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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 13, 2020 19:54:07 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 14, 2020 19:18:39 GMT -5
The Way I'm Livin' is offically closed. I am not accepting any more list at all for that album! If you are interested in submitting a list for The Lonely, The Lonesome, and the Gone please get it in before I finish the reveals for The Way I'm Livin'! With reveals incoming lets do some questions beforehand! What song will be #1? What song will be #15? What songs will make up the Top 5? What songs will make up the Bottom 5? How will the 3 singles do? ("The Way I'm Livin'", "Send It On Down", "Chances Are") What are your thoughts/comments on this album? The Way I'm Livin' Album Playlist"Prelude: Fly" "All His Saints" "Chances Are" "The Way I'm Livin'" "Send It On Down" "Don't Listen To The Wind" "Same Kind of Different" "Out On The Weekend" "Nightwind" "Sleeping With The Devil" "Not Forgotten You" "Tomorrow Night In Baltimore" "When I Come Around" "Satisfied Mind" "Cup of Loneliness"The Lonely, The Lonesome, & The Gone Album Playlist"All The Trouble" "The Lonely, The Lonesome, & The Gone" "He Called Me Baby" "Hollywood" "End Of The End Of The World" "Bottom Of The Barrel" "Shine On Rainy Day" "Mama Lost Her Smile" "Wicked" "Long Black Veil" "Someone Else's Heartache" "Sunday" "Talking Behind Your Back" "Take The Devil Out Of Me"THE WAY I'M LIVIN' RECEIVED: someguybboat11Kanenrá:ketimGeorge Strait JunkieTroublemaker.indulgecountryBackwoodsBarbieTHE LONELY, THE LONESOME, AND THE GONE RECEIVED: someguybboat11Kanenrá:ketimGeorge Strait JunkieTroublemaker.indulgecountryTAGS: CoJoFanaerodynamiteandrewantonioAndy@annebury @antigonerising austinBB🌕bboat11bigfan101George Strait Junkie14887fanBlueShades874kamala 2024 truthercarriefan15carriekinscedricceruleanCody Wants Out...codyj100HeyHeyHeycollinkottkeg8erboitimcountrymusicjunkieLBTrocksClevelandRoxd3vin44Kentucky25DistrictTwelvedm2081dubedph1Crimsonio🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾FancyfearlessarrowTroublemakergardyfanhydraflareSambalada.indulgecountryjamesLeo ✔jenglisbejhomes87ZeebzbornKanenrá:keJuancaThe Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷kansasmeetsmolady𝓐fanmamasaidmyeverythingMylo13 💜SHOOTERphil1996Darkest Hourrgreen0625RobbyFloridasabre14sbp17someguyzaclord 🌈Seanstonemc06SwiftlySheeranAu$tinRose "Payola" NylundtoomuchboytrustypepperBackwoodsBarbiezjamesvannwavey.@xfer YotamTS
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Post by tim on Oct 14, 2020 20:40:40 GMT -5
What song will be #1? I’m going to predict “Send It On Down” but it’s probably going to be a photo finish between that and “The Way I’m Living’”
What song will be #15? “Cup of Loneliness”
What songs will make up the Top 5? “Send It On Down”, “The Way I’m Livin’”, “Don’t Listen to the Wind”, and “Chances Are” all seem like locks to me. I’m not sure what the last top 5 song will be but I think “Prelude: Fly”, “Not Forgotten You”, and “Tomorrow Night in Baltimore” are all contenders.
What songs will make up the Bottom 5? “Cup of Loneliness”, “Sleeping with the Devil”, “Satisfied Mind”, “All His Saints”, and “Nightwind”
How will the 3 singles do? "The Way I'm Livin'" and “Send It On Down" in the top two; “Chances Are" in the top four
What are your thoughts/comments on this album? I hand’t revisited this album in a while and really enjoyed doing so. It also dawned on me that I didn’t have this record on vinyl so I had to go ahead and order not just this one but also one for The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 16, 2020 1:47:36 GMT -5
So I definitely don't remember this album super well, but I'll do my best since hardly anyone is even trying.... What song will be #1? "Send It On Down" or "The Way I'm Livin'" What song will be #15? I'll give it to one of the bonus tracks. I agree with Tim about "Cup Of Loneliness". What songs will make up the Top 5? "Send It On Down", "The Way I'm Livin'", "Chances Are", "Don't Listen To The Wind", "Sleeping With The Devil". (Total shot in the dark with that last one.) What songs will make up the Bottom 5? "Cup Of Loneliness", "Satisfied Mind" (although it deserves better), "Nightwind", "Prelude: Fly", no idea what else... How will the 3 singles do? ("The Way I'm Livin'", "Send It On Down", "Chances Are") TWIL and SIOD fighting for the top 2, with "Chances Are" in the top 5. What are your thoughts/comments on this album? It's a great album, although I tend to find her commercial music to be more memorable! Still, the top songs here are very much in the upper region of her career
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2020 7:59:27 GMT -5
I am gonna try and begin reveals tonight! Please answer the questions before then!
