.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 19:09:17 GMT -5
"Coalmine" gets derailed shy of a top 10 finish (where it spent most of the submission process #bitter). The third single from Real Fine Place, this fun hillbilly romp about a woman waiting at home naked for her sexy coalminer husband to show up for a night of love-making failed to make major waves on the country charts in the wake of the deadly Sago Mine explosion in West Virginia. However, much like "Cryin' Game," this song was appreciated far more by the bulk of Pulse posters as this one received much fanfare, including having the notoriety of being our first loss of multiple #1s as myself and two others ranked this one at the pinnacle of our rankdown submission. This is without a doubt my favorite Sara Evans song, and thus my favorite country song period. Everything about this song is perfection to me. Sadly, not everyone appreciates the greatness of this one, as it did receive one bottom 5 placement among a small placement of low ranks. About half of the participants ranked this one top 10, so we see the major losses continue all around. "I can't wait to get him home
Ain't gonna have nothing but the supper on
Gonna keep him busy 'til it's time
He goes back to that coalmine"
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Oct 29, 2018 19:21:08 GMT -5
wow this is perfection the essential Sara Evans song. i dont know what it is with this song. but man every time i hear Coalmine its a good time. it could be a bad day. but that song will pick me up.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 19:27:41 GMT -5
Sara Evans' most recent album era, Words, loses its final remaining track in its lead single to be the third era to be completely eliminated from the rankdown. "Marquee Sign," Sara's first single release after striking out as an independent artist, it is the last non-top 20 hit single to be ousted. Lyrically, the song details a wish for men to have warning labels on them so that the narrator can just save her time and trouble before getting saddled with a dud, and features a dramatic production with echoed vocals and an eerie outro of runs from Sara's daughter Olivia. This one did impressively well across the board as it accumulated ten top 10s, not a single bottom 10, and only five ranks in the lower half of anyone's lists at all. "If you had just been tequila
I would've known when to stop
Woulda been so easy to leave ya
Never even woulda taken a shot"
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 19:28:39 GMT -5
wow this is perfection the essential Sara Evans song. i dont know what it is with this song. but man every time i hear Coalmine its a good time. it could be a bad day. but that song will pick me up. Same. It's such a jam! |
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 29, 2018 19:29:17 GMT -5
These last two reveals are just....  What's next my #4? :( Edit: this was for "Cryin' Game" and "Coalmine" |
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 29, 2018 19:38:16 GMT -5
WOW you all suck!
ALL of these deserved top 10!!!!!!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 19:56:09 GMT -5
"Coalmine" found us losing 3 #1s in one fell swoop... well, exactly that happens yet again here with our next reveal. |
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 29, 2018 20:00:28 GMT -5
"Coalmine" found us losing 3 #1s in one fell swoop... well, exactly that happens yet again here with our next reveal. I'm happy it's not mine but that's still bittersweet considering my top 3 is out. :( |
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 20:10:54 GMT -5
Missing out on a top 10 finish by about a mere 15 points, we at last have our first casualty of the Born to Fly era, losing its fourth and final single, "I Keep Looking." A whimsical uptempo led by a groovy guitar riff and loud percussion that finds Sara Evans singing about the constant penchant that humans naturally have to keep looking for something more or different. It capped off her best era at country radio by being her third top 5 hit from the project, the only time she's ever had more than two major chart successes off an album. Even though it was a big hit, it had no music video and doesn't quite feel as monumental as any of her other singles that peaked as high as this one did, and thus I was surprised to see this one receive any #1 ranks at all, let alone three (which also all came in back-to-back-to-back in the submissions process, ironically). It was on track to finish in the top 10 for awhile until the last handful of lists came in and pushed this one out for good, but about half of y'all somehow subconsciously conspired to rank this one in the 10-15 range, so in a way it seems fitting it ended up here. Only five lower region ranks, including two bottom 10s, weighed this one down. "When my low self esteem
Needs a man loving me
And I find me a perfect catch
Then I see my friends
Having wild weekends
Then I don't want to get quite so attached"
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zaclord 🌈
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Oct 29, 2018 20:13:31 GMT -5
does he though?I like Cryin' Game a lot! I didn't know it before this rankdown but it is great! "Coalmine" is not my cup of tea, but I do like it a lot more now than I did back in whatever year end RD it was in. It's a grower, but still cannot compete with so many of her flawless songs. |
