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Post by someguy on Dec 21, 2020 23:54:16 GMT -5
#17 - The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)Writers: Mel Torme, Robert Wells Total Points: 97 someguy - 12 kamala 2024 truther - 13 tim - 16 castleoblivion26 - 17 .indulgecountry - 18 bboat11 - 21 Next to leave us is the final track on Trisha's 1994 solo Christmas album, The Sweetest Gift. "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)" has the unfortunate distinction of being the first track to leave us from that album. No one loses a top 10, but bboat11 sees his second last place song leave here. It was always around the middle of the pack in our results, but slipped a little as the last couple of lists came in. Written in 1945, the song was first popularized by Nat King Cole in 1946. One of the song's writers, Mel Torme, had a hit with it years later. Since then, it has been recorded many times, by artists such as Celine Dion, Christina Aguilera, Frank Sinatra, Reba McEntire, Michael Buble, Bing Crosby and Shawn Mendes/Camila Cabello, to name just a few.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 0:02:34 GMT -5
#16 - Away In A MangerWriter: Traditional Total Points: 90 castleoblivion26 - 12 bboat11 - 13 .indulgecountry - 15 tim - 15 kamala 2024 truther - 17 someguy - 18 The Sweetest Gift takes its second hit as "Away In A Manger" exits at #16. The song was always middle of the road in terms of its placement as lists came in, so #16 feels like a fitting place for it to leave. All of its ranks fall within the 12-18 range. Written in 1882, this is the oldest song in Trisha's Christmas discography. While not performed so much anymore, recent versions include those by artists such as Carrie Underwood and Lauren Daigle.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 0:05:41 GMT -5
We'll stop here for the night. Here's our top 15:
An Angel Gets Its Wings Hard Candy Christmas Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas It Wasn't His Child Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Reindeer Boogie Santa Claus Is Back In Town Santa On The Rooftop Silent Night Sweet Little Jesus Boy Take A Walk Through Bethlehem The Man With The Bag The Sweetest Gift There's A New Kind In Town What Are You Doing New Year's Eve
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 13:26:00 GMT -5
#15 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!Writers: Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne Total Points: 83 someguy - 9 castleoblivion26 - 11 kamala 2024 truther - 14 bboat11 - 15 tim - 17 .indulgecountry - 17 Out at #15 is another standard carol from The Sweetest Gift album, "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!". The song, written in 1945, became a hit initially by Vaughn Monroe. Right afterwards, hit cover versions were recorded by people like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It has been recorded many times over the years, by artists such as Rod Stewart, Lorrie Morgan, Jessica Simpson and Michael Buble. The song was middle of the pack throughout the course of the submissions, so #15 seems like a fitting place for it to finish.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 13:32:27 GMT -5
#14 - Santa Claus Is Back In TownWriters: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller Total Points: 76 castleoblivion26 - 6 .indulgecountry - 8 kamala 2024 truther - 10 tim - 14 bboat11 - 18 someguy - 20 Another track from The Sweetest Gift leaves us at #14. "Santa Claus Is Back In Town" was one of the more polarizing songs in this rankdown. Ranks ranged from 6-20, and it bounced around a little bit during the submissions. The song was written in 1957, and was made popular by Elvis Presley. It was also included on Elvis' posthumous Christmas Duets album as a collaboration with Wynonna. Dwight Yoakam also charted with a cover of the song in the late 1990s.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 13:40:56 GMT -5
#13 - What Are You Doing New Year's EveWriter: Frank Loesser Total Points: 72 kamala 2024 truther - 6 bboat11 - 10 someguy - 10 .indulgecountry - 11 castleoblivion26 - 14 tim - 21 We jump back to Christmas Together for our #13 song, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve". The song initially looked like a strong top 10 contender, but tim's #21 pushed it back, and it was never able to recover from that. I've always really liked the song, and think that Trisha does an excellent version of it. The song was written in 1947, and initially became a hit for both Margaret Whiting and The Orioles. Over the years, the song has been recorded multiple times, including by people like Barbra Streisand, The Carpenters, Harry Connick Jr., Vonda Sheperd and Ella Fitzgerald. Recent country recordings include people like Kacey Musgraves and Lee Ann Womack.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Dec 22, 2020 13:43:17 GMT -5
These reveals have gone wonderfully for me so far, which doesn't happen often EDIT: lol I say that and then I go and lose my #6 "Away In A Manger" is a great song, but Trisha's version didn't do much for me. I think my definitive version is going to go down for me as being Carrie Underwood's, hence my #4 rank in that RD vs. the #17 I gave the song here. CU puts emotion into the song that just elevates it, and the somber tone of her version brings out certain lyrics for me.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 13:46:57 GMT -5
#12 - The Sweetest GiftWriter: James Coats Total Points: 72 tim - 2 .indulgecountry - 6 kamala 2024 truther - 11 bboat11 - 16 castleoblivion26 - 18 someguy - 19 The title track from The Sweetest Gift leaves us at #12. It was actually tied in points with our #13, "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve", but wins the tiebreaker due to tim's #2 rank. The song is an interesting take of Mary visiting Jesus in prison, and tells the story from a different perspective. It was written in 1946, and was initially recorded by James and Martha (comprised of its writer, James Coats). Since then, it has not often been recorded, but Marty Stuart also released a version in the 1990s.
