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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 19:24:55 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 19:39:09 GMT -5
Wow! I forgot how much I love this one and am super happy to see other supporters of this very underrated single. Sadly, I couldn't justify ranking this any higher than I did (at #20). I think an extra top ten would've pushed this into the top 20 (or at least closer to it). A whopping half of us put this in our top half, which was around the top 20 (including two top tens and five top fifteens). However, those four bottom tens sounded the death knell here alongside the distance between submissions it took to get another top ten between Kanenrá:ke and bboat11.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 19:44:55 GMT -5
Clue for the song that misses out on the top 20! Another one of us loses our very first top five!
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Post by LBTrocks on Dec 22, 2018 19:52:29 GMT -5
^ I'm gonna say "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl"
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 20:08:44 GMT -5
^ I'm gonna say "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl"
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 20:15:13 GMT -5
There's a saxophone solo in this song! Maggie knows how to play it properly! Don't puff your cheeks Lisa! austin loses his first top five! This wasn't as polarizing as I thought it'd be! I can only tolerate this in small doses! Kudos to those who can handle it more often! I should stop using these one-sentence exclamations! ;)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 22, 2018 20:20:32 GMT -5
One more for the road... Here's your top 20!
Brand New Man My Next Broken Heart Neon Moon Boot Scootin' Boogie Lost and Found Hard Workin' Man She Used to Be Mine That Ain't No Way to Go She's Not the Cheatin' Kind You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone My Maria A Man This Lonely He's Got You If You See Him/If You See Her How Long Gone Ain't Nothing 'Bout You Only in America The Long Goodbye Red Dirt Road It's Getting Better All the Time
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 23, 2018 17:27:30 GMT -5
"Every River" is SO catchy. I am always instantly hooked from the very first note! I wasn't sure what to expect from it here, as it was kind of a flop that very few people are even familiar with, but I still feel like we did it kinda dirty... "You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl" is one that I have always loved, but I can also see why it is pretty polarizing. I am honestly surprised it managed to make it as far as it did!! Very happy with that placement :) Now, about that top 20!!!!!!!!!! Such flawless perfection!!! Can't wait to see how the rest of this plays out!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Dec 24, 2018 15:42:01 GMT -5
That Top 20 is amazing outside of "Red Dirt Road" so hopefully that is #20! (I can wish)
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 14:31:47 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 15:43:17 GMT -5
Just found a clue to kick off our top 20!
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Post by toomuchboy on Dec 26, 2018 17:10:41 GMT -5
How Long Gone?
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 18:37:14 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 26, 2018 18:41:32 GMT -5
Oh thank goodness! The only weak link in the entire top 20. I have absolutely no idea why people seem to love this song so much... It's good, but the melody leaves so much to be desired. "Little Miss Honky Tonk" is literally the same song done 8000x better, and yet that one got tanked out like 10 positions ago...
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 18:43:21 GMT -5
At least you got the 'H' part right toomuchboy! Previously featured in the 1993 Country rankdown earlier this year, we begin out top 20 with the lead single and title track to B&D's sophomore album Hard Workin' Man, which gave them another top five hit in the US while reaching the penthouse in Canada. George Strait Junkie and I lose a near top ten while eight others lose a top 20; on the other end of the spectrum, bboat11 and toomuchboy lose their final bottom ten! I guess I'm okay with this going now, even though I figured that it was starting to get a little long in the tooth here. Wouldn't have minded this being closer to the top fifteen, but top 20 is still not that bad imo.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 18:49:54 GMT -5
Coming up at #19, a big contrast in sound is happening here. A top ten will bid adieu while two others will lose another bottom ten.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 26, 2018 18:54:46 GMT -5
A big contrast in sound... I'm going to guess this next one is either "A Man This Lonely" or "The Long Goodbye".
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 19:21:25 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 19:30:36 GMT -5
All that's happening here is a long goodbye...We now go to the early 2000's with the elimination of this #1 hit from Steers and Stripes. CoJoFan loses another top ten (three so far iirc), which serves as a near top five in this case! :o Meanwhile, George Strait Junkie and zaclord 🌈 now have only one bottom ten remaining from this point forward.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 20:33:48 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 20:39:59 GMT -5
Another #1 hit bites the dust as we head back to the 90s with "A Man This Lonely" coming right after "The Long Goodbye". A sizable gap in points separates the two songs, even though TLG flip-flopped with HWM towards the end. Fun fact to look forward to: AMTL and #17 also played a little flip-flop in a similar fashion! kw9461 loses a second top ten after his first top ten loss about 20 reveals ago. :o Although the melody can be drawn out a little bit in some places, I find this to be deceivingly catchy. Very happy to see others love it too!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 21:31:55 GMT -5
Missing out on our top 15 is two. more. #1 hits!
These are gonna be more painful for a couple of us as two different people lose their #3 AND #2, respectively.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 21:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Dec 26, 2018 21:50:42 GMT -5
"It's Getting Better All The Time" is great. Reasonably placed tho.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 21:52:47 GMT -5
This time, it's mamasaid 's turn to lose one of her top threes as the last GH single from the 2000s leaves us outside the top fifteen. Four others can feel the same pain as they lose a top ten as well. Sadly, this was one of the more polarizing songs with three bottom tens weighing this down a good bit.
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Post by zaclord 🌈 on Dec 26, 2018 21:55:26 GMT -5
Should've gone much farther! Such a beautiful song!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 22:11:55 GMT -5
{Clue for #16 (CLICK IF YOU DARE!)}Donald. Trump. {Oh...and one more thing...}I lose my #2
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 26, 2018 22:45:06 GMT -5
Okay... Since no one seems to be around, I'll hold off on revealing the song that misses the top fifteen for now... However, I will tell you that it'll make you wanna do this: {Also...}I still lose my #2 though! :'(
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Post by gardyfan on Dec 26, 2018 22:50:24 GMT -5
C'mon I don't wanna wait!
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Post by LBTrocks on Dec 26, 2018 22:52:13 GMT -5
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