.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 7, 2020 21:39:55 GMT -5
Correctly pegged the bottom 2 and with perfect rankings, I might add. Now's when the rankdown gets ugly tho. </3
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Post by LBTrocks on Sept 9, 2020 10:25:16 GMT -5
I certainly wouldn't revisit anything outside of my top 5, but "Nobody Feelin' No Pain" is catchy enough so that's why it made #6 for me. I agree that Jake's trademark talk/rap crap is annoying AF, and it is in this song too.
"Apple Pie Moonshine" is just grating. I hate the vocal arrangement in the chorus and it's just an all-around run-of-the-mill generic mainstream country tune.
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Post by LBTrocks on Sept 9, 2020 10:27:34 GMT -5
Oh, I didn't answer the pre-reveal questions but I loathe "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" so I will be extremely disappointed if it wins, and it likely will, so I'm bracing for said disappointment lol.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 13, 2020 20:45:09 GMT -5
Doesn't matter where you are It's the same old stripes, the same old stars Same old highways cuttin' across Same old moon turnin' on and off Cammed up Chevy at a traffic light With a pretty girl on a Saturday night And Willie Nelson singin' “On the road again” Lookin' around it's good to see
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 13, 2020 20:47:38 GMT -5
My apologies for these reveals taking so long to get through; college is taking quite a bit out of me. We'll be slowly getting through these reveals though! We kick things off tonight with a #1 loss! Sorry to gardyfan who loses his #1 with the elimination of "Keepin' It Country." This song also took a couple extra Top 5 ranks as well as a couple last place spots. Cody Wants Out... and I, meanwhile, score perfect rankings. This one started at #1 of course during the submission process, as gardyfan was the first to send a list. However, it quickly got sent to the bottom, never going to last place but spending time between #8-#10 before settling on #9 at the end.
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gardyfan
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Post by gardyfan on Sept 13, 2020 21:12:05 GMT -5
Hasn't been my way in rankdowns lately.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 13, 2020 21:17:15 GMT -5
We were blazin' down the road like Kerouac No time to stop and cover our tracks We were too damn hot for any one town to hold Yeah, we burned through a few good years Then you started looking back in that rear view mirror Right outside of Reno the trail got cold
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 13, 2020 21:22:55 GMT -5
Hasn't been my way in rankdowns lately. At least you picked up a perfect ranking right after! "Settin' the World on Fire" is next up at #8. This song wasn't an absolute favorite. It's good, but it's also nothing special. While four of us, including myself, pick up perfect rankings, George loses his last place, while on the other end of the spectrum castleoblivion26 loses his #2 as karma for getting rid of his own last place. This song also never was destined for Top 5 status. It flailed around in the lower regions the entire time; the highest it ever got was #7, after which it immediately got sent to #8 where it finished.
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Post by tim on Sept 13, 2020 21:33:23 GMT -5
You can definitely hear Kip Moore’s influence on “Settin’ the World on Fire” which in part makes it a standout album track for me. I do have to say, though, that I think had Kip recorded this he would’ve been able to elevate the song a bit more by giving it that rawness a lot of his songs need that few other artists can match.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Sept 13, 2020 22:04:57 GMT -5
I love "Settin' The World On Fire", it's been a favorite since I first heard it and it hasn't gotten old. I definitely would love to hear Kip record this song someday cause I do think it would fit him better. That being said, I figured this one wouldn't get to the top 5 so I cannot be upset to see it out here
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 20:55:42 GMT -5
You'll need a hero And a good dog Especially a good dog A hammer and a handsaw A band-aid now and then You'll need a home to come home to Son we all need a refuge On the straight and narrow path You need to learn to bend Get a good square keep it level Have grace to face the devil You'll need an angel flying by your side
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 21:01:28 GMT -5
Alrighty, y'all, these reveals have been dragged on for long enough. I plan on revealing the final seven (including this song of course) all at once! We kick things off tonight with "The Journey of Your Life," which leaves us at #7. This second-most polarizing song of the rankdown, which tells the story of a young man whose ailing grandfather gives him advice on how to make his life the best kind of life possible in his final breaths, is so beautiful to me. Not everyone must've agreed though, as we see quite a few lower ranks, even a couple last-placers. I'm not alone in my love for this song however, as quite a few Top 5s leave here as well, including Kanenrá:ke and I's #2s. TJOYL was another song that had a bit of a roller-coaster ride during the submission process. While it started out at #10, it quickly made its way into being a Top 5 contender, only to get pushed back out. It never could find its way back into the Top 5 territory sadly, and ultimately settled itself at #7.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 21:21:53 GMT -5
Girl I know it's late for me to be callin' But what else was I gonna do I woke up with a heart full of love And no one around to give it to
It's just me here staring up at the ceiling Feelin' like a watch that's been wound too tight Nothin' but the sound of the box cars rumblin' In the middle of the night
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 21:26:22 GMT -5
The final song to miss the Top 5 here is "Wide Awake." During the submission process, this Brett Eldredge co-write started out as the last place contender due to gardyfan's first list, with my #3 and George's #1 ranks (sorry to you!) vaulting it straight up to the Top 5. Just like TJOYL however, it was instantly pulled right back out of the Top 5 billing and never recovered, settling in at #6. In the end, "Wide Awake" just scraped by TJOYL, beating it out for the #6 position by just two points. I LOVE this song, y'all! It's got an infectious melody and while it seems pretty harmless, I wish this had been chosen as one of the singles from this album.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 21:28:31 GMT -5
And with that, here's your Top 5!
