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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 20, 2020 0:15:46 GMT -5
Y'all got this bottom-3 wrong! Start over!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 1:45:12 GMT -5
Y'all got this bottom-3 wrong! Start over! 2 of these 3 reveals were literally in your own bottom three though Don’t get greedy.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 20, 2020 17:36:11 GMT -5
"Love Your Memory Tonight" is a really pretty song, especially in the verses. However, on an album this strong, something had to go near the bottom. Personally I don't think this was THE worst song on the album, but it was also in my bottom 3, so I can't be too critical of this rank.
"Love Is Looking For You" is also really pretty at first, but it starts to feel a bit on the boring side by the end. I'll take that perfect ranking!
Lol why was "There's A Wall" so hated. It's a killer song with a really strong melody! A few low ranks would be expected, but to have the consensus be mostly bottom 3 ranks?! Incorrect!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 20, 2020 21:29:52 GMT -5
"Love Your Memory" of The two “love” songs I always felt like this one was much stronger, it has such a great sad vibe to it that I love. Sad to see it go before the boring LILFY.
"Love Is Looking For You" I don’t dislike this despite my last place ranking but it’s also the only song I don’t really revisit from the album. I’ll find myself humming every other song from the album randomly except this one.
Wait why is "There's A Wall" already out?! I’ve always thought this was a smash they left behind but I guess I was wrong. Perfect song.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 20, 2020 21:32:10 GMT -5
"Love Your Memory Tonight" of The two “love” songs I always felt like this one was much stronger, it has such a great sad vibe to it that I love. Sad to see it go before the boring LILFY. "Love Is Looking For You" I don’t dislike this despite my last place ranking but it’s also the only song I don’t really revisit from the album. I’ll find myself humming every other song from the album randomly except this one. Wait why is "There's A Wall" already out?! I’ve always thought this was a smash they left behind but I guess I was wrong. Perfect song. Not you copying the wrong song title from bboat11
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 20, 2020 23:04:04 GMT -5
I Will Gladly Lose Your Memory Tuesday For Loving Your Memory Tonight
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 20, 2020 23:13:34 GMT -5
"Love Your Memory Tonight" of The two “love” songs I always felt like this one was much stronger, it has such a great sad vibe to it that I love. Sad to see it go before the boring LILFY. "Love Is Looking For You" I don’t dislike this despite my last place ranking but it’s also the only song I don’t really revisit from the album. I’ll find myself humming every other song from the album randomly except this one. Wait why is "There's A Wall" already out?! I’ve always thought this was a smash they left behind but I guess I was wrong. Perfect song. Not you copying the wrong song title from bboat11Haha it was easier to copy and paste for me and I didn’t notice the mistake 😋
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 21, 2020 1:53:01 GMT -5
"Love Your Memory Tonight" of The two “love” songs I always felt like this one was much stronger, it has such a great sad vibe to it that I love. Sad to see it go before the boring LILFY. "Love Is Looking For You" I don’t dislike this despite my last place ranking but it’s also the only song I don’t really revisit from the album. I’ll find myself humming every other song from the album randomly except this one. Wait why is "There's A Wall" already out?! I’ve always thought this was a smash they left behind but I guess I was wrong. Perfect song. Not you copying the wrong song title from bboat11 Some people aren't lucky enough to be copied. I am flattered!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 22, 2020 23:34:27 GMT -5
After three losses of slower songs, we see the first more uptempo track from Kerosene make an early death in "I Wanna Die," a raucous number that comes in as the most attitude-driven tune on the record outside of its title track. It received a double dosage of #2 ranks from LBTrocks and Darkest Hour, and a trio of other top 5s, but it mostly landed in the lower middle of participants' lists, and found itself at the bottom of three (one of which was yours truly's). "Tear it up, break it down Put my heart on your sleeve And wear it all over town"
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 22, 2020 23:36:22 GMT -5
WHAT??!?!!!!! Her energy is absolutely perfect in this song!!!!!!!!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 22, 2020 23:51:07 GMT -5
"I Can't Be Bothered" exits right on the heels of the album's other declarative statement titled track. With its honkytonking toe-tapping vibe and flashes of steel guitar and fiddle, this song is one of the album's most throwback in sound with an undeniably neotraditional chorus that hits you right as the song starts as a cold open. Like the last reveal, this one received a handful of support up top (including a #2 rank from George Strait Junkie and five other top 5s), but the majority of its support fell somewhere in the 6-9 range, indicating it was not one of the more popular album cuts nor was it too actively disliked. That said, this does clear our the #12s of kamala 2024 truther and gardyfan an a decent chunk of other bottom twos as well. "I can't be bothered to miss you anymore Month 12, day 31, and hour 24 I used to think if I missed hard enough You'd come back for sure But I can't be bothered now to miss you anymore"
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 23, 2020 0:06:05 GMT -5
Love the subtle pronoun changes in chorus of I Wanna Die!
