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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:20:29 GMT -5
So I love Pam Tillis, but "Looking For A Feeling" is just...not that great. Lmao For the longest time I could never remember how it went. Now I remember, but it's still quite dull. I wish "Dolly 1969" had been the single instead. PSA: castleoblivion26 is currently hosting a rankdown for Pam Tillis' new album, as well as her last couple before this one!! It can be found here, if anyone wants to join!
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 5, 2021 21:24:31 GMT -5
I get she has her fans but I am so ready for Gabby Barrett to leave already something about "I Hope" makes my skin crawl
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 5, 2021 21:24:34 GMT -5
Pam Tillis kinda robbed. Agree that Dolly 1969 would be a great single though. Should have been the other girl.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:24:48 GMT -5
Damn, the complete lack of reaction to this reveal! Poor Pammy!! 😂😂😂
Edit: Oh now people reacted all at once. Cool!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:25:56 GMT -5
I get she has her fans but I am so ready for Gabby Barrett to leave already something about "I Hope" makes my skin crawlIs it because she sounds like Carrie Underwood, who you go out of your way to tank every year?
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 5, 2021 21:29:05 GMT -5
I get she has her fans but I am so ready for Gabby Barrett to leave already something about "I Hope" makes my skin crawl I Hope probably will leave before bboat11 finished the reveals for today.
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 5, 2021 21:29:32 GMT -5
Dolly 1969 was way better than this! I’ll take that perfect ranking though!!
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 5, 2021 21:29:32 GMT -5
I was surprised by this one! "Looking For A Feeling" was strangely intriguing lol
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 5, 2021 21:30:16 GMT -5
I get she has her fans but I am so ready for Gabby Barrett to leave already something about "I Hope" makes my skin crawlIs it because she sounds like Carrie Underwood, who you go out of your way to tank every year? Honey she sounds nothing like Carrie Underwood, she wishes she sounded as good as Carrie. (sidenote I looked at my 2019 and 2018 Country Rankdown Rankings and I had "Southbound" in my Top 10, "Love Wins" in my Top 50, and "Cry Pretty" in the Top 30).
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Feb 5, 2021 21:30:46 GMT -5
I love "Looking For A Feeling" but am not shocked to see it out this low. Hopefully it does better in the album rankdown lol
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:31:32 GMT -5
Is it because she sounds like Carrie Underwood, who you go out of your way to tank every year? Honey she sounds nothing like Carrie Underwood, she wishes she sounded as good as Carrie. (sidenote I looked at my 2019 and 2018 Country Rankdown Rankings and I had "Southbound" in my Top 10, "Love Wins" in my Top 50, and "Cry Pretty" in the Top 30). The one time she releases a terrible song, you stan for it! Lmao Good job on "Love Wins" and "Cry Pretty" tho!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:33:27 GMT -5
OH btw I forgot to tell y'all, my sister's COVID test came back negative this evening!! :)
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 5, 2021 21:34:42 GMT -5
OH btw I forgot to tell y'all, my sister's COVID test came back negative this evening!! :) Yay!
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 5, 2021 21:36:54 GMT -5
I love me some Pam Tillis but.... not that one. I believe that was my lowest-ranked female song so I am pleased that it was fittingly the first one to go!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:37:01 GMT -5
Just couldn't let the Black man crack the top-75, huh? Nope, apparently they really couldn't! :(
78. "This Is Us" - Jimmie Allen ft. Noah Cyrus
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Post by fearlessarrow on Feb 5, 2021 21:37:11 GMT -5
I get she has her fans but I am so ready for Gabby Barrett to leave already something about "I Hope" makes my skin crawl I Hope probably will leave before bboat11 finished the reveals for today. bboat11: does one more reveal that is not "I Hope" and finishes reveals for the day
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 5, 2021 21:38:31 GMT -5
"This Is Us" is good, but also....really super generic lol.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:39:36 GMT -5
And there's our second female, right on the heels of the first!! Although this one's our first featured female to leave.
So there is something about "This Is Us" that I just really really dig... I can't quite put my finger on it. But something about their voices blending on this chorus melody just sounds so great to my ears. I was quite disappointed to see this one almost unanimously panned! I'm at least happy it did well enough to at least escape the bottom 30 :)
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Post by lady𝓐fan on Feb 5, 2021 21:40:09 GMT -5
"This Is Us" is so bland (and so is its followup "Freedom Was a Highway")... I wish Jimmie would've released his version of "Boy Gets a Truck" though I understand why they moved on after the record-breaking chart run of "Make Me Want To".
