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Post by castleoblivion26 on Apr 27, 2021 11:15:12 GMT -5
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 4, 2021 21:19:38 GMT -5
Ok so you just decided to make an impossible to rank list didn't ya.
7 of these songs would be among the best from their respective artists.
My bottom 3 was easy to pick out. #10 I never cared for, #9 Is ok, #8 is good but doesn't compare to the rest of these. After that bloodbath, absolute bloodbath.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 7, 2021 7:57:12 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 7, 2021 10:10:52 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 7, 2021 19:07:36 GMT -5
Damn I thought I had done this already. I can get my list put together in literally minutes!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2021 10:30:05 GMT -5
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Post by HeyHeyHey on May 9, 2021 11:45:22 GMT -5
What do you think will be #1? “When I Get Where I’m Going” What will be #10? “All The Good Ones Are” - not that it is a bad song, I actually ranked it pretty high but I think it may just fall victim to a good list.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 9, 2021 14:09:52 GMT -5
What do you think will be #1? “When I Get Where I’m Going” What will be #10? “All The Good Ones Are” - not that it is a bad song, I actually ranked it pretty high but I think it may just fall victim to a good list. This exactly! There's no obvious last place and all the artists are well liked enough to make it far. Kenny does have me and .indulgecountry who will usually tank him so he won't win but I see this song escaping the bottom easily.
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Post by bboat11 on May 9, 2021 15:42:39 GMT -5
What do you think will be #1? Hell if I know!!!!! The thing is, I can see every single one of these having detractors! This is truly going to be a s**t show!!! I think I'll take a shot in the dark and give it to Mickey.
What will be #10? I do feel pretty comfortable saying "All The Good Ones Are" here. Brothers Osborne are well-liked for a modern mainstream act, and this is a great song, but when they have to compete against people like Martina McBride and George Strait and Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire they don't hit NEARLY as hard as when they're competing against people like Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean... Lol
Any other thoughts/comments? I'm most excited to see how Martina does here. (I mean, obviously, lmao.) But aside from just her being my fave, "Be That Way" is going to be a fascinating barometer for comparison between the quality of last month and this month! I thought last month was super strong, and then was a little surprised that "Keeping My Distance" was able to finish at #2! In terms of her overall career, it's not a runaway fave, as it only finished at #15 in her album tracks rankdown. "Be That Way", on the other hand, was #3. And on the Evolution album rd, BTW was the highest album track at #4 while KMD was only at #9. So theoretically, "Be That Way" SHOULD be a strong #1 contender here this month based simply on her past performance in this series as well as the way these songs have compared with each other in previous rankdowns. However, I do not think she will be. The way I see it, every position lower than #1 that she finishes will just be an indicator of how much stronger this month's list is than last month! Lol
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2021 20:19:59 GMT -5
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Post by gardyfan on May 9, 2021 20:47:24 GMT -5
Well that's a crappy start.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2021 20:48:17 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 9, 2021 20:50:34 GMT -5
seeing so many bottom 2 ranks for one of my all time favorites was disappointing. This song makes me think of my brother, who passed away at 2 years old. It's one of those things that my family have always wondered who he would be today, even before this song came out so when I first heard this song I was floored.
This song as you can see was consistently in the top 2 until the last few list :(
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Post by ClevelandRox on May 9, 2021 21:45:07 GMT -5
Taking Kenny Chesney the artist out of the equation, this song means a lot to me and has always made me think of my best childhood friend who passed away in a car accident when she was 18.
Y'all are ruthless 😂
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 9, 2021 22:00:50 GMT -5
Kenny Chesney's voice ruins almost everything. I don't care for this song at all, but I'd probably like it if someone else had gotten ahold of it.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 9, 2021 22:12:24 GMT -5
This is one of Kenny's better songs and one I can see why people would love the song itself, but I just don't care for Kenny's voice on here either. I'd love to hear Gary Allan do a take on this actually, I think he'd have given it what I needed.
