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Post by LBTrocks on May 23, 2020 21:24:43 GMT -5
I guess I can do this, lol.
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 2:54:57 GMT -5
New Country Releases: April 2020 - Results Time!
Our first round of New Country Releases rankdowns is now officially closed!!!! Thank you so much to everybody who submitted; it looks like we are officially going to be able to call this series a success if every round continues to be as popular as this one  We made it to 22 participants, which is great for a country rankdown imo :)
I am really excited for this one for a number of reasons. First of all, I made several excellent discoveries on this list, and I am WAY more excited for modern country than I have been since at least 2015/2016, when I was doing a much better job of following new releases. Second, the results were really fun to watch from my perspective. We had several very solid #1 contenders here, some of which might surprise you! In fact, almost our entire top 5 held the #1 position for a period of 5 or more lists in a row  Finally, the 3rd reason is that none of these songs have been in rankdowns before, so this is really their first chance to show their strength among us country voters!! The results might be quite unpredictable for some. Final Participants: (22)
1. Darkest Hour2. someguy3. gardyfan4. George Strait Junkie5. @xfer6. bboat117. ClevelandRox8. tim9. castleoblivion2610. taylor is terrified11. .indulgecountry12. austin13. kw946114. SHOOTER15. DistrictTwelve16. HeyHeyHey17. ladyđfan18. BBđ19. LBTrocks20. fearlessarrow21. KanenrĂĄ:ke22. d3vin44
If anybody else would like to be tagged to follow along, please let me know!
Questions to get us started:
1. What will be #1?
2. What will be #25?
3. What else will be in the top 5?
4. What else will be in the bottom 5?
5. What will be most polarizing? Least?
6. Which Dolly tribute will do better: Lainey Wilson's "WWDD" or Pam Tillis' "Dolly 1969"?
7. How high will Kenny Rogers get with his posthumous final single, "Goodbye"?
8. How long will it be before we lose a female song?
9. What or who was your favorite discovery of this rankdown?
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 2:59:00 GMT -5
I'll go ahead and answer #9. For me personally, I am quickly falling in love with both Lainey Wilson and Sykamore thanks to this list. Lainey's spunky energy on "WWDD" got me checking out her YouTube channel, and y'all she is freaking hilarious!!! She is 100% the type of personality that this genre needs right now. And for Sykamore, I just think she has a really cool voice. Smooth tone, excellent sense of inflection and pitch, etc. I am so excited to see what the future holds for her when they decide to give her a real push.
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Post by DistrictTwelve on May 25, 2020 3:32:25 GMT -5
these answers could be hilariously wrong lmao
1. What will be #1?
umm I have no idea lol. let's say Sparrow.
2. What will be #25?
Cool Again seems to be hated so let's say that.
3. What else will be in the top 5?
The Stranger, More Than My Hometown, Champagne Night, I Don't Need To Know
4. What else will be in the bottom 5?
Brave, I Found Another You, Like A Cowboy, I Fall To Pieces
5. What will be most polarizing? Least?
most polarizing: Be A Light, No I In Beer
least polarizing: Brave, I Fall To Pieces
6. Which Dolly tribute will do better: Lainey Wilson's "WWDD" or Pam Tillis' "Dolly 1969"?
WWDD (tbh I did not like these that much lol)
7. How high will Kenny Rogers get with his posthumous final single, "Goodbye"?
11
8. How long will it be before we lose a female song?
first female out 21st
9. What or who was your favorite discovery of this rankdown?
Dang Dallas <3
10. Any other thoughts/predictions?
made some nice discoveries here! I like my top 19. I'm rooting for the lesser known artists!
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Post by SHOOTER on May 25, 2020 3:34:21 GMT -5
Going in order, my fave discoveries were definitely Dang Dallas, Dolly 1969, Record High and WWDD. I hope they all do well! |
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Post by Darkest Hour on May 25, 2020 4:15:33 GMT -5
1. What will be #1?
Sparrow
2. What will be #25?
Cool Again
3. What else will be in the top 5?
The Stranger, I Don't Need To Know, Dang Dallas, Champagne Night
4. What else will be in the bottom 5?
One Margarita, Like A Cowboy, Talking To God, Be A Light
5. What will be most polarizing? Least?
Most polarizing: Years, No I In Beer
Least polarizing: These Days, I Don't Need To Know
6. Which Dolly tribute will do better: Lainey Wilson's "WWDD" or Pam Tillis' "Dolly 1969"?
WWDD
7. How high will Kenny Rogers get with his posthumous final single, "Goodbye"?
15
8. How long will it be before we lose a female song?
20th place
9. What or who was your favorite discovery of this rankdown?
Well I have listened to many of these before this rankdown lol, but if I have to say one, Dang Dallas
10. Any other thoughts/predictions?
There are some other songs that I thought should have been chosen instead, particularly for John Anderson and Sara Evans.
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Post by tim on May 25, 2020 9:51:18 GMT -5
1. What will be #1? âSparrowâ
2. What will be #25? âBraveâ
3. What else will be in the top 5? âChampagne Nightâ, âDang Dallasâ, âRecord Highâ, and âThe Strangerâ
4. What else will be in the bottom 5? âCool Againâ, âOne Margaritaâ, âI Fall to Piecesâ, and âMore than My Hometownâ
5. What will be most polarizing? âLike a Cowboyâ Least? âChampagne Nightâ
6. Which Dolly tribute will do better: Lainey Wilson's "WWDD" or Pam Tillis' "Dolly 1969"? âWWWDâ
7. How high will Kenny Rogers get with his posthumous final single, "Goodbye"? #18
8. How long will it be before we lose a female song? Just outside of the bottom 5
9. What or who was your favorite discovery of this rankdown? âRecord Highâ by Sykamore
10. Any other thoughts/predictions? I'm looking forward to the continuation of this rankdown as more than not I find myself procrastinating on listening to newer releases. Hopefully this'll at least help me in staying current with the up-to-date releases!
