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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 17, 2019 21:27:24 GMT -5
TOP 30!
Clay Walker - Dreaming with My Eyes Open Trisha Yearwood - XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) Diamond Rio - Love a Little Stronger Brooks & Dunn - That Ain't No Way to Go Collin Raye - Little Rock Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her Mark Chesnutt - I Just Wanted You to Know Kathy Mattea - Walking Away a Winner Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart Toby Keith - Wish I Didn't Know Now Boy Howdy - They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore Patty Loveless - I Try to Think About Elvis Toby Keith - Who's That Man Pam Tillis - Spilled Perfume Clay Walker - Live Until I Die Joe Diffie - John Deere Green Patty Loveless - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room Garth Brooks - Callin' Baton Rouge Brooks & Dunn - She's Not the Cheatin' Kind Suzy Bogguss - Hey Cinderella Faith Hill - Wild One Alan Jackson - Livin' on Love Martina McBride - Independence Day Blackhawk - Goodbye Says It All Clay Walker - If I Could Make a Living Shenandoah - I Want to Be Loved Like That Faith Hill - Take Me As I Am Reba McEntire - She Thinks His Name Was John Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now
Any surprises? See y'all on Friday!
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 17, 2019 23:56:33 GMT -5
bboat11 your Reba stancard is hereby revoked. You may now ride off into the sunset with Merlot McBride. I mean, there's a reason I haven't used that song yet in World War Top 40... "Why Haven't I Heard From You" remains one of the most annoying big hits of her entire career!
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Post by someguy on Sept 19, 2019 18:18:26 GMT -5
31-40 had some rough exits for me - "The Song Remembers When", "Why Haven't I Heard From You", and "I Take My Chances" especially. The top 30 is still pretty strong though.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 22, 2019 21:58:06 GMT -5
I wasn't expecting to see "The Song Remembers When" out this soon, such a stunning song I was expecting a top 20 finish.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 24, 2019 15:33:09 GMT -5
Oh, I meant to comment on the top 30! What a STRONG group of songs!!! There truly isn't a weak link here. I am surprised to see Boy Howdy still in, just based on the fact that they are both a group and a relatively unknown act, both of which usually factor against artists the higher we get in these rank downs. But "They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore" is just plain fantastic, so I am glad to see it bucking the trend!!!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 20:49:54 GMT -5
Hey guys!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:15:53 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 25, 2019 21:25:14 GMT -5
"Hey Cinderella" did not rank that highly on my list for Castle's Favorite Female Artists, but has continued to grow on me through the months. I am happy to see it in the top 30, and am eager to see how well it can do in Suzy's rankdown in the near future! I'm expecting it will probably make a run for the top 5.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:27:19 GMT -5
Hey! I just turned 30 over a week ago! :)
Kind of a bittersweet reveal if you ask me. I say this because Suzy Bogguss hasn't made an appearance on a year-end chart since '94, which means that she might not appear in another year-end rankdown in the near future...but wait! She scored her first top 15 hit with "Cross My Broken Heart" in '89 (my birth year!) and got another duo of top fifteens with "Someday Soon" and her duet with Lee Greenwood "Hopelessly Yours" in '91.
Speaking of which, the Suzy Bogguss rankdown will start revealing pretty soon! And I also hope to get the '91 Country rankdown up and running some time this winter, even though I may have to make some justifications...
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:29:36 GMT -5
Coming up at #29 is a huge hit song that was *this* close to making the top 20!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:46:24 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:54:53 GMT -5
Ouch! I just noticed that was our second consecutive #2 loss! This might've made the top 20 had that bottom 20 ranking not been there some of us been not so harsh I guess?
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 21:56:08 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 25, 2019 22:02:46 GMT -5
Oh yikes! I can't believe I had "Dreaming With My Eyes Open" at #96! That just proves how strong this year is, because honestly that is STILL a song I would jam to if it came on!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 25, 2019 22:16:31 GMT -5
A little shocked this Clay Walker song is out. I mean, I guess #29 really isn't that low, but like... I'm rather surprised that I'm tied for second highest rank of it. I expected more love for this one.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 25, 2019 22:33:11 GMT -5
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Post by ClevelandRox on Sept 25, 2019 22:38:51 GMT -5
Dreaming With My Eyes Open was the third and last song I felt like I underranked, I wish I had it in my top thirty or even top 20. :/
Not Goodbye Says It All :'(
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 26, 2019 10:17:43 GMT -5
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 26, 2019 10:23:13 GMT -5
Hold up! Five of us ranked this higher than .indulgecountry ?!? With yours truly being the highest?!?!? On a brighter note, the perfect rankings have returned, this time with the honor going to someguy. :)
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Post by kw9461 on Sept 26, 2019 14:01:55 GMT -5
Really surprised that "Dreaming With My Eyes Open" is the first of the three Clay hits to fall. Such a great song, with really strong lyrics. Was hoping it could make the top 20. Hopefully something of Clay's will do so (I'm guessing "Live Until I Die" will)
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 26, 2019 15:27:32 GMT -5
I always consider "If I Could Make A Living" to be Clay's most iconic hit, in terms of how often I have heard it throughout my life... But then again, that may be skewed by my limited local perspective, like how I thought "It's A Little Too Late" was Mark Chesnutt's most iconic hit until everybody thought I was crazy in his rankdown. Still, I would be SHOCKED if that one misses the top 20!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 26, 2019 15:45:12 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 26, 2019 15:48:02 GMT -5
I guess I should be happy that it made the top 30... But "Callin' Baton Rouge" deserved better! One of Garth's best, catchiest, and most iconic jams
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 26, 2019 15:49:12 GMT -5
Holy mackerel! This was a top ten contender until those bottom tens came in!
