.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 2, 2022 23:11:01 GMT -5
"Holding on to You" loses its grip on the rankdown and is the next go, but it did manage to survive a bottom 2 fate thanks to our first #1 loss of the rankdown... or should I say losses, as there were a pair of posters ( Troublemaker and d3vin44) who picked this as their favorite Platinum track. This subdued number and one of the rare love songs in Miranda's catalog had its close knit group of fans, but it also racked up quite a few lower rankings as well, including a pair of last place ranks from LBTrocks and yours truly. "Baby we just rolled in It's cold here in Michigan Got a sold-out show tonight Pretty soon we'll hit the stage I'll feel the lights hit my face We'll see some magic in the room Ain't no moment like when I'm holding onto you"
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d3vin44
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Post by d3vin44 on Feb 2, 2022 23:11:15 GMT -5
💯!!! They hate fun stuff! Wait till SHOOTER sees where you ranked one of his favorite fun songs. But like…… there are no fun songs anywhere in my bottom rankings. 🤣
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d3vin44
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Post by d3vin44 on Feb 2, 2022 23:12:20 GMT -5
WTF!?!?!?!?
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 2, 2022 23:15:47 GMT -5
This is on my (very) short-list of Miranda songs that has little replay value for me. She's never had an actual miss for me yet with a song, but this is not one that I ever intentionally revisit unless I just listen to the whole album.
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 2, 2022 23:18:50 GMT -5
💯!!! They hate fun stuff! Wait till SHOOTER sees where you ranked one of his favorite fun songs. I'm fully prepared to cut a bitch!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 2, 2022 23:28:38 GMT -5
What could be the final song in our bottom 5 I wonder?
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Post by tim on Feb 2, 2022 23:36:12 GMT -5
Gravity was such a great movie!
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 2, 2022 23:38:17 GMT -5
^Bingo! "Gravity Is a Bitch" rounds out our bottom 5 for the Platinum rankdown. It is a hoot and a half of a song, poking fun at the aging process and the various stages of life along the way, but it's also a song that could be described as a niche listen that you have to be in the right mood for compared to some of the other fare on the record. As a result, it was no surprise to me to see it falling on the lower end of the rankdown, but like everything on the record, it still had at least a small pocket of support, this time at the expense of Darkest Hour's #2, plus top 5s from someguy and austin. OTOH, tim finally loses his last place. "You're happy in your fifties Though things are kinda shifty At sixty you find peace of mind Go to bed at eight o'clock and comb your hair if you still got it 'Cause you're almost at the finish line"
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 2, 2022 23:38:50 GMT -5
I'll take that perfect ranking!
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 2, 2022 23:44:00 GMT -5
Well, this was off to a horrible start.
Got better once "Holding On To You" and "Gravity Is A Bitch" left, cuz they're really bad.
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ClevelandRox
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Post by ClevelandRox on Feb 3, 2022 0:44:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the reveals tonight, indie! I knew Gravity (and Old Sh!t) would be two of the first to go, but they're so cute and fun.
Just praying Somethin' Bad doesn't make the top five over some superior album tracks.
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Post by tim on Feb 3, 2022 1:34:32 GMT -5
Just praying Somethin' Bad doesn't make the top five over some superior album tracks. You know, I didn't much care for the song when it first came out myself. I've changed my tune since, however, and think it's kinda b!tch!n' :kii: .
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ClevelandRox
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Post by ClevelandRox on Feb 3, 2022 1:54:15 GMT -5
Just praying Somethin' Bad doesn't make the top five over some superior album tracks. You know, I didn't much care for the song when it first came out myself. I've changed my tune since, however, and think it's kinda b!tch!n' :kii: . I'm just ready to get rid of my last place. 😂
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Troublemaker
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Post by Troublemaker on Feb 3, 2022 1:58:32 GMT -5
I have no words right now, these reveals are all over the place. As much as I hate Nashville for over awarding Miranda, this is one of the best country albums released in the last decade.
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zdm1998
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Post by zdm1998 on Feb 3, 2022 7:39:37 GMT -5
Not upset by any of the songs we have lost so far. A lot of them are really weak and some just outright bad imo (Two Rings Shy.) I do appreciate what she tried to do with "Holding Onto You" but that song is such a snooze for me. Hoping "Old Sh!t" and "Babies" leave next.
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jenglisbe
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 3, 2022 8:31:04 GMT -5
"Old Sh!t" is the better version of "Automatic" so I don't know what some of y'all are on.