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Post by SHOOTER on Mar 23, 2020 0:07:39 GMT -5
WHAT??!?!!!!! Her energy is absolutely perfect in this song!!!!!!!! This! I just knew it would be a top-5 lock.
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 23, 2020 5:07:55 GMT -5
“I Wanna Die” is perfection so once again I don’t know what y’all doing.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Mar 25, 2020 12:54:43 GMT -5
"I Wanna Die" got knocked down my list because I didn't like the vocal effects all that much. Still a great song but I had to be nitpicky with this album.
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Post by tim on Mar 25, 2020 20:16:17 GMT -5
While I do feel as though I underranked “I Can’t Be Bothered”, this song just happened to keep getting pushed back on my list with each edit I made. I tend to love these throwback honkytonk songs, but in the context of the album as a whole I guess maybe it just didn’t quite work for me. Nonetheless, I’m not at all surprised to see this one get some support with a handful of top 5 rankings.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 25, 2020 23:52:56 GMT -5
The last song to fall in the bottom half of the Kerosene rankdown is the plucky small town anthem "Mama, I'm Alright." With this song, Miranda Lambert paints a perfect picture of the rural upbringing she came from in Lindale, Texas, and she delivers it with a wonderfully sunny optimism as she reassures her mother that she's doing alright when she leaves to follow her country music dreams. Despite not attracting enough fervor to land in anybody's top 2, this one did get five top 5 ranks, and the majority of its ranks came in the middle. It received two #12s from LBTrocks and George Strait Junkie, and a quartet of additional bottom 3s. "The sun just got through going down On a sleepy little Texas town Population plus one minus one"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 26, 2020 0:13:28 GMT -5
The final song to miss out on the top 5 of the Kerosene rankdown is one of its spunkiest offerings, "What About Georgia?" This tune is one of the album's more uptempo offerings and like the song that last left us, it is another one about small town living, though this one is sung through the lens of someone who stayed in the town singing about the family left behind when a young man runs off and how their world continues to turn in his absence. The lyrics on this one are one of its strongest suits, as Miranda once again does a bang-up job of painting a picture with her pen. "Georgia" received just enough love up top that this one briefly flirted at times with landing in the top 5, but it ultimately fell short of that fencepost in the end. Kanenrá:ke joins kamala 2024 truther in the #1 loss club, the only two thus far to have seen their favorite track bow out. This one also holds the distinction of being the first song revealed thus far to not receive a single #12 rank from anyone, though it had three that came close. "Your mama's still the steady ground you walk on every day And your daddy's still the monkey on your back Did you find all you thought you'd find out in the wild, wild west You took a little piece of home and you threw away the rest"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 26, 2020 0:15:18 GMT -5
Your Top 5: Kerosene Greyhound Bound for Nowhere New Strings Bring Me Down Me and Charlie Talking
Recap: 06. What About Georgia? 07. Mama, I'm Alright 08. I Can't Be Bothered 09. I Wanna Die 10. There's a Wall 11. Love Is Looking for You 12. Love Your Memory
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Post by ClevelandRox on Mar 26, 2020 0:21:52 GMT -5
I wonder where Greyhound Bound for Nowhere would've fallen if it was around track 10 instead of track 3. :sip2:
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 26, 2020 1:56:45 GMT -5
Ok top 5 is my top 4 and my 11 People won't be happy with my 11 lol
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 26, 2020 3:30:29 GMT -5
Yeah, this top 5 is very disappointing. The 3 biggest hits are here correctly, but "Greyhound" and "Charlie" have both SIGNIFICANTLY overstayed. Pretty much every single one of the last 3-4 songs that have left us are better than those two songs...
