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Post by someguy on Mar 22, 2021 17:59:48 GMT -5
#52 - For Only YouWriter: Bruce Roberts Origin: Sex and the City: Music From The HBO SeriesYear of release: 2000 Total Points: 300 kamala 2024 truther - 24 bboat11 - 39 ccarter1023 - 42 tim - 48 .indulgecountry - 48 someguy - 49 castleoblivion26 - 50 Our bottom song is "For Only You", featured on the soundtrack to the hit cable TV series Sex and the City. While always a bottom contender, it didn't receive any last place rankings, or even any bottom 2s. It did, however, make all but one person's bottom half, four of those people putting it in their bottom 5, which was enough to sink it to the #52 slot.
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Post by someguy on Mar 22, 2021 18:08:32 GMT -5
#51 - After The Fire Is GoneWriter: L.E. White Origin: Blame It All On My Roots (Garth Brooks boxed set) Year of release: 2013 Total Points: 292 bboat11 - 24 .indulgecountry - 34 castleoblivion26 - 39 tim - 44 someguy - 48 ccarter1023 - 51 kamala 2024 truther - 52 Out at #51 is "After The Fire Is Gone", a duet with her husband Garth Brooks. The track appears on his 2013 boxed set Blame It All On My Roots. The song is a cover of a Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn duet that reached #1 in 1971. It was Conway and Loretta's first #1 together. kamala 2024 truther becomes the first person to lose their #52, and ccarter1023 called it right in thinking that this would be the first Garth collaboration to leave.
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Post by someguy on Mar 22, 2021 18:21:38 GMT -5
{The Top 50}Bartender Blues Blue Beyond Breaking Apart Broken Coming Back To You End Of The World Even A Cowboy Can Dream Find A River Follow The Wind Forever's As Far As I'll Go Getting Good Good Guy Hands How Do I Live I Can't Understand I Fall To Pieces I Have a Love I Remember You I Won't Give Up I'm Talkin' Love In Another's Eyes Jackie's House Just A Cup Of Coffee Love Will Always Win Maggie's Dream Met Him In A Motel Room My Love Is Your Love New Kid In Town Nothin' To Lose On My Own One More Chance Perfect Love PrizeFighter Shallow She Can't Save Him Softly And Tenderly Something So Right Squeeze Me In The Call The Chance I Take The Flame 'Til I Get It Right To Make You Feel My Love Whiskey To Wine Wild As The Wind You Can't Trust The Weatherman You'll Never Walk Alone (You're The) Devil In Disguise You're Where I Belong Your Husband's Cheatin' On Us {The Top 50} someguy ccarter1023 tim bboat11 castleoblivion26 kamala 2024 truther .indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 22, 2021 18:23:39 GMT -5
"For Only You" was absolutely dreadful.
"After the Fire Is Gone" was a decent cover tho, and the highest I ranked anything with Barf's voice, so it's ironic that it would be the first to go, lmao.
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Post by someguy on Mar 23, 2021 17:02:46 GMT -5
#50 - Good GuyWriter: Jude Johnstone Origin: Stormy WeatherYear of release: 1998 Total Points: 284 kamala 2024 truther - 4 bboat11 - 38 .indulgecountry - 41 castleoblivion26 - 49 ccarter1023 - 50 tim - 51 someguy - 51 We kick off our top 50 with "Good Guy", from the Don Henley-produced 1998 live album Stormy Weather. Written by Jude Johnstone ("The Woman Before Me", "When We Were Still In Love, "The Nightingale"), the song was included on the AT&T album that featured female artists covering older songs. Though it didn't receive any last place rankings, it did receive four bottom four placements. kamala 2024 truther's #4 ranking saved it from finishing in last place.
