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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 3, 2021 21:50:49 GMT -5
Dang, you all didn't like this one either lol. Usually I'm thrilled to see FGL out so early, but "Blessings" is like one of their only good songs lol. I do wish a different artist sang it cuz Tyler Hubbard's voice is still a big fat no for me, but the song itself is great and really country. They would greatly benefit from recording more music like this.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 21:51:15 GMT -5
BYE FGL!!!!
"Blessings" puts up a front of being decent, and the first time I heard it I thought I was going to like it, but then the song suddenly ended and I immediately forgot everything that had just happened. The truth is, this is one of the most forgettable songs of all time! It's worthy of praise for not being actively terrible like FGL has been known to be at times, but if most artists put this out it would literally be the most boring song of their career.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 21:53:10 GMT -5
Up next, we lose our first pandemic song!!!!!!!! Which one is it gonna be?!
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Post by Fire on Feb 3, 2021 21:53:41 GMT -5
blessings is one of the few fgl songs i enjoyed :/
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 21:58:08 GMT -5
blessings is one of the few fgl songs i enjoyed :/ Pretty sure everyone agrees. That's why it's in the bottom 21 of a rankdown rather than the bottom 5 😂
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:00:57 GMT -5
89. "Worldwide Beautiful" - Kane Brown
Total: 2966 Average: 74.15 Std Dev: 23.79ClevelandRox - 13 austin - 32 castleoblivion26 - 38 lady𝓐fan - 40 raylatch98 - 41 Mayman - 41 fireflies - 42 wrip - 42 toomuchboy - 46 LBTrocks - 54 lyhom - 62 HeyHeyHey - 65 kamala 2024 truther - 65 d3vin44 - 65 kw9461 - 72 jamesflame - 75 🌺CountryLineDancer - 77 @trilogy - 79 BB🌕 - 80 Kanenrá:ke - 81 gardyfan - 81 Beno - 81 fearlessarrow - 82 someguy - 83 tim - 87 Darkest Hour - 88 Crimsonio - 89 Sambalada - 91 bboat11 - 92 .indulgecountry - 93 dgarcia3377 - 93 sabre14 - 94 George Strait Junkie - 94 Fire - 96 Troublemaker - 98 samo🦕 - 98 bigfan101 - 102 Leo ✔ - 102 Daryl the Beryl - 106 SHOOTER - 106 Adrian C. 🍓zaclord 🌈Cody Wants Out...{Songs Remaining} Ain’t Always The Cowboy All Night All Of The Boys Almost Maybes Be A Light Beer Can’t Fix Beers And Sunshine betty Big, Big Plans Black Like Me Bluebird Break It In Champagne Night Chasin’ You Cheatin’ Songs Classic Die From A Broken Heart Dirty Looks Does To Me Done Drinking Alone Drowning Everywhere But On Fool’s Love Affair Gabrielle Gaslighter Getting Good Girls Like Me Happy Anywhere Hard Days Hard To Forget Head Over Heels Heaven Down Here Her World Or Mine Here And Now hole in the bottle How They Remember You I Called Mama I Do For You i don’t love you I Found Another You (& She Hates Me Too) I Hope I Hope You’re Happy Now If I Can’t Have You Just Friends Lady Looking For A Feeling Love You Like I Used To Lovin’ On You Made For You Monsters More Hearts Than Mine More Than My Hometown Need A Bar Sometimes Never Have I Ever No I In Beer Nobody But You One Beer One Night Standards One Of Them Girls Pick Her Up Pretty Heart She’s Mine Six Feet Apart Sleep At Night Small Town Hypocrite Some Girls Some People Do Somebody Like That Spur Of The Moment Starting Over Stick That In Your Country Song Talking To God The Man Who Loves You The Most the other girl The Stranger Things A Man Oughta Know This Is Us To Hell & Back want me back Waste Of A Whiskey Drink What Are You Gonna Tell Her? What Could’ve Been What I See What I’m Leaving For When Life Is Good Again Why We Drink Wreck Me
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:01:26 GMT -5
Up next, we lose our first pandemic song!!!!!!!! Which one is it gonna be?! Actually I misspoke. I think I meant "2020 Issue Song", lmao.
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 3, 2021 22:03:12 GMT -5
RIP my closeness score But seriously, I thought "Blessings" would at least get to the top 60 and "Worldwide Beautiful" to the top 80...
