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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 19:23:18 GMT -5
Here we go with your arbitrary math again... If 15 is 50% of 30, how on earth are you gonna claim that 18 is nearly 90% of 30 Would you like to submit your favorite Carrie Underwood album tracks? Oop, I completely forgot to do this! Just sent them to you 😂😂😂😂😂
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 19:29:01 GMT -5
Should've known by the way you pass me by There was something in your eyes And it wasn't right I should've walked but I never had the chance Everything got out of hand and I let it slide Now I only have myself to blame For falling for your stupid games
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 19:34:56 GMT -5
You know, had I participated in the first rankdown I think "Undo It" likely would've fallen further back on my list as I could never stand to hear this one on the radio. As time has passed, though, I've come to enjoy this one a bit more now and therefore ended up placing it just outside of my bottom five.
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 4, 2020 19:37:08 GMT -5
Should've known by the way you pass me by There was something in your eyes And it wasn't right I should've walked but I never had the chance Everything got out of hand and I let it slide Now I only have myself to blame For falling for your stupid games I wish my life could be the way it was before I saw your face.
30. Undo It
Yes, there is a God and he is good. This song brings blood to my ears every time....
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 19:38:47 GMT -5
Leaving first tonight (and on what would've been the start of a new page if not for you bboat11!!!) is "Undo It," meaning Play On is the album which has the unlucky distinction of being the first to lose a song. This uptempo number, about a woman wishing to undo the pain that her ex caused her and that she acknowledges she should've seen coming, garnered a bit of support as we see a couple high ranks including wrip's #3 (sorry to you!), but there was just a tidal wave of bottom 5 rankings, including four correct last places that was just far too much for this song to handle. "Undo It" was released in May 2010 as Play On's third single and quickly hit #1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart (then still named Hot Country Songs), becoming her 10th #1 hit there. It eventually peaked at #23 on the Hot 100 as well. As of October 2015, this album has sold 1.6 million copies, becoming the 7th biggest hit of her career. Critics weren't too fond of this one, with one critic calling this "a third-rate tune from Kelly Clarkson's reject pile." And...I have to agree? I mean, I love this song (this is my queen mother we're ranking lol) and it is quite a jam but it's also just...a bombastic mess. Not to mention this is very clearly "Before He Cheats" 3.0 (and if you pay close attention to some of the more uptempo jams from Carrie's career you can see a pattern in which Sony was obvious in its attempt to emulate the massive success that BHC brought about) and for Carrie it's very been-here-done-that. It's not a skip on the album though, by any means.
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Post by Typo on Oct 4, 2020 19:39:48 GMT -5
Already off to a tragic start. "Undo It" is an anthem and does not deserve the slander it constantly receives from the carebears.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Oct 4, 2020 19:42:59 GMT -5
I definitely disagree with "Undo It" being last. I mean I had it at 22 so it definitely deserved bottom 10 but "Mama's Song" is a worse song than this by a mile, as is "Last Name" so yeah a bit disappointed to see this one out here.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 19:43:21 GMT -5
You know, had I participated in the first rankdown I think "Undo It" likely would've fallen further back on my list as I could never stand to hear this one on the radio. As time has passed, though, I've come to enjoy this one a bit more now and therefore ended up placing it just outside of my bottom five. 100% agree with this. I have hated this song for the majority of its existence.....but now all of a sudden I am coming around to it and I don't think it's that bad for some reason I have no idea what happened, but I am pretty sure this is higher than at least 2 of the Play On singles on my list now, when it was a super easy bottom 2 just a couple years ago!!
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 19:44:37 GMT -5
Wait "Undo It" really was almost in the TOP HALF of the first Carrie Rankdown??!
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Post by wrip on Oct 4, 2020 19:47:06 GMT -5
I personally enjoy Undo It but also I can see why it might not be people’s favorite
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Post by Typo on Oct 4, 2020 19:49:11 GMT -5
"Undo It" was one of my favorite performances from the Cry Pretty 360 tour. She interpolated a bit of George Michael's "Freedom! 90" into it during the band introduction. It was a slay.
