Sambalada
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Post by Sambalada on Mar 8, 2021 0:50:43 GMT -5
Amazing top 6! "The Dress", "Madeline" and the American Aquarium songs are all fantastic discoveries. I'm so happy they could end this high
I would've hoped for a Margo win just so I can finally say she has a rankdown win to her name but I also love the actual winner!
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bboat11
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 8, 2021 0:52:11 GMT -5
Darn, Kalie Shorr deserves top 5 at least. I loved her since "He's Not That Into You" in 2016 (yeah, I bet I'm the only person in Pulse who enjoys that, like extremely poppy one) But I'm pleasantly surprised how her music style has developed over years, so more audience can connect with her music. "He's Just Not That Into You-ou-ou-ou" SLAYS!!!!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 8, 2021 0:57:28 GMT -5
Sooooo are we okay with Gretchen Peters saying "n***er" just because it was done in an artistic way?? I was so shocked by that I had to restart the whole entire song to see what the heck I had missed 😂 Here's Gretchen Peters response: Yeah, I agree with Billy that it was a very powerful moment. The whole line just made me take a step back and gasp, 'cause the intended anger of that line landed 100%! "We shoot our rockets, we shoot our presidents. We shoot the commies and the n***ers and the Vietcong."
Gretchen is always such an amazing songwriter! But it was definitely a bold risk to say this. I had a lot of trouble ranking this, and I had no idea how other people were going to take it.
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🌺CountryLineDancer
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Mar 8, 2021 1:04:29 GMT -5
Darn, Kalie Shorr deserves top 5 at least. I loved her since "He's Just Not That Into You" in 2016 (yeah, I bet I'm the only person in Pulse who enjoys that, like extremely poppy one) But I'm pleasantly surprised how her music style has developed over years, so more audience can connect with her music. "He's Just Not That Into You-ou-ou-ou" SLAYS!!!!
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LBTrocks
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Post by LBTrocks on Mar 8, 2021 1:22:44 GMT -5
"How Long" was easily my favorite discovery here. Gorgeous song.
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 8, 2021 5:07:24 GMT -5
FINAL EXTRASSierra Hull - 25 Trips
Kalie Shorr - Open Book
Lori McKenna - The Bird & the Rifle
Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World
Emily Scott Robinson - Traveling Mercies
Ian Noe - Between the Country
Turnpike Troubadours - Diamonds & Gasoline
American Aquarium - Lamentations
Margo Price - Midwest Farmer’s Daughter
Jason Isbell - Southeastern
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 8, 2021 5:08:04 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 8, 2021 5:08:45 GMT -5
Final Recap
40 602 Elizabeth Cook - El Camino 39 549 Ray Wylie Hubbard - Drink Till I See Double (ft. Paula Nelson & Elizabeth Cook) 38 537 Zach Bryan - God Speed 37 465 Dee White - Road That Goes Both Ways (ft. Ashley McBryde) 36 454 Liz Rose - Swimming Alone 35 439 Brent Cobb - Diggin' Holes 34 438 Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen - Rhinestoned 33 433 John Baumann - Flight Anxiety 32 431 Kelsey Waldon - Kentucky, 1988 31 429 Mike and the Moonpies - Danger 30 422 John Moreland - Terrestrial 29 422 Gabe Lee - Heartbreaker's Smile 28 415 Jenny Tolman - So Pretty 27 399 Corb Lund - I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey (ft. Jaida Dreyer) 26 398 Tessy Lou Williams - One More Night 25 387 Jason Hawk Harris - Grandfather 24 379 Caroline Spence - Sometimes A Woman Is An Island 23 354 Michaela Anne - One Heart 22 349 Ryan Beaver - When This World Ends (ft. Maren Morris) 21 348 Tyler Childers - Ever Lovin' Hand 20 348 Jessi Alexander - I Should Probably Go Now 19 346 Aubrie Sellers - Under the Sun 18 343 Cody Jinks - David 17 340 Jesse Daniel - Sam 16 338 Lindi Ortega - Tin Star 15 331 Erin Enderlin - Broken 14 329 Lydia Loveless - Wringer 13 328 Rhiannon Giddens - Better Get It Right the First Time 12 326 Kylie Frey - Rodeo Queen 11 325 Aaron Watson - Bluebonnets (Julia's Song) 10 324 Sierra Hull - How Long 9 309 Kalie Shorr - Escape 8 305 Lori McKenna - The Bird & The Rifle 7 288 Gretchen Peters - Idlewild 6 280 Emily Scott Robinson - The Dress 5 276 Ian Noe - Letter to Madeline 4 273 Turnpike Troubadours - 7 & 7 3 273 American Aquarium - Six Years Come September 2 250 Margo Price - Hurtin' (On the Bottle) 1 178 Jason Isbell - Traveling Alone
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 8, 2021 5:31:52 GMT -5
Once again, thank you for listening and ranking these songs that you may not be familiar with. I hope you find some songs that you may enjoy even though it may come from the bait(s). And to feel my taste in music kind of validated is one of best joys for a music lover. Hope to see you soon in my next rankdown, which is album rankdown of Chris Stapleton's Starting Over. This also acts as a buffer for the largest rankdown that I will host ever.