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Post by someguy on Mar 23, 2021 17:10:55 GMT -5
#49 - I'm Talkin' LoveWriters: Sarah Durkee, Paul Jacobs Origin: Songs From The Street: 35 Years Of Music ( Sesame Street soundtrack, released in 2003) Year of release: 1997 Total Points: 276 .indulgecountry - 11 bboat11 - 35 someguy - 42 kamala 2024 truther - 42 castleoblivion26 - 47 ccarter1023 - 47 tim - 52 Next out is "I'm Talkin' Love", Trisha's collaboration with the Muppets of Sesame Street. The song first appeared in an episode of the show in 1997, and was included on the series' 2003 boxed set. It was originally written for Reba McEntire to perform on the show, but a scheduling conflict led to Trisha performing it instead. I found this one challenging to rank, as it's a fun song, but doesn't really fit in with the rest of the list with the appearance of The Muppets. tim is the next person to lose their #52, while .indulgecountry nearly loses a top 10.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 23, 2021 18:12:56 GMT -5
Yeah, "I'm Talkin' Love" was very hard to rank. On the one hand, I found the melody to be quite strong! On the other hand, the Muppets cameos were annoying af! I'm sure they were fine in the context of the show, but unnecessarily interrupt an otherwise solid song outside of the context of the show.
Interesting that this was supposed to be for Reba! I can totally picture her doing a fantastic job with this too!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 23, 2021 19:52:49 GMT -5
“Good Guy” is one of the ones that really made me cry and I’m sad to see it leave so damn early, and disheartened that it would’ve been dead last had I not participated. Guess I was just feeling things when I ranked it—I really want a boyfriend lol.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 23, 2021 20:46:50 GMT -5
Bruh WHAT. "I'm Talkin' Love" was fantastic, for all the reasons bboat11 outlined above, though minus the Muppets cameos being annoying. I didn't find them off-putting at all, honestly, and it was still one of the better compositions in this list with quite a few dreary numbers, unnecessary covers, and bad duets.
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Post by tim on Mar 23, 2021 21:51:58 GMT -5
While I'm not surprised by any of the first four songs to exit, I'm actually quite baffled at how much y'all seemed to like "I'm Talkin' Love". I literally have no use for this song at all and that's not even saying anything about the Muppets cameos (disclaimer: I wasn't really a fan of Sesame Street growing up). I don't know what y'all are hearing that I'm not, but it's both cheesy and sounds like something a teenager would sing at a junior high talent show.
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Post by someguy on Mar 24, 2021 18:56:44 GMT -5
#48 - Find A RiverWriter: Fred Tackett Origin: Everybody Knows (international deluxe edition) Year of release: 1996 Total Points: 274 kamala 2024 truther - 20 .indulgecountry - 32 tim - 39 bboat11 - 42 someguy - 45 castleoblivion26 - 48 ccarter1023 - 48 Leaving at #48 is "Find A River", one of three extra songs included on the international deluxe edition of her Gold-certified 1996 album Everybody Knows (which was also nominated for CMA Album of the Year. By the rankings it received, it looks like we can mostly agree that it should have remained a bonus track. No major losses here, though kamala 2024 truther does lose a top 20, while two more people lose a bottom five.
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Post by someguy on Mar 24, 2021 19:03:32 GMT -5
#47 - I Fall To PiecesWriters: Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard Origin: Rhythm, Country & BluesYear of release: 1994 Billboard Country Airplay peak: #72 Total Points: 254 ccarter1023 - 8 kamala 2024 truther - 13 someguy - 36 tim - 42 bboat11 - 51 castleoblivion26 - 52 .indulgecountry - 52 I was actually surprised to see her duet cover version of "I Fall To Pieces" with Aaron Neville finish so poorly here. The song won Trisha her first Grammy, for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, and is our first charting song to leave the rankdown. ccarter1023 becomes the second person to lose a top 10, while two people ( castleoblivion26 and .indulgecountry) lose their last place songs. The song started off doing fairly well, but the two last place ranks, along with bboat11's #51 placement, sunk it around the middle of the submission process.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 24, 2021 19:05:58 GMT -5
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Post by tim on Mar 24, 2021 19:09:09 GMT -5
I'm not sure if "I Fall to Pieces" was a first-time listen for most of you, but I happen to remember seeing the video quite a bit on CMT back in 1994 (the album was also one of three other tribute albums nominated at the CMA's that year). While I remember somewhat enjoying this back then, something about revisiting it after all of these years just wasn't clicking with me and so therefore it only barely escaped my bottom ten.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 24, 2021 19:20:08 GMT -5
I thought Trisha did a wonderful rendition of “I Fall To Pieces” and frankly I think Patsy would’ve quite liked it.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 24, 2021 21:34:52 GMT -5
That song won a GRAMMY?!