Show "Undo It" more respect!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 19:53:56 GMT -5
Mama there's no way you'll ever lose me And giving me away is not goodbye As you watch me walk down to my future, I hope tears of joy are in your eyes.
'Cause he is good, so good And he treats your little girl like a real man should He is good, so good, he makes promises he keeps No he's never gonna leave So don't you worry about me
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Post by musicfan134 on Oct 4, 2020 19:55:21 GMT -5
"Undo It" is overhated tbh. It's a jam. Yeah the lyrics are kinda dumb, but she nails it vocally and it's just fun. Perhaps the bottom rankers have never seen her perform UI live?
EDIT: "Mama's Song" is a bit of a snoozefest, and that's about all I have to say about it.
Poor Play On. I've been listening to Carrie's albums (primarily Some Hearts, Carnival Ride and Play On) and PO is really not a bad album. Quitter, SWISLY, WCIS are all standout songs of her career. I think the singles were chosen poorly, with the possible exception of CC. But that album could've been much bigger if they went in a different direction re: the singles.
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 19:58:16 GMT -5
Ouch. Why is this song so disliked???
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 4, 2020 19:59:18 GMT -5
this isn't that bad as other songs tbh
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 20:01:08 GMT -5
Ouch. Why is this song so disliked??? Because it's being compared to a fairly strong career... Lol. If this was a Jason Aldean song, it would easily be one of his top 5!
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Post by Typo on Oct 4, 2020 20:02:21 GMT -5
Poor Play On Mute.
The 2nd verse of "Mama's Song" is really pretty. <3
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 20:05:29 GMT -5
And just like that, Play On already has become the first album to lose multiple songs. Cry Pretty stays intact, despite some of those earlier predictions that it'd have this unlucky distinction! "Mama's Song" bows out at #29. This lovely ballad, about a daughter getting ready to marry the man of her life and insisting to her mother that this doesn't mean they won't ever see or speak to each other again, received a bit of Top 20 support but it was just not enough to withstand another four last place ranks and five perfect rankings. Apologies to tim who loses his #7 already! This song peaked at #2 on the Country Airplay chart and on the Hot 100, it is one of just three songs (the other two being "Love Wins" and "Drinking Alone") that peaked outside the Top 50. "Mama's Song" was nominated in 2010 for the Best Country Solo Performance Grammy. I'm saddened I couldn't find room for this in my own Top 20. Y'all...when I tell you this was as high up as #8 when doing my list for this rankdown :( I really do love this song and I have NEVER been able to wrap my head around the slander it gets. The music video is lovely and never fails to reduce me to tears; it features Carrie's husband Mike Fisher and, for a major part of the video, Carrie's mother Carole Underwood, who flips through a photo album of Carrie's childhood. By the end of the video, Carole is reduced to tears at the reality that her youngest daughter (Carrie's the youngest of three girls) has grown up right under her nose. "You just don't think, when your child is small...that in just a few years it's gonna be completely different. And you look back and say, where did that time go? Goes by fast." --Carole Underwood
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 20:08:46 GMT -5
While "Mama's Song" is about a the narrator telling her mom not to worry about her anymore as she marries, the song has always taken on a different meaning for me personally. Having lost my own mother about five years prior to this song coming out, some of the lyrics just happen to capture what I would want to say to her if she could hear me.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 20:22:11 GMT -5
Look in the mirror You're beautiful, so beautiful I'm here to remind you You're my only one, let me be the one To heal all the pain that he put you through It's a love like you never knew
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Post by Leo ✔ on Oct 4, 2020 20:27:42 GMT -5
uhm wtf??
