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Post by ClevelandRox on May 29, 2019 16:05:22 GMT -5
Excellent reveals so far... I doubt I'll be as lucky with the next five lol
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 29, 2019 19:22:49 GMT -5
While the bottom 5 doesn't match my own I'm still quite happy with it! Garth's song is a good song that didn't need to be remade and I think it's a little over hated but totally get it being this low. We're doing good so far peeps! Let's not kill any of my top 10 before the top 100 please!
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 30, 2019 12:46:47 GMT -5
I'm a little surprised I was the highest rank for "Bob That Head." I don't really care for it much myself and agree its one of their worst, but I feel it is a touch overhated... for instance the 4 other songs that were revealed after it are all unquestionably worse imo. Very happy to see all of those out quickly.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 13:26:21 GMT -5
#120. Big & Rich - "Loud"
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 13:42:36 GMT -5
#119. Billy Ray Cyrus - "Somebody Said A Prayer"
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:00:31 GMT -5
#118. Phil Stacey - "If You Didn't Love Me"
Total Points: 1,741 Average: 91.6 Year Released: February 9th, 2008 Mediabase Peak: #28 Billboard Peak: #28 Rankings:CoJoFan - 34 Cody Wants Out... - 52 raylatch98 - 71 tim - 79 austin - 81 ClevelandRox - 81 rgreen0625 - 90 recordyear - 91 zaclord 🌈 - 91 George Strait Junkie - 93 toomuchboy - 96 someguy - 99 .indulgecountry - 105 bboat11 - 106 castleoblivion26 - 110 kw9461 - 112 sabre14 - 113 LBTrocks - 118 Kanenrá:ke - 119 Following: bigfan101 carriefan15"If You Didn't Love Me" was the debut single for Phil Stacey in February of 2008. It peaked at #28 in May. The song was written by Gary LeVox, Jason Sellers and Wendell Mobley. Stacey was a finalist on the sixth season of American Idol in 2007 and was eliminated in the top 6. He signed with Lyric Street Records afterwards. He's also recorded Christian music. This song was his only top 40 at country radio. After a promo single "Old Glory", charted that summer, he left Lyric Street.
This song isn't bad but it's pretty pedestrian. Stacey's vocals are pretty weak here too. He comes off very thin and strains on the difficult notes. I never thought he was the best vocalist.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:10:02 GMT -5
#117. Toby Keith - "Get My Drink On"
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:11:10 GMT -5
Our first top 5 loss is up at #116...
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Post by kw9461 on May 30, 2019 14:27:41 GMT -5
I know Toby has done a million of those type of songs, but Get My Drink On is actually really interesting musically. The lyrics are totally forgettable, so I get why people dismiss it, but I don't think it should've been bottom 10 given how mediocre some of '08's offerings were.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:34:57 GMT -5
#116. Kid Rock - "All Summer Long"
Total Points: 1,645 Average: 86.5 Year Released: April, 2008 Mediabase Peak: #3 Billboard Peak: #4 Rankings:someguy - 5 ClevelandRox - 16 CoJoFan - 33 rgreen0625 - 48 austin - 58 .indulgecountry - 72 tim - 85 kw9461 - 86 Cody Wants Out... - 90 Kanenrá:ke - 92 bboat11 - 103 recordyear - 111 George Strait Junkie - 113 castleoblivion26 - 119 LBTrocks - 119 toomuchboy - 122 raylatch98 - 123 sabre14 - 125 zaclord 🌈 - 125 Following: bigfan101carriefan15"All Summer Long" was the third single off Kid Rock's Rock N Roll Jesus album in April of 2008, although it didn't get a full push at country radio until June, off Category 5 Records with Atlantic as the parent label. The song features a laundry list of writers because it samples Warren Zevon's "Werewolves of London" and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama". It peaked at #3 on Mediabase in early October. It was a top 5 pop hit as well and peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. I hated this song when it was out and I still hate it today. The vocals. Those drums. The sampling of other songs melodies and likeness. It was the poster child of country radio in late 2008, which was an extremely weak time for country radio, imo. Thank goodness this is out in the bottom 10. zaclord 🌈 and myself lose our last place.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:39:06 GMT -5
Another top 5 loss at #115.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 14:49:42 GMT -5
#115. Kenny Chesney - "Shiftwork" (with George Strait)
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Post by ClevelandRox on May 30, 2019 14:57:36 GMT -5
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 15:08:36 GMT -5
#114. Rockie Lynne - "I Can't Believe It's Me"
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Post by raylatch98 on May 30, 2019 15:13:10 GMT -5
I will say "Shiftwork", pure guilty pleasure and a great song to listen too this time of year btw.
