Top 5/Bottom 5: Toby Keith

[Ten Pound Hammer]

Toby Keith

TOP

1. Who's That Man
2. A Woman's Touch
3. Upstairs Downtown
4. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
5. Lost You Anyway
6. Hope on the Rocks
7. How Do You Like Me Now?!
8. We Were in Love
9. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
10. I Wanna Talk About Me
11. Big Blue Note
12. A Little Too Late
13. Getcha Some
14. Rock You Baby
15. God Love Her (it's like Whiskey Girl, but about 20% cooler)
16. Beers Ago
17. Somewhere Else (why did I give this only 3.5 on Roughstock?)
18. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
19. My List
20. Cryin' for Me (Wayman's Song)

BOTTOM

1. Shut Up and Hold On
2. Who's Your Daddy?
3. Every Dog Has Its Day
4. She's a Hottie (although I have nowhere near the vitriolic dislike that most people around here had of it)
5. Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue
6. Made in America (this is one of the only times that I've ever completely forgotten the lyrics to a #1 song under 15 years old)
7. I Love This Bar
8. Get My Drink On (really not all that bad, just kinda "there" outside the guitar work)
9. Mockingbird (decent rendition, terrible single choice)
10. Trailerhood (again, not a bad song, just a terrible single choice)

[Deleted]

1. Should've Been A Cowboy
2. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
3. Who's That Man
4. My List
5. A Little Less Talk
6. How Do You Like Me Now
Sick of:
1. Beer For My Horses
2. Courtesy Of The Red White And Blue
3. Who's Your Daddy

Bottom of The Barrel:
1. High maintenance Woman (This is still one of the worst songs I've ever heard)
2. She's A Hottie
3. Whiskey Girl
4. Red Solo Cup (Screw you for releasing this s*it, Toby)
5. American Ride (Ugh)

[sabre14]

Top:
1. Dream Walkin'
2. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This (funny how life experience can make you love certain songs)
3. My List
4. Love Me If You Can
5. Big Blue Note (yes I like it that much)
6. How Do You Like Me Now?!
7. Whiskey Girl
8. A Little Too Late
9. Upstairs Downtown
10. As Good As I Once Was
11. God Love Her
12. Who's That Man
13. High Maintenance Woman (Never understood why this is so disliked)
14. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
15. American Ride
16. Every Dog Has It's Day (maybe I just like songs with dog in the title..)
17. Bullets In The Gun
18. Get Drunk And Be Somebody
19. Beer For My Horses
20. Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)

Bottom:
1. Who's Your Daddy (easily one of my all time most hated songs)
2. Shut Up And Hold On
3. She's A Hottie
4. Mockingbird (why in the world was this a single?)
5. A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action
6. I Wanna Talk About Me (this didn't hold up well for me at all)
7. Crash Here Tonight (just a tad boring)
8. I Love This Bar (just too overplayed)
9. Should've Been A Cowboy (this actually is a good song, but it might be the most overkilled song ever on country radio)
10. Somewhere Else (Another one that many like that does nothing for me)

[onebuffalo]

Apr 27, 2014 13:16:25 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Top:
1. Dream Walkin'
2. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This (funny how life experience can make you love certain songs)
3. My List
4. Love Me If You Can
5. Big Blue Note (yes I like it that much)
6. How Do You Like Me Now?!
7. Whiskey Girl
8. A Little Too Late
9. Upstairs Downtown
10. As Good As I Once Was
11. God Love Her
12. Who's That Man
13. High Maintenance Woman (Never understood why this is so disliked)
14. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
15. American Ride
16. Every Dog Has It's Day (maybe I just like songs with dog in the title..)
17. Bullets In The Gun
18. Get Drunk And Be Somebody
19. Beer For My Horses
20. Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)

Bottom:
1. Who's Your Daddy (easily one of my all time most hated songs)
2. Shut Up And Hold On
3. She's A Hottie
4. Mockingbird (why in the world was this a single?)
5. A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action
6. I Wanna Talk About Me (this didn't hold up well for me at all)
7. Crash Here Tonight (just a tad boring)
8. I Love This Bar (just too overplayed)
9. Should've Been A Cowboy (this actually is a good song, but it might be the most overkilled song ever on country radio)
10. Somewhere Else (Another one that many like that does nothing for me)

Why was Mockingbird a single? Because of Toby Keith's daughter, Krystal!

