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Discussion: Winner revealed! - Paramore Rate
Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Nooo CountryBritney, I hope you're fine
Is hello_world trustworthy? He has been known to have many bad opinions throughout the course of the rate and he may easily manipulate the results to his advantage.
jk sis just do a good job alright
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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I will try to guess the next songs
I think Pressure, All I Wanted and Misguided Ghosts are the next ones to leave
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Member Since: 10/2/2011
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Aw, CountryKnee, get well
Absolute mess at Gabegabe not getting this automatically, tho, since he helped her promoting this and all
Not Grow Up and Born For This leaving, they were Top 10 material
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Forgot to do my little list:
Grow Up - Such a perfect song The synths are EVERYTHING
9.5/10 12th
Hallelujah - It's a cool song, it's not very outstanding, but it does its job well.
8.5/10 31st
Born For This - I thought most fans love this song to death. For me, idk it never really impacted me.
7/10 50th
Decoy - The fact that this even made this far
1/10 62nd LAST
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Quote:
Originally posted by holyground
Nooo CountryBritney, I hope you're fine
Is hello_world trustworthy? He has been known to have many bad opinions throughout the course of the rate and he may easily manipulate the results to his advantage.
jk sis just do a good job alright
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Thanks for boosting my self esteem
Know that I really haven't, if I was a cheater Born For This would still be in and another song wouldn't tbh
Anyway, sorry for the messy timing of the songs earlier but it needed to be done so that 6 songs go today, 6 tomorrow, 6 on Thursday and there will be 5 in the final on Friday as previously expected
The results will be announced at 12AM GMT/7PM EST/4PM PST (clock me if I'm wrong though ), see you then unless of course, you want it earlier or later, then just say, but this seems like a good time
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Member Since: 8/18/2013
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CountryBritney
Not Grow Up though
It's one of my favorites off Paramore should have been much higher
Grow Up - 10
Hallelujah - 7.5
Born For This - 8
Decoy - 8
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Hey
In the lack of mods able to give me the ability to update the OP or the second post (ie the results) I thought it might be easier for me to post an updated results list here for now.
So without further ado, here are the songs which are currently out;
Songs Which Are Currently Out
24 Decoy - 338.5
25 Born For This - 336
26 Hallelujah - 335.5
27 Grow Up - 335
28 Future - 334.5
29 Where The Lines Overlap - 330.5
30 Fast In My Car - 330
31 My Heart - 329.5
32 Fences - 329
33 (One Of Those) Crazy Girls - 328.5
34 Looking Up - 328
35 Now - 327.5
36 Daydreaming - 327
37 Anklebiters - 326.5
38 We Are Broken - 325.5
39 Renegade - 323
40 I Caught Myself - 318.5
41 In The Mourning - 317.5
42 Hello Cold World - 315
43 Feeling Sorry - 312.5
44 All We Know - 309.5
45 Be Alone - 309
46 Here We Go Again - 307
47 Miracle - 306
48 Brighter - 302
49 Hate To See Your Heart Break - 300.5
50 Conspiracy - 299.5
51 Escape Route - 298.5
52 Franklin - 297.5
53Never Let This Go - 296.5
54 Whoa - 294.5
55 Interlude : I’m Not Angry Anymore - 294
56 Interlude : Moving On - 293.5
57 Native Tongue - 293
58 Stop This Song (Love Sick Melody) - 291
59 This Circle - 263.5
60 Oh Star - 261
61 Interlude : Holiday - 253
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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I also thought it might be handy to post a list of songs which are currently in. These are separated by album, with Decode and Monster in their own section as they are not album track. Not that the ordering of the sings and the numbers beside them have nothing to do with their ranking in the rate - they are purely the order in which they have been listed in the song lost you sent in to CountryBritney before the rate started. For example, Emergency having the number 2 next two it does not mean it is second in the rate, it just means it was the second song in the list. Likewise, Monster having a number 58 next to it does not mean it will be 58th in the rate (which would be impossible as we're already at 24 ), it was just the 58 the song on the list.