Alone with You Heaven The One That Got Away Anywhere with You Barefoot Blue Jean Night
If anyone's around, feel free to take a stab at predictions! I'll start the Top 5 reveals in just a few minutes' time!
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 19, 2020 22:12:22 GMT -5
5. Heaven (Single bias will thwart it getting any further) 4. Alone With You 3. Anywhere With You 2. Barefoot Blue Jean Night (might be juuuuust polarizing enough to miss out on the win) 1. The One That Got Away
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 22:36:35 GMT -5
There's a place that they call Heaven Just south of town way up on a hill They say you can see for miles
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Post by gardyfan on Sept 19, 2020 22:37:54 GMT -5
Shouldn't the three sixes be in that group too?
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 19, 2020 22:40:52 GMT -5
Yeah the singles were SO strong from this album that the top 4 being the four singles isn't surprising... my list also had the singles as the top 4.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 22:41:06 GMT -5
Sadly bboat11 is correct in his predictions so far, as his #3 song "Heaven" becomes the first song to fall in the Top 5. Y'all, this song is gorgeous. Everything about it is wonderful. I was shocked to see such low ranks for this, but I'm glad I wasn't alone in my love for this, because a number of Top 5s are lost here, including FOUR #1s, one of which belongs to yours truly. (Side note: that's the most amount of #1s in this rankdown, a feat tied with...our #1 song!!) This song was always destined to be a Top 5 finisher, but this finish was just about all it was gonna do. My list shot it up to #2 for a time, but it was quickly brought down to #5, where it would stay for just about the rest of the submission process.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 22:42:16 GMT -5
Shouldn't the three sixes be in that group too? Lol I see the missed opportunity!! I was only gonna do the bottom 5 ranks tho since this album's so short that a #6 rank felt at least a bit more reasonable to me. :kii:
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 23:02:00 GMT -5
Don’t put your lips up to my mouth and tell me you can’t stay Don’t slip your hand under my shirt and tell me it’s okay Don’t say it doesn’t matter cause it’s gonna matter to me I can’t be alone with you You’ve got me out on the edge every time you call And I know it would kill me if I fall
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 23:05:21 GMT -5
Beating out "Heaven" by literally just one point is "Alone with You," one of the four singles in the Top 4 (totally shocking!!!!!!!!!). I would've much preferred "Heaven" take this song's place as our #4, but alas, just as "Heaven" was pretty much destined for #5, "Alone with You" was pretty much destined for #4. It only ever left the Top 5 for two lists during the submission process. Towards the end it flirted with Top 3 status for a brief stint but quickly backed out in the eleventh hour. While everyone put this in our Top 7, LBTrocks and castleoblivion26 lose their #1s. Sorry to you two!
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Post by someguy on Sept 19, 2020 23:06:12 GMT -5
The right single left first! I do quite like it, but the top 3 is stellar.
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Post by LBTrocks on Sept 19, 2020 23:15:14 GMT -5
RIP to my favorite Jake Owen song. "Alone With You" is absolutely incredible. Fantastic melody and I think the lyrics are really strong, too.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 23:17:55 GMT -5
Well she kissed my lips Down on Ocean Drive She set my world on fire On the fourth of July We wrote our names in the sand Under the star-soaked sky But it washed away like she did
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Post by someguy on Sept 19, 2020 23:20:49 GMT -5
I was hoping this one would have been able to hold off and make it to the top 2. I almost put it as my #1.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 23:23:37 GMT -5
Taking home the bronze is "The One That Got Away." We all knew there would be singles only in the Top 4, but boy was this one a bit of a force! It started off outside the Top 5, but as the submission process continued it quickly gained steam, holding onto the Top 3 and briefly flirting with the crown! Ultimately it settled itself at #3, trailing the #2 song by just three points. This is one song that I wouldn't turn away from when the station plays it, but it's also not one of the songs from Jake Owen I hold any special reverence towards. bboat11's Top 5 predictions finally go off the rails here, as he loses his #1. Sorry to you! Which means that our Top 2 matchup is this: Barefoot Blue Jean Night vs. Anywhere with YouWhich one are you rooting for?!?
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 19, 2020 23:37:07 GMT -5
So my top 3 were each my favorite song from the album at some point: "Barefoot Blue Jean Night" was my original favorite, then "The One That Got Away" took over before giving way to my current favorite "Anywhere With You". I spoiled my #1 but "Anywhere With You" is the song I'm rooting for!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 19, 2020 23:53:54 GMT -5
I'll bet there's a two lane Running right through the middle of a wide open desert to a ghost town If you wanna just hide out We could send a post card back From a mountain top out in Idaho Maybe get snowed in
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