[sabre14]

Apr 27, 2014 14:30:03 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Apr 27, 2014 13:16:25 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Top:
1. Dream Walkin'
2. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This (funny how life experience can make you love certain songs)
3. My List
4. Love Me If You Can
5. Big Blue Note (yes I like it that much)
6. How Do You Like Me Now?!
7. Whiskey Girl
8. A Little Too Late
9. Upstairs Downtown
10. As Good As I Once Was
11. God Love Her
12. Who's That Man
13. High Maintenance Woman (Never understood why this is so disliked)
14. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
15. American Ride
16. Every Dog Has It's Day (maybe I just like songs with dog in the title..)
17. Bullets In The Gun
18. Get Drunk And Be Somebody
19. Beer For My Horses
20. Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)

Bottom:
1. Who's Your Daddy (easily one of my all time most hated songs)
2. Shut Up And Hold On
3. She's A Hottie
4. Mockingbird (why in the world was this a single?)
5. A Little Less Talk and A Lot More Action
6. I Wanna Talk About Me (this didn't hold up well for me at all)
7. Crash Here Tonight (just a tad boring)
8. I Love This Bar (just too overplayed)
9. Should've Been A Cowboy (this actually is a good song, but it might be the most overkilled song ever on country radio)
10. Somewhere Else (Another one that many like that does nothing for me)

Why was Mockingbird a single? Because of Toby Keith's daughter, Krystal!

They easily could have picked another song to release with Krystal's vocals lent instead of "Mockingbird".    

[onebuffalo]

Apr 27, 2014 14:33:48 GMT -5 sabre14 said:

Apr 27, 2014 14:30:03 GMT -5 onebuffalo said:

Why was Mockingbird a single? Because of Toby Keith's daughter, Krystal!

They easily could have picked another song to release with Krystal's vocals lent instead of "Mockingbird".    

I'll admit it was a strange song for a father and daughter to sing. Definitely another song would have been more appropriate.

[Kanenrá:ke]

01. Love Me If You Can
02. Whiskey Girl
03. My List
04. God Love Her
05. Should've Been A Cowboy
06. Crash Here Tonight
07. I Love This Bar
08. Drinks After Work
09. Somewhere Else
10. Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)

Bottom
01. Courtesy Of The Red, White & Blue (The Angry American)
02. She's A Hottie
03. Get Drunk And Be Somebody
04. Who's Your Daddy
05. Stays In Mexico
06. American Ride
07. Get My Drink On
08. Made In America
09. Trailerhood
10. Shut Up And Hold On

[Andy]

Not really a huge TK fan, especially of his later stuff, but I'll try my best.

TOP
Who's That Man?
I'm So Happy (I Can't Stop Crying)
Should've Been a Cowboy
I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
Honky Tonk U
God Love Her
Whiskey Girl
I Love This Bar
Beer For My Horses
Dream Walkin'
Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine on You
Boomtown
Tired
My List
Big Blue Note

BOTTOM
She's a Hottie
Who's Your Daddy
Red Solo Cup
Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue

[Spacey_Kacey]

1. How Do You Like Me Now?!
2. Beer For My Horses
3. I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying
4. My List
5. Big Blue Note
6. Clancy's Tavern
7. She Never Cried In Front of Me
8. Should've Been a Cowboy
9. Whiskey Girl
10. As Good As I Once Was
11. I Love This Bar
12. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
13. Dream Walkin'
14. She's Perfect
15. White Rose
16. Haven't Seen the Last of You
17. Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)
18. Kissin' In the Rain
19. When Love Fades
20. Huckleberry
Good Singles: Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You?; Who's That Man; Hope on The Rocks; You Ain't Much Fun; He Ain't Worth Missing; Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song); Me Too; Beers Ago; Double Wide Paradise; We Were In Love; God Love Her; Upstairs Downtown; I Like Girls That Drink Beer; Honkytonk U; Somewhere Else; A Woman's Touch; Wish I Didn't Know Now; American Soldier

Sorry, is that too long? I really LOVE most Toby Keith singles.


1. Shut Up And Hold On
2. Get Out of My Car
3. Runnin' Block
4. Pump Jack
5. Hit It
Other Bad Singles: Mockingbird, She's a Hottie, Who's Your Daddy

[.indulgecountry]

This was difficult. I love his voice and many of his singles, but I don't regularly listen to him (I own none of his albums), so I spent the last few hours listening to a lot of his hits that I was less familiar with.