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Post by tim on Oct 16, 2020 8:02:52 GMT -5
I am gonna try and begin reveals tonight! Please answer the questions before then! bboat11 really has me second-guessing my top 5 prediction for "Prelude: Fly" now...it'd be a shame if it ended up down in the bottom 5 :'(
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2020 20:57:44 GMT -5
"I say Christian pilgrim so redeemed from sin, Hauled out of darkness a new life to begin. Were you ever in the valley where the way is dark and dim? Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with him?
Did you ever have them laugh at you and say it was a fake? The stand that you so boldly for the Lord did take. Did they ever mock at you and laugh in ways quite grim? Did you ever drink the cup of loneliness with him?"#15 ~ "Cup of Loneliness"Points: 111 Average: 12.33 Standard Dev: 3.30Writers: George Jones, Burl Stevens Kanenrá:ke ~ 5 George Strait Junkie ~ 9 someguy ~ 11 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 12 bboat11 ~ 14 castleoblivion26 ~ 15 tim ~ 15 Troublemaker ~ 15 .indulgecountry ~ 15
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Post by tim on Oct 16, 2020 21:03:26 GMT -5
Is it just me or has Kanenrá:ke been extra floppy lately?!?
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2020 21:14:34 GMT -5
"I will one day hold hands with My eternal family in his presence And I will one day be above with His servant angels in Zion
And all his saints will have the mercy of a life eternal And all his saints will praise him in the lights of the world Hey, and all his saints will glorify the name of the Lord"#14 ~ "All His Saints"Points: 107 Average: 11.89 Standard Dev: 2.69Writers: Mindy Smith George Strait Junkie ~ 8 Troublemaker ~ 8 Kanenrá:ke ~ 9 .indulgecountry ~ 12 bboat11 ~ 13 tim ~ 13 castleoblivion26 ~ 14 someguy ~ 15 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 15
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2020 21:16:54 GMT -5
Ended up getting to begin results a little later than planned so I'm gonna post #13 and end there. Tomorrow I'll try and post up to the top 5!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 16, 2020 21:20:45 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Oct 16, 2020 22:10:09 GMT -5
Ended up getting to begin results a little later than planned so I'm gonna post #13 and end there. #13 ~ "Prelude: Fly"tim ~ 6 You're really just gonna leave me ending the night on a note like that huh?! I absolutely adore this, but to each their own.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 17, 2020 7:14:00 GMT -5
Ended up getting to begin results a little later than planned so I'm gonna post #13 and end there. #13 ~ "Prelude: Fly"tim ~ 6 You're really just gonna leave me ending the night on a note like that huh?! I absolutely adore this, but to each their own. I actually loved this song, but I also loved the majority of this album. Lee Ann sounded incredible on this and I am sad to see it out in the bottom 5 but I also feel that it unfortunately belongs there compared to the other songs on this album. I do think had this song been on just about any of her other albums that it would have stood a chance of being top 5.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 17, 2020 7:24:14 GMT -5
"How many times have you heard someone say "If I had his money I'd do things my way." But little they know that it's so hard to find One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind
Once I was winning in fortune and fame; Everything that I dreamed for to get a start in life's game But suddenly it happened, I lost every dime But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind"#12 ~ "Satisfied Mind"Points: 97 Average: 10.78 Standard Dev: 2.97Writers: Joe "Red" Hayes, Jack Rhodes bboat11 ~ 6 George Strait Junkie ~ 6 Kanenrá:ke ~ 10 someguy ~ 10 castleoblivion26 ~ 11 tim ~ 12 Troublemaker ~ 14 .indulgecountry ~ 14 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 14
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 17, 2020 10:11:26 GMT -5
"Hey ol’ nightwind it’s good to hear from you again You say you’re only just passing through You know what to say if you’re blowing that way I’d be so much obliged to you
Go tell my baby that I am happy And that I never am coming home Make up some reason I had to leave him The only true love I’ve ever known"#11 ~ "Nightwind"Points: 94 Average: 10.44 Standard Dev: 3.62Writers: Bruce Robison .indulgecountry ~ 4 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 5 castleoblivion26 ~ 10 tim ~ 10 Troublemaker ~ 10 Kanenrá:ke ~ 13 George Strait Junkie ~ 13 someguy ~ 14 bboat11 ~ 15
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Post by tim on Oct 17, 2020 10:25:55 GMT -5
I really enjoy "Nightwind" but it's not something from the album I want to hear every time as I think I kind of need to be in a certain kind of mood to want to hear it if that makes any sense. It's still leaving about one spot too soon, though!
