.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 28, 2018 21:52:55 GMT -5
"Next Boyfriend," the ill-fated chart flop that should've been a smash as the intended lead single for Road Less Traveled before the record was delayed to allow the title track the chance to actually launch the record, comes up shy of the Top 3 here, bested by her two highest-charting singles + one beloved album cut. This flirty uptempo pop-leaning number wrapped around an insanely clever hook has Lauren Alaina approaching a boy with a confident swagger. Another pair of #1s falls, this time being austin and LBTrocks's turn, while merely one poster loses something from their bottom 6 here. Over half of us slotted this one into our Top 5s, so the passion overall was pretty strong for this one. Fun Easter egg: her real-life boyfriend/fiance appears in the music video as her love interest. It's also not saying a whole lot given her videography at present, but this is without a doubt her best music video to date. "You look a lot like my next boyfriend I can't believe how much you act like him You and me, we'd be unbelievable And I'm available No, I don't think it's a coincidence I put it all together, it makes sense Boy, you ain't no fling or a could've been 'Cause you look a lot like my next boyfriend"
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 28, 2018 21:54:31 GMT -5
It only made it one spot lower than I was predicting, so I'm not shocked.
But it became my fav song of hers when I heard it and it remains so. Just a fantastic melody! Her voice sounds gorgeous on this and I love the lyrics. Such an all-around jam!
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 28, 2018 21:54:35 GMT -5
Ugh, the smash that never was... this should have been huge
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bigfan101
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Post by bigfan101 on Aug 28, 2018 21:55:58 GMT -5
Totally agree on the music video line Indulge. I feel like this is the only one she actually had a decent budget for.
Doin Fine’s music video budget had to be in the hundreds of dollars.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 28, 2018 22:00:08 GMT -5
Totally agree on the music video line Indulge. I feel like this is the only one she actually had a decent budget for. Doin Fine’s music video budget had to be in the hundreds of dollars. Idk that light that lauren held above her head and danced around in probably only costs like $50, which would mean the budget for that video was about $50.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 28, 2018 22:09:31 GMT -5
Totally agree on the music video line Indulge. I feel like this is the only one she actually had a decent budget for. Doin Fine’s music video budget had to be in the hundreds of dollars. Idk that light that lauren held above her head and danced around in probably only costs like $50, which would mean the budget for that video was about $50. Lauren's label must be like "$50 for a top 30 hit, not bad..." lol
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 28, 2018 22:10:24 GMT -5
It's travesty that something as radio friendly as "Next Boyfriend" did nothing on the charts and didn't even make the Top 40. Tragic. I'll forever maintain that it should've been her big breakthrough smash instead of RLT, imo.
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g8erboi
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Post by g8erboi on Aug 29, 2018 7:05:23 GMT -5
I hope somehow Lauren can pull a "Radar" (Britney Spears) and include "Next Boyfriend" on her next album (assuming she scores a couple of hits off the album first) and re-release it as a single.
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austin
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Post by austin on Aug 29, 2018 7:17:57 GMT -5
Idk that light that lauren held above her head and danced around in probably only costs like $50, which would mean the budget for that video was about $50. Lauren's label must be like "$50 for a top 30 hit, not bad..." lol Lauren's label had to spend $50 but Taylor's only had to send #themug Also, that video for 'Georgia Peaches' is SO BAD lol. I had never seen that before. I agree the one for 'Next Boyfriend' is great. Cannot believe this didn't take off for her. Sad it only ended up #4. "Doin' Fine" next.
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jab820
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Post by jab820 on Aug 29, 2018 19:59:08 GMT -5
Doin' Fine, SDDB, RLT are going to be how this goes.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 29, 2018 21:52:51 GMT -5
To perhaps little surprise, "Same Day Different Bottle" was unable to overcome the fanfare that her two biggest hits accumulated in this rankdown and bows out here in third place... which is not too shabby at all, especially for an album cut. This very raw and dark ballad tackles Lauren Alaina's first-hand experience with her father's alcoholism and seeing how it negatively impacted his life. It clearly struck a chord with the participants of this rankdown as it wound up only 10 points shy of taking home a win, thanks in part to a whopping 5 #1 placements, the most of any song in the game. Ultimately, it was not well-received by everyone as a couple ranks, including an egregious bottom 6 slot from raylatch98, drug it down. "I've watched you try to drown the past But those demons just keep draggin' you back In my heart there's still no doubt Someday you'll hit your knees, you'll finally bottom out I want so bad, to help you stop the bleeding But you get so mad when I ask you what you're needing"
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bigfan101
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Post by bigfan101 on Aug 29, 2018 21:55:18 GMT -5
Ultimately, it was not well-received by everyone as a couple ranks, including an egregious bottom 6 slot from raylatch98 , drug it down. egregious is an overly kind way to put this. This song is Song of the Year material. Honest and so Vunerable.