I guess a teeny tiny handful of y'all will rejoice now that Garth is completely eliminated from this rankdown?
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 26, 2019 15:57:09 GMT -5
Anyways, here's the top 25:
Trisha Yearwood - XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl) Diamond Rio - Love a Little Stronger Brooks & Dunn - That Ain't No Way to Go Collin Raye - Little Rock Mary Chapin Carpenter - He Thinks He'll Keep Her Mark Chesnutt - I Just Wanted You to Know Faith Hill - Piece of My Heart Toby Keith - Wish I Didn't Know Now Boy Howdy - They Don't Make 'Em Like That Anymore Patty Loveless - I Try to Think About Elvis Toby Keith - Who's That Man Pam Tillis - Spilled Perfume Clay Walker - Live Until I Die Joe Diffie - John Deere Green Patty Loveless - How Can I Help You Say Goodbye Pam Tillis - When You Walk in the Room Brooks & Dunn - She's Not the Cheatin' Kind Faith Hill - Wild One Alan Jackson - Livin' on Love Martina McBride - Independence Day Clay Walker - If I Could Make a Living Shenandoah - I Want to Be Loved Like That Faith Hill - Take Me As I Am Reba McEntire - She Thinks His Name Was John Tracy Lawrence - I See It Now
I don't have trajectory graphs ready yet for the rest of the rankdown, but I should be able to resume some time this weekend!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 26, 2019 17:48:35 GMT -5
Hold up! Five of us ranked this higher than .indulgecountry ?!? With yours truly being the highest?!?!? On a brighter note, the perfect rankings have returned, this time with the honor going to someguy. :) I think you must have me confused for someone else cause I've never expressed a great love for Kathy Mattea. I think I only really know 1 other song from her. ETA: Also thank God for CoJoFan and LBTrocks for helping me tank the crap out of Garth. I can't believe that could've been top 10 without us. Ew.
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Post by tim on Sept 26, 2019 20:24:19 GMT -5
Heading into the top 30 there really was only one song that I was surprised by and that’s Boy Howdy’s “They Don’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore” … and the fact that it has now made its way into the top 25 is even that much more surprising! I’m not complaining, though, because it’s a great song and I’m happy to see it still in. I wouldn’t have guessed, however, that “Hey Cinderella” would’ve been the first song to exit the top 30 and I’m somewhat perplexed by the lack of support she’s received thus far in the YE rankdowns. Just based on the rankings I see for this song in particular I’m left to guess that those of us that grew up hearing Suzy on the radio tend to hold her in higher regard than those that did not. I do think she’ll end up performing better, though, in the 1991 rankdown sometime down the road. I’ll also add that she’ll likely show up in the 1996 rankdown which I plan to launch once Cody Wants Out... gets 1995 rolling. As I’ve mentioned before I’m a fan of Blackhawk and do feel like I might’ve underranked “Goodbye Says It All” somewhat…that said I do tend to lean back on some of the other songs from their debut album. Kathy’s “Walking Away a Winner” is a song that I also featured in the 90’s Women of Country and it ended up underperforming there as well IMO and while I’m pleased it made it this far I would’ve liked to have seen it make the top 25. Kathy really seems to be an underrated artist here on Pulse. And Garth missing out on the top 25 isn’t the least bit surprising considering how many members always throw his songs to the bottom no matter what. This song did have enough support to get it over that hump, though, and there’s obviously quite a few that enjoy this song including myself. I only placed it outside of my top 30 given how overplayed the song is.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 29, 2019 12:33:46 GMT -5
Hey. Anyone around?
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 29, 2019 14:04:32 GMT -5
Hey. Anyone around? i am now!!!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Sept 29, 2019 18:18:22 GMT -5
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