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Post by someguy on Mar 26, 2021 18:00:18 GMT -5
#46 - I Won't Give UpWriters: Jason Mraz, Michael Natter Origin: The Passion soundtrack Year of release: 2016 Total Points: 248 bboat11 - 13 someguy - 25 ccarter1023 - 29 castleoblivion26 - 42 kamala 2024 truther - 43 .indulgecountry - 47 tim - 49 At #46, we say goodbye to the first song to leave us from The Passion, "I Won't Give Up". The song was a hit for Jason Mraz in 2013, and Trisha recorded it for The Passion in 2016. The song spent most of its time in the bottom third, never really had a chance to finish in the top 40. It was also never a contender for the bottom five.
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Post by someguy on Mar 26, 2021 18:08:16 GMT -5
#45 - I Can't UnderstandWriter: Hank De Vito Origin: The Thing Called Love soundtrack Year of release: 1993 Total Points: 246 .indulgecountry - 19 kamala 2024 truther - 21 tim - 30 castleoblivion26 - 36 ccarter1023 - 45 someguy - 46 bboat11 - 49 Next to go is "I Can't Understand", Trisha's contribution to the soundtrack of the 1993 movie The Thing Called Love, starring River Phoenix, Sandra Bullock and Dermot Mulroney. Trisha also appeared as herself in the movie. The song didn't have many really low rankings, outside of bboat11 's #49, but the only top 20 it received was .indulgecountry 's #19. It was never a contender for the very bottom, but it wasn't ever on track to make the top 40 either.
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Post by tim on Mar 26, 2021 18:14:34 GMT -5
Next to go is "I Can't Understand", Trisha's contribution to the soundtrack of the 1993 movie The Thing Called Love, starring River Phoenix, Sandra Bullock and Dermot Mulroney. Trisha also appeared as herself in the movie. The song didn't have many really low rankings, outside of bboat11 's #49, but the only top 20 it received was .indulgecountry 's #19. It was never a contender for the very bottom, but it wasn't ever on track to make the top 40 either. That's a great movie for anyone that has never seen it before! K.T. Oslin also stars in it as the manager/owner of the Bluebird Cafe.
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Post by someguy on Mar 27, 2021 5:31:15 GMT -5
#44 - Breaking ApartWriters: Chris Isaak, Diane Warren Origin: Mr. Lucky Chris Isaak album Year of release: 2009 Total Points: 242 tim - 20 someguy - 28 kamala 2024 truther - 29 bboat11 - 32 .indulgecountry - 43 ccarter1023 - 44 castleoblivion26 - 46 At #44, we find Trisha's collaboration with Chris Isaak, "Falling Apart". The song appears on his album Mr. Lucky. tim loses a top 20, but no major bottom ranks leave yet.
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Post by someguy on Mar 27, 2021 5:46:23 GMT -5
#43 - Whiskey To WineWriters: Garth Brooks, Bryan Kennedy, Wynn Varble Origin: Gunslinger Garth Brooks album Year of release: 2009 Total Points: 238 bboat11 - 23 someguy - 26 kamala 2024 truther - 35 .indulgecountry - 38 tim - 40 ccarter1023 - 46 castleoblivion26 - 46 #43 is "Whiskey To Wine", Garth and Trisha's collaboration from Garth's Gunslinger album. This initially was on track for a higher placement, but slid down afterwards.
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Post by someguy on Mar 27, 2021 6:17:36 GMT -5
#42 - Squeeze Me InWriters: Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson Origin: Scarecrow Garth Brooks album Year of release: 2001 Billboard Country Airplay peak: 16 Total Points: 233 castleoblivion26 - 15 someguy - 17 ccarter1023 - 22 tim - 37 .indulgecountry - 42 kamala 2024 truther - 48 bboat11 - 52 Next up is "Squeeze Me In", our biggest hit to leave so far. The song was included on Garth's Scarecrow album, and reached #16 on the Billboard chart. This was initially on track to be much higher, but some lower ranks pulled it down. bboat11 finally loses his #52. I really like this, and have always thought that it was a fun duet.
