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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:05:19 GMT -5
Easy Does It: It's Results Time!Alrighty, it's time to get this thing revealed and out of the way! I know that literally none of you are around, but I'm just gonna plow through this anyway. I'm not gonna give any commentary between reveals as I just don't have the time for that at the moment, and also because this is overall not my absolute favorite album of Jake's, and I don't have much to say about too much of anything if I'm being completely honest. With that said, let's dive in! Final Participant List (13):1. tim2. ClevelandRox3. someguy4. castleoblivion265. taylor6. gardyfan7. bigd798. 🌺CountryLineDancer9. bboat1110. .indulgecountry11. LBTrocks12. SHOOTER13. kw9461
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:09:42 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:16:31 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:18:26 GMT -5
This song is atrocious. What about it redeems it in literally any way?!?!? Everything about it is terrible, yet three #2s was all it took for this to be the most polarizing song As I said, I have nothing to say. Besides, it's nothing that I didn't already say last time this song was ranked
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Post by LBTrocks on May 4, 2021 13:21:56 GMT -5
Yes look @ those #2’s!!!! Glad to see a few of us have taste!
It’s a jam, I crank this up and rock the fuck out to it!! A bunch of haters y’all are 😂
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Post by tim on May 4, 2021 13:22:44 GMT -5
The only correct choice for last place! Would've been even sweeter had everyone ranked it as such.
Before we get too far along, I have to say that I found this to be a rather underwhelming album overall. In fact, after I finished it my initial thought was that this sounded much more like a debut album than a sophomore one. Anyways, not sure if I was alone in thinking that.
Now bring on the rest of the reveals!
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:22:53 GMT -5
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on May 4, 2021 13:23:34 GMT -5
Eight Second Ride is the worst thing Jake Owen has ever released, and I bet it will remain to be the worst even at the end of his career, as I don't think Jake can release something worse than this.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:25:20 GMT -5
The only correct choice for last place! Would've been even sweeter had everyone ranked it as such. Before we get too far along, I have to say that I found this to be a rather underwhelming album overall. In fact, after I finished it my initial thought was that this sounded much more like a debut album than a sophomore one. Anyways, not sure if I was alone in thinking that. Now bring on the rest of the reveals! You're certainly not alone in that line of thinking! That's why I'm not even willing to look up lyrics, and am just doing what bboat11 just did with Reba's My Kind of Country album and just cutting right to the chase, lol. Also why I'm not doing commentary, as I don't have much to say.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:29:57 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:34:33 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:36:48 GMT -5
It's important to note that our #5, #6, and #7 songs are separated by just ONE POINT EACH!!! We're also about to finally see our FIRST #1 LOSS!!!
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Post by tim on May 4, 2021 13:39:48 GMT -5
Yes look @ those #2’s!!!! Glad to see a few of us have taste! LBTrocks are you impressed I ranked Brooke higher than where she placed?! I actually like this one from her! Yes! I'm glad you like it!! And you are way more impressive than tim , who is actual trash.Maybe, but at least I'm not "Eight Second Ride" kind of trash. Yea, don't think I forgot about that comment
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:41:29 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on May 4, 2021 13:45:28 GMT -5
Yes look @ those #2’s!!!! Glad to see a few of us have taste! Yes! I'm glad you like it!! And you are way more impressive than tim , who is actual trash.Maybe, but at least I'm not "Eight Second Ride" kind of trash. Yea, don't think I forgot about that comment You might be worse, since you’re the “hating on Brooke Eden’s innocent fun summer jam” kind of trash. 😭😭😭
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 13:46:17 GMT -5
Here's a quick recap before I finish this thing!
6. Who Said Whiskey (Was Meant to Drink a Woman Away) 7. Nothin' Grows in Shadows 8. Easy Does It 9. Cherry on Top 10. Eight Second Ride
The Top 5!
Every Reason I Go Back Green Bananas Anything for You Tell Me Don't Think I Can't Love You
I'm gonna take a very short pause to allow a bit of a breather for those of y'all that are here to leave comments and make Top 5 predictions!
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Post by LBTrocks on May 4, 2021 13:48:10 GMT -5
An yeah this isn’t a good album, the songs revealed after “Eight Second Ride” were pretty awful.
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Post by kw9461 on May 4, 2021 14:35:46 GMT -5
Kind of surprised Anything For You is still around, I've always found it to be the most forgettable song on the album. Have to think the two remaining singles will lock out the top 2 though.
