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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 5, 2018 23:19:15 GMT -5
I didn't hate this.
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 5, 2018 23:29:29 GMT -5
Same. A tad generic, perhaps, but not awful.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 5, 2018 23:29:59 GMT -5
In back-to-back reveals, we see the first track out from each of Alaina's two studio albums is a song about 'boys.' "Crashin' the Boys' Club" came within just a few points of the songs that placed just above it, a slight departure from the island the previous two reveals landed on. It's a flirty, fun uptempo number about a girl who wants to ditch her girlfriends and their cliche female topics to join her boyfriend and his bros downtown. Lyrically, like "One of Those Boys," it runs a little lyrically trite, so it's no surprise that it wound up on this end of the rankdown. Yet another Top 5 is lost early on, with austin being the casualty this time. No one else put it quite that high though, and a number of mostly bottom ranks are wiped out again, including the #26 for maine. "My boyfriend, and all of his friends, and all of their friends are drinking beer right now Downtown, just keeping it cool Talking about football, cars, favorite bars, and glory days in high school And I wanna be too"
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 5, 2018 23:35:36 GMT -5
You know, on my first listen I didn't hate "History" as much as I thought I would based on how people talk about it... Still not surprised to see it in the bottom 5, but there are honestly songs I would have preferred to see out before it.
Listening to "One Of Those Boys" again right now because I completely forgot how it goes, and OMG I am not surprised to see this in Flops' top 5. The minor key and cliched country lyrics are what he falls for EVERY time! So predictable...
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Post by jab820 on Aug 5, 2018 23:36:44 GMT -5
Kind of bummed to see One of those Boys dumped so quick. It always seemed to me it might've been the single to follow Eighteen Inches had any of the first three had success. I have a soft spot for it as well after seeing Lauren perform a really cool mashup of One of those Boys with U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" in like 2012 at the Aldean/Luke Bryan tour. Here's a link to a video of it for anyone who cares to see. Funny Thing About Love has got to be next. Edit: As I was writing this post, the next song was revealed. So, #23 has got to be FTAL.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 5, 2018 23:37:58 GMT -5
Oh, another reveal! "Crashin' The Boys' Club" is catchy and fun enough, but it's not one that I will miss too much. I didn't remember ranking it so high!
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 6, 2018 0:06:04 GMT -5
Very happy with the losses so far! Nothing too special so good riddance :)
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 6, 2018 0:09:05 GMT -5
I thought this one was cheesy but fun.
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 6, 2018 2:51:10 GMT -5
Listening to "One Of Those Boys" again right now because I completely forgot how it goes, and OMG I am not surprised to see this in Flops' top 5. The minor key and cliched country lyrics are what he falls for EVERY time! So predictable... I don't give a s**t about the lyrics. I didn't even pay attention to them. I love the edgy country/rock vibe and the melody kicks ass. Not at all generic or a filler song to me.
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Post by austin on Aug 6, 2018 6:59:11 GMT -5
This was the ONLY right choice for #26. It sounds like she came in 10th on American Idol and got a record deal from a mall kiosk to make this song. I agree with your opinion of what this sounds like, so for this to be my #15 shows you how I feel about most of her catalog to date lol.
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Post by austin on Aug 6, 2018 7:00:53 GMT -5
Double posting, but I LOVE "Crashing the Boys Club" and think it would have been a much better single for her than "Floppin' Fine" was.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 6, 2018 19:43:03 GMT -5
I really like Lauren's output a lot so far but there's 5 songs of hers I don't care for at all and the 3 out already are among them so we're off to a good start!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2018 20:51:07 GMT -5
Up next we had a tie for 23rd place, which was broken by highest single rank, which in this case was a #2 versus a #8.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2018 21:09:56 GMT -5
On the unlucky side of our first and only tie of the game, "I'm Not the One" becomes the second blow to Lauren Alaina's debut effort as it had the lowest high individual ranks. It's another inoffensive uptempo ditty that evidently didn't stand out a whole lot for most of us, seeing as while it did get four Top 10 placements, it received far more bottom 6 ranks to weigh it down. "I’m not some notch On your Facebook wall And I’m not some last chance Midnight call"
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 7, 2018 21:15:27 GMT -5
"I'm Not One Of Them" is certainly not a BAD song! It is merely unremarkable in every way.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2018 21:38:13 GMT -5
And on the winning side of the tie, we have Lauren Alaina's one-off single that was released between her first and second albums. "Barefoot and Buckwild" is a poppy uptempo jam about putting her barefeet up on the dash. It comes across as rather trend-chasey for the singer and the move didn't work since it bombed pretty badly at radio upon release. It bombed here as well since it sits comfortably in the bottom 6, though it wasn't without its dissenters as it received several high marks, including a #2 from Wavey✨️ and two other Top 5s. raylatch98 and bigfan101 both see the loss of their #26 with this reveal, however. "You got a way of calling right at the wrong time I know your southern draw is what trouble sounds like"
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 7, 2018 21:39:15 GMT -5
Bra country trash, through and through.
