JohnnyBlaze Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Up to this point I've got things tallied and charted out but I haven't calculated any averages. I don't want to reveal any exact numbers since it might influence those who haven't ranked yet...BUT I'll say this much: - There've been 44 rankings given. - EVERY song has been ranked (at least once) in EVERY position.- Two songs have got the same number of #1 rankings.- Two songs have got the same number of #7 rankings. Looking at my chart, it looks like a tight race! Interesting. :hail: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Limelight for the WIN! :madra: :madra: :madra: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Witch Hunt in last place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Witch Hunt in last place.boooooo! Oh well, something has to bring up the rear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorraine Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 There are no loser songs on Moving Pictures! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) There are no loser songs on Moving Pictures! :)I agree. They're all great IMHO. Just varying degrees of greatness. 24 hours left before I make the final tally and calculations. Edited July 16, 2016 by JohnnyBlaze 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Witch Hunt in last place.Oh well, something has to bring up the rear. .. sounds like a good title for Neil's next blog entry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 16, 2016 Author Share Posted July 16, 2016 (edited) Witch Hunt in last place.Oh well, something has to bring up the rear. .. sounds like a good title for Neil's next blog entry Due to the way averages work, just because a song has the most entries in whatever ranking does NOT mean they'd finally wind up in that actual position. Edited July 16, 2016 by JohnnyBlaze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Okay, sure, I'll play... The Camera EyeRed BarchettaWitch HuntYYZVital SignsLimelightTom Sawyer TCE and RB are tied, in my book. And I'm not sure about VS vs. Limelight, but I put VS first since so many other people put it last :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Not bad for a middle of the pack Rush album.Lots of very good songs, nothing tremendous or earth shattering ;) but whatya expect a 70s fan to say! 1. The Camera Eye2. Red Barchetta3. Limelight4. YYZ5. Witch Hunt6. Tom Sawyer7. Vital Signs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Looks like we got the last couple of rankings in. I'll be back shortly with the final standings and other stats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnEggplant Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 1. The Camera Eye2. Red Barchetta3. Tom Sawyer4. YYZ5. Limelight6. Vital Signs7. Witch Hunt I love em' all though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Well folks, the TRUE TRF rankings for Moving Pictures' tunes have been tallied and calculated. 46 of you have ranked so thanks for that. I think it's a respectable sample and gives a good idea of what we generally think. So here's where the songs fall. Their calculated ranking average is in parentheses along with a few other stats below that. 1) Red Barchetta (2.6739)2) Limelight (2.9782)3) YYZ (3.7391)4) Tom Sawyer (4.0869)5) The Camera Eye (4.2173)6) Witch Hunt (5.1086)7) Vital Signs (5.5434) As I said in a previous post, every song was ranked in every position at least once but here are a few other stats... Number of #1 rankings per tune...RB: 12Lime: 12YYZ: 4Tom: 4TCE: 9!!!!...but it still placed only 5th due to the number of #5-#7 rankings it got. Tom just beat out TCE because of the volume of #3-#5 rankings that IT got. WH: 2VS: 3 Number of #7 rankings per tune...RB: 2Lime: 1YYZ: 3Tom: 3TCE: 6WH: 15!VS: 16!!! Red Barchetta has assumed control...http://www.kaliteliresimler.com/data/media/422/Ferrari-550Barchetta.jpg 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Oh Johnny how are you tabulating the scores? 1. 10pts2. 9pts3. 8pts EtcNo points. I'm going to take the average of the positions. The one with the lowest average would naturally be the #1 song. And all the way down the line. Even the "weakest" song won't have a "7" average (since all of us aren't picking the same song as #7). I'm guessing whatever it is, it'll have a 5.178493654 something average. These final rankings will have to be looked at in the decimal points. You get the point. Even the #1 song will probably have a score of 3.428405 average or whatever (since our #1 picks have been all over the place). I imagine songs will likely be clustered in the 3-5 point range. I'll include all that stuff in the final tally.Digital Dad, looks like my prediction was pretty much on. They WERE clustered with #1 Red Barchetta at 2.6739 and #7 Vital Signs at 5.5434. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueschica Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Awesome compilation of stats ! Thanks so much, JB! Very interesting. Who knew that TCE was such a favorite, especially compared with Tom Sawyer? (I know that I have felt that way for years- I love TCE, Tom Sawyer not so much, but I didn't know that others liked it as a favorite on the album as well.) Very cool- thanks again! Edited July 17, 2016 by blueschica 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Awesome compilation of stats ! Thanks so much, JB! Very interesting. Who knew that TCE was such a favorite, especially compared with Tom Sawyer? (I know that I have felt that way for years- I love TCE, Tom Sawyer not so much, but I didn't know that others liked it as a favorite on the album as well.) Very cool- thanks again!You are very welcome blueschica! :)Yeah, nine #1 votes for TCE surprised me too. But here's another that shows why Tom was better loved overall....Tom got three #2 rankings and ELEVEN #3 rankings while TCE got two #2 rankings and just THREE #3 rankings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket ignites Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Good stuff. Great work, JB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g under p Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Yeah awesome stuff JB, as far as TCE from the very beginning upon hearing this album that song was the one reason I'd come back to listen to over and over. Love that song it's tied with LVS as my #1 song. This has been a great thread on a great album to break down.....I should suggest kind of thing on the Pearl Jam site for their near perfect album 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil1972 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Interesting stuff. All great songs! Now let's try this with something like Presto or Test for Echo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Yeah awesome stuff JB, as far as TCE from the very beginning upon hearing this album that song was the one reason I'd come back to listen to over and over. Love that song it's tied with LVS as my #1 song. This has been a great thread on a great album to break down.....I should suggest kind of thing on the Pearl Jam site for their near perfect album 10.Tom, RB, YYZ, Lime, and TCE all could've been my #1 song off Moving Pictures. All of them actually were my #1 at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Bravo JB, great work !! When do we move on to Permanent Waves ? :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 17, 2016 Author Share Posted July 17, 2016 Bravo JB, great work !! When do we move on to Permanent Waves ? :DI'm not touching Permanent Waves because you assholes won't shut up about whether it's a 70s or 80s album! ;) Someone else can do the other albums. Basically, I just wanted to show that a REAL way to rank CAN be done for certain things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x1yyz Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Thanks for compiling the stats, JB! And, people, why so little love for Witch Hunt?! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natural Scientist in 2112 Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Bravo JB, great work !! When do we move on to Permanent Waves ? :DI'm not touching Permanent Waves because you assholes won't shut up about whether it's a 70s or 80s album! ;) Someone else can do the other albums. Basically, I just wanted to show that a REAL way to rank CAN be done for certain things. I actually went ahead and posted one for Permanent Waves. I know it seems hasty, but it might be my all-time favorite Rush album and I felt like putting it up. By the way, terrific job with these Moving Pictures rankings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 Oh Johnny how are you tabulating the scores? 1. 10pts2. 9pts3. 8ptsEtcNo points. I'm going to take the average of the positions. The one with the lowest average would naturally be the #1 song. And all the way down the line. Even the "weakest" song won't have a "7" average (since all of us aren't picking the same song as #7). I'm guessing whatever it is, it'll have a 5.178493654 something average. These final rankings will have to be looked at in the decimal points. You get the point. Even the #1 song will probably have a score of 3.428405 average or whatever (since our #1 picks have been all over the place). I imagine songs will likely be clustered in the 3-5 point range. I'll include all that stuff in the final tally.Digital Dad, looks like my prediction was pretty much on. They WERE clustered with #1 Red Barchetta at 2.6739 and #7 Vital Signs at 5.5434. Math. OWWWW ha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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