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Post by someguy on Jul 24, 2019 1:08:31 GMT -5
NOOOO why is Wy so hated! :( My thoughts exactly! She is so talented, and I’m not sure why she does so consistently poorly on these things.
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 24, 2019 1:44:01 GMT -5
NOOOO why is Wy so hated! My thoughts exactly! She is so talented, and I’m not sure why she does so consistently poorly on these things. For me it's mostly her song choices. For some reason I find her music to either be incredible or terrible, with very little in between... There's no denying the talent though, that's for sure!
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Post by tim on Jul 24, 2019 7:44:16 GMT -5
I too am a bit perplexed by how polarizing Wynonna’s solo material has thus far been received and performed overall in these rankdowns. Both her voice and the piano really captures the mood of and sets the tone for “Is It Over Yet” which is such an elegant and somber song that to this day can still stop me in my tracks. To think that songs like these were Top 10 hits in the 90s almost seems unfathomable considering what gets released to country radio these days.
I can’t say I even dislike “Rock My World” as it can be a fun song to hear once in a while and one that always worked well in their live shows, but yea it definitely feels like one of those 90s novelty country songs that one hears today and kind of shrugs off or rolls their eyes at lol.
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 24, 2019 14:26:32 GMT -5
I can’t say I even dislike “Rock My World” as it can be a fun song to hear once in a while and one that always worked well in their live shows, but yea it definitely feels like one of those 90s novelty country songs that one hears today and kind of shrugs off or rolls their eyes at lol. If that song comes on in bars or honky tonks, people go crazy. Yes, destined not to do well here in a year-end Pulse rankdown but that song is a staple of their live shows as you mentioned, because so many people love to jam out to it lol. Far from Brooks & Dunn's best but I don't mind it and it's an inoffensive diddy.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 25, 2019 16:07:04 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 25, 2019 16:21:41 GMT -5
We continue losing some of the biggest hits of the year as Travis Tritt loses his only #1 hit that year with the lead single from his fourth studio album Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof (whose title track was highlighted earlier). BackwoodsBarbie's top 20 ranking pushed this towards the top 80 towards the end after spending most of it's time on the cusp of the bottom half of this rankdown. Note that "Foolish Pride" is tied in points with what ultimately misses the top 80, but despite the sole top 20 from BackwoodsBarbie, three people will lose a top 20 next, including a near top ten and near top five!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 25, 2019 18:37:01 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Jul 25, 2019 19:08:34 GMT -5
Disappointing to see such a great song leave this soon but not surprising since Vince Gill usually underperforms in YE rankdowns overall. This was a song that my late mother and myself loved very much because I think it reminded both of us of the memory of my dad who had just passed a few years prior.
Interesting tidbit about this song is that Vince admitted not that long ago that he wrote this about his future wife Amy Grant...while still married to his first wife lol.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 25, 2019 19:14:37 GMT -5
both "Foolish Pride" and "Whenever You Come Around" deserved better as they are both among my favorites from both artist. Disappointed that they are out now but not one bit surprised.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 25, 2019 20:58:34 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Jul 25, 2019 21:08:07 GMT -5
I remember "Shut Up and Kiss Me" being a pretty big hit that year but it also helped that she was still riding the momentum from her previous album Come On Come On as this was her first single released after that project. I do enjoy this song well enough but even this MCC fan couldn't rank it any higher than I did as its never really been one of my favorites from her discography. I also still can't believe this was her first and only number one song at country radio.
By the way the song also features Lee Roy Parnell on the slide guitar with Trisha Yearwood providing background vocals!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 25, 2019 23:19:54 GMT -5
Lol I thought more people on this forum had a thing for MCC. Surprised at how early this one is out. It was my lowest rank of the MCC songs, but I still actually ranked it higher than tim.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 17:31:48 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Jul 26, 2019 18:23:53 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 18:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 19:19:08 GMT -5
One of my favorite discoveries from tim's 90s Ladies rankdown that happened earlier in the year, Lisa Brokop's sole entry evades the bottom 40, thanks to the low amount of bottom 20 ranks as a contribution to the potential downside of obscurity where it was more of a success in Canada than the US. Another lady is gonna lose their first song next, but with two top 20s this time...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 26, 2019 19:48:17 GMT -5
Really? How? I- ... this song is excellent! #robbed
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 20:16:02 GMT -5
Really? How? I- ... this song is excellent! #robbed You could say that again?
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Post by tim on Jul 26, 2019 20:19:27 GMT -5
The gif I posted up above was a reference to this song from the hint that Cody Wants Out... posted lol...anyways I do enjoy this song but as previously alluded to I think it ended up being hindered by its obscurity. What I enjoyed about growing up with CMT back in the day is that even though country radio may not have necessarily been putting songs like this in rotation I remember the video being played quite a bit so that's really the only way I became familiar with the song myself.
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Post by tim on Jul 26, 2019 20:22:25 GMT -5
Speaking of obscure...who really even remembers "They Asked About You" being a single by Reba??? I think this one often gets overlooked because it followed on the heels of the mega-hit duet "Does He Love You", but somehow this was still able to muster up a top 10 finish in the country charts back in the day.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 21:09:29 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 21:18:42 GMT -5
We see our second #1 loss here with Billy Ray Cyrus's sole entry "Words By Heart", which missed the top ten in the first half of '94, this time from quickly-established rankdown host and moderator sabre14. We also see one of the most polarizing songs of the entire rankdown with six top 50s and eight bottom 50s, showing very little indifference here.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 21:28:34 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Jul 26, 2019 21:29:24 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 26, 2019 21:29:56 GMT -5
I love "Words By Heart" and it is one of the very few songs from Billy Ray Cyrus that I can even stand at this point lol. Not one bit surprised to see it out now though
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Jul 26, 2019 22:05:45 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 26, 2019 22:19:10 GMT -5
I am NOT a Tracy Lawrence fan but "If The Good Die Young" is SUCH a jam wtf you guys!
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Post by tim on Jul 26, 2019 22:27:14 GMT -5
I am NOT a Tracy Lawrence fan but "If The Good Die Young" is SUCH a jam wtf you guys This certainly sounds like something Chris Cagle would’ve recorded had he been around in the 90s
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Post by LBTrocks on Jul 26, 2019 22:47:00 GMT -5
I am NOT a Tracy Lawrence fan but "If The Good Die Young" is SUCH a jam wtf you guys This certainly sounds like something Chris Cagle would’ve recorded had he been around in the 90s Hence it being a GOOD song as opposed to most of Lawrence's dreck
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Post by sabre14 on Jul 27, 2019 1:34:40 GMT -5
I knew “Words by Heart” would not do well because Billy Ray Cyrus’ name is attached to it but it’s a terrific song, I don’t care. It’s definitely his best song and he’s had other great ones (“Could’ve Been Me”, “Some Gave All”, “Busy Man”).
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