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 5, 2022 0:22:36 GMT -5
Absolutely not surprised All That's Left and Gravity Is a Bitch are already gone, but their placement in the album just after Old s**t is genius. If anything they broadened the musical range of the songs in the album.
Nice perfect ranking for Holding on to You. It's kinda boring for Miranda's standard.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 7, 2022 23:24:27 GMT -5
Much to the dismay of a certain vocal poster who submitted, "Old Shit" does not beat out "Automatic" and falls shy of a top 10 finish in the Platinum rankdown. Said poster is joined by one other with a great loss, matching that #2 ranking high. Only a handful of others put this toe-tapping harmonica-laden campfire number in their upper half, while most opted to put it quite a bit lower on their lists, with bboat11 finally losing his last-place rank among a trio of additional bottom 2s. "Splittin logs, smokin hogs Feedin leftovers to a three legged dog, I'm a fan of it Old sh!t"
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 7, 2022 23:31:04 GMT -5
Up next we have our first single loss!
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 7, 2022 23:51:32 GMT -5
Smokin' and Drinkin' is the ONLY correct answer here...
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 8, 2022 0:09:09 GMT -5
Smokin' and Drinkin' is the ONLY correct answer here... Taste lost. </3 SHOOTER and jenglisbe (the latter of which just also lost his #2) are the next pair to lose their #1 rank as "Little Red Wagon" is the first Platinum radio single to be ousted from the rankdown. This sassy and rowdy kiss-off number became one of her most polarizing hits upon release, with it doing very well on most metrics and becoming one of her many uptempo concert staples, despite suffering a middling peak in the teens at country radio. It racked up five other top 5 ranks in addition to the two #1s, but on the other end it received four #16s and a myriad of lower ranks, with almost an event split between top 6 ranks and bottom 6 ranks and little in between. "You only love me for my Big sun glasses And my Tony Lomas And my Dodge Dart classic You said, 'I'll be Johhny and you be June And I'll ride with you to the moon' But guess what?"
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SHOOTER
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 8, 2022 0:20:50 GMT -5
I love love love when Miranda rocks out! This song checks all the boxes for me.
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 8, 2022 0:46:44 GMT -5
Little Red Wagon is silly and decently fun but it ultimately feels like a retread of what she did. Plus it's a cover (of Audra Mae).
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 8, 2022 2:29:21 GMT -5
Little Red Wagon is silly and decently fun but it ultimately feels like a retread of what she did. Plus it's a cover (of Audra Mae). It's also a cover of Boy Scout summer camp songs!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 8, 2022 6:42:52 GMT -5
I used to like "Little Red Wagon" but the more I played it the less replay value it had for me, and nowadays I don't really have any urge to go play it ever. I thought "Smokin' and Drinkin'" would be the worst-performing single so I'm glad that it wasn't!
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jenglisbe
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Post by jenglisbe on Feb 8, 2022 9:08:56 GMT -5
Most of you suck. I can stop being tagged in this, too. I have no interest in seeing the lame, regressive "Automatic" win this thing.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 8, 2022 15:47:43 GMT -5
^^ it’s a game on an online Internet forum. please calm the f**k down and learn how to have a little fun.
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 8, 2022 19:16:32 GMT -5
I personally think "Automatic" does the theme better than "Old Shit" (not that the latter isn't a great song though! It's just that this album is stacked) because of the melancholy in the former's music. "Old Shit" has its own charms too, but "Automatic" has the vibe that I personally prefer with songs that are looking back on and missing the past.
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zdm1998
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Post by zdm1998 on Mar 30, 2022 18:07:27 GMT -5
Patiently waiting to see what’s next. Lmaoo
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 16, 2022 18:22:35 GMT -5
"Girls" is the next to go, and while we take a temporary reprieve from eliminating anyone's #1 ranks, this one still comes with a few lofty losses, including two top 3s. That said, the majority of its ranks fell in the middle and it actually picked up more #9 ranks than anything, so this finishing in that spot seems apt. I expected this one to do a bit better than this as I recall it being a bit of a fan favorite for some and it had some vocal supporters back in the day pushing for this one to be a single, but alas it never saw the light and seems to have not weathered that initial hype judging by its placement here. Still, this well-written feminist anthem that opens the Platinum record had few outright detractors at least. "Imagine your best friend and your worst enemy Begs you to stay and then wishes you'd leave Like Marilyn Monroe, she can be who you want her to be"
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