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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 18:51:45 GMT -5
23. "Boys" - Dean Brody ft. Mickey Guyton
{Songs Remaining} Better Than You Left Me Black Like Me Bridges Caught Up In Your Storm Crazy Drunk & I Miss You Forever Love (Acoustic) Heartbreak Song Heaven Down Here Hold On It’s No Mistake Nice Things Pretty Little Mustang Rosé Safe (Acoustic) Salt Sister Somebody Else Will Unbreakable (Acoustic) What Are You Gonna Tell Her? Why Baby Why Without A Net
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Post by Ty on Mar 7, 2021 18:54:31 GMT -5
I thought we said Christmas song wouldn't come last this time around... I really like her version of it.
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Mar 7, 2021 18:56:00 GMT -5
I mean... “Boys” got Mickey on the Canadian Hot 100!! That’s its best quality
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 18:56:02 GMT -5
Mickey's latest feature on Dean Brody's new album bows out next. This was also a very consistent bottom-dweller in this rankdown, hanging out at #23 almost the whole time, saved from last place only by the fact that there was a Christmas song in this rankdown. This song is sonically alright, although tbh the trope of the differences between boys and men is overused in Country music, and this song brings absolutely nothing new to that theme. Also, "sonically alright" is a much softer description than I would give to most of Mickey's music, so that automatically put it near the bottom of my own list, lol. At least Darkest Hour got to lose his last place now to make up a little bit for the sting of that #2 loss
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Mar 7, 2021 18:57:44 GMT -5
the trope of the differences between boys and men is overused in Country music, and this song brings absolutely nothing new to that theme. bingoooo. it’s just boringggg and an aggressively str8 song
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:02:25 GMT -5
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Mar 7, 2021 19:07:39 GMT -5
Exsqueeze me?!? Delete this 😭
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:07:50 GMT -5
I had mixed feelings about "Crazy". I LOOOOOVE the way her vocals shine when she really goes for it in the high parts! Like, how about that F5 she hits at the 1:16 mark?!!!? That said, I am not a huge fan of the way this song was arranged. This is easily one of Patsy Cline's most epic and widely-known ballads, and for me a lot of its strength comes from the piano and the fact that it is very stripped down and intimate. The piano was preserved, but the intimacy was not. They opted to give this song a very rigid and tempo-driven arrangement. Mickey is honestly just kinda along for the ride, whereas her voice should have been allowed to set the pace.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:11:33 GMT -5
While the last few reveals might have been painful for just an individual or two, that is about to start changing very quickly now that the mostly obvious bottom-contenders are thinning out. Our next song has THREE top 5 losses, and was even a brief top 10 contender!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:15:08 GMT -5
21. "Without A Net"
{Songs Remaining} Better Than You Left Me Black Like Me Bridges Caught Up In Your Storm Drunk & I Miss You Forever Love (Acoustic) Heartbreak Song Heaven Down Here Hold On It’s No Mistake Nice Things Pretty Little Mustang Rosé Safe (Acoustic) Salt Sister Somebody Else Will Unbreakable (Acoustic) What Are You Gonna Tell Her? Why Baby Why
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:16:57 GMT -5
Uuuuuugh, SO disappointed in that last reveal!!! All that I have to say about "Without a Net" is DEM VOCALS!!!!!!! I love everything about her delivery of this song.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:22:32 GMT -5
20. "Drunk & I Miss You" - Jimmie Allen ft. Mickey Guyton
Total: 434 Average: 15.50 Std Dev: 6.39
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:24:55 GMT -5
I feel like "Drunk & I Miss You" overstayed by a couple positions. To me this is basically just a bland mainstream country song. It happens to have Mickey's vocals on it, which might elevate it in another rankdown, but not in a rankdown filled with better songs that also have her vocals on them, lol.
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Post by Darkest Hour on Mar 7, 2021 19:28:37 GMT -5
20. "Drunk & I Miss You" - Jimmie Allen ft. Mickey Guyton Darkest Hour - 21 Huh
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Mar 7, 2021 19:34:52 GMT -5
YALL DID WITHOUT A NET DIRTY
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:35:01 GMT -5
19. "It's No Mistake"
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:35:37 GMT -5
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:41:14 GMT -5
"It's No Mistake" is by far one of the more obscure songs on this playlist, as it came out before she had even started to try to break through to the mainstream. I didn't even know it existed until I started compiling the list for this rankdown! So I am not at all surprised to see it have mixed levels of fanfare here. wrip, Ty, ClevelandRox, and kamala 2024 truther all receive top 5 losses here, while SHOOTER finally loses his last place. I personally think this has a pretty solid melody, and I like that the arrangement is a little more country than her pop-leaning mainstream stuff.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:43:51 GMT -5
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Post by 𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕓𝕤 on Mar 7, 2021 19:46:09 GMT -5
HOLD ON TOO?!? Pulse is cancelled 😭😭😭
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:47:20 GMT -5
Another disappointing loss for me! I really love "Hold On" a lot. One of my favorite things about it is the way that it emphasizes Mickey's low vocals. The richness of her voice in that entire first verse is just sooo unique compared to a lot of her regular output. The juxtaposition between the low vocals in the beginning and her higher vocals as the song climaxes gives it a nice sense of progression too.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:48:18 GMT -5
Also, for those who haven't heard it, Maddie & Tae also have a song on that same soundtrack that is also really good!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:49:54 GMT -5
So up until now we have only lost one-off releases, soundtrack songs, and feature songs... Out next at #17, we are going to lose the first song from one of Mickey's actual EPs!!!!
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Post by Ty on Mar 7, 2021 19:52:37 GMT -5
"It's No Mistake" is one of my favorite discoveries here! Beautiful melody and beautiful vocal performance.
I feel like its state as an obscure soundtrack single was the main reason that it didn't go far.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:53:23 GMT -5
17. "Rosé"
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 19:57:04 GMT -5
"Rosé" was BAD, y'all.... Thank goodness it's the lowest of songs from her actual EPs, but there is no way it should have outlasted stuff like "Hold On", "Without A Net", and "It's No Mistake". This has the most grating melody of her whole career so far. Looking back, I probably should've put this at #24 and given "Snowman" an extra point, lmao.
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 20:01:39 GMT -5
I think I'll do just one more tonight to get us to the top 15!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 20:04:01 GMT -5
16. "Unbreakable (Acoustic)"
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Post by castleoblivion26 on Mar 7, 2021 20:06:36 GMT -5
I thought I had ranked "Rosé" lower so was glad to see it out, not sure what I was thinking when I did my list lol. Though I don't agree that it is the worst thing from that EP...
"Crazy" was a decent cover that I enjoyed so I'm sad to see it out already but not upset about either.
"Without A Net" however was robbed, that song grows on me the more I listen to it so I am definitely upset to see it out already.
ETA: well I see "Unbreakable" was just eliminated, and you can add that to my feelings about "Without A Net" being out too soon. Love that one and those lyrics are great!
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Post by bboat11 on Mar 7, 2021 20:07:15 GMT -5
Normally I roll my eyes a little bit about acoustic songs, but I really love all of the songs on Mickey's first EP! They are all fantastic songs, and the acoustic production allows her voice to shine like it truly deserves. The title track "Unbreakable" was a super strong contender here, hanging out in the top 10 for the majority of the submission process before getting tanked pretty badly in the last handful of lists :(
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