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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 15, 2021 18:35:51 GMT -5
Me being Taylor Swift with that perfect ranking lol I agree that Starting Over sounds like his last two country radio singles but I like the organs in this. Also great CMA Awards performance.
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Post by gardyfan on Feb 15, 2021 18:36:26 GMT -5
Welp my top 10 is history.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:37:02 GMT -5
LOOK AT THAT WALL OF TOP 5 RANKS FOR CHRIS STAPLETON!!!! Out of 41 participants, 12 put him in the top 5. That means that as lists came in, literally 1 out of every 4 lists had him in the top 5. All of that accumulated nicely to make him a strong top 15 contender by the time the results started to settle in.
It's always interesting to me that Chris Stapleton of all people is one of those artists who even those who proclaim to hate country will still enjoy listening to... He and Kacey Musgraves are the two biggest artists in that category. It's fascinating to me.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 15, 2021 18:39:28 GMT -5
This is a decent song, I guess, but i don't understand how this ends up this high. I just have no opinion on Stapleton. Never disliked his song, nor loved. Except for Broken Halo, that one is magnificent.
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Post by Beno on Feb 15, 2021 18:41:18 GMT -5
Ngl considering how fresh Chris Stapleton sounds compared to 95% of this list I’m more than happy for him to release more songs that sound like this lol
I was debating between my #1 and this for ages, but eventually settled on putting Chris at 2 instead. I’m kinda disappointed this didn’t make the top 10 in the end tbh
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 15, 2021 18:42:20 GMT -5
Chris Stapleton his haters on here are loud but really outnumered. He just has this voice that works so well for his singles and it is not shocking that he is still so popular with country music fans
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 15, 2021 18:43:03 GMT -5
It's always interesting to me that Chris Stapleton of all people is one of those artists who even those who proclaim to hate country will still enjoy listening to... He and Kacey Musgraves are the two biggest artists in that category. It's fascinating to me. True, most of my friends hate country, so I usually get around by just playing Stapleton, even though I don't particularly enjoy him. At least he is country. But Musgraves >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stapleton!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:44:43 GMT -5
12. "Black Like Me" - Mickey Guyton
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 15, 2021 18:46:43 GMT -5
No. This should be top five.
Anyone who ranked this below top 50, need an explanation why.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 15, 2021 18:47:03 GMT -5
What Are You Gonna Tell Her? covers the same topic but better.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:47:23 GMT -5
It's always interesting to me that Chris Stapleton of all people is one of those artists who even those who proclaim to hate country will still enjoy listening to... He and Kacey Musgraves are the two biggest artists in that category. It's fascinating to me. True, most of my friends hate country, so I usually get around by just playing Stapleton, even though I don't particularly enjoy him. At least he is country. But Musgraves >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stapleton! I always got around my college friends' country hate by playing Martina 😂 Like you can hate country all you want in your day-to-day life, but you can NOT hate it in the moment when those powerful non-twangy vocals knock you out of your chair and blow the hat right off your head! 😂
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Post by Darkest Hour on Feb 15, 2021 18:48:42 GMT -5
That 100+ point gap between Starting Over and Black Like Me though.
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Feb 15, 2021 18:52:01 GMT -5
If I objectively reviewed this song solely based on the content/theme/messages, this would be #1.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 15, 2021 18:53:33 GMT -5
Mickey Guyton is phenomenal and "Black Like Me" is a poignant and important song. Can't wait for radio to wake up.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 15, 2021 18:54:01 GMT -5
Happy to see Stapleton finally leave. He's beyond overrated. There is absolutely nothing enjoyable about the dreary dreck that is "Starting Over," and his singles all blend together from a musical standpoint, similar to Eric Church's for me. Meh.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:54:38 GMT -5
That 100+ point gap between Starting Over and Black Like Me though. Thank you for pointing that out!! I forgot to mention, the upper regions of this rankdown were among the most consistent and set-in-stone of any year-end rankdown I have ever hosted! Starting around #12 with "Black Like Me", everything from this point forward was pretty much ALWAYS guaranteed to finish this high. Like, even within the top 10, things hardly switched around. Our #5 song, for example, hit #5 and then sat there for nearly 30 lists without changing positions ever again. Other than our #10 song ('cause remember it was on track to be Jon Pardi for most of the submission process), nothing else in the top 10 moved around like at all, lol. It was fascinating!
