_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 How about a Top 10 where all votes for a song = 1 , rather than 10 for #1 , 9 for 2 , etc. That way the 'winner ' would be the song that is the most popular amongst most people , rather than benefitting from a few high rankings by only a few people ? Alternatively , votes 1-5 could =2 , 6-10 = 1 ? Just a thought . ^ This is starting to sound like Fantasy Baseball... but I do like that idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Thanks Laurie and Kevin. It's great that people are interested enough to make suggestions, but let's not try too many new things at once. We also have the "Ultimate Top Ten #2" coming up for Top Tens #26 - 50 very soon. Chris is the driving force behind that, ably assisted by Martin. It should be very interesting again ! Laurie, do you mean the 'Archives' or 'Every Song...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Sorry, I meant the every song that made the top ten ...I edited my post. Edited February 18, 2007 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 That's OK Laurie. I know they're getting longer, but I do think we need to maintain both lists. We could easily reverse the order and put the alphabetical List of Artists first if you and others think that's easier to read ? I went one better in Top Ten #49, where it was restricted to "Artists who hadn't made the Ten before" by actually listing the Artists in the very first Post of the thread, but at least 6 people including me didn't read it. The old adage: K.I.S.S. - Keep It Simple Stupid -(not that I'm suggesting anyone here is stupid) is always a good one to keep in mind. When I used to lecture (I give a few here too, don't I) I worked on the principle that most people would remember only 10% TOPS of what I'd said, so I'd Tell them what I was going to tell them Tell Them Tell them again in my Summary Sorry if I sound cynical. And another old chestnut: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Okey Dokey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 All that is true , Darryl , but I think people are merely suggesting some possible ways to have a unique or different Top 10 or two occasionally , assuming that was what was on the table for discussion - not to change the usual style permanently or anything like that . One defect in my suggestion might be way too many ties ( without enough points to seperate them ) and you'd have a tough or impossible job of ranking them . Personally , the 'power' of those top 3 or 4 votes is misleading , imo . If I , alone , rank a song #1 , it gets 10 points . If three others , for example , rank a song 9, or 10 it ends up with around 4or 5 at best . However , in MY mind , the latter is more popular since 3 people liked it compared to my solo vote . Again , just ' talking ' here - not expecting any changes, etc . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Please don't think I'm being a killjoy and taking your suggestions lightly, Kevin and Laurie (+ Elvish for her ideas previous page). I really admire initiative. Sometimes we just have to look at the practicalities. Kevin, Martin and I DO use a system like that for 'tiebreakers'. If two songs finish on equal points (happens all the time) we place the one that MOST people voted for ahead of the other. e.g. 4 people vote Song A as their Top song, 4 x 10 = 40. 5 people vote Song B as their #3 song, 5 x 8 = 40. Song B gets preference. Laurie, I just switched "Every Song..." to show Artist Order first. Thanks to both of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 All the songs from this week's top ten are already part of the Songfacts database Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Big surprise there, Katie ! Hey - and congrats to the ' Working Girl ' ! Now you can quit sponging off the parents/ government a bit , eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Thanks Katie. Not a real surprise I suppose ! Let's hope you'll need a few after #52, when we all come up with songs by Artists who've never made the Top Ten before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Thanks 55...I know that sometimes I have a song in mind, and when I look it up I might not have the title right so I could easily miss it when looking through the alphabetical list...If I know the artist, for me anyways it's easier to look at that first... Thanks again 55! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katie_sane Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Big surprise there, Katie ! Hey - and congrats to the ' Working Girl ' ! Now you can quit sponging off the parents/ government a bit , eh ? HEY! I never got anything from the government! My student life was entirely funded by my parents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Old : How about a Top 10 of Artists that made the Top 10 - but shouldn't have ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 ^Dork, you just can't leave it alone, can ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Don't get me started Mate. One word: Africa ! That reminds me of the "Worst Song" Top Ten we had. Songs that some people hated others loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 I'd like to see a ' just under the radar ' Top 10 - maybe the 3 or four songs that didn't quite have enough to break the 10 ... eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Go to hell ( or bed ) , Laurie ... the men-folk are talking here ... important things , see ...! } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 What Kevin said isn't as far fetched as it sounds. There is a Book based on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts called "Bubbling Under". It shows songs that made #101 onwards. Who cares ? Catch you all later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 I'd like to see a ' just under the radar ' Top 10 - maybe the 3 or four songs that didn't quite have enough to break the 10 ... eh ? you know that's an interesting idea, in the moment we're pretty 'booked up' with the Ultimate Ten (which Chris does alone btw, he doesn't need my help ) but keep that idea in mind for a few weeks after that - say after Top Ten #60 we could take every 11th place... that could get very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 The Party Commitee is most displeased ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Can 51 be far behind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 I´m 51!! and I´m here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLD 55 Posted February 19, 2007 Report Share Posted February 19, 2007 Just along those lines Kevin and Farin, we had a Special Top Ten waaay back, with nominations (3 each) being taken from all songs that had received 0 to 9 Points up to the end of Top Ten #20. We had it between Top Tens #22 and #23. The first two songs Daydream Believer/ The Monkees and A Well Respected Man/The Kinks became automatic nominations for our next regular Top Ten, #23. Hard to believe that those 2 songs could have received less than 10 points total first time round ! Maybe we can look at more 'Specials' after the "Ultimate Top Ten #2". To recap..... GOLDEN Top Ten #50 for the week ending 18th February 2007 1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1971) 2. Boxer, The - Simon & Garfunkel (1969) 3. Fire - Jimi Hendrix (1967) 4. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (1979) 5. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - The Rolling Stones (1973) 6. Lola - The Kinks (1970) 7. I Am The Walrus - The Beatles (1967) 8. Going to California - Led Zeppelin (1969) 9. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones (1971) 10.Yesterday - The Beatles (1965) Lucky will start Top Ten #51 very shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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