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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 23, 2019 19:56:53 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 23, 2019 20:08:12 GMT -5
.... literally wat. I fucking love this song. This is one of the more surprising results I've been exposed to in one of these. Like I can't believe I'm the only person who loves this. Jesus.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 23, 2019 20:27:56 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 23, 2019 20:30:51 GMT -5
Not only am I discovering that people don't like the songs I like (because "Wheels" is out much too early as well now), but apparently y'all like "The Preacher Won't Have to Lie"?! I mean, I don't *hate* it but it was literally the only option for last place imo. This whole album rankdown is off to such a weird start for me.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 23, 2019 20:43:13 GMT -5
.... literally wat. I f**king love this song. This is one of the more surprising results I've been exposed to in one of these. Like I can't believe I'm the only person who loves this. Jesus. I'm sorry it went first, for your sake :'( But, tbh, I am equally surprised that you seem to love it as much as you do! Like, to me the album tracks from this album are as a whole quite pedestrian, and this one does nothing at all to set itself apart from the rest of them... But also, I don't remotely hate anything from this album! My bottom 6 or 7 are more or less interchangeable
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 23, 2019 20:47:22 GMT -5
I'll have more reveals tomorrow night!
My thoughts on the two songs eliminated so far:
I like both songs but definitely find them to be near the bottom for me. This album is hard because there are about 6 songs that I absolutely love and the others are kinda just there.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 23, 2019 20:51:27 GMT -5
I just listened to "I'd Rather Have What We Had" again. Honestly, I think the thing that turns me off the most about it is Joe Diffie's backgrounds. They sound so flat and lifeless. Ultimately his inclusion just feels so pointless and brings the whole song down. Something about his harmonies causes the chorus to sound like it plods along. Which is weird, because I usually love Joe Diffie quite a bit!
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Post by tim on Oct 23, 2019 20:52:13 GMT -5
While I didn’t place either song in my bottom 2 I fully expected to see both of them exit right out of the gate so not the least bit surprised by the results. I’m not quite sure what song will bow out next but I do hope that “The Preacher Won’t Have to Lie” will escape the bottom 3.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 24, 2019 19:22:46 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 24, 2019 19:33:11 GMT -5
Finally a reveal I can get behind!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 24, 2019 21:02:05 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Oct 24, 2019 21:56:41 GMT -5
I would probably rank “The Preacher Won’t Have to Lie” a spot or two higher at this point and while I was hoping it would escape the bottom 3 I had a feeling it would get too many low rankings. While I can understand why some may not like this song I think this is one that you’ll like back on as the years go by and connect with more at a later point in life.
“The Man Who Made My Momma Cry” has always been one of my least favorite tracks from the album and I tried to give it another chance here but I can barely make it halfway into the song before I want to hit skip. There’s nothing about the song that holds my attention and it just never seems to go anywhere.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 27, 2019 8:56:21 GMT -5
"The Man Who Made My Momma Cry" is one of my favorite album tracks from Lee Ann but I didn't expect it to make it far here. Happy with the results so far given my expectations!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 27, 2019 20:25:45 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 27, 2019 21:01:54 GMT -5
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Post by gardyfan on Oct 27, 2019 21:07:46 GMT -5
That's a shame
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 27, 2019 23:20:25 GMT -5
Oh I thought the title track would make the top 5 :(
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Post by tim on Oct 28, 2019 20:24:29 GMT -5
Something about the title just doesn’t click with me and I tried to give it a couple more chances for this rankdown but honestly I couldn't. I think my biggest issue with the song is the lyrics and the way in which the song flows. There's some things I know to be true and it's that this is my least favorite song from this album.
“I Keep Forgetting” on the other hand has long been one of my favorite album tracks from Lee Ann and it’s one that I’ve come back around to revisit time and time again over the years. Glad to see it get some support but also disappointed to see it get a couple bottom 2’s which likely prevented this from making it into the top 5.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 30, 2019 19:45:53 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 30, 2019 19:57:06 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Oct 30, 2019 20:07:46 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised to see “If You’re Ever Down in Dallas” make it into the top 5 even though only two ranked it there, but this seems to have gotten quite a bit of support just shy of that as six of us placed it at #6 after all lol. I love the throwback production of this song and it really makes me long for the sound of the fiddle and steel guitar.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 30, 2019 20:12:18 GMT -5
Not shocked that the singles all took out the album tracks, would love to see "Don't Tell Me" sneak into the top 3 but I believe it's coming up next.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 30, 2019 20:13:24 GMT -5
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 30, 2019 20:16:49 GMT -5
Still such a beautiful song, now it's time for "(Now You See Me) Now You Don't"!
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Post by tim on Oct 30, 2019 20:19:52 GMT -5
“Don’t Tell Me” is such an underrated song and definitely not deserving of a bottom 2 ranking (we’re looking at you .indulgecountry!). I’m a sucker for these kind of sad songs and I especially love the line Tell the world to stop turnin' around Tell the sky not to be so blue. While I would love to see “A Little Past Little Rock” finally get its due in a rankdown I think it’ll yet again have to play second fiddle to “I’ll Think of a Reason Later”...which means that “(Now You See Me) Now You Don’t” will be out next.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 30, 2019 20:31:06 GMT -5
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Oct 30, 2019 20:34:39 GMT -5
Ok love the final 2, like really love them but I want "Little Rock" to win please!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 30, 2019 20:34:42 GMT -5
in what is likely not a surprise to anyone we are down to "A Little Past Little Rock" and "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" as the Final 2! The results are VERY close! One song has 17 points and the other has 19 points! Could this be the rankdown that "A Little Past Little Rock" gets the win or will "I'll Think Of A Reason Later" win yet again?
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Post by tim on Oct 30, 2019 20:37:43 GMT -5
Yeah, that might be me but I'll be gone has always been a favorite line of mine from “(Now You See Me) Now You Don’t”...so much sass! A bit surprised by some of the lower rankings for this but glad to see it wasn’t enough to hold it back from making it into the top 3. I’m pretty sure that I still hear this song on the radio from time to time and still enjoy hearing it as much now as I did back then...and the same can be said for both songs in the top 2!
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Post by tim on Oct 30, 2019 20:47:00 GMT -5
Could this be the rankdown that "A Little Past Little Rock" gets the win?
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