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Post by raylatch98 on Feb 15, 2021 18:54:52 GMT -5
No. This should be top five. Anyone who ranked this below top 50, need an explanation why. I'm not a fan of her voice, simple as that
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 15, 2021 18:56:57 GMT -5
This does mean that Ingrid is the last artist with two songs.
I love both of those songs, but I’m surprised she was the last one with two.
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:57:03 GMT -5
True, most of my friends hate country, so I usually get around by just playing Stapleton, even though I don't particularly enjoy him. At least he is country. But Musgraves >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stapleton! I always got around my college friends' country hate by playing Martina 😂 Like you can hate country all you want in your day-to-day life, but you can NOT hate it in the moment when those powerful non-twangy vocals knock you out of your chair and blow the hat right off your head! 😂 kamala 2024 truther I should mention that this same tactic worked with Carrie Underwood! So my friend group now is basically a group of Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride stans, even though they hate country 😂
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 18:59:43 GMT -5
No. This should be top five. Anyone who ranked this below top 50, need an explanation why. I'm not a fan of her voice, simple as that
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 15, 2021 19:00:07 GMT -5
No. This should be top five. Anyone who ranked this below top 50, need an explanation why. I'm not a fan of her voice, simple as that What?! You don’t like Mickey’s voice?! What about her voice is not to like?
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 19:02:33 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of her voice, simple as that What?! You don’t like Mickey’s voice?! What about her voice is not to like? It's powerful and smooth and has a huge range. Just like all the other women that he always tanks no matter what they release!
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 15, 2021 19:04:40 GMT -5
What?! You don’t like Mickey’s voice?! What about her voice is not to like? It's powerful and smooth and has a huge range. Just like all the other women that he always tanks no matter what they release! But he likes Lauren? I would describe her voice as big.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 15, 2021 19:06:13 GMT -5
Not liking Mickey Guyton?!
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 19:06:19 GMT -5
It's powerful and smooth and has a huge range. Just like all the other women that he always tanks no matter what they release! But he likes Lauren? I would describe her voice as big. He tanks the successful big-voiced women (And Mickey too, apparently)
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Post by bboat11 on Feb 15, 2021 19:10:11 GMT -5
11. "Gaslighter" - The Chicks
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Post by .indulgecountry on Feb 15, 2021 19:11:32 GMT -5
"Gaslighter" is such a jam. It was so great to finally have them back making music together.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Feb 15, 2021 19:13:15 GMT -5
No. This should be top five. Anyone who ranked this below top 50, need an explanation why. I'm not a fan of her voice, simple as that That's certainly.....an opinion. A tasteless one, but an opinion nonetheless. I always got around my college friends' country hate by playing Martina 😂 Like you can hate country all you want in your day-to-day life, but you can NOT hate it in the moment when those powerful non-twangy vocals knock you out of your chair and blow the hat right off your head! 😂 kamala 2024 truther I should mention that this same tactic worked with Carrie Underwood! So my friend group now is basically a group of Carrie Underwood and Martina McBride stans, even though they hate country 😂 Carrie's impact!!! It always worked with my peers in school too. All the basic pop girlies love to get down to BHC, "Last Name," "Cowboy Casanova," or even "Church Bells," and when I would look at them dumbfounded they'd get defensive and say "what?! I love this song" which is the only option to have for any Carrie Underwood song that is not "Last Name" or "That Song"
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Post by Leo ✔ on Feb 15, 2021 19:13:27 GMT -5
NO. THIS DESERVED TO BE TOP 10. CANCEL THIS.
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Post by bigfan101 on Feb 15, 2021 19:13:34 GMT -5
Bye overrated mess of a song.
Only two more shit songs to go.
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