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Post by bboat11 on Aug 2, 2021 14:39:53 GMT -5
It's time for Zac Brown Band to disband, lmao. Zac's artistic vision is completely gone. "Same Boat" is at least not outright horrible like a few of their songs the last few years have been, but it is about as close to bland and uninspired as an artist could possibly put out. It is a blatant carbon copy of "Chicken Fried" in places, with none of the memorability.
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Post by tim on Aug 2, 2021 14:40:10 GMT -5
I am so sick of these can't we all just get along type of songs (à la Tim and Tyler's "Undivided" or Kenny's "Get Along"). That and this is just a knock off one of their own songs.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 2, 2021 14:43:04 GMT -5
16. "Pray" - Jimmie Allen ft. Monica and Little Big Town
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 2, 2021 14:48:30 GMT -5
Bottom 10 Recap: 25. Where The Country Girls At - Trace Adkins ft. Luke Bryan & Pitbull (512) 24. Throw It Back - BRELAND ft. Keith Urban (446) 23. The Worst Country Song Of All Time - Brantley Gilbert ft. Toby Keith & HARDY (414) 22. Beer With My Friends - Shy Carter ft. Cole Swindell & David Lee Murphy (377) 21. Old School - Toby Keith (376)
20. Fancy Like - Walker Hayes (321) 19. Kryptonite - Bree Taylor (320) 18. SEX - Gary Allan (313) 17. Same Boat - Zac Brown Band (299) 16. Pray - Jimmie Allen ft. Monica & Little Big Town (296)
The Top 15: City Of Music - Brad Paisley Dig Yourself - Tigirlilly Excuses - Kolby Cooper Girl Who Didn’t Care - Tenille Townes Heroes - Natalie Hemby Highway On The Water - Brian Kelley Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) - The Highwomen I Quit Drinking - Kelsea Ballerini I’m Movin’ On - Miranda Lambert If The World Was A Small Town - Lauren Alaina Small Town Prayer - RaeLynn Things Dads Do - Thomas Rhett Til You Can’t - Cody Johnson Weekends Look A Little Different These Days - Brett Young What A Song Can Do - Lady A
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 2, 2021 14:49:25 GMT -5
That'll be it for now. I know most people are at work, so I'll give y'all a chance to catch up. I might come back later to get us down to the top 10 though!
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Post by SHOOTER on Aug 2, 2021 15:03:07 GMT -5
Pray wasn't bad; just boring.
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Post by austin on Aug 2, 2021 15:58:44 GMT -5
The "Kryptonite" song has horrible production.
"Fancy Like" escaped the bottom 5 and I think "Briefcase" will next month as well.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 2, 2021 16:36:00 GMT -5
Off to a great start! Very happy the Trace Adkins song ran away with last place as I anticipated it would. I really did want to see just how poorly it would do here because it's one of the worst songs I've ever heard in my life, lmao. The Shy Carter song was only a half-step ahead of it though in terms of quality. Both are some of the worst songs we've had to rank in these, hands down.
"Fancy Like" deserved a bit better imo, but lol @ me being the one middling rank with my #16 and then everyone else had it either top 10 or bottom 5. Figured it would be extremely polarizing though.
"Kryptonite" was 100% the weakest female song in the lineup. Glad it went out first, but it also escaping the bottom 5 as it should since the males made far worse music.
Gary Allan's "SEX" is something I could do without. He's never been a favorite of mine and tbh I wasn't feeling his new album even a little bit, and likely wouldn't intentionally revisit it again.
Zac Brown Band remains terrible. "Same Boat" is every bit as awful as anything else they've released in the last 5 or so years. I'd love for them to go away completely, but I am happy that radio has largely turned their back on them, even though this song seems to be on track to be at least a top 20 hit for them. I do hope they just stop getting hits altogether soon, since they forgot how to make decent music awhile ago.