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Post by bigfan101 on Aug 7, 2018 21:43:54 GMT -5
The only song of hers i strongly disliked.
And i was still rooting for it to be a hit.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 7, 2018 21:59:09 GMT -5
Wavey✨️ whew chile...the unseasoned chicken up in here!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2018 22:11:46 GMT -5
We go back to Lauren Alaina's debut record for the third time in the bottom 6, to oust "She's a Wildflower," a plucky uplifting ode to a young girl yet to find her place in the world. It is our first song to clock in with less than 400 total points, but despite a small handful of Top 10 ranks, this one ran fell victim to being in a lot of participants' bottom 6, though nobody loses a #26 with this one. It's a pleasant song, but it generally falls into the same camp as the other two early outs from her debut by being inoffensive but not really standing out. "She’s a wildflower just waitin’ on a sunny day Just waitin’ on the wind of change to blow Just a red hot spark that’s lookin’ for a little flame Yeah, trying to find the perfect place to grow She’s a wildflower"
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 7, 2018 22:13:02 GMT -5
Glad her debut is taking the majority of the bottom of the list. Her sophomore effort was much stronger, imo.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 7, 2018 22:22:47 GMT -5
That's more like it!!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 7, 2018 23:01:56 GMT -5
I used to like "Barefoot and Buckwild" a lot, but now I don't really know why I liked it so much. It's just mediocre and the song itself is sort of lacking for the type of song it's trying to be.
Sad to see "She's a Wildflower" out here though.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 8, 2018 12:03:40 GMT -5
Ok but like that bottom 5 was perfect! May not have been the same order but that was my bottom 5! And it's all the songs I don't care for from her, meaning the rest I quite like!
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Post by jab820 on Aug 8, 2018 18:23:57 GMT -5
Nothing I'm too upset about. The Facebook wall line in I'm Not One of Them really didn't age well. My guess is the next three are all from the debut, likely Growing Her Wings, Funny Thing About Love, and maybe The Middle.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2018 21:47:45 GMT -5
Now that we've cleared the bottom 6, let's peep the first song to leave us from inside the Top 20! We go back to the sophomore release from Lauren Alaina for the second time, giving her debut album a bit of a break after several losses were sustained already. "My Kinda People," a plucky 'come as you are' anthem, the presentation of the verses in the song came off as a bit polarizing in nature to some upon release, and I think that probably wound up as its early downfall here. Like previous reveals, it wasn't without some fans though as Wavey✨️ loses another Top 5 already, but mostly low teens and bottom 6 ranks were the kinda placements this one tended to receive. "Don't matter if you got some issues, if you're clean cut, or covered in tattoos On the inside or on the out, ain't what you look like, It's what you're about I don't care where you're from, I don't care what you got I don't care what you done, who you are, who you're not If you like to get loud, that's okay"
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Post by tim on Aug 8, 2018 21:56:25 GMT -5
"She's A Wildflower" went out before "My Kinda People" did?! Wow...
For not being familiar with her discography I ended up ranking five of the bottom 6 about right. I'm also not surprised the last song remaining in my bottom 5 is still in since I think it's more of a favorite with some of her fans but it just wasn't one I connected with.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2018 22:07:20 GMT -5
The laughter stops here for this track from Lauren Alaina's debut record. "Funny Thing About Love," a simple tale of love's indecisiveness, the reactions to it were equally unagreeable as it comes at the greatest loss of Top 10 ranks yet, with six people losing something from that range on their list. It's good news for rgreen0625 who finally loses his #26 though, and he's certainly not alone in giving this one a rather subpar rank as five others lose a bottom 6 now. "You used to want me But I didn’t want you And now I want you, oh, but you don’t want me, yeah Why can’t our two hearts just make up their minds And want the same thing at the same time"
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Aug 8, 2018 22:20:09 GMT -5
I keep losing my Top 10 what a scam.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2018 22:24:09 GMT -5
Clue for #18:
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