Top
01. I Love This Bar
02. As Good as I Once Was
03. God Love Her
04. Bullets in the Gun
05. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
06. Wish I Didn't Know Now
07. Love Me If You Can
08. Who's That Man
09. I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight
10. Somewhere Else
11. My List
12. You Ain't Much Fun
13. Hope On the Rocks
14. Crash Here Tonight
15. Should've Been a Cowboy
HM: I Like Girls That Drink Beer, Whiskey Girl, Beer for My Horses, Upstairs Downtown

Bottom
01. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American)
02. American Soldier
03. Every Dog Has Its Day
04. Shut Up and Hold On
05. Red Solo Cup
06. Made in America
07. American Ride
08. Mockingbird
09. Who's Your Daddy?
10. How Do You Like Me Now?!

[Deleted]

Apr 27, 2014 19:36:53 GMT -5 .indulgecountry said:

This was difficult. I love his voice and many of his singles, but I don't regularly listen to him (I own none of his albums), so I spent the last few hours listening to a lot of his hits that I was less familiar with.

I did the same (listened to a lot of his singles, mostly the ones I wasn't very familiar with or hadn't heard in a long time). I've always liked Toby but for me he's never been quite as good as Kenny, Tim, Keith, Alan, George, etc, even though for a long time Toby was as popular or even more popular than those other guys.

I guess what it comes down to is that my favorite half dozen or so of Toby's singles just don't compare to the top 5 or 6 from Keith, Kenny, Alan, and Tim. Toby's had some great songs but he never had that really awesome song that I could just listen to over and over again. The only Toby albums I own are 2001's Pull My Chain, 2002's Unleashed, and 2003's Shock'n Y'all. Had they come out nowadays I don't know if I would buy them, but my family was pretty big into Toby back then and his big hits were all over the radio so my parents bought those albums for us.

TOP:

01 "My List"
02 "American Soldier"
03 "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"
04 "I'm Just Talkin' About Tonight"
05 "I Wanna Talk About Me"
06 "Dream Walkin'"
07 "You Ain't Much Fun"
08 "Big Blue Note"
09 "Love Me If You Can"
10 "Who's That Man"
11 "Beers Ago"
12 "Drinks After Work"
13 "Bullets In The Gun"
14 "Courtesy Of The Red, White, And Blue"
15 "How Do You Like Me Now?!"
16 "We Were In Love"
17 "Honkytonk U"
18 "Wish I Didn't Know Now"
19 "Should've Been A Cowboy"
20 "Rock You Baby"
21 "A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action"
22 "Crash Here Tonight"
23 "A Little Too Late"
24 "Country Comes To Town"
25 "I Like Girls That Drink Beer"

Bottom:

01 "She's A Hottie"
02 "Get Drunk And Be Somebody"
03 "As Good As I Once Was" (this song was overplayed to death and it just got to be so annoying and obnoxious for me)
04 "Shut Up And Hold On"
05 "Beer For My Horses" [with Willie Nelson] (I've heard this one about 10,000 times too many)
06 "American Ride"
07 "Trailerhood"
08 "High Maintenance Woman"
09 "Made In America"
10 "I Love This Bar" (this one's really not that bad, but I just got so sick of it)

[zjames]

Top 
1 "My List"
2 "Dream Walkin"
3 "American Soldier"
4 "Big Blue Note"
5 "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American)"
6 "Beers Ago"
7 "Hope On The Rocks"
8 "I Wanna Talk About Me"
9 "How Do You Like Me Now?!"
10 "As Good As I Once Was"

HM: "Red Solo Cup", "I Like Girls That Drink Beer", "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying", "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This", "Somewhere Else"

Tired Of
1 "Made In America"
2 "Beer For My Horses"

Bottom
1 "Shut Up & Hold On"
2 "Who's Your Daddy?"
3 "Stays In Mexico"
4 "American Ride"
5 "Get Drunk & Be Somebody"

[sabre14]

I decided to like anybody who had "Big Blue Note" in their top 10. There were more supporters of that song than I thought. :)

[someguy]

Toby has a few songs that I like a lot, but also a few that I really don't. The only albums that I own of his are his first two greatest hits.

