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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 5, 2020 21:39:08 GMT -5
You know what's painful? That right there. "I Told You So" bows out at #22, meaning Brad Paisley is the last guest standing as Carnival Ride takes a second hit. This song is just lovely. The way the narrator of the lyrics asks their former lover if they'd have them back or if they'd shut them out to protect their own selves is heartbreaking to me, and as a duet, it's just elevated imo. Carrie delivers one of my favorite vocals of her career thus far here, and Randy Travis does an excellent job as well, of course. And as he should: it's his own song, after all. Carrie covered the 1988 hit on CR and it was released as the fifth and final single...and then about a month into its chart run, a duet version with Randy hit the airwaves and quickly smashed big time, even crossing over a bit. It peaked at #2 on the Country Airplay chart, #25 on the Pop 100, and #9 on the Hot 100. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, ITYS won Carrie & Randy a statue for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. I'm very sad to see so many lower ranks, particularly two last places. My heart goes out to those of you who placed it very high along with my #5, particularly HeyHeyHey and gonecountry who lose their #2 and #1 respectively!
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Post by Sugar Rush on Oct 5, 2020 21:41:49 GMT -5
Sugar Rush is out a tad bit too early, it’s one of her best written songs... but I see why some people don’t like it though. Auto Correct - meant Smoke Break... oops.
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Post by tim on Oct 5, 2020 21:41:56 GMT -5
As a longtime fan of Randy Travis I much prefer the original version, but one of the upsides to this song is that it probably introduced a lot of people to Randy for the first time. She did a great job with this, though, and I just could not put this outside of my top 20. When was the last time anyone heard this on the radio, though? I honestly couldn't tell you myself.
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 5, 2020 21:42:53 GMT -5
You know what's painful? That right there. "I Told You So" bows out at #22, meaning Brad Paisley is the last guest standing as Carnival Ride takes a second hit. This song is just lovely. The way the narrator of the lyrics asks their former lover if they'd have them back or if they'd shut them out to protect their own selves is heartbreaking to me, and as a duet, it's just elevated imo. Carrie delivers one of my favorite vocals of her career thus far here, and Randy Travis does an excellent job as well, of course. And as he should: it's his own song, after all. Carrie covered the 1988 hit on CR and it was released as the fifth and final single...and then about a month into its chart run, a duet version with Randy hit the airwaves and quickly smashed big time, even crossing over a bit. It peaked at #2 on the Country Airplay chart, #25 on the Pop 100, and #9 on the Hot 100. At the 2010 Grammy Awards, ITYS won Carrie & Randy a statue for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. I'm very sad to see so many lower ranks, particularly two last places. My heart goes out to those of you who placed it very high along with my #5, particularly HeyHeyHey and gonecountry who lose their #2 and #1 respectively! The lyrics to this song get me every damn time. The collaboration is spotless. This is country music at it's finest.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 5, 2020 21:45:22 GMT -5
As a longtime fan of Randy Travis I much prefer the original version, but one of the upsides to this song is that it probably introduced a lot of people to Randy for the first time. She did a great job with this, though, and I just could not put this outside of my top 20. When was the last time anyone heard this on the radio, though? I honestly couldn't tell you myself.I mean, I don't know either. It's had to have been over 5 years or more since I've heard it on my station. As for the introduction to Randy...yeah that's me lol. I was eight when this song was first on the radio and at the time I of course was too young to pay too much attention to Randy but it gave me some incentive later on (so did "Fool's Love Affair" and "Forever and Ever, Amen") to go ahead and listen to more of him. Which...I sadly haven't done I really need to though as he's certainly a legendary figure!
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Post by tim on Oct 5, 2020 21:53:24 GMT -5
I really need to though as he's certainly a legendary figure! Yea he's definitely regarded as the one who helped to usher back in traditional country music to radio and I'd consider him to be one of the biggest country stars of the late '80s.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 5, 2020 21:59:59 GMT -5
Old man, hospital bed The room is filled with people he loves And he whispers don't cry for me I'll see you all someday
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Post by tim on Oct 5, 2020 22:00:51 GMT -5
I was just going to guess that "Temporary Home" would miss the top 20...you beat me to it!
