Pet Shop Boys Community

BlueSwan wrote:

Lush wrote:

BlueSwan wrote: Dare you question my wisdom?

But of course not. I was merely hoping to benefit from your insights

OK then, I simply applied the formula:

(N + E) / (G x Q) = W

Where N is the number of PSB chart hits (38 )
E is the number of PSB forum members (642)
G is the magic number (3)
Q is the reliability factor, which, naturally, is 5.6667

W is, as any mathematician can see, the minimum number of user votes it would take to make the poll "reliable".

As one can easily see, it all adds up to 40!

Congratulations, you've just managed an amazing 9,5 on the Bullshit-o-meter. Not bad

Too much like hard work tonight. I give up.

01 Always on my mind
38 I get along

Can't get much more boring than my choices there

01 Domino Dancing
02 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously?
03 Was It Worth It?
04 Can You Forgive Her?
05 So Hard
06 Being Boring
07 I Get Along
08 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
09 Flamboyant
10 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
11 New York City Boy
12 A Red Letter Day
13 Love Comes Quickly
14 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
15 Suburbia
16 What Have I Done To Deserve This
17 It's A Sin
18 It's Alright
19 Paninaro 95
20 Miracles
21 Single-Bilingual
22 Somewhere
23 Go West
24 Always On My Mind
25 Heart
26 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
27 Home And Dry
28 Jealousy
29 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
30 Liberation
31 Left To My Own Devices
32 Rent
33 West End Girls
34 DJ Culture
35 Yesterday When I Was Mad
36 London
37 Before
15 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)

Admittedly the pace of this thread is slowing down alarmingly! Where is peoples sense of responsibility to the community?

..this took a while to do! although the top 5 and bottom 5 were pretty easy

oh and i was just wondering...did anyone else use these factors to rank the songs:

1. test of time factor (i.e. can you rank recent songs as fairly as songs you've loved for more than 10 years..songs that have "stood the test of time")
2. personal relationship with the song (sounds stupid i know, but some songs bring back memories, e.g. the first psb song you ever heard)

or was it basically "its a good song or a bad song or a mediocre song" ranking? ok i'll stop blabbering!

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01 Can You Forgive Her
02 Yesterday When I Was Mad
03 Flamboyant
04 Paninaro 95
05 Miracles
06 Single-Bilingual
07 It's A Sin
08 Rent
09 Love Comes Quickly
10 Go West
11 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
12 So Hard
13 Left To My Own Devices
14 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
15 Being Boring
16 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
17 West End Girls
18 What Have I Done To Deserve This
19 Always On My Mind
20 Suburbia
21 Heart
22 A Red Letter Day
23 Liberation
24 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
25 Was It Worth It
26 Home And Dry
27 London
28 I Get Along
29 DJ Culture
30 Somewhere
31 Jealousy
32 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
33 Domino Dancing
34 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously
35 It's Alright
36 New York City Boy
37 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
38 Before

SilentRose wrote:1. test of time factor (i.e. can you rank recent songs as fairly as songs you've loved for more than 10 years..songs that have "stood the test of time")
2. personal relationship with the song (sounds stupid i know, but some songs bring back memories, e.g. the first psb song you ever heard)

or was it basically "its a good song or a bad song or a mediocre song" ranking? ok i'll stop blabbering!

Honestly, I just did it intuitively in a matter of a few minutes and didn't think too much about it. Tomorrow the list might look different. I'd love to spend hours going through each song, but I just don't have the time!

I started but I got bored halfway through. Sorry.

I struggled at first with the basis for ranking, as one could easily just look at the sales and rank them per sales. It would subscribe to the theory that the best singles were the best selling.

But the task was to rank them per your favorites, so I pulled out my most favorite songs, pulled out the lowest songs, and kept doing that until the list was done. If there were any close calls, then I "ranked" them on their single-ability...

blueswan: hehe..yeah, well i was thinking more of a permanent "all time" list, one that wouldn't change by much. but yes, if you don't have time its better to do it by the gut-feeling

kirk: that's what i did too (kind of!)

