LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 7, 2020 23:37:24 GMT -5
Sorry for the delay.... buuuut who is ready to see what came in last place?! YES let’s do this
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Post by tim on Aug 7, 2020 23:40:55 GMT -5
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 7, 2020 23:49:45 GMT -5
Last place in the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend rankdown is the swampy and boisterous "Getting Ready," which was the only real contender for the bottom position. I've always found this song really enjoyably groovy and the production is fun and different, but it received minimal support up top to allow it to ever move out of the #11 slot, with only five top 5 placements across the submission pool. On the other hand, it racked up an impressive eight #11s and over 50% of the participants slotted it in their bottom 3. Ouch. "Oh, baby, baby, I got no traction I've been waitin' and waitin' for your reaction So, I tried a new direction I'm gonna give myself a resurrection"
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Post by tim on Aug 7, 2020 23:56:13 GMT -5
While I forgot to come back around to this for the predictions I would’ve guessed that “Getting Ready” would be first to leave. With its overtly loud and messy production it does seem to stand out a bit more amongst the rest of the tracks and not necessarily for the better.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2020 0:05:32 GMT -5
"Love Letters" falls in the penultimate position of the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend rankdown. One of the album's softer numbers with a strong chorus that finds Miranda crowing in her sweet twangy voice over swelling steel guitar and a heartbreaking lyric, left Pulse posters a bit divided as we already see just two reveals in our first #1 loss, with George Strait Junkie being the unlucky first to see his favorite vacate the premises. That said, the majority of submissions still slotted this one into the bottom half of their rankings, with another four #11 ranks and four more #10s being ousted here. It only received three additional top 5 supporters to go along with the lone #1 rank, not nearly enough love for this one sadly! "Love letters on wet paper For givers, no takers An angel who never got wings You find Jesus and it's too late He's already closed the front gate And the sign's flashing no vacancy"
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 8, 2020 0:14:07 GMT -5
Love Letters was so dreary! I don't understand how anyone heard Getting Ready and thought it was the worst song here though!
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Post by tim on Aug 8, 2020 0:16:25 GMT -5
Expected but nonetheless quite disappointing to see “Love Letters” come in the bottom two as it’s one of the best songs on the album. Not sure quite what makes this song so polarizing other than it being a straight up country record with steel guitar.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 8, 2020 0:24:15 GMT -5
Expected but nonetheless quite disappointing to see “Love Letters” come in the bottom two as it’s one of the best songs on the album. Not sure quite what makes this song so polarizing other than it being a straight up country record with steel guitar. Dear Tim, Love, Shooter
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 8, 2020 0:27:04 GMT -5
"Guilty in Here" is guilty of not being one of the most popular cuts from the album, unfortunately, as it rounds out our bottom 3 here! This punchy funny little ditty with flashes of harmonica and loud percussion and guitar finds Miranda playfully lamenting over the difficulty of finding a suitable boy to date manages to keep our early #1 losses rolling as this time someguy sees his favorite extradited right out of this rankdown, right on the heels of his #11 leaving last reveal. It also marks the loss of George Strait Junkie's #2, right after he lost his #1 already. This one only picked up two last place ranks, but support up top just wasn't quite there overall. "Guilty," like all the songs in the 5-9 range, bounced around quite a bit throughout the submission process, before settling at the bottom of that pack. "'Cause the good ones all got wedding rings And the young ones are just too dumb And I don't think I have any more Room underneath my thumb Maybe after all the ends do justify the means Is it guilty in here, or is it just me?"
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Post by Darkest Hour on Aug 8, 2020 0:32:14 GMT -5
This must be the time where I and indulge share the most similar taste towards the songs of an album lol
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 8, 2020 0:34:10 GMT -5
Yeah, Guilty in Here was a lil too on the nose for me. Felt like a cheap Avril knock-off.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Aug 8, 2020 0:58:11 GMT -5
Yep, already too painful. *peaks thru fingers on face for next reveal*
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Post by George Strait Junkie on Aug 8, 2020 2:09:29 GMT -5
This rankdown is CANCELED
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Post by austin on Aug 8, 2020 7:09:59 GMT -5
Yeah, Guilty in Here was a lil too on the nose for me. Felt like a cheap Avril knock-off. I love it, but now that you say that it does feel like if Avril made a country album that was less successful than Sheryl Crow’s.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 8, 2020 16:40:21 GMT -5
uh huhhhhhhhh.......... I can't really be mad at anybody for tanking "Love Letters" or "Getting Ready" because it seems one set of people tanked one and the other half tanked the other. So y'all suck equally lol
Those are both amazing songs that shouldn't be out before the top 8 at least. Single bias is keeping the title track in longer than it should. :(
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Post by ClevelandRox on Aug 11, 2020 1:17:31 GMT -5
Those are both amazing songs that shouldn't be out before the top 8 at least. Single bias is keeping the title track in longer than it should.