Top

1. How Do You Like Me Now
2. Should've Been A Cowboy
3. Beer For My Horses
4. As Good As I Once Was
5. Who's That Man
6. A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action
7. You Ain't Much Fun
8. We Were In Love
9. Dream Walkin'
10. Whiskey Girl
11. Somewhere Else
12. I Wanna Talk About Me
13. Beers Ago
14. Cryin' For Me
15. Upstairs Downtown

Bottom

1. Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue (this would be on the shortlist of my most hated songs of all time)
2. American Soldier
3. Shut Up And Hold On
4. Who's Your Daddy
5. Trailerhood
6. Rock You Baby
7. Crash Here Tonight
8. She's A Hottie
9. Bullets In The Gun
10. Honkytonk U

[bjer127]

I am opposite of most on this board, I think Toby's music (mostly album cuts) got better when he started his own label. His work from early 2000's was overproduced and WAY overplayed on radio. granted, he was the formats biggest start from 2000-2004. But I think the quality of his songwriting got better after he started Show Dog. Here's my list

Top
Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
My List
Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)
You Can't Read My Mind
Rodeo Moon
In A Couple of Days
Clancy's Tavern
Hope On The Rocks
She Ain't Hooked On Me No More (with Merle Haggard)
Chuckie's Gone

Bottom
I Wanna Talk About Me
How Do You Like Me Now
I'm Just Talking About Tonight
She's A Hottie
Beer for My Horses (overplayed)
Whiskey Girl
Big Blue Note

[tim]

Toby is very hit or miss, more miss later into his career.

Top
1. Dream Walkin'
2. When Love Fades
3. Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
4. Upstairs Downtown
5. My List

Bottom
1. Who's Your Daddy
2. Getcha Some
3. I Wanna Talk About Me
4. How Do You Like Me Now
5. As Good As I Once Was

[churchchoir]

Top:
1. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
2. Beers Ago
3. She Never Cried in Front of Me
4. My List
5. Love Me If You Can
6. Cryin' for Me
7. Lost You Anyway
8. God Love Her
9. American Soldier
10. Dream Walkin'

Bottom:
1. Shut Up and Hold On
2. Every Dog Has Its Day
3. I Love This Bar
4. I Like Girls That Drink Beer
5. American Ride

[zaclord 🌈]

Top 5

01. I Wanna Talk About Me
02. Big Blue Note
03. God Love Her
04. Stays In Mexico
05. As Good As I Once Was

Bottom 5
The entire rest of his catalog, but specifically:

01. Red Solo Cup
02. High Maintenance Woman
03. American Ride
04. She's a Hottie
05. Made In America
and probably the last 12 singles of his that I never listened to unless by force (a la "Red Solo Cup")

[gonecountry]

Top
1. How Do You Like Me Now?
2. I’m Just Talking About Tonight
3. You Ain't Much Fun (and the live version on GH2 is even better than the studio version)
4. Should've Been A Cowboy
5. Who's That Man
6. Honkytonk U
7. Country Comes to Town
8. We Were In Love
9. American Soldier
10. Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue Dream Walkin'
11. You Shouldn’t Kiss Me Like This
12. Get Drunk and Be Somebody
13. Love Me If You Can
14. Made in America
15. Somewhere Else
16. I Wanna Talk About Me
17. Whiskey Girl
18. Trailerhood

Bottom (really just “Meh”, don’t hate, just don’t really get into)
1. Shut Up And Hold On
2. She Never Cried in Front of Me
3. Drinks After Work
4. A Woman’s Touch
5. Get My Drink On
6. Lost You Anyway
7. Big Blue Note

Good, But Just Overplayed – Way Too Much
1. As Good As I Once Was
2. Who's Your Daddy
3. Beer For My Horses (sorry Willie)

[phil1996]

Top

1. "We Were In Love" .... The best song that he's ever done, vocally. Amazing song.
2. "How Do You Like Me Now"
3. "Stays In Mexico"
4. "Lost You Anyway"
5. "Hope On The Rocks"
6. "Trailerhood"
7. "I'm Just Talkin' Bout Tonight"
8. "You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This"
9. "Honkytonk U"
10. "Country Comes To Town"

Bottom

1. "Shut Up and Hold On"
2. "American Ride"
3. "Beers Ago"
4. "Red Solo Cup" (It's still a fun song though)
5. "Love Me If You Can"

