Carrie Underwood Rankdown 2.0 (FINISHED)
Oct 11, 2020 5:03:15 GMT -5
Post by bboat11 on Oct 11, 2020 5:03:15 GMT -5
Wait no, "Just A Dream" is the one that practically switched places with "Little Toy Guns". Damn! This is one of her vocal masterpieces. It hella deserves this top 5 honor!!! It will always be one of my favorites from Carrie!
I can understand why "Something In The Water" has its haters, but there is just something so unique and special about this song. Something about the way Carrie alternates between head voice on "changed" and belting on "stronger", combined with the dark and moody arrangement, combined with the fact that it has an extremely fast tempo despite dressing up like a power ballad... I can't quite put my finger on it, but this song gives me a very unique and warm feeling when I listen to it, and it is also one of Carrie's very best vocal performances on record. I'd like to see it finally get a chance to be a rankdown winner when we do the Extras rankdown!!!!
"Two Black Cadillacs" is definitely a fan favorite, and I can understand why. The dark, sinister vibe that it puts off is both off-putting and engaging. And the story is VERY Reba-esque in its twisty brilliance, which is one of the biggest compliments you could ever receive in this industry imo. A fitting (and predictable) way to kick off our top 3!
The perennial #2 finisher strikes again!!!!! "Before He Cheats" is such an iconic moment in both her career and in the 2004 popular music scene. I wish it would win one of these things someday!! In the meantime, it is far from my favorite single from Carrie, so I am okay seeing her singles rankdown not be the one that it wins 😂 Something about the melody always kinda rubbed me the wrong way when I was younger. This was a station changer back when it was inescapable and current. But as with many of her other overplayed uptempos, this one has grown on me a lot since we started doing rankdowns.
Which brings us to our winner!! "Blown Away" is a force of a song! I love it! The arrangement is powerful and perfect, and Carrie's vocal here has always been among my favorites of her entire career. I would not have been disappointed to see something else win just for the sake of mixing things up, but this definitely adds validity to the idea that it must be Pulse's favorite Carrie Underwood song!!
I can understand why "Something In The Water" has its haters, but there is just something so unique and special about this song. Something about the way Carrie alternates between head voice on "changed" and belting on "stronger", combined with the dark and moody arrangement, combined with the fact that it has an extremely fast tempo despite dressing up like a power ballad... I can't quite put my finger on it, but this song gives me a very unique and warm feeling when I listen to it, and it is also one of Carrie's very best vocal performances on record. I'd like to see it finally get a chance to be a rankdown winner when we do the Extras rankdown!!!!
"Two Black Cadillacs" is definitely a fan favorite, and I can understand why. The dark, sinister vibe that it puts off is both off-putting and engaging. And the story is VERY Reba-esque in its twisty brilliance, which is one of the biggest compliments you could ever receive in this industry imo. A fitting (and predictable) way to kick off our top 3!
The perennial #2 finisher strikes again!!!!! "Before He Cheats" is such an iconic moment in both her career and in the 2004 popular music scene. I wish it would win one of these things someday!! In the meantime, it is far from my favorite single from Carrie, so I am okay seeing her singles rankdown not be the one that it wins 😂 Something about the melody always kinda rubbed me the wrong way when I was younger. This was a station changer back when it was inescapable and current. But as with many of her other overplayed uptempos, this one has grown on me a lot since we started doing rankdowns.
Which brings us to our winner!! "Blown Away" is a force of a song! I love it! The arrangement is powerful and perfect, and Carrie's vocal here has always been among my favorites of her entire career. I would not have been disappointed to see something else win just for the sake of mixing things up, but this definitely adds validity to the idea that it must be Pulse's favorite Carrie Underwood song!!