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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 13, 2021 22:13:13 GMT -5
Total cheesefest but it’s not a bad tune per se.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 22:18:29 GMT -5
Hint for #16:
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Post by austin on Feb 13, 2021 22:22:37 GMT -5
Hint for #16: Better not be in my car
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 22:25:32 GMT -5
Love has a way to find ya Sneaks up right behind ya There ain't no particular way
You don't know when it's gonna Come runnin' 'round the corner There ain't no particular way
So, don't give up (Don't give up on love till) You're gonna get your share The thing about love (The thing about love is it's)
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 22:32:53 GMT -5
Escaping the bottom 3 is "Ain't No Particular Way." I chose the Oprah gif because of the line So don't give up on love/You're gonna get your share. Everybody gets a life partner!!! I don't like this song much either. It's SO repetitive and the production really doesn't push the song anywhere for me. Not gonna lie, I skip this one sometimes too Sometimes tho, I make myself listen to it when I'm spinning the entire album for the seamless transitions, which can be found in each of Shania's albums including this one, causing the end of "Forever and for Always" to bleed into the beginning of this one. This was our first consistent Top 10 contender...until it was pushed out, and kept going backwards as the submission process went on. This trajectory is one of the most linear ones I've ever witnessed in real time!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 13, 2021 22:38:16 GMT -5
"Juanita" in last was a good start!
Sad that "Waiter!" and "Ain't No Particular Way" are in the bottom 5 tho. Both are jams!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 22:42:34 GMT -5
Hint for #15:
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Post by codyj100 on Feb 13, 2021 22:43:28 GMT -5
Ugh. I’ve agreed with all of them. I’ve always loved “Ain’t No Particular Way” tho. Fun fact: This song was written during The Woman In Me era, but never made that album.
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Post by codyj100 on Feb 13, 2021 22:43:55 GMT -5
Hint for #15: WHAT A WAY TO WANNA BE!!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 13, 2021 22:45:14 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 22:51:09 GMT -5
We like to buy, we like to spend, To keep up with the latest trend But we don't get no satisfaction Living like a slave to fashion No more thinking for yourself, Just get it off a shelf
Oh--oh, why be perfect--no--oh, It's not worth it Don't be so obsessed--c'mon give it a rest This is not some contest--just do your best 'Cause no--oh body's perfect!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 13, 2021 22:52:24 GMT -5
"What A Way To Wanna Be!" is another jam! Y'all lol. That said, the chorus can get a bit much I guess? lol trying to figure out why this isn't in anyone's top 10 and it has to be that, ha!
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Post by codyj100 on Feb 13, 2021 22:55:05 GMT -5
I love WAWTWB!! It’s the perfect gym song too.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 13, 2021 22:59:51 GMT -5
That freaking synth has always annoyed the shit outta me! lol
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 23:05:33 GMT -5
Rounding out our bottom 5 is "What A Way To Wanna Be!" During the submission process, this also hit a wall, never making it higher than #14. In fact, it ran around in a circle, starting and ending the submission process at #15!
I LOVE this song! Its melody is infectious, the pre-chorus hook is amazing, but most importantly, the lyrics spill tea, shade, AND facts. I could rant for hours about how badly Shania scalps our society--even to this day--with this song. Everywhere you look, there are beauty standards. To make it in any industry, and I do mean ANY industry, there is a palpable and blatant expectation that you look like Barbie if you're a woman, or Ken if you're a man. You have to have a "perfect" set of teeth (you want a "perfect" set of teeth so as to avoid cavities, plaque, and gingivitis...but society pushes it!!). You have to have luscious lips, perfect eyes, a sharp jawline. You have to have a six-pack that could cut diamonds. Oh, and you can't have acne. God FORBID you have a zit that's so small it can't even be seen, let alone a back, chest, pair of shoulders, AND face full of it. Even in the gay community, you can easily find this set of beauty standards--attention is drawn most towards those who have these "perfect" features, and it leads to low self-esteem for lots of gay guys, and it takes such a mental toll on some that it leads to cases of body dysmorphia. It's something I personally don't think we talk enough about in the community, and it's a conversation I think we need to have more of.