01 Jealousy
02 Love comes quickly
03 Domino dancing
04 Rent
05 It’s Alright
06 Always on my mind
07 Liberation
08 Somewhere
09 Yesterday When I Was Mad
10 Being boring

11 Suburbia
12 West End Girls
13 Was it worth it?
14 Opportunities (Let’s make lots of money)
15 Go west
16 A Red Letter Day
17 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
18 Paninaro ‘95
19 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
20 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)

21 It’s a sin
22 Home & dry
23 What Have I Done To Deserve This
24 Flamboyant
25 London
26 Can You Forgive Her
27 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously
28 Miracles
29 I get along
30 New York City boy

31 So hard
32 Before
33 Left to my own devices
34 DJ Culture
35 Heart
36 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
37 Single-Bilingual
38 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More

Here is my effort. The songs between 15 - 30 could easily be at different positions.

01 It's a Sin
02. West End Girls
03. Can You Forgiver Her?
04. Where The Streets Have No Name
05. So Hard
06. Always On My Mind
07. Heart
08. Go West
09. Miracles
10. Paninaro 95
11. Opportunities
12. Left To My Own Devices
13. Suburbia
14. It's Alright
15. Flamboyant
16. Red Letter Day
17. Rent
18. What Have I Done To Deserve This
19. I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
20. Liberation
21. Domino Dancing
22. Single
23. Se A Vida e
24. I Don't Know What You Want....
25. Yesterday, When I was Mad
26. Somewhere
27. How Can You Expect.....
28. Jealousy
29. Being Boring
30. Drunk
31. I Get Along
32. Love Comes Quickly
33. Home and Dry
34. London
35. New York City Boy
36. DJ Culture
37. Was It Worth It
38. Before

I find it hard to separate the top 2... with the Love comes quickly 12" remix being my all time favourite remix ... by a country mile

01 West End Girls
02 Love Comes Quickly
03 Left To My Own Devices
04 Can You Forgive Her
05 Always On My Mind
06 It's A Sin
07 Being Boring
08 Heart
09 New York City Boy
10 Paninaro 95
11 So Hard
12 How Can You Expect To Be Taken Seriously
13 Jealousy
14 What Have I Done To Deserve This
15 Rent
16 Go West
17 Se A Vida E (That's The Way Life Is)
18 Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
19 Flamboyant
20 Opportunities (Let's Make Lots Of Money)
21 Suburbia
22 Domino Dancing
23 Yesterday When I Was Mad
24 I Wouldn't Normally Do This Kind Of Thing
25 A Red Letter Day
26 Before
27 Single-Bilingual
28 I Don't Know What You Want But I Can't Give It Any More
29 You Only Tell Me You Love Me When You're Drunk
30 I Get Along
31 Miracles
32 Home And Dry
33 London
34 It's Alright
35 Somewhere
36 DJ Culture
37 Liberation
38 Was It Worth It

BlueSwan wrote:Admittedly the pace of this thread is slowing down alarmingly! Where is peoples sense of responsibility to the community?

Pet Shop Who?

Too much work, and who cares, is anyone ACTUALLY going through all the posts and analyzing them carefully?

Doubt it.

Here's mine:

1. Strangelove
2. A Little Respect
3. Bizarre Love Triangle

whatever

Aaron wrote:Too much work, and who cares, is anyone ACTUALLY going through all the posts and analyzing them carefully?

StatsFreak is going to analyze the figures and put up a combined chart - or so I'm led to believe.

25 users have voted. 15 to go!

BlueSwan wrote:

Aaron wrote:Too much work, and who cares, is anyone ACTUALLY going through all the posts and analyzing them carefully?

StatsFreak is going to analyze the figures and put up a combined chart - or so I'm led to believe.

25 users have voted. 15 to go!

And then?