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Post by bboat11 on Jan 3, 2021 5:50:38 GMT -5
SUBMITTED!!!!! Y'all get it together so we can get this out of the way and do the album tracks!!!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 3, 2021 17:39:42 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 12, 2021 13:48:51 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 14, 2021 8:45:41 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 15, 2021 18:12:52 GMT -5
With only 6 total submissions for a rankdown of this size, I can only imagine what a mess we're in for with reveals.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 15, 2021 20:26:11 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 15, 2021 21:27:27 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 15, 2021 21:42:00 GMT -5
What song will be #1? I assume "Mendocino County Line" is the frontrunner. What songs will make up the top 5? "The Wrong Girl" and "Finding My Way Back Home" due to single bias. Maybe "Better Off" due to familiarity with Sara's version? Maybe something random from the unreleased album, like "Take Me Back To Texas" or "If You Don't Go"? I could see "Good News, Bad News" being a dark horse contender, but I could also see that one having a cap of the top 15 or so. What song will be #40? Hopefully something like "Gotta Serve Somebody". The more modern gospel collaborations are all pretty underwhelming, but that's the one that's 8 minutes long! What songs will make up the bottom 5? All the gospel collaborations. "Gotta Serve Somebody", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "White Dove", "Return To Me"..... maybe "Honky Cat" too. Which duet will do the best? "Mendocino County Line", easily! "Good News, Bad News" should also do decently, and "Momma's On A Roll" will probably make it to somewhere in the middle. I really can't see any of the others making the top half tbh (although I'd like to be surprised by a couple of them!) Which single will do the best? ("Mendocino County Line", "The Wrong Girl", "Finding My Way Back Home", "There Is A God") Definitely "Mendocino County Line"! If that isn't the runaway winner, I have no idea what to expect here... None of the other singles are really that iconic in the overall context of her career. #2 will probably come down to TWG vs FMWBH due to single bias, but I can't see either of them mounting a campaign to win this thing. TIAG will unfortunately be done dirty, although it BETTER outlast all the weird gospel duets! Any other thoughts/comments? This will be an interesting rankdown, because there is a LOT of really great, really obscure stuff on this list!!! But there was definitely a much larger cushion towards the bottom than what I am used to in artist rankdowns... I feel like we could get rid of my entire bottom 10 and have a very solid rankdown, which is about 25% of the list. Although that's kinda common of these extras rds. Super excited to see how it turns out though, as for the most part I expect us to be in agreement about what was terrible, but the results for what we love will probably be all over the place!!! I expect this to be about 10 reveals that are not very surprising, followed by a wild roller coaster all the way until we get to the predictable winner 😂
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Post by someguy on Jan 15, 2021 23:04:31 GMT -5
What song will be #1? "Mendocino County Line"
What songs will make up the top 5? MCL, "The Wrong Girl", "Finding My Way Back Home", "Time For Me To Go", and possibly something wrong the unreleased album.
What song will be #40? "White Dove"
What songs will make up the bottom 5? "White Dove", "The Ballad Of The Rebel Soldier", "Gotta Serve Somebody", "Return To Me", maybe one of the Buddy Miller songs
Which duet will do the best? "Mendocino County Line"
Which single will do the best? ("Mendocino County Line", "The Wrong Girl", "Finding My Way Back Home", "There Is A God") "Mendocino County Line"
Any other thoughts/comments? A lot of these songs were new discoveries for me, which is why this one took awhile for me to do. I actually ended up finding a lot of gems that I really liked...and a handful that I never need to hear again, ever. I actually liked some of the gospel songs.
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Post by tim on Jan 16, 2021 5:30:37 GMT -5
What song will be #1? "The Wrong Girl"
What songs will make up the top 5? "The Wrong Girl" and "Mendocino County Line" in the top 2 followed by "Finding My Way Back Home", "Better Off", and either "If You Don't Go" or "Time for Me to Go"
What song will be #40? Well, there's about five or ten songs that I could predict here so...maybe "Meds" or "Return to Me"?
What songs will make up the bottom 5? "Meds", "Return to Me", "Children Go Where I Send Thee", "Gotta Serve Somebody", and "Honky Cat"
Which duet will do the best? "Mendocino County Line" with Willie Nelson followed by "Till the End" with Alan Jackson
Which single will do the best? "The Wrong Girl" and "Mendocino County Line" in top 2 followed by "Finding My Way Back Home" in top 3; "There Is A God" in top 12
Any other thoughts/comments? Here's to "Mama's On a Roll" and one hell of an extras list of songs!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 16, 2021 13:07:08 GMT -5
It'll be between "Mendocino" and "The Wrong Girl" for the win, and I'm personally rooting for the latter. "The Wrong Girl" is such an incredibly melodic song. I can't believe it wasn't a #1 smash for her, let alone not even a top 20.
I see I might have to fight a few of you seeing predictions of "Honky Cat" and "White Dove" for the bottom 5... yikes. "Meds" should be #40 imo. That was flat-out bad, while everything else had something redeemable about it.
Also hoping that the heathens don't tank "There Is a God" too hard. It is an absolutely BEAUTIFUL song and has always been among my favorites from LAW. I get why the lyrics could be off-putting, but I just don't even care because the song is just so damn pretty and she nails the vocal with perfection. If it's any lower than top 20 here I'd be sad. :'(
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 20:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 16, 2021 20:12:57 GMT -5
I'm here!!! Let's get rid of my bottom 5!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 20:16:31 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 16, 2021 20:23:11 GMT -5
Not surprised by this. I figured this would be bottom 5. I don't hate it by any means; it's actually a tad more enjoyable than some of the other gospel features. I do enjoy the a cappella vocal quartet style of this song, especially the prominent bass vocals. That being said, the melody grows quite repetitive by the end.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 20:41:07 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 20:59:58 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 21:19:12 GMT -5
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 16, 2021 21:22:06 GMT -5
"After the Fire Is Gone" was solid, but the other two Buddy Miller duets were pretty bad, especially "Meds" which was the only thing on the list that I didn't even find anything redeeming about. Glad they're both out early.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 21:27:12 GMT -5
I probably should have swapped "Return To Me" and "One Dream" tbh. I don't see myself ever revisting the first 3 songs that were eliminated but "One Dream" I do actually like and I love Alecia Elliott's voice, and Lee Ann obviously sounds great on this song as well. I actually had bought the CD and just received it today and the quality is so much better than the youtube video lol.
Up next at #36, and finishing off our bottom 5 will be the first Top 10 loss of this rankdown, who'll be the unlucky one to lose a favorite...
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 16, 2021 21:42:25 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 16, 2021 22:27:14 GMT -5
Lol wut? How?! She sounded fantastic on this. The bluegrassy arrangement and harmonizing sound great. It reminds me of something Dolly Parton would've recorded in that 1999-2003 stretch. Love it.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 18, 2021 17:41:59 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 18, 2021 18:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jan 18, 2021 19:51:53 GMT -5
Neither of these deserved bottom 10 fates. :(
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 18, 2021 19:53:45 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jan 18, 2021 20:00:39 GMT -5
"Gotta Serve Somebody" has now severely overstayed. Let's do the right thing and get rid of it next!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 18, 2021 22:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 18, 2021 23:18:21 GMT -5
"Gotta Serve Somebody" has now severely overstayed. Let's do the right thing and get rid of it next! Don't agree with you that it overstayed lol but here you go...
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jan 19, 2021 19:46:22 GMT -5
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