Weekly Top 5/Bottom 5 (This week: Willie Nelson)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

From now on, I'll update this thread every week on Thursday. Each week I'll change the subject line to reflect which artist is "current" that week.

This week, I'm going with T-Byrd.

TOP
1. Walking to Jerusalem/Revenge of a Middle-Aged Woman (tie)
3. Put Your Hand in Mine
4. 4 to 1 in Atlanta
5. Cheapest Motel
6. Just Let Me Be in Love (this one would be even better en español)
7. Heaven in My Woman's Eyes (ditto)
8. Holdin' Heaven
9. A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side
10. I Wanna Feel That Way Again (the station in my area totally snubbed this one...)
11. When Mama Ain't Happy (...and yet they gave this one about a million spins)

I could have listed just about anything else at #11 there.

BOTTOM
1. Watermelon Crawl (quite possibly the only mid-90s novelty hat act tune that I truly can't stand)
2. Love Lessons
3. Keeper of the Stars (not that bad really, just over-rated)

[efmchico]

6. Just Let Me Be in Love (this one would be even better en español)

There is a version of the song where he sings the chorus in spanish. It is much better than the regular version.

Tracy is my favorite singer, I pretty much like everything he records, I'll do top 5 radio singles and top 5 album cuts.

My Top 5
Radio singles

1. Walkin' to Jerusalem
2. Better Places Than This
3. Drinkin' Bone
4. Take Me With You When You Go
5. Heaven In My Woman's Eyes

My top 5
album cuts

1. When You Go (from the Truth About Men)
2. Back to Texas (From I'm From the Country)
3. Old One Better (From I'm From the Country)
4. Every Time I Do (From It's About Time)
5. Pink Flamingos (From No Ordinary Man)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

By the way, could one of the mods kindly make this thread always appear at the top (like the Upcoming Singles thread) so I don't have to keep hunting for it?

Edit: Thanks.

[Dustin J.]

TOP
1. Walking To Jerusalem
2. Needed (unreleased)
3. Don't Love Make A Diamond Shine
4. When Mama Ain't Happy
5. A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side (w/Mark Chesnutt)
6. The Truth About Men
7. Drinkin' Bone
8. I'm From The Country
9. Watermelon Crawl
10. 4 To 1 In Atlanta
11. Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo
12. Lifestyles Of The Not-So-Rich And Famous

[recjus85]

Top

1. Holdin' Heaven
2. Put your Hand In Mine
3. Revenge Of A Middle-Aged Woman
4. The Truth About Men
5. Cheapest Motel
6. Tiny Town
7. Drinkin' Bone
8. A Good Way To Get On My Bad Side

Bottom

1. Someone To Give My Love To
2. Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo
3. I'm From The Country
4. Don't Take Her She's All I Got
5. Big Love

#1 is really the only one I don't like at all. The are just alright but overplayed.

[S4C]

Just thinking out loud, but maybe this could run over until Sunday? Just an easier day to remember than Thursday...

Anyways, I don't know many Tracy songs, so I don't have any bottom (singles). Guess that's good in a way...

Top
1. Drinkin' Bone
2. Cheapest Motel
3. Lifestyles of The Not So Rich And Famous
4. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got
5. Ten Rounds With Jose Cuervo
6. I'm From The Country
7. Watermelon Crawl
8. The Truth About Men
9. Revenge of A Middle Aged Woman
10. Keeper of The Stars

I do own his No Ordinary Man CD, but I left non-singles off...

[WhySoSerious?]

Not a huge fan of him.

BEST
1. Ten Rounds WIth Jose Cuervo
2. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got
3. Just Let Me Be In Love
4. Holdin' Heaven
5. 4 to 1 In Atlanta

WORST
1. Watermelon Crawl
2. Lifestyles of the Not so Rich & Famous
3. Keeper of the Stars
4. Walking to Jerusalem
5. When Mama Ain't Happy
6. Cheapest Motel
7. I'm From The Country
8. Don't Love Make A Diamond Shine
9. Love Lessons
10. Drinkin' Bone

[Uncle Lumpy]