Besides that I am not upset about any of the reveals. I do think my #1 however is probably out real soon.
Also once again, "All Summer Long" is horrible on every level, horrible vocals, stupid lyrics, awful production, and not even catchy. Not helping is radio overplay, and my family who loves the song to this day.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 15:24:04 GMT -5
#113. Tim McGraw - "Suspicions"
Total Points: 1,601 Average: 84.2 Year Released: November 26th, 2007 Mediabase Peak: #13 Billboard Peak: #12 Rankings:rgreen0625 - 41 someguy - 47 austin - 51 LBTrocks - 52 recordyear - 53 castleoblivion26 - 65 raylatch98 - 76 .indulgecountry - 79 toomuchboy - 82 tim - 87 CoJoFan - 96 George Strait Junkie - 97 kw9461 - 98 bboat11 - 101 Kanenrá:ke - 101 zaclord 🌈 - 116 Cody Wants Out... - 119 ClevelandRox - 119 sabre14 - 121 Following: bigfan101 carriefan15 "Suspicions" was the third official single off Tim McGraw's Let It Go album in November of 2007, although technically fourth single ("If You're Reading This" later included on Let It Go). It was a cover of Eddie Rabbitt's #1 country hit from 1979. It peaked at #12 on Billboard in February of 2008. It was Tim's first single to miss the top 10 since "Drugs and Jesus" in 2005.
Word was Tim wanted this released. It was probably the most infuriating single choice I've ever seen. Let It Go was so good but "Suspicions" was the absolute last song I ever thought would be a single. It flamed out after less than three months, for good reason, because it's not a great cover imo and a terrible radio song. Love Tim but this vocal arrangement doesn't fit his voice. I still can't believe they released this. "Between the River and Me", "Train #10", "Whiskey and You"...ughhhh. lol
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 15:31:23 GMT -5
This will continue either tomorrow or later tonight.
We lose a duo or group and our first female artist at #112 and #111.
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Post by toomuchboy on May 30, 2019 16:44:11 GMT -5
I'm fine with everything out so far, although I don't think this McGraw song quite deserved out before #100 or "Bob That Head" last place.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 17:53:19 GMT -5
#112. Brooks & Dunn - "God Must Be Busy"
Total Points: 1,580 Average: 83.1 Year Released: November 5th, 2007 Mediabase Peak: #12 Billboard Peak: #11 Rankings:CoJoFan - 23 toomuchboy - 26 castleoblivion26 - 32 tim - 53 Cody Wants Out... - 54 raylatch98 - 67 George Strait Junkie - 74 rgreen0625 - 78 .indulgecountry - 85 ClevelandRox - 91 LBTrocks - 101 someguy - 105 bboat11 - 107 Kanenrá:ke - 110 sabre14 - 111 recordyear - 112 kw9461 - 113 austin - 115 zaclord 🌈 - 123 Following: bigfan101carriefan15"God Must Be Busy" was the second single off Brooks & Dunn's Cowboy Town album in November of 2007. It peaked at #11 on Billboard in March of 2008. It was written by Clint Daniels and Michael P. Henney. Daniels charted three singles from 1998 to 2003. Henney co-wrote "Love Your Love The Most" and "Drink In My Hand" by Eric Church.
I think the song's intentions were in the right place but I hated the premise of God's too busy to be bothered with what's mentioned in the song. It's melody doesn't hold my interest much either. The singles off Cowboy Town after "Proud of the House We Built" could have been better.
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 18:06:43 GMT -5
#111. Martina McBride - "For These Times"
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 18:25:21 GMT -5
#110. Adam Gregory - "Crazy Days"
Total Points: 1,567 Average: 82.4 Year Released: April 14th, 2008 Mediabase Peak: #30 Billboard Peak: #33 Rankings:kw9461 - 38 recordyear - 41 bboat11 - 46 sabre14 - 48 someguy - 58 CoJoFan - 68 ClevelandRox - 71 toomuchboy - 71 zaclord 🌈 - 78 Cody Wants Out... - 83 .indulgecountry - 84 castleoblivion26 - 97 LBTrocks - 99 austin - 104 Kanenrá:ke - 109 rgreen0625 - 111 George Strait Junkie - 116 tim - 120 raylatch98 - 125 Following: bigfan101carriefan15"Crazy Days" was the debut US single for Canadian country artist, Adam Gregory, in April of 2008. It peaked at #30 in late August. It was first promoted by Midas Records (Emerson Drive, Whiskey Falls) but Adam signed a joint venture with Midas and Big Machine Records in June of 2008 and Big Machine started promoting it. It was off his album of the same name. Gregory released 14 singles in Canada from 2000 to 2007 before "Crazy Days." It was written by Gregory, Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs and Joe Leathers.
