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Post by austin on Jan 31, 2018 8:41:07 GMT -5
I am in on this one, but I will need a little bit of time to get more familiar with the older songs, and revisit some of her best songs so I rank them how I truly feel about them. I don't want to half ass this one. Pleas tag me in reminders to keep me focused and I look forward to this one.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 31, 2018 19:02:12 GMT -5
Lol hopefully that is a good thing... What I have found is that Reba is just as hard to rank as George, but in a different way. George was hard to rank because he started swinging hard right out of the gate, and literally never let up in quality, and it is practically impossible to pick out differences in quality even between different decades. Reba is hard to rank because her material seemed to get better and better through the years! Most of her '70s and early '80s material is poorly produced and forgettable to me, but then you can literally feel her blossoming into one of the biggest superstars of all time while you are listening through the list. And once that shift happens, every song seems to get more and more iconic... So if you are listening to the list chronologically, it creates a very odd dilemma where you find yourself placing every new song towards the top of the list, but then watching other amazing songs get shoved further down. At least that was my experience while listening to this! Yes it's a good thing! I just happened to get more stressed out as I progressed from #40 to #51 (the reason for the gif lol). I'm now at 79+ songs and yes doing this chronologically creates a lot of dilemmas...but I think that is the best way to tackle this one. btw...how are you handling album tracks? I wasn't going to rank them this time like I did for the George Strait rankdown but rather send them chronologically (much like you did them for his). For the album tracks, I will handle them exactly the same way I handled George's :-) If you just send me a list of your top 20 favorites, in whatever order, I will make sure they get featured on an album write-up! Now I just need to go finish George's... Lmao #flophost |
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Post by Red on Jan 31, 2018 19:05:20 GMT -5
I'm almost insulted that you didn't tag me for this, bboat. I mean, yeah, I don't normally do country rankdowns (at best, I ask to be tagged), but I will absolutely do this one. It's Reba. She's practically in my veins.
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 31, 2018 19:39:52 GMT -5
I'm almost insulted that you didn't tag me for this, bboat. I mean, yeah, I don't normally do country rankdowns (at best, I ask to be tagged), but I will absolutely do this one. It's Reba. She's practically in my veins. Oh, this is awkward... I didn't want any of the rock posters to feel welcome in OUR rankdown......   |
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Post by Red on Jan 31, 2018 19:41:48 GMT -5
I'm almost insulted that you didn't tag me for this, bboat. I mean, yeah, I don't normally do country rankdowns (at best, I ask to be tagged), but I will absolutely do this one. It's Reba. She's practically in my veins. Oh, this is awkward... I didn't want any of the rock posters to feel welcome in OUR rankdown...... Please, we both know you're not Green.  |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jan 31, 2018 19:46:03 GMT -5
I'm almost insulted that you didn't tag me for this, bboat. I mean, yeah, I don't normally do country rankdowns (at best, I ask to be tagged), but I will absolutely do this one. It's Reba. She's practically in my veins. Oh, this is awkward... I didn't want any of the rock posters to feel welcome in OUR rankdown...... I almost said something kinda controversial... |
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 31, 2018 19:54:03 GMT -5
Oh, this is awkward... I didn't want any of the rock posters to feel welcome in OUR rankdown......  Please, we both know you're not Green.   |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jan 31, 2018 20:01:16 GMT -5
Still upset that "Why Haven't I Heard From You" isn't on Spotify anymore.
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Post by someguy on Feb 4, 2018 1:37:17 GMT -5
Done! But I don't want to submit yet, because I'm sure I'll change it 30 times before then, lol. It's so amazing to see the progression of her material (and her voice) from her 70s stuff to her 90s classics.
Also, doing this rankdown really made me think about her single choices from Sweet Sixteen. I think "Walk On" would have been the only one of the singles I would have released if I was picking them. Such random choices, haha.