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Post by gonecountry on Oct 5, 2020 22:07:22 GMT -5
Little Toy Guns is making the Top 20? Are you flipping kidding me?
And Remind Me can GTFO too.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 5, 2020 22:09:58 GMT -5
In our final reveal of the night, we say goodbye to "Temporary Home," which misses out on the Top 20. This is a poignant ballad, and re-listening to it in 2020 I'm struck by how timely it still is. I mean, the boy in foster care, the mom working job after job so she can find a steady home for her and her daughter, the old man dying in a hospital bed...it makes me think of America in 2020. Where over 210,000 Americans and counting have died in hospital beds, many of them with families that couldn't properly get to say goodbye, from a virus that our own president knew had the potential to wreak such havoc on us and yet downplayed as "like a flu," and continues to do so even after contracting the damn thing himself. Where, because of the virus, over 26 million Americans are unemployed, Lord knows how many of them now dangerously close to eviction and life on the streets. Where, now and even before the pandemic, countless young children wait longingly for somebody to love them like a parent. To this day, I'm reduced to tears by the song, and it wasn't until listening to this song while making final edits to my list that I found myself thinking about this song and the new meaning it was given in 2020. It was very haunting.
"Temporary Home" was released just before Christmas 2009 to country radio, where it peaked at #1, her ninth #1 hit overall. It also reached #34 on the BB Christian Songs chart. At the 53rd Grammy Awards in 2011, the song was nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance...and lost to an equally stirring tune, Miranda Lambert's signature song "The House That Built Me."
Play On now becomes the first album to have one final track standing! How long will "Cowboy Casanova" last?! Stay tuned tomorrow night!
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Post by toomuchboy on Oct 5, 2020 22:12:07 GMT -5
Late, but I just wanted to say that Carnival Ride is my favorite album of hers (closely followed by Storyteller). "Last Name" is the only song I don't like about it, and boy is it awful. My least favorite part is how she sings "naayyy--ahhame." Nails on chalkboard. Besides that, I just have never thought she could pull off this type of song, that revolves around things like being drunk, having sex, being white trash, etc. lol That's just not her at all. It feels like a song that was forced on her.
I think "Love Wins" is overhated. And I'm still surprised it did so poorly, because it's in the same religious vein as "Something in the Water." My least favorite part is probably the opening verse, but that chorus is amazing.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 5, 2020 22:16:11 GMT -5
Here is your Top 20!Jesus, Take the Wheel Don't Forget to Remember Me Before He Cheats Wasted So Small All-American Girl Just a Dream Cowboy Casanova Remind Me (Brad Paisley ft. Carrie) Good Girl Blown Away Two Black Cadillacs See You Again Something in the Water Little Toy Guns Heartbeat Church Bells Dirty Laundry Cry Pretty Drinking AloneHow much longer will Cry Pretty the album last? Will Play On be the first album to run out of songs to defend itself with? Stick around tomorrow night to see what misses the Top 15!
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Post by lipe on Oct 5, 2020 22:27:05 GMT -5
I think "Cry Pretty" (song) will be controversial, with a lot of highs and lows, but I'd love for it to make it to the top10.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Oct 5, 2020 22:36:11 GMT -5
Gonna take a stab @ guessing the next 5 to go:
All-American Girl Remind Me Don't Forget to Remember Me Cry Pretty Heartbeat
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Post by Az Paynter on Oct 6, 2020 1:20:18 GMT -5
kamala 2024 truther I seem to have two #24's lol, you got my ranking for 'Love Wins' slightly wrong. IDK whether it's just a cosmetic error and the points are alright, but I don't think it affects any positions if the points are out.
