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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 18:39:45 GMT -5
Miranda Lambert also notably sang this one on Nashville Star, before she became a "thing" and released her debut single:
She also wrote it with her daddy.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 19:04:14 GMT -5
In the battle of the 4 singles from the project, the song that started it all, "Me and Charlie Talking," is the first to go. Following her third place finish on Nashville Star in 2003, Miranda Lambert signed a deal with Sony Music and a year later, this single was issued to radio as her debut single. Though it had a strong debut on the charts, it flamed out just inside the top 30. It led to a #1 debut for her album though, so the fans were there for Ms. Lambert from the jump. Like "Greyhound," she co-wrote this track with her father, and lyrically it follows a young girl who grows up with a boy who eventually moves on from their hometown and it leaves her looking back fondly on the innocence of their relationship and love through a child's lens. Though it performed the worst of the singles in the rankdown, it was not without its fans as it received #1s from gardyfan and kw9461 and ten additional top 5 placements, and it only landed in the bottom 2 of George Strait Junkie. "Charlie said he wanted to get married But we were only ten so we'd have to wait He said we'd never let our love run dry like so many do these days"
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 2, 2020 19:06:29 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 19:11:42 GMT -5
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 2, 2020 19:13:34 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! Clearly his boat is bound for nowhere either
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 19:14:18 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! Clearly his boat is bound for nowhere either stranded in the ocean!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 19:22:46 GMT -5
The next single to go is "Bring Me Down," the only ballad issued to radio from Kerosene, and also its only single to miss the top 30 of the country charts (it came close when it peaked at #32 in mid-2005, however). Another song she co-wrote (though this time with Travis Howard), it finds a nice balance between the introspective and beautifully written verses about her fragility in being able to move on from a bad relationship, and the explosive chorus that finds Miranda Lambert wailing for the man in question to just break her heart, and she does it with (imo) one of the best vocals on the record. Although it wasn't my own #1 (it comes *so* close though), it received the honors from castleoblivion26 and a whole slew of runner-up ranks that include myself and five others. Its reveal wipes out our final standing #12 rank (courtesy of Darkest Hour), but only six posters placed this one outside their top 5, so the majority loved this one. "Sweet like a kiss, sharp like a razor blade I find you when I'm close to the bottom"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 19:24:14 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! Save some of that energy for the poster who put your #1 favorite in last place!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 2, 2020 19:27:56 GMT -5
Wow I was expecting "Bring Me Down" to beat "New Strings" so color me surprised but I prefer "New Strings" so I'll take it! I see that "Bring Me Down" had its share of tankers too.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 19:29:12 GMT -5
Team Kerosene!!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 2, 2020 19:31:55 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! Save some of that energy for the poster who put your #1 favorite in last place! yeah all my energy is going towards Darkest Hour! HOW! WHY! WHAT! I just do not understand your thinking. "Bring Me Down" is incredible, Miranda sounds incredible, it is such a great song and easily one of the top songs on this album!!! I did struggle with this or "Kerosene" being my #1 but had to give it to this one because it has been my favorite from the album since it first came out!!! Also Troublemaker and someguy have some explaining to do as well!!!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 19:37:48 GMT -5
That's a LOT of energy
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Post by austin on Apr 2, 2020 19:40:39 GMT -5
Pleasantly surprised at the final 2!!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 2, 2020 19:42:57 GMT -5
Perfect final two!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 2, 2020 19:48:39 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! I had to relisten to it like a dozen times just to make sure I wasn't being rash with my ranking, but ultimately I absolutely ranked it correctly. This song ploooooods along with almost no personality whatsoever and bores me to death! I cannot even fathom a scenario where it deserved to be the highest album track on this album. It clearly just benefitted from everyone being so split on literally every song, because on any other album a song with as many low ranks as this one would be lucky to make the top 5 album tracks... Also fearlessarrow and kamala 2024 truther, your avatars are too similar for you guys to post back-to-back. Please consider allowing at least one person to post between you at all times. Thanks!
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Apr 2, 2020 19:52:04 GMT -5
Welp everyone is figuring "Kerosene" will win and my #11 for "New Strings" certainly won't help it lol. Thought it was kind of bland, to be frank
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 19:52:26 GMT -5
"Greyhound Bound For Nowhere" is a great song and easily deserves top 3! What were you thinking bboat11 having this in last place!!! I had to relisten to it like a dozen times just to make sure I wasn't being rash with my ranking, but ultimately I absolutely ranked it correctly. This song ploooooods along with almost no personality whatsoever and bores me to death! I cannot even fathom a scenario where it deserved to be the highest album track on this album. It clearly just benefitted from everyone being so split on literally every song, because on any other album a song with as many low ranks as this one would be lucky to make the top 5 album tracks... Also fearlessarrow and kamala 2024 truther , your avatars are too similar for you guys to post back-to-back. Please consider allowing at least one person to post between you at all times. Thanks!Is my signature too small for you? I mean feary doesn't even have a signature. I think if you see the name CARRIE UNDERWOOD in big aesthetic letters it'd be pretty easy to see who's posting
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 2, 2020 19:56:33 GMT -5
I had to relisten to it like a dozen times just to make sure I wasn't being rash with my ranking, but ultimately I absolutely ranked it correctly. This song ploooooods along with almost no personality whatsoever and bores me to death! I cannot even fathom a scenario where it deserved to be the highest album track on this album. It clearly just benefitted from everyone being so split on literally every song, because on any other album a song with as many low ranks as this one would be lucky to make the top 5 album tracks... Also fearlessarrow and kamala 2024 truther , your avatars are too similar for you guys to post back-to-back. Please consider allowing at least one person to post between you at all times. Thanks!Is my signature too small for you? I mean feary doesn't even have a signature. I think if you see the name CARRIE UNDERWOOD in big aesthetic letters it'd be pretty easy to see who's posting Do you like my new signature? I bet bboat11 loves it!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 2, 2020 19:58:13 GMT -5
Is my signature too small for you? I mean feary doesn't even have a signature. I think if you see the name CARRIE UNDERWOOD in big aesthetic letters it'd be pretty easy to see who's posting Do you like my new signature? I bet bboat11 loves it! OMG!!