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born
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Post by born on Mar 8, 2021 9:08:01 GMT -5
The final results were great! I'm glad that our opinions on most of these songs correlate. I made some nice discoveries! Thank you for hosting Darkest Hour! I've listened to Chris Stapleton's album so I might revisit and send you a list :)
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Post by ccarter1023 on Mar 8, 2021 9:17:42 GMT -5
Thank you Darkest HourThis one was really fun as I enjoyed discovering so many new artists with such great songs! Thanks again!
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Post by tim on Mar 8, 2021 9:46:31 GMT -5
I was really hoping that “The Bird & the Rifle” would be a top five contender, but I’ll take a top 10 showing. She certainly seems to have her share of fans here on Pulse, but in turn there are just as many who don’t respond in likeness if only because her voice isn’t as polished as some of the other country female singers. Aside from her amazing songwriting, her weathered voice is actually one of the things I like most about her. I had almost included this song for one of my previous rankdowns, so when I saw it pop up for this I already knew what my top ranking song was going to be. She was set to perform a show here in Austin last May to debut songs from her recent project The Balladeer, but that ended up getting cancelled. I think I need to sit down and revisit Gretchen’s “Idlewild” again as I feel like I might have underranked this one. While I appreciate the significance of the song, I suppose my initial ranking was just based on the idea that it isn’t one that I would seek out to revisit because it’s quite heavy. The first time I listened to Ian Noe’s album I was blown away. This is the kind of album that I almost always have to listen from beginning to end. “Letter to Madeline” was an instant favorite and is a song that I still like to revisit even now. I honestly wasn’t expecting this to do as well as it did, so it making it into the top five was a real nice surprise. I’m going to leave it at that as I unfortunately wasn’t able to be here for the reveals in real time, but thanks again for hosting this Darkest Hour !
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Post by DadJokes on Mar 8, 2021 10:12:55 GMT -5
Hate that I missed the live reveals over the weekend, but this was a fun rankdown. I got the top two right (just swapped in order), but I'm not surprised my rankings were often all over the place. I'm more of a rock guy (AAA/Alt), but I love americana, folk/roots, southern rock and the weird places those genres intersect. I did find quite a few new artists that I'll be watching more in the future, too (Sierra Hull, Corb Lund, Kalie Shorr).
Thanks for hosting!
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.indulgecountry
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"You left a mark on my face // And brought a dozen red flags in a vase"
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 8, 2021 21:32:50 GMT -5
Well this went terribly for me. I'll never understand the appeal of Jason Isbell. Almost everything I've heard from him has been underwhelmingly average at the absolute best, and frequently much worse. Especially not a fan of his vocals at all.
Margo being the only female to make top 5 is also disappointing since I thought the ladies were overwhelmingly better in this rankdown (I do in most cases, but in this event it was even more lopsided in favor of them vocally and lyrically imo) than the men, but I digress.
I did come away with a few great discoveries so I'm glad I did the RD for that at least.
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