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Post by someguy on Mar 27, 2021 6:19:26 GMT -5
Next up is our early contender for last place, that made a big comeback.
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Post by someguy on Mar 27, 2021 6:33:24 GMT -5
{The Top 40}Bartender Blues Blue Beyond Broken Coming Back To You End Of The World Even A Cowboy Can Dream Find A River Follow The Wind Forever's As Far As I'll Go Getting Good Hands How Do I Live I Remember You In Another's Eyes Jackie's House Just A Cup Of Coffee Love Will Always Win Maggie's Dream Met Him In A Motel Room My Love Is Your Love New Kid In Town Nothin' To Lose On My Own One More Chance Perfect Love PrizeFighter Shallow She Can't Save Him Softly And Tenderly Something So Right The Call The Chance I Take The Flame 'Til I Get It Right To Make You Feel My Love Wild As The Wind You Can't Trust The Weatherman You'll Never Walk Alone (You're The) Devil In Disguise You're Where I Belong Your Husband's Cheatin' On Us {The Top 40} someguy ccarter1023 tim bboat11 castleoblivion26 kamala 2024 truther .indulgecountry
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 27, 2021 7:19:07 GMT -5
"Squeeze Me In" is lucky that it has single bias on its side. It's got a melody that is just sooooo horribly grating to me. It's got the same vibe as "I'm Beginning To See The Light" from their recent Christmas album, which was even worse. I like Garth more than the average Pulser, and think that he and Trisha can make magic happen when they sing a romantic ballad a la "In Another's Eyes", but this style of song does not work for either of them.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 27, 2021 7:56:35 GMT -5
"I Have A Love" was another of the songs that made me really cry and it's likely because I was in a funk at the time about still being single, lmao. Even so, I would've had it placed rather high on my list in any case because I think it's gorgeous.
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Post by tim on Mar 27, 2021 11:55:58 GMT -5
I absolutely love Chris Isaak’s voice and thought that both him and Trisha sounded great together. Even though he lives in California he has always been quite active in the Texas scene, especially here in Austin.
“Squeeze Me In” is a song in which I used to loathe, but now that almost twenty years have passed since it’s release (that just gave me an OMG moment) the song has grown on me enough that I can find some charm in it. This also has all the hallmarks of a Delbert McClinton song (à la “Same Kind of Crazy” which George Strait covered) which tend to be a bit more on the polarizing side.
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Post by someguy on Mar 31, 2021 16:52:40 GMT -5
#40 - Bartender's BluesWriter: James Taylor Origin: The Bradley Barn Sessions (George Jones album) Year of release: 1994 Total Points: 231 kamala 2024 truther - 7 .indulgecountry - 20 castleoblivion26 - 22 tim - 33 ccarter1023 - 49 bboat11 - 50 someguy - 50 We kick off our top 40 with Trisha's cover of "Bartender's Blues", which features duet vocals from George Jones. The song was originally recorded by its writer, James Taylor, and included on his 1977 album JT. George Jones himself also recorded a solo cover of it in 1978. The duet version initially appeared on George's 1994 duets album, The Bradley Barn Sessions. It was initially a bottom contender in our rankdown, but rose steadily, finally finishing in our top 40. Three of us lose bottom fives, while kamala 2024 truther loses a top 10.
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Post by someguy on Mar 31, 2021 16:59:21 GMT -5
#39 - Nothin' To LoseWriter: Kim Fox Origin: Greatest HitsYear of release: 2007 Total Points: 227 ccarter1023 - 25 bboat11 - 28 kamala 2024 truther - 31 tim - 34 someguy - 35 .indulgecountry - 36 castleoblivion26 - 38 Our next song to leave is "Nothin' To Lose", one of two new songs included on Trisha's 2007 compilation Greatest Hits. The album was released by her former label MCA Records after she had left. Its release was controversial at the time, due to the timing, as they put it out the week before Trisha released Heaven, Heartache and the Power Of Love, her first album for Big Machine Records. This song would eventually also be recorded by Reba McEntire for her 2009 album Keep On Lovin' You. The song was always destined to be middle of the pack here, with all of its rankings falling between 25 and 38. Interestingly enough, its #39 finish is lower than any individual participant ranked it.
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