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 29, 2018 20:20:28 GMT -5
does he though?I like Cryin' Game a lot! I didn't know it before this rankdown but it is great! "Coalmine" is not my cup of tea, but I do like it a lot more now than I did back in whatever year end RD it was in. It's a grower, but still cannot compete with so many of her flawless songs. Fun fact, I actually hated "Coalmine" the first time I heard it! And now it's one of my favs from Sara, obviously. To be fair tho, I first heard it live on the 2006 ACM Awards and Sara had to have been sick or something, because she didn't sound very good and the song sounded quite awful in that performance. I heard it on the radio later, and was like... wait this is actually pretty good. Then I listened to it again and became absolutely obsessed with it, lol. I literally went from 'this is atrocious' to 'this is amazing' overnight lmao. I'm glad you enjoy "Cryin' Game" because it's absolutely incredible, that melody/instrumentation and her vocals....  |
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 29, 2018 20:23:04 GMT -5
I hope either my 20, 21, or (not likely) 47 go next and miss the Top 10. I HIGHLY doubt my 47 misses. I ranked it so low because of overplay but I really should have ranked it higher than I did. My 20 should have been lower. Not sure why but that song just never worked for me. 21 is terrible. Love the song, but have never cared for her version. Relistening to it for this I didn't dislike it as much as I used to though, which is why it is as high as it is.
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 29, 2018 20:24:56 GMT -5
"I Keep Looking' is beautiful and oh so catchy! Glad it made it as far as it did.
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 20:37:44 GMT -5
I hope either my 20, 21, or (not likely) 47 go next and miss the Top 10. I HIGHLY doubt my 47 misses. I ranked it so low because of overplay but I really should have ranked it higher than I did. My 20 should have been lower. Not sure why but that song just never worked for me. 21 is terrible. Love the song, but have never cared for her version. Relistening to it for this I didn't dislike it as much as I used to though, which is why it is as high as it is. You dislike half of your list? Your hate of "Coalmine" suddenly seems so minute. .gif) |
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Oct 29, 2018 20:43:16 GMT -5
Normally, I'd be pretty darn angry with my #1 being out already, but I'm actually okay with it going this early. It actually met my expectations! More excited to see how the rest of this turns out tbh!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 29, 2018 20:58:16 GMT -5
I hope either my 20, 21, or (not likely) 47 go next and miss the Top 10. I HIGHLY doubt my 47 misses. I ranked it so low because of overplay but I really should have ranked it higher than I did. My 20 should have been lower. Not sure why but that song just never worked for me. 21 is terrible. Love the song, but have never cared for her version. Relistening to it for this I didn't dislike it as much as I used to though, which is why it is as high as it is. You dislike half of your list? Your hate of "Coalmine" suddenly seems so minute. No I didn't dislike half the list. I think I enjoyed a few songs I don't normally care for when doing my list. My 20 I dislike the more I hear it though |
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 21:02:56 GMT -5
You dislike half of your list? Your hate of "Coalmine" suddenly seems so minute. No I didn't dislike half the list. I think I enjoyed a few songs I don't normally care for when doing my list. My 20 I dislike the more I hear it though I guess I'm not understanding because if you dislike your #20 and think #21 is terrible... then that means you ranked half the songs in this rankdown lower than both of those songs and thus must dislike them more, no?  |
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 21:03:12 GMT -5
In a cruel twist of fate, "As If" ends up in 11th place, missing out on the top 10 here by only one point over the song that finished ahead at #10, and thus mirroring the close call it had with the top 10 of the country charts when it was a single. The hit that launched her Greatest Hits project in 2007 (whose other two singles have long ago died in this rankdown), "As If" is one of her poppiest hit singles to date. A lyrical collection of blue sky optimisms with a bright belted chorus over a thick modern toe-tapping production, this song is the musical equivalent of a big smile. It's also memorable for its equally sunny music video with splashy colors and a plot that finds Sara Evans taking trial runs of potential suitors to do her housework before ultimately falling in love with the delivery guy. We don't see anyone's #1 bow out with this reveal, but a couple of poster's #2s are indeed wiped out, as are another ten top 10s. This one proved to be just a touch polarizing as the few lower ranks it received left a sizable gap between them and the bulk of the mostly top 15 placements it otherwise received. "We don't have to have that conversation
Baby don't ya think it's going fine
We don't need to send out invitations
To tell the world that you're mine"
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Oct 29, 2018 21:04:25 GMT -5
YOU GUYS.