Top

1. Put your Hand In Mine (this SHOULD have been huge)
2. Someone To Give My Love To (cant go wrong with a Johnny Paycheck song)
3. Don't Take Her She's All I Got (see#2)
4. Don't Love Make A Diamond Shine
5. Old One Better
6. Take Me With You When You Go ( again ,I thought this was going to be a huge record, but radio simply wont let him out of that novelty tune box)
7. Redneck Roses
8. If I Stay
9.That's The Thing About A Memory
10.An Out Of Control Raging Fire (with one of my all time favorite female vocalists Dawn Sears) I wish Travis & Patty had used this arrangment
11.Lifestyles Of The Not So Rich And Famous
12.Different Things
13.Cheapest Motel
14.Before I Die

Bottom

1. Keeper of the Stars (thought it was drivel when it came out, and still feel the same today)
2. Holdin' Heaven (this wasnt bad particularly, but radio burned me out on it)
3. I'm From The Country
4. Watermelon Crawl ( same as Holding Heaven, radio killed any of my intrest in this tune)
5. Big Love ( worse tag Ive ever heard in my life)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Changing the artist this week. It's Vince Gill until next week.

TOP
1. Liza Jane (so sue me)/The Heart Won't Lie (tie)
3. If It Weren't For Him
4. Pretty Little Adrianna
5. Pocket Full of Gold
6. Cinderella
7. Feels Like Love
8. Take Your Memory With You
9. One More Last Chance
10. Worlds Apart
11. Next Big Thing
12. Look At Us
13. You Better Think Twice
14. Whenever You Come Around
15. Go Rest High on That Mountain (honestly I think this song's kinda over-rated)

BOTTOM
1. High Lonesome Sound (decent sound, but it's one big lyrical cliché)
2. The Reason Why (rather blasé)
3. Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn) (ditto)
4. No Future in the Past (ditto)
5. I Will Always Love You (just think this didn't need its 800th re-hash)
6. What the Cowgirls Do

[Zazie]

One of the best country singers ever -- I'll restrict myself to a list of 10 I like. But I could find 30.

1. Young Man's Town
2. One More Last Chance
3. If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
4. Worlds Apart
5. You and You Alone
6. Go Rest High...
7. When I Call Your Name
8. Whenever You Come Around
9. You Better Think Twice
10. High Lonesome Sound

Negatives:

1. Feels Like Love
2. I Will Always Love You

[someguy]

Top:

1. The Heart Won't Lie
2. Young Man's Town
3. You Better Think Twice
4. When Love Finds You
5. One More Last Chance
6. A Little More Love
7. Don't Let Our Love Start Slipping Away
8. The Reason Why
9. Next Big Thing
10. When I Call Your Name

Bottom:

1. Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
2. If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
3. High Lonesome Sound
4. Someday
5. Kindly Keep It Country

[WhySoSerious?]

TOP
1. Tryin' To Get Over You
2. I Still Believe In You
3. When I Call Your Name
4. Whenever You Come Around
5. Feels Like Love
6. Pretty Little Adrianna
7. Don't Let Our Love Start Slipping Away
8. The Heart Won't Lie
9. Pocket Full Of Gold
10. Look At Us

BOTTOM
1. Kindly Keep It Country
2. If You Ever Have Forever In Mind
3. Someday
4. When Love Finds You
5. The Reason Why

His "BOTTOM" songs aren't so much bad as they are just dull and boring. He has a tendency to lean towards that recently.

[country102]

I like anything he sings, but find it hard to believe nobody listed my favorite "Tryin' to get over you".

[Ten Pound Hammer]

country102 said:

I like anything he sings, but find it hard to believe nobody listed my favorite "Tryin' to get over you".

TCorey did. In fact, his post is right above yours.

[country102]

tenpoundhammer said:

country102 said:

I like anything he sings, but find it hard to believe nobody listed my favorite "Tryin' to get over you".

TCorey did. In fact, his post is right above yours.

Sorry, guess I'm blind today.

[WhySoSerious?]

country102 said:

I like anything he sings, but find it hard to believe nobody listed my favorite "Tryin' to get over you".

My fave!

[S4C]

I'd have to refresh my memory on most of his songs, so I'mprobably going to list his over-played hits...