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2020 13:54:14 GMT -5
Aww I loved “The Sweetest Gift”! It actually fared a bit better than I was expecting it to as it likely benefited from my second place ranking. I enjoyed the simplicity of the song along with Trisha’s vocals as it added a sense of warmth to it. I’ve never heard any other version of this so I’ll have to check out some of the earlier recordings to see how they compare.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 14:09:35 GMT -5
#11 - Have Yourself A Merry Little ChristmasWriters: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane Total Points: 67 someguy - 6 kamala 2024 truther - 8 tim - 9 bboat11 - 14 .indulgecountry - 14 castleoblivion26 - 16 Our final song to miss the top 10 is "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". It was included on Trisha's Christmas Icon compilation album. It was close to making the top 10 at one point, but ended up finishing 11 points behind our #10, so in the end it didn't really have a chance. The song was written in 1943, and made famous by Judy Garland, who recorded it for the movie Meet Me In St. Louis. It has been recorded many, many times over the years. Notable cover versions include versions by Frank Sinatra, Luther Vandross, Michael Buble, Sam Smith and Kelly Clarkson.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 14:10:36 GMT -5
And now we're down to our top 10!
An Angel Gets Its Wings Hard Candy Christmas It Wasn't His Child Reindeer Boogie Santa On The Rooftop Silent Night Sweet Little Jesus Boy Take A Walk Through Bethlehem The Man With The Bag There's A New Kind In Town
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2020 14:15:29 GMT -5
“Marshmallow World” was cute on the first listen and I had it ranked a bit higher before making my edits. I think some of the criticism around it is warranted, but otherwise it’s just an inoffensive and cute song. I did enjoy watching that live performance of them though!
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” is just one of those holiday songs that I rarely revisit from anyone as it’s never really been a favorite of mine. Not surprised to see this in the bottom two myself.
I happened to really like “I’m Beginning to See the Light” and thought it was one of the collaborative standouts. It’s got a lot of holiday pep to it and so I’m a taken aback that it ended up being rather disliked amongst the group. To each their own I say!
“Santa Baby” has to be one of my least favorite holiday songs of all time and so it was bound to find its way down in last place on my list.
More than not I enjoy most renditions of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, but I just didn’t find Trisha’s to be all that great. There’s so many other versions of this that I’d rather hear so because of that it slid further down on my list.
The same can said for the next three songs that left (“The Christmas Song”, “Away In a Manger”, and “Let It Snow!”) as I’m not sure Trisha really brought anything extraordinary to hers that would make me revisit them over some of my more favorite renditions.
I wish I liked Trisha’s version of “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?” as much as y’all seemed to have, but alas I found myself a bit bored with it. This is also another holiday song that I rarely ever revisit anyways.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Dec 22, 2020 15:08:33 GMT -5
so in doing this rankdown I realized that Trisha tends to record the Christmas songs that I don't like at all ("Marshmallow World", "Santa Baby", "What Are You Doing New Years Eve") and some that I usually don't care for ("I'll Be Home For Christmas", "The Christmas Song", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"). Out of all of these the only one I actually found myself liking more than any other rendition is "What Are You Doing New Years Eve" so that one ended up a little higher on my list. That being said still don't like the song and probably won't ever revisit it even though I do like her version the best of all I've heard.
