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Post by bboat11 on Jul 18, 2021 22:23:12 GMT -5
Even though it was my #8, I really liked this Mark Wills song too! Definitely an amazing discovery! This was just such a strong list, as these rankdowns always are... Did not deserve last place...
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 18, 2021 22:26:08 GMT -5
What will be #1? "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" should have this pretty easily, imo! What will be #10? I would have predicted Sawyer Brown or Vince Gill, not Mark Wills. RIP! What will be the top 3? PPPM, "Dallas," and "Nothin' But The Wheel". What will be in the bottom 3? Mark Wills, Sawyer Brown, and Vince Gill. Any other thoughts/comments? Didn't even remotely dislike anything here! I'm hoping to see Terri win her first multi-artist rankdown, because she deserves to have that sort of accomplishment at least once!!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 18, 2021 22:43:45 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 18, 2021 23:06:39 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 18, 2021 23:10:59 GMT -5
The Wilkinsons still feel like one of those family bands that travels from small town to small town and plays in churches to me, but this was one of the best things I have heard from them so far! I especially liked the guitar work, which helped it to move up a few positions on my list, although not nearly enough to infiltrate the songs that I already knew.
"Worlds Apart" was a really beautiful song, but I never expected it to do any better than this. It might do a little better on my list in a rankdown of a different context.
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Post by tim on Jul 19, 2021 8:03:27 GMT -5
"Worlds Apart" is such a hauntingly beautiful song and one that I have adored for a long, long time. I need to revisit the album High Lonesome Sound again because that too was always one of my favorites from Vince. He's certainly someone I think is deserving of a rankdown, so hopefully sometime in the near future that'll happen.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 21:09:09 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 21:14:44 GMT -5
if anyone is around tonight I'd like to wrap up this rankdown tonight
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Post by ClevelandRox on Jul 19, 2021 21:16:38 GMT -5
Y'all let "Come on Over" go top five? 0.o
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 19, 2021 21:18:05 GMT -5
This top 5 is great. Rooting for anyone but Alan to win, lol.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 21:27:04 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 21:39:43 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 19, 2021 21:39:50 GMT -5
if anyone is around tonight I'd like to wrap up this rankdown tonight Oop, I just took myself out for pizza! But I’ll be following along, and I’ll try to comment a little on mobile while I’m waiting for my food 😋
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 19, 2021 21:40:18 GMT -5
Y'all let "Come on Over" go top five? 0.o Gurl it’s Shania!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 19, 2021 21:46:03 GMT -5
I actually didn’t hate this Sawyer Brown song for once!!! I thought it was really solid! It only fell to my last place because of how strong this list is! In a Year-End rd it would probably make it into my 60s or so I predict.
I never expected Shane McAnally to make my top 5, but Are Your Eyes Still Blue had a great melody. It was WAY better than 95% of what his name is associated with nowadays.
I Said A Prayer is middle of the road for Pam, but definitely still great enough to deserve top 5 in this list! I’m glad she did!
Same story for Shania, actually. COO is among her campier tracks, but I do still love it when it’s removed from the context of her better songs!
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 22:41:21 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 19, 2021 22:51:06 GMT -5
Yikes. I swear if Alan wins over Terri.....
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 19, 2021 22:53:23 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Jul 19, 2021 22:57:55 GMT -5
Too close for comfort, but yay! The right song won!
This is one of my favorite Terri songs. <3
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Jul 19, 2021 23:11:32 GMT -5
I love Dallas! Glad it did better than I thought and made it to the top 2, but man, so close!
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 20, 2021 0:39:58 GMT -5
Oops, I'm sorry to this woman! Patty Loveless is definitely a near-guaranteed high finisher on my list most months, but I have always found "Nothing But The Wheel" to be one of her more boring songs. I started out with it in my top 5 because I love Patty so much, and it is really easy to just rank the songs you are familiar with higher than the new discoveries, but in the end I had to be honest with myself about how much I truly enjoy this song versus how much I enjoy Patty herself... At least I wasn't the one to knock her off the top though, as it was .indulgecountry's #2 tank that caused this one to lose its victory "Dallas" is one of Alan's underrated hits from his early years. It's nice to see it get to finish in the top 2 somewhere, as it has always been overshadowed by "Don't Rock The Jukebox" and "Midnight In Montgomery" when it has shown up in rankdowns before! "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" is the perfect winner though, and I am very pleased to see Terri get her first win in a multi-artist rankdown!!! This song may be a tad overplayed, but for good reason! The melody is as hooky as it could possibly be, and she sings the hell out of it! It really shows off everything that makes Terri such a stylistically unique artist.
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Post by Kanenrá:ke on Jul 20, 2021 20:26:19 GMT -5
Missed this past month but the right song won!
My list would've looked like.
01. Poor Poor Pitiful Me 02. Are Your Eyes Still Blue 03. Worlds Apart 04. Nothin' But The Wheel 05. All These Years 06. Dallas 07. Then There's You 08. Come On Over 09. I Said A Prayer 10. Time Machine
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Jul 26, 2021 23:11:22 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Jul 27, 2021 1:26:44 GMT -5
Time to get going on the August Shuffle! This time I went back to the playlist of Songs that I ranked in my top 3 that have never made the top 2 before and I think this will be a difficult month to rank! This should be fun to see how this plays out!
Fuck I think this is my favorite of all your playlists. The shuffles are always soooooo on point, and we compare songs that I would never even think to compare to each other. I mean, like, "Moving Oleta" making an unexpected appearance?!?!?! Let's GOOOOOOO!!!
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Jul 31, 2021 22:45:53 GMT -5
Time to get going on the August Shuffle! This time I went back to the playlist of Songs that I ranked in my top 3 that have never made the top 2 before and I think this will be a difficult month to rank! This should be fun to see how this plays out!
f**k I think this is my favorite of all your playlists. The shuffles are always soooooo on point, and we compare songs that I would never even think to compare to each other. I mean, like, "Moving Oleta" making an unexpected appearance?!?!?! Let's GOOOOOOO!!!For "Moving Oleta" alone, I'm gonna have to remember to send a list in. I gasped when I saw this title come up on this month's list.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 5, 2021 11:14:38 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 11, 2021 19:14:31 GMT -5
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 21, 2021 8:18:18 GMT -5
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Post by .indulgecountry on Aug 21, 2021 13:32:43 GMT -5
Oh shit I forgot. I'll do it today.
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Aug 28, 2021 21:53:25 GMT -5
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