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Post by gonecountry on Dec 15, 2019 22:24:10 GMT -5
This was an easy rankdown. Looking forward to seeing the results
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Dec 15, 2019 23:07:28 GMT -5
I will have this done tomorrow, keep meaning to do it and keep getting sidetracked but I won't tomorrow!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 16, 2019 21:38:55 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Dec 16, 2019 21:42:29 GMT -5
I better just do this right now lol.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 16, 2019 21:47:43 GMT -5
I better just do this right now lol. I mean, several of these are less than 2 1/2 minutes long. It goes pretty quick once you get going... Lol
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Post by LBTrocks on Dec 16, 2019 22:45:51 GMT -5
I better just do this right now lol. I mean, several of these are less than 2 1/2 minutes long. It goes pretty quick once you get going... Lol thank god Yeah, it went by kinda fast.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 18, 2019 23:11:20 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 17:52:16 GMT -5
Alright, I left this open for several extra days in case anybody still needed to submit... But now it's officially time to begin!!!!!
31. "All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #6 Runtime: 2:37
Total: 211 Average: 26.38 Std Dev: 5.63 (4th smallest!) tim - 13 kamala 2024 truther - 25 ClevelandRox - 28 castleoblivion26 - 28 Cody Wants Out... - 28 bboat11 - 29 gonecountry - 30 LBTrocks - 30 {Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls For Christ’s Sake, It’s Christmas Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You Noel Leon O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Santa’s On His Way Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 17:54:50 GMT -5
"All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)" leaves us first. This song did not have any last place ranks, but it ended up in pretty much everyone's bottom 5, which was enough to keep it in last place for almost the entire submission process.
This song is pretty fun, but I know people who find the message silly might have trouble taking the song seriously. For me the thing that really sinks it is the weird conclusion to the song. The notes George hits in that final line are not even close to what you would expect when listening to the song, and it hits your ear really weird, and tbh ruins the entire experience for me. I'm okay seeing this one leave first!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 17:58:03 GMT -5
30. "For Christ's Sake, It's Christmas"
Album: Merry Christmas Strait To You Track #6 Runtime: 3:13Total: 202 Average: 25.25 Std Dev: 5.87 (5th smallest!) gonecountry - 16kamala 2024 truther - 17tim - 23bboat11 - 28castleoblivion26 - 29Cody Wants Out... - 29LBTrocks - 29ClevelandRox - 31
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You Noel Leon O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Santa’s On His Way Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:02:16 GMT -5
29. "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #9 Runtime: 2:57
Total: 175 Average: 21.88 Std Dev: 6.33castleoblivion26 - 13 LBTrocks - 14 Cody Wants Out... - 18 kamala 2024 truther - 23 bboat11 - 24 ClevelandRox - 25 gonecountry - 27 tim - 31 {Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You Noel Leon O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Santa’s On His Way Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 9/10 Wherever You Are: 8/10 Classic Christmas: 10/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:04:56 GMT -5
28. "Noel Leon"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #8 Runtime: 2:56Total: 171 Average: 21.38 Std Dev: 9.05ClevelandRox - 4kamala 2024 truther - 13bboat11 - 21castleoblivion26 - 23gonecountry - 24tim - 24LBTrocks - 31Cody Wants Out... - 31
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Santa’s On His Way Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 9/10 Wherever You Are: 7/10 Classic Christmas: 10/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:06:29 GMT -5
"Noel Leon" has a good message, and it is pretty creative. But I think that the talking inevitably turns people off. This song managed to get last place ranks from LBTrocks and Cody Wants Out.... However it also managed to get a top 4 from ClevelandRox, who becomes the first person to lose a top 5 in this rankdown.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:07:23 GMT -5
After 4 relatively non-polarizing songs, we round out the bottom 5 with a super polarizing song!
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:09:11 GMT -5
I know that “All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)” is a bit quirky but I think it suits George’s sense of humor to a T which comes across in his delivery. I’m randomly reminded of what Buddy Jackson said in the movie Pure Country: "He could stand there and look cross-eyed and they'd still scream"...that's exactly how I feel about this song because I only ever listen to his version of this lol.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:09:38 GMT -5
27. "Santa's On His Way"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #10 Runtime: 2:07Total: 165 Average: 20.63 Std Dev: 10.03 (4th largest!) castleoblivion26 - 6bboat11 - 7Cody Wants Out... - 15LBTrocks - 23gonecountry - 25ClevelandRox - 29tim - 29kamala 2024 truther - 31
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Santa Claus Is Coming To Town Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 9/10 Wherever You Are: 6/10 Classic Christmas: 10/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:12:21 GMT -5
Had there been pre-reveal questions I would’ve guessed that both “For Christ’s Sake, It’s Christmas” and “Noel Leon” would’ve been out in the bottom 5. I only ever really listen to these two songs when I play their respective albums in full, but I do enjoy both of them.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:13:28 GMT -5
For anybody who hasn't been paying attention, I want to call to your attention the fact that George's '90s album Merry Christmas Wherever You Are has been hammered so far! So far 4/5 songs have come from that album. We are done with the bottom 5, and that album is already down to only 6 songs left.