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bigfan101
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Post by bigfan101 on Oct 29, 2018 21:06:25 GMT -5
Yay! I’m plesantly surprised the my #1 made the top ten. I’m a Sara Stan, buti now my favs aren’t the universally loved songs in her catelog.
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 29, 2018 21:06:31 GMT -5
I got robbed of two perfect ranking :(
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 29, 2018 21:07:04 GMT -5
This is one of my go to songs for when I'm just feeling really happy and I'm driving on a bright sunny day!
Wish it was a bigger hit!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 21:09:57 GMT -5
Let me remind y'all what made the top 10 so you can make predictions for me! RecapWhat we've lost: 11. As If 12. I Keep Looking 13. Marquee Sign 14. Coalmine 15. Cryin' Game 16. Slow Me Down 17. Missing Missouri 18. Put My Heart Down 19. My Heart Can't Tell You No 20. Three Chords and the Truth 21. You'll Always Be My Baby 22. Anywhere 23. Low 24. All the Love You Left Me 25. Some Things Never Change 26. Love You with All My Heart 27. Fool, I'm a Woman 28. Tonight 29. Feels Just Like a Love Song 30. Can't Stop Loving You [with Isaac Slade] 31. That's the Beat of a Heart [with The Warren Brothers] 32. Shame About That 33. True Lies 34. I Don't Wanna See the Light 35. New Again [with Brad Paisley] 36. At Christmas 37. You're Gonna Go 38. Go Tell It on the Mountain 39. I'll Be Home for Christmas 40. Infinite Love [with Todd Chrisley] What's left in the Top 10: No Place That Far Born to Fly I Could Not Ask for More Saints & Angels Backseat of a Greyhound Bus Perfect Suds in the Bucket A Real Fine Place to Start Cheatin' A Little Bit Stronger Album eras: Three Chords and the Truth -- 0/4
No Place That Far -- 1/3
Born to Fly -- 3/4Restless -- 3/4Real Fine Place -- 2/5Greatest Hits -- 0/3
Stronger -- 1/3Slow Me Down -- 0/3Words -- 0/2
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 29, 2018 21:15:33 GMT -5
I'm guessing recency bias will play a role here and ALBS will win but these are all such revered hits on the board that It can really go any way and I wouldn't be truly shocked.
10. Saints & Angels
09. Cheatin'
08. Perfect
07. Backseat Of A Greyhound Bus
06. A Real Fine Place To Start
05. I Could Not Ask For More
04. No Place That Far
03. Suds In The Bucket
02. Born To Fly
01. A Little Bit Stronger
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bigfan101
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Post by bigfan101 on Oct 29, 2018 21:21:16 GMT -5
8 of my top 10 remainging, 16 & 20
I’m gonna guess the top four is going to be ALBS, BTF, SITB, and ARFTS. Those were probably her biggest four hits career wise (not taking too much away from NPTF) and are mostly universally praised.
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zaclord 🌈
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Oct 29, 2018 21:24:32 GMT -5
What a great top 10. Definitely some songs I'd prefer to have made it instead, but all of these songs are awesome.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 29, 2018 21:37:54 GMT -5
I have left: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 21, and 22
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ChicaCherry콜라
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Post by ChicaCherry콜라 on Oct 29, 2018 21:40:12 GMT -5
So basically all of my top 10 just missed the top 10. FML.
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Post by tim on Oct 29, 2018 21:41:36 GMT -5
Remaining: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, and 17
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 29, 2018 21:45:49 GMT -5
My remaining ranks: 2, 6, 8, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 26, 31
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