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Apr 2, 2020 20:00:49 GMT -5
Quick!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 20:02:51 GMT -5
Is my signature too small for you? I mean feary doesn't even have a signature. I think if you see the name CARRIE UNDERWOOD in big aesthetic letters it'd be pretty easy to see who's posting Do you like my new signature? I bet bboat11 loves it! Well I love it; how about my new avatar?! :kii:
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 2, 2020 20:05:26 GMT -5
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Post by LBTrocks on Apr 2, 2020 20:10:19 GMT -5
"Bring Me Down" is a fantastic song IMO, I love the alt country vibe it has going on. I think it's beautiful, but understand why others might not tbh.
Please, please, please let "Kerosene" win this. It is SO much better than "New Strings" is and I love NS too. It's my 1 vs my 5 so either way something I like is winning this, but I will say I will be disappointed if "Kerosene" loses to NS.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Apr 2, 2020 20:16:35 GMT -5
And the winner is... the title track! As you can see below, it wasn't close, as most of you probably predicted. "Kerosene" was released as the album's third single and is what really set in motion Miranda Lambert's career as her first top 20 radio hit. She started to really get people's attentions with this one, even though "New Strings" as the fourth and final single missed the top 20. Both are uptempo jams; the former a barn-burning harmonica-sawing tune that finds Lambert putting 'love' on blast after being cheated on that ends in arson, while the latter is a lighter more plucky tune that finds an ambitious Lambert leaving home for the open road and chasing her country music dreams (a topic she touched on several other times on the album, fittingly so for a debut effort). They were both solo writes for the singer, though "Kerosene" notably had Steve Earle's name slapped onto the credits because she thought she's subconsciously copied one of his song melodies. It was a huge blowout for the titular track as it accumulated a record-tying 14 #1 ranks and only one lower-half ranking courtesy of Kanenrá:ke. "New Strings" did well and put an 11-point cushion between it and "Bring Me Down" for the silver, boasting three #1 ranks of its own and all but three placed it within their top half. Still, it was a total blowout in favor of one of Miranda Lambert's most iconic badass anthems that helped put this Texas girl on the map. "Now I don't hate the one who left You can't hate someone who's dead He's out there holding on to someone, I'm holding up my smoking gun I'll find somewhere to lay my blame the day she changes her last name" "Mama said I never should have done it I should have ended us before we ever started Daddy knew about my pride so he stood there and he smiled inside, I pretended that I didn't notice A little tear that fell when I said I was going"
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 2, 2020 20:19:18 GMT -5
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Post by fearlessarrow on Apr 2, 2020 20:23:53 GMT -5
The only rightful winner. "Kerosene" holds its own amongst her big hits from her future eras imo. Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry and looking forward to future Miranda album RDs!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 20:24:02 GMT -5
oooh, an ass-whooping! I didn't put it at #1--lol look at how many there are :kii: - but I'm definitely happy to see it win! Such a deserving song! Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry; excited for the next one!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Apr 2, 2020 20:24:45 GMT -5
The only rightful winner. "Kerosene" holds its own amongst her big hits from her future eras imo. Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry and looking forward to future Miranda album RDs! LMAO not us posting at the same time with our similar avatars and signatures
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 2, 2020 20:29:16 GMT -5
"Kerosene" and "New Strings" were my top 2, so I am pleased to see them both make it to the top 2! I had no doubt in my mind that "Kerosene" would win this thing, but to see "New Strings" beat out "Bring Me Down" to end up at #2 was an unexpected surprise!!! And I LOVE "Bring Me Down" too, so I would not at all have been upset to see it beat "New Strings", but to see my #1 make it to the RotB rankdown unexpectedly is just really really nice :) "Bring Me Down" was one of my early favorites from Miranda, because I loved it the moment I first heard it, so I feel like I underranked it here by putting it at #4. It could have easily been my #1 on a different day. The top songs on this album are like interchangeably strong, imo. "Me And Charlie Talking" isn't bad or anything, but it definitely deserved to be the first single to leave. It took waaaay more listens for me to even remember how it goes, whereas the other 3 singles were all immediate for me. Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry!! I'm excited to see what the next album brings!
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Post by bboat11 on Apr 2, 2020 20:30:23 GMT -5
The only rightful winner. "Kerosene" holds its own amongst her big hits from her future eras imo. Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry and looking forward to future Miranda album RDs! LMAO not us posting at the same time with our similar IDENTICAL avatars and signatures
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