I know Adam is relatively unknown here but I'm surprised this did as poorly as it did. Some top 50 ranks but six 100 rankings. I think it's a good song that was perfect for the summer. To this day, I'm surprised it couldn't get past #30.
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Post by bigfan101 on May 30, 2019 18:40:46 GMT -5
Booo. This is the first one I’m real sad about. Adam would have been in my top 10!
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Post by sabre14 on May 30, 2019 18:53:50 GMT -5
#109. Jeremy McComb - "Cold"
Total Points: 1,559 Average: 82.0 Year Released: September 8th, 2008 Mediabase Peak: #43 Billboard Peak: #43 Rankings:kw9461 - 8 sabre14 - 34 Kanenrá:ke - 47 zaclord 🌈 - 57 ClevelandRox - 64 George Strait Junkie - 77 bboat11 - 80 rgreen0625 - 82 toomuchboy - 88 recordyear - 95 tim - 95 someguy - 96 .indulgecountry - 97 LBTrocks - 97 castleoblivion26 - 98 CoJoFan - 100 Cody Wants Out... - 111 austin - 112 raylatch98 - 121 Following: bigfan101carriefan15"Cold" was released in September of 2008 as the third single off Jeremy McComb's My Side of Town album. It was off Parallel/New Revolution, the later did promotion. It peaked at #43 in January of 2009. The first two singles were "Wagon Wheel" in 2007 (six years before Darius Rucker released it) and "This Town Needs a Bar." "Cold" would be the only charting single for McComb.
McComb has a pretty interesting story, since he was hired as comedian Larry the Cable Guy's tour manager at the age of 23 in 2004. Before that, he worked as a DJ at KIXZ in Spokane, Washington. He's married to actress Kourtney Hansen, who was in the TV show Nashville. He had been singing and writing too for most of his life, up until he signed his record deal in 2007.
I love this song and McComb's version of "Wagon Wheel" was good too, as was "This Town Needs a Bar." I'm disappointed more people didn't tank this one but I expected it.
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Post by toomuchboy on May 30, 2019 19:05:36 GMT -5
"For These Times" is a very good song, there were just so many great ones this year and I couldn't rank it any higher (and to think I was the third highest rank!). I know B&D never goes very far here, but wow! That definitely surprised me. sabre14, I actually took GMBB to be a play on that phrase? As in God must be busy...at work, because of all the horrible things that the world needs help with. Or maybe I took it wrong? At the end of the song, for example, the little girl is found.
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Post by bboat11 on May 30, 2019 19:06:34 GMT -5
Wow, "For These Times" may not have been a very good single choice, but it's not THAT bad of a song Like, somewhere in the 80s would have probably been fair. Can't believe that's the first female song out, considering that name recognition usually helps an artist to have more staying power than a handful of random nobodies, unless their song absolutely sucks a la "Bob That Head". However, I have no idea what Martina was thinking with the singles from the Waking Up Laughing era, because after "Anyway" it was the hottest of hot messes... Like hello, "Everybody Does" sounds like one of the most surefire radio smashes you've ever recorded! Why tf are you releasing "How I feel" AND "For These Times"?! Such a frustrating era to be a fan...
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Post by bboat11 on May 30, 2019 19:09:57 GMT -5
LMAO I forgot how much it irks me that Martina isn't even in the video for "For These Times"
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Post by bboat11 on May 30, 2019 19:17:12 GMT -5
"For These Times" is a very good song, there were just so many great ones this year and I couldn't rank it any higher (and to think I was the third highest rank!). I know B&D never goes very far here, but wow! That definitely surprised me. sabre14 , I actually took GMBB to be a play on that phrase? As in God must be busy...at work, because of all the horrible things that the world needs help with. Or maybe I took it wrong? At the end of the song, for example, the little girl is found. I do agree with you for the most part, but I know that one thing that rubs people the wrong way with "God Must Be Busy" is that it seems to try to make some kind of equivalence between the narrator's own problems and what is happening in the world. It's like, there's war in the Middle East, and tornados just killed a bunch of people, and children are being stolen...and then him not bringing the narrator's lover back is poised like it's the climax of the song or something Like it's the ultimate, cherry-on-top, defining moment which just proves how busy God is. Which is obviously not that big of a deal, compared to all the other horrible things in the world. Something about that just kinda feels off.
