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Post by taylor on Aug 2, 2020 21:18:44 GMT -5
Your Top 10!!!!
Freedom - Reba McEntire Redesigning Women - The Highwomen I Hate This - Tenille Arts Bring My Flowers Now - Tanya Tucker I Love the Lie - Kree Harrison Sister - Mickey Guyton One Night in Tulsa - Kylie Frey Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking) - Tenille Townes Give Up the Ghost - Lauren Jenkins Got My Name Changed Back - Pistol Annies
Which one of these won the tie over "If My Heart Had A Heart"?! Throw out your guesses, y'all!
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 2, 2020 21:24:45 GMT -5
Speak for yourself with that #19 for "If My Heart Had A Heart" Okay! Cassadee Pope is one of my favorite younger female artists. Her voice is so unique and I love the things she can do with it. I love just about everything she has ever done! “If My Heart Had A Heart” is a beautiful song lyrically, but unfortunately the production holds it back sooooooo much. Her entire Stages album is nothing but wasted potential with how bland and uninteresting every arrangement is. Give this song a worthy arrangement, and it would have been able to compete with this list.
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Post by taylor on Aug 2, 2020 21:35:53 GMT -5
I miss hearing you say "I love you" Even when you didn't mean it I love the lie, I love the lie I miss believing you were sorry Every time you brought me roses
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Post by taylor on Aug 2, 2020 21:41:32 GMT -5
Since none of y'all wanted to guess which would win the tie, here ya go! "I Love the Lie" by Kree Harrison kicks off our Top 10 reveals. Looking back, this Liz Rose/Chris & Morgane Stapleton co-write is a song that I definitely underranked a bit. I absolutely adore the more traditional country production, as well as Kree's vocals. This one was received warmly as well, with only two posters ranking this outside of the Top 20. Among the Top 20s placements were seven Top 10s and four Top 5s, which oddly enough go in a 1-2-3-4 order, lol! George Strait Junkie loses his #1 here (sorry to you!) as fearlessarrow scoops up a perfect ranking. As I realized this and IMHHAH had tied, I was left in a predicament as to whether to break it by standard deviation. I opted not to go for that, and decided to go with most amount of #1s...which, both songs only had one of. Ultimately, what broke the tie was the fact that while IMHHAH's highest rankings were a #1 and #3, this song's highest rankings were a #1 and #2. I thought that was a fair-enough tie-breaker.
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Post by taylor on Aug 2, 2020 21:57:04 GMT -5
I had planned to finish this today but that didn't happen how I'd planned so I'm gonna go ahead and call it a night for this rankdown. I'll do a couple more reveals tomorrow afternoon and then finish this thing tomorrow night so stay tuned!
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Post by tim on Aug 2, 2020 22:04:22 GMT -5
Glad you got us into the top ten taylor but yea I’m with you about calling it a night. It’s pretty stacked from here on out so looking forward to seeing what the next reveals bring!
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Post by recordyear on Aug 3, 2020 0:57:55 GMT -5
That Lainey Wilson song is the weakest one I have heard from her through the rankdowns. That hook in Heartland is forced af. If My Heart Had A Heart is the best song from that album. It doesn't have the annoying hooks that some of the songs in the album have. I Love the Lie would be a decent hit if released in 2000s.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 3, 2020 1:37:22 GMT -5
Lainey was my fave discovery.
Tenille T. made the top-10! All I asked for.
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Post by lipe on Aug 3, 2020 10:42:45 GMT -5
If My Heart Had a Heart deserved that top10 spot!!
Edit: Just saw it was tied... Not complaining about the tie breaker, it was fair. Just wish some people ranked it higher haha
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:11:31 GMT -5
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:19:17 GMT -5
I hate this Here I am running into you trying not to touch I hate this Acting like it's not killing me when it does And that watch I gave you, still looks good on your wrist
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Aug 3, 2020 20:20:48 GMT -5
"I Hate This" is excellent and I'm glad Tenille is getting a chance at radio with "Somebody Like That"! ![:love:](http://i.imgur.com/2smy76v.gif)
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2020 20:20:48 GMT -5
Finally! Majorly overstayed. This song has an awful melody.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2020 20:24:40 GMT -5
YES!!! Awesome top 10 finish. This song has an outstanding melody ![:love:](http://i.imgur.com/2smy76v.gif)
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:25:07 GMT -5
We kick things off with a #1 loss as Tenille Arts is the first to leave with "I Hate This." For me, this song is yet another case of "oh it's great...but I just know I'm gonna forget how it goes later on." It's definitely not a song I hate but it isn't one I'd go out of my way to find either. All but four of us had this song in the Top 20, including nine Top 10s and five Top 5s. lipe is the one to lose their #1, while LBTrocks has to part ways with his runner-up. Sorry to you two! This reveal means that Tenille Townes is the Tenille that did the better of the two! How much more gas does she have, though? I'm just asking, y'all! ;)
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2020 20:27:04 GMT -5
Tenille Townes will be next!!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2020 20:27:07 GMT -5
Tenille Townes making it higher than Tenille Arts is a pleasant surprise! I'm guessing she'll be out in the next couple reveals tho, lol.