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Post by Beno on Feb 3, 2021 22:03:48 GMT -5
This song had good intentions but just came across as so lame
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 3, 2021 22:04:15 GMT -5
I can't with Kan't and this song and I'm glad others couldn't either!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 3, 2021 22:04:59 GMT -5
The lyrics to "Worldwide Beautiful" are great, but musically, the song kind sucks lol. I don't care for the production at all. That's my main issue with it, I'd like it better if that was different. Melody is decent, which is why this landed in my 50s. tim so are .indulgecountry and my "stan cards" for Kane revoked? We clearly fail at stanning him based on our rankings for his songs in this RD 😉😉
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 3, 2021 22:06:28 GMT -5
"Worldwide Beautiful" just sucks
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:07:47 GMT -5
"Worldwide Beautiful" is easily my least favorite of the "2020 Issue Songs". I feel bad disliking it because it was a message of unity in the face of all the strained race relations and BLM protests and police brutality that reached a head in June of 2020, and Kane himself is a black artist, but I really just cannot get into it at all... It would be much better if it weren't for the talk-singing in the verses imo, as the chorus isn't too bad.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 3, 2021 22:12:59 GMT -5
Yeah, "Worldwide Beautiful" is a good song but it was the talk-singing that held me back from ranking this any higher. I'll always hate that kind of delivery, no matter whose song it is.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:14:11 GMT -5
88. "Break It In" - Eli Young Band
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 3, 2021 22:15:14 GMT -5
Beautiful! Keep the trash coming!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 3, 2021 22:16:31 GMT -5
I can't stand the majority of Eli Young Band's music and this one is really no different. "Break It In" isn't their worst, but I still don't care for it at all and would always turn it off the radio.
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 3, 2021 22:16:38 GMT -5
Indoor. Sunglasses. Man. Please bboat11. I’m asking nicely.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:17:07 GMT -5
The thing that strikes me about "Break It In" is that it has literally no reason to exist. Like it says nothing. It uses the stereotypical country trope of having the same hook mean 3 different things in 3 different verses in like the most boring way I've ever seen. The first part is about breaking in a glove, the second part is about breaking in a car, and the 3rd part is about breaking in your heart and learning to love. Why does this song even exist?
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Post by Beno on Feb 3, 2021 22:17:25 GMT -5
Damn this one was pretty good, “Even If It Breaks Your Heart” is one of my all time favourite mainstream country songs and while this obviously wasn’t close to that standard, it was still robbed here
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 3, 2021 22:18:26 GMT -5
"Worldwide Beautiful" is limp af.
ETA: And Eli Young Band is terrible. I've only ever liked like 2 of their singles, lmao.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:20:28 GMT -5
87. "Done" - Chris Janson
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 3, 2021 22:21:42 GMT -5
“Break It In” isn’t bad but it’s forgettable, no wonder it went nowhere after “Love Ain’t”...
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 3, 2021 22:22:46 GMT -5
"Done" is better than "Good Vibes," but that's about where the praise ends. Mediocre.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:22:47 GMT -5
I appreciate that Chris Janson seems to be sticking closer to traditional country than the average bland modern male artist...but "Done" is kinda grating to me. The chorus gets old really fast. I think it might be better with a slightly more charismatic vocalist, like maybe Blake Shelton?
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 3, 2021 22:23:33 GMT -5
More Trump supportin' trash. Bye!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 3, 2021 22:23:46 GMT -5
Ouch, the first reveal that actually hurts me lol and the first song revealed that I actually genuinely love.
"Done" just has such a fantastic melody! I initially thought this might be in my top 10, but it got bumped down from there fairly easy when I realized just how incredibly strong a lot of this list was. My top 10 is really stacked, I adore everything in my top 20. The lows in this RD are REALLY LOW, but overall I found this to be a much stronger year for country music!
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Post by Fire on Feb 3, 2021 22:23:52 GMT -5
i wish i actually hated this so i could make the stupid joke that i was happy when it was "done"
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 3, 2021 22:25:33 GMT -5
86. "Here And Now" - Kenny Chesney
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 3, 2021 22:25:43 GMT -5
When the host likes your post, and you get excited....only to be disappointed with the reveal. 😭
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