"Pray" deserved a bit better here imo because all parties sounded great. The song wasn't too exciting though, so in this month it just scraped my top 10, but I could've actually bumped it down a few spots from where I ranked it. Everything in the like 9-17 range or so was just kinda middle of the road for me.
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Post by ClevelandRox on Aug 2, 2021 17:21:59 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 2, 2021 20:25:52 GMT -5
"Pray" should not be lower than the trash that is "Highway On The Water", "City Of Music", or that useless "Highway Unicorn" cover (sorry like the Highwomen but this wasn't good)
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Post by recordyear on Aug 3, 2021 10:13:27 GMT -5
Time to comment on the results. Pretty much what I expected, but not entirely what I wanted.
25. Leave bro-country in 2013 please. Also Pitbull continues to suck. (and I knew Genius has wrong lyrics while watching Grady Smith's video lol) 24. This got 3 top 10s?! The falsetto from Breland in the second verse is unbearable. It's just a mediocre pop trap song. 23. That's a lot of 22s and surprisingly no one put this in 23. I think the joke is already pretty weak in the first chorus so there is absolutely no need to tell the joke three times in the song. 22. It's still a 5/10 mind you, but it's the second highest 5/10 song here for me. The fact that this isn't really bad makes me harder to tank this here, especially considering the remaining songs here. 21. This will definitely make the top half if Maren Morris sings this just because. The wordplay is there but in the end, the melodies are so generic... 20. The tankers need not to worry because once more non-tractors rank this song, it will almost end up in bottom or two in every rankdown. Aside from being the most blatant ad song ever in country music, Walker Hayes' delivery sucks. It's the characteristic that make many hate Sam Hunt but amplified by Walker Hayes. Also how can he keep making some gross rhetoric like "She wanna dip me like them fries in her Frosty" in his songs? 19. I wonder who gave the one dislike to the music video...but I agree the production sucks, and her voice is so lame, sounds like a super plain version of Terri Clark. 18. Yeah still don't know how someone would find this to be the song to put in this rankdown. What I Can't Talk About deserved. This also feels like a more goofy list song. 17. This is a blatant 2.0 but at least the original song is great. There's another 2.0 on the charts right now but everyone gushes about it anyway... 16. Random perfect ranking. This is just there, the lowest 5/10 song in this rankdown. I am so tired from piano ballad with huge choir moments songs now.
I don't want to guess which five will miss top 10 because y'all always send my top songs home in this range...City of Music is definitely out soon but there are some male songs overstaying, especially Excuses.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Aug 3, 2021 11:45:27 GMT -5
Yikes, Kryptonite left very early even in this list. I must admit that her vocal is not so strong, but it has a solid melody and decent rock production. Also, Bree is a friend of Nicole Rayy, who also got tanked to end at #16 a few months ago.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:00:44 GMT -5
15. "Heroes" - Natalie Hemby
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:02:21 GMT -5
I don't want to guess which five will miss top 10 because y'all always send my top songs home in this range...City of Music is definitely out soon but there are some male songs overstaying, especially Excuses. Your clairvoyance is both a blessing and a curse.
