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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 27, 2017 22:34:26 GMT -5
I already lost my #1 so I'm just gonna enjoy the rest of this ride! Our #1* YES omg. Mourn with me
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 27, 2017 22:39:32 GMT -5
Our #1* YES omg. Mourn with me I guess you could say it gave us a lesson in leavin' We keep the covers rolling with "Lesson in Leavin'", which was a smash hit for Dottie West in the 1980s before Jo Dee Messina gave it a second time to shine nearly 20 years later. It did spectacularly well by being the last song standing without a single #1 rank, and yet made it pretty deep into the Top 10, coming up shy of a Top 5 finish by about fifteen points. Considering it was one of the most notorious stuck-at-#2-hits of all-time, it's a touch ironic that it is her biggest hit here to also elude a #1 rank, lol. Still, high passion was to be had as BackwoodsBarbie loses a #2, and half of us lose a Top 10. The lowest placement for this one came inside the Top 20, only the second reveal thus far to have that distinction following "My Give a Damn's Busted."
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 27, 2017 22:43:41 GMT -5
I KNEW "Lesson In Leavin'" would be out sooner rather than later in the top 10!
I LOVE it though!! Jo Dee's version is way better than the original by Dottie West and I love the original.
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Post by someguy on Oct 27, 2017 22:44:07 GMT -5
I want to be mad that this is out, but this is where I ranked it, lol. Shows how strong her singles discography is.
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 27, 2017 22:48:58 GMT -5
I want to be mad that this is out, but this is where I ranked it, lol. Shows how strong her singles discography is. SAME. I mean I didn't even rank this in my top 10 lol, but I'm still like.... dang out too soon lmao.
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Post by sabre14 on Oct 27, 2017 22:50:43 GMT -5
It's ironic that this song didn't receive any #1 votes, even though it cracked the top 7...given the fact "Lesson In Leavin'" spent like 43 weeks at #2 on Billboard and R&R because it got stuck behind the gigantic hit that was "Amazed" lol.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 27, 2017 22:52:10 GMT -5
I KNEW "Lesson In Leavin'" would be out sooner rather than later in the top 10! I LOVE it though!! Jo Dee's version is way better than the original by Dottie West and I love the original. I've yet to hear a song that Jo Dee Messina sang where her version isn't the best. She's covered a lot of songs (some that I didn't even know were covers, like discovering the original "Silver Thunderbird" tonight, lol) and always truly excels at making them her own. The fact that she had a pretty big career-defining smash with something like "Lesson in Leavin'" after it had already been a career-defining hit for someone else is pretty rare.
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 27, 2017 23:05:26 GMT -5
I KNEW "Lesson In Leavin'" would be out sooner rather than later in the top 10! I LOVE it though!! Jo Dee's version is way better than the original by Dottie West and I love the original. I've yet to hear a song that Jo Dee Messina sang where her version isn't the best. She's covered a lot of songs (some that I didn't even know were covers, like discovering the original "Silver Thunderbird" tonight, lol) and always truly excels at making them her own. The fact that she had a pretty big career-defining smash with something like "Lesson in Leavin'" after it had already been a career-defining hit for someone else is pretty rare. I think I like Phil's versions of the songs he wrote a little better tho lol I know you won't agree.... but Jo Dee's are FANTASTIC too! So we can agree on that lol.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 27, 2017 23:29:27 GMT -5
sad story about this song. Jo Dee got a Silver Thunderbird as a gift at one point but ended up losing it. I forget the entire story unfortunately but yeah I always felt bad about that It was a gift from Tim McGraw. I didn't realize that she lost it though :( I was trying to see where I read that she lost it so I cannot link to it unfortunately but it stuck with me because I remember when she first got it as a gift when the Burn album was coming out.
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Post by Az Paynter on Oct 28, 2017 4:39:36 GMT -5
#IWantYouToBurn :sip2: :kii: Incidentally, this isn't the only Tina Arena song to be covered by a country artist; although it was for her pop album 'Twisted Angel' LeAnn Rimes covered Tina's song 'You Made Me Find Myself'.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 28, 2017 22:19:18 GMT -5
Okay wow. "Burn" not being in the top 5 is one of the biggest tragedies I have ever seen in a rankdown... That is one of the most epic songs of all time. I probably should have put it as my #1 instead of "I Wish", because it is definitely in the running for being my favorite! I was just having a little tender moment for "I Wish" when I did my rankings because I also love that one and I figured "Burn" was a lock to finish near the top anyway... "Lesson In Leavin'" is wonderful as well, but I am okay seeing it go now. I love it, but it has also worn on me a little more than Jo Dee's other big hits have. Also at me being the lowest ranker for both of the songs that had all their votes within the top 20 so far. I love both LIL and MGADB, I swear!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 28, 2017 22:23:05 GMT -5
Also, with d3vin44 finally getting on the board here, bboat11 is the only participant left who hasn't yet had one of his Top 10 album tracks grace the overall list.
