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Post by bboat11 on Aug 12, 2020 13:48:21 GMT -5
"Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" was really hard for me to rank I LOVE her attitude in the song, and the lyrics ("little bitch!" ) But sonically this is a VERY strong album and this song kinda sticks out like a sore thumb on it... I initially had it in my bottom 2, but just could not make myself feel right about that because I do enjoy the song a lot, so I bumped it up a few positions on my final list. Wish it had been able to make the top 5 at least! "Easy From Now On" is Terri Clark's song. Y'all can stay mad Miranda did a great job with it though!! It left at a good time.
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Post by tim on Aug 12, 2020 15:02:39 GMT -5
I haven't heard Carlene Carter's version yet but will try and check it out sometime Here you go my friend!
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Post by Darkest Hour on Aug 13, 2020 0:05:44 GMT -5
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. I mean Terri Clark's version has accordion too. Different flavor but still pretty traditional imo. That being said Miranda's cover is very smooth and fits the album's narrative of moving on and not being that crazy Ex-GF anymore, so I still love it the most out of four versions.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 13, 2020 0:16:02 GMT -5
I agree with those who think Miranda's version of "Easy from Now On" is the superior rendition. I think she sings the living hell out of it. If I'm being honest, I find Terri Clark's borderline unlistenable by comparison. I love me some Terri Clark, but her voice sounds so emotionally distant on it for whatever reason, which is the total opposite of Miranda's for me. Not really as familiar with the original or Carlene's version.
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 5, 2020 2:40:21 GMT -5
There's more tumbleweeds in this thread than there are songs...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 6, 2020 0:53:38 GMT -5
Perfect segue-way, ironically enough, as "Dry Town" is the first top 5 casualty! sabre14's last minute list pushed this one back into top 5 territory after it had been pushed out briefly near the end. As mentioned before, several songs fought hard over the 5-8 position order, and ultimately this old fashioned neotraditional Western tune about a futile search for booze in a dry county. No #1s are lost here, but we've got a handful of close calls as "Dry Town" scored three runner-up ranks and a pretty solid firewall of top 5s. On the other side of things, a whopping four last-place ranks are eliminated, leaving none remaining as we head into the top 4 consisting of the album's three hit singles + "Desperation," which stands as the final deep cut remaining. "Well, back home friends you can get a dose of Something strong from your local grocer So I walked down 'til I got a little closer To a place called Happy John's He said, I keep something here for colds and fevers Down underneath's where I usually leave her But just last night I felt a cold comin' on"
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 6, 2020 1:01:54 GMT -5
Yassssss I am so glad to see "Dry Town" make the top 5! What a fun discovery this was :) "Desperation" is also a perfect song to have as the highest album track.
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Post by LBTrocks on Sept 6, 2020 1:34:40 GMT -5
Lol bye “Dry Town” how did this make it so high?! At least it got a lot of low ranks lol
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Post by Darkest Hour on Sept 6, 2020 22:47:15 GMT -5
The harmonica is so annoying in that song.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 23, 2020 0:00:59 GMT -5
I always felt like "Dry Town" could've been a single and I would've personally loved to see it happen! Stellar song, surprised it didn't make make the top album track. Not sad just surprised haha.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 29, 2020 18:30:32 GMT -5
We've come to the final album cut of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, which failed to infiltrate the wall of hit singles that made up our top 3. Despite this, "Desperation" has long been a fan favorite, and easily won out as the last standing non-single with a firewall of over 20 points between it and the group of songs that fought over positions 5-9. One of her most tender moments on record ever, this breezy ballad gets its strength from strong, introspective lyrics, and a fantastic vocal performance from Miranda Lambert. BlueShades874 loses his #1 here, and it also causes a top 5 casualty for over half of the participant pool, while only three bottom 2 ranks for this one (and none of those last place ranks) helped keep it comfortably ahead of other deep cuts from the record. "Tell it like a lie, live it like a movie Give a heart away like it don't mean nothin' to me What's the use of making all the plans that we made if you weren't gonna go? What's the use of slapping on a smile for a face if your eyes don't wanna show?"
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 29, 2020 18:37:37 GMT -5
**Leaves for another 3-month hiatus**
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 29, 2020 18:38:15 GMT -5
Such a wonderful song. I love her vocal on this, and lyrically it's a masterpiece. I was hoping it could sneak at least one higher but the remaining 3 are very well loved and big hits.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 29, 2020 18:42:12 GMT -5
Taking the bronze in the battle of the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend hit singles is "More Like Her," which at the time was Miranda Lambert's first radio success with a ballad, showing off a different side to the artist who was beginning to become known for songs about death and destruction. Instead, we hear the artist singing her woes of wanting to be more like the girl her man left her for, which is not terribly uncommon in country music. It's a pretty heartbreaking song, and Miranda Lambert wrings the perfect amount of emotion out of these lyrics. The top 2 was impenetrable and thus this one never came close, but it also stayed comfortably ahead of the album cuts from the record. A trio of #1 ranks are expelled, and it racked up a majority of top 5 ranks, with only seven that put it in their bottom halves. "You had it all for a pretty little while And somehow you made me smile when I was sad You took a chance on a bruised and beaten heart And then you realized you wanted what you had I guess I should've been more like that"
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 29, 2020 18:45:28 GMT -5
"More Like Her" has always been one of my underrated favorites from Miranda's career. The lyrics are super poignant, as is her emotional vocal. I'm not surprised to see it fall behind what is left, but I have no regrets ranking it #1!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 29, 2020 18:46:21 GMT -5
I can't find the video on YT, but I remember when she debuted "More Like Her" on the CMAs and the performance was met with a standing ovation and was the talk of the night in all the music publications. I felt like that moment she had on the CMAs with this song is when I sat back and realized "she's going to be huge."