Songs Which Are Still In
2. Pressure
3. Emergency
11. For A Pessimist I’m Pretty Optimistic
12. That’s What You Get
14. Misery Business
15. When It Rains
16. Let The Flames Begin
18. crushcrushcrush
24. Careful
25. Ignorance
26. Playing God
27. Brick By Boring Brick
28. Turn It Off
29. The Only Exception
33. Misguided Ghosts
34. All I Wanted
40. Ain’t It Fun
41. Part ll
42. Last Hope
43. Still Into You
46. Proof
56. Decode
58. Monster
Anyway, the next 6 results will be revealed at Midnight GMT/7PM EST/4PM PST as usual I hope I'm doing an okay job considering how new I am to this see y'all soon!
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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30 minutes guys
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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23 - Misguided Ghosts - 339
This is one song that I'm not really a huge fan of, but that I actually quite like. I'm rather surprised that it got this far, because it's one of the songs that are often quoted by y'all as amongst the worst in their discography. I think that its main flaw is that it doesn't really stand out - it isn't one of their songs which immediately hooks into your brain by being loud (a la Ignorance), nor does it grab you by having a huge, catchy hook. I didn't understand this song until very recently (March in fact), and I think that the reason why is because it's very understated, and can therefore often go under the radar. I also think that it's hindered by the fact that it's unique in their discography with it's almost folky feel, which alienates their hardcore fans a bit. It also seems to have been overshone as the 'slow song' of Brand New Eyes by The Only Exception. Overall, this is a very slow-growing song which gets better on repeated listening, but isn't notable enough to get any higher than this in the rate.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Wow, this thread is so dead today I may as well post the entire results for 5 minutes and see if anyone notices
Jk, I'm not that messy, and y'all will be able to catch up tomorrow. Lemme go and get the next one
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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22 - Emergency - 342
When I first received the results for the rate, there were a few things which shocked me. I was surprised to see Hallelujah leave yesterday, but this was the first true shock. I had expected, and I'm sure that many of you had expected too, that Emergency would be the last song remaining on All We Know Is Falling, and as far as I have seen Emergency seemed to be your favourites as well. Not that I have anything against Pressure, but I believe that this song has much better lyrics, a much more memorable vocal performance, and the pre-chorus gets me absolutely every time I listen to it. I was rather confident that this song would make the Top 10, and I had no idea that it wouldn't even make the Top 20
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Seeing no one is here I'm gonna post them all quickly and let y'all catch up, brb
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21 - Turn It Off - 348
This isn't as much of a shock to me as the sudden death of Emergency, but I was still fairly surprised. I expected this to be one of the last tracks, maybe even the last track, remaining from Brand New Eyes, as it seems to be something of a fan favourite,and it it definitely one of mine. I find the lyrics very intriguing, and they lend a cynical, sinister tone to the track. The line 'and in the free fall I will realise that I'm better off when I hit the bottom' is one of the Paramore lyrics which has always stuck with me over the years, and I absolutely adore the moment when Hayley unhinged her voice and delivers a truly stunning vocal performance only truly rivalled by All I Wanted in my opinion. Ultimately, I am disappointed to see this leave on the outskirts of the Top 20, when I would have been happy with this as a winner.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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20 - Pressure - 353
Before I go into the main body of this eulogy, I'd like to note that the leaving of Pressure marks a turning point in our rate, as it means that there are now no songs remaining from All We Know Is Falling, and we have completely got rid of our first album. We've just got through the practise rounds - we are now in the Big League's
All We Know Is Falling was the third Paramore album I ever listened to, after Brand New Eyes and Riot!, and seeing as this was the lead single, it was naturally the first song I listened to, and for a few weeks it was the only song from the album that I used. Now that I've listened to the album, however, it seems rather basic. The album seemed to take a portion of what made the song good and delve into it further, making for a more interesting, if somewhat less consistent experience. What I guess I'm trying to say is that, whilst Pressure was a good all-rounder of a song, it never managed to excel in one particular area, which is what the rest of the album was particularly good at. The pre-chorus still gives me life though
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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19 - Monster - 355
Okay, as some of y'all who know me may be able to guess I am fuming at this result, but my newfound responsibilities are going to make me keep this as objective as possible. This song is actually the last Paramore song I have heard, as I only listened to it after Self-Titled came out, despite knowing of it since the release (idk why, I even listened to Singles Club but not Monster itself ) and when I first listened to it I felt a level of emotional intensity that they hadn't achieved before and haven't achieved since.