I'm actually very happy with the Top 10 as I've only lost 1 Top 10 and the song that is in the Top 10 that I didn't have in mine is my #13 and I wish I had made room for it in the Top 10 so I'm glad it worked out this way. I am also pleasantly surprised that the duet with Rosie O'Donnell is still in this! I had never heard it prior to this but I really enjoyed that one a lot!
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:03:34 GMT -5
#10 - The Man With The BagWriters: Dudley Brooks, Hal Stanley, Irving Taylor Total Points: 56 someguy - 5 .indulgecountry - 5 castleoblivion26 - 8 bboat11 - 9 tim - 11 kamala 2024 truther - 18 We kick off the top 10 with "The Man With The Bag" from Christmas Together. With this loss, "Hard Candy Christmas" becomes the last song standing from that album. "The Man With The Bag" was a strong top 10 contender for most of the process. It dropped out for a little bit due to kamala 2024 truther's #18 rank, but was able to recover and make it back into the top 10 by a fairly wide margin. The song was written in 1950, and was originally a hit for Kay Starr. It hasn't been recorded all that many times recently, but more recent recordings include renditions by Lee Ann Womack and Vonda Sheperd.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 22, 2020 23:07:20 GMT -5
"The Man with the Bag" is a jam tho. :(
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:10:04 GMT -5
#9 - Sweet Little Jesus BoyWriter: Bob MacGimsey Total Points: 54 kamala 2024 truther - 2 tim - 4 bboat11 - 7 .indulgecountry - 13 castleoblivion26 - 13 someguy - 15 We head back to The Sweetest Gift for our #9 song, "Sweet Little Jesus Boy". The song is the album opener to the 1994 release. The song's results were a bit of a mixed back - two top 5s, including kamala 2024 truther's #2, but also three placements in the 13-15 range. That was enough to secure it a top 10 placement, but it never contended for the top 5. The song was written in 1934, and was most notably recorded by Robert Merrill in 1947, until Trisha's 1994 version.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:10:26 GMT -5
"The Man with the Bag" is a jam tho. :( I totally agree. It's one of my favourite Christmas songs.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:18:17 GMT -5
#8 - Reindeer BoogieWriters: Charlie Faircloth, Hank Snow, Cordia Volkmar Total Points: 53 tim - 5 kamala 2024 truther - 7 .indulgecountry - 7 castleoblivion26 - 9 bboat11 - 11 someguy - 14 "Reindeer Boogie" is our #8. Just three points separated 8-10, so this could have easily ended up in any of those positions. There is a 12 point gap between this and our #7 song (which misses the top 5 by only two points), so it never really had the chance to wind up any higher than #8. Originally recorded in 1953 by one of the song's cowriters, Hank Snow, it has not been recorded very often. It's a fun uptempo that adds a nice balance to The Sweetest Gift.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:20:04 GMT -5
Next up, our first #1 loss where not one but two people see their top song exit. It misses the top 5 by only two points.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:37:18 GMT -5
#7 - An Angel Gets Its WingsWriters: Robert E. Irving, Kevin Quinn Total Points: 41 tim - 1 bboat11 - 1 castleoblivion26 - 5 kamala 2024 truther - 5 someguy - 13 .indulgecountry - 16 Leaving at #7 is "An Angel Gets Its Wings", a 1993 collaboration with Vince Gill. The song was initially recorded for the Target version of the It's A Wonderful Life VHS, and would later appear on Trisha's compilation Christmas Icon. Both tim and bboat11 are unfortunately the first people to lose their #1 here. The song was very close to finishing in our top 5, missing out by just two points.
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2020 23:38:38 GMT -5
WHAT?!?
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Dec 22, 2020 23:41:54 GMT -5
Well, damn. That most certainly deserved Top 5.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:46:37 GMT -5
#6 - There's A New Kid In TownWriters: Don Cook, Curly Putman, Keith Whitley Total Points: 40 castleoblivion26 - 2 .indulgecountry - 4 bboat11 - 6 tim - 8 kamala 2024 truther - 9 someguy - 11 Missing our top 5 by one point is "There's A New Kid In Town". This made everyone's top 11, and was a top 5 contender for a lot of the process. No one loses a #1, but castleoblivion26 sees his #2 exit here. Originally released posthumously in 1990 by one of the song's writers, Keith Whitley, the song has gone on to be recorded by many country artists. Alan Jackson, Chris Young, George Strait and Blake Shelton/Kelly Clarkson are just some of the artists who have covered the song.
