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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 1, 2021 0:04:43 GMT -5
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 1, 2021 0:55:45 GMT -5
Oh shucks I forgot the deadline was today. Extension til Wednesday if possible lol. Started first listens yesterday.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 1, 2021 5:06:14 GMT -5
Extension til Wednesday if possible lol. Okay. No more extensions will be given.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 1, 2021 8:38:19 GMT -5
Let's do an almost final ballot update because why not? - As you can see, the #1 has 43 points lead over #2, which means Daryl the Beryl alone cannot flip the results no matter how he ranks them.
- The #2 becomes #2 after Sambalada 's submission. The #40 becomes #40 after 🌺CountryLineDancer 's submission.
- Two two-way ties and one three-way ties are here. Please break them!
- All of the participants except me have different #1, and one of you got a perfect ranking (which implies I don't get one )
- #28 has Highest SD and somebody's #1, #30 has lowest SD.
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Post by kamala 2024 truther on Mar 1, 2021 13:08:07 GMT -5
I'm not gonna be able to get to this unfortunately which is a bummer because I'd really wanted to do this one. Alas there's just too much going on personally. Tag me in reveals! :)
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 2, 2021 7:58:36 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 2, 2021 8:03:57 GMT -5
In the meantime, maybe y'all are interested to answer some pre-reveal questions? 1. What song will win? 2. What song will be the last? 3. What songs will be in the top 5? 4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? 5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? 6. How far do you see your #1 go? 7. How far do you see your #40 go? 8. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? 9. (Dedicated to 🌺CountryLineDancer) Which song from Canadian artist will be higher, I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey or Tin Star? 10. Any other predictions/thoughts?
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Post by gonecountry on Mar 2, 2021 9:38:46 GMT -5
1. What song will win? Really no clue, these songs are so eclectic. 2. What song will be the last? Zach Bryan - God Speed 3. What songs will be in the top 5? Aaron Watson - Bluebonnets (Julia's Song), Corb Lund - I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey (ft. Jaida Dreyer), American Aquarium - Six Years Come September, Turnpike Troubadours - 7 & 7, Kylie Frey - Rodeo Queen 4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? Other than God Speed no clue.. Maybe Wringer? 5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? Corb Lund, Jason Hawk and American Aquarium are at the top of my list to delve into. 6. How far do you see your #1 go? I'm hoping #1, at least top 5 if you all have a heart... 7. How far do you see your #40 go? Bottom 5 at best. I found it a painful song, vocally speaking 8. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? 9. (Dedicated to 🇨🇦CountryLineDancer) Which song from Canadian artist will be higher, I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey or Tin Star? Whiskey! 10. Any other predictions/thoughts? Very eclectic group of songs, great variety. Some of these songs had real heart
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Post by ccarter1023 on Mar 2, 2021 11:01:50 GMT -5
1. What song will win? I agree with gonecountry - i have no idea what song will win. i could see everyone picking a different tune since these are so diverse. 2. What song will be the last? maybe Drink Till I See Double (Ray Wylie Hubbard) or God Speed (Zack Bryan) 3. What songs will be in the top 5? I'm thinking some of the better known names such as the tunes by Jason Isbell, Rhiannon Giddens, Margo Price - i also liked Ryan Beaver, Erin Enderlin, Lindi Ortega 4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? the two I mentioned in question 2 with Tyler Childers, Dee White 5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? Definitely When This World Ends by Ryan Beaver ft Maren Morris 6. How far do you see your #1 go? i hoping top 10 but we'll see. 7. How far do you see your #40 go? i'm hoping it stays at #40 8. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? this is my first one. 9. (Dedicated to 🇨🇦CountryLineDancer) Which song from Canadian artist will be higher, I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey or Tin Star? Definitely Tin Star 10. Any other predictions/thoughts? Very interested to see the consensus. Thanks Darkest Hour
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Post by 🌺CountryLineDancer on Mar 2, 2021 14:18:31 GMT -5
1. What song will win? - No idea, Kylie Frey maybe! 2. What song will be the last? - Terrestrial or God Speed 3. What songs will be in the top 5? - 7 & 7, Rodeo Queen, Bluebonnets (Julia's Song), So Pretty, One More Night 4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? - El Camino, Terrestrial, God Speed, Danger, Road That Goes Both Ways 5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? - So Pretty 6. How far do you see your #1 go? - Top 15, at least, I can see Pulse liking it. 7. How far do you see your #40 go? - Bottom 5 hopefully 8. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? - NA 9. (Dedicated to 🇨🇦CountryLineDancer) Which song from Canadian artist will be higher, I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey or Tin Star? - Definitely I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey! (thanks Darkest Hour ) 10. Any other predictions/thoughts? Very hard to predict. Also, I really enjoy Kalie Shorr, but I can see it polarizing.
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Post by .indulgecountry on Mar 2, 2021 19:14:48 GMT -5
1. What song will win? Random guess for "Broken"2. What song will be the last? "God Speed" please. Guy couldn't sing for shit. 3. What songs will be in the top 5? Rodeo Queen, Hurtin' (On the Bottle), One Heart, The Bird & The Rifle4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? Terrestrial, El Camino, Grandfather, Flight Anxiety5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? "Escape" and "How Long"6. How far do you see your #1 go? Top 57. How far do you see your #40 go? Bottom 58. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? This one was stronger than vol. 1 imo9. (Dedicated to 🇨🇦CountryLineDancer) Which song from Canadian artist will be higher, I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey or Tin Star? "Whiskey" is the better song but something tells me "Tin Star" will be higher. Don't think either make top 10 though but top 20 is possible.10. Any other predictions/thoughts? Sincerely hope Jason Isbell doesn't win again.
