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Post by #brayden on Apr 8, 2018 13:35:12 GMT -5
Tears. I love "Dear John".
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 8, 2018 13:35:48 GMT -5
Dear John is atrocious. The Story of Us needs to get the hell out already too. Ours and Speak Now deserved much better
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 8, 2018 13:37:27 GMT -5
Next up is the second single to be eliminated this set!
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 13:37:43 GMT -5
I'm done...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 13:39:47 GMT -5
Dear John is atrocious. The Story of Us needs to get the hell out already too. Ours and Speak Now deserved much better You're doing this wrong. Dear John is one of her best. Speak Now deserved better but The Story of Us is a jam and doesn't deserve the blame. Not when Mean still remains.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 13:40:01 GMT -5
Please Mean and not TSOU although I have Mean very high too. But Idk if any other single will be out this early....
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 13:41:41 GMT -5
snarks girl we don't deserve this. First John breaks our heart and then these guys tank our art.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 8, 2018 13:46:49 GMT -5
She sounds her absolute worst on Dear John. Her whininess is unbearable.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 8, 2018 13:49:03 GMT -5
#7: "Mean"
Points: 415 Average: 8.5682 Standard Deviation: 4.8866 (3rd highest) Hidden Message: I thought you got me
A lot of people predicted this song to be the highest SD, and indeed it was one of the most polarizing songs of this rankdown. Written in response to her critics that criticized her live performance ability (for instance, at the 2010 Grammy Awards), this song contains anti-bullying messages. This song was first released as a promotional single (it reached #11 on the Hot 100), and then released as the third single from the album. It peaked at #2 for three weeks on country radio behind Blake Shelton's "Honey Bee". At the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, this song won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance, marking Taylor's fifth and sixth Grammy win.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Apr 8, 2018 13:51:35 GMT -5
This rankdown is trash
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 13:51:51 GMT -5
I should have ranked this higher.
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 8, 2018 13:52:25 GMT -5
This is around where I expected it, but with the wrong songs ahead of it.
I love this song, especially how it riffs on those 'it gets better' anthems that were around around this time, but gradually it unveils itself to be vicious attack designed to drive her target off the edge by remind them of their powerlessness by explaining how their future will just get worse. It does this so much better than when she tried to redo it on her most recent album.
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Post by CF15 on Apr 8, 2018 13:55:48 GMT -5
P-P-P-PERFECT RANKING!!!
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 13:56:58 GMT -5
I really like Mean but that bridge...
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 8, 2018 13:59:56 GMT -5
I really like Mean but that bridge... is amazing and Taylor at her most relatable. It doesn't fall into the predictable clichés of 'I wish the best for you' that similar songs PC themselves into, and instead just stops short of saying "you're a nuisance and I want you to f**king die."
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Post by born on Apr 8, 2018 14:01:21 GMT -5
“Dear John” is amazing. The other songs are really good too.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 8, 2018 14:04:19 GMT -5
#6: "Haunted"
Points: 434 Average: 8.1364 Standard Deviation: 4.5166 Hidden Message: Still to this day
One of the last two remaining albums track fall short of the top 5 by 17 points. "Haunted" put up a very good fight for a top 5 finish and I'm slightly surprised that it did this well. Taylor commented on the song saying:
‘Haunted’ is about the moment that you realize the person you’re in love with is drifting and fading fast. And you don’t know what to do, but in that period of time, in that phase of love, where it’s fading out, time moves so slowly. Everything hinges on what that last text message said, and you’re realizing that he’s kind of falling out of love. That’s a really heartbreaking and tragic thing to go through, because the whole time you’re trying to tell yourself it’s not happening. I went through this, and I ended up waking up in the middle of the night writing this song about it.
A live string section was used to capture the feeling of confusion that the song was expressing, which I think is a nice touch. Upon the album's release, it charted at #63 on the Hot 100. Four #1s and 3 last places are eliminated here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 14:05:18 GMT -5
So only 1 song in the top 5 has a 17 rank while the other 4 are the only songs with no 17 ranks?
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 8, 2018 14:06:08 GMT -5
Finally! This would have been top 5 for me when the album first came out, but it plummeted to the bottom fast. It's by far the worst-mixed song on the whole album, and veers way too close to the Amy Lee type melodrama meant to target overwrought theater kids off their meds.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 14:07:12 GMT -5
Finally! This would have been top 5 for me when the album first came out, but it plummeted to the bottom fast. It's by far the worst-mixed song on the whole album, and veers way too close to the Amy Lee type melodrama meant to target overwrought theater kids off their meds. I feel so personally attacked reading this
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Post by kacpe3 on Apr 8, 2018 14:08:00 GMT -5
deserved better
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 14:08:17 GMT -5
I really like Mean but that bridge... is amazing and Taylor at her most relatable. It doesn't fall into the predictable clichés of 'I wish the best for you' that similar songs PC themselves into, and instead just stops short of saying "you're a nuisance and I want you to f**king die." "And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life" This takes a huge 180º from the whole song and turns me off so damn much...
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 8, 2018 14:08:55 GMT -5
So only 1 song in the top 5 has a 17 rank while the other 4 are the only songs with no 17 ranks? Yep, that's correct!
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Post by CF15 on Apr 8, 2018 14:09:48 GMT -5
So only 1 song in the top 5 has a 17 rank while the other 4 are the only songs with no 17 ranks? You mean I am the only one with a #17 rank remaining?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 14:10:27 GMT -5
So only 1 song in the top 5 has a 17 rank while the other 4 are the only songs with no 17 ranks? You mean I am the only one with a #17 rank remaining? Unless someone else shares a 17 with you.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 8, 2018 14:10:59 GMT -5
So only 1 song in the top 5 has a 17 rank while the other 4 are the only songs with no 17 ranks? You mean I am the only one with a #17 rank remaining? Well there's one other person....
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Post by Glove Slap on Apr 8, 2018 14:11:19 GMT -5
is amazing and Taylor at her most relatable. It doesn't fall into the predictable clichés of 'I wish the best for you' that similar songs PC themselves into, and instead just stops short of saying "you're a nuisance and I want you to f**king die." "And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life" This takes a huge 180º from the whole song and turns me off so damn much... It's called bloodlust. It only reconfirms Taylor's realness by including it.
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Post by CF15 on Apr 8, 2018 14:11:30 GMT -5
Remaining ranks: 1, 2, 3, 12, 17. As long as my 17 doesn't win, I'll be satisfied, but I am rooting for one of my top 3, of course.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2018 14:13:16 GMT -5
I will also assume that every song in the top 5 has a 1 rank?
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Post by deepston on Apr 8, 2018 14:13:58 GMT -5
"And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life" This takes a huge 180º from the whole song and turns me off so damn much... It's called bloodlust. It only reconfirms Taylor's realness by including it. It's called pettiness! How the tables have turned, you defending a TS song and here I am dragging it lmao
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