO".
Well that was an experience. I'd always heard the band was more experimental before they shifted to pop music, but I never actually looked for any of their music from before Phil Collins took over as lead vocalist. I'm not entirely sure how to feel about this song; it's like Chinballz, who I've never interacted with, somehow found a song that checks every box I was even remotely thinking of:
"Oh, you like androgyny, do you? How about Winston Churchill in a dress?!"
"Oh, you like villains? SURPRISE ANTICHRIST! ...Or something."
"You want to nominate a song that's over ten minutes long in its album version? HA! TWENTY MINUTES!""
"You want an excuse to look at songs by musicians you like, but never heard because you don't really listen to music outside of the radio? Here's a song by a band you know well due to their pop music, but have never heard due to not being pop music."
"You have a secret soft spot for nonsensical lyrics? HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!"
And it's like...I, I like every aspect of this separately? But I'm not sure I like them all mushed together like this? It's like three or four different songs thrown together, but.... I guess I like it? Sorta? I definitely need to listen to it a few more times now that I have a better idea of what I'm getting myself into, but... well I'm happy to have had a chance to hear it, either way.
Also glad that I don't have to actually rank this song because I really don't want to assign any type of points to it. It's an experience that defies any rational attempt at scoring it. ---
"My apologies, Gerald, I was not think."-Adventure Girl
genesis is one of my favorite bands and i do think their golden age was before phil collins became the lead vocalist, but supper's ready isn't one of my favorite songs by them. i'd recommend the lamb lies down on broadway if you're interested in them. ---
Write-Up: I honestly gotta say that I expected this to be much better. There really haven't been a lot of Gorillaz tunes that I didn't like but this collaboration with Kilo Kish really doesn't measure up imo. There are a few great beats of course as there are in most of the bands songs but this one didn't really make me feel like jamming at all. It's fairly new though so maybe it hasn't had enough time to catch on. There are few reviews to share with this song or maybe google doesn't want to help me out today but that is also surprisingly not what I expected to see. Weren't these guys popular once upon a time? ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
Write-Up: Normally I have a liking to anything Nu Metal which happens to be one of my favorite genres. In fact there isn't another Nu Metal ranking for at least 70 or so rankings and then another 70 or so after that so they are pretty spread out. The biggest problem I have with this song though, and don't mind my being blunt here, but the chorus just sounds so ignorant. "Droppin plates on yo a** b****!" I dunno... maybe I just don't know the reference but I don't find any depth to this song at all which is unfortunate because it's got a decent backtrack. ====================================
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"Best read of the game goes to se7en. Who correctly surmised this town is full of idiots." - Corrik Se7enthrust ~ Dude_Dexter