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:32:47 GMT -5
I bet somewhere, there's a yearbook In a box under a bed With a senior picture missin' In Loving Memory instead And somewhere there's a mother Who stopped goin' to church
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2020 20:34:22 GMT -5
Beautiful lyrical song!!! Her vocals simply do not compare to most people in this list, but if this is the type of music she is going to put out, I wouldn't be sad to see her achieve some success!!
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:37:32 GMT -5
bboat11 probably picked up on my glaring hint because he correctly guessed that Tenille Townes leaves us next with "Jersey on the Wall (I'm Just Asking)." This song has incredible lyrics, but to be quite frank, the voice of this girl is just a bit too much for me to handle and really brought down my overall enjoyment of it. However, this received a lot of Top 20 praise from all but two of us, and these Top 20s included seven Top 10s and four Top 5s. SHOOTER has to say goodbye to his #1 while George Strait Junkie and fearlessarrow do the same for their #2s.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 3, 2020 20:37:53 GMT -5
I Hate This perfectly describes my affinity for Tenille Arts music.
Tenille Townes, on the other hand, is pretty damn awesome and her so is her album. She's a great songwriter with an atypical voice. The haters can continue to suck it. I have straws.
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Post by lipe on Aug 3, 2020 20:41:05 GMT -5
I hate this Here I am running into you trying not to touch I hate this Acting like it's not killing me when it does And that watch I gave you, still looks good on your wrist noooooooooooooo :((((( my number one... but with that 4 +20s I'll be glad it's on the top10 Finally! Majorly overstayed. This song has an awful melody. but... but the melody is the best part about it :'(
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:52:10 GMT -5
You gotta lot of dirt on me You know every sin, every secret Tell me the cold hard truth A little white lie when I need it Yeah, sometimes we fight Call each other out
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2020 20:56:22 GMT -5
I Hate This perfectly describes my affinity for Tenille Arts music. Tenille Townes, on the other hand, is pretty damn awesome and her so is her album. She's a great songwriter with an atypical voice. The haters can continue to suck it. I have straws. Taste as usual! Townes painted a picture with her song, while listening to Arts is like watching the paint dry.
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 20:56:45 GMT -5
Next up at #7 is "Sister." This song, sung by the immensely talented and incredible(ly underrated) Mickey Guyton, was a major force in this rankdown. As you can see, literally only one of us put this OUTSIDE of the Top 20, and over half of us who did put it in our Top 10s. Only two Top 5s were given to this song however, one of them being g8erboi 's #1. Sorry to you! Mickey Guyton never fails to amaze me. She constantly gives us talent, and especially lately she has been serving literal realness with songs like "What Are You Gonna Tell Her?" and "Black Like Me" that have very truthful, cutting lyrics. This song once again showcases her great talent, and the music video is incredible.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 3, 2020 20:59:22 GMT -5
"Sister" is a strong song, but not even close to being among Mickey's best. I'm glad to see her go top 10 here though.
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Post by lipe on Aug 3, 2020 21:06:21 GMT -5
I agree it's not her best song but it's still very good! Glad it made that far too.
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 21:06:40 GMT -5
The trouble with leaving Is somebody stays And the problem with goodbye Is it only goes one way.
And I'd ride a buck white mustang Bareback with no reins I'd take a barefoot walk Across Arkansas I'd spend a month in the desert Just to be together...
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Post by lipe on Aug 3, 2020 21:10:18 GMT -5
so my #6 & #7 were just swapped :)
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Post by taylor on Aug 3, 2020 21:11:28 GMT -5
The last song to miss out on the Top 5 is Kylie Frey's "One Night in Tulsa." Hoo doggies, I love this song. Kylie's vocals are incredible, her delivery is nice, the production is great...everything about this song is just wonderful to me. Clearly Pulse agrees me with, as once again, literally all but one of us put this in the Top 20. Among those Top 20s are nine Top 10s and six Top 5s. No #1s, but Kanenrá:ke does say bye to his runner-up while bboat11 and .indulgecountry have to part ways with their #3s. Personally, I (obviously) wish this had made the Top 5, but with the Top 5 we have, I absolutely can't complain, and I'm quite ecstatic that this managed to make it here! A great accomplishment, I must say! (It also would've been great to see EVERYONE place this in their Top 20, but even if Troublemaker had given it a #20...Kylie would still be at #6, as 170 was just a bit too much of a trail behind our #5 song.)
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