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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 27, 2017 23:31:44 GMT -5
So here is your top 10!
Forever & Always (Piano Version) Fearless Fifteen Love Story Hey Stephen White Horse You Belong With Me Breathe You're Not Sorry Forever & Always
Any predictions about the top 10? The lowest and highest SD are still in here, so have your predictions changed since the beginning as to what they might be?
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Post by #brayden on Dec 28, 2017 0:10:13 GMT -5
9/10 of my Top 10 made it.
I'm guessing "Love Story", "White Horse" and "You Belong With Me" are Top 5 for sure. I can see "Hey Stephen" and both versions of "Forever & Always" exiting soon. Highest ranking album track will (hopefully) be "You're Not Sorry".
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Post by †ealsünset on Dec 28, 2017 1:01:00 GMT -5
I think Breathe will be out soon. It might even have the lowest SD.
I'm partial to Tell Me Why over The Way I Loved You. I like how the former starts and ends with the same line.
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Post by born on Dec 28, 2017 3:43:23 GMT -5
8/10 of my top 10 and 2/4 of my bottom 4 lol.
I'll admit that a lot of the eliminations were surprising.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 22:49:40 GMT -5
Now that everyone's done with Winter Madness reveals, shall we get to the top 5 today?
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 22:50:53 GMT -5
YES, but only as long as my #1 makes it to the top 5!
Disclaimer: By proceeding with the reveal tonight, you are agreeing to this statement.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 22:51:34 GMT -5
YES, but only as long as my #1 makes it to the top 5! Ok then it's cancelled jk
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:01:07 GMT -5
Regardless of what bboat11 says, he's not that important, so we'll proceed! But it's his bromance partner zaclord 🌈 's turn to lose his #1... #10. "Forever & Always" (Piano Version)
Points: 303 Average: 10.2258 Standard Deviation: 5.3383 (5th Highest SD)Hidden Message: I still miss who I thought he wasThe song that managed to reach the top 10 was the piano version of "Forever & Always". I thought this version would do better than the original version (which I prefer), but I guess I was wrong! "Forever & Always" is about one of the ex-boyfriends she really had, Joe Jonas. Taylor revealed on the Ellen Show that Joe broke up with her in a 27-second phone call, and this song was written in response to that incident. This year's PMA co-hosts zaclord 🌈 and .indulgecountry might have some talking to do...
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Post by CF15 on Dec 28, 2017 23:07:24 GMT -5
I hope the other version makes the top 5.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:16:36 GMT -5
This is a pretty good song. The reason it missed the top 10 in my list is because the piano ballad concept just does not hold my attention quite so much with Taylor's voice. The regular version has more pulse to it, which makes it more memorable. But honestly neither of the versions felt vastly superior to the other to me, so I would not be surprised to see the other version leave soon.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:23:26 GMT -5
#9. "Hey Stephen"
Points: 321 Average: 9.64516 Standard Deviation: 5.38545 (4th Highest SD)Hidden Message: Love and theftThis is the first song with multiple #1 losses, as two country posters lose their #1 here. I honestly didn't expect this song to do so well, so color me surprised! The hidden message in the liner notes refer to the country act Love and Theft, who opened for Taylor's 2008 tour. More specifically, this song is about Stephen Barker Liles, who apparently also had a crush on Taylor at that point so the crush was mutual (Fun fact, he co-wrote Martina McBride's top 15 country hit "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"). He wrote a song about Taylor too, called Try to Make It Anyway.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 23:25:33 GMT -5
I ranked this at 3. Anyways this was my favorite discovery.
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Post by CF15 on Dec 28, 2017 23:26:37 GMT -5
I don't care how overused it is, I'm still saying it. P-P-P-PERFECT RANKING!!!
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Post by Willow Rinadoobee Breakfast on Dec 28, 2017 23:26:40 GMT -5
I'll be honest: it was at this point in the album where I started thinking "And it begins..."