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Post by fearlessarrow on Sept 29, 2020 18:54:12 GMT -5
Of Miranda Lambert's singles, "More Like Her" was the one that took a LONG time to grow on me but it is fantastic. I still prefer "Gunpowder & Lead" and "Famous in a Small Town" (perfect top 2 btw! I mean who would've expected something else?) but Miranda has so many good hits that it often gets lost in the shuffle at least for me when I'm thinking about Miranda Lambert songs.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Sept 29, 2020 18:57:19 GMT -5
"More Like Her" was a great single for her at the right time. It showcased a different side of her personality, and made her shed the one-trick pony feeling people were starting to talk about.
It still remains one of my favorites from her, and she's yet to perform it live when I've seen her and I hope to one day!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Sept 29, 2020 19:09:31 GMT -5
Based on previous rankdown results, this should come as no surprise to anyone as Miranda's ode to small town life and dysfunction handily defeats her abuse victim-turned-murderer anthem, with a nearly 30-point lead that never waivered as submissions rolled in. Both are total classics in her catalog and were the two biggest hits of her early career at the time of their release, helping to build on the flame started by "Kerosene." "Famous in a Small Town" is a quintessential country jam about small town life that has incredible heart and authenticity to it that is sorely missing from so many other rural pride anthems, with Miranda singing about the common thread of 'everybody knows everybody' through the ups and downs of life from hunting highlights to cheating scandals, all laid over an insatiably plucky melody that is one of her best to date. It racked up an impressive total of #1s (11, to be exact), and all but two placed it top 5 -- with the lowest rank only being a #7. Coming in second, "Gunpowder & Lead" was certainly no slouch with 6 #1s of its own and a slew of #2s, but it also had a nice handful of ranks outside the top 5 that did it no favors. With its memorable guitar riff, slow build into an explosive chorus that finds Miranda singing about waiting for her absuive man to come home to meet her loaded shotgun, and spunky attitude-driven vocal performance, this song gave Miranda her first top 10 hit and has remained a fan favorite and concert staple. "Every last one, route one, rural heart's got a story to tell Every grandma, in-law, ex-girlfriend maybe knows it just a little too well Whether you're late for church or you're stuck in jail Hey, word's gonna get around Everybody dies famous in a small town" "Well, it's half past ten, another six-pack in And I can feel the rumble like the cold black wind He pulls in the drive, the gravel flies He don't know what's waiting here this time"
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Post by bboat11 on Sept 29, 2020 19:20:48 GMT -5
Predictable but awesome and correct finish! "Famous In A Small Town" is truly one of her best songs. It is nice to see it pick up its second rankdown win here (It won our second Revenge of the Best rankdown, so this one is a lot less impressive, lol but still!!!)
"Gunpowder & Lead" is one of the most overplayed songs of our lifetimes, so it was incredibly difficult for me to rank. I could have easily put it in my top 5, or bottom 2... Ultimately I settled for right in the middle. It is a fitting top 2 finisher though, considering what it has done for Miranda and her career!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Sept 30, 2020 9:13:26 GMT -5
I knew this outcome was going to turn out so I'm not surprised, and I'm glad "More Like Her" at least made it to the podium. That has to be among my all-time favorites from Miranda. It's a beautiful and heartbreaking song and I feel every lyric, albeit in a slightly different way. I'd say "Famous" and "Gunpowder" are among her signatures though so I'm glad to see this finish. I'd love to see "More Like Her" win something eventually. Perhaps I could do my own little series of personal favorites by decade at some point. Anyways I'm on a tangent lol. Thanks for hosting .indulgecountry and I'm excited for the next one since if we're going in order, the album with my absolute Miranda favorites (one of which is one of my favorites of all time regardless of genre/artist) is next.
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Post by SHOOTER on Sept 30, 2020 19:42:43 GMT -5
FLAWLESS top-3 and in the correct order! You love to see it. Thanks for taking your sweet ass time to host this .indulgecountry. Looking forward to the next one in spring summer 2021!
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Post by someguy on Oct 10, 2020 4:33:03 GMT -5
"Famous In A Small Town" is such a great song. I'm really partial to "Guilty In Here", but it clearly didn't have a shot here. I'm glad to see FIAST pull off the win.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Dec 23, 2020 1:51:13 GMT -5
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Post by SHOOTER on Dec 23, 2020 3:09:26 GMT -5
Finally!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Dec 23, 2020 18:34:45 GMT -5
Excited for this one!
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Post by schnetzka on Dec 23, 2020 18:35:24 GMT -5
One of my favorite albums by her.
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Post by bboat11 on Dec 23, 2020 20:21:55 GMT -5
Love this album! Easily my favorite from her (out of the ones that I have heard)! Aside from the obvious winner, the results are going to be very interesting to watch.
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Post by Cody Wants Out... on Dec 23, 2020 20:33:33 GMT -5
Very excited to revisit this album! I still remember most of these songs to this day in fact!
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Post by ClevelandRox on Dec 24, 2020 16:53:33 GMT -5
Yall better not do Virginia Bluebell dirty. 😧
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