Top:
1. One More Last Chance
2. Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away
3. The Reason Why
4. What You Give Away
5. Go Rest High On That Mountain
6. Whenever You Come Around
7. I Still Believe In You

I guess once again my complete ignorance to a legend has turned into not being able to name a bad song...

[sbp17]

Vince is my favorite country male vocalist.

TOP
1 Pretty Little Adrianna
2 Tryin' To Get Over You
3 High Lonesome Sound
4 Don't Let Our Love Start Slipping Away
5 The Reason Why
6 I Still Believe In You
7 Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye
8 Whenever You Come Around
9 You and You Alone
10 No Future in the Past

BOTTOM
1 You Better Think Twice
2 What the Cowgirls Do
3 Liza Jane
4 Next Big Thing
5 If You Ever Have Forever In Mind

[Ten Pound Hammer]

New artist for this week: Clay Walker

TOP
1. Live Until I Die
2. Then What
3. The Chain of Love
4. Live, Laugh, Love
5. This Woman and This Man
6. Only on Days That End in "Y"
7. Where Do I Fit in the Picture
8. One, Two, I Love You
9. What's It to You

BOTTOM
1. Once in a Lifetime Love
2. Fall (not that bad really, just has a few weak lyrics here and there)

[WhySoSerious?]

BEST
1. My Heart Will Never Know
2. This Woman and this Man
3. Hypnotize The Moon
4. Dreaming With My Eyes Open
5. What's It To You
6. Rumor Has It
7. Where Do I Fit In The Picture
8. If I Could Make A Living
9. Live Until I Die
10. Only On Days That End In "Y"

WORST
1. One, Two, I Love You
2. Then What?
3. If You Ever Feel Like Loving Me Again
4. The Chain Of Love
5. Live, Laugh, Love
6. Jesus Was A Country Boy
7. Say No More
8. Ordinary People

[S4C]

Oohh one of my all time favs...

1. This Woman And This Man
1. What's It To You
1. Only On Days That End In "Y" (realllllly cant decide...)
4. Fall
5. Rumor Has It
6. Then What
7. Chain of Love
8. If I Could Make A Living
9. Dreaming With My Eyes Wide Open (really a low number for still being an awesome song)
10. 'Fore She Was Mama
11. I Can't Sleep
12. A Few Questions
13. One, Two, I Love You

No negative comments here.

[recjus85]

My favorite. Only one song that I really don't like.

1. What's It To You
2. I Can't Sleep
3. Only On Days That End In 'Y'
4. The Chain Of Love (all 4 are almost tied)
5. Fall (really close too)
6. Who Needs You Baby
7. Then What
8. This Woman And This Man
9. Where Do I Fit In The Picture
10. Dreamin' With My Eyes Wide Open
11. A Few Questions
12. Live Until I Die
13. Watch This
14. Rumor Has It
15. You're Begining To Get To Me
16. Live, Laugh, Love

Bottom

1. If You Ever Feel Like Lovin' Me Again
2. Bury The Shovel
3. If I Could MAke A Living
4. Jesus Was A Country Boy

I could've kept going on the favorites lists. And I'm sure I could've thought of another or 2 of his that I didn't like a lot, but #1 is the only one I didn't like at all.

[sbp17]

TOP
1. Once in a Lifetime Love
2. What's It to You
3. Hypnotize The Moon
4. I Can't Sleep
5. Rumor Has It
6. Then What
7. Fall
8. Who Needs You Baby
9. Watch This
10. You're Beginning To Get To Me

BOTTOM
1. One, Two, I Love You
2. 'Fore She Was Mama
3. The Chain of Love
4. Live, Laugh, Love
5. If I Could Make A Living

[bamafan2102]

Top

1. If You Ever Feel Like Loving Me Again (surprised to see this on a lot of bottom list)
2. This Woman and this Man
3. Who Needs You Baby
4. Live Until I Die
5. Dreaming With My Eyes Open
6. What's It To You
7. Where Do I Fit In The Picture



Bottom
1. Then What
2. Live Laugh Love
3. One, Two, I Love You
4. A Few Questions

Favorite Album Cuts

I Won't Have The Heart
How To Make A Man Lonesome
You Make It Look So Easy

[Uncle Lumpy]

Well damn, I missed Vince.