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Post by someguy on Oct 17, 2020 11:09:16 GMT -5
"Fly" is nice for sure. I wish it had been a full length song though.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 17, 2020 23:28:26 GMT -5
WOW WTF @ "Nightwind" this low?! Omg! I literally don't understand y'all sometimes. The way her voice rides that EXCELLENT melody of this part of the song alone puts it in the top half of the record:
Go tell my baby that I am happy And that I never am coming home Make up some reason I had to leave him The only true love I’ve ever known"
I'm already preparing myself to be disappointed in this album's reveals like I have been in the last few. Y'all probably gonna kill all the good stuff off and let something boring like "Chances Are" go unreasonably far.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 18, 2020 13:31:22 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 18, 2020 14:44:54 GMT -5
"I've been sleeping with the devil, I thought you ought to know I can't look you in the eye and tell you it's not so I'm his little Darlin', I'm that old man's dream I've been sleeping with the devil, so it seems
I've been sleeping with the devil, arms around him tight Breathing my hot breath upon his chest the whole long night Get up in the morning, God knows I have tried I've been sleeping with the devil by my side
Sunday morning singing, chicken getting fried I missed it all by sleeping in, and I feel no light inside I gave him all my heart's blood And he's run off with my soul I've been sleeping with the devil in control" #9 ~ "Sleeping With The Devil"Points: 72 Average: 8.00 Standard Dev: 4.76Writers: Brennen Leigh George Strait Junkie ~ 1 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 1 castleoblivion26 ~ 5 .indulgecountry ~ 5 bboat11 ~ 11 Kanenrá:ke ~ 11 Troublemaker ~ 11 someguy ~ 13 tim ~ 14
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 19, 2020 21:35:44 GMT -5
"Her head rolls back and forth Against the billows of her long black shiny hair As she contemplates the ecstasy Of some other love that now she wished was there If she could only realize That the love I have could beckon her command Instead of laughing endlessly And pushing back advances with her hands
Every night I see her leaves A nightmare of illusions when she’s gone And it leaves a longing feeling in a man With a pain that lingers on The gaudy goodbye can’t replace The girlish giggle of her sweet hello But tonight I’ve made my crumbled mind up That I’ll never ever let her go" #8 ~ "Tomorrow Night In Baltimore"Points: 70 Average: 7.78 Standard Dev: 3.85Writers: Kenny Price George Strait Junkie ~ 2 bboat11 ~ 4 tim ~ 5 someguy ~ 6 castleoblivion26 ~ 7 Troublemaker ~ 9 .indulgecountry ~ 11 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 11 Kanenrá:ke ~ 15
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 19, 2020 21:45:07 GMT -5
"The tire well it spins where the gravel is fine headin’ down the county road, cause I catch a glimpse of the greyhound sign see it through and watch it go, It’ll chase the sun till it makes it turn bright, as it heads down to Houston town I’m gonna catch it buddy, I just might Someday, when I come around
When I come around, I’m a fool and a stranger Come around, it’s a damn what they say When I come around, dragging the anchor So tonight, I’m dancing away" #7 ~ "When I Come Around"Points: 67 Average: 7.44 Standard Dev: 2.36Writers: Mando Saenz Troublemaker ~ 2 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 6 Kanenrá:ke ~ 7 someguy ~ 7 castleoblivion26 ~ 8 bboat11 ~ 8 tim ~ 9 .indulgecountry ~ 9 George Strait Junkie ~ 11
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 19, 2020 22:23:28 GMT -5
"I am a far cry, you are a whisper I am sinking sand, you are a pillar We’re nothin’ alike but I can clearly see You are the same kind of different as me
A distant relative, a lion and a lamb You got me by the right holding to my left hand I am anthem, you are poetry You are the same kind of different as me