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:15:48 GMT -5
I might've been a bit harsh with my ranking on "Santa's On His Way" but again it's never a song that I seek out individually and only listen to it when I play the album in its entirety.
And I'm glad to see "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" out early as it's just one of those Christmas songs thats been covered ad nauseam. This is about the only song from his three holiday albums that I usually find myself skipping over.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:16:16 GMT -5
26. "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
Album: Merry Christmas Strait To You Track #9 Runtime: 2:12Total: 149 Average: 18.63 Std Dev: 8.38castleoblivion26 - 7bboat11 - 11Cody Wants Out... - 11ClevelandRox - 18LBTrocks - 22tim - 22gonecountry - 28kamala 2024 truther - 30
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings We Wish You A Merry Christmas What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 8/10 Wherever You Are: 6/10 Classic Christmas: 10/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:18:04 GMT -5
I think George's version of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" has a great energy to it. This song does get a little tiresome with how much it is covered, but I think George's version is one of the best! It feels very classic, and really captures the magic of both his artistic identity and the spirit of the song.
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:18:07 GMT -5
For anybody who hasn't been paying attention, I want to call to your attention the fact that George's '90s album Merry Christmas Wherever You Are has been hammered so far! So far 4/5 songs have come from that album. We are done with the bottom 5, and that album is already down to only 6 songs left. I was just thinking that! I had no idea of what to expect going into this but I am pleasantly surprised to see his first Christmas album remain mostly intact (so far...).
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:21:23 GMT -5
25. "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"
Album: Classic Christmas Track #7 Runtime: 1:47Total: 149 Average: 18.63 Std Dev: 7.67bboat11 - 6LBTrocks - 11Cody Wants Out... - 17gonecountry - 17tim - 20castleoblivion26 - 24kamala 2024 truther - 24ClevelandRox - 30
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 8/10 Wherever You Are: 6/10 Classic Christmas: 9/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:22:24 GMT -5
"Santa Claus Is Coming To Town" is another classic Christmas song that has been covered countless number of times...and yet I still find myself always going back to George's version.
I did want to say that my absolute favorite version of this, though, is by the Pointer Sisters!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:23:51 GMT -5
"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" is the first loss from George's newest Christmas collection. This is one of those classics that everyone knows, yet it really isn't covered very often. Therefore there isn't a lot to compare this song to. I think it is one of the best versions of this song, personally. George keeps it mercifully short and sweet (this song could get annoying pretty quickly if it was drawn out), and he also has the perfect personality to pull this off! This got mostly middling ranks, but I become the first person to lose multiple top 10s...
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:27:01 GMT -5
24. "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #3 Runtime: 2:21Total: 145 Average: 18.13 Std Dev: 7.40tim - 7gonecountry - 12Cody Wants Out... - 14castleoblivion26 - 15ClevelandRox - 20bboat11 - 22kamala 2024 truther - 27LBTrocks - 28
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing I Know What I Want For Christmas Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 8/10 Wherever You Are: 5/10 Classic Christmas: 9/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2019 18:27:25 GMT -5
I almost forgot how short “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” is as it isn’t even two minutes long, but I agree with bboat11 it could easily get annoying if it was any longer. None the less, this just isn’t a song I seek out on its own.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:31:21 GMT -5
"Let It Snow" is a fun song that I pretty much always enjoy regardless of the version. That being said, I wish George's was just a liiiittle bit faster. This song is best when it flies by at a brisk pace, the way Martina did it! George's version is still loaded with charisma though, which is his biggest strength when it comes to Christmas music!
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 22, 2019 18:34:51 GMT -5
23. "I Know What I Want For Christmas"
Album: Merry Christmas Wherever You Are Track #1 Runtime: 3:23Total: 145 Average: 18.13 Std Dev: 7.86tim - 1ClevelandRox - 17gonecountry - 18bboat11 - 18LBTrocks - 20Cody Wants Out... - 21castleoblivion26 - 21kamala 2024 truther - 29
{Songs Remaining} Away In A Manger Christmas Cookies Deck The Halls Frosty The Snowman Hark, The Herald Angels Sing Jingle Bell Rock Jingle Bells Joy To The World Merry Christmas (Wherever You Are) Merry Christmas Strait To You O Christmas Tree O Come, All Ye Faithful Old Time Christmas Silent Night The Christmas Song There’s A New Kid In Town Up On The Housetop We Three Kings What A Merry Christmas This Could Be When It’s Christmas Time In Texas White Christmas Winter Wonderland
Strait To You: 8/10 Wherever You Are: 4/10 Classic Christmas: 9/10 Other: 1/1
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Post by ClevelandRox on Dec 22, 2019 18:36:13 GMT -5
I hadn't heard Noel Leon, and my head exploded at the end when Noel backwards was.... Leon! I also thought the chorus was so pretty. 😌
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