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Post by tim on Dec 22, 2020 23:47:01 GMT -5
Well, damn. That most certainly deserved Top 5. I’m gonna have to swing back around tomorrow to comment further, so for now I’ll just second this.
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Post by someguy on Dec 22, 2020 23:50:12 GMT -5
And that leaves us with our top 5, a real mix of Christmas songs over Trisha's career. Two songs from The Sweetest Gift, one song from Christmas Together and two collaborations that appear on the other artists' album. Our top 5:
Hard Candy Christmas It Wasn't His Child Santa On The Rooftop Silent Night Take A Walk Through Bethlehem
I will plan on finishing this up at some point tomorrow.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 23, 2020 0:41:19 GMT -5
I have left: 1 2 3 9 12 Solid top 5 overall! If one of my top 3 could win it though, that would be great. Also I'm sorry but that duet w/ Vince Gill was mediocre and not top 5 material at all imo.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Dec 23, 2020 7:21:11 GMT -5
"An Angel Gets Its Wings" was one of the best songs on this list so it missing the Top 5 is a travesty. Disappointed to see her version of "Hard Candy Christmas" make it higher cause her version is just passable. Granted I ranked it in my top 5 but that is more on the strength of the song itself. I'd rather listen to the Dolly original or even Caylee Hammack's recent cover she posted on YouTube (if you haven't seen it go and check it out!).
Outside of that I am definitely not upset with the results thus far
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Post by tim on Dec 23, 2020 10:52:35 GMT -5
“Sweet Little Jesus Boy” was one of my favorite discoveries not just of this rankdown but of all the Christmas rankdowns this year. I’ve found myself coming back around to revisit this one a handful of times already and I’ll for sure be doing so again next year.
I found “Reindeer Boogie” to be kind of a low-key jam that is a surefire holiday two-step if I’ve ever heard one. This is another one I can see myself revisiting again although probably not for more than a listen or two.
Which brings me to the loss of my top ranking song “An Angel Gets Its Wings”. This was the song I was most familiar with as I remember hearing it growing up and so there’s certainly a nostalgia factor wrapped up in this for me. Given that two of us put this as our #1 song and the majority also put this in their top 5, it’s disappointing that it wasn’t able to make it in. I think had there been a few more participants it may have given this one more of a lifeline.
As I commented in Alan’s Christmas rankdown, “There’s a New Kid In Town” has long been one of my favorite Christmas songs as I was first introduced to it as a young boy when listening to George’s first holiday album. I think Trisha is probably the only female vocalist to do a complete cover version of this and I really enjoyed it.
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Post by someguy on Dec 23, 2020 16:30:05 GMT -5
#5 - Hard Candy ChristmasWriter: Carol Hall Total Points: 39 .indulgecountry - 3 castleoblivion26 - 4 bboat11 - 5 tim - 7 someguy - 8 kamala 2024 truther - 12 We kick off our top 5 with the final remaining track from Christmas Together, "Hard Candy Christmas". This was always in our top 10, and was a strong contender for the top 5. .indulgecountry's #3 rank at the end of the submission process ensured that it was able to finish at #5, just one point ahead of our #6, and one point below our #4. The songs in the 3-7 range were separated by just 5 points, so it really was anyone's game. All of us had the song in our top 12, with 5 of us putting it in the top 10, and three of those people had it in their top 5. The song was written in 1982, and popularized by Dolly Parton, who recorded it for the movie The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, and reached #8 with it on Billboard's Country Singles chart. It wasn't really recorded very often initially, but in recent years Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes and most recently Caylee Hammack have all recorded a version of it.
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Post by someguy on Dec 23, 2020 16:37:00 GMT -5
#4 - Santa On The RooftopWriters: Annie Roboff, Arnie Roman Total Points: 38 .indulgecountry - 2 bboat11 - 3 someguy - 4 tim - 6 castleoblivion26 - 7 kamala 2024 truther - 16 Coming in at #4 is "Santa On The Rooftop", Trisha's collaboration with Rosie O'Donnell from her first Christmas album, A Rosie Christmas. I had no idea what to expect with the placements for this song, and I am thrilled that it did so well. 5/6 of us had it in our top 7, with kamala 2024 truther's #16 ranking being the lone exception. This is such a fun, uptempo Christmas song, and I wish it was more well-known. It was always destined to do well here, and came very close to being our #3.
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