OK so I've now scored 817 songs. Here is my current top 10 and my current 491 to 500.
1. What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
2. Riders on the Storm by The Doors
3. Just Like Heaven by The Cure
4. Moondance by Van Morrison
5. The One I Love by R.E.M.
6. Imagine by John Lennon
7. Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight
8. Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
9. Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush
10. Take on Me by a-ha
491. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man by Prince
492. Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
493. Shelter from the Storm by Bob Dylan
494. Scoundrel Days by a-ha
495. Trouble Me by 10000 Maniacs
496. Living For The City by Stevie Wonder
497. What She Said by The Smiths
498. Clarity by John Mayer
499. Telephone Line by Electric Light Orchestra
500. Firefly by American Music Club
What is the scoring method?
ReplyDeleteThere are 5 100 point categories. History (my own personal history with the song), Playability (how playable I believe a song to be), Influence (how I measure the influence of the song), Pupularity (if a song has 100 million listens on spotify then it scores a 100 so this means my ranking system will ultimately favor more popular songs), Stars (how many stars I give the song from 1 to 100). So for What's Going On it gets an 80 for my own personal history, 50 for playability (subject matter and references to marijuana), 80 for influence, 100 for popularity, and I give it 90 out of 100 stars. It scores 400 points. The only types of artists who have scored 80 or better on influence is Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, John Lennon, Allman Brothers Band, Roy Orbison, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles. Joining that list soon will be Pink Floyd and Bob Marley. I haven't scored Nirvana yet either but I'm not sure where they will fall on the influence list. I only gave the Pixies a 50 as their highest on influence and Cobaine openly talked about how influenced he was by them.
DeleteI did something similar to this based on the records I owned in the summer of 1989 (right after I'd gone out to Sears and bought a new turntable), and my categories were music, lyrics and personal relationship with the song. I'm pretty sure "Born to Run" finished No. 1. Or maybe it was "Thunder Road." But, anyway, I like your factoring in popularity.
DeleteI love 491, 493, 496 and 499. This is a tough list to make.
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