You could hear the pain in Hayley's voice as she attempted to stop the inevitable in the form of the band collapsing around her. I've always attributed the song the the era of Brand New Eyes because of the similar creative techniques utilised (moody songwriting, heavy backgrounds) but this was on another level. When people say they get goosebumps whilst hearing the perfect song I always presumed they were exaggerating - this was the first song that ever had that effect on my, and the effect has not been diminished over time, unlike most songs of this kind.
I see this as their lyrical and emotional highpoint - the lyric that I will forever associate with Paramore is 'you were my conscious, so solid, now you're like water' due to its poetic, apt description of sorrow and hopelessness. The bridge is easily the highlight of their discography for me, even above the acapella line of All I Wanted, the vocal acrobatics of Turn It Off, the bridge of For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic and the chorus of Fences.
Overall, this is probably not only my favourite Pararmore track, but my favourite song of all time, beating out song which I hold dear to myself like Tell Em by Sleigh Bells, Pluto by Björk and Art Star by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, one which I will cherish forever, and one which I genuinely believe deserved first place, or at the very least Top 10.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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18 - All I Wanted - 357
The last song of the night is also one that can frequently provoke an emotional reaction from me. Prior to hearing Monster, this was by far and away my favourite Paramore song, for two main reasons. The first is how simple yet relatable the lyrics are. The tiniest thing, such as the term 'black and white reruns' sound like a poetic revelation, and the result is purely electrifying.
The second, however, is purely because of those vocals I remember in 2007 they were said to be a group-version of Avril Lavigne, but with no disrespect Avril, Paramore's songs are on another level, but Hayley's vocals were undeniably the big draw to the group. She could put nearly anyone she went up against to shame, so when I say that this is her vocal peak that is no laughing matter. It starts out remarkably restrained, before she belts to the title in the second verse with the power of a million-man army.
The highlight of the song, however, is the moment when all the instrumentation vanishes from around her and she gets to truly showcase her gift, and the power is utterly undeniable. This moment, where Hayley is on her one crying her eyes out is the moment where I realised that, for better or for worse Paramore had grown up, and there was no going back.
This is a song that I will always keep close to my heart, and when I force my kids to listen to my old music like my parents have done and still do to me, this will surely be one of the songs to soundtrack that experience.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Nawt me having the last 11-12 posts I feel like I'm talking to myself sometimes
Anyway, feel free to comment on what you think of each song, comment on how much effort I must've put into these write ups and discuss what 6 you think will be leaving this time tomorrow! See y'all then if y'all don't abandon me like today !
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Member Since: 8/2/2012
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What even
How is godly Emergency and Pressure out so early
Caleb, was this your doing
Edit: WAIT A MOTHER****ING MINUTE WHO VOTED MONSTER (AKA THEIR BEST SONG EVER) SO LOW
I am ashamed of all of you, ashamed I tell you
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Member Since: 8/20/2011
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I love all these songs bar Pressure.
All We Know Is Falling
Riot
For A Pessimist I’m Pretty Optimistic
That’s What You Get
Misery Business
When It Rains
Let The Flames Begin
crushcrushcrush
Brand New Eyes
Careful
Ignorance
Playing God
Brick By Boring Brick
The Only Exception
Paramore
Ain’t It Fun
Part ll
Last Hope
Still Into You
Proof
Others
Decode
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