I couldn't find room in my own Top 10 but couldn't put this song in my bottom 5, so I had to settle for putting this at #14. I revisit this one quite often tho!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 13, 2021 23:10:08 GMT -5
I'm gonna go ahead and stop there for now! Come back around tomorrow as I reveal the next four songs to go!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Feb 14, 2021 0:59:57 GMT -5
Just wow at "Waiter" being out that early. Such a fun jam that perfectly captures Shania's campy side. Do you even like fun guys?
"Juanita" is over hated, I love the mood it evokes!
"Ain't No Particular Way" has such a different melody that I really think only Shania was able to make work for me. I can't imagine anybody else really doing this justice.
"C'est La Vie" another jam that is only lower on my list because of how strong everything else is. Never knew it was considered a rip off of ABBA though haha
"What A Way To Wanna Be!" is so close to perfect, if the chorus was slightly tweaked to not be sooo in your face and the synth turned down I'd probably have this top 5.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 14, 2021 1:17:02 GMT -5
So fun fact, when I was doing this rankdown, I made it to track 10 but only had 9 songs ranked. I double and triple checked and was so confused; I literally could not figure out what had happened! Finally I realized that my album skipped from #5 to #7... I had thought "Ain't No Particular Way" was SO awful as a child that I had completely deleted it from my iTunes library, and subsequently forgot about its entire existence! So I gave it another spin after all these years, and it's still one of the worst songs I have ever heard in my entire life. The fact that it was not bottom 2 here is why the word "tragic" was invented.
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Post by bat1990 on Feb 14, 2021 13:07:27 GMT -5
My favorite thing about this album is all the critiques of North American society. The materialism, obsession with looks, toxic monogamy, feminism. Shania was spitting facts decades before many of us caught up.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:07:22 GMT -5
I'm on my break in between my sets of Taylor Swift's evermore reveals, so here I am with the next set of Shania's Up! reveals! Hint for #14:
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:14:24 GMT -5
Oh, I'm gonna hold on 'Cause what I believe in is so strong No matter how long No one can tell me I'm wrong
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 14, 2021 20:17:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I like this one but couldn’t justify ranking it any higher on such a stacked album.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:19:34 GMT -5
Out first tonight is "I Ain't Goin' Down," and I chose the hint to be a random posting of Reba's "I'm Gonna Take That Mountain" because both songs at their core are about reaching within you and not giving up, no matter how dire your circumstances seem to be. I never have sought this out outside of the album, and idk, this song just feels like it's kinda there. It's one of those that I don't love or hate, and if they wanted to cut a few songs from the record, this is one that I would've cut...although, it does fit the concept of the album title!
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Post by austin on Feb 14, 2021 20:20:41 GMT -5
Yeah, I like this one but couldn’t justify ranking it any higher on such a stacked album. This. It’s good but the only bad song here was “Juanita” so some good songs have to be ranked lower than I wanted.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:31:38 GMT -5
Hint for #13:
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 14, 2021 20:34:28 GMT -5
Y’all really let I’m Jealous go out this early? Heartless hoes!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:38:22 GMT -5
Y’all really let I’m Jealous go out this early? Heartless hoes! And on Valentine's Day too...
I wish I were the rain runnin' down your neck And drippin' from your fingers And I could be the drops rollin' off your back I'd love to let it linger (jealous of the rain) Oh, I'm jealous of the rain
Oh, I don't wanna share you with nothing else I gotta have you to myself I can't help it, I'm so in love (so in love) I just can't get you close enough, no
And when it rains on your face I almost can taste Your beauty, your grace
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 14, 2021 20:42:46 GMT -5
I am not jealous of y’all questionable taste.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 14, 2021 20:44:22 GMT -5
Y'all...this trajectory is f**king tragic. "I'm Jealous" managed at the beginning to make it into the Top 5, and while I was sad that it couldn't manage to stay, I at least was happy that it was still in the Top 10. This was a consistent Top 10 contender throughout the submission process...until the very last moments, when these low rankings started coming in. Needless to say, I was very disappointed, because every part of this song is beautiful in every sense of the word. I've visited it by itself countless times since first being exposed to Shania as a kid (this album was released when I was only two, but by the time I was five, my mom had the album on CD and let me listen to it, and this song stopped me dead, even then. Such a captivating song that deserved to be in the Top 10! Since there were eight singles from this album though, I take solace in the fact that this track JUST sneaked into the album tracks rankdown!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 14, 2021 20:46:01 GMT -5
The only song on the album I literally could not hear in my head at all, and that's because I skipped it every time I listened to the record lol.
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