Also relistening to it again now, I don't care for the back ground vocals on the chorus.
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Post by bboat11 on May 9, 2021 22:47:44 GMT -5
Just as I said in my predictions, "All The Good Ones Are" was the only thing that made sense to be last place here. Brothers Osborne versus just about any big name from the '90s/'00s is just plain not fair, even with one of their better songs! Not that this is bad, it's just that Pulse's demographic preferences skew more towards the '90s/'00s artists, especially if female.
"Who You'd Be Today" got done DIRTY, but at the same time I'm not really sure what else would have been this low based on the strength of the list... Kenny always has an uphill battle in these rankdowns, and this one I think genuinely just ran into too big of a wall of quality!
From here on out it gets much more precarious... I honestly have no idea what to predict next. Maybe Reba?!!?!!!!? "Strange" is far from one of her most beloved hits. I could see Shania coming soon too. Maybe Ashley as well, because as well-loved as "One Night Standards" seems to be, it is now facing off against all-time greats from previous decades for the first time, so it's a huge wild card. And of course Martina and George are at a disadvantage with their album tracks... Lmao that's like almost everything that's left that I could see leaving next 😂
I think I'll go ahead and lock in my prediction for Shania to leave next!
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on May 9, 2021 22:49:41 GMT -5
I'd say Shania is up next too if only because it's my lowest song haha
If Reba had a slightly more universally loved song here I wouldn't think her but I agree it may be her out sooner than later.
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Post by bboat11 on May 9, 2021 22:53:43 GMT -5
I'd say Shania is up next too if only because it's my lowest song haha If Reba had a slightly more universally loved song here I wouldn't think her but I agree it may be her out sooner than later. I honestly would put Reba as a safe bet to win this whole thing........with just about any other song, lmao.
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Post by austin on May 10, 2021 5:42:44 GMT -5
Reba winning it would be STRRAAAAAANGE but not as STRRAAAAAANGE as her being next up. My money is on Ashley next.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 10, 2021 13:28:27 GMT -5
What in tarnation is this Reba slander?!?! Queens demand respect! Blasphemy! Treason! High crimes and misdemeanors!
“Strange” is a JAM!!! It should have done better on radio, has an infectious melody, and is one that I was running into the ground back when I was 8. Zero burn rate 13 years later!!!!
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Post by someguy on May 10, 2021 18:36:57 GMT -5
I like that Kenny song a lot, but the whole top nine of this is incredibly stacked.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 10, 2021 20:06:50 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 10, 2021 20:45:18 GMT -5
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 10, 2021 20:55:23 GMT -5
bboat11 Damn; so Reba did leave next!!! Last places for her and Shania tho?!
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Post by bboat11 on May 10, 2021 21:10:05 GMT -5
bboat11 Damn; so Reba did leave next!!! Last places for her and Shania tho?! And I ranked her higher than you! Who's the one disrespecting the Queen now?!
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Post by bboat11 on May 10, 2021 21:12:36 GMT -5
Also "When The Credits Roll" is one of the best album tracks of George's career, and I low-key expect it to be a contender to win when we do his 2010s album tracks rankdown. (So I hope you got those bottom 2 ranks out of your system now, kamala 2024 truther and castleoblivion26... )
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 10, 2021 22:23:48 GMT -5
Also "When The Credits Roll" is one of the best album tracks of George's career, and I low-key expect it to be a contender to win when we do his 2010s album tracks rankdown. (So I hope you got those bottom 2 ranks out of your system now, kamala 2024 truther and castleoblivion26... ) "When The Credit Rolls" will absolutely not be near the bottom when we do that rankdown. It was only there because out of the 10 it is the one I'm the least familiar with and I love all 10 of them
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on May 10, 2021 22:27:54 GMT -5
bboat11 Damn; so Reba did leave next!!! Last places for her and Shania tho?! And I ranked her higher than you! Who's the one disrespecting the Queen now?!The ones who didn’t have her in their top half!!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on May 11, 2021 20:23:54 GMT -5
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