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 29, 2018 21:55:49 GMT -5
raylatch98 as one Lauren's biggest fans on here, I expected more from you! I love this song! The verse is gorgeous. The whole song is great.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 29, 2018 21:59:14 GMT -5
It all comes down to... vs.
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Post by Wavey✨️ on Aug 29, 2018 21:59:57 GMT -5
She looks great on those covers! I'm hoping for Doin Fine win.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 29, 2018 22:01:19 GMT -5
.indulgecountry you should have waited to start this rankdown until the next time Ray boardicided so his taste wouldn't have tainted the results
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 29, 2018 22:03:06 GMT -5
DF FTW, PLZ!
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raylatch98
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Post by raylatch98 on Aug 29, 2018 22:04:05 GMT -5
raylatch98 as one Lauren's biggest fans on here, I expected more from you! I love this song! The verse is gorgeous. The whole song is great. I uh, I blocked the host, not for personal reasons, just because I hate getting a ton of notifications, and this rankdown slipped my mind after I submitted anyway. "Same Day Different Bottle" is so boring to me. Like the lyrics and Lauren Alaina sounds nice and the production is great but put all 3 things together and I just feel like I get a bore of a song. Then again I am the guy who jams out to "Crashing The Boys Club".
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Post by raylatch98 on Aug 29, 2018 22:05:23 GMT -5
.indulgecountry you should have waited to start this rankdown until the next time Ray boardicided so his taste wouldn't have tainted the results 🙄. I have actually been having a great time on Pulse since coming back and boardicide hasn't once crossed my mind. Not at all actually.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Aug 29, 2018 23:16:59 GMT -5
"Road Less Traveled" ftw!!
Also it's really sad that "Doin' Fine" is her second biggest hit. When I saw you say "her two biggest hits" I was like "there's no way DF is her second biggest hit" but it is sadly... It peaked one position higher than "Georgia Peaches" did.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 30, 2018 6:04:26 GMT -5
Wanted to post this last night but Proboards had some sort of outage so, here we go now... Aaaaannnnnddddd, we have our winner! The less successful follow-up to Lauren Alaina's breakthrough smash squeaks out a win with only a 5-point margin over the title track to her sophomore set. In this battle of uplifting uptempo jams inspired by Alaina's life -- "Doin' Fine" referencing her parent's divorce, with "Road Less Traveled" being inspired by the singer's image struggles -- Pulse was pretty divided on this one, and no clear victor emerged. This one was pretty much neck-and-neck throughout the submission process, with #1 flipping between these two (and also "Same Day Different Bottle"), but in the end "Doin' Fine" came out just ahead. Both songs clocked three #1 ranks, and each also only had one bottom 6 a piece. "Doin' Fine" only missed the Top 10 on four posters' lists, while "Road Less Traveled" only missed the mark with five posters. "Daddy got sober, Mama got his best friend I've cut down crying to every other weekend"
"If you trust your rebel heart, ride it into battle Don't be afraid, take the road less traveled Wear out your boots and kick up the gravel Don't be afraid, take the road less traveled on"
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austin
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Post by austin on Aug 30, 2018 6:43:20 GMT -5
Poop
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Aug 30, 2018 7:32:38 GMT -5
Wow, surprised “Doin’ Fine” won! I love both of the singles so I didn’t care which one came out on top, but it’s refeeshing to not always see the biggest hits win a rankdown :)
Doin’ Fine should have been another big hit for her - it’s so catchy and personal to Lauren and somehow manages to be a sad song and a happy song at the same time which I love.
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Post by Troublemaker on Aug 30, 2018 7:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Aug 30, 2018 8:11:36 GMT -5
I was SO looking forward to winning another rankdown tbh! Oh well, I guess I'll have to settle for second place again! :'(
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austin
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Post by austin on Aug 30, 2018 8:38:06 GMT -5
I really love the opening line of "Doin' Fine" but then I feel like the rest of the song falls flat on its face and doesn't deliver. The chorus isn't catchy and the rest of the verses don't really tell anything any other inspirational song hasn't already done before. Really think the wrong song won here, but I find all but my top 5-6 songs by her to be extremely average at best, so it is what it is.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Aug 30, 2018 9:06:37 GMT -5
bye y'all
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Post by d3vin44 on Aug 30, 2018 10:32:35 GMT -5
Dammit! Had I participated the right song would've won!
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 30, 2018 10:58:09 GMT -5
“Doin’ Fine” is... fine lol. Not even close to being one of her best songs tho.
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Post by sabre14 on Aug 30, 2018 11:02:58 GMT -5
“Doin’ Fine”...really? I like the song and was okay with them going with it as the follow-up to “Road Less Traveled” but I’m shocked this won. “Georgia Peaches”, “Road Less Traveled”, “Same Day, Different Bottle” all would have been great winners but this one was a surprise.
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