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Post by austin on Aug 3, 2021 15:02:43 GMT -5
“heroes” was my favorite discovery!!! Strong Sheryl Crow vibes. LOVE.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:08:57 GMT -5
Sorry I didn't come back last night to do the next 5! I made dinner and my sister came over, so we watched the next movie in castleoblivion26's Disney series! Gotta get that done by Friday!!! "Heroes" was not one of my favorites. I found the verse melody to be bit annoying personally, although it definitely earns some points back in the chorus. Unfortunately d3vin44 is the next person to lose a #1 :( Although he's definitely not alone, as more people have been losing their #1s quite early in this rankdown, lmao.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:14:25 GMT -5
14. "Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)" - The Highwomen ft. Brittney Spencer & Madeline Edwards
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:22:54 GMT -5
13. "Excuses" - Kolby Cooper
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Post by HeyHeyHey on Aug 3, 2021 15:25:09 GMT -5
I really enjoy “Excuses”! Glad it made it inside the top 15. Also - lmao at you actually un-tagging ClevelandRox…
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:28:01 GMT -5
"Excuses" was one of bigfan101's recommendations, and it got a fair amount of love by placing in the top 15 of nearly everybody. Nobody put it in their bottom 5 except for recordyear, so there's one that he'll be glad to see leave. This does have a slightly cheap feel to the production, but this song has a lot of potential imo! I love that it is actually definitely country. To me it sounds like something that Montgomery Gentry could have had a huge hit with about 10 years ago.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:30:42 GMT -5
I really enjoy “Excuses”! Glad it made it inside the top 15. Also - lmao at you actually un-tagging ClevelandRox …
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:33:51 GMT -5
12. "Dig Yourself" - Tigirlily
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:38:48 GMT -5
There goes LBTrocks' favorite new duo! "Dig Yourself" was his request, and probably the only reason why he bothered to submit like a week after the deadline... Which he can be glad he did, because his list helped this move up from #13 to #12 right at the end! I thought this one was fun and clever, and I really enjoyed the feisty energy in the double-entendre of the hook.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:43:09 GMT -5
11. "Weekends Look A Little Different These Days" - Brett Young
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Aug 3, 2021 15:46:33 GMT -5
I like a few songs by Tigirlily, My Thang and Somebody Does are jams. This one was alright.
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Post by kw9461 on Aug 3, 2021 15:53:00 GMT -5
This song is fine, but Brett has just become so bland since his first album. He really seemed destined for stardom, not sure what happened to him.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:53:09 GMT -5
"Weekends Look A Little Different These Days" was the obvious song to include from Brett's new album, based on the way people have been raving about it! And it is clearly the best-received Brett Young song that has taken part in this series so far. It had a bit of a rough start, but managed to climb steadily all the way up to a #11 finish, which is his highest placement in this series as "Lady" finished at #15, "You Got Away With It" finished at #25, and "Not Yet" finished at #17.
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:57:17 GMT -5
Recap So Far: 25. Where The Country Girls At - Trace Adkins ft. Luke Bryan & Pitbull (512) 24. Throw It Back - BRELAND ft. Keith Urban (446) 23. The Worst Country Song Of All Time - Brantley Gilbert ft. Toby Keith & HARDY (414) 22. Beer With My Friends - Shy Carter ft. Cole Swindell & David Lee Murphy (377) 21. Old School - Toby Keith (376)
20. Fancy Like - Walker Hayes (321) 19. Kryptonite - Bree Taylor (320) 18. SEX - Gary Allan (313) 17. Same Boat - Zac Brown Band (299) 16. Pray - Jimmie Allen ft. Monica & Little Big Town (296) 15. Heroes - Natalie Hemby (290) 14. Highway Unicorn (Road To Love) - The Highwomen ft. Brittney Spencer & Madeline Edwards (284) 13. Excuses - Kolby Cooper 12. Dig Yourself - Tigirlily (261) 11. Weekends Look A Little Different These Days - Brett Young (258)
The Top 10! City Of Music - Brad Paisley Girl Who Didn’t Care - Tenille Townes Highway On The Water - Brian Kelley I Quit Drinking - Kelsea Ballerini ft. LANY I’m Movin’ On - Miranda Lambert If The World Was A Small Town - Lauren Alaina Small Town Prayer - RaeLynn Things Dads Do - Thomas Rhett Til You Can’t - Cody Johnson What A Song Can Do - Lady A
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 15:58:42 GMT -5
I'm planning to keep going and finish this, but I've gotta go switch out my laundry real quick. So y'all have a few minutes to make predictions or comments or something if you want to!
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Post by bboat11 on Aug 3, 2021 16:12:18 GMT -5
10. "Highway On The Water" - Brian Kelley
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