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Post by tim on May 4, 2021 14:41:13 GMT -5
Kind of surprised Anything For You is still around, I've always found it to be the most forgettable song on the album. I was scratching my head thinking the same thing lol. Hopefully it's one of the first songs to leave the top 5.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 14:45:44 GMT -5
Kind of surprised Anything For You is still around, I've always found it to be the most forgettable song on the album. Kind of surprised Anything For You is still around, I've always found it to be the most forgettable song on the album. I was scratching my head thinking the same thing lol. Hopefully it's one of the first songs to leave the top 5. Well here ya go!
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Post by bboat11 on May 4, 2021 14:46:40 GMT -5
Eewwww, I can't believe "Whiskey" nearly made the top 5! This is one of the most disgusting songs I've ever heard from a lyrical standpoint. The song is literally about the premeditated rape of a drunk woman. Or if you don't want to go that extreme, it is still about the premeditated taking-advantage-of a drunk woman... He is literally sitting in a bar like, "Hey buddies, see that hot girl over there? I've been watching her for weeks, and she always starts drinking and getting horny. Once she's past a certain point her inhibitions go away and she becomes easy, and THAT'S when you make your move if you want to get lucky!" Of course the first half of the song is just weirdly stalkerish, which is at least a little bit forgivable. But then the storyline progresses and he's like "Alright boys, she's at that point, it's time to make my move, I'M getting lucky tonight!!!!" Which is..... {Spoiler}premeditated rape...
You don't get to wait until a woman is so drunk that she doesn't know any better and then use her natural flirtatious drunken horniness to your advantage... Nor do you get to glorify it in pop culture. (Still not nearly as bad as "Eight Second Ride" though At least the melody here is pretty catchy!)
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 14:48:58 GMT -5
bboat11 yikes. Had I been paying attention to the lyrics rather than jamming to the melody, I'd likely have that song at the very bottom alongside "Eight Second Ride."
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Post by tim on May 4, 2021 14:52:41 GMT -5
I just don't care much for "Anything For You" from a lyrical standpoint (which seems to be a recurring issue throughout the album). Lines such as you're my Box of sunshine, bottle of rain and You are the reason I live, my religion just make me roll my eyes and leave me dry heaving. Oh, and to top it all off the song ends with I'll bargain with God and say, take me instead...After all baby its the least I can do. Yea, huge pass for me.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 14:57:05 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 14:59:46 GMT -5
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Post by kw9461 on May 4, 2021 15:00:15 GMT -5
Eewwww, I can't believe "Whiskey" nearly made the top 5! This is one of the most disgusting songs I've ever heard from a lyrical standpoint. The song is literally about the premeditated date rape of a drunk woman. Or if you don't want to go that extreme, it is still about the premeditated taking-advantage-of a drunk woman... He is literally sitting in a bar like, "Hey buddies, see that hot girl over there? I've been watching her for weeks, and she always starts drinking and getting horny. Once she's past a certain point her inhibitions go away and she becomes easy, and THAT'S when you make your move if you want to get lucky!" Of course the first half of the song is just weirdly stalkerish, which is at least a little bit forgivable. But then the storyline progresses and he's like "Alright boys, she's at that point, it's time to make my move, I'M getting lucky tonight!!!!" Which is..... {Spoiler}premeditated rape...
You don't get to wait until a woman is so drunk that she doesn't know any better and then use her natural flirtatious drunken horniness to your advantage... Nor do you get to glorify it in pop culture. (Still not nearly as bad as "Eight Second Ride" though At least the melody here is pretty catchy!) I was waiting for someone to offer this perspective. I still like the song for the killer melody, but the storyline hasn't exactly aged well. I'm not going to kill Jake for it since this type of behavior was still very much in the culture in 2008, whereas we've fortunately moved past that point today.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 15:01:14 GMT -5
Right as I had finished typing up that reveal for "Green Bananas," Gwen Stefani popped into my head and I couldn't resist using her signature song "Hollaback Girl" as a hint for this one! :kii:
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Post by bboat11 on May 4, 2021 15:03:46 GMT -5
"Green Bananas" has such an odd hook, but a really great premise, and was ultimately really memorable because of the way those two facts enhanced each other, lol.
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 15:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on May 4, 2021 15:08:19 GMT -5
And then there were two!!
Don't Think I Can't Love You vs. Tell Me
Take a guess as I get this final reveal posted!
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