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Post by bboat11 on May 30, 2019 19:50:29 GMT -5
What else to comment on... "Shiftwork" is terrible. The song would literally be unlistenable if it weren't for George, and even then his involvement only makes it like a 6/10 as a song. Not surprised to see it out already. I don't hate "All Summer Long" as a song, other than the fact that it is one of the most overplayed songs of all time... I STILL rush to change the channel when it comes on (which still happens regularly, unfortunately...), just because I will never not be tired of it.'' Billy Ray Cyrus REALLY surprised me with "Somebody Said A Prayer"! I wasn't sure whether the song was too cheesy or just dramatic enough to be great, but something about Billy Ray's vocal performance here was captivating! Sad to see it out already. Of course, it's just typical that .indulgecountry would be the only person with taste in a group this size I had no idea about Jeremy McComb's Spokane connection! I love "Cold" and thought it was an excellent song! "Suspicions" sure ain't great. I don't hate it, but definitely don't have the same special love for it that I do most of Tim's singles. Definitely a head-scratcher of a single choice. Oh no, "Crazy Days" was robbed!!!!!!! That song is so catchy!! :( "Get My Drink On" is out sooner than I expected. It's not actively bad, it's just not actively good. Should have been enough to get it about 20 positions higher, imo. Now, "She's A Hottie", I was FULLY expecting to leave early! I was also expecting to be the highest ranker, but I guess not! There's just something about Toby's delivery in "She's A Hottie" that draws me in and allows me to jam out to it as a guilty pleasure. If someone else had sang the song, though? Hell no, it probably would have been my last place. "Loud" is just a huge dumpster fire. Definitely no regrets putting that one as my last place. I knew that it would have some Floppy ranks preventing it from being as low as it should have been!
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Post by LBTrocks on May 30, 2019 21:44:33 GMT -5
Catching up, and boy do I have a lot to catch up on lol. sabre14 can MOVE omg. I hated "Back That Thing Up" back in the day, what a horrible introduction to Justin Moore... I don't hate it anymore,, but I still dislike it, and am not sad to see it go. "Workin' For A Living" is dreadful! Not a fan of either artist. "She's A Hottie" is a dark and edgy jam, but I'm not surprised to see it do horrible here, and I know it wasn't one of his popular tunes with the general listening public either. bboat11 gets how much of a jam it is tho. "Upper Middle Class White Trash" is bad, but easily one of Lee Brice's best songs, which goes to show how awful Lee Brice is to me. He's been one of my least favorite country artists since he came on the scene. I hate his voice and his music is as boring as the day is long. "Loud" is a jam and is 110% Big & Rich's signature sound, but even one of B&R's biggest fan on Pulse (sabre) hates it so I knew it would get hardcore tanked. Great song tho. Just EW @ "Somebody Said A Prayer" being the first Billy Ray Cyrus song out! I actually really like it. Haven't actively listened to it over the years, but melodically it's really strong. Better than that "Ready Set Don't Go" crap, which is a tuneless mess. "If You Didn't Love Me" is HORRIBLE! I hate Phil Stacey's voice. If you didn't LOVE, if you didn't LOVE, if you didn't LOVE ME!!!! I hate how he sings that! Absolutely dreadful, so glad It is out early. "Get My Drink On' is so inoffensive y'all lol. The chorus is total ear-candy, such a bop. Love it. "All Summer Long' is AWFUL and Kid Rock sucks, and has no business in country. Only song I like from him is "Bawitdaba" lol. "Shiftwork" is dreck and it's so sad that George Strait's good name is attached to it. I can't even remember how "I Can't Believe It's Me" goes. I was not a Rockie Lynn fan. Only thing I liked from him was "Super Country Cowboy" huuuuuuuge jam. So I really like Tim's "Suspicions" but should not have been a single lol. "God Must Be Busy" = pass lol. I am really happy that "For These Times" is out so soon. It's not good at all. Great vocal performance, per Martina's usual, but ew to the song. sabre14 I know Adam Gregory! I'm not a fan of "Crazy Days" at all tho. I LOVE "The World Could Use A Cowboy" tho. I'm not a fan of "Cold" or Jeremy McComb at all... his "Wagon Wheel" is dreadful.
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Post by kw9461 on May 30, 2019 23:07:56 GMT -5
Dang, I figure "Cold" would be my first top 10 to bite it, but I thought it might at least go a little further. The station I was listening to back then really liked Jeremy for some reason. They played the heck out of "This Town Needs A Bar" (a great song and a surefire hit if he'd had more promotion behind it), and picked up "Cold" as well. It's always been one of my favorites from '08/'09, I just love his delivery and the song's melody. I was bummed when it wasn't included in the '09 rankdown, so I'm pleased it was included here, even if it did poorly.
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