[Kentucky25]

Top
1. Huckleberry
2. Lucky Me
3. I'm So Happy That I Can't Stop Crying
4. She Never Cried in Front of Me
5. Dream Walkin'
6. You Shouldn't Kiss Me Like This
7. Hope on the Rocks
8. Who's That Man (I love these kinds of songs, "That Ain't My Truck" and "Papa Bear" are two others).
9. Rodeo Moon
10. I Can't Take You Anywhere
11. Missed You Just Right

Bottom
1. Shut Up and Hold On
2. Red Solo Cup
3. Made in America
4. American Ride (the patriotic songs worn thing quickly for me)
5. Trailerhood
6. She's a Hottie
7. Bullets in the Gun
8. Every Dog Has His Day...
9. Get Drunk and Be Somebody

I went 11 top and 9 bottom to stay positive haha.

[bigbluenote]

I can't do a top 5 or even 10. He has too many great and amazing songs

However, a bottom 5 is so easy:
Shut up and hold on
She's a hottie
I like girls that drink beer
Beers ago
Every dog has its day
High maintainence woman

Ok, so I went to 6. He has easily has at least two beyond terrible songs from each of the past 5 albums or so.
I'm glad it's been longer than 4 months since his last release. Hopefully this longer than usual gap means we will get quality material like we used to from him.

I sure to miss Honkytonk University and White Trash With Money. After those two, he consistently got worse and worse.

[jesster]

Not sure how I missed this one. Toby has such a huge catalog of radio songs, tour songs and interesting album tracks. He also has a few it's easy not to love so much ;)

Like (no particular order)
Beer For My Horses
God Love Her
I Love This Bar
How Do You Like Me Now
Honkytonk U
Courtesy of the Red White & Blue
American Soldier
It Works For Me
Should've Been a Cowboy
Weed With Willie
Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
Drinks After Work
Somewhere Else
My List
Made In America
Clancy's Tavern
Big Blue Note
As Good As I Once Was
Haven't Seen the Last of You
Ain't It Just Like You
Red Solo Cup

Middling
Whiskey Girl
Hope On The Rocks
Beers Ago
Bullets In The Gun
American Ride

Not fond of / wth songs
Get Out Of My car
Every Dog Has Its Day
She's a Hottie
Stays in Mexico

[Deleted]

Top:
1. Bullets In The Gun
2. God Love Her
3. Who's That Man
4. Cryin' For Me (Wayman's Song)
5. Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
6. Beer For My Horses (w/Willie Nelson)
7. Hope On The Rocks
8. Lost You Anyway
9. A Little Less Talk And Lot More Action
10. A Little Too Late
11. Dream Walkin'
12. How Do You Like Me Now?!?
13. Wish I Didn't Know Now
14. I Love This Bar
15. My List
16. Beers Ago
17. American Soldier
18. As Good As I Once Was
19. Shouldve Been A Cowboy
20. We Were In Love

Bottom:
1. I Wanna Talk About Me
2. Getcha Some
3. Trailerhood
4. Drunk Americans
5. Red Solo Cup

I'm most likely forgetting some of his best (and worst) stuff on here. I'm not as familiar with him as i'd like to be, though since I plan on seeing him this summer I better change that :)

[countrymusicjunkie]

Top:

1.God Love Her
2.Somewhere Else
3.Whiskey Girl
4.Dream Walking
5.We Were In Love
6.Hope On The Rocks
7.As Good As I Once Was
8.Should've Been A Cowboy
9.Who's That Man
10.Wish I Didn't Know Now
11.Beers Ago
12.Love Me If You Can
13.A Little Too Late
14.Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You
15.Courtesy Of The Red White And Blur
16.I Love This Bar
17.Rock You Baby
18.My List
19.Upstairs Downtown
20.She Never Cried In Front Of Me

Favorite Album Tracks:

1.White Rose
2.Gypsy Driftin'
3.You Already Love Me
4.Sailboat For Sale (With Jimmy Buffet)
5.Clancy's Tavern

Bottom:

1.Red Solo Cup
2.Big Blue Note
3.Getcha Some
4.Shut Up And Hold On
5.Get My Drink On
6.She's A Hottie
7.Mockingbird
8.I Wanna Talk About Me
9.Every Dog Has It's Day
10.Drinks After Work