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 20:28:49 GMT -5
It continues to be painful for some people as more Top 10s are lost with the departure of our first collaboration, "The Fighter" with Keith Urban. This song, released in February 2017 just weeks before Carrie's move to Capitol Records Nashville was announced, saw four Top 10s and a few other Top 20s but again just did not have the capacity to withstand the onslaught of bottom 5 rankings, including yet another handful of last places. At the 2018 ACM Awards, this song won Vocal Event of the Year. It peaked at #2 on the Country Airplay chart and at #38 on the Hot 100, Carrie's first Top 40 hit there since "Something in the Water" reached #24 in October 2014.
I love this song but...where's Carrie, lol? It felt so much more like Carrie was just in the background more than she was a prominent part of the song. That reason is why it's at #29 on my list, and would be at #30 if not for another song which shall remain nameless until it comes. It's a great song, but in the context of Carrie's career, it's very forgettable imo, especially since she's barely in it.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 20:32:01 GMT -5
"The Fighter" seems like a really easy song to hate. It is poppy, it is generic, and of course the icing on the cake is that Keith Urban's music has been absolute ass for at least the past 5-6 years now... However, I have no shame in admitting that I jam to this one!!! Carrie's parts are really fun and add a great personality to the song, and the arrangement is actually pretty catchy despite its absolute lack of country influences. The biggest flaw I find with this song is that Carrie is painfully flat on the high note coming out of the bridge
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 20:32:09 GMT -5
Umm, yea not going to miss this one. This never should've been able to come out ahead of "Mama's Song".
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 20:36:18 GMT -5
I love this song but...where's Carrie, lol? It felt so much more like Carrie was just in the background more than she was a prominent part of the song. That reason is why it's at #29 on my list, and would be at #30 if not for another song which shall remain nameless until it comes. It's a great song, but in the context of Carrie's career, it's very forgettable imo, especially since she's barely in it. Barely in it?!?! She literally takes the song to a whole new level!! Oh, this is another "Devil Callin' Me Back" moment for you, isn't it...
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Post by wrip on Oct 4, 2020 20:37:24 GMT -5
This plays at my work all the time lol
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 20:39:24 GMT -5
I love this song but...where's Carrie, lol? It felt so much more like Carrie was just in the background more than she was a prominent part of the song. That reason is why it's at #29 on my list, and would be at #30 if not for another song which shall remain nameless until it comes. It's a great song, but in the context of Carrie's career, it's very forgettable imo, especially since she's barely in it. Barely in it?!?! She literally takes the song to a whole new level!! Oh, this is another "Devil Callin' Me Back" moment for you, isn't it... Eh, I have to agree with kamala 2024 truther as I also think that she sounds more like a backing vocalist on this rather than as a true duet.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 4, 2020 20:43:09 GMT -5
Barely in it?!?! She literally takes the song to a whole new level!! Oh, this is another "Devil Callin' Me Back" moment for you, isn't it... Eh, I have to agree with kamala 2024 truther as I also think that she sounds more like a backing vocalist on this rather than as a true duet. She may not get her own verse, but she is waaaaaaaaay more prominent than a basic background vocalist. There is no room for debate on that, lol. She literally leads the chorus, with Keith only singing a call-and-response to her. She also sings the entire bridge. Edit: I could understand not finding it to be a true duet, but she is more than just a background vocalist. This isn't a Tim McGraw getting credit for "Bring On The Rain" situation, lol.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 4, 2020 20:44:42 GMT -5
Now me and that girl that I met on the street We're rollin' down the road, down to New Orleans Got a full tank of gas and the money out of the mattress
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Post by tim on Oct 4, 2020 20:45:28 GMT -5
Eh, I have to agree with kamala 2024 truther as I also think that she sounds more like a backing vocalist on this rather than as a true duet. She may not get her own verse, but she is waaaaaaaaay more prominent than a basic background vocalist. There is no room for debate on that, lol. She literally leads the chorus, with Keith only singing a call-and-response to her. She also sings the entire bridge. I've never made it that far into the song to find out :kii: edit: I'm being sarcastic of course...the production and vocal arrangement is a huge turnoff for me
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