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 18:28:41 GMT -5
Shall we begin?  Is anybody around?
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 25, 2020 19:08:56 GMT -5
I'm here and ready for these reveals!
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Post by HeyHeyHey on May 25, 2020 19:49:27 GMT -5
For sure!
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Post by Darkest Hour on May 25, 2020 20:57:07 GMT -5
The irony that the host is not ready after multiple people say they are ready...
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Post by ClevelandRox on May 25, 2020 20:58:56 GMT -5
Not bboat11 playing ding dong ditch.  |
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 21:17:33 GMT -5
Sorry guys! We have been watching my uncleâs dogs over the weekend while he was out of town, and he just got back into town. Rather than make him come to us like we planned, my family decided we were going to drive into Seattle to take them back to him right when I was about to start reveals â°ïž Weâre on the freeway now heading back home.
To;dr - Reveals coming within the hour!! đ
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 23:33:11 GMT -5
And now sorry for the slight extension on the delay... I realized when I got back to Pulse that I had a mess to clean up back in the country forum...  NOW I'm ready!! :) |
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 23:43:37 GMT -5
25. "One Margarita" - Luke Bryan
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 23:51:34 GMT -5
Bowing out first is, to no surprise, Luke Bryan!! A solid wall of SEVEN last place ranks and 14 bottom-5 ranks helped keep this one firmly at the bottom for most of the submissions. Luke Bryan has made a few good songs, but his superstardom continues to baffle me. He is one of the weakest vocalists country music has ever had, imo. I never feel any emotional connection to his vocals whatsoever. He basically sings like a bland, vanilla robot. "One Margarita" is not a song that I hate melodically, but he certainly does not elevate it to anything worth listening to, imo... Someone like mid-00s Blake Shelton could have made this a fun, feel-good song. Luke, not so much  |
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 25, 2020 23:52:09 GMT -5
Good. This song is trash.
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Post by tim on May 25, 2020 23:52:40 GMT -5
Phew! This song has maybe grown on me just a tad bit more, but thatâs not saying much at all. Luke Bryanâs output overall has to be one of the weakest from any mainstream country artist of this era...and he fails to even show the slightest bit of growth or maturity with this material.
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 23:55:00 GMT -5
24. "Cool Again" - Kane Brown
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Post by fearlessarrow on May 25, 2020 23:56:12 GMT -5
I blame this RD for making "One Margarita" grow on me
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Post by ClevelandRox on May 25, 2020 23:56:28 GMT -5
One Margarita actually kind of clicked when doing this, which it hadn't before (not that I will be seeking this song out, I just don't think I'll be loathing it as much)- but everything else was so good (excluding my #24 that I didn't want to put in last place for obvious reasons đŹ) so it was the only option for last for me.
Cool Again might actually be my favorite Kane single since Heaven, I just never got into Homesick.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 25, 2020 23:57:00 GMT -5
Luke Bryan is one of the most disappointing artist to follow. I loved his debut album, and his independent album he released prior to "I'll Stay Me". Everything past that is just meh. He's had some good songs here and there but most of the albums are forgettable and half of his songs are trash. This song isn't the worst thing he's ever done but it is still forgettable.
Can we get more "We Rode In Trucks", "The Car In Front of Me", and "Do I", and less "Country Girl", "Knockin' Boots", "Play It Again", and "Kick the Dust Up" please!
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Post by tim on May 25, 2020 23:57:30 GMT -5
Admittedly I didnât dislike âCool Againâ much on my first listen, but considering that I canât even remember a single thing about the song now I can say I definitely overranked it.
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Post by bboat11 on May 25, 2020 23:57:30 GMT -5
Phew! This song has maybe grown on me just a tad bit more, but thatâs not saying much at all. Luke Bryanâs output overall has to be one of the weakest from any mainstream country artist of this era...and he fails to even show the slightest bit of growth or maturity with this material. This is a great point that bothers me about Luke. He never shows any growth whatsoever. Literally the only sign he has ever given us of any kind of artistic maturity whatsoever is deciding to stop releasing the annual Spring Break EPs when he turned like 45 đ |
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Post by ladyđfan on May 25, 2020 23:58:21 GMT -5
Kane can do so much better.
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 25, 2020 23:59:01 GMT -5
"Cool Again" is easily the weakest single he's put to radio so far, and it's made all the more disappointing knowing they moved on to this in a hurry and left incredible cuts like "For My Daughter" and "It Ain't You It's Me" unreleased. So blah. :/
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Post by bboat11 on May 26, 2020 0:01:17 GMT -5
Kane Brown ultimately beat Luke Bryan by a measly two points Our #23 song has an over 70 point lead on Kane's song here. That's how solid our bottom 2 was "Cool Again" is just very forgettable, lightweight, fluffy radio fodder that is not worth listening to. His talent is wasted, for sure. The lyrics are bland, as well as the production. And the melody is not even slightly catchy to me. Easy last place ranker for me! |
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Post by bboat11 on May 26, 2020 0:04:33 GMT -5
23. "Talking To God" - Chrissy Metz
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