Never together but always right in time The struggles you went through resemble non of mine You are the complement that I always need You are the same kind of different as me" #6 ~ "Same Kind of Different"Points: 63 Average: 7.00 Standard Dev: 3.43Writers: Natalie Hemby, Adam Hood Troublemaker ~ 3 someguy ~ 4 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 4 castleoblivion26 ~ 6 Kanenrá:ke ~ 6 .indulgecountry ~ 6 bboat11 ~ 9 tim ~ 11 George Strait Junkie ~ 14
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 19, 2020 22:24:05 GMT -5
For anyone following along I'll be finishing this album tomorrow!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2020 17:42:26 GMT -5
"I came home a little early last night shed not a tear when I turned out the light No I don’t hurt like I used to Didn’t wait for the knock on my door drawer in the room ain’t empty anymore So many got it tougher than I do
But I have not forgotten I have not forgotten I have not forgotten you
Time flies and you just know time to think about letting’ go Times I even forget to be blue Big feet to shuffle them sands leave no trail and slip right through your hands Done every little thing I know to do
But I have not forgotten I have not forgotten I have not forgotten you" #5 ~ "Not Forgotten You"Points: 56 Average: 6.22 Standard Dev: 3.62Writers: Bruce Robison someguy ~ 2 .indulgecountry ~ 3 Kanenrá:ke ~ 4 Troublemaker ~ 4 bboat11 ~ 7 tim ~ 7 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 8 castleoblivion26 ~ 9 George Strait Junkie ~ 12
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Post by tim on Oct 20, 2020 17:49:35 GMT -5
"Not Forgotten You" is definitely one of the highlights from the album and I'm not surprised to see it make the top 5. I really wanted to find room inside my own top five for this song, but everything at about that point was just so strong that I had to make a couple of tough calls as to what to leave out.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2020 18:27:50 GMT -5
"Chances are I took the wrong turn Every time I had a turn to take And I guess I broke my own heart Every chance I had a heart to break
And it seems I spent my whole life Wishin’ on the same unlucky star And as I watched you ‘cross the bar room I wonder what my chances are
Well, I know you’ve been around And you’ve seen what you needed to see And at night when you’re dreamin’ You’re probably not dreamin’ ’bout me" #4 ~ "Chances Are"Points: 52 Average: 5.78 Standard Dev: 2.70Writers: Hayes Carll BackwoodsBarbie ~ 2 castleoblivion26 ~ 3 tim ~ 3 bboat11 ~ 5 Troublemaker ~ 5 George Strait Junkie ~ 7 Kanenrá:ke ~ 8 someguy ~ 9 .indulgecountry ~ 10
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 20, 2020 18:31:16 GMT -5
Oh good, "Chances Are" MASSIVELY overstayed. "Singles" at this stage of her career really don't mean much anyway, and this is one that really didn't need to benefit from singles bias, y'all. :/ In re: "Not Forgotten You" -- that instrumental bridge is one of the best things on the entire album.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2020 18:38:32 GMT -5
"Chances Are" is a great song and definitely deserves to be in the top 5, regardless of whether it was a single or not.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 20, 2020 19:16:05 GMT -5
"Love and lies he gave to me, now a million lovers couldn’t set me free He haunts me like the winds that blow with a memory that won’t let go Every face is his it seems; when I sleep he’s in my dreams All the thoughts my heart recalls drench me like the rain that falls
Don’t listen to the wind Don’t listen to the rain Can’t you hear it call his name? Don’t say it’s alright Don’t say it’s gonna end ‘Cause it’ll be a long time ‘fore I can love again
I know you wanna marry me but another man won’t let me be I’m a fool to trade a boy like you for a memory that won’t be true Love and lies he gave to me Love and lies and a memory His kiss so sweet, his angel eyes It’s just his love and other lies" #3 ~ "Don’t Listen To The Wind"Points: 41 Average: 4.56 Standard Dev: 3.53Writers: Julie Miller Troublemaker ~ 1 Kanenrá:ke ~ 2 .indulgecountry ~ 2 bboat11 ~ 3 castleoblivion26 ~ 4 tim ~ 4 George Strait Junkie ~ 4 someguy ~ 8 BackwoodsBarbie ~ 13
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