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:26:50 GMT -5
I ranked this at 3. Anyways this was my favorite discovery. Fixed :)
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:27:05 GMT -5
(Fun fact, he co-wrote Martina McBride's top 15 country hit "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"). You can't just mention royalty and then leave us hanging!
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Post by Glove Slap on Dec 28, 2017 23:27:59 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:31:06 GMT -5
I am shocked to see "Hey Stephen" leaving already. This was by far one of my favorite discoveries of this rankdown. I could see the lyrics being cheesy because a male's name is specifically mentioned, but on the other hand this has the best chorus melody of the album. That definitely should have been enough to help it do better! But on the other hand, the last rankdown proved that we can't count on Taylor Swift's biggest fans to have good taste in Taylor Swift's music, so I should stop being surprised when I see the songs that I think are good leaving too early
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Post by #brayden on Dec 28, 2017 23:33:45 GMT -5
I appreciate "Hey Stephen" a lot more now than I did back in the day. It's very simple and catchy.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:37:46 GMT -5
(Fun fact, he co-wrote Martina McBride's top 15 country hit "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"). You can't just mention royalty and then leave us hanging! Wow Martina appearing in a Taylor rankdown multiple times! Queen. I am shocked to see "Hey Stephen" leaving already. This was by far one of my favorite discoveries of this rankdown. I could see the lyrics being cheesy because a male's name is specifically mentioned, but on the other hand this has the best chorus melody of the album. That definitely should have been enough to help it do better! But on the other hand, the last rankdown proved that we can't count on Taylor Swift's biggest fans to have good taste in Taylor Swift's music, so I should stop being surprised when I see the songs that I think are good leaving too early
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:41:16 GMT -5
Next up is the first single to be eliminated!!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:43:10 GMT -5
You can't just mention royalty and then leave us hanging! Wow Martina appearing in a Taylor rankdown multiple times! Queen. I'm pretty sure that now that you posted "The Time Has Come" in a Taylor Swift rankdown yesterday, the amount of people in the world who have heard of that song's existence has now doubled!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:45:48 GMT -5
Next up is the first single to be eliminated!! Oh wow, it still seems kinda early! I think it will be "Fearless", although I don't think I am quite ready for that one to leave yet.
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Post by #brayden on Dec 28, 2017 23:47:23 GMT -5
Next up is the first single to be eliminated!! Oh wow, it still seems kinda early! I think it will be "Fearless", although I don't think I am quite ready for that one to leave yet. I hope it's not "Fearless" either. "Fifteen" please.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Dec 28, 2017 23:50:28 GMT -5
#8. "Fifteen"
Points: 336 Average: 9.16129 Standard Deviation: 5.49543 (2nd Highest SD) Hidden Message: I cried while recording this
It was pretty obvious which song was coming next when I said the next one was a single, wasn't it? Well, bboat11 disagrees lol. The other four singles from the album are so much better imo, and Pulse seems to agree! Abigail, the girl she mentions in the song, is actually Taylor's best friend from her teenage years. It's a cute song and I like it, but for me it's one of those songs I appreciated more when I was around that age. Released as the fourth single from the album, it reached #7 on country radio, #10 on pop radio, and #23 on the Hot 100.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 23:51:50 GMT -5
WTF???
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 28, 2017 23:52:21 GMT -5
Well, I got a perfect ranking, so apparently when I was listening to this album I felt like #8 would be a good time for this song to leave!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 28, 2017 23:52:34 GMT -5
Nooooooooo not "Fifteen"! The best single of the 5 out first! And my #1.. :'(
"White Horse" can GTFO.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2017 23:54:44 GMT -5
Fifteen is such a nostalgic cute song Haven't heard it in forever
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Post by #brayden on Dec 28, 2017 23:55:07 GMT -5
"Fifteen" is my least favorite of the singles (and I think it was a poor single choice, personally), but I really like the song.
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