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 26, 2020 9:35:27 GMT -5
Yeah, this top 5 is very disappointing. The 3 biggest hits are here correctly, but "Greyhound" and " Charlie" "Bring Me Down" have both SIGNIFICANTLY overstayed. Pretty much every single one of the last 3-4 songs that have left us are better than those two songs... Fixed that for ya ;)
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 26, 2020 11:00:34 GMT -5
Yeah, this top 5 is very disappointing. The 3 biggest hits are here correctly, but "Greyhound" and " Charlie" "Bring Me Down" have both SIGNIFICANTLY overstayed. Pretty much every single one of the last 3-4 songs that have left us are better than those two songs... Fixed that for ya I mean, it has been empirically proven that "Charlie" is one of Pulse's least-favorite Miranda singles. It finished in the bottom 4 of her singles rankdown. And missed the top 30 in the 2004 year-end rankdown, when she is usually a lock for the top 15ish in those things. Not liking "Bring Me Down" is just plain setting yourself up for disappointment
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 26, 2020 11:06:27 GMT -5
Although with my "Charlie" slander I will say that it is VASTLY superior to the only album track that is left, so COME ON SINGLE BIAS DO YOUR THING!!!! ;)
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Post by kw9461 on Mar 26, 2020 12:49:26 GMT -5
Fixed that for ya I mean, it has been empirically proven that "Charlie" is one of Pulse's least-favorite Miranda singles. It finished in the bottom 4 of her singles rankdown. And missed the top 30 in the 2004 year-end rankdown, when she is usually a lock for the top 15ish in those things. Not liking "Bring Me Down" is just plain setting yourself up for disappointment That was mostly tongue in cheek, as I know Pulse has a deep (I would say strange) affinity for "Bring Me Down".
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 27, 2020 11:41:31 GMT -5
I wonder where Greyhound Bound for Nowhere would've fallen if it was around track 10 instead of track 3. it would've still been in the Top 5 because it's one of the album's absolute best offerings. Yeah, this top 5 is very disappointing. The 3 biggest hits are here correctly, but "Bring Me Down" and "Charlie" have both SIGNIFICANTLY overstayed. Pretty much every single one of the last 3-4 songs that have left us are better than those two songs... fixed lol "Greyhound" is one of the album's best offerings and one of my favorite songs from Miranda so i'm very glad to see it in the Top 5. Rooting for it to at least make it to #3! I have my 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 left... 1. Kerosene 2. New Strings 3. Greyhound Bound for Nowhere 4. Bring Me Down 5. Me and Charlie Talking
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Post by someguy on Mar 28, 2020 1:51:32 GMT -5
I have my 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 left. Not sure how it will play out, though I imagine my top 2 will be the top 2, though probably not in the order that I ranked them.
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Post by tim on Mar 28, 2020 18:59:10 GMT -5
I can’t help but to think of my own mother when I hear “Mama, I’m Alright” as I was just 18 when I left Nebraska for Texas. I’ll never forget looking back at my mom in the rearview mirror as I hit the road and seeing the tears in her eyes. This song really brings back all of those memories and it just hits really close to home. I wasn’t expecting this to make the top five so I’m just glad it at least got as far as it did.
“What About Georgia” bounced around quite a bit on my list and at one point I had it close to my own top five, so the fact that it performed just about the same here isn’t surprising. This is a great album track and I can see why so many of you enjoy this.
Here’s my predictions for the top five:
5. Greyhound Bound for Nowhere 4. Me and Charlie Talking 3. New Strings 2. Bring Me Down 1. Kerosene
I do think that it'll be somewhat close between "New Strings" and "Bring Me Down" so wouldn't be surprised to see one of them finish ahead of what I'm predicting; also wouldn't be surprised to see "Me and Charlie Talking" squeak into the top 3 or even top 2, but I still think it's the weaker song of the three.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 18:37:43 GMT -5
The first song to bow out in the top 5 is "Greyhound Bound for Nowhere," leaving an all-singles top 4 still standing. "Greyhound" is a reflective piece sung from the perspective of a lonely woman surrounded by strangers on a greyhound bus as she makes the difficult choice to leave behind an unfaithful man who apparently tried to stay married while having her on the side. It's a rather dark, wistful song, and though it had no chance of unseating any of the singles that placed ahead of it, it was pretty decisively the album cut favorite on Kerosene ("Georgia?" is the only other non-single that gave it a temporary run for its money, but they finished 11 points apart in the end). bboat11 can be relieved to finally lose his #12, though there's one poster still has theirs remaining. It only received three other bottom 3s, and a lot of support up top with nine top 5s. "Rain on the window and I'm still lonely Time keeps on passing so slowly You're with her and I'm alone And you're wishing I was there I'm on a greyhound bound for nowhere"
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