Ten Pound Hammer
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Post by Ten Pound Hammer on Jan 31, 2015 23:48:37 GMT -5
TOP
1. Sweet Music Man
2. Tomb of the Unknown Love
3. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
4. Buy Me a Rose
5. Lucille
6. Buried Treasure
7. Love or Something Like It
8. Twenty Years Ago
9. The Gambler
10. Love Will Turn You Around
11. Harder Cards
12. Blaze of Glory
13. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
14. Reuben James
15. All I Ever Need Is You
GOOD BUT OVERRATED
1. Islands in the Stream
BOTTOM
1. Through the Years
2. Lady
3. We've Got Tonight (this one is here entirely because of Sheena Easton's caterwauling)
4. She Believes in Me
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2015 23:51:02 GMT -5
1. The Gambler
2. Lucille
3. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
4. You Can't Make Old Friends (w/Dolly Parton)
5. Islands In The Stream
...yeah that's all I know..
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someguy
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Post by someguy on Feb 1, 2015 0:26:20 GMT -5
Kenny's another artist whose material I should be more familiar with than I am.
Top:
1. You Can't Make Old Friends
2. Islands In The Stream
3. The Gambler
4. Sweet Music Man
5. The Greatest
6. Buy Me A Rose
I don't really know enough of his stuff to make a bottom.
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sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 1, 2015 0:36:59 GMT -5
Top:
1. Coward Of The County
2. Lucille
3. Tomb Of The Unknown Love
4. The Factory
5. Twenty Years Ago
6. The Gambler
7. Love Or Something Like It
8. The Last Ten Years (Superman)
9. I Can't Unlove You
10. Buy Me A Rose
11. The Greatest
12. He Will, She Knows
13. Handprints On The Wall
14. Harder Cards
15. Love Will Turn You Around
Bottom:
1. Lady
2. She Believes In Me
3. Islands In The Stream (station changer, sorry)
4. Through The Years
5. Planet Texas
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Andy
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Post by Andy on Feb 1, 2015 11:59:56 GMT -5
I don't dislike Kenny Rogers, but I've never been compelled to go out of my way to explore his discography. He has some great songs, but a lot of what I've heard has this really slick and boring AC-style production that isn't to my taste at all. Although the same could be said about Ronnie Milsap, whose music I love. Go figure. I admit I would probably like Rogers more if I was more familiar with his non-singles and non-popular eras, so yeah.
Top
1. The Greatest (probably the best baseball song ever)
2. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
3. Coward of the County (definitely a song that could never be a hit today)
4. The Gambler (although I prefer Bobby Bare's version)
5. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
6. Buy Me a Rose
7. The Last Ten Years (Superman)
Bottom
Probably everything else I'm familiar with (Islands in the Stream, Daytime Friends, Through the Years, We've Got Tonight, She Believes in Me, etc., all of which are "bleh" to me)
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gonecountry
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Post by gonecountry on Feb 1, 2015 13:47:59 GMT -5
Like
1. Crazy (hit #1 in 1984; seems like this one is a forgotten #1. Haven't heard on the radio in forever)
2. Lucille
3. The Last Ten Years (Superman)
4. Coward of the County
5. The Gambler
6. Love Will Turn You Around
7. She Believes in Me
8. Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer
9. Islands in the Stream
10. What About Me (not really country)
Dislike
1. Through the Years
2. I Don’t Need You
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sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 1, 2015 14:21:47 GMT -5
Top 1. The Greatest (probably the best baseball song ever) "Swinging For The Fence" by Billy Dean begs to differ. I like "The Greatest", but the twist ending never made too much sense when it came to the rest of the song. I mean, I know the kid could have looked at the cup half full and he was a great pitcher by tossing up the ball so good, but he still struck out on three straight pitches and even I as a little kid could have seen that baseball probably wasn't going to take me very far. |
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onebuffalo
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 1, 2015 14:46:04 GMT -5
Top: 1. Coward Of The County 2. Lucille 3. Tomb Of The Unknown Love 4. The Factory 5. Twenty Years Ago 6. The Gambler 7. Love Or Something Like It 8. The Last Ten Years (Superman) 9. I Can't Unlove You 10. Buy Me A Rose 11. The Greatest 12. He Will, She Knows 13. Handprints On The Wall 14. Harder Cards 15. Love Will Turn You Around Bottom: 1. Lady 2. She Believes In Me 3. Islands In The Stream (station changer, sorry) 4. Through The Years 5. Planet Texas You don't like Kenny Rogers' 'cosmo cowboy' offering (#5)? I have to give him props for releasing it in 1989 (#30 Billboard peak). It was definitely a different sound for Rogers. I liken that song to when he was in the First Edition and released Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In. I am surprised it got that high on the charts. Being 1989, the New Traditionalist Movement was in full swing and artists like George Strait, Randy Travis, Dwight Yoakam, and Ricky Van Shelton were dominating the action. Big & Rich should cover that song. Here is a video of Planet Texas: So far, I do not see ANY love for Morning Desire. I love that song and have been singing it forever. I have saluted it and its parent CD, The Heart Of The Matter in my columns. |
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sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 1, 2015 14:53:34 GMT -5
Top: 1. Coward Of The County 2. Lucille 3. Tomb Of The Unknown Love 4. The Factory 5. Twenty Years Ago 6. The Gambler 7. Love Or Something Like It 8. The Last Ten Years (Superman) 9. I Can't Unlove You 10. Buy Me A Rose 11. The Greatest 12. He Will, She Knows 13. Handprints On The Wall 14. Harder Cards 15. Love Will Turn You Around Bottom: 1. Lady 2. She Believes In Me 3. Islands In The Stream (station changer, sorry) 4. Through The Years 5. Planet Texas You don't like Kenny Rogers' 'cosmo cowboy' offering (#5)? No. |
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onebuffalo
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 1, 2015 15:05:19 GMT -5
You don't like Kenny Rogers' 'cosmo cowboy' offering (#5)? No. Could you please be more direct? Thanks. |
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sabre14
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Post by sabre14 on Feb 1, 2015 15:37:20 GMT -5
Could you please be more direct? Thanks. The lyrics. The "No sir, these cowboys came from space" and "pressurized jeans" lines are stupid as all get out. |
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onebuffalo
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Post by onebuffalo on Feb 1, 2015 15:57:52 GMT -5
Could you please be more direct? Thanks. The lyrics. The "No sir, these cowboys came from space" and "pressurized jeans" lines are stupid as all get out. Surely, you weren't expecting parachute pants? |
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ky24941
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Post by ky24941 on Feb 1, 2015 19:13:05 GMT -5
Top:
1. If I Ever Fall In Love Again
2. We've Got Tonight
3. The Pride Is Back
4. I Don't Call Him Daddy
5. Islands In The Stream
6. Morning Desire
7. The Gambler
8. If You Want To Find Love
9. The Vows Go Unbroken (Always True To You)
10. Love Will Turn You Around
11. Lucille
12. Coward of The County
13. I Can't Unlove You
14. The Last Ten Years (Superman)
15. The Greatest
Although not a single, I prefer his version of "Ol' Red" over George Jones and Blake Shelton's versions.
Bottom:
1. Buy Me A Rose
2. Lady
3. She Believes In Me
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