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Post by schnetzka on Oct 6, 2020 6:19:21 GMT -5
I remember someone once said Carrie's delivery on Temporary Home was emotionless and to this day, I don't understand how they could think that.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 9:25:16 GMT -5
kamala 2024 truther I seem to have two #24's lol, you got my ranking for 'Love Wins' slightly wrong. IDK whether it's just a cosmetic error and the points are alright, but I don't think it affects any positions if the points are out. Cosmetic error; it's correct in all the compiled data (for the record LW was his #23 y'all!) but my finger must've slipped unknowingly trying to get these sent out at a nice enough pace
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Post by 14887fan on Oct 6, 2020 10:25:35 GMT -5
Blown Away singles are the GOAT, we been knew
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Post by SHOOTER on Oct 6, 2020 13:05:38 GMT -5
Last Name continues to be overhated but I'm pleasantly surprised at how well this has gone overall
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Post by carriefan15 on Oct 6, 2020 15:42:24 GMT -5
I’m thinking:
20. Cry Pretty 19. Little Toy Guns 18. Remind Me 17. Drinking Alone 16. Heartbeat
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Post by musicfan134 on Oct 6, 2020 18:26:59 GMT -5
So do we think Some Hearts or Blown Away will lose a single first? I'm guessing DFTRM will be the first Some Hearts single out. As to Blown Away...I could see it going either SYA or GG. As to which would go first...I would rather one of the Blown Away singles went first, but I think (unfortunately) DFTRM's days are numbered.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:14:41 GMT -5
Come one, come all! Night 3 of reveals is about to begin!
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 19:18:20 GMT -5
In no particular order I'm going to guess these five songs miss the Top 15:
“Heartbeat” “All-American Girl” “Remind Me” “Don’t Forget to Remember Me” “So Small”
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:27:45 GMT -5
Remember the airport dropping me off We were kissing goodbye and we couldn't stop I felt bad cause you missed your flight But that meant we had one more night
Do you remember how it used to be We'd turn out the lights and didn't just sleep Remind me baby remind me
Oh so on fire so in love That look in your eyes that I miss so much
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:36:20 GMT -5
tim and .indulgecountry are correct in their predictions so far as the collabs have now fully been wiped clean with the departure of "Remind Me." This duet with Brad Paisley has always been one of my favorites, so I had to put it somewhere in my Top 20 and when all was said and done it wound up as my #18. The ending does get a bit repetitive and there have been moments through the years where I'm off and on about this song, but it's overall pretty great. This one was released in between the Play On and Blown Away album eras, as the third single from Brad's 2011 album This Is Country Music. Carrie said in an interview that it's "the most unorganized thing" she had ever been a part of, but that in the end it "all worked out so perfectly." She and Brad had been discussing recording a duet for his album but couldn't fit time in their schedules by December 2010 when the album was meant to be finished. Therefore, his album release was pushed back and in February 2011, he sent Carrie a demo tape of "Remind Me" with Sheryl Crow filling in as the female in the song. Carrie saw potential and flew from Los Angeles to Nashville on February 11, 2011, where she and Brad recorded the song. Brad described his decision to ask Carrie to be on the song as an easy one. By the end of the song's chart run, it had reached #1 on BB Country Airplay and #17 on the Hot 100, the highest Hot 100 peak of Brad's career.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:40:01 GMT -5
Carrie's career is such a strong one...in fact, all of her singles are so great and fought so hard in this rankdown that we have a TIE!!!!! "Remind Me" was the loser...if you wait around for sixteen short years while I type up the reveal for the winner, I'd appreciate it ;)
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Post by tim on Oct 6, 2020 19:41:05 GMT -5
While I do think "Remind Me" is exiting at just about the right spot, it certainly is worthy of a top 20 showing here in Carrie's rankdown. I will say that as much as I enjoyed this one back in the day it hasn't had much replay value over the years.
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Post by toomuchboy on Oct 6, 2020 19:47:44 GMT -5
I know what songs I'd like to see out next, but it's hard to predict how things will go. My guess is Little Toy Guns, DFtRM, and Good Girl could be sometime soon.
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 6, 2020 19:50:20 GMT -5
Carrie's career is such a strong one...in fact, all of her singles are so great and fought so hard in this rankdown that we have a TIE!!!!! "Remind Me" was the loser...if you wait around for sixteen short years while I type up the reveal for the winner, I'd appreciate it ;) RIP All American Gurl 😭
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Oct 6, 2020 19:51:01 GMT -5
Since the day they got married, He'd been praying for a little baby boy. Someone he could take fishing, Throw the football and be his pride and joy.
He could already see him holding that trophy, Taking his team to State. But when the nurse came in with a little pink blanket,
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