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Post by peacebone on Mar 2, 2021 23:49:55 GMT -5
It's been a while since I've dipped my toes into a rankdown with material I'm this unfamiliar with, but I've been looking to explore the indie/alt-country side of things further. I actually really enjoyed this list too, loved my top 12 and only didn't like my bottom 3. Excited to see how this turns out!
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Post by fearlessarrow on Mar 2, 2021 23:55:18 GMT -5
I'll have my list in half a day or so, the extension really helped, lol.
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Darkest Hour
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 3, 2021 8:05:43 GMT -5
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Post by Daryl the Beryl on Mar 3, 2021 8:26:53 GMT -5
My list should be in very soon.
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Post by tim on Mar 3, 2021 13:46:24 GMT -5
1. What song will win? Going to go with either Rodeo Queen or The Bird & the Rifle
2. What song will be the last? I'll join the chorus of those saying it'll be God Speed
3. What songs will be in the top 5? Rodeo Queen, The Bird & the Rifle, Hurtin’ (On the Bottle), Bluebonnets, and 7&7
4. What songs will be in the bottom 5? God Speed, Terrestrial, El Camino, Wringer, and Grandfather
5. What songs are your favorite discoveries? Swimming Alone by Liz Rose and Six Years Come September by American Aquarium
6. How far do you see your #1 go? Top 5
7. How far do you see your #40 go? If not dead last than definitely bottom 2
8. For those who did both volumes, which do you think is a stronger volume? I found something to like in both...but I'd probably have to go with the first one because there were many more favorite discoveries in that one versus this which included quite a few songs I was familiar with (especially the ones bound for the top ten!).
9. Which song from Canadian artist will be higher? I Think You Oughta Try Whiskey
10. Any other predictions/thoughts? There's a few songs that I'm really interested in seeing how they perform including "Letter to Madeline" by Ian Noe. I had that album on repeat in 2019 and that is one song that I kept revisiting over and over. I'm also curious to see how "David" by Cody Jinks and "Sam" by Jesse Daniel do as those two songs were interesting choices to include. I've been a fan of Cody's for some time now and as much as I like that song I'm not feeling entirely confident it'll do well, but I hope I'm proven wrong! As for Jesse, he lives here in Austin and while I haven't seen him perform live yet I plan on doing so hopefully in the very near future. That song is from a terrific album and I would've loved to seen how the title track "Rollin' On" would've fared here, but "Sam" is a solid selection.
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Post by singingrulebritannia on Mar 3, 2021 15:30:29 GMT -5
I would make predictions, but seeing the others being made and how they compare with my ranking, I'd rather just bite my tongue for now.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 0:07:57 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 4, 2021 3:25:46 GMT -5
And the results are going to be disappointing for some of you... Hopefully for Kanenrá:ke, because he told me he ranked "God Speed" high.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 5:11:55 GMT -5
Hopefully for Kanenrá:ke , because he told me he ranked "God Speed" high. It'll be tragic if it's true, because it's a #2 loss :'( . It also got only one more top half rank, two #30 ranks and four last place ranks...!
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 8:36:21 GMT -5
More random facts for this rankdown: The lowest (40~1) rankdown closeness participant has a score of 8.1. That's 20.25 for a 100-song rankdown. Meanwhile the highest (40~1) rankdown closeness participant has a score of 12.7. 3 participants have a lower rankdown closeness than me. Do you think you are one of them? Every participant will have at least one perfect ranking at the end of the rankdown. A certain member has five! Without further ado, let's actually start this...
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 8:46:17 GMT -5
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Post by born on Mar 4, 2021 8:48:57 GMT -5
Reveals in the middle of the day AND a perfect ranking at #40? I’m loving this rankdown :kii:
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Post by Sambalada on Mar 4, 2021 8:50:05 GMT -5
Her voice destroys this song lmao
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 8:51:23 GMT -5
There are some mentions that El Camino would be bottom 5 contender, but no one actually guessed this as last place, and as y'all will know soon, it's really lagging behind. Sad that Kanenrá:ke lost a #2 already. Elizabeth Cook just has that cool factor to me. It may make more sense that the indulgence from El Camino comes from desperation due to loss of everything in life, even though it's really after Welder that she would lose everything, like divorce and death of family members, and entered rehab.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 8:54:29 GMT -5
Next, another high rank lost from Kanenrá:ke and three more #40s are gone.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 9:12:13 GMT -5
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 9:17:41 GMT -5
Drink Till I See Double is another fun track featuring Elizabeth Cook! Ray Wylie Hubbard is also a pretty ballsy dude to flirt with these types of women. But I get the vocals and the lyrics are not everybody's cup of tea. That 'Reba McEntire tattoo' is still kind of a weird reference, for example. (P.S. You will see another Ray Wylie Hubbard song in another rankdown that I will host, if you remember what rankdowns I planned to host.) 🌺CountryLineDancer becoems second person to lose a top 10. Kanenrá:ke loses another top half rank while Daryl the Beryl loses a top half rank.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 9:21:26 GMT -5
The next song received the most (5) last place ranks. Quite unexpectedly, it only landed at last place for one submission only, and it's an early one.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 4, 2021 9:28:20 GMT -5
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