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 5, 2021 21:42:20 GMT -5
Honey she sounds nothing like Carrie Underwood, she wishes she sounded as good as Carrie. (sidenote I looked at my 2019 and 2018 Country Rankdown Rankings and I had "Southbound" in my Top 10, "Love Wins" in my Top 50, and "Cry Pretty" in the Top 30). The one time she releases a terrible song, you stan for it! Lmao Good job on "Love Wins" and "Cry Pretty" tho! Be thankful she never got around to releasing "The Song We Used To Make Love To" to radio that would have been a bottom 5 contender for me in any year. Or as you put it best (always love revisiting this read) "That Song" is such an embarrassing mess... I don't know why THIS gets a pass from so many people who also hate "Love Wins"... Like, no matter which angle you try to spin it from, this song falls flat. Is it country? Nope. Are the lyrics creative or exciting? Nope, they're just about wanting sex. Is the production good? Not even slightly. Is the instrumental arrangement at least inspired and fresh? Not unless a track composed of all the different odd sounds that can be made in Garageband is your idea of "fresh". Will it be a good song for a live show? No, because live songs are supposed to NOT suck all the energy from the entire room. Is it a good vocal performance? Nope. Randy Travis could probably sing that opening verse better than she did...
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Post by SHOOTER on Feb 5, 2021 21:42:41 GMT -5
Nappy Cyrus cursed him.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:44:04 GMT -5
77. "Talking To God" - Chrissy Metz
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 5, 2021 21:45:02 GMT -5
Okay "This Is Us" has one of the most basically written choruses ever like seriously a middle schooler could have wrote this.
Cause it was just you and that was just me And that was just the way that it used to be And we were just kids back then tryna figure out what it was No, it wasn't that bad but could've been better If only back then we'd have been together But it was just you and that was just me Before we found love Now this is us
Like that is just such basic writing I have ever heard. That being said I do like the sound of it.
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Post by LBTrocks on Feb 5, 2021 21:45:28 GMT -5
"Talking To God" is awful lol. Chrissy Metz is not a good singer. She sounds like she has a hard time supporting her voice with her breath. I can't stand her pitchy, tinny, thin, weak voice.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 5, 2021 21:45:59 GMT -5
This Is Us is Jimmie Allen copying What Ifs by Kane Brown ft. Lauren Alaina and fails. I think the chorus is kinda earworm but the lyrics are textbook definition of generic.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:46:07 GMT -5
The one time she releases a terrible song, you stan for it! Lmao Good job on "Love Wins" and "Cry Pretty" tho! Be thankful she never got around to releasing "The Song We Used To Make Love To" to radio that would have been a bottom 5 contender for me in any year. Or as you put it best (always love revisiting this read) "That Song" is such an embarrassing mess... I don't know why THIS gets a pass from so many people who also hate "Love Wins"... Like, no matter which angle you try to spin it from, this song falls flat. Is it country? Nope. Are the lyrics creative or exciting? Nope, they're just about wanting sex. Is the production good? Not even slightly. Is the instrumental arrangement at least inspired and fresh? Not unless a track composed of all the different odd sounds that can be made in Garageband is your idea of "fresh". Will it be a good song for a live show? No, because live songs are supposed to NOT suck all the energy from the entire room. Is it a good vocal performance? Nope. Randy Travis could probably sing that opening verse better than she did... OMG I always forget how badly I scalped this song! 😂 Tbh, it would probably be my last place in any of these year-end rankdowns. Lower than all of Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, and FGL's stuff. That's how terrible I think it is.
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 5, 2021 21:46:35 GMT -5
"Talking To God" is solid, not great. I am not a huge fan of her voice but I do think the chorus melody does make this song a lot better.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 5, 2021 21:48:07 GMT -5
If Talking To God is sung by Ashley McBryde it would at least be 20 places higher. These vocals are mediocre.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:48:31 GMT -5
Like that is just such basic writing ever. The hilarious irony of this sentence 😂
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 5, 2021 21:49:06 GMT -5
"Talking To God" is awful lol. Chrissy Metz is not a good singer. She sounds like she has a hard time supporting her voice with her breath. I can't stand her pitchy, tinny, thin, weak voice. The first several times I heard this I thought it was Karen Fairchild in the first verse
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