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Post by Tim on Feb 6, 2018 0:33:18 GMT -5
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Post by someguy on Feb 25, 2018 1:13:23 GMT -5
I keep playing with my list, lol. I should just submit it.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 25, 2018 1:17:10 GMT -5
I keep playing with my list, lol. I should just submit it. Trust me, you will never be completely satisfied with it! |
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Post by someguy on Feb 25, 2018 1:18:14 GMT -5
I keep playing with my list, lol. I should just submit it. Trust me, you will never be completely satisfied with it! My #1 is set in stone (and has been for over 20 years, lol), but the rest man, I don't know, lol. |
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Post by BlueShades874 on Feb 26, 2018 11:30:26 GMT -5
Well, looks like I'll be listening to lots of Reba over the next few weeks! I'll have to go back and familiarize myself with most of her pre-1985 stuff. Aside from a few songs I don't really know those at all. But I'm very excited to take part in this one!
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Post by BlueShades874 on Mar 7, 2018 11:35:51 GMT -5
I have 30 of 100 done and I'm already stressing out haha. This is seriously brutal to rank some of these songs. My biggest concern now is my entire bottom of my list is going to be mostly her 70's-early 80's stuff. Not that I'm not familiar with it, but production wise it's just so different from her late-80's and 90's to present and it's so hard to compare. Also, her music began to get considerably stronger around the mid-80's and once we get to her 90's material that is some of my favorite country music ever. I seriously can't want wait to see how this one turns out!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 18:27:42 GMT -5
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Post by Blurry on Mar 12, 2018 18:28:56 GMT -5
I'll be passing on this one. Thank you for the tag though!  (carrying over from the Maddie & Tae RD; lmao sorry bboat!) |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 18:30:43 GMT -5
I'll be passing on this one. Thank you for the tag though! (carrying over from the Maddie & Tae RD; lmao sorry bboat!) I know you're not a fan of Reba anyway, so if I'd been using even a tiny bit of my critical thinking skills I probably would have taken you off the tag list anyway! |
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 12, 2018 18:35:30 GMT -5
More time to procrastinate I see.... I actually only listened to "Fancy" for the first time a few weeks ago (or maybe even more recent?) thanks to a playlist .indulgecountry made for me, and I LOVE it! I need to start working on this rankdown before the deadline becomes too close that it stresses me out. |
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Post by d3vin44 on Mar 12, 2018 18:38:45 GMT -5
I can't do this one. Sorry!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 18:43:08 GMT -5
More time to procrastinate I see.... I actually only listened to "Fancy" for the first time a few weeks ago (or maybe even more recent?) thanks to a playlist .indulgecountry made for me, and I LOVE it! I need to start working on this rankdown before the deadline becomes too close that it stresses me out. Don't forget how much you love "You Lie"! |
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Post by bigfan101 on Mar 12, 2018 18:44:29 GMT -5
I feel like I’m not a big enough fan to do this. Nor do i have the time to listen to this much Reba lol
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Mar 12, 2018 18:44:53 GMT -5
I'm about 30% done with this, but with Trisha, Patty, and a few others, I'm currently on... RANKDOWN OVERLOAD! |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 18:48:40 GMT -5
I feel like I’m not a big enough fan to do this. Nor do i have the time to listen to this much Reba lol But..but...but... Your name is literally " bigfan". My entire life feels like it has been a lie! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 18:51:04 GMT -5
You guys need to respect the Queen of Country! I'm pretty sure she can behead people for that kind of disrespect.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2018 18:58:43 GMT -5
Bboat forgot to tag Red again hehe. |
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Post by toomuchboy on Mar 12, 2018 19:01:13 GMT -5
The only other rankdown that was this hard to place everything was the CMA Song of the Year Nominees. I love so many of these.  |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 19:02:00 GMT -5
Bboat forgot to tag Red again hehe. Awkward!!! Fixed :-) |
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 12, 2018 19:08:21 GMT -5
I feel like I’m not a big enough fan to do this. Nor do i have the time to listen to this much Reba lol But..but...but... Your name is literally " bigfan". My entire life feels like it has been a lie! Did you forget he’s only a big fan of hating on indoor sunglasses man? |
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 12, 2018 20:05:49 GMT -5
But..but...but... Your name is literally " bigfan". My entire life feels like it has been a lie! Did you forget he’s only a big fan of hating on indoor sunglasses man?  |
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