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 11, 2020 22:40:09 GMT -5
The songs from #5-8 are all incredibly close (all within 5 points of each other) and constantly flipped around in arrangement during the submission process. Let's find out what three narrowly came up short of that top 5!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 11, 2020 22:59:09 GMT -5
The first of our unlucky trio of songs that came within five points of making the top 5, but ultimately came up short, is "Down." One of the album's darkest moments, this song has a bit of a sinister vibe to the production that has a great build to an explosive chorus, perfectly coupled with Miranda's muddled and fiery vocals. It was a match made in heaven for d3vin44 who sadly continues our streak of early #1 losses, and it is coupled with six additional top 5 ranks, but it wasn't enough to get this one up into the collective top 5. It does have the distinction of being our first reveal without a last-place rank so far though! "There's a strong man lives up in Jackson Hole He took my heart and he broke my soul Left a dark place in my chest I sleep but I don't rest I sleep but I don't rest"
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 11, 2020 23:01:21 GMT -5
Not sure what you all have against epic jams but ok
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.indulgecountry
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 11, 2020 23:16:30 GMT -5
The final two tunes to fall short of a top 5 finish actually make up the rankdown's only tie! "Easy from Now On" is the loser of said tie because its highest rank is a lone #2 from tim, whereas the song that we'll see coming up next had several #2s, meaning we see a temporary reprieve of seeing anyone else's #1 picks being eliminated prior to the top 5. Switching gears from our last reveal, this track is among one of the album's more somber moments. Miranda sings this Emmylou Harris cover with such sweet effortlessness, putting her vocals front and center over swelling steel and a simple guitar and percussion arrangement. Despite no #1 losses, seven top 5s are lost, while two posters see their #11 depart, including George Strait Junkie who can finally find something to celebrate in this rankdown that has decidedly not gone his way, lol. "It's a quarter moon in a ten cent town Time for me to lay my heartaches down Saturday night gonna make myself a name Take a month of sundays to try and explain"
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 11, 2020 23:17:32 GMT -5
Yay, a perfect ranking! Really good song but obviously placed where it should be lol
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Aug 11, 2020 23:24:14 GMT -5
Oop I didn't know this was going on, lol. It hadn't been too painful for me thus far until "Easy From Now On" was revealed. I absolutely love that song but at least it was close to the Top 5!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 11, 2020 23:32:46 GMT -5
Now we have the final song to miss the top 5, which did so by a mere 3-point margin that was decided by the final list received (so mail your kudos or grievances to sabre14). The album's title track, and ill-fated lead single which briefly grazed the lower end of the charts back in late 2006/early 2007 before her radio career (thankfully) not only recovered but began to -- albeit slowly -- take off. The record's rowdiest and most in-your-face song, Miranda sings about tracking her ex down in public to raise hell. It's a balls-to-the-wall number that many find to be a fun, lively, and humorous song about a jilted ex-lover that helped build on the brand set by "Kerosene" about a year prior, but it is also easily the most polarizing track on the album. Rankings for this one were all over the place, so much so that this one started in last place briefly early on and spent about the first 1/3 of submissions being in the bottom 3, before it gradually rose all the way to a high of top 4 at one point, before being picked back down. The ranks are book-ended by four #2s and four #11s, with a wide spread of everything in between. "She looked at my man like he didn't have on a stitch Somebody tell that girl To step up to that plate I wanna pitch Little bitch"
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Post by d3vin44 on Aug 12, 2020 0:57:46 GMT -5
Jesus Christ! “Down” is seriously #8!? I’m done.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Aug 12, 2020 8:57:42 GMT -5
Much as I love "Easy From Now On", Terri does a better cover imo and neither touch Emmylou's! Still an amazing classic song and I'm very pleased it wasn't tanked to the bottom!
"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" isn't bad but if it didn't exist I wouldn't miss it either. Just always felt a little too try hard to me.
"Down" is great, but something had to go at #10 for me!
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Post by LBTrocks on Aug 12, 2020 9:57:28 GMT -5
"Crazy Ex Girlfriend" is quintessential Miranda so I really don't get the lukewarm response to it from many. Sad it missed the top 5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 12, 2020 10:58:40 GMT -5
"Crazy Ex Girlfriend" is quintessential Miranda so I really don't get the lukewarm response to it from many. Sad it missed the top 5 this 100%! I love this song and I love her performance of it. So much fun to sing along with as well.
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 12, 2020 12:37:55 GMT -5
I'll take those perfect rankings, thanks!
CEG is fire. Fuck the haters!
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Post by tim on Aug 12, 2020 13:17:48 GMT -5
“Down” leaving just a couple of spots within the top ten is about the right place for it I think. I can see the appeal that it might have for some and lack thereof for others. I fall somewhere in the middle as I have to be in the right kind of fiery mood to want to listen to it. I absolutely love the passion and emotion Miranda puts into her cover of “Easy From Now On” and shame on the two of you who put this dead last! Miranda’s is definitely the most traditional of the four versions that I’m familiar with and it’s definitely my favorite as that steel guitar just melts my heart every time. Speaking of the four different versions, I’d rank them as such: Miranda > Emmylou Harris > Carlene Carter > Terri Clark (sorry Kanenrá:ke). And then we have “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”…I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t happy that it didn’t make the top five because I am, but I do agree with LBTrocks that this is quintessential Miranda and her discography would almost feel complete without it. I’m not sure if this was really deserving of me putting it in last place, but I just never really have a desire to listen to this song as it’s just way too loud and busy for my ears.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 12, 2020 13:36:00 GMT -5
I meant to comment on "Easy From Now On". TBH Miranda's version is the first one I had ever heard and didn't realize it was a cover when I first listened to it so it holds more nostalgia for me than any other version. I'd pick this version over Emmylou's or Terri's versions personally but this song is incredible regardless who sings it I think. I haven't heard Carlene Carter's version yet but will try and check it out sometime
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