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BackwoodsBarbie
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Post by BackwoodsBarbie on Oct 30, 2017 17:23:39 GMT -5
Lesson In Leavin is great song. Melody is so addictive - I remeber i was huming it for days after I first listened to it.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 18:14:46 GMT -5
So far we've lost 2/5 of Jo Dee Messina's lead singles, but we're about to lose our third just three points shy of a Top 5 finish. The question is which one will be joining "My Give a Damn's Busted" and "Peace Sign" in the graveyard?
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Post by someguy on Oct 30, 2017 18:15:48 GMT -5
"That's The Way"
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codyj100
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Post by codyj100 on Oct 30, 2017 18:25:53 GMT -5
"That's The Way"
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 18:30:21 GMT -5
Just three points shy of a Top 5 finish, Jo Dee Messina loses her third lead single, "That's the Way," to knock the Burn era down to one single remaining. d3vin44 loses his #1 this time and that's the way it goes. On the flipside, I'm the second-to-last poster to lose my final bottom 10 placement here.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 30, 2017 18:31:27 GMT -5
Hmm. Interesting time for it to leave.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 30, 2017 18:35:39 GMT -5
Hmm. Interesting time for it to leave. That's the way it goes.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 18:39:57 GMT -5
Hmm. Interesting time for it to leave. Long overdue imo. I've just never seen how this one is that special. It's a good song, but it's not a great one, and she has a lot more interesting uptempos imo. For me, the verses on "That's the Way" are pretty strong, but the chorus is just kinda 'there.' I still like it because I like just about everything she's ever put out, but... meh.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 30, 2017 18:42:18 GMT -5
I was somehow thinking we were already in the top 5; shows you how far behind I am (and I also won't really have a day off until Veterans' Day).
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 30, 2017 18:44:28 GMT -5
I was somehow thinking we were already in the top 5; shows you how far behind I am (and I also won't really have a day off until Veterans' Day). That's okay, we probably won't finish this until Veteran's Day
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 19:03:00 GMT -5
I was somehow thinking we were already in the top 5; shows you how far behind I am (and I also won't really have a day off until Veterans' Day). That's okay, we probably won't finish this until Veteran's Day It'll be finished within the next few days actually.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 19:12:06 GMT -5
"Bring on the Rain" dries up just inside the Top 5 and just like that we have snuffed out all five singles from Burn, leaving behind her debut hit and three #1 hits from I'm Alright. Another pair of #1 losses happen as Kanenrá:ke and dub are the next to see their favorite evaporated from the rankdown. It is good news for LBTrocks though who, right after me, loses the last bottom 10 rank of the game. Everyone else had it Top 15 or better.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 19:16:24 GMT -5
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Oct 30, 2017 19:17:47 GMT -5
My 1, 2, 3, and 10! I'm surprised I ranked my 10 that low though... Would be happy with any of my top 3 winning though
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Post by codyj100 on Oct 30, 2017 19:27:28 GMT -5
No, I just wont accept BOTR out - just inside the top five. Ugh. But, this will be an interesting roll out for the top four remaining songs. "I'm Alright" FTW?
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 30, 2017 19:31:25 GMT -5
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 30, 2017 19:40:10 GMT -5
"Love on a Maybe" cracks the Top 5 of our album cuts side-rankdown, and does so by way of five Top 10 ranks from the people who submitted such lists. It becomes the one and only non-single from the Me album to make our overall list. In typical Jo Dee Messina fashion, she's singing about a man with fickle feelings who can't seem to commit himself to her fully, leaving her having to let him know that she "can't give her love on a maybe." The melody is infectious and Jo Dee sounds great vocally on the track (gotta love the vocal acrobatics she does during the chorus), and it was a definite highlight from her indie album effort given the amount of love it received from y'all here (and bboat11 finally gets a deep cut on the board here!). Unlike the man Jo Dee sings about in the song, there was no hesitation about the love for this song!
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Post by someguy on Oct 30, 2017 19:40:13 GMT -5
I have my 1, 2, 3 and 13 left. I'm really hoping (and predicting) that my #13 is out next.
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