Weezer (6) - Alt-8 Week of 7/21/18

Hi everyone. The Alt-8 is slowly starting to look worse. We still have the same #1, but we lost some bad songs (even though we replaced them with more mediocrity). Let's get right into it with this exits:

• Alice Merton - Lash Out (#7) [x2]
• Death Cab for Cutie - Gold Rush (#6)
• CHVRCHES - Miracle (#3) [x2]

Last Week's #1 Song: Weezer - Africa (5)

8. Rex Orange County/Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy (DEBUT)

7. King Princess - 1950 (RE-ENTRY)

6. LSD - Genius (#2) [-4] {1 Week At #1}

5. Young The Giant - Simplify (#8) [+3]

4. Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit (#5) [+1]

3. The Wombats - Lemon To A Knife Fight (RE-ENTRY)

2. AJR - Burn The House Down (#4) [+2]

1. Weezer - Africa (#1) [=] {6th Week At #1}

New Entrants

~We got unwelcome re-entries from 1950 and Lemon To A Knife Fight this week. I've decided that the latter is incredibly annoying, and the former needs to stop dropping off and re-entering. It's a waste of space on this countdown.

~Our lone new entrant is Loving Is Easy. This song is just... boring. Like really boring. And the singer just sounds bored the whole time. This sounds like something that would've been made fifty years ago... and not in a good way. I hope this flops here.

Blurbing Is Easy

~So Africa remains as our top song. I really thought that Jumpsuit could hit #1 this week. I wish it had as I'm getting tired of Africa. 

~In other news, Burn The House Down has hit #2. I don't hate this song the way I once did. It's good. And at this point, I'll take what I can get on this countdown. I would be fine with this at #1, but I'd prefer Jumpsuit to get there first.

~I'm starting to feel like anytime we lose 1950 it'll just be back soon after...

~Simplify is the definition of averageness. It's nothing special, but it's terrible either. I don't expect it to hit #1 anytime though.

~Genius took quite the drop this week. I'm prepared for this to exit next week. While it's still my favorite song, I won't be heartbroken as it had a solid run and even hit #1.

~It may seem like I turned on 1950 quickly, but I was never in love with the song. It was good, but now I'm tired of it.

~Seriously, though. We need some better songs on this countdown.

Top 8 Review

0-Awful

8. The Wombats - Lemon To A Knife Fight

1-Bad

7. Rex Orange County/Benny Sings - Loving Is Easy

2-Mediocre

6. King Princess - 1950

3-Decent

5. Young The Giant - Simplify

4. Weezer - Africa

4-Good

3. AJR - Burn The House Down

5-Great

2. Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit

1. LSD - Genius

Score: 23/40 = 58% (F)