Anywho I like Clay. And believe he COULD have been the second coming of George Strait ,only with a better voice (yea I said it), instead of a second or third tier star. If he could have been a little more consistant with his song selection and actually released some of his more traditional stuff and not so much fluff.

1. The Chain Of Love
2. How To Make A Man Lonesome
3. Only On Days That End In 'Y'
4. I Don't Know How Love Starts
5. If A Man Ain't Thinking ('Bout His Woman)
6. Live Until I Die
7. Let Me Take That Heartache (Off Your Hands)
8. Hand Me Down Heart
9. Heart Over Head Over Heels
10. Fore She Was Mama
11. A Few Questions
12. If I Could MAke A Living




Bottom

1. Then What ( of all of his good to decent songs why in the hell does radio still play this pseudo reggae song?)
2. One, Two, I Love You ( you would think somewhere in his entire record label at the time someone would have tapped Clay on the shoulder and told him just how bad this song sucks)
3. Live, Laugh, Love
4. This Woman And This Man
5.Rumor Has It( Not bad really, just boring)

[Ten Pound Hammer]

I'm a day late this time, but oh well. Here're my picks for Steve Wariner.

TOP
1. What If I Said (w/ Anita Cochran) (wow, where'd this song disappear to?)
2. Katie Wants a Fast One (w/ Garth Brooks) (questionable choice for a duet, but still a great song)
3. Two Teardrops
4. Been There (w/ Clint Black)
5. The Domino Theory (first Steve song I ever heard)
6. Some Fools Never Learn (...and I'm living proof)
7. The Weekend
8. Kansas City Lights
9. I Got Dreams
BOTTOM
1. I'm Already Taken ("Mommy, will you marry me?" -- ugh... shudder shudder)
2. Holes in the Floor of Heaven (mostly good except for the hook)

[Zazie]

Glad you picked Steve. Great guitarist, good writer, underrated singer -- in the top 50 all-time on Whitburn's country radio list.

1. What If I Said -- not my style of song, but I was living this one out while it climbed the chart, so I have a soft spot for it
2. Some Fools Never Learn
3. The Weekend
4. You Can Dream Of Me
5. Been There
6. Small Town Girl
7. Leave Him Out of This
8. Crash Course in the Blues
9. What I Didn't Do
10. Every Little Whisper

special mentions -- he teamed up with Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, and the fiddler Mark O'Connor on a song called Restless that did chart back in 1991 -- one of the best musical arrangements I have ever heard in country music

Also he joined Lee Roy Parnell and Diamond Rio (they called themselves Jed Zeppelin) for a great version of Merle's Working Man Blues on a tribute album

And he did a terrific job on Bill Monroe's Heavy Traffic Ahead, also on a tribute album

Great musician!

dislikes --

1. I'm Already Taken -- hard to get worse than this one
2. Holes in the Floor... -- I realize a lot of people find this moving

[Uncle Lumpy]

Oh good choice in Steve this week. Ive had a love / hate relationship with his music for over 20 years now. I gotta think about this one for awhile..... Pretty sure Im already taken will be #1 on my hate list too...

[bamafan2102]

As a singer myself, he is my idol. It's hard to pick favs and dislikes but here are my choices.

1. The Weekend ( Top 10 all time favorite song)
2. When I Could Come ome To You
3. Don't It Break Your Heart
4. Some Fools Never Learn
5. You Can Dream Of Me
6. Small Town Girl
7. I Should Be With You
8. What I Didn't Do
9. By Now
10. Why Goodbye
11. Your Memory
12. It Won't Be Over You
13. Drivin' And Cryin'


Dislikes

1. Baby I'm Yours
2. Precious Thing
3. There For Awhile
4. Road Trippin


Favorite Album Cuts

1. Married To A Memory (Very quircky song.)
2. Sails (BEAUTIFUL!!!)

[Todd]

Zazie,

What do you think of the other song on the Nashville Cats cd that Steve sang? Steve sings well, but it's Mark O'Connor who really shines.